Hey, guys. I found a way for me to work on this story on my phone. Anyway. A character from Jurassic Park will be making his/her debut in this chapter. read on to find out who it is!
Captain Jones stepped forward cautiously, examining the large footprint in the mud. It was large and bird-like, with indentations in the mud at the end of the toes, where claws would have been. They hadn't seen any sign of the predator since they commenced the hunt, then they entered an area marked with large claw marks on life seemed nonexistent: no bugs buzzed, no signs of deer, wolves, or even bears. It was nearly nightfall, and the sunlight was fading fast.
"Men," Captain Jones said. "Let's set up camp here. I think this will give us the best shot of seeing the beastie." The soldiers set to work, setting up the tents, with three men always on guard posts.
"Bring out the bait!" Captain Jones ordered. The men took out a goat, and tied it to a stake in a small clearing. The soldiers went on to set up the weapons. Kristoff was among them, despite Anna's protests. He didn't like making her upset, but he knew that he would be a valuable addition to the search. He set up a device that had been recently been invented, allowing a team of men to fire large spears in rapid succession. The device was mounted on a cart, and aimed at the goat. Several more men came about, loading several spears into the large chute sticking up from the side of the main body. Several more similar devices were being set up around edge of the clearing, all aiming at the goat.
Back in the castle, Elsa was getting ready for bed. There was no word from the hunting party, and it was getting late. She hoped they would fare well in the night. Fully dressed in her nightgown, she decided to go for a walk to check on Indi. The doctor had said that he was doing quite well, and since he was feeling okay, he could use his upper body a bit more, but if anything hurt, he was to rest immediately.
Indi was also quite interesting to talk to, as he seemed to be warming up to her and Anna a bit more. He told more about his friends on Isla Nublar, but was very reluctant to speak of the occurrences.
"Isla Nublar is a large island," Indi said. "Seven miles at its widest point. It is primarily used as a nature preserve, with large enclosures, where groups of my friends live together. I have a smaller enclosure as I live alone, though I can leave at certain times, such as when they do wellness checks, but I basically live in my enclosure."
The overall experiences were torturous. There were mazes that they had to run through as fast as they could, and they were taught to kill effectively and swiftly. They were given injections and they were set in isolation to see what the effect was; some of which weren't pretty.
Despite the horrible experiences, Indi seemed to have made himself at home though he was always tense. Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff all agreed that he should stay with them, at least for the time being, as the men who stabbed him were still on the loose.
As Elsa made went across the hall to Indi's room and gently knocked.
No answer.
"He might be sleeping," Elsa mumbled to herself. A small tapping sound roused her interest. She pressed her ear up against the door. Doing this, she could just make out a light rustling sound. Furrowing her brow, she got onto her hands and knees, and peered under the door. There were the shadows of two legs in the room, moving in the light of the moon. A slight squealing sound of the window opening caused Elsa to get worried.
"Indi," Elsa whispered. "Indi!" She heard the sound of feet landing on the windowsill. Seriously starting to get worried, her hand immediately went to the doorknob.
Locked!
She started to conjure her powers to freeze the lock off. Just as frost began to form on the knob, the door opened.
"Elsa?" Indi asked with a confused look. "What are you doing?"
"I'd just thought I'd come over to check on you," Elsa said. "You seemed tense today."
"Well, I'm okay," Indi said. " As you already know, I grew up in a stressful environment. That's why I'm always te…" he paused, cocking his head. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Elsa asked, a bit confused. To her it was stone silent.
"I heard growling," Indi said, turning around. He strode right over to the window, and stuck his head out, looking around. "There," he said, pointing towards the forest up on the mountains. "There, up near that light up on that mountain."
"That's where the hunting party should be stationed," Elsa said. "Those lights mean they've set up camp."
"Well, I heard a faint growl from up in that direction," Indi said. "If I'm correct, then they should have their monster shortly."
"Or the other way around," Elsa commented warily.
The men were resting in their tents, weapons at their sides. Kristoff was on his guard shift, watching the dark forests suspiciously. The goat had got to sleep, but if a predator got close enough, it would be their first and only warning. Sleep starting to get the better of him, Kristoff shook his head to stay awake. He started to daydream of Anna. He did indeed love her, though he technically had to owe it to her falling for that bastard Hans for her to end up falling in love with him.
A small tremor literally shook him out of his daydream. He started to turn towards Captain Jones' tent, when the man appeared beside him.
"Ca…" Kristoff started.
"Ssshhh," Captain Jones gently shushed him, slowly looking about. "Get down slowly."
The goat was now awake, frantically looking around and tugging on its rope.
Another tremor woke the men, who slowly and quietly came out of their tents, and kneeled silently.
The goat started to 'ba' in fear.
Three more tremors vibrated the ground, and a low growl accompanied them.
Then, nothing but silence for three whole minutes.
"Where is it?" whispered one of the men. Another rumbling growl gave away the animal's presence. Kristoff eyes widened, and nudged the captain, discreetly pointing at a corner in the edge of the trees.
The captain looked, squinting his eyes, straining to see in the low light.
Then his eyes widened in fear.
It was so bloody huge! Never in all the captain's years had he seen any living being on land as massive as this. Its head was five feet long, at least fifteen feet up. And the teeth were as round as bananas! The eyes were scanning the clearing, looking around intelligently. The eyes looked straight at the captain. They actually made contact with the captain's.
He can see me. Captain Jones shivered at the thought.
The skin had the texture of smooth pebbles, and had scars around what he could see of the torso.
Then, the beast strode forward, revealing its whole size. It was a magnificent, beautiful animal, with large legs, and clawed feet. Its tail balanced the large head and body. It moved with surprising grace for such a large animal.
The captain looked to his side, and saw that Kristoff had somehow managed to make his way to the nearest cart-mounted crossbow.
The young man had clicked the safety off, and gently took aim. Captain Jones signaled him to wait.
Kristoff nodded the affirmative. He didn't want to kill such a beautiful animal, but it was attacking the countryside. He had to for people to be safe.
In the firelight, the skin was a lightish brown color. But something was wrong with this picture.
For some reason the animal didn't fear the fire. It just ignored it.
The animal look at the offering before it, tied to a post, and made a quick advance. In just a few steps, it made it to the goat, which had been panicing since the animal appeared.
The large predator looked down at the small animal, and quickly snapped it up in its jaws, killing it quickly. It dropped the goat, and ripped it in half, swallowing one half, then the other.
Now was the perfect opportunity to strike.
"Fire!" Captain Jones ordered. Kristoff unleashed one spear, directly at the large animal, but the animal moved, so the shot was a miss.
The animal looked at where the spear went, then curiously looked at where it came from. Kristoff was already prepared for the next shot, and released another spear. This one went along the bottom of the animal's chin, enraging him to no end, and sent him running directly at the small snack that had could only form one word in his mind.
Crap
Just when the animal was three yards away from Kristoff, another spear passed along the top of his tail, causing the animal to bellow in pain.
Kristoff and the animal looked to see Captain Jones on the opposite side of the clearing, at another cart-mounted crossbow, a smug look on his face.
The animal wheeled around, and charged the new adversary. The captain nodded to Kristoff to fire again. Kristoff was happy to oblige.
The third spear went right next to where the second spear went along the animal's tail, and stuck into a tree.
Then, the animal figured out their little game, and made a swipe at the captain's crossbow with his tail, destroying it, and wheeled towards Kristoff.
With no one for backup, Kristoff fired one more spear, and leapt off his cart, running for his life. The spear missed, and the large predator followed Kristoff as he ran, with easy stride that started to pick up speed.
"No, no, NO!" Kristoff yelled as he ran as fast as he could.
Suddenly, Captain Jones, having recovered from his crossbow being destroyed, removed his sword, and charged at the large animal.
"ATTACK!" he yelled, signaling his men to do the same.
The whole mass of charging, yelling men made their way to the large predator. The animal turned to face the oncoming onslaught, and bellowed directly at them. This caused the men to freeze in terror. The animal growled, and charged the soldiers, unleashing a powerful roar like an alien battle cry. All the men turned on their heels, and ran like the wind, even Captain Jones.
The animal chased the group of humans down the mountain path, bellowing every now and then to keep them afraid, occasionally snapping at them.
Near the edge of the forest, the animal ceased its pursuit, and turned back up the mountain.
In the queen's study, Elsa and Indi were having some tea, and talking about the political side of Arendelle. "So, Indi," Elsa went on. "The overall purpose of the Royal Court is to provide the…" There was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
"Your Majesty," a messenger named Kai said. "The hunting party has returned."
"Have they found something?" Elsa asked hopefully.
"Actually, something found them."
When Elsa saw the soldiers, it was clear that something had indeed chased them, for they were all panting and sweaty.
"What happened?" Elsa asked.
"We were attacked," Kristoff said. "By something other than what attacked the cattle two nights ago."
After the entire group relayed to Elsa what happened, she led Indi, Kristoff, and Captain Jones to the royal library. There, they poured through many books, until they found one that seemed to match the general appearance of the new animal they had encountered.
"What's it called?" Kristoff asked.
"It's called…" Elsa began. "Oh, I can't read this. Indi, can you pronounce this?"
"Yes," Indi said. After reading through in his head, he had to step away, and took a breath.
"Indi, what does it say?" Elsa asked.
"Tyrannosaurus rex."
There you guys go. I felt it would be good to give Rexy a part in this tale. Anyway, let me know what you think in the comments below. Yes, I know T-rex was discovered in the early 1900's, and I'm estimating this story to be in the early to mid 1800's, but just bear with me. In actuality, nobody would have a clue as to what the T-rex was, though dinosaur fossils had been discovered by the story's time setting. So, if you can just suspend the facts of time of discovery for the animals that I put in this story, it might make it a bit more believable.
Please rate and review. I made this chapter a bit longer for all you lovely people.