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***Somewhere in the jungle***
"Steal a dinosaur egg!" said Jason as he, Tommy and Tanya were walking through the jungle. "Then carry it back through a jungle full of predators! You're out of your mind!"
"Jason…" Tommy walked up to him. "…no matter how many pictures or videos we make, there will always be a group of delinquents crying 'fake'. Proof like this, no one will be able to question!" He said with an evil grin on his face. "Especially when it hatches!"
"Hatches! Back at the States!"
"With a little luck, long before that. I think it will be quite an impressive sight once we arrive." He saw that Jason was still unwilling, so he put his hand on his shoulder. "Think about it Jason: The whole of Angle Grove, laid down at your feet; Time Magazine: man of the year: Captain Jason Lee Scott, hunter of the biggest game known to man! What do you say?"
Jason took a moment to think it over. "Can it be done?"
"Tell him, Tanya." Tommy said. "Only one dinosaur nests at this aptitude!"
"The Pterodactyl." Tanya explained. "They hunt during the day time…"
"And by night we will be back at the tree house, toasting our success." Tommy stated and turned back to Jason. "So, what do you say?"
"Alright!" Jason said and led the way. "Let's not waste time, people!"
"I knew you'd like the idea!"
***On another side of the forest***
Madison was leading Billy, Adam and Kimberly through a bare region of the jungle, filled with burned trees and ashes. The road was filled with spears embedded in the ground and human bones all around them.
"Sweet Jesus!" Billy exhaled at the sight of an impaled skeleton at a tree.
"Hush!" Maddie stopped him from talking by putting her hand on his mouth. "Mention no other gods here, besides Rita Repulsa! She rules over our dead!"
She continued to lead them through the valley when they finally reached a fortified camp.
"This is where we live." Madison said as she showed them the wooden gates of the camp.
"Are you sure about this?" Billy nervously asked as he walked passed a spear trenched in blood.
"Having second thoughts, professor?" Kim said, while walking past the defense line.
"It just looks like the Repulsas don't take kindly to strangers." He responded, as he looked at all of the other various spears, trenches all other kinds defenses that were set up around the camp.
"No one said it was going to be easy." Adam said as they approached the entrance.
When the gates opened and they entered the camp, Madison confidently made her way to the centre, where the chief was standing on his throne with his guards. The three outsiders walked slowly and carefully. The villagers were clearly nervous about their presence, as all of the civilians fled the streets and the guards were readying their weapons. The three looked on at the soldiers, armed with spears and bows, pointed at them.
"Professor, look at their clothing." Kim whispered.
"Those helmets must be over 500 years old…" Adam noted, while looking at the soldier's uniforms. "…or even more."
"Imagine…" Billy remarked with fascination. "…people have been coming here for centuries."
Madison made her way towards her father, despite the guards trying to stop her. When she approached her father, chief Leanbow began to scream at her.
"Kim?" Billy turned to her.
Kimberly listened in to what they were arguing about. "He says that she has threatened the village by bringing us here…"
"Please, father! They are not spies, I swear…"
"I have had enough of your lack of responsibility to the village! For that you must endure the punishment!"
Leanbow was outraged and was ready strike down his own daughter with his staff. Realizing this, Kim ran towards the chief and stopped him by placing herself between him and Madison. She began to talk to him in his language, which clearly shocked him. Once Kimberly finished talking, Leanbow took a few moments to think and pointed her to his quarters.
Feeling nervous, Kimberly went back to her friends.
"How did it go?" Adam asked.
"He has invited me inside." She whispered.
"Surely you don't consider going in there alone with him…" Billy said and looked around at the natives who weren't dropping their weapons. "…do you?"
"Do you have a better idea?" Kim said and entered his chambers.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Billy worryingly asked.
"Relax professor." Adam calmed him down. "…she is the toughest one in our group."
"As you can see, I have everything a man could ask for." Leanbow told Kim, as he was showing her his room filled with treasures. "I don't see what someone like you could possibly offer me!"
"You are right…" Kimberly said, while looking at the various diamonds and pearls in his chests. "…you do have everything a man could ask for."
"I am you happy you see that." He stated. "Now leave!"
"Chieftain, wait!" She walked up to him and told him quietly. "There IS something I can offer you…"
***On another side of the forest***
"The cliff is narrow enough for you to climb it." Tommy told Jason, as he was scouting a Pterodactyl nest with his binoculars. "Shouldn't be too difficult for you."
"One Pterodactyl egg, coming up!" Jason responded, handed over his rifle over to Tanya and began to climb.
"Be careful!" Tanya told him.
"Don't worry…" Tommy interjected. "…he is a pro!"
Jason managed to climb up the cliff with ease and reached the nest. He looked around it to make sure that it was deserted. The nest itself was filled with various bones, egg shells and only one egg that was intact. Lucky for Jason, the mother wasn't around to protect it.
"Come to poppa…" He said as he grabbed the egg and put in his bag.
"Well done, Jason!" Tommy encouraged, as he continued to observe Jason's progress.
Once he closed the zipper on his bag, he looked down at Tommy and gave him the thumbs up. Jason was ready to climb down when all of a sudden; he heard something moving up behind him. It was the Pterodactyl mother. She flew towards Jason, but he managed to duck her the first time. The second time she flew over him, she made a strong current which almost knocked Jason down the cliff. The third time the creature flew so closely that she knocked him off his feet and on his face. This was the opportunity that the mother was waiting for, so she grabbed him and flew off. Tommy, in the meantime, had drawn his rifle and was trying to aim, but wasn't taking the shot, since Jason was too close to the Pterodactyl. But he also knew that if he didn't take the shot, he would lose both Jason and the egg.
"Tommy, don't shoot, you will kill him!" Tanya told him, as she saw that he was about ready to shoot.
"Tommy!" Jason screamed as he was being carried away. "Do something!"
Tommy saw that the Pterodactyl was flying close to him, so he reached out. "Jason let go!" he said as he grabbed the bag. "The bag, Jason!" He said as they were now both being carried by the Pterodactyl. "Let go of the bag!"
"What about me!" Jason said, refusing to let the bag go.
"Jason, catch!" Tanya said by throwing Jason her dagger. Unfortunately, he could not move his hands fast enough to capture it.
"I need that egg!" Tommy yelled as he could not hold on any more, lost his grip and fell to the ground.
"Tommy!" Jason screamed as the dinosaur was carrying him further and further into the jungle.
"Doctor, are you all right?" Tanya asked Tommy, as she helped him get up from the ground.
"Yeah!" he responded and pulled out his MP-412 revolver. "I will make it drop him into the river!"
"Tommy, do something!" Jason continued to yell, as he felt the creature was carrying him higher and higher. "Anything!"
Tommy took the time to aim at the creature. He took great care to ensure that the shot will be accurate, since he knew that he probably wasn't going to get a second chance. When the moment came, he took the shot and barely managed to hit the Pterodactyl in the wing. The shot didn't manage to take it down, but it was strong enough to make it drop Jason into the river.
"Great shot, professor!" Tanya congratulated him.
"Thanks!" Tommy responded. "Let's hope that he didn't break the egg, otherwise I will have to send him back up there, to get another one."
Jason felt that he wasn't injured from the mother's claws so he managed to swim back safely on his own. When he reached the surface he saw Tommy and Tanya beside him.
"The egg…" Tommy worryingly said. "Please tell me that the egg didn't get smashed!"
Jason looked on and finally smiled and opened his bag. "Safe and sound!" he said with pride as he held up the intact egg.
Tommy proudly patted him on the back and holstered his gun. "Now, we can go home!"
To be continued…
