Welcome back, everybody.

Well, here we go. The Avengers are about to begin their hunt for the Indominus Rex. And, by the end of the chapter, they will have found it.

Right now, the heroes winning the vote for the first to fight the Indominus are Hawkeye, Captain America, and Ant-Man. One of those three will be the one to find the I-Rex. I will accept votes until the 9th, but beyond that, any votes will not count.

I hope this chapter does not disappoint. It may be a little short.

Here it comes.

Disclaimer: I do not own the MARVEL or Jurassic Park franchises.

Chapter 10- The Hunt for the Indominus Rex

Steve clapped his hands together. The entire team had assembled. Tony and Rhodey were wearing their armor. Sam, Wanda, Clint, Nat, and Scott were all suited up and had all their gear ready. It was time to begin the hunt.

"Alright team. It's time we get this hunt started. But before we all run out, let's go over some particulars."

"First off, I just received a call from Claire. Her nephews are here. Me and Wanda met them earlier. Well, they're out on a Gyrosphere and haven't come back in. She's going to find Owen and get him to help her, but I want an Avenger to go with them. So, Wanda, I'm assigning you to that. Go find Claire, and go with her and Owen to find Zach and Gray."

"Understood, Captain," said Wanda.

"Now, our plan of attack. There's now seven of us to conduct the hunt. Tony, Rhodey, Sam, I'm putting you in the air. Sweep the island, and radio as soon as you find it. Wait to engage until you've informed me."

"That leaves me, Romanoff, Barton, and Lang on the ground. Lang, I want you and Romanoff to stick close together. Clint, you and me will hunt apart, but stay close. I want us to be within close range of each other in the case that one of us finds this thing."

"Roger that, Steve," said Nat. "Got it, Cap," said Scott. "I'm ready," said Clint.

"Cap," Nat started, "Are we authorized to do whatever is necessary to kill that thing?" "Yes," responded Steve, "Masrani cleared us to do whatever we need to do. Just try not to set the island on fire."

Nat smiled. "You got it, Steve."

"Alright everybody. We don't have time to waste," Steve said, "Remember to stay in radio contact with the rest of the team, and report any sighting of the Indominus. Well, I've got nothing else to say, so let's get out of here and hunt some dinosaur."

The whole team shouted. Sam spread his wings, Tony and Rhodey snapped their masks down, and three took off. Wanda ran off to find Claire and Owen. And the other four Avengers hopped into two Jeeps that were supposed to take them to an agreed upon spot where they would begin their hunt.

40 minutes after leaving the park, the Jeeps all stopped, and Steve, Scott, Nat, and Clint all hopped out. Sticking close together, Scott and Nat raced into the trees in a slightly north-easterly direction, while Steve and Clint headed off in a slightly more north-westerly direction, and put a distance of about a mile between them.

High above the island, Rhodey, Tony, and Sam circled, scanning the area below them. The monster's ability to hide from infra-red tracking systems made it hard for them to detect it. Despite their efforts, they found nothing.

About 20 minutes into their search, Nat and Scott were climbing over a large fallen tree when they heard the sound of cracking branches. "What was that?" said Scott in alarm.

Natasha didn't respond but scanned the surroundings. She reached down for her pistols as Scott shrank.

There were more cracking branches, then an Apatosaurus wandered into view. It didn't even notice Natasha as it lumbered past.

Natasha stared after the Apatosaurus. A few seconds after it disappeared, Scott returned to normal size. "Well," he said, "That gave me a scare."

Suddenly, Steve came in over their communication bands. "Scott, Natasha, come in. Got anything?"

"Not yet, Cap," said Natasha. "had a brief scare with an Apatosaurus, but otherwise nothing," Scott chimed in.

"Roger," said Steve, and hung up. Natasha and Scott stared at each other before turning to resume the hunt.

20 minutes later, Steve contacted Sam, Tony, and Rhodey in turn to see if they had seen anything, but none of them had seen any sign of the Indominus.

An hour into the search, people were starting to get impatient. Tony especially was getting seriously irritated that he had not been able to find the smallest trace of the Indominus.

However, that wasn't going to last long.

(1 hour and six minutes into the search)

Clint leaped over a tree stump, then stopped moving for a few moments to listen. After a few seconds, he got back up and continued moving.

Clint was a little worried. He had not brought a lot of specialized arrows or heads. He only had a few grappling hook arrows, a few electrical arrows, two sonic arrows, and a single explosive arrow. For the most part, he only had normal arrows, one of which he held ready in his bow.

As he was about to stop again to listen, he heard something. He froze, then darted to a tree. He froze there, waiting for more noises.

It took a few seconds. Then, he heard a distant thud and the sound of many branches breaking.

Clint took a breath then hurried out from behind the tree, dashing towards the sound of the noise. He stopped every fifty feet to listen.

Very soon he stopped short when he heard a growl. It and the sound of branches breaking came from over a tiny ridge ahead of him.

Putting the arrow back in his quiver, he hurried forward while hunched over, then dropped to his stomach. He crawled up the rise, paused right below the top, breathed in deeply, then looked over the rise.

He looked at the clearing on the other side of the ridge. Then he saw something, and smiled.

He activated his communication band, setting it to broadcast to Steve. "Steve, come in. It's Barton."

Steve responded. "I hear you. What is it?"

Clint smiled as he peeked over the ridge again. Only 50 yards away stood a massive white theropod dinosaur, with long arms and claws, spines and ridges all over its neck and back, and a mouth full of sharp, blood-covered teeth.

Clint's grin spread even more as he lifted his communciations band up to his mouth. And he said three words that Steve had been waiting for.

"I've got her."

And, cliffhanger! I know, it seems like each of my chapters ends in a big cliffhanger. Sorry about that.

I know that this chapter is fairly short, but I couldn't come up with a whole lot more. And, for those wondering about the unusual amount of attention I paid to Scott and Natasha, a reviewer named Loki Mumu pointed out I've kind of neglected them so far. So, I thought I'd give them a lot of spotlight time in this chapter.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's. I sure did. I am now getting back into school, and I am taking an actual college course this semester, so I will be even more pressed for time. But, I promise, I will try and update all three of my current fanfictions as often as possible. For this story, I hope to have the last chapter posted by the end of February. I also hope to have Avengers of Panem finished by the Monday in April, which is the 5th if I recall correctly. (Speaking of which, go and check out that story, as well as Dolphin Tale 3).

Also, I gave up with an idea for another fanfiction this past week. I really love it and do plan to publish it. Since I'm coming along nicely with this fanfiction, I hope to have the first chapter up soon, then really begin writing by March. If you want to know what it's for, you'll just have to watch my account.

I hope this wasn't too disappointing. I promise I will have the next chapter up by January 16th. Sooner if I can manage. And, keep in mind, it will be the first Avengers vs Indominus Rex fight. So, I hope you're excited for that.

Bye-bye.

To be continued in "Battle of the Times"