Land Before Time belongs to Universal.
Rex and the Dracovol race, Crescent Valley, Yu, and Donovan belong to Sora W.T.K.
Stone, Tree-star, and the Rock Rangers belong to EbonyPatriot.
Story idea inspired by Sora's friend.
Everything else belongs to me.
Chapter 3-
A pair of fangs, a clash of claws, streaks of yellow and blue, this is what anyone watching would have seen as a mass of reptile bodies rolled across the dead floor. A screech of pain, a roar of agony, a howl of anger, many sounds pierced into the skies, and the valley walls. Red claws made contact with delicate blue skin, sheering away to reveal red lines with reddish ooze dripping out and staining the ground. Then the mass crashes into a log, the wood splintering instantly, fragments flying in several directions. The yellow alimon's body is pushed into what remained of the log, the tall dracovol standing over her menacingly. She did not erase her own snarl from her face.
"Why have you come back here?!" The growly voice of Rex asked angrily. He grabbed Axel by her neck and lifted her up into the air. "There is nothing left of the valley! Are you and the Darkarians happy?! This is what your precious plan has brought!" He tosses her aside. "Tell me, Axel, was it all worth it? Was it worth listening to your precious boss?!"
"So naive, as always, Rexy boy." Axel cooed as she stood back up, moving like she was unharmed and yet baring cuts and bruises from the sprawl. "If you are as clever as they say you are, you should realize that our plan is not finished..."
Rex roared in frustration as he brings his arms forward, claws tensed up, wings spread out. "Oh I think it's finished! It's been finished for a long time! What will the Great Valley be good for now?! There's nothing left! You Darkarians RUINED IT!!" He charged forward and, before Axel could react, struck the yellow alimon across the face. Blood sprayed across his face as he pulled out his claws. Blood lines appeared across Axel's face as she roared in pain and backed away a little. Then Rex made his next move, swatting her legs with his tail. This caused Axel to buckle down forward. Rex then kicked her in the neck, causing her to be flipped onto her back.
The dazed alimon moaned a few times, using her tongue to gingerly lick the blood that was trinkling down her muzzle and into her mouth. Rex took a single leap, now he was over her. He quickly sat down on her chest, and clamped his jaws on her throat, and applied pressure. Axel's eyes widened and she began to thrash wildly, but the dracovol's jaws remained clamped, unmoving, the teeth raking into her flesh. Before Rex's jaws cut off her air supply, she screeched, "All...right! I'll...talk!"
The battle-scarred dracovol smirked. Axel may believe she is so big and strong and so confident, but if her life was threatened, she would give in, at least momentarily. He would need to get the information quickly, otherwise he has lost his chance. Axel does not fall for the same trick twice so easily. He quickly released his grip on her throat, but did not move off of her. "All right, you filthy Darkarian. Talk..."
"The destruction of the Great Valley was only phase one of our brilliant plan." Axel spoke with a strong sense of pride in her feminine voice. "It was extra rewarding knowing that your pathetic Rock Ranger friends were so preoccupied with stopping us from destroying the valley to see the bigger picture... The valley was only the first step. If the Rock Rangers were clever, they would have realized this."
"Enough!" The dracovol gripped Axel by her throat, gripping hard enough to show he meant business but light enough so she could still breathe and speak, to answer his questions. "What is this bigger picture that you disgusting Darkarians are planning?!"
The yellow alimon blinked at first, her eyes widening. She did realize that if she spoke, their plan would be ruined. But if she didn't, she would risk losing her life. She remained silent, staring into the glaring, waiting eyes of Rex. She broke away from his gaze, letting her eyes slowly scan her prediciment. She felt her eyes blink as she noticed a chance of escape. Her tail was laying very close to Rex's leg, and it would seem the scarred dracovol was paying too much attention to her to realize the situation he was about to get into.
Axel slowly grinned, her teeth exposing in the light. Rex remained unfazed as the high-ranking dinosaur burst into laughter, a laugh so cold and icy it would freeze the heart solid. "So you really think I am going to give out such vital information to YOU?! What kind of fool do you take me for, Rex?"
Rex suddenly gripped Axel's neck tighter, causing the yellow beast to writhe with surprise as her air supply was suddenly cut off completely. "A fool who is about to bite the dust..." He smirked as he watched Axel's face, her mouth open to try and take in a breath.
Axel's eyes slowly look downward. Rex believed she was only trying to plead for help, but in reality her eyes were focusing on Rex's leg, and, trying to ignore the pain around her throat, she wrapped her tail around Rex's leg. The dracovol felt the tail snaking around his limb, and grip tightly. He suddenly realized the real reason why Axel had laughed earlier. She must have seen this opportunity before hand. Rex quickly tried to move, but the alimon was faster. In a blink of an eye, she pulled as hard as she could. Rex was thrown off balance, and he landed in a loud thud onto his back.
Axel climbed up to her feet shakingly, coughing, breathing, rubbing her throat gingerly with a paw. Her eyes, angry and full of hate, gazed upon Rex's fallen form. She stalked slowly forward, her body low, her tail high up in the air, swaying back and forth slowly. Her head was low, her mouth opened slightly. Her teeth slightly exposed, her tongue was hanging on one side as she licked her chops. She pushed herself into the air, and she landed heavily on Rex's stomach.
"Oof!" Rex yelped as he felt the full weight of the muscular alimon on his stomach, standing, pinning him down. "Why you..." He growled as he positioned his foot on Axel to prepare to push her off of him. Quickly the Darkarian shot her head forward and clamped her jaws on Rex's throat. What goes around comes around as some people would say. Rex's eyes bulged in pain as he felt the large fangs of the alimon singing into his neck. She got off of him, but kept her jaws clamped onto his vulnerable neck. She rose onto her hind legs, and lifted her head as high as it would go, raising Rex's body as high as she could. Then, mustering up all the strength she had in her jaws and neck, she threw Rex across the floor, forcing the dracovol to crash loudly into a dead tree. The tree broke instantly from the force of the impact and came crashing down. Rex soon found himself pinned down on his stomach by the large limb.
It was not heavy enough to kill him, but heavy enough to keep him from escaping quickly, let along use his wings to fly off. He felt the Darkarian's paw on his head, the claws digging into his skin. "Here lays the might Rex.", came Axel's taunting voice, "He was a legendary fighter, but in the end he was killed by an even stronger fighter, Axel..."
Rex twisted his head to look hatefully at the yellow, red-violet, and brown alimon. "You..really think you've got me beat?" He spat at her.
Axel laughed. "Oh come on. You're pinne down, and my paw is on your head! What makes you think you could still win...?!" She didn't wait for him to answer as she lowered her head and opened up her mouth. She gently laid her teeth on Rex's head, intending on increasing the pressure until his skull cracked open.
Rex chuckled. "But it looks like you forgotten one detail..." Suddenly, Rex's arm, the only thing not pinned down other than his head, lashed forward, gripping Axel on the side of her neck. Axel was in the position that left her blind spot open to attack. She winced as she felt the claws of the teal dracovol dig into her skin, the claws cutting deep into her flesh. They tore away at blood vessels as they made a long gash across the side of her neck. The searing pain forced her to scream, releasing her grip on the dracovol. Blood dripped down onto the floor, Axel staring at it in shock.
"How dare you..." Axel breathed. She took a step forward, but the pain in her neck caused her to pull back. "Ugh..well..we'll finish this later.." The Darkarian quickly dashed away, leaving Rex trapped under the debris of the log.
"What? You aren't going to help me get out?" Rex muttered sarcastically and to no one in particular. He used his free, bloodied hand to try and drag himself out. But after a few minutes of doing this, he found he wasn't moving an inch. "There's got to be another way." He then tried to reposition himself, but this didn't work. "Man, why did I leave myself open for her to pull such a stunt?!"
"My my..what a show, what a show. Bravo Rex, bravo!" A masculine, very familiar voice called out to him. The dracovol lifted his head, quickly looking left and right, trying to find the source of the voice. Suddenly a flash of gray zipped passed him and landed just a few feet in front of him. "I could not have done better myself, my boy." He said, laughing heartfully.
"Stone?! What are you doing here?" Rex cried out, his anger lying. Was this whole thing a set up? Was this just merely a test of his skills?! "I thought I was to do this alone!"
Stone put on a false sad face. "Oh...I can't come along to watch?"
"WATCH?!" Rex shrieked, forgetting about his usual composure. "YOU CAME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO WATCH?!"
"I was just kidding." Stone said sternly, a mild glare on his face. "I have come to..assist you." He looked over the debris the dracovol was trapped under. "And it would seem I made the right choice in following you here." He chuckled dryly. "Here..let me help you get out of there." He slowly approached, but the dracovol suddenly snapped at him, startling the gray alimon.
"I can get out myself! Now why don't you go back crawling to that cowardly mate of yours, Tree-star?! Figures she wouldn't be coming along." Rex said bitterly. Much of his hostility was due to both Axel's recent attack and the fact that the tree pinning him down was causing him pain. He would normally not snap like that at Stone, nor had he ever called Tree-star a coward, even though he knew full well she was.
"Don't get that attitude with me, mister!" Stone said in a scolding manner, as though Rex was his son. He lifted his cane made of solid diamond and whacked Rex across the head with it, resulting in him yelping in pain.
"Ouch!" Rex rubbed his head with his bloodied paw. "Maybe diamond was not the best material to use..." He whispered to himself.
"And second, do not ever insult my mate like that again!" He lifted his cane again. "Understand, my boy?"
Rex quickly nodded, not wanting that cane to strike his cranium again. "Crystal clear, sir!"
Stone suddenly smiled again. His sudden change in behavior and emotions has always bothered Rex, and, at times, creeped him out. The gray alimon chuckled, and walked over to the tree. He stood up on his back legs, using his pegleg and his remaining paw to pull up on the tree. Using as much strength as he had, he managed to lift the tree up enough for Rex to crawl out quickly. Stone released it, and the tree shattered as it landed heavily on the ground.
"So did you manage to learn anything from Axel?" Stone asked politely, sitting down on the dead grass.
"Only that the destruction of this valley was only part one of their plan." This caught Stone's attention. He lifted his head up a bit as Rex continued to speak. "She said that the very fact that you Rock Rangers were fighting to protect the valley meant that you guys didn't see the full picture, what was really going on."
"So what is this plan?" Stone asked after he shook off the initial surprise of the information.
"I-I don't know." Rex answered.
"Why not?" Stone asked.
"Because..Axel ran off." Rex replied, looking off in the direction that wretched dinosaur took off in.