I am so so sorry for keeping everyone waiting for the 11th chapter. I was having a rough time in my life. But I don't wanna bore you with my problems. Go right ahead and begin reading...after you read the disclaimer.
As I've said before, KFP and it's respective characters don't belong to me. They belong to DreamWorks and only my OC belong to me. Now, Enjoy the read!
Al never took his eyes of the big reptile that was in front of them. The dinosaur seemed to be choosing which one out of all the seven of them looked like an appetizing meal. It's razor sharp teeth shining in the moonlight.
"Guys, listen to me. We need to run and loose this thing." Al whispered to the others.
"What exactly IS this thing?" Po asked. Al seriously wanted to rip his fur off his body.
"Lemme sum it up. A reptile that is extremely feral, has no ability to have a civil conversation and wants to eat your guts." He explained as quickly and quietly as he could. "So on the count of three we turn around and run as fast as our feet allow us to run."
"Eat? This thing eats other animals? What kind of freakish animal is this?" Mantis turned up his face in disgust.
"It's the kind of animal you don't wanna mess with. Now...let's go!" Al turned around and started running. When he didn't hear the footsteps of the others behind him, he looked back and they were still in their battle stances facing the dinosaur. Al's sudden movements prompted the Giganotosaurus to charge. "Are you guys crazy?! You're planning to stay and try to fight that thing after what I just told you?!" He shouted.
"Yep!" They replied confidently. Al couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Spread out!" Tigress instructed. Po, Crane, Viper, Mantis and Monkey nodded and went their ways. Po to the left, Crane took to the skies, Viper to the right, Tigress remained where she was and Monkey along with Mantis tried to flank it from behind.
Al cursed under his breath. "I can't believe I got stuck with these nut jobs." He mumbled then stood back and decided to let them do what ever crazy plan they had in mind.
The dinosaur kept charging and was headed right towards Tigress. But being the bad-ass warrior she was, she remained in her stance and didn't move a single muscle until the time was right.
Letting out another roar, the giant reptile opened his jaw, revealing his vast array of sharp teeth that were ready to bite the tiger that was in front of him. But Tigress was fast. As soon as it was close enough, Tigress jumped as high as she could, going higher than the dino's head and brought her foot down on its head in an axe kick. This confused and stunned it greatly, that it stumbled back and moaned in pain and landed gracefully on her feet and stared down the dinosaur. She knew she probably angered it more than what it was, but that's ok.
The dino straightened itself and charged towards Tigress a second time. But before it could reach her, Po landed an flying kick to its side that actually made it loose it's balance and drop to the floor.
"Ha! Take that, you overgrown reptile." Po threw his hands up in excitement. The dino got back up on its two feet and focused his attention on Po. It roared again. This time WAY louder than the last two times.
Haivas detected more movements approaching the group and she warned Al. "This doesn't look good." She said. From the jungle, half a dozen smaller dinosaurs came running at top speed.
"Are you kidding me!? Velociraptors? Can this day get any worse?" Al groaned in irritation. The raptors spread out and went for the kill.
"Careful. Don't jinx it." Haivas warned him. Al grabbed his backpack and began searching for his knife. He needed something to defend himself with. "AL, LOOK OUT!"
Al jumped at the loud call before he was tackled to the ground by one of the Velociraptors. It managed to scratch him on his arm as it tried to pin him down. The raptor shrieked in Al's face then went to take a bite. Al held it by the neck before it could sink its teeth into his face. He stole a glance sideways to check on the others. Apparently everyone had their hands full. Po was dealing with the giant dino...well more like playing hide and seek with it. The other five were taking care of the other Velociraptors. "Great...No...Help." Al grunted between words as he tried to keep the raptor from eating his face. His backpack was two feet to his right. So he held on to the dinosaur that was snapping at him with his left hand and reached for the pack with his right.
Po had the idea to try to sneak behind the giant dinosaur to try to get on it, but he had to dive away from a tail-swing and roll back on his feet. 'Ok, so getting behind it isn't such a good idea.' He told himself. Po dashed away as fast as he could and ran into the jungle's foliage. He had to come up with a plan, but it's hard to do so when you're being chased by a forty foot-long, twenty foot high dinosaur. So he decided to try to hide from it.
Tigress was having an easier time with the smaller dinosaur that appeared recently. With her skills she only had to do a roundhouse kick, a double palm-strike and then stomp on its head. That raptor had no idea who he was messing with. When she was finished with her opponent, she went ahead to assist Po.
Monkey had grabbed a thick tree branch and was using it as a Bo Staff against the raptor. He was actually enjoying beating the crap out of this prehistoric savage.
"Hey Monkey! You done playing around!? I need some help here." Viper called out as she was being attacked by two Velociraptors.
"Yep. Hold on, I'm coming!" Monkey replied as he smacked the raptor a few times until the reptile fell and he was sure it would not get back up. He then went over to where Viper was with his tree branch.
Crane had already dealt with his raptor and Mantis was difficult to be seen because of his size, so the both of them went ahead to deal with the Giganotosaurus.
Al was still trying to reach his knife or his axe as he held off the raptor that was on top of him.
"Al prepare yourself. I'm going to make that noise that you so hate." Haivas informed a second before she released the loud screeching sound. Although the sound hurt his canine ears Al was more used to the sound than the Raptor, having heard it two times already. Said Raptor though never heard the noise before and screeched in pain as it let up the pressure he was putting on Al.
Al took this opportunity to reach for his pack, take out the first weapon -which in this case was his tactical tomahawk- and swing it at the Raptor. The blade made contact and severed the reptile's neck and it dropped to the floor, lifeless. Haivas stopped the excruciating noise and Al took this moment to re-calibrate his mind and hearing.
"You know...you...gotta... stop using that noise...to help me get out of tight situations." Al spoke as he panted and grabbed his ears as he waited for the ring to go away. "Boy, I'm gonna go deaf one of these days because of that." He said once he caught his breath.
"Yeah well, you should consider staying away from tight situations." Haivas joked. Al chuckled, stood up, dusted himself off and got his backpack.
"Whoo. That's the closest I've been to a near death experience." He looked around and saw that the fight had moved into the jungle. "Should I go help?" Al asked his electronic companion.
"If you want. I mean, you have a higher chance of survival if you stick close to them." She told him.
"You're forgetting that the giant dinosaur provides a low chance of survival." Al retorted. This time Haivas chuckled.
"Come on. Don't be a scaredy-cat."
"Alright alright. I'm going." Al kept his tomahawk in his hand in case any more trouble was on the way. He strapped his backpack on and started walking towards the edge of the clearing, towards the dense jungle.
"Oh, one more thing. Remember that anomaly I detected in the area a mile from here?" Haivas asked.
"Yeah, I remember. What about it?"
"Well, the area is showing similar readings that my sensor picked up from the Breach. Although it's not exactly the same readings, I does show signs of being a portal of some kind." Haivas explained.
Right now Al was having a tough time deciding what he should do. Go and investigate the phenomenon, or help the Kung Fu Masters.
Al sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "What the heck." With that he began running in the direction of the ongoing fight.
"Tie it up? That's your plan?" Mantis asked Po while hiding behind a large boulder.
"Yeah. That's pretty much it." Po grinned awkwardly.
The both of them were startled as Monkey dived behind the boulder.
"Dang it man. You almost gave me a heart attack!" Mantis whisper-screamed.
"Sorry...to invade...but I gotta...take five. Tigress...Viper and...Crane are trying...to bring that thing down. Especially Tigress." Monkey said out of breath. "What are you guys doing?" He asked.
"We have an awesome plan." Po said.
"Is it fool proof? Wait, wrong question. Let me rephrase that. Is it Po proof?" Monkey questioned.
"Well duh. I'm the one who thought of it." Po replied, not minding Monkey's remark. Monkey facepalmed.
"What's the plan?" Monkey asked. Mantis was the one who replied this time.
"His plan is to use one of those vines as rope to try to immobilize the giant...whatever that thing is." Mantis pointed to a vine that was hanging from a tree.
"And what makes you think THAT thing will hold it?" Monkey asked Po.
"Its very durable. Check it out." Po had a small piece in his hands and pulled at both ends. He augmented the pull strength and surprisingly, the vine held together. "Ya see?"
"Hmmm. Alright then. But in order to trap it in the vines we need a diversion while we set it up." Monkey started. "And who's going to be the bait?"
Po and Mantis looked at each other. "Umm..."
"I'll do it."
The three Kung Fu Masters looked back and saw Al crouched behind them.
"You? Are you sure?" Mantis asked.
Al nodded. "Yeah. Besides, Po can't do it because of his lack of speed. No offense." Po waved his hands in a 'none taken' gesture. Al continued. "And Mantis won't be able to do it because his speed and size can be a perk when having to tie the dinosaur. He'll be needed for that. So I guess I'm the only logical choice."
"Great!" Po chanted a little louder than the others would've wanted.
"Shhhh." Mantis shushed.
"Here's the play." Al began. "I will distract the dino, you call over your teammates, tell them the plan while I run for my life...and, please don't take too long. Then you let me know when you're ready and I'll lure IT in. Simple."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Yep."
"Let's do it." Monkey, Po and Mantis agreed. So without further delay, Al got up, cut off a low hanging vine from a tree with his knife and ran off to begin the diversion.
Al held the vine like a whip as he pocketed his survival knife in its holster. He noticed Crane flying above the tree line and later saw the giant beast. He ran up and was noticed by Tigress and viper.
"Al!? What are you doing here!?" Viper shouted. "Its dangerous!"
"I know, but we're putting a plan in effect. This is part of it." He explained.
"What's the plan?" Tigress inquired.
"Po and the others will tell you! Meet them behind the big round boulder! GO!" Al shouted. Viper, Crane and Tigress were hesitant to leave Al alone against the dino. But after a couple more shouts from Al, they went..
The Giganotosaurus was going to charge after the trio, but Al timed a hit with the vine that whipped the dino right in the eye. Earning him a shriek of pain from said dinosaur.
Now having drawn the beast's attention and wrath to him, Al turned and ran with it following behind.
"So that's your plan!?" Crane asked
"Why does everyone keep asking me that like it's hard to believe." Po threw his paws in the air. "Are we gonna do it or not, 'cause Al is out there ready to become dino-chow."
"He's right. We should get to work." Tigress added. The others nodded. Crane, Monkey and Mantis were in charge of cutting down the vines. Viper was in charge of tying the ends together and Tigress and Po were the ones to hold either ends of the vines. They were planing to trip the beast with the vine Tigress and Po were holding. That way it would be easier to tie it up. They took about another ten minutes to join the vines and have a long enough vine-rope.
"Alright, we're ready. Crane. Find Al and tell him that were ready." Tigress ordered.
"I'm on it!" Crane acknowledged and took off.
Al was being as quiet as a mouse right now. He had to hide for a moment to catch his breath. As he hid behind a thick tree trunk, the dinosaur stomped around looking for him. Al heard flapping and looked up to see Crane flying towards him. His attempts to remain hidden failed as the dino realized what was going on. Al took off running just before IT rammed the tree he was behind.
"Please tell me it's ready!" He shouted to the avian above.
"Yeah! Follow my lead." Crane said as he flew ahead to guide Al to where the others were ready with the trap. Meanwhile the dinosaur was plowing through the trees that were too weak to stand the force.
After what seemed like an eternity of running, Al began to sense he was close. It was confirmed when Crane told him to watch out for the really low vines. He kept running and eventually saw a couple of abnormal vine hanging and on the floor. The dinosaur though, seemed not to notice the markings of a trap and continued chasing his prey.
Al jumped over the trip-vine and looked behind him to see the dinosaur trip and drop to the ground. From behind the trees he heard someone yell "NOW!" and then all the Kung Fu Masters sprang into action.
The fastest out of all of them -which was Mantis- began wrapping layers of vines on the Giganoto's hind legs. Po and Tigress managed to silence IT by tying its mouth shut with three ten-foot-long vines. What length remained, they tossed it to Crane who caught it and joined it with the vines that were keeping its arms in place. The dinosaur growled and strained in vain. The amount of reinforced vines were enough to keep it in one place...for now.
Once they were done subduing the great beast. The five and Po plus Al cheered in triumph. They decided to go back to the clearing where they were in the first place.
"Great job guys! We stopped that ancient fossil!" Al threw his fists in the air, much like how Po would do.
"I know right! It was so AWESOME!" Po pitched in.
"I'm just looking forward to taking a nap." Mantis said.
"Heh, You and me both." Monkey spoke.
Viper turned to speak to Al. "Very brave thing you did."
Al shrugged at the compliment. "It was nothing."
"Nothing? Are you pulling my ears?" Po but in. "To offer to be bait for a monstrous animal as that, isn't nothing. You've got guts buddy."
"Thanks." Al replied.
When the group of seven stepped out of the jungle into the clearing, they saw a group of massive creatures. The five and Po's jaw dropped. These dinosaurs were three or four times bigger than the previous one they just fought.
"Judging by the expressions on your faces, I'd say you've never seen something that big. Am I right?" Al asked. He didn't get an answer. "Well, you don't have to worry about these. They're Argentinosaurus, herbivores. They love eating plants, leaves and the like."
The others relaxed a little at the information, and after seeing that an Argentinosaurus noticed them but made no attempts to harm them, they completely chilled out.
"Wait. How did you know all that?" Viper asked.
"Like I said before, I'm from the future. There's detailed information on these animals because of the fossils that were dug up after they went extinct." Al told them.
"So what caused their extinction?" Crane asked as he kept an eye on the Argentinosaurus. Wondering how something so huge could be eliminated.
"Well scientists believe that a giant meteorite from outer space crash landed and caused a massive global extinction of any living organisms." Al recalled what he had read in a text book.
As they were chatting, the Argentinosaurus became jittery as if it sensed something bad. It started bellowing into the air. The masters looked at the spooked dinosaur.
"What's wrong with it?"
"I...I don't know. I'm no Dino-doctor." Al joked.
"It's instincts are telling it that something's not right." Haivas told them. Al of a sudden the Argentinosaurus began running away from something. Al, Po and the five had to dodge It's feet to avoid getting squashed.
"HEY WATCH IT!" Mantis screamed at the enormous beast as it ran away.
"Now that's strange." Al mused.
"Wait! Do you think the other dinosaur escaped and the others are running away from it?" Monkey asked. They all looked at each other.
"Yeah it freed itself. But they ain't running away because of that." Po said. Everyone looked at him. "Look." He pointed at the Giganotosaurus that was running away not even caring about the othe dinosaurs.
"Ok. What the heck is happening?" Tigress spoke up. "You know a lot. Why don't you fill us in?" She pointed at Al.
Al pondered for a moment. "So they aren't running away from predators...that means..." Al didn't like where this was going. "...disaster is imminent." Now he was worked up, looking around trying to determine the sudden change in the animals attitude.
"Guys? What is that?" Crane drew the others attention with his question. He was looking up to the sky at a strange orange glow that was far away.
Al focused on the same object that Crane was looking at. "What is..." he asked himself. It was way to big to be a star and it was way to small to be the sun, besides they were still in nighttime. "It... it looks like a meteor." He said with squinted eyes. A second later he realized what he just said and his eyes widened as big as plates. He put one and two together in less than a second and his conclusion was not what he expected. " There's no way our luck is that bad. THAT'S THE METEORITE THAT EXTINGUISHED THE DINOSAURS!" He yelled.
"Think you can scream any more louder, huh?" Monkey retorted since Al practically screamed in his ear.
"AL! Run north. NOW!" Haivas sternly commanded. He didn't need to be told twice. Al turned around and began running. The others didn't know where he was going but followed anyway.
"Where are we going!?" Tigress asked. Haivas answered for Al, since he was running.
"We're getting out of here! There's a portal a mile north of here."She stated.
"Portal. Like the one we came through. What makes you think I want to do that again?" Tigress asked with attitude. Al stopped running and looked at her.
"How about to live!? We've got about five minutes before that space rock touches down and completely wipes out everything! What do you prefer? Chance it with the portal or...stay here and become a prehistoric fossil along with the other dinosaurs!?" He didn't wait for a reply and started running again. Tigress absolutely, positively did not like the tone he used with her, but...He did have a point. So she continued running with the other five along side her.
Three minutes later running at full speed on all fours Al an the group were little more than halfway to their salvation. Al took a glance back and saw the meteor almost touching the surface. Once it made contact, all hell would break loose.
"Come on guys faster!" He encouraged the others. Po seemed to understand the gravity of the situation because he was running like nobody's business.
"You'll have to run through the jungle. You're almost there!" Haivas updated. Al nodded and turned left, into the jungle, the others following. It was more difficult to run in between all the trees and bushes and rocks, but they managed to keep their speed, somewhat.
As Al jumped over a felled tree he heard a loud boom off in the distance. He was sure that was the sound of the impact. Seconds later the shockwave of the blast made them stumble down.
Quickly getting back on their feet the seven of them ran faster than before, knowing that the next thing to come would be a a giant wave of fire.
Al ran out of the dense jungle and into another clearing, but this one was smaller and seemed to be the end of the line because there was nothing but a cliff ahead. He stopped in his tracks and looked around for any sign of the portal. What he did notice was the wave of fire off in the distance that was getting closer and closer by the millisecond.
"Now what?" Tigress looked at Al for the answer.
"Haivas! WHERE'S THAT PORTAL!?"
"It should be right here...somewhere?" She responded.
"PINPOINT IT!"
"I can't. The blast has affected my sensors. Don't just stand there, look for it before you get disintegrated." She urged.
Po and the five started looking around while Al headed to the edge of the cliff. When he peered over he was able to see the open portal spinning 195 feet below. "Oh, boy." He mumbled. "Guys over here! Hurry!"
Po and the five came running and stopped right behind Al. "We'll have to jump."
"WHAT?" They asked harmoniously.
"Do or die." Al told them before he jumped of the edge of the cliff.
"I'm telling you, this guy's crazy." Mantis said.
Tigress took one more glance behind her only to see the wall of fire was less than 300 feet away and it was approaching fast. The roar of the dinosaurs that weren't able to escape the fire filled the air. "No time to think." Without warning, she pushed them off the edge and jumped herself.
What better way to leave a cliffhanger than at a cliff in the story. Hehehe. Thank you for reading. Please leave a review if you can. It helps me to know if I need to work on anything. Stay tuned for chapter 12. See y'all later.
-Th3Ph4nt0miz3r