Chapter 37: I Spy With My Little Eye…
Neo immediately started squirming in the Megalo's hand, but it wasn't letting him go, "Put me down!" he yelled. The Megalo kept running. When it snatched up Neo, Jake immediately had everyone follow after it, "Follow that dino!" Jake ordered his soldiers. They immediately went after the Megalo. Eventually, it was coming to the Boston Harbor, and then the Megalo sensed the fear in Neo's heart, so it stopped just before the dock.
Neo was still struggling, and when the Megalo put him down, he immediately started sprinting straight ahead, but he wasn't looking where he was running to.
When he finally looked ahead, he saw the end of the dock for a split-second before he was flying into the water, "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" he screamed. He flew into the harbor, but luckily he could swim. When he was swimming back to the dock, the Megalo was waiting for him, and as he was catching his breath, Neo heard something that he had never heard before, "I guess there's nothing like a quick swim." the Megalo said.
When Neo heard that, he fell back into the water, "Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't you drown." the Megalo said grabbing Neo out of the water and placing him back on the dock. Neo immediately started gasping for breath, again. Once the threat of drowning was out of the way, Neo focused back on the fact that a Megalosaurus Rex just spoke to him in English, "You can talk?" he asked the creature.
It nodded in reply, "I did not know that any of Grim's hybrids would not kill me." Neo said. The Megalo moved closer and snarled, "Don't make assumptions, I am not Grim's slave, I broke myself free." it said. "No offense meant, and I didn't know a hybrid dino could speak." Neo said. "We can't. At least not like this. You did this to me." it said. Neo was slightly offended, "I did it? What did I do?" he questioned.
"When our hearts were shared, my knowledge of the hybrid language was quickly accompanied by the knowledge of English." it answered. "'Hearts were shared'? Is that what you did when I caught that egg?" he asked. The Megalo gave a nod, "Why? Why'd you save me?" Neo queried it. "For saving that egg. Without stopping to think about what you were doing, and without thinking about yourself, you saved the egg. You saved it without thinking about who or what it belonged to. I saved your life because of your mercy." the Megalo explained.
Neo smiled, "Okay. Do you have a name?" he asked the dino. It gave a snort, "You'll never be able to pronounce it even if I enunciate it a hundred times over." the Megalo said. Neo shrugged, "Okay. I'll just call you Lizard then." he said. Then, it put its foot on top of him, "I…hate that name. You will never call me by that, or I will kill you." the Megalo said. Neo pulled his shirt slightly aside, revealing part of his chest, "And yourself." he added.
The Megalo realized that he was right. If he killed Neo, he'd be killing himself. He removed his foot from Neo, "Where I'm from I'm called Hissyoxyillamochogananathoss." it said. "Yikes! Okay, I'm definitely never going to be able to pronounce that ever. How about something similar…like…Crimson?" Neo suggested. The Megalo thought about that, "Crimson." he said to himself.
Then, they heard something speak, "That name's already taken." They both looked towards the voice, and the Indominus was there, along with Jake on the saddle, the Carnos and Raptors, who looked ready to attack the Megalo the moment Jake gave them the word, and the Explorer and Hurácan, still containing Andre and Samara. The Megalo stood in front of Neo, protecting him.
"Jake, is there any way that you can kill those Carnos and Raptors?" Neo called to his sibling. Jake looked at him, "No. These dinosaurs following me and the Indominus are not aggressive towards me. They're all fighting alongside us." Jake said. Then he looked over to the packs of dinos, and he ordered them all to stand down, and they obeyed.
Then, Neo walked out from behind the Megalo, "That's my brother. Please don't attack him." Neo said to him. The Megalo listened, and just stood aside, "Jake, how did you manage to acquire that large number of Carnotauruses and Velociraptors without them killing you?" Neo asked. Jake shook his head, "It wasn't me who acquired them all, that was Crimson. While I was sneaking through Grim's 'base,' her roar has the ability to instantly break a Carno and/or any Raptors within a certain radius of her free from Grim's command, and they will immediately fight by her side." Jake answered.
Neo was confused, "Wait. Is that Indominus' name Crimson?" he asked. Jake nodded, "Yes. She got that name because her teeth are always crimson red with…well, you know." he answered. Then, there was a snarl that everyone heard, "Who was that?" Jake asked. Neo looked past Jake, and what he saw made him freeze, "Uh…Jake? I don't think that was any of your dinosaurs." Neo said nervously. Jake slowly turned around. When he saw the body, and he looked up and saw teeth hovering above their heads, even he freaked out, "A Carnotaurus Rex. We're as good as dead. This thing will completely vaporize the Raptors, the Indominus, the vehicles, maybe not the Megalo and regular Carnos, but it does not mess around, and one's teeth are hovering above us." Jake said quietly.
The Carno Rex did not attack them, but it tilted its head like it was inspecting them. It started circling around Jake and Neo, who had both pulled out some sort of weapon, even though they both knew it wouldn't help either of them at all. Then, the C-Rex started sniffing Neo, but Jake moved between Neo and the Carno Rex. Then it stopped, and walked around to the other side, only for Jake to move between Neo and the Carno again and again. Eventually, the C-Rex stopped circling them, and when Jake got in front of Neo again, the C-Rex used its head and it knocked Jake out of the way.
Then, the C-Rex sniffed Neo, who was on the verge of either tears or sprinting away as fast as he could. Jake tried running back in there, but the C-Rex just pushed him back with its tail. Neo was screaming on the inside, "Is this how I'm going to die? With my brother helpless to save me?" Neo thought. Unknown by everyone was that there was a large pack of small dinosaurs going for Neo, and they were coming from behind the Carno Rex.
Neo saw them for a split second before one of them jumped on him, "Aah! Damn Troodons! Get off me!" Neo said, throwing a Troodon off his face. Then, the Carno Rex suddenly started attacking the Troodons, as well. It was doing well, and Neo seemed to get a safe feeling around the C-Rex, and he started doing some things to "test" how the Carno Rex would react.
The same Troodon jumped on Neo again, but this time, Neo grabbed it, and he called to the C-Rex, "Catch!" The C-Rex looked at him, and Neo threw the Troodon at it. The C-Rex caught the Troodon in its mouth, and…you can guess what happened. Then, another Troodon jumped on Neo's back, "Hell, no!" he said, grabbing the Troodon by its arms.
Neo then leaned forward, and threw the Troodon off his back, and the C-Rex caught it and ate this one, too. Eventually, there were only 2 Troodons left, but mid-fight, Neo noticed that these specific Troodons were standing off to the side, not getting involved in the fight at all. The C-Rex went for them, but these Troodons started running towards Neo, who wasn't thinking of attacking these 2, unless they gave him a valid reason to.
They both huddled behind him, and the C-Rex gestured for Neo to move, but he didn't. He felt that Troodons would've been good to keep at home because their venom is more deadly than a Dilophosaurus. He tried to speak to the Carno Rex, but of course, it couldn't understand him, so Neo turned to the Megalo, "Tell the Carno that these Troodons don't want to fight, and I want to keep them alive!" Neo called.
The Megalo stepped forward, and communicated to the Carno Rex what Neo had said. It looked at the Megalo, and it gave some snarls and growls. Neo knew that it was talking, but he couldn't understand what it was saying, "What'd he say?" Neo asked the Megalo. "He said that now he knew the rumors were true." it translated. "Ask him what rumors he means." Neo said.
The Megalo translated this to the Carno, "He said that he heard Grim speaking of an unnamed human that has been assisted by his arch enemy, and they've been killing his dinosaurs, and acquiring new ones that don't want to die, and then they became completely loyal to said human. And he said that he just had the thought of finding this human—I'm assuming you—while he was on guard at Grim's base, and Grim almost immediately threw him out." the Megalo translated to Neo. "Ask him what happened." Neo said.
The Megalo did so, "He said that he knew Grim's real intentions that were planned for him and the other hybrids, and he didn't like it, but he knew that Grim would kill him if he knew what Grim planned on using them for. Anyway, he hated Grim's cruel and abusive rules that he and the hybrids had to follow if they wanted to stay alive, and he got the thought to join you." it said.
Jake walked over by now, "What do you mean? I thought all hybrids had one intention, that being to kill me." Neo said. "Capture you." the Megalo corrected him. Neo shrugged, "Okay." Jake spoke up, "Well, technically, that is true, they do have the main intention to capture you, but they are not corrupted…technically. Since Grim created them, he has always been sure that they will respect him because he made them, so he thinks that he knows he doesn't have to corrupt them like the regular dinosaurs. If he found out about this Megalo, that would definitely be enough for him to make every hybrid dino corrupted so if any ever spot you, they will immediately go for you. These hybrids can technically fight with us, but only if they choose to. Most of them don't, however. I am very certain that we just got lucky, because—aside from the Giga Rex—the Megalosaurus and Carnotaurus Rexes are the two strongest hybrids. Also, is the Carno Rex on our side, is he here to take us to Grim, or is he just neutral?" Jake said.
The Megalo asked the Carno, "He said that he's on our side because he already can tell that we're much fairer with our creatures than Grim ever was. (Notices the 2 Troodon behind Neo) Which I assume includes those two, as well, Neo?" Jake said, pointing out the Troodons. Neo had totally forgotten about the Troodons, and he looked down to them, "Jake? Do Troodons have their own unique language?" Neo queried his brother.
"Yes and no. They just speak like any other normal carnivorous dinosaur, except when they speak to other Troodons. They understand what you say, but most of the time they do not verbally respond." Jake answered. "Do either of you understand me?" Neo said to them. They just kept looking at him. "Alright. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH!?" Neo said, perfectly imitating Chris Tucker. They both understood him the first time, but now they seemed slightly spooked from that.
Neo realized that they were a little spooked, but they calmed down. Then, Neo got a thought. He knelt down, picked up on of the Troodons, and he placed it on his left shoulder. Apparently, the Troodon liked that, and Neo picked up on this. He got the other one, and he put it on his other shoulder, "Like a shoulder mount in ARK. These Troodons feel a little heavy on my shoulders, but it's nothing I can't handle." Neo said.
Then, there was a roar that nearly ruptured the eardrums of everyone, "Cheese and rice!" Neo screamed, holding his ears. Everyone held their ears—or tried to for some—tightly because the roar was so prolonged and so loud. Once it stopped, however, Neo and only Neo recognized the roar's origin. It came from a dino that was once the dino king, until he met his maker, a lone Tarbosaurus defending his children.
"One-eye." Neo said to himself. Sure enough, lurking in the darkest depths of the ruined landscape, was a one-eyed Tyrannosaurus watching them, Neo in particular. Then, the Raptor part of Neo enhanced his sense of smell, and he picked up One-eye's scent, "Guys, we need to run. NOW‼" Neo yelled, sprinting away. Everyone else was confused, "What is he-" Jake began to say before One-eye came sprinting out, ran right past everyone, and pursued after Neo.
Jake immediately recognized who the Rex was, "You're supposed to be dead. Kill him…again!" Jake yelled. When they all saw One-eye, they all ran away. EVERYONE ran away, even the Carno and Megalo Rex ran away. Jake realized that One-eye must have been way more powerful than the hybrids, because he knew that the hybrids never ever ran away.
Jake was the only one that went after One-eye.
When Neo looked back each time, One-eye was getting closer and closer, and his heart rate accelerated each time, "This bitch was supposed to have drowned, and then been eaten afterward over 80 million years ago. I get a feeling I know exactly where he came from." Neo thought, trying not to trip.
Jake was having major trouble keeping up with his brother and One-eye. He spotted a motorcycle, and he stopped next to it, "I hate motorcycles due to their lack of anything safety related, but it's either that or lose sight of, and possibly altogether, my brother." Jake said hesitantly. He hopped on, and he casually hotwired it like nobody's business. He accelerated after them both.
One-eye was right behind Neo, and then he got a vision.
He was now on the roof of the South Tower. He looked to his right, and the North Tower had literally blown its top. The last 20 or so floors had completely exploded. He saw Q as…what looked to him like either a Tarbosaurus or a Gorgosaurus, and he was cut, bruised, and he was bleeding, and he was fighting One-eye on the helipad. Neo looked over the side, down to the ground, and he saw the Carnos, Raptors, Megalo, Carno Rex, and he thought he saw José and Violet, but he wasn't positive, were fighting off hundreds of other dinosaurs, and Grim was down there somewhere in the mix.
The battle between One-eye was fierce. Neo couldn't do anything. The second he tried to go in there, he knew that he would be killed in a millisecond. It seemed like Q was losing, he was bleeding excessively, and Neo could see the exhaustion, the weakness in his red eyes. Q slashed One-eye, bit him on the neck, cut him with his claws, and he did everything he possibly could to try to weaken One-eye so he could kill him.
It seemed to be working…at first. Then, One-eye seemed to get a sudden, super powerful surge of strength and energy, and he came back hard. He bit into Q's leg, blinded Q in one eye, cut him multiple times across the neck, and Q was losing strength fast. Eventually, he fell onto his side. "No. Q come on. Get up! Get up! Get up, Q!" Neo shouted.
Q heard him, and he struggled, but he eventually got back up, which surprised One-eye. Q then grabbed One-eye by the neck, and he bit down hard. In fact, Q locked his jaw onto One-eye's neck. Blood was all over the place, and it was still being spilled. Somehow, though, One-eye broke free of Q's grasp, and in doing so he broke Q's upper jaw.
Then, One-eye grabbed Q by the neck, and he started shoving him towards the edge of the roof, "No! Come on, Q! Fight back! Fight back! You can win this!" Neo said. Q then curled his toes, which dug his claws into the roof, giving him better grip, and stopping One-eye from pushing him any further. Q then threw his head up, releasing One-eye's grip on him.
Q then hit One-eye with his tail, and that made One-eye stagger towards the edge, but he dug his claws into the ground as well, and he charged at Q full-force. Q didn't have enough strength to resist, and One-eye was pushing him towards the edge again. Q tried to stop him, but One-eye grabbed him by the neck again, which made Q even weaker, and he pushed him right off the edge of the Tower.
Neo ran to the edge and looked over, "NOOOOOOO‼‼" Neo yelled. Q was just letting himself fall. Neo wouldn't have been worried, except there one last look in Q's eyes that he knew what it meant. Q believed.
When Neo understood what the vision meant, and he looked back at One-eye, who had stopped for some reason. Neo doesn't know why, but he came to a stop, as well. Then, One-eye approached him. He had something in his mouth, and Neo could only identify it was a creature judging by the blood dripping from it. One-eye set it down, and Neo's eyes opened in horror.
It was Cera's corpse, completely untouched, not a single inch of flesh was missing, or even beginning to decompose. The hole in her chest where the metal rod impaled her body was still there, along with the bullet hole in her chest. As if that wasn't horrifying enough to Neo—since he didn't know that Cera had died—One-eye also placed Spike's body alongside hers, "No. Spike! (Looks up at One-eye) I'll kill you. You have my word." Neo said, baring his teeth.
Then One-eye nudged Spike's body before he heard the sound of everyone else coming back, and then he ran off and disappeared. There was some kind of writing carved into Spike's body, "'158, 5 Ave. 8 p.m., tonight.' " Neo read. "It's an address. I've got to go to building number 158 on 5th Avenue at 8 o'clock tonight. Sounds very, very sketchy." Neo thought. When everyone else caught up with him, he told nobody about what happened.
"Neo! Are you okay?" Jake asked, screeching the bike to a stop. Neo was thinking of ways he could make a convincing lie, "Besides almost getting chased and almost eaten by One-eye, I'm fine." he said. Then Jake noticed the two corpses behind him, "Is that Cera and Spike?" Jake asked. Neo stepped in front of him, "No." Neo said, secret rolling Spike's body to hide the writing.
Jake knew Neo was trying to hide something, and he walked around him to the other side of Spike's body. Then, Neo did something unbelievable, he pulled the Desert Eagle on his brother, "What the hell‼? What is wrong with you, Neo?‼" Jake yelled, putting his hands up. Neo kept the gun aimed at Jake's head, "I can't tell you. (Jake tries to roll Spike's corpse over) Ah-ah! (Pulls hammer back)" Neo said.
Jake removed his hand from the body, "You're really going to shoot me? Your own brother?" Jake said, slowly moving around the corpses. "How well do you know me? I could never kill you willingly, but I will shoot you if you don't leave those corpses alone." Neo said. Jake could see the seriousness in Neo's eyes, so he moved away from the corpses, "That's better. Now let's get out of here. One-eye may have run away this time, but there's one thing that I know about One-eye, I do know that he will be a very persistent beast, so we'll need to keep moving because I'm sure he won't stop coming after us until I'm dead." Neo said, putting the Deagle away.