Chapter 6: 0073.A Appears

It had been about 3 weeks since Amy had brought in the infant Spinosaur & he was doing well. He & Rexy were somewhat disliking of each other at first, but the two soon warmed up to one another after realizing that neither was a threat.

It was nice and clear outside that morning. "Natalie, I'm going outside to work with Scout for a while. Would you mind taking care of Rexy's trust exercises today?" Amy asked. "Sure thing." Natalie replied. "By the way," she asked, "where did you get the name Scout from?" "Well, I decided to name him that because he somehow managed to find a way into the valley. So in that sense he's kind of like an explorer, you know?" Amy said. "Interesting." Natalie replied somewhat sarcastically.

While Rexy had come to like his younger sibling, Amy was still struggling to get the herbivores to trust that Scout was safe and not a threat.

Scout slowly began approaching one of the younger herbivores. The herbivore stared at him for a moment then quickly ran back to its parents. Scout then looked over only to see Natalie & Rexy romping around with a group of young herbivores. He then looked down somewhat sadly. "Don't worry, Scout, they'll start to trust you more eventually." Amy said softly. Suddenly a voice came from behind them.

"Amy, Natalie, I'm going to drive out to the outer rim of the island if you don't mind." Stew said. "What do you need out there?" Natalie asked as she walked over. "Well, I just found one of our hybrids dead on the cameras. So I want to go check it out before the carcass gets too much attention." He replied. "Oh. Well, be safe. See you in a while." And with that, Stew drove off to investigate the scene.

"Hey Amy, you don't think Rexy or Scout might have done that, do you? I know that they're both still young, but with that growth booster they're already at a pretty good size." Natalie asked. "I highly doubt it. I put both Rexy and Scout in the enclosure every night and as far as I know, there's no way for either of them to get out without my help. Besides, would they really want to hurt an herbivore after the training we've been giving them?" Amy said. "Point taken."

After that, Amy and Natalie put Rexy and Scout back in their outdoor enclosure and proceeded back to the treehouse to keep an eye on the animals via the monitors.

Eventually, Stew came to the site of the kill. He walked up to the carcass and quickly noticed large slash marks all over the body. Nearby he also saw a set of tracks. When he viewed them closer up, he was shocked to see that they matched the ones that Amy had seen at the T-rex and Spinosaurus nests. "The super-predator! I better take a few pictures and get out of here." Suddenly, he felt the ground shake violently. Noticing some birds scared off nearby, Stew looked up only to see a large predator wandering around further down the shoreline. So as not to be detected, Stew jumped into his car and raced away to warn Amy and Natalie. As he drove off, the creature on the shore looked up and watched him drive off into the distance.

Once Stew arrived back at the treehouse, he raced inside to safety. "What did you find?" Natalie asked as she watched the screens. "Switch to camera 4! Now!" Stew said in response. Natalie pressed a button the map, but when it pulled up, there was nothing on or near the beach. "Where did it go?!" Stew asked frantically. "Where did what go?" Natalie asked, trying hard not to laugh. "There was something coming towards the carcass, I never got a great look at it, but it was BIG. It was about Rexy's size, maybe bigger. Did any security alerts come up while I was gone?" Stew asked. "Well, there was one right before you got back, but when I pulled it up, the area was clear. Probably just a glitch." Natalie replied. "Well, maybe it was just in my head. I could have sworn I saw something, though."

Later, the trio were gathered at the monitors to analyze the evidence Stew had found. "Yep, those scratches and tracks match the ones I found at the previous kills." Amy said. "We better make sure we keep an eye out for security alerts in the future." "Wow, what do you think could have done this?" Natalie asked worriedly. "Well, the tracks closely resemble those of a T-Rex, so maybe it's another one of the adult rexes living close to the outer rim?" Amy suggested. "Possibly. And just to be safe, Amy, I want you watching Rexy & Scout closely. Make sure they don't leave the valley. Otherwise I don't think it would be very safe to keep them here." Stew said sternly. "Don't worry, guys. I'll make sure they stay out of trouble." With that, the three decided to turn in for the night.