Jurassic Park Broken Lives
Chapter 31: The Forgotten One
Disclaimer: I do not own Jurassic Park
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Author Note: Please tell me what you think of this new character, I hope I did not make another Lance. As well, I would like to let you know that I have created another story, Monster Hunter Depths of Darkness. I hope you like it was well. I'm wondering if you think I should add another dream into the story, if you think so, please say in a review.
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Silver Claw slowly awoke to the soft chirping of distant birds. He opened his eyes to see that it was noon and the sun was beating down on him. He slowly turned his head to see that Amanda was sleeping soundly. Sophia was also asleep with her head on his hip. She must have fallen asleep shortly after he did, Silver Claw thought. She did seem tired when he fell asleep. At least they were safe.
Silver Claw smiled as his attention turned back to his mate. The color in Amanda's face had returned to normal and she seemed much better that she did during the night. Her hair fanned out across his back and hung over her shoulders. It glistened in a dark shine under the midday light. A slight twitch showed that her eyes were moving under her closed eyelids.
Slowly, Silver Claw nuzzled her face. When she moved slightly, he pulled away. He did not want to wake her, at least not yet. She needed to rest for now and regain her strength so she could get around on her own. Hopefully she would be strong enough to move about before dusk; he wanted to reach the building before dark so that he would not have to worry about her safety as much, especially if they found a room with a lock.
Silver Claw noticed an odd smell that hung in the air. It smelled like another velociraptor was close, very close. He could not see one though which confused him slightly because the scent was so close. Maybe a breeze carried the smell, he thought. Silver Claw sniffed the air to make sure that nothing was nearby but picked up a smell that told him there was a compsognathus injured and close to death not far away from him, just beyond a wall of brush.
His mouth started to fill with saliva and he slowly slipped out from under Sophia and Amanda. The scent of blood was intoxicating. He gently moved so that they slid off his back and to the ground softly. Once he was free of them, Silver Claw stood up. A light tingling sensation was in his foot and felt like tiny thorns were pricking it repeatedly. It felt odd and uncomfortable to walk on as he headed towards the compsognathus, somewhere behind a thick wall of ferns and other plants. Silver Claw slowly limped towards the smell and disappeared into the undergrowth with a little bit of a rustle.
A soft purring filled the glade but quickly stopped as Sophia stirred slightly. Sophia slowly opened her eyes to see that Silver Claw was nowhere in sight. She slowly lifted her head and looked around but she still could not see him anywhere in the glade.
"Silver Claw," Sophia questioned nervously as she scanned the surrounding area. She sniffed the air as her heartbeat quickened. She could smell blood, though she could not tell what kind, whether velociraptor or something else. Her eyes widened.
Sophia jumped to her feet and raced towards where the scent originated. She quickly disappeared into the undergrowth and the glade again became quiet again. Amanda was now alone and quietly sleeping under the tree.
A pair of blue eyes watched the sleeping human with a heightening curiosity. The creature then looked up to see that Sophia had found Silver Claw but they were not returning yet but instead fighting over some scraps of food, whether it was playing of not was not clear to the creature. Its gaze returned to Amanda. Slowly, the creature moved further up the branch and hopped down, landing with a quiet thud.
Slowly its head moved in front of Amanda's face and sniffed the air around her. Its bright blue eyes watched her curiously and excitedly.
"Stop it Silver Claw," Amanda moaned and shifted.
The creature tilted his head and returned to sniffing the air around Amanda.
"Stop it," Amanda moaned. She reached up and pushed away the head of who she thought to be Silver Claw.
The creature moved its head away from her hand and snorted.
"I'm trying to rest. What do you want Silver Claw," Amanda moaned and rubbed her eyes. A foul breath washed over her, it did not smell like Silver Claw's breath normally did, more like fish than the meat of a carcass he fed upon.
"I'm not Silver Claw," the creature replied softly.
Amanda's eyes opened widely to see an adult velociraptor standing over her. It was not Silver Claw but in fact, as Silver Claw and Sophia called them, a green. She screamed and scrambled to be against the trunk of the tree, expecting another velociraptor to behind her but found none. Her eyes locked on the green velociraptor, she prepared herself for an attack.
"Amanda," Silver Claw called out as he approached. His footsteps quickly grew louder by the second.
The green velociraptor lowered his head and started to back away from Amanda almost fearfully. Amanda took the opportunity to scramble to her feet and dash towards where she heard Silver Claw's voice. As Silver Claw broke from the jungle, he passed Amanda with out a single glance to see if she was injured and jumped into the air, landing on the green velociraptor with a terrifyingly loud shriek of anger and rage.
Silver Claw pinned the green velociraptor to the ground with ease. It was too easy in fact; the green had not put up a fight at all, not even a slight nip. Silver Claw put his foot on the green velociraptors neck and held it down. Silver Claw hissed angrily at raptor but did not kill him. He wanted to question it first, though if it tried anything he would kill it.
Sophia emerged from the jungle and had Amanda follow her to a short distance behind Silver Claw. Sophia kept a watchful eye on the surrounding jungle for any sign of the greens pack.
"What were you doing so close to Amanda?" Silver Claw snarled angrily.
The green velociraptor closed his eyes and whimpered. Silver Claw found it almost pathetic. Silver Claw snorted and pushed down harder on the green's neck.
"What were you doing?" Silver Claw snarled loudly.
"Don't yell at me," the green whimpered and tried to hide his head under his forearm but Silver Claw would not allow it.
Silver Claw cocked his head but kept his weight press against the velociraptor. He looked at Sophia after a moment. Sophia had the same puzzled expression as Silver Claw. This was not how the green velociraptor acted from what they had learned in stories their parents told them as hatchlings. His voice sounded like that of a hatchling without experience of the world around it, of its dangers, of its ways.
"Amanda," Silver Claw asked. "Did this velociraptor harm you?"
"No," Amanda replied. "I thought it was you sniffing me. I pushed his head away but he never actually touched me even after I did that to him."
Silver Claw looked at Sophia and then around. There was no sign of movement anywhere around them. Slowly, Silver Claw stepped off the velociraptor and moved in front of Amanda in a protective manner, keeping his body between her and the green velociraptor. He kept his claws ready incase anything happened and he would have to pounce.
The green velociraptor righted his body and tucked his head under his left forearm. He whimpered loudly. Small tremors ran the length of his body.
Sophia slowly looked to Silver Claw. "Is it really a green?"
Silver Claw cocked his head. "Why were you near Amanda?"
The green velociraptor tucked his head under his arm further. He stopped whimpering but did not answer.
"Answer me," Silver Claw said.
"No," the green said in an innocent but child like tone.
"Yes," Silver Claw snorted.
"You yelled at me," the green replied.
Silver Claw was dumbstruck. This green was slightly large than he was but put up no fight and it acted like a hatchling when a parent would yell at them for doing something wrong. The way he curled up was like any hatchling would when upset or yelled at, or scared. Silver Claw lowered his feathers as he remembered the day his mother died and how he reacted to her death in the same manner this green velociraptor was.
"Why were you near my mate?" Silver Claw asked again.
The raptor remained silent.
Silver Claw looked at Sophia and tilted his head. "Would you give it a try Sophia?"
Sophia sighed. "Why were you near Amanda and why won't you answer Silver Claw?"
The green velociraptor slowly pulled his head out from under him and looked up, though he kept his head low. His blue eyes glinted in the midday light as he replied. "I never saw a human up close and I was curious about them. I didn't want to harm her."
"Where is your pack?" Silver Claw asked.
The green velociraptor turned his head away from Silver Claw and tilted his snout upward. The green velociraptor snorted.
Even though her heart raced and her breathing was heavier that normal, Amanda managed to chuckle slightly and then rubbed Silver Claw's neck to calm him. She did not know why but she kind of liked this raptor, he seemed interesting enough that she would not mind keeping him around.
"Where is your pack?" Sophia asked after Silver Claw looked at her again.
The green turned his head to look at her. "I don't have one," he said innocently. "Would you be my friend?"
Sophia cocked her head, "What?"
"Would you be my friend," he repeated. "It's been a long, long, long time since I saw another like me."
"I'm not like you," Sophia snorted with the anger clearly heard in her voice and tone.
The green velociraptor whimpered.
"How long has it been since you saw another like you?" Amanda asked curiously.
The green velociraptor turned his head like he did to Silver Claw.
"What did I do?" Amanda asked.
"You screamed at me," the green said in reply.
"You scared me," Amanda shot back in an unthreatening tone.
"I'm sorry," the green velociraptor said and lowered his head. He looked back at her with an expression that reminded Amanda of puppy eyes.
"So how long has it been since you saw another like you?" Amanda asked.
"Aren't you going to say sorry for screaming?" The green asked in an innocent tone.
"Ok, I'm sorry I screamed at you." Amanda said. She smiled unintentionally. He was like her younger cousin in the way he acted; her cousin was only three when she last saw him before the boat incident that left her on Isla Sorna.
"Thank you," the green purred. "I haven't seen another like me since yesterday when I saw these two."
"How about be for then," Silver Claw said.
The green raptor turned his head away again.
"Could you please answer him," Amanda said.
"Why will he not say sorry to me?" The velociraptor asked. "He was very mean when I was on that fallen tree. I don't like it when I get yelled at."
"I think it's because you scared him," Amanda said. Silver Claw looked at her questionably.
"How did I scare him?"
"He thought you were going to hurt me," Amanda said. "He doesn't want anything to happen to me because he cares a lot for me."
"I'm sorry for scaring you," the green said.
Silver Claw was silent.
"Silver Claw, if you want him to talk to you, you will have to apologize," Amanda said. "Be nice to him, he hasn't done anything to us. He didn't even fight back when you pushed him to the ground."
Silver Claw snorted, "I'm sorry." He looked to Amanda and quietly said, "Why did I have to do that exactly?"
"Yay," the green jumped to his feet. He was larger than Silver Claw in length but not height. He stood at the same height as Sophia. His body was muscular but not as much as Loki. His eye glinted bright blue in the light as he bobbed his head repeatedly out of excitement.
Silver Claw raised his claws higher as an act of caution.
"Will you be my friends now?" The velociraptor asked excitedly.
"How about we find out your name first," Amanda said.
"My name is Zenith The Forgotten One," he replied. "My mom said that it was a strong name, I don't know what it means though. I miss her."
"Where is your mother," Sophia asked.
"She went hunting," Zenith replied. "That was about two years ago, I hope she comes home soon."
Sophia, Amanda and Silver Claw looked at each other.
"How old were you when she left?" Sophia asked.
"A few weeks," Zenith said without hesitation. "It might have been slightly less than that, but I can't remember. It was a long, long time ago."
"You've been alone since you were a few weeks old?" Silver Claw questioned in disbelief.
"Not alone," Zenith replied.
"Who have you been with?" Amanda asked.
"They don't have names," Zenith replied. "You saw one of them yesterday."
"No we didn't," Silver Claw said.
"The big one with one white eye," Zenith said.
"The tyrannosaurus…" Silver Claw said sharply.
"Ty…rann…osaur…us?" Zenith pronounced slowly and then more excitedly added, "Is that his name?"
"No, that is what he is," Silver Claw explained. "Like you are a velociraptor," under his breath, he added. "I think."
"No I'm Zenith," the green velociraptor replied.
Silver Claw shook his head, "Never mind."
"Will you be my friends?" Zenith asked again.
"Sure," Amanda said before Silver Claw or Sophia could answer.
"Yay," Zenith jumped up and down several times before running up to Sophia and nuzzling her head.
Sophia snarled and Zenith backed away quickly. "Why are you mad at me?"
"Don't touch me," Sophia said harshly.
"I'm sorry," Zenith said and lowered his head. "I was just happy; none of my other friends can talk to me, well that I can understand."
"Where do you live?" Amanda asked, hoping he may know where the building was.
"You want to know?" Zenith said joyfully.
"Well, you are our friend now," Amanda said, "And we don't have a home to go to right now."
"It's a big place with lots of lights that twinkle like the sun and in different colors," Zenith said. "The lights change color and have shapes moving in them."
"A building," Amanda said.
"No silly, a nest." Zenith said. He purred.
"Could you show us?" Amanda asked.
The green velociraptors head perked up. "Ok but first what are your names." His head bobbed up and down excitedly.
"I'm Amanda," Amanda said and then gesture to Silver Claw. "This is my mate Silver Claw and," Amanda pointed to Sophia. "That is Sophia."
"Sophia," Zenith said looking at Sophia. "That's a pretty name for a pretty girl."
Amanda laughed quietly. Sophia's scales however reddened and she showed her teeth. It was hard to tell whether she turned red out of anger or embarrassment.
"Ok Amanda, Sophia, Silver Claw, let's go." Zenith said and disappeared behind the tree in an almost hopping movement.
"Would you like to carry you now that we're following him," Silver Claw said in a tone that clearly showed his annoyance with her.
"No, I'll walk." Amanda said. She rubbed his head.
"You know this could be a trap," Sophia warned. "He could be lying about all this and have his pack attack us while we follow him."
"I don't think so," Amanda replied and walked past Silver Claw. "Just be nice for a while and we'll see what he's like, ok?"
"He's too much of a hatchling," Silver Claw commented as he followed Amanda. He walked with a slight limp because of his injured foot. "He could be crazy for all we know."
Sophia nodded her head and followed behind Silver Claw.
Zenith was at the edge of the glade watching with curious eyes. Once they were close enough, he turned and moved into the jungle. Amanda noticed his tail moved in almost a wagging motion as he walked in front of them. He kept glancing back to them and smiling.
Zenith suddenly turned around and started walking backwards. "Can I ask you some questions?"
"Sure, I guess." Amanda replied. She was shocked that a velociraptor could walk like he was.
Zenith started speaking very quickly and it was hard to distinguish one word from another. His tone showed pure excitement and curiosity.
"Slow down," Amanda said. "I can't understand what you're asking us."
"I'm sorry," He lowered his head.
"It's ok, you were just excited." Amanda said and put her hand on Silver Claw's back. "Just ask us one at a time and wait for the answer."
"Ok," Zenith said. He suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Are you alright?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah," He replied and hopped to his feet. He moved next to Amanda.
"Not so close," Silver Claw warned with his head feathers high.
Zenith backed away slightly.
"Be nice Silver Claw," Amanda said. "He just wants to talk to me."
Silver Claw looked away.
"Why doesn't he like me," Zenith asked softly.
"We've had some trouble with a velociraptor that looked kind of like you." Amanda said.
"What kind of trouble?" Zenith asked curiously.
"The one like you killed Silver Claw's parents and siblings," Amanda stated softly. "He also tried to kill us not too long ago."
Zenith looked down and away. "I'm sorry I asked."
"So how about you," Amanda asked. "What were you doing when you first saw us?"
"Exploring," Zenith said plainly.
"Did you find anything," Amanda asked.
"I found some nice rocks," Zenith said. "They were too big for me to take home though. Maybe I can show you to them sometime."
"Maybe," Amanda sighed. Zenith was not what she expected a velociraptor to act like. He was an adult but never really grew out of his child hood. She like that they had one him instead of another of his kind to be around.
"Where did you come from?" Zenith asked out of the blue.
"Some place far away," Amanda said.
"How about you pretty girl," Zenith asked.
Sophia did not acknowledge him.
"Sophia I think he's talking to you," Amanda said.
Sophia turned her head to look at Amanda and Zenith, "Far away as well, same as Silver Claw."
"Maybe I'll see it someday," Zenith said and jumped ahead. He hummed loudly and his tail continued its wagging motion.
Silver Claw looked at Amanda once Zenith was far enough away, he whispered, "Amanda, you're being too trust full of this green."
"What's your problem Silver Claw," Amanda asked softly.
"You're my problem," Silver Claw snapped suddenly.
Amanda stopped and looked at him with teary eyes. She turned away from him and started running into the jungle away from him. She tried to keep herself from crying.
"Amanda," Silver Claw shouted, "Amanda stop!"
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Loki stared down at the ruin that was his nest. A confliction of anger and sorrow raged through his body. He let out an infuriated roar. Not moments, he had found the skeletal remains of one of his pack, picked clean by procompsognathus and other scavengers.
"A little sad are we," a familiar voice said.
"Tyrannous!" Loki roared. He jerked his head back and forth to find him but could not.
"Up here," Tyrannous said.
Loki turned his head up to see Tyrannous perched in a tree. His scarred body looked liked his own.
"Let's finish what we started," Loki hissed. "You will pay for what you did to my pack."
"You mean that body," Tyrannous said. "I believe his name was Mark."
"How dare you come here," Loki roared. He hissed and puffed up his body to make himself look bigger. His claws raised and so did his feathers.
"Why don't you come up here," Tyrannous mocked. "Oh wait, you can't, your kind is incapable of climbing trees unlike my kind, too bad."
A rustling in the bushes turned Loki's attention. Three velociraptors jumped into view and they were ready to kill. It was Sunayana, Blaze, and Anna.
"Loki," Anna stumbled in disbelief.
"Anna," Loki said. "You're, you're alive. Sunayana and Blaze you too."
"Where have you been?" Sunayana asked.
"One moment," Loki said and looked back to the tree to see that Tyrannous was gone, "Tyrannous you coward!"
"Tyrannous was here," Sunayana hissed. "Now we have two greens to deal with."
"What," Loki's feathers stood on end.
"There's another, Alex. He's the one who kill Mark." Anna snarled. "We should leave before either one comes back. Oh… Loki, Jack was attacked yesterday, but don't worry, he's getting better."
"What happened?" Loki asked mournfully. He did not want to bear the pain of losing his father.
"I'll explain on the way," Anna said. She walked up to him and nuzzled him lovingly. "I missed you my love," she said with affectionate eyes staring into his eyes.
Loki smiled and licked her snout. "I missed you too. Just wait until you hear what happed to me while I was gone."
"It'll have to wait," Sunayana said. "We have company."
The heavy thud, thud, thud of approaching footsteps shook the ground underfoot; the roar that followed said it was a tyrannosaurus. Loki, Sunayana, Blaze, and Anna turned and disappeared into the jungle heading towards the Building complex.
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Ellie stood with shaky legs. Gunshots rang out around her. She looked at the target at the end of a corridor.
"Come on Ellie, you can do it. Just squeeze the trigger." Sandy said encouragingly.
Ellie closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. A loud bang rang out and she nearly fell over from the recoil, she did not expect it. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she had completely missed the target.
"Not bad for your first try," Sandy said with a sigh. "You did have some problems though. I saw that you closed your eyes before you shot the gun. You can't do that."
"I don't think I'll ever be firing the gun so why do I need to know this." Ellie asked loudly as more shots rang out around her.
"You'll have to carry a weapon incase anything happens on the ground," Sandy said. "I have to know you have our backs incase something does go wrong. Now, try again but do not close you eyes."
Ellie aimed the pistol and forced her eyes to stay open. She fired. A small hole appeared at the edge of the paper target.
"Good, very good," Sandy said. "Let's see if you can't get better though."
Ellie swallowed a gulp of air and aimed the pistol again…
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Amanda raced through the jungle. Silver Claw was behind her. He had snapped at her, why? It hurt to hear her mate get angry at her for no reason. Her heart and mind raced in search of a reason for what he had done, she found none.
"Amanda," Silver Claw called out to her but she did not respond.
Amanda swerved to the right and hid herself in a grove of a large tree. She watched as Silver Claw ran by first, then Sophia, and finally Zenith. Amanda closed her eyes and sighed. She turned around and started to climb the tree. As she reached the first branch, she heard a rustling in the bushes below her.
From the bushes, jump a small creature. It stood about as high as a compsognathus but was longer, not by much though. Its bony frill and small beak distinguished it as a microceratops. She must have scared it when she went to hide, Amanda thought.
The small microceratops ran across the path that the velociraptors had gone and disappeared into some more bushes. Amanda continued higher until she was out of reach of all but the tallest carnivores. A groove in the tree provided a stable seat, at least more stable than the branches.
"Amanda," Silver Claw called out. He was some ways away.
Amanda started to cry. She loved him but she did not what to be near him if he was going to snap like he did. Why did he snap at her the way he did, she kept asking herself. Did he like her anymore, or did that time spent on the mainland sever their friendship too much. What did she do to upset him anyway?
"Silver Claw," Amanda sobbed softly.
A heavy breeze swept up against the tree and Amanda nearly lost her balance. She desperately clung to the large branches around her. Suddenly, a loud crack of thunder sounded over head. Dark clouds were already beginning to block out the light of the sun. A storm was moving in, quickly.
Amanda could not hear Silver Claw calling for her anymore. He must have been too far away. She tried calling out but she received no response. Amanda eyed the surrounding area wearily before she descended the tree.
As Amanda touched the ground, she bolted towards where she last saw Silver Claw and the other two heading. A crack of thunder overhead made Amanda shriek in fright. Then she heard a dreaded noise. She managed to move under a tree just a thick sheet of rain pelted the jungle canopy and sank through to the jungle floor.
The rain forced leaves to droop until they looked ready to break. The constant beat was like drums. The smell of the different species of plants became heavy in the air. The distance Amanda could see dropped dramatically as the rain came down in heavier waves. Branches broke in the canopy above as the rain combined with the wind became more intense.
Amanda's body quivered as the cold got to her. A strong wind sprayed her with rain and drenched her clothing. Amanda's hair clung to her skin in thick clumps which only added to her misery.
"Silver Claw," Amanda shouted in a vein attempt to call him to her.
A ripple in a pool of water caught her attention. It rippled again and then she felt it, a rumble in the earth. Something large was coming her way.
Amanda's breathing became heavy. She could not get caught, she had to move, but she did not know where the creature was approaching from.
A massive roar sounded to her right and she bolted. Amanda raced through the pouring rain. Its constant beat stung as it hit her bare face with heavy cold droplets. The icy water chilled her skin and parts of her began to go numb from the cold.
It seemed that the tyrannosaurus had not seen her or knew of her presence because it did not give chase. Amanda wanted to stop but she could bring herself to because her body might freeze if she did not keep up the movement.
The canopy above offered some protection from the rain but not much. She pushed past a large fern and found herself in a glade. She looked around for anything to use as shelter but found none. Amanda knew she could not call out for help. The tyrannosaurus was too close for her to comfortably make a run for it if it did come after her and Silver Claw might not be able to hear her, or not want to.
A grim thought crossed Amanda mind. What if Silver Claw no longer loved her like he did before? What if in the time she was away, he fell for Sophia and only stuck with her out of obligation?
Tears rolled down Amanda face though with the rain it was impossible to tell. Amanda ran forward into the rain disappeared into the foliage of the other side of the small glade.
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Author Note: The next chapter is called A Night Alone. Please Review.
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