Author's Note:
This is just an introduction text to this story. Athena is a character I created for a role-play in a Jurassic Park forum where you would take control of an animal living in Isla Sorna, and since I didn't want to say goodbye to my characters forever after the roleplay died out and was deleted, I've decided to take one of them and write about their life. I may make new stories with my other characters sometime.
I appreciate any advice you throw at me, which by the way is very much needed considering this is my first proper story.
Oh, forgot to tell you, this story is based on the Film Canon.
Enjoy!
Isla Sorna has been truly forgotten. Decades have passed since the infamous Hurricane Clarissa hit the island, and now Isla Sorna is truly a successful ecosystem that included living breathing pre-historic animals. John Hammond's wish has truly been granted.
In the southern-central waterways of the Deep Channel, an adult Mosasaurus felt proud: today was the day she would see her daughter leave her and begin her own independent life. Athena, sub-adult daughter of Metis, was finally leaving her home in the Deep Channel to begin her journey to the Lagoon, a marvellous new home for a Mosasaurus. Athena had actually been there before with Metis when they went exploring shipwrecks off the coast of the island. After she got there, she would claim the Lagoon as her own and rule those waters, or at least that was the plan.
Metis, a scarred veteran who is an experienced mother, gave her daughter a reassuring rumble that everything would be okay. Athena gave her own acknowledging rumble as she gave her mother her farewell before swimming out of the waters she had grown in. It would take her days to get to her destination, and she didn't even know if anyone had claimed the Lagoon since her last time there. She also reminded herself of the presence of sharks near the coast, but she was sure her size and strength would be enough to overcome such a threat.
Surfacing periodically to catch a breath and look at her surroundings, Athena ignored the herbivore herds that went to the water to have a drink. Right now, she wasn't hungry, and she was more focused in finding out where she was.
Continuing downstream, she eventually saw the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, and she made a turn to the right as she continued to follow the coast around the island. Mighty cliffs stood tall to her right and pterosaurs soared overhead – the island was full of life indeed.
She flickered her tongue out like she had done multiple times before to collect the scents around her using her Jacobson's Organ. Her brain processed the information, and she suddenly froze - her childhood fear swam nearby, and in large numbers, too. About seven great white sharks swam not too far from her, and she knew they had sensed her too. This was the first time she has ever confronted sharks without the protection of her mother. She was very outnumbered, but she was confident that her size would be enough to scare them away.
Plus, they would know better than to attack her, right?
Right?
Wrong.
The sharks saw Athena as an intruder to their territory, and confident that their numbers would get them the victory they wanted, they simultaneously charged toward the Mosasaurus, who was quick to curl her lips and get ready for battle.
The great white sharks seemed experienced, as they knew where to attack Athena - her flippers and her tail.
Athena roared in pain as she quickly bit down on one great white shark who wandered too close to her face, sending its mangled body away from her as her wish for spilled shark blood continued. She thrashed her tail around to ward off any sharks that latched on and bit down on her tail. The weaker ones did get repelled, but the stronger ones continued to latch on, and Athena tried to reach the sharks with her head, but to no avail.
Would she die right then because she couldn't reach the sharks that attacked her tail?
No. She refused to die in such a way, and so she thrashed her tail harder than ever. Yes, that caused the sharks' teeth to sink in even harder, but it also eventually got them away from her tail. She kept one eye on her tail and another one the sharks, who circled around her in search for another opportunity to strike.
Her tail bled heavily, and she had never experienced so much pain, but her will to survive made her carry on. Paying no heed to her pain, Athena put on a burst of speed as she reached one of the sharks, who tried to flee in time, but couldn't. Two more fell to Athena's jaws before they realised that the attack was unsuccessful and that they should flee before they too succumbed.
Athena roared in victory as she collected the scents around her once more - the sharks were gone.
This was going to be a long journey.