Back to the Jurassic Page #2

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He says I have to help him in the garage

after school for a month.

- Like I mind!

- Man, who would?

- No, Ernie's mom doesn't let him have soda.

- Ernie's mom isn't here.

Did your garage get bigger?

Yeah. We sold the car

to make room for more experiments.

- Dad! Ernie's here!

- Back here!

Hey, Dr. Santiago!

How's the time machine coming along?

Four years, and still doesn't work.

For a long time I thought

the power key wasn't connected right.

Now I'm pretty sure

it's in the control panel.

Let's see. Chronal stream relay,

calibrated.

Matter transferal gauge, operational.

I just don't know.

You'll get it, Dad.

We'll get it.

You know the vacuuming robot?

I'll bet I can re-purpose its capacitors

for the time machine's power bypass.

A time when I could make my own rules?

- On a scale of one to 10...

- You can't count that high.

No doubt.

Sneaking out and drinking a soda,

double busted!

You tattling twerp!

Three weeks is nothing!

I've got enough pictures here

to get you grounded for three years.

Dudes, be careful! Some of this stuff,

even my dad doesn't know what it might do!

Give me that phone!

Julia!

I didn't do it!

Sneaking out, drinking a soda

and wrecking Dr. Santiago's machine!

Ernie, you are triple busted!

So this is my fault? I don't think so!

You come along and suddenly the fun...

Stops?

Maybe construction down the street?

What was that?

Max? Do you have a pit bull

you never told me about?

This is majorly weird.

Okay. Nobody flip. I'm sure

the control panel just freaked out.

- Julia, are you okay?

- Is it still there?

Yeah, but she doesn't look like

she wants to hurt us.

She almost looks like...

She's smiling?

Great.

Then she won't mind if we go home.

That's a real T-Rex!

Man, I gotta check this out!

Ernie! Quit it!

Don't worry.

She's not even trying to catch me!

Maybe, but she can

take our heads off with her tail!

Relax! Can't you see how cool this is?

Ernie, she might eat us

if we don't get out of here now.

I think the museum

did a really great job

with this new display.

Very lifelike.

It's real! This is all real?

She cleaned him, like a newborn.

It makes sense.

The time machine kind of looks

like an egg when it's all folded up.

Makes sense? Hello, do we look

like baby dinosaurs?

She wasn't calling everyone

to dinner, was she?

No. She was calling everyone

to look at her cute widdle babies.

It almost sounds like they're talking

to each other, doesn't it?

We are so happy for you, Tyra.

Yeah. It was looking like that egg of yours

was never gonna hatch.

Yeah.

The way you've been

like a mother to Orphan

for all these years

is so wonderful, Tyra.

But you deserve children of your own.

You'll still look

after us though, right?

I mean, we don't want those Sarcos

sneaking up on us

when we're grazing or anything.

Come on now, don't worry.

I'm not going anywhere.

All of you are my family.

I'll protect you

from the Sarco Brothers.

And then when my babies are big enough,

they'll protect you, too.

- What do we have here?

- Any stragglers? I'm starving!

Why you... Are you out of your mind?

Are you looking to get extinct?

She could have heard you.

There's something going on here.

What are you looking at? It wasn't me.

I didn't let loose a stinker

or anything, I swear!

Is that right?

Then how come, all of a sudden,

it smells like a sulfur pit around here?

Tell me that!

I think it smells kind of nice!

Just shut up, will you?

The Sarcos wanna know anything

and everything about Tyra!

The plot thickens.

They're definitely gonna

want to hear about this.

Yeah, definitely.

Shush!

Amateurs! If they're not belching,

they're squawking.

If they're not squawking,

they're stepping on things.

They are as weird looking as Orphan is.

They are beautiful.

And they'll grow up big and strong,

like their mother.

Now, everyone, shoo!

My babies need their sleep! Now shoo!

All right, all right.

Now's our chance.

Jules, come on,

we'll just stay for a little while.

We can set the time machine

to bring us back right after we left...

and Mom will never know we were gone!

We won't get in any trouble!

This isn't about getting away

with something, Ernie!

It's about going back where we belong!

Max, how do you get this to work?

Let's see.

Well, first you run

the initialization sequence.

But the initialization sequence

won't even run

because the power key is gone.

What if it fell off

while we were going back in time?

It could be anywhere or anywhen!

I'll give it to them later, okay?

I mean, Dino-Mom thinks we're her kids,

and it'd be rude to just leave, right?

Don't worry, Jules. I'm sure it must've

just fallen off somewhere around here

while we were coming in for a landing.

We'll find it, in a day or two.

Ernie, we're stuck here.

Everything's gonna be fine.

Look around, Jules.

This is Terra Dino

at the peak of the Cretaceous Period.

- And?

- And that's totally awesome!

This is our town!

Millions of years

before we were ever born!

Look, there's Mystery Rock!

And if this nest is near Max's garage,

- then we're probably really close to...

- Home.

Ernie? It's time for dinner.

Come on, Ernie. I know you're upset with me,

but you can at least answer your door.

Julia, did you see where your bro...

"Gone to bust Ernie!" Okay.

It's just a matter of figuring out

where Ernie would go.

He went where he always goes.

Just a minute.

Hey, Sue! Hola!

Hello, Dr. Santiago.

- Oh, please.

- I wish you'd call me... Diego.

- Could you come down from there?

- Oh. Yeah, sorry.

I'm still working out a few kinks

in my robot with the arms and things.

- Sorry.

- Is Ernie here?

Yep, he and Max are in the garage.

I think Julia's here, too.

They're looking at the time machine.

Time machine?

Okay. While she's busy,

let's go exploring.

For the power key. Come on!

Ernie, if you get eaten,

I'll still tell Mom!

Do whatever. I'm having fun.

Hi. Mom?

Mommy. Can I go out...

See? You're not supposed to go anywhere.

There's a way around any mom.

It's just a matter of finding it.

Oh, yeah.

What is it?

Lookee! Your big brother

brought presents!

Let me see them!

Where are they? Where are they?

- Orphan.

- Oh, congrats, Mom! Triplets?

I need to see them. I need to see them.

Where are they? Oh, there they are!

They're different colors!

They're different colors!

I've got siblings.

I've finally got siblings!

You know, someone to play

hide-and-go-eat with!

And on long trips, you know, we'll fight

over who has to sit on Mom's hump.

It will never be me, of course.

You know?

And we'll sing the same songs over

and over. Mostly the songs I like.

And for the rest of our lives

we'll have each other as friends!

Best friends! You know forever and ever.

One question. Why do they look so weird?

- What kind of dinosaur is that?

- No clue. But it's not a T-Rex.

Yeah, no harm done, really.

The security guard

just has to get new pants.

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