Chapter 23
AN: I'm back!
Disclaimer: I do not own Jurassic Park, only the OCs.
"WE"RE HOME!"I shouted happily as I stepped out into the clearing where the nests were all located.
"Beta Rae!" Marron cried as he launched himself at me.
"Hey little guy! Did you be good while I was gone?" I cooed to him as I cradled him.
"I missed you very much!' Marron whined, cuddling as close to my chest as possible.
"I missed you too sweetie!" I cried, hugging him close.
"You're going to spoil the brat." Sorin said, as he walked passed us.
"Marron deserves it. You're just jealous of him." I stuck my tongue out at him.
"So what if I am?" Sorin suddenly said, coming straight in my face. Eepp! Face do not get red! Please don't!
"You…. You….. You…." I stuttered.
"ME what?" Sorin purred.
'We're back mother." Lucus, Lexus and Tama greeted their mother since the rest of the pack was busy enjoying the little family reunion. Josh on the other hand was standing by himself at the side, a little unsure of what was happening, except that his friend's face was blushing as red as an tomato.
I was really enjoying this. My precious adorable mate's face was slowly turning red and her heartbeat was rising. It was nice to know that I had this effect on my mate. Me alone could make her turn this red in colour and cause her heart to beat faster than normal.
"So you're back!" a voice snapped. Who the F*** dares to disturb this moment! I turned and saw Eliza standing there, in an attack position. Sigh… I should have guessed.
"Yea! I back! What is it to you?" My mate growled, her attention focused on Eliza.
"I thought you had become dino food out there, seeing how weak and useless you are." Eliza taunted.
"Well too bad for you, I survived, unlike you who, if was in my shoe the T-rex would have gobbled you right up." My Rae smirked.
"At least I did not have to have half the pack searching for me." Eliza sneered.
"True. None of us would have to go find you. After all the you would be dino poo or just bones." My mate grinned. Haha. You tell her my precious!
"Why! You!" Eliza screeched.
"Me what!" I taunted. Psychotic bitch was really getting on my nerves.
"You can't even handle yourself. You burden Sorin with the need to protect and provide for you." The evil bitch from hell sneered.
"Can't handle myself? I'll show you I can't handle myself!" I growled, lunging for her. I barreled into the bitch and we both went tumbling onto the ground.
Sorin's pov!
"CATFIGHT!" a couple of the teenagers cheered, as they happily watched their beta female roll on the ground wrestling with Eliza. How could they be so happy! My precious baby is going to get injured! Or worse killed!
"Beta Rae!" Marron cried, running forward but was picked up by the scruff of his neck by Tasha.
"No interfering young man. You can get injured." She said gently to the chick hanging from her jaws.
"You too baby brother. Alpha male or not, you cannot interfere." Tama said, blocking my path.
"I know. It's just… just hard to watch." I ground out.
"Of course it is, but this is essential for Rae." Lexus said, patting my on the back.
"Can you believe it! A cat fight! Oh yea! Kick her butt Rae!" Lucas cheered. Talk about betrayal!
"Shut up brother!" I growled, swiping my tail at him but he managed to avoid it.
"Oh come on baby bro! Don't tell me you ain't happy that Rae is fighting to keep her place as beta female and as your mate!" Lucas grinned.
"Even if I am, it is none of your business!" I glared. A loud thud and boos made me turn back to the fight and my heart broke at the sight.
Josh's Pov
I am still deciding I should call Rae stupid, brave or just crazily in love without even realizing it herself. I think I shall go with the last thought, the crazily in love without even realizing it herself. Anyway, she was not a pretty sight to look at now. Her face, arms, hands, chest, well it is probably easier to say that there was not one spot on her body that was not covered in scratches. Some were pretty deep and weeping while some were not that bad to that extent.
I suppose that it should have been expected if you picked a fight with a full grown female raptor. However, the idiot got up and was still standing her ground and is actually succeeding in getting a few punches of her own in.
Back to Rae
The psycho threw me off her back while I was trying to do a stronghold on her. I landed hard on the ground and damn did that hurt. In fact, my whole body burned with pain, I could feel the blood running down my body but there was no way I was give in to that bitch! I'll show her who's boss!
"Ready for round two ugly?" I taunted, getting up.
"You are sure persistent aren't you." Eliza hissed.
"Persistent is my middle name didn't you know." I smirked, moving forward and managed to land a solid right hook to her face. While it did not send her flying like I had hoped, it did cause her to stumble a bit and I could throw a few more punches in.
"Ooooff!" I grunted, when she twirled and her tail lashed into my stomach and sent me flying two feet away into a tree and then the cold hard ground. I could hear the boos and some cheering, tsssh! Sounds like there was some betting going on among the spectators.
I slowly got up but was sent flying furthur away due to a well placed tail whip from Eliza. This continued for quite a while, the crazy bitch was playing with me! By the hitting and flying stopped, I could hear the faint running sound of water. There was a crunch next to my head and I slowly opened my swollen, bruised eyes to see Eliza's green ugly feet with sharp, glinting talons. I knew the rest of the pack had followed us and were commenting among themselves but all I could hear was buzzing.
"End of the line for you weakling." Eliza bent down to hiss in my ear. She slowly lifted her foot and nudged me. I was rolled, making my body burn and ache like never before, all the way until all I saw was a bottomless pit of darkness. A Pit! Bloody hell woman, did you have to roll me down there when I can barely lift an arm! You seriously know how to make my life a living hell!
"Bye bye Rae. Eliza, the psycho cooed in my ear before she gave me one good hard kick.
Sorin's Pov
I could not take it anymore! My precious Rae was a mess, there was claw marks covering every length of her body and all of them were running bright red blood. How I wanted to run right up to her and kick Eliza's butt six was to Sunday but I could not. Argh! Who ever came up with the rule that the alpha male could not get involved in any challenges to the alpha and beta females, I curse you!
Every time my baby was sent flying into a tree and then onto the hard ground, I felt my muscles twitch with the need to run to her, every groan of pain from her made my heart tear a little more. Marron had gone into full blown bawling mode after the first time Rae was thrown onto the ground.
The fight continued all the way until the bottomless pit. My heartbeat echoed in my own ears as I saw Eliza kick my baby right until the edge. I could literally hear my own heart stop and everything slowed down whenI saw Eliza raise her leg and give my precious baby a good hard kick.
"NO!" I roared, running forward, my heart praying that I could reach my mate in time while my brain told me that it was impossible, that I was too late. I could hear the cries of my siblings and mother but that did not matter, I had failed my mate, I had failed to keep her safe and now… now… she was…gone…
AN: Okay! That all for now!
HAHAHA! I ain't that cruel, I made you all wait for almost two months! Read on!
Josh's pov
I could not believe it! The green female raptor just killed my best friend! My brain just could not grasp the fact of what I just saw with my own eyes. The green murderess had turned around and was laughing, well I guess she was.
Suddenly, she disappeared from view and all we heard was a long shrill cry that echoed in my ears and then a sickening thud. WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?
I was not the only one that was shocked, all the other raptors were as well, except Sorin who was frozen. We all stared at the pit when out of no where, a hand shot up and grasped the edge of the pit. I drew in a sharp breath when I realized to whom did that hand belong to too. Soon, the hand extended to an arm, a shoulder, a chest and then her face. Rae was alive! Alive! I immediately ran to her to check on how she was doing. HOW?
Rae's Pov
I really thought I was going to die when I went over the edge but by some miracle, there were some vines that I had blindly managed to grab when I fall. I had slid down for a short while more before coming to a stop and gained some 'rope' burns but I was still alive. That was what mattered the most.
All around me was pitch-blackness and smelt horrible, like rotten eggs. Trying not to breath in too much and ignoring the pain racking through my body, I forced myself to climb. It felt like an eternity as I climbed and Eliza's psychotic laughter echoing through the cave was not really helping.
A long time later, I saw light and knew that I was near the top. Eliza was still laughing and it was driving me nuts. Does she not need to breathe! I felt above my head for more vine to climb but all I hit as hard earth. Crap! It was the very top of the vine. What was I going to do now?
Cursing and swearing under my breath about all the things I was going to do to that bitch who got me into this mess, I groped blindly in the dark. Hopefully, there was another vine somewhere that led up and out of the pit. After blindly grasping here and there for a while, my fingers finally felt something thick and woody. I grasped it harder and gave it an experiment pull to test if it could hold my weight and if it could get any longer but it felt stuck, like there was something was blocking it. Maybe it was wrapped around a rock or something at the top?
I decided to give a hard pull to see if I could pull it free of whatever was wrapped around or blocked by. The vine did elongate and did feel as though it could hold my weight, just like what I expected but what I did not expect was for something green to drop past me, leaving behind a shrill cry that echoed in the pit.
Was that? That was not what and who I think it is right? But it would sure as hell be awesome if it was true! Putting that thought aside for now, I slowly continued my climb using the new vine and it was not long before I had to heave myself over the edge. All I could register right now, was that it was oddly silent, it was glaring and I hurt like F***!
Suddenly, there was a symphony of roars before I felt myself being scooped into warm arms and a male voice was asking me how I was before he disappeared from my point of view and I was being picked up by cold arms that had really sharp nails.
Sorin's pov
She cannot be dead. My precious baby. My Rae. My mate. She was not dead but the lack of her presence and Eliza's maniacal laughter was evidence that this was not just some horrible and morbid nightmare. I would never wake up from this pain, this loss. I will never wake up to my baby's strong heartbeat, her stomach that growled from hunger and never again to her brown eyes that glistened with love whenever she played with Marron.
Suddenly, there were roars of joys around me but what shocked me the most was the Marron's cry.
"BETA RAE!" I heard him call. I looked up and was greeted with the happiest sight in my life. My baby. My Rae. She was ALIVE! I gave my own roar of joy before, rushing forward. I had to push her pet, Josh away so that I could carry my mate in my own arms. I nuzzled my head into her chest and heard the most beautiful sound in the world.
I heard her heartbeat. She was alive. My baby. My Rae. My mate.