Alicia held her cello tightly, god she hoped this worked.
Pulling the bow across the strings, bellowing sweetly, almost crying out for aid. She began a song and it wasn't long before the pterosaurs took up watch in the trees, following her songs.
The crashing of a larger creature silenced her, and the deep set growl had her smiling. She passed her instrument over to Maddy and slipped through the fence, Taylor's weapon trained incase something should go awry.
The Carno sniffed at her and gently nudged her. She stroked the bridge of snout and grasped the horns to pull herself onto it's shoulders. "What are you waiting for old man?" She arched a brow as the carnotaur straightened up and growled.
After thirty minutes, Alicia and Nathaniel were charging through the forest on a large dinosaur who was tracking a scent. Dani's, since they most likely had to walk through the forest seeing as the carno destroyed the last one.
Alicia's heart thudded in her ears. It has officially been six hours since Dani was taken from her. She just hoped she wasn't too late.
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Dani stayed curled up in the corner of the room, her body ached, but she was used to this. The sheet wrapped around her was more like a dirty rag, wetting slightly in her blood on her arms and stomach.
He seemed to enjoy scratching her, and some of the cuts were just deep enough to draw blood. She sighed and laid against the wall, she felt oddly empty, just like all her other….jobs.
"What are you staring at?" The man, Bartin, demanded from the bed as he laid back, "Come here." She stood up and let the rag puddle around her feet. "That's a good girl." Sliding next she placed gently kisses up his neck, but all she wanted to do was kill him. When she got out of here, her mother would teach her how to fight and she would track this man down and cut his heart out while he screamed forgiveness.
Hands traveled down her shoulders to rest at her bare waist, "May I ask how my father got here?" she whispered into his ear before biting down on the lobe. It was all she could do, she just had to do what she knew best, even if she hated it.
"Told him you weren't with me," he chuckled, "Said if we brought him here he would straighten you out. And look your such a good girl now." He shifted, essentially placing her under him. Unable to hold back the whimper from what she felt against her leg, she looked at him with fear. "Shh, I'll make sure you enjoy this too."
Bartin's smile was sick as he kissed her, "Oh, how I love your sweet little body." He chortled as she looked to the wall rather than him as he used her body.
But she knew her mother would come and kill him, after she tortured him, that is.
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Alicia slid off the Carno as it and Nathaniel stormed through the small group of men aiding the son of a bitch.
She stalked through the green, lucky that dino tracked her so well. She came upon a horribly built tree house and paled. The small crap for a house wasn't sound proofed well.
But she didn't have to storm in and rip a man off her girl, because he showed first. His mistake.
She smiled evilly, relishing at his shocked face and raised her pistol to take his legs from under him. Just long enough to pull herself up the tree and lung on him.
Punching him over and over again, enjoying the crack and grunt that his body gave as she beat the hell out of him.
Blood, cracking bone, defiantly a broken jaw. But she didn't care, she wouldn't mind if he was tortured in hell for all she cared he was dead to her.
As soon as she felt a tid bit better at her treatment of him, someone was gently caressing her arms, making her slow her flying fists and look to see who it was.
"That's 'nough, Wash." The Commander rumbled low and all her fight left her. "Let's get the little one." Nodding toward the house.
They turned their backs for but a moment before screaming brought their attention to the carno gobbling the beaten man.
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Dani laid on her side, Bartin having run from her when loud growling alerted them, and then grunting outside, she wasn't sure what, honestly she didn't care, just happy he left her alone.
It wasn't until she heard voices that she sat up and wrapped the rag on the floor around her. Staring at the door to the outside, waiting for the woman she heard.
As soon as the midnight haired spitfire stepped in, blood covering her knuckles and sweat on her forehead. But she was an image of perfection in Dani's eyes as they blurred from the tears she could no longer hold back.
Collapsing into the older woman's arms, she sobbed and clasped her mother. "I knew you'd come," and for the first time she called Alicia by the only name Dani now associated with the Lieutenant. "Momma." It was a choked cry, but it was a relief to actually speak the words and already feel that they would never be rejected.
"It's okay Dan, it's okay my little one." Whispering into the girl's ear as she rocked her from side to side, petting her arms and back, "I promise everything will be alright."
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"I'm sorry." Why was her girl apologizing? Alicia gently, slowly, rose to her feet with the girl and walked her out of the house to settle on the Carno once more, Taylor behind Alicia as Dani snuggle back into her mother.
Soon they were ducking through the gate and heading towards the infirmary on the big horned monster.
It took maybe thirty minutes for Elizabeth to look over the girl as Maddy watched with a sad gaze. They all knew but wouldn't speak of it.
They left the hospital with Dani in scrubs and the carno following them slowly, one of its steps was a good three yards.
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Dani had watched the way they looked at her, pity. She hated it and now they all seemed to know.
She watched Alicia lead her to the door, but she didn't want to go into a dark house, she has been in one for a little over six hours.
Pushing Alicia back into a chair on the porch, the girl top toed inside and found a green dress Alicia had bought her a few days ago. Dressing as quick as she could and retrieving the big case, she joined her mother, the Commander and the carno outside.
"Please," She begged and Alicia smiled and took the bow and cello before pulling her girl into her arms.
"Only if you sing with me." Whispering into her hair, she felt a smile on her shoulder.
Alicia started a song, relaxing at the voice of the girl and deep rumbles of the dino as they played together.
Soon enough, everything would be normal, soon, everyone would forget, even Dani. One day.
When the sun set behind their little home. Alicia had to ask, "So this dinosaur….what are we gonna do with it." The carno perked up, having taken to laying on its side as its rumbling bellows seemed to specify its relaxed stated.
"Can we keep it?" Dani asked sleepily, barely noticing how Alicia became wide eyes and tensed.
"You're kidding…right?" this sent Nathaniel laughing
Should they name the Carno:
A ) Wally
B) Rocko
C)Hubbie
Please review, we are so close to 40 dollars.