Chapter Eleven
You are currently at: September 17, 65 million years ago
"Oh joy." Said Hobbes. "We are doomed."
"Relax, Hobbes." Calvin said. "We just need a few more Dinosaur videos and we'll go home."
Hobbes looked around.
Things looked much different than the Jurassic.
They had landed in a desert plain.
Calvin opened up the Main Menu.
A message flashed across the screen.
ASTEROID PRE-WARNING
A mass extinction shall happen due to an asteroid heading for Earth at approximately 300 miles per hour. Shall happen in three days. Bubbling waters, dying animals, big explosions, rain of fire, and total obliteration of 99 point 9 percent of life. We are all doomed. Be sure to brush your teeth, and have a nice a day.
It then switched over to the Main Menu.
"Calvin did you read that?"
"Mmm-hmm." Said Calvin. "Relax. That's three days away. We'll probably be here for two."
"Two days?" Hobbes yelled. "We can't stay here that long!"
"Well we're gonna, now shut up!" Replied Calvin.
Just then Hobbes whispered. "Oh great!" and the MTM beeped, and a hologram popped out.
APPROACHING DINOSAURS
Deinonychus
Name Meaning: Terrible Claw
Deinonychus was a fast-running, two-legged (bipedal) dinosaur. This meat-eater had about 80 very sharp, curved teeth in a long, flat snout; some of the teeth were over an inch long. This predator had an s-shaped neck, arms with three-fingered clawed hands, long thin legs, and four-toed clawed feet. Deinonychus' head was about 7 inches long. Deinonychus may have been able to run up to roughly 40 mph for long bursts. Deinonychus was about 5 to 6 feet long, and have been known to be as tall as an adult human. It may have weighed about 100 to 133 pounds. It had a stiff tail that worked as a counterbalance and let it make very quick turns.
IQ: Deinonychus were among the smartest of all the Dinosaurs
Behavior: Deinonychus along with the other Dromaeosaurids, were the smartest dinosaurs, as calculated from their brain:body weight ratio. This made them very deadly predators. Deinonychus may have hunted in packs, perhaps attacking even very large animals.
Diet: Meat, moron
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"Uh oh." Calvin whispered.
Just then, a sound like a crow echoed through the forest.
"CAW! CAW! CAW! CAW! CAW!" Calvin spun around.
There, in the middle of the plain, a raptor stared at Calvin and Hobbes, and continued to make that sound.
"That's just terrific." Hobbes sighed. "Now we're gonna get eaten by some animal that's dead."
"Oh no you don't!" Calvin whipped out the MTM, and shot a blast of electricity at it.
He missed.
"Whoopsies." Calvin said.
At that very moment, three more raptors leaped from the bushes.
Do you know what Calvin did?
He released an Aerial Probe.
Hobbes was tempted to just grab the MTM away from Calvin, and go home, himself, but he was stopped when a raptor leaped at him.
Calvin and Hobbes zoomed off.
"Calvin?" Hobbes asked. "How fast can Deinonychuses go?"
"Oh, somewhere around 60 to 70 miles per hour. Why do you ask?"
"I hate you." Hobbes muttered under his breath.
Calvin and Hobbes dove under a rock, and hid.
The Deinonychus jumped over the rock, and continued running.
Seconds later, the Aerial Probe returned.
"That was a close one." Calvin said.
Hobbes looked around.
"Yeah, great. Now what do we do?"
"Let's check our list." Calvin said.
Deinonychus CHECK
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Triceratops
Anatosaurus
Ankylosaurus
"See there, Hobbes?" Calvin asked. "We have less to worry about, this time. We just need to get these last four, and we're done!"
"If you think I'm going to stand in front of a T. Rex, and take pictures, then you must be some kind lunatic."
Calvin didn't know how to reply, so he just spat, "Same to you, bub!"
Calvin went over the list, and decided to go after Triceratops, first.
"What happens if it attacks us?" Hobbes asked.
"Then our videos will be more interesting." Calvin replied.
"Bye, bye."
"GET BACK HERE!"
"Darn."
"Alright." Calvin said. "Triceratops usually hang out in plains, next to dense forests."
"How come?"
"Because... uh... Because they do, Hobbes. They do it because they do it. If they didn't, then they wouldn't."
Hobbes rolled his eyes.
"Alright." He said. "Only one problem; We're in the middle of a barren desert. Nothing lives here except the raptors. And I have a problem with that."
"Oh, quite being such a weenie." Calvin said. "Look see? There's a forest now. I'll bet there's a whole herd of Triceratops on the other side of it!"
"Joy."
Calvin and Hobbes entered the forest.
They walked for about fifteen minutes when Calvin said, "At least Dilophosaurs are extinct, now, right?"
"How comforting."
They walked some more.
"Gee, I wonder what time it is, in 2006, now." Calvin wondered out loud.
Hobbes rolled his eyes.
They walked some more.
After they were beginning to get impatient with the forest, the MTM beeped, and a hologram shot out.
APPROACHING DINOSAUR
Iguanodon
Name Meaning: Iguana Tooth
Iguanodon is a large herbivorous dinosaurs found as fossils of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods (163 to 97.5 million years ago) in a wide area of Europe, North Africa, and eastern Asia. The iguanodon was the largest, most abundant, and most widespread of all the iguanodonts. It was more than 30 feet long, stood 5 m tall when erect, and weighed 4 to 5 tons. The animal probably spent its time grazing while moving about on four legs, though it could also walk on two legs. The iguanodon's forelimbs had unusual, five-fingered hands; the thumb projected upward perpendicular to the rest of the hand and was rigid, much like a sharp spike. The teeth were ridged and formed sloping surfaces whose grinding action could pulverize the low-growing ferns and horsetails the animal fed upon near streams and rivers.
IQ: medium intellect
Behavior: Iguanodon was believed to be a peaceful herbivore
Diet: Plants, dumbbell
"Give me the MTM, so I may leave." Hobbes spat.
"Relax, Hobbes. Iguanodon are peace loving dinosaurs." Calvin said.
"Yeah right."
"In fact, we could use Iguanodon photo for our Triassic Park logo."
"Uh huh."
"Now let's see where is the guy?"
Calvin and Hobbes looked all around.
"Can't find him." Hobbes said. "That's tragic. Moving on."
"Wait, I think I heard a dinosaur sound!"
Calvin rushed off.
Since Calvin was the only way home, Hobbes had no choice but to follow.
When he reached the other side of the bush, Hobbes spotted Calvin snapping photographs with the MTM at a herd of Iguanodon as they munched on their leaves.
Hobbes walked over. "I really don't like the looks of those thumb nails."
"Oh relax, we're not threatening any of them." Calvin said, taking another picture.
"Oh boy." Hobbes sighed.
He took a comic book out of Calvin's backpack, and sat down on a rock, and began reading.
Minutes went by.
Finally, Calvin slipped the MTM back into his backpack.
"I can't wait to get these photos developed." Calvin said, turning to Hobbes.
"Mmm." Said Hobbes, turning the page to his comic book.
"Give me that comic book, or I'll demolish you." Calvin said, calmly.
"M-hm." Hobbes said, handing Calvin the comic.
"OK." Calvin said, "Now all we need is..."
Suddenly one of the Iguanodon started making a low but loud rumble.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" It boomed.
Calvin and Hobbes' heads shot up.
"What's it doing?" Hobbes asked.
"Beats me." Calvin said. "Maybe it went insane."
The other Iguanodon started making the sound, too, and started moving away from the trees.
Calvin and Hobbes watched.
"Weird." Calvin said. "What do you make out of this Hobbes?"
Calvin turned to his furry friend.
Hobbes had vanished.
Calvin grumbled to himself, and turned back to the Iguanodon.
"SCREEEECH!"
HUH?
All at once, a Deinonychus leaped out of nowhere, and collided with the Iguanodon.
"HEY!" Calvin screamed.
He whipped out his MTM.
"GO PICK ON SOMETHING YOUR OWN SIZE!"
The Deinonychus looked up, and stared at Calvin.
It gave the Iguanodon enough time to give it a punch on the chin, sending it flying into a tree branch.
The plant eater then leaped to its feet, and ran away.
The raptor collapsed to the ground.
Calvin started laughing at it.
"HA! And let that be a lesson to you! Go do something constructive and pick on somebody your own size!"
The raptor leaped to its feet and started lurking for Calvin.
Calvin blinked.
"Uh... no. wrong. You're quite a lot bigger than I am, and I'm sure you'll agree... GET AWAY FROM ME! HELP! BAD RAPTOR! BAD! BAD!"
The raptor lifted its moon shaped claw, and leaped into the air.
BOOM!
Calvin whipped out his MTM, and quickly shot out the defense mode.
It collided with a tree.
Just then, more raptors stepped out of the bushes.
Calvin's eyes darted from side to side.
"Uuuuhh... Greetings from the future?"
The raptors started hissing, and cawing, and making fangs at Calvin.
Calvin backed up into a tree.
"You, know, I'm high in cholesterol. Did I mention that? Boy howdy. The National Security System ranked me number one above all over... uh... High Cholesterol."
The raptors ignored him, and continued to close in.
"Now would be a great time for something miraculous to happen." Calvin called out, angrily
"Oh very well."
Hobbes reached down from the tree, grabbed Calvin's shirt collar, and hoisted him into it, just as the raptors dove for him.
"Why didn't you do that sooner!" Calvin demanded.
"Well, it was quite interesting seeing you babble on like that. I actually hoped that it would go on for several minutes." Hobbes said.
"I'm so lucky to have such a caring, compassionate friend." said Calvin. "Now let's get out of here!"
"Calvin the raptors are still down there." Hobbes said.
Calvin caught himself in mid jump.
He hovered in the air for a second, flapping his arms wildly, then grabbed a tree limb.
The raptors stood around the tree, staring up at him.
Calvin climbed back into the tree on the branch opposite to Hobbes.
"Now what do we do?" Calvin asked.
"Well, the solution seems to be that we have to just sit in this tree until the raptors leave." Calvin looked down.
The raptors were still staring up at them.
"How long will that take?" Calvin asked.
"I have no idea." Hobbes said.
"Oh come on!" Calvin yelled.
"Let's just say its going to be a long day." Hobbes said, laying back on the tree limb with his hands behind his head.
