Cretaceous Living

This is my version of what has been done so many times - Abby and Connor in the cretaceous period. My version will see them get closer and struggle for survival in the hostile environment.

Chapter 1

Stuck up in a tree millions of years ago Abby and Connor slept in a very uncomfortable nest, sleeping to the sounds of dinosaurs in the distance. When they woke up the sky was blue, the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in sight.

"Morning Connor, how's the ankle?" Abby asked

"It's fine thanks, what do you think we should do?"

"I don't know, but what I do know is that we need to find fresh water to refill our canteens and try to find some food".

"I'll come with you"

"No you won't, you need to rest that ankle, I'll be back in a little while, stay quiet."

"Fine, but be careful, we don't wanna wake the neighbours".

"I got it"

Abby then grabbed hers and Connor's canteens as well as her backpack and started climbing back down to the ground. She spent the next hour or so scouting the area, trying to find fresh water, which she did about 2 or 3 miles from the tree. She also found some berries she knew not to be poisonous and put them in the bag she carried. On her way back to the tree she looked all around her for better places for a shelter than the tree as she knew that neither of them would be able to climb up and down it forever.

When she got back to the tree, she climbed back up to the nest, gave Connor his water and berries and told him that she had found somewhere where they could build a better shelter.

"So where is this place?" asked Connor.

"About a mile east, this old tree, it's like the trunk is almost split in two, there's this large gap, we'd have to like build walls using branches and stuff, but it means we'd be better protected from bad weather. What do you think?"

"I think it's a great idea, take me to see it later please".

"Connor, you ankle"

"Is bad I know, but please, it'll give us a chance to check out the anomaly site as well"

"Connor, we both know that the anomaly may never open again and we'll be stuck here forever"

"I know that but it's better to live in hope".

"Quite right too. Fine, let me rest though first, climbing this tree has taken the breath out of me".

A few hours later Abby and Connor left the relative safety of the nest and Abby led Connor to the tree she had told him about earlier. "This place is great Abby, we add a few walls of branches, feather for decoration and boom, we have ourselves a shelter".

"Well I suppose we'd better get to work then".

End of Chapter