Chapter 8: Into the Jungle
Amy, Owen, and Gray were on the run from a terrifying creature, a hybrid of a pterodactyl and a Racnoss. It was pretty far behind them, but the beast was fast and knew how to hunt. The three humans were running back in the direction of the TARDIS, where they knew it would be safe and they could contact the Doctor and let him know about the alien dinosaurs on this crazy green planet. Amy, Owen, and Gray were all thinking that if this horrible thing was in the park, what other terrible alien dinosaurs would be here as well? Rory, Claire, and Zach were all out there with them. All they could do now was try to stay alive and hope that the others were still alive too.
"Some Thanksgiving." Owen remarked between breaths as he was running.
"So much running." Gray said.
"That's all part of being with the Doctor." Amy said. "I know something's wrong when we haven't been running all day."
"What's that on your hand?" Owen asked Amy.
Amy looked down at her hand as she ran and saw that it was covered in black tally marks. She suddenly grew afraid. She knew what that meant. She had seen something multiple times and forgot about it. The tallies served to remind her.
"It means we're in trouble." Amy said.
"You don't say?" Owen asked sarcastically.
"There's aliens here that aren't dinosaurs. They're probably the ones that made the hybrids." Amy said.
"You got that from marks on your hand?" Owen asked.
"These aliens. They're called the Silence." Amy said. "They're deadly but you can only remember them while you're looking at them. Once you turn away, you forget that they were ever there. Every time I see one, I mark myself with a tally. When I see the tally later, I'll know that one is near."
"That's so cool." Gray said.
"Trust me it's not." Amy said. "I probably saw one earlier. If I could only remember it then I could've warned the Doctor."
"What do these things look like?" Owen asked. "Or do you not remember?"
It didn't matter if Amy remembered or not. There was a Silence at the end of the road in front of them. They could see the alien standing still down the road, waiting for the humans to run to it.
"Stop!" Amy shouted.
The three of them stopped running. The Silence was far away, but close enough for all three of them to make out its features clearly.
"Is that it?" Gray asked.
"Yep." Amy said. "That's it."
"Where is the Doctor?" The Silence asked.
"Turn around." Amy said we need to get away from it.
Then, the group was suddenly reminded of why they couldn't turn around. The Ptero-Racnoss had finally caught up with them. The red alien flew high in the air and looked like it was going to kill them. The Silence could not let this happen, not while it thought the humans might know where the Doctor was. So, the Silence extended its arm as sparks of electricity began to flow across its long, pale fingers. Then, a bolt of electricity fired out of its hand and hit the flying Racnoss, causing it to explode. The three humans turned back to the Silence in shock. Why did it save them?
"You will answer me." The Silence said. "Where is the Doctor?"
"Follow me." Owen said.
Owen then ran to the right off the road into the jungle. Any and Gray quickly followed. They had escaped the Ptero-Racnoss and the Silence (and forgot that it was ever there), but now they were in the jungle of Jurassic Planet, with all sorts of alien killers on the hunt.