Hello, my name is Braeton. I don't normally like to share my work with others. It has taken many many revisions to get to this point. If anyone notices any inconsistencies within my series please point them out to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own and I am borrowing for my story: Terra Nova characters, one Jurassic Park the lost world character (Roland), Nanosaur the Mac Game. I have also utilized Dinotopia's style of naming the 1st and 2nd Generation Nanosaurs. Some of my 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation Nanosaur will be named after some of the characters of Dinosaur Train. Ute Utahraptor's name comes from the Ute Indians in Utah.
3. Nanosaurs and Terra Nova
Zoe stood looking at the lumbering Euoplocephalus. His tail swished lazy side to side as he wandered through the market. Behind him followed a Kentrosaurus.
Finally she worked up the courage to walk up to the two Nanosaurs. The two armored saurians stopped and stared at her for a moment.
"Hello there youngin," said the Euoplocephalus.
"Hello, I'm Zoe," Zoe said.
"My name is Eureka Euoplocephalus," replied the small Ankylosaur.
"And I'm Kenny Kentrosaurus. We're third generation Nanosaurs," replied the Kentrosaurus.
"It's great to meet you," Zoe said.
"Eureka, Kenny, you're holding up traffic," Nethania said from a nearby vendor stand.
"Oops, sorry Captain," Eureka said. They continued on their way to the small lake at the back of the colony.
"Zoe isn't it," Nethania said.
"Yes," Zoe said. Nethania walked up to her.
"You like dinosaurs," Nethania asked.
"Yes I do," Zoe said. She was nervous around Nethania. Nethania knelt in front of her.
"Well, you need to be careful around my Nanosaurs Zoe, not all of them are as friendly as Eureka and Kenny. If they have large claws on their feet, or if it looks like they are busy working or eating, I must request that you not approach them," Nethania said.
"Okay," Zoe said with a nervous nod.
"Good," Nethania said and she stood back up and headed towards the command center. She stops at the base of the steps to watch a large Apatosaurus help put a piece of the fencing back in place.
"The Nanosaurs make it so much easier to repair things," Reynolds said.
"Thank you; I've designed each of them to fulfill a certain task," Nethania said.
"I know Zoe would love to meet some of them," Jim said.
"She met two of them today in the market. One of my Euoplocephaluses and one of my Kentrosauruses," Nethania said.
"Where on earth did you get the DNA to be able to grow Jurassic and Triassic animals?" Malcolm asked her.
"I am a lot better at quantum physics than Lucas. I was able to create time fractures to those time periods so that I could gather the DNA samples," Nethania said. She began to make her way up the steps to the command center. Malcolm and Jim followed her up.
"What's it like in the Triassic Time Period?" Malcolm asked.
"It is about the same as 2150 in some areas. The air is foul and hard to breathe. It smells like a mixture of sulfur and volcanic ash," Nethania said. Malcolm made a weird face that was a cross between gross and not good.
"The Jurassic, there are a lot more plants and animals there," Nethania said.
"So the scientists' theories on climates during those time periods were right?" Malcolm asked.
"Yeah, they weren't too far off," Nethania said. They walked into the command center.
"What's the most dangerous time period you visited?" Jim asked.
"The time of sea scorpions," Nethania said.
"What's your favorite?" Jim asked.
"The current time period that we are in," Nethania said.
"Jim, Malcolm, I need to speak to my daughter alone, I need to debrief her," Nathaniel said.
"Okay," Jim said. He and Malcolm left the command center.
"Thanks for the rescue," Nethania said.
"I wasn't joking," Nathaniel said looking sternly at her.
"What do I need a debriefing for?" Nethania asked.
"You've been living here for god knows how long; creating…Nanosaurs and countless other things I'm sure. Plus, I haven't seen you in all this time. I think you owe me an explanation," Nathaniel said putting his right hand on her left shoulder and smiling at her.
Nethania rolled her eyes. She outranked her father by a smidge but still he was her father. Nathaniel sat down on the edge of his Dino Skull desk and looked at her, waiting for her to start talking.
Really she didn't have to answer to him, but she decided to indulge him this once.
"I came here shortly after my death was faked. Since then I've been working on creating my various species of Nanosaurs and building my forces up. It is my duty to protect this world from mankind's follies," Nethania said.
"How many Nanosaurs have you created?" Nathaniel asked.
"A good number of species," Nethania answered.
Nathaniel stood, walked around his desk and sat down in his chair.
"Enlighten me," Nathaniel said lacing his fingers together, elbows resting on the desk.
"Oi vey," Nethania said rolling her eyes.
"I'm listening Nethania," Nathaniel said in a warning tone.
Like he's all that threatening to her. Nethania went to Alicia's desk and pulled a chair over.
"I have well over six thousand animals in my "arsenal"," Nethania said creating quotation marks in the air with her fingers when she says arsenal.
"How many different species do you have?" Nathaniel asked.
"Are you kidding me?" Nethania asked, anger starting to bubble in her and showing on her face.
"No I am not Nethania," Nathaniel said shaking his head.
"Over 58 species and don't ask me how many are meat eaters and how many are plant eaters," Nethania said.
"I won't," Nathaniel said. He silently looked at her, studying her.
"Well if there is nothing you wish to ask me, I would need to go and check up with Xenias Xenotarsosaurus," Nethania said.
"That's all," Nathaniel said and waved her off. She got up and walked out.
Xenias was another third generation Nanosaur. He looked more like an overgrown juvenile Carnotaurus than a Xenotarsosaurus. He had been the one used in the infiltration of Hope Plaza in 2149.
Nethania found Xenias up by Snakehead Falls getting a drink of water.
"Hello Xenias, long time no see," Nethania said. He raised his head from the water and looked over at her.
"Captain Taylor," Xenias said. He stood up straight. They walked along the stream until they came to the markings Lucas had made.
"We need to clear this stuff off the rocks. I need you to work with the Carnotaurus and Slashers to help keep the area clear of animals while we work to remove them," Nethania said.
"Yes Captain," Xenias said.
"Tailblade is one of the ambassador Slashers out here," Nethania said.
"Wild Slashers are not easy to motivate captain," Xenias said, having had experience with them in the past.
"I have faith in you Xenias, tell Tailblade this request comes from me," Nethania said.
"Thy will will be done Captain, one way or another," Xenias said with an elegant bow.
"I need to get back to the colony, you know how to reach me if things get sour," Nethania said.
"Aye aye captain," Xenias said.
Nethania headed back to the colony while Xenias head off to locate Tailblade.
Lucas felt strange walking through Terra Nova. Everywhere people shot him dirty looks. Even Nanosaurs growled when he walked by. A part of him felt like they would never warm up to him. In his heart he felt terrible for what he had tried to do. Having seen his mother's face and heard her voice had changed him inside. Finding out that the man who'd raised him wasn't really his father had also changed his perspective of things. Seeing Nethania, Mira, Carter, Philbrick and his mother transform from Saber Tooth Cats into the forms he was most familiar with, it all made him realize things were not always what they seemed.
At least now his nightmares of the Deinonychus were gone. He hoped now he could find a way to fit in again. People wouldn't even sell to him and the only people who would talk to him were former sixers and phoenix group members, they also felt unwelcome.
The only comfort he really found was drinking himself into a stupor at Boylan's. Nobody really paid much attention to him there. Skye came in one afternoon and sat at his table.
"Why the long face?" Skye asked.
"After all I've done, all I've put the colony through; no one seems fit to welcome me here," Lucas said sadly.
"We all have regrets man," Carter said.
"It'll be a while before they warm up to you," Skye said.
"You'll have to prove you mean the colony no harm," Josh said as he refilled Lucas' glass.
"This place is about a second chance, but no one seems to want to give me one," Lucas said.
Nethania walked down the steps into the bar.
"Captain Taylor, what a pleasure," Boylan said.
"Hello Tom," Nethania said walking over to the bar.
"What brings you to my bar?" Boylan asked.
"I'm here on business Tom, not for a social call. I came here to tell you that my some of my Nanosaurs will be staying here in the colony. They are not to under any circumstances allowed to sip one drop of your alcoholic beverages," Nethania said.
"Of course, captain's orders," Boylan said.
"Aw, Nanosaurs can't hold their liquor," Josh asked.
"You don't want to see what drunken raptors are capable of," Nethania said.
"Is that coming from experience Sis?" Lucas asked.
"I've seen what caffeinated raptors are capable of," Nethania said.
"Ooh," Mira said.
"My Nanosaurs get drunk here and they cause problems, not only does my father have to deal with it, but I have to hear about it and I'm going to have bigger problems to worry about than my Nanosaurs getting into drunken trouble," Nethania said.
"Don't worry Nethania, I'll make sure the Nanosaurs stay away from my drinks," Boylan assured her.
"Knew I could count on you," Nethania said.
She began for the door.
"And Boylan, if I do find out that you let my Nanosaurs drink here, I'll close this place down like I seal up a tunnel," Nethania said with a twinkle in her eye.
"I hear ya," Boylan said.
"What does that mean?" Josh asked after she left.
"It means if any of her Nanosaurs get drunk from drinking here, she'll come back and destroy the place to make sure it doesn't happen again. And while this place is beyond Commander Taylor's grip, Nethania can get away with murder here," Boylan said.
"You fear her more than Taylor?" Josh asked a bit shocked.
"Don't you?" Lucas asked with a nervous giggle.
"Honey Badger don't care," Boylan said.
"What," Josh said.
"That's a quote Nethania liked to use a lot. Honey badgers are the toughest animals in Africa. Even a lion will back down from one. Before she was known as the Terrible Claw, everyone called her the Honey Badger," Lucas said.