There is something missing from our world. The amazing creatures that time has left behind. But what if we could bring them back?
What if extinction didn't have to be forever?
We're going back in time on a safari with a difference as wildlife adventurer Nigel Marvin plunges into prehistory to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction. His plan is to bring them back to the safety of the present and give them a second chance.
This time, the team goes to Prehistoric Canada to rescue a spectacular array of dinosaurs from a volcanic danger.
Welcome to the ultimate wildlife sanctuary.
Welcome to Prehistoric Park.
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After forty five successful rescues, Prehistoric Park is filled with creatures of the past. From T. rex to sea scorpions, creatures famouns and obscure once again roam the present.
For Nigel, however, there's always another animal to rescue.
Rather than looking over photographs in his den, Nigel is out by the hadrosaur exhibits, watching the Parasaurolophus and Edmontosaurus grazing and browsing. Nearby, the park's Triceratops and Agujaceratops are also feasting, and in the distance, only viewable through binoculars, Sue the rex is watching the herbivores - she may not be able to hunt them anymore, but a carnivore can dream.
"These dinosaurs are some of the most recognizable creatures in paleontology, but just a few million years before they showed up, there was a spectacular variety of their kin roaming around. Hadrosaurs like Maiasaura and Hypacrosaurus grazed side by side with Einiosaurus and Rubeosaurus. Both, however, were ruled over by not one but two types of tyrannosaurs - the robust Daspletosaurus and the slender Gorgosaurus. Now, I know how many creatures we already have at the park, but I'd love to have some of those dinosaurs here.
Nigel can't help but want to rescue extinct creatures, but is this biting off more than he can chew?
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Of course, while Nigel goes over final preparations for this mission, the younger members of the team have their own responsibilities. Right now, that's helping with the holding pens.
Within his holding pen, Terence stared down at Layla. The two tyrannosaurs had existed at the same time, but on landmasses separated by a shallow sea. One had become more robust, whilst the other had remained slender - both adaptations toward hunting prey. The two would never have met under normal circumstances, yet here they were, in pens adjacent to one another.
Layla was here to observe whether or not her leg was healing properly, whilst Terence had been moved here due to Jane starting to get aggressive. The staff had not seen any eggs gestating in the female, so parental hormones was currently out of the question, but they still wanted to be sure she wasn't going to kill him - breeding tyrant dinosaurs was something the park really wanted to do.
"You gonna try to bond some more with Layla?" questioned Tristan, who watched as Michelle offered the dryptosaur a piece of meat. The dryptosaur swiftly snatched ti up, but not before snorting rather spitefully at the girl.
"Not today - we can bond later."
"Eh, fair enough. Hopefully, she'll come to accept you."
"Hopefully...how do you make it seem so easy?"
"Bonding with animals?"
"Yeah."
Tristan opened his mouth to reply, only to close it as a confused look occupied his face. "...I don't really know. Whenever I try to bond with an animal, I just get this feeling and follow it, and boom - it's suddenly more docile with me."
"You think it's magic?"
"I be inclined to tell you magic doesn't exist, but we did rescue dragons from the age of the dinosaurs, so I'm not leaving that out of the question."
"...That's not really helpful for me."
"You didn't ask for help with bonding with Layla."
"True."
Any further conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Nigel in his jeep - it was time for the team to go.
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Today's mission will take the team back to a time when two tyrannosaurs dominated the landscape. Let's hope they don't find humans tasty!
As the portal started up, Tristan and Elise lowered the latches on the holding pens - another breakout was the last thing the park needed.
Said portal finally whirred to life as the humans go off their ladders and did a final check on the latches. Before they could finish said check, though, though sound of tiny footsteps rapidly pounding the grand reached them. A moment later, and a group of bipedal dinosaurs burst through the portal, followed momentarily by a trio of raptors. Said raptors were far more slender than the majority at the park, though - evidence that these were troodontids. Their arrival spooked both teens enough that they practically flattened themselves against the doors, both letting out shrieks as the dinosaurs breezed past them.
Both hunter and hunted came to a halt, however, when Terence let out a mighty roar, as did Layla. For a moment, the two types of dinosaurs came to a halt, before instantly filing into the nearest holding pen to avoid the tyrant dinosaurs' hunger. A nearby keeper, having just observed the spectacle, hastily dropped some leaves and meat into the pen, so that none of the new arrivals would meet an untimely end.
Surprise turning to curiosity, the two teens peeled themselves away from the doors and took a moment to look at the new arrivals.
"...Oryctodromeus and Troodon?" spat out Tristan.
"...The raptors might be Stenonychosaurus. Troodon is dubious now, isn't it?"
"...True."
The sound of two doors opening pulled the humans out of their conversation. Turning around, the found themselves looking at Terence and Layla...who were opening the doors to their holding pens. In their shock at the arrival of the smaller dinosaurs, the teens hadn't noticed that the latches had gotten stuck, allowing the tyrants to simply push the doors open. Now, they were free to do what they want.
To the surprise of everyone watching, this didn't include killing each other or the tiny humans.
Instead, after Terence gave Lalya a very stern glare, the two walked toward, and then into, the portal.
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The two tyrannosaurs had to squint as they entered the light, leaving them momentarily blinded when they reached the other side. There, they found themselves in a familiar landscape - a fern prairie boarded by forests of ginkgoes and Araucaria. A few deep nasal inhales was all the tyrants needed to lock in on one scent that made their hearts speed up: food. Already, they had picked up the scent of a herd of hadrosaurs - one that was close by, as well. More worrisome, however, was the smell of volcanic fumes - evidence that a great danger lurked here.
The sound of Nigel's jeep arriving caused both hunters to look back toward the portal. The humans had finally overcome their shock and were in pursuit. Before any conflict could occur, though, the ground started to shake. Then, without warning, a jet of gas and steam shot up from behind the portal, followed by another, and then another. Soon, a plethora of geysers had emerged, filling the air with noxious fumes.
The tyrannosaurs hastily began to trudge up away from the geysers, zeroing in on the scent of the duckbills, with the humans not far behind.
Even as the part of five made their exit, though, the presence of the geysers weighed heavily on their mind. For while the geysers could just be like Old Faithful, the smell the tyrannosaurs and humans had detected meant they could also be the heralds of a greater danger.
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When they were finally far enough away, the quintet took a moment to catch their breath. The humans, in particular, needed quite a break - they'd taken an unhealthy whiff of the fumes whilst recovering the portal, leaving them in desperate need of air.
Soon, however, they had recovered, allowing them to take in a greater look at their surroundings...and also letting them notice that they had guests.
Staring at them was a mixture of three types of dinosaurs - crestless hadrosaurs, nose-horned ceratopsians, and plate tailed ankylosaurs - or, if the sounds the humans were making were any indication, Prosaurolophus, Styracosarus, and Edmontonia. There were six hadrosaurs, four ankylosaurs, and two ceratopsians, as well as the long dead carcass of another dinosaur nearby, one the ceratopsians were eyeing with hunger. None of the dinosaurs, however, had noticed the carnivores, though all of them had seen the humans...who were busy setting up the portal.
Terence presumed they intended to bring the creatures back. If so, well, maybe helping htem would get him snacks?
As soon as the portal whirred to life, Terence let out a roar and charged toward herbivores. After a moment, the confused Layla joined him, hoping to get a bite of the dead dinosaur. Caught off guard by the two tyrants, the herbivores charged toward the portal, making for a very quick rescue.
The two tyrannosaurs watched their prey retreat for a moment, then dug into the dead dinosaur - another hadrosaur, by the looks of it.
The sudden sound of bellowing, however, drew the quintet's attention toward a lower elevation. There, a herd of hadrosaurs (Maiasaura, from the sounds the humans made) was ambling at the base of the hilltop the group was on, always on the lookout for predators. Two juveniles, however, decided to abandon the safety of the herd and let everyone know it. Apparently, they thought themselves invincible.
Murphy decided at that moment to show he did not give animals special treatment compared to humans.
Unnoticed to the duckbills, a teenage tyrannosaur was watching them. When they were close enough, he let out a menacing growl and charged them. Bravado now gone, the duo ran into the forest, the teenager hot on their heels.
Soon, they were diverted from their path by two additional tyrants, these ones almost fully grown, who immediately picked up the teen's slack. The herbivores swiftly turned, but now had to contend with three tyrannosaurs, which soon went up to four as an adult joined the hunt.
Ultimately, the two herbivores found themselves in a clearing...where, hidden behind a bushy tree, a fifth and final tyrannosaur awaited them. Emerging from the shade, it charged at the duo, and whilst one was able to escape, the other was not so lucky.
The giant tyrannosaur clenched down on the duckbill's leg, causing it to release a harrowing screech of pain and horror...
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AN: Yep, I am FINALLY doing Dinosaur Planet.
And only Tristan and Michelle are on this mission with Nigel. Wanted to advance them more as characters.
So, Read and Review! This is Flameal15k, signing off!
