Chapter nine

Calvin was rushing through the growth of plants. He was panting hard. He reached for his MTM at his pant leg. It wasn't there! Calvin heard the screech, again. It was closer. Calvin panted as he pushed all the plants away, and continued to run. behind him, the sound of running feet approached. Calvin burst out of the undergrowth, and ran for his life. The Deinonychus leaped out of the growth and landed on Calvin. Calvin let out a scream. So did the Deinonychus. The Deinonychus threw its half moon shaped claw into Calvin's...

Calvin woke up screaming.

"AAAA! RAPTOR! SAVE ME! IT'S GONNA EAT ME! IT'S GONNA TEAR ME TO SHREDS! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!"

Calvin looked around.

He was laying on the back of an Apatosaurus.

Hobbes was staring at him.

"Bad dream?" He asked.

"None of your business." Calvin sniffed.

"Mm-hmm." Hobbes said.

Calvin looked at his watch.

8:35 AM

"Well," Calvin yawned, wiping some sleep out of his eyes. "shall we go, now?"

"No, we're safe up here." Hobbes said.

He pointed at the ground.

Calvin looked down.

Gasp.

A couple kilometers away from the herd, was a pack of Allosaurus.

They kept looking up at the herd of Sauropods, but followed at a safe distance. They knew that one of those Apatosaurus could smash them with one step.

"Good grief." Calvin sighed.

"They're waiting for a weak or young one to stray away from the herd." Hobbes said. "I know, because my great Uncle told me that tigers do it, too."

Calvin watched the hunters.

"A weak or young one?" he asked. "by means... us?"

"Most likely." Hobbes said.

Sure enough, the Allosaurus kept an eye on Calvin and Hobbes sitting on the Dinosaur.

"What are we going to do?" Calvin asked.

"Doesn't your MTM have something for this?" Hobbes asked.

"No."

"Why ever not?" Hobbes asked.

"Who would have thought that we'd get stuck on the back of an Apatosaur with a bunch of Allosaurs following us?" Calvin asked.

Hobbes rolled his eyes.

"Well, I guess We'll just have to sit here until they leave." Hobbes said.

"That could take hours." Calvin said. "I can't sit on some silly lizard all day! I'm a busy man!"

"Who sits in front of the TV for ten hours straight." Hobbes said.

"At six thoughts a minute." Calvin added.

There was a moment of silence.

"Do you know what I hate?" Calvin asked. "I hate when there's a moment of quiet, and the other person suddenly directs the conversation to themselves! I mean, who or whom do they think they are? Why do they think they're talking with me? So they can talk about me that's why! The discussion should stay on me!"

Hobbes gave Calvin a blank stare.

"I also hate it when people stare at me all bug-eyed." Calvin said.

"That must happen a lot." Hobbes said.

There was another moment of silence.

"Nice weather we've been having, huh?" Hobbes asked.

"That's it!" Calvin yelled. "I've been here for three minutes, and I'm ready to go mad!"

"Weren't you already?" Hobbes asked.

Calvin ignored him.

"I'll show those sharp toothed know-it-alls! They think their so tough with their sharp teeth, and grasping hands! I'll show them a thing or two."

"It's been nice knowing you." Hobbes yawned.

"And you're coming with me!" Calvin spat.

"Of corse." Hobbes sighed, shaking his head.

Calvin crawled off the Apatosaur, and tried to dodge their feet.

"Calvin, I don't they saw us get off." Hobbes said. "Now would be a perfect time to escape."

Calvin thought about that.

"Alright." He said, finally. "I'll spare them."

"Spare them a meal is what you'll spare 'em." Hobbes muttered.

"What? Stop muttering. Hobbes!"

"I said..."

"Never mind. Let's go."

Calvin and Hobbes turned around, and walked off in the other direction.

Once they were sure they were safe, they stopped walking all humped over, and quietly.

Calvin and worked together that day to get the best footage of the animals.

Calvin and Hobbes got in a wonderful clip of a Brachiosaur, some perfect footage of a Camarasaurus, and a useful photo of a herd of Diplodocus.

"Great work, old buddy." Calvin said. "we're just about done, here. We just need one more. It's a Hypsilophodon."

"A what?" Hobbes asked, raising and eye brow.

"A Hypsilophodon. Here, look."

Calvin opened something up on the animal.

HYPSILOPHODON

Name Meaning: High Ridge tooth

a genus of small to medium-sized herbivorous dinosaurs that flourished from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous times (163 to 97.5 million years ago). Hypsilophodon gave its name to the family of ornithopods known as Hysilophodontidae; these primitive types ultimately gave rise to two other major groups of ornithopods—the hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs, and the iguanodonts. Hypsilophodon itself was about 2 m (6.5 feet) long and weighed about 60 kg (130 pounds). It had short arms with five fingers on each hand and was equipped with much longer hind feet bearing four toes apiece.

Behavior: Hypsilophodon lived in small herds

Diet: Plants, dunce

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"And where are we going to Hype-sole-off-id-don?" Asked Hobbes.

"No idea." Calvin said.

"Well," Hobbes said, backing up. "I think on where to find a Hypsilophodon is least of our problems right now."

"Is it the Allosaurus?" Calvin asked.

"Nope."

"Is it the Ceratosaurus?"

"Nope."

Calvin turned around.

The Dilophosaurus was stalking for Calvin.

"Well, lets run for our lives, again." Calvin said.

"Yes. Lets." Hobbes said.

The frills on the Dilophosaurus shot up, and it started making its spitting noise.

Calvin and Hobbes flew off.

"I have an idea!" Calvin shouted. "It's a little weird, but it just might work!"

Calvin held up the MTM.

A piece of black spit nearly hit it.

Calvin opened up the Main Menu.

What do you want, now?

Calvin clicked around on the machine, and with a blast of electricity, Calvin disappeared.

"Calvin!" Hobbes shouted.

The Dilophosaurus was almost on top of Hobbes now.

In panic Hobbes spun around.

With a swipe of his claws, the Dilophosaur reeled back in pain. The frills retracted.

It shook it's head for a second, then regained itself.

It prepared to leap right into the middle of Hobbes, when...

BOOM!

Hobbes ducked as a blast of fire and electricity shot out of no where.

The force sent the Dilophosaurus roaring forward, and into the dirt.

The Dilophosaur regained itself, stared around in confusion, then ran off.

Hobbes opened his eyes.

Calvin was standing in front of him with a crazed look on his face.

He blew the smoke away from the tip of the MTM, then pocketed it.

"Calvin, what happened?" Hobbes sighed. "What did you do?"

"I went a ten seconds into the future." Calvin said, proudly. "I knew the Dilophosaur would have passed my spot by then, so when I came out of the portal, he was right in range of my defense feature."

Hobbes gave Calvin a blank stare.

"Oh. Yeah, of corse." He said.

"Now why don't we go find that Dinosaur?" Calvin asked.

"Ok." Hobbes said, rolling his eyes.

Calvin and Hobbes continued walking for a long time.

"When do you suppose we'll find that thing, Calvin?" Hobbes asked.

"I have a tracker up for it, just be patient." Calvin spat.

"I worn my patience thin, Calvin." Hobbes said.

"Just relax." Calvin said.

Calvin and Hobbes continued walking.

Still no hypy-what-ch-ya-ma-call-it.

Hoo boy.