Isla Sorna Stories: Rebirth

[TyrannoTitan]

"I'm more than just speed, you know," Darkness growled, showing weak mock offense to the Tyrannosaur's statement, before giving him a toothy grin. "Its good to see you, my friend."

[The Kingpin]

"Of course you are. But you'd be foolish to think you could outsniff a Rex" growled Crusher with a chuckle. Hearing the Raptor's sentiment, he smiled. "Likewise, Darkness. Likewise" he grunted. Taking the opportunity, now that Steeltalon had pulled away somewhat, and was out of earshot and thus not close enough to overhear what could well be troubling news for her and her small companion, the young Rex decided to inquire on a curiosity that had bothered him since he picked up his friend's scent. "Found yourself on the wrong side of a Raptor pack, I take it?" hissed the young Tyrannosaur, the comment more a statement than a question...

[TyrannoTitan]

"Unfortunately. Its...a long story," Darkness responded, choosing his words carefully. It was unlikely Nocturne would be looking for him...but if he happened to find him again, it would not be pleasant.

[The Kingpin]

"I'm willing to listen if you're willing to speak of it" growled Crusher with an understanding smile. He would not pressure Darkness if it was an uncomfortable matter, but he did not wish his oldest friend to think him uncaring...

[TyrannoTitan]

"Another time, perhaps," Darkness responded. He would rather not get into something so long and involved while they were in seemingly the middle of no where. "So...what are you doing with..." the dark raptor began, gesturing to the surrounding area: the kill in the distance, the female raptor departing the scene. "...this?"

[Ceratosaurus21]

Scar Tooth continued to eat even when the Tyrannosaur had arrived, knowing the dangers were only in his actions to provoke a response from such a beast. Eating his fill of the predator dotted Sauropod the Carnotaur trotted off back into the forest where his camouflage would protect him from prying eyes...

Thorn Jaw however was in no hurry to go anywhere, in fact he was enjoying a squabble between two Compy's. One of the small dinosaurs had killed what looked to be some kind of tropical bird, it had prepared to feed on when suddenly another one of his brethren appeared and grabbed at the carcass. The response had been immediate and would have been considered terrifying if any other species of dinosaur had done it. The Compy rushed forward and bit the thief on the neck causing it to release the bird. growling both of the tiny creatures began kicking each other, with the latter going to the defense. Thorn Jaw had an amused expression on the entire time the battle was raging. The large Ceratosaur never had time to observe the little things such as squabbles between herbivores and small carnivores. He just didn't have the time, with hunting and searching for a new territory Thorn Jaw just didn't have the time. Growling to cause the Compy's to scatter the Ceratosaur looks out further into the forest wondering if he could find anything else more amusing...

Silence was disturbed at what he was looking at, beside him Broken Jaw and Huntress had the same mixture of emotions brewing on their faces. They were staring at one of their own, a Velociraptor that had set out on its own just over two days ago. They allowed him to leave without a resistance knowing that he wanted to start his own pack like Silence and Huntress had done. Except this one didn't go far, only a mile away from their den they found him, the gore of battle racked across his body.
"What could have done this?" Broken Jaw barked his tone of voice expressing his worry. Silence looked at the ground searching the area for evidence much like at a crime scene. Huntress however tried to put two and two together.
"Could the glowing eyes have done this?" Huntress growls sending chills both down her spine and the spines of the two other raptors.
"It could explain the lack of bodies here." Silence hisses. looking at the ground he noticed what at first appearances may have seemed like a brutal one sided death soon showed its self to be more of a battle. Silence had trained his pack to fight till their veins ran cold and further inspection solidified his theory. Around the carcass of the young raptor were many other blood splatters that looked like they didn't belong to their own.
"We should go Silence, I don't like it here it smells of glowing eyes. I picked it up after the wind shifted." Huntress growled her body rigid.
"I agree with Huntress lets leave, we must alert the pack of what has happened to Storm." Broken Jaw growls his bottom jaw open slightly due to its in proper heal. Silence nodded agreeing with his seconded in command and mate, it wasn't safe here and they needed to get out while they could. Rushing off the three raptors head for the den to alert the rest of their pack to this unwanted tragedy...

[The Kingpin]

"Steeltalon over there was in a sticky situation with a Raptor pack...Helped her and her new friend out of it...then we caught the scent of food and came here" he growled lowly, though it was obvious by his tone that whatever had happened earlier weighed heavily on his conscience...

[TyrannoTitan]

"Sounds like quite the ordeal," Darkness growled in response, looking in the direction of the departing raptor. "So what now?"

[The Kingpin]

"Whatever you have in mind. I need a break from going wherever my feet decide to take me. Nearly got me killed....twice" growled Crusher with a chuckle...

[TyrannoTitan]

"I don't know about you, but I'm starving," Darkness growled, glancing around in hopes of spotting something to eat. Something that wasn't currently infested with hungry predators...

[The Kingpin]

"I could go and grab you a couple of decent sized chunks from the kill if you like. I could probably muscle my way through some of the smaller predators. Or, alternately, we could go and look for something to hunt and bring down, risking life and limb for the promise of sustenance, as is the norm for predators" growled Crusher in response, smirking at the last bit, his tongue running along his blood-stained fangs as he did so, the sight unnerving despite the joking intentions of the young Rex...

[Hopeflower]

Vertigo narrowed her eyes as she looked at the small, bedraggled group before her. Out of the pack that there had once been, only six had survived: Vertigo herself; Inculta, a dull gray male, with golden eyes and a black stripe trailing down his spine, which split into several more along his ribs; his mate, Siri, a small black raptor with violet eyes, one white foot, and a white dash on her chest; Inculta's brother, Astus, who looked almost identical to him. The only differences between them were Astus had eyes the black of a moonless night, he was a slightly lighter shade of gray, and the stripes along his back and sides were white instead of black.

The youngest of them were Viridis and Mwuaji - Viridis was a mottled green female with Astus's dark eyes, daughter of Inculta and Siri, and the only one of their offspring to survive as long as she had. Mwuaji was a young male, his body a warm golden-brown in color, his eyes a deep green. He had lighter markings on his face, around his eyes, accented with darker stripes. His underbelly was also darker. Stripes the same color as his facial markings ran down his spine and ring his tail, and the quills that sprouted from the back of his skull and ran down his neck were deep blood-red at the base, lighter in the middle, and bright red at the tip.

The five of them were a tightly-knit group, who had joined the pack for lack of a better option when forced to give up their territory to the bigger raptors. Of them all, Mwuaji was the only mutant - while he had been somewhat accepted, the other four had been scorned and looked down upon, forced to do the worst tasks, and made to eat last from every kill. Needless to say, compared to Mwuaji and Vertigo, they were scrawny and undernourished.

Though her outward expression was almost perfectly blank, inside, Vertigo was a seething ball of white-hot rage, ready to be unleashed on the first creature she came across. "We had her," she hissed through her clenched teeth, so quietly no one else caught it. "We had her." Whipping her head around, her gaze falling on a compy unfortunate enough to have poked its head out of the undergrowth at that moment. The tiny dinosaur froze as Vertigo's nostrils flared - the spotted gray female's upper lip pulled back to flash sharp, recurved teeth. The muscles in her legs trembled for a moment, the urge to maul something almost overcoming her. It would've all been done with if Riptide had just let me gut the little wretch and be done with it. Riptide....she didn't even know if he was still alive. The thought made her pause for a moment, before she gave her head a little shake. More than likely, every member of the pack that had been trapped in that cave was dead or dying. This was probably all she had left.

She ignored the faint twinge of guilt in her stomach, the first she'd felt in years. It was born of abandoning the pack in a time of crisis, but she couldn't afford to let anything hold her back or tie her down. The others were gone, that was fact. No point in dwelling on it. The question was, where to go from here? Steeltalon was gone, and they'd probably never manage track her down again. The half-breed would be warier now, and it would be more difficult to take her by surprise even if they did run into her again....with that in mind, Vertigo made her decision. Aware that Inculta and Siri were looking to her for orders, still shell-shocked but waiting for her to take charge, Vertigo did the same thing she'd done when she could no longer put up with her old pack's way of doing things.

She turned her back and walked away without a word, the undergrowth swallowing her form within seconds. She left behind five raptors who each, for the first time in quite a while, took a deep breath and felt some tension in their shoulders ease.

[TyrannoTitan]

"If you think you can get some without risking your neck to those vultures, by all means," Darkness growled, glancing in the direction of the kill.

[dinoman666]

Catching a single compy was easy enough for Sharpclaw. The little scavengers were alert, but not alert enough. Though Sharpclaw had trouble hiding in the brush, his skills were still sharp enough that it was only a short chase before he quickly snapped the creature up and swallowed it down. He took a short break to catch his breath, but he would have to move on, and soon. In difficult times, it paid to be relentless in the pursuit of prey...

[Ceratosaurus21]

Scar Tooth passed through the cooling shade of one of the many large tree's that dotted Isla Sorna, his hide hidden in the foliage. Continuing on towards his territory the brutish and near invisible continues to watch the surrounding forest, searching for any dangers or things of interest. What caught his eye was surprising to say the least but five raptors standing in a clearing surrounded by dense foliage, most of them seemed tired and scrawny most likely due to eating very little for a very long time. In situations like this Scar Tooth would put his sworn competitors out of their misery, but something about them caused him to simmer his blood lust. Slowly, the Carnotaur stalks closer to take a better look at these raptors his curiosity taking the better of him. Scar Tooth has seen many raptors in his day, but never has he seen this many in one area causing his suspicion to grow...

Thorn Jaw flicked his tail up and down his boredom growing with each passing moment. The Ceratosaur knows however that being to physical such as hunting or exploring could end badly for the heavily injured carnivore. Growling in boredom Thorn Jaw wishes the Compy's would return...

Silence felt a large leaf from a low lying plant graze his face as he raced through the forest, Huntress and Broken Jaw a few feet behind him on either side of his body. Rushing as fast as they can back to their den, Silence barks hoping to get a return bark. Within a few moments a similar sounding bark is heard only a short distance away, sighing in relief the large raptor quickens his pace wanting to get his mate and second in command away from whatever killed their former pack mate...

[Iceking]

Having faintly heard the sounds Sharpclaw moving quickly briefly, Maloriak headed right in their direction, although the scent was strong enough so that unless it's owner was clever enough to misdirect others, he wouldn't be able to lose it easily. A few minutes later, he caught sight of the other raptor, although this was due to it's pure white coloring, a color that was very hard to conceal in the underbrush. Maloriak's expression briefly flickered with suprise before he hissed:"You must be a raptor with great luck, managing to survive this long with a color that is easy to spot."

[dinoman666]

Sharpclaw rounded on Maloriak, claws bared, ready to fight, despite being taken by surprise. "What... what do you want?" he growled nervously...

[Iceking]

Noticing that Sharpclaw seemed to be expecting aggression, Maloriak growled:"I'm not seeking a fight with you. I simply want to talk." He kept himself in a neutral stance, making it clear that he had no aggressive intentions on his mind...

[Ceratosaurus21]

Scar Tooth continued to observe the raptors, his curiosity growing with each passing moment. Licking his scarred lips the Carnotaur watches on waiting for the raptors to make some sort of move...

Thorn Jaw relaxes, his body well hidden between the large boulders on either side of him. Lazily the large Ceratosaur watches the trees for movement having seen a variety of birds, small dinosaurs and lizards. What he really wished for however was some excitement. The thrill of the hunt or observing future prey sources. Laying around was not what he wanted at the moment what he wanted was thrills...

[Iceking]

Shadow Horn trudged through the jungle, roaming simply to take in any sights that he saw for the time being. The last few days had been uneventful, with the only other creatures he had encountered being herbivores that were within his strength to kill for easy meals. For the Carnotaur, being a creature who frequently roamed did come with times when he was bored, but there was always the chance of coming upon a place that might prove interesting to explore or having an encounter that he found was worth his time...