Dino-Sitting
We were sitting in the cave as we were complementing our next move. "We have to help them." I say as I start pacing around the cave. "How?" Kenji asks which gets me thinking. I perk up in a big brain moment. "Brooklynn can you access the BRAD-X's voice commands?" I ask as she flicks through the diagnostics. "Yes." She replies as I sigh in relief. "See if you can get the BRAD-X to follow Darius commands, with that we can inflitrate the compound without Kash noticing, than we can get those babies out and no one will be none the wiser." I say as everyone nods in agreement. Brooklynn starts to work through the tablet while contacting Darius. The camera shows and he is sitting in a room. "Darius?" Brooklynn says as Darius lifts his head before standing up. "What's up?" He asks. "Ryan has a plan. We are trying to connect voice commands to you. That why you can use the BRAD-X. We are planning on getting in the compound and making away with the babies but we need your help." Brooklynn says as she finds the command systems. "Just speak your name and I'll download the voice analysis of your voice into the BRAD." Brooklynn says as Darius ready's himself. "Darius Bowman." He says clearly as the tablet starts downloading. It completes and we silently cheer on joy. "Got it...try something." Brooklynn says as Darius starts thinking before snapping his fingers. "Jump." He says as the BRAD trills and jumps. We cheer in success.
Night had fallen as we made our way to the compound. The raptors were sleeping soundly as we quietly made our way to the silent fortress. We arrive at the meet point and see a rope drop down from above. We look up and see that Darius had tied the rope to the BRAD-X. Smart move. Kenji makes his way up as I keep my rifle focused on the raptors. Ben follows, than Sammy and Yaz. "Go, I'll cover you." I say to Brooklynn as she climbs up. I follow after her. Half way up, I see that Brooklynn is focused on the raptors, not noticing, she reaches out and misses the rope and slips down, the rope burns through her fingers as she screams in pain. She accidentally let's go of the rope and falls backwards. I reach out and grab her arm, just before she goes splat on the ground.
I look and see that the raptors are stirred and awaken from their sleep. "Grab hold of me!" I shout out as I pull Brooklynn up, she wraps her arms around my neck and shoulders as I start climbing. I climb faster as the raptors screech and lunge at us but a sudden tug pulls us up faster. Darius and Kenji lean over and grab hold of us, pulling us over the railing. I notice the BRAD walking backwards. "BRAD, stop." Darius says as the robot stops and beeps. I rush over to Brooklynn who is clutching her hands tightly together. "Let me see." I say as she shakes her head, no. "I can't help if I can't see." I say softly to her as she slowly opens her hands, wincing in pain as air touches the wounds. A huge rope burn is trailed along her palm and the middle of her fingers. She's really lucky that they didn't go further in. "Ben." I say as he rushes over and takes some bandages and spare paste out of his fanny pack. "This is going to sting." I say in warning, with no water on us, we have to work quick. I apply the disinfectant as she grits her teeth in pain. I quickly wrap her hands with the bandage before tying them off. "You ok?" Kenji asks as he sits down next to her. "Keep an eye out, just in case." I say to him as I give them some space.
We enter the compound and make our way down. I get a look of the layout. Seems pretty generic of a multi billion dollar business, could have been a little better. We turn a corner and find an elevator. Darius presses to go down as we enter the lift. "This will take you down to the med bay. There is a nursery next to it. He's testing the chips on the babies, first thing tomorrow morning." He's says as Brooklynn turns to him. "What about cameras?" Oh shit, that's a good question. "Mr Genius up there has been too busy to set up the island and facilities security systems." I raise my eeybrow at that, either Kash is really lazy or God is on our side. "Message me as soon as you get the babies out. Good luck." He says as we nod in determination. The lift closes and we make our way down, the ride is silent as there really nothing to talk about, doesn't help that the mission is as serious as it can get. "Went up to the roof to get some air." We hear Darius voice sound over the tablet. "Let the machine do the talking. Where did the kid go?" Kash's condescending voice sounds over as Brooklynn quickly answers. "The roof." I sigh in relief, that was too close for my liking. The lift seems to be taking forever, to pass time I notice Kenji is giving small looks in Brooklynn's direction but she seems to be not returning any. Odd, they always steal little glances when they think we aren't looking, something has happened.
My thoughts are broken as the lift dings and the doors open. We look at the familiar room of the med bay as we make our way across. I notice Sammy trailing behind, looking at the massive locked door. She walks up to it and presses her ear against it. A loud clang is heard as she jumps back in fright. I touch her shoulder as she jumps again. "Don't wander off." I say as she nods. "Hey guys, I think I found it." I hear Ben shout as we make our way over to the end corridor. "Looks like there is only four babies in the nursery. We look down another corridor to see the first one. Ben opens the info bar. "Baby Brachiosauruses. Two months old. DNA extracted from Isla Sorna." Ben says as he scoffs. "Won't take me long. Where are we meeting after?" I shake my head at his arrogance, just wait mate, you'll be very surprised. "Med bay We'll load them up on the platform and figure out which biome to take them." Brooklynn states as she walks off with Sammy. "Good luck." I say cheekily to Ben who looks perplexed at me. I make my way back to the crossroads, Brooklynn runs off and grabs Yaz before pulling her away from Kenji who seems confused at what's happening. Sammy is down the other end as I pass Kenji. "Don't worry about it." I say to him on passing as he looks really confused.
I make my way down the last corridor. I reach out and open the info bar. And it's a...fuck. I open the door and see the dino walking about in its cage. It seems skinny but has an undertone of strong muscle. It's two feet are pointed sharp and it's arms have three fingered claws, I notice that the arms are larger than that of a typical Tyrannosaur. The body is long and a row of slopes make its way from the top of the head down to halfway up the tail, the spikes get smaller the further down they go. The head is unlike a Rex and looks fairly similar to the Indominus but more...natural looking. The dark brown colour is striped with darker brown, almost black colour. The animal is small as a baby would be, roughly half the size of the raptors are that are situated outside, but I can see in my head just how large this animal is going to be. "A Gigantosaurus."
My voice alerts the animal who turns to me and starts snarling in warning. I open my hands in front of me. "It's ok." I say but the animal is undeterred. I take my rifle off slowly before placing it down. The animal seems to relax slightly but still is quite tense. I look over and see a foodary not far from the cage. I see that the juvenile's ribs are slightly showing. "You hungry?" I say, the animal doesn't give a response, duh Ryan. I walk over slowly and open up the foodary to see large slabs of raw steak sitting in there. Really surprised that flies or other pests haven't infected it. I grab a large steak before showing it to the carnivore. It's perks up as it sees the meat. I notice a feeding station for the animal at the base of the cage. I throw the steak in and the carnivore rips into it, devouring the meat with savage aggression. "Haven't eaten for a while, have you?" I say as the Giga turns back to me. I grab another steak before throwing it in. The animal eats it again at a fast rate. I swallow my resolve and walk to the cage door. "I'm trusting you not to eat me." I say as I grab another steak, just in case and unlock the door.
The loud clicking alerts the Giga who investigates and softly pushes open the door. It stares at me as I walks out, we just stand there and watch each other. I chuck the meat to the Giga who leans down and smells it. I swallow nervously, it ate the other ones, why is this one different. The Giga looks at the meat before looking at me, please don't eat me. The carnivore leans back down and eats the meat. I kneel down and offer another piece. The Giga comes closer to me as it sniffs the meat, I lift my other hand and caress the short horns on his head. The carnivore gnaws on the meat as I continue caressing its head. When it's down, it moves closer to me and starting growling softly almost like a pure and rubs against my chest. It's a sight to see. A juvenile Gigantosaurus, running its snout against an 18 year old kid that has just met it and given it food. "Let's get you outta here, how does that sound?" I say as I scartch the underside of its chin. "Come on boy, let's get you out of here." I say as I pick up my rifle, slowly, don't want to aggravate him. He seems alright, I grab some more steaks and make my way out of the nursery, the Giga following behind me. I walk down the hallway as the animal walks beside me. I hand some meat to him as he delightfully devours it. I rub his head with affection. "Good boy." He trills softly before bouncing up and down. He's smart, very smart.
I turn a corner and see Yaz, Kenji, Brooklynn and Sammy with two dinos. They look like Sinoceratops but with a sail on their back. Great, more hybrids. "...need to seperate them." Kenji says as I come up to the group. "Who needs seperating?" I ask as they turn to me. "These guys...where's your dino?" Sammy asks as I turn. "Galen!" I shout out as he appears around the corner, he turns sharply and growls, the others move back in fright and try to cover the hybrids. Galen charges but I step in front. "That's enough!" I say firmly as he stops and hangs his head. I pat it as I hand him a steak. "These are friends." I say as I point to myself and to the others. Galen walks past and sniffs each and every one of them, including the hybrids. They seem scared but that's understandable. Galen losses interest and wanders back to me. "What is that?" Kenji says in a squeakly voice. "This is Galen, he's a Gigantosaurus." I say as Yaz walks up to me and grabs a steak. "Here, boy." She says as she hands the steak to him as he takes it gently. "Good boy." I say as I chuck him another for good behaviour. "Why isn't he tearing us apart?" Kenji says as I glare at him. "I think he's only a few months old. I doubt that Kash would let him be cared by another Giga, he doesn't know anything vital to his survival. He didn't like me at first but I showed him that he could trust me. He isn't eating us because he doesn't know he can, he's still learning." I say as I watch Yaz play with Galen who is chirping happily as he bounces around.
"What in the world are these things?" I say as I turn back to the hybrids. "We don't know, Mantah Corp seems to like hybrids as well." Brooklynn says as I look at each one. They seem to be normal unlike the Indominus or Scorpios, they have features of only two dinos, so maybe that's a good thing, not a lot of mental strain from so many different species. "Ok, let's get them to the platform." I say. "Yeah, little problem. They don't want to seperate." Sammy says as the two babies seem to be attached at the hip. "Ok, Brooklynn and Kenji take this one while Yaz and Sammy will take-." Sammy interrupts me. "Angel, her name is Angel." She says as I look at her weirdly. "Riiiiiiight." As I say that Ben shows up with the baby Brach. "Come on. What are you guys waiting for?" He says as the Brach chases after him, he looks at Galen as he passes and the Giga playfully snaps at him but Ben keeps himself from falling. "Alright, now you listen to me. I'm sorry you had it rough, but if you want a better life you're going to move." Sammy says with slight anger as she slaps the baby's behind. The hybrid wails and starts running as myself and Yaz look at each other weirdly. "We'll that happened, let's go. Come on Galen." I say as we run after Sammy and Angel, Galen roars and follows after. His longer stride easily keeps up with myself and Yaz's speed.
We come back to the med bay to see Ben puffed out and laying on a crate. Kenji fiddling with the fuse box and the babies running around, playing. In exictment, Galen runs forward and starts to chase after them. I see that he not want to eat them, only play. Poor bugger has been by himself, craves at least some interaction. I see one of the hybrids and Brach charge Kenji who dodges as the fuse box is damaged. The lights start flicking on and off before they give out. The emergency lights turn on and the large doors start to open. We watch with baited breath as I shadow crosses the the light. A horned nose appears. Ceratosaurus. The carnivore looks around looking for something to devour.
I run over for cover as Galen follows after me. I watch as the Ceratosaur stroll around, sniffing the air for anything. I look over and see the baby Brach squealing as the Ceratosaur turns and focuses it's attention, roaring diabolically. "Come on, girl!" Ben shouts as he pulls the Brach with him. The Ceratosaur chases after them through the maze of containers. I levelled the rifle and aim through the scope. I fired a round into the carnivore's foot as it tumble down to the hard steel floor. The animal turns its attention towards me as I run while Galen chases after me. The Ceratosaur follows as I catch up to the group. He head down the corridor away from the med way and split on different directions. Myself and Yaz continued straight while Kenji and Brooklynn turned right with the unamed hybrid. Ben and Sammy with Angel and the Brach turned left. I look back and see that the Ceratosaur had followed after Kenji and Brooklynn, I turn back to the airlock and open it up. We find a feeding platform and pull down the leaver. Galen hops on as he screeches just as the platform moves up.
We reach the top and are amazed at what we find. "A new biome." Yaz says next to me as we look out. It's a mountainous biome with a few redwood trees and pathways that lead down the mountain to a valley with a good size river. I hear a roar and see Galen shoot forward as he runs around the place. I smile as he smells every tree, rock etc. He's happy here. "It's beautiful." I hear Yaz say as she gazes out to the horizon. The biome projects an image of forests and grass plains, with a setting sun. "Very beautiful." I reply as I walk up behind her. We hear a roar and see Galen lunging at a small rodent creature, he catches it and shreds it apart. He is learning, very quickly. "He seems happy here." I say as I wrap my arms around Yaz's waist and hold her close to me. She sighs as she holds onto my arms. I start to sway side to side as she smiles, I kiss her cheek before leaning my head on hers. We are just in the moment now.
"How do you think the others are going?" She asks as I nod. "They are smart and tough. Sammy and Ben know what they are doing and Kenji and Brooklynn will move past any obstacle in their way." I say as she turns to me. She smiles and kisses me and I hold her, returning her kiss. Galen watches from a distance and gives the mightest roar that he can muster. He is home and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here with Yaz in my arms.
A.N: Just imagine Galen like the Giga from the Dominion Prologue. I really like the design of Giga compared to the Evolution games. They made it look terrifying especially when compared to a Tyrannosaur.
