Once Ben and Peter reached back to the camp, the sun was high in the sky. And all of the other survivors were awake.
"Hey, Ben, hope you picked out some good berries this time!" Kenji called out to them.
Ben rolled his eyes as he walked over to everyone."Maybe if some of you actually helped like normal people, I wouldn't have almost grabbed those poisonous ones last time!" he shot back, dropping the gathered berries onto a small wooden table, what they had probably made themselves.
"Did Peter come and help you pick the berries?" Sammy asked, smiling at Peter.
Ben let out an exasperated sigh. "No, he didn't. In fact, he nearly killed me."
Everyone looked surprised.
"What? What do you mean?" Darius asked.
"It was an accident, Ben…" Peter muttered.
All Ben did was look at him annoyed, crossing his arms. Everyone else looked confused.
"Um... then how are you both still near each other if that's the case? If someone tried to kill me, I'd stay clear away from them..." Kenji said. Ben scoffed, then walked away from all of them.
They all watched Ben leave, then looked back at Peter. Peter decided to just tell them what had happened.
"You... accidentally thought he was a Dinosaur in the bushes and almost KO-ed him?" Darius asked.
Kenji burst out laughing, doubling over. "Oh, man, that's priceless! Why is this so funny?!"
Peter sighed and covered his face. "My powers really failed me this time..." He chuckled, nervously. "I hope I can make it up to him somehow," There was something about Ben, and for some reason Peter really wanted to make friends with him.
But it's hard to make friends with someone who generally doesn't trust or like you.
"Ugh, don't worry about Ben. We need to get you home!" Brooklyn said.
Kenji nodded. "Yeah, we need to find that Collider-thing-amabob."
"All you had to say was 'Collider' ya didn't need to add more words..." Darius rolled his eyes, folding his arms.
Kenji sighed and then looked over at Darius with an annoyed look. Peter just chuckled at them. "So, where should we go? To... search for the Collider?" He asked them.
"Well, with how you say this Collider is a dimensional rift machine... I guess it's somewhere in the lab." Darius said.
"The lab? You mean that building I found you and Kenji in?" Peter asked. Both Darius and Kenji nodded. "But I walked around most of it, and I didn't see anything that looks close to a Collider," Peter told them.
"Oh, the lab is actually bigger than you think. Pretty sure you didn't search all the rooms," Darius said.
That was true. Peter was sure he hadn't gone into every room. And with how on edge he was at the time, he wouldn't be surprised if he had actually walked right past the Collider and didn't see it. "So, are you all going to come to help me?" Peter asked, looking at them. They all nodded. "Yeah, we are," Yaz said.
"W-What about Ben?"
"What is with you with Ben? Let him act weird all he wants. He's probably with Bumpy. He doesn't need to come with us." Kenji said.
Peter nodded. "Alright... let's go."
The group entered the lab through a door at the back of the building. "Okay, so does anyone even know what the Collider looks like?" Darius asked, breaking the silence.
"Well it's this giant machine," Peter explained. "But, I'm not sure if they can be in different shapes and sizes." He added.
Sammy tilted her head. "What did it look like in your world?"
"It was huge. Bigger than... most of the lab—" Peter started, but Yaz cut him off.
"Bigger than what?!" Yaz exclaimed.
"Most of these rooms are small... so... it wouldn't be here..." Brooklyn said, while looking around as they walked through the halls of the lab.
"Maybe it could be underground in some secret area? I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case." Darius said.
"Guys, don't stress yourself out, remember I said I don't know if they could be different sizes... so for now, let's just search for it in the rooms that we can enter for now," Peter told them. He didn't want anyone to stress out over this. Even though Peter needed to get back to New York, he was calm. No form of good thing happens when you panic and stress yourself out.
"Yeah, let's go with that plan," Darius said. "Like, what about that room up there?" They where walking along a corridor of the building, until they saw two doors.
"Isn't that the door to that egg room?" Kenji asked.
"Egg room?" Peter looked at him. "I think I was in there when I first came here. Of course, I didn't see anything that looked like a Collider, but I guess we all can try."
Before anyone could say anything else, Darius went ahead and opened the door. "Geez, wait for us..." Kenji said.
Peter looked around the room as they entered. Peter is the type of person, who is good at science. Like, really good. He has his own lab, where he makes web fluid for his artificial shooters, new suits, and upgrades to older suits.
He was looking around the lab, to see if there was anything he could use to make some web fluid. Since he had lost his suit, and his web shooters along with it, he's been using the biological webs that he makes from his wrists. But depending on how he's feeling, and what his body is going through, his body can sometimes fail at making the substance—It is why he has the web shooters with the artificial web fluid, as backup.
"What are you looking for?" Kenji asked, looking at Peter looking around.
Darius scoffed. "What do you think he's looking for genius?! The Collider!" Darius snapped at him.
Peter was looking at a microscope. "Hm?" He turned to them, "Oh, sorry guys. Just got distracted. I'm... somewhat of a scientist myself. So... Seeing all of this, is reminding me of my world a bit." Peter said.
Brooklyn perked up. "Wait, you're a scientist? But you're our age! How do you know this stuff?"
Peter looked at her. "The suit I own. I've made it myself. I design everything I use,"
"Wow... that's amazing!" Darius said. "But didn't you say your suit disappeared?"
Peter nodded. "I did. I don't know what happened to it."
"Hey guys, what's this?"
Everyone turned to see Sammy standing at the far end of the room with Yaz. They were both peering at a metal-covered panel that had buttons.
"Sammy found some strange panel," Yaz explained. "Could this be the Collider?"
Peter walked over, and the others followed. The panel was secured with a heavy metal bar.
"Could this be something? I mean, why would it be locked down so much?" Sammy asked.
Darius took a closer look, "Well, not meaning to burst you guy's bubble. But maybe it's just something simple and it's locked down to prevent the baby dinosaurs from touching stuff if they manage to escape in here?" Darius said.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with Darius on that one." Kenji said.
But Peter kept scanning it. "Let's press some..."
"Press some?" Darius said.
"You can't," Kenji pointed out. "It's locked up."
Peter gripped the metal bar with both hands and, in one fluid motion, yanked it off.
"Whoa!" they all exclaimed, wide-eyed.
Peter threw the metal covering on the ground.
Kenji shook his head in disbelief. "I'll never get used to having a superhero around."
With the metal bar gone, the buttons and dials were accessible. But there were so many, and none were labeled.
"How are we supposed to know what to press?" Darius asked.
Peter looked at all the stuff. "Guess we just press random ones..."
He pressed a button, and the robotic arms used for turning dinosaur eggs shot up into the air.
"Huh," Peter muttered. He turned a dial, causing the arms to spin wildly before quickly dialing it back. "Okay, these control the arms."
"Clearly not a Collider," Brooklyn said, crossing her arms.
Darius gave them a reassuring look. "Don't worry, guys. We'll find it."
