Chapter: 6

Be Prepared

Back in the Dinosaur Graveyard, in the Velociraptor's cave, the raptor trio were extremely sore after being knocked around by Kron. Valira was just standing around as Kamizu and Scat were sitting on the ground. Scat was busy chewing and mauling on a bone as Kamizu groaned in pain. He has been horse-kicked by Kron in the gut and it's been hurting for a while. And now his belly shows a blackish-blue bruise as big as a baseball. "Man, that lousy Kron! I won't be able to lie down for a week!" said Kamizu. Scat's only reponse was laughter. "It's not funny, Scat" said Kamizu. Scat tries to stop laughing, but bursts out worse. "Hey, shut up!" said Kamizu being annoyed. But Scat could not stop laughing. Then Kamizu couldn't take it anymore and tackled Scat. Both of them started fighting as they bite and scratch each other. Valira noticed them fighting and became annoyed as well. She wondered why she got stuck with these morons. She was only the smartest one in the pack. "Will you knock it off!" yelled Valira. Kamizu stops, but Scat continues, but only biting himself in the leg. "Well, he started it!" said Kamizu.

"Look at you guys. No wonder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain" said Valira walking towards them.

"Um, actually, we're not actually in the bottom, we're actually between Pyroraptors and Troodons" said Kamizu.

"Shut up" said Valira.

"I'm just saying" said Kamizu.

"We have to do something about this" said Valira.

"How can we? We'll never get past the carnivore guards. They'll tear us apart" said Kamizu.

"Darn it, I forgot about that" said Valira.

"Man, I hate carnivores that were on Kron's side" said Kamizu.

"Shyeah? You know, if it weren't for those carnivores, we'd be runnin' the joint" said Valira.

"Yeah. Man, I hate good carnivores" said Kamizu.

"So pushy" said Valira.

"And rude" said Kamizu.

"And stinky" said Valira.

"And man, are they..." said Kamizu.

"UuuugLY!" said Valira and Kamizu. Then with Scat joining in, they all began to laugh hysterically. Until, someone said "Oh, surely we carnivores are not all THAT bad". Completely surprised, they looked up and they can see Tarkus standing on a ledge above them looking down at them. "Oh, Tarkus, it's just you" said Kamizu being relieved.

"We were afraid it was somebody important" said Valira.

"Yeah, you know, like Kron" said Kamizu.

"Yeah" said Valira.

"I see" said Tarkus.

"Now that's power" said Kamizu.

"Tell me about it. I just hear that name and I shudder" said Valira.

"Kron" said Kamizu

"Ooooh. ... Do it again" said Valira acting shivering.

"Kron" said Kamizu.

"Ooooh!" said Valira.

"Kron. Kron! Kron!" said Valira.

"...Oooh! It tingles me" said Valira with hysterically laughter.

"I'm surrounded by idiots" said Tarkus rolling his eyes.

"Not you, Tarkus. I mean, you're one of us. I mean, you're our pal" said Kamizu.

"Charmed" said Tarkus sarcastically.

"Ohh, I like that. He's not king, but he's still so proper" said Valira.

"Yeah. Hey, hey. Did ya bring us anything to eat, Tarkus, old buddy, old pal? Huh? Did-ya-did-ya-did-ya?" asked Kamizu.

"I don't think you really deserve this. I practically gift-wrapped those hatchlings for you. And you couldn't even dispose of them" said Tarkus and then he holds out a Parasaurolophus haunch in his mouth and drops it down to them. The Velociraptors immediately digs in, tearing the meat off from the haunch with their mouths and feasting on it. "Well, ya know. It wasn't exactly like they were alone, Tarkus" said Valira as she chews with her mouth full.

"Yeah. What are we supposed to do- " said Kamizu. Then he swallows and said "Kill Kron?".

"Precisely" said Tarkus with an evil smile. The three raptors pause from eating and look up at Tarkus questioningly. Then he jumps down to them. Tarkus then walks calmly through sheets of flame and gas as they slightly erupt. Tarkus begins to pace slowly around Scat, who is chewing on the remnants of the Parasaurolophus leg. Then he begins to sing...

Tarkus: I know that your powers of retention

Are as wet as a lemur's backside

But thick as you are, pay attention!

He angrily whacks the bone away with his tail and Scat comes to abrupt attention.

Tarkus: My words are a matter of pride

It's clear from your vacant expressions

The lights are not all on upstairs

Tarkus waves his tail in front of Scat's blank eyes to make his point. Scat's tongue lolls out and he became cock-eyed.

Tarkus: But we're talking kings and successions

Even you can't be caught unawares

Valira and Kamizu are laughing on a ledge behind him. On "you," Tarkus turns and jumps at them, throwing them backwards onto a pair of geysers, which then erupt, throwing the two Velociraptors into the air. In the next verse, Tarkus is strutting theatrically along a ledge which runs around back to the floor.

Tarkus: So prepare for a chance of a lifetime

Be prepared for sensational news

A shining new era

Is tiptoeing nearer

Valira: And where do we feature?

Tarkus: Just listen to teacher

I know it sounds sordid

But you'll be rewarded

When at last I am given my dues

And injustice deliciously squared

Tarkus jumps up beside Scat, who is again chewing on the bone, and here he kicks him off the ledge.

Tarkus: Be prepared!

The three hyenas land in a pile of bones and are submerged. Then they reappear, each with a different skull of a herbivore on their head "Yeah, Be prepared. Yeah-heh... we'll be prepared, heh...For what?" asked Kamizu.

"For the death of the king" said Tarkus.

"Why? Is he sick?" asked Kamizu. Tarkus then stomps down on Kamizu, pinning him down and said "No, fool- we're going to kill him. And Aladar too".

"Great idea! Who needs a king?" said Kamizu.

"No king! No king! la—la-la-la-laa-laa!" said Valira, with a sing-song voice, as she dances, with Scat, around Kamizu who is singing as well joining in.

"Idiots! There will be a king!" yelled Tarkus.

"Hey, but you said, uh..." said Kamizu.

"I will be king! ...Stick with me, and you'll never go hungry again!" said Tarkus with a toothy, triumphant grin.

"Yaay! All right! Long live the king!" cheered Valira and Kamizu. Then more raptors, small and large, came out of the shadows, along with large carnivores that were also banished from Kron's kingdom. "Long live the king! Long live the king!" yelled the carnivores. Then Tarkus's army of savage carnivores is goose-stepping across the floor of the cave, now stylized into a Nazi-esque quadrangle. Then they began to sing in tight, crisp phrasing and diction...

The Savage Carnivores: It's great that we'll soon be connected.

With a king who'll be all-time adored

Tarkus: Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected

To take certain duties on board

The future is littered with prizes

And though I'm the main addressee

The point that I must emphasize is {

Jumps off his rock throne to single out one hapless Velociraptor.

Tarkus: You won't get a sniff without me!

That Velociraptor slips and falls into a fiery crevice. Throughout the next verse, the entire horde of hyenas joins in dancing boisterously, leaping along the tops of rock pillars, shaking small dinosaur skeletons in the light, one playing a rib cage/xylophone. The paranthetical parts are the savage carnivores' counterpoint singing

Tarkus: So prepare for the coup of the century

(Oooh!)

Be prepared for the murkiest scam

(Oooh... La! La! La!)

Meticulous planning

(We'll have food!)

Tenacity spanning

(Lots of food)

Decades of denial

(We repeat)

Is simply why I'll

(Endless meat)

Be king undisputed

(Aaaaaaah...)

Respected, saluted

(...aaaaaaah...)

And seen for the wonder I am

(...aaaaaaah!)

Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared

(Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Be prepared!

Tarkus & Savage Carnivores: Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared

Be prepared!

Then they all began to laugh evily throughout the night as the murderous plan of Tarkus starts to begin.