Claw and Knife
AN:Thank you all for the lovely encouragement it means a lot!, and yes i LOVE cliffhangers Old Chuck it makes it easier to plan the next page :D
Eric's POV
Eric's mind started racing with ideas, most of them stupid but one stuck out like a sore thumb. He slowly pulled out his colt and squeezed the trigger. A shot rang out, and it seemed to slow down time. Eric's eyes tracked the dot up until in scored a hit in the Rex's eye.
As the bullet penetrated the rex's eye, it released a mighty roar and whipped it's head towards Eric. Not wanting to end up like john, Eric did the first thing that came to mind. He bolted off into the bushes with the rex in hot pursuit. The tremors that followed urged Eric to run, and the hot breath on his back only made him faster.
after hours of endless running the air chilled behind him, and the tremors faded into nothing but echoes. and finally Eric collapsed watching the night from a small rock out cropping
"It must have lost sight of me a few times" Eric gripped a small canteen that was slung from a sash and poured the water onto his face. Then without warning his eyes drooped and he fell into a deep restless sleep.
Ash's POV
The world filled with light as ashes emerald eyes drifted open. The morning stillness caught Ash's emotions and made happiness and bliss fill her heart. That is, until the memory of the rex rushed back into her mind. Ash's head flew upwards. She expected teeth to be around her body, or a foot stomping her head, but none came. Just the gentle morning breeze and the soft calls of herbivores waking to feast.
Slowly Ash pushed herself up and sniffed the air. Last night still hung to the wind and soon a image was pieced together in her mind. Some sort of powder hung in the air where the humans scent lay. Blood splattered the ground where she had last seen the Rex, and without warning both scents carried off into the jungle. Intrigued to find what happened she followed, picking up the rex's scent easily.
After a long amount of walking, ash found him. The human had collapsed in a den about 4 miles from where the rex had stopped hunting him. She looked down at him pitifully. 'I should end him now. He and his pack member trapped me in a box for days' she thought. But as Ash moved in to kill it, she hesitated. 'It did save my life' she noted, looking at i's scars and bruises. After a moment of weighing Pros and Cons she decided to wait and see it's reaction when it woke.
Ash laid down beside the human which mumbled something in his sleep, and curled up closer to her. Upon touching it's scales she found it was freezing and quickly got up to fetch some leaves and other nest materials.
As she got back, the human looked up at her in shock. It must have woken after she left. Upon her arrival it reached for a strange limp on it's hips. Only to find nothing but a lump there 'Humans and very strange' Ash thought to herself. she strode forward and dropped the leaves at the humans feet, then arranged a make-shift nest and nudged him towards it.
"W-whats this for?" He asked poking nest with is long slender claw. Ash took a moment to decipher the strange language of his.
"It's a nest, it'll make you warm" She replied, only to receive a strange look from the human. 'It probably can't understand me.' She thought. growling in frustration she bit lightly into his second scale layer and dragged him into the nest, then she curled up beside him, whacking his head with her tail
"Ow! what was that for?" The human yelled and rubbed the place where she hit his head. only to receive a 'I didn't do it' look from ash.
'Wait, what am i doing?' Ash puzzled her actions, it wasn't like she cared for humans. Maybe she was just repaying debt. Or maybe it was deeper than that either way ash was uncomfortable when these thoughts invaded her mind. Then a gentle hand stroked her head and her previously worrying thoughts fleeted her mind, as if running from his touch. The stroking continued Earning a purr from Ash as she let herself drift to sleep with the human stroking the top of her head.
Eric's POV
Normally a raptor popping up out of the blue would have scared Eric out of his mind. But he was very glade when the Gray and black utahraptor had come to him in his sleep. Then he remembered that John and him locked it up without a second thought. Despite this it made a sort of nest and nudged him towards it.
"Whats this for?" Eric reached out and poked the nest with his finger, expecting the raptor to lay down in it. To his question the raptor made a few clicks and calls then looked at him expectantly. after a moment it growled at him and bit down into his shirt, dragging him to the nest and throwing him into it. then it curled up beside him as it's tail smacked the back of his head.
"Ow! what was that for?" Eric yelled, glaring at the raptor, only to receive a questioning look that seemed to say 'What was what for?' then it settled it's head back down and closed it's emerald eyes Letting out a small snore.
I can't keep calling it 'It' Eric looked at the raptor examining the colors and size until he determined it or rather she was female. With that cleared out he reached out cautiously and stroked the top of it's head. After receiving a purr from the creature and continued to stroke her head idly while he got lost it his thoughts
The gentle scurry of the wind made Eric's eyes droop as he stared into the forest. Not long ago was he being chased by a very angry T-Rex, and now this jungle seemed like a peaceful get away. Eric drifted into sleep, embracing it like an old friend
AN: What should happen next! Please review and i'll be sure to see it added, (If the next chapters not already out by then! :D) Once again thank you to dustchu and old chuck for supporting me at the beginning and continuing to give me courage through the raising act
reply to dust's last review
Dustchu: I know right! the nerve of some people.