I'm glad someone likes my story. ^_^
Well, the Raptor names are a little confusing. I even forgot a Raptor in the story, and its on the guide. Its a glich. If you can name the Raptor I forgot, I'll, uh, I dont really know what I'll do. So here ya go. Read this. I have one third of the next chapter done. ^_^\
Arc Angel Signing out
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Nesting Site
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The raptors walked north from their cave. They walked single file, and the Human beasts were in the middle. Though they did slow them down by an hour or so, Jesper didn't seem to mind. The raptors did as their leader did, not caring about how slow they were going.
They passed a large clearing with some apatasaours. The raptors paid them no attention. The big, dumb animals just watched the procession of raptors as they migrated to their annual nesting site.
They were swallowed by the woods again. Here, the trees grew closer together than the woods around the cave. They were also more ancient. The trees suddenly thinned at an invisible line and grew younger. Then, they disappeared altogether.
There was a clearing up ahead. In it, a heard of Tric's were grazing. There were two fighting Trics. They barreled forward, and met each other in a head on collision of nearly five tons a peace and nearly three feet of horn. On this clearing, the raptors tread carefully. A Tric wouldn't hesitate to attack a passing raptor.
Haily and Jamie watched the Trics in amazement. They had never seen anything like them in their lives. The only place that they had seen dinosaurs were at the museum and the movies. Haily found it mildly interesting that Dr. Malcolm's theory of the Trics was wrong. Dr Grants theory was wrong too. The two fighting Trics were of different sexes. A male and a female where fighting for dominance over the herd. Both types of Trics dominated the herd at different times.
The raptors made it to the other side of the clearing safely. They continued on until they reached the next river. They angled and followed it up until they hit a stream. Only about half a mile up the stream, they came to the nesting site. On the other side of the stream, there was an overhang of branches forming a protective umbrella above the stream bank. On the sides of the bank, there were cat tails growing. The weeds were dense on the other side. The stream here was at least three feet deep for a half mile stretch.
The raptors split their single line formation and foraged their way through the stream. It was almost twelve feet wide. There were sprays of water as the raptors dashed through. Always the one to show off, Wrex jumped across the stream. Jay tried to follow him, but when he reached the other side, Wrex pushed him back, and he fell into the water, but not before he tripped Wrex. The two juvenile raptors splashed down into the stream. They got their elders wet, and managed to get on the bad side of Zanerkand for the day.
Haily and Jamie laughed softly at the raptors antics. They carefully waded across the stream in the shallowest place possible. They walked over to the roots of an ancient tree that didn't survive anywhere anymore. They sat down and watched the packs activities.
Zanerkand and Zomba were standing near the edge of the so marked nesting site. They were obviously watching for any other dinosaurs that would threaten the nest. It was Zomba's first time on the job. He was paying more attention to the activity among the pack than the boarder. Zanerkand saw this and snapped irritably at him. Zomba quickly straightened his act.
Wrex and Jay were standing on the sidelines, having never been to the nest site himself. The raptors only made a pack trip to the nesting site when there was something wrong at the cave. That hadn't happened since Wrex was a hatchling.
Loria and Soria were paying close attention as Chasidy showed them how to make a nest. Chasidy was pushing all of the mud from the bank into a mound. When the mound was about two feet high, Chasidy dug her snout into the middle and clawed at the inside, hollowing it out. All that was left was a mound with sphere shaped hole in the middle. The walls were tall, to prevent the eggs from rolling out.
Loria and Soria bobbed their heads and started their own nests. Theirs didn't turn out with the beauty of Chasidy's, but they would do. Then, following the example of the older raptor, Loria and Soria packed leaves and twigs around the outside of the nests. On the inside, they lined it with grasses.
Elsa created a masterpiece out of the mud. She packed it as the others had. Sal was not making a nest because she was a hunting raptor, not a nesting raptor.
Jesper monitored pack activity with Qwill. The most important thing was that the raptors were doing well on their nests.
Haily frowned. "Wait.... How do we prove all of this?"
Jamie shrugged. "Beats me."
"We should go back to the camp and get the paper and pencils," Haily said.
"We can't do that! There are monstrosities out there!"
"Please?" Haily asked, tilting her head and giving her brother the puppy dog face.
"Alright, but we can't be seen by any other dinosaurs."
Haily smiled. It was a stupid smile, but it was a smile.
Then, Haily and Jamie left. None of the raptors seemed to mind. The kids crossed the stream and walked downstream on the other side. They went back through the same way that they had come.
Haily and Jamie were about to go into the final home stretch of the journey when two unknown dinosaurs leaped out of the bushes. They looked like raptors, but they were bigger, and had gray stripes with a spear- shaped tail. They looked just as deadly as the raptors, possibly even more deadly.
The one on the left snarled and tilted its head. The one on the right snapped back. There was only a mutual agreement between the two.
"Herrasaurus," Haily said under her breath.
"Dangerous?"
"Very."
As if on cue, the Herra leaped forward, about to knock Haily to the ground. There was a snarl, a yelp, and the Herra was laying on the floor by Haily's feet, twitching, blood seeping into the forest floor from a slash that traced the length of its belly. Haily made a face and so did Jamie. When they looked to their left, there was Zanerkand. The raptor had followed them from the nesting site.
The other Herra took a cautious step back. It tilted its head, snarled, and turned to run. Before it got far, Zanerkand was already on top of it, slashing at its unprotected back. Somehow, the Herra shook Zanerkand off and he landed on his feet. The Herra was bleeding from numerous spots, and it was staggering around. In a final sigh, it flopped over. It twitched twice, and it was dead.
"Brutal," Jamie complimented the raptor.
Haily looked like she had just discovered the earth's most protected secret. "The raptor killed the Herra because the Herra is a pack animal that likes to raid nests, even though its better at hunting. The Herra could smell the nesting site on us, and that would be all it needed to point it in the right direction. Don't you see? We're making history here!" she said happily.
Zanerkand snorted at the comment. He didn't seem to understand what the two burden- Humans were talking about, even though they were on the right track. He walked in front of the two Humans and lead them to the clearing, clearly able to sense where they wanted to go. He watched them as they entered the last standing cave. They were in there for about three or four minutes before they came back out. Haily was holding a bag and Jamie was holding a small shoe box. They walked back to Zanerkand and Haily made a slight purring sound.
Zanerkand shook his head and spun around, leaving the clearing to lead the Humans back to the nesting site.
Haily leaned over to talk to Jamie. "You remember the island that the government leased to that American buyer?"
Jamie nodded. "What about it?"
"Did you hear the men on the ship talking?"
"Well, yeah."
"Well, I overheard them saying they were working for a man named Jacob Marly. Now, I didn't catch the whole thing, but they said something about Jurassic Park. Remember that issue?"
Jamie grinned and nodded. As the two of them kept walking, sometimes jogging, behind Zanerkand, they Haily was explaining what she had heard in great detail.
"Well, they said the island they owned was a fabulous resort. I managed to see the over view of the island, and I saw that it looked like Jurassic Park had, but the Visitors center was on the right of the island, and the exhibits were on the left, naturally electrified. The only problem, I heard the men say, was that they had no dinosaurs. They were, however, scouting the areas for the remains of the Jurassic Park dinosaurs. While doing so, they managed to stumble upon this island. Did you know this has been here ever since Isla Nublar? Anyhow, when InGen found out, they set up facilities on the island and started raising dinosaurs here. Now there was three islands with dinosaurs. InGen couldn't handle that, so they made a notion to shut this island down, considering the were operating it illegally. Before they could bail, the dinosaurs got out and all of the workers were killed. Only one made it out alive, and that's how everyone knew this."
"Now for the grand question. How did YOU know this?"
"I told you. I heard it from the crews men."
"So you mean they were hear because they wanted to /harvest/ the dinos?"
"Yes. In a way, yes."
Jamie whistled. Zanerkand looked back. Jamie smiled wide and put his hand behind his head.
The rest of the trip was silent. Zanerkand lead Haily and Jamie back to the nesting site in a quiet protest. He was almost fed up with the Humans, but he liked them all the same.
Well, the Raptor names are a little confusing. I even forgot a Raptor in the story, and its on the guide. Its a glich. If you can name the Raptor I forgot, I'll, uh, I dont really know what I'll do. So here ya go. Read this. I have one third of the next chapter done. ^_^\
Arc Angel Signing out
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Nesting Site
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The raptors walked north from their cave. They walked single file, and the Human beasts were in the middle. Though they did slow them down by an hour or so, Jesper didn't seem to mind. The raptors did as their leader did, not caring about how slow they were going.
They passed a large clearing with some apatasaours. The raptors paid them no attention. The big, dumb animals just watched the procession of raptors as they migrated to their annual nesting site.
They were swallowed by the woods again. Here, the trees grew closer together than the woods around the cave. They were also more ancient. The trees suddenly thinned at an invisible line and grew younger. Then, they disappeared altogether.
There was a clearing up ahead. In it, a heard of Tric's were grazing. There were two fighting Trics. They barreled forward, and met each other in a head on collision of nearly five tons a peace and nearly three feet of horn. On this clearing, the raptors tread carefully. A Tric wouldn't hesitate to attack a passing raptor.
Haily and Jamie watched the Trics in amazement. They had never seen anything like them in their lives. The only place that they had seen dinosaurs were at the museum and the movies. Haily found it mildly interesting that Dr. Malcolm's theory of the Trics was wrong. Dr Grants theory was wrong too. The two fighting Trics were of different sexes. A male and a female where fighting for dominance over the herd. Both types of Trics dominated the herd at different times.
The raptors made it to the other side of the clearing safely. They continued on until they reached the next river. They angled and followed it up until they hit a stream. Only about half a mile up the stream, they came to the nesting site. On the other side of the stream, there was an overhang of branches forming a protective umbrella above the stream bank. On the sides of the bank, there were cat tails growing. The weeds were dense on the other side. The stream here was at least three feet deep for a half mile stretch.
The raptors split their single line formation and foraged their way through the stream. It was almost twelve feet wide. There were sprays of water as the raptors dashed through. Always the one to show off, Wrex jumped across the stream. Jay tried to follow him, but when he reached the other side, Wrex pushed him back, and he fell into the water, but not before he tripped Wrex. The two juvenile raptors splashed down into the stream. They got their elders wet, and managed to get on the bad side of Zanerkand for the day.
Haily and Jamie laughed softly at the raptors antics. They carefully waded across the stream in the shallowest place possible. They walked over to the roots of an ancient tree that didn't survive anywhere anymore. They sat down and watched the packs activities.
Zanerkand and Zomba were standing near the edge of the so marked nesting site. They were obviously watching for any other dinosaurs that would threaten the nest. It was Zomba's first time on the job. He was paying more attention to the activity among the pack than the boarder. Zanerkand saw this and snapped irritably at him. Zomba quickly straightened his act.
Wrex and Jay were standing on the sidelines, having never been to the nest site himself. The raptors only made a pack trip to the nesting site when there was something wrong at the cave. That hadn't happened since Wrex was a hatchling.
Loria and Soria were paying close attention as Chasidy showed them how to make a nest. Chasidy was pushing all of the mud from the bank into a mound. When the mound was about two feet high, Chasidy dug her snout into the middle and clawed at the inside, hollowing it out. All that was left was a mound with sphere shaped hole in the middle. The walls were tall, to prevent the eggs from rolling out.
Loria and Soria bobbed their heads and started their own nests. Theirs didn't turn out with the beauty of Chasidy's, but they would do. Then, following the example of the older raptor, Loria and Soria packed leaves and twigs around the outside of the nests. On the inside, they lined it with grasses.
Elsa created a masterpiece out of the mud. She packed it as the others had. Sal was not making a nest because she was a hunting raptor, not a nesting raptor.
Jesper monitored pack activity with Qwill. The most important thing was that the raptors were doing well on their nests.
Haily frowned. "Wait.... How do we prove all of this?"
Jamie shrugged. "Beats me."
"We should go back to the camp and get the paper and pencils," Haily said.
"We can't do that! There are monstrosities out there!"
"Please?" Haily asked, tilting her head and giving her brother the puppy dog face.
"Alright, but we can't be seen by any other dinosaurs."
Haily smiled. It was a stupid smile, but it was a smile.
Then, Haily and Jamie left. None of the raptors seemed to mind. The kids crossed the stream and walked downstream on the other side. They went back through the same way that they had come.
Haily and Jamie were about to go into the final home stretch of the journey when two unknown dinosaurs leaped out of the bushes. They looked like raptors, but they were bigger, and had gray stripes with a spear- shaped tail. They looked just as deadly as the raptors, possibly even more deadly.
The one on the left snarled and tilted its head. The one on the right snapped back. There was only a mutual agreement between the two.
"Herrasaurus," Haily said under her breath.
"Dangerous?"
"Very."
As if on cue, the Herra leaped forward, about to knock Haily to the ground. There was a snarl, a yelp, and the Herra was laying on the floor by Haily's feet, twitching, blood seeping into the forest floor from a slash that traced the length of its belly. Haily made a face and so did Jamie. When they looked to their left, there was Zanerkand. The raptor had followed them from the nesting site.
The other Herra took a cautious step back. It tilted its head, snarled, and turned to run. Before it got far, Zanerkand was already on top of it, slashing at its unprotected back. Somehow, the Herra shook Zanerkand off and he landed on his feet. The Herra was bleeding from numerous spots, and it was staggering around. In a final sigh, it flopped over. It twitched twice, and it was dead.
"Brutal," Jamie complimented the raptor.
Haily looked like she had just discovered the earth's most protected secret. "The raptor killed the Herra because the Herra is a pack animal that likes to raid nests, even though its better at hunting. The Herra could smell the nesting site on us, and that would be all it needed to point it in the right direction. Don't you see? We're making history here!" she said happily.
Zanerkand snorted at the comment. He didn't seem to understand what the two burden- Humans were talking about, even though they were on the right track. He walked in front of the two Humans and lead them to the clearing, clearly able to sense where they wanted to go. He watched them as they entered the last standing cave. They were in there for about three or four minutes before they came back out. Haily was holding a bag and Jamie was holding a small shoe box. They walked back to Zanerkand and Haily made a slight purring sound.
Zanerkand shook his head and spun around, leaving the clearing to lead the Humans back to the nesting site.
Haily leaned over to talk to Jamie. "You remember the island that the government leased to that American buyer?"
Jamie nodded. "What about it?"
"Did you hear the men on the ship talking?"
"Well, yeah."
"Well, I overheard them saying they were working for a man named Jacob Marly. Now, I didn't catch the whole thing, but they said something about Jurassic Park. Remember that issue?"
Jamie grinned and nodded. As the two of them kept walking, sometimes jogging, behind Zanerkand, they Haily was explaining what she had heard in great detail.
"Well, they said the island they owned was a fabulous resort. I managed to see the over view of the island, and I saw that it looked like Jurassic Park had, but the Visitors center was on the right of the island, and the exhibits were on the left, naturally electrified. The only problem, I heard the men say, was that they had no dinosaurs. They were, however, scouting the areas for the remains of the Jurassic Park dinosaurs. While doing so, they managed to stumble upon this island. Did you know this has been here ever since Isla Nublar? Anyhow, when InGen found out, they set up facilities on the island and started raising dinosaurs here. Now there was three islands with dinosaurs. InGen couldn't handle that, so they made a notion to shut this island down, considering the were operating it illegally. Before they could bail, the dinosaurs got out and all of the workers were killed. Only one made it out alive, and that's how everyone knew this."
"Now for the grand question. How did YOU know this?"
"I told you. I heard it from the crews men."
"So you mean they were hear because they wanted to /harvest/ the dinos?"
"Yes. In a way, yes."
Jamie whistled. Zanerkand looked back. Jamie smiled wide and put his hand behind his head.
The rest of the trip was silent. Zanerkand lead Haily and Jamie back to the nesting site in a quiet protest. He was almost fed up with the Humans, but he liked them all the same.