Tommy rode on Riley as the two ventured off in what looked to be the underground mines they tried to search for, not sure where the entrance or exit could be. Out of the corner of a wall, the two noticed a familiar face, as they searched for something or someone.

“Antonio, is that you?” Tommy shouted.

Antonio looked over and shushed him. “Keep your voices down,” He whispered. “I’m trying to hide from the Miletis.”

“Huh? What’s going on?”

“Look, Maggie was right about those guys.” He hung his head low. “I was foolish to trust them and think...”

“It’s all right, Antonio.” Tommy patted him on the shoulder to reassure him. “But, where are the other guys?”

“I ended up getting separated from the others while trying to escape,” Antonio explained. “Well, I wanted to save them, but I couldn’t do such a task all alone...”

“I know that feeling, but we’re together now, so maybe that’ll increase the—”

“Hey, Tommy, I overheard a conversation recently about a shortcut we could use.”

“Will we get closer to where Maggie and Ruth are?”

“Yeah, something like that...”

“Great, so let’s go! Do you know where this shortcut is?”

“Sure do, follow me.”

Tommy and Riley strolled along as they followed Antonio to where he thought the secret shortcut could be. The three eventually turned another corner as they stopped to see a giant wall, showing that it could be a dead end. Where could be the shortcut that Antonio mentioned?

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“What now?” Tommy asked.

“I think there’s a secret passage somewhere around here that I also heard about...” Antonio said as he hugged the wall and moved his hands all over to find the secret compartment. Just then, he felt an invisible button on the sides and pressed it. “A-ha, I found it!”

The walls then split apart and opened up in full view. Antonio stepped back as Tommy and Riley went over to take a better look at the scenario at hand.

To their surprise, tons of other dinosaurs got trapped inside cages. The creatures didn’t move or open their eyes at all. Tommy looked up as some multi-colored gas above the ceiling moved around.

“What is going on? How’d this happen?”

He looked over and noticed some similar-looking dinosaurs also in cages; it seemed like even friends of Riku’s were there. Tommy wondered if there could be a way to free them and why they ended up there.

Before he could ask Antonio if he knew anything, abruptly, Antonio screamed, causing Tommy to jump out and turn around in surprise.

“Tommy, help!”

“Huh?” More Miletis got out of their hiding spots and grabbed Antonio from behind him.

“It’s a trap!” Antonio yelled out.

“So, you think you could escape from us, huh?” A Mileti asked. “Well, we’ll just see about that...”

“W-what are you going to do with us?” Antonio asked, stammering.

“We’re going to take you to our leader to be executed...”

Tommy gasped. “No, don’t do that! Leave him alone!”

Tommy tried to intervene and stop them, but a blunt force struck in the back of his head. His mind went blank as he fell to the ground.

Another Mileti stood behind him with a rock crystal in his hand. He used a dark shard to lift the unconscious body in the air. “Not so fast, we have other plans for you.”

Riley’s eyes widened when the Miletis let go of Antonio, who stopped pretending to act scared. Antonio glanced over at the pink dinosaur and smirked.

“That was too easy.” A Mileti boasted to Riley. “Thanks for keeping quiet about it. Then again, you’re way too wimpy to fight back; you’re surrounded.”

“Sorry, but playtime’s over Riley,” Antonio added. “But don’t you worry, you’ll join your pals soon enough...”

Riley hung down its head and quivered. What to do now? And who can save them at this rate?