Cameron Chandler became Dr. Orach's newest intern. One was needed ever since Draven's departure from the Dinosaur Institute, and this decision was also made in part because of Cameron's direct action in bringing the dinosaur egg back to the present. When it finally hatched, it's existence was made public, much to the disdain of the World Paleontological Society, and the Time Rover Tours were put off another week, especially since what kind of dinosaur it was going to be was a mystery.

"It looks like it could be an Elaphrosaurus based on the shape of its head, but I am pretty sure it is a Therizinosaurid Segnosaurus," Dr. Orach said, peering at it over the top of the incubator after it first hatched. It's big eyes, fixated on Cameron the entire time. It had three fingers which bore large claws for its little body, and its feet had four toes, but right now it was sitting in its shell casings curled up with a big yawn.

"Apart from therizinosaurs, all theropods have three-toed feet, so it must be a Segnosaurus!" Dr. Orach seemed triumphant at his realization. The baby's eyes opened wide at the exclamation, almost as if it were surprised at the identification as well.

"Great, so we'll have a large dinosaur, taller than a human, that walks on two legs and is possibly carnivorous," Dr. Marsh looked at the little baby and furrowed her eyebrows in annoyance. She kept reminding herself that once it was old enough, she could make money off of it, and that would have to help her push onwards. She sighed when it sneezed because it sure was cute.

"I think we should name it, Lucky," Cameron said. "He is pretty lucky to be here."

"That's a great name!" Dr. Orach encouraged. Dr. Marsh wouldn't have said it was lucky that the dinosaur was there. She would have said it was a financial burden, but weren't all children? She left the room, having seen enough. Of course, she walked right down the hall towards the control room, but an emergency signal sounded from her radio before she had the chance to enter.

~0~

Dr. Seeker was in the rover by himself, having tracked the location of the iguanodon he'd been following. He'd inputted its location onto the scope in prehistoric Argentina, 65 million years ago. Iguanodons were key to understanding dinosaurs as a whole, and safely, he had decided some time ago; safer than raising a potentially dangerous dinosaur from an egg. The iguanodon was near a tree on the edge of a clearing, and the sun was red and hot. Dark clouds were circling nearby, threatening to storm. The dinosaur made eye contact with the man in his lab coat, lifted its head curiously, and slowly walked over. Dr. Seeker got out of the rover.

"Hey, big guy," he said quietly, putting his hand in the air and the iguanodon lowered his long neck and touched his head to Dr. Seeker's hand in familiarity. After a moment, Dr. Seeker walked even closer to the dinosaur, gently attaching a tracker on the backside of his leg. The dinosaur gently nudged him with his nose playfully, almost pushing him back towards the time rover. "It is good to see you, too," Dr. Seeker laughed. When he did it again, Dr. Seeker was confused, but he soon heard a familiar roar, one that was much, much louder in person. The roar almost seemed to shake the ground, leaves falling from the edge of the clearing.

Dr. Seeker hesitated for a moment and sprinted towards the rover as a carnotaurus ambushed from the cover of the trees and underbrush, side swiping the iguanodon. The iguanodon stumbled but held its ground and repositioned its body so that the carnotaurus was not facing the rover. Dr. Seeker got in and started up the rover. He pressed the button for automatic controls to kick in, trying to act quickly, but the rover wouldn't move.

"Shit."

Lightning cracked across the sky, and the carnotaurus was trying once again to attack the iguanodon. The wind picked up. Thunder roared, drowning out the sounds of the dinosaurs. He pressed the emergency button on the front panel of the time rover, and Dr. Marsh's voice crackled through. "Dr. Seeker?" She asked, clearly confused.

"Helen, I don't have much time. I need you to get to the control room and quickly." There was silence on the other end, and for a moment, Dr. Seeker thought she might not have heard him over the brewing storm.

The carnotaurus roared as he was backed into a fallen tree, Grant Seeker could see blood from where he was. "Grant, please tell me you aren't where I think you are." He was sure she was watching him on the screen. "I didn't approve this mission for a reason." She was very clearly upset.

"Helen, I need you to switch to manual controls and get me out of here," there was desperation in his voice. The lights on the manual controls turned on. The carnotaurus's round face turned towards the rover's headlights. The carnotaurus removed itself from where it had been impaled, but Dr. Seeker could see there was no serious harm. It only seemed angrier at the mame, and Dr. Marsh started to back him out of the area as rain started pouring from the sky.

The carnotaurus started running full speed at Dr. Seeker. The iguanodon tried to step between it and the rover, and Dr. Seeker heard its roar once more as lightning struck the trees closest to them. He watched the tree start to fall towards the dinosaurs, and the rover went forward into time.

~0~

"What were you thinking?!" Dr. Marsh's face was hot with anger, and she was shaking. "Actually, no. Don't answer that." She crossed her arms and paced in front of the rover, the click of her heels echoing on the metal floor. She had been waiting for him since he traveled through, had rushed there as soon as the screen went black. "I don't want you to say anything right now unless it is in front of Chief Evans in the security office, and the head of HR."

Dr. Seeker opened his mouth to protest but quickly shut it when Dr. Marsh cut her eyes at him. "Uh, uh, uh. Not a peep." He didn't make any motions to leave, only shifting his weight from one foot to another nervously. "Dr. Seeker, report to the security office immediately." He hesitated, and she looked at him in annoyance. "You and I will have a talk later. Go!" Finally. he strode out of the room.

As soon as the door clicked shut behind him, she waited a few moments and counted to ten to calm herself before following down the hall to go to her own office. Her face held a frown. "Hold any meetings for today," she said while passing her intern, Courtney's, desk. Before Courtney could speak, Dr. Marsh entered her office and locked the door behind herself. She slowly walked over to her desk, sinking into her leather chair. The rest of her vanilla coffee from that morning was cold. She rubbed her temples, sat her face in her hands, and silently cried.

She called him into her office the next day. She thought she'd be prepared, but she couldn't look him in the eyes as he entered the room. He knocked on her door, but she had already seen his silhouette in the corner of her eye. "Come in and sit," she commanded, but she continued to read the statement from Chief Evans even after he sat down.

"Helen, I'd like to apologize." Helen looked up from her paperwork. "Dr. Seeker- I," she stopped herself, looking into his puppy dog eyes, and remembered their positions. She started softly, "You're lucky you still have a job." He was her colleague and not her friend, she had to remind herself.

Friends. She thought back to the opening ceremony, holding hands In the rain. She had wanted him to kiss her, but that wasn't fair, not to either of them. This wasn't fair. She put on a blank face.

"You're on a probationary period until you prove you can be trusted again. All of your access has been revoked, and you will not be leading the time tour excursions in person until further notice."

"Hardly a punishment to take away something I barely even had."

"Behave yourself," she thought. She slowly blinked at him, suppressing her white hot anger. She rubbed her hands on her slacks and sat up straighter in her seat.

"Dr. Seeker, I'm not sure you understand the gravity of this situation. You used proprietary institute resources on an unauthorized trip to the past. A highly dangerous past, I might add. It was reckless and irresponsible to put yourself in that position, to go alone and with no one in the control room. You didn't think of the necessary precautions. As far as I am concerned, you are a liability."

He sat up straighter as well, adjusting uncomfortably, "I see." His eyes darted to her mug and away from her face. Dr. Marsh sighed, turning back towards the papers on her desk. "You should consider it a blessing that you are allowed to remain on this project," she knew he knew they couldn't afford anyone else. That this is the only reason he still holds a job. He continued to look at her coffee cup and not at her. She couldn't see his eyes, just the swoop of his eyelashes.

"Will that be all?" He asked, as if this was just a big inconvenience. There was no reason for her to keep him in her office, but she had a million questions buzzing around in her brain. None of them would be appropriate to ask in a professional manner.

"That will be all," they both stood up at the same time. He looked at her one last time, his face was hard, and his eyes were cold, "Dr. Marsh," he nodded his head.

"Dr. Seeker."

He turned and started walking out of her office. He paused and looked at her from her doorway. "Still think you made the right choice?" the words were hollow, even Dr. Marsh could tell, but it still stung and the words echoed in her mind all day.