Hey, guys, sorry for the long wait. I've been quite busy with school. This chapter has a bit more character development. You should like it. Also, Jurassic World come out on DVD in the United States on October 20th. Also, I've started a new story, called Legend of the Black Fury. If you want to see a black Indominus rex with wings that can breathe fire, go read it.
And without further ado, Chapter 12 of Jurassic Ice.
The voyage was finally coming to a close. Indi had fully reconnected with his pack, which seemed to accept him as though he was one of their own kind. To Elsa, they seemed tame at first. But whenever she came around them, they would growl at her. The large, red-eyed Indominus rex would go as far as snarling viciously at her. Why were they so warm with Indi, but so hostile with her? They did the same to anyone, except for Owen or Barry, with whom they treated with gentle tolerance.
Soon, Ian plucked the ropes that were attached to the ship and being pulled by something underwater, and they started to relax, sagging in the water.
"What's going on?" Elsa asked.
"We're almost at Arendelle," Indi said. "Only a day or two more."
"Already?" Anna said.
"Yep," Indi said decisively. "Not much longer now."
"Impossible," the captain said as he walked over to the trio. "We haven't been at sea for even three months. Even with the fastest ship you can get, if the wind is constantly blowing in the direction you wish to go, and if you're going with the current, a voyage like the one we're on would take at least five months, if you're extremely lucky."
"Yes," Indi said nodding. "That is true. However, with all due respect, captain, you forget one crucial detail."
"And what is that?" the captain said, slightly indignant.
Indi turned to a five-year-old girl with dirty blonde hair, who was leaning over the side of the ship, and whispered something in her ear. The girl giggled and lept off the ship.
"No, wait!" the captain shouted, but before the girl hit the water she transformed into a flying animal with a crest on the back of its head and a beak, and fly into the air. Indi had taught Elsa that they were called Pteranodons or Dimorphodons, the smaller ones with longer tails and teeth being Dimorphodons.
The girl/Pteranodon hovered over the ocean, about forty yards from the ship. Indi, using his genetically-enhanced, superhuman strength, threw a large fish out to the creature. The small, flying shape caught the fish, and hovered over the ocean, flapping vigorously.
"What's supposed to happen?" Anna asked.
"Watch," Indi said. "Just watch."
Everyone on the ship who had seen Indi throw the fish was watching silently.
Suddenly, a large, bluish-colored animal with long jaws and rows of sharp teeth burst out of the water with a loud, deep roar.
"OH MY GOD!" Anna shouted. Indi had a glad smile on his face. The captain was watching in awe, his jaw on his feet. Elsa couldn't believe that an animal could get this big. There were whales, but they never attacked and ate humans, while this animal was clearly predatory.
When the animal's jaws slammed down on the fish hovering above the water the girl who had turned into a Pteranodon released the fish, and the audible crack of bones against teeth chilling. Then, the animal fell back into the water, a loud splash sending a wave right at the ship, and flooded the deck.
"That. Was. Amazing!" Anna cried. "It was was so huge! Elsa did you see that?! Wait, of course you didn't, it was impossible to miss something of that size."
Elsa just smiled at her sister's ranting.
"W-w-what was th-that?" the captain stuttered out as the Pteranodon flew back to the ship and transformed back into the girl.
"That, my friend," Indi said "was an animal called a Mosasaurus. It's full scientific name is Mosasaurus hoffmannii."
"It was massive!" Anna said, once again.
"Approximately fifty-seven feet long," Indi said nodding.
"That thing could easily capsize this ship..." the captain said, his voice full of uncertainty.
"They can," Indi said nodding. "They won't, though. They are with us."
"They?" Elsa chimed in.
"We have three," Ian explained. "Two natural, and one human hybrid. The one that you just saw was our natural female. We have another female, and then our hybrid is named Jonah."
They spent the rest of the day watching the mosasaurs swim around, leap out of the water, and catch fish.
The next day at dawn, Arendelle was just in sight on the horizon.
"Land ho!" Indi cried from his stop in the crow's nest. Everyone started to rejoice, dancing around on the main deck. Brynn bellowed into the air to rejoice, and Rexanne joined her. The baby Tyrannosaurus, named Junior, also chimed in, his small squawking roar incredibly adorable.
The sailors, who were wary of the newcomers' abilities at first (but as with Indi and Brynn, they quickly adjusted), struck up a tune, and soon it seemed like everyone was dancing. Even Elsa joined in with her sister. Everyone was having a merry time, except for one person.
Indi.
And just like when the ship was nearing Isla Nublar, Elsa noticed, when everyone was celebrating, he distances himself. Wondering what the problem was now, Elsa walked up quietly to her friend.
"Hey," she said quietly as she neared him.
"Hey," he said, his eyes closed, his head leaning against the door to his room.
"You okay?"
"Yeah...No... I'm not sure," Indi said with a sigh.
"Indi," Elsa said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We did it. We rescued the kids and their mothers. You should be happy. We saved everyone on that island."
"I know that."
"Then celebrate," Elsa said. "Be happy. Enjoy your accomplishment. You did something very noble, and it helped a lot of people."
"I know, Elsa," Indi said. "I know I helped a lot of people. I know I should be celebrating. I just can't."
"Why ever not?"
"I'm afraid," Indi confessed.
"Again with the fear, Indi?" Elsa said. "I know you worry about a lot of things, but those things are behind us all. What are you afraid of now?"
"The consequences of my actions."
"Indi..." Elsa began.
"I don't know what could even remotely happen, Elsa," Indi said. "All I know for sure is that something big will happen."
"I have to pack," Elsa said, turning to go to her room. "I'll be ready when you want to talk."
Indi entered his own room, sighing. There wasn't much that he had to pack; just a few things for his swords, a grindstone, and his kerosine gel vial.
As he exited the room, he saw they were getting nearer to the fjord of Arendelle.
"Hey, Brynn!" Indi called. "Let's let the citizens know we are coming."
Brynn smiled and walked up to her companion. They both turned to face the approaching coastline.
"Ready?" Brynn asked.
"Let's do this," Indi said, smiling.
The two friends transformed into their large, dinosaurian forms. Brynn took a deep breath and bellowed to the coast.
On the coast, Captain Jones heard the distinct bellow of a Tyrannosaur. He wheeled, looking towards the source of the sound. Squinting he saw a ship nearing the harbor. Then he heard the loud roar of the boy that the queen seemed to have taken a liking to.
"The queen has returned!" he shouted to the people, running through the streets, spreading the news. "Queen Elsa has returned!"
On the ship, Elsa exited her room to a blasting, shrieking roar.
"Anna," Elsa called to her sister. "What's going on?"
"Oh," Anna said, waving at the two gigantic predators that were roaring towards the coast as if it were nothing. "Indi and Brynn are just alerting the coast of our return."
Soon, the ship reached the docks. The gangplank was laid down to provide a walkway for people to disembark from the ship.
Queen Elsa strode confidently up to the edge of the ship, where she was met with wild cheering.
Indi strode up to the ship's railing and waved to the crowd.
As the royal sister's made their way down the gangplank, the crowd of refugees followed.
Once the crowd was down, the genetically modified children demonstrated their abilities to the crowd. Some of the smaller children of Arendelle felt the skin of the dinosaurian forms.
"Here! Eyes on me!" Elsa heard someone say from the ship. The queen turned to see Owen backing down the gangplank, a hand outstretched towards the pack of raptors, who prowled forward, snarling.
When Owen and the raptors reached the bottom of the walkway, Elsa saw a small child break from her parents and rush towards the predators. The four animals noticed the small morsel running in front of them, and the whole pack darted ahead, sidestepping around Owen.
The child noticed the attacking carnivores, and stumbled back, falling in front of them.
As one of the animals shrieked at the child, Elsa readied her powers, her guards preparing their firearms.
The child's mother raced in front of the raptors, hugging her child as the hunters advanced hungrily.
Elsa heard Barry shout at his coworker. "Owen, no!"
"Hold-hold your fire!" Owen said to the guards as he ran forward, leaping in front of the helpless humans, facing the raptors, holding a hand out in front of him. "HOLD! Your fire, do not fire!" Elsa stared in shock as the man seemed to sacrifice himself to his pets. "Your Majesty, you shoot these animals, even if you don't kill them, they'll never trust me again, and they'll attack anybody the can get to."
"Men," Elsa said to the soldiers. "Hold your fire."
"Woah, stand down," Owen said to the blueish-grey raptor, who had a white and blue stripe that started around its eye and ran down each flank, in front of him. "Stand there." The raptor leapt forward, snapping its jaws at the human standing before it. Owen's voice turned firm. "Hey, hey! What did I just say?" Another raptor started to sneak around Owen to the left. "Delta! I see you... Back up!" The animal shrieked and swung her tail from side to side, before taking two steps back. "Okay, Charlie, stand right there." A greenish raptor snarled, but stayed still. "Echo, don't move." A brownish animal made a small chirp, but did nothing more. "Okay, good, good. Your Majesty, I need a clear path to the stables."
"Okay," Elsa said. "Everyone, make a clear path to the castle. Mister Grady, can you keep those animals under control?"
"Assuming they don't decide to revolt against me, yes."
"Okay, just follow me," Elsa said, slowly walking to the castle, Owen leading the raptors behind her. As the queen led the odd sight behind her, she glanced back carefully, making sure everything was okay. Luckily for Owen, the journey to the castle was short, as he was walking backwards for the entire trek.
They were soon at the castle.
"Right this way, mister Grady," Elsa said, leading him to the stables.
Owen followed her backwards, before turning to stand by the open door.
After making a shrill whistle, Owen pointed into the stables and gave a simple command. "Enter."
The raptors entered obediently, Barry following them in, shutting the door behind him.
"Will he be okay?" Elsa asked.
"He'll be fine," Owen said.
The pair went back to the docks, where the saw Brynn in her human form leading a large Tyrannosaurus and the hatchling to the castle.
"Here, girl," Brynn called. "C'mon, Rexanne, this way." Rexanne walked slowly, following her companion, small tremors emanating from the dinosaur's footsteps.
A loud roar attracted the attention of both Elsa and Owen, and the pair turned to see an Indominus rex, bounding of the ship, followed by three raptors. The large, white animal had red eyes, marking it was separate from Indi, who was in his human form, chasing the animals down the ramp.
"Guys!" he yelled. "Stop!"
The pack paid no heed to his commands, simply striding forward. The crowd around the docks backed away cautiously.
Frustrated, Indi transformed into his Indominus form, and shrieked deeply at the unruly animals ignoring him.
The dinosaurs turned, and the red-eyed Indominus rex roared back at Indi, challenging him. Indi raised himself up, growling darkly. The red-eyed animal ducked its head, crooning deeply. To Elsa, it seemed like an apology.
Satisfied, Indi shrank down to his human form, and led his pack and the Nublar refugees to the castle.
Once the gates were shut, Elsa approached Indi.
"Hey, was everything okay back there?"
"With what, my pack?" Elsa gave a curt nod. "Oh, yeah. Everything was fine. They just tend to be a bit unruly, especially Lapsus, the red-eyed Indominus. It's nothing you should worry about, though."
Over near the raptors, Owen was talking with Anna about his raptors in the stable.
"I can't believe you did that!" she said jubilantly.
Elsa walked over at that time to rescue Owen from her sister's excitable antics. "I agree, mister Grady. How you controlled those animals was quite impressive, if I do say so myself."
This caused Owen to become defensive.
"I would like to get something clear here," Owen said. "I don't control the raptors, it's a relationship, based on mutual respect. I respect them, they respect me." Anna and Elsa stood there shocked. This man, who was so at ease, became highly defensive of these animals which could tear him apart.
"But, back at the docks..." Anna said, confused.
"They view me as their pack leader. They're siblings. They have social skills. And I imprint on them when they were born. They view me as their parent, so they instinctively respect me."
"So, they aren't safe?" Elsa asked in a slightly worried tone.
"No they're not," Owen said, slowly shaking his head.
"I heard names back on the docks," Anna said. "Are those code names, or names for certain positions?"
"No, those are their actual names," Owen said as he opened the door to the stables. Inside, mounted to the individual stable doors, were metal cages that fit around the raptors' head. Owen pointed to a greenish animal. "We have Charlie." Then he pointed to the tannish head. "Echo." Owen then gestured to a teal animal, which Barry was soothing. "This one here's Delta." Then Owen walked over to the blueish-grey animal with the blue stripe down each flank, and kneeled down next to the alert head. "And this one's called Blue. She's the beta."
"Could I pet Echo?" Anna asked nervously.
"Anna..." Elsa began.
"No, no," Owen said. "It's okay."
"But, didn't you just say that they were not safe," Elsa said cautiously.
"When they're loose," Owen corrected. "When they are in these head cages, they are fine. Come, Princess." Owen led Anna over to the tan-colored head of Echo, who watched the approaching stranger with aggressive caution. Taking Anna's hand, Owen gently stroked Echo's cheek. "Just keep doing this motion, and she'll relax."
"Okay," Anna said quietly, continuing the gentle stroking motions. Echo soon looked into the stranger's eyes, and made small chirping sounds.
"She like's you," Owen said.
"She does?" Anna asked.
"Those sounds indicate pleasure with her. She enjoys gentle physical contact."
"Awe, you're just sweet, aren't you?" Anna said. "Elsa, do you want to pet her?"
"I'm fine," the queen said, clearly nervous.
Indi silently appeared in the doorway, not making a sound in order to allow Anna to enjoy this moment.
Echo continued to chirp frequently.
"I wonder what she's saying?" Anna mused quietly.
"She says she enjoys your company," Indi said stepping forward. "Though you're touching her extremely lightly, and it tickles her. Try using a firmer touch."
Taking the advice, Anna pressed a bit harder. Echo made several chittering noises as the princess stroked her cheek, closing her reptilian eyes in bliss.
After a few minutes of gentle bonding, Echo started to rattle her head cage, startling Anna, making the princess back up.
"Owen?" she asked worriedly. "Is she okay? Did I do something wrong?"
As Owen came to inspect Echo, Elsa gently pulled Anna away. Indi intervened, placing a hand on Elsa's shoulder.
"It's okay," Indi said. "She feels that you're a friend, Anna. She wants to play."
"Oh!" Anna squealed in delight.
"Unfortunately, this is where I have to draw the line," Elsa said.
"I agree," Owen said. "Petting is one thing. Play is a whole nother ballgame. No pun intended."
"In order for play to be safe," Indi said. "You must be able to withstand scratching and biting. These animals aren't dogs. They are vicious, cunning animals. They come from a very different world than the one we are in now, and the rules were different then."
"We can work up to play," Owen said. "She already views you as a friend. Play will come along soon enough."
It was soon sunset. Elsa showed everyone to their rooms. Luckily, the castle was large enough to hold three hundred visitors.
That night, Indi rested outside with his pack. The raptors were curled up like birds, snuggling around Indi, with the looming form of Lapsus curling around the whole group with her tail. Elsa viewed the scene from her bedroom window. How could things so aggressive and dangerous be so calm and gentle? Somethings she could never understand. Her sister was included in that list.
Climbing into her bed, she realized she hadn't been in the castle for nine months. It certainly didn't feel that long ago. Her last thought was that it was almost a year since she had met Indi on death's doorstep.
A loud sound shook Elsa awake. There was a large blast, which was then followed the sound of men yelling. Elsa rose, readying her abilities. Suddenly, her room door opened and she saw a figure standing there in the doorway.
"Who are you?!" Elsa said firmly.
The figure didn't answer, instead lifting a crossbow and letting a bolt fly. An inch away from her nose, Elsa stopped the projectile with a sheet of ice. The man turned and stole off down the hall. Elsa looked out into the corridor and saw one of her men injured.
"My queen," The man said. "Are you alright?"
"Yes. Do you know who that man was?"
"There was more than one. I counted five, but there could be more. They were all wearing masks."
Elsa helped the man down to the infirmary, where he would be treated. His injuries were not life threatening, but it would do well to get him healed quickly.
"Indi!" Anna said as she burst out of the doors into the courtyard. The dinosaurs surrounding the boy snapped their heads up and snarled at Anna, protective of their pack leader.
Indi cracked his eyes and looked groggily at the princess. "Yeah?"
"Elsa wants to see you right away."
"Is everything okay?" Indi asked, rising quickly.
"No," Anna said before turning around towards the castle doors.
Indi followed Anna to the castle conference room, where Elsa and several advisors were sitting.
"You requested me, Your Highness?" Indi said, taking a bow before sitting.
"I did," Elsa said. "At approximately one twenty-two a.m., a group of men invaded the castle. One managed to injure the guard outside my bedroom, and almost killed me. After firing one bolt from a crossbow, which I stopped with a sheet of ice, the man bolted. The men were all wearing masks, concealing their identity.
"I have called you all here to discuss a plan of action. How are we going to find these assassins?"
Indi thought for a moment, before snapping his fingers and pointing at Elsa. "I have an idea."
"Yes?" Elsa said.
"Raptors."
"What do you mean?" Anna asked.
"I mean we can use raptors to locate the assassins. We can also use Rexanne, as I'm sure Brynn will be in full support. Owen, however, might take some convincing. I'll talk to him."
"Go," Queen Elsa said. "But report back soon."
"Will do," Indi said as he rose. As he bowed he said "This will be much easier than your last hunt, as you would be hunting with the hunted from your previous expedition."
"Owen?" Indi said, knocking on the man's bedroom door. The man answered the door immediately.
"What's up, Indi?"
"We need your help." Indi quickly summarized the events and what he proposed to do.
"Indi," Owen said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "You know that I'm entirely against the use of Velociraptors for those purposes."
"So, you would rather let the people who tried to kill Elsa simply go free and get another try to finish the job?"
Owen just glared at Indi.
"Fine," Owen said, relenting.
Indi quickly made his way back to the meeting room. Opening the door, he saw everyone was gone. Closing his eyes, he listened to for the sound of Elsa's voice. The courtyard.
Indi dashed down, following the sounds of a large group of people talking.
Entering the courtyard, Indi saw his pack sitting like large, reptilian birds, excited by all of the activity. Elsa, Anna and the rest of the people from Arendelle on the opposite side of the courtyard, clearly wary of the group of predators.
Owen exited the castle doors behind him, Barry following him.
"Indi," Owen said. "Get your pack ready."
Indi nodded, striding over to the group of animals, who perked up alertly as their leader approached.
Indi gave off a long shriek as he approached. Lapsus gave a gruff hoot in greeting. Three Velociraptors strode up and nuzzled their alpha: Noctem, a deep, midnight blue raptor, Lacrima, a reddish colored animal with several scars on her head, and Venator, a green animal with tan stripes along her back; all had a deep relationship with their alpha, similar to Owen and Barry with their pack.
Indi quickly communicated what his pack needed to do. He simply said, Track. The animals were excited. They hadn't hunted anything for a while, and they were anxious to do so.
"Queen Elsa?" Owen said as he walked up to the royal.
"Yes?"
"We need something that had the assassin's scent on it. Do you still have the bolt from the crossbow that was used in the attempted assassination?"
"Yes," Elsa said, motioning to the guard behind her. The guard produced the bolt, which was wrapped in a cloth.
"Thank you," Owen said. The guard nodded.
Walking over to his raptors, Owen heard people fall into step behind him.
"So, Owen," Anna said. "How are you going to find the men who tried to kill my sister?"
"With this," Owen said, holding up the bolt. Once he was at the open stable doors, he turned to face the group.
"This is a game we call 'Hide and Seek'. It's an exercise we've done about a thousand times with these animals. Raptors are pack hunters, they like to herd the animal into a kill zone. Once they get on target, and they will get on target, we will wait to engage, give the enemy a chance to surrender.
"If they enemy refuses to surrender, we will drive them back here to the courtyard, where they can be apprehended. Any questions?"
"Yes," Elsa said. "Does this mean you will be releasing these animals onto the streets?"
"Yes, it does," Owen said with a quick nod. "But don't worry, Your Majesty, these animal will be under control."
Indi jogged over from his pack. "Owen, we're ready."
"Okay," Owen said. "Everyone, please step back. Princess Anna, when I say, open the doors."
"Okay," Anna said. Owen help the crossbow bolt up to the metal grating, which served as a window on the stable doors. A vicious sniffing sound emanated from behind the doors, accompanied with occasional shrieks. Owen silenced them with his metal clicker.
Indi transformed into his Indominus form, and took a whiff of the bolt, getting the scent of the assassin, followed by Brynn, who did the same. Owen nodded to Anna. The princess braced herself, and swiftly yanked the doors open.
Blue, Delta, Charlie, and Echo streaked out of the stables, shrieking like demons. They raced straight out of the courtyard gates, into the town. Indi and Brynn roared, and their respective packs raced behind them. Indi's group was in between the overall hunting party, with Brynn and Rexanne in the back.
They soon reached the town square, and each of them felt the men's scent shift towards an abandoned warehouse. Indi motion with his head, and the entire group turned left.
Once In front of the warehouse, Indi turned back into a human and banged on the door.
"Come on out, we know you're in there!"
"There's no one home!" someone said from inside.
Idiots Indi thought. He hefted the large door open, and sent in the raptors with a snarl. The animals growled, and entered the building, prowling for their targets. Five men came running out, only to stop to see that they were surrounded. They froze, staring up at three large predators who were bearing down on them.
Indi stepped out from the shadows.
"Come with us, and they won't hurt you."
The men nodded furiously. Indi led them to the castle, his scaly escort following on all sides of the group of captives.
"Found them!" Indi said as he entered the castle gates.
"That was quick," Elsa said.
"I never said it would take long," Indi said with a satisfied smile.
"Now," Elsa said, turning menacingly towards the men that the search party. "Who are you?"
The men stayed silent, their eyes glued to the raptors as they milled about, snarling at their captives.
Brynn stepped forward, the ground shuddering, and bellowed at the men. Led his pack and Owen's away from the men so they could rest.
"Let's try a different question," Elsa said. "Who do you work for?"
A slow clapping sound came from outside. Everyone turned to see a man step out of the shadows, slowly clapping his hands together.
"Well done, Queen Elsa," the man said. "Well done."
"Hans," Anna growled.
"Hello, Anna," Hans said. "I missed you. Both of you." At that moment, Indi returned from placing the animals back where they would be hidden.
"Who's this?" Hans wondered aloud.
"Indi," the boy said, stretching his hand out in greeting.
"Prince Hans of the Southern Isles," the older male said, shaking the boy's hand.
"Pleasure to meet you," Indi said, leaning back against a fountain. "Say, you're the one who tried to kill Queen Elsa the day after her coronation, correct?"
Elsa was shocked. Indi seemed so at ease around Hans. Why?
"That is correct," Hans said, nodding slowly. "If I hadn't been thwarted, I would be the throne of Arendelle at this poi...NOW!" A man raised a crossbow, and fired a bolt at Elsa, causing her to duck out of the way. Engaged with the group of assassins, Elsa had to take her eyes off her sister.
As the fighting commenced, Indi watched intently, yet leisurely, resting his left leg over his right.
"Indi!" Elsa yelled at the boy. "Help me!"
"Fine," Indi said, before standing. He raised his fingers to his lips, and a fierce, ear-piercing whistle echoed throughout the courtyard. The men who worked for Hans went unaware, but a certain species in the stables heard it loud and clear.
Hans barred down on Princess Anna, his sword raised. "Marry me." It wasn't a request, but an order. "Think of all the children we will have."
"I'd rather die!" Anna snarled.
"So be it."
Suddenly, a loud cawing sound came from the door to the stables.
"What was that?" Hans said, suspiciously.
A man-sized, tannish animal opened the door, and looked around at the fighting. It saw a man standing over its friend with a sword. It shrieked and charged the man.
Anna saw the sword start to go down, but just when the sword was a foot away, a tannish brown mass slammed into Hans sending him sprawling, his sword clattering on the cobblestones. The tan figure shrieked angrily, her teeth glistening, killing claws on her feet raised, and standing over Anna protectively.
"Echo!" Anna said in surprise. The raptor turned her head back to her human companion and chirped happily, before turning back to face her opponent.
Anna stood shakily, placing her hand on Echo's back for stability.
Hans shook his head, and looked up at the Princess and a snarling animal.
He reached for his sword, but the tan animal snapped at his hand, and picked up the sword in its jaws.
"Thank you, Echo," Anna said as the raptor placed the sword in the girl's hands. "Hans, I'd like you to meet Echo. Echo, this is Hans." Echo snarled, extremely displeased.
Hans glared at the pair, before yelling to his men.
"Kill the Ice Queen!"
Indi saw the men surrounding Elsa draw closer. Elsa was tiring. She wouldn't last much longer.
Indi leapt in front of Elsa, shielding her.
"Move, boy," Hans said.
"Not likely," Indi said his voice oddly deep and gravely.
Hans charged, his fist raised. Indi charged the same, his teeth bared, fingers curved.
Hans screamed and even Elsa gasped. Indi had grown claws, and they had dug into his shoulder. Withdrawing, Indi growled and turned towards Elsa, his eyes gold, pupils slitted.
Crumpled on the ground, Hans took a crossbow from one of his men, and took aim at Indi.
"Indi!" screamed a voice. A mass slammed into Indi, knocking him down. Shaking his head to clear the daze, Indi saw the still form of Brynn, lying motionless on the ground.
"Brynn!" Indi screamed, running over to his friend before kneeling at her side. Anna and Elsa ran over next to him. "No no no no! Brynn, no, stay with me!" The only motion Brynn made was the slight rise and fall of her chest from her shallow breathing. "Elsa."
"Yes, Indi," Elsa said, her voice cracking.
"Watch over Brynn." Indi rose, and turned to face Hans. Elsa glimpsed something in Indi's eyes. She only saw it one other time, when Indi faced off against Von Shwicke.
Rage.
Indi thrust his head into the air, his mouth open as wide as it would go, and a loud, ungodly sound of fury and vengeance from another world.
Then, the ground started to vibrate with small tremors. Indi faced Hans, the boy's face screwed into a vicious snarl.
The large stable doors opened, and out burst both raptor packs, Rexanne, and Lapsus. They all stopped when they saw Brynn lying on the ground, unconscious and bleeding.
The entire congregation roared in fury. Indi pointed at the group of men in front of him. A high pitched whistle sent the raptors towards the men. Hans ran for his pitiful life, racing towards the castle. Indi roared in absolute outrage.
Then Hans saw something that made him run all the faster. The boy named Indi morphed into a copy of the giant white dinosaur attacking his men.
Elsa saw this too, but she saw it wasn't the slow transformation, but an outright explosion of teeth, claws, and scales.
Indi chased Hans to the castle. Breathing heavily, Hans leaned against the wall of the hallway in relief. He'd made it to safety.
Outside, Indi roared in frustration. He snarled, calling his pack over to him.
After the pack leader quickly communicated his plan, Noctum leapt through the window, Making Hans scream in fear. Noctem chased her quarry up a flight of stairs when the green-striped form of Venator flew through the window, joining the chase. The two predators never ceased their hunt, playing with Hans, relishing in his terror. Climbing another flight of stairs, Lacrima joined in, shrieking as she ran along Indi's back and leaping into a window on the third floor.
Hans continued running down the halls, until he came to an unlocked door. Opening it, he saw it was a bedroom. Slamming the door shut, he takes a deep breath.
Surely those animals can't open doors. he thought.
Then the knob twisted, and opened revealing the three predators. They prowled in, driving Hans towards the balcony. Hans backed up in fear, knowing his life was about to end. The animals forced him out onto the balcony, where a large white mass slammed into Hans, carrying him off the balcony, and pinning him to the ground.
Staring down at Hans was the pale, toothy face of the white beast. It shrieked, blowing Hans' hair back.
Indi stepped forward, now in his human form.
"Elsa," he said. The queen appeared at his side. "Have some guards put this man and his accomplices in the dungeon. I'll deal with them later. They'll be lucky if I don't let the raptors have 'em." Elsa gave a curt nod.
Indi strode over to Brynn, who was being looked after by Anna. Bending down, he gingerly picked the girl up, and carried her into the castle to the infirmary.
Hope you guys liked it. Remember, go read my new story, Legend of the Black Fury.
