A helicopter breaks through the dark clouds and descends toward centerfield. Professor Digsby briefs his crew: They will set down at a relatively safe distance, allowing the marksman to shoot several darts from stable ground before the beast can turn on them. But before they can land, the venerable ballpark is swarmed by black-clad, Kevlar-armored assault troops armed with high-powered automatic rifles and grenade launchers. Realizing they're too late, Digsby turns to Sue's last hope and says, "There is nothing else we can do. Play the drum, Annison!" The assault team falls into formation and unleashes a deadly barrage. Sue recoils, throwing back her head in anguish as armor piercing bullets tear through muscle and bone. A grenade launcher is set, the safety released.

Thunderheads swirl and dance to the beat of Annison's drum. A lightning bolt shears down from the clouds and strikes the tormented T-Rex, enveloping her in a halo of white fire. Thunder slaps the earth as if in judgment. The short-lived flesh begins to recede. A ghostly iridescence rises from the vortex and soars skyward, surging back to the eternal resting place from whence it came.

By the time the chopper lands, the SWAT team has gathered round the scene, muttering and scratching their heads in perplexity. Professor Digsby grunts in surprise as he and Annison squeeze through the circle of onlookers. All that remains of Sue is a large pile of gray dust.

After the initial shock and fear caused by the resurrection of Sue, a state of seeming normality has returned. The director of the Field Museum vows, despite some protests, to create an exact replica of Sue's skeleton from the original casts and molds. Sue's ashes, those that did not blow into outfield grass, were claimed by the Sioux Nation and spread over the ground from which she was taken.

The Cubs are gaining ground on the Cards, their best player having been eaten, and Sammy Sosa now leads the league in home runs. Prof. Digsby will begin a lecture tour called, "The Sue Incident: Regenerating Cells from Fossil DNA." As for Annison, he says he is learning new songs and stories from his grandfather, and would like to visit the museum again soon.

Some say that Sue was sent to atone for the desecration of the earth; others that she was byproduct of science and technology run amuck. Once Sue and her kind ruled this planet, as we do now. Are we too doomed to extinction, or can we somehow harness our knowledge and rise above the ravages of time?