Near the Brooklyn bridge, New York
12:50-2:00 P.M Eastern standard time
(Terror Bird POV)
Those reptiles think they own the place; we see about that. The reptiles that flew especially the small ones were annoying constantly showing off their ability to fly. The big ones thought they own the skies knocking the smaller ones around. Then there were the two-legged apes that ran away as soon as the reptiles arrived; how did they survive all this time. Then there was the predator lizards who were no match for our flock expect for the one with a sail on its flock had claimed its first meal after arriving in this strange jungle with even stranger life. We were eating the meat of a strange four-legged creature with three horns on its head that we separated from its herd. Our meal was interrupted by a loud noise we turn our necks around to see where the noise was coming from. A light come from the distance but as it come closer one of the predator lizards knocked into it. It was the one with a sail on its back and it was now standing over some birds. The black and white creatures reeked of fish but they were clearly prey animals. The sail-backed lizard was about to eat one of the smaller black and white birds but another predator lizard chased the sail-back predator lizard away. The larger lizard then went to claim its prize the birds and proceeds to the one the Sail-back would have eaten. The Lizard lowered its head mouth open down towards the smallest of the four birds.
The predator stops and sniffs the air when I performed a distress call; this was our territory and everything including prey belonged to us. The Predator is alerted to our presence and retreats back to its territory. We approached a strange cave formation and the smell of fish from inside. The Alpha got closer to investigate and found where the fish was hiding and ordered us to tear through the protective covering.
It didn't take long for the covering to give way and reveal the feast we were looking for. We begin to eat out bounty when we noticed something much more filling; the strange black and white birds. My fellow flock members turn their heads toward the birds and cawed in warning; leave or get eaten. The birds didn't get the message; they will pay for that.
The Alpha looks aggressively at the new prey and jumps toward them.
The ground broke up under his sharp talons as he inched closer to the strange birds. One of the birds the tall one was filled with fear; he spoke in an unknown language to the other birds. The Alpha delivered the final warning to the intruders, "This is the territory of the flock you are intruders. You will leave or you will be devoured by the flock."
The birds didn't seem to understand the language of the flock and thus the Alpha's warning was not received. The Alpha repeated the warning in the language of the predator lizards and then in the language of the flying lizards. Then the Alpha went though the various languages of the Two-legged apes until he shorted the list to one language. The first language we picked up in this strange world: English. "This is the last time I will repeat this fellow flightless birds" he said, "This is the territory of the flock you are intruders. You will leave or you will be devoured by the flock."
"How did you learn our language?" the lead bird answered. The Alpha was surprised that he actually got the right language and back up, "what are you?" he asked. "I'm a penguin" the bird responded, "we were just pasting by we were going that way." I looked to where the penguins were pointed and I knew they were goners. "You want to get out of here alive prove that you are smarter then prey" the alpha challenged. The "penguins" jumped up and defeated the Alpha before the rest of the flock could react.
With the former Alpha defeated I was now the Alpha male. The other members of the flock were scared and looked to me for the next course of action. "You may pass penguins," I said, "But be warned your journey will led you to the lair of the O-raptors."
I offered to prove them with escorts from the flock but they refused saying that they have to do this on their own. As I turn to leave I overheard then talking about a way to bring down the reptiles "Dinosaurs" they called them.
I stopped and give them the only advice I had about the O-Raptors, "when you encounter the O-raptors fight them don't run. If you run they will catch you and they won't give you a chance to live." I also knew the O-raptors were not as smart or quick learning as the flock "Terror birds" they called us. Hmm…Terror birds does have a nice ring to it I think we might use it as the flock's new name.
The birds embarked heading toward the dark lair of the O-raptors and likely to their untimely deaths. I turn to the flock and every bird including the former Alpha male looks to me for new orders. "The age of the Dinosaurs will end" I announced in the language of the flock, "I claim all territories in the name of the flock. This is the Age of the Terror Bird. We will drive these inferno reptiles from our territory. The Dinosaurs will be no more!" My fellow Terror birds agreed but the key to our victory over the reptiles was those penguins. They will lead birds everywhere to a golden era; the descendents of the dinosaurs will take their rightful place as the dominate species of this planet. The Age of the birds will dawn and all will see the power of the terror birds.
(End of chapter Eleven)