Chapter 5: Separation

Chapter 5: Separation is the fifth chapter of Dinosaur Creek Part 1 and the overall 5th chapter of the series. It was released on June 27th, 2021.

## Synopsis

After both teams wander the sewer tunnels, Shane, Blaster, Morgan, Caren, and Rover reunite with Tex and meet Emily by surprise, especially since she’s a human seeing them in their dinosaur forms. Tex calms them down and says he explained everything to her and how she’s not a threat. He explains how he saved her from a fall, but Caren becomes a little suspicious when she sniffs Tex’s scent on Emily. When she questions her about Tex doing anything that would make him get close to her, much to Tex’s confusion and dismay, Emily answers by saying how he saved her by catching her bridal style and carrying her down into the sewer to escape the human attention. Caren smacks Tex's stomach with her club tail and briefly lashes out at him for his behavior and decision to bring her down into the sewage, but he tries to explain how he didn’t have much of a choice since he didn’t want to risk letting Emily go without explaining his appearance to her. Shane and Blaster jokingly comment on how Caren got a little smarter now than she was this morning, but this makes Blaster comment on how proud he is that she’s expressing more emotions than she was before.

Once calming her down, Shane explains to Tex on Morgan’s claims on Terrarium, the use of dinosaurs as agents and spies, the multiple continent branches, the sarcosuchus in the city river, and Hero’s decision to have Tex, Caren and Kireina be released despite not being educated like him and Blaster. Tex begins to take this as very unusual and begins to rethink his trust in Terrarium and Hero. When Emily overhears this, she expresses how she is familiar with a case involving Hero. She says Leonard Hero was a native to Hell Creek and rose to be rich after he became involved in the cybernetic and tech company called Hero Industries. But following his unexplained disappearance 25 years prior, the company went under and the case surrounding his disappearance went cold. The group deducts the idea that Hero used his resources to build Terrarium as an underground company and used his time machines, mutagens, and other resources to experiment on the dinosaurs. But his true reasons are unknown since they are now out ruling the idea that he is doing all of this for them. Requesting Emily’s help in her background in investigating Terrarium, the group decides to find Kireina and head back as soon as they can confront him. But since Tex can’t go up to the streets since his bracelet is broken, Caren and Emily agree to go to make sure the streets are clear of people.

At night, once the streets are clear of people, Kireina is seen wandering to the meeting spot after finishing up her meal. But she is approached by Caren, who is wearing a dissatisfied look on her face and demands that she go into the sewer hatchet to get back to the team. Going back under, Tex says he is unhappy about Kireina’s decision to run off, she tries to defend herself when she says that she wanted to explore and sees a lot of promise in the city, more than what she expected. However, when he watches her talk, he pauses her by grasping onto her jaw to notice she has blood stained on her teeth. He then angrily confirms that she hunted someone and killed them for food. This triggers a heated argument between the two, where Tex claims Kireina forced him to do violent hunts when they were together despite his desire to be cautions. This fact is mostly picked up by Emily, especially when he mentions she forced him. When he confronts her about her decision to hunt and kill has made her into a murderer, Kireina declares that she wants to be an intelligent creature while still being a savage beast, that way she can retain both of the powerful abilities possessed by a human and dinosaur. Unwilling to let her get away with murdering anyone else, Tex and the group try to trap her, but she escapes through the sewer hatchet and back onto the street.

Since the street is absent with humans, the entire group is able to step out and confront her. Obtaining a new sword she stole, Kireina fights the group. Within the fight, most of the members learn how to fight back using their intelligence and their combined dinosaur fighting traits (tails, wings, claws, etc.). Near the end, Tex overpowers Kireina and confronts her about how her delusions have now made her into a psychopath. He then declares an end to both their partnership and their fight, much to her anger. Before she leaves, she warns Tex that he ,made a mistake in breaking up with her, claiming “*You can’t survive without me*” before climbing up a building and escaping.

Though the team is concerned about Tex letting her go again, he claims it’s better for her to escape in defeat than in pride and knows she’ll be back to fight. Just before Emily could question Tex why he said Kreina forced him into their hunts, the Terrarium bus drives up to the group. This causes Peter to quickly hide within the alleyways, assuming he doesn’t want to be seen by them. Tex, Shane, and Blaster hide Emily and Morgan behind them to ensure Terrarium doesn’t know they befriended a human and a foreign Terrarium agent. Dreda, Grey and Kai stand before the team with stern, unhappy faces. Dreda first notices Morgan is with them and angrily growls at them for it. Dreda says Hero is not happy about the group’s actions today and wishes to talk to them right away. Though Tex claims they have questions for Hero as well, Sinor, who was hiding from the group, pulls Emily out to reveal her presence to the agents. Now disappointed, Dreda and the team order the group to come, which they agree to. As the group is taken away, Peter stays within the alleyways and watches the Generals take the dinosaurs away.

## Characters

* Tex
* Emily Tops
* Caren
* Shane
* Blaster
* Morgan
* Rover
* Peter
* Dreda
* Grey
* Kai
* Sinor
* Kireina
* Lenard Hero (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* This chapter features the first fight in the series.