Claw and Knife
Chapter 3: Knives
John's POV
After dew from a recent storm seeped into John's brown jacket as he and Eric lay in the grass, Observing a herd of various dinosaurs grazing in the field. Having grabbed another DNA sample from a stegosaurs john felt like they where on a good pace. Unfortunately there next target was a Tyrannosaurs. Being a popular dinosaur BioGen felt they needed to get it in there park. Personally John couldn't see Eric and him pulling it off.
"We should try to pin a juvenile" Eric noted "Easier to take down."
"No, we'll never get close to a baby. the parents are to protective" John shook his head, enjoying the gentle breeze that wafted over them
"Well how are we going to take a fully grown rex?" Eric replied, He pulled out a sketch book and began to pencil down a crouching carcaradontasaurs.
"3 rhino tranquilizers should be enough" John kept a close eye on the beast as it sprung into a run, taking down a old triceratops.
Eric nodded and they both got up and began trekking back towards there camp. Upon arriving they found that the camp was trashed, both tents had been ripped apart. and Eric's bag lay open it's contents spilled across the ground. Tracks litterd the floor, and they where iconic three toed raptor pad. But John had seen velociraptor prints before, and these were bigger.
"Deinonychus?" Eric asked crouching over the tracks and following them with his finger to see where it went. The tracks lead into nearby bushes and were lost
"I'm afraid not, Eric. It looks like you've got yourself a new friend" John chuckled mostly to himself, Earning a glare for Eric which simply widened the smile on John's face
Ash's POV
Ash wasn't accustomed to raiding nests, That was the Warriors job. But she had to make sure her students where safe, and if that meant she had to break a few eggs to do so then she was more than willing. Naturally Ash was interested in the humans behavior, It was simply so alien. It didn't have a tail from what she could tell and it stood with it's back straight 'What kind of creature stands upright?' Ash puzzled to herself as the night grew darker around her.
By now ash was sure the humans had went back to there nest, and she suspected they'd be furious. Incase they tried to follow her she left a crisscrossing trail of prints, and even leaped in a lake a few times but her mind kept racing back to the demon that could fly with a angry buzzing noise. 'I can't hide from that thing' she noted in her head as a pterodactyl cry overhead.
"Well, well what do we have here" Ash jumped as a deinonychus leaped out of the bushes to her right. Then another appeared, and another until ash was surrounded by a small pack of small agile raptors.
"I don't want any trouble, let me leave and i won't come back." Ash glared at the lead raptor, who had brown skin and white feathers on it's arms and tip of it's tail
"Now, where would be the fun in that" it replied in a deep cold voice, the raptor made a few gestures and the pack began to close the gap between them and her.
"You know i could beat all of you in a battle if i wanted to" Ash replied giving a few of the 1 meter tall deinonychus a hard stare. They backed up a few steps, before looking to there leader for verification
"Oh, i doubt that" He said, and the raptors pressed on more determined this time 'Great' Ash thought 'Theres about 6 including the alpha, and at best i can take 3 at a time' Ash was suddenly regretting her choice to go alone
Then thunder sparked in the air as a small untraceable dot flew threw one of the raptors head. It roared in pain and dropped to the floor, blood oozing from it's head. The sound repeated and another raptor fell, then another. Until finally the raptors began scrambling into bushes and diving into each other.
"This isn't over" The lead deinonychus leapt over her and into the bushes, until she was standing alone. To stunned to move ash heard shouting and then 2 figures came into view, both humans. in a blur of motion they strapped something onto her and put a small vine across her snout. Finally realizing what they where doing Ash began to fight back. Kicking and clawing until she was pinned to the ground with both humans onto of her.
"Let me go!" She hissed, but couldn't quite speak through the vine that held her snout together, then there was sharp pain and blackness. When she awoke Ash was in a small cage of thick logs of gray. She pounded her head against one of the logs, only to find her head hurting and not even a scratch on the thing that held her.
"Theres no way you're getting out of that" The human she had pinned said in a strange tone, maybe amusement, maybe grief. Either way Ash hated the look in it's eyes
"May as well give up now" The second one spoke, his eyes blazing with excitement.
"Let me out of here now and i'll let you live!" Ash roared with anger jumping at one side of her cage. She couldn't climb out. The top was covered with the same log that held her from the humans. She looked at them to see there reaction to her fit of rage, only to find them staring at her with little more than boredom in there eyes.
AN: Yay! more progress with the story. I think i'm getting a grasp with where this is going. But as always let me know you're thoughts. hope you enjoyed the story so far! more to come soon!