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Chapter Sixteen - What to Do

When we were about half way up, the ground began to shake. Like … you know … with a boom boom boom thing going on. Well, I kind of freaked out. I mean, well … 'kind of' is an understatement. I TOTALLY freaked out. I all of a sudden froze and I couldn't move and it seemed as though I was dizzy and numb all over. Then, without warning, I just started screaming and yelling. I think I said I wanted my mommy one time in there too.

Hannah tried to calm me down but it wasn't working too well. I couldn't really hear her to tell you the truth. I was just yelling and blabbing on, making our situation worse. The stupid dinosaur wouldn't have even known that we were there if it wasn't for me. That's right. My stupid fit led it right to us when it was really going heaven knows where else. The thing that really got me to stop screaming was when through the branches I saw it running straight at the tree we were hanging in. Wow! Was that thing huge! It was reddish with a huge fin on its back. I knew it wasn't a Tyrannosaurus. It was bigger. MUCH bigger. It looked like it could actually use its front legs.

Well, we were in a predicament. There's no denying that. If we went up, we would have to come down some time and the stupid animal thing could wait for as long as it wanted. Or, we could go down, and have no chance whatsoever to survive. If we stayed where we were, the idiotic creature … thing … would … It would just be able to pluck us right off the darn tree, all right? Guess what we did!

That's right! Our fears had frozen us RIGHT in place. Yup, we were doomed.

So, the dinosaur came running up to the tree, lowered its head, and hit it, really hard. We were, coincidentally, right on the other side of where it hit the tree and, as I had a very pathetic grip on a rather thin branch, the branch and myself, went plummeting down to the earth.

Wow did it hurt like heck when I hit the ground. We were, you know, about thirty feet or so up in the tree and when you land on your back after falling from that height … it didn't feel too pleasant is what I'm trying to say; quite the contrary. Having the wind knocked out of you is no picnic. Like I said before, it hurt like heck.

I rolled over onto my stomach and groaned. That was it; I couldn't move anymore. As I rolled, I felt the bandage around my stomach loosen and fall off. That was just great. My wonderful, beautiful wound was now open for all the world to see. I was sure that some dinosaur would smell the stupid blood and then come running after me.

A scream suddenly ripped through the air. I looked up into the tree. Hannah was frantically trying to climb higher up the tree while the dinosaur kept butting into it with its head. She was out of his reach, even when the thing stood on its hind legs, but I could see that the head butting was putting her at a slight disadvantage.

"LANE! OH GOSH; HELP! SOMEONE!" She was screaming. The dinosaur butted into the tree and Hannah's feet fell off of the branch they had been planted on. Hannah screamed again but had luckily been holding on to the branch above her with her arms. "OH MY GOSH! HELP ME! LANE! HELP! SOMEONE!"

She screamed again as the dinosaur began to walk around the tree towards her.

Well, seeing as how the thing was coming straight towards me (only he was looking up at Hannah), I decided I wanted to move. And let me tell you, my wind came right back into me in a rush as I pushed myself off the ground and ran into the cover of the trees, trying to block out Hannah's frantic screams for help.

"SOMEBODY HELP ME! OH GOSH! HELP!"

Hannah screamed again, even more frantically than before, and I heard a thud. I quickly turned around and saw that she had fallen from her hold, landing on her back, her body draped over a large branch. The dinosaur could easily reach one of her feet if it just stood up a little bit. Hannah wasn't moving.

"HANNAH! HANNAH, GET UP! MOVE, HANNAH!" I screamed. She didn't move, but the dinosaur did. Right away I realized what a stupid thing I had just done. I was on the ground … in plain view. The stupid dinosaur thing was looking for me! I began to slowly walk backwards and ran right into a tree.

I froze; the dinosaur was looking up and down the tree I was leaning against, but it didn't see me. It just kept on looking. I looked down at myself and realized I was covered in mud. Yes, it was brown mud, people. I must have fallen in it when I fell out of the tree.

Now the dinosaur was looking in different places. I quickly ran around to the back of the tree and began to climb. It's amazing how fast you can climb when you really need to, isn't it?

Well, I reached a good height in what seemed like only seconds (but I'm sure it was longer) and peered out through the branches.

Hannah was only just sitting up, shaking her head and looking at her surroundings. I had to do something … but would doing something put myself in danger? I contemplated what to do. If I yelled, it was most likely that Hannah could climb up higher … but then we'd both be stuck up in the trees, because the dinosaur would know that both of us were there. But if I didn't yell, Hannah wouldn't have enough time to climb to a good height.

When Hannah saw the dinosaur, she screamed and stood up. The dinosaur whipped its head around and stared straight at her. Hannah's eyes widened and she whirled around to begin climbing. But …

I turned away as a sickening CRUNCH cracked through the air, along with Hannah's muffled scream. There followed a few more crunching sounds and then a loud swallow, then the sound of the dinosaur walking away in the opposite direction.

Author's Note: Holy moly that chapter was short.
Flutterby: none taken.

Antiope: "Another cliffhanger? Both short, and suspenseful?" Well, you should know by now, that I love being evil. Cliffhangers are just my thing. And yes, it was rather short, wasn't it? I'll work to improve this I shall. No, actually, I'm not feeling lucky at the moment. In fact, it is very rare that I DO feel lucky so … NO TOUCHIE!

Kel: I'll bring the tissues!