-1The Dinosaurs of Isla Muerta
Chapter Two: Herd Under Attack.
A large Diplodocus happily munched on a cluster of ferns in front of her. She was a ninety foot long adult and part of a herd around thirty strong. Their leader, a 100 year old female, is beginning to get uneasy and swings her long neck this way and that, searching for a threat. She called out to her herd and began to move out. The first female has wandered just far enough away from the herd to be a target.
Redclaw is watching the female diplodocus with hungry eyes. He is hiding in the shadows of the large trees at the edge of the open prairie the sauropods are in. Whiptail, the female Diplodocus, turns to follow her herd when a vicious roars booms through the air.
Redclaw charges forward, his eyes locked on Whiptail, who trumpets in fright and turns to face her opponent. The matriarch bellows and the herd gathers around the young ones for protection.
Whiptail raised her tail as Redclaw approached her. Once he was thirty feet away, she lashed out with her tail, smacking him in the face, neck, and shoulders. He stumbled backwards, then looked forward, snarling with rage. Whiptail stared directly at the Tyrannosaur, growling as raised her tail again. He leapt forward jaws spread wide to bite her neck. She reared onto her hind legs as his jaws closed on thin air. She comes down to crush him, but he jumps out of the way. She crashes onto the ground as Redclaw spins around and clamps his jaws shut on her side. The sauropods bellows in pain and whips her tail forward, managing to hit the back of his knee, causing him to fall, releasing his hold on her side. She stepped back and turned for her herd, who were still bellowing and stamping their feet. But Redclaw landed with a crash in front of her, mouth wide open to bite.
She stopped her running walk to whirl around and whip him with her tail. Redclaw fell to the ground and rolled away as Whiptail attempted to hit him again. He Jumped to his feet and jumped onto her side, biting and slashing with his feet.
The force of him slamming into her knocked her of balance and when he cut one of her legs, she fell to the ground. Redclaw placed a foot on her as he bent his head down to deliver the fatal bite, A larger tail slammed into him with brutal force. He was knocked off his feet and away from the fallen long neck. The matriarch bellowed at the writhing predator. Redclaw snarled with rage as he turned on the old, but surprisingly healthy, sauropods. But before he could attack her, another tail hit him and knocked him to the ground. He turned again, roaring with rage. But the herd is coming to the defense of their leader.
Redclaw snarled and snapped his jaws in a futile attempt to threaten the large animals, but only suffered tail attack after tail attack. One last animal stepped forward and delivered a very strong tail smack. He turned to see Whiptail looking at him. With one final roar, he ran into the forest. The Diplodocus bellowed in triumph before moving away. Whiptail looked back one last time, before continuing after her herd.