CHAPTER 127
Everyone was either mortified by the horror of seeing the severed head of Jacinto roll around at their feet, or they were baffled by the complexity of the plot that had just been executed to distract them.
Bryce, Dianna, and Ms. Murdock seemed to be the only three with a shred of working sense in them. While Bryce and Dianna grabbed for the kids Ms. Murdock shouted, "get to the bunker!"
The next thing that was heard was a terrified scream. Dr. Ellis hit the ground hard, and her face slammed in the mud. As her cries continued she slipped away behind the group and vanished somewhere beyond the fuel pumps. Someone might have seen the velociraptor that was dragging her away if it had not been for the presence of two other creatures that had snuck up behind the group.
Ms. Murdock felt something crush her shoulder and lift her into the air. She hollered as the pain of sharp teeth sunk in. Then she had the sensation of being thrown through the air. Joan hit the ground and lay face down. She wanted to get up. Her impulse was to run, but she couldn't. The weight of a raptor's foot was on her back, and the killer claw was giving a threatening jab at her scapula. Scarcely being able to lift her chin from the mud Ms. Murdock twisted her head to the side, straining to catch a glimpse of the situation.
The children were surrounded by three velociraptors. Guss was screaming and flailing as he was being dragged away into the shadows. Gary, Phill, Ms. Bolton, and Bill were all on the ground and under the guard of three more velociraptors. Dr. Conners and Dr. Johnson were many feet from the rest of the group as though they'd been tossed through the air like Ms. Murdock.
The two doctors were scratching in the dirt for their weapons, but they did not reach them. Their efforts were trampled by the other pair of creatures that were among the velociraptors.