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The pack left the road in favor of following a direct route to the source of the disturbance. After a few moments, Blue heard her alpha's bike come to a stop and then Intern was entering the forest after them. She was surprisingly soft footed, Blue allowed, though she still made enough noise to leave the beta irritated at her presence. She followed them, with some difficulty it is true, for the pack slinked through like shadows, blending well into their territory. But she kept a reasonable pace.
Blue hoped she could keep it up because they were going to be moving for a long time and Intern no longer had the bike that would allow her to keep pace with them.
The sun had moved a little across the sky, half an hour, her alpha might call this change in position, when Charlie who was scouting ahead gave a little warning chuff. Blue called the pack to a halt and then they crept up to where Charlie was. As they drew closer to her sister's position, Blue could hear movement.
Something big was coming through the trees from the direction of the beach. She lifted her head and scented the air. It took a moment for the scent to reach her but then there it was, breaking through the thick scent of steaming foliage and earth and rot; a cool, musty scent. It was reptilian like her and sisters, and held a deeper musk hint that spoke of male. Blood pulsed richly through this beast and Blue could hear his heart pumping.
It moved without fear, not caring for the noise it made. It was big, bigger than most of predators here though smaller than the Old-Queen, She-Who-Roars, who'd fought with them against the Indominous. But here, here was the source of the wall that separated her from her alpha, that caused him so much pain.
Blue chuffed to her sisters softly and they looked at her. She swung her tail, jerked her head and then titled it. Charlie and Delta nodded, and sprang off in the directions and Charlie bared her teeth to the beta in a gesture her alpha would have called a smile. Blue knew better, it meant hunt, the closest thing to joy, a raptor felt when they didn't have an alpha like Owen. Blue bared her teeth back. Hunt!
Perhaps it was a smile after all.
She and Charlie split up, slinking into the bushes to prepare the ambush. Delta and Echo were already far ahead, and making noise to attract the attention of the creature, the dinosaur up ahead.
A soft sound coming from behind them had Blue looking back. Intern was crouched in the grass, having finally caught up, rifle in hand. Her eyes flickered to Blue then focused ahead from where the creature was stomping through their territory.
She looked back at Blue and nodded slowly. Blue shook her head at her.
Stay back, she mentally snarled at the human woman. Stay out of the way. Do not be hurt because Owen and Claire-Who Runs-All will be annoyed.
Annoyingly the human didn't seem to want to listen to Blue's command. Blue turned and continued stalking through the grass. If the human wanted to be eaten, Blue would not stop her. There was an ambush that could not be delayed.
Claire got a call from Carter half an hour after the last.
"My men called," he said without preamble, "They followed the bike tracks all the way to where it appears the raptors went into the forest and the girl ditched the bike. There appeared to have been some kind of scuffle earlier but the raptors know she is there and my men think they let her go with them."
"What?" said Claire, feeling a headache come on. "They let her go with them?"
"I have no idea what they're thinking," Carter said anticipating her next question, "I'm not their alpha. I'm down in the park now, organizing another squad to follow Hamada's."
"Good," said Claire, "Keep me informed."
Hamada and the rest of the ACU squad sent out to the restricted area, almost ran over a small swarm of compys with the jeep.
"Compys!" said one of the squad members.
"Those aren't ours," said Hamada, reaching for his comm., feeling cold all over. "They can't be. Ours aren't held anywhere near here."
"Do we follow them?" asked another member. Hamada shook his head.
"We need to get to the restricted area. We'll call it in and let another squad deal with it." He pressed the button in his comm and relayed the news to Carter. Predictably, their security chief was not pleased.
Blue got thrown into a tree and hit hard. She slumped to the ground dazed but she shook her head and rolled back onto her feet.
A shot rang out over her head. The bullet struck glancingly along the creatures back and distracted it from taking a bite out of Delta. Echo darted in and raked her claws down the creature's leg. She darted back to avoid being stepped on, made a neatly executed turn that brought her behind the creature's leg and jumped, claws out, raking the back of the ankle, seeking to sever the tendon there.
Blue jumped and her claws caught in the creature's flank. She scaled up the thick hide as fast as she could and found her way onto the creature's back. Her head was spinning, woozy from more than just the blow. Whatever made this creature separate her from her alpha was affecting the pack as well. It was worse close up. But not debilitating.
Blue raked at the creature's spine with her claws even as Charlie took a flying leap and landed on its head. A full body shudder threw both Blue and Charlie off. A sweep of huge forearms knocked Delta back. Echo rolled away to avoid being stepped on again.
The creature lifted its head and gave a full-throated roar.
Blue barked to her sisters, changing up the plan. Another shot rang out, then another and another. Intern was moving in the field, keeping herself out of the direct line of sight of the creature. The three shots she'd aimed at the best of the creature had ricocheted off the thick bone plate there.
She reloaded with absent ease, and ducked behind a tree as Creature whirled to face where the shots came from.
Blue barked and Delta took a flying leap at Creature. She landed briefly on one powerful forearm but leapt upwards and reached Creature's face. A moment of quick action and then she was thrown. But she'd accomplished what she'd set out to do. Blood gushed from Creature's left eye.
Charlie rushed in on the blinded side and swiped vigorously at Creature's leg. She darted away to avoid being hit. Creature's tail swung, Blue ducked, and it hit the tree intern was behind. Intern took the opportunity to swing out from behind the tree, and shoot a round into the base of Creature's tail.
Creature roared in pain.
Intern ducked and then dived as Creature's tail was flung wildly around. Blue took a flying leap and got onto Creature's back once more. She got to the same spot and using teeth and claw ripped into the bloody opening.
Another shot rang out and Blue felt Creature wobble under her. A much heavier impact hit creature from the right and Creature listed heavily to the left.
Blue held on tightly and her teeth scraped bone. She crunched down, determined to crush the Creature's spine. A roar bellowed, shook her, but more than that a wave of crushing static flowed from creature to her.
She heard her sisters hiss in pain. Another shot; Blue felt it impact Creature's left leg again. Two heaver impacts from the right came again and Creature's leg buckled.
It fell, one leg doubling under it. Blue's sisters leapt upon it with angry savagery. Creature fought back, swinging its forearms in wide arcs, lashing its tail. Another shot, and Creature's other eye was gone in an explosion of blood.
Blue racked through Creature's back again and applied her jaws with all the pain she felt. Bones cracked. She released them for a second, adjusted her grip and crushed again. More bones cracked.
Creature fought to throw her off but her sisters kept it occupied. Blue got another grip and bit down hard. The spinal bones finally cracked all the way through under the assault and Blue severed Creature's spine.
The bottom half of the body went limp, slumping all the way to the ground.
Creature roared in pain and helplessness while Blue barked her pain. Whatever Creature was doing increased all the more. Blue shook her head. It hurt but it wasn't debilitating. She and her sisters dove back in for the final blow but it wasn't necessary.
Intern released round after round, essentially drilling a hole into Creature's skull until one of the shot's penetrated the brain and Creature went still. The pulsing pain faded away.
The pack came to a halt and stared at her. Her eyes were wild, Blue noted, wild and panicked. Her arms were steady but as she lowered the gun, they began to shake. The wildness faded as she breathed and then she looked up at them.
She froze for a moment, absolute fear flashing on her face and then she slung the rifle on her back with shaking hands, backed away slowly and then climbed a tree when she was sufficient distance away from them.
Blue left the others to track her progress up the tree while she searched for her alpha. She came up short once more. The wall was weaker but it was still there.
More, Charlie told her. There are more of these out there.
Blue barked a challenge. We will kill them, she replied.
Yes, her sisters agreed.
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