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 eightth mission, Nigel goes back to multiple familiar places to find companions for Prehistoric Park's more lonesome members!
Welcome to the ultimate wildlife refuge!
Welcome to Prehistoric Park!
Family Ties
The additions of Nigel's new rescues have added onto Prehistoric Park's breeding program. It included the Ceratopsids, hadrosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Microraptor, Mei Long, Beipiaosaurus, Psittacosaurus, Smilodon, Phorusrhacos, Kirktyoncta, Leptochamops, Didelphodon, and Oviraptor.
However there are some animals who still need mates. This includes Andy the Ankylosaurus, all the Pleistocene mammals, and the Tarbosaurus. These are the five creatures that Nigel plans to rescue mates for.
While Nigel prepares for his missions, Suzanne checks up a herd of patients.
Ever since the Kritosaurus and Parasaurolophus were rescued from a acidic lake in Texas, the survivors had already started mating and two Parasauorolophus had made a nest near a palm tree. Suzanne has been observing them once a week for about a month now.
"Even though quite a few of the herd didn't make it the ones that did are very happy," Suzanne informed. "They are one of the newest members to the breeding program along with the Oviraptors. But I want all the creatures to be part of it so I've persuaded Nigel to go back and save a few members for the lonely members.".
But Nigel's mission has to wait for tomorrow because the sun was already going down.
However, three specific members didn't take the monorail to Isla Muerta. Chase, Leah, and Emmet weren't believing what they were seeing. How is it that T-Rex and Velociraptor were just some prehistoric chickens? No, these weren't real dinosaurs. They had a plan to prove it too. They would take blood samples from 3 different dinosaurs, the T-Rex, Velociraptor, and Gallimimus, and use the park's high-tec lab and prove somethng.\
The trio split up, a syringe in hand.
However, they forgot about Nigel who was taking a night stroll.
As Chase neared a female Velociraptor, the two males jumped out of the bushes to protect their pack mate. Behind him the two other females blocked his only escape. As they slowly crept towards him, his plea for help was heard by the passing Nigel. He ran into the enclosure to see five Velociraptors tearing into a man. He scared them away with a big stick. The man had too many wounds to survive.
However, Chase was able to tell Nigel about Leah and Emmet. But yet again Nigel was too late.
He arrived just in time to see the legs of Leah go down Terrence's throat and he was greeted by Emmet's caved in skull from Queen, the Pinacosaurus.
"Bob, you and Suzanne need to get over here immediately!" Nigel radioed. So Bob, Suzanne, and Thump took the monorail back onto Isla Sorna to see the bodies of Chase and Emmet.
"We need to have a talk with all of our employees tomorrow, Suzanne, Bob can you identify these two?"
Bob was the first one to speak. I know these two, Emmet and Chase, I don't know their last names though". "And that girl you were talking about, Leah, I do believe she is one of my shadowers." Suzanne added. Nigel dismissed them and they took their last monorail ride of the night back to vomit in their toilets and sinks.
The next morning Nigel left Bob, Suzanne, and Rodger, the head of security, to announce the tragic deaths of Chase, Emmet, and Leah.
"If anybody knows why they were here and in some of the most dangerous parts of the island alone, please, tell us." Bob pleaded.
After his statement five men and women stepped out of the crowd. Their names were Carter, Max, Daniel, Racheal, and Luke.
"Come with me, all five of you." Rodger ordered.
They walked away towards security headquarters.
First they took in Carter, "So, what do you know about Chase and his friends?" Rodger interrogated.
The room looked just like a traditional interrogation room. It was bland with one table and a chair on opposite sides. To the left was a pane of one-way glass where Bob and Suzanne watched.
"All of us were friends, we told each other everything, so yesterday, Chase said that He, Emmet, and Leah were going to test some of the dinosaurs that night, they tried to persuade us to join them but we all declined…" but before he could finish Rodger interrupted him, "So why didn't you tell anyone?" He pressed.
"We all thought they were kidding, they've been talking about fact checking a T-Rex for weeks now and I guess they finally worked up the "guts" to do it." Carter answered.
All the others had relatively similar stories. Once Rodger was finished he walked into the room where Bob and Suzanne were watching to discuss what they heard.
While all that happened Nigel lined up his team.
He looked at them. They were raggedy and injured and in no shape for an adventure. Katrina was jittery and whenever she kicked a rock or snapped a twig she screamed. Ted was still recovering from his heat stroke and Jim had his arm in a cast and was currently in a wheelchair. While Newt had recovered from the flu Nigel didn't want to risk him getting it again or spreading the disease to a time when it might not have existed.
"I want you all to relax, Katrina maybe see Ms. Theadray, the therapist. I've got experience with these places and should be able to handle myself." Nigel ordered and reassured.
After giving Bob's team the briefing he left.
He appeared in a familiar place, the ash covered the ground with only pockets of shriveled ferns and other bushes. Pockets of redwoods and other trees allowed for more healthy plants to grow. All over dinosaurs were eating, Triceratops and Edmontosaurus were on either side of Nigel. It seems that he is in a migrating herd. But Edmontosaurus and Triceratops were just the majority of the herd. Small groups of Torosaurus and Thescelosaurus tried their hardest not to be kicked or trampled by the bigger herbivores.
"I've gone to the Ferris Formation about 68 million years ago to when Ankylosaurus were in their high." he yelled over the loud calls. His voice, however, was loud enough to spook two Edmontosaurus to get scared and run. Soon he had a stampede on his hands. Thankfully he was near the end of the herd and he was without harm. However, one small Torosaurus baby must have been lost from his mother and was now running towards Nigel. It flew into his arms like a puppy and Nigel guided it towards his backpack, where he held it until he had set up the portal then sent it through.
Back in Prehistoric Park, Bob is introducing Thump to the new baby Torosaurus, named Stump.
"Yeah the instant Stump came running through the portal Thump was attracted to her. My little dinosaur is all grown up." Bob joked. But it was true. Ever since Bob got Thump 5 months ago, he has almost doubled in size and is now up to Bob's calf. Stump was about three quarters of Thump's size but it would be good for them to play together.
"Jeneen will have her hands full with these two." Bob exclaimed. Jeneen was Bob's care taker for Thump whenever he became too much for the older man to handle. Almost like a dino-sitter.
While Bob was having fun with the baby ceratopsids, Rodger was having to deal with the Carter, and his friends.
"Our decisions have come back, some of you will stay but two of you will leave. The ones who are leaving are going to come stand next to these two guards and will board a boat or plane that will take you back home, your families have been informed and will be waiting once you get there." he explained.
The two soldiers, Jacob and Brayden, seemed fidgety and uncomfortable being addressed by their superior.
"The two who will be leaving are Daniel and Luke, Daniel you will be taking the boat back to your family's antarctic outpost and Luke you will be flown back to Minnesota." Rodger finished and then left.
Back in Ferris Formation, Wyoming, things are a lot less tense.
Nigel watched as two Stygimoloch butted heads. He was watching from a large boulder. The little crater expanded for almost a mile. It was mostly inhabited by a large group of Stygimoloch but a lone Edmontonia was wandering around her nest, in a small pond small fish and reptiles were swimming around. Sunning itself on a rock was an Adocus. In the middle, was Nigel's target, a female Ankylosaurus. He made his way towards the prehistoric tank. He stalked in the long grass. He set up the portal and threw a stick at the Ankylosaurus. She then charged at him leaving the Cretaceous. He was about to head through but he turned around to see the Stygimoloch herd encircling him.
Before he could think, he was charged at, but jumped to the side and ran. Behind him he heard the noise of some of the Stygimoloch tripping into the portal, but there were still a few on his trail. He jumped on a rock, then a log, and lastly into the thick shrubbery.
He looked out to see five Stygimoloch looking around. While they were still, Nigel was able to get a good look at them. They were lightly tan, the top of their hard head was a moderate brown with the same coloring along their thighs and scattered all over its body. He also noticed the portal was still on, this caught the attention of the Stygimoloch and they investigated, one by one they got too close and went through. Nigel looked around to make sure none were left. He then walked over to the Adocus and looked at its tail. "Well this is just great, on this mission alone, I got a mate or Andy, a Stygimoloch herd and a mate for our resident Adocus!" He exclaimed as he walked through the portal with the Adocus in his hands.
While Bob was setting up the portal for prehistoric Siberia, Nigel was watching the new dinosaurs.
The Stygimoloch were enjoying the peace of being the only animal in the new Ferris Formation. The Adocus pair were both sunbathing on some flat rocks while the Didelphodon investigated their new neighbor. Nigel looked at the cameras that showed all the animals that are free-roaming on Isla Muerta. The Edmontosaurus were drinking from a small collection of rainwater, the Thescelosaurus were playing with Thump and Stump while Jeneen was watching from her hut.
Unfortunately, Andy and the newly name Alice don't seem too interested in each other, they haven't become hostile though. Out of the corner of the camera, Nigel noticed Luke and Daniel packing all their things into suitcases. Luke looked at the Ankylosaurus' before being guided away by a guard. Bob then radioed that the portal was ready. As Nigel walked through, Jim and Newt were watching from the viewing deck. They were all supposed to be here but Katrina was currently in therapy and Ted just lost time playing with Mimic and the Microraptors. He felt like he owed it to Mimic because he wasn't able to persuade Nigel to rescue him a mate.
Nigel walking into a familiar place once again, the open stretch of partly snowy grasslands filled with large herds of herbivorous mammals.
"This is what's called a mammoth Steppe, a place where huge herds of mammoths gather because it is rich in food and lacking in predators. Humans have just made it near this area, so it should still be a mammoth hotspot." Nigel informed.
He was right. A large herd of females, at least 24, made their way to a heated pool. He noticed that the other herds of bison and horses steered clear of the herd, and probably for good reason.
Huge herds of female mammoths attracted lots of males, which while in heat, can be aggressive to anything in their way. The only animals that would dare fight with male mammoths during this time would be other mammoths and wooly rhinos. These and a cave bear are Nigel's targets and he was in luck. Two mammoths walked alone that Nigel could see. He might as well save both, let Martha and Beth have choices.
He snuck towards the two, who were also drinking from the heated pool but were quickly driven out by the larger mammoth herd. He used this at his advantage and as they ran away they were too focused on the possible mates to notice the bright blue light before they ran through.
Nigel then searched for the rarer of the three but with no prevail he was about to leave, but before he could, he was trapped by a heavy snowstorm. It just came out of nowhere. The cameraman lost sight of Nigel, and Nigel couldn't leave without him. Just because of morals.
As the storm passed, the camera scanned the surrounding landscape, the most noticeable sight was the giant herd of mammoths chasing a smaller Nigel. Nigel lead the herd up onto a ridge and threw the portal sticks at the cameraman. The camera fell to show the portal flaring to life and the mammoth herd chasing Nigel through it. The camera was later picked up and headed through the portal.
Nigel didn't even bother waiting for the cameraman before leaving for Mongolia.
A short summary would go like, Nigel and a few Gallimimus were being chased by a Tarbosaurus just minutes after he left.
It was high noon the next day when Nigel was able to look at the new residents. He started with the Mongolian rescues. The gallimimus had instantly gotten used to each others presence and the Tarbosaurus had a wall dividing the female and male just incase they didn't get along. Lastly, Mammoth Mount had tripled in size to fit the huge new herd. The herd was also split because Martha and Beth could possibly be killed by the matriarch. But it worked out fine, the males got their own side. The end of a short chapter was filled with success and failure. While Nigel was able to rescue a few of his mission animals, the Wooly Rhino and Cave Bear are still without mates. But Nigel was still happy.
Next Time on Prehistoric Park!
Nigel goes back 8 million years to rescue the second largest bird to fly.
A shadow covers Nigel
Some new relationships are made
Two large snouts sniff each other.
And the park has its biggest problem yet.
A tranq gun shoots at something off-screen
Animals rescued this episode:
1 Ankylosaurus: (female)
7 Stygimoloch: (2 males 5 females)
1 Adocus (male)
26 Woolly Mammoths (2 males, 24 females)
1 Tarbosaurus (male)
8 Gallimimus (3 males 5 females)
I want to start this little message with an apology. I know this chapter is SUPER short. I lost track of time when making this chapter and the past couple weeks have been very busy with the first fews test of the school year. This chapter is just kind of a set up for the park to get bigger numbers of their animals. I can promise the next chapters will be much longer, this will probably be one of the shortest chapters. The next chapter escpecially will be longer than normal. It will also be more eventful.
As usual, if you have any comments, complaints, or ideas, feel free to share them with me.
And lastly, have a fine day.
