Prehistoric Park

The Eagle from Hell

Ron and Veronica were looking at a picture of a painting.

"Harpagornis moorei, or Haast's Eagle. Other then Argentavis, this is the deadliest and largest flying bird ever to take to the skies. It's from New Zealand, and that's where I'm going."

He decided to go see how the whales were doing.

As they were eating non-endangered large fish, like swordfish and winghead sharks, the Basilosaurus and Dorudon were doing well.

Then they heard screaming.

It was Dylan, being carried by an Argentavis.

The capture team were chasing after the bird that captured the man most responsible for the time portal set up.

Ron and his Velociraptor companion laughed-or barked, in Veronica's case-at Dylan's predicament.

"That normally happens to Bob! This is a first!"

"Shut up and get me DOOWWNN!"

It dropped Dylan into the water. Inside the Megalodon pen.

"Stay here, Veronica!"

He ran to the Warthog and drove to the pen.

The sharks were doing what sharks do: circling potential prey.

"Fucking bird!"

Then Ron arrived and jumped into the water.

"You insane bastard!"

Then he dragged Dylan to the platform and pulled him up.

"They don't like you."

Then they saw a Megalodon coming at them.

"SHIT!"

They ran as the larger version of a Great White rammed into the platform, and nearly got killed for it. Thankfully, they got to solid ground in time.

"I hate those things!"

"Well, we're on a bird hunt today, so don't complain."

The time portal

Bob watched as the capture team drove to the portal.

"You two are soaked!"

"An Argentavis dumped Dylan into the Megalodon pens. And I had to rescue his ass."

Bob walked away as Ron activated the time portal.

"Here we go!"

They drove through, and found a flock of birds.

"Dinornis novaezealandiae. Looks like we're on North Island."

"I'm scared because you can identify an animal just by looking at it."

"And there it is."

Two dozen Haast's Eagles were above the Moas.

"This is going to be a royal bitch. Those things hunt Moas."

"Those tiny little birds? I'd be more afraid for them."

"Moas eat plants."

One Haast's Eagle attacked a Moa, sticking its' claws into the Moa's neck and pierced the skull with it's beak.

"Now I know why you're wearing a helmet."

"And why Veronica's not here."

"Move!"

Back at the Park

"Oh, boy."

The Deinosuchus was staring down the Sarcosuchus.

"This is not going to end well."

"Really? Two croc species in one pen? Ron told you that was a bad idea!"

The female Deinosuchus went into the water.

"I'll go bring back a few more Deinosuchus after Ron gets back. His team never fails to bring back more then one."

Then a group of birds flew through.

"What the?"

"Eagles! Haast's Eagles!"

"Oh, God, not another massive bird! I've got my hands full with the Argentavis!"

Then Justyne radioed in.

"We've got Moas at the time portal! Secure those Haast's Eagles!"

"Oh, great."

Three hours later

After locking the Haast's Eagles up in a large cage, Ron discovered a picture of an animal he'd been looking for for months.

"Sauroctonus progressus. It's a Gorgonopsid, related to mammals. And in a few days, I'm bringing it back from hell."

By hell, he meant the Permian period.

As many people know, there have been mass extinctions since the beginning of life: ones caused by outer sources (the one that killed the dinosaurs, for example) and ones caused by another species on the planet. (you know what I'm talking about: Mammoths, birds, marsupials: all our fault)

But all of those were nothing compared to the Permio-Triassic Extinction Event.

Millions of species, trillions of animals: all dead within 5 million years at least.

95% of all life, gone.

Ron wanted to make a difference to some of those animals.

Making a difference wouldn't be easy, but he'd rescued a huge number of species from extinction before.

Still, he needed to pack.

And he'd be bringing a lot of supplies.

"I'll be heading back 260 mya, during the so-called Great Dying, the Permio-Triassic Extinction. And I'm not going alone."

Veronica, his capture team, Nigel and even Bob would be joining him.

"We're going to be going from South Africa to Europe, as one of the many reasons for the extinction was the first supercontinent: Pangaea."

Three days later

Ron was wearing Roman chain-scale armor and lorica segmentata.

"Bite through this! HA!"

While Ron was cocky as all hell, he was armed to the teeth.

He was packing a SIG 556 with tracer rounds to spook off anything bigger then a Gorgonops, an M93R 9mm handgun and his trusty M4A1 with a Beta-C magazine full of tranq darts.

The Warthog was towing a large trailer, and the capture team had prepared a huge number of traps to get the animals they were after.

"Ready?"

"No, but we're going, aren't we?"

The time portal

Bob looked like Steve Erwin (outfit-wise) before he died.

Thankfully, he wouldn't anger the animals he was studying like Erwin. (AN: Erwin pissed off the stingray that killed him, and I would avoid doing that)

"Ron! Good luck!"

"Come on, Bob."

"I'll stay back. The last time I went into the past, you nearly got killed."

"I was facing a 20-ton Mosasaur."

"I'll see you all when you get back!"

Ron drove through, followed by Nigel's Land Rover and the Panther tank.

The year was somewhere around 260 million years BC, and Ron knew where they were: South Africa.

Thrinaxodon liorhinus and Gorgonops torvus were here, and Ron wanted them back at the Park.

And there was a small river nearby, so no animal would avoid it.

"Get the time portal set up!"

He hopped out of the Warthog, and spotted a pair of Gorgonops.

But that number would soon be revised: more Gorgonops approached: a total of 18. Ron looked at their fangs.

Gorgonops was the first saber-toothed predator, and it was built to kill. And they wanted Ron dead.

He never tried to piss the animals he captured off, but it seemed that non-dinosaurian animals hated him. They charged, and Ron ran toward the time portal.

Nigel and Dylan had picked up a few Thrinaxodons when Ron ran back. Dylan simply turned it on when Ron ran past the pylons.

The Gorgonops ran through to the 21st Century.

"Pack up those Thrinaxodons! We're almost done here!" "How are we almost done?"

He pointed at a sandstorm coming in from the North.

"Reset the portal for Russia, 258 mya. We've got a turtle to catch!"

"Turtles?"

"Scutosauruskarpinskii! It's related to them!"

Back at the Park

A group of animals ran through the time portal.

"Gorgonopsids, I think. I'm expecting something a bit smaller."

Bob decided to check up on the larger animals in the Park while he waited and took a Jeep.

Russia: 258 mya

"Holy shit, it's hot!"

It was the end of the Permian, and more species were dead then at any other time period, including the present. 95% of all life were now fossils.

"Look at that."

Lystrosaurus georgi and Euchambersia mirabilis were all over the place.

"Looks like those had a bigger range then I thought."

Then the animal they were really after arrived: Scutosauruskarpinskii.

"Set up the time portal and take a drink! It's hotter then the Sahara during this time!"

Veronica was lying down in the shade of the Warthog, but it was only cooler by a few degrees.

Still, it was something.

And if a desert animal like her was in the shade, that meant it was hot.

The Lystrosaurus started moving toward the capture team. Nigel looked at them.

"Why are they moving toward us?"

"Simple: hay bales in the trailers."

Ron was bating the animals, and now the Scutosaurus were heading toward them.

The Euchambersia ran at the team, but Ron shot at them with his SIG 556, scaring them off.

He was after herbivores, not carnivores.

The Next Day

"I'm going on vacation. Don't expect me back for at least a few months."

He was all packed up, and thus was bringing Veronica and the chicks with him.

Bob and Nigel were seeing him off while Suzanne was checking out the Gorgonops and Scutosaurus. "Have fun!"

Ron and Veronica drove off.

Narrator: There were things missing from this world. Now some of them live again. But the rest of them are still gone. Ronald Pinkerton's duty isn't finished yet. He'll be back to bring them back from extinction.

And I'm finally done!

Don't worry, this series isn't over yet; I'm just not going to write the next one yet.

I hope you enjoyed!

Ja Ne!