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 fourth mission, Nigel goes back 13 million years and 10,000 years to South America, in order to rescue two of the continent's most popular and deadly predators ever.

Welcome to the ultimate wildlife refuge!

Welcome to Prehistoric Park!


Chapter 4- Saving the Sabertooth

The bellow of a Borealosaurus, the snarl of a T-Rex, or a chirp of a Microraptor are the sounds that an employee of Prehistoric Park hears every day but one thing that they don't hear is the growl of a big cat or the call of a large bird. Nigel is aware of that and has an idea.

Nigel is on Elephant Plains which is about to get a new inhabitant.

On Nigel's jeep sat a medium-sized cat with spots and a long, slender form.

"This is a female cheetah. We were lucky enough to catch her on the black market and another is on the way.".

Along with saving extinct animals, prehistoric Park strives to also conserve endangered species.

"Cheetahs are the fastest land animals in the world, but sadly, they tire extremely fast and are unable to compete with creatures like lions, hyenas, and even humans. My mission today is to rescue two apex predators from South America that may have become extinct due to not being able to compete with other predators.".

On Nigel's desk sat a large cat skull with two saber teeth and on the floor was a chalk drawing of a 7-foot bird and lying beside it lay a grown man only up to the shoulder of the drawing.

"13 million years ago, on the plains of South America, grew a creature right out of your nightmares. Terror birds were overgrown, ground-dwelling predatory birds with a sharp beak. They were the top predators until South and North America combined allowing other, more complex, predators to compete with the terror bird. Like this guy," Nigel walks to his desk "This is the famous Smilodon Populator. They are also extinct, but they are much more recent. No one knows why they went extinct; it could be because of a lack of prey, human hunting, or habitat loss. I'll be rescuing this, and a type of terror bird called Phorusrhacos." said Nigel.

At Ceratopsid Creek, Suzanne is watching a certain dinosaur.

"I'm worried about a female Triceratops, she's completely separated herself from the rest of the herd," commented Suzanne.

While the rest of the herd was either eating bushes or sleeping under trees, a certain dino was watching them from the forest. Suzanne is planning on doing a check up on the Triceratops. Suzanne grabs her gun out of its case in the back of the jeep and loads it. She slowly stalks towards the individual. Once she has a clear shot she fires and the Triceratops fell asleep within a few minutes.

At the holding pens, Nigel is planning on going alone.

Once he has everything set, he drives through the portal into a herd. The herd separates to show the species.

There were 2-meter-tall pig-like things, while most of their bodies were brown their head was white along with their backside but with stripes like a zebra. There were also weird antelope things with proboscis noses.

"This is a mixed herd of Toxodon and Machrocania. If I just drive up onto that hill eventually a predator will come along and hopefully, our phorusrhacos will be the one." hoped Nigel.

By the time Nigel finally reached the hill, the herd had calmed down and came back together. he looked all around him huge fields stretched for as far as the eye could see with only a few copses of trees to provide shade from the hot savannah sun.

Nigel lay down to take a nap and he was about to fall asleep when he heard the bellow of a Toxodon. Nigel looked up to see the herd once again split apart but this time it was for a good reason. In the middle of the herd were 6 big cats chasing a pair of Toxodon until one broke away only to be ambushed by another cat.

"I'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure those are Smilo. . ." said Nigel. But he was cut off when a small part of the herd split away into Nigel's direction. Nigel quickly set up the portal just in time for the mini herd to pass through. "Okay, anyway, I'm pretty sure those are Smilodon.".

Nigel watched as one of the hunters pinned the struggling Toxodon down allowing a second hunter to sink its saber teeth into the Toxodon's neck, killing it.

The long teeth of Smilodon were very easy to break, so in order to stop them from breaking, they did not use them to grip onto prey but give the killing stab to the neck.

At the bottom of the hill, the group of Smilodons was munching away until a large male and small cub came.

"Like modern lions, even though the females do all the hunting, the male is the first to eat." Nigel assumed.

Nigel watched the pride eat for another 10 minutes before they left. Due to their long teeth, they are only able to eat certain parts of their kill. Due to this, a large amount of meat was still on the bones.

Within minutes something was already scavenging. Its body was mostly tan except its brown rear and the thin black lines running from its eyes down its body. Nigel knew what it was

"Phorusrhacos!" he whispered.

He slowly crept towards it and just when he was about to jump on it, a male Smilodon jumped on the poor bird. Thankfully, the prehistoric cat fell off and the bird was able to run away.

Seeing his opponent run away, the young Smilodon walked towards the half-eaten carcass.

Since the juvenile had shorter fangs, he was able to eat more.

While the cat ate, Nigel walked towards the carcass and slowly set the portal up. Nothing happened though.

Nigel looked up from the tall grass to see that the young male was too busy eating the dead Toxodon to notice the bright blue light behind it.

Realizing he'll have to risk his life, he stood up and yelled at the prehistoric cat. Hearing a threat, the big cat turned around and saw a strange creature standing in front of a bright light. Not wanting to lose its meal, he charged.

Nigel jumped out of the way just as the young Smilodon pounced, unable to stop itself he slid through the portal. Nigel quickly shut the portal and followed the blood trail made by the Phorusrhacos.

"It's probably a good thing the Phorusrhacos ran away, I have no idea what I would have done if I actually jumped on it." Chuckled Nigel.

At Prehistoric Park, Bob has finished building the paddock which will hold the Smilodon and just in time too.

"Alright, mostly finished. Now I just need to add some enrichment and food and water. . . what the?" Bob turned around to see the loading truck back up to reveal a very mad cat.

"I don't believe it, that mini-herd and now this, I swear after all this practice he'll have his mission complete in a matter of minutes," commented Bob.

As he said so, the juvenile started exploring his bit of the paddock. It was a temporary one, about the size of a classroom on each side. "My team's already building the main exhibit. It's going to be located by the African Elephant Safari," he added.

In the Hell Creek Formation, Newt is visiting a place that doesn't get much love, the "Reptile House".

"This is actually my favorite place," commented Newt. As he said so you could notice a few ferns shiver, meaning the presence of one of the park's Didelphodon or a plop from the Adocus tank. The "Reptile House" holds the park's Didelphodon, Adocus, and Leptochamops. It was debatably the most peaceful place on Isla Sorna, giving Newt a place to do some reading.

Back in Prehistoric South America, Nigel has found the terror bird or terror birds.

Under a large tree sat two big birds. It was clear that they had caught something due to the bloody beaks, many annoying flies, and the half-eaten carcass of a young Machrocania.

"I don't believe it; this must be a nesting pair. I wonder if I'll be able to rescue the whole family!".

Nigel slowly grabbed the portal sticks and set them up behind another tree. He watched the family for a while until they both fell asleep and then carefully stalked towards the carcass. He grabbed some meat and stuffed it in his pocket and purposefully snapped a twig. The sound spooked the adults and they stood up to see some small mammal "stealing" their kill.

The male squawked and charged at Nigel, but Nigel ran towards the tree and jumped out of the way just as the bird rounded the corner and ran through. Nigel repeated this move with the female. Once she was through, Nigel was able to get a better look at the eggs. They were creamy colored with little brown specks all over. He grabbed the pair and walked through.

Outside of Suzanne's Clinic lay a female Triceratops.

Suzanne had some workers set the Triceratops on a blanket just outside of the hospital.

"What I'm going to do is do an ultrasound and see if we have our first baby dinosaurs," explained Suzanne.

Behind her, her assistant Kate had just finished getting everything ready. Suzanne spread some gel along the stomach area and rubbed the scanner along the Triceratops. "There we are," said Suzanne pointing to two big, oval-shaped forms on a screen. "We should expect these eggs to be laid any day now.".

Back at the holding pens, Nigel is meeting with an old friend of his.

Nigel was sitting on the viewing platform eating before he left to rescue the Smilodon juvenile some females when a woman with brown hair and skin sat down by him.

"Hello, everyone this is Saba Douglas, she's a big cat expert and I'm hoping that she'll be able to help me find one of the last of the Smilodon, namely a female." introduced Nigel.

Hearing her name, Saba waved her hand.

Once Nigel finished his lunch, he and Saba got everything together and drove through.

They weren't greeted with open plains and countless amounts of megafauna, but they got thick shrubbery and next to no fauna. The only moving things were a few bugs and an occasional shake from a patch of grass.

"This is completely the opposite of what I saw 13 million years ago. There were Toxodon and other big animals swarming but now, there's barely a deer!" Nigel commented.

A reason that Smilodon went extinct was due to the mass extinction of all it's big prey items and couldn't find enough food.

"It's getting dark, we should find a safe place and make camp," ordered Saba. They found a spot in a thick forest.

After eating breakfast, the next morning, they decided to split up to cover more ground with Nigel heading North and Saba heading South.

They both had walked more than an hour before they found their first signs of animal life. Nigel ran through the tall savannah grass. Ahead of him, the grass swished apart.

Something small was running around, too small to be a Smilodon but an animal is an animal. Nigel jumped on a fallen tree and jumped on the creature.

It wasn't a Smilodon, not even an extinct creature for that matter, but an armadillo.

"What a familiar sight, this is a Nine-Banded Armadillo," informed Nigel.

The little Xenarthra wiggled and screamed in his hands, trying to break free.

"This guy, along with other armadillos, are actually related to anteaters and sloths." Nigel put the armadillo in his bag temporarily, to grab the portal sticks.

The sudden burst of color scared the armadillo and some local birds. Nigel reached for the armadillo and placed it right next to the portal. Not thinking straight, he ran into the portal, which is thankfully not a trap. Nigel was happy he just hoped Saba had found a Smilodon.

Saba has found a Smilodon, but it's not moving.

Saba was laying on the ground, a dead cub in her hands. Its ribs showed, and all its teeth were gone, along with tufts of fur.

"This is so sad, this little guy starved to death. I bet his mother couldn't make enough milk. She's around her, I can smell her." said Saba before radioing Nigel.

Once they finished burying the dead cub, they followed the trail left behind by its mother. They drove for 20 minutes before they found her. She was lying in a small grove with another little cub playing with a bone. This one was in much better shape with all its fur intact and no ribs to be seen.

Nigel crept to the other side and was about to open the portal when another female Smilodon came bursting out of the bushes. Thankfully, he was able to jump out of the way and start the portal before she could try again. Leaping at her prey, she missed and landed through the portal. Nigel heard a roar and then the other Smilodon came running from the grove, her cub in her jaws and ran right through.

Once they finished scouting the area for anymore Smilodon, to no prevail, they also walked through the portal.

In modern times Saba had already left after looking at the Smilodon and doing a little research but Nigel still needs to check on the new arrivals.

In the newly built Santa Cruz Formation, which is found near the Elephant plains, Bob is also looking at some residents, but not for pleasure.

"10 minutes after we released these guys, the male decides to take a dust bath right next to the fence and escaped. I have an idea, I'm going to put rocks all along the fence, so he hopefully can't escape.".

Nigel is enjoying a look at the Herbivore Pond where the Machrocania and Toxodon now live. While the Machrocania browsed on some bushes along with some of the Toxodon, most of the Toxodon were wading in the pond which was decorated with some seaweed and to add some more life, a few koi. Nigel drove on until he came to Phorusrhacos Dunes but not wanting to disturb Bob, drove on until he came to the Smilodon Paddock.

The paddock was split into two parts. One side for the male and the other for the two females and the cub. The mother and her cub were laying in their shelter while the young male and other female were eyeing each other up. Nigel stayed for a little bit before he realized he had other creatures to see. Nigel didn't stop until he came to the Modern Mash building.

Once you walk in you are greeted to some of Nigel's pets and the new inhabitants. With a half indoors half outdoors exhibit, the armadillo, now named Andy was digging for some placed worms. He also shares his exhibit with some White-Napped Jays that flew in. All three of them were perched on a branch watching for any signs of danger.

After everything was finished, rocks around Phorusrhacos Dunes, the Smilodon getting used to each other, and the female Triceratopswasi released back into her exhibit, Nigel walked around his bungalow. He could hear new and old voices. The chirp of the Microraptor, the bellow of a Borealosaurus, the snarl of the T-rex, the roar from the Smilodon, and the call of the terror birds. This is the new normal.

As night settled everyone also settled down. The female Triceratops slept in her newly built nest, the female Smilodons cuddled with the cub, the Microraptor glided into their nests and the Borealosaurus settled down in a grove. The only sounds made were coming from the nocturnal creatures. The scuffle of Didelphodon and Andy, the thud of the Toxodon, and the crunch from the insects being eaten by the Incisivosaurus family. Prehistoric Park is as quiet as it will ever be.

Next time on Prehistoric Park!

Nigel goes back 300 million years to Scotland to try and rescue some really big bugs.

Nigel faces of a huge scorpion

But must fight some hot challenges

A huge fire rages through a swamp

And Prehistoric Park gets the first dino-babies in 65 million years.

A little Triceratops follow Bob

All next time on Prehistoric Park!

Creatures rescued:

4 Smilodon (2 males 2 females)

4 Phorusrhacos (1 male 1 female 2 unknown)

1 Nine-Banded Armadillo (male)

3 White-Napped Jay (1 male 2 females)

14 Toxodon (5 males 9 females)

17 Machrocania (7 Males 10 females)

2 Cheetahs (1 male 1 female)


Now, before I get a bunch of comments saying "But Phorusrhacos didn't live with Smilodon" and "North and South America didn't join 13 million years ago" I know but that's what the original show did and I want to give the first six chapters the same "feel". I promise that future chapters will be more scientifically accurate.

I also re-uploaded the last chapter so it is more apparent that the Sinotyrannus were rescued.

As usual, if you guys have any comments, complaints, or ideas feel free to share them in the comments!

Have a fabulous day!