Time: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 66 MYA

Location: Montana

Mission Log: Day 5

Days Until Meteor Impact: 0

Back in Cretaceous Montana, the injured female T. rex and her young are headed up a hillside with their kill.

Fluttershy’s still tracking the T. rexes.

Not far behind them, Fluttershy quietly follows the three tyrannosaurs. Throughout the trek, she's witnessed the two juveniles running around and snapping at one another playfully, their playful chirps and hisses, and their mother's pained grunts. The adult female's limping has also gotten worse. Killing the Edmontosaurus and carrying its carcass has put a lot of strain on her injured leg.

She's almost on her last legs. Moving so slowly now, Fluttershy’s had a chance to catch up.

After traveling for so long, with each passing second making Fluttershy more and more anxious, the three finally reached their destination. The female drops the kill on the ground before she and her young begin to dig in. Not too far away, Fluttershy hides behind a fallen log.

"It's been a long climb, but worth it. She was badly injured but got her young to aid her in her hunt. Paleontologists have long suspected that dinosaurs showed parental care, but those two are too old to receive much care from their mother. Normally, they would hunt animals like Ornithomimus. However, juveniles may have aided their parents in hunts from time to time. In return, they're allowed to indulge in the kills made and receive protection inside their parent's territory until they're old enough to establish one of their own," Fluttershy theorizes as she watches the three feed on the Edmontosaurus. "And for us, it's fantastic. We can get a whole family of T. rex back to Prehistoric Park."

But Fluttershy’s optimism is short-lived.

A series of loud hisses echo through the forest as Fluttershy and the family of three turn to see the three sub-adult male T. rexes have returned. They have been starving since arriving in this territory, and after a failed hunt a couple of days ago, the smell of a fresh kill has drawn them here. The adult female hisses aggressively at the three while the two juveniles hide in the forest. The trio moves closer toward the female, but their eyes are on the carcass. The male in the center lunges toward the carcass, but the female slams her head into his to force him back. The young male hisses at her while she releases a loud grumble reminiscent of a crocodile's.

"Those three males really want that carcass," Fluttershy states. "And the young are hiding. If the three see them, they could be in trouble. There's direct fossil evidence that T. rex was cannibalistic."

The young trio, realizing that going for the carcass is not an open option, moves forward to fight the adult female. The female is nearly twice their weight, is much stronger, and has more experience. However, despite being half her size, the young trio outnumber her, and due to her injury, the odds are a bit more favorable to them. Had she been completely healthy, they wouldn't dare try her. One of the males moves up and gets right in her face, which she responds by snapping at him. He dodges the attack as his brother on the right charges at her and snaps at her neck. She avoids the attack in time and quickly bites onto his neck. However, before she can bite down harder, the other brother on her left rams into her side, hitting her wounded leg in the process and causing her to let go of her attacker. The female staggers back in pain but still holds her ground as the trio moves in on her. She lets out another angered grumble before she snaps at the one in the center, forcing him back, before turning her attention to the one on the right. The young male backs away from her, but his brothers quickly move in. The female hisses at them, causing them to stop in place and hiss back. Unfortunately, this allowed the other brother to quickly bite down on her neck. She shakes her head and neck in an attempt to break his hold. The young male struggles to keep hold of her, but he's slowly losing it. However, the other two come in and ram into her side. This frees the female from his jaws, but it also causes her to hit her head on a tree hard. The impact stuns her, allowing the two smaller of the trio to rush in and knock her to the ground, which allows the third and larger brother to rush in and bite down on her neck.

With a bite of 34,000 Newtons, the strongest of any dinosaurs, the mother seems to be done for and…

BOOM… BOOM…

Hold on… he’s backing off.

The eldest brother let go of the mother Rex and stepped back as more thuds were heard; he and his siblings almost had a look of complete regret on their faces. For the vibrations sounded just like… footsteps.

BOOM… BOOM…

Fluttershy took notice of this and turned towards the direction the sub-adults were looking at, and at that moment, they saw why the rexes were so terrified…

If there’s one thing a T. rex is afraid of, it's another bigger T. rex.

Another male rex has arrived. His body is darker in color and scars cover his body; the most prominent being a healed gash on his leg and the tip of his tail missing. And he can see the juveniles. However, he’s not another rival... Dad has returned to his family.

When Dad sees what has happened in his absence… All Hell is about to break loose!

The eldest brother initially bellowed to try and scare away the super-predator, but it was already too late as the father let out a thunderous growling hiss.

The eldest, foolishly deciding to risk it all, charged at the carnivore, but the more experienced rex sidestepped and caught the rival carnivore in his jaws as it squirmed around to try to free itself. Fluttershy cringed in pain as she heard the rex bellow in pain and heard its bones cracking as the Tyrannosaurus slowly closed his jaws shut. The young male struggles, but it's not enough as the older male bites as hard as he can, crushing his throat. The eldest brother lets out one last wheezing hiss before his body goes completely limp. With one swing of his head, the tyrannosaur tossed the mangled corpse of the rival to the feet of its brethren. The tyrannosaur then let out a low, growling hiss as the blood of his victim dripped from his thick fangs like a venomous snake.

The very sight of their own brother’s death horrified the two remaining subadults as the father gave the two a piercing glare that said one thing: Leave… NOW!!!

He watched his rivals whimper and flee in a panic, rivals that gave him and his family so much trouble the past week, flee like cockroaches from a light.

The adult male soon turned to the female as he nuzzled her snout and tried to help her stand up using his bulky body, the female using what little strength slowly got back up on her two feet, although the male was large, the female was taller than him in height. The two juveniles came out of hiding and warbled to greet them. They stayed in her territory solely because she offered protection from intruders. And now thanks to their dad, their chance for survival has increased.

But all of that is about to change forever…

The meteor is now careening towards Earth's surface.

Hundreds of miles away, the meteor has finally entered the Earth's atmosphere at 45,000 miles per hour.

The sound of the meteor rushing through the sky catches the attention of Fluttershy and the T. rex family, who look toward the sky; the tyrannosaurs in surprise, Fluttershy in shock and horror. Fluttershy can barely see a small glimpse of the meteor's burning tail as it careens towards the planet's surface.

The sonic boom it creates is one of the loudest noises the world has ever known.

Indeed it was, and Fluttershy covered her ears to block the sound as the loud boom echoed across the world. In minutes, the meteor finally crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula.

As it strikes the Yucatán Peninsula, it causes an explosion ten billion times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. It releases a blast front moving at a hundred times the speed of sound. This devastation is just the start. The cloud of ash will soar into the sky, and molten rock will start raining down, igniting global wildfires. And as it mushrooms out, it will engulf the entire world in a blanket of darkness. Earthquakes and tsunamis of enormous magnitude will devastate the lands, killing billions of lives. Any of the lucky few that survive will face complete darkness, minimal food, poisoned water, and freezing temperatures for the next two to three years. All this is just minutes away. Fluttershy will have to think fast.

Hurrying as fast as she can, Fluttershy sets up the Time Portal. Her only hope is to save the family, who are panicking at all the noise quickly approaching.

"Has anyone got any food, anything that smells?!" Fluttershy desperately yells out. "We need the odor to entice the T. rex juveniles through the Time Portal! And if they follow, their parents will do the same! I just hope we can make it!"

The meteor's blast wave is moving ever closer as animals of all kinds—pterosaurs, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, and the future surviving lizards, turtles, crocodilians, snakes, birds, the only dinosaurs to survive, and the mammals that will one day dominate the world—flee and/or hide from the incoming danger. Fluttershy, meanwhile, grabs a sandwich from her bag. It has pieces of turkey meat, and Fluttershy hopes it will be enough. She quickly but carefully moves toward the two juveniles, waving the sandwich in front of them as their parents watched, having never seen these foreign creatures before. And it carried some strange thing that smelled a lot like... food!

"This has to work; I've only got minutes or maybe seconds left. They must be curious about the meaty smell of the sandwich. Come on," she exclaims to the two young tyrannosaurs. "But they're more likely to lunge at me!" One of the juveniles snaps at the sandwich, but Fluttershy backs up before it can get it. "Come on! You've gotta come; we've got to get you back! That's it; come on! Yes!" Fluttershy then runs toward the Portal as the two juveniles chase after her, their parents not far behind to protect their offspring.

The blast wave is now less than a minute away from hitting them. Fluttershy activates the Time Portal and rushes through. However, the adult and juvenile T. rexes stop right at the Portal. They're unsure of what to do. On the one hand, they could follow that strange creature through the strange mist, but on the other, a big loud blast was coming their way. They look back at the forest, each other, and the subadult’s body. They now have one split second to decide: stay and risk the danger or risk running through.

The blast arrives, and the sky goes dark.

Time: Present Day

Location: Prehistoric Park

Mission Log: Day 5

On the other side of the Portal, back in Prehistoric Park, Fluttershy has already come through. Her friends, her team, and many of the Park's staff have been waiting for her. Fluttershy doesn't pay them attention as she turns back toward the Time Portal, hoping that the T. rexes will come through. Everyone watches the Portal anxiously. Several quiet moments pass by as Fluttershy‘s fears begin to take over her mind. However, they begin to vanish as a familiar warping sound comes from the Time Portal. In just seconds, the two juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex burst through the Portal, followed by their bellowing parents.

"YEAH!" Everyone shouts in excitement. Fluttershy runs toward the gate, telling them to open it. Once she's through, she joins her school buddies.

"Fluttershy!" Pinkie exclaims happily.

"You got a whole family!" Twilight exclaims in awe. "Our first T. rex!"

Fluttershy has finally managed to rescue T. rex from extinction.

The four rexes then run toward the holding pens, with the gate closing behind them. They don't know it yet, but their lives are going to change forever and for the better.

After all the excitement, the staff gets to work, making the Park's four arrivals, both young and old, feel more comfortable.

The T. rex family is now safely in the observation pen. Sunset’s ensuring they're in good health before being taken to their permanent enclosure.

Sunset peers through the gap to check on the quartet. They have been here for just over an hour, yet are surprisingly calm. Up above, four keepers are carrying two large chunks of meat to feed the juveniles. Once they are in position, they drop them into the pen. The meat catches the two's attention, and they move to feed as their parents rest and watch.

"They look a little undernourished, but I'm sure we'll be able to sort them out. And I’m hoping once we separate the parents, I can treat the mother with her wounds. They're eating well. They're not even halfway grown, but they're still so powerful, aren't they?" Sunset watches as the two hiss at each other as they each grab their chunk of meat. "They're cool, aren't they?"

Prehistoric Park is now home to its first-ever dinosaurs, and Fluttershy wants to check in on some of the most recent ones.

Nearby 'Triceratops and Edmontosaurus Creek,' which had received its new inclusions not too long ago, Rarity is leading Fluttershy and Twilight toward another enclosure. This one had some forest but was more open. It was also connected to the same creek as Theo, Edmonton, and Edmonton's new herd mates had in their enclosure. However, this enclosure is home to the Park's more hardheaded newcomers.

Fluttershy walks up to the fence and looks over to see the herd of seven Pachycephalosaurus she had rescued.

After the pachycephalosaurs had arrived, Rarity wasted no time finding them a home. Luckily, she and Applejack had a few enclosures built around the creek where the Triceratops and Edmontosaurus now call home. Many species of prehistoric wildlife require specific habitats to keep them satisfied. Luckily for them, Fluttershy had only brought a few species in.

"This enclosure is perfect. Pachycephalosaurus are headbutters, and they need room to run around and headbutt. Great job, Rarity."

"Thanks, Twilight. Should I be concerned about the headbutting?"

"I don't think so," Fluttershy assures her. "Headbutting, while it can be used in fighting, it's more likely to help establish dominance and maintain their social structure."

"Ah, alright then."

"I would be careful, though," Twilight states. "Fights and accidents could happen, so it should be important to keep an eye on them so that we can help avoid any serious injury."

One of the Pachycephalosaurus looks over and sees the three. It gets spooked when it sees Fluttershy, somehow recognizing her. It lets out a call, alarming the rest. The alpha male gets in front and lowers his head a bit, hoping that he'll be able to intimidate these strange creatures this time.

"I don't think they're happy with us yet. Let's leave them alone for now."

"Good idea. Thankfully, they haven't caused too much trouble."

"Well, that's good."

The alpha male watches as the three walk away. Once they are out of sight, the rest of the herd returns to feeding and exploring their new home. The alpha male, however, stays alert. Despite how calm and peaceful this new place is, he's not yet accepted it as a new home. It may take some time for him to get used to it. For now, his job is to ensure that his herd is kept safe.

Fluttershy’s dream of having a park full of prehistoric creatures she's saved from extinction is beginning to take shape.

The flock of Ornithomimus are currently roaming around their enclosure.

The Ornithomimus are getting used to their new home.

Theo, Edmonton, and Edmonton's herd are eating, drinking, wallowing in the creek, and wandering around their new home.

The Triceratops and Edmontosaurus have adapted well and are coexisting peacefully.

The pachycephalosaurs are still showing caution toward their new environment.

The Pachycephalosaurus are slowly getting used to their new place.

Finally, we take a look at the Park's newest enclosure. After months of building, the enclosure for the Tyrannosaurus rex was completed and given the name 'T. Rex Hill.' Not only is it completed, it's already occupied.

And the T. rex family has been put into their new enclosure.

Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight have driven down to the enclosure to check and see it for themselves and see how the four new tyrannosaurs are getting on. Applejack joins them to show them the enclosure.

"This is fantastic; well done, Applejack," Fluttershy congratulates the Western headkeeper.

"Thanks, sugarcube. Though it seems a bit big for the juveniles."

"It's overkill now when they're only two tons, but when they're bigger, it's a perfect enclosure just like how it is for the parents," Twilight says, very happy with this enclosure. "And have you seen the juveniles at all?"

"Not since I put them in there; they disappeared off the face of the Earth," Applejack answers as she and the other three girls look into the enclosure, trying to see if they can spot them.

"There's places for them to hide; they're not gonna be stressed," Twilight says before she spots them. "And look, there!" She points to the two juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex running out of the trees as their parents slept in the shade of the forest. The two have been exploring their new home ever since Applejack moved them in. Despite the strange new environment, they're all getting used to it surprisingly fast.

"Why don't you give them some names to identify them?" Rainbow Dash suggests to Fluttershy.

"I've done that," She responds, excited to tell them.

"Ok, what?"

"Matilda for the female and then Terrance for the male. I haven’t decided yet what to call the mother, but the father looks like a Hank to me," Fluttershy tells them. "What do you think, Twilight?"

"Terrance, Matilda, and Hank, those are nice names."

"It's not bad; it's kind of cute for the little ones, really," Rainbow Dash says.

"I'll tell you what, they're not going to stay cute for long."

Twilight’s right. The juveniles are currently in the stage of their lives where they are transitioning from a fast and gracile build to a massive and robust one. In just a few years, they will be as big as the sub-adult males that nearly orphaned them, and in about ten years or so, they will reach full size at ten tons or more, turning Terrance and Matilda into the largest and most powerful killing machines to walk the Earth in 66 million years… just like Mom and Dad. Let's hope Prehistoric Park knows what it's getting itself into.

Next Time

Next time, Fluttershy sets her sights on a mammoth from the ice age. But she's going to have to overcome the cold climate and a hostile reception. Managing the prehistoric creatures Fluttershy brings back will definitely not be as easy as they first thought.

Author's Note

The T. rex adventure is finally over. It seems like Dad has returned for this remake, named after a fan-name for the T-Rex from “Freshwaters” of Prehistoric Planet. Additionally, the way the mom was nearly killed had to be changed because the skulls of Tyrannosaurus rex were very robust and strong. The hit the mom took on the rocks in the show likely wouldn't have killed her. So, having her be injured and overwhelmed and then stunned from hitting a tree made it an easy way for the three sub-adult males to try and kill her, hadn’t Hank arrived.

Don’t worry, though, "A Mammoth Undertaking" will be coming soon.

By the way, what do you guys think I should call the mother? Tell me in the comments below.