Waking up every day and trying to survive was becoming a routine part of life, ever since she came through the anomaly, but there was no time for idle thoughts. She had to get water while her mom went to get food.
When she got to the water hole, she saw something glinting in the distance. She recognized it immediately and finished gathering water before running back to the camp. "Mom," she called out repeatedly.
"What is it Beth?" Natalie asked her daughter.
"I… I saw…" she said trying to catch her breath, "I saw the anomaly."
Her mom was stunned for a brief moment before snapping out of her stunned state and gathering all their things and heading with her daughter to where the anomaly was. Upon arriving at the spot though, the situation turned bleak.
The anomaly was in a dead end cavern and all around them were little crevices, openings, with pterodactyls all over.
"It's a hunting ground," Natalie said. Beth's eyes suddenly saw the bones of several animals littering the ground. Then as she looked up at the anomaly she realized something.
"Mom it's closing," Beth said.
Quickly Natalie formulated a plan in her mind, "On the count of 3 we make a run and jump through, 1…2…3!" she yelled. Beth and Natalie started running and the pterodactyls started swooping down from the openings.
One in particular dove towards Beth. Beth saw it and dove to the ground. As it started attacking her, she rolled onto her back, so she could fight it off. Then a rock struck it.
Natalie had seen this beast swoop towards Beth and decided to divert its attention. As it looked up at Natalie, she realized it was Juggernaut. She had nicknamed this creature that during a fight she had with it last year, during which she gave it a scar on the side of its face leading towards its left eye.
The pterodactyl left Beth and headed towards Natalie. Beth, seeing what her mom was doing, attacked Juggernaut from behind, getting swiped by its talon across her arm and leg. Natalie threw another rock and yelled to Beth, "RUN!"
"But Mom-
"NOW!" Natalie yelled at Beth, knowing the anomaly was closing and that she had only mere seconds left. Beth took her mom's advice and ran. Jumping through and landing in dirt, she lay there breathing heavily. Slowly pushing herself up from the ground, she turned towards the anomaly as it closed.
"No…" she said, almost in a whisper, before her legs buckled underneath her, bringing her to meet the ground once more.
