Chapter two
Hobbes opened his eyes.
The air was heavy and humid.
The hum of giant dragonfly wings zoomed across him.
Hobbes looked behind him and... OH NO!
Calvin wasn't there! He looked around, frantically. Calvin and MTM were gone!
Calvin opened his eyes.
He was laying on his back in large prehistoric tree.
The MTM was dangling on it's strap from a branch of a higher tree in plain view.
Calvin carefully got up, and took the MTM off.
Calvin looked down at the ground.
"Hobbes? Where are you?"
No answer.
Calvin hit the Main Menu button on the MTM.
A hologram popped out of the tiny machine.
Calvin read the data.
Mini Time Machine (MTM)
Welcome to the MTM, Calvin the Bold's latest and most effective Time Machine!
You are currently at: July 24, 160 million years ago
Capture Dinosaur
Please click here for animal listing
Error Guard: Shielding your Time Machine from harm!
Defense Mode: CLICK ONLY UNDER EXTREME EMERGENCIES
Packed Equipment
Miscellaneous
Time Machine Settings
Close
Calvin clicked on Error Guard and the screen changed.
Welcome to Error Guard
Now scanning for errors, please wait.
Abort and Close
Calvin waited for a response a while as the message "Now scanning for errors" probed Calvin's large computer area.
Then, after about three minutes,
Welcome to Error Guard
One Error(s) found
Name: Fluffybunny8213228
Type: Glitch
Location: Time Machine Settings
Causes: If two people use MTM, this glitch with the stupid name will separate them on entry of time zone. It will separate them about a mile apart.
Delete glitch and close Main Menu
Delete glitch and scan for more errors
Delete glitch and return to Main Menu
Just a mile? Good they weren't far apart.
Calvin deleted the error, and closed the Main Menu down.
Calvin hoped that Hobbes wouldn't move away from his spot.
Calvin tucked the MTM in his pocket and climbed down the...
"CHIRP. CHIRP. CH-CH-CH-CH-IRP."
...tree and...
"Hoot! Chirp. ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-irp."
Did you hear something? Probably not because you weren't there, but Calvin heard it.
It sounded like a hooting like an owl or bird.
Were there owls in the Jurassic? According to Calvin's knowledge about Dinosaurs, no.
Calvin decided to investigate the source of the noise.
Calvin jumped down from the tree, and looked around.
The chirping was coming from the bushes around him.
"Ok." Calvin said. "Come out with your hands up!"
Calvin's reply was more chirping and hooting.
Calvin decided to just get out of there.
He turned to go when he heard the chirping again. Only now, it was closer.
Calvin turned around and stared down into the hatful little eyes of a... Calvin's mouth suddenly went dry. His fingers stiffened. And one thought ran through his mind: If the Jurassic Park movies were right about Dilophosaurus being a poisonous dinosaur, then Calvin was in very deep trouble.
Hobbes looked around.
He appeared to be at the edge of a forest.
His eyes scanned the area for some sign of Calvin.
There was none.
Just then, a loud sound was made it sounded like a very loud and deep sigh echoed throughout the forest.
Hobbes spun around, as a long shadow loomed over him.
He gawked at the Dinosaur herd in front of him.
It was a herd of Diplodocus.
One of them stretched its huge neck over at Hobbes and stared at him with it's gentle and somewhat stupid eyes.
Hobbes stared back.
"uhhhhh... Greetings from the future?"
The Diplodocus stared at him.
"I am Hobbes." Hobbes said. "Tiger from the distant year of 2005."
One of the Diplodocus gave out a kind of moaning sound.
Hobbes pressed on.
"Well, ok, I guess I'll just be moving along now."
Hobbes started backing up.
The Diplodocus stared after him.
"Must you stare at me?" Hobbes asked. "It's not like it's my fault you go extinct in the next few million years."
Hobbes ducked into a bush and out of sight.
The Diplodocus then continued grazing after Hobbes had left.
Calvin didn't move a hair.
The Dilophosaurus wasn't at all the size it was in the movie. Yes it was only five feet tall, but it was twenty feet long.
Oh and it was grey. Just like in the movie.
The animal bent down, and gave Calvin a deep sniffing.
Calvin felt its hot breath on his face.
Then it rose up, and frills shot up and started rattling and the creature did that same sound it had done in Jurassic Park.
"THAAAATHAAAAHAAAHATAHAAAAA!"
Calvin screamed and ducked a piece of black spit.
Calvin then ran off.
Calvin heard the creature's sound get fainter, but then, footsteps in the forest and the sound got louder.
THAT THING COULD RUN FAST!
Even how scared Calvin was, he wanted to see this prehistoric creature running.
Calvin pulled out his MTM, while he was running.
Then he opened up the Main Menu. Down at the bottom, Calvin clicked on Miscellaneous, and the screen changed.
Miscellaneous
Aerial Probe
Spider Probe
System Drive
Read Me
More...
Close
Calvin clicked on Aerial Probe, and a small frisbee like machine shot out of the MTM.
It hovered next to the running Calvin for a moment, then zoomed toward the ever approaching Dilophosaurus.
The mini probe flew up to the dinosaur, and examined it from all sides.
Starting from the legs, Calvin notices how it took long strides while standing on its toes.
Then the probe moved upward to the head.
The neck was outstretched, and the frills were still going with it spitting every now and again.
It was a perfect video of a hunting Dilophosaurus But it wasn't doing Calvin any good.
Because, YIKES! As the Aerial probe watched, more Dilophosaurs leaped from the weeds and joined the first one.
THEY HUNTED IN PACKS!
As the aerial probe landed in Calvin's hands, and he put it back in the MTM, the dinosaur was gaining speed and was getting closer.
Calvin pulled out the MTM, and opened up the Main Menu again.
He scrolled down to the Defense Mode, where it warned you to only use under extreme circumstances.
Calvin spun around.
The dinosaurs leaped into the air, with its legs heading straight for Calvin.
Calvin hit the button and all at once...
