Maggie and Ruth eventually regained consciousness and found themselves trapped in two separate cages. They both seemed to be in some cave, and the cells hovered above some darkly colored fog. In front of them lied a dark area of which neither of them could see beyond. Some Miletis circled the cages and the pitch-black spot as they watched the spectacle display before them.
“Do you think you scare us? Well, you don’t!” Maggie taunted, shaking the cage.
“What are you going to do with us?” Ruth asked nervously, his legs shaking.
“Oh, just you wait.” One of the Miletis replied. “You’ll see soon enough.” He turned to see a mineshaft open up. “Do you have the replacements?” He asked.
“Sure thing.” Another Mileti responded. He entered the scene, dragging over an anesthetic purple Thescelotian.
Maggie squinted her eyes and realized that the dinosaur looked familiar. “Ringo!?” She gasped.
“How did you get Ringo here?” Ruth asked, his grip tightening around the bars. “And where’s Riley?”
“Wake up, Ringo, please, you gotta get out of there!”
“Oh yeah, where was the pink dino?” The first Mileti glanced at the others and repeated the question.
“Got away, couldn’t find it anywhere.” The second replied.
“Did you search?”
“Tried, but no dice.”
“Whatever, let’s just stick with this purple dinosaur.” The Mileti then pulled out a purple shining crystal.
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“No, stop!” Maggie exclaimed, grabbing the bars and pleading.
“Ah, do you change your mind, Maggie?” One of them turned to ask.
“What are you clarifying? And how do you know my name?”
“We’ll give you one last chance, join us and our allegiance against—”
“No, never!”
“Fine, have it your way...”
The Mileti turned and stood in front of the darkness, wielding the purple crystal in the air and holding it up as high as he could.
“W-What are you going to do with—?” Ruth spoke up.
But the man didn’t listen or respond to his remark. “Wake up.” He called out to the darkness, “It’s chow time.”
Out of nowhere, dark purple eyes glowed out of the darkness.
“Only one dinosaur?” A voice spoke from the dark and asked the man.
“Why yes, but be patient, you’ll have all of them in your grasp soon enough.”
“I see. Well, every bit helps, I suppose...” Another purple glow appeared from below the eyes, emitting beams of circles from what seemed to be the mouth.
Maggie tried to get out of the bars as she struggled to move them. “Ringo, get out of there!” She yelled out in desperation, trying to wake up the Thescelotitan.
An aura circled the dinosaur, and the next thing they knew, Ringo had disappeared. The little atmosphere bits moved over to the darkness as it ended up getting sucked in. Maggie and Ruth were speechless, seeing what they had witnessed. Ruth covered his face and softly whimpered while Maggie got down on her knees and cried.
“RINGO, NO!” Maggie screamed, with tears in her eyes.
“Mm, that wasn’t half bad...” The foreboding voice said.
Maggie got up and looked around, realizing that she and Ruth were the only ones upset about the situation. “Why... why would you do this!? What do you have to gain?”
“Power, glory, revenge, among other things...”
“On who?” Ruth asked, rubbing his tear-filled eyes.
“Those who ridicule us and never take us seriously.” The voice explained. “So we’ll show them what it means to suffer and get no respect.”
That story sounds familiar, almost like — Maggie shook her head. No, my father is nothing like these guys. She clenched her fists and ground her teeth. “So, that’s your reason to kill Ringo?”
“Silence, you!” A Mileti ordered. “No one can save you now!”
Abruptly, another voice called from behind the mineshaft as it opened up to reveal someone in the shadows.
“Hey, you, what do you think you’re doing?”
Ruth’s eyes squinted as the person walked toward the light to reveal themselves. “Antwan?” The bear spoke up.
“How many times do I have to tell you? My name’s Antonio!”