Tommy opened his eyes and saw Ruth and his father watching over him as if waiting for him and the others to wake up from their slumber.

“Good to see you’ve finally woken up,” Ruth said.

“Huh?” Tommy looked over as the sun shone and pierced through the windows. “How long have we been sleeping for?”

“Throughout the entire morning.” The Orso Looba replied. “That must’ve been a nice nap.”

“Oh, wow, he’s right.” Antonio chimed in, checking his watch after waking up. “It’s already around noon...”

“Why didn’t you wake us up earlier, though?” Tommy questioned Ruth.

“You guys looked so peaceful sleeping,” He responded with a slight shrug. “We weren’t watching you sleep the whole time, though. We just wanted to check up on you.”

“Well, now, are you at least feeling better?” The chief asked, sitting across from the others.

Tommy nodded and smiled in response. “Sure am.”

“That’s great to hear. Now don’t push yourself too hard, ok?”

“Ok.”

He got up and went over to wake Maggie up, still out cold from the previous day’s adventures.

Eventually, she awoke and got up from her resting place, stretching her arms and rubbing her eyes.

During this, Ruth tipped toed closer to his father and tapped him on the shoulder, trying to get his attention.

“Hey, father, there was something I was wondering...” Ruth started.

“What is it?”

“Can I go with them on their journey?”

“Why do you ask Ruth?”

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“Well, I want to help them out in any way I can.”

“But our troops have gotten mysteriously ill, so they won’t be able to protect you...”

“No need to worry about that. I got my new friends by my side.”

Antonio was about to protest, but Maggie and Tommy agreed that the bear could come along. Antonio kept silent since he knew it was two against three. It also dawned on him that Amy wasn’t present at all.

“Hey, where’s Amy? Where did she go?”

“Oh, that strange woman? She left.” The chief replied, pointing at the exit.

“Why do you want to know what happened to her?” Maggie asked.

Antonio looked away, unsure of how to respond to such a question.

“We’re still getting those gems, right?” Tommy spoke up. “That’s our only means of finding a way out of here quickly.”

“Wait, seriously?” Maggie asked, her brows furrowed. “Are you sure about this?”

“Yeah, well, I still don’t trust Amy, but it’s not like we have any other option.” Tommy extended his hand, waiting for her to grab on to it. “And besides, don’t you want to find those life crystals? I’m sure we can find them while going on the scavenger hunt.”

Maggie paused while looking at his hand.

Life crystals.

The words appeared to ring inside her head. Maggie grabbed Tommy’s hand and pulled herself out of bed.

“Yeah, I do.” She replied.

“Then, let’s do this!”

“Do be careful, team.” The chief advised. “We’ll keep an eye out for Miletis while you’re away.”

“Roger that!” Everyone but Antonio saluted. He just rolled his eyes and sighed.

.-.-.-.

The team saw that Ringo and Riley waited patiently outside the huts. The two had woken up from their slumber upon hearing the others coming their way. Tommy and Maggie got up on Ringo’s purple back while Antonio and their newly appointed team member, Ruth, got on Riley’s back. They rode off, trying to search for the trail Antonio made from them to follow and get back to the pylon.

As Tommy held onto the Thescelotitan around its neck, he couldn’t help but notice his friend feel forlorn. Seeing Antonio’s head hung low, he called out to him.

“Hey, Antonio?”

“Yeah?” He looked over at Tommy in confusion.

“I’ve noticed; you seem to be down a lot lately...”

“Oh, have I? I didn’t notice...”

“He probably wants to see his lover again...” Maggie teased, covering her mouth to hide her grin.

“Ooh.” Ruth chimed, interested in knowing what would happen next.

“Hey, that’s not true!” Antonio pouted.

“Is something wrong?” Tommy asked with concern.

“Well — no, I’m fine!”

“Are you sure?”

“I... said I’m fine; stop worrying about me!”

“Oh... ok, then?”

“Hey, I got an idea.” Maggie interrupted. “Why don’t we use the crystal radar to contact that crazy lady?”

“Wait, it can do that?” Tommy questioned.

“Well, yeah, I’ve done it before.” She replied. “Besides, maybe she can give us a quicker or safer route to the obelisk. What do you think?”

“It’s worth a shot, I suppose.” Tommy shrugged.

As the two tinkered around with the device, the dinosaurs stopped moving, and Ruth noticed something in the distance.

“Uh, guys, look over there.”