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 Seventh mission, Nigel goes back 70 million years back to Mongolia to rescue one of the most misunderstood dinosaurs!
Welcome to the ultimate wildlife refuge!
Welcome to Prehistoric Park!
Desert Dune Secrets
As the afternoon sun beat down on the employees and residents, they either look for shade or quickly finished their jobs.
However, most of the employees looked for shade next to the two most popular spots in the park, T-Rex Hill and Ceratopsid Creek. The reason for the two being so popular should be obvious, Jurassic Park. Although both the T-Rex and Triceratops starred in the movie, the T-Rex was scientifically inaccurate, making the T-Rexes at Prehistoric Park seem more like big chickens due to their prehistoric fluff than a killing machine.
T-Rex, however, wasn't the only misunderstood dinosaur in the franchise, whether it be behavioral, like the Brachiosaurus standing on two legs, or visual, like the Dilophosaurus with a frill, but the most popular is the Velociraptor. In the movie, they were represented as a 7-foot tall beast while in reality, they were the size of...
"CHICKENS!" yelled Katrina. Outside the Modern Mash building sat a little exhibit, it was filled with little bugs and lots of Hawthorn bushes. Katrina was lying in the exhibit with three little pure black chickens. Not even the male had a red gizzard. "I've heard of these, and I've always wanted one, Ayam Cemani chickens, the rarest chicken in the world."
All the new employees were allowed to bring five items from home excluding alcohol, drugs, or a camera. It seemed that one of them decided to bring their prize chickens.
"Yes, Velociraptor was the size of a chicken, well, turkey." Nigel was sitting in his office with two pictures, both labeled Velociraptor. One was about 7 feet tall with the traditional scaly beast look, the other was only two feet tall, had feathers all over its body, and had a unique fan at the end of its tail. "These are both Velociraptors, however," Nigel pushed the latter towards the camera, "This one is the correct one, the small stature, the feathers. I know that it looks just like a chicken but it was just as an efficient killer. It is assumed that it would have surrounded it's prey and attacked it on all sides." Nigel explained. It seems that size isn't everything. "I am going to the Djadochta Formation 70 million years ago.". Nigel informed.
While Nigel and his team got all their supplies ready for a very hot mission, Suzanne is checking on all the children of the park. This includes the baby Torosaurus and Triceratops, twin Phorusrhacos, Terrence and Matilda, Mei Long chicks, and Sabre the Smilodon cub.
As Suzanne drove past the Ceratopsid Creek where a couple of employees were watching the youngsters head-butt, she heard the roar of her next check-up. As Jane slept under a Palm Tree, Terrence was scavenging while Matilda was drinking from their creek. They were already 4 feet taller than Suzanne and soon would be taken off the Pediatrician list. Along with Sabre, the Smilodon.
As the day came to an end, all the humans and Thump rode the Monorail back to Isla Muerta.
The Didelphodon pups, who are now almost fully grown, came out of their burrows. Currently, they and all the Hell Creek Formation building animals had been cast aside as just another tour but with the mating season for the Leptochamops, the male's colors exploded, attracting the attention of some of the new keepers. Suzanne estimated that it would take about a month and a half for the four bright red eggs to hatch. The Didelphodon had seemed to set up their own little territories and mates, Suzanne had counted 3 pairs and then the two siblings who seemed to wander wherever they pleased. It must be some sort of behavior evolution that was forgotten in rodents. The Adocus was the only one not being crowded around. Without any spectacular colors or cute fur and face, there was really no reason to love it, or at least, one not found yet.
The next day, Nigel and his team, minus Newt who got the flu, were ready with Bob and a few other keepers ready to set up the portal for prehistoric Mongolia.
The bright blue colors of the portal forced all who looked at it to cover their eyes. However, the bright blue only lasted a moment before the yellow and brown color of sand and silt traded its place. The team of four headed through only to be greeted by a wave of uncomfortable heat hitting them like a wall.
"Wow, Newt is lucky he doesn't have to go through this." Shouted Ted, who was already sweating from his bald head.
"Don't worry, there's an oasis up ahead." Nigel pointed out. There was no way that it could be a mirage, they'd barely been in the heat for a minute. By the time they reached the shrubbery surrounding the little oasis, the sun was at its highest. The temp. was 107 degrees Fahrenheit. They were all sweating, and once they reached the water they found some shade and slept the rest of the day.
Once the absence of the sun allowed the temperature to go down, the team left the shade.
They grabbed their flashlights and shown them on the land. Shrubs and dead ferns covered the slightly rolling ground. The small lake had dragonflies and other insects avoiding the jumping lizards.
In the sky, the stars illuminated the ground but just barely. Too little for the human eye to catch.
They walked in the darkness for a while, seeing lizards and mammals scurrying at the sight of the bigger creatures.
They were climbing over a log when Katrina squealed from behind them. The three of them turned around to see a pair of dinosaurs. They both had feathers under their arms and feather fans on their tails, with protofeathers all over. One was slightly bigger than the other and had stripes made of a mixture of light and dark brown. The smaller one had dirty blue feathers. They had their heads down in a defensive position so no one could tell what color their crests were. Katrina slowly backed off but tripped over a stick and fell inches away from a nest of eggs. The two dinosaurs lunged at her but were driven back by Jim and Ted while Nigel got the portal set up. The two dinosaurs tried to peck and kick Jim and Ted for another 20 seconds before they led them towards the portal. The pair jumped through followed by the dinosaurs.
"Oh my god!" Katrina shrieked. Nigel turned around to see her holding an egg, its yolk leaking out along with an underdeveloped baby on the ground. It wasn't moving. "Alright, it's okay, come help me get the rest of the eggs inside the backpack," Nigel ordered. They gathered the remaining 4 eggs and Nigel sent Katrina through and told her to stay in the present. He waited for Ted and Jim to return before closing the portal.
Back in Prehistoric Park, Bob and his apprentice had finished setting the eggs in a nest and releasing the adults so they could explore.
Jim had told Bob that they were called Oviraptor. The Oviraptor exhibit was obviously set in the Djadochta Formation trail. It was built along the coast so they wouldn't have to spend time laying out sand. Their exhibit had a little stream that had been blocked off from the ocean to prevent contamination. They had shrubs and a tall palm tree for shade. The parents were chasing some local lizards while the four remaining eggs lay peacefully.
Seven young workers looked at the dinosaurs. "This isn't what dinosaurs should look like. These weren't authentic and they were gonna prove it." thought the lead man.
Once Jim and Ted returned back to Mongolia, the trio continued on.
The sun was already coming up when they saw their second dinosaurs. It was a huge group of dinosaurs, many different species. Some looked like ostriches and had feathers just like the Oviraptor. Except they were tan and some had black dots on their heads. Another species was about the size of a sheep with a sharp beak and a small frill. They were light grey with darker grey stripes along their backs. This would have been a perfect herd to rescue, if only for one factor. None of them were breathing. They were in a tar pit. They were turned over with thick black goop covering their bodies. Some of the victims even had parts of their skin removed by some pterosaurs that bravely landed on their backs. One poor pterosaur was lying in the goop with only its feet above tar.
"Gallimimus and Protoceratops, and the pterosaurs, I have no idea," Nigel informed Ted and Jim. They kept walked but if they would have stayed then they would have seen one of the bushes shake behind them.
As the sun came up, the team set up camp in order to avoid the blistering heat.
They slept for a good five hours before eating and drinking. They stayed in their tents most of the day watching dinosaurs and other creatures walk by.
"Is everyone okay?" Nigel asked Jim answered yep immediately but Ted never did. "Ted… Ted!" Nigel and Jim ran into Ted's tent and found him on the ground muttering gibberish.
"Oh my god, Jim set up the portal and get Suzanne!" Nigel ordered while he poured some water on Ted's face. It didn't help. He stayed with Ted for another seven minutes until Suzanne and Jim returned. The head vet brought the real doctor too along with three assistants. They loaded Ted on a stretcher and as soon as they came into the cretaceous they left it. "This mission is becoming more costly than I expected." Nigel sorrowfully announced. All Jim did was a nod. The remaining duo stayed in the same tent in order to keep a closer eye on each other.
Once night fell yet again they started off again.
They, fortunately, found a lake but they weren't the only ones. While smaller herbivores like Gallimimus and Protoceratops were browsing and drinking, one bigger one seemed to rule the area. The ankylosaur, like every dinosaur so far, had a light brown, dirty, armor on its back and an even lighter brown on its skin.
"That right there is the biggest herbivore here, Pinacosaurus," Nigel informed. This would have been the perfect place for Velociraptor if only for one factor, the giant tyrannosaur sleeping under the shade.
"Oh my god! That's Tarbosaurus, one of the rarest dinosaurs during this time. This could very well be the only time we'll see one." exclaimed Jim.
Nigel was already making his way to the sleeping Tarbosaurus. He was almost there when a gallimimus shrieked. Nigel turned around to see the Gallimimus and Protoceratops running away from the water.
Just when a young Gallimimus was about to turn around, two small, feathered creatures jumped out of the bushes and landed on the doomed dinosaur. They used their hooked claws to hang onto the bucking Gallimimus. They were then helped out by three more little dinosaurs. They had feathers just like the Oviraptor and Gallimimus but didn't have any feathers on their legs and head. They had a dark underbelly and dusty red tail feathers and grey under-arm feathers. Their body was covered by light brown proto-feathers. They were about the size of a wild turkey.
"Velociraptor!" Nigel yelled. However, in his excitement about seeing his mission dinosaur, he completely forgot about the very much awake Tarbosaurus behind him. But Jim didn't and opened the portal just in time, but not before being knocked into it by the leg of Tarbosaurus.
In Prehistoric Park, the Tarbosaurus has been moved to its new home.
Jim is now in the infirmary with Suzanne unconscious.
"He has two broken ribs, a broken arm, and a definite concussion." She said sadly. But she didn't have time to worry before Bob and another employee burst through the doors carrying a woman barely conscious. Behind them, two men limped into view.
"What the heck happened?" she screamed.
"Ask the two bozos behind us!" Bob ordered.
She gave the two men an expecting look. They both had bruises and one had a black eye, but that was nowhere near as bad as the other guy with a long gash along his arm. I'm Dominic and that piece of trash over there is Trevor" he began to tell the story.
It was about an hour ago and Trevor was feeding the Smilodon family.
Except he wasn't feeding them their regular mixture of pork, beef, and chicken, but instead goldfish. He'd been doing this for about 10 minutes and everyone who'd seen him did nothing but give him dirty looks.
He didn't care, all his life he'd been given dirty looks whether it be at school, a public place, or even at home. He'd gotten used to it. It wasn't until Dominic came walking by, in all his smugness and self-confidence.
"Hey you know that's not good for the Smilodon." he blatantly said. All Trevor did in response was shrug his shoulders. That was when it escalated, Dominic shoved Trevor who shoved back and soon it was a full out brawl. Employees gathered around and started placing bets. All the noise and action riled up the Smilodon pack. Diante, the male Smilodon, took the lead followed by his mate and son and the other female took the back. They roared and tried to get at the possible threat. Trevor saw this and kicked and pushed Dominic over towards the pen. He succeeded and Dominicic tripped over the fence and fell face first into Diante. He instinctively attacked but only him, the other three Milodons stayed back. "Get away from him!" a female voice yelled as she jumped onto Diante. Seeing his father and their mate get taken down, the pack attacked the girl. Other employees shot at the Smilodons but it was too late. Dominic had a large gash along his arm and the girl had many fatal wounds but she was still breathing.
"... and that is how Isabelle got here." Dominic finished.
"Well there's nothing I can do now, she won't last very long, once Nigel gets back I'm going to have a talk with him and Bob. My assistant will take care of you, I'm going to check on the Smilodon." she spat. Sarah didn't seem very enthusiastic about her new job. Suzanne was right, Isabelle shook violently for a time and then stopped. Everything stopped, her chest, her moaning, her breathing. She was dead. One of the employees called for an airplane to take her back to her home in Brazil. This was bad, very very bad.
In Prehistoric Mongolia, Nigel, oblivious to the tragedy, is spying on the Velociraptor pack.
They were currently feasting on the killed Gallimimus. The lead male was currently half way into the poor creatures stomach. He grabbed the net gun from his backpack. He was planning on using the same technique he used to catch the Microraptor back in the park. He loaded it and looked over the boulder but he didn't see anything until the wag of a feathered tail showed that all the Velociraptors were in the stomach cavity of their kill.
"What the?" he was confused until the camera man pointed to an incoming sandstorm. "Oh crap, well help me find a safe place to wait it over." Nigel ordered.
They found a hollow in a huge sandstone boulder and squeezed their supplies and themselves into the restricting area. They had to wait for about an hour and a half but they both slept through it. Once it ended Nigel walked back to the corpse and started digging out the stomach cavity. The Cameraman set the camera on a rock and helped Nigel catch the little raptors by shooting them with the net gun. They used two pet carriers and the camera man walked through the portal.
Nigel was about to follow but he noticed some commotion of to the East. The Pinacosaurus shook the foot of sand of its back. Nigel noticed that a few Gallimimus and Protoceratops were huddled together underneath its huge body. It looked like the Pinacosaurus was almost like the king of the watering hole, protecting his subjects and keeping the peace. Nigel walked over to the ankylosaur and opened the portal. The possible threat spooked the Pinacosaurus and it lumbered over to the threat and walked through the portal. The smaller Gallimimus and Protoceratops followed for safety. After confirming that nothing left alive was around he too left for the 21st Century.
Back in the park, Nigel is taking his trip along the beach.
The first stop was Oviraptor Odyssey where the pair were watching their remaining clutch. Katrina was sitting on a bench, sorrowfully looking at the nest and eggs. Nigel decided not to say anything and walked away. The Tarbosaurus was sleeping under an Ironwood tree, sleeping off a bull that Bob gave not too long ago. The next exhibit held the herbivores, who were all congregated around the watering hole, peacefully living out their lives. The Velociraptor pack, who were hiding in the bushes on the other side of the walkway, were tearing into a goat.
That night, after the meeting between the faction heads, it was decided that Dominic and Trevor would be fired and go back to America and Norway. No measures would have to be taken because who would believe someone who says dinosaurs are alive. Isabelle's family would not sue because it was not the park's fault but instead Trevor and Dominic's who would be sued $2,000 each. As calm returns to Prehistoric Park, everyone heads back to Isla Muerta and the free-roaming dinosaurs. Let's hope that the drama is over.
Next time on Prehistoric Park
Nigel goes back to rescue some companions for some of the more solitary animals.
Andy and a strange Ankylosaurus sniff each other
and it seems death hasn't left Prehistoric Park
A blood trail fills in a crack in a walkway.
All next time on Prehistoric Park!
Creatures rescued:
5 Velociraptors (2 males 3 females)
1 Tarbosaurus (1 male)
1 Pinacosaurus (1 female)
3 Gallimimus (1 male 2 females)
4 Protoceratops (2 males 2 females)
6 Oviraptors (1 male 1 female 4 unknown)
3 Ayam Cemani Chickens (1 male 2 females)
Hey guys, so I know on the first chapter I said that you could decide if the T-Rexes had feathers or not, but from now on I will be saying that Tyrannosaurids and other possible dinosaurs had some sort of feathery coat, like down or something like that. I won't be giving placement on controversial dinosaurs, however, so you can choose if they have little or a lot of fluff (You could give Terrence a fluffy mustache).
Other than that I can't think of much else to say.
If you guys have any comments, complaints, or suggestions for future chapters feel free to share them with me.
and as always have an extraordinary day!
