Hi guys! Its finally here! My new story that I kept going on about! Okay so look even though you guys deserve an abundance of apologies, I can only manage a measly 'sorry' since its really late and I have school tomorrow and guess what... Exams begin tomorrow too! Ugh, fuck me.. Anyway, here is the first chapter. Let me know what you think and I will say some other stuff at the end of this chap.

Read on...


Pangaea - You know that supercontinent.

It split apart into landmasses. The northern half of it was known as Laurentia. Laurentia formed North America and Eurasia. This in turn opened basins for the Central Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The Southern half of Pangaea, Gondwana, drifted into an eastern segment that gave us Antarctica, Madagascar, India and Australia. A western portion formed Africa and South America. Along with the splitting of landmasses, warmer global temperatures also occurred around this time.

Now what wasn't mentioned in that fuckin' boring paragraph above is that Pangaea began to drift apart during the Jurassic Period, approximately 145 million years ago.

I know what you're thinking right now.

Dinosaurs.

Who wouldn't think of that after hearing the word 'Jurassic'?

Anyway, during the Jurassic Period, dinosaurs were the dominant animal species. They walked the earth, ruled the skies and prowled the waters. Big, small, medium, whatever, they came in all shapes and sizes. It's a given that they were spectacular creatu-... Are spectacular creatures...

You heard right.

Are.

As in these amazing animals still walk the earth. They still rule the skies. They still prowl the waters. I don't mean their relatives such as birds and crocodiles. No. I mean actual living, breathing dinosaurs.

Where?

On an island far from everything that we know.

You would think that with all the research and information hungry scientists out there, this island would have been a big deal throughout the world.

Well something cannot really be a big deal if it is hidden and doesn't appear on any map known to man.

But...

There's always a 'but' huh?

This island is hidden, yes. But that doesn't mean it cannot be found.

And just because something can be found, it doesn't mean that you would want it to turn into a big deal throughout the world like mentioned earlier. Sometimes you want it to stay the way you found it.

Hidden.


Allyson Marie Dawson was not one to be late. She was usually the person who would chastise others for being late. It's not really her fault though. She was long overdue for an upgrade on her almost ancient cell phone and she couldn't help that her alarm hadn't gone off.

Okay, maybe it is her fault for relying on a cell that was almost as old as the dinosaur remains that she worked with but still. She held firm that it was merely a case of bad luck and in true Ally Dawson fashion; she entered the Research Facility (Generation Rex – 'GenRex') with her head held high and sauntered into the laboratory.

She had recently turned twenty three years old and is quite the looker.

Her brunette hair always hung in thick, rich and chocolaty waves, framing her face that was home to a pair of the most expressive eyes that you would ever have the pleasure of locking gazes with. Her skin, free of any blemishes whatsoever, held a somewhat milky complexion.

No, not the sickly pale kind; the kind that, if focusing on her face, would flush red if she were to get angry or embarrassed and still manage to keep her looking as beautiful as ever. Her slightly plump lips, usually falling prey to her teeth whenever she is deep in thought, were seemingly always in a slight pout.

And not the kind that makes you look like a duck, no. For Ally Dawson, it worked. Given that the look is completely natural.

She's a petite woman. But what she lacks in size, she more than makes up for it in attitude.

And curves. She's got some serious curves.

With her lab coat adorning her body, she strolled over to her friend and boss, Dezmond Worthy Wade. The copper topped man was bent over a tank that was currently housing two baby alligators.

The position looked slightly awkward since Dez is so damn tall.

Ally was about to greet the man but was cut off when he spoke.

"You're almost twenty minutes late."

Ally blew out a puff of air and rolled her eyes, having heard the teasing tone of her boss's voice. "Good morning to you too, Dez."

The man who had been cooing at the infant gators stood up straight and turned around to face the brunette. "I feel as if I should mark this as a great event. Allyson Dawson is late to work."

"My alarm didn't go off," Ally explained and Dez waved a dismissive hand before glancing back at the little alligators and jotting something down on his notepad that was held in his gloved hands.

"It's no problem. Although I do suggest that you get a new phone if you don't want it to happen again," Dez said and manoeuvred around her to inspect a tank of pufferfish.

"I am perfectly fine with the phone I have," Ally defended. "It does its job. I'll just use my actual alarm clock instead from tomorrow."

"Suit yourself. Just don't complain when that ancient thing fizzes out on you."

Ignoring the jabs at her cell phone, Ally changed the topic to something that she knew her boss would be all too eager to speak about.

"Any updates on the island?"

Spinning around to look at her, Dez's eyes hold excitement.

"Yeah, sorta. I think so."

Ally raised a brow at him and deadpanned, "Well that sounds promising."

Her boss grins and sets his notepad onto a table, walking over to his laptop that was set on the other side of the lab before motioning her over.

See, Dezmond has spent most of his life searching for something that other researchers turned their backs on simply because the idea seemed entirely preposterous.

After Pangaea split apart and scientists, field biologists, researchers and practically the whole shebang did research on everything, there had been talk that there could have been a chance that not all islands have been found.

Of course, there are many islands that have been found but nobody really pays any interest in them simply because there isn't anything remotely interesting about them. This led to most believing that even if there was an island undiscovered, it wouldn't be home to anything spectacular. Perhaps just a few plants and bugs. That's it.

Dez though, believes otherwise. He is certain of a particular island that he may or may not have found just north of the Pacific Ocean. Quite a while back, he had been on a sea trip, searching for a species of luminous jellyfish.

A strange substance in the water had caught his attention and he had narrowed the thoughts in his mind down that such a substance could only come from some form of land nearby.

However, he hadn't had the equipment or time to try finding this possible place and was forced to head back, his mind buzzing and racing with thoughts of an undiscovered place.

This has brought him to what he is today. A thirty something man searching for what he believes to be an island that is home to some form of life.

With all that info about Dez, you'd probably think that finding this island is his life's work.

It isn't.

Despite him actually spending most of his life doing research on it, it isn't his actual job. But since his research facility, GenRex, is one of the most successful and one of the best, he's practically free to do whatever he pleases.

Which is why he has sent almost a hundred little airborne cameras towards the direction in which he believes the island is to hopefully get eyes on it. Unfortunately, all of these flying devices have either crashed or like this one, taken out by something...

"Look at this recent footage of my latest camera," The redhead said and stepped back for Ally to watch the video.

At first, all that can be seen is the sky, ocean, and a whole lot of fog before the camera zooms out to reveal random rocks and boulders here and there down below. Once the rocky part of the footage is over, the sea smoothes out again, seemingly looking as if it just goes on in this way.

Just when Ally is about to ask what the point of her looking at seawater and fog is, something like a screech is heard before the camera is hit out of focus, facing the already filmed boulders and rocks behind it before it is knocked about again and the screen goes blank.

Ally frowns. "What the hell was that?"

Dez throws up his hands and exclaims, "I have no idea! But this is the closest I've come to actually finding something out there!"

"Play it again," Ally requested.

Dez hit the replay button and they both watched it again, Ally still frowning. Once it was over, she hit the replay button again and skipped to the part just before the screech like sound is heard. She began to pause it frame by frame until she found what she was looking for.

"What is that right there?"

Dez squinted and leaned closer to the screen to get a better view at what she was pointing at. He shook his head and muttered, "No idea. Don't know how I missed that."

Right before the camera is knocked out of focus; a peculiar looking object reveals itself just above the screen for no more than a nanosecond. Afterwards it disappears and the camera shuts down.

The two continue to look at the screen, scrutinising the claw like object in the currently paused frame.

"Given the sound just before it happens, it could just be a bird," Dez offers uncertainly but with an air of excitement and Ally gives a half-hearted nod for they are both aware that the sound heard was unlike any bird that they have ever come across.

Not to mention that the thing that looks like a claw is much too fuckin' different looking to belong to any bird of today...

Dez zooms into the image and they both lean closer to the screen upon having realised that the camera had caught a glimpse of something in the fog. Dez zooms in closer to the new discovery and increases the quality of the picture.

They both gasp.

"That's impossible," Ally breathes out and Dez shakes his head, eyes widened and he almost falls over when he steps back in shock.

"A Pterosaur?"

Pterosaur. Meaning "Winged Lizard"

They were flying reptiles that existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period.

This particular Pterosaur that is currently on screen is known as Dermodactylus. It wasn't that large. Maybe about the size of a hawk.

"This is amazing!" Dez exclaimed after his initial shock. Ally still stood frozen, staring at the screen while her boss ran across to the other end of the lab, stumbling over his own feet and almost knocking over the baby gator tank in his haste to get to his notebook that he had set down earlier.

He picked it up and began flipping through it. Ally slowly turned away from the screen, her lips pursed and her mind buzzing with so many thoughts.

Most of them having to do with disbelief.

She listened to Dez muttering unrecognisable things under his breath as he continued flipping through his notebook before finally finding what he was looking for.

"I last recorded an event similar to this one around two years ago. Something was in the fog but I didn't really pay much attention to it. Gah! I should have!"

Ally let out a laugh of disbelief and shook her head. "Wow. What the hell?" She asked rhetorically and looked back at the screen. "A Pterosaur. This-this can't be real. I'm definitely dreaming."

Dez laughed excitedly and walked over to her. "No. No, you aren't. There's no mistaking that. My God," He ended with another shake of the head.

Ally looked at him.

"This can only mean one thing," Dez said with a smile that could rival a kid in a candy store.

Ally nodded her head. "Uh huh. Your island is out there. Somewhere."

The red-head stepped towards the screen and gazed at the Pterosaur in awe. "And who knows what else is on that island."


Alligators are powerful creatures. Powerful and dangerous.

I'm certain that everyone is aware of that. If not, you better frikin make yourself aware cause' these animals can break your neck, crush your skull, and really fuck up your day.

But you can't really hold that against them, yeah?

They're just living. Doing what they have to do to survive.

That's pretty much what we're all doing. Surviving. Living.

So yeah. Powerful and dangerous but pretty damn cool. That's alligators.

Austin Shor Moon is extremely fond of them. In fact, he's been fond of them ever since he was a little kid.

He hails from Southern Texas and while there weren't many alligators there to begin with, they did make a few appearances here and there. Not seeing them that much was what got him so interested in them in the first place.

When he was around eight years old, he and his dad moved to California where he attended school and college.

He now works at GenRex as an Alligator Handler and Trainer.

Yes, trainer.

While alligators are not indigenous to California, they are brought here from Florida because of the fact that there many nuisance gators there (in Florida).

No- kill shelters can only do so much and since there aren't that many and there are many nuisance alligators, there is nowhere to keep them safe.

This is where GenRex comes into play.

The alligators are taken in where they are fed, sheltered and kept safe.

However; the most important reason for them being here is because they are all part of GenRex's research to find a cure for a virus that attacks the brain of alligators, causing them to behave unnaturally and even though they are already considered dangerous, being infected with the virus results in them to turn ruthless and near impossible to keep under control.

Not to mention that after, what has been dubbed as the 'Rage Stage', the alligators return to their normal state and.. Well, they die.

Various experiments, studies, and a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into the research of finding out how to stop the virus but unfortunately, GenRex has come up blank.

Austin, also recently turned twenty three, aids in the research by studying their behaviour and training them and attempting to keep them under control aswell as fit and healthy.

Despite not knowing how to exactly cure the animals, what GenRex does know is that most alligators around the world have already been infected.

With that in mind, it can be safely said that alligators are now ticking time bombs and anyone in close proximity to them or in close proximity to their habitat are at risk of falling prey to them when the virus kicks in.

So to put it simply; if something is not done, humans are fucked.

Or if you're uncomfortable with that type of language; humans are screwed. Doesn't make it any less crass but whatever. Suck it up, yeah?

Austin stood at the edge of an embankment, scanning the murky water with a frown on his face and his hands rested on his hips.

Just to put it out there, the young man is quite attractive.

His platinum blonde hair, silky to the touch, brushed the shells of his ears and a few strands always seemed to fall into his face. His hazel eyes are intense and focused, never failing to miss anything in his line of sight.

The tan on his skin from his last break was almost fully gone now, giving away the fact that he more than likely enjoys surfing and anything to do with the outdoors.

His figure and form shows off his muscle mass. Nope, not the huge and hulking boulder looking type muscle, no.

The type that nicely compliments his tall stature.

His abdomen and chest, usually heaving up and down with heavy breaths when angered, is firm and toned. The muscles in his arms will sometimes strain against the sleeves of his t-shirts, accentuating his impressive physique further.

What is most noticeable about Austin though, is the slightly reddish scar on his face. It begins just below his hairline, running down and across his right eye and ending right above his cheekbone.

It doesn't bother him at all. He's just grateful that he still has both eyes.

"Come on, buddy. I know you're in there," Austin murmured while still scanning the murky water below the embankment.

An almost ten foot alligator named Jaws has been missing for a few hours now. A few members of the gator handling crew are abit worried but Austin is certain that Jaws just decided on a little dip in the large lake like pool.

"Maybe the big boy is off terrorising people," One of the handlers, Nat, joked and Austin chuckled. "We'd be hearin' complaints of Godzilla if that happened."

Nat laughed. "He'll turn up sooner or later."

Austin nodded before his eyes caught sight of a few air bubbles on the surface of the water around three metres away from him. He pointed it out to Nat and chuckled. "We should step back."

Not two seconds after the words left the blonde's mouth, Jaws leapt up onto the bank, causing a rush of water to splash followed by the sound of his rumbling growl.

The two handlers jumped out of harm's way, Austin shaking his head at the massive animal. "Have a nice swim, big boy?"

Jaws' mouth gaped open, showing off his dagger like teeth and he began to manoeuvre his large form forward.

"I'm just gonna get him into his own digs," Austin informed and Nat nodded his head.

"Need any help?"

The blonde shook his head. "Nah, I got it. Thanks."

Nat chuckled and backed away from the two. "Alright."

Usually more than four handlers were needed to control an animal as large as Jaws but Austin, he's been around these guys for a long time and he's more than capable of keeping them in line.

While alligators aren't too fond of being lower in ranks or following orders, Austin had somehow managed to train them and gain their respect.

That is one of the reasons why he works here at GenRex.

"Alright, big boy. You gonna work with me here?"

Jaws hissed and opened his mouth wider.

There are quite a few enclosures around the vicinity of GenRex. Every day the gators are allowed to roam around inside them for an amount of time before they're put into their own separate enclosures that have been fashioned to look like the everglades so the gators feel comfortable.

"I'd let you roam around how much you want but somethin' tells me you aren't gonna be doing much for the rest of the day. Probably gonna laze in the sun." Austin said.

The gator manoeuvred his large form forward and growled. Austin smiled and positioned himself in front of him. Bringing up his hand, he snapped his fingers and ordered, "Here!"

He began taking steps back and Jaws followed, his tail swinging and flicking mud from side to side. "Keep comin' there you go."

Realising that he is being led away from the water, Jaws backed up and Austin disapprovingly said, "No."

Jaws hissed and snapped his mouth shut before opening up threateningly again.

Austin carefully stalked forward. "Don't give me that shit," He said sternly and lightly brought his hand down, nudging the gators snout which resulted in another hiss.

He swept to the side and nudged Jaws' side, causing him to swing his body around to face the blonde. "You got your own pool in your enclosure, man. Quit being difficult."

Swiftly moving to the side again, Austin snapped his fingers again. "Come on."

Jaws finally complied and allowed Austin to lead him back to his own enclosure where like expected, he set himself on a patch of dry grass and enjoyed the sun.

After locking up Jaws' enclosure, Austin headed to another one to check up on a gator that had recently succumbed to the virus. She hasn't entered the rage stage yet but it is clear to anyone that she isn't doing that grand.

He was about to head inside when he heard Nat call out to him.

"Dez wants you in the lab."

Austin frowned.

"Now?"

Nat nodded. "Uh huh. Says its important."

Austin walked off and threw over his shoulder, "Check on Maggie, will ya?"

"Got it."


Austin passes by the front desk of GenRex and shoots a smile to the receptionist who returns the gesture.

He makes his way to the research lab and is almost knocked over by Dez himself who all but ran out of the lab with a notebook clutched in his hands.

"Whoa now," Austin said and Dez laughed almost maniacally. Austin raised a brow and took a step back. "What's with you?"

Dez only laughed more and gestured for Austin to go into the lab.

"You are going to love this! I still can't get over it!"

With his overexcited smile, Austin suspects that this news has something to do with that undiscovered island Dez keeps going on about.

"Can't get over what? What'd you find?" Austin asked and Dez waved his hands and pushed him closer towards the door to the lab. "Just go on in and wait. I'll be right back!"

With that, he ran and disappeared around the corridor, leaving Austin to shake his head at his actions. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say I work for a maniac," He murmured and chuckled before twisting the door handle and entering the lab.

The first thing that catches his eye is hair.

Brunette hair.

She is turned away from him, sprinkling food into the pufferfish tank. He rolls his eyes and walks towards her.

She isn't aware that he came in. Retrieving the lid for the fish food, she begins twisting it onto the jar and almost drops it in surprise when she hears him drawl out her name from behind.

"Ally Marie."

She spins around and upon seeing him, Ally scoffs and spits out none too friendly, "Austin."

Austin shoves his hands in his pockets. "The puffers could give me a better greeting," He says sarcastically.

Ally rolls her eyes, stepping to the side and walking away from him.

They don't like eachother very much...

The both of them choose to say nothing until Dez shows up. Rather they silently watch each other's every move and shoot glares when one catches the other staring.

The silence doesn't last long.

"I'm trying to work and you're burning holes into the back of my head," Ally says while staring down at her clipboard and Austin looks away from her.

"It's a shame the burns are metaphorical," Austin muttered.

Ally looked up from her clipboard and turned around to face him, narrowing her eyes. "Bite me," She spat.

"How 'bout you go and give that request to one of my gators. They'd be very willing."

Ally turned around and murmured under her breath, "Bastard."

"Sassy bitch," He threw back and she flipped him the finger.

Austin walked over to the baby alligator tank, picking one of them up carefully and looking it over, happy to see that the both of them looked healthy. "Hi there, little buddy," He cooed and glanced over at Ally before looking back at the little one in his hands.

"Any sign of the virus in them?"

"No," Ally simply replied and Austin nodded.

That's good, He thought.

She watched him as he played and spoke to the baby gator, its big eyes locked on his as he cooed at it. She may not like him very much, but she won't deny the fact that he has an amazing gift of understanding these animals.

He's dressed in his usual type of clothing. Faded jeans, a pair of black outdoor boots, and a button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

She looks away when he glances her way but looks right back when his attention turns to the other baby gator.

She's always wondered how he had gotten that scar.

She figures that she could just ask him but she won't. Not only because she doesn't exactly want to have any type of conversation with him but also because she has overheard a few people ask him how he got it and his answer was always the same.

"By living."

Shrugging off the curiosity, Ally glanced at the now blank screen that opened up a world of questions earlier. She is still in shock but she composes herself, waiting for Dez to get back since she knows he would want to be here when they show the footage to Austin.

After putting the baby alligator back into its tank, Austin flicked his gaze towards the brunette.

The beautiful brunette whom he hates so fucking much.

He glances at her red top under her lab coat and quickly looks away.

She's an incredibly smart woman. He's always known this but has never said it out aloud since he doesn't want her female ego flaring up.

Around two minutes later, Dez bursts into the lab, still looking excited and Austin perks up.

"Alright you're here. Now what's got you all jumpy like this?"

Dez grinned over at Ally and gestured to his laptop. "Let's show him."

The both of them walked towards the laptop and Austin trailed behind them. "It ain't porn, is it?"

Dez laughed and Ally rolled her eyes. "Just get over here, you pig. I need to get back to work."

Austin walked over to them.

"Yeah, yeah so do I. Ya think you're the only one that works?"

Dez shushed them and hit play, pausing frame by frame like Ally did earlier until the Pterosaur came into view. He zoomed in the image and adjusted the quality.

Austin's eyes widened.

"What the hell?"

Dez nodded excitedly and gave the blonde no time at all to sort out his jumbled thoughts.

"That isn't the only surprise."

Austin tore his gaze away from the screen and looked at Dez's smiling face.

"What do you mean?" Ally asked; her interest now piqued.

"The both of you," Dez said and Austin and Ally looked at each other before back at the red-head.

"The both of us what?" Ally asked.

"I want the both of you to go out and find that island."


Alright so if you're confused about anything, don't worry. Everything will be cleared in later chapters like how Austin got his scar, why Austin and Ally hate eachother, and you'll also learn more about GenRex.

And I know that you guys are waiting on a chapter for Blood Moon. Believe me, I wanna get started on it just as badly. I really hate to do this to you guys since the first chap of this story was such a long wait, but I really cant help it.

So please understand and if ya'll could just wait a little while longer until exams are done, then I can focus on my stories.

Anyway, tell me what you think of this first chapter.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Ah, and one more thing, DO NOT EVER THINK THAT I WILL ABANDON MY STORIES. I will never do that. If I don't update, it just means that I'm really busy. Eleventh grade is hectic after all.

Love you guys.

PEACE.