Hello guys. Sorry if this chapter suck really badly, but I tried my best. I just need to get back into the swing of things since I'm a little rusty. Anyways what else was I going to say? Oh ya, I am going to be updating the Keeper Guide some more. I hope you all have a good day and bye.
There is something missing from our world. The amazing animals that time has left behind. But what if we could bring them back? What if extinction didn't have to be forever? We're going back on a safari with a difference as wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven plunges into prehistory to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction. His plan is bring them back to the safety of the present and give them a second chance.
This time, Nigel will rescue the largest creature ever to be discovered, but come across the more feared beasts of the Jurassic.
Welcome to the ultimate wildlife sanctuary. Welcome to Prehistoric Park.
Chapter 10- Gods of the Jurassic
Excitement is rushing through the air of the entire world as Nigel and Chiyi prepare to rescue their two newest targets from the Jurassic age Morrison Formation. Morrison Formation B has been built and the world has prepared for the return of the largest known dinosaur to ever walk the earth. The living gods of the Mesozoic are coming back.
The staff rushed to get everything done as quickly as possible as Nigel and Chiyo walked around Jurassic Treetops. The treetop walkway provided guests with the most unique animal experience they would ever have in their lives: feeding the great sauropods of the Jurassic period.
Jurassic Treetops laid directly above Jurassic Heights and was currently almost empty, all the guests crowding in line for the newly revealed Morrison Formation B, an extension to Morrison Formation A.
"Hello" Chiyo said to the camera, smiling, one of the rarest things on Earth to see. "Today, Nigel and I are rescuing the largest creature ever to live: Amphicoelias Fragillimus. They were the largest creatures ever to live as far as we know of and they had no predators as adults. Nothing could take them on. It would probably take at least a dozen Indominus Rex to even injure one, never mind hunt and kill it."
"Some could argue that the other Jurassic sauropods had nothing to fear as adults too, but we know that that's wrong now" Nigel said. "Allosaurus could hunt Diplodocus in packs, while the native Ceratosaurus species hunted the teenage Apatosaurus in unusually massive packs. The adults Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus were hunted by a genus of dinosaur we have yet to obtain: Saurophaganax. The smaller sauropods, such as Brontosaurus and Camarasaurus were actively hunted by the native Torvosaurus species, although we have evidence that they often stole kills and even hunted the other predators."
"However, we recently found out about another creature that may or may not exist" Chiyo said excitedly. "A giant predator that could possibly take down teenaged Amphicoelias. Many think it's a giant Allosaurus species, but we may or may not find differently now. Our second target is Epanterias, a forty foot long allosaur."
Nigel heard a child's cry of delight as a neck raised itself into view. Nigel smiled. This was the tallest part of Jurassic Treetops and the part where the Brachiosaurus were fed. Although the new Morrison Formation B had attracted most of the park visitors, Jurassic Treetops was still crowded.
Two keepers exchanged crisp dollar bills, undoubtedly betting whether or not Nigel would bring back some form of crocodilian. A parent snapped a small part of their Jurassic Treetops sauropod treat off for the child to give to the dinosaur. The Brachiosaurus rumbled in delight and several sparrows flew away from the dinosaur, only to land onto it's back to rid it of parasites and insects.
Nigel smiled at the birds, while Chiyo quickly got a smoothie at Morrison Mumbo before she met back with Nigel. Glancing at the dinosaur one more time, they left to the jeep. This mission was taking up much of the available space left for new exhibits and zones. They would only have two more missions left after this. The thought made Nigel sad that they would only be able to rescue extinct creatures two more times.
"Nigel" Chiyo called, running up the rampway. Her face was redder than her hair when she finally got up to him. "I have a good friend of mine from college that has been asking me to rescue a personal favorite dinosaur of his. His name is Drew and he really wants us to rescue Saurophaganax, another giant Jurassic carnivore. Scientists had assumed that it too was simply a large allosaurus species, but new research is showing that they may be an entirely new genus altogether."
Chiyo's radio suddenly flared to life. Lowery was speaking through it.
"Hey guys, can you put the radio on the pathway in front of you please?" Lowery asked. "I really need to do something here."
Chiyo shrugged. "I don't see why not."
Chiyo placed the radio on the ground, thinking that Lowery was going to pull his magic talking tree branch prank with some kids. Then Python came around the corner with a brown paper lunch bag in his jaws. On it was the word Lowery. Lowery cleared his voice before he boomed over the radio.
"FEAR MY VOICE! I AM EVERYWHERE, WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE YOU LITTLE SNAKE WITH LEGS! I AM ALL KNOWING! I AM ALL POWERFUL! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY WRATH PUNY MORTAL CREATURE! FEAR ME! VENGEANCE SHALL COME UPON YOU! PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DOOM!"
Python shrieked, running around in a circle before throwing Lowery's lunch off the walkway before he jumped down himself. Nigel and Chiyo rushed over to the side to check on Python. The little dinosaur was okay with Lowery's lunch...on the back of a Brachiosaurus.
Nigel laughed at the Triassic theropod on the great sauropod before moving on. He wasn't concerned about Python. He had done something very similar with a Mapusaurus one time. It had made for a good clip for Ridiculousness in the Prehistoric Park section.
Nigel continued to chuckle and walked away with Chiyo towards the elevator to discuss their plans to capture the largest creature ever discovered.
Meanwhile at the park control office...
Lowery sat, staring at the monitors with Vivian at his left side, watching another set of monitors.
"What do you call a blind dinosaur" he asked, not taking his eyes off the monitors.
"I don't care" came the reply from Vivian.
"Doyouthinkesaurus."
"I said I don't care. Didn't you hear me?"
"What do you call an explosive prehistoric parasite?"
"Lowery, please..."
"A dino-mite."
"That is the worst joke in the long very sad history of bad jokes. It's even worse than your Hoo-dini joke. You could literally go fishing and kill all the fish in a lake by telling them your jokes."
"You're just..."
"No, I'm not jealous. I'm just letting you know how stupid that joke is."
Lowery snorted and said nothing after that. The control room was silent for almost an entire minute until Lowery broke the silence again.
"What do you call a blind dinosaur's dog?"
Vivian sighed and John Arnold took a pair of headphones out of his backpack. It was going to be a long day. Vivian envied Arnold for having the sense to bring headphones to block out Lowery's bad jokes.
At Tyrannosaurus Territory, the rex pack have decided to patrol their territory, leaving Momo and Sahara by themselves at the nest. As the adults patrol the forests and river that makes up their territory, a surprise visitor has turned up in the nest.
Python was nibbling at pieces of meat that had been brought back to the nest. He had quickly escaped Jurassic Heights in favor of Tyrannosaurus Territory food.
Momo and Sahara meanwhile were stalking him in the bushes, waiting for him to get close enough so they could attack. He would have no idea what hit him. Or bit him.
Python continued to nibble on the meat, oblivious of the two young hunters. Sahara split off to Python's left and Momo continued to stalk straight forward. Everything was going in their favor. Until Momo stepped on a twig.
Python jerked his head up at the snapping noise and turned his head behind him. Momo remained hidden in the bushes, trying to stay out of sight. Sahara continued to stalk the earlier theropod, merely ten yards away from him.
Momo finally raised herself from the ground, ferns, and bushes into view to give Sahara a better shot of catching Python.
Python chirped curiously at this new hunter. Momo stared straight back. For several seconds, the two just stared at each other, neither making any move at eachother. And then Sahara attacked.
The young tyrannosaur charged out from the bushes with her jaws open to try and grab Python by his neck. The little dinosaur seemed to regard the new carnivore charging at him before putting all his weight on his tail.
Laying it down on the ground, Python got into a jumping stance, waiting for Sahara to come closer. Sahara hesitated at her prey not fleeing before continuing to charge at the small Coelophysis.
At about ten feet away, Python sprang his body up and used his tail as a leg, similar to a modern kangaroo's. Sahara continued to charge, unable to stop now that her center of gravity pushed her forward. Python used his two clawed legs and kicked Sahara in the snout and below her jaw.
Sahara tumbled down before charging the Triassic creature again. Python this time didn't give any mercy. He kicked her face, which sent her sprawling back onto the ground before jumping on her and pulling one of her head crown feathers off. Sahara shrieked in pain and Python jumped off before quietly departing with the feather still in his mouth. Momo made no move to stop him. He quickly disappeared into the bushes.
Several minutes after Python's departure, Jane came back to the nest and inspected her injured daughter. Sahara lay there moaning with cuts from Python's sharp foot claws on her nose and below her jaw. It wasn't serious, but it was still an injury regardless.
Jane looked up and started sniffing the air before catching Python's scent. A low angry growl came from deep within her throat. She was going to raise hell for this.
At the Isla Sorna holding pens, Nigel and Chiyo are ready to go back to the Jurassic and rescue the Amphicoelias and Epanterias. They will need to track down a nesting sight of the great sauropods that is in active use before waiting for the Epanterias to show up to hunt the young. However, before they find both giants, they must deal with other carnivores of the Jurassic.
Nigel and Chiyo arrived at the top of a bluff overlooking a valley. It was the middle of the dry season and a small lake lay in the middle of the valley. Dead bushes and shrubs reigned over the area with the occasional tree or termite mound. At the lake edge, a herd of herbivorus sauropods drank from the little water left with a group of ornithopods. A pack of Allosaurus were feasting on the body of one of the ornithopods that had likely fallen from dehydration.
"This is the perfect place to look for Amphicoelias" Nigel explained. "This ridge gives us a view of most of the valley, except for the part covered in trees, hills, and riverbeds. The dead ornithopod can possibly attract more native carnivores and hopefully Epanterias or at least Saurophaganax. Chiyo and I are going to split up before meeting back here again. She's going to wait here for an Epanterias or Saurophaganax while I go to the lake down there and wait for the Amphicoelias."
Chiyo got out of the jeep with her time portal, her tranquilizer gun, and two portal grenades. They were the last two Prehistoric Park had. They could only be saved for an emergency.
A large roar sounded behind them and they turned to see what the disturbance was. A pack of five theropods was walking towards the allosaurs in a threatening way. They were black with red stripes on their head and blue spots on their sides and back. Three were larger than the allosaurs they were threatening.
"And that's my cue to leave" Nigel muttered as he started to drive off, while Chiyo ran towards the kill below to capture the new theropods.
"These are Saurophaganax" she said excitedly to the cameraman who struggled to keep up with her. "They can grow to be thirty four feet long and were thought to scavenge more often than hunt. This proves it, although I doubt that they don't know how to use those claws and teeth. They also run quite slow. I could easily outrun them, so they likely hunted the sauropods and stegosaurs of the area. I was expecting to wait longer to catch them, but we might as well do it now."
One Saurophaganax turned it's head towards her and seemed to briefly consider hunting her before continuing to charge at the allosaurs. The smaller carnivores scattered and streaked off towards the forest, except for one who ran towards the lake.
Once the pack reached the carcass, they gorged themselves until nothing remained. Once they finished it off, they started looking for more carcasses. Chiyo saw this as her prime opportunity to get eaten.
She set the time portal firmly into the ground and ran in front of it's center, waving her arms and shouting at the carnivores to chase after her. The predators looked at her once before they suddenly sprinted at her. They were still quite slow. They were even slower than before now with that they had a good meal.
Chiyo activated the portal and they quit chasing her to go through, possible smelling water or a cow carcass on the other side. The black theropods went through and Chiyo closed the portal.
"I think that I'm just going to hike down and meet Nigel at the lake" she said. "The carcass is now basically nonexistent, so it won't be able to attract anymore carnivores or scavengers. Besides, we'll have better luck at the lake where everything is seemingly gathering."
Chiyo started hiking down the bluff and towards the small lake. She could see Nigel holding some ferns out to lure a sauropod towards the time portal. It must of been the alpha because the rest of the herd was following it. However, hiding behind the time portal, Chiyo saw the body shape of a large theropod.
At the Jurassic lakeside...
Nigel was luring the sauropod leader of the herd towards the time portal behind him. The rest of the sauropods were following the leader and the ornithopods in turn followed them for protection. The sauropods were a deep red with black stripes on their tails. They had heads somewhat similar to Diplodocus and long tails to them as well.
"These are one of the most famous extinct creatures ever to live" Nigel said, gesturing at the sauropod. "These are the one and only Brontosaurus! For years, they were thought to be the Apatosaurus we have at the park. However, we recently found out that they are very much their own species and genus. And they are magnificent!"
The herd leader rumbled at the time portal, but needed no further coaxing when Nigel waved the ferns in front of it's face to catch its attention. The great dinosaur lumbered through the portal when Nigel threw the ferns into the holding pens. The rest of the Brontosaurus followed, but the ornithopods stayed for a while longer, hesitating.
"These are a species of iguanodontid known as Camptosaurus. They're known to have a relationship with the sauropods and stegosaurs of the area with them being lookouts while the others provide protection. Although they're shy, they have strong tails and legs, which could make for painful swings and devastating kicks. Wait, what was that?"
Then Nigel heard it again. Chiyo was running down the mountain, telling him to run away. Nigel just scratched his head in confusion. Then he almost got turned into a pancake.
A Camptosaurus gave a warning shriek and the entire herd stampeded through the portal. An Allosaurus was running at Nigel, with no signs of stopping. It was the one that had been separated from it's pack.
Nigel started to run towards the portal, but tripped. Nigel looked up to see the top jaw of the allosaur about to slam into him when something large and yellow burst from behind the portal and attacked the killer.
Nigel didn't have time to see what it was because it grabbed the Allosaurus and jumped into the lake. The Allosaurus fought, but it didn't have enough power to stop the creature from dragging it down. The red feathered creature continued to fight until all that remained were a few bubbles.
Nigel was pale and backed up next to the time portal in case he needed a quick getaway. Chiyo ran down the bluff and stopped next to him, panting like a dog.
"What. Was. That?" she asked, staring at the water. Only a few red feathers floating on the surface were all that remained of the Allosaurus now. No more bubbles were left of the two giant creatures.
"I don't know, but we had best..."
Nigel was interrupted by a ripple on the surface. Seconds later, a yellow shape appeared, dragging the allosaur out. It was another theropod that was larger than the Allosaurus and only had feathers on it's head, back, tail, and arms. It continued to drag the Allosaurus through the water until it reached the shore, just twenty feet away from them. The yellow carnivore then threw it down like a rag doll.
Nigel and Chiyo froze in fear when it looked at them, but it just snorted and turned it's attention to the other theropod. The Allosaurus was half drowned, breathing shallowly and trying to crawl away. The larger theropod walked over to it and looked down at the smaller beast.
"I know what that is" Chiyo whispered to the cameraman. "It's Torvosaurus Tanneri. It was thought that they were riverside hunters but we never expected this to be a trait. It was suggested that they could hunt Allosaurus as prey, but that was dismissed. Looks like those who dismissed that theory were wrong. They appear to be semi-aquatic. They must have lost some feathers to be able to swim better, but they also hunt on land. I think they try to weaken or drown their prey before taking it back onto shore to kill or eat it."
It was just then that they started to notice the numerous skeletons on the shoreline, including at least half a dozen large theropods, dozens of sauropods and stegosaurs, and hundreds of smaller theropods and ornithopods. One sauropod skeleton was mysteriously large, at nearly a hundred and twenty feet long.
The Allosaurus hissed weakly at the Torvosaurus to try and scare it, but the Torvosaurus grabbed its neck and snapped it. The Allosaur's eyes grew dim. It was dead. And the whole time, Nigel and Chiyo stared at it before quickly closing the portal and getting in the jeep to go towards the open plains.
"I would love to take the Torvosaurus back to Prehistoric Park, but Muldoon wouldn't be all up for an unexpected large carnivore that ate the other top predators. It's a shame. But at least we can always do a Lost, But Not Forgotten mission."
"Did you see how strong it was?" Chiyo asked. "I bet Cronus could fight that thing and he would lose. That giant skeleton back there was most likely a sick or injured Amphicoelias that dipped its head too close to the water. Maybe the Torvosaurus was strong enough to keep it's head under the water long enough for it to drown. We may never know. Frankly, I'm okay with that."
"Same here. Now let's go get those Amphicoelias."
They drove off into the plains, determined to find the gods of the Jurassic. And possibly find another creature that would give Bob a heart attack.
At Wu's Private Lab, excitement is going through the air for Henry as the hatching of his hybrid creatures finally happens. With three different species, Henry must carefully time where he is during each individual hatching for the creatures to imprint on him to make them completely useless to Hoskins.
The first egg to start hatching was a Death Monitor egg. The one who would be able to reproduce asexually started making small squeaky sounds from its shell, calling to the outside world. Wu quickly ran from his laptop to the incubator that contained the monitor eggs. He briefly considered calling Hoskins, but decided against it.
Hoskins had somehow gotten ahold of Wu's lysine pills and had probably sent the list of ingredients and instructions on how to make them to someone on the outside world. Wu didn't have any actual evidence for that, but he knew Hoskins wouldn't play fair. He would do anything to make the hybrids his.
Hoskins had even specifically told Henry to call him as soon as they started to squeak, but Wu wouldn't allow that. He knew Hoskins would get them to imprint on him before pulling some dirty trick on him and taking them with him to the mainland and presenting them to the military. He didn't trust Hoskins on anything.
"Hello there little guy" Wu said as the egg broke. "Come on out. Don't be shy. I'm not going to hurt you."
A small pointed snout appeared from within the egg shell. Another small squeak came from it. Suddenly, the top half of the egg cracked and fell off, revealing the tiny little animal to Wu.
It was adorable as a creature that was bred for war could be. It had large orange eyes and tiny little teeth that looked like they were merely little bumps. A long tail was curled around itself and the legs were crouched next to the tiny creature.
Wu held his hand out for the little creature to inspect. The Death Monitor sniffed curiously before crawling out of it's shell and onto it. Wu felt tiny, but sharp claws climb onto his hand.
Another squeak sounded from another monitor egg before another from a Dinoraptor egg. Wu quickly placed the little lizard onto the ground before walking to the raptor incubator, the Death Monitor started following him like a puppy.
The raptor was already breaking free from its egg like no tomorrow.
The tiny creature had silvery skin and red eyes that seemed to pierce through your soul. The teeth were perfectly formed and the tiny animal already had the distinct dromaeosaur foot claws.
"How did you do that?" Wu muttered to himself before he saw the already strong claws on the Dinoraptor. Sturdy quills also jutted out from the neck, tail, and back of the tiny hybrid, indicating that it was the only male hatching.
The little raptor quickly regarded him with it's red eyes for a moment. Then it leaped at Henry.
Wu was caught off guard by the leaping hybrid and suddenly felt afraid. Had he created a hybrid that would attack without being provoked? Would the rest be so aggressive? Had he really made the ideal war creature: an animal that would attack on sight?
His worries however were displaced after the tiny Dinoraptor climbed up his lab coat and into his pocket, where it quickly fell asleep. Wu calmed down significantly after that.
He walked back towards the monitor incubator, where the one egg was cracked, but no monitor coming out. Little distressed cries came from it. The tiny animal obviously not able to penetrate the shell of it's egg. Wu started peeling away at the little shell bit that stuck out the side before a small hole was in the side.
A pointed nose came from within and started to tear away at the egg shell more. Several minutes went by, with Wu having to quickly leave to get a female Dinoraptor to hatch and imprint on him, before the lizard broke it's shell.
Wu looked at the four small creatures running on the floor around him and tumbling and tackling each other before sitting down.
"What should I name you guys" he muttered to himself. The little Dinoraptor male was raising his quills up and down, trying to stop the hatched female Dinoraptor from attacking him. This was to no avail however, as the little dinosaur jumped into the air before tackling him.
"Hmmm" Wu said. "I think you're going to be Quill" Wu said pointing at the male. Wu was pulled from his train of thought when the oldest Death Monitor grabbed a shoelace and untied his shoe. She crooned proudly at her accomplishment before Wu picked her up and held her in his arms like a cat.
"I have name for you" he said to the female. "Your name is gonna be Leopard, after my favorite animal outside of Prehistoric Park."
The lizard ignored him as he started to watch the younger Death Monitor play "Tackle Quill" with the female Dinoraptor. She seemed to move like the wind through a forest meadow.
"Meadow" he thought."Boom! Just found her name. Three hatchlings down, one hatchling left and eight unhatched ones left. I am so good at picking names that I should get an award."
The little female Dinoraptor jumped up into the air once more before landing on the male and pinning him down. She looked like quite the hunter. Suddenly Wu's mind went back to a history discussion with Chiyo several months back.
"Easiest naming spree ever" Wu said. "Your name will be Artemis" Wu said to the hatchling in front of him. "After the Greek goddess of the wilderness and hunting."
The little Dinoraptor seemed to regard him before Quill got up and tackled her. She quickly tumbled down and Artemis gave up on her game. Wu laughed after that.
A squeak sounded from the last Death Monitor egg and two low moans came from the incubator containing the Stegoceratops eggs. Wu sighed. It was going to be busy in the lab.
As Wu is dealing with the hatching hybrids and Nigel and Chiyo save living gods of the Mesozoic, Python is exploring some of the more... interesting places of Prehistoric Park.
Python stuck his head back inside the cavern of a mouth to nip for more scraps of meat. Python had left Hell Creek Formation to got to Kirkland Formation to gather some food from Dino Dogs. However, after watching several egrets and herons play a dangerous game, Python decided he wanted to go with the more risky option to get meat.
Now Python was clearing bits of meat out from the teeth of the Deinosuchus. Python was now playing a dangerous game. The Deinosuchus kept its eyes closed the entire time, enjoying the unexpected dental appointment from the earlier creature.
Until Bob walked by. He watched Python for a second before his mind put two and two together before he rushed into the staff building.
"Don't worry Python! I'm coming to save you!"
Python ignored the head keeper in favor of continuing to groom the teeth of a giant Cretaceous era alligator.
Bob rushed out the staff building and made it halfway down the beach and tripped on a rock.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Bob face planted right into a pile of giant alligator dung. Python looked up before carefully doing a final check up on the alligator and, using several stones and bird roosts (for the herons, macaws, and egrets that call the lake home as well), jumped out of the enclosure.
Bob slowly raised himself from the dung before exiting the exhibit to get to the closest jeep and get home. Bob didn't speak to the cameraman as he exited the enclosure.
"Winston was right. It's a shit job" Bob said to himself.
Back in the Jurassic, Nigel and Chiyo have come across another water hole in the plains. And although they are searching for the giants of the Jurassic world, they can't help but notice a few smaller creatures.
A flock of grey furry pterosaurs with short stubby tails were swarming the carcass of a sauropod. The size and color of the sauropod suggested it was a Diplodocus, but it was hard to be sure. The pterosaurs had sharp teeth and we're eating the meat at a surprisingly fast rate.
"These are a rare hunter-scavenger species of pterosaur" Nigel said to the cameraman. "These are Dermodactylus Montanus. They were discovered by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878 and have a wingspan of five or six feet. They were small aerial carnivores that often hunted the flying insects of the Jurassic."
"Can we bring them back Nigel?" Chiyo asked him. "They look like they're relatively easy to keep compared to other pterosaurs and they are beautiful."
"Yes, we can bring them back to Prehistoric Park. I told Bob to expand Pterosaur Aviary because I felt bad about not bring back Peteinosaurus or Eosipterus. We already have a space for them. All we need is a way to catch..."
Nigel stopped talking once he saw that Chiyo had the two portal grenades left. He didn't even have time to talk before she chucked the grenades at the furry pterosaurs, sending them back to Prehistoric Park.
"So where was the nesting site for the Amphicoelias?" Chiyo asked Nigel.
"Behind you" he replied.
Chiyo turned around to see a giant foot slam into the earth just five feet away from her. She gave a startled scream before a head lowered itself into view.
The sauropod was grey and had countless scars from many long years of fighting to survive in the Jurassic world. The sauropod gave a bellow and another below came from the other side of the two humans. They quickly turned around to see a smaller, but still colossus, sauropod walking by. They were the Amphicoelias, the gods of the Jurassic.
More bellows sounded from all directions and Nigel and Chiyo noticed that the dinosaurs had surrounded them.
"My god, they are magnificent" Nigel said as a sixty foot long one looked at him quizzically. "Chiyo, I give you Amphicoelias Fragillimus, the gods of the Jurassic!"
As if on cue, the largest one, a two hundred foot long adult, threw it's head up and bellowed at the setting sun. The sound echoed through the plains and Nigel looked at the herd of giants bigger than Argentinosaurus grazing on the ferns. It was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen in his life.
As Nigel and Chiyo decide how to save the Amphicoelias, Wu is dealing with the hybrid hatchlings. He now has eleven tiny creatures running around his personal lab, while one still had yet to hatch. Now it's just a matter of time.
Wu had been watching the egg for two hours know. The rest of the eggs had already hatched, but this one still had yet to.
His lab was now alive with activity as the hybrids explore this new world. The two Dinoraptor, Quill and Artemis, were now resting in Wu's pockets as the three Death Monitors, Leopard, Meadow, and (the youngest one) Komodo were playing fight, while the Stegoceratops were eating on some lysine rich vegetation Wu had collected and provided.
The Stegoceratops had the head of a Triceratops and the body and tail of a Stegosaurus. They had yet to grow horns on the head or plates or thagomizers on the Stegosaurus part the body. They were a rich green color with black rings around the eyes.
Wu was looking at the egg when an angry voice came from the doorway.
"You didn't call me Wu. I had to punch a security guard unconscious to get in here. Now I'm going to get fired from both my jobs. This one for blackmail and violence against another staff member. My other one for no longer being able to get what they want. I resigned this morning."
He looked over his shoulder to see Vic Hoskins standing in the doorway, shooting daggers at Wu. He wore a backpack that held the blueprints to the teleportation portal.
"No, I didn't call you. And you know why? Because you would have taken these creatures to the mainland. You would have presented them to the military, despite my conditions. And you know what? I'm glad you broke your promise. You know why? Because know I that you really are a filthy worm with no honor. You know, every book has a villain Vic. In Where the Red Fern Grows, it's the puma. In the Wizard of Oz, it's the Wicked Witch of the West. In Alice in Wonderland, it's the Red Queen. You ever hear that saying? That one that goes "you write your own life story"? Well guess what. You're the villain in my story." Wu practically spat the last words out of his mouth.
"And as soon as the last egg hatches, I'm going to reveal them to the staff and tell them my little story. You'll be ruined, Hoskins, ruined."
At this, Hoskins yelled and charged. Wu quickly stood up and kicked out, kicking Hiskins in the gut. Hoskins grunted in pain, but didn't let that bother him. He threw a solid punch and almost hit Wu's chest pocket, but Wu lowered himself. He got punched in the face for his efforts to spare little Artemis sleeping in his pocket. And it was then that the room exploded.
The hybrids sensed that Wu was being threatened and attacked and they rushed to his protection. The Stegoceratops couldn't do anything, but make it harder to run around without stepping on them, but the predators attacked with much more fury. Quill jumped out of Wu's pocket and landed on a table before turning to Vic and hissing.
"What the..."
Vic was interrupted by Quill leaping and clinging onto his leg. He immediately started clawing and sinking his teeth in as deep as possible. Vic yelled in pain and that awoke Artemis who jumped out of Wu's pocket to assess the situation.
Leopard clung to Vic's head like a hat, while Komodo sunk her teeth into his nose. Meadow had gotten into his shirt and was know raking her claws down his back. Vic thought it couldn't get worse until Artemis attacked.
She flung herself at Hoskins aiming for the arm, but leaping higher than expected and landing on his shoulder. Instinct kicked in and she kicked her kill claws at the exposed neck of Vic Hoskins.
The man yelled in pain and didn't notice that Wu had taken his backpack until he heard the sound of shredding paper. He looked across the room to see Wu had already shredded one of the three copies of the teleportation portal blueprints inside a paper shredder.
"****" Hoskins said under his breath. He didn't trust himself to speak any louder or he might scream in pain again. Ignoring the pain, he tore Komodo off his nose before trying to choke her to death. Komodo immediately retaliated by sinking her teeth into his fingers.
Leopard jumped off of Vic's hair before leaping onto a table and back at his face. At this point, Vic couldn't take anymore, so he released Komodo from his grip and grabbed the nearest object and threw it at Wu as he finished the second copy off: a metal chair.
The chair crashed into Wu's head with a sickening thunk and he almost lost consciousness.
"No" he thought. "I need to finish this off."
With all of his remaining energy, Wu shoved the last copy through the shredder before falling onto the ground. The last things he saw were Hoskins retreating and a third Dinoraptor join the fight. Her eyes were a beautiful red. As red as a rose.
Rose. That was her name. And the Wu slipped into the darkness.
Meanwhile at the Cuban Canopy animal podium...
"Does he like French Fries?" asked the little boy.
Suzanne sighed. She had gotten Python on a leash and had taken him down to the Cuban Canopy podium. She now regretted saying that Python would eat almost anything in front of the children.
"Yes."
"Cake?"
"Yes."
"Doughnuts?"
"Yes."
"Pizza?"
"Yes."
"People?"
"Yes... wait what?"
The little boy burst out laughing, along with the rest of crowd. Even the Cuban macaws seemed to laugh, with them screeching at the sudden loud noise. The woodpeckers darted away and one woman spilled her Macaw Margarita on her husband. Suzanne sighed. Her day was just starting.
At the Jurassic nesting ground, Nigel and Chiyo have finally caught sight of their second quarry. The one and only Epanterias.
Nigel and Chiyo watched as the Epanterias used the darkness of the night to their advantage to try and separate a sixty foot long juvenile. They were a light blue with fluff instead of feathers with a bright green stripe running down the length of their backs.
"The Epanterias have finally come" Nigel shouted in joy. "Behold, the largest of the Jurassic land killers!"
"Nigel, we probably shouldn't shout" Chiyo said quietly. "That could attract their attention."
"Oh" Nigel said at the reality check. "Right. That's probably a good idea."
The Epanterias ran towards the herd at a great speed. While not as fast as Allosaurus, they certainly faster than Saurophaganax. They seemed to almost float above the ground. However, one of the Epanterias got cocky. Even though they one of the gods of the Jurassic, they were still mortal.
The largest Amphicoelias swung its tail at the approaching predator. The Epanterias got hit by the giant tail, as long as three school buses, and flew back thirty feet. It didn't get up.
"Note to self: never get on their bad side" muttered Chiyo as she climbed out with Nigel to capture the remainders of the pack. Once they stepped out of the car, a juvenile Epanterias immediately turned around and almost caught Nigel in it's jaws.
"Chiyo, send it back!" Nigel yelled. "I didn't come back to the Jurassic to become dinner!"
Chiyo quickly activated the portal before throwing a rock at the carnivore. The rock hit it squarely in the face. The carnivore turned back to look at the two legged creature stupid enough to have the audacity to hit it. It seemed to quickly weigh the pros and cons of eating the more annoying mammal before charging her.
Chiyo quickly dove to the right and the carnivore stormed through the portal. The holding pens exploded with activity and, judging from the shouts by Bob, appeared to have been on break.
Nigel jumped back into the jeep before catching the attention of the rest of the pack. The alpha male seemed disinterested by the mammal in the car, but the alpha female charged. This resulted in the male and the rest of the pack following her.
The next several minutes were spent weaving through the maze of sauropods and dodging the vast number of kicks and tail lashes. Finally, Nigel reached the time portal, with the pack hot on his heels.
"Open the portal Chiyo!" Nigel yelled as he drove towards her. She activated the portal and the time traveler and dinosaurs went back to the present day. The dusty pens appeared and the gates to a holding pen had just been closed.
One holding pen at the end of the row had been opened enough as to where Nigel could drive into it. Nigel sped forward and drove into the pen before it closed. The Epanterias banged and clawed and bit the holding pen gate, but to no avail.
"Nigel" Bob called out from above. "You might want to come up here. We need to have a little talk with you."
"Coming Bob" Nigel laughed as he climbed out of the jeep and onto a ladder. Bob stood on top of the raised walkway, waiting for Nigel.
"My gosh, they're a bit big, aren't they?" he said. "First Chiyo bring back those killers that her friend likes, then you bring me these giants. Why did you have to bring back these guys? Maybe they're better left extinct."
Nigel just laughed before replying.
"Bob, Chiyo and I saw something at a watering hole back there and trust me, you're better off with these guys than what we saw. Anyways, I know you weren't calling me up here to say hi. Please make it fast, because I really need to save the Amphicoelias."
"Nigel, you're just saving one or two, right?" Bob asked.
"Ummmm..."
"Nigel!"
"What, I can't help it. They're really beautiful animals Bob. You'll see what I mean when I save them. I asked Arnold to hook the portal up to their enclosure instead of the holding pens."
Bob just snorted before crossing his arms.
"Hoskins quit this morning" Bob grumbled.
Nigel perked up in surprise at the news.
"We've got a whole sleuth of bad news here. This morning, Hoskins quit his job and said he was to go back to the mainland. An hour after that, a security camera caught him going into Wu's private lab to talk to him. He came out three minutes later with a large number of cuts, bruises, and wounds. We rushed the medics there to see if Wu had been hurt and we found out he had been knocked unconscious with a metal chair. And that wasn't even the weirdest part. We found a ton of weird animals in his lab, a dozen at least. Had some lizards, baby raptors and some Triceratops-Stegosaurus mix. I dunno what's with them, but we're going to ask him about them."
Nigel just blinked in shock, partly because of the only words he could make out were dozen and raptors, partly because of how fast Bob was talking.
"Errr, ya. I didn't catch any of that, but you can tell me later tonight."
Nigel quickly climbed back down the ladder and waited in the holding pen until the Epanterias were contained before driving out and back through the time portal. Chiyo was waiting on the other side. It was a sad scene.
An Epanterias had attacked the juvenile before Nigel could get catch its attention. The juvenile lay on its side, with the herd creating a circle around it. Chiyo cradled the giant's grey head in her lap as the juvenile gave soft moaning sounds. Multiple massive wounds covered its body.
Chiyo was crying and the sauropods seemed to bellow in mourning, even though the juvenile was still alive. The grey sauropods occasionally lowered their heads and touches the younger one before lifting them back up.
Nigel noticed that the dead Epanterias was in a different spot than before and looked like it was actually alive and sleeping.
"What happened?" Nigel asked softly. Chiyo sniffled before responding.
"The Epanterias wasn't dead. While the herd was occupied by the ones chasing you, that one recovered. It seemed to just spring back from the dead. It attacked the juvenile so many times... I tried to stop by throwing rocks and shooting tranquilizers, but it just kept attacking it with it's claws and teeth and..."
Chiyo almost went into a fit of crying. The juvenile moaned one more time before blinking slowly. He opened his eyes slower this time than before. The sauropod gave one last rumble before closing its eyes for good. The sauropod passed away in Chiyo's lap.
Chiyo broke down crying and the sauropod herd seemed to disperse sadly before collecting more ferns to eat.
"I could have saved it" Chiyo cried. "I could have saved it."
"Chiyo, it's not your fault" Nigel assured her. "We didn't know the carnivore was still alive. We couldn't have done anything to save it. Get up Chiyo. We're going to rescue the herd. The we'll get rid of the carnivore."
Chiyo finally collected herself and got up from the ground. The Epanterias snorted in it's sleep and glanced at the carcass before getting up and walking towards it. Chiyo then suddenly got angry and picked the closest stone up before Nigel smacked it down.
"Don't do it Chiyo" he warned. "Wait until we rescue the herd first."
Nigel opened a second portal and a shimmering blue vortex appeared. On the other side was a forest with a clear stream running through it. Past it, a fern plain could be seen and even the fence could be seen. The stream connected to a blue river and the Brontosaurus and Camptosaurus herd could be seen grazing on the plentiful ferns.
The Amphicoelias turned towards the portal once they smelled the plentiful water in an area not in a drought. That however wasn't the only enticement. The plentiful forests and plains added on, and, to make things even more enticing, several big piles of stones to be used as gastroliths were piled near the front of the portal entrance.
The two hundred footer rumbled and started to follow her. Like modern elephant herds and mammoth herds, social Jurassic sauropods had matriarchs. It was always the oldest and most experienced ones that became the matriarchs. One important difference however was that most dinosaur species that had matriarchal systems didn't kick out the males. The males could even become the matriarchs. And males were always the more temperamental.
"INCOMING" Nigel yelled as the male chased him after Nigel used a stick to tap it.
Nigel ran as fast as he could and with the sauropod surprisingly keeping up. If anything, it was gaining on Nigel. He was going to become a pancake if he didn't do something soon.
"Nigel, run through the portal!" Chiyo yelled after him.
Nigel quickly turned around, which confused the sauropod terribly, and ran through the swirling vortex of light. The giant seemed to ponder the the pros and cons of going through the swirling light portal to an artificial Jurassic paradise before bellowing to the herd.
The grey creatures immediately stopped grazing before following the herd leader through the portal to drink the precious water. The herd vanished through the portal in almost two minutes. After the tail of the last one vanished through, Chiyo closed the portal. She quickly collected it before getting in the driver's seat of the jeep.
"How are we going to rescue the carnivore?" Chiyo asked, her eyes still red.
"We aren't rescuing it" Nigel replied. "I told you were getting rid of it. I'm not going to break my promise. He's a beautiful killing machine, but I hate things that kill Amphicoelias now. After I saw them yesterday, I decided they were my favorite dinosaur. Here we go!"
Nigel sped forward and hit the Epanterias that had almost gotten to the Amphicoelias carcass. The impact was so great that the forty foot long killer tumbled down, roaring in pain and surprise.
"And this is the part where we drive for our lives and his death" Nigel mumbled.
They shot back towards the bluff where they first arrived, the Epanterias following them and roaring in bloodlust. It took longer than expected, but once they reached the bluff, they made a quick turn, away from the places where the Epanterias could fall to it's death.
"Err Nigel" Chiyo said. "How are we gonna get rid of it if it can't fall to it's death?"
"Look ahead Chiyo" Nigel replied cooly. Chiyo paled once she saw the watering hole. The Allosaurus carcass seemed to have vanished. A yellow shape could be seen in the watering hole, waiting for something stupid enough to get close to come to it. The Epanterias meanwhile was almost on top of them before they got to the watering hole.
Driving as close to the water as he dared, Nigel slowed down as to allow the Epanterias to slow down so the Torvosaurus could catch it more easily. Several seconds went by before the yellow monster burst from the water and wrapped it's jaws around the neck of the Epanterias.
The larger monster violently twisted its neck and head and the Torvosaurus went tumbling into the dirt. The yellow beast recovered almost instantly before sizing up it's new opponent. Then it gave a large challenging roar at the Saurophaganax.
The bigger dinosaur responded with it's own roar before charging. The Torvosaurus ran out to meet its opponent in battle. The two clashed into each other before the Torvosaurus seized the neck of the Epanterias in its formidable jaws.
The mighty monster struggled, but then a low growl seemed to come from within the Torvo's chest and it suddenly heaved back. The giant allosaurid was caught off surprise and went tumbling forward and crashed into the shallows.
The Torvosaurus launched itself into the water before grabbing the end of the Epanterias's tail and swimming down into the depths. The Epanterias gave one final shriek before vanishing into the depths. Nigel and Chiyo stood watching the water for a minute before blood started to appear in the water.
Then the Torvosaurus emerged with the Epanterias, now dead, out of the water. It threw the carcass onto the ground before giving a low rumble into the bushes. Three tiny Torvosaurus hatchlings ran out from hiding before another two came out from the trees.
Nigel and Chiyo smiled at the family before setting the time portal up once more. Quietly and quickly, they left the Jurassic world to go back to the present. The Torvosaurus who killed the Epanterias watched them until their portal closed.
Then it grabbed a piece of meat from the Epanterias before giving it to the hatchlings.
As soon as Nigel and Chiyo have finished their Jurassic adventure, Bob has alerted the Prehistoric Park construction crew to the juvenile Amphicoelias. They have erected something grand for visitors and staff alike to get to know the life of the Amphicoelias.
A sixty foot long bronze statue had been placed as the entrance to Morrison Formation B so that the public could know about the poor dinosaur who never got the chance to make it back to the present.
As Bob stood admiring the statue, Nigel came up the trail to inspect the new visitor zone. He smiled widely at the new statute before patting Bob on the back.
"Nice statue Bob" Nigel said, smiling. "Although I would like to see a statue of the Torvosaurus fighting the Epanterias."
"I have them get started right away" Bob said. "The Amphicoelias act just like big puppies. One person literally threw a stick for one and it used it's long neck to stretch out and retrieved it. I put the Dermodactylus into the Pterosaur Aviary. I gave them a desert-like enclosure with a stream and pond in it. Several trees are in too. I put in a few climate control systems to mimic the dry and wet seasons too. They're making nests in the tree right now, so I think they're going to lay eggs soon. Speaking of eggs and pterosaurs, a Pteranodon laid an egg rather early this season. She abandoned it, so we took it to the Veterinary Building."
Nigel nodded before going to Jurassic Flats, the herbivore enclosure. The Camptosaurus were currently exploring the forest, while the Brontosaurus were moving towards the treehouse restaurant, Bronto Burgers, to see what was inside. The Amphicoelias were grazing on the ferns, but they seemed to still be in some type of mourning for the juvenile as they made grunting sounds.
Nigel sat down and watched the herd for several minutes before he turned to Bob.
"I visited Wu at the hospital" Nigel said. "He told me his whole story. He looked funny, with three tiny raptors on his lap and three monitors clinging onto his shirt like Boy Scout badges. I still can't believe that Hoskins blackmailed him and knocked him unconscious. I knew that Henry's "Wu Flower" was a hybrid, but I thought animal hybrids weren't possible. I guess I was wrong."
Nigel got up and walked down towards Saurophaganax Savanna. The theropods were nowhere to be seen, but their roars could be heard from the forest just barely visible in the distance. No rivers went through the exhibit, but a lake was in the center of the forest where they could cool off.
Finally, Nigel visited the last enclosure. Epanterias Fern Plain was filled with activity as the new predators were "hunting" a genetically modified cow carcass. Each one already had a bloody jaw and red claws, but were still wanting the hunt to go on. One repeatedly flung it while the other chased.
Nigel decided to spare his stomach, so he left. Turning his back to the exhibit, he didn't see Python crawl out of the bushes, nor did he feel Python take his wallet out from his back pocket. Python quickly retreated back into the bushes before running in the direction of Bronto Burgers. Nigel's wallet was going to be a sad sight by the morning.
Next time on Prehistoric Park, Nigel and Chiyo will rescue hard headed herbivores
(a herd of two pachycephalosaurid species browse together)
and meet a tyrannosaurid named after the mountains of North America.
(a brown tyrannosaurid snaps at Chiyo)
And Prehistoric Park prepares for an almighty battle.
(a Hippopotamus Gorgops roars at a Utahraptor)
All next time on Prehistoric Park.
Animals Rescued:
5 Saurophaganax Maximus: three male, two female
14 Brontosaurus Excelsus: six males, seven females
15 Camptosaurus Dispar: seven males, eight females
23 Dermodactylus Montanus: nine males, thirteen females
7 Epanterias Amplexus: three males, four females
9 Amphicoelias Fragillimus: four males, five females
The Amphicoelias death scene was based off the Jurassic World Apatosaurus death scene, just so you know