Chapter 6 - Developments!
"Everyone ok?" Malcolm asked as soon as he had finished untying Standish.
"Hmm, let me see we've crash landed on an island infested by prehistoric beings, our pilot has been decapitated by a tree, I have cramp in my legs and I can not feel my hands through being tied up. And you ask if I am ok." Standish replied sarcastically.
"I don't think anyone's seriously hurt" Nic replied, ignoring Standish's comment. "What I'd like to know is what our 'technical' problem was," she said looking around as if waiting for an explanation.
Malcolm shrugged an 'I haven't got a clue', Marco shook his head; Blake said it must have been a fault of some kind. Her eyes fell on Standish, who had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Mr Standish, you asked me if we were flying low, why did you ask that?" she asked.
"Well my dear, I was concerned about flying low as a raptor's leap is quite impressive and a pack leaping could easily bring down a craft of this size." Standish stated
simply.
"You don't think..."
"Of course not, do not listen to Mr Standish he doesn't know anything about planes and would not know a technical fault if it was right in his face" Blake interrupted them, earning himself two equally vicious glares, one blue and one green.
"There's only one way to make sure," Malcolm said, heading towards the plane door, forcing it open and then exiting.
"He can't be serious, there could be anything out there" Blake stuttered.
"Nothing he hasn't encountered before right?" Nic said, brushing past Blake and out the plane, closely followed by Standish.
Blake and Marco cautiously exited the plane and found the others examining the craft thoroughly. The plane rested against a large redwood, one of the wings had been torn from the craft, when it had impacted with another tree, and the plane's body was covered in dents and what appeared to be scratches of some sort. The others were
examining the scratches.
"Maybe they were caused by the tree branches?" came Nic's British accent.
"I highly doubt that, if you take a look at them closer they are too specific of a mark to be caused by a branch" Malcolm said.
"I agree Dr Malcolm, these are most likely the work of raptors" Standish said "See there are three claw marks and if that is what I think it is..." he said as he leant forward and pulled a sharp object from the hull.
"Yes it is, a raptor talon!" he said triumphantly, holding up a sharp black claw about three inches in length.
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Josiah Sanchez looked across the huge stretch of field, grazing in the field were tons of different dinosaurs, but all herbivores. He had listened contently to what James had said,
"Men, you will be split up into 2 groups. One group will head west to find Travis' first team, the second east to find his second team. This here well be our base camp, as
there are no predators to attack us".
Josiah would be in the second team, he had secretly wanted to be in the first team, but he would have to do James' work for now and then he would attempt his real
assignment.
"Everyone ok?" Malcolm asked as soon as he had finished untying Standish.
"Hmm, let me see we've crash landed on an island infested by prehistoric beings, our pilot has been decapitated by a tree, I have cramp in my legs and I can not feel my hands through being tied up. And you ask if I am ok." Standish replied sarcastically.
"I don't think anyone's seriously hurt" Nic replied, ignoring Standish's comment. "What I'd like to know is what our 'technical' problem was," she said looking around as if waiting for an explanation.
Malcolm shrugged an 'I haven't got a clue', Marco shook his head; Blake said it must have been a fault of some kind. Her eyes fell on Standish, who had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Mr Standish, you asked me if we were flying low, why did you ask that?" she asked.
"Well my dear, I was concerned about flying low as a raptor's leap is quite impressive and a pack leaping could easily bring down a craft of this size." Standish stated
simply.
"You don't think..."
"Of course not, do not listen to Mr Standish he doesn't know anything about planes and would not know a technical fault if it was right in his face" Blake interrupted them, earning himself two equally vicious glares, one blue and one green.
"There's only one way to make sure," Malcolm said, heading towards the plane door, forcing it open and then exiting.
"He can't be serious, there could be anything out there" Blake stuttered.
"Nothing he hasn't encountered before right?" Nic said, brushing past Blake and out the plane, closely followed by Standish.
Blake and Marco cautiously exited the plane and found the others examining the craft thoroughly. The plane rested against a large redwood, one of the wings had been torn from the craft, when it had impacted with another tree, and the plane's body was covered in dents and what appeared to be scratches of some sort. The others were
examining the scratches.
"Maybe they were caused by the tree branches?" came Nic's British accent.
"I highly doubt that, if you take a look at them closer they are too specific of a mark to be caused by a branch" Malcolm said.
"I agree Dr Malcolm, these are most likely the work of raptors" Standish said "See there are three claw marks and if that is what I think it is..." he said as he leant forward and pulled a sharp object from the hull.
"Yes it is, a raptor talon!" he said triumphantly, holding up a sharp black claw about three inches in length.
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Josiah Sanchez looked across the huge stretch of field, grazing in the field were tons of different dinosaurs, but all herbivores. He had listened contently to what James had said,
"Men, you will be split up into 2 groups. One group will head west to find Travis' first team, the second east to find his second team. This here well be our base camp, as
there are no predators to attack us".
Josiah would be in the second team, he had secretly wanted to be in the first team, but he would have to do James' work for now and then he would attempt his real
assignment.