Hello guys Kaiju here back with another installment of The Primal Warriors. This took longer than my original plan but a lot of different factors came into play. With that out of the way let's get into the story.

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Chapter 3: No Longer Alone

3 months later…

It was midday on the island and the prehistoric inhabitants were enjoying the nice weather. Many herd animals were either grazing or were drinking along the many rivers that snake across the island. Even some of the larger predators were relaxing in the shade, either sleeping or looking out for any potential meal.

In a large clearing in the forest on the southern end of the landmass, a herd of Moschops were grazing for food. Looking like chubby lizards, the reptiles were roughly a little larger than a human. With a massive gut that allows it to eat almost anything, they search for anything edible, whether it be berries, roots or the occasional lizard or two. Despite their appearance, they are quite mobile if they need to be, and would use it to their advantage to escape. They were cowardly by nature, as they will flee at the slightest show of aggression. As the animals continue to forage for food, they were unaware that just beyond the tree line, they were being watched.

Alex stood on a low branch of a tree with an arrow ready to fire from his bow into the unexpecting herd. Over the past few months, he has adapted well to this strange land. Although he never was out of shape, his current slim figure was a sign of how much the land has changed him. Despite being stranded on the island, he only had a small beard that he kept in check alongside medium length also improved in the clothing department. No longer wearing makeshift hide, he managed to make himself a pair of full clothing out of horse hide from an primitive horse he hunted a while ago. To better hide himself in the forest, he attached large leaves to help him blend in. He also made some dye from the surrounding berries, helping hide his pale face and to make it look like the jungle scenery around him. This was proving to be useful this very moment as he was hunting the Moschops.

He continued observing the herd, watching for a prospective looking one, exhaustion beginning to show on his face. After killing his first one a few months ago, he has sought after them ever meat was delicious and with all the different kinds of food they eat flesh was stored full of nutrients. The problem was catching the damn things. Although at first the herd didn't care for the strange creature, an arrow through the eye of one of them soon sent a clear message. Now every time he encountered the animals, they would run away before he could get a good shot off. Luckily he managed to finally track the herd to the clearing so he soon began to work on a plan. With his trap in place, all he needed to do now was to pick the right candidate for it.

He soon spotted a large sow that was moving towards the treeline near him, munching on some berries from a nearby bush. Seeing his chance, he let the arrow fly and watched it hit his target's side. Although the arrow didn't do any serious damage, the Moschops started barking and ran away in the opposite direction. The herd, seeing the frenzied animal began to run away in the same direction into the trees. Most of them managed to make it into the forest. The only one left was the sow, which only managed to make it 10 feet into the forest before Alex's second part of the trap was sprung.

A large shape dropped down from a branch above and landed on top of the sow, biting down on her neck. The Moschops tried to break free from its grasp, crying out to its herd, but it was already too late. The gorgonopsid managed to bite down on the neck, forever silencing the animal. As it stood over its kill, Alex walked over to it and began to scratch its neck, causing it to purr.

"Good job Diego, that was a nice kill you got there", he said to the predator, which growled in all he could assume was in agreement.

Ever since bonding with the gorgonopsid, it has proven to be a useful companion. It allowed Alex to hunt larger prey and to keep smaller predators away from his home. Diego on the other hand, which Alex named him the day it decided to live with him, was benefited with easier meals and a warm place to stay. They have been partners ever since, supporting each other to survive on the island.
Now that the sow was dead, Alex began to carve it up. After harvesting a serrated tooth from a dead theropod, his new knife managed to cut up the meat a lot easier than with his stone dagger. After cutting up all the essential meat and leaving the rest for the scavengers, he strapped some bags of the meat onto Diego's back and carried the rest and soon began the trip towards home. Diego was not happy about both carrying something and that something was delicious meat. He was grumbling about it which drew Alex's attention.

"Quite your whining you will get some when we get back", he told the gorgonopsid.

Diego gave the equivalent of its species sigh and was soon on its way home. They walked for an hour until they reached their place. Over the past months, the simple overhang was transformed into a safe shelter from the more dangerous creatures of the island. The perimeter was surrounded by large wooden spikes to keep the larger predators from getting in while the smaller ones stayed away due to the presence of Diego. In one corner Alex managed to make a simple lean-to to store firewood and another part was a tanning rack and inside the overhang itself he stored all the tools and food as well as a small campfire and a sleeping bag to keep warm at night. And in the middle of the "base" was a cooking fire were you could use either a spit roast to cook meat or a cooking pot for other things.

Alex went towards the sleeping area to store his things before he started the cooking fire to begin cooking the meat. He rewarded Diego for his hard work with a couple of pieces which the said gorgonopsid was happily eating. He soon started both cooking the meat he was planning on eating that night and preserving the rest. After he was finished with his tasks he sat down on a wooden stump which was his "chair" to relax and observe for the millionth time the strange device in his wrist.

Although most of the time it was just a strange object embedded in his arm, every few min it will give off a soft glow around the edges. After all the time he was here he still couldn't entirely figure out its true purpose. But he has been able to make two observations at the very least; that it was some sort of tag and that it has helped him stay alive in a way. The first one was the most obvious; whatever or whoever put him on the island had to have some way of keeping an eye on him. The second observation had been discovered later after he got injured from hunting. The device somehow helped speed up the healing process and allowed him to be fully recovered in a much shorter span of time. He also noticed many of the other islands inhabitants had a similar sort of healing factor, but he couldn't find any sort of noticeable device.

Alex soon stopped observing the device and turned his attention to Diego who was now sleeping after finishing his meal. The sight of the large predator, which could easily kill him if it wanted to, sleeping peacefully with a full stomach brought a smile to Alex's face. Despite being practically alone on the island, his surprising friendship with Diego has been a great benefit for him both physically and mentally. It it wasn't for him, he would have probably gone insane a long time ago and would have died. Noticing that the sun was beginning to set, he started heading towards his sleeping bag to get some rest for the night. Diego, sensing Alex heading to bed, got up and walked towards him and laid down beside the smaller fire and went back to sleep. Alex soon fell asleep to the sounds of the night side of the jungle.

Several hours later, around midnight….

Alex woke up suddenly from a dream he was having to the sound of Diego letting out a low growl next to him. Assuming a threat was near, he quickly grabbed a spear to defend himself. Looking around for any telltale signs of a predator, his ears picked up what sounded like a bunch of squawking not to far away from the area. Alex let out a deep sigh of annoyance, the damn terror birds were hunting again. Although amazed at first at the giant birds, he quickly soon avoided them at all costs. The constantly tried to attack him and even managed a couple of times to injury him. Luckily, Diego has been there to keep them away for Alex to escape and allow his injuries to heal. Also they were very persistent, always hunting them until they couldn't find a way to reach them. So far they haven't found the camp yet but Alex was always prepared for them to stumble upon it one day.

He continued to listen as they were hunting until a sudden thought popped in his head; they don't normally hunt at night. They normally hunted during day were it was easier for them to maneuver and not trip over. That left two options; they were either starving or something wandered into their nest. But all he knew at the moment was that he wasn't going to get a good night's sleep. He went to go sit on his stump and restart the fire, trying to get some warmth. Diego kept watch, making sure the overgrown chickens didn't come to close to camp. As the two were busy going about their tasks, the birds sounded like they were going into a frenzy as they got closer to their prey. Alex was wondering at what they were hunting until he heard a new noise that made him jump and caused his blood to run cold. It wasn't a sound he hasn't heard in a very long time.

It was a human's scream.

Sam's P.O.V

She was running among the trees, trying to escape her attackers. She was having the roughest day of her life, starting with waking up half naked on some tropical beach. It would have been tranquil if it wasn't for the giant turtle that was moving towards her. She let out a gasp as she scrambled away from it so she wouldn't get trampled Luckily the turtle wasn't interested in her and continued foraging in some nearby bushes. Not taking any chances Sam moved further down the beach before finding some shade among palm trees. Not knowing what to do she stayed there in the shade for a little bit while snacking on some berries she found. Soon her thirst forced her to look for some water and found a stream nearby witch allowed her to get a drink.

As soon as she finished her drink she heard loud rustling in the nearby bushes and she was startled by a large stegosaurus that walked out of the jungle. It watched her for a couple of seconds before lumbering towards the river to get a drink. Sam was both amazed and terrified at the same time at the sight of the prehistoric animal. Se moved further up the stream until she found a larger river. Thankfully there were no creatures nearby so she stopped under a large tree that grew next to a large boulder to get out of the sun.

She stayed there for the rest of the day until around sunset, listening to the sounds of the island while also having a mental breakdown. All she remembered was going to bed in her apartment the night before and now she was stuck in some unknown, dino infested land. She took a deep breath to try and compose herself. It's ok Sam, you figure this out one way or another. Noticing the sun was almost set, she climbed the tree to get somewhere safe for the night and then try to figure out what's going on the next day.

She woke up again around midnight to what could only sound like squawking coming from the jungle. Making sure she was in a safe place, she was on high alert as the sounds kept getting closer to her. A couple minutes later, and the source of the calls walked out of the jungle.

It was a giant bird, standing almost 10 feet tall and covered in feathers that look grey in the moonlight. It had tiny wings that probably couldn't support it flight but its long legs ended in massive clawed feet that looked like they could cut up a person with ease. And to top it off, it had a massive hatchet like head that looked like it could do some serious damage. It was easily a terrifying predator, probably able to take down animals slightly bigger than it.

It strutted out of the tree line, trying to look around for any kind of danger even though it had poor night vision. Apparently satisfied, it gave a call back towards the jungle and moved towards the water. A few seconds later, and much to Sam's horror, 3 more of the giant birds walked out of the forest and started heading towards the river as well. Sam scooted closer towards the trunk of the tree, holding herself close so she wouldn't be seen. Although she thought she was high enough out of their reach, she didn't know if they could find some way of getting towards her. Plus she didn't want to spend the entire night with some overgrown chickens. She pushed herself backwards although unknown to her since her attention was fixed on the birds, she continued pressing against a branch until broke with a painfully loud snap. The birds lifted their head from the water at the sound of the noise and quickly looked towards her hiding place. There eyes narrowed and they charged the tree, squawking up a storm as they tried to get her. She was freaking out as they were trying to leap at her, a couple of times nearly touching the branch itself.

She quickly looked around for either a weapon or a possible escape route as the birds were getting more ferocious. She saw that the boulder next to the tree was too large for them to get over and extended both into the water and inland and she made a quick decision. She jumped over the boulder and landed on the sand next to it on the other side. Moving quickly, she ran into the dense jungle, hearing the birds following her in pursuit. She ran for what felt like forever until she reached the outskirts of a clearing full of tall grass. She stopped for a second, scared that she wouldn't be able to see anything in the grass, but the cries of the birds changed her mind real quick. She ran into the grass, hoping to evade her pursuers in it. She stopped after she reached the middle of the clearing and listened for the birds. They stopped their loud calls but she could hear them moving through the grass, communicating with each other. Then all of a sudden, things go silent.

A few seconds go by and Sam started to get nervous. She debated weather to stay put or move before all of a sudden, one of the birds came charging towards her with a loud cry. This startled her so much that she let out a loud scream and ran the opposite direction as fast as she could. She surprisingly made it to an opening in the grass near the treeline before something large behind her sent her flying into a tree. One of the birds got close enough to hit her with the side of its head, launching her into the tree.

The impact forced the wind out of her, leaving her crumbled at the base of the tree. She must have hit her head hard because her vision was going in and out. She tried to get up but felt pain shooting through her leg, giving a cry of pain as she fell back down. As she sat their in pain, all she could do was watch as the bird that knocked her down called its friends over. Two of its companions walked out of the grass and surrounded her ready to finish her off. But to her luck, what happened next was probably the greatest thing to happen to her all day.

As the last of the birds came walking out of the grass, there was a loud roar and something lept out of the grass and clamped its jaws on its neck. Unable to shake the animal off of it, the bird was only able to let out a desperate squawk before collapsing to the ground. It's companions turned around starting to shriek at the new threat. THe creature bared its massive fangs and growled at them, ready to attack. But before anything could happen, something pierced the head of the bird on the left, killing it instantly. To Sam's shock, it was an feather tipped arrow with a third of it buried in the bird's head. It remaining companions must of realized they were outnumbered and ran away into the forest.

Sam was relieved at first that the birds was gone, but a sudden growl snapped her attention. She focused her attention on the new animal as best as she could before she slipped out of consciousness. At the last second before she blacked out she saw a figure emerge from the woods.

And thats the end of chapter. I will like to introduce you all to Samantha, the newest character to the story. I originally wanted to start this chapter after the latest update came out, but due to certain….. erhhh… unrest with the community (flyer nerf, I'll let you think on that), I decided to wait until later. Anyways Alex has saved another human which he hasn't seen since he got stuck on the island. How will he handle this? Find out next time on the next chapter. PEACE!

-Kaiju