10. What Really Killed the Dinosaurs

CHAPTER 10 WHAT REALLY KILLED THE DINOSAURS "Nooooooo!" screamed Big Tippy, as he sailed into the clouds at an incredible speed. "This bomb will detonate in thirty seconds." said the bomb.

Big Tippy flew across North America, soaring faster and faster through the stratosphere. "This bomb will detonate in fifteen seconds," said the bomb. Big Tippy began to lose altitude as he sailed toward the Gulf of Mexico. "This bomb will detonate in five seconds," said the bomb.

"4... 3... 2... 1..." Finally, Big Tippy landed just off the coast of the Yucatån Peninsula with a violently colossal splashdown (as seen below).

The massive explosion that followed blew a chunk in the Earth fifteen miles deep and more than sixty miles wide. Terrible earthquakes shook the entire planet as a gigantic tsunami sent a towering wall of seawater rolling across the continents.

"What's happening?" cried George. "It's that dumb nuclear bomb!" shouted Supa Mega Tippy. "It just triggered the start of the Cenozoic era. I'm gonna become extinct if I don't get out of here!" Quickly, Supa Mega Tippy set his Tinkle-Time Travelometer for 64,793,216 years into the future and pressed the "Away We Go!" button.

Suddenly, gigantic bolts of lightning began shooting out of Supa Mega Tippy's Robo-Pants as a ball of blue light enveloped him. "Quick, Crackers!" cried Harold, as thick volcanic ash began blocking out the sun. "Fly into the blue light! It's our only chance to escape!" Crackers pointed his long reptilian neck toward the crackling orb, and the four friends sailed downward into the blinding blue lightning.