Chapter 29: Just Simple, Complex Tests
Jake could tell that these 2 Rexes were male and female, and he barely overheard them, "Where do you want to do it?" the female asked the male. "Let's go into these trees. They're thicker, and no one will be able to see what we're doing." the male answered. They both disappeared into the trees.
Jake told the Carno and the Raptor to stay back, but he had the Hurácan to follow him, silently. Jake was reluctant to follow them, even though he had a vehicle that could outrun just about every kind of dinosaur following right behind him, but he and the Hurácan followed the Rexes anyway. As Jake was following them, he started to hear the female grunting in a way that sounded like she was enjoying what she and the male were doing. "They're probably sharing a good kill or something like that." Jake thought as he was following their tracks.
Boy did Jake get a surprise when he finally saw them through the trees, the female was basically laying down, and the male was standing right behind her. The second Jake saw this, he almost screamed in pure shock, but he covered his mouth. He immediately turned around, ran right past the Hurácan, and darted back to the Carno and the Raptor. The Hurácan followed him.
When Jake got back to them, he was looking behind, as if they were chasing him but they weren't, and he ran right into the Carno, "Oof!" Jake grunted. The Carno looked down to him, "Are you alright? You look like you've seen some stuff." It said, noticing Jake's ultra-wide eyes, and pale face.
Jake slowly got up, "I have seen some shit. I just saw 2 T-Rexes… uh… doing the do." he slowly said. For some reason, neither the Carno nor the Raptor knew what he meant, "What does 'doing the do' mean?" the Carno asked him.
Jake raised a brow, "What? Doing the do means they're… making out." he answered. For some reason, they still didn't know what he meant, "And that means?" the Carno said. Jake rolled his eyes, "They're mating! Do I need to make it any simpler for you?!" Jake yelled. The 2 dinosaurs looked at each other, "Oh." they both said.
Then, the Hurácan drove back into the trees, and everyone else followed it because they were all wondering what the vehicle was doing. When they got back to where Jake was, the Hurácan turned its radio on, "We have 2 bags of grass, 75 pillows of masculine, 5 sheets of high-power platter acid, a salt-shaker half-full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers. Also a quart of tequila, quart of rum, case of beer, pint of rein ether, and 2 dozen eggs. But once you get locked into a serious drug collection, not that we need it at all for the trip, the tendency is to push it as far as you can."
Jake was disgusted at that, "Real mature, Hurácan. Real mature." he said. When he said that, he heard the Rexes both give a snort, and he heard them start walking towards them, "Oh… F. We need to…" Jake said. When he was saying this, he was looking back at the trees. When he looked back to where the dinosaurs and vehicle were, they were all gone.
Jake went to run, but then he was forced to the ground, and he had a feeling he knew what had done so, "Damn it." he said. He looked as far left as he could, and he barely saw the male Rex standing beside him, "So the female is holding me down. If I recall correctly, T-Rexes do not like when someone knows that they're mating, let alone see it, so I should just say my prayers now before I'm torn to shreds." Jake thought. He saw the male lowering his head to get a better look at Jake, either that, or the male was about to rip his head off.
Jake heard the Rex sniffing him, "Hmm. This scent seems vaguely familiar from somewhere, but I don't know where." he said. The male pulled his head away, and Jake heard the female, "Even if his scent is familiar, we need to kill him. He must've seen us mating. We cannot allow anyone to see that and live." she said. Jake could tell that she was lowering her head to rip off his.
Just as she was about to swallow Jake whole, she took her foot off of him, and he rolled onto his back. Jake curled up into a ball, and he felt her breath surround him, but then he heard the male, "Wait, stop!" he yelled. The female immediately stopped, and she pulled her head back.
Jake took a peek, and he saw the female looking at the male, and the male looking at him, "Human, if you can understand what I'm saying, show me your face." The male said. Jake understood him perfectly. He took his hands off of his head, and he looked back at the male.
The male walked to him and started circling around him, like a shark does its prey, but Jake could tell the difference between when a dinosaur was about to kill him, and when it was not, and currently, this Rex was inspecting him. Then, the female started circling him as well.
After a while, they both stopped circling him, "You're Jake, correct? Jake Gates?" the male asked him. Jake's eyes widened slightly, "Yes. How do you know my name?" Jake answered. "Rumors have spread that you are in control of an… Indominus Rex, and that you are slowly forming an army of dinosaurs to fight on your side, to free more dinosaurs, and to stop Grim." the male said.
Jake gave them a nod, "Indeed I have." he said. Then, the female looked down at him, "Do you think that we could join you? Grim has been getting way too harsh for us to handle, and we don't want to try doing anything against him." she asked him.
"Why? What do either of you have to lose? I mean, besides your lives." Jake said to them. "We have a child to lose. But he is very ill, and there's nothing we've been able to do. We both recently figured out that he is going to die. And that's why we were…" the male answered him.
Jake knew what he meant. He then got an idea, "Maybe I can help. I'm good with dinosaurs, especially young ones, usually because they haven't exactly been taught to kill me, and rip my head off. Where is he?" he suggested. They both looked at each other when he asked them where their child was, "He's… on… Isla Nublar. And recently, there have been a large number of people going there, we don't know why, but it is rumored that the island itself is becoming an active volcano." the female replied.
Back in NYC:
For the past 6 days, Q had been sitting in his cage, and Shortfoot has been more or less, wandering around it, "There's got to be a way to get out of here. Surely you can think of some way to escape, Q." Shortfoot said to him. Q gave a sigh, "Grim has most likely prepared for any scenario where I escape. Besides, he knows how much that I care about you, and he knows my one weakness. If I do anything, I will be risking your life, and against Grim? There is basically no way that I can win against him without getting you killed." Q said.
Then at that moment, the door to the cage opened, and Grim was standing there, "You two, come with me, now." Grim said assertively. Q and Shortfoot obeyed him, "You've been enjoying your time in that cage?" Grim asked sarcastically. Q softly snarled, "No, I'd like it a lot better if I had blood stained on my teeth and claws, and me feasting on your dead body." he answered.
Grim looked back at him, "Really? I have a perfect place for you to stain your teeth with blood. I'll be sending you and your 'friend' to a place where you can kill freely. But when you are there, you WILL kill every person you see. You will let no person live. Just watch out for Blue. You think that she is dead, and she was, but I brought her back, and she is not very happy with you. So don't let her make you bleed at all, because bad things will happen to you and your friend there." he said.
When Q heard Blue, he knew that she was on Isla Nublar, and he remembered something else, "People are trying to rescue the dinosaurs from the volcano that is becoming Isla Nublar." he thought. Grim stopped Q, but he continued with Shortfoot into a wide-open room that Q could just peek into. Grim brought Shortfoot into the middle of the room, and he chained him to the floor, "Okay, Frank. When I give you the signal, spilt 'em!" Grim said.
Q wasn't quite sure what Grim meant by "split 'em," but he would find out in a few moments. Grim yelled, and Frank initiated something, and then this purple aura started forming around Shortfoot. And, 15 seconds later, the aura basically exploded, and Q covered his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw two young Longnecks, one an Apatosaurus, the other a Brachiosaurus, "Shorty! Littlefoot!" Q said, running over to them.
Q growled at Grim when he came back, "Why did you separate my friends?" Q said, his voice slightly raised. Grim gave a smile, "That is for me to know, and you to find out. You can keep your 'friends,' because I have no use for herbivores… except as food, but we have much better things to kill. Now, Frank! Send 'em all to the Fallen Kingdom!" Grim said. Then, that same aura appeared around Shorty, Littlefoot, and Q. They all immediately closed their eyes. And then when Q felt that he, Littlefoot, and Shorty had crashed into the ground, he opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was that they were right next to a steep cliffside, with a 120-foot, straight-down drop, "Isla Nublar. So many horrible memories growing up here. If I had Crimson, she and I would be the perfect hunting pair to ever roam this island. Nothing could stop us, unless Grim comes along.
Q then heard a boom come from behind him, and he looked to see that one of the "mountain" on the island had smoke coming from the top, but not very thick smoke, smoke from a burning flame produced thicker smoke, but it was still noticeable.
As he looked around even more, even though he knew exactly where he was. The only thing he found weird was that there was a lack of herbivores at their current location, and he remembered that there were large groups of Apatosauruses, Ankylosauruses, Triceratops, and a couple Stegos and Parasaurs, but there were currently zero herbivores, if you don't count Shorty and Littlefoot.
While Q continued looking around, Shorty and Littlefoot noticed something that Q seemed completely oblivious to, "Q… you're wings are gone!" Littlefoot yelled. Q turned back to him, "Say what?" he said. "You're wings. They are gone! It's like somebody cut them off!" Shorty said.
Q looked down at his arms, and his eyes widened, "(Gasps) You're right, they are gone. That moth- son of a bitch. When he transported us here, he must have somehow removed my wings when reassembling my matter." Q growled. Littlefoot looked horrified, even though it wasn't very horrifying.
Shorty tried to comfort him, but it didn't seem to be working, "Calm down, Littlefoot. It's not the end of the world because Q lost his wings, it's just a problem that he should worry about. But wings or no wings, Q can handle himself without a worry in the world, and losing his wings won't really affect him too badly. Is that right, Q?" Shorty said. Q nodded.
Littlefoot's expression didn't really change, then they all heard a Raptor screech in the distance, "What was that?" Shorty said, moving right beside Q. Littlefoot moved to Q's other side, "That sounds like Blue, a Velociraptor that I have dealt with while I was my true self, a wild Indominus, and I had her, along with her siblings, Echo, Delta, and Charlie who got hit with a rocket, and she exploded, but I got them all to fight on my side, until Owen Grady got them to turn back on me. I killed Echo and Delta easily, and then Blue started attacking me along with Rexy, the well-known T-Rex of Jurassic Park. After a long ordeal, I finally escaped, and I killed Blue, although Grim brought her back to life, and he made her stronger than she was before." he said.
Then, they all heard an engine rev nearby, "Whaddya know? I think we've already been spotted." Q said. They all turned around and there was a convoy of militarized vehicles moving towards the destroyed Main Street, "Hmm. Wonder why these people would want to rescue dinosaurs after what happened every single time that any people set foot on Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna." Q thought.
Q waited for the vehicles to disappear from his sight before he moved, "Okay, it's safe to go. Follow me." Q said to them. He moved very stealthily, like he was stalking prey. He then sensed something, and he stopped, "What? What is it?" Shorty asked. Q silenced him, "Quiet! I'm getting a feeling that there is a carnivore somewhere ahead of us. Stay in these bushes, keep quiet, and I'll scout ahead." he said.
Shorty and Littlefoot obeyed him, and Q morphed into a Tyrannosaurus, and he went ahead. Before he got too far away, Shorty ran after him, "Wait!" he said. Q looked at him, "Are there a lot of T-Rexes on this island?" Shorty asked. Q wasn't quite sure, "I don't know exactly, but I think that there are a couple still here. Why do you ask?" he said. "If you are a T-Rex, how will we be able to tell the difference between you and another one?" Shorty continued.
Q would've never thought about that had Shorty not mentioned it, "Oh, I feel like you're on to something there. All the Tyrannosauruses that are left look almost identical on this island." he said. Then, a scar appeared over his eye, "Don't worry. This scar isn't real, it will remain there as long as I'm a T-Rex so you can identify me." Q informed them.
They all felt more confident about recognizing each other, so Q set off again. But before he left, Littlefoot stopped him this time, "Q?" he said. Q turned around, and he gave a slight growl, "What happened to Diego, Shira, and those others?" he asked. Q's eyes widened, "Them? I sent them back to their time, with the exception of 7. The rest of them kept getting into situations where they would've been killed had I not sensed it, and then saved them. I wiped their minds of all memories of you two, the rest of the gang, me, José, and Violet. The ones I was not able to send back were Silivia, Yoko, Shelly, Egbert, Gertie, Gavin, and Roger. Their minds were corrupted shortly after we all arrived in June, and I can't get rid of them if their minds are corrupt. So if you see any of those guys… you might want to run." Q said.
Q turned back around and he walked towards the inner part of the island. Both Shorty and Littlefoot watched him as he disappeared into the thick trees that laid ahead of them, "What do you think he sensed in the trees?" Littlefoot asked. Shorty shrugged, "I'm not sure. But if Q senses that something is there, something IS there." he answered.
In Canada:
Jake and the rest of his convoy had been getting closer to Neo. The convoy was getting very tired from the long journey, and nighttime was approaching quickly, "Jake? Can we stop to rest for the night? We're all terribly exhausted." one of the Raptors from the pack said. Jake looked down to the Raptor walking alongside the Indominus, "In Canada? I'm afraid not. Out of every place on the world, Canada is the one that that has the most deadly dinosaurs roaming around it. Even larger amounts of Yutys, Deinonychuses, feathered T-Rexes, and many more. If I recall correctly, Grim modified about half of the dinosaurs that existed to have feathers so they could stay warm in Canada's rather cold climate. And every feathered dino I have seen always has the same shade of red on their feathers. I lost 3 uncles to a single Deinonychus 2 years ago, when the dinosaurs had just started to populate Canada. They had rocket launchers, and they unloaded about 4 rockets directly into the feathered Raptor's face, and it looked dead, except it healed almost instantly, and it killed them all. It would've killed me had I been trying to kill it, which I wasn't. Basically, if we rest here, any dinosaurs that spot us will kill you all, destroy the vehicles, and kill me because I am with you." Jake explained to the Raptor.
Then, Jake heard them all start growling. He even heard the Indominus growl, and he looked all around, and every one of them was staring directly at him, and Jake sensed that they'll sleep peacefully if he said yes, or they'll eat violently if he said no, "Damn, this is kind of tough decision. No, I don't care if they eat me, if we rest there, I know that we'll all get killed." Jake thought.
He knew what he had to do. He stood up on the saddle, and he told all of them firmly, "No." The moment after he said that, the Indominus gave a snarl, and it threw Jake straight up into the air, and it opened its mouth wide. Jake knew how to handle this situation. When he was about to be swallowed, he grabbed on to one of the teeth, and he hung on tightly.
The Indominus threw him back into the air, but this time Jake just avoided the mouth, and he slid down its tail. At the end, the Indom thrashed its tail to try and trip Jake, but he jumped at the same time that it thrust its tail. A Carno tried to grab him out of the air, but he landed on its horns, and he held onto them. Then, a Raptor tried to jump onto Jake from the ground, but Jake hopped from the Carno, jumped on the Raptor while pushing it down, and then he landed on the ground, and he ran.
He heard the Indominus roar, and he heard it say, "Get him!" Jake knew that he could outrun the Carnos, but the Raptors and the Indominus would be a big problem, "I could hide, but then they'd just follow my scent. Need to figure out what to do." he thought as he ran from a few thousand teeth that would soon be stained with blood if he didn't find a way to get them to stop trying to kill him.
They all chased after him once he ran. Only the Raptor in the Explorer did not try to attack him, nor did it even have the thought to attack Jake. When Jake said no, the vehicles had already started to reverse out of the crowd of teeth that was all around them. Jake heard the stampede gaining behind him, and he was desperately trying to think of non-violent solutions to this issue, but he couldn't think of any, "Okay then. If these guys want to resolve this issue with violence, we'll resolve it will violence." Jake thought.
He stopped running, but he heard a Raptor ahead of the others, coming right at him. Jake did not turn around, yet. He was waiting, when he felt that the Raptor was only a few feet behind him, he quickly turned around and he roundhouse-kicked the Raptor in the face, knocked it to the ground, and his steel-toed boots even knocked out some of the Raptor's teeth.
Jake knew that it would retaliate, and the rest just stopped, as if to watch Jake fight the Raptor, 1-v-1. The Raptor got back up, saw its teeth on the ground, it looked at Jake and snarled. Jake stood firm, "Bring it." he said. The Raptor charged at him again, and Jake ran at it, too. When they close to running into each other, Jake grabbed an axe off the ground, and just as they were about to run into each other, Jake slid on his back right through the Raptor's legs, and while he did so, he flipped to the blunt end of the axe, and he swung it up.
He heard the Raptor roar in pain. And then Jake got back up, ax in hand. Then the Raptor got up again, and it was PISSED. It charged at him at around max speed. He held his ax tightly, and when he found an opportunity, he dived out of the way, and he kicked the Raptor on the side of the face while doing so.
The Raptor fell to the ground again, and the moment it did, Jake was up on his feet, and he put his foot on the back of the Raptors head. He took a short pause, and he held the ax with both hands, while looking at the massive pack of carnivores staring at what was happening. Then, Jake lifted the ax as high as he could, and with all his strength, he swung the ax down onto the Raptor, and he cut deep into its neck, almost cutting off its head completely.
He looked down at his kill, and then he looked back at the group of dinosaurs. He grabbed the carcass by the head, and he walked up in front of them all, and he lifted the Raptor's head up, "If you want to kill me, you'll either end up like this poor bastard, or… you'll end up being re-controlled by Grim, and if I recall correctly, none of you want either of those 2 things to happen to you. If you were hungry, I just made a meal for you Raptors, but if anyone else is hungry, do your own damn hunting, and don't hunt me, because you will become the hunted once you even think to attempt to attack me. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?" Jake said to them all.
Their eyes all widened in shock. They knew that Jake was not one to screw with. They all looked at the dead Raptor, "Crystal." they all said in unison. Jake let go of the dead Raptor, and he walked back to the Indominus, "Don't YOU underestimate me, either, Indominus. Even a creature as large and powerful as you can still be defeated." Jake said. The Indominus lowered its head down, "Understood." Jake hopped back onto the saddle, and he looked down to see a small group of the Raptors eating the dead one.
