by mega raptor » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:02 am
Scar could see Crusher somewhere in the distance. He was to far to help them now, and he wouldn't be able to get down the hills from the river to the channel for a while. They were on their own, outnumbered by opponents that were smarter, stronger and faster than them.
As the enemy pack emerged from the jungle, Scar looked across the channel to the other side. Some of the raptors could take the juveniles across back to the nest. The channel wasn't wide, and was salt water, so no crocodiles would be swimming there, but spinos loved the salt water for the fish that lived in it. If a spino attacked them while they were swimming across, they would certainly die. They had to stand and fight.
As the raptors emerged, Scar counted them. There were 12 raptors from the enemy pack, and 10 in theres, plus the juveniles. He was wrenched from his thoughts by one of the raptors pouncing at him, hind legs raised to slash his throat. Instinctivly, he leaped at his attacker, and they met in midair, collapsing on the ground. Immediatly, the beach erupted into war as the velociraptor tribes savagely attacked eachother.
Scar was lucky, he had landed on top of the two. He viciously tore out the raptor's throat, and looked around. He targeted one of the raptors going for the juveniles, charging at it. It was to slow to leap, Scar simply ran into the attacking raptor. It kicked up at him, creating a gash down his leg, but still he slashed the raptor's throat.
Looking up again, he saw that his pack was on the losing end of the battle. The enemy raptors were brutally killing his pack, he saw 3 adults already lay dead. They were mostly ignoring the juveniles, some of which had ran into the jungle. They would run towards Crusher, they knew that he was an ally.
Scar spied one of the raptors trying to attack Sharpclaw, who was trying to protect her young. He watched as his mate collided with Sharpclaw's attacker, knocking the raptor down. She tore out the attacker's throat. Meanwhile, Crusher was nearing, but he was still too far to do much good. The enemy raptors hadn't noticed him yet.
The fray continued. Scar continued to attack the enemy raptors, but they had gotten wise to their tactics, and he had only been able to wound them. By the time that Crusher arrived, 3 in his pack had been killed, and another 4 had been hurt. Only he, Exile and Sharpclaw had escaped without serious injuries. A few of the juveniles had been killed, but for the most part they had escaped and had went to Crusher. As soon as he had arrived, the enemies had scattered.
In the aftermath, they had only been able to kill 5 of the enemies. Still, Scar though, surveying the beach, At least we were able to kill more of them then they could kill us. He looked at the survivors. Sharpclaw's mate, as well as Shadow and his mate, were among the injured. Still, they would survive. The weary group began the trip back to the nest during the rain.