Time to rejoin our raptor squad as they reluctantly prepare for the challenge ahead, while Dave and Jess spend a bit of time together..
Review replay;
Mickol93 - Well, I felt like doing something to Zara that didn't end with her dead.
WolfDragon - They'd both be a raging force of fire!
DragonBreeder123 - How about punch him? Rip his balls off? Tear his eyes out? Choke him on his own throat? Your choice...
darkwrap - Yep, fat bastards gonna die a big, bloody, DEATH!
Ddragon21 - Hold on to your butt!
bryan mccloud - Blue wasn't the one who killed Hoskins, it was Delta, lol.
X Raptor paddock...
Night had finally descended on lonely, ruined island. The carnage of the I-Rex and pterosaur swarm had forced the many 20'000 people on the island to retreat to the docks for safety. But with Mr Masarni dead, Hoskin had taken the chance to take over the situation, and to him, the only way to stop all this... was to let loose the raptor pack.
Within their cages, all of the raptors hissed and barked as mercenaries strapped camera-collars onto their heads, a way for Hoskin to see what the raptors were seeing. But without Owen, Dave or Perry anywhere, all raptors had become more aggressive than ever, Even Bob was barking at any mercenary that came close to him, not because he didn't like it, because he was scared. Hearing Bob's scared barks for help, both Blue and Helen rattled their cages in rage, making sure Hoskins knew how much they hated him.
Keen to see his plan take shape, Hoskin stood in front of Delta who still hated Hoskin more than anything.
"Hey, right here!" taunted Hoskin clicking his fingers in front of Delta.
Without a second thought, Delta rattled her head restraint, trying to get at Hoskin, but this only made Hoskin chuckle in delight.
"She looks at what she wants..." admitted Barry against this plan completely. "Usually what she wants to eat."
But right then, the rest of the group drove on the scene with Perry still on the roof. But as Hoskin walked over to greet them as they got out of the car, Owen, Dave and Perry all wanted him dead!
"The mother hens have finally arr-"
Straight away, Owen socked Hoskin straight in the jaw without a second hesitation, almost knocking him over. But before Hoskin could do anything else, Dave took his chance to knee Hoskin right in the balls, before keeping Perry back from killing Hoskin.
"Woah!" admitted both Zach and Gray stunned.
"Get the hell out of here, and stay away from our animals!" threatened Owen becoming protective his animals.
"Unless you want Perry to go all mama bear on you." added Dave keeping Perry back.
"Hoskin, you wanted this to happen, you son of a bitch!" realized Claire standing for Owen and the whole raptor pack.
"Jesus..." growled Hoskins annoyed. "How many more people have to die, before this mission makes sense to you?"
"It's not a mission! It's a field test!" denied Barry joining the group.
"Leave. NOW!" roared Perry still trying to go at Hoskin.
"This is an InGen situation now." reminded Hoskin. "Okay, there are gonna be crew ships, that show up first light. Everybody is gonna get off this island, your gonna watch a news story tomorrow how you all saved live- No, better yet. How your animals saved lives!"
"This isn't hero time, Hoskin!" reminded Jess. "People are already dead! The last thing we need to do is get even more people killed, right Dave?"
But both Dave and Owen were lost in their own thoughts. Jess was right, this wasn't time to go acting like a hero. But with the I-Rex still out there, and people already dead, they really had no other choice. Even if they hated the idea, setting the raptors out was possibly the only option left.
"It's crazy!" persuaded Barry. "They've never faced it before, there's no telling how they'll react!"
"Let's move it out!" ordered Hoskin to his mercenaries. "This is happening! With, or without you."
In the end though, both Owen and Dave had to go along with it. Whether they like it or not...
"If we do this, we do it our way." agreed Owen finally.
X Few minutes later...
Reluctantly, the group prepared the raptors for the hunt ahead. While Owen was debriefing the mercenaries on how the plan was going to play out. Dave took the time to fit Perry's camera - collar on. Even though Perry usually goes along with Dave's plans, this was one that she hated over her fossil.
"No. Like. This." growled Perry moving her head restraint about.
"Neither do I." agreed Dave understanding Perry's thoughts. "But we're out of ideas, this might be our only option. And your packs faces worse before."
"Not. Bob. Or Helen." reminded Perry not wanting them to face the I-Rex.
"Perry, I get it. They're your kids and you care about them." persuaded Dave. "But they're old enough now to take care of themselves, sometimes you gotta let people go for them to grow up."
Finally finished with Perry's camera - collar, Dave stepped back as Owen came back. Having finished debriefing the mercenaries, Owen wanted to make sure none of the raptors had their camera - collars on too tight, starting with Blue.
"Easy, easy Blue." eased Owen adjusting Blue's camera - collar. "You don't scare me."
"You really think this will work?" asked Dave seeing how much Owen was doubting this plan.
"I don't know." admitted Owen stepping back from Blue. "But it's worth a shot."
"Owen! Dave!" called Gray from outside the cage.
Turning back around, Owen and Dave caught sight of both Gray and Zach against the bar, looking into the cage, straight at the raptors.
"Are they safe?" asked Gray thinking the raptors were tamed.
"No, they're not." answered Owen understanding why Gray thought that. "They'll kill you if they had the chance."
"What about Perry?" asked Zach pointing at Perry.
"She's different." answered Dave quickly, he didn't want to explain anymore about why.
"So then, what are the others called?" questioned Zach looking at the other raptors.
"Well, we got Charlie." began Owen pointing to each raptor. "There's Echo, here's Delta. And those two are Bob and Helen, son and daughter of Blue and Perry."
"They're the Betas." explained Dave.
"So then, who are the Alphas?" asked Gray confused.
"Your looking at em, kid." hinted Owen proudly revealing him and Dave as the alphas.
"Dave!" called Claire joining the others. "I think you should have a word with Jess, she quite upset about Zara."
"About Zara?" wondered Dave. "But she's alive."
"She blaming what happened to Zara on herself." explained Claire just as confused as Dave.
"You alright on your own?" asked Dave to Owen.
Receiving an assuring nod, Dave made his way to find Jess with Claire leading the way, with Gray and Zach behind the two.
Underneath a tent, Jess remind sat down on the side, Her head down as she struggled to get over Zara's loss. Seeing how much Jess was upset, Dave could see that he needed to have a word with her.
"Hey, Jess." greeted Dave kneeling beside Jess.
"Hey..." whispered Jess quietly.
"Claire told me about Zara." revealed Dave to cheer her up. "Come on, you should be happy. Zara is alive."
"Not without losing her foot." reminded Jess grimly. "She's supposed to be getting married as well! What am I suppose to tell her fiance? 'Sorry about her foot, got eaten by a swimming dinosaur'?"
"Marine reptile actually." corrected Gray quietly. "Mosasaurs aren't related to dinosaurs-"
"Gray! Not now." snapped Zach getting Gray to stop talking.
"Um.. Claire, could you give me and Jess a few minutes alone?" asked Dave not trying to be rude, but this was something he and Jess needed to talk about alone.
"Sure..." agreed Claire leading Gray and Zach away.
Now alone, Dave lifted Jess's head until she was looking him in the eye. Without a second thought, Dave leaned in and kissed her with more love than he ever had for her before today. Pulling back, Jess didn't know what to say.
"You have no idea, what I've been through just to find you." whispered Dave still relived to be with Jess again.
"But, if I didn't sneak the other two away. Zara wouldn't be missing her foot." admitted Jess still upset about Zara.
"Hey, you saved her life." reminded Dave bringing up the fact Zara was still alive. "It's better than what happened to dad."
"Wha- What happened to him?" asked Jess seeing Dave becoming upset as he thought were of Sam.
"He didn't make it, Jess. He's gone." revealed Dave tearfully.
"Oh, Dave." whispered Jess hugging Dave as the two began to cry for Sam. "I am so sorry about your dad."
"I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to him..." added Dave wiping tears away from his eyes.
But there was something Jess knew that Dave didn't...
Reaching into her pocket, Jess brought out a voice recorder. That was something that caught Dave off guard, why would Jess even have a voice recorder.
"After, your mother died. Sam gave me this." explained Jess. "He said it was to be given to you when something like this happens, but we both hoped we would never have to give it to you. But now... now is the time to hear it."
And with that, Jess gently placed it into Dave's hand before walking off to join Claire and her nephews, leaving Dave alone. Turning it on, Dave spotted there was only one voice record, label: For you, Son.
"Hey, Dave" greeted Sam's voice. "If you're hearing this... then the worst has happened to me. I know, your struggling to accept that I'm gone. But you are the bravest son a father could ever wish to have, I couldn't be more proud to say it. But every dad who truly loves his son... always leaves a parting gift. Place this voice recorder on the wall at the pack of the raptor paddock... You'll find something to remember me by, something I'm sure you'll find...useful."
Carious but determined to find out what Sam meant, Dave made his way around to the back of the raptor paddock. And sure enough, among the dirt stained walls, a odd rectangle hole lead into the wall. Straight away, Dave realized that was where the voice recorder needed to go.
Carefully placing the voice recorder into the hole, Dave jumped back part of the wall split open, revealing something rather amazing...
Placed up like a set of clothes, Dave's eyes laid upon a dinosaur styled armor. A breastplate made of ankylosaur plating while both shoes had a set of metal velociraptor killing claws that could be brought out with the flick of the foot. Shoulder plates based off the the skull of a T-Rex while the rest of the armor shined white in the light, but that wasn't all Sam left behind.
Beside the armor, an large club styled like that of an ankylosaur tail rested beside a shield made from a triceratops skull. Both of them could easily do a lot of damage if Dave wanted to.
For Dave, there was nothing he could say. Even in death, Sam had provided a way of help for Dave to stop the I-Rex. And now, Dave had the means to take her on, and bring justice for her actions...
Trust me, when you imagine Dave's armor and weapons, they would make you think Dave was a dino-knight! It was just something I thought of when I was a a teenager, I had a wild imagination back then. :)
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