A battle between Kings of the beasts.
Regina an American intelligence operative attached to the Secret Operation Raid Team. Her real name is classified, and she is only known by this alias. Regina operated as a weapons specialist, but often undertook other tasks as assigned, such as gathering intelligence. Capable of working independently when required, Regina would also assist her fellow team members to ensure that their mission was completed successfully. She was currently living in the Savage Land, a tropical, prehistoric land hidden in Antarctica. It was created during the Triassic by the alien Nuwali for another alien race, The Beyonders, for observation and research purposes. It is mostly populated by Dinosaurs, but it's also became the home of several monsters, raging from small ones, to mighty elder dragons. Something that also made the Savage Land a massive candy store for all kinds of people who wanted to study the creatures living there.
As for Regina, since she decided to live in the Savage Land for a while, given she had a feeling she would be needed there, it helped that she had gained a new large friend named Devil Dinosaur. A red dinosaur similar to a Tyrannosaurus Rex that was born on an alternate Earth. For a dinosaur, Devil is highly intelligent and seems to understand most situations. Something that helped out a lot since while he couldn't talk, he could understand enough of what Regina was saying for her to get her point across. Right now she was riding on his back. She had learned that some villains might be operating in the Savage Land, in order to use the creatures that lives here as test subjects.
"Using these poor creatures as lab rats. Disgusting" Regina said, while she wasn't the biggest dinosaur fan, for obvious reasons, she had grown rather close to her big red friend. She had also torn of the legs of her suit so she could handle the nature a little better. Walking around in a rather hot place in a skin tight body suit wasn't the best feeling.
Devil let out a sound, and Regina could tell he was angry at the people that were corrupting his home. Regina could understand why. While Devil may seem like a simple animal to some, he has human like emotions, being able to feel both angry and sad about what was happening.
Regina rubbed his head "Don't worry big guy, the moment we find the ones responsible, it will be hell to pay".
Devil growled in agreement and sniffed the air, trying to smell anything out of the ordinary. He suddenly stopped when he picked up a sent. It smelled like death... but not like the normal rotting corpses he normally smells around the Savage Land. It smelled even worse. He growled, knowing he had tracked the people that are using his home as a test site.
"You found them?" Regina asked, earning an confirming growl from Devil "Alright then, let's do this buddy".
Devil roars as he runs in the direction of the sent. Regina was able to hold on with no real difficulty. She had her own weapons with her. In fact she had managed to upgrade her gun with a shard from an energy crystal. Now she could fire stronger shots without having to worry about amo. They reached an hidden building, which Devil didn't hesitate to break through the wall. Once inside he looked around and roared at the workers there.
"No body move! Surrender now, and maybe my friend here will not eat all of you" Regina warned.
"Brave words, little lady. But are you sure you can back them up?" Came the voice of a woman.
The woman was Excella Gionne, a British-Italian businesswoman. Excella Gionne was born into the Gionnes, a dynasty of wealthy Italian merchants. Through a grandmother, she was also closely related to the British Travis family, who had founded Tricell in the years before her birth. Academically impressive, Gionne was elevated to university education at a young age, and graduated with a BSc majoring in genetic engineering. Excella is a very corrupt businesswoman who is not above working with criminal networks and experiment on people if it means getting what she want.
Regina glared at her "Are you the one responsible for the inhumane experiments?".
"I am but a humble businesswoman. You can't be successful in any business without stepping on a few toes here and there" Excella said.
"Your are violating the rights of life itself! No business is worth that!" Regina argued.
Excella chuckled "How naive you are, my dear. I could waste time trying to explain the importance of my work. But your low life brain would never understand. So how about I simply give you an demonstration?".
Suddenly a large cage was opened up... and out of it, stepped and Anjanath. A large Brute Wyvern, Anjanath resembles a Tyrannosaurus; it has black and grey fur on its back which coupled with its flesh-toned scales, make it look similar to the archetypal image of a vulture. Its hide is primarily pink in color, while a dark pelt covers its back which ends in a ruff at the neck, leaving the head bald. Large fangs protrude from the monster's lower jaw, giving it the appearance of an under-bite. Anjanath's massive jaws are counterbalanced by its bulky tail, the underside of which is lined with quills. Compared to its powerful hind legs, the monster's forearms are extremely small. Hidden beneath the monster's pelt is a pair of dorsal sails, which only flare out at select moments. Anjanath can also unfold a prominent nasal crest, which it uses to mark its territory via mucus, sniff out prey, or indicate heightened aggression. Once primed, the flame sac located in Anjanath's throat will glow a fiery red. Anjanath has powerful jaws that allow it to rip apart foes, along with a powerful nose used for smelling out prey. It also has the ability to breathe fire from its mouth utilizing an organ in its throat. Anjanath are relentless predators that will chase down anything that dares attack them. Once they've been provoked, Anjanath won't let an enemy get away easily. When enraged, Anjanath will breathe heavily and reveal its nostrils. It will also occasionally flash small fins from its back.
However, this Anjanath was different. It's skin was black, it's eyes blood red and it looked bigger and much stronger than any normal Anjanath. It was clear that the beast had gone through several experiments in order to make it bigger and much more powerful. It was also a lot more aggressive as it didn't even wait a second before rushing Devil and slammed in to him. The impact staggered the red dinosaur, and made Regina fly of his back. She hit the floor hard and let out a painful hiss.
"Do not worry dear. I have something for you too" Excella smirked as more cages opened up, and a three zombie raptors walked out.
Regina readied her gun "I hate raptors!".
Devil was struck on the side many times by the claws of the Anjanath's mutated arms, which had grown to the point they could be used to fight with now. Devil felt the pain, but didn't budge. Not until the Anjanath bit onto his side, which just made him mad as he shook the mutated monster off. He then rammed into it with all his might, launching it into a tree, which toppled over. The Anajanth got back up, not even close to being finished.
While the two giants were battling it out, Regina fired at the charging zombie raptors. She managed to hit one in the head, making it crash to the ground, dead. But she had to avoid the second one that almost took her arm of, before she shot it several times, making sure it would not get back up. But the third and biggest of the raptors leapt towards her. She rolled to the side and moved to aim her gun, but a swipe from the raptor's tail sent the gun out of her hand. She backed up as the Raptor stalked towards her before launching for a bite. Regina barely managed to avoid the bite, but the raptor body slammed her, making her fall down. The raptor hurried for another bite, it's jaws clamping down on Regina's boot, which she had to sacrifice to avoid losing her whole foot. The same thing happened with her other boot when the Raptor quickly tried to bite her again. Barefoot and looking even more like a jungle girl, Regina needed to get some distance and retrieve her gun. This was not good.
Back with Devil he started to bite the Anjanath on the neck, piercing the hide it had as it bled profusely. This did some major harm, but the Anjanath still went on as it bit Devil's leg, yanking it and toppling him over. This was a window of opportunity as the mutated monster clawed his back over and over again, but all for nothing as her skin didn't even budge. Not even a scratch.
The Anjanath was growing frustrated, but Devil got up and bit the monster by the tail. This wouldn't end well. He then rag-dolled it as the Anjanath roared in pain. He then let it go as the monster flying in to a wall. Excella shook her head, this would not do. She pressed something, causing the Anjanath to roar in agony as it's body began to rip and tear. Devil looked shocked as the Anjanath grew even larger than before. It was now twice as big as a normal Anjanath. All thanks to another large doze of the mutating virus. The Anjanath roars as it unleashes a large blast of flames, which made Devil stagger back in pain. Before he could recover, the heavily mutated Anjanath bit down on his neck before lifting him in to the air, shaking him violently before slamming him back down in the ground.
While all that was going on, Regina was still being forced to play keep away with the mutated raptor. She made a dash for her gun, but screamed in pain as the Raptor's teeth sunk in to her left thigh. It lifted her up before tossing her across the floor. She landed on her belly, but before she could het back up she screamed in agony as the raptor's foot claw dug in to her shoulder.
Devil heard her screams, and not willing to let his new friend die, he shook of the Anjanath before kicking it hard enough to make it stumble through a pillar, causing a large part of the building to crumble on top of it. With the threat taken care of, Devil rushed towards Regina. Just as the raptor move to bite her in the neck, Devil's large jaws clamped down on it's body. He shook it in his mouth before throwing it in to a wall. Regina held her wounds as she looked up at Devil and despite her pain she managed to give him a smile. Devil seemed to be smiling back... before suddenly, out of nowhere, the Anjanath charged in and bit down on Devil's neck, making him roar in pain.
Regina looked in horror as she began seeing blood run down Devil's neck "DEVIL!".
Devil began choking as the mutated Anjanath's powerful jaws was slowly draining the life out of him. Had this been a normal Anjanath, this bite would've been easy to break out of, as normal Anjanath's are push overs compared to a Deviljho. But this Anjanath was unnaturally strong thanks to the inhumane experiments and enhancements. Regina could not watch this, as she finally managed to retrive her crystal powered gun and fired at the Anjanath's face. The Anjanath's barely reacted to the shots as Devil's body finally went limb. The Anjanath dropped it's defeated opponent to the ground. But it was not quite ready to celebrate it's victory just yet.
Looking back at Regina who was still shooting it, the beast walked towards her, barely feeling the shots. Regina glared with tears in her eyes and she kept shooting it. She didn't even care if she got eaten right now, she just wanted to see the beast drop dead. The Anjanath opened it's large jaws, ready to swallow her whole... but then Devil charged back in, biting the Anjanath's lower jaw and tore it clean of. Blood flows freely out ot the wound before Devil bit down on the Anjanath's throat and tore it out. But he was not done. He kept ripping away the flesh until the Anjanath's head came clean of.
Devil let out a loud roar as his foe was finally dead... but he then quickly collapsed on the ground. Regina rushed over to him. She looked around and saw no other creature was around, and Excella was long gone. She looked at her injured friend's wound... it was bad, real bad.
"Devil... just, hold on big guy... Damn it I can't carry you! Just hold on, I will hurry and get some help. You are going to make it" Regina said as she was about to hurry away to get help, but stopped when Devil let out a sound, making her turn around "Devil...?".
Devil's breathing was weak but it looked like he wanted her to come closer. Regina did and his large tongue came out and gave her a long lick before retreating back in to his mouth. He then let out one final breath before his eyes closed.
"Devil?... D-Devil?... DEVIL!?" Regina shouted as she tried to wake up but it became more clear by the second that he was gone. Tears began running down Regina's face as her voice began to shake "Devil... No... No please, wake up! You saved my life! It can't end like this! We won! You saved me and we won!".
Regina fell down to her knees before she broke down crying on Devil's head. They won, yes... but it came at a heavy cost. Regina has lost a good friend.
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Well... there you go... tell me what you think.
