Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 2 –

Somewhere in the cretaceous period

"Wow, now I understand the meaning of everything looks the same," spoke Mac in a low voice, his words directed at nobody but himself.

It had been a week exactly since Mac had jumped into the anomaly. The journey it had taken him on was a rough one. He had learned more about himself then he would've thought possible. He had learned that a part of him did not blame Evan for the death of Sam, his girlfriend.

He learned that his obsession with learning how to defend himself with the use of guns stemmed deeper than he originally thought. Then again, he also realised the members of the team were like his family… Mac quickly realised now was not the time to be reminiscing as there was a Carnotorus chasing him and quickly gaining on him. He quickly started running. As he ran, he kept tabs on his surroundings, holding on to the small chance that an anomaly may open.

As he turned the corner, a glimmer of light caught his attention.

Could it be?

…

Meanwhile, back in present

The stairs creaked as Evan ran down them, skipping two steps at a time.

He quickly made it into the main room where the new and improved Anomaly detector sat, the red beacons that had been installed in the room flashing red, klaxons going crazy. Dylan was already there. As even came to a halting stop next to her, he spoke.

"Where is it?"

"The detector is still locating its exact position but it seems to be in a local field". "The journey time is 15 minutes" said Dylan.

Ok, let's go" said Evan, grabbing his bag and one of the handheld devices.

The journey there was full of speculation and planning. Keeping the anomalies from public knowledge wasn't the easiest task. It required careful planning and smooth transition. The only problem is, it was a rare occurrence for the anomaly situations to go smoothly.

The 15 minute drive suddenly turned into a 30 minute drive because of the traffic, driving recklessly would only attract unnecessary attention. The first car consisted of Evan, Dylan and the two state of the art EMDs, two handheld detectors and two 9mm pistols in case of absolute emergency.

The second car consisted of much the same; however it was only toby in the car. The equipment was much the same however, in only single quantity.

They finally reached the anomaly and were shocked to see a herd of Ankylosaurus grazing on the field in which the anomaly opened. There was just one problem.

The group managed to get the herd into the anomaly again but with close inspection of the footprints in the local area. The group found a set that most definitely did not belong to the ankylosaurs. The footprint was small in dinosaur standard, most likely online eight inches by five inches. The footprint had traces of two toes with only slight indentation of a third toe. This had raptor written all over it. The problem was, the footprints headed away from the anomaly but there was no trace of them returning back.

The group was on high alert; an escapee raptor could have serious repercussions on the local food chain but also in the local human population. Evan and Dylan searched the local area but to no avail.

Toby was guarding the anomaly to make sure nothing came through. Knowing there was a raptor out there made the guard even more unnerving than it usually would be. She sat there thinking about the fact that if mac was here he would make her feel safe but most of all he would be laughing his head off at how jumpy she was being, a sound to the left of her made her nervous but unlike the fifty times before this where a noise scared her, she actually had a reason to be scared for this one. A sub-adult raptor was staring at her. Her EMD was too far to reach and if she did, she'd be dead within a couple of seconds.

A flash of light went sparking past her, hitting the raptor directly in the head. The dinosaur dropped like a block of ice.

Toby sighed, she exhaled a breath she hadn't known she was holding.

"Thanks Evan, you saved my life" said Toby looking stressed.

"Wow, one year and I've already been forgotten!" said an amused voice.

"MAC?!" screamed Toby!

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