Primeval:

Jack can't stop. He had to run faster. Faster. Even faster! A walk through the forest, a small excursion for some fresh air, ended in this. Him running for his life, being chased by something. Whatever it was, it wasn't human. And for all he knew, it wasn't any normal animal you'd see in this forest. Here in Queenstown, or all of New Zealand for that matter, there wasn't anything big that could chase you. No wolves, no bears. The largest predator would be a possum. And yet, something chased him. Something large. As he ran, he heard a loud shriek, comparable to a chainsaw. That was definitely unheard of here by any person. There! A hollow tree stump. Jack quickly turned off the trail and slid into the large spacious trunk.

"Please, oh please get away you bastard..." Jack whispered to himself. He heard a low, soft growl. The most comparable thing was a cougar growl. But it was coming from what he could now see. The thing that was chasing him, was standing a couple of meters away. Facing the other direction. It was getting dark, but in this soft blue, he could still see the silhouette of the thing. What he saw, was like something he'd seen only in books. A two legged creature. Almost bird like. It had two long arms as well. A head filled with teeth. And two strange sail like structures on top of its head. Crests. That's it.

"A...a dinosaur?" Jack had an idea. He knew a guy. Not a friend. But someone he knew. A specialist in prehistory. But he didn't always seem like someone you'd want to be next to. He was like a conspiracy nut. You see, six years ago, a strange event occurred all over the world. Weird light emitting orbs appeared, and never before seen animals came through. Some people called this event new dawn. Jack's friend kept saying that this group had knowledge of what happened, and that it had already happened before. Of course, this seemed like non sense. Why would a small group of people based somewhere in England, he'd forgotten where, have any knowledge of random time portals opening. But this was a while ago, and these portals have stopped occurring. The "scientists" said that it was a natural event that occurs when the poles shift. But since it has been a while from any creature sightings, Jack didn't believe that. Maybe it was a small part of the shift. Jack took out his phone, but then remembered that he had a better source to call for help. A proper palaeontologist, who actually knew what he would be talking about. And on top, he always seemed like that badass character ready to get into action. He dialled his number, and eagerly looked at his phone, waiting for him, Lewis, to pick up. But nothing. Only the soft beep. Well then. Jack tried his luck with his other, original idea. Craig. As he dialled Craig's number, his screen turned black. He saw two buttons appear, deny and answer. And above, the name Lewis. And then a loud ring. His ringtone was a loud tune. Jack's first reaction, was engulfing the entire phone with his hand. Then pressing it against his vest as hard as possible.

"Oh shut up! Shut up!" He desperately whispered as he fumbled trying to deny the call in the cold, frosty air. He turned it off, but it was too late. The dinosaur had heard him, and turned its head toward the tree. Jack pressed himself against the inside of the tree as hard as possible. He heard the low growl again. And footsteps. Heavy, slow footsteps. Jack peaked put, and saw the dinosaur, crouching, ready to lounge into a sprint. And that's exactly what happened next. Jack just flung his head back again, and saw the toothed grin of a reptilian creature snapping at him in the tree. Again, his phone rang. This time, jack might as well answer it. The creature had already found him, and now it was a battle against time. Jack needed help. The dinosaur was too big to fit into the hole, but this might not last longer.

"Hello?" A voice answered the phone.

"Lewis, Lewis! Is this you?! Help! I'm on the mountain in the forest, and argh!" The dinosaur got a quick bite at jack. "I'm stuck in a tree! Listen mate, there's a dinosaur looking thing trying to kill me here!" "A dinosaur? Jack, I'm a palaeontologist, not a dinosaur cloning conspiracist." Lewis almost jokingly replied. "No, Lewis please! Just get out of the city, follow the popular trail up the mountain and you'll be there! Just continue straight once you get up." Jack begged Lewis to come. "Uh...Ok? I'll be there..." Lewis answered, now somewhat confused about the whole thing. He hung up. "Oh, thank god... Hey, get off me, you!" Jack found a stick dangling above him, lazily hanging in some tree fibers. He ripped it down, and tried to bash the dinosaur with it. However, that only got it angrier, and it got hold of the stick. It battled with Jack now, trying to get him to let go of the stick. "argh! No! Get away you beast!" Jack rammed the stick away now, into the mouth of the dinosaur, which let go, shook its head and then bit the stick again. The hole was getting bigger as the dinosaur's body was rubbing against it. Jack looked up. The tree remained hollow for a bit going up. He decided to pull himself up. He had the stick now, and bashed the dino's head again. Jack quickly used the tree walls to support himself and climbed up. Just in time, as the dinosaur finally managed to force the opening larger and got into the tree. It swiftly rushed inside and looked up only to see jack trying to make himself as small as possible.

"Get out!" He yelled now and stabbed the air, trying to hit the dinosaur. The dinosaur jumped up, snapping each time trying to get a bite at Jack. He grabbed into his pocket, and to his relief, he still had it. A red Swiss Army knife. Jack quickly unfolded it and pulled the stick up. He started sliding the blade along the end.

This went on for a few minutes. The dinosaur still jumped up at Jack for a while. The stick had a good pointy end. Jack aimlessly swung the stick down at the dinosaur and strived the its leg. This was enough to get a somewhat deep gash on its leg. But the dinosaur did not take kindly of this and instead roared at him and jumped up again. This time properly biting the stick. Jack was caught off guard and was flung down. With a short yelp and thud, He found himself on the ground. Soft, with wooden bedding and leaves. As he opened his eyes he was met with the toothy grin of the dinosaur. It opened its mouth and and a drop saliva dripped onto Jacks face. Before the dinosaur could maul and rip him to pieces, a loud bang desturbed the otherwise silent forest. The dinosaur threw its head around only to be met with the butt of a gun. As the dinosaur was distracted, Jack seized the opportunity and quickly got up, and grabbed his stick. Without thinking, he threw it into the direction of the dinosaur. Bullseye. It hit the side of the dinosaur between the arm and its leg. Overwhelmed, it ran off. Lewis, who was the one who fired the gun and hit the dinosaur with it, raised the rifle and aimed. But it was too far, behind the trees, so he lowered it again.

"...Th...thanks man...I thought I was a goner there." Jack muttered, in disbelief of what had just happened.

"What, the hell, was that? A dinosaur in 21st century New Zealand. And it looked like dilophosaurus no less." Lewis stared into the forest. The light was dim, blue. The sun was about to completely disappear. He looked at Jack now, and saw that he had a couple of wounds.

"Quickly, let's get to my car. I'll drive you to my place." Lewis suggested. They both walked out to the street quickly, and got inside the car. That's when the shock hit them.

"We just... We just saw a dinosaur... One of those things that became extinct what, like 60...65 million years ago?" Jack asked.

"Actually, early jurassic, more like 190 million years ago." Lewis corrected him. "Jack, remember six years ago? Those white light orbs appeared all over the world, and creatures from the past visited us. This has got to do something with that. I bet these orbs of light are reo-" Lewis was cut off as another one of those dilophosaurs jumped on the hood of the car.

"Crap! Lewis, drive! Go, Go!" Jack panicked, for good reason. The windshield was cracked up, and the dinosaur jammed its head through it. It snapped at Lewis a couple of times, who pressed his head into the drivers seat as far as he could trying to avoid the teeth of the dinosaur. He then backed up so fast that the dinosaur fell of the hood. Jack quickly stepped on the gas pedal. This made him stretch as he had to reach it from his passenger seat. The headlights showed the animal getting back up, but it was immidiately hit by the car and flew back.

"Wait!" Lewis shouted and stepped on the break. He then grabbed behind his seat to reveal a rope and a blanket, and got out of the car. "Give me a hand Jack," he requested.

"What are you doing?" Jack asked whilst also getting out of the car. "We have to get out of here! We don't know how many of these things there are!" He still walked toward Lewis, who was wrapping the animal in the blanket and tying it up in multiple dangerous locations. "It's dead Lewis! I hit it with your truck!" But Lewis knew that wasn't the case.

"No, it's breathing. You knocked it unconscious. I'm packing it up. I wanna study this thing. And I think we should keep this a secret as well." He explained. "Why? Just tell everyone. Let the specialists deal with this." "What specialists Jack? There is no department in the government specialised for handling prehistoric animals." Lewis replied. Jack gave in. He helped Lewis carry the animal to the backside of his car. Lewis slammed the gas and drove down the mountain. "So I guess, Craig was right, huh?" Jack muttered. Craig was the person who had suspicions about this. To be fair, calling him a conspiracist was too much. He just had a feeling that this was happening. And it was based on good facts. There were portals. It was a strange event though. It happened too quick to be televised. Many people didn't believe what happened. Others had no clue. The drive to Lewis' house was quick. The garage shutter opened and the car disappeared into the house. "Jack, help me get this thing to my lab." Lewis requested. "Ok." Was the response. They moved quick and carried the animal into the house to Lewis' small private lab. They placed it on a table. Jack the. Got out his phone and called Craig. "Who are you calling?" Lewis asked to know. Jack just whispered 'craig' and listened to his phone as it beeped. "Why? What do you think's gonna happen Jack?" Lewis protested. Jack lowered his phone to give his answer. "Well, he should know. He won't tell anyone who he thinks won't understand. And he even. Thinks the government won't. He could be a big help as well." Lewis just gave an understanding nod and let Jack speak. Just in time as Craig answered his phone. "Hey Craig?" Jack said.

End of chapter one