Chapter 1: The House of Predators

The Na'vi carefully guarded the remaining survivors of the RDA's excursion on Pandora, and watched as they got into their ships and disappeared into the sky. The last ship to leave was by far the biggest, and thus was the ship that carried most of the remaining humans.

Parker Selfridge was the last person to leave. A single Na'vi stood by the large cargo bay doors, he recognized him as Jake, the traitor responsible for their failed efforts. All that time and all those resources...wasted, and all because of him. He was no longer human in Parker's eyes. He was one of them now, and he would pay, just like them.

Parker passed him, but made no effort to look into his eyes. He briefly thought about saying something to the savage, but for some reason felt it was not as important as keeping quiet.

He got on the ship and pressed the controls for the door to shut. As it slowly closed, Parker stared into Jake's eyes. Despite the situation, neither said a word, only kept staring. The mutual frustration between them did not need to be said.

The doors finally closed and Parker stood by the window, watching the ground become smaller and smaller.

After a few minutes, a medical officer, dressed in light green scrubs, gently put a hand on his shoulder, "You need to get in your pod, sir."

He kept looking at the planet that could single handedly keep the RDA in business for another hundred years. His scowl deepened the more he thought about the grizzly defeat that happened a few hours ago and the men he was partly responsible for sending to their deaths. With a final breath of frustration, he walked with the medical officer along the rows of cryogenic stasis pods.

He looked up at the very large, stark white room; there were large circular indentations and handles along the walls, signifying that their was a pod there. Ladders were placed evenly around the room for people to get to the pods higher up.

The feeling of resentment and defeat hung in the air as tangibly as the sterile, hospital like smell of the room. These feelings, along with the fact that there were now a lot more pods than people, left a bad taste in Parker's mouth. He shook his head partly in shame and partly in frustration as they walked.

It took a long time to traverse the large room. So long, in fact that his footsteps felt much lighter than a few minutes ago. They had finally began to leave Pandora's gravitational pull.

Once finally reaching his pod, the officer helped him in and put an oxygen mask over his face. The officer looked down and smiled warmly, "Don't worry, sir. We'll get 'em next time," the officer winked at him and closed the hatch.

Next time...next time...next...time...


After witnessing the star ships disappear into the sky, Neytiri thought about the events that had transpired; the sky people, who had been on her planet for a very long time, before her even, were finally driven away once and for all. Greed and hunger drove them through the stars, destroying everything in their way, a path she couldn't believe they followed.

Jake had told stories of how on his home world, species fell before their very eyes, a world they could not survive in, and if given enough time, the same would happen to Pandora.

Neytiri shook it off, and was overwhelmed with joy at the momentous victory over the sky people. She took Jake's hand and began to lead him to the jungle, when she felt a tinge of restraint against her.

"Jake, what troubles you in this great time," her head cocked to the side, and her ears moved slightly, curiously.

He never took his eyes off the sky. He was staring so intently, like it was about to jump out and take him. Of course with what just happened, that might not be so off base.

"Nothing. Just got a bad feeling that this isn't the last time they'll be here."


Once they arrived on Earth, Parker had a sinking feeling in his gut because he knew he'd have to answer to a lot of people. People that could leave him without a job.

"What do you plan to say to them," Parker's assistant asked as they headed to the board room. Young, and inexperienced in the world of business, she was curious how Parker would talk his way out of trouble, as he was so famous for being able to do.

He chuckled and started to smooth out the wrinkles of his shirt. "Well I'm going to explain to them that what happened there was because of a certain someone not being able to muscle his way into Hell's Gate. Something else though...we had plenty of power, but...maybe not the right kind of power."

Parker kept walking as she stopped, with a puzzled expression. He walked through the large doors, to find a committee of three people, all high ranking executives in the RDA, and all looking for blood. Parker saw them and put on his usual witty sarcastic tone, "Don't worry, guys, I'm back."

He pulled up a seat at the table, across from his peers. A man sitting at the head of the table across from Parker, glared at him with venomous frustration. He had graying black hair, but his face held a lot less age than his hair let on. He stood up and and pulled a piece of paper from his brief case, "I can't believe what I'm looking at! These figures are absolutely insane. You are going to run this business into the ground. God knows how long it will take to recover, if we do at all!"

Parker nodded in understanding, "Believe me, I know how bad the situation is more than anyone. But I believe I have a solution that will not only regain what we've lost, but return our investment ten fold!"

The chosen voice for the executives snorted and curled his lip in anger, "What do you propose we do? Because your first plan obviously hasn't put us in a bad way before."

Parker raised his hands in a mock surrender, "I know, I know. We lost the initial battle, but I believe we can get this job done by...less traditional means. In these packets I'm handing you, lies this company's trump card."

Once everyone had received a small portfolio, they opened and viewed the contents inside. Parker watched the mixed expressions of shock, wonder, and skepticism. The gray haired man looked up from his packet with a sort of awed wonder, "Are these...viable? How will they be the answer to our problems?"

"We can have these and a few other species ready within the next six months. Our scientists are a lot better than we give them credit for. As for your other question...these animals will be far more effective than any brass or steel. While being ruthlessly efficient at what they do, they will also instill fear into the hearts of those savages. Also in this packet, I've taken the liberty of putting in some rough projections of future expenses."

He watched as they found the paper, and as they shifted uncomfortably at the amount. After a few minutes of debating amongst themselves, the gray haired man looked to Parker with a solemn expression, "Your terms are acceptable. We'll give you six months to show us promise that your little project will be ready or we'll pull the plug."

"I'll get right on it," Parker said with a smirk.


Six months ago, Dr. Miya Johnson had been tasked the duty of looking after some of the larger animals while they grew and developed. She had watched as they changed from harmless and frail babies, into ruthless hunters. She'd been afraid of them at first, but over time became attached to them.

She was one of the youngest scientists at the RDA, and as such, was under a lot of scrutiny by the older, more experienced members. The other scientists were just jealous that they weren't picked for the big animals of this operation. The fact is that she was one of the best the RDA had to offer. She'd been a rising star at Harvard, and graduated at the top of her class. After several months of job hunting and trying to pay back student loans, the RDA approached her with a six figure contract, and the promise that she'll love her job.

And love her job she did.

It was almost time to show the board of executives just how far they'd come.

She stood on a series of catwalks that stood above several large holding pens. The domed glass beneath her held an environment almost exactly like the one found on Pandora. The dense foliage masked some of the animals, but couldn't mask the shaking and rustling of the leaves as something brushed past the trees.

Beneath the glass, the atmosphere was exactly the same, and they even recovered a few of the native species for the animals to hunt while they grew. Ordinarily the animals wouldn't have been able to survive, but that matter was solved by changing a few things within their chromosomes. She didn't know the exact process, but these animals would be able to easily adapt to the harsh environment.

In fact, that wasn't the only thing different about these creatures. She noticed they were slightly smarter than she would have expected, and most certainly bigger and faster. Especially the raptors, but that wasn't her department. The raptors had to have their very own behavioral scientists and keepers watching them round the clock. They had made several ingenious attempts at escaping, but each one was caught in time before worst case scenario.

Every animal had been injected with a series of growth hormones across different developmental stages, to ensure they would be ready when the time came to show off their skills. She was confident that they would not let the executives down. She walked along the catwalk until she had come upon a series of controls.

Under the little red buttons, were holographic labels of animals and the scientist that was tasked with said animal. She skimmed the buttons until her finger came upon the button labeled, "Tyrannosaur." She smiled, "My favorite time of the day. Feeding time."

She pressed it and all of the sudden, the paddock below her made a low rumble, the sound of an engine. Then the calls of clearly distressed direhorses.

She watched as the creatures walked to a small pond in the middle of the pen. They nervously drank, bobbing their heads up and down to watch for danger. If they only knew she thought. There were four of them, all very nervous about the new environment.

Having drank their fill, the direhorses noticed some low lying shrubs that looked appetizing. They kept vigilant as they walked, but still had an eye on their prize. When they reached the shrubs, a lone Tyrannosaur exploded from its' hiding place among the trees. It roared and made a show of itself, but did not attack. The direhorses made loud calls of danger and started running in the other direction.

Dr. Johnson started writing on her clipboard the situation that was happening below her. She whispered to herself, "One..."

All of the sudden another Tyrannosaur sprung from the direction that the direhorses were running, it too displayed its superior size and strength.

"Two..."

The direhorses had two hungry Tyrannosaurs on both sides, they only had two routes of escape left. They ran for their lives in one of the directions that had no predators in the way...or so they thought. At that moment, another Tyrannosaur burst from the trees and the three chased the direhorses in the opposite direction.

"Three..."

The direhorses were slightly faster than the Tyrannosaurs and were beginning to get away. They ran as fast as their legs would allow, and the lead direhorse ran right into the jaws of a waiting fourth Tyrannosaur. It bit down on its' neck, and with one crunch, the creature was silenced. The Tyrannosaur stood to its' full height and began to shake the poor creature back and forth, making sure it was dead before throwing it to the ground. The remaining direhorses were cornered and were also torn apart by the remaining Tyrannosaurs.

Dr. Johnson triumphantly said, "Four."

She smiled, with an appreciation of a proud parent. She was present during the hatching of the two 'parent' Tyrannosaurs, and watched as they grew up to be the giants they are now. She called them the parents because they were the original Tyrannosaurs that were going to be shown, but some people up top thought that they needed more muscle, and so they introduced two, at the time, sub adults, now fully grown Tyrannosaurs, which she calls the 'kids'.

She had names for all of them, of course. The first Tyrannosaurus that surprised the direhorses was the older female, White tip. She was named after the peculiar white tip on her other wise lime green tail.

Then there were the younger females: Pod and Little Tye. They were the other two Tyrannosaurs that herded the direhorses. Then there was the alpha male, Buck. Buck was huge, even among his fellow Tyrannosaurs, and as such, was the leader of his family group.

Dr. Johnson took notes of how he was able to lift the direhorse and shake it like he did. He had never done that before, she wondered where he learned how to do that.

She was the behavioral scientist for a few of the larger animals, but these guys were by far her favorite. In truth, it was kind of a contest between the other scientists over who would capture the executives more. Her only real concern were the raptors. They were...eerily smart, scary even. When they look at you...you could see this terrifying flash of intelligence and you just know they're thinking...thinking.

She shook her head, no she was confident that Buck would be the deciding factor of whether she won or not.


Parker led the executives to the facility that held their operation, but stopped just before the doors. "Before we head in there, I want to let you guys know what you're going to see. We've selected seven species that we believe will be best suited for the environment on Pandora." His face took on a more serious expression, "And I have to ask for safety reasons; none of you have any heart conditions right?"

The executives were slightly taken aback at the question. They collectively shook their heads in disagreement.

"Ok...good, good. Well just so you all know, these aren't the animals that lived millions of years ago, but I'd like to think of them as being even better! We've incorporated some characteristics that the native Pandoran fauna have; natural carbon fiber in the bones, camouflage from the bio-luminescence of the plants to better conceal themselves when need be, and a few other things I think you all will enjoy."

He winked and led them through the double doors and before them was a huge complex, filled with the stench of dead animals and a series of strange and loud roars. Parker led them through a hallway with large plexiglass panels on both sides, like a zoo almost.

"To your left, you'll see the first animals we're planning on bringing, along with the behavioral scientist that's been overlooking them, Dr. Jacob Montgomery."

A balding, middle aged man, wearing the typical scientist coat, shook each of their hands and walked over to the panel, "So as I'm sure you've seen, there are quite a few swamps, rivers and wetlands scattered across Pandora." The executives nodded in agreement.

"Well the animals I have been tasked in supervising are most efficient in these areas. If you look into the pen here, " he turned to look at the environment behind him: low lying trees, partly masked by the foggy interior, and surrounded by dark and murky water.

"The environment in there is much like the wetlands we have here on Earth, and just like in the wetlands, the apex predator is the alligator."

One of the executives, an older black woman, raised a brow in scrutiny, "You intend to bring an alligator to Pandora?"

Dr. Montgomery chuckled, "Yes we do. Watch."

Inside the swamp, a lone viperwolf walked through the muddy ground. It walked casually, completely unperturbed at its' surroundings. It stopped by the water's edge and began to drink. All of the sudden, a huge gaping mouth burst from the water and fit the entire animal in its' huge jaws. The massive creature dragged the screaming viperwolf under the water, and a shocked silence fell over the executives. Bubbles floated up and a small amount of blood stained the water's edge.

Dr. Montgomery laughed, "Ladies and gentleman, I give you Deinosuchus! We bred two of them, and with the smaller one being thirty six feet, and the larger one being forty one feet, they are quite the hand full. I personally guarantee that if these big boys are in the water, nothing will want to get a drink."

Parker's face lit up with surprise, "Oh yeah, hey tell them about that armor they have!"

Dr. Montgomery was surprised as well, "Thanks for reminding me. You guys probably couldn't see it because it happened so fast, but the animals we've bred, especially the bigger ones, have developed this heavy duty organic armor that some of the animals here on Earth have developed, called osteoderms. We've even tested the Na'vi's bows and arrows against it. I can't speak for the smaller ones, but they would hardly break the skin of the larger animals."

One of the executives, a bald and fat man, asked, "What about the poison the Na'vi use? How would that affect the animals?"

"Good question. We couldn't make them immune to the stuff, but they've definitely built up an tolerance for it. Coupled with the armor, I wouldn't worry too much about it."

The executives clapped and had huge smiles plastered across their faces, they were clearly interested in Parker's idea.

Parker began to lead the executives further down the hall, "Beautiful as always, Jacob, make sure those big bastards don't eat too much this time," he laughed and after a few minutes of walking, pointed to his right, "And here you'll see one of our smaller predators, but I'm gonna let Dr. Martha Avery explain why that doesn't matter."

In front of this glass panel, was a woman with graying blonde hair, and a warm smile. "So one of the problems we had with the native people was that they constantly attacked the perimeter fences. The creatures you see behind me," she nodded to a small clearing, surrounded by trees, with about seven small, darkly colored carnivores playing and roaming, "are the ultimate perimeter watch."

At that moment a robot that was painted blue to resemble the Na'vi walked into the clearing. As soon as one of them saw the robot, they started chirping loudly, like birds. They surrounded the robot and these large frills unfolded from their necks. The frills were brightly colored and had rattlesnake like rattles all around. Then they started spitting this thick, tar like venom. It hit the eyes of the robot with extreme accuracy and they converged on the robot, biting it and tearing at it with their claws.

"Allow me to show you Dilophosaurus. We've bred ten in all, each highly venomous, and unafraid of the large fauna found on Pandora. These guys are ambush predators, and will furiously roam their perceived territory, making them ideal to put outside the fences."

They were about to start clapping, when the robot walked through a door in the hall. Its' blue skin was drenched in the Dilophosaur venom. The eyes were particularly covered.

The older woman curiously asked, "What are the symptoms of the venom?"

"When spit into the eyes: immediate blindness, nausea and eventually paralysis. If soaked through the skin, severe rash, nausea and paralysis. "

The curious executives were about to touch the venom, until the heard the soaking through the skin part. The gray haired executive walked over to Parker and placed a hand on his shoulder and said aloud, "It seems that we've placed our resources in the right hands. I hope that our interest will grow stronger with the bigger animals."

Parker's expression was of genuine happiness for once, "Oh you guys haven't seen anything yet!"

As Parker led them through the hall, the sounds of stomping and roars could be heard much clearer now. There was a scientist waiting for them, she was much younger than the first two they met. She had light brown hair, and behind her glasses were a pair of light green eyes. She had a warm smile and was a little too excited to look professional.

Parker walked up and introduced her, "This is the behavioral scientist for most of the bigger animals, Dr. Miya Johnson."

Dr. Johnson's face was exploding with a youthful exuberance long since forgotten by her peers, "So these are the Carcharodontosaurs," she pointed to the savannah behind her. Complete with large rock formations and a large lake in the middle.

Farther back, there stood two large animals with dark backs and a grey underbelly, complete with a red patch above both eyes, giving them an intimidating presence. They were both on opposite sides of the lake, drinking from it.

The gray haired executive was confused, "You only bred two?"

"Well we originally bred four, but they're very solitary animals and won't accept a lot of company in their environment, even of the opposite sex. Except when they're hunting," her enthusiasm showed she was delighted to answer a question, "When they hunt, they're pretty organized. With their highly developed sense of smell and sheer size, I believe they're best suited for hunting at night and for hunting or intimidating larger Pandoran fauna."

The executives clapped and were even more impressed with this one than the others. Probably because of the size of the giant theropods over anything else.

Parker led the executives down the hall, Dr. Johnson in tow. She was thinking about what she was going to say about the other animals under her care. They didn't need it of course, they spoke for themselves, but she needed to put that pizazz on it to make it all the better.

While lost in thought, she almost didn't hear the fat executive say, "So just how many animals are under your care?"

She snapped out of her daze and happily replied, "Nine, and they're all a handful!" They both chuckled at that as they walked.

After a few more minutes, they came upon a window that revealed a moderately wooded area, with small patches of open prairies. Slits of sunlight pushed through the overgrowth to reveal...nothing.

Dr. Johnson looked around the enclosure and couldn't find the next animal. She pulled a small device out of her pocket; it looked like a remote of some kind. She pressed a large button at the top and within moments, two dark brown creatures came stomping out into plain view.

"These guys are the Giganotosaurs. Along with their impressive size and strength, they have excellent camouflage. It's actually pretty amazing...they were practically right in front of us and we didn't even see them."

The executives had many questions but ultimately held their tongues for the moment.

"I believe they're best suited for deep jungle. Nothing will see these guys except for us." She winked, showing her confidence in the animals.

They clapped and laughed as they watched the two giants walk back into the forest.

This time as they walked, Dr. Johnson walked ahead of the group, traipsing backwards like a child. She asked them, "Parker asked if you guys have heart problems right?"

The executives looked wary, but all shook their heads yes.

"Ok good because this next guy is...big."

The executives walked just a bit faster in anticipation for what was ahead. This window revealed a savannah, much like the environment in the Carcharodontosaur's pen, except there was a large river flowing through the middle, and a some trees dotting the background.

Dr. Johnson smiled, as this was also one of her favorites. Not as much as the Tyrannosaurs, but not far behind. She pressed the button on the remote, and within moments, long arms with sharp talons came into view from the side, then the bottom of a jaw and finally the rest of the huge creature. The executives had to scoot back to view the entirety of the animal.

"That is our resident Spinosaurus. Those long arms and sharp teeth make for one hell of a death trap. These guys primarily live around streams and swamps, but like most of the other animals, he can hunt most anywhere."

The gray haired executive could catch flies with his mouth open wide as it was. He kept staring at the sail, however, "Won't that sail be a hindrance in battle?"

Dr. Johnson shook her head in understanding. Of course they're going to try and see the down side, they're paying for all this. "If anything gets in Spike's way, that's the sail is last thing they're going to be worried about."

"Spike?" Parker said while chuckling.

Her face quickly took on a reddish hue, "Uh, yeah that's...what I named him. I've been working with them for a while now, and it's hard not to give them names."

Parker shook his head, curiosity satiated.

The older black woman smiled, "I like the name. It's definitely appropriate for the animal."

Dr. Johnson smiled appreciatively. At least someone wasn't weirded out by it.

Parker moved them down the hall, "And this will be the last large animal, am I correct, Dr. Johnson?"

"Yes, the next will be the Tyrannosaurus rex enclosure."

The executives jerked their heads at the mention of one of the most recognizable names in history, and walked with an excited vigor. The habitat here was of a moderately thick jungle. It was slightly darker because of the thick mass of leaves, but a tail could plainly be seen sticking out of the bushes to the side. It was lime green with darker brown blotches across its back and a white tip at the end of the tail.

Dr. Johnson was more than delighted to tell them about these animals, "Now these guys are a bit different than the other large carnivorous theropods in that instead of being solitary, they are very social animals. We have four in there and they are never more than a roar away from one another. If one feels it is threatened, all it has to do is call to its' family group and backup will arrive if it wasn't there already."

"We have a special surprise for you all at this enclosure. If you'd look at the tree line to your right." Dr. Johnson had the biggest smile plastered across her face.

At that moment, a huge and angry Hammerhead Titanothere smashed through the tree line; the trunk splintered and leaves fell everywhere as the tree fell with a mighty thud.

The Tyrannosaur in the bushes wheeled around and saw what was in its territory, and opened its mouth, showing its huge teeth and roared a threatening roar.

The executives were so captured by the scene unfolding before them that they were oblivious to Parker's extreme uncontentment. He quickly walked over to Maya and pulled her to the side, "What the hell are you doing! We can't risk injury before they even get off the planet! Do you realize how much money this whole thing cost? Are you trying to get me fir-..."

Maya put her finger up to his lips, "Parker, I have been the one overlooking them, and I have complete faith in their ability to do this. I wouldn't risk anything I know they couldn't handle," she paused to look at the battle, not taking her eyes off of the spectacle, "Besides, it's not like they aren't going to see these creatures in bigger numbers when we get there."

The Tyrannosaur and the Titanothere sized each other up in a series of stomps and hisses. Then, two more Tyrannosaurs showed up side by side. They ran to the side of their fellow Tyrannosaur and the three of them began to surround the creature, when a huge roar came from the trees.

A fourth and...huge Tyrannosaur stood behind the fallen tree. It looked at the other three and without having to make a sound, they backed away. It planted a foot on the tree and stepped over it, making the ground shake as it landed. It never took its eyes off the Titanothere. It got in front of the others and the two stood, staring.

Without warning, they both charged. The Titanothere lowered its large head, hoping to hit the legs. The Tyrannosaur side stepped and bit down behind the neck and began to try and jerk it to its knees. The Titanothere did not give up, it screamed and rammed the side of its skull into the Tyrannosaur's knee. Something that would have normally been a mortal wound for a regular . The leg slightly buckled but the Tyrannosaurs' grip was absolute, the Titanothere would not get away.

The sound of crunching could be heard; the creature's armor was beginning to crack from the crushing force of the Tyrannosaurs' jaws. The other three decided it was time to help and each took their place around the creature and bit down. Four sets of powerful jaws closed on the Titanothere's back and shoulders, and of course its neck.

After a few minutes of struggling around with its' captors, the Titanothere visibly began to tire. Finally, the huge rex let go and backed away. The others did the same, which puzzled everyone behind the glass. Everyone except Maya that is.

The big Tyrannosaurus took a step back and charged the Titanothere's side, with one huge head butt, the Titanothere was roughly shoved on its' side, and had a large foot come down on its' neck, to ensure it did not get back up. With its unarmored underbelly showing, the remaining Tyrannosaurs converged upon it and tore it apart.

"Holy shit..." was the response by the once scrutinizing, gray haired executive. Parker turned and looked at him through bulging, surprised eyes.

The remaining two executives applauded louder than they had at previous enclosures; it was clear Dr. Johnson had won the contest so far. But next were the raptors...

Parker and the executives walked down the hallway, clearly talking about the spectacle they just witnessed. Dr. Johnson laughed and looked at the Tyrannosaurs gorging themselves on the carcass of a once very formidable Pandoran giant.

"You guys did great...I knew they'd love you all." She held her hand against the glass, staring at them with a smile. After a few moments, she walked back down the hall the way she came.


"This is the last stop, the raptor pen." Parker opened a set of double doors for the executives to walk through.

The area through the doors looked like a maximum security prison; armed guards patrolled the catwalks and watched the cameras looming over the domed glass.

The executives looked around uneasily. The gray haired man curiously asked, "Is all of this really necessary?"

One of the guards standing on the catwalk directly above him snorted. Once the guard realized who he was smarting off to, he very quickly turned and walked away.

Ahead of them was a pit, with electric wires surrounding the edges of the top. Inside the pit was a football field sized jungle, complete with tall trees, and a running waterfall on the far wall that leads a stream down the center. Parker led them to a set of stairs that went to ground level with the pit, separated by glass of course.

The fat executive looked around him, "Where is the scientist for these animals?"

"Trust me, they'll speak for themselves." His smirk looked ominously excited.

Parker pulled a remote like the one Dr. Johnson had, and pressed the big button. Without a second's wait, a Velociraptor jumped out of the bushes and slammed against the reinforced glass. The executives all but fell on their collective asses when they saw the teeth and claws racing at them. Parker rushed over to the wall and hit a large button that caused steam to shoot out from the top of the glass panels, covering the raptor in hot steam.

It was dark gray with black stripes along its back and legs, like a tiger of sorts, with brown and green blotches all over its body. It shook its head, furiously trying to rid itself of the heat of the steam. Once finished, it leaned forward, about to charge again. Parker hit the button once again and steam came out like the first time.

This time, the raptor was just beyond the steam's grasp. After the steam diminished, it stood there for a few moments, staring at Parker. After a moment more, it mockingly jumped, causing Parker to hit the steam again.

The raptor watched the steam again, and this time when it stopped, the raptor watched Parker's hand, not his face. Parker noticed this and moved his hand away from the button slowly, the raptor's eyes followed and its posture visibly relaxed. He moved his hand faster towards the button and the raptor took a step back, obviously aware of what Parker was doing.

At that moment, two other raptors sprang from the bushes at full sprint, racing for the glass. Parker's hand got ready to hit the steam, and the first raptor made a loud hissing like noise. Dust and pebbles flew forward as they stopped dead in their tracks. They both looked to it and listen as it made a series of bird like chirps and clicks. After it was done, the two raptors turned back to the glass and hissed, but keeping their distance.

The woman executive shook her head, "No...no that's impossible. Nothing is that smart besides us."

They watched as the raptors ran back into the jungle. Parker relaxed and the four of them walked to the doors on the other side of the room.

Parker chuckled,"Well as I'm sure you've seen from Dr. Johnson and I, we can use these remotes to call upon the animals. Well we're more than capable of using them for more than that. Every animal has a set of neural implants that allow us to influence them. We don't use them often because we don't want the animal to get used to being told what to do, but in order to be able to do this, we had to make their brains a bit more complex. Otherwise the implants would have fried the animal's system."

He paused, gauging their reactions.

"The animals are smarter than their older counterparts, as you saw with the Tyrannosaurs, but these raptors are...something else entirely."

"So now that you've seen where your investment has gone...do we have your support?"

The three looked to each other and all nodded in agreement to one another. The gray haired executive reached his hand out for a handshake, "Yes, you have our support. Congratulations; you're going back to Pandora."


So that was it! If this does well, y'all can be sure I'll continue this. Huge shout out to Jonas Grant's "Apex" for giving me the inspiration to write this. I've always thought of doing something like this, but his story made me really want to do it! Y'all should check his stuff; he's a really good writer!

Just know I scaled these animals up a bit because the animals on Pandora are quite big, I know how big these animals actually were.

Deinosuchus, 2 animals: (No names have been decided, but will accept names if someone PMs me)

#1: 11 meters in length (roughly 36 feet), 1 meter in height (roughly 3 feet when laying on stomach), 4 to 5 tons.

#2: 12.5 meters in length (roughly 41 feet), 1 meter in height, 4 to 5 tons.

Dilophosaurus, 10 animals: (No names have been decided and probably won't be given)

#1-10: 3 to 4 meters in length (roughly 10 to 12 feet), 1.7 meters in height (5 feet 6 inches), 150+ pounds.

Carcharodontosaurus, 2 animals: (No names have been decided, but will accept names if someone PMs me)

#1-2: 14 meters in length (about 46 feet), 5.5 meters in height (roughly 18 feet), 12 tons.

Giganotosaurus, 2 animals: (No names have been decided, but will accept names if someone PMs me)

#1-2: 13.5 meters in length (roughly 44 feet), 5 meters in height (roughly 16 feet), 13 tons.

Spinosaurus, 1 animal: (Name has been decided. Am not accepting PMs for this one)

Spike: 15 meters in length (roughly 50 feet), 5.8 meters at top of head (roughly 19 feet) 7.3 meters at top of spine (roughly 24 feet), 18 tons.

Tyrannosaurus, 4 animals: (Names have been decided. Am not accepting PMs for these guys)

White tip: 12.8 meters in length (roughly 42 feet), 5.2 meters in height (roughly 17 feet), 14 tons.

Pod: 12.8 meters in length, 5.2 meters in height, 14 tons.

Little Tye: 11.5 meters in length (roughly 38 feet), 5 meters in height (roughly 16 feet), 13 tons.

Buck: 14 meters in length (roughly 46 feet), 5.6 meters in height (roughly 18 feet), 16 tons.

Velociraptor, 6 animals: (Names have not been decided, but will accept PMs for 3 of them)

#1-6: 5.2 meters long (roughly 17 feet), 2.1 meters in height (roughly 7 feet), 500+ pounds.