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Rex growled at Chomper. He wanted to lunge at him. He wanted to use his claws and rip out his throat. How dare he do something so low! Chomper had captured a dinosaur and was now going to use it against Rex, he knew that. The dracovol's heart was filling with anger as he thought of the horrible things Chomper may have done to Yu in his capture. Even though Yu looked fine, that didn't mean that there wasn't a hidden gash somewhere, out of sight.

Chomper noticed Rex's anger and merely smiled. Bowing his head forward, pointing his sharp horns in Rex's direction, he said, "That's right...Let your heart fill with anger. That is the fuel for your true form..."

Rex blinked with confusion. His true form? He might've been talking about the creepy form he had seen in the water earlier. The one glowing red eye, he could feel it when he spat out fire just moments before. The red eye appeared when he was starting to feel angry about something. And now that he thought about it, he could feel the red eye once more, when he was getting angry at Chomper. Horrified, he covered his eye with his hand to conceal the unusual light.

"Oh you shouldn't hide the eye. It's a symbol of your power." Chomper grinned, more to himself than for Rex. "You are stronger than you think, Rex. And you belong to me..." He held out a hand and made a gesture for Rex to come closer.

The blue flyer snarled in response and took a step back. "I'm not joining you! No way on this planet would I ever consider doing that!" He closed his eyes and folded his arms stubbornly.

Chomper's red eyes narrowed dangerously. "Not even if it's to save your friend..?" He pointed his head towards Yu, who was still out cold.

Rex snapped out of his composure and whirled in Chomper's directions, eyes wide with anger and fear. "Y-You wouldn't dare..." He muttered.

"Oh...would I...?" Chomper growled almost playfully as he snapped one of his claws. Almost instantly, one of the sickleclaws opened their jaws and lightly set them around Yu's throat. He didn't bite down, but he was threatening too. After a few moments of this, Chomper raised his hand, and the sickleclaw stopped.

Rex gulped and looked at Chomper in fear. He was faced with a tough situation. He was caught between a rock and a hard place. And he had no idea how to get out. His eyes hardly leaving Chomper or Yu, Rex felt his mind fill to capacity with useless questions about what to do. He knew he couldn't just leave Yu to be destroyed by this...this monster! But he also couldn't join Chomper. He'd be a traitor, and he didn't want to break the trust that he had built with Littlefoot and the others. It was a lose/lose situation for him. If only he could just find some way out of it. But his mind was drawing up a blank. He knew the situation was black and white. Either he did what Chomper told him, or Yu would die. It was as simple as that. There was no way around it.

Rex took a step forward. "Why would you want me to do join you?" A hint of challenge was on his voice.

"Why?" Chomper asked, eyes wide almost as if shocked by what Rex had just said. "Why, dear Rex..." He said with a hint of sarcasm. "You would make a very valuable asset to my group. And if you join, you won't be attacked by my troups." He tapped his claws together. "Think about it. You'll be safer with us than with them, the plant-eaters. You belong with us, Rex. You are a sharptooth."

"Oh yeah? Are you sure it isn't because my past life was a flamebreath?" He asked almost angrily. To prove his point, he gathered in his mind as much anger as he could and he could feel a flame burn inside his mouth. Instinctively, he spat it out, and the fireball struck close to the ground to where Chomper was. Chomper however showed no fear whatsoever. He just glanced at the area where the fireball struck, and then eyed Rex again.

He spoke, "Tsk tsk tsk. You really need to work on your aim." He grinned.

Rex growled angrily, but when Chomper raised his hand again to signal for one of the raptors to try and pull something, Rex stopped in his tracks. He was breathing heavily now, from the emotions that now invaded his brain and wouldn't leave him alone. He kept trying to find the best solution, but both decisions that he could make would make him hate himself, and there would still be death and suffering. Taking one glance back at Yu's unconscious form, he turned back to Chomper. He bowed his head in defeat.

"All right... you win..." He muttered, though it was clear he wasn't happy with his decision and how he had to have made it.

Chomper smirked evilly and nodded his head at the raptors. Simultaeneously, they released Yu, tossing him to the floor next to Rex. The rough impact against cold earth was enough to startle the young raptor into waking up. "What? Who? When? Where? Why?" He said really fast before he came to his senses. "Man what happened?" He turned to see Rex standing next to him. "Hi Rex." He said almost cheerfully.

Rex took one look at Yu, and his expression changed to sadness. He didn't answer Yu's greeting. Yu tilted his head. "Rex? What's wrong?" But still Rex wouldn't answer. The dracovol took one look at Chomper, and then looked back at Yu.

He whispered, "I'm...sorry Yu..." With that sad, Rex started walking towards Chomper. The young raptor had suspected the dracovol was going to attack. He was shocked when Rex didn't attack, but rather stood beside him.

Yu scrambled to his feet. "Rex? What do you think you're doing? You can't do this...you can't do this...You...You...How could you?" He pointed an accusing finger at Rex, shaking from confusion and rising anger. Rex simply turned his head away, ashamed.

Chomper answered for him. "He's coming with me. Rex did this to save you, Yu. Rex is part of my troups now." Smiling at the velociraptor's horrified expression, the carnotaurus looked down at his new and yet unwilling companion. "And I already have a mission for you. You'll get a real kick out of it..." He smiled darkly. Rex looked up at his new master, awaiting orders. He didn't want to do this, but if he wanted Yu to survive, he'd have no choice.

"I want you...to find Littlefoot...and attack him!" Something inside Rex stirred. And all those nearby could see that one of his eyes started to glow bloody red...

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In there, hidden behind some bushes was a jade colored sickleclaw, Salen, his face a mix of fear, anger and grief. "This is what I feared."