Cindy:
Cindy's gaze switched back and forth between the two t-rexes. One had a green mottled body with black stripes running down its back; the other T-rex was a drab reddish-brown color.
"I read somewhere that Dinosaurs have many things in common with modern birds. The pretty green and black one is clearly the male. The female would be drab to help camouflage her while she is on the nest. What is wrong with me? I should be thinking of a way out of this and here I find myself thinking of useless facts. I'm getting as bad as Jimmy." –Cindy thought to herself.
"Well, the filtered sunlight is sapping my powers. Hopefully I have enough juice left in me to get out of this." -Cindy said to herself.
The male lunged forward and snapped his massive jaws. Cindy leapt backwards with all her might, flipping head over heels, narrowly avoiding the bite. She focused her power and fired a blast of heat vision, igniting the small shrubbery on fire, blocking the Rex's path. The male retreated a few paces away from the fire. It let out an ear shattering roar. "Ahhh!"-Cindy shouted as she closed her eyes and covered her throbbing ears.
Her ears were still ringing, so she didn't hear the female approaching from around the fire. The jaws clamped down around her. Cindy felt the air crushed out of her. She gasped for air. "I can't believe I'm still alive. I'm not as drained as I feared I was, but I'm running out of time. I'm starting to feel the teeth. It's a matter of time before they pierce my skin."
The Rex shook its head viciously back and forth, clearly trying to shake its prey apart in the process. Cindy gritted her teeth and pushed against the vice like jaws that held her firmly. They started to move apart. She felt a sharp pain spread along her back as she slipped out between the open jaws and went tumbling to the ground, directly onto a pile of small rocks, pain shot through her body.
She got to her feet as fast as she could. She could feel a strange dampness spreading along the back of her suit; she reached hesitantly to feel the area, there was slice in the fabric, and a long shallow wound. Her fingers felt damp, they were red with blood. Her knee felt numb until she took a step forward, pain shot through leg. She looked down and saw the pink fabric of her suit was turning red as her blood spread around the knee.
"Terrific, I guess that means I can be hurt again." She said to herself and she turned to face the closest animal. She took in the deepest breath she could muster and let it out. It was far weaker than she had hoped for, but it was enough force to knock the female into the male, sending the pair crashing to the ground.
She turned and started hobbling toward her lion as quickly as she could manage. "These animals are based on the ones in the movie. They claimed the T-rex could run 32 miles an hour. I can't out run them. I don't suppose it would hurt to pray for a miracle?" She thought to herself as the Rexes roared in frustration as they regained their footing. The ground began to shake under Cindy's feet as the Rexes began to chase after her…..
The gang:
Carl cut to the left narrowly avoiding another attack from the red dragon. The weapons tracking beacon flashed as the red hair lines came together, forming a triangle around the dragon. Carl opened fire with his laser cannons, but the dragon extended its wings, catching the thermal drafts from the open ocean, and ascended out of sight, avoiding the attack.
Carl eased up on his thrusters, the yellow lion slowed until it was hovering. Carl checked his scopes; the dragon was nowhere to be seen. "Where did it go?" Carl asked himself. "It must have flown off for greener pastures, guys. "He said over his mike.
"I saw it heading out to sea, Carl. We'll have to deal with it later, as for now keep your eyes peeled for more enemies. Sheen and I can handle the remaining mouse." Eustace commanded as he engaged in battle with the remaining super sized mouse.
Sheen shouted "A little help would be nice guys!" His lion's jaws were clamped onto the back of the mouse's neck. The mouse twisted and turned as it attempted to free itself.
Libby came in from the side in the green lion and clamped onto the building sized mouse as well. The mouse bucked harder in reaction. "Shoot it, Eustace! Shoot it!" Sheen shouted.
"I'm on it, Sheen!" Eustace shouted back. He kept his distance and let his weapons tracking system zero in on the target. The mouse kept moving around however. "I have no shot, Sheen! If I fire I might hit you or Libby."
"That's a chance you might have to take, Eustace! I can't hold on much longer." Libby shouted back. The two lions shook violently, like a bull rider, as the mouse bucked and flailed under them.
"Neither can I, Libby's right! Hit it with an Ion blast!" Sheen shouted.
Sweat ran down Eustace's face as the worry crept through him. "Are you sure, Sheen!"
"Yes! I trust you! You can do it, Eustace!" Sheen shouted back.
"Come on, Eustace, concentrate. You can make that shot." Jet Fusion said.
"Ok I'll do it but increase the power on your front thrusters. It should allow you to pull the mouse's head backward. That will increase the size of my target." Eustace ordered.
Sheen and Libby reacted to the order. The mouse squealed as the thrusters activated. Eustace watched as the lions managed to get the mouse to rear up on its hide legs. The weapons system flashed indicating it was locked on. Eustace wasted no time and fired.
The Ion charge struck the mouse dead center of the chest, disintegrating it. "He's done it!" Libby shouted in excitement.
"Great job, Eustace, you did a fantastic job." Jet said as he patted his hand on Eustace's back. Eustace's face was flush from embarrassment.
"Jet is right. That was a great shot, Eustace. I don't think Ultra-lord could have done a better job." Sheen said.
"Nah, I didn't do anything. We all did it as a team." Eustace responded bashfully.
"Speaking of teams, has anyone seen Carl?" Libby asked.
"He's over there. My sensors show he set down near the blue lion." Sheen replied.
Carl and Cindy:
Cindy was hobbling as quickly as she could. She would have been dead by now if N-1 and N-2 hadn't returned to her aid. Their weapons however were proving ineffective against the awesome might of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Fortunately,Carl had spotted Cindy on his viewing screen. He saw the approaching T-rexes and sprung into action. They were too close, to her, to safely shoot at them.
His mind raced as he rocketed toward Cindy's location. "What am I going to do? If I fire my weapons I could risk hitting, Cindy. I wish Jimmy was here. He would know what to do." He thought to himself. "Oh if only I really was Lama-boy. I would know how to save her. I'm just a clumsy loser that stubbles into everything. Wait! That's it!" He thought to himself. He aimed his lion directly at the Rexes and rocketed right into them.
The Rexes went flying off from the impact and landed right on top of Betty, where she stood watching the battle. She had the most comical look on her face as the shadow appeared over her in the sky. The last thing that went through her mind, right before the impact, was her butt.
The hypnotic hold on Jimmy was severed.
Jimmy:
Jimmy's control over his mind returned in a flood of confusing images. He looked around the battle field and saw it was littered with dead gargoyles and serpent men. He stared at the two large dead T-rexes that were heaped in a pile near his location. The sun glinted off the blue lion and the yellow lion a few hundred yards away. He squinted and saw Cindy and Carl. He shouted their names and ran in their direction. He could tell Cindy was hurt, by the way she was hobbling.
Despite her injuries, she found the strength to rush into Jimmy's arms.
"Jimmy!" She shouted happily.
He held her tightly for a brief moment. His hands felt damp with blood. "Cindy, you're hurt. We should really get you to a doctor." He said concerned.
"You won't get an argument out of me over that. Things could have been worse if Carl, N-1, and N-2 hadn't arrived when they did. Cindy replied.
"Thanks a lot guys. It sounds like I owe you one." Jimmy said as he supported Cindy under one arm and Carl took the other.
"Oh, great creator, we live only to serve you." N-1 replied.
"That is true, but it was our pleasure to help the creator's girlfriend. She is our friend" N-2 added.
"What do you mean, your friend? She clearly likes me better." N-1 shouted at N-2.
"I beg to differ." N-2 replied angrily.
"That's enough you two. I like the both of you equally. Cindy replied.
"Sorry, Creator's girlfriend. It really was our pleasure to help protect you." N-1 and N-2 both said.
"Yeah it was no big deal, Jim." Carl said coolly, as if it was a just a normal every day event.
"Why is the sun still red? It kind of puts a damper on my day. " Cindy said.
"It shouldn't take me long to come up with a safe means of removing the filter." He said confidently.
"I figured that as much. I guess what I'm really asking is, Is it over?" Cindy asked as she reached the ramp way entrance for her lion.
"It's over." Jimmy replied as he kissed her gently.
"Ow!" She muttered. Her busted lip stung from the pressure. "That hurts." She whispered.
"I'm sorry. We don't have to kiss until your lip heals." He offered.
She grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him closely and clamped her lips to his.
"Guys?" Carl said with a slightly worried tone. They ignored him and kept kissing. "Guys, this is kind of important." He said more urgently. The kisses slowly got deeper.
"Guys? We got a problem" Carl said again, this time shaking the couple.
"What is it, Carl?" Jimmy asked finally prying himself away from Cindy.
"Look!" Carl shouted.
Jimmy stared toward where Carl pointed. He stepped down the ramp to get a better look.
The Rex corpses were glowing! The damaged limbs twitched and writhed as they seemed to be pulled into the center of the pile, until it was one slimy milky blob of flesh. The blob tore open and a cobra flopped onto the ground.
The cobra stretched its coils. It's pearl like eyes glowed with a green unnatural energy. The snake started to grow in size until it was two hundred feet long from head to the tip of its tail. It let out a high pitched screech as it raised its neck up off the ground and opened its hood.
It spoke; the voice had a reverb as if it was three voices mixed together. "You will pay for this transgression. You will now face my true form!"
"Carl, get to your lion now!" Jimmy shouted.
"You need help getting Cindy to the infirmary." Carl protested.
"I can manage on my own. Jimmy, take the controls of my lion. Here's the key." She handed him the colorful circular key.
"Are you sure, Cindy?" Carl asked.
"I'll be fine. The cockpit has full spectrum lights. My powers should kick in and I'll heal. Thanks for caring you two. But we have bigger things to worry about." She insisted. "Oh and, Carl, thanks for saving me. " She said as she gave him a hug. Carl's face went red from ear to ear, and he turned, ran and entered his lion.
Cindy strapped herself into the co-pilot seat and basked in the light. Her back and knee already were starting to feel better. She closed her eyes and listened to the familiar hum as the engines roared to life. She tried to ignore the sound of the approaching snake, despite her super hearing.
"You know I really was right about, Betty. Wasn't I, Jimmy?" Cindy asked.
"What do you mean, Cindy?" Jimmy asked.
"She really is a giant snake." She replied with a solemn expression on her face.
She could feel deep in her hear that the final battle was just starting…
To be continued…