Rhamphorhynchus - Chapter 4 - Jess' POV

Marking the tree I seen that we have been here now for five days which didn't seem true it seemed like it had been weeks by now, time here just seemed to go so slow here and I knew it was taking it's toll on Becker because he was doing all the work where I still had a sling on my arm from the dislocated shoulder. Becker had been amazing since we had been here he had been out collecting food every day and making sure I was OK all the time and he knew I was getting bored so I had been given the job of cooking which was difficult with one arm so he helped me with that as well, to be honest I was starting to feel a little useless and was hoping I could take this sling off soon and get back to normal because my shoulder wasn't that sore anymore but I'll wait and see what Dr Becker has got to say when he gets back from getting food.

Becker got back with a large fish and some plants he knew were OK to eat and we went to work cooking the fish for tonight "Becker do you think I could take the arm sling off?" I asked him.

"Stand up a minute and we'll have a look" He said and I stood up from my spot and he stood in front of me and took my arm out of the sling and started moving it around and doing all sorts of stuff and asked me if it but it didn't it just felt stiff after keeping it in the sling for a few days "OK then you can take it off" He said and I smiled wide before lowering my arm down to my side moving my shoulder around a little to make it better "Want me to massage it?" He asked and I nodded.

Why had I never had a massage off Becker before? He was amazing at this! It actually felt like heaven and I had to actually stop myself from moaning in pleasure it was… heaven. If things don't work out at the ARC for him he could always do this for a living I will be there everyday "How did you become so good at this?" I asked him as he finished.

He laughed for a moment "I did a physical therapy course at college years ago and massages was a part of the final exam" He said and we went back to cooking our dinner "Maybe if we don't get back to the ARC I can sell my massage services to the dinosaurs" He joked and we just laughed but then I thought about what he said, what if we didn't get back home? What if we wasn't lucky like Abby and Connor and we didn't make it home? What if me and Becker have to stay here together for the rest of our lives? "You OK?" He asked.

"I'm just thinking about getting home and what if we don't get home and we're stuck here for the rest of our lives. It would be so much easier to see into the future and I would be able to tell if we get home or not and we can't get home then maybe we should give our selves up to hungry dinosaurs because I don't think I could stay and live here for the rest of my life. How long is my life going to be living here? Connor and Abby didn't look all that healthy when they got back after a year" I explained to him.

Becker stopped cooking and sat down properly looking at me "I know how you feel because I feel the same way… I wish I knew the future too because I want to know if we can't get home and like you say if we couldn't get home I would go and end it quick" He said to me "But we don't know if we can get home or not so I am going to fight until I get an answer and I am not going to let you get eaten by a dinosaur and leave me here on my own" He told me and I laughed "So you're stuck with me" He said.

Well I guess if I had to be stuck here with anyone then Becker was a good person to be with as he had all of training needed to survive in a place like this and although I could now throw a punch that wasn't going to fight off a dinosaur would it? Our EMDs were running out of juice, to be honest I was surprised they hadn't run out already.

As night fell the creatures came alive and it was at night that I became scared of this place all of the creatures become curious and usually get too close for comfort and it was at night that the creatures became the most aggressive. You could hear them fighting at night trying to get a meal to survive another day, when me and Becker go out in the morning we usually smell the carcases then we see them near our hide out meaning there was bigger creatures getting closer and closer to us.

I'm not sure how much more of this that I can take it was starting to take its toll on both me and Becker as we wasn't getting much sleep and we were rationing on food so we wasn't eating properly which wasn't a good mix. It was draining every day to wake up and look for food, me and Becker needed a nap after that but we were too scared to sleep so we took turns taking watch and Becker was on watch more then I was telling me that I needed to get my strength up and that he would be OK but he was starting to look ill. His face looks thinner and he was so tired and yawning all the time, you wouldn't believe that it had only been 5 days since we got her it feels like a lifetime.

When I woke up Becker was just getting ready to go out and get something to eat for us and some water from a river he had seen and because the water went through a little rocky waterfall the water was fresh and didn't taste salty so we were going to stock up. Becker said he would be no longer then 45 minutes like he normally was and then he left armed with an EMD which was very low on charge and a stick we had carved a point.

More then an hour later Becker still hadn't returned back from his hunting trip and I was starting to get worried about him so I grabbed my EMD which was also low on charge but it would do if I needed it and I set off in the direction of our hunting track, we always kept to the same track for the reason that if one went missing we could go down the trail and find the other. I had gotten to the river and there was still no sign of Becker or his EMD or anything it was as if he had just disappeared into thin air without a trace.

I was going to call out a but I didn't want to risk attracting any unwanted company so I decided against it and looked around the immediate area and found Becker's EMD laying on the ground just before a big set of trees and it was dead he had used all the shots on something but whatever it was seems to have taken him there was blood on the ground so something had taken him but I wasn't sure what just yet. I listened out for cries of help of cries of pain but there was nothing it was just eerily quiet "Becker?" I called out but not to loudly.

Above me I heard something screeching so I looked up and seen what looked like a pterosaur but it was smaller and didn't look like it would have the strength to pick up a human body but it was the only creature in the area so I watched where it was flying and followed it into the trees and seen Becker's body slumped against a tree with blood on his face. I rushed over to him and checked his pulse and he was still alive so I shook him a few times to wake him up but he wouldn't wake so I slapped him across the face and he jolted awake "What happened?" He asked me looking around in confusion.

"You were gone so I came and looked for you and followed a creature to you, do you not remember anything?" I asked him.

"I remember getting to the river and I was aiming for a fish and I heard something so I looked up and on the other side of the river there was a rhamphorhynchus… a small pterosaur and it stared at me before taking flight so I started running and it had some friends waiting for me and they attacked me, we need to get back to the hideout" He said and tried to stand up but he struggled so I helped him and we started moving back towards the trail to the hideout.

When we got back to the hideout I helped him sit down and I started cleaning up his wounds, he took his top off to reveal more cuts over his torso and back where he had obviously been cornered by them and attacked so I cleaned up his wounds on his chest and stomach the whole time I couldn't believe that I was touching Becker's chest and toned stomach it was amazing but of course I wish the circumstances were different "Are you sure you'll be OK?" I asked him.

"Jess I'll be fine I promise you it's just a few scratches… and bites" We both chuckled "I didn't manage to get anything to eat" He told me.

"Well that's OK I'll go out you stay here and rest OK" He nodded knowing not to argue with me and try and act like a superhero, I told him I would be back soon with food and I was. I came back twenty five minutes later and seen him asleep so I just started preparing breakfast and the smell must have woken him because he woke up moments later "Sorry didn't mean to wake you" I told him.

"It's OK I should probably be helping you anyway" He said and started cutting up the fish.

"I'm so sick of fish, we need to see if there's anything else round here that we can eat apart from fish and plants, maybe we get something with a little meat on. What about one of them rhamphorhynchus' I mean they're birds so they can't taste that bad… we'll never know unless we try" I told him.

"I'm gonna stay clear of them for a while" He said and went back to cutting his fish.

I have had major writers block with this chapter and I really do apologise if it's rubbish! xx