Well, this maybe the saddest chapter I may have ever written, so no one should say epic chapter in the reviews!
And now onto the chapter!
It was now November 13. Things started out normally.
However, after classes, Darrel was called home, and he hasn't been back since then. This left Blake worried to no extent.
A day later, she sitting in her bed, feet curled up, arms hugging her knees, head drooping. She was also wearing her boyfriend's green hoodie.
"Come on, Blake you're upset. If you want to go see him, we can go if you want." Ruby said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get going!" Blake said, slightly annoyed.
Quickly, they bolted for the garage and got into Weiss's Porsche. "Just don't press any buttons." Weiss said. Blake sat up front to tell Weiss the directions there.
They came across the Welcome to C-Ville sign and Blake knew they were almost there. 'Don't worry, my love. I'm coming to help you.' She thought.
They came across a house that had various metal prehistoric statues. "I guess this were Darrel lives." Weiss said.
Without saying anything, Blake practically shot out of the car and knocked on the door. She was greeted by Eunice. "Thank goodness you girls are here. He really needs you." She said worriedly.
The four girls quickly entered, and while Ruby, Weiss, and Yang found some seats and Eunice told them what happened, Blake ran up to Darrel's room.
She slowed her pace down and she heard crying; her boyfriend crying.
She walked into his room, and found him, lying on his bed, head down. She also noticed that the sheets were wet.
"Darrel, sweetie, what's wrong?" Blake asked, now sitting on his bed, boots off, rubbing her hands across his shirtless back.
He slowly sat up. "Do you know what it feels like to lose a family member? Cause now I do." He said slowly with a sober tone.
"I lost my…my…..GRANDFATHER!" he cried.
Blake wrapped her arms around him and started to pat him. "Ssh, it's okay. It's okay. Blakey's here. Blakey's here." She said continuing to pat his back and rubbing her head against his chest.
"At least I have someone to fill the void: you, my love." He said calmly & weakly.
Blake kissed him for that. "Thank you for not attempting to do anything rash, dear."
"Could you stay for awhile? You know, to comfort me?" he asked softly.
She placed a hand on his cheek. "Of course. Now you want to lie down with me for awhile?" she asked. He nodded very slowly.
As they lay there, they heard the rest of her team come up. "Hey we heard what happened. We're really, really sorry, Darrel." Ruby said, drying her eyes. Darrel felt them pat his back and then they hugged them and left the house. Blake texted them that she would be staying for the weekend.
"Hey, I remembered that there is this park that he liked to visit and there's also a small museum with some of his artwork in it. I was thinking you and I could go there tomorrow?" he asked.
"Of course; anything for my man." She said with love. She heard his stomach growling. "You hungry?" he nodded. "Then let's get you something to eat."
They slowly got up; Darrel wiped his face, went to his dresser, and put on a red long sleeve shirt. When they were down the stairs, there was a note on Catherine's door.
Had to go to funeral home to sort stuff out. Stay on same level with your baby sister.
-Mom
"Until they get back, we stay on the first floor, okay?" Blake told him.
While Blake got Catherine, Darrel went into the kitchen, opened up the freezer door, and grabbed a tub of Reese's ice cream. He then sat down in the center of the living room, slowly eating it. He then grabbed the remote and turned the TV over to the music and played the Jurassic Park theme. 'He really takes after his grandfather, doesn't he?' Blake thought, as she cradled his baby sister.
(SCENE CHANGE!)
Later that night, when Blake was lying down on his bed, she heard him whimper in his sleep, and he woke up crying. "You okay?" she asked, worried.
"I had a nightmare that I lost you." He said sadly.
Blake wrapped her arms around him and looked him the eyes. "Know this: as long as I live, you will never lose me, and I will never lose you. Okay?" she said. Darrel simply kissed her and she kissed back and they fell asleep.
(SCENE CHANGE!)
Blake & Darrel were now driving down the road to the park. "So what's the name of the park?" Blake asked.
"It's called Gorgon Hill."
"How come?"
"Because the guy who owns the place his last name is Gorgon."
The two arrived at Gorgon Hill. It basically resembled an outdoor park with a field of tall grass, dense woods, and a pond marsh.
The main building was red with white stripes and looked slightly rundown, but not by much.
"People mainly come here for the several hiking trails that run through here." He said.
They exited from his car and entered the building, their shoes crunching the gravel on the parking lot.
The inside looked better than the outside: there was proper lighting, and several works of various art archetypes were stacked on shelves. Above a faux- fire place, was a large picture of Thomas that looked to be taken just a few years ago.
"You're grandfather was a great artist." Blake said in awe of the artwork.
"He sure was." He said proudly. Then his mood changed. "At least you got to meet him before he… he….." he started before he felt tears well up in his eyes.
He felt Blake wrap her arms around him and held him tightly against his body. "Just let it out. Just let it all out." She said patting his back and & nuzzling her head against his.
Several, several minutes later, he went from crying to sobbing to finally sniffling. The two looked around a bit more before they saw that it was going on 4 and then left the building.
However, before they could leave, the ground began to vibrate.
Erupting from the ground, was a Deathstalker, except the ordinary red lining & its eyes were blue instead of red. Even its stinger was blue. Most striking of all was its size: only 3 meters tall up to the stinger.
"Is that a Deathstalker?" Blake asked.
"Nope. A Thunderstalker, a unique variant of a Deathstalker that fires electrical attacks from its stinger." He smirked. "Luckily for us, I'll take care of it."
"Roofed lizard." He proclaimed.
He convulsed in pain. His body became larger and he switched to quadruped-type stance. His head became smaller, longer, and narrower. A horny beak formed at the tip of his jaw. His jaw was filled with small, triangular, flat teeth. His neck became thicker and small armor scutes formed underneath. A long tail that came to a tapering end formed from his behind. Erupting from the near back of his head to the near tip of his tail were 17 plates, ranging from 3 inches to 3 feet. His front legs became more muscular and were tipped with 4 blunt nails. His back legs became longer and more muscular and also ended with 4 blunt nails. Emerging from his tail, were 4 spikes, the largest being 3 feet and they sat horizontally.
He had dull olive scales with light brown splotches on his back and hind legs. His plates were ridged & dull white with black edges. Underside was a dull white. Spikes were the same. Eyes were dull green with circular black slits.
Darrel was now a 30 feet long, 14 feet tall, 6,800 pound Stegosaurus. He let out a loud deep guttural roar. (Think WWD Stego.)
The Scorpion Grimm raised its stinger high and swung it down, but Darrel blocked it with a green energy shield around his body projected by the plates.
Darrel deactivated the shield and swung his tail sideways, effectively severing the tail of the demon off.
The Scorpion writhed in pain and before it could attack, Darrel reared up slightly and crushed its right claw with his forearms.
Suddenly, Darrel's back plates glowed green and then his spikes. Then, a barrage of green energy arrows discharged from his tail spikes, raining down on the Thunderstalker, each one impaling it, the demon slowly dying. Darrel then roared victoriously.
However, before he could change back, he felt Blake hug his side. "Let me guess, favorite Dinosaur?" he asked in a deep tone. "Yeah however, I would like to know the name for the weapon on the end of your tail."
"It's called a thagomizer." Darrel convulsed in pain, and then was back to his usual self.
"So shall we head back?"
Well everyone, this concludes my saddest chapter.
FYI, this is based on something that did happen to me, so send your condolences to me, since nearly a year ago, I lost my grandfather, who also got me started on Prehistory.
Stegosaurs-Roofed lizard
30 feet long, 14 feet tall, nearly 3.5 tons.
Darrel's usage for it: impaler
Melee Attacks: thagomizer and front legs, but only uses the latter when really close
Superpowers: A DNA-enhanced version can create a green energy shield generated from its plates that blocks attacks. And can fire green energy arrows from its tail
Appearance: WWD
Until then, R&R my friends!