Jurassic World: Apocalypse – Chapter 33: Battle of Queens
A/N: This is the big chapter you've all been waiting for! One, big, multi-species dinosaur battle-to-the-death coming right up! Please enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.
The humans stood in utter terror as the Indominus rex made her approach. The rest of her raptor pack was now slowly surrounding the humans. For the first time in a while, Owen wasn't quite sure what to do, but he did know he needed to get the others to safety. Hammond and Masrani, who'd never been in such danger from a dinosaur before, were particularly terrified. Dianthus crouched beside Hammond's foot, trying in vain to hide.
Beth was so terrified that she looked like she might scream...but instead she fainted. Logan caught her before she fell to the ground. "What is that thing?" Logan asked.
"Indominus rex," Tom breathed. "It's a hybrid."
"A hybrid?" John asked in surprise. "How is that even possible."
Echo snapped at the I. rex and she timidly walked toward the giant animal, snarling. Big One shrieked and prepared to attack when the I. rex snapped in her direction, telling her to hold off, for now. The I. rex looked at Echo, who apparently was assuming role of the beta since Blue was MIA. She made several raptor-like calls. Echo cocked her head and hissed in reply.
She's trying to make my raptors join her again, Owen thought.
Echo turned to Owen. She made a low cackling-growl. Owen grinned – this was a good sign, as she still considered Owen who true alpha. She was waiting for his command.
Owen told the others, "OK, Billy, Oscar, I need your help."
"We got your back, Owen," Billy confirmed.
"The rest of you, on my whistle, I want you guys to quickly get to that Jurassic Trader's shop on the left...got it?"
"The gift shop?" Claire asked. "Why?"
"Just trust me."
Owen whistled and Echo called the other raptors into action. With a loud call the raptor squad charged toward the hybrid, who acted with offense. She called to her own pack and the raptors went wild. Big One and the others sprinted forward to stop Echo and her sisters from attacking the I. rex. With them distracted, Masrani and the group, now consisting of 19 people, hurried into the gift shop for safety. No one was safe in the open as these giants battled it out. Owen took out his rifle and Billy and Oscar retrieved their handy EMD's and they all fired a few shots at the hybrid. Meanwhile Echo, Charlie and Delta leaped onto the Indominus rex and began their attack. The other raptors leaped to their master's rescue and began fighting Owen's squad. As one of them tackled Echo to the ground, Oscar fired a shot and knocked her off. Echo got back up and continued to fight.
Inside the small gift shop, Claire and the others watched as the dinosaurs duked it out, just outside.
"So let me get this straight," John began, "that thing's a hybrid?!"
"Yes," Tom answered.
John turned to Claire. "Is that true?"
"Yeah, it is."
"What's that thing made of?" Logan asked, still holding a knocked out Beth.
"A lot of different things. But the two most prevalent creatures in its DNA are T. rex and Velociraptor."
"And Giganotosaurus," Lowery added, "since this thing's bigger than T. rex."
"Thank you, Lowery," Claire said, slightly irritated.
Gray was adding up some numbers in his head. "We need more," he simply said.
"More what?" Masrani asked.
"Teeth. We need more teeth."
Suddenly, Claire got an idea. She went over to a little white box in the corner of the shop and got out a flare. She turned to the others. "The rest of you, stay here...I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Dr. Sorkin asked. "Are you seriously going out there?"
"Trust me. Stay here." With that, Claire left the safety of the shop. She ran as fast as she could past the fighting dinosaurs; thankfully they didn't seem to notice her. She knew just where she needed to go: T. rex Kingdom. Walking down the corridor toward the paddock, concrete walls stood tall above her on both sides. She reached the gate and with her key she opened the box that contained the panel to open the gate. All she had left to do was place her hand on the panel, which scanned her fingerprints, and the door slowly opened upward.
It's now or never, she thought. She walked into the dark paddock; somewhere in here were the seven tyrannosaurs they kept at the park. Usually, they were kept separate, but with all the chaos earlier, no one was able to repair the breaks between fences. The T. rex must have been in here somewhere; probably sleeping at this hour. Claire lit her flare and held it up.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" she called.
There was movement behind her, she turned to see a pair of eyes in the darkness, moving towards her. As they got closer, she saw that it was the juvenile T. rex. She was aggressive and dangerous, but not exactly what Claire was looking...wait, there were footfalls further in the paddock. The juvenile froze in fear and looked at what was behind Claire. Slowly, Claire turned to see a pair of glowing eyes about 15 feet above her. This was no juvenile rex! As the beast walked closer, Claire saw that this was the largest Tyrannosaurus in the paddock – Rexy herself. The juvenile shrieked and ran out of the paddock. Claire held the flare up, to make sure she had Rexy's attention. She began backing away and out of the paddock, with the T. rex following her. When fully out of T. rex Kingdom, Claire turned and ran, despite her high heels. With a chorus of thundering footfalls, Rexy charged after the redhead and roared.
Big One landed atop of Charlie and knocked her to the ground. When, the raptor was still, she watched as her pack's alpha attacked the other two remaining raptor squad members whenever the opportunity arose.
"How many raptors have we shot down?" Oscar asked.
Owen's answer was disappointing. "Two."
"Two? That's it?" Billy said. "Man, moving targets are hard to shoot!"
Echo knocked one of Big One's raptors to the ground and ceased the moment to attack I. rex. But the hybrid was ready and grabbed Echo in her jaws. The raptor yelped as she was launched into a nearby restaurant window, shattering glass and landing on the cold, hard floor. Delta was Owen's last standing raptor, but she seemed determined to fight to the end. As one of the other Velociraptors leaped on top of the Indominus and tried to attack her, Delta delivered a heavy kick with her toe claws and sent the raptor falling to the ground. Oscar fired a shot at the fallen raptor; after making sure it was sedated, he shot at Indominus, but to no avail. The animal's skin was very hard to penetrate.
"I don't think we stand a chance!" Oscar yelled above the noise. "We've only got one raptor left–"
Big One attacked Delta next and successfully knocked her to the ground.
"Retreat," Owen ordered. The three of them ran to the gift shop, where they hid quietly.
"What's happening out there?" Billy Brennan asked.
"We're dead meat," Owen muttered.
There was silence outside. Even if Owen's raptor squad was down, a group of raptors with their I. rex alpha wasn't likely to remain quiet for long. Owen suspected something was wrong. This was confirmed all too soon when a low growling was heard too close for comfort. The I. rex's gnarly jaws came into view as she looked into the shop. Everyone moved as far back in the shop as possible, but the shop was really too small for the amount of people now in it. The I. rex's hand suddenly appeared as it broke through the wall, forcing everyone into an even smaller corner!
"Ah!" the girls and women screamed. (Except Beth, of course.)
"Get back! Get back!" Oscar demanded.
The dinosaur's clawed hand reached inside and one of the claws became hooked on a strap on Gray's side pouch. Zach and Owen grabbed hold of Gray's hands and pulled, not willing to let the I. rex win. Finally the strap popped and Gray was free. But I. rex was not going to leave without a meal. Suddenly, Big One appeared at the entrance of Jurassic Traders. The humans really had no where to go this time.
But then, the sound of Claire's shoes against the cobblestone pathway were heard as she came from the direction of T. rex Kingdom, running past the huge skeleton of a Spinosaurus. A few moments later, the juvenile T. rex appeared, followed by Claire, and finally Rexy! Rexy smashed through the skeleton, letting a mighty roar and causing multitudes of bones to go flying in all directions. Claire threw the flare in the I. rex's direction and fell to the ground, exhausted. The Indominus and her four remaining raptorslooked up at Rexy and the juvenile T. rex. I. rex roared at Rexy, who roared back in reply. There was no room for two supreme rulers in this part of the island. This would be a fight for the ages – a battle between the queen of the tyrant lizards and a genetically-modified monster. Who would prevail?
Rexy attacked first. She lunged and sunk her teeth into Indominus' hide. The thick armor was easily penetrated by her thick, railroad spike-like teeth. I. rex yelped at her raptor companions for help. Big One leaped to her rescue. She clambered onto Rexy and used her claws and teeth to attack. One of the other raptors charged forward as well, but was quickly brought down and killed by the juvenile T. rex with a swift bite to the neck. I. rex released herself from Rexy's grip and slammed the T. rex into a Ben and Jerry's restaurant. Rexy was about to strike back, but Big One leaped on her head and began tearing into the flesh on her snout. The other two raptors attacked Rexy as well. This gave I. rex time to rake her sharp claws into Rexy's hide on her right side, then the same on her left. Rexy growled and stepped back, trying to rid herself of the attacking raptors. The juvenile rex turned and ran away from the fight, knowing she didn't have a chance. As soon as Rexy freed herself of the raptors, I. rex slammed her head into her side, sliding her toward Jurassic Traders.
"Run!" Claire yelled.
Owen, Billy and Oscar began moving everyone out of the hole the I. rex had created with her hand. Just in time too, as a second later I. rex grabbed Rexy's jaws with her own and threw her toward Jurassic Traders. Rexy's head created a gaping hole in the shop before she was dragged back out by the voracious hybrid. Owen helped Claire to her feet and they led everyone to Ben and Jerry's, where they could watch the fighting dinosaurs out of harm's way.
The raptors cackled at the fallen tyrannosaur, as if mocking her efforts. The previous queen of the island lay on the ground beside the rubbled Jurassic Traders, bloodied and wounded. The T. rex moaned in pain and defeat as I. rex placed her foot on her fallen foe, holding her down. Just one bite was needed to finish the kill and turn Indominus rex into the most insatiable predator the earth has ever seen. She opened her jaws and lowered them toward Rexy's neck...
Suddenly, a familiar bark-chirp was heard in the distance, up toward Innovation Center. The humans and I. rex looked up to see the silhouette of a Velociraptor appear through the dust cloud that had been kicked up by the destruction of the buildings in this place. The raptor snarled and growled at the hybrid.
Owen gasped. "That's Blue! She's alive!"
"Owen, look behind her!" Tom said.
Walking up behind Blue were three – no, wait, four – more raptors. Backing up their beta was Echo, Charlie, Delta and an oversized raptor – the Utahraptor.
"I don't believe it," Hammond said. "This is incredible."
"Sic 'em girls!" Owen cried.
Blue gave the signal and the five raptors raced forward at top speed. The Indominus, Big One and the other two raptors had no clue what was coming. Blue, Charlie and Delta lunged themselves at the hybrid and attacked her profusely. Echo and the Utahraptor ran toward the other three Velociraptors. Big One leaped at the Utahraptor, but being much smaller, she was easily slammed aside by her larger cousin. The other raptor leaped at the Utahraptor, but Utahraptor snatched her by her tail and threw her in the direction of Winston's Steakhouse. The raptor landed on a grill which suddenly ignited and burned the poor dinosaur in a great flame. As Echo and the other two Velociraptors faced off, Rexy righted herself and made a killer blow in Indominus' chest. The hybrid called out in great pain as she crashed into another shop to her right. Big One heard her alpha call out and charged at Rexy. She leaped up and began attacking her hide once again. However Rexy let go of the hybrid and shifted her body to the side, causing Big One to slip just above Rexy's left arm. Then the T. rex swung around and grabbed Big One in her jaws. The raptor was clenched between teeth and an incredible bite force that would not relent. Mercilessly, Big One was thrown off to the side and into a great heap of debris. Rexy roared in triumph.
The final raptor was brought down by the Utahraptor's deadly toe claw, this meant that she and Echo could now also attack the Indominus. With four raptors tearing into her back and sides, and the Utahraptor making quick, frequent slashes with her killer claws before darting a safe distance away and then attacking again, the I. rex was becoming disorientated. Blue leaped onto her opponents head and slashed at the monster's right eye. The hybrid bellowed in pain as her own eye was gored out of the socket. Rexy approached from the dinosaur's blind side and crunched into her left arm. With a great shake, Rexy dismembered the arm from Indominus' body, creating a bloody mess beneath the battlers. The T. rex threw the arm off to the side and growled.
With great force, Rexy slammed her massive head into the hybrid, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground. The raptors hopped off their opponent and stood before her. The I. rex had been knocked into the railing separating the pathway from the lagoon. She was trapped between her enemies and the water itself. Even still, this monster would not admit defeat. Though covered in battle wounds, blinded in one eye and completely missing her left arm, she was genetically-engineered not to give in. She roared at the other dinosaurs. Rexy and the raptors roared and growled back in reply.
Suddenly, the Mosasaurus launched the front half of herself out of the lagoon like a killer whale after a seal. She grabbed hold of the dinosaur in her jaws, which squirmed and tried so hard to release herself from this death grip. It was all in vain. The Mosasaurus moaned and pulled her prey back into the water with her in a great splash, dragged the most terrible predator ever to exist into her watery grave.
With the fight over, Rexy looked upon the raptors who had helped her win the battle. Blue bowed her head and cackled, indicating she was not interested in starting yet another fight. Seeing no need to engage in a violent battle, Rexy gurgled and slowly walked away. The Utahraptor chirped at Owen's squad of raptors before she too took off. Blue and her sisters glanced back at Owen, their true alpha. Owen grinned and shook his head. You girls...you're a mess.
Blue bark-chirped at the rest of her pack and the four of them ran back toward the Innovation Center. Considering Owen was their alpha, he was sure they'd be back by morning.
"There they go," Claire said.
"Yeah," Owen agreed. "Why I do what I do."
A/N: Well, that's the epic battle of the ages, ain't it? But don't think we're finished with this story just yet, we will but turn one last page. Did you like how the fight played out? How did you like my addition of the other raptors? Well, I'm sure by now you're all looking forward to that next chapter. So please be sure to favorite and follow this story if you haven't already and comment below on what you think will happen next and I'll publish another chapter real soon. Spare no expense!