Here we go again!
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Back in Miocene Oregon, Nigel's team has finished setting up the portal. Now, all they need to do is get the animals through it.
"So, any volunteers for bait?" asks Marcus.
"These are plant eaters", remarks Violet, "we won't make good bait for them."
"Then how do we get the m through?"
Before anyone can answer the question, though, something on the hills roars. Turning to face it, the group finds themselves facing an abnormally large group of bears.
"Oh great, now we have bears to deal with," remarks Alice.
The bears, however, do not seem interested in the group, or any of the prey animals. There prescence, however, is making the herbivores nervous, and many are already starting to back away.
Seeing an opportunity, Tai activates the portal. The holes in the fabric of the universe spooks all of the animals, but the fear of predators motivates the herbivores to retreat through the portal. The bears, curious about the great swirling mass, soon follow through.
"Well, that was easy," remarked Lucas.
"It was... Why do I have a feeling things are going to get bad now?" replied Vera.
Just then, the group heard panicked splashing coming from the water. Turning around, they found themselves facing an unbelievably strange sight: a herd of Desmostylus and various pinnipeds charged at them, as did an UNBELIEVABLY large pod of baleen whales. The aquatic stampeded of animals made land fall, with the Desmostylus and the pinnipeds quickly (and rather clumsily) charing through the portal. The whales, though, were stuck.
"... Why did those whales just beach themselves?" asked Alice.
The minute she said that, a huge shape launched itself out of the water and landed right next to the whales, causing the group to jump backwards in surprise.
"WHAT WAS THAT!?" remarked Michelle.
The group quickly looked at the animal in front of them. It looked like a dolphin, but was far bigger than the average bottlenose.
It was also hard to not notice the giant horn on its snout.
"That is a Macrodelphinus, the giant narwhal dolphin. They're apex predators, but dolphins are normally social, so why is this guy..."
As soon as those words left his mouth, roughly thirty more dolphins promptly jumped out of the water and splashed down next to the group.
"... Okay, this is getting ridiculous. WHY IS IT RAINING DOLPHINS?!" yelled Tristan.
The minute he said that, one of the dolphins tried to bite him. He promptly jumped out of its way.
"Great, now how are we gonna rescue these things?"
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Back at the park, the new arrivals are settling in. Bob, having grown used to the massive influx of animals, is busy working on transporting the new animals to their exhibits.
Unfortunately for Bob, this prevents him from noticing that Monty has approached the time portal. The giant predator stares at it for a moment, then enters.
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On the other side, the group is currently dealing with the rather angry dolphins.
Everyone is either dodging the Macrodelphinus or trying to get the whales through the portal. Unfortunately, the killer dolphins are making moving their plankton eating cousins a difficult task.
Just then, Monty emerges from the portal. As he does so, one of the Macrodelphinus grabs Tristan's leg. The spinosaur stares for a moment, before charging and pawing the dolphin, mistaking it for a giant fish.
This allows Tristan to break free and run, and also focus ALL of the Macrodelphinus attention on him. The dolphins promptly try to gang up on the spinosaur.
Being aquatic animals that are beached on land, the results are comical.
This buys time, though, for Nigel and his crew to retreat through the portal, gather extra park staff to move the whales and bait to distract Monty, and quickly bring home the giant cetacean horde.
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A few hours later, Bob has the whales settled into their new homes. The Macrodelphinus have sunken their teeth into a large piece of chum, while the baleen whales, which turned out to be Cophocetus, are busy skimming through a plankton cloud.
Monty has been returned to his exhibit, while the rest of the team takes a moment to rest.
Their mission isn't over, though. Not yet.
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AN: The Macrodelphinus scene was one of my favorite ones to write. Their reason for attacking will be elaborated on later.
Also, Macrodelphinus was around at the same time as megalodon and would probably have competed with it for food. That makes three giant predators in the Miocene oceans (Livyatan, C. megalodon and Macrodelphinus). I think there is one more, as well.
Additionally, while I am still accepting OC's, please put them in reviews. Originally, I wanted them in PMs, but after looking up Prehistoric Earth and seeing Natha's reasons for having them in the reviews, I foundmyself in agreement. And yes, I am accepting animal companions too. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THIS WILL BE A CARBON COPY OF PREHISTORIC EARTH!
Finally, if anyone would like to beta this story, PLEASE PM ME OR TELL ME IN THE REVIEWS! I NEED A BETA!
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