Chapter 6: The Raptor Call
Charlie, Delta, and Echo had reached the creek where they first met Ulyssa. The jungle was quiet and serenity hung in the atmosphere.
'There is something to this place, almost like magic,' Charlie chirps.
'I have a feeling that the humans will destroy this place,' Delta replies.
'So, we are all sure that we can do this? I mean ask Ulyssa for help,' Echo asks.
'We don't have a choice, we need all the help we can get,' Delta adds and then, the three raptors began to call for help. Their screeches broke the silence of the jungle.
They stop calling and listen, hoping their message was heard. There was only silence for a moment, until they began to hear a noise.
Then, out of the darkness came Shadow, Silva, and Moriko.
'What are you doing here?' Shadow asks in a chirp.
'We need help, Aurora and Blue are held captive at a human encampment in the northern forest,' Delta replies in a desperate tone.
'Humans? Here?' Moriko said.
Just then, Ulyssa arrives. She looked much bigger than what the raptors remembered, but she looked angry to see the three raptors, again. 'What are you doing here? Did you not hear what I said?' she had hissed at them.
'They said that their alpha and beta are being held captive by human invaders and they need our help,' Shadow replies in a chirp.
'Why do you need my help? And why bother rescuing them? Especially that human, she's with her own kind,' Ulyssa snarls. Charlie, Delta, and Echo knew that Aurora, their alpha was a human, but she did not act like one. She had showed the pack with trust and love, which Blue took into great consideration.
'Aurora is not like them, she is different. She is part of our pack, she kept us in line and protected us. She loves us very much and we love her, but Blue will go to great lengths to protect her. Please, we are nothing without them,' Delta chirps with pleas.
Ulyssa looks at the three raptors with a hateful eye. She hated humans more than the Velociraptors who idolize a human. She had to decide to whether help the pack out and rescue both Aurora and Blue or ignore the situation and let them do the rescue on their own.
'Please Ulyssa,' Charlie pleads, 'We beg of you to do just this once.'
The big raptor looks at the youngest raptor. Charlie reminded Ulyssa of being a juvenile raptor, maybe a little too childish. After much thinking, Ulyssa made her decision.
'We're going to need more raptors,' she chirps, 'Time for the Raptor Call,' she commands her pack. The four began to call out with snorts, screeches, and roars. They did it for a full minute and wait for a reply.
Just then, there was a noise, there was something in the darkness heading their way. 'Don't freak out,' Moriko chirps at the three raptors.
Charlie, Delta, and Echo then saw more Velociraptors, about twelve of them come out of the darkness and into their sight. Then, a huge Triceratops came into view, only it wasn't a Triceratops.
'You're a Titanoceratops!' Charlie chirps at the creature.
The creature roars in a reply, but he didn't scare the raptors. 'We call him Scar, see the scar on his frill? He got that while fighting a Tyrannosaurus when he was alive. He protects this jungle, much like we do,' Silva said to the pack.
'We have heard that human invaders are here; it's happened, again,' one of the other Velociraptors chirps to Ulyssa.
'Yes, but there is one human woman we are not allowed to kill. She goes by the name Aurora and there is a female Velociraptor named Blue, both of them need our assistance,' Ulyssa chirps back. 'As much as I hate humans, I vow not to inflict harm on Aurora. I advise that all of you do the same,' she adds.
All of the Velociraptors repeat the vow and the Titanoceratops roars, again. 'Darkness is our ally, use it wisely,' Ulyssa chirps again and turns to Charlie, Delta, and Echo.
'Take us to them,' she orders and they do. The Velociraptors and the Titanoceratops follow behind, coming out of the jungle, and heading towards the human encampment in the north forest.
From the author: I know, too short, but there will be more action coming up! Stay tuned!