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RaptorPack chptr4
By RaptorClaw
Day 4
The hummer raced easily through the dense jungle. Knocking down ferns and small to medium plants with relative ease, Jake wondered if Mack was really paying attention to the path (which there really wasn‘t any) or simply enjoying the feel of racing an armored vehicle through the dinosaur infested forest. Jake sat beside him in the passenger seat leaning back with his eyes closed. Behind Mack was his best friend, Diego, staring out the window and next to him Bobby, an annoying man if Jake ever saw one, continuously complaining.
“Why can’t you just let me stay at base?“ he demanded. Jake was really sick of him. Mack and Diego were excellent hunters, and exactly why they where on this expedition in the first place Jake didn’t know. He wondered if for some reason, InGen wanted live specimens brought back. But hadn’t they learned their lesson at the San Diego incident? Mack suddenly hit the brakes.
“Why in the world did you stop?” questioned Jake, bewildered. For all they knew, a tyrannosaur was following them.
“Look ahead.” Mack murmured quietly. Just ahead was a fully-grown, female Velociraptor. White with black markings, she was an awesome creature. They watched her caustiously from the greenish-black hummer. Strangely, although she was only maybe fifteen feet away, she didn’t seem to notice them. Bobby and Diego slowly got out of the hummer, but keeping one leg in. The female swished her tail loudly whipping at some ferns. Unknown to them, two male raptors were crawling on their bellies and had bit the tires again and again until they slowly started to leak out air. Diego looked back.
“Holy..!” The Raptors, realizing they had been spotted, got up, and in the blink of an eye pounced on Diego. Diego managed to kick them off after struggling for a moment, and then jumped into the hummer, slamming the door shut. The Raptors now turned their attention to Bobby, too stunned to move. A bad mistake. Jake slammed his foot on Mack’s as hard as he could, flooring the gas. Bobby leaped for the hummer, but ultimately missed it. The two Raptors pounced and ripped him to shreds. Jake winced.
“Faster Mack, FASTER!!!!!!!” screamed Diego, staring at the the raptors, two males and the female, gaining on them. But the flat tire slowed them waaaay down, and the thick growing plants made it even harder. They heard a sound on the roof. A fourth raptor had just leaped on it, and was proceding to try to break through. Now seven more raptors started the chase, as they sped into a muddy ditch. Jake did the one thing that seemed natural. Grabbing a tazer pistol out of the large black suitcase in the back seat. He glanced at Diego. He seemed okay, aside for several slashes, but those would heal. He tossed a gun to him.
“You know what to do,” said Jake calmly. Diego only nodded. Leaning out the window, they fired onto the chasing Raptors. They did their best, but there was mud flying everywhere and the hummer kept hitting bumps. Shots flew all over the place. Then they hit one. Blue electricity shot through the Raptor fast as lighting. He dropped to the ground, unconscious. They continued firing, but Jake wondered if they could shoot down all the animals before the Raptors reached them. . .
The hovercraft zipped quickly over the beach. Golden yellow sand whipped out from under it. “A perfect day,” thought Nick, smiling to himself as he stuck out of the top of the craft. Holding on to the sides were Derek and Fredrick, some guy who was apparently good with machinery. He had done most of the repairs on the InGen outpost they now called ’home’. That was when it happened. A huge crocodilian like creature burst out of the jungle. At least forty-five feet long, it was a giant terror. Goldish brown with touches of gray, he quickly chased after the group. He had an odd sail on his back, and long, three-fingered arms. He snout looked just like a crocodiles, a forty-five foot long crocodile, that is.
“Go fast, Now!!!!” Nick yelled at Laura, pushing the hovercraft to it’s limits. But the animals legs were so long, he kept right up with them. The jet black hovercraft couldn’t escape. It’s two blue propellers spun madly, like a fan on a hot day. But it couldn’t get a lead on the dinosaur. Suddenly Nick had an idea. He told Laura to turn to the water, figuring the animal would leave them.
“But-” she objected, but all he said was “GO!” She wanted to tell him the animal that was following them could probably swim. The hovercraft flew off a small cliff and into the sea with a loud splash, spraying dark blue ocean water in all directions. Nick looked back. No finned animal. No crocodilian beast. No golden dinosaur trying to eat them. He smiled. “We must of lost it!” he thought happily. Suddenly the hovercraft lurched, as though it had hit something, or something ad hit it. Nick turned around. All he saw was a puzzled Derek, scratching his head. Nick thought hard. “What the-” he wondered. Only then did he realize what was wrong with the picture. All he saw was a startled Derek. ALL he saw was a startled Derek. No Fred. No Fred. He looked back, just in case his eyes had been playing tricks on him. Nope. No Fred. Derek made a scared face. A huge golden claw ripped out of the water and crashed down on Derek’s surprised body. With such force, Nick thought the ship would sink. The claw drug the poor kid into the water, completely helpless. It reached down to snatch the body when an electric current slammed into the side of his head. The Spinosaurus looked up. Standing there was an enraged Nick, gun pointing toward the thing. But the gun wasn’t powerful enough to knock him out. Roaring, the creature grabbed the air-filled part of the ship. Then he threw all his weight on it. And with a sweep f his claw, cut out a big chunk. He then pushed into the water.
“He’s sinking us!” Nick realized, as Laura pulled her blood soaked brother into the now sinking hovercraft. Derek was badly injured, as he slumped right to the floor of the pilots area. Nick slammed the Pilots hatch shut, sealing them in. As the three sat silently, the once proud hovercraft slid under the waves and into the depths of the sea...
3/15/2002 11:43:21 PM
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