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JPV: Life Finds a Way: Chap. 4 part 1
By Mr Goodbytes
Chapter 4 part 1: It Came From the River.
Simone Berry returned to the river to drink. The others were resting in a tree stand that they had discovered. She leaned over the small bank, and began scooping the cool, clear water with her hands. Taking a hand full of water, she splashed it on her face to wash off some of the dried Giganotosaurus saliva. An unusual wave caught her eye for a moment. She noticed a small hump on the surface of the water, but it quickly vanished. It must have been a turtle, she thought. Simone returned to washing, failing to notice the ripple heading towards her.
Billy Brennan was awakened by the sound of splashing coming from the river. He stood up, trying to see the source of the noise. He saw Simone at the waters edge, splashing water on her face and arms. He almost turned away, but a large dark mass caught his attention. He studied the bizarre shape for a moment, then he saw a second large shape join the first. A large, crocodile-like head surfaced, and began moving in Simone’s direction!
“Move! Get out of there!”
“What?”
“Run!”
Simone heard the splashing, and turned to see massive jaws flying toward her from the river. She nearly fell backwards as the great teeth gnashed just inches away from her face. The Baryonyx had stumbled on a large root as it burst from the water. Simone took the opportunity to run back to the tree stand. She reached the small ladder just as the second Baryonyx launched from the river and began the chase. The first dinosaur had been stunned by its fall, but it was soon able to join his mate. Billy and Hank pulled Simone to safety just as the female Baryonyx closed its jaws less than a centimeter away from her heel. So close in fact, that the beasts tooth pulled a sliver of rubber from the bottom of Simone’s shoe!
The two Baryonyx circled the tree. No one dared to move. The largest Baryonyx roared, and slammed the bottom of the little shelter with the tip of his snout. The group had no choice but to wait it out in the tree.
“What do we do,” Marlin asked.
“There’s only one thing we can do. We just have to wait. They will eventually have to leave to find food, or go to sleep.”
Five hours passed. It was now becoming dark, and the predators remained. The dinosaurs would take turns milling around the tree. The other would return to the river to drink, and sometimes fish. Though naturally terrified, Grant’s paleontologist side was also intrigued by the animals. He watched in fascination at how the dinosaurs would stand knee deep in the river, and plunge they’re massively clawed hands into the raging water and withdraw a large fish. However, the Baryonyx would always return to the tree. Grant knew that the animals would not let them leave, and, with the river near by, there was no reason why the animals would ever have to leave. They were trapped with no possibility of escape.
“We’re all going to die,” Michael Nedry said.
As if in response, the female Baryonyx roared, and the male began battering the bottom of the stand with his snout once again.
Chapter 4 part 2: Trapped in a Tree.
Coming Soon!
4/16/2002 11:59:33 AM
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