Might be getting over ambitious, but how would you all like the idea of me eventually writing the story of the How To Train Your Dragon crew over on Ragnarok? I have a feeling many of you wouldn't mind it at all, but I want to get the readers' opinions first. Just PM me or leave a review if you wanna add some input


After acquiring their new eyes in the sky, Team Prime made the long trek back to base. They were thankful that the surprises ended with the flying alligator, as nothing tried to attack them on the way back. It had taken longer than expected however, as they had lost their way in the jungle and made a few wrong turns.

Jack was the first to arrive with Razor Wing, flapping up dirt into the night as he hopped off the Pterasaur. Miko and Raf followed shortly after with Camo and Sunstreaker tailing behind Knockout and Spitfire.

"Alright guys, if you ask me, I'd say today was a pretty good success," Jack started, grinning at the smiles from his two tribe mates.

"But, let's not pretend we didn't have our... issues." At this, Miko and Raf's faces turned confused to which Jack elaborated, "Not with us, but our equipment. From what you two said, that Kapro nearly took an arm and a leg to take down with a bow and spear."

Raf shivered, "If it weren't for Miko's aim, I don't think Knockout would still be with us."

"Yeah, and I'm sure that stupid snake would've been easier to deal with if your spear didn't snap in two," the girl added on.

Jack pointed at the two of them. "That's the point. Our tools and our weapons are way behind what our engrams are. We're still by all means cave people running around out there. We can't rely on our animals completely."

Seeing he had their interest, he stated, "I say it's time we start making with the heavy metal. Literally. I've got my sights on a crossbow."

Miko pumped her fist as she cheered, "Yes! Sword time baby, it's about to get real in here!"

Raf shyly grinned as he added, "And I can really use some of those metal tools for harvesting."

Jack nodded in satisfaction. "Alright, Miko? I'm trusting you with our only Pteranodon saddle. Go out and chop up some metal rocks. From what 10th grade Geology class taught me, they should have some shiny streaks across them. The more shine, the more metal."

"You got it. Come on Sunstreaker, we're going mining," she said enthusiastically before grabbing the saddle and taking off.

Turning to Raf, Jack said, "In the meantime Raf, since we technically don't need sleep, let's work on the house until Miko gets back.

"Alright. We've been putting it off for a few days now anyways," he agreed.

"Great. I've also got this plan for a small animal pen for Mr. Cuddles. Come on, I'll tell you about it on the way." Together, they took their animals into the woods to begin chopping trees again.


Miko scanned the land below her as she yawned out of boredom. An hour had passed, and she had yet to see one shiny rock that Jack had talked about.

"This is soooo much less awesome than I thought it'd be Sunstreaker." she pouted on the Ptera's back. She had searched their section of beach, filling in the magic map she had gotten from a drop in the process. However, aside from an eye opening experience of almost crashing into a Brontosaur, the young girl was coming up with nothing.

"Urgh, I can't believe this. Now I really miss Bulkhead. I'd bet he'd be able to get some metal or shed some of his scrap for us," she sighed sadly. Months had passed, but she still missed her Autobot guardian. Wherever he was, she hoped he was happy. Sunstreaker squawked her sympathies to her rider before suddenly screeching to a halt.

"Whoa there girl! Alright, guess you've been flying for a while. Let's get you some stamina," Miko calmed as she directed the bird downwards. As she landed, Miko noticed she was near the area where Jack had gone down earlier that day. Suddenly feeling apprehensive, she readied her bow in case something tried to attack them while they were vulnerable. While waiting, she followed Sunstreaker's gaze towards the gargantuan trees that lay beyond the swamp.

"Hmmm, Jack said I just need to get metal. He never said where," thought Miko aloud. Hopping back onto Sunstreaker, she patted her golden colored back as she ordered the Ptera forward. "Vamanos Sunny, let's get some metal!" Her steed complied as she held out her torch, speeding straight into the Redwood's as dawn crested over the horizon.

The tall trees unnerved Miko as she first entered, casting shadows far larger than she felt like flying in. Even in the air, she felt as if something could easily catch her by surprise if she wasn't careful. The golden Pteranodon felt the tension as well, as it nervously squawked at its rider.

"Easy girl, we're fine. See? Nothing but a bunch of trees," she said, secretly saying it to herself as well to calm her nerves. "No way something can take us out of the- AHHHHH!" she screamed as a dark shape tried to lunge at her form the tree in front of them.

Veering Sunstreaker away at the last second, the Pteranodon and the human narrowly missed being snatched up by what can only be described as a projectile tiger. As the first flecks of sunlight shone into the Redwoods, the creature revealed its true figure. Giant bone crushing teeth protruded from the jaw. It's legs were as thick as the tree trunks that it had hid on. Its maple colored fur glowed in the sunlight, revealing its bulky body. Taking the hint that they weren't welcome, Miko booked it away from the giant cat that now prowled the forest floor.

"Okay, this trip was sooo worth it!" exclaimed Miko, ecstatic at finding yet another prehistoric species. She mentally added the giant cat to her taming list as she curved around the tree she had seen back the other way so she could head back.

Then she curved around another tree. Then another. Then another...

"Oh scrap," she cursed. She landed her Pteranodon as she stared at the map in front of her. Scratching her head, she noticed Sunstreaker had peeked her beak over her shoulder, also trying to get a grip on where they were.

"I think we came from... that way?" the human guessed. They both knew full well that she had no idea if she had pointed the right direction before taking off again.

"Hey, Sunstreaker, check it out!" Miko shouted. Coming to a clearing in the mighty Redwood trees, the pair of them found themselves staring at a mountain peak in the middle of the forest. Pumping her fist in joy, the Japanese girl directed Sunstreaker to the top of the peak.

"Oh boy, we've hit the motherload on metal!" Where she had landed, shiny gold metal rocks reflected the rising sun's rays, lighting up the forest and Miko's spirits. Next to the metal rocks, white shards of crystal sprouted up from the ground, capturing the girl's interest as well. Finally, there was a pure black rock that seemed of a different type to the metal and regular rocks.

Jumping down from from her tame, Miko immediately set to work smacking each of the minerals with her stone pick. Her harvesting yielded upsetting results however, as she only managed to get 16 metal from one rock, 4 obsidian (which she figured would probably come in handy later), and 6 crystal. On the 2nd metal rock, her stone pick broke, dismaying her even more.

"Stupid pick," she huffed, chucking it somewhere else on the mountain.

The Pulmonoscorpius did not appreciate the gesture.

Charging down the mountain, it located the creature that struck it on the head, finding Miko and Sunstreaker stumbling backwards at the sight of it.

"Get your big meaty claws away from me!" shouted Miko as she regained her footing. Whistling Sunstreaker on the arachnid menace, she pulled out her bow as she started laying her stone arrows into the creature. With its focus divided between the agile Pteranodon and the crafty human, the gian scorpion gave a final shriek before succumbing to its injuries.

Miko wiped her forehead in relief as she called back for Sunstreaker to land again. The Ptera obeyed as its owner rubbed her hands.

"Nice job girl, this'll give us chitin for days," she said as she rubbed the Ptera's beak affectionately. The girl pulled out her stone arrows from the creature's exoskeleton before hacking away at it with the stone hatchet she still had. However, she only managed to get 3 chops at the corpse in before another set of wing flaps sounded behind her. These ones having much heavier wingbeats than Sunstreaker.

"Whoa! That's a big hawk!" she observed. Above her and behind her, she hadn't noticed them before, but a congregation of giant hawks had gathered, their wing flaps deafening as their powerful bodies dominated the airspace.

"That's awesome," grinned Miko, but her attitude quickly changed as she noticed the hawks changing trajectory. Specifically, right at her and her fresh kill.

"Hey! Get your own meat you fragging vultures!" she cursed, her time with Bulkhead and Arcee making itself known with her colorful vocabulary. Miko was smarter than getting in between at least a dozen hungry birds of prey too, especially ones the size of mini coopers.

"Alright Sunny, beat those wings! Now!" she shouted as she urgently pulled on the saddle. The Pteranodon didn't need its owner to tell it to get the hell out of dodge as it immediately took off into the blue morning sky, letting the ravenous vultures take their prize.

Now at the top of the Redwoods, Miko could see the green obelisk from where they were flying. From there, she followed the river all the way down to the beach, finally able to connect the dots of the island together.

"Sweet! Come on girl, let's go show the boys what we did," Miko said with excitement as she directed the Pteranodon back over the swamp and back to base.


"There! I'd say this would get us at least a C in woodshop class," Raf joked as he added the last sloped stone ceiling to the house. He had to admit, Jack was right when he said mixing stone and wood would look better than a straight wooden cabin. While the walls and the foundations were made of wood, the roof was made of stone to add a different aesthetic. One row of the roof was flat in the middle in order to allow a stone hatchframe and trapdoor to allow roof access from the inside.

On the inside, when opening the door, there was a large space with connecting dinosaur gates that allowed the smaller dinos inside when the weather was inclement that also contained a fireplace with three seats in the corner. The entrance also had a refining forge in the other corner, with space reserved for a smithy once Miko returned. Past the foyer was a staircase in the center that led straight up to a series of rooms, one for each member of Team Prime. There was also a small room upstairs containing several preserving bins, each empty except for one with sparkpowder that was running with all their cooked meat.

Finally, below the staircase and was storage room that held several large and small storage boxes, each with a different name such as 'weapons', 'tools', and 'structures' as well as various material boxes. In the middle of the storage boxes against a wall, a table with some mortar and pestles sat with a chair, ready for whoever needed to use it.

Jack nodded in approval of Raf's statement. "Right? I could see this being some prime real estate. Beachside view, 3 bedroom, and a bathroom in the works. Now, all we need is Miko and we'll be all-"

"Yo!" said teen shouted from the sky as she descended to the two below her. "Ooooo, fancy house. It could use some more... flair though, you know?"

"Details later, ok?" Jack said. "I don't exactly see any paintings coming out of any of us."

"Hey! I can draw, I'm just a little rusty is all," countered Miko. "Besides, I meant things like taxidermies. We're on an island full of dinosaurs, guys. Wouldn't it be cool to have models of the dinosaurs we meet?"

"Guys!" Raf shouted. I think you're forgetting the most important thing?" Turning to Miko, he asked, "So, how much metal did you manage to get, Miko?"

Grinning at the question, she opened her inventory and showed them the amount she had acquired. The boys liked what they saw as they looked at the 60 pure metal she had gathered.

"I would've gotten more, but there was this thing big flock of those giant hawks that attacked Jack in the swamp yesterday. As soon as me and Sunstreaker tried to harvest this scorpion we killed, they bullied us out of the area!"

"Yeah, those things are vicious," Jack commented as he recalled his own experience with the giant bird of prey.

"Anyways, it took me forever to get Sunstreaker here because she's such a lightweight, but check out the metal places that I found on my way back." She pulled out her magic map and the boys pulled out theirs as they tried to figure out where on their maps Miko had marked. She had some pins to mark locations, and using latitude and longitude, they managed to make out where on their unmade maps her metal nodes were.

"Alright then, looks like we've got our nodes. Let's get smelting," declared Jack. And so they spent the next half hour smelting their metal in the forge. Between having the implant magically do it for them and them actually putting 2 chunks of ore in the fire with the default forge tongs, Team Prime made quick headway as they now had 30 metal ingots to work with. Using 5 of the metal ingots to create the smithy, the team got to business catching up to the iron age.

The first metal creation they made was a set of tools for each person, much to Raf's delight. One pickaxe and one hatchet each except for Jack, who said he'd grab one from the next batch of metal they got, as well one metal sickle for Raf. They each got to experience how much of a difference it made when they had to cut down some trees for Jack's upcoming crossbow. Smacking a palm tree, Raf and Miko were stunned when they pulled in practically twice the amount they usually got from knocking down one tree.

"Why didn't we start on these earlier again?" rhetorically asked an incredulous Miko. Now she was eager to get back to her metal nodes to show the guys.

After bringing in the hefty load of wood and sticking it in the smithy's inventory and the wood storage, Miko went to Jack with her request to bring them along. Seeing the positive difference it was making, the Matrix entrusted teen could see no fault in following her lead.

"As long as you got enough chitin to make another Pteranodon saddle. I don't think Sunstreaker would like the prospect of carrying all 3 of us," the leader of the group offered. Nodding her head, the Japanese teen went through all of their storages and scraped together just enough chitin to craft another saddle from a primitive drop blueprint for Camo, much to Raf's gratitude.

"Thanks Miko!" he thanked, taking the saddle and putting it on his new flying friend.

Jack was less enthusiastic about the trip, considering he'd be carried via talons, but he gulped down his fear. "For the good of the team, right? But remember, I don't drop you, you don't drop me for pranks."

Miko waved him off, "Pshhh, I'm not petty, of course I won't drop you." The wink she made afterwards though was not reassuring in the slightest. Making final preparations and taking off any extra weight for Sunstreaker to carry, the team took off towards the metal spots their scouting had found, making sure their animals were all well fed with the new feeding trough they had placed.

"We'll be back for you three soon!" Raf called over his shoulder to the other dinosaurs.

Miko led the way as Raf followed behind, coming to a small peak near the swamp she had spotted on her way back around 65 lat. and 55 long. Touching down on the peak, she found that all the metal rocks she had mined had somehow regenerated.

"Huh, I swear I mined the entire rock last time I was here," she commented.

Jack had gotten his legs back under him as he stumbled over to the collection of metal and crystal before him. "Well, I for one am not gonna argue with the magic regenerating metal rocks." Ignoring the inconsistency at how quickly the metal regenerated, Jack whipped out his pickaxe. Shrugging it off, Miko joined him and Raf as they hacked away at one of the rocks, becoming much more efficient with their new metal tools. If it weren't for their Pteranodons' low weight capacities, they would have gone for much more, but they agreed that 250 metal would be good enough if they split it between the two flyers.

"Alright, there's one more spot, but Raf, I'm gonna need you and Camo to follow right behind me and over those big trees there," Miko instructed.

"Uh, alright. Care to explain why though?"

Miko smirked. "I would, the question is if you'll want to know the answer." Deciding that some things were better left unknown, Raf only shook his head as he pulled up on Camo's reigns. Miko then grabbed Jack in Sunstreaker's talons as they started elevating above the mighty Redwoods.

The fly seemed to go on forever as the weighted Ptera's made much less headway. Letting her flyer drift on autopilot, Miko took her time to use the crystal she had acquired to craft 2 more spyglasses for her and Raf. She had tossed it to Raf, nearly scaring him off of Camo's back as he barely caught the cylinder. Miko had apologized before they came across the clearing.

"There! And let's put some gas on it, that metal can't be doing Camo any favors I bet." Descending from high altitude, Sunstreaker and Camo were guided into an easy landing. Just in time as well, as the two reptiles started to pant, their stamina nearly giving out.

"Wow Miko, I gotta admit that you really hit the jackpot with this one," Jack admitted. He didn't collect anymore metal for fear of encumbering Sunstreaker, but he did note the large abundance that was present, along with the crystal and obsidian scattered around.

"Right? Only problem is dealing with these jerks," Miko said with a pointed glare as she pointed to the flock of giant hawks flying above them. "They do look really pretty though."

"Yeah, and some of them are crazy high level. Look!" Raf pointed out as he looked through his spyglass. Following his lead, Jack and Miko peeked through their own spyglasses at the giant bird the youngest of them had in his sights.

'Wild Female Argentavis- Lvl 135'

'Wild Male Argentavis- Lvl 115

"So that's what those things are called, huh?" Jack said, finally having a name to his assailant. He scowled at the species that got him up close and personal with the danger noodles of the island. He had to admit though, they did look pretty majestic soaring around up there.

"Jack, you know what we gotta do, right?" his female companion nudged.

"Whoa, slow down there Cinderella, let's wait till we have crossbows to shoot those tranq arrows out of before we start taking on things 4 times our level."

"But it's right there! Come on, you guys gotta seize the moment!"

"I actually agree with Jack on that one," Raf piped up. "An Argentavis looks a lot bulkier than a Pteranodon, we might need something with a little more punch to knock it out. And a lot more tranq arrows."

"Plus Miko, didn't you have a sword you wanted to get going in the works?" Jack added.

Miko childishly pouted, "Fine you lame brains, let's head home. Hurry up and get on the peak before some of the giant scorpions come around."

Glad they could get the stubborn girl to agree with them, Jack hustled up the peak for Miko to pick him up as Raf started making for the house. After a considerable amount of time, they made their way back on their home after a sluggish performance from the Pteranodons. Their owners made sure that to pump some more stamina and weight in their future level ups.

"We're back guys," waved Raf to their other tames, each giving delighted chirps at seeing the humans back home. Landing on the roof, Jack, Raf, and Miko carried the metal in as they dumped it into the refining forge and lit it with some wood.

While they were waiting on the large stack of metal to melt, Jack brought up the animal pen idea again. Since they were stone structure tier now, the leader of their group suggested creating a stone fence in the back with a stone dinosaur gate to match brought any larger animals like a Triceratops into the fold. Using their metal tools, they managed to get the resources they needed in no time, even if they broke once or twice. By the end of their harvesting though, the group was left sweating and panting in the middle of the foyer.

"It's only the afternoon, why is it so hot?" Raf panted as he took a swig from his waterskin.

"You tell me. This island is all types of weird," said Miko as she had Sunstreaker act as a temporary fan with her wings.

"Then it's a good thing we don't have to go out there now, we should have enough to make that pen," Jack commented, getting up from the ground to look in his crafting tab.

Ignoring the little flame on the bottom stating he was hot, he went to the crafting tab and started creating fence foundations and walls, as well as the stone dinosaur gateway and and gate. Just as he finished making the dinosaur gateway, he heard the familiar sound of a level up.

"Heh, what do you know? Level 35."

Applying his two levels to fortitude, he went to his engram list to check what was available. Landing his eyes on the new selections, his eyes went wide before he smiled as he approached the smithy with 95 metal ingots.

"What'd you unlock that's got you so giddy?" Miko asked. She was also intrigued by the large amount of metal Jack had taken out.

"Something that you're definitely going to agree with," Jack said secretively. "Aaaand, done. Check this baby out."

As he said that, he selected an item from his inventory, and in the next instant, a large hunting rifle formed in his hands, much to the shock of Miko and Raf.

"We're really catching up with the times now, aren't we?" Raf whistled. They'd been on the island a week at best and already they were starting to craft guns. Considering they'd just skipped the first 2.5 million years of human advancement in technology, he was impressed they were allowed access at so low of a level. It made him wonder what the next sixty to seventy levels had to offer.

"Wooo! Now hunting trips are gonna be so much easier," Miko cheered. She still swore that every arrow on those Phiomias had hit, but it still took ages to take the little mammals down, even with Knockout helping.

Jack curbed their enthusiasm as he stated, "Not so fast. Until we get more metal, this is a community gun. It needs ammo too, which also needs metal and gunpowder. We'll pull it out only for emergencies until we have more metal." Seeing the pout on Miko's face and Raf's slightly sullen features, he added, "BUT, that doesn't mean we don't get to treat ourselves a little bit. These are for each of us." Going back into his implant again, he selected two items from his inventory before ejecting them as little packages (something he'd never understand). Taking the little packages for themselves, Miko and Raf examined their contents before smiling.

"Aw yeah!" Miko pumped her fist as she held her new crossbow. Now THIS she'd have no problem with making ammo for.

"This is going to be great for taming!" pointed out Raf.

Jack nodded as he pulled out his own X-bow. "These things are surprisingly cheap, so if you lose yours somehow, feel free to make another one. As long as we keep a steady amount of metal going, we should be fine."

The two others nodded as they were already setting their tranq arrows up to fire next time they pulled it out. Once Jack had set his he said, "Now that we got some better equipment, I think we should really start looking at investing in some ammo."

"That's not fair! We were gonna tame those argents once we had these crossbows weren't we?" Miko asked.

Jack raised his hand to calm down. "Exactly. And that's why I was going to say that we get a berry gatherer. Without narcotics, we're not going anywhere near those murder-hawks."

Following his logic, Miko agreed as she settled down. Raf then spoke up, "I think I know one that might be really helpful for us."

Pulling out Helena Walker's book, he flipped back through the pages before finding the one he was looking for. Turning it to the others, he explained, "The Ankylosaurus apparently can bring in lots of metal with its clubbed tail AND it's a berry eater, so it's got to be good at getting berries than we are. I saw a level 70 while we were leaving the Redwoods earlier, so why don't we go for that?"

Jack and Miko weighed out the costs and benefits,. They had yet to tame a herbivore, so they didn't know what to expect. However, they had stockpiled their berries in the preserving bin upstairs while Miko was scouting for metal. They also figured out via their implant that herbivores liked Mejoberries the best, so they had left some large piles in the bins just in case. And they really could use the metal...

"Alright, let's make a little more tranq arrows. Then, you can lead us out towards the Anky, how's that?" Jack put forward. Raf nodded as he and Miko went outside to clear the bushes of narcoberries, now noticing they seemed to respawn as well like the metal nodes. Jack on the other hand took 3 stacks of Mejoberries and put them inside of Sunstreaker's inventory, while also helping himself to a metal hatchet of his own.

Miko and Raf managed to scavenge enough berries and spoil enough meat to put together 100 narcotic and 30 more tranq arrows while Jack managed to get the outdoor animal pen all set up behind the house. As soon as he had guided Spitfire and Knockout into the pen, the other two humans came to tell him they were all set.

"On it!" he shouted back as he shut the reinforced dinosaur gate, waving to the animals before letting Sunstreaker pick him up.

The fly through the Redwoods was much faster since they were not overburdened with metal. In no time, Miko and Raf landed their birds at the peak of the mountain while Raf took a look around the mountain base for any sign of the clubbed herbivore.

"There!" he called to his friends as he spyglassed the level 70. It wasn't alone though. Its level 95 boyfriend was walking right next to her. Raf flew up to convey the news.

"So good news, I found it. Sort of bad news, its husband is taking her on a romantic walk," the youngest teen relayed.

"Hmm, firing at one could end up making the other go after us, so we need to split them up," said Jack.

I'll take the hubby, you two go for the lady," stated Miko as she took off towards the Ankylosaurus pair.

"Well, at least she's putting that energy to good use," shrugged the leader of the team.

The group got in position around the pair, waiting for them to get a decent distance away from each other. From her shooting perch on a tall rock, Miko put up five fingers as she counted down, Jack and Raf at the ready with their crossbows. On zero, they each fired at their respective Ankys, neither of them appreciating being prodded at by the strange skinny monkeys.

"These things move like molasses," commented Jack as he shot his third arrow into the Anky's hard armor. He hoped that the arrows had pierced their way through, because once the lumbering animal did reach them, it swung its massive clubbed tail at the two boys. Dodging out of the way, they saw the tail shatter the metal rock they had hidden behind, not wanting to imagine that was what their bones would have looked like.

They continued to fire on the herbivore until their 13th arrow caused it to flee. Chasing after it, they managed to land one more lucky shot in its side, causing it to tip over unconscious.

"These X-bows are way better than the regular ones," commented Raf, knowing full well that the flimsy bow combined with his poor marksmanship wouldn't have even hit the dinosaur if it were 4 feet in front of him.

"You can say that again. Let's go see if we can't help Miko now."

"AHHH!" came a scream from said girl's direction, and Jack and Raf arrived just in time to see Miko stumbling off her half broken rock perch. The Anky had knocked down the rock, forcing the girl to the ground where she was dangerously close to the strong tail.

"Dodge!" shouted Jack, causing Miko to duck under a sweep from the clubbed herbivore and dive out of its way. Jack and Raf went to assist, but only 5 arrows in, the herbivore was already running away from them. One more arrow from Miko's bow did the job as it slumped over on its side.

"Whew! Thanks for the save guys. The old man was really cranky about getting shot in his private area."

Jack and Raf cringed as their friend had admitted to violating one of the sacred tenants of the bro-code. "Yeah, I don't think we'd appreciate an unplanned castration either," Jack scolded. Different species, same rules.

"Miko's eyes went wide as she realized what she said. "Wha- oh no no no, I'd never. I meant in the face, you know, one of the big no touchy zones. I didn't mean there."

The two male humans gave a sigh of relief as she elaborated before getting to work. Pulling Sunstreaker's contents out of her inventory, Jack placed as many Mejoberries as he could in each Anky as he halved the total amount. Soon, they were eating slowly but surely, though the leader's face fell as he realized the taming bars were only going up by .3% to .5%.

"Looks like we're in for the long haul guys. Better get comfy or find something to do, I think we're looking at 2 hours at least," he called to his friends, who also gave groans of frustration.

"No way am I sitting on my butt for 2 hours. I'm gonna work on making some more metal," Miko answered.

"Me too," Raf called back as they took back off for the top of the mountain. After several moments, he saw the two of them fly off towards the beach, leaving him alone with the armored dinosaurs.

"Man, Miko really nicked you good, huh?" Jack said to the unconscious dinosaur as he stroked the wound his friend had left in his face. It wasn't too deep, but it was still deep enough to draw a little blood. The sympathetic boy decided to pull out some of the narcotic he had in his inventory and apply it to its puncture wound. It would get in the blood stream anyway, so he might as well use it for its healing property too.

As he finished applying the paste to the Anky's face, he heard some animal calls in the distance. "Well, it's almost dusk after all," the black shirted teen thought as he decided to hide in the bushes and out of sight of any would-be predators.

Using his spyglass, he managed to find out more about the forest's wildlife. He had seen the giant furry sloth Megatherium casually strolling around the area before running across a Pulmonoscorpius. Jack didn't dare leave the safety of his bush as he watched the giant sloth rip the arthropod in half in a fit of rage before calming down again. He quickly hacked up the scorpion carcass before the Argents could steal another kill from them.

He had also watched a large moose grazing on some nearby bushes before the Megaloceros was chased by a flock of Terror Birds.

Even the Argy's above him were acting different when they thought no one was around. Instead of flying close to the mountain on a search for food, they landed at the peak as they seemed to lunker down and take a nap, only ever getting up again whenever Miko or Raf flew in to gather more metal.

While the Darby teen hadn't exactly been aiming to be a biologist, he did envy their work. Being around nature, even prehistoric nature, as it went about its usual business was something spectacular. At least when he wasn't part of the food chain.

After 3 hours of shifting between watching nature, taking bush naps, and building up structures, the first Ankylosaurus had finally risen with a yawn, its armored body shaking off the drowsiness it had just woken up from.

"Alright! I think since I'm the only one here, I get first dibs on naming you," Jack said as he petted its armored head.

Thinking deeply, he went over a few names before finally settling on one. Typing the name into the implant prompt, he smiled as he said, "Welcome to Team Prime, Roxanne."

The Ankylosaur crooned with joy at its new owner as it licked him, causing a laugh to escape the boy.

That laugh was quickly silenced as a screech was heard nearby, dragging Jack out of his moment as he whistled the Anky to hide behind a large rock. Jumping into his bush, he scanned the forest floor before he saw it.

It was a Raptor. But a raptor unlike anything he had ever seen before. Its skin was pure red save for black feathers and a black streak running along its spine. It was also much larger than any Raptor he had ever seen, easily towering over Knockout in stature. But the most bizarre thing about it was the red glow it exhibited. For some reason, it made jack's hairs stand on edge, as if he were in the presence of a dominant organism.

Pulling out his spyglass quietly, he trained its lens on the large Raptor as he read the name to himself.

"Female Alpha Raptor-Level 25."

Even at its low level, Jack was not about to test his luck against an animal twice his size and that struck fear into him as hard as a Decepticon. Looking for a way to get the red Utahraptor away from him and his Ankys, he picked up a rock from the ground. Looking around, he saw a beehive under the shade of a Redwood. Praying to Primus he didn't miss his shot, the teen chucked the rock at the Beehive just as the Alpha Raptor passed under it.

Out of the beehive emerged the worker bees, and they were not happy. Taking their anger out on the first thing they saw, the Alpha Raptor shrieked in surprise as it was now surrounded in giant bees. The massive animal took off for the river, hoping to lose the bees in the water.

Jack breathed a sigh of relief as the red glow went away. "That was too close," he sweated before he turned back to the male Ankylosaur while whistling Roxanne out.

The male rose with a groan similar to his mate as Jack rubbed his head too. Roxanne snuggled her head against her mate's side as she started vocalizing with him. After entering his name, Jack patted Rockefeller on the side. "You two are anxiety magnets, you know that?"

Taking the low hums as a yes, Jack nodded as he started putting up the structures he had made earlier while waiting for the two dinosaurs to tame. Placing them down on some flat ground, he created a small 3x3 stone and wood hut with a wood dinosaur gate for the couple to fit into as he ushered them inside.

"Come on. Until we have all the Pteranodons in the sky, there's no way we're walking you two slow pokes back to base," Jack commanded. Once the Anky's were secure inside, the teen shut the gate as he waited for his friends to arrive.

When distinctly human knocks banged against the dinosaur gate, Jack opened the door to find Raf standing outside as night began to fall.

"Hey Jack, you ready to go home?" he asked.

"Boy am I. We'll pick these guys up tomorrow morning," he said as he walked outside for pick up via Camo.

"You two love birds stay there, alright? We'll be back in the morning," said Jack before closing the gate and getting picked up by Raf.

"So, did you see anything cool while you were taming those two?" Raf asked.

"Let's just say I've got a few things to tell for tonight's campfire story," the black shirted boy merely replied as they flew off in the moonlight.


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