* * * The Time Twister - Page 6

....warm and humid. The smell around them is swampy. The foliage is jungle-like. There is the constant sound of water dripping from lush leaves.

"Where are we?" Pandish whispers. 

The boys look around and try to figure out this adventure. Then they see something so huge, so heart-stopping, so amazing ---

A DINOSAUR!

A dinosaur is stretching its long neck out and munching on leaves and vines. It's a Camarasaurus - a large herbivore.

"Amazing"  "Awesome"  "Cooler than cool"

All at once a pterodactyl, a flying dinosaur, swoops down at Dusty and Rusty. [Press Extra Button]

They fend him off with their bamboo staffs. The pterodactyl keeps swooping at them, squawking and making a ruckus the whole time. 

This of course draws the attention of a bigger predator.

They now hear crashing footsteps thudding through the dense undergrowth of this primordial jungle. 

"What is that?" Parker whispers.

Through the trees they see something truly heart-stopping.

A T-Rex - Tyrannosaurus Rex. A meat-eating killer dinosaur.

"Tell me he can't see us," Parker says to Pandish quietly.

Pandish frowns and says, not too confidently, "Let's hope for the best."

As the T-Rex gets closer it turns its head and fixes its glowing eyes on the four defenseless time travelers.

"He sees us!" Rusty shouts. "RUN!"

The boys run as fast as they can and the T-Rex thuds after them. It gets closer and closer until all at once the Time Twister spins them up again and they whirl away.

Through the gray fog of the tornado, they see the T-Rex below, searching through the dense bushes for them.

The boys are silent on this trip. That was too close for comfort and they wonder what will happen next....