The group was finally out in the open celebrating their victory, Darius having their BRAD play music, but it was some annoyingly loud rock music that caused them to grab their ears in pain.
"BRAD, stop!" Darius screamed, getting the BRAD to stop. "Sorry, guys. Guess Kash only has one song loaded on this thing."
"Not to worry," Mae said in relief. "Just hearing you say you locked Kash away is music enough for my ears."
Everyone laughed and cheered as they saw this was a victory. Firecracker ran around, pushing into Kenji as she ran away,
"Get back here, Firecracker!" Ben chased after her,
"Where did Rebel go?" Peter wonders.
Peter looked around and found Rebel. He and Brooklynn approached the little guy sleeping.
"Aw, he sleeps just like you," Brooklynn tells Peter.
Peter looked a little confused by that comment. "How often do you watch me sleep?"
"Not often, but you are a heavy sleeper." Brooklynn chuckled.
Peter rolled his eyes and looked down at Rebel. "Alright, Rebel, we gettin' up?" He asked, trying to shake the dinosaur awake.
Brooklynn shrugged as she and Peter leaned over to try and wake him up. "On three. One, two, three."
But shaking him awake didn't seem to do anything as all they ended up doing was turn the little guy over. Peter slumped down and chuckled as Brooklynn fell over and laughed.
"All good over here?" Yaz asked as she watched what happened.
"Yeah, we're good," Peter promised as she slumped down next to them. "We all good?"
"Yeah, I think we're good," Yaz said as she leaned over and rested on his shoulder, Brooklynn repeating the gesture on his other shoulder.
They looked over to everyone as they were playing and laughing with the other baby dinos.
"So, uh… should we tell them about us?" Brooklynn wonders.
"Really? You wanna tell them?" Peter asked in surprise.
"I mean, sure?" Brooklynn shrugged. "Why not? Did you wanna keep this a secret?"
"I was more kinda hoping to try and keep things a little more normal for Darius." Peter shrugged. "He's happy that we're all back together, but this is also something I really don't wanna explain to the guys. Darius I'm pretty sure still hasn't hit puberty so the idea might be a little confusing alone, neither Ben for that matter, let alone this weird throuple I somehow caught myself in the middle of."
"Oh, poor baby," Yaz playfully mocked him. "Are we too much for you?"
Peter chuckled. "You've been too much for me since day one."
Yaz playfully smacked him. "You wanna try and explain it to the guys, we take the girls?"
"How about I take the girls, and you two take the guys?" Peter offered.
"Or..." Brooklynn scooted closer. "How about we take the girls and you take the guys?"
Peter groaned as he laid his head against Rebel and sighed. "I am not winning this, am I?"
"Now you're catching on," Brooklynn said as she leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Besides, I think Kenji could use a bit of an explanation of why you were so mad after the incident with the laptop."
"In my defense, I made it clear why I acted that way," Peter defended himself. "Wu could have made more Weapon-X's, let alone more Cross-Species. That alone warrants me to get mad at him."
"And I had nothing to do with it?" Brooklynn asked him questionably.
Peter sighed. "Fine, I'll tell them."
"Good," Yaz said as she leaned over and pecked his cheek. "I felt like I earned that."
"Earned? This isn't a game show," Peter chuckled. "If we're doing this, feel free to kiss whoever whenever. This three-way relationship is already weird enough."
"Yeah, well, we're in a weird situation," Brooklynn joked as she stood up. She looked over to Rebel and saw he seemed exhausted. "You wanna go talk to the guys, we'll have a word with the girls?"
"Yeah, sure," Peter said as he stood up to walk off to find them. "Just gotta explain to some kids how I got myself two girlfriends in a life-and-death scenario. This should be fun."
Brooklynn looked down at Rebel before seeing Sammy and Laura were having a problem with Angel. Jeff was sniffing the baby dino and tried to get Rebel playing, but he was not moving.
"Hey, I think something's wrong with Rebel. He's chill, but not usually this chill." Brooklynn told the girls.
"Angel's began acting weird too." Laura agreed.
"Yeah, she's usually more bitey." Sammy agreed.
Ben was seen running around with Firecracker. "Here! Whoa. Ah, yeah!"
"No issues for Firecracker." Yaz chuckled. "She is right at home."
"Maybe that's the problem." Sammy figured. "Maybe they don't belong here in the jungle biome. But Sinoceratops live in the jungle. It doesn't make sense."
"Well, they're also half Spinosaurus, like the one in the desert biome," Brooklynn mentioned. "Maybe we should try there?"
"But Rebel was a lot more energetic in the snow biome," Yaz reminded Brooklynn, looking downward at the two. "And their completion is more ice-y like."
Brooklynn thought about that as she looked at the two of them. "That is actually fair. And Kash only released the Spinosaurus into the biome, so we do not even know if that's its natural environment. We should try the snow biome first, see if that's what this is."
"Works for me." Laura shrugged. "And if all else fails, I get another round at that dino."
"Hey! We're taking the kids to the snow!" Yaz called out to Ben to tell the others.
"Yeah, have fun," Ben said, trying to get Firecracker to eat the berries.
But Firecracker pushed past Ben and rushed to the leaves that Mae was carrying. "Oh, my berries aren't good enough."
"She expended a lot of energy and needs something more substantial," Mae explained. "With those irregular neck movements and increase in drool production, you can tell berries just won't cut it. I could make you a nifty dinosaur behavior chart if you'd like."
"Oh, I don't need a chart," Ben stated. "I've got my instincts."
"Sure, you have." Mae chuckled. "Regardless, you did a good thing, Ben. She's finally free."
"But she's still got that control chip in her," Ben stated. "If that tech gets into the wrong hands…"
"Then, I guess we better get that chip out of her, huh?" Mae said.
"Can you do that?"
"Can I… Benjamin, I'm a world semi-famous scientist." Mae stated. "Of course, I can do that. I'm heading for the medical bay with Carla to make sure that her arm is alright. No infections or anything. You're welcome to come along."
"Aw, man." Ben didn't like the sound of that as Firecracker followed her. "Mae and I are going to the Med Bay to save Firecracker."
"Cool. Be careful!" Darius called.
"You think they need us?" Peter asked as he and Darius were with Kenji and the BRAD.
"I think they've got it, with Kash locked up, what is there to worry about?" Darius asks.
"That's fair," Peter shrugged as he saw Darius smiling. "What are you smiling about, little guy?"
"I just really missed you guys," Darius explained with a smile.
Peter chuckled. "Missed you too, man."
"I really missed you too, D." Kenji agreed.
"I'm so glad everything's back to normal."
"Oh, yeah, totally normal." Peter chuckled as a mumble as he looked around. "Nothing's changed at all..."
"You good?" Kenji asks.
"Yeah, just a little tired with the chaos and everything," Peter sighed as he rubbed his head. "This V252 is a lifesaver, but it takes a lot out of you when you use it."
"Reminder to feed Kash. Reminder to feed Kash. -Reminder to feed Kash." The BRAD started to bleep and an alarm went off.
"BRAD, stop!" Darius cried.
"Let's go feed that tattooed weasel." Peter scoffed.
The guys were walking through the jungle while Kenji was asking them who their favorite action hero was and why. It was a good distraction as Peter didn't feel like bringing up the girlfriend's thing quite yet.
"Time's up. Who's it gonna be?" Kenji asked them.
"All right, all right. I'd have to say Dr. Alan Grant." Darius said.
"HA! I knew it!" Peter chuckled, giving Darius a small shove. "You're becoming a little predictable, D."
"That's not an action hero, okay?" Kenji said. "He's a real person. It has to be someone from a TV show or a movie or something."
"He was in a riveting documentary I saw," Darius informed him.
"And he did survive an island of dinosaurs, twice," Peter admitted. "I mean, I have powers, so that's less impressive. He has no powers and managed to survive."
"And he didn't have to deal with hybrids or Cross-Species," Darius admitted.
"Yeah, that too," Peter agreed.
"Well, who's your pick then?" Darius asked Peter.
"Eh, May and I loved to binge the Mission Impossible franchise, so I'd guess Ethan Hunt." Peter shrugged. "You, Kenj?"
"Obviously, either Dante Mathews or Oliver Graham," Kenji said. "I think I'm more of a Graham."
Darius looked to Peter who shrugged. "I don't know who either of them are."
"What? You don't know Mathews and Graham?" Kenji asked in shock. "From the Esther Stone, High School P.I. spin-off?"
Darius shrugged.
"Dude, they're only, like, the greatest action duo of all time." Kenji scoffed and then did a British accent. "Did somebody call a clock-smith? 'Cause yours is about to get cleaned."
"The door is open," Darius called.
"What? That's not the line." Kenji said.
"No, Kenji. The door is open." Peter exclaimed, showing that the door to the lab was open.
They looked around and they saw there was no sign of him anywhere.
"How did he get out?" Kenji asks. "Where'd he go?"
"I don't know." Darius shrugged. "Probably back to his compound or the Med Bay or…" Then he gasps. "Ben, Carla, and Mae."
Peter rushed outside, morphing the V252 around him, sending two tendrils to latch onto Darius and Kenji. "Hold on."
"Wait, what are you-" Kenji was asking when Peter leaped into the air as high as he could. "AAH!"
While Peter had a hard time bringing up the idea he is in a relationship with the boys, Brooklynn and Yaz didn't seem to share the trouble as they easily brought it up. Sammy and Laura listened and seemed to easily take it with everything that was going on amongst them.
"I can't believe you are a couple!" Sammy seemed to have been cheering them on. She then squealed at the idea, the two of them surprised with how well she took it. "I'm gonna call you BrooYazEr. No, wait, PeAzLynn." She saw the confused look on the two. "I'll workshop it. And as your biggest fan, I'm officially dubbing myself a Brook-Peter-Yaz...er?"
Laura didn't seem to share the enthusiasm Sammy did, but that's to be expected as it wasn't like her to wear or show her feelings. "A bit much, if I can say so, Sammy."
"Nah, it's normal for some people, Laura," Yaz assured her.
"It is?" Laura asks.
"Well, for energetic balls of energy like Sammy, yes," Yaz corrected herself. "And thanks for the push, guys. If it weren't for you guys, it would've taken me a lot longer to figure out how I felt."
"Oh, that explains the questioning," Sammy put together.
Laura walked ahead opened the door to the snow biome and looked around. "Still no dinos."
Then Angel and Rebel came running past and began to play around in the snow. Making their way to the vehicle, they got inside to watch a little as the baby hybrids were playing around in the snow.
"They seem to be right at home," Brooklynn was happy to see.
Yaz then powered up the snowmobile. "We ready to go?"
"Well, we've got a minute, right?" Brooklynn asks.
Yaz looked at the babies and shrugged. "Yeah, I guess we can hang back for a minute longer."
Laura then felt something was wrong. "Guys?"
That was when they heard thumping, causing them to turn and freeze when they saw a BRAD.
"Isn't that Darius' BRAD-X?" Brooklynn asked in surprise.
"Message delivery." The BRAD said. "'The Kentrosaurus is in trouble. We need your help.'"
"Oh, no."
"What?"
"Pierce."
"Tell us where to go."
Laura felt something off. Darius referred to Pierce as the 'Kentrosaurus'? Darius wouldn't do that, would he?
Darius, Kenji, and Peter got Ben, Carla, and Mae out of the facility and rushed outside. But Darius overheard Kash and the boss talking beforehand.
"Are you all right?" Carla asked in shock. "Kenji told us Kash escaped."
"Kash's boss is here," Darius told them.
"The president of Mantah Corp?" Mae questioned. "I've never met the man."
"I've been told he is as heartless as Kash," Carla scoffed.
"He might be worse," Darius stated. "Mae, he's having the BRADs take Pierce to a new biome with new assets. They're gonna use him as food."
"What?" Everyone asks.
"There's a new biome?" Ben asks.
"It was under construction for a while, but they must have just finished it." Mae guessed.
"The airlock is just through these trees." Carla gestured, only to look down and see she was pointing with her stump hand. "Yeah, I'm still..."
"It's alright," Mae promised. "We've got to go save Pierce."
"You guys try to stop the BRADs, and Kenji and I will stop the new dinos," Darius said. "I just hope we're not too late. Kash was terrified of the new dinos, and he's got a fleet of BRADs to protect him. What are we gonna do?"
Peter sighed as he morphed the V252 around him once again. "I thought that exploited too much energy?" Kenji asks.
"I know, but this is something we need," Peter stated.
They made their way over to the airlock and made their way over to the door. On the way, Peter pulled off some BRAD's heads and gave them some tasers as well as some wood as shields.
"Are we really gonna face whatever's behind this door with a couple of shields and a bag full of those shocky things?" Darius asks.
"And a bio-engineered super-suit that enhances my skills," Peter interjected.
"As Dante Mathews would say… "Yeah."" Kenji said.
"Still don't know who they are," Peter stated.
The doors opened and they saw what looked to be a swamp biome. "You first, Dante," Kenji told Peter.
Peter sighed as he walked forward into the swamp. "By the way, don't tell Brooklynn or Yaz we did this." He asked of them as he looked around. "They would kill me."
"Why would Brooklynn or Yaz care?" Kenji asks in confusion.
"Uh, oh, uh, because she's my… they're my... girlfriend." Peter finally admitted.
Kenji and Darius were shocked when they heard that, watching as the door closed, separating them from one another. Then the doors opened again, Peter saw the shocked expressions on their faces. The doors closed yet again, and Peter watched the two of them were still shocked by the statement. Peter sighed, stretching a tenril to open the door.
"I'm sorry. I know you just wanted everything back to normal, but…" Peter was explaining when Darius leaped and hugged Peter, surprising him.
"This is way better than normal," Darius promises.
They made their way through the biome as they looked round.
"Swamp biome. Why can't it ever be someplace nice?" Kenji asks. "Like a field of cuddly bunnies biome."
Peter was going to reply when he felt something off as his senses warned him something was coming. He turned around and saw something rush past. The other two shriek as they raised their shields.
"Oh, no, no, no." Darius recognized the dinos. "Dilophosaurus."
"Acid spitters?" Peter asked with a sigh.
They watched the Dilophosaurus take a step forward before spitting venom at them.
"Actually, they spit poisonous venom." Darius corrected.
"Whatever, I've got this, get somewhere safe," Peter said, leaping over and shooting out tendrils and letting out a roar, a mouth beginning to form. "CoME On!"
Kenji and Darius found Ben, Pierce, and Carla rising on the platform as they ran over. They were chased by a few more Dilophosaurus that came out of the jungle and raised their shields. Kenji reached into the bag and tossed one of the shockers, but all that did was bounce off their heads.
"I guess they only work when the BRADs charge them up and fire them." Darius guseed.
That was when the snow plow came charging through, scaring the Dilophosaurus away. A few stuck around, but that was followed by Laura leaping out and letting out a roar, showing her claws to the Dilophosaurus to assert dominance over them. She rushed at them and even took a bit of acid when they spat at her. But her healing factor made the pain feel worthless. She has dealt with these creatures back on Nublar, and the venom didn't hurt her as it once did.
Peter leaped over and landed amongst his friends and removed the V252 as he rushed over to his friends. "Are you guys alright?!"
"Ha, always." Brooklynn chucked as they embraced with Yaz rushing over.
Peter then decided to go for it and leaned in to kiss the two of them. A little awkward at first, but starting with Brooklynn as she was closer before moving on to Yaz. That being their official kiss as a... couple.
"Wait. Are you guys, like, together? The three of you?" Ben asked in surprise, him being the last to be told about this. "Why am I always the last to know this stuff?"
"How did you guys know we were here?" Peter asked them.
"What do you mean?" Brooklynn asks. "You sent the BRAD-X to get us."
"No, we didn't," Peter said.
"It's a trap." Darius cried.
Laura smelled something just as Peter's senses went off. They looked around and watched various BRADs come out of the swamp and surround them. Laura snarled and drew her claws again. Peter tried to morph the V252 around him, but it was becoming harder and harder without getting a break. He signed and gave up, ready to just use his own abilities. Jeff looked around and growled when he saw someone in the swamp and even got into a small fighting pose.
Carla winced as she felt her body twist on her, feeling like something was going on. But she tried to hide it as she looked around at the chaos around them.
"You were right, boss." Kash came out of the swamp. "Dumb kid did have help."
They heard what sounded like coughing and watched someone come out of the swamp holding a cane. Someone else walked alongside him holding a tablet.
"You shouldn't leave important devices like this lying around." A man stated. "They could fall into the wrong…"
That was when the two people became clear, and two of them knew who they were.
"Dad?" Kenji asked in shock.
"Norman Osborn?" Peter asked in shock.
Norman is a Caucasian man with brown-red hair and grey eyes. He wore a common suit but also carried a cane and looked sickly.
