Pterodactyl Attack
Vikki saw the Pterodactyl coming down from over the lake. She could see its eyes peering down at her as it had found something that would make a suitable meal. It screeched loudly as it dived down at her.
"That's a big, big fella!" Vikki nervously gulped as she gripped her bow tightly as the winged dinosaur came down with its wings raised and its clawed feet opened up preparing to snatch the young woman.
"Whoa!" Vikki gasped leaping to ground in front of her just before the dinosaur could snatch as it clawed the ground just behind her. It cried out in an angry screech having missed its prey, but it would be deterred so easily.
It flew up back into the sky and come back around and tried again to grab, Vikki. She already had gotten to her feet when she noticed the dinosaur was coming back.
"Oh, Jeez!" She moaned again waiting for the right moment and then dived to the ground just before it can grab her again.
"This overgrown turkey is starting to get on my nerves!" She stated angrily getting back to her feet as she watched as the Pterodactyl was flying over the lake and was starting to turn back around to come at her again.
"Not this time!" Vikki ran to the logs and grabbed a couple of the arrows she had made and readied herself preparing an arrow in her bow dropping one of the arrows by her side as she turned the bow to a horizontal angle.
The Pterodactyl saw that the tiny creature make a defensive pose. It screeched intimidatingly down at it to try and frighten it but, Vikki was not going to run or show fear towards her attacker. She didn't spend her short time here in the prehistoric world just to be made an easy meal of.
"Come to momma!" Vikki welcomed as she made a firm stance standing at an awkward angle as the dinosaur was only seconds away. She wanted to get this right as she only had only one shot at the moment. If she shot now and missed then she would be easy pickings. She had to wait for it.
Squinting her eyes to focus her sight better the Pterodactyl was nearly right on top of her. She released her fingers on the vine string of her bow shooting out the arrow as it zipped right through the bow and with the dinosaur being so close its body was so big that the arrow impacted right in its chest implanting right into it.
The Pterodactyl flapped its wings from the sudden pain in its chest that lost control and rolled right over, Vikki tumbling to the ground right behind her. It went wild as it tried to bite at the object that was now stuck in its chest screeching in great pain.
"Gotcha!" Vikki cheered for a second making a grab for the other arrow that was near but even though the dinosaur was in pain it eyed the one who was the cause of the pain it now was enduring its eyes narrowing at her. It cawed madly at Vikki as it stood on the ground and headed to her.
Vikki didn't even have time to ready her next arrow as the dinosaur came up to her too fast. "Get back!" She ordered as it snapped its long beak at her trying to bite a part of, Vikki. She swung her bow at the Pterodactyl as it continued to bite at her. She managed to strike it in the face a couple of times, but it still would not turn back from her as it kept advancing.
Vikki tried to keep up the fight but the more it advanced on her the more she had to step back to keep out of range of its wings and feet. She swung her bow again but this time the Pterodactyl bit down on it. She struggled to try and pull it back out, but it was far stronger than her and managed to rip it from her hands and toss it away far from where she would be able to reach it.
"Not good!" Vikki gulped as now she was without a weapon to use for her defense. The Dinosaur took the initiative and leaped forward and managed to push, Vikki onto the ground as its clawed feet grabbed her upper arms.
The Pterodactyl then began to flap its wings lifting up its captured prey though the arrow still lodged in its chest hampered its efforts. Vikki understood that if she is lifted even ten feet off the ground her life would certainly be forfeit she would be too high to fall down safely and she would be at the mercy of the dinosaur which the only mercy it would give is if would end her life quickly which assuredly it would not.
She looked around to see if there was anything she could use. They both were close to the bank of the lake nearby and her bow was far out of reach but there was a bunch of rocks laying around and grabbed one with her right hand just before she was starting to be lifted off the ground. Taking aim, she looked up and tossed the rock in her hand and managed to hit it right in the eye.
The Dinosaur immediately released Vikki as she fell feet first onto the ground thankfully only falling by a foot. She ran for her bow just as the Pterodactyl was done rubbing its eye while back on the ground. Angrier than ever it charged at the green haired woman just as she grabbed her bow.
Vikki turned to see the angry dinosaur was just about on her as it snapped its long beak at her. She rolled to her left just barely avoiding the sharp beak. She ran for the arrow she had right where she left it just making it to it when she heard the Pterodactyl was coming back after her.
She quickly readied the arrow in her bow turning around sharply just managing to see the dinosaur with its beak wide open. She jumped back and shot the arrow just as the beak was about to snap shut on her as the arrow flew right into the open mouth and pierced right into it.
The Pterodactyl went all the wilder as sharp pains went through its entire body flapping and hopping about madly as the arrow had pierced all the way back through its throat. Not being to continue on anymore it dropped down to ground cawing lowly as its life faded from its eyes the last moment of it was seeing the green haired human standing over it.
Vikki panted heavily trying to calm down. Her adrenaline was high, and the fight had gone on for long enough to make her realize she nearly perished. She almost got carried away the now deceased Pterodactyl. It was so much to take in that she dropped her bow and sat the log nearby putting her hands on her head trying calm herself.
After a few minutes she opened her eyes and lowered her hands from her face. She looked upon the dead dinosaur and started to smile. "I did it. I can't believe I actually did it!" She beamed standing threw her hands into the air. "Yes!" She cheered.
She then picked up her bow and looked over it to make sure there wasn't any damage on it. "It actually worked too! I guess I am lucky for that." She admitted setting the bow down on the log.
"Now for you!" Vikki said looking upon the dead dinosaur walking near it as she worked to jimmy out the second arrow that was one that killed it. Keeping its beak open with a branch she worked to pull the arrow free from its mouth as blood poured from it. With some effort she pushed it onto its back and had a bit of an easier time getting the first arrow out of its chest as more blood began to pour from it.
"Guess Ill be having something more than fish tonight!" She laughed licking her lips the thought of cooked meat. Knowing what she had to do having learned how to gut an animal after killing it after a successful hunt she grabbed the knife she had crafted putting it in the side of her bottom loincloth carefully for not to accidently cut herself she grabbed the legs of the Pterodactyl and pulled it towards the lake.
She grunted as the dinosaur was quite heavy pulling as hard as she could. "Boy! Perhaps I should have hit the gym for the upper arms!" She stated as she continued to pull her kill towards the lake. It took her a good few minutes before she finally made it to the waters edge.
Vikki immediately kneeled by the water and took many handfuls of the clear water quenching her thirst. She looked at the dead dinosaur and grinned. "Boy, you certainly put a hamper on my day but thanks to you that may change as I may now have some food for a few days at least." She smiled. She took out her knife and went to it kneeling down next to the chest of the Pterodactyl.
"Here we go!" She began holding her knife high and brought it down hard onto the chest of the dinosaur piercing into the hide easily. She cut through creating a long line and with the longer she cut it the more of its innards and blood began to pour out.
Vikki grunted in some disgust as it was never an easy sight to look at while gutting an animal. Though the dinosaur's innards were a lot different than most other animals its still had some similarities and with that, Vikki made out it had plenty of meat within it that would sustain her for some time.
She grabbed some of the long leaves from the palm trees after she climbed up and gathered them and brought them to the nearly fully gutted pterosaur. In one leaf she placed all the meat that she could gather from it after spending a few hours gutting out everything she could with only the knife she had to use.
In the other leaf she had brought she had placed every bit of the guts and innards of the Pterodactyl onto it. Being in a world where there were a lot of predators about it wouldn't be a good idea to simply leave them about. She pulled the leave with all the guts and pulled it into the lake and then pulled the Pterodactyl into the lake as well as it floated for awhile before sinking into it.
A Part of the lake went red with blood for a while as, Vikki laid on the bank having exhausted herself from the battle with the Pterodactyl to spending hours gutting it. She was tired and hungry. She sat up to see that she was covered in a lot of blood. Thankfully, it wasn't her blood that was spilt this day.
She was hot from all the work she had done and covered with blood from the dinosaur she knew just what she needed. Standing up she walked towards the lake that now was mostly clear of the blood and slowly waded into it.
Vikki sighed in great relief as the cool water eased her mind and her body. She rubbed all over her skin as she stood waist deep in the lake as she cleaned off the blood from her days work. She carefully cleaned off every bit of herself getting rid every drop that stuck to her skin. After a good few minutes, she finally was clean. Nothing more was needed now to cleanse herself, but she didn't wish to get out just yet. Taking a breath, she dived into the lake and swam underwater before coming back up to the surface. She swam around the surface letting the cool water continue to relax her as she dived down once again seeing some fish swim close then away from her when she came too close.
Vikki came to the surface once again taking in a deep breath as she was under longer than she had to be. Seeing the sun was starting to go down in the distance just over the small mountain she knew she had more work to do if she was going to eat something better than fish this night.
"Now onto what will be the best part of my day." She grinned as she crawled out of the lake shaking off most of the water as a quick chill went down her from the sudden reentry into a great humidity. She walked over to the leaf that had all the meat she had gather from the Pterodactyl and hauled it over to her hut and quickly started a fire.
Vikki gathered a few large sticks implanting two of them in the ground across from each other over the fire pit and tied two smaller sticks in a x shape on the top of each of them then she took one last long stick and began to impale as much meat as she could onto it before placing the stick in between the two other sticks.
The Meat on the stick began to sizzle after a few minutes and Vikki created a makeshift handle and turned the meat as her mouth drooled over the smell of the meat that was becoming more tender by the minute.
This day she had was a long and enduring one. She nearly lost her life but managed to use the weapon she had crafted that resulted in saving her from becoming a dinosaur's meal. This was only just the beginning. A Pterodactyl was one thing but there were countless more of them and so many other dangers of this world. She was going to have to be all the more careful if she was going to find a portal that could lead her back home but for the time being she was grateful to still have her life and all the more grateful that now she was about to have a good meal of cooked meat this night.
