(continued from the first half of Part II)
[align=center]...Bongo kept following his holographic map through the thick forest and brush. When ever possible, he took a scanning of the plants in front of him to make sure they were not poisonous. Even with his map, it was still hard to navigate through the forest. The trees were thick, close together, and had large roots that were hard to climb over. There were streams and mud pits that Bongo stepped into and almost tripped in while trying to navigate through the dark. He tried to get his flashlight out, but he could not find it through the rubble.
Plus, he knew he could not stop now. He had to make a base camp to fall back to in case there was trouble. What seemed like a short half mile walk turned out to be a three mile nightmare! The bugs, plant life, and natural obstacles kept on getting in the way. Nether less, Bongo moved on. The equipment on his back started to weigh him down while going through a muddy bog. He went from being ankle high to knee high.
After many bug bites, itchy plant encounters, and almost sinking waist deep in mud, according to his map, Bongo had finally made it to the clearing! He turned off his Survival Guide, and then slowly headed to the clearing past the thick brush. Just as Bongo was about to jump a bush, he heard a soft grumbling sound. By instinct, he ducked behind the very bush he was about to jump.
Bongo, shivering with both fear and excitement. This would be the first time that a human has ever encountered a real life dinosaur! HE quickly got out his Wilderness Survival Guide and selected the ëScan’ program. A small pole poked out of the top of the Guide and fired a small, blue laser at the dinosaur. Then, the soft female voice came up saying,
“Species; Apatosaurus, Sex; Male, Herbivore, Weight; Approx. 18,000 Kg/40,000 lbs to 35,000 Kg/77,000 lbs.” Bongo starred in awe. “It’s a gentle giant!” he thought to himself,” Better document this!” and quickly got out a camera with an attached laser pointer for better accuracy. Bongo turned on the camera and laser pointer, and since it was dark out, had to have the flash on, but set it on low so he would not disturb the Apatosaurus.
He aimed the camera lens at the huge dinosaur, and just when he was about to take a photo, he heard a small yell, or was it a roar? It sounded like a combination of both. Whatever it was, Bongo was not quick enough to realize what it was, because when he turned around, he was knocked off his knees and was thrown into the clearing. What ever knocked him down made his camera hit a rock. This changed its flash settings from ëlow’ to ëhigh’ and Bongo’s frightened self accidentally squeezed the camera trigger.
A bright flash came out of the camera and a loud “POP!” sounded. The next thing Bongo knew was that on top of him was a child Apatosaurus! The more bewildering thing was that, was it just Bongo imagining it, or was it real, that the Apatosaurus had an angry look on him! The dino was getting too heavy for Bongo’s chest, so with all his might, he pushed the Apatosaurus off him. Bongo saw him do a barrel roll before stopping on his side.
What ever expression the little dinosaur had, the flash, sound, and small brawl between Bongo and the dinosaur woke up the larger ones. The male immediately got up, and what a bad time too! The male saw Bongo push the small one off, and that seemed to tick the big fellow off. Bongo then realized that the big one must have been a father of some sort and the little one to be the child! There is one thing every person learns; hit a kid in front of their parents, and the parents get ticked off!
The male Apatosaurus got up on all fours as quickly as he could and roared a beastly roar. This roar echoed all across the valley, and this seemed to wake up the neighborhood. All of a sudden, like a chain reaction, other roars from other dinosaurs called out, and Bongo could hear the distinctive rumble of a stampede of dinosaurs coming his way. Bongo could only do what any scared man would do; RUN!
Bongo got up quickly and picked up his fallen equipment and ran for the trees. He turned around and ducked in time too because the big male swung his tail around with the goal of hitting Bongo. He missed and instead hit a patch of trees, making a clearing for Bongo to escape. He looked behind him and the little bugger that had landed on his chest was starting to chase him, snapping his jaws whenever he got close.
His worn down feet and the heavy pack was no match for the prehistoric Hulk with four legs and a long neck charging at him. Luckily, using that Smart Gene that was implanted into his brain, he saw a crack in the ground ahead of him that had lava at the bottom. Then he remembered he had a canteen of water at his side. Remembering basic science; when water heats up, you get gas, and when you speed up the process, you get steam! He would pour water down the crack to make a huge steam cloud to act as a prehistoric smoke bomb and make his escape!
Bongo unlatched the canteen from his side, unscrewed the cap, and threw the water ahead of him. With the quick thinking of his brain, the water landed in the crack and created a steam cloud. He escaped through it while the little Apatosaurus suddenly stopped out of shock that steam had appeared out of nowhere, but charged in after Bongo. Luckily, Bongo escaped and brought up his holographic map again. Up ahead was a small cave hidden behind a rock formation. Bongo knew this would be his new camp, and disappeared through the steam, leaving a still dazed and confused Apatosaurus behind…
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Littlefoot, knowing that section of the land well, quickly jumped over every tree root, every huge rock, every large mud puddle, and just about every other obstruction with ease. He then heard that female voice again talking in that strange language again. Littlefoot got into stealth mode, and stayed close to the ground while making as little noise as possible. What he saw scared him to death; that creature hunched down behind a bush pointing a…a…”What is that thing?” Littlefoot questioned himself in his mind while he focused his eyes on the creature’s red stick that glowed.
He then noticed it was pointed straight at his Grandfather. Not wanting to know how things would turn out, Littlefoot went out on a full on charge while yelling,” NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Littlefoot then accurately and swiftly hit the creature in the back which sent that thing flying out into the open. All of a sudden, a bright flash and a loud “POP!” occurred. This threw Littlefoot back a bit. Fearing that the creature killed his Grandfather used all his rage against that creature.
He took a flying leap and landed his two hind legs on the creature’s chest. From there, under the light of the moon, Littlefoot saw that this creature was nothing like he had ever seen. He lowered his head to the creatures head and wanted to rip his face off because he thought that the creature had killed his Grandfather.
His grandfather, however, was perfectly fine, but with the all the ruckus and bright flash, Littlefoot’s grandfather woke up. Littlefoot, overjoyed that his Grandpa was still alive, was too distracted to notice the creature push him off. Littlefoot then did a roll on the ground and landed on his side. He was surprised that for such a scrawny little creature, he sure did have some strength.
This was too much for Grandpa. Fearing Littlefoot got badly hurt by that…thing, he yelled out,” LITTLEFOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!!” Grandpa’s yell echoed and bounced off the valley’s walls. This woke up every family in the valley; Cera’s, Petrie’s, Ducky’s and Spike’s, and many more. Since everyone in the valley knew Littlefoot and they knew that his grandfather would not yell his name like that unless there was danger, they knew Littlefoot was in trouble. So everyone in the valley; both big or small, a flier, swimmer, or three horn alike; all charged to the source of the yell to help Littlefoot out. Protecting his only grandson, Littlefoot’s Grandfather swung his tail around, whip lashing a nearby group of trees, but caused no harm to that little creature that got in a brawl with Littlefoot.
Littlefoot quickly regained his strength and got up just in time to see the creature escape through a clearing. He charged toward him, getting closer and closer and closer until he was so close he could probably bite the creatures behind off. Even with that long neck of his, he couldn’t reach. He stretched and he snapped, he went faster and snapped, but the creature was just a little far off! Just when he could get a good bite, the creature did something! A mist appeared out of nowhere!
Bewildered and a bit shocked, Littlefoot stopped at the edge of the mists, but then put that off his mind and raced into the cloud. He searched and searched and searched until the mists subsided.
“That creature got away!” Littlefoot cried out in defeat. Then, after getting over his emotions, raced back to his Grandfather and Grandmother to make sure they are ok. It was a commotion over at Littlefoot’s grounds. The adults went on bickering and blabbering as usual while the kids stayed behind wondering what all the commotion was about.
When Littlefoot arrived back home, he noticed all the adults were in a circle; some showing fear, some showing sympathy, and others showing no interest at all. Behind the adults, he then noticed that the gang was in some bushes discussing things like the grown ups. Littlefoot decided to head there.
As Littlefoot got closer, the words he heard became clearer…
“…Well MY father says that the only reason why we came here in the first place was to see what the noise was for!” ëDefiantly Cera’ Littlefoot thought in his mind.
“But did you not hear the sounds of a fight?” asked a timid voice “When Mama heard Grandpa Longneck’s yell for Littlefoot, she told us to go hurry. As we fly to Littlefoot, we hear fighting and tree smashing. Mama was sure scared.” Littlefoot recognized that voice as Petrie immediately.
“Well, Spike woke up to get a snack down by the water. When he got up, he woke me up and I realized I was VERY hungry, and decided to join him. All of a sudden, I hear a yell near Littlefoot’s home, so I wake Mama up and tell her about it and we hurried over here without stopping. Yep yep yep!” There was only one dinosaur in the whole valley that talks about Spike so often; Ducky.
“Look! Littlefoot is here now!” yelled Petrie as he saw Littlefoot slowly come towards the gang with his head slumped down in defeat.
“Littlefoot! We are so glad you are ok!” exclaimed Ducky as she jumped off of Spike’s head and ran towards Littlefoot’s leg and hugged it vigorously.
Littlefoot turned his head, and with a tired smile said in a weary tone,” Glad to see you too Ducky.” And he then walked over to Spike, Cera, and Petrie.
“So, did you catch your monster Littlefoot?” Cera asked in a sarcastic tone, and chuckled a bit at what she just said.
“Oh, so you think this is all an entire joke!?” Snapped Littlefoot “Do you think that fight was a joke? Do you think that patch of destroyed trees is a joke? This is not a joke!”
“Do not worry, we believe you Littlefoot” Petrie replied. Ducky and Spike nodded their heads in agreement.
“Yea, we sure do believe you Littlefoot” Cera replied and rolled her eyes.
Just then, one of the adults saw Littlefoot. His Grandfather then stepped forward and lowered his head down to Littlefoot’s height.
“Littlefoot? Are you hurt? What was that thing? Where did it go? What did it look like? Did you get it?” Littlefoot’s Grandfather kept on interrogating him with question upon question.
“I’m fine Grandpa” Replied Littlefoot in an exasperated tone,” I am not hurt, just a little dazed. I don’t know what it even is! I could not tell where the creature went though, because I lost him. And it looked lie…a…um…”
“Like a ëwhat’ Littlefoot? Please explain it to us as best as you can” His Grandpa urged him on. Littlefoot then went onto explaining what the creature looked like in the best way possible. Some of the adults, like Topsy, had their doubts that this was a lie. Littlefoot then remembered the evidence that he had! Littlefoot showed them all the spot where the creature, sound, and noise originated from.
Now all of them were convinced that this terror was real, and was amongst them all. Littlefoot also showed them the spot where the creature created a mist out of nowhere. He even found an empty canteen lying nearby to provide even more evidence that this creature was real! Everyone was now in a fright; including Cera and Topsy who did not believe a single word from the beginning.
Littlefoot’s Grandfather then stepped up and came up with a plan;
“Ok, any and all adult fliers will keep watch over any passages in and out of the great valley to not only ensure that no Sharptooth would come through, but to also keep a watch out for that creature. Three Horns will patrol the perimeter of the valley to make sure everything is in its checks and balances. Swimmers, check the water supplies. Every living thing needs water sometime or another. Other Longnecks, keep a lookout through the valley to see if you can spot him!” All the Adults surrounding Litttlefoot’s Grandfather agreed heartily and started to create time schedules for each adult to take.
Littlefoot and the gang then stepped up as the adults started moving home while checking their surroundings to see if they could spot the creature.
“Grandpa?” Littlefoot asked “Is there anything WE can do to help? I mean I almost got that thing by foot!”
His Grandfather then stared down at Littlefoot and with a stern tone said,” Sorry Littlefoot, but after that close encounter, I just can’t afford to have that thing hurt you or worse.”
“But Grandpa…”
“That is my final decision! Now you and your friends spend the night here. Your Grandma will keep watch. The rest of us will start guarding and securing the area” and then Littlefoot’s Grandfather left to go to the adults, and Littlefoot’s Grandmother then left the clearing also to keep watch on the outside.
“Well that is no fair!” Pouted Cera,” We are just as good as the adults! We could get that creature! That will show them!”
“Good idea Cera” Littlefoot agreed,” In fact, I have a plan. Listen up everybody. First, we are going to lure that creature out of the open with food. We will put the food in a trail so that it leads to the sinking sands. The creature will get stuck in the sinking sands and then we will show the adults we can do this!”
“Yes, me agree!” Petrie said enthusiastically.
“Me and Spike agree too” Ducky also said.
“Then it is agreed. We will find and capture that creature that is out on the lose!” Littlefoot declared triumphantly…
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