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Website · by **Hopeflower** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:41 am

Steeltalon stopped, exhausted. 'What was I thinking?' she wondered, settling down for a rest. 'I was thinking I wanted to die, yes, but at least I want it done in a decent way. I'll track down those raptors again and ASK them to kill me. Good plan, but they'd laugh themselves to death first...maybe if I explained my past they'd understand why I want to die so badly.'

Steeltalon flinched away from the memories, but they came flooding back anyway. Exactly four years ago, she had been forced to watch her family brutally murdered. Since then she had taught herself to hunt and find water. She let a rare smile escape, but it was gone as soon as it was there. She didn't deserve to smile. Not after that night. That was why she was a loner. She had no family...no friends...and no future. Standing up, she followed her own scent trail and tracked the raptors. When she found them, she called out to them. "Wait a second!" she yelled. "You have a right to know why I want to die."

by **chook151** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:02 am

inflict had an idea, he ran over and bit the spino extremely hard, the spino squieled in pain, inflict then took off, the spino was angry, inflict made a fake dying roar, compies came, the spino looked at them feircely, then turned to inflict , the spino lunged, the compies ran over to get some of inflicts flesh that fell from the spinos mouth, but doubtfully for the compys, the spino missed, her rage was making her loose accuracy, but giving her more strength, she caught a compy or two and ripped them to sheds, not bothering to eat, she then lunged again, but this time inflict had positioned himself against a rock cliff, the spino lunged, she missed inflict and hit the cliff, knocking herself out, inflict saw in the distance the rex get up, inflict, feeling lucky, decided,to see around,he suddenly saw a bary eating a spino, the spino had many different colours on its sail,inflict decided to feast on the prey, he could hide in the jungle, and make a loud roar, to scare off the bary, and he did so, and it worked.

flash woke in the cave, examining strange footprints on the caves mossy bed, he had a closer look, they wherent 3 clawed, they where those of herbivores, flash wondered how these marks got here, and decided to ask someone.

by **The Kingpin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:42 am

Fatalis had been roaming the jungle for a while, moving slightly ahead of Crusher on their way to Exile and Blade's pack. Fatalis had stopped for a bit to have a drink from a stream, and grab a couple of compies in his claws, before continuing, having an occasional bite out of the Compy in his right hand. after finishing from the Compy in his right hand, he dropped it, nothing but a few bones left, and put the other compy, which was in his left hand, in his right, and continued. Crusher, noticing this, growled "Why do you only eat with your right hand? why not use your left hand to hold something your about to eat?". Fatalis hissed "Well, My left arm is a bit stronger than my right, so if im attacked, having my left hand free and ready would be better. i'd be able to cause a bit more damage with a swipe from my left hand than a swipe from my right". Crusher looked at him, interested. "Well, as you can see, either way, my claws aren't much use to me in a fight. most of my body is though. i can use my weight, tail, jaws, legs and head". Fatalis hissed "Why mention your jaws and your head seperately?". Crusher growled "Well, my jaws arent the only weapon in my head. my head itself can be used as a ram if i need it. knock a predator over, a tree onto a predator, and many other things". Fatalis nodded, and hissed "You Tyrannosaurs can do alot more than most other predators think. im surprised they underestimate you so much". Crusher growled "Well, i can do some things normal Tyrannosaurs can't. still, Rexes are underestimated too much. I think it's because of what happened 28 years ago, when Thrasher killed my father. my father had been the Most Dominant predator, but humans attacked and tried to take me from him and my mother. luckily, he managed to beat them and stop them from taking me, but he was wounded in one of his jaw muscles as well as his leg. he was limping. Thrasher took his chance while my mother was out hunting, to challenege my father to a fight. i was the second oldest of my siblings at the time. i was 4 years old, and my older brother, Rex, the oldest of the siblings, was 18 and had his own territory on the edge of my father's. Thrasher fought my father unfairly, often tail whipping him in the lower leg, on the part that was wounded. his smaller size meant he was capable of outrunning my father, and outdoing him in agility. i was still too small to help, and i watched as, to my horror, as my father was about to deliver a lethal bite on Thrasher's neck, Thrasher dodged, and locked his jaws shut on the bottom of my father's neck and started moving his head back and forth, practically deepening his bite, before pushing himself forward, with his claws locked on one of my father's brows, and broke his neck. after that, Thrasher went after my siblings, killing them all except a couple of my brothers and my mother. my mother was killed a few years ago by Thrasher's mate, my older brother, Rex, was killed by 5 Spinos my size along with a blood thirsty Giga, and my younger brother, Tyrant, is still nowhere to be seen. after that, i was forced to roam the island for 20 years, before finally finding Rampage, and starting my family". Fatalis nodded, and hissed "and so you got your revenge by killing Thrasher and his family, only to end up facing his son several years later...". Crusher nodded, sadness evident in his eyes at the loss of his beloved siblings and parents. Fatalis hissed "no wonder you hate Spinos and Gigas so much. no wonder you hate all intruders! after a life like that, no creature would be any different!". Crusher nodded, and his eyes suddenly flashed red with anger at the memory of Thrasher killing his father, before returning back to it's normal bluish green colour. He growled "At least i still have my grandfather...". Fatalis looked at him and hissed "Those...those loud stomps i heard when you returned....they were from your Grandfather?". Crusher nodded. Fatalis looked at him and hissed "I thought it was a sauropod! how big is he?!". Crusher growled "A bit bigger than me". Fatalis hissed "After we've warned Exile and Blade, i'd like to come with you to visit him and your family". Crusher nodded, then growled "Well, we're nearly at the Cave". Fatalis nodded, and upped the pace of his walking. he had stopped eating after what Crusher had told him. the feelings he experienced when Crusher told him about his father's death not only reminded him of the pack, but also made him feel the pain that Crusher felt as well. he couldn't eat anymore. he dropped the Compy behind a couple of bushes, and continued towards the cave...

by **Doc 42** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:57 pm

Clawfist froze. Danm how does she keep doing that He barked angrily
Softfoot turend around intressted. You want to die? What would make you wnat to die? If its not having a pck we know one to the southeast of out territory.

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:06 pm

Steeltalon took a pace forward. "It's because I have no more reason to live. You want the truth? Here it is:

Four years ago, the pack you call your allies killed my family. My grandfather, my mother, my father, even the eggs that had not hatched yet. The camp was destroyed. Even I was almost not spared. Had I not killed the leader of that pack, I would not be here. And as I have no future because I am a loner, I would die sooner or later anyway. So please..." Her tone changed--it was pleading now. "Just kill me now."

by **Doc 42** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:24 pm

Soft foot mused Hmmm, sad story, similar to ours.
But the leader of that pack is dead for 3 years. You can thank Clawfist for that. But if you wish for death, dont look for it from us. The forest we are heading for is full of things that want to kill you. We wont be staying long there as we have to change home, but I am sure the local oviraptors would love some revenge on a raptor, seek them out. There is an Allosaur to the south that hates all raptors after we killed her mate and only son, she would gladly kill you, There is a mountain to the northeast it is renouned for the amount of people who jump/fall/get pushed off it. Did you know Zor died there suposdly?
There is a bog near the center of the woods, a ceratosaur died in there a month ago.
You could try anneoying Basher the ankey, hes known for clobering people over the head.
There is a large rock above our cave, jump off that and the whole forest will see you plummit.
The Paras nearby often Stampede, they might crush you if your lucky.
But my favourite would be to run into rex territory bite the brute on the ***, then run for your life through the woods anneoying as much other predators as possible. A pack of raptors to the east used to do it to the Spinos but the Spinos ate them all, I think the record was 4 Spinos, a Barynox and even an angered Giga chaseing someone for a whopping 5 minutes before eating him.
Take your pick.

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:31 pm

Steeltalon smiled. "I think I'll stick with you and check out this forest of yours," she hissed.

by **Doc 42** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:35 pm

Brilliant! Soft foot exclaimed lets get moving Im really tired.
The pack with the new Mutant started moving back on their path.
Shadow leaf asked "whats your name anyway"

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:28 am

Steeltalon barked, "Steeltalon."

(btw Doc 42, feel free to take over Steeltalon's character. The Kingpin should give you a green light any minute. I'm quitting the RPG, but go ahead and use her.)

by **TyrantTR** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:46 am

Diablo walked up a small hill. He was in his territory. The tired Carnotaur laied down, his head was rested on a hard rock. He didn't mind it much. Diablo rolled over so that his head was soon stilted by the two horns that extruded from the top of his skull. His feet curled up as they dangled in air and soon flopped to his side, followed by his body. A confortable position aparently wasn't easy to get. Another turn and he was able to sleep. Diablo soon curled up, slideing his head off of the rock, and began to rest.

by **Doc 42** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:58 pm

When the pack reached the cave they quyickly atarted clearing signs of their living. Steeltalon asked " what are you doing?"
Clawfist replied "The rex has our scent. we have to leave for a while untill we are sure he cant find us. We are going to go to place known as the game trail. we have never been there but sopposedly its a haven for all sorts of herbavours.
If you still want to die you should get climbing, if not then come with us."
Clawfist turned and went to walk out of the cave.
Softfoot looked back and barked "Steeltalon, I am sorry if we caused this but I am afraid I cant help you if you want to die. Goodbye, we are going to the game trail if you change your mind, you know where to find us."
At that she turned and joined the others and the made their way through the thick jungle night.

by **chook151** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:34 am

the bary backed away from the food a little , then went back to feasting, inflict guessed he would try top roar like a rex, he roared as hard as he could, now, this roar had caught the barys attention, and alot of it too....

flash went looking for exile, he could then inform her that he had noticed some tracks, he hoped they wherent what he thought..

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:04 am

Steeltalon tipped her head to one side, confused. She faced a difficult decision. Die, or stick with the pack of raptors being hunted down by Crusher. A low growl escaped her. Only one was right.

'Should I die?' she wondered. 'Appealing, but maybe not. I'll stick with the raptors if it means there's a chance of food.'

She turned to follow the raptors and raced along their scent trail, stopping right behind them. "I've decided not to die." she told them quietly. "It may be an easy way out, but it's not the most fun way."

by **Doc 42** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:14 am

Softfoot wheeled round and growled "well done, I really thought you were going to jump back there.
Clawfist turned to her "Alright Steeltalon, but when we get to the game trail your going to have to help everyone, we are a team, not loners like you used to be. We hunt together, you follow my tactics you respond to the code.
By the way 1 bark means reporting in, 2 quick barks mean a kill, 3 barks means need assistence and 3 quick barks and then a pause and one more barks means enemys, dont come near. Only use the last one when faced by a foe that you cant beat and we cant beat either. Its to stop the whole pack from being mascured by a single pred. Your going to need the code when we try re-take the forest. For now lets get moving Im starving and the sooner we reach the game trail the sooner we get something to eat."
Shadow leaf steped foreward " I think we are forgeting something, Steeltalon, I am shadow leaf, he is Darkfoot, you have already met Softfoot theres Clawfist, Sandstorm and quicktooth. welcome to the pack. "
The pack turned and continued moving on their path alomost out of the forest.

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:35 am

Steeltalon paused, scenting the air. A strong scent of herbivores hit her scent glands, and she shook her head to get rid of the stench. "Those things smell worse than carrion." she growled. "I just hope they're NOT carrion. I remember getting sick from eating it once. Horrible stuff." She quietly circled around into a thick patch of grass. When Clawfist gave her a questioning look, she growled softly, "Herd the weakest one you can find toward me. I'll need some other raptor to stay with me, though. I can't bring down a herbivore by myself. This is a tactic I remember using once on a young para. It worked well, considering I was on my own at the time. It should work now. If it doesn't, at least I can weaken it so one of you can come in for a kill." With a glance at Clawfist she added, "Of course, if that's alright with you, Clawfist."

by **Doc 42** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:38 am

Clawfist gave her a smirk I would but we dont go after the young, we take one the full grwon ones, there actually a lot easyir to manipulate. our tactic is to have 2 of us herd one towards the rest of the pack thats hidden. The 2 pursuers slow down giving the target a sense of safty and it ussaly looks behind itself to make sure they have given up. Thats when we attack, you have to aim for the head or it will escape. hmmm, sandstorm, Quicktooth I want you heerding them. Steeltalon, I want to try something new, sometimes the herabavoir dosent fall for the deup. meaning it gets away. I want you a bit behind Sandstorm and Quick tooth so if it gets away you can either scare it towars us or bring it down yourself if its injured now lets move.

They moved silently up to a patch of long grass with a tree in the middle.
After looking for a target, they spotted one and Sandstorm and Quick tooth burst out of the grass. The whole herd of paras was spooked for a seocond and then they started running. Sandstorm pulled ahead and forced the target into an angle as it tryied to change course Quick tooth shreiked at it. It took an odd manuver but Sandstorm was at its side and he faked an attack and it ran fireward directly towards the rest of the pack. They slowed down but the para just ran faster. The rest of the pack let out a shreik as they leaped at it. but it turned and they only hit its tough side skin. Darktooth hit the side of its head and drew a long gash down its head but he was thrown off. The para ran foreward free of attackers, but it was serisoly wounded.
Softfoot barked out "Steeltalon, kill it!"

by **The Kingpin** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:07 pm

Blade and Exile looked at a sentry which had told them that Crusher and Fatalis had reached the cave. they went out to meet up with them. Crusher growled "Blade, Exile, there's a small 6 raptor pack coming close to the territory. Fatalis says they are considering your pack as a rival. you might want to keep a sharper eye out from now on". Exile barked "6 raptors? what kind of raptors are they?". Fatalis hissed "Half-Mutants. they arent totally normal, but they're not completely mutated either. they're showing very slight signs of madness, and are a bit stronger than average raptors. they're also stealthier. you might want to have about half the pack up to guard, while the other half rests, and have them swap positions when the resting half are done resting". Blade nodded, and hissed "Do you know where they are?". Fatalis growled "Yes, but they know that i know. im expecting they'll be moving to escape us". Crusher growled "Well, as soon as we're done, im going to go back to the place where we last encountered them, and track the scent. even if they have already left and have attempted to cover up their tracks and scents, they wont get away. even attempting to cover it up would only spread the scent around even more, since they're touching more things to hide what's there. i'll find them". Blade nodded "Ok. we'll make sure we're better protected from now on. Fatalis, Crusher, we've had a recent kill brought into the cave. do you want a bit?". Crusher shook his head, and Fatalis hissed "No thanks. i'm not hungry". Crusher growled "I'll meet you all back here tonight. i'll be done tracking very soon, and after that, unless i've found them and caught or killed them, im going to give a Carnotaur a fighting lesson, so that he can help protect my territory along with his". Blade and Exile nodded, and Fatalis hissed "We'll meet you here tonight, Crusher. good luck finding the raptors". Crusher nodded, and turned around, to get back to the place he had last crossed the Raptors' paths...

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:07 pm

Hissing furiously, Steeltalon launched herself at it's neck, digging in teeth and claws as deep as she could. It tried to shake her off but she snarled and closed her jaws further up on it's neck. It fell but was not dead. Steeltalon jumped off before slashing at it's throat with her killing claw. Blood spilled from the wound and Steeltalon growled in satisfaction when the para breathed it's last and died. "Finally," she growled. "it's been three months since I last ate anything."

by **Doc 42** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:19 pm

The pack ran up to the dead Para and began to eat
Clawfist growled very good steeltalon, I thought it was going to escape for a seocond.
The para was too big for the pack to eat themselvs, but that was part of the plan. Clawfist explained If the rex follows us here the smell from the caracss combined with the smell of scavangers should concel our scent.
Now we have to keep moving, we should try find a camp and then expolore this new area.

Website · by **Hopeflower** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:26 pm

Steeltalon swallowed a chunk of meat and barked, "I know of a series of small caves around here. You can only get in them from the top, and there are ledges you can use to get out. I sheltered in them once when a Spino was chasing me. He couldn't get in, and neither could any rexes. They should be big enough to hold this whole pack." She looked around before barking, "It's just north of here."

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