Sorry for another hiatus, but Chapter 9 is here. Since the newest research of Spinosaurus happened so suddenly, I thought if I could alter Dread's characteristics to represent a more realistic and lifelike dinosaur. Anyway, hope you enjoy :).


Chapter 9

Dread


Luna dipped her snout towards the pond, growling in hunger as she used her heightened sensors to hunt for fish. For spinosaurs were most renowned to be fish eaters…

Taught by her brother, Luna opened her jaws widely, exposing her stalagmite-like teeth. To anyone unfortunate, death was certain…

A school of fishes happen to cross Luna's death trap as they waddled ahead. She finally made her move. As a few fishes swam between her jaws, she violently snapped them shut. In a flash, the young spinosaur jolted her skull towards the sky while gripping her hard-won prize.

To her surprise, she had caught herself a plentiful number of fish. Happy, Luna ran back to her brother who himself was hunting for his prey. He was somewhat impressed by his sister's efforts, but was too busy to celebrate. He then leapt into the lake and swam underwater, looking for prey. To his delight, he found a couple of Onchpristis's swimming towards him. Having been noticed, the fishes jolted instantly. In one swift move, the Spinosaur used his claws to pin done one of the Onchopristis's and clamped onto its prey with his gripping jaws. Claiming its prize, Dread returned to land and dropped the Onchopristis on the ground before he dragged himself to shore, walking all fours.

Spinosaurus was a rare example of a theropod since they were mostly quadruped, unlike all the other theropods who only walked on two. However, the Spinosaurs of Isla Sorna were highly altered, allowing them to spend a lot of time, walking on two as well.

Left behind, Luna was left to eat her fill for herself, but was surprised to see Dread when he emerged with his meal. Focusing only for himself, Dread tore off the Onchopristis's skin and muscles with his talons before taking quick snaps of the fish's corpse. Luna on the other hand ate as much fish as she could, thinking about how she could improve her skills to be as good as Dread.

Somewhere, on the other side of the shore were a pair of male Rugops. These abelisaurs prefer to live with a partner or in a pack and are very fierce predators. However, seeing as they are in a Spinosaurus territory, they are only limited to scavenge for their fill. Unlike most predators, Rugops were actually very patient and knows when to get a good meal. While packs are capable of bringing down a sauropod, they are always foreshadowed by the presence of Tyrannosaurs, Carnosaurs and Spinosaurs alike. They are shown to be rivals to raptors and they use their brute strength and ferocity, compared to the raptors' intelligence and cunning.

Having fulfilled his hunger, Dread left his prize and started to walk towards a nearby forest. Luna notices and runs after her brother. Taking advantage, the Rugops' dash over to the leftovers and decide to take the food for themselves, seeing as Dread has nothing to do with it.

In the forests, Dread kept quiet and walked slowly. He knew that the forests were populated by rival tyrannosaurs and carnosaurs. With Luna alongside him, Dread also needed to place protection upon his sister, whether something bad happens. Luna growled silently as she gazed at the canopies of the trees. Small birds flocked their wings for one branch to another while a lizard creeps underneath the leaves, waiting to surprise an oncoming insect. Dread stopped for a second before he sniffed at the air, smelling for danger. He turned south and walked towards a small glow of sunlight ahead, with Luna following him.

Brushing through the vegetation, Dread found himself at a small freshwater lake with plentiful sunlight raining down upon the fields and the clear body of water. Dread snarled before he walked towards the lake and then suddenly collapsed on the floor and yawned. Needing rest, he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep. Luna, as energetic as she could be, decided to enter the lake. Happy and content, Luna growled calmly as she took a bath for herself. Looking upon the sun for a brief moment, Luna dived into the water for the first time to see what lies underneath a sea of peace and amity…


It may be my shortest, but to be honest, that's all I could do. In this, A lot more about Dread's character is explored. He is very adept in swimming and he is quadrupedal at times. To retain the traditional bipedal style, I included a brief backstory to suggest that InGen's restoration of Spinosaurus was altered to the point where the dinosaur could walk on whatever posture it would like. Anyway, rate, review and favor me and the story and don't forget, I've got more ideas in my mind :). Thanks for reading and I hoep I'll see you guys in Chapter 10 :).