Part IV: The Betrayal
"Rex..." Yu closed his eyes and memories flooded back to him. It had been so long since he seen Rex, or heard his name. It was almost like it was from some distance dream he had long forgot about. "It's been so long since I've seen him...Why would Chomper want him?"
Petrie lowered his head. "Me no know for sure. But me thinks he want to turn Rex against us all!"
Yu lashed his tail from side to side. "Chomper has way too many dinosaurs. We can't let him get another!" But while Yu sounded confident, deep down he was terrified. He know bore three scars on his body, all of them he got from Red. Red...he shuddered as he thought of the name. Thanks to his struggle with Red, Yu now had a scar on his snout, a scar on his neck, and a scar on his side. And they were all still painful and swollen. He gingerly touched the scar on his snout, and instantly recoiled in pain. Petrie noticed this, and peered at the wound.
"That one wicked cut..." He said softly, looking at Yu with pity.
"Tell me about it..." Yu said sorely. "It's been about a week since I got it, and it still hurts like nothing else!"
Petrie nodded sympathetically, but then remembered what he had originally come to do. "We go, now!" He said almost demandingly. "If sharpteeth find us, we doomed!" He was flapping his wings frantically, feeling his heart racing just by thinking of what would happen if they were ambushed by the sharpteeth that Chomper had sent out to look for Yu the raptor. He cautiously turned his head to look behind him, and was thankful there was no one there.
"But where will we go?" Yu asked sullenly. "We have no idea where they would be coming from. What if we walk right into a trap?"
Petrie glared at him. "You not quitting, are you?"
Yu looked up into the night sky. "I'm just trying to be realistic, Petrie." He let out a long sigh. "You have no idea what I've been through, when I infliltrated and joined their ranks. I've seen things, Petrie. I've seen what they do, how they lived. There are things that they know." He started trembling. "I know what they are capable of, Petrie. You have no idea what they can do..." He slowly turned his head away. "You don't know what it's like...unless you've been there."
Petrie's expression softened almost all the way. The hint of a frown still remained. "But they here now. If you know so much about them, why no give us a hint in how to beat them?"
Yu gritted his teeth. "That's just it! I-I-I don't know how, exactly. That's why I wanted to talk to Littlefoot. I was hoping he would be able to help me devise a way to stop this madness."
"Ppphmmf! Littlefoot! Why you need him for?" Petrie spat. He was about to say something, but one cold stare from Yu made him shut up.
"What is the matter with you?" Yu growled.
Petrie looked away and at first said nothing. Giving Yu a backward glance, he said, "Littlefoot cause this."
Yu blinked in shock. "I have my doubts about that, Petrie. I wouldn't put the blame all on him."
"Why not?"
"Because Littlefoot is still your friend. Do you think he meant for this to happen?" Before Petrie could answer, Yu answered for him. "No. He didn't."
"Look, me already had talk like this earlier." Petrie said, trying his hardest not to show his anger. "Let just leave and me take you where me last saw Littlefoot..."
Yu smiled a little. "All right, let's go."
But before they could go anywhere, they could almost feel shadows being cast down on them. They heard the rumbling of rocks and snapping of twigs. They could hear footsteps that seem to come from all sides. They turned left and right, trying to find the exact source of the sounds. Petrie, whimpering, flew up into a tree to hide. Yu, frantic, dove behind a rock and curled up into a ball to try and conceal his entire body being it.
The sounds grew louder, and closer. Yu could almost feel the vibrations under the weight of his body as the footsteps drew closer and closer. He could feel the fear rising in his heart. It must be Chomper's troops, most likely looking for him. Petrie may not have told him about how many Chomper sent, but Yu has been with Chomper's pack long enough to expect those kinds of things.
Up in the tree, Petrie had flew onto the highest branch, and snuggled as far against the trunk as he could. He peered through the thick leaves to find where Yu was. He sighed with relief when he spotted him behind the rock. Petrie then turned his attention to where the shadows were coming from. He could tell, from where he was, they were sharptooth shadows. He narrowed his eyes as he strained to see how many there were. The shadows had merged and it looked like there was just one shadow, one creature. But Petrie and Yu both knew better.
Yu and Petrie slowed their breathing. And when they would breathe, they would do it so softly that their chest cavities hardly rose. They were trying to keep the noise down as much as they could. They fear that the sharpteeth could still hear their heartbeats. It scared them how their hearts were starting to race, and if the sharpteeth had good hearing, they would surely detect it.
Finally, after what seemed like hours, they finally caught a glimpse of who was tracking them down. The sharpteeth were velociraptors, about ten of them. Petrie had never seen them before, but Yu recognized a couple of them. There was a black raptor with feathers on his head, like Red, and white stripes, and neon green eyes named Jackel. Then there was a pink raptor with a red belly and pale-blue eyes named Jewel. And finally there was a steel gray raptor with red eyes named Meta. Yu wasn't too afraid of Jewel and Meta. They weren't the strongest raptors in the bunch. They were about his age and they would be easy to beat. But Jackel is going to be a challenge. His strength rivals that of Red's.
The mystery raptors snarled and snapped at each other, as if they were arguing. Jackel snarled loudly, and the quarrelling quickly stopped. He turned his head towards Jewel and bobbed his head. She nodded in return, and ran on foward. Yu was confused. Why would Jackel send one of the weakest members of the sickleclaw pack? Maybe to make her look good?
Jewel pressed her snout against the grass and breathed in deeply. She suddenly caught a whiff of something. Not letting herself raise her head for a second, she tracked the smell towards the tree Petrie had flown up into. She growled softly as she looked up, but soon calmed down when she realized her mistake. She turned her attention back to the scent trail. This time she started towards Yu.
Yu felt his heart race as Jewel got closer and closer to the boulder. He was about to back up further when the pink raptor's head popped over the edge, looking down at him with hungry eyes. Yu suddenly jumped from his hiding place and tried to bolt, but tw of the raptors jumped in front of him, blocking his exit. He got into a defensive position as he snarled at the black raptor that stood before him.
"You're lucky the boss wants you alive." Jackel said coldly, his feathers bristling. "If you ask me, he should just have us kill you."
Petrie dove from the tree without warning and knocked the raptor in the eye. "Take that!" He shouted triumphantly as his attack caused the sharptooth to stagger backwards. Petrie's victory was short-lived when he barely dodged an attack from Meta. Petrie screamed in fear when Jewel launched an attack, and he quickly dodged.
Jackel narrowed his eyes. "I want that pest taken care of." He rubbed his sore eye gently.
One of the raptors nodded. "Yes sir!" The other raptors started to chase after Petrie, leaving Yu alone with Jackel.
"Well well well, I didn't know you were still around, little Yu." The sharptooth chuckled coldly.
Yu smirked. "Well I'm surprised you're leading your own pack, Jackel. I could've sworn that you were the worst in athletics!" He looked at his claws. "Come to think of it, you never beat me in an event." He knew he was making a mistake, but he had to stall for time.
"Oh you think that's real funny don't you?" Jackel smiled viciously. "Well, let's see how funny it is when we take you to Chomper to be used as bait."
Yu stepped back. "You'll have to catch me first!" With that, he sprang his feet into action, racing along the floor at top speed, dodging obstacles.
Jackel rolled his eyes, unimpressed. "Why do they always have to do things the hard way?