My eyes fluttered open to reveal great trees reaching for a dark clouded sky as a low rumble of thunder shook the ground. My head pounded from what I thought was a hangover from last night's party. Damn my friends for talking me into drinking so much before work. Then I realized I wasn't in my bed. I sat straight up and started looking seems that I am in what I can only guess is a Red Wood forest, but that's impossible because the nearest red wood forest in almost 2,000 miles away from Louisiana. I got to my feet with the grace of a newborn fawn, nearly busting my ass before I got vertical. A strange cry comes from somewhere behind me, making me jump nearly out of my skin. I turn to face what ever made that horrific sound to find nothing but bushes rustling and several soft squeaks seeming to come from my near right. I turned my head to the right ever so slowly to find a...a dodo?
I walk over to it and squat to get a better look after rubbing my eyes to make sure I was not going crazy. Yeah, it's a fucking dodo standing before my eyes, feathers, beak and feathers were of a soft grey color and silver, with a beak of a dull black. It seemed friendly enough as a reached my hand out to make sure it of the corporeal world. When all of the sudden, the bushes exploded in a mass of feathers and scales a large bipedal reptile jumped onto the poor little fella. I jumped back in shock and horror as I watched the damned thing shake the poor dodo bloody in its tooth filled maw. The little bird squawked and squeaked before falling silent and limp. The beast dropped the poor thing's broken form to the dirt and started to tear into it, filling the air with the sickening sounds of torn meat and crunching bone.
I slowly start backpedaling away from the blood bath when the creature raises its head and looks in my direction. I swallow hard as it starts charging towards me hissing.I turn and start sprinting like hell as it closed the gap between us. I prepare myself for the worse when I slam into something scaly and hard. I look up to see another large bipedal reptile before me. It turns its horned head to face me and lets out a guttural roar sending large splotches of spittle into my face. My ears ring from the loud cacophony of what I just realized is a Carnotaurus.
In the five seconds it takes me to realize I'm in danger, it turns to take a bite out of me. I lunge for the dirt just as the creature that was chasing me leaped for my back. I hit the dirt hard, sending the air from my lungs. I then turned over on my back to see the two beasts locked in combat. I lay there watching as the Carno and what I finally realized was a large raptor tear into each other. The raptor scratched and clawed at the eyes of the larger carnivore. The two blood thirsty creatures ripped into each other as I laid there still in shock as to what I was seeing. A real life Carno and a raptor fighting right before my very eyes.
The huge brute of a dinosaur bit down hard on the smaller combatants arm, tearing it clean wit h a spray of crimson. The little raptor yelped in pain but continued to bite and slash using its long sickle claws to render deep gouges into the Carno's face. The raptor shifted its body higher trying to get a better angle on its larger foe, maybe going for a throat strike to make a decisive kill. The raptor plunged its large retractable claw deep into the Carno's right eye drawing a fountain of blood from the now destroyed orb. The great beast let out a earth shattering cry of pain that rattled the very air from my chest, as it charged head long for the giant tree. The poor raptor had no way to get free before...Crunch. The Carno slammed its head into the tree with the raptor pinned between the two hulking masses. The sickening wet sound of bones shattering echoed through the forest as the raptor let its final breath go. The Carno reared in pain and ran from the area to nurse its wounds.
I approached the now still broken form of the raptor that laid half in a pile at the base of the tree. Its form was twisted and had two large puncture marks from the Carno's horns. I knelt beside it because I still couldn't fully believe what I was seeing. I must have stood there for almost 10 minutes before something pulled me back to the real world. A large crack of thunder shook the ground and pulled me back into the real world. I knew I needed to find shelter and quickly, so I started to venture through the great forest hoping to God there was some kind of civilization nearby. I walked for what seemed like 15 minutes or so before something caught my eye. It was a rope ladder, just hanging out here in the middle of the forest. My eyes followed it up to its source, a large ring like platform that encompassed one of the trees about 100 feet up. I approached the base of the ladder as I heard more of the barking like sounds the raptor made in the fight with the Carno. I hurried and climbed up the raggedy rope ladder because I would have preferred a death by falling then being torn limb from limb by those hungry beasts. After a few moments, I made it to the platform. Starting to feel the fatigue of having my adrenaline high wear off, I flopped onto the wooden planks life a fish out of water. I laid there a few moments to allow my body to come to terms with the fact that it was now nearly starved of energy and calories. Finally, I willed myself to my feet and noticed the building that was build closer to the trunk of the tree. I got to my feet and walked closer on shacking legs half expecting something to come flying out at me. I reached the door and gave it a good knock and waited for a response. None came, so I tested the door knob and found it to be unlocked, to my surprise. I opened the door to find a bleak and dusty room with a bed and some kind of work bench in the corner. I took a few steps in before I noticed the skeleton slumped in the corner. I started my approach before I tripped on something and hit the floor hard.
"Son of a Bitch!" I cursed at the top of my lungs as I grabbed my knee. I looked down to see a large knife tangled up by my curved blade glistened in the light that trickled in from a crack in the wooden roof. I reached and plucked it from its resting place. I ran my hand along its smooth surface, the blade still held its biting edge. Such fine craftsmanship, I wonder if the person in the corner was the maker of such a lovely blade. I get back to my feet and continue to look around the cabin. Before long the rain starts to come down with a force that seemed to defy the natural world but then again I had seen worse with some of the hurricanes back home. Home, would I ever see it again or would I become just another victim to the ravages of this strange land I have found myself trapped in? I guess only time would tell. I eventually found something to start a fire with and lit several of the old torches, those that would light that is, so I could get a better few of where I had found myself. There was a work bench with some scarps of hide and metal strung about it. A bed that actually looked quite comfortable, but maybe that was just because I was completely worn out. I also found several glass jars that were filled with water. I dumped them out and allowed them to refill in the downpour. I searched for something to eat and stumbled upon a cash of dried meet that seemed to be okay to eat. It was salty and dry but lord it was good. After a few hours, I found myself lying on the bed, fighting to keep my eyes open. I eventually drifted off to sleep, not knowing what tomorrow would hold. My sole company, a curved blade in its sheath. Off on the work bench, just under a small piece of leather, lay a strange diamond shaped metal device that began to give off a faint glow of azure light.
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