Chapter 15: Dinosaurs Assemble!

Aurora returned to the south jungle, where the raptors were waiting for her. Ulyssa and her pack had looked at the TNT and other things that were in the sack. 'Is this it?' Shadow asks Aurora.

"Yup, trust me, TNT packs a really big punch. I will assemble them with the clock, I will give it about fifteen minutes, which should give me enough time to escape the volcano chain. When it goes off, it should send shock waves down to the volcanoes' core," Aurora explains.

'But what if you don't make it out?' Blue chirps and the woman gently pats the raptor's muzzle.

"It's okay Blue, I will be out of there before the explosion goes off," she said to the beta.

'You promise?' Blue adds and Aurora chuckles.

"I cross my heart and...uh...I guess I hope to die, again," she said, but Blue snorts.

'That's not funny,' the raptor replies in a chirp. Aurora then hugs Blue.

"I know, I'm scared too," Aurora said to her best friend. Blue begins to purr and then the others come into the circle.

'You better come back alive,' Delta chirps and rubs her muzzle against Aurora's cheek.

'You know how pissy Blue can be,' Echo adds, but Blue growls at her.

'Yeah, she nearly ate Owen and some other humans in the mortal world,' Charlie chirps and Aurora pats them.

"Well, if I don't make it, Blue will be the new alpha," Aurora said and her pack looks at her. "Please, don't make a fuss, Blue is a good leader," she adds and the pack give snorts and chirps.

Aurora then looks at Ulyssa and steps forward. "You be nice to them, if I don't make it out of the volcanoes, you take care of them," Aurora orders.

'I normally don't take orders from a human, but with you, I will make an exception,' Ulyssa replies and Aurora pats her muzzle.

"You are a good raptor and alpha leader. A little stubborn, but still a good Velociraptor who looks out for her pack," she said and Ulyssa purrs.

Shadow then steps forward, 'I hate to break up the lovey-dovey stuff, but we have a battle coming up,' she chirps at her leader.

'Yes we know and we need all the dinosaurs to help us out,' Ulyssa replies.

"But where are they?" Aurora asks the big raptor.

'I have a hunch. There are some hot springs by the eastern mountains, we will check it out there. Aurora, you best think of a coat or something,' Ulyssa adds.

The two packs prepare themselves to go, but Aurora hides the sack of TNT under some roots, and immediately thought of a warm coat. It appeared right in front of her. "Man, this is heavy, I'm not putting it on until we get there," she said and gets on Blue's back.

They hurry out of the jungle, heading east.

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It took some time to reach the edge of the eastern mountains. It was dreadfully cold with snow and wind. 'I'm freezing!' Charlie chirps in a complaint.

'Over here, there are some steam spots that will warm you up,' Moriko replies, showing them some steam that was coming out of some cracks.

Aurora puts on her coat, while the raptors warm themselves up by the steam. "Hey, you hear that?" she asks them and they listen.

They did hear something, dinosaur calls, they were getting close to the hot springs. 'Let's keep going,' Silva advises them and they resume their trek over the snowy hill.

When they reached the top, they were surprised to see all of the dinosaurs in the steamy pools, including the carnivores. Aurora also noticed Scar and Spike among them and the raptors did, too.

They rush down the hill and the raptors began to screech and holler at the dinosaurs. Aurora follows close behind. The dinosaurs notice the Velociraptors, but then some of the Triceratops roar back at them, stopping them in their tracks.

Other dinosaurs also holler at the raptors and Aurora could barely make out what they were saying. 'Why are all of you here? Being lazy and such, while there are humans threatening to take over our home!' Ulyssa calls out to them.

Then, Scar and Spike came forward and they look at the raptors. 'They don't want to fight, they know that the humans are stronger,' Blue chirps to Aurora.

Then, the dinosaurs notice Aurora and everything went crazy! All of them were hollering and screaming, but Aurora and the raptors try to calm them down.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you!" Aurora calls out, but the dinosaurs didn't hear her.

Scar and Spike began to holler and roar at the dinosaurs and Aurora knew that they were demanding them to be silent. After a minute, all the dinosaurs calm down and they look at Aurora. They began to talk among themselves and Aurora understood this time.

'Why is a human here?' 'What does she want?' 'Is she here to kill us?' 'Why are humans so arrogant and greedy?' Aurora heard them talk. "Ulyssa, Blue," she said to the two raptors, "Tell them I don't mean any harm. I want to help them take back what is rightfully there."

The two raptors obey and translate what Aurora said. Some of the dinosaurs stomp their feet and others began to talk some more. "Tell them I am not like the humans who have invaded this place. I want the humans out of here as much as they do," Aurora said and the raptors translate.

The dinosaurs look at one another and look at Aurora. One of the T. Rexes walks over to Aurora, but she was not afraid. The T. Rex sniffs at her, its teeth were so close that Aurora felt she was going to get eaten. Blue chirps at the , wanting it to not eat Aurora.

"It's okay Blue," Aurora said, she showed no fear.

The carnivore gently nudges her, forcing her to take a step back. The T. Rex steps away and gives a deafening roar. Aurora had to cover her ears. Then, all of the dinosaurs began to roar in response.

'They said they will fight with us!' Silva exclaims in a screech.

Aurora felt grateful and has the raptors calm the dinosaurs down one more time. "Tell them to follow us to the jungle," she said to Ulyssa, but the big raptor looks at her.

'You plan on having them drink the water?' she asks.

"Yes, that way they are invincible," Aurora answers. Ulyssa and Blue screech and chirp at the dinosaurs, translating what Aurora said, and then the dinosaurs began to merge out of the hot springs.

'Let's head back,' Delta chirps. Aurora gets back on Blue and they lead the way back to the south jungle.

Somewhere near the northern forest, atop a tall tree, a scout looks over the horizon with binoculars and notices something in the distance. Hordes of dinosaurs came over the meadow, heading towards the jungle.

Then, Spike the Spinosaurus and the T. Rexes give roars, terrifying the scout. He hurries down the tree and heads back to the camp.

From the author: Well, what do you think?! The big battle is coming up! Stay tuned!