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of thousands of tiny little marks – made by tiny little teeth!”
    â€œBut that’s impossible,” protested Iggy. “You and Captain Teggs both saw a huge shadow in the sea. That has to be the liopleurodon, right?”
    â€œMaybe not,” said Arx. “Maybe the liopleurodon is working with something else. Something just as big . . . or maybe even bigger!”

    Cripes took off his hat and scratched his head with a flipper. “Strange for something so big to have such teeny-weeny teeth.”

    â€œNever mind all that,” said Iggy. “Let’s get going!” He patted his shiny new engine. “We’ll find Captain Teggs and Gipsy. And we’ll find whatever else is hiding down there in the deeps, too-whatever it takes!”

Chapter Eight
THE FISH FACTOR
    Back beneath the sea bed, Teggs and Gipsy were still exploring the liopleurodon ship. It was cold, dark and scary. And both of them knew that their precious air supply was running out with every breath they took. As they walked along one dark corridor, the dirty water grew chillier. Slowly it was becoming a thick, icy slush.
    â€œShall we turn back?” asked Gipsy nervously. “We don’t want to wind up as dinosaur ice-pops!”
    â€œJust a little further,” said Teggs.
    The chilly passage ended in what seemed to be a giant freezer. Lying inthe middle of the room were four big caskets made of solid ice. Teggs could see the huge dark shape of a liopleurodon lying inside three of them. But the fourth was damaged. Part of the ceiling had collapsed on top of it, and the casket had cracked right open.
    â€œThis must be Mira’s crew,” Gipsy gasped. “Are they dead?”

    â€œJust sleeping, I think,” breathed Teggs. “A deep, frozen sleep to keep them fresh while they wait to be rescued. But Mira’s woken up ahead of time!”
    Gipsy pointed to some blue scraps in the water beside the broken casket. “What are they?”
    â€œBits of Mira’s uniform I think. There’s writing on them.” Teggs took a closer look. “A and D on this bit An L on the other. What does that mean?”
    â€œAdmiral!” cried Gipsy.
    Teggs frowned. “I’m only a captain at the moment!”

    â€œNo, I’m talking about Mira!” Gipsy’s crest flushed red with excitement, and made her helmet steam up. “He thought his name was Mira because it’s written on that scrap of uniform he wears. But that’s only
part
of the word. Really it spells AD—MIRA—L!”
    â€œOf course!” breathed Teggs. “Then this really
is
his ship. But the ceiling fell in on his head before he could get into the deep freeze. That must be how he lost his memory!”
    â€œPoor Mira,” sighed Gipsy. “He must’ve slipped out into the sea in a daze, and forgotten how to get back!”
    â€œYes – and something else may have slipped out with him,” said Teggs quietly. “Let’s keep looking.”
    â€œI wonder how much longer our air will last,” said Gipsy quietly. “We can’t have much left by now.”
    â€œI know,” said Teggs. “But we mustn’t give up. An astrosaur fights on to the last breath!” He paused. “Sorry, that wasn’t a very clever thing to say, was it?”

    They left the chilly chamber and took a side-tunnel. Soon theycame to another room. It was marked LARDER – DO NOT DISTURB. A huge aquarium stretched along one wall for hundreds of metres. Nothing moved in the eerie, dark water.
    â€œThis must be where their food lived,” said Gipsy.
    Teggs was puzzled. “Strange to have an aquarium in a ship that’s already full of water.”
    â€œI suppose the fish would swim all over the ship otherwise, trying to escape being eaten,” Gipsy guessed. Then she noticed a big hole in the back of the tank. “Captain! The fish
did
escape! Look, they