There is something missing from our world. The amazing creatures that time has left behind. But what if we could bring them back?

What if extinction didn't have to be forever?

We are going on a safari with a difference as wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven plunges into pre-history to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction. His plan is to bring them back to the safety of the present and give them a second chance.

On his second mission, Nigel goes back 10,000 years back in time to Siberia to rescue one of the last of the mammoths.

Welcome to the ultimate wildlife refuge.

Welcome to Prehistoric Park.


Chapter 2- Mammoth Undertaking

As the sun rose over the mountains that hid the island of Isla Sorna, the sound of roars and chirps could be heard across the land.

It had been two weeks since Nigel's first mission to rescue the mighty T-Rex, and ever since then, the creatures of the past have adapted well to life in the 21st century.

At Ceratopsid Creek, the Triceratops and Torosaurus had reached their first stage of the mating season, the males were always ramming into each other. Thankfully no injuries had occurred, but all the bellowing and crashing has scared the small Edmontosaurus herd that lived next door.

The T-Rex siblings have grown and were about half the size of Nigel.

And lastly, the two baby Didelphodon had been moved to Didelphodon Den.

Now that we have the news about the pre-extinct creatures done let's go over to the modern resident's area.

But Prehistoric Park is more than rescuing creatures that are extinct but also rescuing creatures on the brink of extinction, hence the newly built Modern Mash.

The building begins with crossing a river with the adult Barbell swimming around. Then, you walk into a building that now holds Nigel's pets, except the parrot. The Leopard Tortoise lives in a huge terrarium with desert plants, the tree boa lives in a vertical aquarium which was made to look like the rainforest. Then you could hear a trumpet from the most recent edition, African Elephants!

Prehistoric Park was lucky enough to rescue the herd from a circus. Now they live in a large savannah habitat.

Anyway, back to Nigel's mission.


This time, to celebrate the arrival of the elephant herd, Nigel is going back 10,000 years to Siberia in hopes to rescue the last of the Woolly Mammoths.

"Mammoths are actually fairly recent extinctions. While the majority of the mammoth populations died out around 10,000 years ago, a small population went extinct only 4,000 years ago. However, I will be going after the last of the mainland population, 10,000 years ago".

Once Nigel had all his stuff ready, he decided to visit T-Rex Hill to see how the twins were faring.

Sadly, Nigel wasn't welcome with a pair of healthy baby tyrants but with an injured Terrence and a sopping Matilda.

Bob caught Nigel up. Apparently, Matilda attacked Terrence while he was asleep then proceeded to step on and broke his leg. Suzanne was out in the exhibit fitting a cast onto Terrence's left leg. Terrence would have to be held in a holding pen for around a while.

Then Nigel remembered Jill, the mother T-Rex.

"Where's Jill?" asked Nigel.

"She's off in the woods looking for something to eat," replied Bob.

It seemed that she is a new mother, not giving the twins as much attention as they need.

As the moving truck transported Terrance to a holding pen Nigel was leaving for prehistoric Siberia.


He drove through with his snowmobile only to be stopped by a pine tree. As he took in his surroundings he noticed that he had landed in a huge pine forest.

"This is one big reason mammoths went extinct. Their digestive system can't handle pine needles and the trees are taking away grazing fields for these huge elephants. And it's not just mammoths that are being affected but rhinos and horses too." he said.

Once Nigel found a semi-straight opening he turned his snowmobile back on and drove off.


Back in Prehistoric Park, Suzanne is busy fixing a juvenile T-Rex.

Terrence had a broken leg and a large gash on his face. Suzanne had already put a cast on his leg and was in the middle of stitching the gash.

"He'll be alright, but we will have to keep him in a holding pen for a while. My biggest worry is that he'll get an infection," said Suzanne.

As she finished up the stitches Bob was having trouble with the Edmontosaurus herd.

"Ever since the Triceratops and Torosaurus started fighting for mates they have been making bellowing noises that scare the Edmontosaurus herd, usually if they were in the wild they would just move on, but they are confined to this enclosed area!" explained Bob.


As Bob pondered on that, in prehistoric Siberia, Nigel has found a cave. Now normal people would just walk past it, but Nigel is no normal person and walked in.

Along the walls of the cave, scratches scarred the stone, and stalagmites with spider webs crisscrossed the roof. On the cold, wet, ground, rat droppings scattered the edges.

As he walked deeper into the cave he realized there was a light sound, sort of like snoring. As he walked deeper into the cave, the snoring grew louder until he located the source.

A large ball of fur surrounded by bones and dead twigs. Nigel crept closer and closer until CRACK. Nigel lifted his foot to reveal a horse skull. The snoring instantly stopped. The ball of fur stood up and turned into a huge bear almost 10 feet at the shoulder.

At first, it didn't seem to notice Nigel until he stepped back on top of another skull. The bear turned and stared at Nigel with its deep brown eyes.

Nigel sprinted out of the cave and climbed up a tree just as the bear got outside.

Nigel slowly jumped from tree to tree and finally reached the cave entrance. The bear hadn't moved from the spot and was sniffing the air for any signs of the little creature who awoke him from his slumber.

Nigel climbed down the rocky face and just as the bear decided that he was gone Nigel jumped down and set the portals up. The bear turned around and ran right into the portal.

"That was Ursus spelaeus otherwise known as the Cave Bear," explained Nigel.

He quickly got back on his snowmobile and drove off.


Back at Prehistoric Park, Bob had dropped the Cave Bear in his new paddock, but there's a problem. He couldn't find it!

"Ever since I released the bugger he's been sleeping in his new cave. I spent a lot of time building this cave, I guess it's going to be used a lot. Anyway, on to the topic of the Edmontosaurus herd, I have an idea. There is an island not too far away that we use as homes for our workers but there is still 75% of the island still left which I bet would fit the herd.".

The island was a light forest with a huge lake and streams. Hills and valleys make the landscape unpredictable. Many safe berries and tree species grew there so the Edmontosaurus would have enough food. Sadly, there is no wildlife for in the last mass extinction all creatures in the archipelago were unable to evolve to suit the ever-growing forest. Anyway, all Bob must do is make sure that there aren't any poisonous plants and the Edmontosaurus would have a lot of space to roam.


In Prehistoric Siberia, Nigel has found something very promising.

Nigel was staring down at a track that could fit three of his feet.

"This is a mammoth track and it's fresh.".

This is the sign that Nigel has been looking for. Nigel left the snowmobile and followed the tracks on snowshoes. He walked for maybe another 10 minutes until he stumbled across a clearing and in the middle were two mammoths.

Nigel thought that his mission was over but then he noticed that only one of them was moving. He slowly walked towards the stationary one.

What he saw horrified him.

The mammoth was lying in a trench of spears, dead. The other one was barely alive with multiple streams of blood running off of her. It seemed that if Nigel wanted to rescue this mammoth he would have to act fast. Nigel grabbed his walkie-talkie and radioed the camp to bring medical supplies and quick.

Soon his team reached his coordinates and started their work on the mammoth. It seemed that she had a spear tip logged in her shoulder. The rest of the team who weren't working on or around the mammoth were setting up the tents. They set up Nigel's first, so he would have somewhere to stay before Jim could give him a report.


The sunlight was ending when Jim walked in.

"It seems that the dead mammoth is her sister, and that, while trying to protect her from some hunters, she got a number of flint heads jammed into her shoulder. I have given her some antibiotics to avoid infection, but I can't get the flint heads out. She may not be able to walk until morning when she's rested.". Jim's face had worry smeared all over it.

Nigel and the team set up a watch patrol. Every two hours the mammoth's guard would switch and that would go on until she could walk. Knowing Nigel, he doubled his watch.

It was almost midnight when things started to go down.

First, Nigel heard rustling in the brush. He grabbed his torch and ran over to the mammoth just in time to see a pack of huge wolves gorging themselves on the dead mammoth.

He quickly scared them away, but they were followed by hyenas. He swung his torch to see almost 20 pairs of glowing eyes. Nigel was grateful that wolves and hyenas' eyes glowed with light, but humans didn't, and Nigel knew that it would only be a matter of time before the hunters came back for their kill.


Nigel had almost surrounded the camp with torches which seemed to have driven off the wolves and hyenas, but it seems that the locals are used to fire.

Nigel heard voices in the brush which meant that the hunters were back. Nigel hollered for everyone to get out here quick. Jim was the first, already awake. He was followed by Nate and Katrina who were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. Ted never came out, Nigel guessed he was in one of his heavy sleep.

Everyone grabbed a torch and with all their lights revealed 6 Neanderthals. They had clubs and spears in their hands which were trembling. Nigel thought they would just walk away but the leader started running at them. Nigel was so scared he couldn't move. Just as the leader reached the barrier of torches a pack of huge wolves charged into the hunting party. The leader was swept off his feet and dragged way followed by two other hunters. The remaining three ran back into the woods.

The morning couldn't have come any sooner. Nigel and Jim were trying to get the mammoth on her feet while everyone else was tearing down camp.

Nigel set the portal up for them. Eventually, the entire camp was no longer there, and the mammoth was struggling on her feet.

She eventually found the strength and stumbled into the portal.

She took three steps then collapsed, unconscious.

"Suzanne, we have an injured mammoth at the holding pens, critical status," Jim called over his walkie-talkie.

Soon Suzanne got the flint heads out, stitched her up, and the newly named Martha was back on her feet.


Now, most people would have thought that Nigel's mission was done but Nigel knew that female elephants couldn't live alone so he planned on going back 15,000 years in Siberia to rescue another lonely mammoth.

Nigel got back on his snowmobile and drove through the portal once again.


He was greeted with huge mammoth herds and no pine trees. Nigel was amazed, running around the mammoths were huge herds of prehistoric horses and Bison. Now all Nigel must do is find a lone or small herd of mammoths.

Nigel sat on a hill for almost half an hour watching the herds pass through the valley until a lone female came into view. Her fur was ragged, and her ribs shown through her coat.

Nigel got on his snowmobile and drove over to the female. She was a juvenile barely 5 years old. Nigel pulled a chunk of grass out of the cold ground and handed it to her. She noticed the food and walked towards Nigel. He laid the grass on the ground and set up the portal. The sudden burst of blue startled a few horses and bison in the area but attracted the attention of not just the female mammoth but of a rhino.

It had one huge horn with a shaggy coat. The mammoth casually walked through the portal, but the rhino just stared at it. Nigel shuffled towards the portal but just as he reached the portal he stepped on a stick.

CRACK!

The Rhino stared at Nigel for a minute then charged. Nigel booked it through the portal and climbed the ladder just as the Rhino charged through the portal.


After all the ruckus died down and the two mammoths got acquainted, Nigel walked down the newly built Mammoth Mount. All the exhibits have hidden air conditioners blowing cold air.

It started with the Cave Bear's exhibit.

"Bob said ever since I rescued him he's been sleeping." Nigel walked on.

He then came across the Wooly Rhino exhibit. It was grassland with a small stream. The Elasmotherium was taking a dust bath. Suddenly Nigel heard a loud trumpet and then another. He walked over to see Martha and the newly named Beth spraying each other with water. Their exhibit consisted of a heated lake, a small patch of trees, and the rest being a frozen grassland. It seemed that Martha and Beth liked each other and have become friends.

As Night came, everything died down some more. Martha and Beth walked over to the trees and rested, Terrence was limping around his temporary home, and the two baby Didelphodon had found a little burrow to sleep in.

Next time on Prehistoric Park

Nigel goes back 120 million years to China to rescue the possible ancestors of birds!

A four-winged dino glides over Nigel's head

But runs into some big trouble!

A herd of large sauropods nearly squishes Nigel

And Suzanne has some trouble with Terrence!

Terrence's cut is red and inflamed

All next time on Prehistoric Park

Creatures saved:

2 Wooly Mammoths: (2 females)

1 Elasmotherium (1 male)

1 Cave Bear (1 male)

6 African Elephants (6 females)


Hey guys, Cowpie here, I hope you enjoyed the second chapter of this story. Just a few things to clarify about the last chapter:

1. The T-Rex's in this story will not be confirmed with feathers or not, you just believe which one you want.

2. Jill is a juvenile, that is what I meant when I wrote the twins would be here size in a matter of years.

And that's it, thank you for reading this far, and always, if you have comments, complaints, or ideas feel free to share them in the reviews section and have a great day!