Tommy and Amy left her secret compartment as they went to search for the passage toward the underground mines. Tommy rode on the Ceratocheloraptor while Amy looked at a different colored Crystal radar and dragged Larry on the ground by the ropes.

“Um, are you sure about this?” Tommy questioned.

“Of course, I got the coordinates after all,” Amy replied, raising her hand with the radar in the air. “You can’t do this without me. Besides, if anyone were to sneak into my place, I’ve put up deadly traps inside that can greet them...”

“That wasn’t what I meant. Why did you bring that guy along?” Tommy corrected, pointing at Larry.

“Oh. Well, if I can’t find it, then I’m taking it all out on this man.” Amy peered at the man tied up in ropes, who eyed the area.

“No, wait!” Larry exclaimed. “What if one of your friends went in—?”

“Please, there’s no way those two could escape.”

“But, I’m missing out on—”

“Shut it, Larry.” Amy interrupted.

Tommy then glanced at her briefly. “Hey, how do you know about the situation at hand?”

“I’m an alien, don’t you remember?” The lady gave him a wink and a ‘we can do it’ posture.

“Um, no? Didn’t you say you were an ‘alien’?”

“Oh, yeah... class—”

“Forget it, never mind.”

“Don’t interrupt me!”

“Hey, are we any closer?” Tommy changed the subject.

“Well, according to my new and patented radar phone, it should be right around... here!”

The group stumbled across the now destroyed ruins, with burnt patches of grass, a bunch of empty carts around the area, and old pillars and structures in some other regions.

“Whoa, what happened here?” Larry asked, tilting his head.

Tommy glanced at the Raptor, which turned and looked away. “Maybe Riku must’ve gone overboard when trying to escape?”

“Riku, seriously?” Amy repeated, perplexed by what he said.

“Yeah, I mean, if Maggie can nickname the dinosaurs and get away with it, why can’t I do one also?”

“We never said you couldn’t,” Amy muttered.

Tommy got off the Raptor as he helped Amy look around in search of the secret passage.

Where could it possibly be? It had to be somewhere, right?

The two took off in different directions as they searched through the rubble. Tommy noticed something glowing through some rock. As he moved the debris out of the way, he found a gray texture and shape of the device looking eerily familiar.

“Why can’t we find anything?” Amy questioned while holding up the crystal radar. “I thought we finally—”

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“Hey, Amy, I think I found something.” Tommy pointed out. “This thing looks familiar to Antonio’s laptop, but it doesn’t seem to work...”

“Really?” She asked as she walked over to him.

“Do you think, maybe, you could fix it and get it working?”

“I’ll try.”

.-.-.-.

Sam and Mandy ended up stuck in their lab, panicking and wondering what they should do next while the other side of the locked door continued banging.

“What do we do?” Mandy asked, biting her fingernail.

“I don’t know!” Sam replied in a frantic voice. “We can’t tell anybody about what we’ve been doing or what’s happened to Antonio and friends...”

“We know that...”

“But if we say nothing, then Anita might—”

“Bam! Time’s up!” Anita interrupted.

“Wait, say what?” Dakota and the counselor asked. They both turned to find some officers walking towards them. “How’d they get here?”

“I called them up ahead of time,” Anita explained. “Ok, now bombard the door!” She turned to the officers and ordered.

The officers nodded and saluted in agreement as they rushed over to attack the metal door, trying to pry it open.

“What’s gotten into her?” The counselor asked Dakota.

He glanced at the woman, waiting for her to respond. However, Dakota couldn’t hear; her mind's set on trying to find her nephew.

“I’m coming, Tommy!” Dakota exclaimed as she ran to help the rest open the door.

Sam looked over the control panel as quickly as he could while Mandy blocked the bumping door.

“Sam, what are you doing?” Mandy asked, trying to hold on. “I could use a little help over here!”

“Hang on; I’ll be right there!” Sam told her. “I just need to download some files so we can find a way to—”

Before he could finish his sentence, the door collapsed, and Mandy fell to the floor, making way for the rest of the crew to enter and storm the place. Sam tried to reach for her and leave, but got bombarded by the officers as they grabbed hold of him and put his head on the counter.

“You’re under arrest!” An officer exclaimed.

“No, please let us go!” Mandy cried. “Don’t—”

Just then, the control panel made noises and moved its flashing colors. The static screen moved around until a colored picture came into full view. Two people stood in front of the screen, one with burgundy hair and the other with brown hair.

Everyone at the lab stopped to look at the big screen. Sam and Mandy broke free and checked closer to the screen.

“Hey, I think it worked.” The brown-haired boy raised his voice.

“Of course, did you have any doubt in me?” The burgundy-haired female voice added.

“That voice...” Dakota whispered. Tears formed around her eyes. Her voice spoke up when realizing who that was and smiled. “Tommy, is that you?”

.-.-.-.

“What? Yeah, it is!” Tommy gasped upon seeing who it was. “Aunt Dakota, what are you doing here? And what’s going on over there?”

“Well, we heard about what happened, and I was so worried about you, which is why I came over as fast as I could!” Dakota explained. “Also, got some help from some other sources...”

“I can’t believe it; I can finally see you again after all this time...” Tommy said, trying to hold back the tears as a big smile grew on his face. “It’s great to see you again!”

“It’s great to see you too!”

“Hold up,” Anita interjected. “I don’t mean to interrupt this conversation, but where are the others?”

“They got captured,” Amy explained in a short and blunt state.

“Wait, who are you?” Sam asked and pointed.

“Are you... Amy?” Mandy guessed, leaning over and adjusting her glasses. “The one the others have mentioned before?”

“The one and only, yes.” Amy boasted proudly, placing her hands on her hips.

“But why are—?”

“Listen, hear us out.” Tommy interrupted. “She’s been a great help and I feel like Amy is the only hope we have of saving the others and getting out of here.”

“I don’t know about this...” Sam crossed his arms and tilted his head in uncertainty.

“I believe in him,” Dakota stated, turning to the others. “Let’s have faith in them, ok?”

Anita rolled her eyes and glanced at the two scientists. “All right, but if those kids can't get out of here in a certain amount of time, then you two will not only lose your position but also suffer great big quantities of fines!”

Sam and Mandy gulped as beads of sweat rolled down their face. “Tommy, please make sure you all get back safely, for all of our sakes...”

Tommy nodded. “We will, thanks and—”

The power inside the labs went out. The screen turned pitch black, as Tommy and Amy could only hear a bunch of voices yelling out from the darkness.

“Whoa, who turned out the lights?!”

“Oh no, a blackout occurred! Everyone panic — I mean, don’t panic!”

“Someone, hurry it up and get it back on!”

“I wish I could, if only I could see what was in front of me!”

“What just happened?” Tommy questioned.

“Um, I don’t think we can get this working anymore,” Amy said, looking over at the computer screen, which went back to static.