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Veronica quickly tied her hair back as she got ready to tighten the electric wires, her body slightly damp. Shaking her head lightly, she looked over at where Malone was checking out the T-Rex tracks warily. The damned reptile had trampled the wires before feeling the tremendous shock. Roaring with pain, it had gone off, looking for easier prey than the tree house's occupants. Now they had to fix the damn thing before Challenger got back and threw a fit over the wrecked wires.
Turning her attention back to her task, she roughly tugged on the clippers, slicing through the wires. Hearing a twig snap behind her, she whirled, wheedling the clippers like a weapon. Malone threw up his hands instantly. "Easy," he stated simply, going around her to the post. He hammered it back down, suddenly sensing she wasn't working. Looking up, he noticed the tenseness in her. "What is it?" he whispered softly, standing up to look.
"I'm not sure," the blonde answered, looking around. No, not raptors, she thought, hearing the sound of little feet running. Looking at Malone for a fleeting second, she turned her back to the fence, looking the other way. Malone suddenly grabbed her by the hand.
"Compys!" he said harshly, yanking her behind him as they ran for the tree house. Suddenly, a small group of the tiny dinosaurs appeared at Ned's left, darting for him.
"Ned!" Veronica screamed, scrambling back towards him as several of the vicious little beasts clawed into his leg. She grabbed onto him, tossing off the creatures that had dug themselves into them both. Malone's arm went around her bare waist as they darted inside of the elevator. The compass jumped onto the roof of the elevator, tails whipping as they struggled to reach their meals. The frame shook with the weight as it almost flew up, Malone grabbing Veronica down as the unaware dinosaurs were crushed on the roof. They both froze at the bloody sights of the squashed dinosaurs before Veronica grabbed Malone and pulled him to the safety of the tree house.
"Damn," Malone swore aloud, pressing his hand to the open wound on his leg. Veronica quickly pulled a chair from the table and set it under him before he collapsed from the pain. Her blonde hair swept down as she stared at his temporarily lifeless body, the wound gushing. She pursed her lips together, and quickly carried him to his bedroom, grunting under his weight as he woke up, semi-consciously trying to help her. Malone's grunt of pain as she lifted his leg onto the bed told her one thing, and she gasped as she felt the warm, sticky blood on the other side as well. "I'll be alright, Veron…" he began even as his blue eyes fluttered down to look at his leg. "Whoa."
"Ned, I need to get some supplies. Try to stay awake," she answered softly, quickly wrapping the wound with a bed sheet. He nodded, trying to smile at her to relieve her worry. She smiled back and quickly ran to Challenger's Lab, searching out the newest paste he had been concocting. Not being able to help herself, she looked over the edge, her light eyes searching and finding the small number of predators below. Swallowing hard, she ran back to Malone's room, and jumped as she saw him lying so still. She poked him lightly with her fingers, "Ned. Wake up." She was greeted with his incoherent murmurings. Shaking her head, Veronica quickly retied her hair back and set about divesting him of his clothes, looking away as she took off his pants.
The wound took her breath away with a sharp hiss. *Oh God* she thought to herself.
Veronica quickly tied her hair back as she got ready to tighten the electric wires, her body slightly damp. Shaking her head lightly, she looked over at where Malone was checking out the T-Rex tracks warily. The damned reptile had trampled the wires before feeling the tremendous shock. Roaring with pain, it had gone off, looking for easier prey than the tree house's occupants. Now they had to fix the damn thing before Challenger got back and threw a fit over the wrecked wires.
Turning her attention back to her task, she roughly tugged on the clippers, slicing through the wires. Hearing a twig snap behind her, she whirled, wheedling the clippers like a weapon. Malone threw up his hands instantly. "Easy," he stated simply, going around her to the post. He hammered it back down, suddenly sensing she wasn't working. Looking up, he noticed the tenseness in her. "What is it?" he whispered softly, standing up to look.
"I'm not sure," the blonde answered, looking around. No, not raptors, she thought, hearing the sound of little feet running. Looking at Malone for a fleeting second, she turned her back to the fence, looking the other way. Malone suddenly grabbed her by the hand.
"Compys!" he said harshly, yanking her behind him as they ran for the tree house. Suddenly, a small group of the tiny dinosaurs appeared at Ned's left, darting for him.
"Ned!" Veronica screamed, scrambling back towards him as several of the vicious little beasts clawed into his leg. She grabbed onto him, tossing off the creatures that had dug themselves into them both. Malone's arm went around her bare waist as they darted inside of the elevator. The compass jumped onto the roof of the elevator, tails whipping as they struggled to reach their meals. The frame shook with the weight as it almost flew up, Malone grabbing Veronica down as the unaware dinosaurs were crushed on the roof. They both froze at the bloody sights of the squashed dinosaurs before Veronica grabbed Malone and pulled him to the safety of the tree house.
"Damn," Malone swore aloud, pressing his hand to the open wound on his leg. Veronica quickly pulled a chair from the table and set it under him before he collapsed from the pain. Her blonde hair swept down as she stared at his temporarily lifeless body, the wound gushing. She pursed her lips together, and quickly carried him to his bedroom, grunting under his weight as he woke up, semi-consciously trying to help her. Malone's grunt of pain as she lifted his leg onto the bed told her one thing, and she gasped as she felt the warm, sticky blood on the other side as well. "I'll be alright, Veron…" he began even as his blue eyes fluttered down to look at his leg. "Whoa."
"Ned, I need to get some supplies. Try to stay awake," she answered softly, quickly wrapping the wound with a bed sheet. He nodded, trying to smile at her to relieve her worry. She smiled back and quickly ran to Challenger's Lab, searching out the newest paste he had been concocting. Not being able to help herself, she looked over the edge, her light eyes searching and finding the small number of predators below. Swallowing hard, she ran back to Malone's room, and jumped as she saw him lying so still. She poked him lightly with her fingers, "Ned. Wake up." She was greeted with his incoherent murmurings. Shaking her head, Veronica quickly retied her hair back and set about divesting him of his clothes, looking away as she took off his pants.
The wound took her breath away with a sharp hiss. *Oh God* she thought to herself.