Chapter 5: The Cretaceous Adventure Begins

Waiting in Zach's lab is no other than Donita Donata with her henchman Dabio and Chef Gaston Gourmand.

"What is taking him so long," Donita impatiently raged.

"What? But we just got here." Gourmand replied.

Dabio approaches Donita, "You need to relax. Oh, I know! How about I give you a massage?"

Donita pushes Dabio away, "No, I don't need a massage! I just want to get this thing over with!"

"And soon you will," said Zach entering his lab with the Zachbots beginning to set up the time machine.

"So that's the time machine. How did you get it, Zachary?" Donita asked.

"Uhhh, hehe, well…" Zach hesitates to tell her that he stole the time machine from the infamous Area 51. Luckily, the Zachbots finished setting up the time machine and got it running. "Ahh, my Zachbots just finished! Behold! The time machine! Now let's see, select time. That's it, sixty-six million years is as far as it will go? Does that sound far enough? Hey, when did those dino-thingys exist?"

"All I know is that that's the time the dinosaurs went extinct from a meteorite," Chef Gourmand implied.

"That would be an estimate, though," Donita added.

"And this Location is where the best ones are," said Zach. He types down the location, the Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA, North America, 66 Million Years Ago, Late Cretaceous.

"Then there's only one way to find out. Shall we?" Zach humbly asks. "Now Zachbots, I want each of you to miniaturize and then split up to help us with our 'shopping'.

The Zacbots mistook him literally and tried to cut themselves in half with a saw.

"No, no, no! I didn't mean cut yourself literally, I meant divide into three groups, one with Gourmand, and another with Donita. Got it!?" Zach shouted.

The Zachbots miniaturize and tag along with Zach, Donita, and Gourmand as they enter the time machine.

Meanwhile, the Wild Kratts team arrived as the Tortgua landed outside, they ran straight into Zach's manor, and headed towards his lab.

"Oh no, we're too late. Zach has already got the machine working and he's back in time," said Chris worryingly.

"He wasn't alone, too. I saw Donita's private jet outside and Gourmand's trailer, as well. They are having a dinosaur free-for-all," Aviva pointed out. "Ninja, are you okay?"

"None of this would have happened if I knew," said Ninja sulking "Now history is at risk of being altered."

"Hey, cheer up, we can fix this," said Aviva, "all of this will be over in no time and the dinosaurs will be saved."

"Okay! Who's ready for an adventure!?" Martin shouted excitedly.

"Not me Martin," said Koki.

"Yeah, I mean, I'm fine with hanging with lions or swimming with sharks, but dinosaurs are a little bit out of our comfort zone without your Creature Power Suits," said Jimmy.

"Not to worry," said Aviva as she pulled out from her bag three Creature Power Suits: each colored purple, orange, and black, "I was actually gonna surprise you guys with these later on but it seems like we're gonna need these right now."

"Since when did you make those, and why three?" Koki asked.

"And more importantly, how are we gonna use dino powers without a disk?" Jimmy asked.

"Not to worry, each of the Creature Power Suits has a special disk I've been saving for a moment like this. The disk has the ability to automatically take on the abilities, physiology, and creature powers of whatever creature you touch," Aviva explained.

"Wow, you have had something like this for so long, why didn't you use these earlier?" Martin asked.

"Well, for one, they are harder to make, take forever, and require more resources than your typical Creature Power disks. Plus, it's a one-time use only; once you touch the animal, the disk will keep that power and will continue to function like the rest of your disks." Aviva explained.

"I get it now, in other words, it would be too risky to use something like that in our everyday use because if we accidentally touch the wrong creature, we would become that creature instead of the one we want," Chris hypothesized.

"Right, but since these are dinosaurs, we can only know from their fossils, but not their lifestyle and behavior, and none of us know of their true power, this will be the perfect opportunity to test out my newest invention." Aviva happily said, "Oh, and Ninja, I actually made this one for you. See, it matches your outfit perfectly."

"I'm still confused about something, why did you make three when there are three of us without a Creature Power Suit?" Koki asked.

"Oh alright, the truth is, that one I gave to Ninja was actually supposed to be a backup in case one gets lost or becomes compromised due to malfunction, and I haven't made Jimmy's Suit yet. Ever since he came in, I for some reason immediately started making it for him without a thought. Hehehe" Aviva explained.

"Uhh-huh" is what Koki sarcastically responded with.

"Alright, now we're ready," said Chris, "Ninja, how much time do we have until the machine collapses?"

Ninja estimates, "I'd say a good two hours max until total collapse."

"Sounds good to me! Then I'll say, time for a dino rescue!" Martin enthusiastically said.

"TO THE CREATURE RESCUE! SAVING THE PLANET WITH CREATURE POWERS!" The whole gang cheered together.

"Ninja, if you're gonna be a part of us, you'll have to cheer with us," said Martin.

"Let's move out!" Chris directed.

The whole gang enters the time machine not knowing what lies ahead.

The mission to save the dinosaurs from Zach, Donita, and Gourmand begins when the team enters North America 66 million years ago. Not only the landscape is different, but the team has no idea of what they'll come across.

"Wow, so this is North America 66 million years ago." Chris all amazed after looking at the environment.

"Cool," Jimmy also amazed.

"We must be in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, back then it was a low floodplain with the humidity, temperature, and landscape similar to the swamps in the Southeastern United States like Louisiana and Florida," Martin explained.

"As cool as this is, we need to track those guys down and put an end to what they are doing if we are going to save our timeline from the tampering of the space/time continuum." Ninja implied.

"He's right. Look, footprints." Chris pointed out.

"Those definitely don't look like dino prints," Koki mentioned when she spotted some unusual footprints.

"Indeed, they're shoe prints, alright, made by none other." Ninja added, "Looks like they are splitting up to do their own grocery shopping. If we're gonna stop them, we'll need to split up into three groups as well."

Aviva rushed to Ninja and held his arm, "I call Ninja!"

The rest looked at her conspicuous.

"Well, Jimmy, since the Kratt bros always work together, then I guess this means the two of us will work together. How about it?" Koki asked.

"Works for me," Jimmy said.

"Alright, then it's settled. Let's go save some dinosaurs!" said Martin excitedly.

The rest of the team replied "Right!" and split up.

Now we're getting to the Good part here, the last chapters were to establish mood and conflict, and the next chapters require your help from readers like you! This story series might take a long time, like structuring and writing descriptions of the creatures, but also my time in college and spending time with my family. So you can suggest additional information, quotes, descriptions, and natural or speculative behaviors for the Dinosaurs that I can edit and you send your suggestions either in reviews or Private Messages.

Examples: What would dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures look like Wild Kratts Animated Style is scientifically accurate in anatomy and behavior, and what Never Before Seen Wildlife Moments you would like to see?

Following Animals: Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops prorsus, Dakotaraptor steini, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, and Ankylosaurus magniventris, (Focus Group), Triceratops horridus (Picture Only), Edmontosaurus annectens, Dakotaraptor steini, Leptoceratops gracilis, Acheroraptor temertyorum, Thescelosaurus neglectus, Anzu wylei, Pectinodon bakkeri, Avisaurus archibaldi, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, Ornithomimus velox, Trierarchuncus prairiensis, Borealosuchus sternbergi, Brachychampsa montana, Palaeosaniwa canadensis, Didelphodon vorax, Cimolestes incisus, and Meniscoessus robustus.

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