Chapter 4
Conner was able to make it to Gunnersbury Park within 15 minutes. When he got there, he saw Stephan sitting on a park bench. As Stephan stood up, Conner raced over and grabbed Stephan by the shirt collar. "What the?!" Stephan said as he was raised a little off the ground by an upset Conner. "What in the world were you thinking? How could you let Abby go off like that?"
All of a sudden, Conner realized what he was doing. "Sorry there mate, didn't know what got over me." He put Stephan down. "That's alright" Stephan said, brushing himself off. "Listen, I don't know where she is. I just hope the creatures didn't get to her. We need to do something. We have to find her before its too late! Should we call Nick?" "No no no!" Conner said, waving his arms.
Conner knew that would get him into trouble. He had done that already with Abby. They had gone off to find a creature and almost got themselves killed. This got them, especially Conner, into trouble with Nick. Conner hated to get on Nick's bad side. "Look, we have to find her before something really bad happens." Conner said boldly. Stephan nodded in agreement as the two headed deep into the nearby forest to find out what happened to Abby.
They followed a small trail and finally came to an opening in the brush and trees. There, in front of them, was a bunch of giant bird nests. "If I am not mistaken I am guessing this is where the pterodactyls are staying. Not much of a hotel is it?" Conner said looking first at Stephan then around at all the nests. The two quietly searched around for any trace of where Abby was. So far, the searching turned up negative.
Then Conner got an idea. He tried to find a tree at the edge of the clearing and luckily there was a tree that was easy enough to climb, it wasn't close to the edge of the clearing but it was the best he could do. As he got near the top he heard a voice. He looked over and saw Abby fighting off one of the pterodactyls with a rock and a stick. "Is that the best you can do?" She asked the large and scary looking creature as it snapped at her.
Conner quickly knew what he had to do. He would quietly descend the tree and then rush over to save Abby by stunning the animal. He didn't know how he would do that, but he had to find some way. If he saved her, it would make him look like a hero and make Abby respect him. That would up his chances of maybe getting with her by a lot.
Conner slowly descended the tree. He didn't want to disturb the creature and have it attack Abby. It took him 5 minutes to get down off the tree but he was happy that he was finally gonna be the one to save her. He thought he heard a gunshot but thought it was maybe a nearby car. His face dropped though when he got to where Abby was. There was Stephan over the dead pterodactyl, his gun still smoking from shooting the dinosaur only a minute earlier. Abby was standing next to him, and had her arm around his waist. Conner knew it was probably hopeless. As long as Stephan was around, he would never get his chance to show Abby that he was tough and able to save her. Conner frowned as he went over to join them.
