The Gang of Five
Role Play => Random Role Play => Topic started by: f-22 "raptor" ace on June 07, 2010, 06:24:11 PM
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Frank groaned as he flew his P-51D past a group of B-17's it had been five days since he had seen the city where he had been born destroyed. A few in his squad and some other allied pilots knew he was half German, but he knew theywould never have the same feeling that he had right now. As he passed by the lead B-17 he noticed a lone Me-109 heading toward the group. He ordered his squad to turn toward the lone plane head on. As the group of four neared the plane it dove frank ordered the rest of the flight back to the Bombers he was going to shoot down this plane himself. As he came closer to the ground he noticed he no longer had air flowing over his wings he was in a steep dive that not many had been able to recover from. the Me-109 pulled out of the dive but frank saw a bright light and his plane vanished into thin air little did he know he was not the only one.
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[2010]
Dan was driving in to work, listening to music on his mp3 player in his car. It was a normal type of morning and, like usual, his drive wasn't to long. There was a stretch of highway or road that had few cars on it. He was driving along when he saw a bright flash of light. His car, and he himself, vanished into it.
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December 7th, 1941,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Matthew awoke in his bunk aboard the U.S.S Arizona,suddenly he felt a vibration, then another,then the lieutenant yelled from the deck "get up men,we're being bombed!!", he continued to yell this as Matthew slowly got out of his bunk "another drill" he mused as he walked up to the deck, then the corridor burst into flames.
Matthew ran as it seemed another bomb hit the ship, he soon saw one of the crew members, perhaps the cook, attempt to extingish the flames with a bucket of water, Matthew continued to run up the stairs on to deck when a plane flew close by, as it did, Matthew noticed the rising sun on the side - a japanese plane. Many of the Arizona's crew members had guns and were shooting at the planes, one of them who didn't have a gun noticed Matthew "One thing, them ain't navy planes!" he yelled.
Matthew quickly grabbed a machine gun mounted on the guardrail, he grabbed some ammunition and started firing at the planes, soon a Zero went down in flames and another buzzed the deck, as Matthew continued shooting wildly but trying not to hit another ship.
The lieutenant soon yelled "Oh my God, the Oklahoma is on its side". Moments later the ship went down. Seeing this, the U.S.S Nevada attempted to retreat and the Arizona's crew tried to assist it by providing cover, but then a bomber flew over the Arizona and droped its load. Just then a bright light appeared on the deck the moment Matthew noticed the bomb, he made a dash for the bright light as if it could change his fate and as he dove in, the Arizona went up in flames.
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October 28, 1943 (the Philadelphia Experiment)
USS Eldridge (DE-173), Philadelphia Naval Yard
Lieutenant Cleve Robinson leaned uncomfortably on the rails on the bow of the destroyer escort. Ever since he woke up that morning, he has felt a weird sensation in the pit of his stomach, as if he was going to throw up. He stuck his head over the railing to breathe in the fresh air. It always made him feel better.
"Robinson," a commander interrupted, "get back to your post! The experiment is about to begin."
"Yes sir!" Cleve replied sternly as he walked back into the radio room and sat in his chair. The air inside wasn't nearly as fresh, and Cleve was feeling nervous about the experiment. He almost wished that it could start the secret experiment already.
The commander has installed some field coils on the front of the ship that is somehow supposed to make the ship invisible. They were going to test it out soon, and Cleve wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea. But nonetheless, he followed his orders.
"Attention," the speakers in the ship screeched, "The experiment is about to begin. Please report to your battle stations immediately."
Cleve could hear the rushing of footsteps as sailors scrambled to their battlestations. One minute later, it happened.
Cleve could hear a large bang and the sound of two mighty generators starting up. Nothing seemed to be happening. But then, a green fog slowly began to creep into the room via the cracks in the door.
"This can't be good." Cleve whispered to himself as he made a run for the door. Unfortunately, he has been unaware of a disconnected wire from a radio set on the floor. He feel to the floor with a loud bang. He was unable to get up, and the green fog enveloped him as he gasped for air. Slowly, he began to feel dizzy and gain nausea. The almost threw up on the floor, but he manged to keep it down. The fog must be poisonous, he thought to himself. The air was also filled with the sounds of sailors crying out and groaning in pain. He wasn't the only one to experience this odd phenomenon.
Just as he was about to loose consciousness and all hope, a bright flash of light appeared. With his last bit of strength, Cleve raised up his hand to cover his eyes from the blinding light. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't believe what he saw.
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James Elison listened to Hotel California by the Eagles as he drove down the nearly empty Route 9 in his Toyota Land Cruiser. The trunk was filled with camping supplies for he was en route to the Pine Barrens to meet up with his friends for a week long camping trip.
Suddenly, a flash of intense blue light in the distance caught his attention.
His heart leapt into his throat. "Okay, James, it was just your imagination. Nothing to be worried about," he said. The sound of his breathing and heart pounding echoed in the SUV.
As he stopped at a traffic light, he noticed that a swirling blue portal had blocked off the entire road a few hundred meters ahead...and the portal was heading for him at a rather rapid rate.
"Ah s---!" James shouted. He made an illegal left turn and sped down the road at speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour.
His heart flew into his throat as he saw the portal continuing to give chase
Eventually, the portal caught up to the SUV and engulfed in in a brilliant blue flash. Both the portal and SUV vanished, leaving an empty stretch of New Jersey road.
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Matthew began to stir, when he opened his eyes, he expected to be drowning under the wreckage of the U.S.S Arizona, in the waters of Pearl Harbor. However what he saw was a desolate wasteland, Matthew couldn't believe what he was seeing, he thought maybe he had died and that this was the afterlife, but he remembered that flash of light, it could've been his entry into this place.
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Frank cleared the light that had engulfed his aircraft and found he was still diving toward the earth. He pulled back hard on the stick his fighter slowly comming out of the dive. Frank recovered just 50 feet off the ground and climbed up to 250 feet. He scaned the landscape it was nothing like that of Germany let alone Europe. As he flew over what seemed to be a valley when he noticed he was flying toward a rather large plume of smoke comming from a mountain, Frank realised what it was but it was too late he had already entered the plume of smoke. Frank tried to gain control of the plane but he could not as he left the smoke plume the engine was already starting to back fire and then stopped. Frank opened the canopy and jumped out of the plane. Frank managed to open his parachute and drifted down toward a barren area not too far from the volcano. The P-51 glided on for another ten feet before falling to the ground and exploding on impact the the earth. Frank watched with dismay as he saw his plane hit the ground. "At least I'm still alive," he thought to himself.
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April 28, 160,000,000 B.C.
The Mysterious Beyond, Modern-Day Utah
The first thing Cleve noticed was that he was now in some sort of canyon. The ground was soft, and the air was once again fresh. The air even felt enervating. The atmosphere, at the time, contained more oxygen then it did today. The fresh air was a welcomed relief to Cleve's frayed nerves, but his clam and composure soon turned to horror.
"The is definitely not Philadelphia," Cleve whispered to himself, "and where is my ship?"
He looked around, but there was no trace of his ship, the ocean, or any man-made objects.
"Am I dreaming, or am I just hallucinating?" Cleve asked himself. He pinched himself, but the pain was real. Cleve, who has been too confused to feel shock, suddenly realized the grim reality of his situation. He was stuck in the middle of nowhere with no one else to help him. But as a Navy officer, he was well-trained and didn't panic. He remembered his "wilderness survival" training as a boyscout. The first order of business was to find water, and Cleve set out to do so. He took a few steps forward. Something didn't feel right.
"Wait, what is this?" Cleve asked himself, "This isn't grass." The "grass" looked just the same as it did back in Philadelphia, but it was a lot stiffer. Cleve pulled a strand out of the ground and carefully examined it.
"This is interesting," Cleve whispered to himself as he examined the blade of grass, "and I'm sure that I've never seen anything like it." It also had a different smell than the grass back in Philadelphia.
Just as Cleve was getting up to continue his journey, he heard a loud explosion to his right. The explosion wasn't close, but he could vaguely make out a plume of smoke in the distance. An explosion meant humans, and humans meant rescue.
"Ha, I knew it," Cleve laughed, "I knew I wasn't alone." He rushed towards the plume of smoke. There was a hill between him and the plume of smoke, but Cleve still had plenty of energy left. Little did he know, he was headed straight for disaster.
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Dan hit the brakes as the bright flash of light hit him, not sure what the cause was. Once the light vanished he looked around as his car came to a stop. He was very surprised since now he wasn't on the road or anywhere he had been before. Plus the radio wasn't picking up any signal. He tried several channels then turned the radio off.
There was no road in sight. He looked around and noticed not only the immediate surroundings looked different but everything else also. It looked like he had somehow wound up where there were no roads. How he had no idea. He tried his cell phone, but it appeared he was now in an area where there was no signal so he put his cell phone away.
Not sure what else to do he decided to continue driving, at least as long as he could. He wasn't sure how long he would be able to given how rough and undeveloped the ground here was. He was going pretty slow. He hoped he could find a road before long, even a dirt road. Then perhaps figure out he arrived wherever he currently was.
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Frank landed and noticed that someone was running toward him but the person was still too far away for him to get a good look at the uniform. Frank ran behind a group of trees and hid in the bushes out of sight taking both his Colt M1911 and his Luger taking the safties on both off and waited the person to get closer to him.
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Matthew ran blindly across this land, he then noticed two people in the distance, they didn't seem hostile, they seemed to be other soldiers, well one looked more like a pilot and Matthew sighed in relief knowing he wasn't the only one here.
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James's vision cleared and he suddenly found himself inside a verdant clearing. There were no signs of a road anywhere. Even more surprising, it was daytime. His radio played nothing but static. He checked his cellphone and GPS. Neither of them worked.
He looked around. He could see a lake in the distance. He started up his engine and slowly drove towards the lake. He was thankful that his SUV was regarded as one of the best off-road vehicles money could buy.
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The adrenaline in Cleve's body kept him going through the though terrain. After crossing one small hill and one small creek, he faced a mighty jungle that lay between him and the plume of smoke. The jungle, although green, was nearly silent. There were no birds, and there were no signs of other animals. This was good news for Cleve, however, as animals will only slow him down.
Soon, Cleve was close enough to the plume to notice the burning fighter at its base. It appeared to be a P-51 with American markings. There was also a collapsed parachute nearby. This was a good sign suggesting that he wasn't the only one there.
"Hello, anyone there?" Cleve shouted. No one responded. Perhaps the pilot is injured, Cleve thought. Despite having no medical supplies, he ran towards the airplane to see if he could find and aid the pilot.
Ten steps later, Cleve noticed strange sounds and smells coming from his right. There was a dense bush, and whatever that was making the sound was well-conceived. The sound sounded like a low growl, and the smell resembled decaying flesh. He took a step closer.
"Anyone there?" Cleve asked. There was no response. Cleve decided to investigate. He also had a Colt M1911 with 7 rounds, and he switched off the safety with his thumb.
"Identify yourself." Cleve shouted, this time louder. Suddenly, a creature leaked out of the bush. Its quickness and agility stunned Cleve. For a moment, they stood still, starring at each other. The creature was unlike any that Cleve had ever seen. It was nearly two meters tall, and it had the body structure of an ostrich. However, it had leaner legs, a long tail, and a large head filled with razor-sharp teeth. Cleve raised his pistol.
"Stand back." Cleve ordered, almost expecting the creature to understand. However, it had the opposite effect. The creature charged at Cleve at unhuman speeds with its mouth wide open.
Cleve's hand was shaking with excitement. He fired a shot, but obviously missed. The creature was 70 meters away, so it was within range. However, shooting was never something that Cleve was good at. He managed to squeeze off another round before panicking. It too missed. Cleve dropped his gun and ran as fast as he could.
Silently, he prayed that someone could save him.
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Dan continued driving as best as he could, the lack of a road making it hard and his having to drive around large rocks and trees making it harder still. He started to think it may be easier to just stop the car and get out and walk instead. He thought he would drive a few more minutes or so, then he'd stop the car and try walking instead.
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Even while knowing someone else was here, Matthew was still aware of danger considering he was completely unarmed, suddenly Matthew heard two gunshots,he jumped at the sound of each of them and quickly turned to face the direction of where he thought the sound came from,then he heard another sound - footsteps and then growling, Matthew turned to see small creature staring at him, Matthew ran, he didn't want to know what the creature's intentions were.
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Frank could not believe his ears when he heared the other human also spoke english but he had to be sure it was not a spy. Frank rose out of the bushes and ran toward the area where he saw the other person walk to. On hearing the gunshots he started running faster and when he saw the creature he fired 6 shot 3 of which he saw hit the creature. "Come and get me on you overgrown animal!," Frank shouted in German the dialect being East Central German but the accent was mild common to what would be found in one of the larger cities in eastern Germany.
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After hearing six more gunshots, a loud "thud", and someone shouting something in German, Cleve decided to look back. The strange creature that has been chasing him was dead, shot by someone hiding in the brush. Although fully conscious of the fact that the German-speaking stranger might be an enemy soldier, Cleve was too happy to care. He just got a renewal on life.
"Yes, I'm saved!" Cleve cried out with glee. However, his joy was short-lived. While he had his head turned around, he became completely unaware of the fact that he was still dashing away at seven miles per hour. Almost comically, he ran straight into a tree. The entire tree seemed to shake as leaves fell from the top.
"Ow!" Cleve yelped as he bounced back into the ground. He was shaken, but still conscious. He rubbed his head. There was a huge bump, but nothing seemed broken. He wanted to get off the ground, but he was not able to do so. As quickly as it came, all the adrenaline in his body left him. He was now feeling weak and sore. Instead of wasting his precious energy and approach the stranger, he decided to sit on the ground and wait for the stranger to approach him.
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Dan stopped the car. With the ground getting rougher and larger grass and more trees driving was getting very difficult. Once he had stopped the car he reached behind his seat to pull out a survival backpack that he had there. He had once been a boyscout and continued to be prepared, over-prepared some would say.
Once he got out of the car he popped the hood and removed the spark plugs, so on one could steal his car. Then for good measure he switched the wires on the battery. In case they did have their own spark plugs then they'd get a surprise when they tried to turn on the car.
This done he slammed down the hood and went back to the trunk to take out a small shoulder bag with some other stuff. Then he took out a compass and using that to be sure he didn't keep going in a circle he found out what circle was north.
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James steadily kept driving until he reached the shores of the lake. He turned off the engine, grabbed the Remington 870 shotgun out of the case in the trunk and loaded it.
He got out of his car and to his surprise, he spotted what appeared to be a Human in the distance. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a mirror. He shone the mirror at the figure in the distance, hoping to attract its attention. He kept his shotgun at the ready in case it was hostile.
(OOC - Kor, I assume your character is in the distance from mine.)
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(ooc: We can say that. It would simplify matters I'd guess.)
Dan was walking along when he saw some flashes. He paused, thinking they may be from a mirror being used a signal device he took out a small metal mirror out of it's small container. He then did his best to signal back the word "Hello", still knowing Morse code from his boyscout days.
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Frank walked over to cleve keeping his sidearms at the ready pointed toward the ground. "Give me your name rank and number,' frank said in english but without the slighest hint of an accent.
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James immediately recognized the hello signal. He hastily signaled back "Stay. Coming to get."
James then put the safety back on his shotgun and put it in the passenger seat He got into his car and slowly drove towards the flash of light.
He wondered if the person who signaled him was in the same predicament as him.
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"Hi," Cleve said as he tried to smile, "I'm Cleve L. Robinson, Lieutenant, #112357. And you?"
Before the man could answer, there was a loud commotion not far away, but his view was blocked by a big bush. Cleve reached for his gun, but reluctantly realized that he had dropped it while running away from the creature. He picked up a big tree branch next to him. At least it's better than nothing, Cleve thought.
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Dan signaled back "Ok", and put his mirror away. He was glad he didn't need to use his flare gun since he didn't have many flare cartridges. Part of being maybe a bit over prepared. He was glad he had been found by someone, and maybe that someone could explain where he was and how he had gotten to where he was, and where this place was. The air did smell pretty clean now that he thought about it.
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James parked his SUV a fair distance from Dan. He turned off the engine, grabbed his shotgun and and headed towards him.
After a minute or so James was within sight of Dan.
"Greetings! Do you know where this place is?" he asked, keeping his shotgun at the ready.
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Matthew continued running until he stumbled down some steep hills, before hitting the ground at the bottom he regained his footing.
As Matthew stood up he noticed two people in the distance.
One of them held a shotgun, usually Matthew would avoid something like this but considering he was in an unknown reigon and unarmed, the shotgun one of the figures in the distance held would be useful, slowly Matthew tried to sneak up behind the man with the shotgun then when he was behind him he tried to slip the gun out of the man's hands...
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Dan shook his head. "I was hoping you'd know. One moment I was driving down a road. Then there was this bright flash and I was here." he said looking around a bit, "Wherever here is. Where ever it is there is no cell phone coverage nor GPS system coverage either." He said.
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James felt Matthew tugging on his shotgun. "Hey! Let go!" he shouted, as he tried to retain his shotgun. He then turned to Dan. "I don't know who you are but I'd really like some help!" he aimed a stomp at Matthew's foot
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Dan went closer to James looking at Matthew, "Just what do you think you're doing?" He asked Matthew. He took out his stun pen from his shirt pocket where it was next to a pen. He took the cap off and went closer ready to use it on Matthew, "Stop doing that." he said giving him a chance before he would use it.
(ooc: The stun pen is a real device, not sure if others have hear of it. I did one day poking around the internet. It's about 6 inches long roughly and roughly a thick as a penlight. And the models I've seen pictures of and demonstrated on youtube can also be used as a flashlight. )
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Matthew fliched at the sight of the stun pen, he quickly held up his hands in surrender and he remained silent, he thought about all those on the Arizona and how they parished, he wondered if he would meet their fate as well.
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"Come on out we're armed and we are not afraid to use our weapons," frank said.
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"Thanks...erm, I never got your name," James said to Dan. "You first!" he shouted. He kept his shotgun at the ready.
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Easy for you to say, Cleve thought, You have a pistol. I only have this branch. Cleve didn't want to give away his location, but it was too late. The stranger's voice would probably be audible for miles, and he could do absolutely nothing to stop anyone from hearing it.
Cleve tightened his grip on the stick. He crouched low in order to make a smaller target. He poised in a position in which he could attack any incoming objects at a moment's notice. Still, this made little difference. If a similar creature attacked, his stick would be virtually useless. In such an incident, his only hope was for the stranger to shoot the creature before it was too late. The stranger was a good shot, for hitting a moving target at about 100 yards was no easy feat. Cleve had confidence in the stranger, but he didn't even his name.
"What's your name," Cleve whispered casually, "and how did you get here?"
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"I"m Dan Horus." Dan said. "You been here long?" He asked.
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"James Elison," James said, shaking Dan's hand with his free hand. "As for how long I've been here. I'd say literally less than 20 minutes. All I remember was a flash of light and then I'm in this plain," he added.
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Dan shook his hand, "sounds similar to what happened to me." He said. "Though being in a car did make it very hard to drive in this sort of area." He said. "Their not really designed to drive off road very well."
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Matthew stood there, still silent but without thinking, he spoke "Matthew Shaw, I'm a private, my ship is the U.S.S Arizona,stationed at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu".
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"Captain Frank Anderson #095468 I was escorting a B-17 raid over Germany when I got here,' frank whispered in reply.
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James did a double take. "Wait, I thought the USS Arizona was destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941? So how-" he immediately quit talking as he entertained the possibility that the portal he traveled through may have thrown him and some others separated by decades into another time. "In any case, I guess I'll trust you, Private Shaw. My name is James Elison," he said.
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Dan nodded, "It seems we 3 are here. I wonder if any others were brought here also." Dan said. He rubbed his jaw a bit. "You know, this reminds me of a show I think I use to watch when I was very young that my dad showed me a bit after it came out on dvd's that he use to watch called Land of the Lost."
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Frank kept his eyes on the bush watching and waiting for whatever was in there to reveal itself.
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"My car's nearby. It should hold all of us comfortably. Also, I was on my way to a camping trip so I have a lot of supplies and stuff in the car. I plan to set up camp by this lake," James said.
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Frank saw that he still had his goggles over his eyes realising this he put them over his flight cap so he would have a better field of view. Out of the bushes stepped a green dinosaur frank guessed it was a meat eater by the razor sharp teeth. frank also saw out of the corner of his eye another meat eater that was much larger in size crash through the tree to his and cleve's left. Frank fired off one shot from his M1911 which hit the green one right between the eyes causing it to fall forward. After this frank grabbed cleve by the arm and ran from the larger meat eater who was now in hot pursuit.
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Dan nodded, glancing back the way it seemed that James had come. "That does sound like a good idea. No telling where we are or how long we'll be here. Making camp does sound like a good idea." He said looking around a bit. "I still wonder where we are." He shrugged, "I guess we'll find out sooner or later."
He looked back at James, "Shall we head back to where your car is or do you want to look for some more folks around here?" He asked.
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The gunshot caught James's attention.
"Dan, Matthew, I think there may be others here. I need someone to help me check it out," he said.
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Frank continued running dragging cleve along side him turning back every now and then to take a shot off at the t-rex with the red eye and single red claw. "Come on you won't catch us," frank taunted the t-rex in German.
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"Maybe we all need to go there." Dan said looking off in the direction of the gun shot. "I just hope that is a signal to see if others are here instead of it meaning trouble of some sort." He said as he looked back at the other 2.
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"All right, you can all come. If you have a weapon get it ready," James said. He turned to the forest. "We'll walk there," he added.
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Dan started to rummage around in his shoulder bag. "I have a few weapons." He said,, "The stun pen, also." He said as he reached into an outside pocket, " A mace pistol," He said as he held up a bright orange pistol designed to shoot mace, it had the word mace obviously on both sides. He then held up a regluar mace dispenser, "I have this and last." He said as he put the stuff away he then pulled out a flare gun." A flare gun with some flares." He said. "To signal my location if I was lost and saw a search plane or something."
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The shots that frank had fired had hit the meat eater but they had just grazed redclaw. "I am now offically sick of this!" frank shouted in German. Frank emptied the magazine of his M1911 since he put his Luger back in it's holster.
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Matthew turned to James "Are you sure about this,we could be walking right into
danger" he asked.
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Frank yelled something at redclaw in German though redclaw didn't know what was said the tone sounded like that of an insult. "I'll make you pay for that you tailless freak!" redclaw shouted in sharptooth.
Frank drew his colt and threw the empty clip at redclaw which hit him right in the nose causing him to roar in pain. Frank drew his luger and emptied the magazine in redclaw's legs grazing both of them but was anough the cause him to fall over and hit the ground. "keep moving," frank said pushing cleve forward.
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James nodded. "Well, if I was in trouble, I'd want someone to help," he said. "I'll lead the way."
He then got his shotgun at the ready and slowly headed towards the sound of the gunshots.
When he was inside a forest trail, he spotted someone running past him. "Hey! What's going on?" he asked.
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(OCC: Dima02 PM'd me to fill his spot in the RP till he gets back) Frank arrived soon after on the scene "Are you asking cleve or myself,'"frank asked seeing that cleve had stopped running.
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"Either of you," James replied, lowering his shotgun but keeping it ready in case he needed it. "Just where the hell are we? I've got someone claiming to be from 1941. I'm from New Jersey, 2010. And Dan is from..." he trailed off.
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"I"m from Texas, 2010. " Dan said then looked at the other 2 folks. "So we're from different years and pretty far apart in distance?" He said. "Seems pretty amazing." He said, pausing before looking around, "Though considering the sudden way we got here that added part may not be to surprising." He said.
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"I'm from 1945 Feb 20th to be exact 5 days after I saw my birthplace..." Frank did not finish what he was about to say knowing that if this person who was claiming he was from the future he would know what he was talking about.
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James sighed. "So we've got two World War II soldiers and two guys from 2010," he said. "In any case, let's set up camp near the lake. My car's over there." He then turned to Dan. "Dan, later on, drive your car over to the campsite," he said.
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Dan nodded, "Sure, it's not to far from here." He said. "not as easy using it go get around in the non road conditions where we currently are." He said. He looked around to look where they were and wondered again where they were and how they had gotten to where they are.
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"well,we'll discuss all of this at the campsite" Matthew spoke, he then became a bit teary eyed "I'm in an unknown area and for all I know my fellow marines could be dead," he mused.
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"I've got an off-road vehicle," James said.
He then led the way back to his car.
James said nothing as he opened the tailgate of his car and retrieved a shovel and some camping equipment.
He then started digging a small fire pit near the lake. "Guys, if you don't mind, could you help me set up camp?" he asked.
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"Sure do you have a rifle with a scope on you so we could get some food," frank asked. "I'm quite a good shot."
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Dan looked around the area. "Some plants here should be eatable also. I have knowledge from when I was in the boy scouts so can help with some survival things." He said, plus your camping equipment will help considerably." He said.
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James nodded as he finished digging the fire pit. "Luckily, I was en route to a camping trip," he said, placing the shovel next to the SUV. He then turned to Frank. "Nope, I only have a shotgun," he said.
James heard a rustling near the campsite. He readied his shotgun. "Be on your guard," he said.
All of a sudden, a brown Utahraptor walked out from behind the bushes. It stared at the group and much to their astonishment; it spoke.
"What are you?" it asked. It was clearly male.
James's mouth dropped open in shock. "What the hell?" he asked. "Did that dinosaur just talk?"
(OOC - I am going to introduce Deimos at this point.)
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Frank reloaded both his guns and put them in a stand by posisition. "How did you just talk and where are we?" Frank asked but in forgot to ask it in English and asked it in German instead.
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Dan looked at Deimos for a moment, pretty surprised. "I didn't know dinosaurs could talk." He said, then he got an idea, "Hey, is this Dinotopia? I have all the James Gurney books. Is Arthur still around?" He asked, then shook his head, "I guess not since it's been over a hundred years, even with the effects with that longwhatever tea stuff."
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Deimos scratched his head. "What's 'dinotopia'?" he asked. He then turned to Frank. "Sorry, didn't understand you," he said.
James tossed a load of firewood next to the fire pit. "Mind telling us your name and where we?" he asked. He inwardly chuckled, he was talking to a dinosaur.
"Oh my name's Deimos and you're in the Great Valley," he said.
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"Well it's nice to meet you Deimos I'm Frank Anderson," frank said in English while extending his hand.
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"Well, hello Frank," Deimos said.
"I'm James," James said, standing up from the fire pit. He had finished making the wood pile.
"So what exactly are you? You don't look like any dinosaurs I've ever seen."
"We're not dinosaurs." James knelt down and used a match to light the campfire. "So who's up for gathering some food?"
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"I'm Dan." Dan said. He looked at Deimos. "Hmm, he could be a Velociraptor, a Deinonychus or maybe a Utahraptor. He's to large and his eyes are to small to be a Troodon. I read some dino stuff before and took some stuff in college." Dan said before looking at the others.
"I can look for any eatable plants I recognize from my boyscout training days. " Dan Said.
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"Matthew Shaw" Matthew spoke as he followed Frank and James.
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"Well are there any fruits near by deimos?" frank asked.
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"I don't eat fruit, I mostly scavenge, hunt for crawler and eat fish," Deimos replied. He then turned to Matthew. "I'm Deimos," he said.
James looked at his group. "All right, Dan and Matthew will look for edible plants. I will try my hand at fishing in the lake," he said. He went to his SUV and got out a tackle box and fishing rod.
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Dan looked over at Matthew, "Shall we stay together or do you prefer to go looking alone?" He asked him. He then looked in his shoulder bag and brought out a bag. "Not large but having some empty bags and sacks can be handy." He said.
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"I could head back to where my plane crashed and see what can be salvaged from the wreckage," frank said. Frank looked around but did not see cleve "he should get here soon," frank thought before walking off.
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Deimos was keeping watch over the camp as James fished. He felt a nibble and quickly reeled in a rather large fish, which he tossed on the river bank
Deimos tossed some sticks into the fire as kept kept watch. "So how did you get here?" he asked.
James shook his head. "I don't know," he replied, throwing another cast into the water.
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Dan started to look around for what he recognized as being eatable plants. He saw what looked like a fruit tree with some fresh fruit. He climbed the tree and dropped some to the ground then climbed down to put them into his sack, then went back to looking. Then he found some grape plants. The ones on one looked almost ripe, but one nearby he saw was ripe so he picked some of those and put them into the sack also.
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(Hey guys, I'm back)
After the encounter with the first creature, Cleve decided to hightail it. While running away, he found his gun where he had previously dropped it. When he got the guts to turn around and stop running, he was alone again. Frank was nowhere to be seen. This is bad, Cleve thought, But at least I'm armed.
Cleve turned and followed his trail of footprints he left. Soon, he found more footprints. He concluded that it must be Frank's footprints, and he decided to follow.
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James heard rustling in the bushes. He put his fishing rod down and grabbed his shotgun.
Deimos, meanwhile, was busy keeping watch.
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It wasn't long before the single trail of footprints lead to more trails. They looked like human footprints, and Cleve was happy to find more people. Soon, he began to see vehicle tracks. Wow, they have cars here too, Cleve thought. He began to think that he was somehow teleported to some forest in the US.
The tracks led Cleve to a bush. He decided to go through it. He closed his eyes and covered his face to prevent being scratched by the sharp branches. When he went finally got though and opened his eyes, he found himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun.
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James was taken aback. "Identify yourself," he demanded, keeping the shotgun trained on Cleve.
"James, what's in the bushes?" Deimos yelled from the campsite.
"Some new person!"
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"I... I'm Lieutenant Cleve L. Ro... Robinson," Cleve stuttered, "US Navy. USS Eld... Eldridge. DE-173. Number #112357." He was too shocked to speak clearly. The man in front of him was still holding the shotgun. Cleve was too confused to think clearly. He put his hands up in surrender.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the sight of a creature he has never seen before.
"Ja... James," Cleve stuttered, "Who is that? How can he talk?" He pointed to Deimos.
Suddenly, Cleve remembered his friend Frank.
"And where's me friend Frank?" Cleve demanded, "What have you done to him." Cleve thought that the man in front of him, or the creature, has killed Frank. Cleve's mind filled with anger... and fear.
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"Frank went salvaging for supplies in his wrecked plane. I'm one of two other survivors. The creature you are pointing to is Deimos, a Deinonychus who joined us. I'll take you back to camp and we can meet the others," James said. He then lowered his shotgun and headed back to camp.
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When he arrived, he sat down on a log that Deimos had procured. The campfire was burning brightly.
"So, James, who's the new guy?" Deimos asked. He was busy making what appeared to be a stone knife out of some obsidian.
James stared at Deimos. "Deimos, you...you make stone tools?" he asked.
Deimos nodded as he continued working on the stone knife. "Yep, picked it up from some dinosaurs outside the Great Valley. I also know a little bit about medicinal plants and I can start a fire with rocks" he replied.
James sat on the log and pulled out his knife from a sheath on his leg and started cleaning the fish in preparation to cook them.
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Cleve sat on a log, too confused to say anything.
How did James befriend a Deinonychus? How can it talk? What is a Deinonychus anyway?
Cleve walked around in circles, trying to figure everything out. Finally, he asked James, "How did you get here? How did you meet him?" Cleve pointed to Deimos.
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Dan returned to the camp with the sack of fruit, grapes and some other eatable plants he had recognized. He noticed the new person and set down his sack as he found a place to sit down.
"Looks like we have a new arrival." He said looking at the new arrival, then to the others, "I found some fruit, grapes and some other eatable plants. Quite a variety of stuff here from my short looking around." He said.
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Frank arrived at the wreckage of his plane at least what was left of it. The right wing was a few yards away it had been ripped in half exposing the machine guns. "Well maybe I can take parts from the three guns in that wing to make a rifle," frank said. Frank took the guns out of the wing one at a time and started taking them apart. "This is proving to be harder than i thought," frank thought as he put the pieces that he needed beside him on the dirt.
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"I also would like to know how I got here. One minute, I was driving down Route 9 in New Jersey and the next, I'm talking to Deimos," James said. "And Deimos just literally decided to investigate out of curiosity."
Deimos continued working on his stone knife. "James, could you hand me some of that fish?" he asked. He then turned to Dan. "Nice haul, of course, I won't eat it but if we get leaf-eaters who decide to join us, they'll love it."
James simply tossed two of the fish at Deimos who quickly gulped them down. He then got to work grilling the fish.
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Frank continued to what he could keeping an eye out for the big meat eater with the red eye and red claw. As frank was taking what he could he began singing It's a long way to Tipperary in German. Frank thought back to before the war when he visted his family in Dresden. A snapping twig aroused his attention he drew his guns and waited.
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After waving to Dan, Cleve decided to talk a look around. He wasn't hungry, but his head was still filled with questions. While scouting the perimeters of the camp, Cleve noticed a jeep-like vehicle parked in the bush. It was futuristic and shiny, with a coat of white paint and lots of glass. He looked inside. The inside wasn't like any vehicle he has ever seen. A panel of instruments clustered about the steering wheel, just like an airplane. The windows had no cranks, and the vehicle had some sort of radio inside. By all means, it was futuristic. Cleve circled around to look at the make and model.
"Wait," Cleve shouted, "What is this? Why are you driving a Toyota? Don't you know that we're at war with the Japanese? How did you get this car?"
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Dan was looking through his sac to pick out a grape to eat then he looked at Cleve.
"Sounds like you're from the 1940's." He said.
"Any sort of plate or something I can put these on?" Dan asked.
(ooc: I guess Dan has not moved his car here yet offscreen?)
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"What do you mean?" Cleve asked inquisitively, "When are you from." Suddenly Cleve realized something. Instead of just plain teleportation, he has somehow traveled in time. That would explain those weird creatures attacking him and Frank eariler.
"How did you get here?" Cleve asked, "You weren't on the USS Eldridge during the Philadelphia Experiment..." Cleve quickly stopped talking. The experiment was supposed to be top secret.
A theory developed in Cleve's head. What if instead of accomplishing invisibility, the Philadelphia Experiment has somehow sent me forward in time? Cleve thought, Did this experiment send all these people here?
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"The war's been over for like 60 years," James replied, getting out some stainless steel plates and distributing them out.
"Sorry, I can't weigh in on this," Deimos said. He placed his stone knife on a rock and decided to walk around.
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"Did we win?" Cleve asked excitedly, "Did we manage to destroy Hitler and invade Japan?"
Cleve was somewhat relieved to hear that the US will win the war, but he was still nervous about the fact that he was stuck in the middle of nowhere with some strangers.
"So you guys are from the 2000s?" Cleve asked after a moment of thought, "Have we conquered the moon? Have we colonized Mars? Have we contacted any aliens yet? Have we..."
Cleve was suddenly interrupted.
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Frank took alll that he had been able to salvage and started to carry everything that he had salvaged in his parachute and started to walk back to the where the others were. As he did he thought of his cousins who where fighting for Germany and wondered if any of them were still alive.
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Cleve instinctively drew out his gun. He heard a ruffle in the bush and pointed his M1911 at it. This time, he was armed and ready. However, instead of the a weird creature with with sharp teeth, Cleve found himself staring at the face of a close friend.
"Frank," Cleve yelled, "you're still alive!" Cleve rushed to greet his friend.
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"Yeah there's not much that can stop me," frank said. Frank set the parachute that he had been carrying down and took the parts to one of the machine guns aside and handed the rest to james. "Here are some things from the plane some wires and general stuff like that," frank said.
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James lowered his shotgun as he saw Frank. "Japan was not invaded but the US won the war. We used two new bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. both bombs have the power to level entire cities. Emperor Hirohito surrendered after both cities were nearly destroyed," he said. "Men have landed on the moon in 1968. But we have not returned since then. Mars is still unexplored except by robots but we plan to send a manned mission sometime in 2020. And we have not contacted aliens yet."
"I'm sorry but I don't understand a damn thing you're talking about," Deimos said. He was busy whittling something from a tree branch he picked up and his stone knife.
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"What about Dresden?" frank asked. "Was it rebuilt?"
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"Rebuilt," James replied, passing out the grilled fish to everybody.
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"Good, it never should have been destroyed in the first place," frank said. "It's not easy fighting against my own country it's not like the last war this one is much worse and I fear the same thing will happen that happened at the end of the first world war." "I haven't seen any of my family in Germany since 1938 I don't know if they are alive or dead" a single tear fell down frank's face as he sat there eating his fish.
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"I see." Cleve said compassionately, "So that's why you were speaking German when were attacked by those weird creatures with sharp teeth."
After a moment, Cleve continued, "It must to tough leaving your family like that. In fact, we probably all miss them now." Everyone wore a apprehending face. Cleve sat down and started cleaning out of of the machine guns.
"Guys, I've always wanted to ask," Cleve said, "How are we supposed to get back home?"
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"No idea but I left Germany when I was 6 with my mom and dad She was American studying in Germany before the great war started my dad was a sharpshooter in the army." "He's the one who taught me how to shoot he died almost two years ago before I left for England." frank sighed and wiped the tear away.
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Dan shook his head. "I bet the war was hard on many folks, wars always are." Dan said. He set another sack down and put some of the fruit and such he had gotten and put it on the ground. "If anyone likes fruit there is some." He said.
Then he looked in the direction he had come in, "Guess I should bring my car here, sooner or later." He said.
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"There hasn't been a World War III, has there?" Cleve asked.
Cleve put down the machine gun his was trying to clean out.
"Guess I'd better follow you, Kor," Cleve said, "There's safety in numbers, and I wanna ride a car of the future." Cleve picked up his M1911 again, just in case if he encountered something dangerous.
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"What of the USSR did it fall?" frank asked.
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"Also," Cleve asked, "How many people died in the war? What are the challenges facing the US the 2000s, if any?"
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"The US is engaged in a war with Afghanistan and Iraq," James said munching on his fish. "As for the USSR, it is completely shatttered." He then turned to Dan. "I'll help you get the car," he said.
"I'll watch the campsite," Deimos said, tossing some wood onto the fire.
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Dan nodded, "Let's all head to my car then. It's not to far and getting here should be fairly quick. Even though it's not meant for off road use." He said and picked up a few grapes to eat along the way back to where his car was before he stood up and turned to head to where his car was. "I hope the way there and back are safe and no danger happens." Dan said before starting off he made sure to keep his hand on his flare gun since it could shot farther then his mace gun could.
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"Don't worry," Cleve said smiling, "We're all armed and ready." He showed Dan his M1911 pistol.
Dan's car soon came into view. Instead of a small triangular hood, its hood was rectangular and curved. The lights were more rectangular than the ones back in 1943, and the car seemed lower, but longer. The car had a layer of shiny paint, and the front windshield was a single piece of glass, instead of being divided into two pieces.
“I think I like your car," Cleve noted, "What brand is it?"
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"Such a wonderful machine," frank said. "What kind of metal is it made out of?"
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James followed Dan to his car. He looked it over, it was a silver BMW-7 series. "Wow, you got a nice car," he said.
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"Hm," Cleve muttered, "a German car eh? What do you know?“
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"Thanks." Dan said. "I do like it." He said. Then he turned to look at Frank. "Depends on the location, but I'd imagine a type of steel. Not in expert in that area myself." He said.
He went over to unlock the doors. "Hop in and we can get back as soon as possible. No telling what may be around here.
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"Great," Cleve said enthusiastically. He pulled open the rear door and jumped inside. The seats were cushy, and the air inside was fairly warm. He tried to only the windows, but he couldn't find the crank.
"Hey Dan," Cleve said, "How do you open the window?"
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Dan got into the driver's seat and turned the car on. "It's a little button type of thing, here let me open the window for you." He said just before he used the driver's side controls to open Cleve's window.
"Anyone else want their window open?" He asked.
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"No I'm good," Frank said looking out his window.
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James climbed into the BMW and carefully placed his shotgun on the floor. "So Dan, what supplies do you have in here?" he asked.
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With everyone in Dan started to drive off. "Not a lot of food since I never planned on being in some world with no civilization or city at all. Some mre and astronaut food, enough for 1 person for maybe 2 days, a canteen, mace, flare gun, compass, and some other stuff." Dan said during the drive back to the camp.
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"Well we could head for that valley Demios was talking about there should be enough food there," frank said. "In fact I flew over it before I crashed it seemed to be the size of several cities."
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"I think Deimos said that we are in the valley he was talking about," James said. He then switched gears. "I've got a ton of camping/survival gear in my SUV. And with Deimos as our companion, we've got little to worry about."
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Dan nodded as he drove back to the camp, the drive would not take long. "We can ask him if we are there or it is nearby. If we're not in there we should head there. If we are there we can ask him who some inhabitants are that we should meet first." Dan said.
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"Call it a gut instinct but I think we were brought here for a reason," frank said. "I don't know why or how but that's what I think we're here for." "I just hope we don't run into that big meat eater with the red eye and single red claw on it's left hand."
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"Maybe Deimos can give us some info about him and some other things." Dan said as he drove. Soon they arrived back at the camp. "Looks like we are here." He said.
(ooc: not sure if we got back to soon, just assumed most would prefer we got back to the camp fast so the rp could continue.)
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Cleve looked at Frank. After a bit of thinking, he said: "I have the same feeling too. I was on a ship undergoing some secret experiment when this green fog enveloped us. I really don't know what happened, and I don't wanna leak too much info. I nearly blacked out, but when I woke up, I found myself here."
After looking around for the expression on everyone's face, he continued, "I wasn't the only one on that ship, but I'm the only one here. I wasn't the closest to the source of the fog either. I wasn't doing anything special at the time. I also feel that we were brought here for a reason."
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"Well that does sound interesting," frank said. "you probbaly guessed my opinion on the USSR when I asked if it fell it really has changed under Stalin's rule."
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"Hmm, experimental ship in the 40's, and fog." Dan said thinking how it sounded familiar. "I think I heard something about that. As for the others, who knows, maybe some went to Oz." Dan said.
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Cleve laughed at Dan's comment as he stepped out of the car, but he quickly stopped. He still had friends aboard that ship, and he was worried about their fate. "In any case," Cleve said, "I hope that they're alright."
Cleve shut the door behind him and walked to the center of camp. He had never been a boy scout or anything, and he never had any experience camping. If he hadn't come upon these four guys, he'd be dead by now. Also, unlike Dan, Frank, and James, he didn't arrive in a car or a plane. He had nothing on him but his gun, some coins, and the clothes on his back. He knew that he had to follow the other guys if he wanted to survive.
"So," Cleve said, "What should we do now."
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"I see, I was just waking up on a sunday morning when they came" Matthew said.
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"I was also at Pearl harbor on Dec 7th it was the place It first base I was assigned to," Frank said.
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"Me too," Cleve exclaimed, "I was a radio operator on board the USS Patterson." I really got lucky. None of the Japanese planes attacked us. I was only a radio operator, so I didn't shoot down any planes or anything."
Cleve walked towards the two men.
"Maybe this has to do with who we're here."
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Frank took off his brown leather flight jacket "I shot down two Val's with a BAR since my P-40 was destroyed on the ground that day," Frank said. "I also got my last letter from one of my cousins the day before he had just joined the U-Boat corps he seemed to be very proud about doing so." Frank stood there for a moment in silence.
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Dan turned his car off and got out. He shrugged as he looked around at the others and the camp. "They may be in safe places also." He said to try to help the others to feel a bit better, and also it may be true. "I wonder if this is the past of our world or another world, if the multiple universe theory is correct." He said, having heard of the theory from some stuff he had watched on tv and in science fiction and fantasy stuff also.
"As for what we do now we can get an idea of what we have, get some information about where we are and see if we can find a permanent place to stay for however long we will be here." He said.
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"Well that great valley place seems like a good place to stay," frank said
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Deimos examined the new vehicle carefully. "So exactly what do you guys plan to to do now?" he asked, twirling his stone knife.
James retrieved his shotgun and leaned it against a log. "Right now, we'll probably make our 'home' here," he said.
Deimos nodded. "That may work as you are a seldom visited part of the Great Valley," he said. "But there will come a time when the other inhabitants meet you and there may be conflicts," he said.
"True that. We'll just have to rely on diplomacy."
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"hope they will be peaceable. Are there certain folks who we could talk to first if we need to and certain ones to avoid and how to avoid them?" Dan said as he walked over to a place to sit down. "I do hope we can all get along."
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"Well," Cleve said, "I don't see any problems with this camp. We have food, and we have water. We've got weapons and cars as well."
Cleve sat down to try to clean out of the machine guns. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind.
"You don't suppose that we were brought here to stop the Pearl Harbor Attack, do you?" Cleve asked.
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"Who is that big meateater with the red eye and red claw on it's left hand," frank asked Deimos. "Could you tell us more about him?"
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Deimos ate another fish. "Best bet is talk to Mr. Longneck also called 'Grandpa Longneck. He is generally understanding and tolerant. However you should avoid Mr. Threehorn," he said. He then turned to Frank. "That would be Redcla. He can be very dangerous," he added.
"So, Deimos you think you can introduce us to Grandpa Longneck?" James asked. He then turned to Cleve. "Dan and I aren't soldiers. What could we do?"
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"Assuming that we ever go back," Cleve said, "we can provide Matt here with some intelligence info. We can tell him about the Japanese fleet at Midway, how to beat them, and a bunch of other stuff."
Cleve started to lecture Matthew on all the Navy battles to come.
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"If I had some dvd's I have at home they could provide some information, but I don't have those with me and can't surf the web here I'm sure." Dan said, "So not much I can do that I can think of." He said as he shrugged a bit.
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James sighed. "So exactly why are we here?" he asked. He gathered up the plates and rinsed them in the stream.
Deimos shook his head. "Don't ask me," he replied. This time he was tossing some wood on the campfire.
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Frank took out his wallet and looked at a picture of his girlfriend. "I'll make it back home," he said quietly.
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"Although I don't know what a DVD is," Cleve said, "I'll teach Matthew here whatever I can."
Cleve tried to teach Matthew about the Battle of Midway and was using rocks and sticks to simulate the American and Japanese units, but Cleve soon noticed Frank's grim mood.
"What's wrong, buddy?" Cleve asked, "You needn't worry. We will go back home. I'm certain of it."
Cleve tried to make the best smile he could. He was, after all, a Navy officer. His goal was to lead, and lead he will. He really believed in himself.
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"I know I have to I've gotta propose to her when I get back home after the war is over," frank said showing cleve the picture of his girlfriend.
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"I do wish all of you luck in getting back to your own time." Dan said as he continued to sit down and looked at the fire a little. "Looks like we found a place to stay where we are here and some folks to contact and avoid as well as sources of food and water." He said pausing. "Sounds like those basics are met. We can continue to sleep on the open like this or start making some shelter or look for some." He said looking around a bit as he spoke.
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"Nice to hear," Cleve responded, "Wish I had a girl like that." Cleve smiled and looked up into the sun.
"Since we're probably the only humans around," Cleve said, "we can only help ourselves. All the basic necessities, as Dan said, are being meet. I say that we explore the area in such of better shelter, but we'll have to stick together. Who's with me?"
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Frank put the picture back in his wallet then put the wallet in his pocket "I'll up for some exploring," frank said.
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"That does sound like an idea. Maybe Deimos can show us around some nearby places & point out places to avoid." He said.
(ooc: I guess some adults may be awake. How late is it anyway? )
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James looked sadly at the ground. "I was on my way to a camping expedition with my friends," he said. "They've probably initiated a missing persons search."
Deimos nodded. "I will be happy to serve as your guide. One word of advice, I suggest you do as I say when it comes to the dinosaurs," he said. "Also, I suggest two stay behind to watch the camp."
"I'll stay behind."
James rested the shotgun against the log.
Deimos picked up his stone knife. "All set to go?" he asked.
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"Yep," Cleve said with enthusiasm, "Back on the USS Eldridge, They're probably looking for me too... If anyone is still alive."
Cleve grabbed his gun and tucked in into its holster. "Should we search by car or foot?"
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"I'm ready to look around here," frank said.
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"I'm ready as well." Dan said as he stood up, then thinking a bit before responding, "I think on foot may be best since the sound and smell of vehicles may attract quite a bit of attention since those are new to this world." Dan said, "Though it depends on what you folks prefer."
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"Alright," Cleve responded, "I'm ready."
He picked up a large stick as both a walking stick and a weapon. He strolled behind Deimos.
"I'm ready," Cleve said with enthusiasm, "Are you guys ready?"
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"Well if we're all ready let's move out," frank said. Frank thought about his girlfriend "I have to make it back home for her," he thought.
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Deimos nodded. "Stay safe James," he said.
He then led his entourage towards the Feeding Grounds.
James nodded and stood ready with his shotgun. Dusk was approaching and the fire was burning out. He grabbed some wood that Deimos had helpfully gathered and stoked the fire some more.
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Dan walked with the others. He thought it best to leave most of his stuff at the camp. He did take a few things, in case they would be handy.
"This should be interesting." Dan said.
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"Yep," Cleve said. He strolled out in front, almost right next to Deimos. He used his walking stick to tap the ground in front of him, looking for possibles snakes and puddles.
The sun was already to set. He enjoyed the view. The sky was red, which meant good weather. Cleve marveled at this beautiful sight.
"Beautiful sight, huh?" Cleve whispered to the others. "After the war, I'll get myself a farm and watch the sunset every day... If I don't get chocked to death by that green fog."
"Dan," Cleve said, "What do you plan on doing after you get back?"
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"Yeah it is a beautiful sight," frank said walking up next to cleve.
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Dan paused, "yes, a marvelous sight indeed." He said. He then took out his smart cellphone to take a picture of the scene. Then he took a few others as well, moving a bit so each picture would not be exactly the same.
Dan looked at Cleve and shrugged a bit, "Among other things, get to my practice. That is where I was headed to in the morning before I wound up here." He said.
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"Well when I get back I'll probbaly become a POW," frank said.
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"You're still better off than me," Cleve said, "I'll probably be chocked to death." He sighed, but he didn't want to lower the morale. He decided to change the topic.
"Dan," Cleve continued, "what it that thing you just took the picture with?"
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"It's a smartphone. A combination of a cellphone and a pda." Dan said, "Want to look it over?" He asked holding it out to Cleve after he had turned it off.
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"Not really It will depend on who captures me hopefully I will sit the rest of the war with other pilots," frank said.
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"Oooo" Cleve said as he took the smartphone form Dan. He liked it's shiny cover. He had no idea that a cell phone could be so small.
"This really is neat!" Cleve said, "The technology of the future never fails to astonish me." He handed the cell phone back to Dan.
The stars were beginning to come up. The night sky was fairly similar to the night sky in 1943. With no light pollution, every star in the sky was twinkling.
"You know guys," Cleve sighed, "this is the best night sky I've ever seen." Suddenly, a comet flew from the sky.
"Hey look!" Cleve exclaimed, "a comet. Quick, make a wish!"
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Frank watched as the comet flew out of sight and made his wish. "So is there a place we can overlook the valley deimos," frank asked.
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"I can imagine what most will wish for." Dan said, not wishing for himself but wishing the wishes of the others could come true. Thinking that is better then wishing himself back.
"Nice view here. I wonder if there are other views as nice. And with the lack of light pollution so many stars can be seen here." Dan said.
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(OOC - I assume Matthew Shaw is with James at the campsite?)
Deimos nodded. "There is a outcropping on the outskirts of the Great Valley. I can take you there if you wish but I must warn you, the path to the outcropping is treacherous, one misstep can kill," he said.
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"So Pvt. Shaw," James began, "exactly what do you plan to do when you return to your own time?"
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"I hear dan cleve do you guys want to look over the valley," frank asked.
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Quietly, Cleve made a wish. Like Dan, instead of wishing to return to his time, he wished that Frank could return safely to the US and propose to his girlfriend. After seeing the beautiful landscapes, he was seriously considering not leaving. His brother had already been killed in the war, and he had no close family members, or close friends left. If he could find some friends here, he would stay.
Cleve turned to answer Frank's question. "None of us should be alone. I suggest that we either all go, all stay, or split into teams of two. I personally suggest that Dan stay behind with you, and I'll go with Deimos to the outcropping. I have a walking stick, and you guys don't."
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"We should stay together. As for no weapon I do have this flare gun, and a mace gun, as well as this stun pen." Dan said, holding up some of the weapons he had in his pocket. "I don't think any dangerous type would be at least distracted with a flare in their mouth."
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"Yeah it would be better if we stay together," frank said. Frank thought about his mother he knew that both she and his gilrfriend would be worrying about him he thought to himself "I promise you I'll get back home safely I hope my new friends also get back home."
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"Alright then," Cleve said, "The moon is bright, so seeing shouldn't be much of a problem. Just watch your step and be careful." Back then, in the time of the dinosaurs, the moon was a lot closer to Earth.
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"Yeah I'll be careful like we all should," frank said. Frank looked up at the sky and thought about this new world and how nobody would beleive him if he told people about it.
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Deimos finally arrived at a large outcropping that overlooked the Great Valley.
"Here we are, Overlook Rock," he said.
The panorama was gorgeous with the verdant land of the Great Valley bathed in moonlight.
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"Wow it's just so peaceful when I do retire from the military I want it to be a place like this a nice peaceful area," frank said. Frank looked over the valley and sighed thinking "remember you have to get back home."
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"Yeah," Cleve responded, "Me too. This is surely a wonderful sight. Too bad we'll be the only humans to enjoy it."
In the distance, he could see a waterfall and a strange rock formation, looking down at the valley like a guardian. There were trees, rocks, ponds, and clearings everywhere. It seemed like a wonderful place.
"So this is the Great Valley euh?" Cleve said, "Should we go down there to investigate?" Cleve pointed his walking stick at the valley.
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"If we do we shouldn't stay to long we've got a long day tomorrow that is if we talk to grandpa longneck tomorrow," frank said. "Deimos what do you think?
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"It is a wonderful sight." Dan said, enjoying the sight before he got the idea to take a picture. He held up his cellphone and started to take some more pictures. "It does look very peaceful." He said, as he took pictures, glad he had a micro sdhc card in the cellphone with a lot of storage ability.
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Deimos looked at the strange - to him - equipment that Dan took out. He then turned to Frank. "We'd better get going, James is probably waiting for us. And we should explore further into the Great Valley," he said.
He then carefully headed down the mountain trail
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Dan did his best to be sure to get pictures of Deimos too. Now that he thought of it it would be neat to have pictures of a real dinosaur. Even if for no reason but to look at later.
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Cleve followed not far behind Deimos, using his walking stick to check the ground in front of him. The trail was a little slippery and tricky, but it wasn't anything that Cleve couldn't handle.
(OCC: I'll be leaving for a few days, so can someone take my place?)
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Frank followed behind cleve watching where he was stepping.
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Deimos arrived at the campsite to see that James was already stoking the fire.
"So what did I miss?" James asked, failing to stifle a yawn.
"A dazzling view of the Great Valley," Deimos replied, sitting on a log.
"So how's about we go to sleep for now?"
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"That sounds good," frank said. "I think we should have at least one person stay awake to keep an eye out."
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"I guess I'll keep watch for first. I'll wake you guys up if I see anything." Cleve said. His idea of patrolling was walking in circles around the camp and checking for any possible signs of trouble.
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"Alright I'll take over in 4 hours good night." frank said. Frank fell asleep with one of the machine guns beside him.
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"I'll stay up too," Deimos said. He was holding his stone knife at the ready. He then turned to Cleve. "Sp Cleve, why do you guys think you're here?" he asked.
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James went inside his SUV, leaned the shotgun in the passenger seat, and fell asleep in the driver's seat.
At this time, the fire was down to embers and the moon bathed everything in a white glow.
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"I can take a watch if anyone wants." Dan said before he went to get ready to go to bed.
Dan got out his blanket that he had folded and kept in his car and set it on the ground, folded and then lay on it and soon went to sleep.
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"I really don't know," Cleve responded, "But, I say that we take advantage of this and educate Matt about the upcoming battles so that we can win them."
Cleve took out his pistol and armed it, just in case of an attack.
(OCC: I'm leaving like right now, and I haven't found anyone who can take over my role yet, so feel free to use Cleve, everyone)
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(OCC: ok see you when you get back.)
Frank was dreaming of his friends his family and his girlfriend. "How will we get back?" he thought.
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"What upcoming battles?"Deimos asked. He yawned as he prodded the glowing embers with a stick.
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Frank was dreaming of things that he'd seen in the war. He suddenly woke up breathing heavily his eyes wide open in stark terror. He thought back to what his father had told him what seemed to be 100 years ago but was in fact 5 years ago.
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Cleve was walking in circles around camp and explaining WWII, or as much as he knew, to Deimos. "And then there was a guy called Hitler, who hated the Jews. He takes over Germany and..."
Suddenly, Cleve noticed Frank's terrified face. "What's wrong?" Cleve asked.
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Deimos's face grew stony. "Hatred...It runs across time," he said. He then noticed Frank's terrified expression. "Cleve, you tend to Frank, I'll keep watch."
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Frank looked at cleve "I'm just having a nightmare from one of the many things I've seen," Frank said. Frank was silent for a moment before he continued. "A crash at the air base i was assigned to in England the pilot became trapped in his plane after he crash landed his plane it burst into flame and...well..." frank said. The look in his eyes said that the pilot did survive the crash but died in the flames.
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"The war has be tough on many of us," Cleve responded, too disturbed to look directly at Frank, "Before I was transferred onto the Eldridge, I served on the USS Patterson. We participated in the Battle of Savo Island. We were the first ones to stumble upon the Japanese column. We went to full speed and fired our guns, damaging a Japanese cruiser. Then, someone fired a shell at us. It destroyed the stern and killed 10 people. I'm just glad I survived..."
Cleve decided against describing the carnage that occurred. The memories were already disturbing him.
"We've all seen carnage of one sort of another," Cleve continued, "Just be glad that you've still alive." Cleve patted Frank on the back. "Come to think of it, if it wasn't for this weird incident, I'd be dead right now."
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"Yeah I saw footage of it in the theaters when I was got home from the pacific in mid 42 just after the USS North Carolina came into Pearl," frank said. "I agree that we've all been through horrible experiences."
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(OOC: I apoligize for my absence)
"Indeed we have" Matthew remarked.
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"Yeah so do you guys want to talk about what we all did before the war started?" frank asked.
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"Sure," Cleve said with a smile, "I used to be a radio operator in the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. We had the first ground-to-air radio control system, and I was sure proud of my job."
Cleve smiled, remembering those days. "I thought that joining the Navy would be more fun, and I wanted to get the opportunity to see the world. I joined in 1941, not long before the Pearl Harbor Attack. I never expected things to be so tough."
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"I used to work at a bookstore in New York City while my father was in the Navy, I joined about a month ago to follow in his footsteps and to avoid being drafted into the Army" Matthew explained.
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"I had the chance to visit my family in Germany in the summer of 1938 with the money I had saved up by working at a bakery but still seeing them was good." frank said. A small smile came across Frank's face "I remember my cousin Walter he was about my age we spent most of the summer pulling pranks on each other." "I joined the air corps after i got back from Germany and he wrote me telling me that he had joined the U-boat corps we kepted in touch until the war began."
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Rocky was curious about these strange creatures, the were unlike any dinosaur the young forest green dome head ever saw. He had been watching them from afar. from what he could hear, they seemed to like to see who could tell the worst story. However his eavesdropping came to an end as the small hill top ledge he was on gave way. down he came tumbling before he slide to a stop within sight of the strange creatures. He was gripped with fear at the thought of their bang sticks. Rocky closed his eyes tightly and held his head down. "Pleeese, don't hurt me." he shivered with fear.
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"what...." Dan said as he was suddenly woken up. He looked up to see what had woken him up. "Who's he?" Dan asked, not quite fully awake yet, as he looked at Rocky.
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Frank lowered his both his handguns setting them next to him. "Don't worry we won't hurt you." frank said.
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Deimos snapped his footclaws forward as he ran to where Rocky had landed. "We're not going to hurt you if you give us the right answers," he replied.
James came running from the car with his shotgun at the ready. "What the hell's that racket?!" he demanded.
"New arrival. Don't think I ever saw him before."
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Rocky's shivering slowed but did not cease. "He opened his eyes and looked up at the strangers. " M..my name is Rocky a dome head, my family was killed by red claw." He said as he looked over at the one who held the long bang stick. "Please don't use your bang sticks. I'm sorry for watching you." He quivered as he got on his hands and feet. Rocky was still young. about the height of the glider with these strangers. "I followed you because I was curious about those." He said pointing the weapons in their hands. " I never saw anything hurt or scare sharpteeth off like that before." Rocky stated, curious about these strange things. He looked towards Deimos. "Are those good enough for you?" He asked as he looked towards the one who spoke the strange word. "Excuse me, what does hell mean." The young Dome head asked.
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Dan sat up and rubbed his head a bit, running the fingers of his left hand through his hair briefly before he started to stand up. "A new arrival?" He said as he again looked over in the direction of where the new arrival was.
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Cleve examined Rocky, but Cleve saw no need to use his gun. Deimos, James, and Frank already had the situation under control.
"It looks like we do have a new arrival," Cleve muttered to Dan, "Fortunately, he seems friendly."
Cleve cautious approached the dome head, but he kept alert. He listened and looked to make sure that there was no one waiting to ambush them while they were distracted by the new arrival.
"Dan," Cleve ordered, "Watch our backs. Make sure there's no one trying to ambush us."
Cleve turned to the new Dome Head. "So you were there when Frank and I shot that weird creature?" Cleve asked, "And who's Red Claw?"
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Dan went to get his flare gun to keep it in his hand then he went to keep watch on the part of the camp and the area around the camp where he had been asked to watch. "Wish I had some IR goggles or night vision ones. Never saw a need for those and they are pretty pricey." He said.
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"So you heard what cleve,matt and i were talking about?" frank asked rocky.
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"Yes, that was called a fast biter and they are one of the many different kinds of sharp teeth." Rocky said as he stood up. Convinced he was safe. "Yes, I heard those things, but I heard you say stuff that sounds weird. And Red claw, he is the biggest, meanest sharptooth around, he has two fast biters who serve him named thud and screech. "Rocky explained. "When thud and screech are near by, red claw is always close by." Rocky told them. "How do your bang sticks work?" He asked, pointing to their guns.
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Deimos nodded. "That'll do for now," he said.
James lowered his shotgun. "I don't think he's dangerous," he said.
Deimos went up to the campfire and prodded the cold ashes with his stone knife. "Well, now that everyone's up; how about we eat breakfast?" he asked.
James leaned the shotgun against a nearby log. "Sounds fine to me. Cleve, Frank, Rocky, Matthew, you okay with breakfast now?" he asked.
(OOC - is it still dark?)
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(OCC: it was last time I checked)
"That sounds good to me it." frank said
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"Sure," Cleve said, "I'm hungry. What are we making?"
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frank took apart his M1911 to show rocky the inner workings. "Well rocky the hammer hits the end of the bullet which sends the slug down the barrel toward whatever the shooter is aiming at then the top part of the gun slids back and the magazine feeds a fresh bullet into the firing chamber." frank said.
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Rocky looked in awe at the bang stick as Frank took it apart and explained it to him. He was astonished one of those bullets as they were called were able to do that. Rocky curiously picked up a bullet. "This puney thing killed a fast bitter?" He asked, almost as if he didn't believe it if he didn't see it for himself. Rocky then put the bullet back down.
When Frank finished, Rocky was even more confused. "What's a magazine, a hammer and a slug?" he asked the strange creature. " Is it hard to make these bang stick guns and these Bul-lets?" He asked curiously.
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Dan kept watch as best as he could to try to make sure there was no one trying to sneak where the camp was. He kept his flare gun handy. Not as damaging as a real gun it was the best he had since the mace gun didn't have as long of a range.
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James stretched. "I'm going to harvest some fruit," he said, grabbing a metal bucket from his SUV. He then turned to Rocky. "You want to help me gather food?" he asked.
Deimos shrugged. "I'm going off to catch fish," he said, entering the main lake.
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"I'm going to follow you, Deimos," Cleve said, "It's too dangerous to be alone." Cleve, who grew up near a river, knew how to fish, but this is the first time he's going fishing in the Great Valley.
"I've never fished in prehistoric times before," Cleve said with a chuckle, "I hope that the fishes would be at least the same."
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Deimos shrugged. "I can fight with the best of them," he said, picking up his stone knife. He then snatched a fish and tossed it on the shore.
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James waited for Rocky's response. "Frank, Matt could you two watch the encampment?" he asked.
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"The part here is the hammer." frank said showing the part on the back of the Colt. "Slug is another name for the forward part of the bullet and a magazine is where the bullets are held in the gun." frank said showing rocky the magazine. "It is pretty easy to make both but they could not be made here." "I think we can handle it." frank replied.
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Dan continued keeping watch over the camp, wondering what the others were up to and how well they were doing at what they were doing. He walked around the outer edge of the camp as part of his keeping watch.
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OOC: when did we get to the great valley?
"Wow that's amazing." He said as he turned to James. "Sure, but what is that?" He asked as he ran up and put his hands on the bucket. "Is this your Hu-man nest?" He asked looking at it in awe. he then looked at the SUV. "What is that thing?" He asked pointing to the SUV. "Is it friendly?" Rocky asked James.
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James chuckled. "That's a bucket. I use it to hold things like water or food," he said. He then pointed to the SUV. "That's called an SUV, it's my nest."
He then headed off to the grove where Deimos had told him there was edible fruit.
(OOC - a day ago <in universe time>)
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Cleve decided not to go into the water after Deimos mentioned that he could fight with the best of these fishes. Deimos was pretty big, and a fish would have to be huge to be able to attack him. Cleve stood by with his armed pistol, in case one of those giant fish decided to attack.
Fortunately, most of the fishes that Deimos caught were of reasonable size, and Cleve started to gut them with a coin in his pocket. It didn't work very well, but it was still better than nothing.
"So Deimos," Cleve asked, "How come you and Rocky can speak English while Red Claw can't?"
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Frank finished putting his colt back together before turning to matt. "What were your feeling on John Dillinger you know the famous bank robber." frank asked.
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Deimos gave strange look at Cleve. He tossed the last fish on the shore. "What's English?" he asked. "Is it a language like Leaf-Eater?"
He then picked up one of the fish and ate it. As he saw Cleve having trouble gutting the fish, he handed him his stone knife. "Use this," he said.
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Dan did a circuit of the camp and started walking in the other direction back around the camp as part of his keeping watch.
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"Thanks!" Cleve responded, picking up the stone knife. The stone knife was a lot more efficient than a coin, and it was almost comparable to a real metal knife. Gutting the fish was becoming a lot easier.
"English a language like Leaf-Eater," Cleve said, "Do you know how to read and write in it?"
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Deimos scratched his head. "Write? Leaf-Eater is spoken," he said.
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"Indeed," Cleve said, not wanting to explain the concept of writing, "we should head back to camp now. We've got enough food for one day."
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Deimos ate his last fish and picked up some of the fish to carry back to camp. "So, Cleve you think we have time to speak to the Great Valley dinosaurs today?" he asked.
Suddenly, he heard rustling. He sniffed the air. "Cleve, I smell other sharpteeth," he said.
All of a sudden, a raptor pounced on Deimos, knocking him on his back. Another appeared out of the shrubs and eyed the fish hungrily.
Deimos quickly drove his feet into the raptor's chest, throwing it backwards several feet. It roared and circled him again.
He also circled the raptor as if daring it to attack.
The raptor charged him but he was ready; he jumped to the side and pivoted, lashing the raptor across the face with his tail. The raptor's head snapped back from the blow.
The raptor again charged him but Deimos again dodged the charge and leapt onto the raptor, knocking it to the ground and plunging his toe claws into its back.
He then grabbed hold of the raptor's head. Suddenly, one of the raptor's hand claws caught Deimos in the right leg, opening a rather deep gash. He quickly snapped its neck before it could further injure him.
He tried to stand on his injured leg.
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Cleve was a bad shot, slow at reacting, and often unconscious of his surroundings, but fortunately, none of these factors manifested themselves. Deimos gave Cleve just enough warning to take out his pistol and hide behind a tree. Cleve couldn't have chosen a better hiding spot.
When the two sharpteeth dashed out of the brush, neither saw him. One of them charged Deimos and was dueling with him, and the other was headed right for the fish that he and Deimos dropped. Not wanting to accidentally shoot Deimos, Cleve decided to go for the sharptooth who was trying to steal the fish.
The sharptooth stood no chance against Cleve's pistol. Despite being a bad shot, Cleve had the sharptooth at almost point-blank range. Cleve was clearly within the sharptooth's attacking distance, but the sharptooth, for some reason, took no action. Maybe it was because of Cleve's faint and strange scent, or maybe it was because the sharptooth didn't think of Cleve as a threat. Cleve exploited this advantage.
Cleve aimed and fired a shot at the sharptooth, who was trying to snatch away a few fish in his jaws. The bullet hit the sharptooth in the base of the neck, and it fell to the ground, mortally wounded.
Cleve quickly glanced at Deimos, who manged to bite his attacker in the neck. Cleve rushed forward and shot the sharptooth who was attacking Deimos, just to make sure that it was dead.
From what Cleve could see, Deimos's leg injury was serious. "We need to get you back to camp," Cleve said to Deimos, "That wound needs immediate medical attention."
Cleve tried to help Deimos up. "Can you still walk?" Cleve asked, "And about these residents of the Great Valley, they don't seem very friendly." Cleve pointed at the dead sharptooth, completely unaware of the shadow looming behind him.
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Deimos winced as he got to his feet. "These weren't Great Valley inhabitants. Sharpteeth are not welcome here and the Great Valley dinosaurs will kill them on sight. I am one of the rare exceptions," he said.
He found a large tree branch nearby - more like a dead sapling - that he picked up and used as a walking stick. He then picked up the largest fish to take back to the camp.
He then slowly hobbled back to camp.
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James had been harvesting some edible plants when the gunshots reached his ears.
He almost handed his bucket to Rocky to take back to the camp until he realized that he had no weapons.
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Hearing the shot Dan looked in the direction where the shot came from, wondering what was going on. He started to take a step in the direction then stopped, thinking it best to remain where he was in case the camp would be attacked and if there are any injured they'd need to be treated & would likely try to bring them back to camp.
He kept his flare gun handy and waited to see what would happen next.
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Cleve picked up a few fish and carefully escorted Deimos back to camp. Deimos's leg injury was very bad, but he was still able to walk back to camp. Suddenly, Cleve heard something moving in the forest. He immediately took out his pistol and hid behind a tree.
"Deimos," Cleve whispered, "Can you smell who they are?"
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Frank heard the gunshots and drew both his pistols tossing his colt to matt. "Here take my colt I still have my Luger." Frank said.
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"Thanks" Matthew replied, taking the Colt.
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(ooc: So are they back at camp I take it?)
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(OOC - yeah they are heading back to camp)
Deimos shook his head. "No, I don't recognize them."
The group was then approaching the campsite.
"Frank! Dan! James! Matt! I need help!" Deimos shouted.
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Hearing the call Dan rushed off quickly at a run in the direction of the call. Not sure what sort of help was needed he kept his flare gun handy just in case. He made sure to keep watch, as best as he could, so he didn't trip or fall over anything.
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Frank set his M1911 down and ran over to deimos and cleve. "What happened?" frank asked.
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Dan arrived and seeing that Deimos was injured rushed over to see if he could see how badly wounded he was. "What happened. Can you lay down so I can look at the wound?" He said. He wanted to get a look at the wound before he went back so he would know if a first aid kit would be enough or if he'd have to get more then just that.
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"Dan do we have anything to clean Deimos's wound with?" Frank asked
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"Some strange dinosaurs attacked me," Deimos replied. He lay down on the dirt.
James arrived with his bucket of fruit. He quickly placed the fruit bucket aside and ran to his SUV to get a first aid kit.
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"I have my emergency response bag, be right back." Dan said and ran to his car to get what looked like a shoulderbag or backpack. It was a type of advanced first aid kit with some advanced stuff most first aid kits did not have since they required some medical training to at least emt level.
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"It's just you guys," Cleve sighed as he walked out of his hiding place behind the tree. "I thought that we were being attacked again."
"It's a good thing that we have some well-prepared folks with us," Cleve said to Deimos. "They'll take care of that wound."
Cleve grabbed some fish and walked back to camp.
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"Yeah I agree with you on that." frank said.
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Dan came back with his emergency response bag and set it down next to Deimos. He left ample room for anyone else to help who could or had their own first aid kit. The first thing he did was to look over Deimos's injuries to see which ones were worst then the others and needed treatment first and his overall condition.
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James returned with his first aid kit. He pulled out a spray canister of antibiotic spray. "Deimos, this will sting a bit but it will keep the wound clean," he said.
"Go on," Deimos replied.
James sprayed the antibiotic spray on Deimos, eliciting a stream of assorted profanities from him.
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His evaluation & examination of Deimos finished Dan opened his emergency response kit / advanced first aid kit and started to first clean the worst of Deimos's wounds first, then to dress them. Then after the worst ones were done he started on doing the same for the next less worst ones that James was not working on.
"Just try to relax and between the 2 of us we'll have this finished." Dan said smiling warmly trying to help Deimos to relax.
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Cleve twitched after hearing Deimos's screams, but he decided to go back to check on him.
"Hey guys," Cleve said, "all the fish is at camp now. And Deimos, how's that wound."
Cleve only had to look at Deimos's face for the answer. "Right... Anyway, Dan, James, do you need my help? If there isn't enough medicine or something, maybe we can ask one of the Great Valley dinosaurs for help. "
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Soon James and Dan had bandaged Deimos up.
"Feeling better?" James asked.
Deimos picked up his walking stick and pushed himself to his feet. "Yeah, speaking of medicine, I know a little about herbs but you may want to talk to Mr. Thicknose for more info," he said.
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Dan started cleaning, as best as he could, what he had left and started putting it away. "I'm glad you are feeling better." He said to Deimos. He nodded to what Deimos said, "Knowing more of the local plants as far as what can be eaten, best to avoid and what can make good medicine will be useful knowledge while we are here." He said as he continued what he was doing.
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Seeing that the condition was under control, Cleve turned around and started to escort Deimos back to camp.
"Who's this Mr. Thicknose?" Cleve asked, "By the way the fishes are already gutted and scaled. We can start cooking as soon as we get back."
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"Where in the valley can he be found when we get there?" frank asked.
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"I;'m not hungry," Deimos replied. "About Mr. Bigmouth, you can find him near the main lake, I'll show you there later."
An hour or so later, when it was just starting to get dark, they arrived at the camp.
James volunteered to keep watch while Deimos started the fire using some dried leaves as tinder and some flint.
After a few minutes, a fire was ready.
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Dan walked along with the others back to camp. "I guess if you feel up to it Deimos maybe we should start meeting some of the locals you think may be best for us to meet and are not to far away." He said.
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James started grilling the fish over the fire. "I think that might be wise but we can't go alone," he said.
"I'll come along but we should wait until brightrise," Deimos said, poking the fire with a stick.
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"Hey is anyone up for some music?" frank asked. "I do know a few songs if anyone's up to it."
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"Yep," Cleve said, "that'll keep our spirits up!"
(OCC: What time is it?)
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" Sounds like it could be fun. Any song ideas you had?" Dan asked looking over at Frank.
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(OOC - It is nighttime.)
James nodded as he passed out the grilled fish to everybody. "Guys, I'm going to be smoking some of the fish," he said. He then turned to Deimos. "Could you watch the fire and make sure it's just giving off smoke and a lot of it?" he asked.
Deimos nodded as he added some twigs to the fire. "Sure thing," he said.
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"I was thinking of J'attendrai which is French for I will wait." Frank said. "What songs were you guys thinking of?" Frank asked.
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"I've afraid I've never heard of that song," Cleve said, "but you can teach that to us. Or, we can just sing the national anthem."
"It's been a fast day," Cleve remarked, "All I did was fish with Deimos and fight some sharpteeth. Maybe we can meet the Great Valley residences tomorrow." Cleve threw a nearby stick into the fire.
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"It's a very popular song sung by Rina Ketty," Frank said. "Hopefully if we visit the Great Valley it will go well."
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"I've not heard of that song. You'll have to teach us at least some of it so we can sing along in parts." Dan said.
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"To be honest I can really only sing it in french," frank said. "I will try to help you guys with the lyrics."
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"I learned a bit of French in school," Cleve said, "but I still don't know the lyrics."
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"I was thinking of Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. It's from the movie Top Gun," James said.
Deimos added some aromatic leaves onto the fire, giving off a lot of rosemary scented smoke.
"James, you can smoke the fish now," he said.
James nodded and picked up some fish fillets that were draped over a stick. He placed them over the fire as Deimos tended to the fire.
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"We could sing all three," frank said. "That fish sure does smell good," Frank said.
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The fish does smell good indeed." Dan said, "No reason we can't sing more then one song over time." He said.
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James nodded as he inhaled the spicy smoke. "I'll go first," he said.
He then cleared his throat and started singing Danger Zone. His rendition of it was not unbearable but it could use some work.
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Cleve threw a stick into the fire and watched it burn. For some reason, it reminded him of home. The smell of tasty fish was already in the air, and the air was filled with music.
"The fish should be good to eat now," Cleve said, "We'll need energy if we're gonna meet the Great Valley residences tomorrow."
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Frank listened to James sing danger zone. "That wasn't bad but I think I'll go next," frank said.
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Cleve applauded at the end of James's performance. Cleve said, "That was a wonderful song."
"Now Frank," Cleve said boldly, "Sing something for us."
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Dan sat and listened, looking around the area a bit now and then.
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Frank started singing J'attendrai his rendition was close to the way Rina Ketty sung it but not quite.
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"Bravo! bravo!" Cleve cheered as he clapped, "That was a great song!"
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"We'll smoke half of it some more so we can have a easy high energy food," James said, taking off some of the fish and passing it around.
Deimos politely declined the fish and tossed the last few sticks in the fire. "You guys need more firewood?" he asked.
"We do but we're going to sleep soon."
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"Danke," frank replied. "So I guess it's your turn now cleve."
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Dan joined in the clapping, "Good singing and song." He said smiling.
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Cleve slowly got up and said: "Aw heck. I might as well try singing the National Anthem."
Cleve saluted and started singing. He was a little flat on some of the higher notes, but in general, it wasn't too bad.
"So, who wants to keep watch tonight?" Cleve asked as he started eating a fish.
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"Ill keep watch you guys should get some sleep," frank said.
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"You sure?" Dan asked. "You want to watch alone or would you rather have someone with you?" He asked Frank.
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Deimos lay down in his nest. His stone knife lay on a rock next to him. "Wake me if anything comes up," he said.
James munched on the smoky and spicy fish. "I'm going to sleep soon. Frank, could you keep the fire smoldering?" he asked.
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"I'm sure I'll be alright dan," frank said. Frank then turned to James "I'll keep it going."
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"Good night, guys," Cleve said as he started to drift off into sleep, "I hope that there won't be any disturbances tonight."
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Dan nodded to Frank, "As long as you are sure." He said then started to get ready to go to sleep before going to sleep.
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Frank watched the others fall asleep keeping an eye on the fire which was still smoldering. "Good night guys." he said silently to himself.
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James entered his car, put the safety on his shotgun and placed it on the passenger's seat. He leaned back in the driver's seat and fell asleep.
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Cleve slept soundly for the rest of the night. He was already tired from keeping watch last night, and the sharpteeth attack only made him more tired. He immediately fell asleep on the ground, kept warm by the slowly diminishing fire.
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Frank kepted watching the fire trying to stay awake. He still was puzzled why himself and the others had come here. "Just what is the purpuse of us being here here," he asked looking up at the stars not expecting an answer.
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Deimos awoke to catch some fish to eat. He tossed a large fish on the shore next to Frank. He then sat down near the fire.
"Where exactly are you from? I've never seen anything like you," he asked. He tossed a twig onto the fire.
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"I'm from a country called Germany Cleve, Matt, James, Dan ,and I are all from the future," frank said. Frank stuck the fish on a stick before he started cooking it over the fire.
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Deimos sighed. "Frank, that was my snack," he said. He then waded into the lake to catch another fish. "In any case, I'm originally from the Mysterious Beyond."
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"Sorry about that," frank said taking the fish away from the fire. "Do you want to hear about some of the history of Germany?" frank asked.
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Dan awoke. Laying there for a short time before he sat up, not liking to just sudddently get up very quickly. He yawned a bit as he sat up and looked around.
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Frank rolled over on the damp ground, a little bit closer to the fire. From watching Cleve's twitching face, one can easily tell that he was dreaming.
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Deimos nodded. "Sure, it's not like I have anything better to do," he said. He was playing with the stone knife that he had made.
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Frank started to tell Deimos the history of Germany begining with when the Romans crossed the Rhine river and explaining the events in Germany through the years and the many wars Germany had been involved in including the Napoleonic Wars, the Thirty Years' War, World War 1 and all that had happend in World War 2 including the July 20th plot finishing off with the destruction of his home city of Dresden. "So that's the history of my country so far," frank said.
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In Cleve's dreams, he was standing in the ruins of a futuristic city in somewhere in Germany. He could tell that the city was German from the names on the broken signs around him. Although it was Germany, there were no swastikas or any nazi propaganda in sight. However, what Cleve did notice was a group of soldiers and big tanks firing at something in the distance. The tanks didn't look like anything American, German, British, or Russian. It was larger than any tank Cleve has ever seen, and it carried a huge gun or its size. The soldiers were shouting in English and busy firing hand-held machine guns at something.
Cleve ran up to the group of soldiers and dove in behind a low breastwork. Mortar fire fell all around them. "What's happening?" Cleve demanded.
"The Soviets have declared war on us," a soldier said in English.
"Grab a gun and fight, lieutenant," yelled a commander with a British accent. The soldier threw Cleve a gun. It felt especially light for its size, but it didn't matter. Cleve dove next to the soldier and took cover behind some breastworks. The soldier next to him was shooting wildly at something.
"What are you doing?!" the soldier yelled, "Open fire."
Cleve looked over the breastworks. There were about twenty huge planes dropping paratroopers. The planes were larger than all American bombers, including the B-17, and they flew at amazing speeds.
"Open fire!" the soldier yelled again.
Cleve shot the gun at one of the planes, but to no avail. It wasn't long before a rocket-like projectile hit one of the planes and exploded it in a ball of flame.
"Look out!" someone screamed. Cleve instinctively looked around and saw two planes headed for him at unbelievable speeds. Based on the speed, Cleve could tell that they were probably both jet-powered or rocket-powered. One of them dropped a bomb on Cleve's position. Cleve could only watch as the bomb fell towards him.
"AHHH" Cleve woke with a sweat on his face. He suddenly realized that it was only a dream, and he was still in the Great Valley. Noting that he might have disturbed some people nearby, he applogized, "Sorry, just a bad dream."
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Dan looked over at Cleve, "had a bad dream? Want to talk it over, or not?" He asked him, sitting up partially.
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Deimos nodded in interest. "So I see, your world is very different from ours," he said. He then sighed. "Pity so many wars were fought."
He then turned his head towards Cleve. "Cleve, is everything okay?" he asked.
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"I'm okay," Cleve said, "I was just dreaming that I was caught in some futuristic battle between us and the Soviets."
"It just seemed so realistic." Cleve moaned as he rubbed his head.
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"Did it have jet aircraft in it?" frank asked.
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"I didn't see any engines, but they were probably jet-powered or rocket-powered."
Cleve continued to explain his dream to Frank. Cleve has heard of jet and rocket power before, but he has never seen one.
How did he know about jets in my dream? Cleve wondered, Did the Axis figure out how to make them later in the war?
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"Sounds like a horrific unsettling dream." Dan said, glad he had not had such a dream. "I hope you are feeling better."
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Deimos scratched his head. "Who are the Soviets? Are they a herd of creatures like you?" he asked.
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James wandered through the concrete and steel ruins of a futuristic post apocalyptic city. He glanced around, there appeared to be no one else alive but himself.
Suddenly, he heard shouting - in English. He turned around an saw a platoon of soldiers rushing towards him but they were dressed in very futuristic looking armor.
He turned to run but one of the soldiers slid a rifle to him. "No time to run!" the man shouted.
James picked up the rifle; it was recognizable as a firearm but it looked like no other firearm that he had seen before.
The soldiers around him scattered, taking cover behind various piles of rubble and ruined buildings. James dove behind a pile of rubble.
Suddenly, shooting broke out.
All of a sudden, James found himself back in his SUV. He was rather confused.
He opened the door and got out.
"Speaking of dreams," he said just as Dan finished speaking. "I had a really weird one."
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"Well sort of they're a group of humans who overthrew their government in the middle of WWI and created one for the people at least that's what it was supposed to be," Frank said. Frank took a folded piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to cleve on it was a drawing of a Me-262. "When I first heard of it I didn't beleive it was only when I encountered it that I did beleive."
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"The smaller aircraft sort of looked like that, but they appeared to have one large engine at the front, triangular wings, and a lot of rockets under the wings," Cleve said pointing at the drawing.
"The Soviets are people from another area. They look just like us, but there are a lot of ideological differences between us."
"And James," Cleve asked, "what was your dream?"
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"So since you brought matt up to date on what's happened in the war I guess I should bring you and matt up to date on what's happened," frank said.
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Deimos nodded. "I see," he said.
James took a breath. He was somewhat reluctant to share it but seeing as Cleve was doing the same, he decided to do it.
"I was inside the ruins of some futuristic city. I don't know where it was but it might have been America because the soldiers I saw spoke English. But the soldiers were dressed in armor that looked like it came right out of some science fiction movie. The last thing I remember was one of the soldiers sliding me rifle that looked like it came out of an SF movie. Then I woke up," he said. James then rubbed his forehead. "But I never served in the military," he added.
Deimos scratched his head. "Was this battle against the 'Soviets'?" he asked.
James shook his head.
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Dan listened to what was being said without commenting. "Sounds like more then one person had a weird or bad dream. Do you folks normally have such dreams like this?" He asked looking at those present.
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"Why would I dream about fighting in some futuristic battle?" James asked. "Like I said, I never served in the military. Though I have been known to play science fiction first person shooters but I have not done so for the past few days because I was so busy packing," he said.
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"I usually don't have dreams this detailed either," Cleve said, "and plus, those details were way too realistic."
"Do you guys know if it's possible to put a jet engine at the front of an aircraft or if it's possible to have homing rockets?"
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James nodded. "Homing rockets are very common weapons in the future," he said.
Deimos looked into the embers of the fire. "Do you guys think these dreams may mean something?" he asked.
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"It is definitely uncommon for two people to have the same dream," Cleve said, "Maybe we're here to prevent another world war?"
"You know guys," Cleve moaned, "I'm really not supposed to tell you this, but the experiment I was conducting in Philadelphia before I came here involved some fairly high electromagnetic fields--so high that it can bend space-time. That's a extremely likely reason why I'm here right now."
"What I'm saying is," Cleve continued, "the government might have actually discovered time travel and used it to send Dan and James back here to tell us something important. Did you guys notice anything strange before you appeared here?"
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Dan tried to remember if he saw anything worth mentioning. "Did any of you see anything? It may help me to remember." he said, pausing for a moment.
"I'd have to think that over, but I don't know a lot about world war 2. I saw a few shows about it on PBS. One was about some prisoners of war in Germany who were secretly trying to make a plane to escape, and some modern folks made a plane using their plans and proved it would have flown. They didn't get a chance to since they were freed by the american army before their plane was finished. They invited the still living survivors so they could see the work space they made and see it's flight. Another one was about some sort of little plane that the allies captured that one american pilot described as a get engine with wings and a tiny cockpit. And another was about some German scientists who very late in the war eluded some of the allied and German forces so they could go to a part of Germany and wait in a cousin of the project head, or somesuch, so they would be captured by the Americans instead of the Russians. "
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"I don't remember seeing anything strange before I came here," frank said.
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"Do you remember notice anything weird, like a bright flash, fog, or magnetic disturbance before you arrived?" Cleve asked, "And Frank, since you're in the air force, do you have any idea as to the plane that Dan mentioned? I guess I've too early in the war to know much."
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"I did notice a flash of light before I came here while I was diving toward theground chasing a Me-109," frank said. "As for the plane dand mentioned I haven't heard of it."
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James nodded. "I was chased by some portal of swirling blue light in New Jersey," he said. "Like I said, I never served in the military and I never studied too much about it," he added.
Deimos said nothing as he looked around the starlit landscape. The idea of time travel was totally lost on him.
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"I think there was a bright flash of light as I was driving." Dan said thinking back as he listened to what the others were saying.
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"Those are definitely some strange events," Cleve said, "What do you guys do for a living? Maybe that can give us a clue."
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"I work as a park ranger," James replied. He poked the ashes of the fire with his stick.
Deimos looked around. "So exactly what role do I play in this?" he asked. Even though time travel was alien to him, he had a vague feeling that he would be involved in this, somehow.
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"I really don't know," Cleve responded, "Maybe we should all get back to sleep. We still need to be ready for tomorrow."
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Dan shrugged, "I'm a doctor as you folks know." He said, not sure what else to add to the conversation.
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James yawned. "Good call, I'll be in my SUV if you need me," he said.
He then went over to his SUV, entered and locked the door.
As he reclined the seat and drifted off to sleep, he wondered why Deimos paired up with them.
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"I'm going to sleep," Deimos said. He then lay down by the fire and drifted off to sleep.
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Cleve lay down by the fire. His mind was trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle. Unfortunately, he had no good explanation. He drifted slowly into sleep.
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Not having much else to do Dan lay back down and relaxed till he eventually went to sleep.
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frank also fell asleep by the fire keeping his colt in his hand.
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The night slowly passed, and Cleve slept undisturbed for the rest of the night.
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Deimos was the first to awaken when the sun rose.
He got up and headed over to the fire pit and got to work starting a fire with the flint he had scavenged from the area as well as some dried leaves.
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Cleve was the second one to get up, despite the lack of good sleep he got last night.
"Did you sleep well?" Cleve asked Deimos, "Maybe we can get to meet the Great Valley dinosaurs today."
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Deimos nodded as the shower of sparks from the flint ignited the dried leaves. He tossed some twigs onto the fire.
"I'll wait for everyone else to wake up then we'll have breakfast and head out," he said.
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Cleve sat on a log, waiting for everyone to wake up. He watched the sunrise as it slowly rose from behind the mountains. It was a beautiful sight, but it was unfortunate that he was the only man who was watching it.
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Dan awoke. He lay there a short time before he started to setup and look around to see how things were, who else was awake and what time of day it was.
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"Good morning, Dan," Cleve whispered, "Sunrise in the Great Valley is a beautiful sight." Cleve pointed at the horizon.
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Frank woke up and looked toward the sunrise. "Good morning," he said to cleve and dan.
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"Good morning." Dan said to Frank in return.
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"We should get some food and meet the Great Valley residences today," Cleve said.
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"Let's wait until everyone else gets up," frank said.
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"Shouldn't be to long I'd guess. I wonder what time most dinosaurs around here wake up." Dan said.
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"Well as soon as we eat and after james gets up we could get going," frank said.
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James got up and exited his SUV.
"Good morning, everyone," he said.
"James, the fish is ready if you want to eat," Deimos said.
James nodded and went up to the smoked fish, which was laying on a stainless steel plate that he had left out last night.
He took a bite of the fish and grinned. The smoky, spicy, herbal flavor was unlike anything else he had. "Guys, try the fish, it's delicious!" he said, taking another bite.
As he ate, he marveled at the dazzling sunrise.
Deimos too, looked at the rising sun. "If anyone needs more food, I can go get some more fish or maybe some 'crawlers'," he said.
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"Is fish enough of should I try to find some fruit or something else also?" Dan asked.
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"I think that it'll be enough," Cleve said, "I really want to see the Great Valley residences today.
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Deimos returned with four dull green lizards. He was dangling them by the tail. "Crawlers?" he asked.
James shrugged. "I',m good with my fish but maybe we should take some fruit or something so we can have something to eat on our way," he said, throwing the fishbones into the fire.
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"No thanks," Cleve said disgustedly, "but let's hurry up. I don't wanna spend all day looking for food."
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"I'll take one," frank said.
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Deimos tossed one of the lizards to Frank and ate the rest.
James was packing his rucksack with food, first aid supplied and a canteen of water that he had boiled over the fire. "I'm ready to head out," he said.
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Frank stuck the lizard on a stick before cooking it over the fire.
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Dan finished his breakfast then he started to go over his stuff to decide what to bring and put into his backpack. He also took into account how much he could easily carry for long periods of time walking without tiring himself out.
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"Alright, fine," Cleve said unwillingly, "but let's get this food-gathering task done by midday, okay? I don't wanna spend all day looking for food again."
Cleve got up armed his pistol. He didn't really want to go exploring again, mainly because of the threat of attackers. Every single time he traveled outside the camp, he got attacked by something. But this time, since everyone is together, at least he was in a larger and better-armed group
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With the lizard cooked frank started to eat it. "So you guys ready," frank asked.
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James nodded. "I've got all my supplies right here," he said.
Deimos extinguished the fire by covering it in dirt. "I don't have any supplies except for this," he said, holding up his stone knife.
"So we're ready to head out. Lead the way, Deimos."
Deimos nodded and headed to the front of the group.
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Dan zipped shut his backpack and put it on his back. "I'm ready." He said and joined the group as they headed out.
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"I'll watch your back," Cleve said as he started to follow behind Dan.
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Frank started to follow behind cleve and dan finishing off the lizard.
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"Sounds like a good idea. No telling what dangers there may be here." Dan said to Cleve.
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After several minutes of journeying, Deimos stopped the group. In the distance were several dinosaurs around a large lake.
"Dan, James, Cleve, remember do as I say," he said.
James nodded.
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Frank caught up with the others. "Sorry if I was slowing you guys down back there," frank said.
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"ok." Dan said. He looked to see if he could see any detail of the dinosaurs from where they were. Once he heard Frank he looked over at him. "Glad to see you are here." He said.
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"What should we do next?" Cleve asked, trying to get a good view on the new dinosaurs.
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"How about introduce our selves to who ever is in charge," frank said.
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"That sounds good. But which one first and how best to do that?" Dan asked while looking at the dinos in the distance he could see and the others around him.
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Deimos saw Grandpa Longneck by the lake.
"That tall Longneck," Deimos said. "He's kind of the leader."
He then led the group to Grandpa Longneck.
"Hello, Mr. Longneck, I have some new arrivals to the valley," he said.
(OOC - Can someone else play as him?)
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(OCC: That's Belmont's role. I think that we should start the Great Valley story line now)
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(ooc: Yes, that is who's name is on the list to rp as Grandpa Longneck)
"Neat, more dinosarus. Including at least one Apatasaurus from the looks of it." Dan said.
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Glide sat in a nearby tree, sucking the last bits of meat off a fishbone he had stripped a few minutes before. Tossing it aside, he peered down with distain at the newcomers.
"Just what this place needs... more landwalkers."
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(OCC: I pm'd belmont and he said it was ok if some one else controls grandpa longneck for the moment)
Frank looked around the valley which was even more beautiful in daylight.
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(OCC: I PMed him too, but he hasn't responded yet.)
Cleve stood behind Dan with his hand on the trigger of his pistol, which Cleve still kept in his holster. Although the huge dinosaur in front of him looked friendly, looks could be deceiving. Also, his huge size made him a big threat.
Suddenly, Cleve noticed a dark shape in a tree around them. Its dark color contrasted with the green foliage of the trees. "Who's there?" Cleve demanded as he tightened his grip on his pistol. Cleve didn't pull out his pistol, fearing that he might accidentally attack one of the friendly dinosaurs, but he was on full alert.
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(OOC: Glide is not a nice character, so it's not me being mean its me roleplaying. If you don't like something he says, resolve it in character not out of character with me)
Glide snorted.
"A wingtail minding is own business... as you ignorant landwalkers should be. If I were you I would stop waving around that shiny stone... it makes you an easy target for spying sharpteeth."
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"Watch your tone and you I ask that you treat us with some respect," frank replied in a rather harsh tone.
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"He's just a jerk, best to ignore him. He's likely a bully to those smaller then himself also." Dan said. "If he gets to bad we can deal with that."
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"Deimos, you know this guy?" Cleve asked somewhat pleased to know that it wasn't a sharptooth.
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"Hah," snorted Glide, "you don't get any respect from me until you earn it pal."
Crossing his arms, the wngtail looked down upon the group gathered below.
"And the same goes for the rest of you... what makes you think you can just walk in here and act like you own the place?"
"...I can't wait till the longneck kicks you all out." The black wingtail added with a smirk.
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Deimos nodded. "His name's Glide. It's best if you avoid him," he said.
James looked around at the dinosaurs, most of them stared at the group. James returned the curious stares.
"James, Mr. Longneck is approaching," Deimos said. "And everyone else, let me do the talking."
True to Deimos's words, the ground shuddered as the Longneck approached the group.
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"Hello sir and good morning," frank said to grandpa longneck when he reached the group.
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Dan looked up at Grandpa Longneck, surprised at how large he was. He did take out his cellphone to take a few pictures, glad he had a large capacity microsdhc card in it and another one or 2 in his car.
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Grandpa Longneck ignored Frank, Dan and James.
"Mr. Longneck," Deimos said. "I have some new...erm, creatures who wish to temporarily stay in the Great Valley," he said.
Grandpa Longneck lowered his neck and examined the trio.
"Hello, sir," James said politely.
"It speaks our language?" he asked.
Deimos nodded. "They do speak our language but they're unlike any other dinosaurs I've seen," he said.
"Well, they appear harmless enough. Deimos, you and Glide will keep watch over them. They can stay in the farthest edges of the Great Valley," Grandpa Longneck said.
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Glide didn't like being ordered around, but it wasn't like he had anything better to do today.
He acknowledged the gesture with just a nod.
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"Hello, Mr. Longneck," Cleve greeted, "your words are clear and understood."
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"I understand Mr Longneck," frank said. "It's more peaceful here than where cleve and I are from." Frank was silent for a moment staring into the grandpa longneck eyes.
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"Thanks." Dan said, taking a few pictures of the dino group present before putting his cell phone away. He looked around at some of the others would say or do before he said anything else.
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"So let me get this straight... you don't know who these strange dinosaurs are or what they have come for, and you're just going to let them in?" blurted Glide.
"They had it perfect back where I come from. Not from around here means you have ten seconds to explain yourself or your out... no ifs ands or butts..."
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Mim, a female rainbowface, saw something going on where Grandpa Longneck was and came closer while she stayed some distance away, close enough to hear the conversation if there was any. She had already eaten a bit and had had some water so was doing some walking around for now.
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"Well, we would explain why we're here, but we're not even sure," Cleve tried to explain.
Suddenly, Cleve froze. In the distance, he could make out the shape of a dinosaur standing on two legs. It somewhat resembled a sharptooth, with its small head, s-shaped neck, short arms, and ostrich-like appearance. "I see someone coming," Cleve whispered.
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"Just keep calm it may just be one of the leaf eaters that reside here just wait until it comes closer to confirm," frank said.
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"Hrmph," snubbed Glide as he crossed his arms.
"It's just Mim."
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Mim walked over closer to see what the group gathering was about, while not intruding.
Dan looked at the new arrival, having no idea what sort of dinosaur it could be, or if it was a male or female.
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Deimos turned to Glide with a grin. "I've been with them for a few nights and I'm still alive," he said. "Besides, they're in the remotest section of the Great Valley."
He then gestured for everyone to stay back while he approached Mim.
James turned to everyone else. "So I guess once night falls, we move our vehicles in here or should we not do that?" he asked.
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"Mia?" Cleve asked curiously as he looked at the new creature, "Can you understand us too?"
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"Sure. You are speaking the leafeater language that some call flattooth language. Not sharptooth or that whistle language that I heard some swimmers without legs use for long distance talking." Mim said.
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Deimos introduced himself to Mim. He then turned to the others. "Everyone, James, Cleve, Frank, meet Mim," he said.
James stepped forward. "Hello, Mim," he said pleasantly. "I am James."
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"Hello, nice to meet you folks." Mim said waving. "How are you folks doing?" She said.
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If Glide wasn't restrained by Grandpa Longneck's wishes he probably would have flown away by now to do something else, but he was here and despite his misgivings it looked like he would have to give these strange newcomers some sort of guidance.
"This is all very sweet, but if you want me to show you were you will be staying tonight then I suggest you follow. If you're slow, then I wouldn't count on me waiting for you."
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James stepped forward. "If you do not mind, sir, may we choose our own place to stay at the outskirts of the Great Valley?" he asked.
"We're doing fine, Mim," Deimos said. "What brings you around here?"
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"Hello Mim I'm Frank but I'm also know as Hans by my closer friends and family," Frank said.
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"And I'm Cleve," Cleve said sincerely, pleased to discover a friendly creature, "We are pleased to meet you."
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"I've not seen your type before. You must be from a far away place." Mim said to them. "Are you staying here or are you far walkers?"
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Seeing the confusion on James's face, Deimos quickly spoke up. "I'm from here but the group with me are far walkers," he said.
"What are 'far walkers'?" James asked.
"It means anyone who doesn't live in this valley," Deimos replied.
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"We don't live here," Cleve said, "and we really don't exist in this time either..."
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"Yeah where we are from it's very different than here," frank said.
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"Were up to me you would all go back to where you came from..." grumbled Glide almost too quiet to be heard.
"Alright well I'm leading you all to where you can stay... follow me unless you want someone less friendly to do it instead."
On that note Glide took off into the air, and swooped over the groups heads brushing them with wind.
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Dan looked at Glide as he took off then at the others around him. "not very nice person." then he looked at Deimos, "is he always like this or is this a good or bad day for him?" He asked.
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Deimos shook his head. "He's always like that," he said.
"Let's follow him then," James said, heading after him.
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"Okay," Cleve said as he chased after Glide. Cleve didn't exactly trust Glide, but he had still had Deimos to count on in case of trouble.
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"We might as well follow him," frank said running after the others.
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Dan walked with the others, "Better then wondering around and getting lost." He said as he walked along.
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After about ten minutes, Glide stopped in a clearing near the Great Wall.
"Here we are... this will be your new home for as long as the residents of the valley will tolerate you. I suggest you make the most of it while it lasts... mister Threehorn is particularly grumpy about 'uninvited guests'."
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"Really now... well that's nice to know," frank said.
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"Thank you, Glide," James said. "We will try to respect the Great Valley's inhabitants."
Deimos nodded. "James, what about your 'rock nests'?" he asked. He was referring to the cars that James and Dan had arrived in.
"I don't know. They might be offensive to the inhabitants."
"But your supplies? And they're your nests!"
James thought a moment. Now that he thought of it, supplies were needed and the cars - especially his - had most of their supplies. "Dan, will you come with me to fetch the cars? We'll leave them just outside the Great Valley or if Glide permits, in our campsite."
Deimos shook his head. "James, it's best to leave them just outside the Great Valley then ask Glide for permission," he said.
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"Well glide I suppose you want me to explan why I was demanding respect from you earlier," frank asked.
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"If we did that it may be best to use camouflage to hide them. And we could construct some dwellings, given time, using some surrounding things here." Dan said looking around. "& we could make several trips, if need be, to bring everything needed here." He said.
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Glide turned to Frank and crossed his arms.
"Alright, let's hear your little story... and considering the fact I am thirsty and tired, you have about ten seconds before I fly away."
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"My own pride and ego, being a fighter pilot I am very well known for my ego where cleve and I are from I'm fighting against my own country which I left when I was younger my father didn't want me to grow up to be a criminal so when I was 8 my father my mother and I moved to a place called America where I currently live," frank said to glide.
"Hey James I know about camoflauge and saw a few good examples when I was shot down during Operation Market Garden." frank said.
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Cleve just nodded. He didn't really think that talking to Glide would do them any good. He stretched out his arms.
"We really should go back and get our equipment," Cleve said, "we gonna need them."
"Also, who is Mr. Threehorn?"
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"Equipment and supplies will be very handy, especially since we have no idea how long we may be here. How many of us have done camping, or have survival skills, or similar things, like stone knapping? We may need to find out who knows what so they can teach some others some stuff." Dan said. "And start working on a mental map of the area."
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"I was on a camping trip," James replied, gathering up his supplies. "And Frank, could you and Cleve work on camoflauge for our cars?" he asked.
"Mr. Threehorn is a very protective Threehorn. He hates outsiders so I would recommend you stay away from him," Deimos said to Cleve. He then turned to Dan and James. "I assume you will be fine without my help?" he asked.
James nodded. "I will," he replied.
He then walked out of the entrance to the valley.
Meanwhile, Deimos was using his stone knife to whittle what appeared to be a spit for roasting fish that they would later catch for dinner.
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"I'm sure we'll be fine. We likely won't be long." Dan said. "He doesn't sound like much of a nice person." Dan said.
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"I need an area with heavy trees, some branches and leaves, and some paint to properly camoflauge James and Dan's cars," frank said.
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"I'll just listen to you, Frank," Cleve said, "The Navy's concept of camouflage is somewhat useless on land. I'll follow your instructions."
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True to his word, he hadn't bothered to stay for Frank's entire recital on why he deserved respect. Instead, Glide spread his wings and took off midway through and carried on with his business.
Something told him he would be seeing more of these strange newcomers...
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Frank looked around and saw that the leaves were in a early summer color.
"Ok we need to some how mix paint so it matches early summer leaves,"
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"And how should we do that?" Cleve asked.
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"We could try using plant parts. I think that was how some paints were made. Though other things were likely used also. I'm no expert on paint history though." Dan said.
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"You need plants for coloring something?" Deimos asked. "I don't know anything about it but I'll fetch Mr. Thicknose." He leaned the finished spit and stone knife against a tree.
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James finally arrived at their old encampment. He began to pack up the materials that they had left from the previous night.
When he was done with that, he got into his SUV and started the engine. He then slowly drove to the Great Valley.
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Dan left so he could go to where his car was and drive it over to where James had put his car and picking out stuff to bring with him to their camping spot and making sure he had the stuff packed as efficiently as he could.
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"So cleve I could tell you about what's gone on in 1944 if you'd like," frank said.
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"That sounds great," Cleve remarked as he helped clean the campsite of branches and leaves, "Who's gonna win the race to Berlin? And who's gonna fall next? Germany or Japan?"
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"I'm not sure I hope it's the US and Britian and not the Soviets," frank said. "As for who will fall next it will be Germany," Frank then explained D-Day, Operation Market Garden, the battle of the Philippine Sea, the battle of Leyte Gulf, the Battle of the Bulge, and the July 20 plot. "That's why Germany will fall next Japan well we still have two islands before we reach the main islands one of which we invaded yesterday from the time I'm from," frank said. Frank then explained how the Kamikaze corps started just after the Leyte Gulf battle as well as it's purpose.
Little did frank know he and cleve were being watched. "Ruby do you understand what those two strange far walkers that deimos brought here are talking about?" littlefoot asked while he and his friends watched from the bushes.
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Quick sat in silence as he listened to the upcoming events. Is there a way I can stop these defeats?" Cleve wondered to himself. It disgusted him to think about how he might not be able to make a difference in the future events. "Do you happen to know of a ship called the USS Eldridge?" Cleve asked, "Have you heard of the Philadelphia Experiment?"
Ruby turned her head to get a better look at the two strangers. "I don't know Littlefoot," Ruby replied, "I've never seen anything like them, not even in the Mysterious Beyond."
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Glide was indeed tired, and found a branch that was high and above the reach of any marauding land walkers to rest. Before shuting his eyes he found himself thinking more about those strange new guests. They were unlike anything he'd seen before, so despite their outward arrogance they were of interest to him. Maybe he would pay them a visit tommarrow morning, just to check on them.
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Deimos saw the arriving cars. Night was falling and their powerful headlamps were easily visible in the distance.
He snatched a small firebrand from the campfire he had lit and held it over his head.
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James saw the firebrand and drove towards it.
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A few minutes later, James pulled his car up to the campsite and turned off the engine.
Deimos tossed the firebrand back into the campfire. "So you made it," he said.
James nodded. "Yeah, I'll fetch dinner tonight," he said, rooting around for his fishing gear in his trunk. He returned with a fishing rod and a set of lures.
Deimos nodded. "I will accompany you," he said. He then turned to Frank and Cleve. "Frank, Cleve, James and I are going fishing. Could you keep watch other the camp?"
"Can we wait for Dan?" James asked.
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Dan drove up behind James since the going was slower in his car since it wasn't made for offroad use. He parked beside James' vehicle and got out once he made sure he had everything turned off.
"Hope we don't have to move them to often." He said once he was out.
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"They are strange looking, but not dangerous, no they are not." Ducky said from where she was.
"They strange looking, maybe dangerous." Petrie said, scared of most new things.
"They do not have claws, no, no, no. And the stuff on their head looks kinda like the tickly fuzzy stuff tickles had all over his body." Ducky said, remembering the person they briefly met and in the valley of mist.
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"Possibly I have a few friends in the intelligence field," frank said. "Market garden has been the only defeat if you were wondering the other battles have complete victories for the allies," frank said.
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"How about the Eastern Front?" Cleve asked, "They Soviets have had it harder than us. Wanna ask the 21st century guys about the rest of the war?"
It wasn't long before Cleve saw incoming headlights. He knew that James and Dan were returning to camp with their cars.
"We'll help guard the camp and unpack," Cleve said, "but do we even have enough fuel in these cars to move around anymore?"
Ruby squinted and looked more carefully at the new creatures. "These new creatures are new, but not dangerous," Ruby said eruditely, "Look at the size of their mouths. There's no way for them to catch meat with such small mouths."
"Ugh, but their shiny moving rocks smell strange," Chomper remarked, pointing at the cars, "I've never seen or smelled anything like them."
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"The Russians have pretty much won all but two battles since Kursk," frank said. He then sighed deeply before he continued. "The Russians have also sunk two ships carrying civilians fleeing from the Russian Army from Eastern Europe the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Steuben," frank said.
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"Sounds like that we're at Hitler's doorstep, eh?" Cleve said, "And those Japanese look pretty beat-up too, although they don't seem like the kind to give up this easily. Japan is still occupying islands in the Phillipines, China, and Korea, aren't they? Invading Japan is gonna be hard, especially now that the Soviets and French won't be helping much."
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"We're still fighting in the Philippines the free french forces have helped in a few battles," Frank said.
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"I hope they are not sharpteeth. They have no sharp claws." Petrie said, a bit unsure of the new comers, but not scared since they didn't look dangerous and had no claws nor sharpteeth that he could see.
"I think they are just unusual looking and not dangerous at all. No I do not." Ducky said.
Spike finding the conversation a little boring was eating a leaf from a nearby bush.
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"I've got a full tank and a gas can," James said. "But since we cannot refuel we should limit movement to as little as possible."
"Dan, do you want to go fishing or gather fruit?" Deimos asked.
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"You know cleve I could teach you some german if you wanted," Frank said.
"Littlefoot!" a female voice called.
"That's my grandma I should get going soon," littlefoot said.
At the same time a gruff male voice called out "Cera!"
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"Me hope Cera's dad not angry." Petrie said.
"Why would he be. He has no reason, no, no, no." Ducky said to Petrie while shaking her head.
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Dan thought for a brief moment before he replied. "Maybe gathering fruit may be best since I've not fished before." Dan said.
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James nodded as he grabbed a bucket from the SUV. "Okay," he said. He then turned to Cleve. "Cleve, do you want to fish or watch over the camp with Frank?"
"Guys, I can take you to a place that is good fishing and has edible fruits," Deimos said.
"Thank you."
Deimos then pulled a firebrand from the campfire and led the group towards a clearing in the edge of the meadow.
When they arrived, they were met by a large lake surrounded with grass and numerous small berry bushes and trees lay. Streams leading from the rock walls fed the lake.
Deimos then stuck his torch in the ground. "I'll keep watch and maybe hunt some crawlers for myself," he said.
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Frank sat down by the fire waiting for dan james and deimos to return.
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Dan got a bucket to put the fruit into before he headed out with the others. "Thanks. It'll be easier if there's one place to get both." He said. Then once at the site he started to gather some berries and if the trees had eatable fruits he recognized and were in season he added some of those as well.
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"I'll clean up the camp area, I guess," Cleve said as he picked up a large tree branch and threw it, unknowingly, to the bush where Littlefoot and his friends were hiding behind.
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"Ow! that hurt!," Littlefoot said as the branch hit him.
Frank pulled out his dagger keeping it pointed toward the ground. "Did you hear that?" he asked cleve.
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James cast his rod into the lake. In a few minutes, he had snagged a fish, which he placed into his bucket.
"See anything Deimos?" he asked.
Deimos grabbed a small lizard and gulped it down. "Nothing but some crawlers!" he said.
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After a few hours Glide had finished his early morning power-flight around the valley - to keep himself in shape - and caught a fish near the thundering falls without too much effort. A swimmer couple was mad he did it so close to their swimming children, but the black wingtail couldn't care less.
"I guess I better check on that bunch of landwalkers from yesterday," he muttered to himself, "see if the sharpbeaks have started picking their bones yet."
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Dan went around, as before, making sure to get the best looking berries in season and some fruit from trees if any were in season, but making sure to leave plenty behind in case others came here and if they returned to the area, and his bucket would hold only so much also.
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"They find us now, what they do to us?" Petrie said a bit scared now. "Maybe it best we run now before really see us." Petrie said as he got ready to fly away, though only if his friends were going to do the same as he'd not leave them behind.
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"Yeah," Cleve responded as he knelt down, drawing out his pistol, "It came from behind that bush."
"Who's there?" Cleve demanded, "Show yourself or we'll open fire!"
"What should we do?" Chomper quietly asked Littlefoot.
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(OOC - I thought it was still nighttime? Oh well, we can assume Glide got up early.)
Several minutes later, James had caught his his fish and Deimos had gotten some extra crawlers, after eating his fill.
"Well, we ready to head back?" James asked.
Deimos nodded. "Yeah, I'm full and I'll bet the others are hungry," he said.
James and Deimos headed back to the camp, using the campfire as a guide.
"Yo Cleve, Frank! We got dinner!" James shouted.
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"Shh..." Cleve whispered silently, "There's someone behind that bush over there." Cleve gestured to the bush.
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"I guess we should show ourselves so they don't use those things they have," littlefoot said.
As littlefoot walked out of the bushes frank put his dagger back in it's scabbard.
"It's alright kid we're not gonna hurt you," frank said.
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Deimos spotted Littlefoot. "Uh, Littlefoot, isn't it a little late for you to be up?" he asked. He was still holding some extra lizards for the group to eat.
James put his shotgun back into the SUV (he had went to fetch it after Cleve warned him about a potential threat). He put his bucket of fish by the campfire and washed his fishing rod in the lake. He then added some wood he and Deimos had helped split from a dead tree nearby.
"So who are the new arrivals?" he asked.
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"Littlefoot?" Cleve asked, "Is that your name? Well, we won't hurt you if you don't hurt us." Cleve put his pistol back into his holster.
"Anyone else with you?" Cleve asked.
"Should we show ourselves too?" Chomper asked.
"Yeah, it's always kind to be nice to strangers , and it's nice to be kind to them" Ruby said, walking out of the bush.
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"Yes but I just wanted to see the new commers," littlefoot said.
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"Welcome, new comers," Ruby declared, "I'm sure that you will all feel welcomed in our welcoming valley."
Chomper slowly walked out of the bush. "Hey, newcomers." Chomper, in his excitement, had forgotten that he was, after all, a sharptooth. Sharptooth usually we're well-tolerated by leaf-eaters outside the Great Valley.
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Petrie fearfully came out with the others, not sure if they should or if they should have run off instead.
Ducky waved, "We're all glad you are not mean like some others are, we are, we are. ANd we are glad to meet you, yep, yep, yep." She said nodding emphatically.
Spike, not seeing what all the fuss was about remained relaxed and bit off some grass to eat as he walked along with the others.
"This is my brother Spike, he would say hello, but he doesn't speak much, no he does not." Ducky said. Spike nodded to this as he ate his food and swallowed then made a sound that he was happy to meet the new folks.
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Dan went back with the others, glad at the amount he had picked. He was sure they would have some left for tomorrow breakfast, always a good thing then having to look around for breakfast before one can eat it.
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"I'm Frank it's nice to meet you all." Frank asked.
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"You guys have a sharptooth with you too?" Cleve asked, "The species variation in this valley sure is great."
"This here is Chomper," Ruby introduced, "Chomper is here. He's a sharptooth, but he'll never hurt you."
"Hi," Chomper smiled nervously and waved.
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Dan looked up from where he had been putting the bucket down and then waiting to for a bit before coming over, and taking a picture with his cell phone. "There is quite a variety indeed." He said looking at those present and thinking of some he had seen before. "Quite a variety of different dinosaurs indeed. Though I don't recall seeing many meat eaters before, mainly plant eaters. Though I've not been here to long."
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"It's nice to meet you chomper," frank said.
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"I'm James," James said. "I'm glad to meet you Chomper."
Deimos offered some of the lizards he had caught to the new arrivals. "Crawlers?" he asked.
James's stomach growled. "I could use dinner," he said.
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Dan looked at James, "There's a nice varied selection if you are hungry. Hungry for anything in particular?" He asked.
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"I'll take one," Frank said.
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"No thanks," Cleve said, turning his head.
"You like crawlers too?" Chomper asked with delight, "I'd like one... Wait, you're not sharpteeth, are you?"
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"Not exactly you see our kind can eat both meat and plants," Frank said.
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Deimos handed a lizard to Frank. He tossed the last piece of wood in the fire. "I'm going to get some wood and I need some help," he said. "Oh, and if you're going to clean the fish, don't throw the innards and stuff away."
"I'm going to prepare dinner," James said, getting out a cast iron skillet. "Dan, you mind giving me a hand with dinner?"
James then set up the heavy metal stand over the fire and placed the skillet over the fire. He then got to work scaling and gutting some of the fish with his handy knife. As Deimos instructed, he placed the fish guts near the lake.
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(OOC: Though the fish guts line was tempting for Glide to come in and steal them, I can't bring him in until morning due to my own post)
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Frank stuck the lizard on a stick and started cooking it over the fire.
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"Sure, what do you want help with?" Dan asked as he went over to where James was.
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James continued gutting the fish. "Try cooking up kind of dessert with the fruits you gathered," he said. "There's a pot in my SUV."
The pile of fish guts grew larger as James continued cleaning the fish. He had enough to for dinner and just enough to smoke for later use.
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Frank began thinking of all he'd seen and of his girlfriend.
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Dan went to get the pot and started to put in some of the berries to try to make some sort of dessert from the berries, thinking it best to stick with just the berried and not mixing in various fruits.
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"So Cleve what did you think about me teaching you some German?" Frank asked.
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"Frank, once you're done eating, I need some help gathering wood," Deimos said.
"Frank, take the ax that's leaning against my car," James said. He placed several fish on long sticks to smoke while he pan fried the other fish.
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Dan used a serving spoon, or something he could use as such. Then he went to the to the fire and started to do his best to make the berries into some sort of desert.
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"Got it," Frank replied before getting the axe that was leaning against james car.
"Does anyone want to hear a story of mine that happened on Christmas day of 1944?" frank asked.
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"What is Christmas?" littlefoot asked.
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Deimos picked up a firebrand from the fire and exited the campsite and headed towards a nearby grove of trees.
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Frank set the axe by him before turning to littlefoot. "It's a very important holiday where we come from," Frank said. "It's a time of peace and goodwill toward our fellow man."
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"It sounds like a nice day, it does, it does." Ducky said nodding.
"Petrie think so too." Petrie said.
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"It is so I guess you want to hear my story?" Frank asked.
"I want to hear it," littlefoot said.
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"Sure, for the world can only be good if we all have goodwill," Ruby said.
"I wanna hear a story," Chomper said, "perhaps it'll be better than Grandpa Longnecks."
"I wanna hear it too," Cleve said, "the German lessons can wait."
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"I was flying over Germany I had seperated from my squadron when I came on a 109 flying over a village I was in a perfect place to fire but I just could not bring myself to do it," Frank said. "So I flew next to it and waved to the pilot which he waved back the church bells in the small village below were ringing and we flew in formation for a while preforming a number of air show type aerobatic maneuvers singing christmas carols he over the allied frequency in english and myself over the German frequency in German, we continued until we were had just enough fuel to get home and then we flew off wishing each other merry Christmas." This caused frank to think for a moment. "Wait a minute that plane I was chasing when I came here had the same nose art," Frank said.
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"Nice Christmas story," Cleve remarked, "I remember hearing the pretty much the same story, but set in WWI. During Christmas, even the worst of enemies can get along..."
"Now about that 109, are you sure that it was the exact same plane? This is pretty interesting... Might be one of the reasons that we're here..."
"What's a 109?" Chomper suddenly interrupted, "And where's Germany? Who are the Allied? And how do you fly without wings...
"Shh..." Ruby whispered, "Let them talk. I wanna hear what they're saying."
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"The Messerschmitt Bf 109 some times called the 109 is a fighter that has been in the service of my birth country since 1937,' Frank said before turning to cleve. "Yes I'm sure the nose art was exactly the same."
"You mean it's like that loud shiny buzzing flyer that flew over the valley a couple days ago?" littlefoot asked.
"Yes that is how we can fly with wings we use technology," Frank said. "Germany is in Europe and the allies are fighting against Germany."
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"You guys saw Frank flying over the valley?" Cleve asked, "Did any of you see anything else strange?"
Chomper shook his head, not remembering any strange events.
"Well," Cleve continued, "Here are the clues to us being here: that Me-109 that Frank saw, the experiment that my ship was conducting, and the weird dream that James and I had about the Soviets... Hey, what a minute... One of the situations occurred in the air, one of them occurred in the water, and one of them occurred on the ground. They all had something to do with Europe or the Atlantic. I'm beginning to connect the dots!"
"Who are the Soviets?" Chomper asked again, "and where's Europe?"
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"The Soviets are like us but they have different government than us and Europe is a Continent in the future," Frank said.
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"And the clues all have something to do with Germany. The Soviets... Atlantic..." many thoughts roamed Cleve's head. He was trying to contemplate an explanation for why they were here. All of a sudden, Cleve jumped up.
"Hey, Dan, James, after the war, is Germany gonna be an ally of the US?" Cleve asked, "If so, I think that I've figured it out. All the clues had something to do with the military, Germany, the US, and the USSR. I think that these clues point to the fact that there's going to be another war of some sort between the three powers."
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"Also will germany be split into east and west since the Russians are closing in from eastern europe," Frank asked.
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James passed out plates of the cooked fish to everyone, even the dinosaurs. "Yes Germany will be a future ally of the US. And it will be split into East and West Germany after World War II. Only to be reunited a year or so after the fall of the Soviet Union about forty years later," he replied.
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Deimos was picking up some small branches that had fallen. He had a leaf sled behind him that was filled with firewood.
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Frank lowered his head and shook it on hearing Germany would be split into east and west after the war but was happy to hear it would become an ally of the US.
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"Me like story." Petrie said from where he had sat down to listen to the story.
"I did to, I did, I did." Ducky said.
Dan continued with his cooking till he was sure it was done then took it off the heat to cool down.
"It was an interesting story indeed. I heard something similar happened, forgot if it was during world 1 or 2, where some soldiers on both sides sang Christmas carols then after Christmas they were replaced since they refused to fight each other. I forgot the exact details." Dan said.
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"And were there any times of extreme diplomatic tension between the US and the USSR?" Cleve asked, "The clues that we have are pointing to another armed conflict in Europe."
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James nodded as he swallowed his mouthful of fish. It was a bit bland but some of the fruits that Dan had gotten made up for it. "We never really got into open war with the USSR but these were times of high tension where war was just around the corner he said.
At this point Deimos returned with the leaf sled full of wood. "Frank, you said you would meet me at the grove. Where were you?" he asked testily.
James turned to Frank. "Frank, did Deimos ask you to help him gather wood?" he asked.
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"Well," Cleve continued, "maybe our mission here is to prevent such a conflict from every occurring. But the question is how to do so."
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"Comming," Frank said grabbing the axe and started to where deimos was.
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Deimos stacked up the smaller pieces of wood near Dan's car but the larger logs that he picked up from the forest needed to be split.
"Frank, can you split these like how James did?" Deimos asked.
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James swallowed his mouthful of fish. "If so, why did we end up here instead of say the 1950s?" he asked.
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"Sure," Frank said splitting the larger pieces of wood like James did.
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"Maybe the 1950s would be too late," Cleve replied, "Frank and I still have time to get promoted. Maybe one day, one of our actions is gonna be critical in preventing another world war."
"Whoa, the 1950s?" Chomper asked, "when's that gonna be?"
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"That is a possible thing. One individual at the right time and place can make changes to history. Imagine what 2 can do." Dan said.
"Maybe you do have a reason for coming here." Ducky said, "it is possible, it is, it is." She said.
Spike was eating some leaves, finding the conversation not to interesting.
"Maybe you just come here." Petrie said shrugging.
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"But one thing that I can't explain is why we're here, in the time of the dinosaurs," Cleve continued, "That'll be a mystery that we'll just have to find out."
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With the larger pieces of wood spit frank picked them and and piled it next to the wood deimos stacked.
"Uh frank the crawler you have is on fire," littlefoot said.
Frank rushed over and took it off from over the fire and rolled it on the ground it was however it was brunt badly and frank's face looked pale when he smelled it.
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"Hey Frank, can I have that crawler?" Deimos asked. He was whittling some spits to use later.
James tried some of the fruit dish that Dan made. "Hey this is pretty good," he said.
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Dan smiles, "Thanks. I have made something similar in the past." He said, glad what he had cooked had come out well. "At least this gives us a nice mix of a selection of foods to eat instead of just one or a few selections." He said.
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"yeah sure," Frank said.
"Uh Frank you don't look so well," littlefoot said.
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Frank cleared his throat before turning to littlefoot. "I'll be fine I feel better already," Frank said.
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"Maybe you need to sit down and drink a little water or something." Dan said to Frank. "Or sit and relax a bit.
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"Yeah," Cleve agreed, "Just rest a bit. If you really don't feel well, we have a doctor with us." Cleve gestured at Dan.
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"I know I'm just remembering some bad memories and I will leave it at that," frank said.
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"Just sit down and rest. I'm sure you'll feel better soon." Dan said looking at Frank.
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Deimos ate the crawler as he watched Frank to ensure that he was okay.
James was boiling some lake water for drinking.
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Frank sat down as littlefoot walked up to him.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Littlefoot asked.
"Not really it's not really something you should hear," Frank replied.
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"Maybe you can tell him a joke or a funny story instead." Dan said.
"Me like story." Petrie said.
"I like funny stories more then scary stories. Scary stories can be fun also, they can, they can." Ducky said while nodding.
"But not to scary. me like funny better then scary stories." Petrie said.
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"Well I can't think of any at the moment," Frank said.
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"Anyone else have any? I can't think of any at the moment myself." Dan said looking at the others.
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"War memories?" Cleve asked, "I always thought that airmen are typically spared from the kind of brutality that people see in the Navy or Army, although I guess any memory can be haunting. I'm still disturbed by the causalities I saw on the USS Patterson. I can only imagine what the army folks see."
"Oh," Ruby said, "I know a good story, a story from the Mysterious Beyond!"
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"We airmen also see our share of horrors like that pilot I told you about that was only one thing I saw," frank said before clearing his throat and swallowing hard. He then turned to ruby, "I'd like to hear that one it might be just what we need to raise our morale a bit." Frank said.
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James let boiled water cool down a bit before he passed out stainless steel cups of it to everyone. "Water?" he asked.
He took a sip. Even though the water had been filtered through some cloth and boiled, it still had a distinct but refreshing flavor.
Deimos was drinking straight from the river. He then sat on a log next to the campfire - now just some smoldering coals.
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"Sure," Frank said taking one of the cups.
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"I'll have some water." He said. "If we'll be here a while I wonder if someone would prefer making some sort of distillery or something. I can go without it myself but I know some really enjoy drinking." Dan said. "I also wonder if we can do some sort of solar oven or something." He said.
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Cleve grabbed a cup of water and started drinking. "Yeah, food and water should be our primary concern," Cleve said, "And shelter is pretty important too."
"Anyway," Ruby said, "the big buzzing flyer that showed up a few days ago reminded me of this story. It was so long ago that I can barely remember it, but I'll tell you what I'll tell you."
Ruby paused a second before continuing. "When I was just a hatchling, I used to live out in the Mysterious Beyond. I remember one day, I was six huge buzzing flyers in the sky, similar to the one we saw a few days ago, except different."
Cleve suddenly turned and almost spilled his water. "You've seen other airplanes before? What did they look like?" Cleve asked forcefully.
"You mean the big buzzing flyers?" Ruby asked.
"Yes," Cleve yelled, nodding excitedly, "Tell me all you know."
"I really couldn't see too many details, because they were so high up, but they sure were big. They all made a terrible noise as they flew across the sky. They didn't flap their wings at all. Five of them were dark blue with a strange symbol on the wings. The symbol looked like a white star on a blue circle on a white rectangle. They all flew in formation, and they all appeared to have some sort of moving cylinder thing near their tall tails."
"That sounds like an US Navy TBF Avenger," Cleve remarked, grappled by Ruby's story, "What did the sixth plane look like?"
"The sixth big buzzing flyer was similar, but different," Ruby explained, "It was a lot smaller than the previous five planes, and it showed up after the five and it was colored differently. This time, the flyer had a sharper yellow-colored beak with some weird symbol on it. The rest of its body was green. It had a black cross shape on the bottom of its wing."
"That sounds like a Bf 109," Cleve remarked, "Does this sound like the plane you were chasing, Frank?"
(OCC: The five TBF Avengers are Flight 19, a flight that mysteriously disappeared in the Burmuda Triangle in December 1945)
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"I would rather not we made alcoholic beverages," James said, passing some water to Dan.
Deimos listened with interest to Ruby's story. "Did you see those flyers ever again?" he asked. He was working on a stone knife.
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"Yes it sounds exactly the same," Frank said.
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Dan nods, "I've heard about that flight. I think some planes or ships or something sent out to look for them may have disappeared also, but I'm not sure of that story. " he said, pausing to drink some of his water before continuing, "As for shelter, the simplest would be to use caves. Maybe caves with several wings so if there is wind blowing into the cave we could use one of the side wings. We could try to make grass huts, but that may take time and I've no idea how they are made. I've just seen pictures of them in books, magazines, and other media also."
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"Sleeping in caves sounds good to me," frank said.
Littlefoot turned to frank "So you're fighting against your own country," littlefoot asked.
Frank simply nodded his head.
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Ruby shook her head and said: "I never saw those big buzzing flyers ever again."
"Uh, it's that 109 again. I wonder if we can still find the pilot of those Avengers or that 109," Cleve said, "This is getting really interesting, I have to say. Maybe the Avengers can give us a clue as to why we're here, in the time of the dinosaurs."
"You mean there are no dinosaurs where you come from?" Chomper asked.
"Well, um, you see..." Cleve tried to respond, but he didn't have the heart to tell Chomper that all dinosaurs will become extinct.
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"I hope so but even if we can find the planes we don't even know if they pilots are still alive," frank said.
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"You guys wanna go looking for the planes?" Cleve asked, "They might yield some clues."
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"We can, but it would be dangerous wondering around outside this place. And as for caves we can make some bedding using grass or something as an extra thing." Dan said. "Though the pilots may have some idea as you say and they may prefer to live here where it's safer." He said. "Depending how far they flew before they landed or bailed out.
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Cleve nodded and said: "I'm in the Navy, and I know how to survive in a lifeboat. However, I'm clueless on land."
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"I'm a park ranger so I have some skills in survival but not enough to engage in a search party," James said.
"Caves?" Deimos said. "I think there are some nearby but its too late to go searching for them."
James yawned. "Dunno but I'm going to sleep," he said. He got into his car, locked the doors and fell asleep.
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"Guess we'll just have to save the expedition for later then," Cleve said, "It is getting late."
Cleve took a sip out of his cup and laid it down on the ground.
"It was a pleasure to meet you today," Cleve said to the dinosaurs.
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"We should be getting back to our folks anyway, it was nice to meet you though," littlefoot said.
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Cleve nodded and waved.
"Let's go Chomper, I've prepared some well-prepared stories for you," Ruby said.
Chomper followed Ruby back into their cave.
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Littlefoot walked off to his nest.
Frank laid down by the fire I've got some experence on the ground so I could help lead the expedition," Frank said.
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"Maybe tomorrow," Cleve said, "And maybe we can get the dinosaurs to help."
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"I hope so but it may have to be later tomorrow as we might have to face the other dinosaurs in the valley," Frank said.
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"Me glad to meet you. You folks not scary." Petrie said.
"Yep, I am glad we met, I am , I am. But Littlefoot is right we should go." Ducky said as she climbed on Spike and waved to the other folks present. Spike made some sounds of his own. "Spike says he is glad we all met also." Ducky said. She waved again as Petrie waved and took off for his family's nesting area and then Ducky and Spike left to head to theirs.
"Yea, it was great." Dan said waving to the others as they left before he started to get ready to head to bed.
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"It was nice to meet all of you as well," Frank said.
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"The inhabitants of the Great Valley seem quite friendly," Cleve commented, "I don't feel that we even have a need to keep guard tonight."
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"I know I feel the same," frank said.
Littlefoot reached his nest where his grandparents were waiting.
"Littlefoot where were you?" his grandmother asked.
"I'm sorry grandma I was talking to the newcommers with my friends," Littlefoot said.
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Deimos nodded. "The Great Valley is very safe," he said.
He tossed some more wood onto the fire but made sure to keep it low so the fish could smoke over night.
He then lay down to sleep next to the log "bench" he had procured a while back.
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"Well good night guys," Frank said falling alseep by the fire.
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Dan finished getting ready for sleep and goes to sleep.
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As the hours passed by, Deimos got up and walked around the campsite. It was still dark and the fire was now burnt out.
He restarted the fire with the flint and tinder he had placed on a rock that he had dragged somewhere to serve as a table.
As he fed the low fire with some wood, he wondered exactly what these beings that had appeared in the Great Valley actually are.
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Cleve managed to sleep peacefully throughout the night. It was the first night Cleve slept undisturbed since he arrived in this new world.
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Frank was having a strange dream in which he saw his father and two of his cousins. "No," Frank said.
"I'm afraid it is my son both Walter and Johan have been killed in the war only Erik is still alive," Frank's dad told him. "We don't have much time left you must find the planes you will find much in the lead one," franks dad said before he disappeared.
Frank then sat up with his eyes wide open.
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Deimos turned around to find Frank awake and with eyes wide open.
"Erm, something wrong?" he asked. He had finished cleaning up the campsite and making a second firepit for burning other debris.
He then offered a skewer of the smoked fish to Frank. "Food?" he asked.
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"Yes I just had a very odd dream," frank said taking the fish. "I saw my dead father and two of my cousins who have been killed in the war." My father told me to find the lead plane from the group ruby spoke and search it and that I would learn much there,' Frank said.
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"What's a 'plane'?" Deimos asked. He picked up some flint and tinder and lit a fire in the main firepit.
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"It is another way to say airplane," Frank said.
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Cleve, who slept peacefully throughout the night, woke up very early. He was a bit sore from walking and cleaning up the camp, but he still had plenty of energy. The sun was just beginning to rise, and the sky was a beautiful orange color.
"Good morning Frank. Good morning Deimos," Cleve said, "You guys enjoying the sunrise? You two sleep okay?"
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"Yes I just had a very odd dream," Frank said then telling cleve his dream of how he saw two of his cousins and his father all three of which were dead and how frank was to search the lead TBM Avenger and that he would find much there.
"What do you think it means?" Frank asked as it still puzzled frank.
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"I think it means your relatives are messing with your head," interjected Glide from a nearby tree.
"In my experience when somebody close to you dies, they torment you for a long time until you finally accept they're gone and get over it."
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"I have accecpted their deaths, I did not know two of my cousins had died!" frank shouted back.
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"What?" Dan asked as he started to wake up from the shout and other sounds.
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"All the same," continued Glide, "following dream illusions is one of the best ways to end up dead... unless that's what you want."
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"Maybe so but sometimes you just have to follow your dreams and your heart," Frank said.
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"Personally, I'd try to find those planes anyway," Cleve said, crossing his arms, "Even if they don't have any clues, we might to able to salvage some guns, food, or gasoline."
"And Glide," Cleve said, "Frank is right. Haven't you never had hopes and dreams before?"
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"Yeah and I might be able to take some parts from one of the planes to help me repair my fighter," frank said.
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"Or we can just repair one of the Avengers," Cleve said, "I'm not sure if your P-51 is repairable. Besides, because there are five Avengers, there are probably lots of spare parts. Even if we can't repair the airplanes, we might find some medical, food, and survival supplies."
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Deimos nodded as he responded to Cleve's question and handed him a skewer of smoked fish.
"So what's the plan for today?" he asked.
James walked onto the campsite, his hair was wet for he had bathed in one of the secluded rivers nearby.
"So what's up?" James asked. ""Oh, hello Glide," he said, turning to the Wingtail.
"So should we eat breakfast while we plan our next move?" he asked. He then turned to Glide. "Care to join?"
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"Well we could introduce ourselves to the valley," frank said. He then turned to Deimos. "Is there a meeting place in the valley?" Frank asked.
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Dan nodded, "if you know what is wrong with your plane and the parts are compatible we may be able to repair your plane. Some parts we may can use, maybe for shelter or other uses since we do not know how long we'll be here." Dan said.
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"It blew up on impact the wings are off one of the wings was ripped open but I think I can take apart one or two of the avengers to help build a shelter," Frank said.
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"Hopes and Dreams...hah!" answered Glide pessimistically, "if i had them they died with my parents."
He started licking one of his wings.
"I spent my childhood trying to survive, not chasing silly spectres that come to me the night."
"And to you sharptooth... no thanks I've already ate."
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"I'd prefer that you use my name, Deimos" Deimos replied coolly. He then turned to Frank. "The main lake with the waterfall is the meeting place. I do need to warn you that many of the dinosaurs may not care about this expedition."
James returned with his tackle box and fishing rod. "If any of you could start a fire in the big burn pit, I could catch some fish for breakfast," he said, heading over to the lake.
Deimos glanced at the woodpile. "I can gather wood later," he said.
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"I can start a fire. I have a cigarette lighter in my car glove box, and one built into my car also since one can use an adapter to power other devices. And I remember how to start fires from when I was a boy scout though I've not done those in a while." Dan said. He went to the wood pile and gathered some to put into the fire pit with assembling them and including some local kindling that would be easy to light. Then he went to get the cigarette lighter from the glove box of his car. "if we're here a while I may use one of the other methods." Dan said before he made sure the fire pit and area around it was ok and safe before he started the fire.
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"I still have mine even after I saw the city I was born in destroyed," Frank said. He then lowered his head as it was still hard form him to talk about.
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Cleve didn't want to risk lowering Frank's moral, so he said nothing. "I'll gather some small branches around the camp," Cleve said. He walked around the edges of the camp to pick up some small branches to use for kindling.
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"I'm going for a walk," frank said getting up and walking off.
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Dan started the fire then made sure he had things set up so the fire would burn a good long time.
"There, that should last a while," he said as he backed off from the fire, "and I think ti should last a while so it should be ok for cooking." He said, not sure what to say considering Frank's feelings and problem.
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Frank walked around while several of the valley residents stared at him but he ignored them.
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"Hmm you newcomers are even dumber then I thought," commented Glide a bit rudely, "the others aren't going to like you starting fires in their valley."
"If I was trying to get in their good graces, I certainly wouldn't start burning their home one piece at a time."
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Cleve gathered some branches and placed them next to the fire.
"There," Cleve said, "that should be enough fuel for today."
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Frank kepted walking until he ran into grandma longneck and littlefoot. "Good morning" frank said in German.
"Good morning frank," littlefoot replied.
Grandma longneck bent her neck down until she was at eye level with frank. "So your one of the new commers my grandson talked about," she said.
"Yes ma'am," frank said politely.
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Cleve threw one of the sticks into the fire. "I wonder where Frank is right now," stated Cleve.
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"Maybe on a tour of the valley." Dan said. "Hope he runs into just friendly folks." He said watching the fire to be sure it was ok. "Now we need to make sure we have a place to store water once it's been properly boiled." He said.
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Frank was walking back to camp with grandma longneck and littlefoot.
"You look kond of sad are you feeling alright," grandma longneck asked frank.
"Yeah I'm alright I just have many bad memories," Frank said.
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James returned to hear Glide's remark.
"We're taking only the dead wood," he snapped. He then drew his knife and started gutting the fish. He tossed some of the fish to Deimos.
"Thanks," Deimos said, taking a bite out of the fish. "Oh, if anyone needs me, I'll be out hunting crawlers."
Deimos then left the campsite.
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Frank walked back into camp followed by grandma longneck and littlefoot.
"Hey guys look who I bumped into during my walk," frank said.
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"Pleased to meet you Littlefoot," James said, placing his knife down. "Food?" he offered, extending some fruit left over from yesterday.
He then turned to Dan. "Dan, I've got some water containers in my SUV's tailgate," he said.
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Dan waves, "Glad to meet you folks." he said to Littlefoot and his grandmother, then to James, "Good we can store some water then." he said.
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"Nice to meet you folks," Cleve said, looking high up, "Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Cleve Robinson. It's my pleasure to meet you today."
Cleve had some difficulty seeing Grandma Longneck's face. Although he was fairly tall, Grandma Longneck was nearly four times taller than him. From where he was standing, he could only see her neck and chin.
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Grandma longneck bent her neck down until she was at eye level with cleve.
"It's nice to meet you as well littlefoot told me about you last night," she said.
Frank sat down by cleve. "Well see you guys later," littlefoot said before running off to find ducky cera spike chomper and ruby.
"What ever happened to littlefoots mother?" Frank asked grandma longneck after littlefoot was out of earshot.
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"Oh hi Littlefoot, Littlefoot hello," Ruby said, greeting his friend, "How are the newcommers doing?"
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"they're doing good I just introduced my grandma to them," littlefoot said.
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"That's good to hear," Ruby commented, "Are the others up yet?"
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"I haven't checked yet but I think they are," littlefoot said.
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"I am James Elison," James said between bites of fruit.
Deimos arrived with two crawlers in hand. "Ah, hello Ms. Longneck," he said. He tossed a crawler to Frank as he ate the other one.
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The fish guts dripping off James' knife looked very appealing, and it crossed Glide's mind to fly down and snatch them. Absently though, he was engrossed in observing the progress of the introductions from this group to the valley residents.
The naivite of the longnecks astounded him... for all the strange names, methods, and tools of the newcomers trusting them seemed a bit far fetched at this point.
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Chomper came up next to Ruby.
"Well, let's find the other then," Chomper said with enthusiasm.
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"Did you come all this way to meet us? We're honored." Dan said smiling. "Have you eaten yet?" he asked Grandma Longneck.
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"Yes I just ate before I got here," Grandma longneck said. She then turned to frank "Littlefoots mother died on the way here," she said.
"Oh I see," frank said.
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"Does Littlefoot have a father, then?" Cleve asked, "I've got to say, Littlefoot is the nicest little kid I've ever seen. You should be really proud."
"Come on, Littlefoot," Chomper said, "let's go find the others."
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"Nice to meet you. Does this valley have many inhabitants living here?" Dan asked.
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"Hello," James said politely, bowing his head.
Deimos was looking around for any other potential threats or allies.
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"He does he leads a herd off in another valley and I am proud of him," grandma longneck said. She then turned to dan "there are many living here in the valley," she saidv
Frank got up "so shall we look for those Avengers now?" he asked the group.
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"We have to ask Ruby where she saw them," Cleve said, "I hope she comes soon."
Chomper and Ruby went around the Great Valley searching for their friends.
"Cera, Ducky, Spike, Petrie," Chomper yelled, "Let's go see the newcomers again; I wanna see how they're doing."
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Meanwhile, Glide had lost interest in the whole scene and flown off elseware. Maybe there was something more interesting going on in another part of the valley.
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Spike walked into view walking at his casual pace and chewing some leaves he had been munching on from various bushes he detoured to instead of going straight towards the destination.
Ducky waved to Chomper. Behind Ducky was Petrie also.
"Hello Chomper. We would have been earlier but Spike was hungry." Ducky said, slightly annoyed at Spike who made some sounds that he was sorry. Ducky hugged him, "That is ok, you are big, you are, so you do get hungry often."
"Me glad we found others." Petrie said who waved to Chomper. "How Chomper doing?" He asked.
"Yes, how are you doing, well I hope." Ducky said.
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Deimos nodded. "We should eat first and prepare our supplies, then we can go look for them," he said.
"So what supplies shall we take?" James asked. He was sipping some water from his canteen.
"Food and water."
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"I left the newcommers talking to my grandma so they should still be back at their camp," littlefoot said.
"She should I don't know when but she'll get here," frank said.
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"Hello my friends. My friends, hello," Ruby greeted.
"You want to see the newcommers today?" Chomper asked.
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Ducky nodded, "Oh yes, I would like to, I would I would." She said holding her hands together.
"Me would like to do that. But would others?" Petrie asked unsure as he looked at the others present.
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"That sounds good shall we get going then?" littlefoot asked.
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"Alright then, let's go," Chomper shouted, running ahead towards the newcommers' campsite.
"Wait up, Chomper," Ruby yelled, following Chomper, "How am I suppose to watch you if I can't see you?"
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"Ok. Though Spike may want to eat along the way." Ducky said to which Spike nodded and made sounds that he agreed with what Ducky said.
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Chomper was first to arrive at the camp, with Ruby following not far behind.
"Hi," Chomper greeted, "Did you all sleep well?"
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"We did," James said, putting his canteen away. He tossed some more sticks into the campfire.
"Fish?" Deimos asked, offering a freshly caught fish to Chomper.
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"I am glad you slept well, I am, I am." Ducky said nodding her head.
"Me glad too." Petrie said.
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Dan nods, "yes, I do believe we all did." He said before he took out his cell phone to take pictures of the kids. "I'm glad you came by today. It's nice to see you all again." He said smiling.
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Cleve greeted the young dinosaurs from the Great Valley.
"Hey Ruby," Cleve asked, "CAn you tell us where you saw those planes?
"The planes I saw in the Mysterious Beyond were in the Mysterious Beyond," Ruby replied, "I saw them near the smoking mountains in the mysterious beyond. The were flying in the direction in which the sun rises."
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"I think I flew over the volcano where the planes are when I arrived here I didn't see anything though," frank said.
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"I saw the big buzzing flyers before I came to the Great Valley, so it might have been a really long time ago," Ruby said, "but they might have continued flying until they finally got tired and landed."
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"That seems possible but they might have crashed like I did," Frank said.
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"Quite possible I think. If for no other reason they may have run out of gas, or other reasons." Dan said.
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Cleve nodded and agreed. "So, If we find these planes, we can get valuable info as to why we're here and some valuable supplies," Cleve said, "However, we will be at risk from sharpteeth attack, and keep in mind that we might not find anything at all. We'll have to think carefully before making a decision."
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"I don't think we should take our cars," James said. "If we break down or run out of fuel out there, we lose the majority of our supplies.
Deimos scratched his head. "We can get to one side of the Smoking Mountains through the Great Valley but we will still need to venture into the Mysterious Beyond," he said.
"Well, even if there are no survivors we can potentially get supplies."
"Speaking of which, who will watch the encampment?"
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"Are there 1 or several pair of binoculars? Those would be handy for keeping watch for sharpteeth, and other things also." Dan said. Then thinking. "Hmm, a sundial will help us keep time at daytime. Even a crude one should give an idea of the time, but only at daytime." He said.
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James got into his SUV and got a set of binoculars. "Only one pair," he said, dangling them from his neck. "Now what supplies shall we take?" he asked.
"Food," Deimos replied.
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"We should also bring some bottled water with us," Frank said.
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"And some basic tools as well," Cleve added, "We might need some tools like hatchets , of anyone has any."
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"Filtration stuff if anyone has any. & some other basic stuff. like fire starting stuff. A magnifying glass can start a fire, on a nice sunny day." Dan said. "We need to decide what to bring and try to distribute the stuff equally among us to keep the load fair,for those willing to carry some stuff including some food and water." Dan said.
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"All I've got are my gun, some coins, and the clothes on my back," Cleve said, "so I'm counting on James for supplies."
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"I guess I'll serve as a guide," Deimos said. He picked up the two flints he used for fire starting and handed them to Cleve. "Could you hold these for me?" he asked. "They're the 'fire rocks' I use."
James continued rooting in his SUV for supplies. When he was done, he had a small camping ax, a small folding shovel, some pots and pans, some canteens filled with water from the lake that he had boiled and a few plastic bags containing some smoked salmon. He also had three backpacks. He also had his shotgun and some ammunition.
"All right. I've got the supplies," he said, starting to pack them into the backpacks. "Speaking of which, what about our campsite?" he asked.
"Could Ruby and Chomper watch them?" Deimos asked.
James shrugged. "Sure, it'll help us earn their trust," he replied as he continued packing. "Cleve, Frank do you think it is okay for us let Ruby and Chomper and their friends watch the campsite for us?"
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Cleve put the rocks in his pocket and helped James pack the supplies.
"It's fortunate that you brought three backpacks," Cleve said, "and they look comfortable too."
"And I'm fine with the idea of them watching the campsite," Cleve added, "but however, I think that they'll make great guides as well, especially that Ruby girl. She actually saw the planes and in which direction they were headed. It's just that I don't know if she'll agree to venture out into the dangerous Mysterious Beyond."
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"Couldn't hurt to ask," James said. He then turned to Ruby. "Ruby, do you mind helping us find those 'buzzing flyers' as you called them?" he asked.
Deimos nodded as he heard James speak. He then turned to Chomper and the others. "Chomper, you mind watching this sleeping area?" he asked. "Oh yeah, stay out of their 'rock nests'," he said, gesturing to the two cars.
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"We should also take the keys to your cars just in case," Frank said to james and dan.
"I agree littlefoot and his friends excluding ruby if she comes with us should watch the camp." he said.
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"No," Ruby replied defiantly, "Not if I can't Watch Chomper. I promised his parents that I'd take care of him, and a promise is a promise. How am I supposed to watch Chomper if I can't see him?"
Chomper was moved by Ruby's responsibility. "If Ruby is going, I'm going too. And you guys should come with me!" Chomper said, gesturing at Littlefoot and the rest of the gang.
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Dan nods, "You're right, we should take our car keys. I should pick a few things to bring along also." Dan said thinking of what stuff he should bring along in a backpack.
"Have you kids been in the mysterious beyond much? Do you think we should ask anyone else to come along?" Dan said to those present.
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"We've been out there a few times," Littlefoot said.
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"Okay, then you're welcome to come," James said, zipping up the last backpack. He took one backpack for himself and handed the two others to Dan and Frank.
He then went up and locked his SUV.
"Erm, maybe we should let their parents know," Deimos said. He had broken off a large tree branch to use as a walking stick.
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Petrie shook his head, "What if Cera dad get angry and growl like mean fast biter?" He said, a bit fearful of the idea, pulling his wings and arms close to himself.
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"Come on, Petire," Chomper encouraged, "remember that all your friends, and these newcommers, are all pretecting you. Besides, we're lending help to the newcommers."
"And it's always nice to help others, especially when they need help," Ruby added.
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"Me like helping friends. But me no want make Cera's dad Angry." Petrie said.
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"Sounds like he's not a very friendly sort of person." Dan said.
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"His animosity towards newcommers is comparable with Glide's," Chomper commented.
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"Well it sounds like he could learn something from us," Frank said.
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"Sadly there are many of his kind around." Dan said.
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"Would Mr threehorn say something like this?" "What is with these newcommers I just don't understand anything they do." Frank said with the latter being said in german but with a very gruff sounding voice.
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"Yep, that sounds like something that he'd do," Chomper agreed.
"And he does it a lot," Ruby added.
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"It do sound like him." Petrie said nodding.
"It does, it does." Ducky said nodding along with Spike who nodded also.
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Frank looked at grandma longneck. "Don't worry we should be back before sunset," frank said.
Grand ma longneck looked back at frank. "Just be careful," Grandma longneck said.
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"Alright it's go," Cleve said, picking up one of the backpacks.
"It takes a long time to get to the smoking mountains," Ruby said, "maybe we can make the time feel shorter by singing."
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"Yes, hopefully the trip will be a short one." Dan said, putting on his backpack.
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Deimos nodded. "We may need to set up camp partway through the journey," he said. "So who goes to the front?"
"Ruby and you, you two know the route better than almost all of us," James replied, munching on some smoked salmon.
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"I should also walk by them since I'm the best shot here," Frank said.
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"I'll cover your back," Cleve said. Cleve, however didn't bother to arm his pistol. He figured that Frank and James were both better armed and trained. Besides, the amount of ammo was severely limited."
Ruby and Chomper walked up to the front of the group. "We're exiting the Great Valley and entering the Mysterious Beyond," Ruby cautioned, "Many sharpteeth roam around here. Be extra careful."
"You know, Ruby," Chomper said, "I love a good adventure. I like to go adventuring, adventuring, adventuring..."
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"All the more reason to be careful," Deimos replied. His walking stick also made a fairly effective weapon. "James, that weird stick you have, maybe you should cover the sides," he said.
James nodded and moved from the rear to the right side.
The procession proceeded through the valley to one of the exits. Many of the dinosaurs stared in curiosity at the newcomers but none of them were openly hostile.
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Frank kepted walking ignoring the residents of the valley that were stairing at him and the others.
"Adventuring is such a great thing to do," Littlefoot continued.
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"Another good thing about having Chomper up front is if he's like most meat eating species his sense of smell should be among the best in this group." Dan said.
"It true, he have best sniffer." Petrie said.
"Spike has a good sniffer also, he does, he does." Ducky said patting Spike who nodded.
"He do." Petrie said.
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"Ruby, which way do we go?" James asked.
He looked around, it was late afternoon and all he could see was a harsh desert landscape. Luckily, he had the sense to wear a hat and sunglasses.
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"Didn't think i would need my flight cap with the tinted lenses I wish i brought it now though," Frank said keeping an eye out for danger.
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"The smoking mountains are close," Ruby responded, "They're in that direction." Ruby pointed north with her finger."
"Look," Chomper exclaimed, "that rock looks like a threehorn."
"It's Threehorn Peak," Ruby said, "We should be close."
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Dan looked around at the surroundings, glad he had worn his cap and sunglasses. "Looks like quite a variety of terrain in not to long of a distance traveled. or is this area suffering a drought." He said.
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Deimos continued walking when he heard distant roars. "Okay, we might have some issues with sharpteeth but I think myself, Cleve, James and Frank can handle them," he said.
James nodded as he kept his shotgun at the ready.
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"I smell them too," Chomper said, "It smells like..."
"It doesn't matter," Cleve interupted, arming his pistol, "any sharptooth who dares attacks us is a dead sharptooth."
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"Exactly what i was thinking," Frank said drwing his Luger and Colt.
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"I wonder if they have detected us yet, and if so how are we to best defend ourselves or convince them to leave." Dan said looking in the direction of where the roars had come from.
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Dan's question was answered when a pack of five fast biters approached the group.
"Let me handle this but be ready in case things get ugly," Deimos said.
He went up to the group.
"So you invade our territory?" the first fast biter asked in Sharptooth, which sounded like a series of growls and hisses.
"No. We are merely passing through," Deimos replied in Sharptooth.
"You know the rules, any leaf eater passing through is food," the second fast biter said, eying Ruby hungrily and taking a few steps closer. "And those weird dinosaurs look like a nice snack too." The fast biter was referring to Cleve, James, Frank and Dan.
Deimos blocked his path, holding his walking stick in front of him. "Not a good idea to eat the strange dinosaurs. They are very dangerous," he said in Sharptooth. He then switched to English/Leafeater. "Guys, I don't think they're going to back down. Get ready to fight," he said.
James readied his shotgun but kept it lowered. "Do you think we can bribe them with our food?" he asked.
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"Maybe we could show them the damage our guns can do to show them that a fight is futile?" frank asked deimos.
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"Let my friends go," Chomper demanded in Sharpteeth, "We outnumber you twelve to five."
"And why should we, little one?" asked a third fastbiter, "you guys are made up of a bunch of juvenile leaf-eaters."
"And plus," added another fastbiter, "we're hungry."
Chomper and Ruby both slowly retreated towards the humans in the group. Cleve, noticing the plight, arms his pistol grips the trigger.
"Who's carrying the food?" Cleve quietly and nervously asked, "Throw some fish into the forest next to us. Maybe that'll distract them long enough for us to get away."
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"I don't think I have that." Dan said as he got ready to fight if need be. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his stun pen type of stun gun, in case he had to use that in combat if he had to.
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Frank raised his Luger while putting away his colt and drawing his dagger. "This can only end two ways 1 you can let us pass and we can give you some fish we caught or 2 we can fight this out and that will end very badly," frank said.
Frank turned to chomper and asked "Chomper can you translate what I just said to these raptors?"
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Chomper translated Frank's statement word-for-word. The fastbiters only scoffed at the treat.
"You think your sorry group can beat us?" mocked a fastbiter, "your army is hopeless. You stand no chance."
"They declined," Chomper said, "What should we do now?"
"Open fire?" Cleve asked, "I guess I can aim for the one on left. I'll be firing on your mark."
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"Sounds good to me," frank said pointing his gun at the raptor on the right.
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"Unfortunate that it has to come to this but hopefully this will be the last time." Dan said ready to fight with the weapons he had on hand.
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Cleve readied his gun and pressed the trigger. A bullet rushed out of the M1911 Colt. It hit its target. The fastbiter on the left screeched and fell onto its side.
"We are not weak," Chomper said to the fastbiters, "We are great fighters. Let us go or you'll all suffer the same fate."
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The younger raptor Frank was pointing his gun at stayed where he was and did nothing but stand there.
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"Hopefully they'll be more willing to leave us alone now. " Dan said.
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The other fastbiters seemed scared and confused. They have never matched an enemy this strong before. The fastbiter in front of Chomper backed off and regrouped with the other fastbiters.
"Should we run while they're distracted?" Cleve asked.
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"We might be able to negotiate with them now we should give it a chance," Frank said.
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Dan nodded, "That sounds like an idea. It can't hurt to try again." He said, wishing they had not had to do what Cleve had had to do, but it had to be done.
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Cleve took a step back and put away his gun. Chomper also took a few steps back.
"We don't want any harm," Chomper negotiated, "We only want passage."
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The leader of the fast-biters growled something.
"He said 'Fine we'll let you go this time but you better be careful next time'," Deimos said.
James lowered his shotgun. "We'll we'd best get moving then," he said.
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"At least this turned out ok in the end." Dan said. "I hope we don't have far to go." He said.
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Frank put his gun and dagger away. "Let's get moving then," Frank said.
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Deimos and James continued following Ruby. James took a sip from his canteen. "Water?" he asked.
Deimos shook his head. "I'm fine but we can rest up at an oasis that should be close if we need to," he said.
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Dan nodded, "That sounds like a good idea. Then we can be sure we are doing so far as far as supplies are doing. " Dan said. He hoped that encounter with the fast biters they had would be the only difficulty. He kept a look out to see if he could spot any other dangers.
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"I agree with you dan," Frank said.
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"A resting place is a great place for resting," Ruby said, "We might be able to reach the place I spotted the big buzzing flyers by nightfall, but if we don't, we can seek rest at a resting place."
Cleve trotted behind, keeping his head low. He was still recovering from the shock encountered from meeting the fast-biters. Although it wasn't the only time he killed a living creature, he still felt bad about it somehow. Cleve walked silently, wishing that this would be their last encounter with sharpteeth.
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Frank noticed that cleve was trailing behind a bit. "hey cleve are you alright?" frank asked.
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Cleve smiled as Frank came to his aid. "I'm alright," Cleve responded with a smile, "I'm just a little shaken from the incident with the sharpteeth back there."
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"If you need to talk about it you know you can talk to me," frank said.
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Cleve smiled and nodded. He has previously complained about the lack of a good friend in his life, but he seemed to have found one in Frank. After all, Frank saved his life before, and without him, Cleve knew that he probably wouldn't have survived.
"Thanks, Frank," Cleve responded, "You're a great friend."
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"You're welcome," frank replied.
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"I do hope there are no more like them. I do, I do." Ducky said, still scared at the thought of the fast biters. "And the loud sound that thing made." She said.
"It like sky boom that happens after sky fire." Petrie said, talking about thunder that happens after lightning. Spike nodded to what the other 2 of his friends had said.
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"Speaking of sky fire," Ruby noticed, "I think that skywater is going to come down." She pointed at some dark clouds in the sky.
"We might be able to make it to make it to the smoking mountains me before the water starts falling down," Chomper said, "but we can also go for shelter."
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Deimos nodded and spotted a cave in the face of a mountain. "We can enter that cave," he said.
"Good, I'm starving," James replied.
Deimos then led the group to the cave.
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Cleve examined the interior of the cave and determined that it was safe. He sat down on a rock and leaned back against the wall.
"This really is a good place to rest," he said softly.
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"Indeed." Dan said as he started to sit down. "I do hope we can find more like this in our journey."
"Me just glad we got here before sky water fall, and it not to dark here." Petrie said from where he was standing.
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Frank stood at the entrace of the cave looking out for any threats.
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"This caves goes in pretty deep," Cleve remarked, looking into the darkness of the cave, "we better keep a lookout in this direction as well." Cleve glared into the darkness, ready to shoot anything that moves.
"Do your sniffers smell anything?" Ruby asked Chomper and Deimos, "If the cave is inhabited, the dinosaur might leave a smell that you sniffers can smell."
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"If we had enough wood and some other stuff to make torches we could explore the cave a bit to see how far it goes. Or if we have one of those flashlights I saw a kid have when I was a boyscout that doesn't run on batteries but you have to squeeze the handle over and over to generate the power for the light." Dan said. "We have to be careful with what we have since we don't know how long we'll be here."
(ooc: Based on an actual type of flashlight I saw as a kid way back when.)
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"Yeah we all need to stay together," frank said.
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Deimos shook his head. "I smell something but I think they're gone," he said.
James passed out the smoked fish to everyone. "Eat up then we can go exploring the cave," he said.
Deimos nodded. "Let's eat then I'll get some firewood," he said.
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"I'll go collect some as well," Cleve said, "We have to get as much as we can before the akywater falls."
"I'll go with you too," Ruby said, "because two is better than one."
"Coubt me in then," Chomper added.
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"I'll come along as well," Frank said.
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"I'll stay behind and keep watch," James said, finishing off his fish.
"Not what I like but it's not like we have a choice," Deimos said.
He then waited for everyone else to finish eating.
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Cleve followed Ruby and Chomper to a nearby forest. Fortunately, there were plenty of branches on the ground, and the branches all made great firewood.
"You know, hands are so handy for picking up stuff," Ruby remarked as she picked up a tree branch.
Cleve smiled at the remark and picked up a tree branch. Chomper soon came to help... with his arms that weren't little.
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Deimos followed the three as well. He picked up some large branches.
"So what do we do now? Rest up and then head out tomorrow?" he asked as he picked up a large chunk of wood.
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Cleve nodded his head. "It might rain soon," he said, "let's head back and continue tomorrow."
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"I"ll remain here." Dan said.
Petrie and Ducky went out to get some twings, picking up the ones they could and having Spike carry them back.
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Frank had wandered off while still getting some wood.
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Deimos had several large pieces of wood in his arms. "All right, we done?" he asked.
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"So you think we'll find anything?" James asked, scribbling on the ground with a fragment of rock. His shotgun was resting on his lap.
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Frank reutrned to the cave with four pieces of wood in his arms.
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Dan had used the time the others were out preparing an area for a fire to lite in it and the usual safe area around it.
Dan starts assembling some of the wood gathered and a little of the stuff gathered by Ducky & Petrie to help start to fire and did his best to try to get a campfire started.
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Cleve slowly followed Ruby and Chomper back to the cave. He enjoyed the air, but rain was comming.
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Frank set the wood he gathered down and walked back to the entrance to the cave.
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Dan got the fire started and stepped back. "There, that should give us some heat and light, for a while at least." He said.
He went to make some piles of the wood gathered.
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"We'll have to stay here until the rain goes away," Cleve said, looking outside the cave.
"In the meantime," Chomper said eagerly, "you guys wanna do some exploring in the cave?"
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"That sounds good to me," frank said.
"Yes it does," littlefoot said.
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"Sure," Deimos said, picking up his walking stick. "Erm, who holds the torch?" he asked.
James got up and readied his shotgun.
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"I guess I can do it," Cleve said, grabbing a thick tree branch and sticking one end into the fire.
"We have some flashlights with us," he continued, "but we don't have enough for everyone."
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Frank got up taking one of the flashlights. "You guys ready," Frank asked.
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"I am ready, I am, I am." Ducky said nodding. Spike nodded also, there may be some interesting things to eat or drink in the cave and why not explore a bit also. It may be fun.
"Me guess if you guys go me go too." Petrie said.
"I may remain behind and tend the fire, as much as I'd like to explore someone should do that." Dan said.
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"Let's go then," Cleve said, marching off into the dark cave, holding a burning torch in front of him.
Ruby and Chomper looked at eachother, nodded, and walked off after Cleve.
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Frank and littlefoot followed cleve, ruby, and chomper.
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Petrie flew up and landed on one of his 4 footed friends, not wanting to fly ahead of where the lights were.
Ducky rode on Spike who walked along with the others. "This cave may have fun things to see and fun places to play." She said, thinking of some fun things her friends had found in other caves and such before.
"Me hope so. Me hope it have no scary things." Petrie said looking around hoping he didn't see anything scary.
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"Speaking of fun things to see," Ruby said, "I can hardly see at all." Ruby marched on into the dark cave keeping a hand of Chomper. Despite the flashlights and the torch, it was still fairly dark in the cave.
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Frank walked behind cleve with littlefoot walking by frank. "Yeah we should all stay close by and not wander off," frank said.
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"This cave is pretty straight," Cleve commented, "and there aren't any divergences. The chances of us getting lost is pretty low..."
"But our chances of finding anything useful is the darkness is pretty low too," Chomper said.
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James kept his shotgun at the ready but there seemed to be little to no threats.
"Know anything about this?" James asked.
Deimos shook his head. "I've never been here before," he said.
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"It has been good so far, it has, it has." Ducky said. Spike sniffed around but had not smelled anything that smelled like it may be eatable.
"me glad we have light. Me no scared... much, by dark." Petrie said.
"It is easy to found our way back if it keeps on being straight." Ducky said.
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Frank kept shining the flashlight ahead of the group. "Hey cleve do you think there are any plants we can use to make bread here?" Frank asked.
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Cleve shook his head. "I don't think that wheat has even evolved yet," Cleve said, "even the modern grass hasn't evolved yet. The grass here looks different."
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"Maybe there is wheat on the island where Chomper was. It had many strange looking and tasting green stuff." Ducky said.
Spike licked his lips, he remembered the way the stinky flowers, as they were called, tasted.
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Cleve shook his head again. "Wheat isn't green."
All of a sudden, Cleve's melancholy was broken by a beam of light.
"Guys, look," he shouted, "Do you guys see a light at the end of the tunnel?"
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"Yeah I see it," Frank said covering his eyes with his hand.
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"It be way out?" Petrie said looking partially at the light with squinted eyes.
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"I don't know if I ever known this place," Ruby said, "despite being familiar with the Mysterious Beyond and all."
"My sniffer doesn't smell anything weird," Chomper said, "should we go forward?"
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"We might as well to see what is there," frank said.
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"It may be better then just standing here." Ducky said.
"It do look no as dark maybe." Petrie said looking forward to see what he could see.
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Cleve walked towards the light. It got brighter and brighter as he approached it. Cleve used his left hand to shield his eyes from the light.
"This is odd," he said out long, "It's supposed to be cloudy outside."
"The strange light is being strange," Ruby added.
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"This seems very familiar," frank said shielding his eyes with his right arm.
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"It is? You have seen it before?" Ducky asked.
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"Wait, I thought it was nighttime? So why is the Bright Circle inside a cave," Deimos said. Something inside him sensed that something was wrong.
"I don't know," James said. "But we best be on our guard. Seeing as I have the heaviest weapon, I'll go first."
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"Cleve does the light look familiar to you?" Frank asked.
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"Now that you mentioned it," Cleve said, "it looks like the flash of light I disappeared in."
"Could it be there are other people like you behind the light?" Chomper asked?
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"It might lead us back to our time but or some other time altogether," frank said.
"If it does lead back to your time could we..." littlefoot started but was interrupted by Frank.
"No!" Frank said in a stern voice.
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"In any case," Cleve said, "we should head back and tell the others."
"But what if there are others behind that light?" Chomper asked.
"No," Cleve said, "First of all, it might lead us to some even more dangerous place. Secondly, most of us feel that we're here for a certain purpose, and I don't think we've accomplished it. Thirdly, even if we do want to go into that light, we should bring the others and all our supplies with us."
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"Yes I agree," frank said.
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"So do we go or stay here, or go back?" Ducky asked.
"or toss rock into light." Petrie said.
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"Now that I think about it, it does seem familiar," James said. "But I don't think going through that is a smart idea."
"What about doing what Petrie suggested, throwing a rock into it?" Deimos asked.
"You've got a stick, poke it through the light."
"Worth a shot."
Deimos then stepped closer to the light with his stick in front of him.
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"Be careful james," Frank said.
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"Well, do you feel anything?" Cleve asked.
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(OOC - What do you guys plan to be beyond the light?)
Deimos shoved his stick through the light. To his surprise, there was no resistance. "Guys! There's something past that light," he said.
"I'm not going in there," James said.
Deimos withdrew his stick. "Neither am I. It's not safe."
James sighed as he turned to the group. "Should we just ignore this light?"
Deimos held a hand to his chin. "But what if there's something important behind there?"
"Good point, Deimos."
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(OCC: I don't know maybe an alternate universe? Or maybe another point in history?)
"If anyone should go I will and cleve don't argue I've been Captain longer than you've been a Lieutnant," frank said.
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(OOC - Another point in history sounds nice. What time period shall it be?)
"Wait, Frank, shouldn't we tie a vine to you so if you run into problems, we can pull you to safety?" Deimos suggested.
"Nice thinking!" James said.
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(OCC: Maybe late 1914?)
"That sounds good," frank said.
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"Maybe we hold hands so ones here can pull one back." Petrie said.
"we have done that to help pull someone who fell into water, or other places." Ducky said recalling them combining their strength in the past. Spike made a sound and nodded also recalling those scenes.
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Cleve frowned but offered no resistance. After all, everyone was together. Cleve still felt that he owed Frank for saving his life. Also, at least so far, Frank's instincts have been right.
"Alright," Cleve said, "I guess I can come with you guys, but bring all our gear with us just in case. It looks like that we won't have time to bring the cars, but I think we'll have to come back here to get the cars and find the Avengers."
(OCC: Maybe a battle during WWI? I was thinking a battle between Russians and Germans. The Battle of the Vistula River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Vistula_River) would be a good land battle, Bloody April (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_April) would be a good air battle for Frank, although it doesn't involve Russians, and the Batle of Aland Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_%C3%85land_Islands) would be a good naval battle for Cleve.
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(OCC: I was thinking about frank joining in the battle of Verdun or the Somme battle)
"Alright cleve and I will go the rest of you should stay here," frank said.
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James pulled out some rope from his backpack and handed it to Frank and Cleve. "All right, if you run into trouble quickly tug on the rope three times and we'll pull you back," he said.
Deimos took one end of the trope and pinned it under a large rock. "Ducky, Petrie help James and myself pull if anything goes wrong," he said.
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Spike nodded and made some sounds, "We will be glad to help, Spike too." Ducky said patting Spike with one hand.
"Me hope you have no trouble." Petrie said, hoping he didn't meet anything scary or have any sort of trouble or meet with danger.
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"Got it!" Frank said tying part of the rope to himself before handing it off to cleve.
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Cleve looped the rope around his waist one time before handing the rest of the rope to James and Dan. Cleve and Frank were about the same height and same size, and factoring in the fact that Dan, James, and the dinosaurs would soon be all clinging onto the rope, Frank should be alright... as long as the rope doesn't snap.
"Alright, be careful now," Cleve advised Frank, "if you feel any danger, pull the rope twice. Also..." Cleve took his Colt M1911 out of his holster and gave it to Cleve. "I have no use for this," Cleve continued, looking at the gun, "so if you run out of ammo, use it as a backup. Bring back anything that might be helpful. Good luck!"
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"Got it!" Frank said taking the colt. Frank stared at the portal and counted down "three two one now!" Frank said before leaping into the portal.
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Cleve held his breath. He picked up the loose rope in front of him and stretched it taunt. This way, Frank could still move forward and send the danger signal. Cleve could feel the Frank moving forward, and Cleve could only imagine what dangers Frank was facing.
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Frank came out of the portal and saw that he was between two trenches. Frank dived for the ground and crawled around on his stomach picking up a rifle, bayonet, and a fifty rounds of ammo.
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Meanwhile, in the cave, Cleve was the first one to feel Frank's panic. He felt the rope jolt forward and then downward.
"I think he might be in trouble," Cleve yelled, "Should we go in to help him?"
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Frank picked up a few more rifles slinging them across his back and putting the ammo in a bag he had come across.
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From Frank's constant running, the rope was being pulled forward at an unprecedented pace. Cleve knew that it would be only moments before he'd run out of rope. Still, Frank has sent no danger signal. Perhaps he was too occupied with some extremely dangerous situation.
Cleve pulled the rope and shouted. "Frank, Frank, you're out of rope! Come back!" he shouted. But it was too late. His voice could not penetrate the portal. Frank ran out of rope. The rope stretched taunt in front of him, and the sudden force sucked Cleve into the portal.
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Frank began to make his way back to the portal after taking a few gasmasks when he thought he saw someone in the distance.
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It all began with the interception of the Russian interception of a German mine-laying naval task force on July 2, 1915. The German Empire, wanting to block Russian shipping lines, sent a force of four cruisers and seven torpedo boats to lay mines off the Aland Islands near neutral Sweden.
The Russian interception force, under Rear Admiral Bakhirey, was composed of only four cruisers, Admiral Makaroff, Bayan, Oleg, and Bogatyr. The Germans held the advantage.
After falling into the portal, Cleve found himself facedown on the forward deck of the Bayan. Just when he was about to get up, he was almost knocked down again by the sound of the eight-inch gun firing behind him.
Where is this place? Cleve thought to himself. Can I every get back?
(OCC: Sorry for the double post earlier)
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Frank continued toward the portal still crawling on his stomach.
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Cleve looked at his waist. To his horror, the rope that was wrapped around him was gone. There was not a single person on the forward deck, but he did see people on the bridge. At first, Cleve thought that he was on the Clemson-class destroyer. Cleve's ship, like Clemson-class destroyers, had four smokestacks, but Cleve soon realized that the gun placements were not right. He looked at a lifebuoy next to him. It was in Russian. Cleve knew only a little Russian, but he could make out the word "Баян."
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Frank saw that the person ahead was soldier of Imperial Germany. Frank set down four of the rifles and all but one of the gas masks. Frank crawled up to him and saw that he was dead. Frank started to make his was to the german trench line.
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Deimos and James pulled back on the rope as soon as Cleve fell through the portal but to their horror, all that was present was the end of the rope with a knot.
"Cleve! Frank! Where are you!" James shouted. He then tied the rope around his waist. "Deimos, I'm going in!"
"James! No! We don't want to lose you too!" Deimos shouted. He blocked off the portal to prevent James doing something rash.
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Frank stopped and realised he had to get back to james and the others and crawled back to where he had left the extra gear but as he got to where he had put it in a hole he heard several someone blow a whistle a few times and saw on the western trench several hundred men climb from the trench and run toward frank's direction shouting in french. Frank played dead as they ran past him.
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"Where did he go? I hope he is ok, I do, I do." Ducky said.
"he not in same place other guy go?" Petrie asked.
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Frank heard the people who had ran past he cry out as well as the rattle of machine gun fire. The survivors ran past frank as he heard the Germans do the same thing get out of their trench shout out and run toward the French trench only to be cut down by machine gun fire and the survivors retreat back toward their trench. Frank retrievedthe gear he had gathered and crawled back in the direction of the portal.
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Meanwhile, on the Bayan, Cleve was just realizing the danger of his situation. From the size and guns of the ship, Cleve guessed that it was a Russian WWI-era light cruiser. From behind him came the thunder of the forward eight-inch guns, and from in front of him came flying shells fired by some German cruiser in the distance. Cleve easiliy identified the nationality of the enemy cruiser from the flags, but he could not identify the class of the German cruiser.
The German cruiser was firing a full broadside against the Bayan. However, the accuracy was terrible due to the long range. The Bayan turned to fire a broadside against the German cruiser. Neither side seemed to be making any progress. Despite the sheer amount of shells being exchanged, the long range ruined all hopes of good accuracy.
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Frank continued toward the general area of the portal as a shot rang out frank froze and looked toward the area of the shot and noticed that a German sniper was firing at him. Frank looked down the sights of the Gewehr 98 he had in his hands and noticed that his father was firing on him. Not wanting to kill his own father not knowing what year it was but guessing that it was 1915 since he was in the Verdun area.
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The smell of gunpowder and saltwater filled Cleve's nostrils. The Bayan and the German cruiser continued firing broadsides at each other. The German gunners had plenty of time to determine the range to the Bayan and test their aim. Some of the shells were flying uncomfortably close, hitting the water just yards off of the bow and creating huge splashes that drenched the Bayan. The Bayan replied back with her own fearsome barrage. Sooner or later, someone was going to hit.
Cleve roamed around the ship, trying to find the portal back. What have I gotten myself into? he thought to himself I should have never let Frank go in there. Now I'm stuck in some WWI battle that I know nothing about. He found nothing.
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"How we get them back?" Petrie asked in a worried voice.
"I do not know, no I do not." Ducky asked, also worried. Spike looked sadly into the light where they had gone.
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Frank kept crawling on his stomach remembering stories his father used to tell of what WW1 was like, the trench warfare, seeing buddies die almost everyday. Frank then remembered what it was like for him when he battled on the ground after getting shot down during Operation Market Garden.
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James was sweating profusely. "I... I don't know what we can do?" he said.
Deimos kicked a stone in frustration. "I guess all we can do is wait for them," he said.
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Frank kepted crawling on his stomach when an artillery shell landed close by him lifting frank off the ground and slamming him back down against it. Frank saw the portal opening just a few feet in front of him. Frank weighed down by the ammo rifles and gasmasks took a chance and stood up and ran for the portal as fast as he could. A French sniper choose at that to stand up and aim at frank and fired just as frank reached the portal. Frank felt something hit the back of his right leg as he ran through the portal rejoinging james and the others comepletly covered in mud. As soon as frank saw he was back he collapsed clutching his right leg with the rifle in his hands falling just a few feet in front of him.
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"Frank! You're alive!" Deimos exclaimed. He then noticed that he was covered in mud. "What happened to you?"
James noticed that Frank had been shot. "Ducky, Petrie, Dan, Frank's hurt! We'll need to clean his wound and bandage it up!" he ordered. He then opened a canteen of drinking water and used it to wash the mud away from the gunshot wound.
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"I was in the Battle of Verdun during WWI I saw my father he almost shot me, I found a few rifles and gas masks and took close to 60 rounds," Frank said.
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"oh no, he has been hurted. What can we do?" Ducky asked. Her hands going to her face in her surprise and shock.
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"I'll be alright it's just a scratch," Frank said in a reasureing voice. Frank looked around, "where's Cleve?" he asked.
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"I don't understand what you're talking about but it sounds like you're lucky to be alive," Deimos said.
"Cleve got pulled through the portal," James said, as he finished bandaging Frank's leg wound.
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Frank grabbed the rifle in front of him using the rifle to prop himself up while setting the other one down. Frank opened the chamber and stuck a clip inside and closed it with the bolt quickly snapping the strip of metal that held the five rounds. "I'm going back to see if I can find cleve," Frank said.
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"I hope you can, I do, I do." Ducky said with concern in her voice.
"Me hope him ok." Petrie said.
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Meanwhile, on the Bayan, Cleve's situation was getting desperate. Shells were flying everywhere now, and some were beginning to hit the hull of the ship. Most failed to penetrate the thick armor of the ship, but Cleve knew that catastrophic damage would occur if one hit the superstructure. So far, Cleve has only ran into about five crewmen. All of them ignored him, and Cleve knew too little Russian for communication. Everyone was too focused on the battle.
Cleve walked up and down the stairs, trying to find a portal. Cleve got to the dinosaur world in a mysterious fog in a secret experiment, but clearly, there was no experiment going on. Shaw, on the other hand, arrived in the dinosaur world after his ship was bombed. Maybe a shell hit will open a portal, he thought.
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Frank jumped back through the portal and ended up on a ship looking around Frank saw that he was on a WWI cruiser. frank cursed in german then heard some someone shouting in German.
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"Good luck," Deimos said.
James nodded. His heart was racing and he hoped that both Frank and Cleve would be okay.
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Frank was approached by a sailor who pointed a gun at him. "Who are you?,' he demanded. frank saw the portal open again" I'm Imperial army Intelligence," Frank said before diving for the portal.
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(OCC: It's supposed to be a Russian Bayan-class armored cruiser. But Cleve doesn't know that. Also, if Frank is on the cruiser Cleve is fighting, Frank would be on the SMS Roon)
Ruby tried to comfort Chomper in the cave. It had been a while since Frank and Cleve disappeared into the portal, and the tension inside the cave was steadily rising. They both hoped for the best but prepared for the worst.
Meanwhile, Cleve was standing on the poop deck of the Bayan, still looking for anything that resembled a portal. He knew that his chances of finding the portal was low now. The battle still raged on around him. An eight-inch shell fired from one of the stern guns hit the enemy German cruiser on the belt but failed to penetrate. In return, the enemy German cruiser unleashed a fearsome broadside at the Bayan. Cleve did not notice an enemy shell flying directly at him.
A 8.2-inch shell fired from the forward gun of the enemy German cruiser hit the poop deck of the Bayan. The 30mm deck armor on the Bayan was not nearly as strong as her 200mm belt armor. The enemy shell penetrated the thin deck and exploded. Fortunately, Cleve instinctively took cover when the shell hit the deck and was not caught in the explosion.
When Cleve finally got up he felt a dull pain in his arm. A wood splinter about three inches long struck him in his left forearm. Blood was slowly seeping through his brown uniform. Men rushed to the poop deck. Most were trying to put out the fire that resulted from the shell hit. A few went to help Cleve and asked him questions in Russian. Cleve could not understand them.
Suddenly, a bright flash of light appeared. Cleve shielded his arms with his uninjured right arm. When the light died down, Cleve founded himself sitting on the cold hard floor of a familiar cave.
"Cleve, you're back!" Chomper exclaimed with joy.
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"Yay, you are back." Ducky said cheerfully waving her arms up happily.
"Me glad to see you back." Petrie said as he flew over closer to where Cleve was.
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Frank reappeared almost ramming into cleve. "where were you?," Frank asked.
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Cleve was still feeling dazed from the trip.
"Ah, Frank," Cleve groaned, "I had a terrible time. I was caught in some WWI Naval duel and received this big gash on my arm." Cleve lifted up this left arm. "I'm still bleeding, but it's getting better. I couldn't find anything useful. Did you find anything interesting, Frank? And what happened to your leg?" Cleve pointed towards the bandage on Frank's leg.
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"I ended up in verdun and nearly got shot by my own father," Frank said. "I got shot by a french sniper I brought back four rifles and some ammo."
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"Wow, four rifles," Cleve exclaimed, "that's quite a discovery. We don't have to worry about protection anymore."
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"Well the mud and the carnage was..." frank started but had to pause before he continued. "Now I understand why my father never really talked about combat in the trenches."
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Cleve nodded in agreement. "I'd imagine so," Cleve said, "I was caught in a WWI naval battle between some a German cruiser and a Russinan cruiser named Bayan. Some shell landed near me and game me this big gash." Cleve lifted up his injured arm.
Chomper and Ruby both winced at the sight.
"But let's try to forget that over some rest and a warm fire. My clothes are still drenched from that battle," Cleve continued, "And did you bring bandages, James?"
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"Yeah we should seal this part of the cave off with a rock so noone else enters the portal," Frank said.
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"That sounds like a good idea, it does it does." Ducky nodded to add emphases to what she said.
"Me agree." Petrie said nodding, "No one else get hurted that way, or lost." He said. Spike nodded agreeing with them.
(ooc: Is the group back at the campfire? That is where Dan is, caring for the fire.)
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(OCC: Sorry, that was a mistake in my post. I thought Dan was at the portal)
"Let's seal it off," Cleve agreed, "I don't want anyone else getting in there and possibly getting hurt."
"Or something getting out and hurting us," Ruby pointed out.
"I saw an hollow log a little bit back in the cave," Chomper said.
"Very well then," Cleve said, getting off the ground, "Let's get it."
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"I'll come help," Frank said slinging the rifle over his right shoulder.
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"We will help too, we will we will." Ducky said nodding with Spike also nodding to what she had said.
"Me glad to." Petrie said.
"But if some are hurted should your hurts not be covered. Our mommy puts leaves on your hurts?" Ducky said with concern in her voice as she looked at those who had been wounded.
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"I'm alright for now," Frank said. "How about you cleve?"
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"I'll help carry the log. Once I get the fire going," Deimos said. He then struck several sparks from the flints James carried in his backpack onto a pile of dried grass he scavenged from the outside. Once that got started, he tossed in some twigs.
James nodded and retrieved some some cotton gauze from his backpack and handed it to Cleve.
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Frank came to the part of the cave where the log was. "Well let's get this moved then," Frank said.
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(ooc: so the camp is being moved from where the first fire was where Dan is?)
"Now we have light and warmth here. It is good, it is it is." Ducky said.
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Cleve gladly took the cotton gauze and held it over his arm. The wound already stopped bleeding, but the wood splinter was still there. Fortuneately, Cleve was right-handed, and the wound was on his left arm. He winced as he pulled out the splinter but did not scream. It started bleeding again, so he quickly placed the cotton gauze over the wound.
"Don't worry about me," Cleve said, "This wound is not serious. I can still help move the log."
Using his feet, Cleve pushed the log onto its side and rolled it towards the portal.
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Frank rolled the log using his arms. Littlefoot rolled the log using his head.
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"Should we bring all of your stuff here also?" Ducky asked. "The stuff you left at the other fire ?" She asked.
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"We can get it before we cover the entrance to the portal," Frank said.
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"That sounds like it may be a good idea, it does it does." Ducky said nodding her head for emphases.
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"Alright then," Cleve agreed, "Ruby, Chomper, and I will keep moving this log. You guys move the camp."
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Deimos helped push the log.
"I think the Great Valley is the best place for a permanent base camp," James said. "We could keep some supplies here so we can search for the planes but when we do, we'll stay in the main encampment there."
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"Yes, once you are done looking for those plane things they you can go back to the Great Valley." Ducky said nodding.
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"I agree," Frank said continuing to help push the log.
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Deimos helped push the log the last few feet. "All right, so what do you guys want to do now?" he asked.
James shrugged. "I'm going to gather and boil some water," he said. "Ducky, Frank could you help gather firewood? Dan, Cleve, Deimos, could you gather food? And Ruby, Chomper, Petrie, Littlefoot, mind watching the camp and maintaining the fire while I'm gone?" he asked.
James took off his backpack and placed it by the cave's back wall. He then took five large canteens with a large 'X' painted on it and slung them over his shoulders along with his shotgun. Several smaller canteens for the others lay beside his backpack.
He then exited the cave as Deimos followed him.
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"Me can watch camp." Petrie said nodding.
"I can get firewood I can I can." Ducky said nodding. "I do hope all this does not take us long I do, I do." Ducky said as she walked outside to start looking for small sticks and such she could carry to use as firewood.
"Sure." Dan said. Dan went to get a sack or container before setting out to try to gather some food from plants he recognized as well as fruit that looked in season.
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"It shouldn't take too long," Frank said walking out to get some wood. As he passed cleve he handed cleve one of the rifles along with two clips of ammo also handing cleve his pistol back.
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Cleve happily took the rifles and the colt. "I'll see if I can find any fruits," Cleve said, "I shouldn't stray too far away, but I'll bring a rifle just in cafe."
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Frank started to pick up some of the larger pieces of wood after he walked outside.
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Ducky gathered some wood she could easily carry. Once she had gathered the amount she could easily carry she went back to drop some off at the camp then to head out again.
Dan gathered some fruit and berries he found that were in season, as well as some leaves and such that were of the eatable parts of edible plants. He put them into the container that he had.
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Cleve walked into the forest near the cave and payed close attention to anything that moved.
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Frank walked back into the cave and set the wood he picked up down and walked back outside to get some more.
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James was filling the canteens from a lake in a nearby oasis. Deimos was catching fish from that same lake.
"So James, why can't you just drink the water from the lake like I do?" Deimos asked as he caught a fish and tossed it on the shore.
"I'm not from here, I'll get sick if I do," James replied.
Deimos did not know why he would get sick but did not bother asking. He then tossed another fish on shore.
"I'll carry these back to camp," he said. He caught some more fish and ate them as his meal. He suddenly caught the scent of something that had recently died. He then handed the fish to James. "Actually, I smell something good nearby. I'll be right back," he said. He then headed off into the distance.
James shrugged and carried the fish and water back to the camp.
When he arrived he placed the fish onto a large flat rock that served as a table of sorts. He then grabbed a pot, placed it on the rocks in the campfire and started pouring his recently obtained water into the pot. When he was done, he sat next to the cave.
"So how have things been?" he asked the group gathered in the campsite while waiting for the water to boil.
(OOC - Is it nighttime or daytime?)
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(OCC: I think it's still daytime)
"Things have been very good james," littlefoot said.
Frank returned with another load of wood. "Ah what's for dinner james?" frank asked.
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Meanwhile, in the forest, Cleve saw some strange yellow fruit hanging down from a tree. Cleve grabbed a long stick from the ground and knocked it off. The fruit resembled a pear, but it was red inside and a lot bigger.
Cleve cut open one of these fruits and rubbed a bit onto this skin to check for poison. Nothing happened. Cleve put a small piece of the fruit on the tip of his tongue. It had a sweet taste, and it didn't appear to be poisonous.
Feeling glad, Cleve knocked off several more of these fruits and carried them off. He reached the cave just before the rain came.
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"I hope everyone gets back before it start raining," Frank said.
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"Try some of these new fruits I found," Cleve said, "They taste really sweet."
"Chomper," Ruby whispered, "I know I know that fruit... But I can't remember from where."
"Isn't that the same fruit that we used to defeat Redclaw?" Chomper responded.
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Frank took a piece of the fruit. "This is pretty good," Frank said.
"Where did you find them?" Littlefoot asked.
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"There was some forest near the cave," Cleve responded, "I found them there."
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Littlefoot turned to chomper. "Does it smell the same chomper?" littlefoot asked.
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James took a piece of the fruit and took a bite. "Mmm. These are good," he said. "Just in case, we'd better eat only a little bit until we're sure they aren't poisonous," he said.
Deimos returned dragging a dead Swimmer behind him and deposited it outside the cave. He was covered in scratches and bruises. He then sat down on a stone that served as a seat. "I found a dead Swimmer a good distance away, I think it's fresh so if you want, you can share with me. It's outside the cave," he said. "In any case, what's to eat?"
James watched the water boil. "We could have fish as usual," he said. "I'll get another fire going while someone cleans the fish."
Deimos looked at the wood supply. "Frank, you go rest a bit, I'll gather some more wood and stuff," he said.
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frank simply nodded his head and sat down by the fire.
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Ducky returned carrying some more wood. She put this down next to the pile of wood she had gathered before. "Is this enough, I do hope so since I am getting tired." She said.
Dan returned with his container full of fruit, and some plant parts he recognized as being in season and eatable. He set this down in the camp. "All those can get pretty heavy after a while." He said.
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"I think we have enough for a while Ducky," Frank said.
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Deimos returned with some more wood. "There, now we can have dinner and share stories," he said.
James now had a second fire going It had a metal grate on top to serve as a grill. "All right, now let's have dinner. Cleve, could you please clean the fish? Dan and I'll will cook some of the plants. Ducky, Petrie, Littlefoot, Ruby, Chomper, Frank, Deimos, you can do whatever you want. Share stories, sleep or help," he said.
Deimos shrugged and picked up a sharp stone. "I'll cut some meat from the dead Swimmer outside so you can all try it," he said, heading out of the cave.
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"Sounds like a good plan. Some of these do require cooking. SOme, like these fruit could be eaten as is." Dan said. "Some of these plant parts could function as spices too though we'd have to test and label each one." Dan said.
"We can tell funny stories. We can also rest as we do so." Ducky said.
"Me like that idea." Petrie said. "Funny stories are funny and not scary."
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Deimos returned with some pieces of meat from the dead Swimmer.
The water was finished boiling so James let it cool a bit. While it was cooling, he tossed a piece of meat from the Swimmer onto the grate along with some of the edible plants.
"So who wants to share stories while I cook?" he asked.
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"These do smell like the fruits that kept Redclaw out of the valley," Chomper stated, "I can hardly stand it. Do you guys not smell it?"
Cleve shook his head. "We can just barely smell it." Cleve moved the fruits to the entrance of the cave as to not bother Chomper. He then sat down and began gutting some fish."
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"They smell tasty to me, they do they do." Ducky said nodding.
"Me too." Petrie said, to which Spike nodded his head as he licked his lips, their smelling very tasty to him as well.
"Maybe we can plant some of the seeds close to the Great Valley. So that way there maybe can be an area near the Great Valley that dangerous meat eating dinosaurs won't like to go to but plant eaters may be safe." Dan said as he continued to help with cooking the plants.
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"That sounds like a good idea Dan," Frank said.
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Ruby nodded. "Especially that the fruits we used against Redclaw haven't grown back yet," she said with an erudite smile.
Chomper didn't like the smell of the fruits, but he did not want to go against the will of his friends. He tried to stay at the back of the cave where the smell was a lot weaker.
Cleve scaled another fish and handed it to Deimos. "A story would be nice,: Cleve agreed, "but I can't think of one from the top of my head."
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"I know a few fairytales my grandmother used to tell me before she died which was before I left Germany with my mom and dad." Frank said.
"That does sound like a good idea Frank," Littlefoot said.
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Deimos tossed the fish onto the improvised grill moved out of the cave as the odor from the fruits was starting to make him sick.
James passed out stainless steel cups filled with cooled water from the the pot. He also passed out stainless steel plates filled with the cooked vegetables.
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"Maybe we can cook some of the food and put it into containers to eat later." Dan said making sure everyone got food and some water.
"A fairytale. What is that?" Ducky asked from where she was sitting down.
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"They are stories from several different countries & cultures and usually have happy endings," Frank said.
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"I like happy endings, I do, I do." Duck said nodding. Spike nodded with her, also liking happy endings.
"Me like happy endings." Petrie said.
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Frank streched out and rubbed his chin. "Now let's see which one should I tell?" Frank asked himself while still rubbing his chin. "How about Rapunzel, do you guys want to hear that?" Frank asked the group.
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Cleve yawned and moved a little closer to the fire. He imagined the stories he could tell to these dinosaurs. They've never heard of stories of great authors like Dickens and Verne. They've probably never envisioned possibilities like going to the moon or traveling around the world. The possibilities were endless.
"Go ahead," Cleve said, "That story has a really happy ending."
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frank cleared his throat before he started. "Many years ago there was a couple that wanted a child who lived next to a walled garden that belonged to an enchantress," frank said.
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James listened as he ate his meal of vegetables. "Hey, I hate to interrupt, but the fish and meat are done if anyone wants some," he said, taking a sip of his cup of water.
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Ducky made sure she was comfortable and near the warm file as did Spike and Petrie.
"Anyone want some?" Dan asked as he got ready to help with the serving.
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Cleve grabbed a slice of the fish and sat on the ground. His arm wound was still bothering him, but it was getting a lot better. Cleve genuinely enjoyed Frank's story-telling, because it distracted him from his physical pain.
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Deimos tossed a few sticks into the main campfire. "Hey, I'm going to get some fish for myself," he said. "You want me to get some extra firewood or crawlers or something?"
"We're fine," James said.
Deimos exited the cave and headed to the lake.
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When he got to the lake, he noticed a glowing section in the middle of the lake. It was now dark and the moon was high in the sky.
He ignored it and waded into the lake to catch some fish.
Suddenly, he he felt his foot sink into something.
"Damn it! What is it now?!" he said in exasperation.
He gasped as it seemed to suck him down further. To his shock he saw a glowing blue portal beneath him.
"James! Frank! Cleve! Littlefoot! Anyone! Help me!" he shouted as the portal slowly sucked him down. To his horror, he noticed that he was sinking faster.
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Frank jumped up and ran out of the cave toward the lake. "Hang on deimos I'm comming!" Frank shouted.
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James ran out of the cave too with a rope at the ready.
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Deimos was almost completely submerged in the water by the time James arrived.
"Deimos! Grab the rope!" James shouted, tossing the rope into water.
Deimos frantically tried to grab the rope but it was too late; he slid beneath the water and into the glowing blue portal.
"Deimos! No!" James shouted.
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Deimos suddenly found himself in a strange environment at night. he was surrounded by several tall mountains and weird trees. He sniffed the air. It smelled rather dirty to him. And he was standing on what felt like rock.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"James! Ducky! Littlefoot! Frank! Where are you?" he called out.
He received no answer.
Deimos's heart raced. "Okay, now how do I get back?"
(OOC - Deimos is in NYC, 2011 at roughly 3:00 AM.)
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Cleve ran out immediately following Frank, remembering to grab a rifle in the process. Ruby and Chomper ran right after him. They all arrived too late to rescue Deimos.
"Oh no," Chomper whispered, "What do we do now?"
"Hey," Ruby noticed, "This looks like another portal."
"Which means he is now in some different time right now," Cleve added, "Should we follow?"
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"Let me get my gun and supplies and I'm going in after him," James said.
He then ran back to the cave to fetch his supplies.
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(NYC, 2011)
Deimos looked around him.
"Okay, I need to get to a cave or something," he said aloud.
He then looked around until he spotted a darkened parking garage but to him it looked like a cave.
He then ran into the "cave" and hid himself in a corner.
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"Be sure to tie a rope around your waist, or one of us can. The rest of us can hold onto the rope so we can all pull you both back." Dan said going to get the rope. "Also you may need something to mark where the portal is in case you need to travel some distance away."
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"I'm comming with you James," Frank said checking both his Luger and M1911.
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"Sometimes the portal does not stay put," Cleve noted, remembering his experience on the Bayan, "You might have to look for it, or it might just appear on its own. Once again, if you get into any sticky situations, get pull the rope twice. If you want us to help join you, pull it three times."
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"Ok cleve," Frank said, "Are you ready to go James?" Frank asked.
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Ducky, Spike and Petrie came over to help hold onto the rope and pull if need be.
"I hope it's easy and it stays put instead of moving around or closing." Dan said. "I also hope Deimos is not far away."
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Frank drew his dagger looking at the blade before putting it away. Frank took off his jacket that had his rank insignia before he sat down by the lake waiting for james.
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Cleve tied one end of the rope to a nearly tree in order to prevent anyone from being sucked into the portal again. I was not a very good experience for Cleve, and he did not want anyone else to suffer like he did.
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James returned with his backpack and shotgun. "All right. I'm ready to go!"
He then tied the rope around himself. "Wish me luck!" he said, wading into the water and heading for the glowing blue patch.
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(NYC, 2011)
Deimos's stomach growled as he hid in the parking garage.
Suddenly, he smelled food.
He then walked out of the garage and followed the scent to a Chinese resturaunt.
His mouth watered as he drank in the odor of meat. But when he tried to reach through it, he struck something hard. Unbeknownst to him, there was a window in front of him.
In frustration he pounded on the glass as hard as he could, to his surprise, the window cracked.
Grinning, he found a lump of concrete leftover from construction and hurled through the window.
As soon as the glass was broken, he heard an alarm go off. Not knowing what it was, he quickly grabbed a metal rack containing some of roasted pork and bolted down the deserted streets.
(OOC - James will end up in the same time period as Deimos.)
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"Hey wait up!" Frank said also tying a rope around himself and following James.
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Dan went to make sure the end of the rope Frank had tied around himself had the other end tied to another nearby tree for safety reasons.
"I hope everything turns out ok for them." Dan said.
"I do to, I do, i do." Ducky said nodding and hoping they all got back soon.
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Cleve gave the thumb-up signal. "Good luck," Cleve said, "Remember the danger signal."
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Frank nodded his head before turning to James. "Are you ready james?" frank asked.
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James nodded just before he sank into the portal and out of sight.
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(2011, NYC)
Deimos suddenly found himself surrounded by grass and forest.
"Where am I?" he said aloud to no one in particular. He then looked at the rack of meat he was holding.
His stomach growled but his frantic run through the street nearly destroyed his appetite. Forcing himself to eat, he took some bites from his pilfered meal. The spices and sauce coating it were somewhat foreign to him but he was so hungry, he didn't care.
When he was finished he almost threw the rack and its associated skewers away but then he realized that these might be useful to him.
He then realized how cold he was; in his frantic flight, he failed to notice how cold it was. "Damn it, I wish I my fire rocks with me so I can warm up," he muttered.
He then hunkered down in a clump of shrubs.
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Frank followed James into the water and sank into the portal.
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Cleve held tightly to the ropes as he watched James and Frank disappear into the portal.
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Frank exited the protal and landed next to James. Frank took a look around at the buildings around them. "Should we split up to look for Deimos?" Frank asked James.
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Dan held onto one rope while Spike Petrie and Ducky held onto another rope to be sure to try to help those on the other end.
"I hope they find him quickly." Dan said.
"I do so too, I do I do. Deimos may be lost or scared or something." Ducky said.
"Me scarded for him and me still here." Petrie said.
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"Don't worry guys," Ruby comforted, "Deimos is a grown-up. He has grown up a lot, and he can take care of himself."
Cleve wasn't nearly as confident. He barely escaped with his own life after he fell into the portal in the cave. Cleve was lucky and was familiar with ships, battles, and the 20th century. Deimos was not.
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James looked around and noticed that he was standing on a city street. "No, this looks like a big city. If we get lost we may never be able to find each other again. But what city is this?"
He then looked at his waist. There was no rope. He gasped. "The rope! It's... It's gone!"
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Deimos awoke in the clump of shrubs feeling thirsty. He headed out of the shrubs and started searching for a lake or a river.
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"Though his growing up as been here. What if he's in some strange place where his experience may not be very useful." Dan said, not having any idea where Deimos and the others were.
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"Exactly," Cleve agreed, "His natural survival experiences won't be much help if he goes into a human city."
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"My rope is also gone," Frank said. Frank was silent for a moment before turning to James. "Should we head off to look for deimos or stay here?"
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"Hey Dan," Cleve asked, "Does your rope feel really light all of a sudden?"
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Dan nodded, "It does. I wonder if that means the rope isn't around them anymore." he said.
"I hope it does not, I do , I do." Ducky said.
""That bad." Petrie said putting his hands up in the air. "that very bad."
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Deimos finally found a lake. Unbeknownst to him, he was drinking out of the lake at Central Park.
"Damn it. It's so cold compared to the Great Valley," he said. "And this water tastes disgusting."
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James looked around the darkened streets. A newspaper blew against his foot and he picked it up.
"Hey! We're in New York City, in my time - 2011!" he exclaimed, reading it by the streetlight. "In any case, we should move together. I think Deimos may have used his nose to try and find something like a park."
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Cleve pulled in his rope. To his horror, there was only an empty loop at the end of the rope.
"What do we do now?" Cleve asked.
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"Well alright let's get moving then." Frank said.
"We could just wait here until they get back," littlefoot said.
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Deimos found a fire that a homeless person had started in a garbage can. After setting a small branch on fire, he carried it to small campfire that he built on a concrete sidewalk.
He then sat by the fire and warmed himself up. A small pile of wood he scavenged was nearby.
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James nodded.
He then thought a moment. "Wait, I think we might be close to Central Park. I think Deimos may be there because it's most like the Great Valley!"
He then took out a flashlight and looked at the street signs. "Ugh, but I can't tell which way to go!"
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"I guess we can wait a while for them to find Deimos and come back. If they don't after a while then some of us can go through, maybe with someone with a great sense of smell who can use their sense of smell to find the others. Perhaps marking where the portal is. If it stays in the same place." Dan said.
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"I've lived in new york most of my life I know it like the back of my hand so follow me James," Frank said.
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James nodded. "But New York City has changed a lot in sixty years. But I think Central Park should be the same."
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Deimos knocked over a garbage can and dug through the trash for food. He preferred fresh meat but he was not above scavenging.
He found a half-eaten hamburger and ate it. He swallowed it, ignoring the strange texture of the cooked meat.
He then picked up some wood that he scavenged and returned to his campsite.
"Damn it, how do I get back? James and the others will be worried about me," he muttered as he tossed some wood into the campfire and warmed up next to it.
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"I understand james," Frank said starting off in the direction of Central Park.
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"I'd rather wait a while. Going in is pretty dangerous," Cleve commented, "But if they don't come back by dawn, I'm going in."
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Dan nodded, "That should be long enough. We can discuss then about more plans, if the need arises. They may be back well before dawn." Dan said hoping what he said was true.
"I hope so too, I do, I do. I am worrieded." Ducky said looking up with concern in her voice.
"Me also worrieded. me hope they ok." Petrie said with some sadness in his voice.
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Frank walked looking around at the new york of the future. Frank breathed in the city air and continued walking. "Hey James you keeping up with me?" frank asked.
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"It might be a while before they come back," Ruby reasoned, "Some of us should sleep so we can get some sleep."
Cleve nodded.
"Very well," Cleve said, "Dan, take a nap now. I'll guard this place. We might have to stay awake for a long time, and we'll need to use shifts."
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Dan nodded, "That sounds like a good idea, sleeping in shifts." He said before he went to make an area where he could sleep and go to sleep. "Goodnight and good luck." he said before he lay down to try to relax and go to sleep to try to get as much sleep as he could.
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James easily caught up to Frank.
He suddenly saw a small fire in the distance. "Frank! There's a fire in the distance!"
He then ran towards the fire and when he arrived, he found Deimos huddled around the fire.
"James? What are you doing here?" he asked, throwing some wood on the fire.
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Frank ran up to deimos and James as sirens wailed in the distance. "We should head back to the portal now," Frank said.
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It was midnight in the Mysterious Beyond, and the stars were out. They all formed intricate patterns in the sky. Cleve loved observing them, and usually, he could identify all the constellations in the sky. However, the stars were arranged differently. This was no surprise to Cleve, who knew that he was in the time of the dinosaurs.
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"The portal vanished," Deimos said, picking up his skewer and rack and sticking them in James's pack.
James thought a moment. "Maybe it's in an abandoned building."
Suddenly, his eyes caught a flash of blue light from the window of what appeared to be a derelict restraunt across the street. "There!"
He and Deimos then ran as fast as possible to the restruant.
When they arrived, they found that the door was boarded up.
Deimos threw himself through the door, which was not designed to take the impact of a 1,000 pound plus animal. The door literally exploded into splinters as Deimos crashed through it.
"Thanks! Owe you one!" James said running through the ruined door with shotgun in hand.
"No problem," Deimos said, picking himself off the ground. He winced from the pain of the blow. He entered after James.
Deimos then sniffed the air. He could smell rancid food. "This place smells. But I think we should split up. And since this is your time, let's take a few supplies with us."
James heard the sirens. "If we have time. I'll take this room."
"I'll take the back of the cave," Deimos said. He threw himself through the boarded up doors that led to the kitchen. Again, the doors splintered under his massive body.
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Frank ran to the building nearly getting hit by a car while crossing the street. frank ran in the building. "I'll cover the door," Frank said.
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"Hey Dan," Cleve suddenly whispered, "I just thought of something. What if they don't come back from this portal? One of us should check on the portal in the cave as well just to make sure."
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Dan rolled over to be on his back and looked at Cleve, "That could be a good idea. Or leave some sort of indicator to say we're out here. like rocks in an arrow formation." He said thinking a moment before responding. "Or one of us can remain in the cave near, but not to close, to the other portal."
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James literally tore up the front of the resturuant looking for the portal.
Tables, chairs and other assorted objects were thrown aside as James opened every door he could find.
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Deimos was in the kitchen. The smell of rotten food and rancid grease was overpowering to him.
Suddenly, he saw a blue flash emanating from the basement door. He opened the door and saw a swirling blue portal.
"Guys! I found it!" he shouted.
James immediately ran into the kitchen and saw some discarded pots, pans and other utensils that appeared to be in relatively good condition.
"Nice job, Deimos," James said.
Deimos nodded in thanks. "Got time to take supplies?"
"A little bit of time."
Deimos nodded and grabbed two of the nearest things he could - which happened to be a large stewpot and a baking tray. He then leapt into the swirling blue portal.
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Deimos landed with a grunt by the lakeside. It was nighttime and the fire he lit was already burnt down to coals.
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Cleve yelped with joy when he saw Deimo. "There's no need for that," Cleve yelled, "They're back! But... but where's Frank and James?"
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"James are you ready?" Frank yelled running up to james.
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"Hopefully right behind him." Dan said with hope they were as well as being happy to see Deimos again. "How are you, and the others?" Dan asked Deimos.
"Me glad you ok, but where others?" Petrie asked.
"I hope they are here soon." Ducky said with some concern in her voice. Spike wasn't aware of what was going on since he had gone to sleep.
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James quickly gathered up what he could. Just some another stewpot and a frying pan. He also tossed some racks into the stewpot.
"Ready!" he said, leaping into the portal.
The sound of police officers entering the building could be heard.
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"I'm find," Deimos said. "The others should be coming through soon."
As soon as he spoke, James landed with a grunt as Deimos helped him to his feet.
"Well, at least everyone's together," Deimos said, placing his "treasure" aside. "In any case, I'll carry the stuff back to the campsite in the cave."
He then picked up the pots and pans and headed off to the campsite in the cave.
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Frank leaped into the portal following james just as it was closing.
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"Pots and pans, huh?" Cleve said, "Great findings. The best part is that no one got injured. Let's head back to the cave."
Ruby and Chomper both nodded, feeling glad that no one got hurt.
"So, where did you go?" Ruby asked.
"Did you see any other dinosaurs?" Chomper asked.
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Frank landed on his arm by the lake and looked around. "Well we're all back that's good to know," Frank said out loud.
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"We went to the future," James said, not wanting to confuse Ruby and Chomper.
"We didn't see any other dinosaurs," Deimos replied, walking up to the group.
When they returned to the cave, both the main fire and the cooking fire was burnt out.
"I'll go wash our dishes and stuff; they look pretty dirty," James said. He then scooped up up some ash from the main campfire, placed it in the dirty stewpot and poured in some boiled water from the canteens. He started scrubbing with a partially burned stick.
Deimos shrugged. "I'll go get some food. You want some?"
He then exited the cave and headed to the lake.
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Frank walked by Deimos on his way back to the cave. "I'm thinking that whatever is causing these time portals might be what we have to solve," Frank said to the others when he reached the cave.
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Cleve pondered at Frank's theory. He might be right, Cleve thought.
"We don't want random personnel comming here," Cleve said, "Just imagine what would happen if the Nazis found this place. They'd get all the resources they need. Frank is right."
Chomper tugged at Deimo's arm. "How come you didn't see other dinosaurs in the future? We still exist, right?"
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"I didn't go looking for them," Deimos replied just before he exited the cave.
James rinsed the pots with the remainder of their water. "Frank may be right. I mean why else would we be pulled out of our own time into the past with dinosaurian allies?"
He then looked at the empty canteens. "Erm, could you light a fire so I can boil some water?"
He then grabbed the canteens marked with an "X" on them and headed to the lake.
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Meanwhile, an Egg-Stealer was helping himself to a nest full of unguarded eggs in the lake.
Deimos was fishing when he detected the odor of fresh meat. He crept up on the Egg- Stealer and prepared to pounce. Suddenly, the Egg-Stealer yelped and dropped the egg he was holding and bolted.
James was filling the canteens when he heard Deimos chasing another dinosaur. He paid it no heed, keeping in mind that Deimos was a predator.
The Egg-Stealer was fast but Deimos had way more endurance. He finally pinned the Egg-Stealer outside the cave the others were resting out.
"Someone help me!" the Egg-Stealer screamed in English/Leafeater.
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"You hear that?" Cleve asked, "Someone screamed. Grab those rifles. Someone is in trouble."
Cleve dashed in the direction of the scream, grabbing a rifle before he exited the cave.
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Frank grabbed his rifle and followed cleve out of the cave. frank aimed the rifle at the dinosaur deimos pinned. "Who are you?" frank asked.
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"I wonder who that is, another dinosaur I'd guess." Dan said standing up. He thought of going, but decided to remain behind go guard the camp, unless more help was needed.
As he waited for the others to return he started to walk around the peripheral of the camp to see if any additional help was needed and to make sure no one else tried to sneak into the camp.
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James finished filling up his canteens and bought them back to the cave. He decided to start boiling the water. Some tinder and a match quickly got the cooking fire started. He grabbed the now clean stewpot, placed it on the grate and poured the canteens of impure water in it and waited for it to boil.
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"He was trying to eat me!" the Egg-Stealer shouted.
"Look, I eat meat," Deimos said coldly. "I don't have a choice. And since I don't exactly know you, you're fair game."
He then turned to Frank and Cleve. "Should I let him go?"
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Cleve hesitated for a moment. The new dinosaur didn't seem to be a threat, and it spoke English. Cleve wasn't exactly comfortable with someone eating a language-speaking animal, but he didn't want to deprive Deimos of his meal either.
Meanwhile, Chomper and Ruby ran forward to investigate. Chomper didn't hesitate.
"Don't do it," Chomper said, "We have plenty of things to eat."
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Deimos looked at Chomper and then Cleve then the new dinosaur.
He got up and released the new dinosaur. Deimos did not look too happy about it.
"I'm going to get some crawlers," he said.
He then headed towards the lake. It was now nighttime and the air was starting to cool.
"Thanks for convincing him to let me go!" the Egg-Stealer. "The name's Theo."
He then did a double take as he saw Cleve. "You're not dinosaurs?"
James stuck his head out of the cave. "What's all the commotion about?"
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Frank lowered the rifle. "We have a new commer here james." Frank said.
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"What sort?" Dan asked curious. He went over to see what the newcomer looked like. "I wonder if we'll have more join us during our travel." Dan said wondering if they would or not.
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"Well Theo my names frank." Frank said introducing himself.
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Chomper stood perfectly still until Ruby tapped his shoulder and gave a smile. Chomper didn't mean to offend Deimos or deprive him of a meal, but Chomper didn't believe in having flattooth for food. Ruby smiled and tried to cheer him up.
Cleve did not know what to say either. He hated angering Deimos, a dinosaur who has saved his life. Cleve knew nothing about the customs in the dinosaur world. He learned that all dinosaurs were in the same order. I'm in the same order as all primates. Would I be comfortable eating another primate? Cleve thought to himself. He concluded that he wouldn't like it, but if we was desperate enough, he might be crazy enough to try. Still, he was in no place to judge Deimo's actions.
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James came out and saw the Egg-Stealer. "This who you all talking about?" he asked, pointing to Theo.
"That's me," Theo said. "The name's Theo."
"Pleased to meet you!"
Deimos returned with four crawlers in hand. "I got food," he said hollowly. He ignored Theo and headed into the cave.
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Chomper's eyes opened wide. He has never seen crawlers so big before. Chomper was hungry from the long walk, and his stomach was already making its hungry sound.
"Where'd you get those crawlers?" Chomper asked Deimos.
Cleve introduced himself to Theo. "Hi," Cleve said, "my name is Cleve. Pleased to meet you."
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"I'm Dan." He said waving slightly.
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"So are you going to continue your story frank?" Littlefoot asked while walking up to Frank.
"Yeah I can continue it from where I left off." Frank said.
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"Found them by the lake," Deimos replied to Chomper. He ate one crawler and handed the other to Chomper. "Want some?"
Deimos actually looked somewhat upset. He looked at Chomper; Chomper was able to restrain himself from eating Littlefoot and Ruby and Theo? Why couldn't he do the same? He sighed; if he wanted to keep everyone else - save James - around; he'd have to follow Chomper's lead.
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Theo nodded and looked at Cleve and Dan. "Theo's my name."
His stomach growled. "Got any food? Being chased gives me quite an appetite!"
James nodded. "We've got fish and some fruit."
"Fine by me!"
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"Do you have a preference?" Dan asked as he looked at Theo.
"Lots of green stuff and tree sweets to eat." Petrie said, not being a meat eater at all, of course.
"There are lots of options." Dan said, "More then likely we can think of ourselves."
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Theo nodded. "I prefer fruit."
James got up and tossed some twigs into the fire. He then moved the water over to rock to cool so be could pour it into canteens.
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"Now where was I when I last left off on my story?" Frank asked littlefoot.
"You had just started it." Littlefoot replied.
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"Sure," Chomper yelped with joy. He almost forgot his sense of guilt when he deprived Deimos of his mean. Chomper grabbed a crawler and ate it.
"These Mysterious Beyond crawlers are juicy," he commented, "Ruby, mind if we go and get more?"
"If you're hungry," Ruby said, "it's my responsibility to make sure that you're not hungry. Let's go."
Chomper and Ruby ran off towards the lake.
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"Be careful you two watch out for any portals." Frank called out to Ruby and Chomper.
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"Any particular type?" Dan asked as he held out the container with some of the fruit in it that had been gathered earlier offering Theo, and anyone else who wanted any, some of the fruit.
"Going to go ahead and tell your story?" Dan asked Frank. Then he looked in the direction where Chomper and Ruby ran off in calling out, "Don't wonder to far."
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"Thanks!" Theo said, grabbing a large star shaped fruit. He bit part of it off and the juice dripped down his chin.
James finished pouring the water into the canteens. He tossed some twigs into the fire. "Well, let's have dinner and some stories. I'll go catch some fish."
He then headed to the lake.
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"Chomper," Ruby said, "I think I found some crawlers." She gestured to a bush.
"Great," Chomper replied, grabbing a large crawler and putting it in his mouth, "These taste great."
"I wonder if we can convince Deimos to not harm other flateeth," Ruby stated, "But he is a fully grown-up sharptooth."
Chomper nodded but said nothing. A large crawler crawled behind a branch. Chomper brushed aside the branch, but he soon noticed something.
"Ruby," he yelled, "look at this."
Behind the bush was a peculiarly shaped rock about the size of a sweet bubble. It was flat and shiny, and it had an unnatural circular shape. The strangest of all, it had a big circular hole in the middle.
"The newcommers might be interested in this new interesting rock we've found," Ruby said. She grabbed the rock, and they both started walking back toward the group.
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Dan offered some food to some others, Petrie, Ducky and Spike getting some tree sweets. Then he picked some food for himself and sat down to start to eat his meal.
"Chomper like flying stingers also." Petrie said after he had bitten into his small tree sweet.
Spike nodded, swalling his tree sweet. He remembered him saying he found them spicy.
"He does, he does." Ducky said before starting to eat her small treesweet.
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"Hey guys," Chomper said, dashing out of the woods, "look what we found." Chomper extended his arm and revealed the peculiar stone in his hand.
Cleve walked closer and lifted it up under the moonlight. Fortunately, there was a full moon, and the moon during the age of the dinosaurs was much bigger and brighter. The moonlight reflected off of the stone.
After some hesitation, Cleve started to talk in a trembling voice. "Frank," he said showing the stone to Frank, "Does this look like a metal fastener nut to you?"
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"It sure does look like one." Frank replied after studying the stone for a moment.
"Is that a part of the planes we're looking for." Littlefoot asked.
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Dan glanced over in the direction as he paused his eating. "You want to borrow my penlight to look at it better?" He asked as he offered is penlight.
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"Sure that sounds good." Frank said.
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Cleve reached for Dan's penlight and turned it on. A beam of light focused on the nut.
"It's definitely a part of some machine," Cleve said eruditely, "In fact, it's probably a part of the planes we're looking for. This means that the planes crashed somewhere near this place."
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"Cleve this might be from that Me 109 or the avengers which plane do you think it's from?" Frank asked.
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"I don't know," Cleve responded, "It's hard to tell from just a nut, but we'll know as soon as we find the rest of the wreckage. I don't know much about airplanes, but this looks like a fairly big nut. It might be a part of the landing gear, props, or engine. In any case, this suggests that the planes crashed."
"We found this not far from here," Chomper said.
"And that means what you're looking for can't be that far away either," Ruby pointed out.
"Good," Cleve nodded, "we can continue to search after the sun rises."
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Deimos returned from his crawler hunting trip. He turned to Theo who gave him a cold stare. He then sighed and handed Frank a crawler while he ate the others.
James returned with some fresh fish. "Anybody want some dinner?"
Theo looked at the fish and shook his head. He grabbed some more fruit from the bucket.
"So what are you guys planning to do tomorrow?" Deimos asked, throwing some twigs into the fire. He sighed and let the warmth of the fire dance over his body.
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"Well continuing the search for the planes will be the main thing." Frank said.
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Dan continued to eat and listen to the folks. "It may mean that it is nearby. It depends if over what size area the debris may be spread around, and other factors also." He said.
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"Can't the sharpteeth use their sniffers to find whatever you're looking for?" Theo asked. He was partially interested in their search but at the same time, he did not care that much.
James was gutting the fish and hanging them on the cleaned metal skewers in preparation to smoke them. "Could someone build a smoky fire outside the cave so I smoke the fish?"
Deimos nodded. "I'll need a bit of help."
He then picked up a firebrand from the main campfire and headed outside.
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"Chomper," Cleve asked, "can you recognize this scent?" He put the washer in front of Chomper's nose.
Chomper stiffed and shook his head. "It smells like any piece of rock."
"We could try asking some dinosaurs who are familiar with this area," Ruby said, "But who is familiar with the area?" She thought for a second before an idea struck her head.
"Theo!" she yelled, "Do you remember seeing anything strange crashing around here a few cold times back?
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"Smoked fish? That sounds pretty good." Dan said. "I do hope the planes are very close to here indeed." Dan said as he looked around at those present.
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"In any case," Cleve said, "we'll just have to keep searching tomorrow morning. Let's all help collect some wood now."
Cleve walked off, grabbing small sticks as he walked on.
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"Sure thing Deimos." Frank said walking out of the cave taking a lighter out of his pocket.
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Theo scratched his head as he ate some fruit. "I don't remember seeing anything but there's a place where there's these weird shiny rocks all over the place, including some giant ones."
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Deimos had some dried leaves and grass he found and he stacked up some twigs and pieces of bark on it. He then thrust the firebrand into the wood pile, causing it to smolder and then ignite. He blew on it to get it going while he tossed a twig into it.
"Theo!" Deimos shouted. "Watch the fire while I gather some wood!"
He then got up and headed off to the nearby forest.
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"Hmm." Dan said thinking, "About how far would you say that is from here, and what is the area like?" He asked remaining sitting and finished his meal.
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Theo scratched his head. "It's not that far but there are a lot of sickleclaws and fastbiters there. I think it's their home. And they hate outsiders."
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James had finished gutting the fish and he placed the guts into a designated "waste pot" for Deimos or Chomper's consumption. He carried the skewers out to the fire and used the last remnants of wood to build a stand. He threw some of the fruit that Dan harvested into the fire so it would give off some aromatic smoke.
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Cleve walked back, carrying n armful of wood.
"Shiny rocks?" Cleve asked, "That might just be it. Aluminum can be shiny. We had to get through a group of sharpteeth to get here. They weren't friendly at all."
"Yeah, they refused to let us pass," Chomper said.
Ruby nodded and said, "They refused to let us pass until they finally let us pass. Cleve managed to..."
"I think James in cooking up something delicious," Cleve disrupted, still feeling ashamed over the killing of the sharpteeth, "Let's go back to the cave."
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Frank was in the cave looking over his rifle and side arms. "Hey James I have something to ask you." frank said.
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"I bet it'll be good indeed." Dan said. "And it sounds like it could be some of the planes after all." Dan said as he started to get up. "Getting back to the cave may be a good idea since it's easier to keep that safe then being out here." He said.
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James put the pot of fish guts outside the cave and turned to Frank. "Yes?"
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"That bomb that ends world war 2.... was it... atomic?" Frank asked. Frank knew that Germany had been working on such a bomb but was unsure how far they had been before an explosion had taken place where they had been working on it.
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Dan nodded, "It was the Americans who built it first. A pbs show they had about that said the Germans were going down the wrong track, from a physics point of view and it would have taken them quite a while to get one since among other things they ignored anything a Jewish mathematics or physics person said. They also had another interesting show that showed that some German scientists, towards the end of the war, suck out of where they worked and had to sneak around and they went to this one house that one of them owned just to ensure they would be captured by the Americans and not the Russians, but that is likely another topic."
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James nodded. "Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. They ended World War II."
Deimos returned with some wood, which he deposited in the corner. He noticed the pot full of fish guts. "Chomper, want to share the fish guts?"
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Frank lowered his head he thought such weapons were unhonorable. "I never thought I would live to see such weapons used in combat." Frank said.
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"Atom bombs?" Cleve asked, "How can you make bombs out of atoms? They're so small. How much damage can a few atoms do?" Cleve has never heard of the atom bomb, but he knew what an atom was.
Chomper declined Deimos's offer. "No thanks," he said, "I'm already full from the crawlers I ate."
Ruby asked, "What kind of thing is the atom thing you speak of?"
Cleve replied, "They're tiny particles that make up everything."
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"A human long ago, I forgot his name, but I think he was a Greek, once had a theory that though you can cut things, there could be a point at which you could no longer cut thing. It is so small you can not see it but need special tools." Dan said.
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"Think of the explosion of the Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack times 1,000 cleve." Frank said.
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"Must be a fairly big bomb," Cleve commented, "I knew nothing about it back in 1943. How did you find out?"
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"It's the weapon that James told us of a few days ago the one that ends the war, you remember that right?" Frank asked cleve.
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"Despite the devastation and loss of life, it likely did save lives in the long run since you can imagine the loss of life if they tried to take Japan and especially Tokyo if the army and marines had to do it." Dan said pausing in his speaking. "I did hear that a world war 2 former admiral or general, forgot which he was, when there was some debate if it was an evil act or not that he had no problem with the Americans using it since he said if they had gotten the atom bomb first they would have used it on America."
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Theo was eating some fruit and he tossed the seeds into the campfire.
James got up and checked the smoked fish outside. They were not ready so he just simply tossed some more wood and fruit onto the fire and leaned against the rock wall and admired the starlit sky.
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"My view on such weapons is that they should be banned there is no honor in such weapons since they can't tell the difference between civilian and military." Frank said.
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"That may be best, but it's doubtful everyone will give up something like that." Dan said from where he was.
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"I no longer see a point in fighting," Cleve admitted, "Stalin is going to reach Berlin, and the atom bomb will force Japan into surrender. Mussolini is already out of the picture. Do you know what type of bomber dropped those bombs and where they took off. Once that airbase is captured, the war will be over for me."
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"I'm guessing that it was the B-29 Superfortress am I right?" Frank asked.
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"I don't recall what type it was, some sort of bomber. But I do recall it's name.... The Enola Gay." Dan said. "If the internet was here I could tell you in a few seconds, but I do recall it's name." He said.
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"The B-29?" Cleve asked, "I think I heard something about that. At least back in 1943, it was still in the experimental stage. Speaking of airplanes, we should reach the wreck tomorrow and look for survivors. But for now, just keep the fire going so that the survivors, if any, can see where we are. But for now, I'm going to sleep." Cleve leaned against a rock and was asleep the next minute.
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"I'll take he first watch." Frank said cradling his rifle in his arms.
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(OOC: Well, here I come!)
December 5th, 1945, The Atlantic Ocean
Midday, out in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. 5 TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers are on an ordinary training mission. Flight 19 was on a final practice run before being sent into action. The leader of the formation had lead them far off course, They were about to be lost forever.
They flew into the Bermuda Triangle. One of the pilots radioed into the leader. "Are you sure we're going the right way? These islands don't look familiar." The leader replied "I"m sure were we'll find the base soon. My compass is broken, But I can still get us home." A pilot on another plane chimed in "It shouldn't have taken this long. We only fueled up enough for the trip. We may have to bail soon."
Just then, a great bright light drowned out the formation. Everyone was momentarily blinded by the Blue light.
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Prehistoric Times. Several years before the other humans came.
One of the pilots looked out his window, and was surprised by what he saw. "My God! Where are we?" This pilot's fuel had run out. He was too busy staring in awe at the alien landscape to notice. It wasn't until he saw this strange land closing in on him fast, when he realized what was going on. He yelled into the radio "I'm going down!". Seconds later he crashed.
Hours later, he woke up. He was still sitting in the cockpit of the plane. He rubbed his aching forehead. "What happened?". He unstrapped and climbed out of the plane. When he saw the terrain around him, He was confused. "Where am I? Actually, where was I? I can't seem to remember what I was doing." He looked back at his wrecked plane. "Why was I in there? What was I doing?"
He had no time to question. He went back into the plane, and grabed as much supplies as he could carry, and set out to start a camp site. There were many questions floating around in his head, and he didn't have answers to any of them. He had no time to think about it, though. His main concern was for survival.
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"I'll help keep watch," Theo said.
Deimos shrugged. "Sure, I'm going to go to sleep."
He then lay in his nest in the corner of the and fell asleep.
James leaned against his backpack and was soon asleep as well. The main campfire was mostly burned down to glowing coals.
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"So Theo you interested in hearing a story to pass the time?" Frank asked.
Littlefoot had already fallen asleep in the cave.
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Dan arranged his stuff then he lay down to relax and went to sleep.
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Frank watched the area around the camp and waited for teo's response.
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For several years. The nameless man lived off the land. When he had time, he looked for survivors himself. He found several other wrecked planes that resembled his own, but he never found another human. Months ago, he had given up his search.
He was getting very lonely, But he stayed away from the dinosaurs he saw. Most of the dinosaurs stayed away from him too, except for the occasional hungry sharptooth. He lived off of nuts and fruits he could forage, and some fish he could catch. He never hunted for anything bigger. He figured he had to save the limited ammunition he had for when he really needed it. He had never even spoken to a dinosaur before, so he didn't know that they could talk.
One night, He was outside of his camp, searching for some food. He saw a light far off in the distance. He thought to himself "Are there survivors?" He dismissed that thought. "No, it can't be. If there were any survivors from the wreckage, I'd have found them a long time ago. I spent a lot of time looking for them." And yet, there was a light. He walked towards it, and discovered it was emanating from a nearby cave. He hung low, and slowly creeped in closer for a peek. He didn't know who was in there, and he didn't know if they were friendly or not.
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Frank thought of when he went to germany before the war taking a picture out of his wallet. The photo was of his three cousins, uncle, aunt, and himself outside one of the cities art museums. Frank sighed deeply hoping that his last remaining cousin and his uncle and aunt would live through the rest of the war.
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Theo shrugged. "Sure."
He offered Frank half of some fruit.
He leaned back against the cave wall, wondering what was going on and who were these creatures.
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"Thank you." Frank said taking the piece of fruit. "Well I just wanted to tell you that even the worst of enemies can be friends." frank said. "The christmas truce of 1914 during the first world war is a good example."
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The nameless man was surprised when he saw dinosaurs and other members of his kind sitting together. He was more surprised when he heard one of the dinosaurs speak and give some fruit to a human. He saw that both the dinosaur and the human were acting friendly. He then heard the human talking about how even enemies can be friends.
He didn't remember any of the faces he saw, but he figured he wouldn't anyway, due to his amnesia. He finally decided to come out and let himself be known.
He walked out where he could be seen, tried to look as not-hostile as he could, and asked "Are you survivors, too?"
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Frank jumped out of his seat and pointed his rifle toward the ground in a stand by posistion. "We arrived here a few days ago." frank said looking over the newcommer. "What is your name?" frank asked.
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"My name is...". He hadn't thought about it in a long time, but he couldn't remember his name either. "...Um...Actually, I don't remember my name. I must of taken a really bad impact in my head when I crashed, because I can't remember very much at all."
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"Do you still have your dogtags?" Frank asked setting the rifle down.
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"No, I don't."
He then turned to Theo and said. "Huh, Pretty funny actually. I've been here for a few years, and I never even knew dinosaurs could talk! I always stayed away from them."
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"Dan should probbaly take a look at you then." frank said. Frank shook dan awake "Dan we have a newcommer I think he has amnesia."
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Dan started to sit up. "Wha?" he said, not yet fully awake. He Sat up and rubbed his face a bit. "A new comer?" He said looking at Frank then around to find the newcomer he spoke about.
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Frank started to eat the piece of fruit Theo had handed him. Frank put the picture back in his wallet and put his wallet back in his pocket.
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"Yes sir, Dan!" He walked up and shaked Dan's hand. "Are you a Doctor? Frank thinks I have amnesia."
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"Well it's just a hypothesis I have since you can't remember name." Frank said.
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Dan shook his hand in return. "Yes, I'm a doctor and I'm glad to meet you. It's not unusual to have amnesia if you have had an accident and hit your head." he said. He looked him over, "Otherwise you seem to be ok. How do you feel in general?" He asked.
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"Do you think you could show us where you crashed in the morning?" Frank asked.
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"I'm sure I could do that. I still remember where that is at least."
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"Maybe we can find something there to help you remember or some bit of a dog tag or something." Dan said. "Do you feel ok though? Have you been here long?" He asked, trying to get an idea of what sort of condition he was in.
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"I feel fine. It seems like I've been here a few years. I've kind of lost track of time. That head injury when I crashed was the only injury I've had. Since then, I've been in good health."
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Cleve woke up and listened to the conversation. "He's probably a survivor of one of the airplanes," Cleve pointed out to Dan and Frank, "I don't know how he got here before us though. My experiment seems to have sucked another victim into this world."
Cleve approached the newly-arrived man. "Do you remember anything strange happening before you crashed. I know you have amnesia but think," Cleve said, "Do you remember seeing a flash of light? Fog? Anything unusual?"
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"Well..." He had to think way back in his memory. The earliest memory that he had was of a bright light. "...I want to say I saw a bright light, but I can't remember for sure."
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"Just like the rest of us." Frank said.
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Deimos and James stirred from the noise.
"So what's going on?" James asked.
"Probably a good idea you did," Theo replied, munching on another piece of fruit from the communal bucket.
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"We have a newcommer a survivor of the planes we're looking for." Frank said.
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"He also remembers seeing a bright light," Cleve added, "But he seems to have forgotten his name."
Ruby and Chomper both walked up.
"We need to ask someone about his forgetfulness," Ruby said, "Should we ask Mr. Thicknose?"
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"Hmm, your memory should have come back. " Dan said, "Though some medicine may help. It could be some sort of shock that did that and from my looks you seem to be in otherwise good health." Dan said having focused on his skills, knowledge and experience as a doctor and his observations of the person.
"Though you do need some sort of name. Any sort of name you'd like to be called by, or should we pick one. Since I doubt you'd like being called hey you, or new guy." Dan said smiling in a good natured and lightly joking sort of manner.
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"That sounds like a good idea ruby." Littlefoot said waking up.
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(OOC: is it very early morning yet? are we going to go back to sleep before heading out or not?)
"I don't have any good ideas for a name, Maybe it would be good if you picked one for me?"
He then smiled and looked at the dinosaurs "Or maybe the Dino's could think of a good name." He chuckled.
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(OCC: I think our characters should go back to sleep first what does everyone else think?)
"As a pilot I can't think of any at the moment." Frank said.
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Dan shrugged, "maybe some of us need to sleep a bit more. We can decide and talk about it along the way once we go to where the plane is. That should give us plenty of time to think it over, suggest some names and fine one you like." Dan said smiling to the new comer.
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Theo shrugged. "Can't think of any names."
He then made himself a nest in the back of the cave and lay down to sleep.
James leaned against his backpack and fell asleep.
"I'll take watch for now," Deimos said.
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"Thanks Deimos. I walked over here from pretty far away, and I really need some sleep. I haven't had any yet tonight."
He walked over to a wall of the cave, sat down with his back to the wall, and dozed off.
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Littlefoot fell back asleep after walking back into the cave.
"I could use some sleep as well but I'll get some later." Frank said.
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Chomper fell asleep leaning against Ruby's leg, and Ruby yawned. "We had a long night tonight," she said groggily, "Let's go back to sleep." She led a dazed Chomper to a dark corner and slept.
Cleve sat down and leaned against the wall. "If anyone gets hungry at night, grab some fruits or fish," he announced. He was asleep five minutes later.
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Dan made sure his stuff was arranged and lay down to relax and gradually go back to sleep hoping he would finish his sleep for the night and thinking what it would be like if he did not need to sleep or needed far less sleep.
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"I think I'm going to get some sleep now." frank said falling asleep with the rifle beside him.
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Deimos stared at Von. "How do you know my name?" he asked.
He then turned to Frank. "So who else do you think we'll find?"
He then leaned back against the cave wall and listened to the steady crackling of the fire outside the cave.
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(OOC: a fudge up maybe? I never noticed that you didn't tell me your name. Also, i'm asleep right now :b.)
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Frank opened one eye and turned to deimos. "I don't know we might find the 109 that was chasing the Avengers but I have a feeling we will find something critical in the lead plane of the group our new friend was in." frank said.
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"Hey Deimos I had a question to ask you." Frank said.
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Deimos nodded. "Sure," he replied, tossing a twig onto the smoldering fire.
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"Have you ever had to fight against the place you were born or hatched I should say?" Frank asked.
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Deimos shook his head. "I have not but I have heard that some dinosaurs have. They say that some Egg-Stealers have done so."
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"The feeling varies from person to person but for me I'm fighting against family." frank said. Frank then took the picture of himself his cousins and his aunt and uncle standing outside one of Dresden's art musuems and showed it to Deimos. "These are my cousins Erik,Walter, and Johan to my left and my uncle Wilhelm, and my aunt Sophie." frank said pointing each one out. "It is hard for me but I am more worried for my aunt and uncle and my remaining cousin ever since a few days ago."
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Deimos looked at Frank. "Wow. You're lucky you have someone to go back too. I've been alone since I entered the Great Valley. Most of the adult dinosaurs don't like me."
He then sighed. "If you don't mind, I'm going to sleep."
He then went over to his nest and lay down in it.
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"Ok I'll keep watch." Frank said getting up from the ground. Frank put the picture back in his wallet and set the rifle beside him.
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The sun's rays filtered into the cave.
Deimos twitched slightly as he was struck by the warm rays. He then got out of his nest and stretched. "The Bright Circle's up," he said.
He then noticed that Theo was gone. He paid it no heed as he was sure that Theo would return sometime.
James rolled over at the sound of Deimos's voice and steadily rose to his feet. He took a sip out of his canteen and rinsed his mouth. "So you're up already? I'll wait until everyone's up then I'll get breakfast."
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Other people getting up and making even a little noise waked the nameless man up. He wasn't a very heavy sleeper, A good skill out in the wild actually.
He got up and just said a very casual "Good morning, everyone." He walked over to the fruit bucket. There were still a few fruits in the bucket, so he grabbed a couple and started on breakfast.
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Ruby heard the noise and got up. She rubbed her eyes and looked to check on Chomper. Chomper was still asleep. She decided not to wake up anyone else. Everyone was tired from the day before, and they all needed to rest. She got up and walked towards the brightly-lit front portion of the cave.
"Good morning, my friends," she said cheerfully, "My friends good morning. Did you sleep well?"
Cleve turned his head and yawned. A ray of bright sunlight hit his face. He knew it was daytime. His joints cracked as he got up, and he was sore all over from the long walk the day before. He went out into the sunlight to get some fresh air.
"How's everyone doing?" Cleve asked everyone, "I'm really sore today, but at least the wound on my arm is getting better."
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"Good morning guys." Frank said in German. Frank rubbed the back of his neck shaprly turning it before a small crack came from it. Littlefoot woke up as well "good morning." littlefoot said. Frank got up and walked over to the fruit basket taking out a piece.
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While the nameless man was munching on his fruit, he started to think about what all happened last night.
"So, I guess I"m going to be leading you all to the wreckage later today?" He thought some more, than laughed a little. "Oh, and I still don't have a name! Anyone thought of a good one yet?"
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"How's Adam sound?" Frank asked.
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Dan started to wake up. He yawned, sitting up as he stretched a bit. Once he was done with that he started to stand up as he looked to see if there was any water or food around nearby.
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"Adam..." Cleve pondered, "That sounds surprisingly appropriate considering that he was the first man here and possibly the first man to appear in history."
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"That's the reason why I thought of Adam." Frank said.
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"Adam it is then! Was anyone going to head out this morning and fish or gather some fruit?
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"I'll go get some fruit." Frank said slinging the rifle over his shoulder before walking off to get some.
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"I'll get some kindling, Adam," Cleve said, patting Adam on the shoulder.
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"I'll go fishing," James said, grabbing his rod and reel. "And welcome to the team, Adam."
Theo returned. He was dragging a large leaf with some fruit behind him. "I got some fruit for everyone."
He then tossed what looked like a gear onto the ground. "And I found this weird rock over by the forest. It looks like there's a rocky clearing or something nearby."
Deimos shrugged. "Well, nice to meet you Adam. So who else is coming with me to gather firewood?"
He then got up and grabbed his walking stick.
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"I'll come with you." frank said following Deimos.
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"That is quite a bit of fruit." Dan said looking at what Theo had drug in. Then he went over to pick up the gear. "this certainly looks like some sort of gear. I wonder if it was part of one of those planes." Dan said, looking at the gear he held in one hand.
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"Thanks for all the fruit, I'm still hungry. " Adam grabbed another fruit and sinked his teeth into it.
"You know, The wreckage of my plane wasn't that far from here, and it was in a big clearing. That gear is probably from my plane"
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Littlefoot walked over and grabbed a piece of fruit from the leaf before he started to eat it. "Thanks Theo!" littlefoot said.
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Dan set the gear down where others could easily see it before he picked out some fruit to eat himself as a snack. "Thanks." He said to Theo nodding while smiling before he went to sit down and start on his fruit.
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Deimos nodded. "All right so who's going to watch the campsite while we get firewood?"
The ax that was used for gathering wood was next to him but he decided to let Frank handle it.
"You're welcome," Theo said, spitting some seeds into the fire pit. He then looked around. "James should be back now, what's taking him so long?"
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James was being held by some of the local Domeheads. They had currently tied him to a rock and were debating what to do with him.
Three of the Domeheads were guarding him while one of the others was digging through his possessions and tossing them on the ground.
"Look, I don't mean any harm," James said.
One of the Domeheads "lightly" punched him in the chest. Though "lightly" was still enough to wind him. "Shut your mouth!"
Their campsite was on the opposite side of the lake, near the forest where James and his group got their firewood from.
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Adam started to look worried. "Should we go look for him yet?"
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Frank grabbed the ax on his way out of the camp following deimos.
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"The rest of us that are here can watch it." Littlefoot said.
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Adam looked over to Littlefoot, trying to start a conversation "So, where do you live? I've never even seen you around here before."
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"The Great Valley along with my friends Cera,Ducky,petrie,and Spike." Littlefoot said.
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"I do hope he's not in any trouble." Dan said, pausing in his eating.
Spike started to wake up, his moving and yawning. His moving started to wake up Ducky also, who started to briefly yawn and sit up. "Is it morning already?" She asked. She then started to gently shake Petrie who was sleeping next to her.
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"Good morning Ducky." littlefoot said.
Frank walked to where he could cut some firewood following Deimos.
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Deimos went over to the forest where they normally got their firewood. He bent over to pick up some sticks when he smelled something.
James.
"James, are you okay?" he asked.
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James's eyes lit up when he realized that Deimos. "Deimos! I'm-"
"Shut up!" a Domehead roared as he slugged James in the chest again.
James could only gasp as the air was knocked out of him.
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Deimos turned to Frank as he heard noises. "Frank, get the others. James stumbled upon-" he sniffed the air and his eyes widened in horror - "oh no! Domeheads! If we don't hurry, they may kill him!"
Deimos gulped. He hated facing Domeheads. Not only were they extreme speciests who hated pretty much everyone else, they were also very territorial. Not to mention quite violent and pretty damn sadistic to boot.
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Theo finished off his meal of fruit and headed to the lake to get a drink.
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"Then we should resc."ue him now." Frank said bringing the rifle so it was ready to fire.
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Adam went with Theo to the lake with a pot. He filled the pot with water, and brought it back to the camp to boil it.
"I was getting thirsty, so I thought we all could use some more clean water."
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Cleve, who was gathering firewood near a small creek bed only a hundred yards away from Deimos and Frank, heard their voices. He was unable to pick up Jame's taking due to the sound of the creek, but he was able to pick up and understand Deimos and Frank. He dropped the firewood he collected and dashed towards their voice, not forgetting to ready his rifle.
"Guys," Cleve said to Deimos and Frank, "I was collecting some firewood nearby, and I heard your conversation. How can I help?"
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Meanwhile, tension was high in the cave. Ruby was getting nervous about James. She knew that there were sharpteeth and domeheads in the area, and neither of them were friendly. Ruby woke up Chomper.
"Good morning, Chomper," Ruby said, "We can't find James. Can you sniff him out?"
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Theo said nothing but shrugged.
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"Grab Theo and the others but be fast. If my nose is right, James got caught by Domeheads. And if we don't move fast, they'll kill him," Deimos said.
He then readied his stick. "I'll wait here"
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Meanwhile, the Domeheads had scattered James's belongings around their encampment.
James gasped as he spotted what appeared to be remnants of a WWII aviator's uniform next to his backpack.
"Well, what do you suppose we do with this one?" a Domehead.
"Kill him."
James gulped. He knew that facing wild animals was a danger of being a park ranger but this was totally different; even though the Domeheads were dinosaurs, it was more like he had stumbled onto an illegal pot farm and gotten caught by the growers. Which was an occupational hazard for someone in his line of work.
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"Ok I'll move on ahead." Frank said making his way forward with caution with the rifle stock against his shoulder.
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"Good morning Littlfoot, and everyone."
"It is morning." Ducky said to Petrie as he started to wake up. "It is time to be awake, not sleeping." She said before she went to get some food for herself and Petrie, handing some to Petrie.
"Me awake." Petrie said sitting up and yawning briefly.
"Thanks." Petrie said as he started to eat. "It feel like me just to to sleep." He said pausing a moment in his eating.
"We had a good night's sleep. That is good, it is, it is." Ducky said.
Spike ate a piece of fruit then went over to a nearby plant to start eating some leaves, not wanting to eat much of the fruit the others had brought since he knew he ate a lot compared to the others and some here seemed unable to eat any green food like he and his friends could do.
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"Domeheads?" Cleve asked, "Alright, I'll run back and tell. I'll leave my rifle here if you need it." He dropped his rifle and ran back to the cave.
"Guys, hurry," Cleve shouted to everyone in the cave, "James has been kidnapped by some Domeheads. Everyone help." He grabbed another rifle and started to run off towards Jame's direction. Ruby and Chomper got up and followed.
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Theo gulped down his fruit and dashed out of the cave.
He picked up a large piece of firewood and tossed it to Ruby. "Take this, you might need it!"
He the grabbed his own piece of firewood to use as a club.
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Deimos followed behind Frank. He gasped as he lay eyes on five Domeheads - each almost as large as he was.
"Let him go!" he snarled, snapping his massive foot-claws forward for emphasis.
A Domehead punched James in the chest again. James had blood on his face and it looked like he had been beaten several times. The Domehead spat in James's face. "Why should we?"
Deimos narrowed his eyes. "Because I'll kill you bastards if you don't," he growled. "And don't think I won't."
He then readied his walking stick.
The Domehead laughed. "Hey, this sickleclaw thinks he can take all us. Come on out, boys! Let's have some fun!"
The other four Domeheads stepped forward.
"I'll give you a choice. Would you like to die quickly and painfully or slowly and painfully?" the first Domehead asked, sticking his face into Deimos's face.
Deimos said nothing but spat at the Domehead's eye.
"Very well! Charge!"
The Domeheads lowered their heads and prepared to charge.
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Adam grabbed the rifle he came to the campsite with last night, a small pack of ammunition the group had, and quickly followed cleve.
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Frank fired one shot at the first domehead when had a clear shot.
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Dan went to get stick that looked like it could make a good club as well as making sure his stun pen was ready. He paused to look at Ducky, Spike, and Petrie, "You folks stay here to make sure our camp stays safe so we have a place to return to." He said, not wanting the kids to get into any danger, but wanting to give them something useful also instead of just the usual, you kids stay here.
He then ran off a bit behind the others to where they were going.
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Spike got got a determined look on his place and started to somewhat march around the camp site to keep watch on it, pausing now and then to grab a leaf with is mouth to eat, or a few leaves.
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Ruby caught the piece of wood, but she hoped that she wouldn't have to use it.
Cleve arrived next to Frank and Deimos, struggling to catch his breath. "Guys," he said, "I brought reinforcements."
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Adam stepped up beside Cleve to see the skirmish that was beginning. He picked up his rifle, and aimed at one of the domeheads. "I'm ready when you are. Give the order!
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One of the Domeheads was struck but continued charging at Frank.
"Thanks!" Deimos said to Cleve. He saw the Domehead charging at Von and threw his walking stick as hard as possible at the dinosaur. The stick broke upon impact but it distracted the dinosaur so that Deimos could tackle him.
"You should have listened to me when I said to give him to us!" Deimos snarled, digging his claws into the Domehead's side.
"Yeah right," the Domehead retorted, headbutting Deimos.
Deimos grunted as the wind was knocked out of him and the dinosaur threw him off.
Deimos then let loose an absolutely feral roar and leapt onto the Domehead's back, using his claws to latch onto the dinosaur's back.
"If you call off your friends, I won't kill you and feed you to my friends!" he grunted as he tried to hold onto the bucking dinosaur. Of course, the blood running down the Domehead's back where Deimos's hand and footclaws had made purchase made it somewhat difficult. Adding to the issue was his long, stiff tail which would have made an a excellent handhold for someone trying to pull him off.
The other Domehead saw this issue and aborted his rush at Cleve and ran to his friend to try and pull Deimos off.
As Deimos held on, he tried to climb up higher to get in position for his killing bite.
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Theo arrived a little after Cleve. He could only look at the battle going on in shock.
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Frank reloaded his rifle and fired again at the domehead. "Come on!" Frank shouted in German.
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Adam decided to fire anyway. He tried firing at one of the domeheads charging towards Diemos. He missed a lethal shot, but hit the domehead in one of his legs, making him fall over for a moment. He took another shot, but missed.
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Dan came on the battle a bit behind Theo. He watched for a moment to get the feel of the battle and where he could perhaps help and to try to see where James was and if he was tied up and if any Domeheads were near where he was and between them while keeping his stick handy if he needed to use it.
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The Domehead that Adam had shot managed to crawl over to Deimos and grab his tail and pull.
Deimos screamed as he felt his tail being pulled. "You bastard! Let go of my tail!" he shouted.
The Domehead managed to regain his footing and pulled Deimos's tail even harder. "No."
Deimos then let go, lest his tail be separated from his body. He then faced the offending Domehead and waited for him to make the first move.
The Domehead charged him and he leapt to the side. He smirked and aimed a swift kick at the Domehead's injured leg. The Domehead screamed in agony as the powerful kick broke his leg, downing him. One down, four to go.
The Domehead that Frank had shot was still charging despite the fact that he had been shot at least six times. "Frank! You okay?" Deimos asked. His tail was very sore; he would have to have Dan look at it later.
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Theo noticed that the Domeheads had left James unguarded in the far corner of the encampment. "Dan, James is unguarded. Maybe we can sneak over there and free him," he whispered. Not that he needed to; the noise of the battle masked pretty much any other noises.
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Frank was now growling before he drew both his pistols and fired at the charging domehead. "Why won't you just fall?" Frank shouted after he emptied his pistols. Frank drew his dagger and gave a warcry before jumping on the domehead driving his dagger into it multiple times.
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Dan nodded, "Yes, let's see if we can do that, and get him out of here. Maybe back to camp even." Dan whispered back to Theo, ready to try to sneak over to where James was with Theo, so they could move together. Though he did still keep his club handy, just in case.
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Cleve also fired at the Domehead Frank was shooting at. The rifle was a lot easier to aim than his pistol, but the bullets seemed to be deflecting right off the skin of the Domehead.
"This is not working," Cleve complained, "Frank, be careful! You're not a match for..."
Suddenly, Cleve noticed a Domehead charging at him from behind. This one must have just arrived, because it was not there the first time Cleve saw James's captors. Cleve turned around and shot at it, but the bullets were literately bouncing right off his body. Cleve stumbled back, but the distance between them was closing, and Cleve, unlike Frank, had no weapon for close combat.
"Leave him alone, Domehead," Ruby said, throwing the piece of wood at his feet. The Domehead tripped on the piece of wood and fell to the ground. "Looks like the handy firewood came in handy," Ruby said, "But there's no time to lose. The Domeheads here are vicious. Hurry and free James."
Cleve threw his loaded rifle at Frank, who was ran out of ammunition. It fell to the ground next to Frank. Cleve got out his Colt pistol, which was a lot lighter, and dashed towards James.
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Frank's vicious assault finally weakened the domehead enough that he collapsed to the ground. Two down and three to go.
Deimos ran to the downed Domehead, who was trying to get back to his feet. "Oh no you don't!" he shouted, jumping into the air and slamming the Domehead back to the ground. He then bit the Domehead's neck, fatally wounding him. Three down and two to go. "By the way, it looks like all of James's stuff is here too. Should we grab it?"
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Theo heard Ruby's exhortation and moved faster.
He looked at the vines that the Domehead had used to bind James. He was no good at knots and there was nothing sharp nearby so he just resorted to biting through the vines.
"James, can you hear me?"
James shook his head. He looked terrible with the blood matting his hair and face. "Yeah, I'm real sore though."
"We'll need to take you back to the campsite," Theo said, keeping his piece of wood handy.
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Dan reached into a pocket to pull out a pocket knife. He briefly put his club under his arm to quickly open his pocket knife and getting his club in his hand again he helped Theo to release James by cutting the vines as Theo bit them.
"Think you can make it on your own or would you prefer we helped or carried you?" Dan asked looking at James, since this wasn't the place or time to examine his injuries.
He glanced over at where Deimos was, "I'd say if any of us could quickly grab his stuff. Don't want to spend to much extra time here." He said.
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"I do hope they are ok, I do, I do." Ducky said looking in the direction of where the others had gone in.
"Me hopeded too." Petrie said standing next to Ducky. He then flew upward to see if he could see any signs of them returning.
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"They'd be back here by now if I was with them!" Cera boasted. "Why did they have to give us this bogus job of watching this dank, dark hole in the ground for them?"
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Adam had set back and watched through most of the fight. He yelled out to the rest of the group. "Let's get going!" He aimed his rifle at the last remaining domeheads. "I'll cover!"
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"Good," Cleve shouted back, "I'll carry the stuff." Cleve flung a bag over his shoulder.
Chomper used his teeth to break the remaining vines. "These Domeheads sure aren't friendly," Chomper said, "Let's get out of here."
Ruby nodded, "Our goal was to rescue James, not to fight the Domeheads. Now that we have rescued James, let's stop fighting the Domeheads and run!"
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Frank picked up the rifle he dropped and stuck his dagger in the ground 8 times to clean the blood off of the blade. "Let's get going." Frank said the blood from the domehead still on his face.
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A domehead began charging at the group of humans and dinosaurs escaping. Adam fired at the domehead several times, and it fell over, injured. It got back up, and started to back away, apparently having enough already.
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Dan helped to carry James, or helped James if he could move mainly on his own power. "Yes, let's return as fast as we can. We have achieved our objective." He said, though still keeping his club handy, though with the vines gone he had already put his pocket knife away.
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Deimos roared at the last Domehead. Seeing as this group was not to be trifled with, he fled.
"Frank, Cleve, Ruby grab as much of James's stuff as you can!" Deimos ordered. He the picked up James's tackle box.
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James was mostly capable of walking on his own but he still limped a bit. His shotgun was slung over his shoulder.
Theo was helping James as well.
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Frank grabbed some more of the gear that james had frank still hadn't cleaned the blood off of his face.
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"Well they probbaly thought it was too dangerous for us to come with them." littlefoot said.
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"Me glad. Me bet it to scary for us to go." Petrie said, getting a bit scared with what he could imagine what sorts of things could happen.
"We can keep this area safe for them, we can, we can. In case any mean domeheads come here." Ducky said.
Spike ate some more, then went back to walking around the camp.
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James and Theo made it back to the campsite. Deimos was next to arrive.
"We made it and we got most of your stuff back," Theo said, he tossed his piece of wood into the fire pit.
James nodded and placed his shotgun aside. "I'd like to wash up," he said heading to the lake.
Deimos placed the tackle box next to the other supplies. "Dan, while James is away, could you examine my tail? One of the Domeheads tried to pull me away from his friend with it and it's still sore."
Theo warmed himself next to the fire.
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"Sure." Dan said, putting his makeshift club down onto the area where some firewood was. He then went over to look at Deimos's tail to see what sort of shape it was in. "How does it feel, any particular pain or a general soreness?" He asked as he looked it over without touching it to try to diagnose the problem.
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Frank arrived next and set some of james stuff down. "i'm gonna wash this blood of my face." Frank said walking to the lake.
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Adam arrived and begun reloading his rifle with the ammo he took.
Cera comes up to the group, looking annoyed. "Finally! Your all back! I was getting bored in here."
Adam replied to the Threehorn "Do you know what we've been through?"
Cera gave a "Humph!". Just like her father's.
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"you're back. We are glad you are, we are, we are." Ducky said holding her hands up waving them in her happyiness that the others had returned. Spike came over, also glad to see the others had returned.
"Me glad you back too. Hope it not to scary." Petrie said, a bit skittish at what he imagined had happened to the others while they were gone.
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"It's just sore," Deimos replied.
James then returned from the lake. His clothes were soaking wet and he decided to warm up by the fire. He tossed some more wood into the fire. "Guys, I think the planes are in that area," he said. "I saw the remains of a World War II aviator's uniform around there."
Theo groaned. "Don't tell me we need to go back there."
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Frank arrived at the lake and began to wash the blood off of his face. Frank sighed after he washed the blood off and started to walk back to camp. Frank arrived back at the camp sitting down by James.
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Ruby and Chomper picked up Jame's remaining bags and carried them back to the cave.
"Theo," Ruby complimented, "You were so smart. How did you know that the log would come in handy?"
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"Hmm." Dan said looking over the area. "I think it just needs time. There may be some medicine to help ease the soreness, but I don't know the local plants." Dan said. "otherwise it looks like nothing serious, just minor soreness in general." Dan said.
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"Are we going to be staying at the camp for awhile?" Adam said. "I was going to take you all to the wreckage before all this happened."
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"We still could go to the planes." Frank said. "We'll just have to keep an eye out for anything."
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"Let them rest for a while," Cleve said to Adam, "They're awefully tired. By the way, nice shooting today. You're good with a rifle."
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"Yeah I have to agree with cleve and I'm an excellent shot myself." Frank said.
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Deimos nodded at Dan. "Thanks for the info. Glad to know I wasn't permanently hurt."
"Well, thanks for saving me," James said.
Theo then turned to Ruby. "Anything can come in handy in the Mysterious Beyond," he said. His stomach growled. "Speaking of which-" he grabbed the fruit bucket which was almost empty and turned it upside down, causing some leaves to fall out.
James nodded. "Yeah, those damn Domeheads took the fish I planned to have for lunch."
"Well, we'll just have to get more food, then won't we?"
James nodded. "Deimos, could you please fetch some fish and crawlers for lunch? I'm a little sore."
"Uh, can I explore the Domehead's campsite?" Deimos asked. "I get the impression that there may be something there."
James nodded. "Sure. But just be careful, those bastards snuck up on me."
"I'm going to get some fruit," Theo said. "Uh, Ruby, mind coming with me to get some fruit?"
James leaned back against the cave and massaged his sore arms. "So when do we head back to the Great Valley?"
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"I think it may be a good idea if we always went in at least pairs." Dan said. "So hopefully this won't happen again." He said.
"Don't go to far. We wouldn't want any of you to get hurt." Ducky said.
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"If someone needs a bodygaurd, I'm your girl!" Cera tried to offer.
Adam chimed in. "Diemos, I think it would be a good idea if I went with you. Is that ok?"
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Ruby agreed to Theo's request. "I've know I know a forest of fruits somewhere around here," Ruby said, "But let's hurry. Running into Domeheads is not a fun thing to do."
Cleve tried to start a conversation, "Frank, Adam," Cleve asked, "Did you notice how our shells bounced right off the skin of those Domeheads today? You two are both very accurate, but I'm beginning to feel that these rifles are no longer adequate."
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"Yeah we would need something more like a tank or a machine gun to break through the skin." Frank said.
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Deimos nodded. "I'm going to need a new weapon," he muttered. He then turned to Cera. "I'm not so sure; it's good to have another set of ears and eyes but there is a chance we can run into something very dangerous." He then turned to Adam. "Thanks for the offer. I'll be waiting for you two outside the cave."
He then exited the cave.
Theo nodded and picked up his bucket. "Okay, then lead the way."
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Ruby strolled out of the cave, leading walking the the direction of the morning sun. Chomper, who wanted to be wtih Ruby, followed.
"Maybe not a tank," Cleve said, "But some machines guns would help. Maybe we can salvage some from the crashed planes. I've heard that every Avenger has four guns, and most Bf 109s have two guns and one canon. Considering that there were five Avengers and one 109, I believe that we can at least salvage one gun."
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Adam grabs the last couple pieces of fruit left to eat on the run, and motions Cera to meet him and Diemos outside the cave.
Cera: "Where do you think your going? We won't need any more help."
Adam replied "Do you know how to use this?" He showed Cera his rifle.
Cera said "Well...no, but..."
Adam interrupted. "Then you DO need my help!"
Both Cera and Adam went outside to where Diemos was waiting and said they were ready for the expedition.
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"Yeah I'll come along to since I'm the only one here who read and speaks fluent German." Frank said walking out of the cave. "We'll also have to come up with a way to move the cannon around."
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"And we'll also have to find ways to dismantle airplane to get to the gun," Cleve said, "I'll come along too. I used to serve as an air traffic controller at Cleveland Hopkins International, and I know a little bit about aircraft maintainence."
Ruby led Chomper and Theo into a lush forest.
"Ugh, it smells so bad in here," Chomper complained, "Is it that fruit again?"
"I'm afriad so, Chomper," Ruby said, "But at least we don't have to fear being attacked by other sharpteeth."
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Theo looked around. There were tons of sweet bubbles and other fruits and edible plants around them. He then placed his bucket on the ground and started picking some small orange melons from a vine that coiled against a stump.
"Hey Chomper, maybe you can get some fish or crawlers for James, Deimos and the others," Theo suggested as he pulled another ripe melon from the vine.
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Deimos nodded and waited for Frank, Adam, Cleve and Cera. When they were all ready, he led them back to the Domehead campsite. The campsite had fresh blood and the dead dinosuars from the battle.
He sniffed the air; all he could smell was blood and he judged that the Domeheads were gone. "Guys, I think we should pair up even if the Domeheads are gone."
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"I agree that does sound like the most logical choice." Frank said.
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Adam eyed the several dead domehead carcasses still at the campsite.
He leaned over to the other 3 humans in the group and whispered a question "Do you think we could get some domehead meat to take back to the camp? Would it look bad if we did that?"
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Not having anything else to do, and since everyone else had already gone Dan sat down to rest. Spike went off a short distance to get a drink of water, along with Ducky & Petrie who rode on him.
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Cleve agreed, "None of us are as strong as all of us," he stated, "Where did you find the jacket again?"
Ruby pulled some sweet bubbles from a bush, and ate one. "These sweet bubbles taste great," Ruby said, "There are lots of other fruits as well."
"Great," Chomper exclaimed, "That means we don't have to carry that sinky fruit again. I'll crab some crawlers from the trees."
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"The others back at camp will most likely have something ready for us when we return Adam." Frank said.
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"And it would probably make us look bad," Cleve added, "Additionally, it's difficult for our knives to cut through their skin. Their skin can deflect bullets. It's not worth the effort.:
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"So shall we split into groups of two now to find the planes?" Frank asked.
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Deimos overheard Adam. "I really don't care and James doesn't either but the leafeaters may not like that," he interjected.
He then turned to Cleve. "I did find something that looks like what James was wearing by where he was tied up," he said.
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Theo saw a vine leading up to a tree and he gave it a quick tug. The vine snapped and some fruits came tumbling down along with a strange piece of metal that bore faded paint on it.
"Uh, Ruby, Chomper? Do you think I should take this big shiny rock to the campsite? It looks like the small shiny rock that Deimos found," Theo asked, winding up the vine.
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"The wreckage of my plane is in a clearing not too far from here, if you want me to take you to that one." Adam said. "There are several other wreckage sites I've found over the years too, but they are farther away."
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Ruby examined the big shining rock that Theo found. It seemed to have extremly stright lines and looked unnatural. "I've never seen a rock like that before," Ruby said, "Maybe they will be interested."
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"Take us there, Adam," Cleve demande, "Fortunately, TBF Avengers are blue. They're gonna be the only blue things in this area. I don't know the color of the 109 though."
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"Well it was mostly grey execpt the nose and the wingtips those were yellow." Frank said.
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"Yellow wingtips and nose?" Cleve asked, "That should be easy to find. That 109 must have been an ace or something. He pained his wingtips and nose yellow; he wanted to be spotted."
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Adam took the group of humans to the wreckage site of his plane.
"Here it is. I haven't been here in a long while. I have looked through the wreckage a few times, but there's probably still something useful that can be salvaged from it."
(OOC: Someone else find stuff from the wreckage. I don't know jack squat about Avengers, or military planes in general. I'm sure someone can think of something realistic to find from it.)
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"Well he's been my nemesis since my first raid over Europe." frank said. "But I have also seen other planes with the same paint scheme."
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Cleve observed the wreckage of the TBF Avenger. Shape was unmistakable. He could see the rectanglar wings and the cylindrical turrect at the tail. It was not doubt an Avenger. Patches of moss grew over the canopy, and the plane was rusted in some places. But considering the time that has past, the plane was in good condition. The body was mostly intact as well. Pieces of the wings and landing gear have been torn off, and the propeller was bent. The entire plane was leaning on it's right side due to a missing wheel, but the the guns and other precious equipment were probably undamaged.
"You did a great job of landing this thing," Cleve complimented, "We'll surely be able to salvage things from this plane."
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"I have to agree but then any crash you can walk away from is a good one." Frank said. "Hmm we could salvage the upper rear guns."
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Cleve agreed. "Those are definitely salvageable. The ventrical gun might be salvagable as well, but it might be bent from the landing. And if I'm not mistaken, there's a medipack in there somewhere, right?"
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"There should be one." Frank said walking on the right wing of the plane and opening the canopy.
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Adam looked at everyone else fascinating over the wreckage. "It's good your finding a lot of things to salvage. I don't really know much about the plane, probably due to my amnesia. I can't even believe how I landed that thing. I don't think I could fly it again if my life depended on it!"
Cera stared at the wreckage as well. "I've never seen something like that before! Is it like a flyer or something?"
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Cleve climbed onto one of the wings and opened the canopy. He climbed into the rear gunner's seat at the rear of the plane. Just as expected, he saw a M2 Browning .50 cal machine gun in front of him. He took the safty off and fired a burst. Bullets streamed out of the barrel, barely missing the tail, and streamed into the distance.
"The dorsal guns still work," Cleve said with excitement, "Who would have expected them to work after all these years?"
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"That's good news." Frank said. frank turned to Cera "where we are from it is one of many this one is a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber."
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Deimos came onto the site holding what looked like the remnants of a parachute. "Guys, I found this hanging from a-damn," he said staring at the wrecked plane. "So that's what these big buzzing flyers look like up close?"
He cautiously approached the downed plane and gently poked the nose of the plane with a long stick. "It's dead, right?" he asked. Even though Deimos was large and powerful, he was still afraid of the unknown and he had never seen anything like this before.
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Theo nodded. "Okay," he said. "I'll meet you back at the campsite."
He then tried to hoist the piece of metal but it was too heavy so he resorted to dragging it along the ground, cutting furrows in the grass.
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"It was never alive," Cleve remarked, "Frank, help me with the gun back here. It's too heavy for one man to uninstall."
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Ruby found Chomper holding an armful of bugs. "Come on Chomper," Ruby said, "It's time to return."
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"Ok." Frank said getting in the plane to help cleve. "We should also get the ammo from the wing guns as well."
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Adam didn't really know what he could be doing, but he wanted to help somehow. Not just stare at other people rummaging through something he should be familiar with.
"Is there anything I can help with? Some heavy lifting or something?"
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"Yeah," Cleve said, "I've never worked on Avengers before, but I've seen SBDs. I know that they don't secure the guns on the SBDs, and you can just lift them out. I'm not sure if the same principles apply for the Avenger though."
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"I've been around them in the states but fighters are my speciality." Frank said. "I think we could take the wing guns out though."
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Adam replied "Then I'll help you take out the guns. They look pretty heavy for one person to take out by themselves."
Cera had many questions. "So, this big flyer was never alive? Did you build this, like you built your strange pointy sticks you use to hit people from far away?" She had a special interest and fascination in anything that was powerful, whether it was a threehorn with long sharp horns, or giant dinosaurs that could literally through other dinosaurs around, or even stranger things still, like what was sitting before her eyes.
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"It was built in a factory in America." Frank said. "It also requires a lot of materials to built it."
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"We melt rocks and get this special material from it," Cleve said, "We make it into a special shape, and it can fly. We've got flyer many times bigger than this though."
"Adam," Cleve continued, "Try to help us lift this dorsal gun up. I'm fairly certain that the only thing holding this down in gravity. And even if there are bolts, they might be too rusted to do much now."
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Theo arrived back at the campsite dragging the piece of metal behind him.
"So Theo, you found something while foraging for food? By the way, where's Ruby and Chomper?" James asked as he tossed some wood into the fire.
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"I'm going to go explore this campsite a bit," Deimos said.
He then headed over to where one of the plane's engines lay. He bent down and picked up the engine - which was overgrown with moss and other jungle plants - and heaved it aside. He then crouched down and started sniffing for any clues. He then passed by a small clump of grass and he carefully thrust his snout into it.
"Damn it! Get off me!" Deimos shouted as something shot from the clump of grass and latched onto his face. He then eventually grabbed it and threw it back into the bushes. He only got a short glimpse of it but it looked like a fast-biter.
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Adam walked over and helped the other humans lift up the dorsal fin. It was immensely heavy, but they were able to pull it off after a few tries.
Adam overheard Diemos and asked "What happened Diemos?"
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"We're back here," Chomper yelled. Ruby and Chomper walked back into the cave with armfuls of fruit.
"Who knew that the Mysterious Beyond was so fruitful?" Ruby asked, "I certainly didn't expect it."
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Cleve also noticed the scream. "That's Deimos," Cleve yelled, "He's under attack. Arm yourselves." Cleve tried to picked up the .50 caliber machine gun that they just salvaged from the Avenger, but it was too heavy. He grabbed his rifle and ran towards Diemos's location."
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Dan looked over at Chomper and Ruby, "Wow, you did find a lot." Then he walked over to look at the piece of metal Theo and dragged in, "And you as well. Interesting." he said as he started to look it over.
"I did not know the mysterious beyond had that much food." Ducky said looking at the amount of food that Chomper and Ruby had. Spike licked his lips at the sight of all the food they had brought.
"Me no know that either." Petrie said also looking around at the folks who just recently got back.
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"Everyone grab some food," Ruby said, "After we eat, we won't be hungry."
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"I was moving this big rock and sniffing for things when something jumped on my face. It looked like a fast-biter - think a sharptooth like me but much smaller and covered in the...things that Glide was covered in but a different color," Deimos said between breaths.
He looked around. "I think it's gone," he added.
He then kicked a small gear that flew into a clump of grass and much to his surprise he heard a muffled yelp.
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Frank pried the area where the wing guns were and started to take ammo out. frank walked over to where deimos and the others were draped in .50 caliber ammo.
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The Fast-biter, still in the dense growth around the plane wreckage, gathered enough courage to blurt something out.
"Get out of my home, Your tearing it apart!"
Adam instinctively grabbed his rifle, and pointed it in the direction the voice came from. "Who is that? Show yourself!"
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"Yes, let us all eat something." Ducky said as she started to head over to the food Chomper and Ruby had brought. Spike was close behind her.
"Me think it good idea to eat." Petrie said as he flew over to where Ducky was.
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"Hey hang on a moment." Frank said. "We just want to talk with you."
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James grabbed one of the orange melons and pried it open. He rubbed a little bit against his skin. His skin tingled a bit so he handed it off.
"Guys, I'm not sure if I can eat this, it makes my skin tingle," he said, grabbing a sweet bubble instead and eating that.
Theo took the fruit that James left behind ate took a bite out of it. "Seems fine to me," he said. he then turned to Dan. "So what's with the big rock?"
He tossed some more wood into the campfire.
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A shrub rustled and the head and neck of a fast-biter poked out. The fast-biter had purple-blue feathers covering his neck and his brilliant green eyes reflected the light. He looked at Frank, Adam and Cleve. "What kind of dinosaurs are you?" he asked.
Deimos nodded. "Yep, he's the one I saw," he said. "Look, we're not going to hurt you. We just need to find something."
Of course, the fact that his foot-claws were forward and locked said otherwise.
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"I am not a dinosaur." Frank said. "Me and everyone else here excluding deimos and cera are human."
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"What were you doing here?" Cleve demanded, lifting his rifle. He was careful not to trust fast-biters in the Mysterious Beyond. He has been attacked more than once. Before the incident with the Domeheads, he felt that any English-speaking sharptooth was friendly, but after meeting the violent, English-speaking Domeheads, he started to doubt all the dinosaurs. Still, if he could prove himself to be friendly, he could prove useful.
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"It's part of a plane that they are looking for. Though they may have found what they are looking for." Dan said. "Though there may be a possibility to use parts of the plane for something else, even fashion crude tools or something." He said.
Dan then looked at James, "Do you have some food allergies or something?" He asked. Since if he did it was something that they may need to factor into when it came to gathering or looking for food.
Ducky, Petrie, and Spike picked out the food, Ducky and Petrie picking out a sweet bubble each, and started to eat their food.
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Frank took the ammo that was draped around him off and set it on the ground. "You gonna come out of there?" Frank asked.
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"I live here. Or I used to until those Domeheads came in," the fast-biter said. He then looked at Deimos. "Hey! You're the one who I first saw!"
Deimos frowned. "Yeah and you attacked me!"
"I though it was one of those Domeheads!"
"Do I look like a Domehead!?" Deimos shouted. "Anycase, what's your name?
"Raptix," the fast-biter replied.
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James shook his head. "Remember that we may not be able to eat everything that the dinosaurs can," he said.
"Kind of like how Chomper doesn't like sweetbubbles?" Theo suggested, taking a bite of the orange melon.
James nodded. "I guess we can use this as a table of sorts for the campsite here. We should probably leave it in case we need to come back."
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"It's nice to meet you raptix." Frank said. "So guys should we finish getting the guns out of the plane?"
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"Sweetbubbles taste sweet," Ruby stated, "But you should be able to eat them. Chomper doesn't like them, but he can still eat them."
Chomper nodded and agreed.
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"Raptix?" Cleve asked, "Good name. But let's fisish working on this Avenger first."
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"Right let's get back to work then." Frank said walking back toward the planes.
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Adam went back to work with trying to lift up guns out of the wreckage.
Raptix walked up to the group and asked "What are you going?"
"We're trying to salvage what we can from this flyer" Adam replied. "There is a lot of things here we can use for defense."
Raptix lost interest, and turned over a nearby rock for some ground crawlers.
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Deimos turned to the others. "So what shall I do?"
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"It's kind of a long explanation but there are some things I can't eat," James said. He spat some sweet bubble seeds into the campfire.
He then noticed that they were low on wood. "I'm going to see if the fish is ready and get some more firewood."
He then pushed himself to his feet and walked slowly out of the cave.
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"I'll come help you with the wood james." littlefoot said following James.
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"You could help me take the rest of ammo out of the wing guns." Frank said.
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Ducky went over to lightly tap the bit of metal. "It is very hard and smooth. Like some rocks that are in some rivers, but even more smooth." Ducky said.
"And shiny." Petrie said, seeing some refection of the campfire in a part of it.
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Frank brought the ammo he had taken out of the wing guns and stacked it by the prop. "So guys do you think the wreckage of the Me-109 is close by?" Frank asked.
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"I told you before that the other wreckage sites are pretty far away from here. I don't even know which one is the Me-109." Adam said. "We might have time to go by one of the wreckage sites before it gets too late in the day."
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"I hope so," Cleve said, "If the 109 is nearby, that means that we can salvage a 20mm or 30mm canon. But let me check the ventrical gun first."
"The TBF Avenger," Cleve lectured to Adam, Raptix, and Cera, "has four guns. Two of them are located in the wings. One of them is located in the dorsal turret up there, and one is located in the ventrical position down there. We've salvaged three guns, but I'll try to find the gun in the ventrical gun. It should be a .30 cal, so it should be lighter."
Cleve climbed into the plane again and sat in the radiomans's position. He tugged at the .30 cal machine gun. The gun wasn't mounted, so it came off without any difficulties. Cleve threw the ammunition belt outside the plane and carried the gun in his arms. He test-fired it once, and it worked perfectly fine. It was fairly light too.
"This is a good weapon," Cleve said, "It's light, so I can actually carry it with me."
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"I'll take one of the fifty cal's and some of the ammo." Frank said wrapping the .50 cal ammunition around his body and picking up one of the 50 caliber guns.
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Adam said "So, are we ready to go then? I could lead the way to the nearest wreckage, and hope it is the 109."
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"We should get the machine guns and the ammo back to the cave first." Frank said.
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"Very well then" Adam replied. He picks up one of the guns off the ground, and as much ammunition as he can carry, and starts to leave, when Raptix comes up to him.
"Can I come with you?" Raptix asked.
"Why do you want to come with us?" Adam replied.
"Well, I don't have anyone else. I've been by myself for a long time. Almost no one in the Mysterious Beyond works together, it's every sharptooth and flattooth for himself. But you seem different. You all seem to look out for each other."
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"It's alright we me if you come with us." Frank said. Frank cleared his throat before asking "What does everyone else think?"
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"The more the better," Cleve said, "Raptix, if you can, pick up that gun over there and follow us." Cleve carried the .30 cal and walked back towards the cave. The .30 cal was lighter so he carried all the ammo without any problems.
Raptix grumbled but picked up the new object that Cleve gestured to. It seemed heavy, but at least it was easy to grab. He picked it up and followed Frank.
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As Frank was walking he was reminded of a song from a movie he'd seen a while back in 1937. "What was the name of that song?" Frank asked himself quietly. Frank sighed still thinking of the name of that song.
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Deimos shrugged and hauled off the remaining wing gun ammunition. Thanks to his large size and great strength, he was easily capable of picking and carrying the rather substantial amount of ammunition. "Why not? If you trust, him, I guess we can," he said, walking off to the cave with the entire ammunition box in his arms.
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"Thanks," James said as he walked to a nearby wooded grove.
He picked up a large stick that would serve well as a hiking stick. He then found a large leaf to use as a sled like he had seen Deimos do.
He then tossed some chunks of bark on the ground into the leaf.
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Cera just stared at this new little fast biter, and said "Humph!".
Adam told Raptix "Don't worry, she always acts like that. She seems to have quite a temper."
Cera overhears and repleis "I just don't see why we need ANOTHER sharptooth with us."
Adam said "Well, all of us humans and Diemos think it's fine if Raptix comes with us, so I guess he's coming."
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Frank walked on still thinking of that song. "What was the name of that song?" Frank asked out loud.
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Ducky & Petrie finished their eating, finishing pretty fast since they were small they are a little. Though they are more often then others usually.
"That was good, it was, it was." Ducky said licking her lips.
"Me agree." Petrie said. He flew up to see if he could see anyone who had left the campsite returning so he could tell the others.
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"Hey Petrie," Cleve waved, catching a glipse of the flyer in the air, "We have a new visitor with us today. Say hello to Raptix."
"You're friends with a flyer too?" Raptix asked, "who else is with you guys?"
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Adam said "We have a couple other humans with us, and then theres a few other dinosaurs"
He walks up to the cave entrance, set's the gun and ammunition he was carrying down. and asked "Got anything to eat? I'll need something before we head out for one more salvage run today."
Cera walked into some nearby foliage for lunch.
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James stacked up more firewood onto the leaf sled. "Littlefoot, could you drag this back to the campsite?" he asked as he tucked some more wood under his arms.
He then exited the forest and headed back to the campsite.
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Deimos deposited his case of ammunition near the cave.
"Ruby and Chomper came back with some fruit," Theo said, munching on one of the orange melons he took from the bucket.
Deimos exited and a minute later, returned with the smoked fish, which he placed on a clean plate that was resting on a rock that served as a table.
"So guys, are we going to return to the Great Valley after this? I mean I would be nice to show the others the things we've gotten," he said. He then left to grab some crawlers or fish as cooked food was not to his taste.
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"Another flyer, that neat." Petrie said, always glad to see another flyer. At least as long as it was not of the sharptooth type of flyer.
"There lots of food." Ducky said pointing to where the food the others brought was.
Glad you folks got back. Any sorts of problems?" Dan asked. The he waved to the new comer. "Hello." He said.
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"Sure james." littlefoot said grabbing the steam of the leaf and dragging back to camp.
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Frank set the ammunition and gun he was carrying and sat down. "We could return to the valley soon deimos what does everyone else think?" Frank asked.
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"I would like to see this Great Valley." Adam said "I never trekked over there in my time out here."
Cera walked into the cave to listen to what everyone was talking about.
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"We can go back to the valley as soon as we find all the planes and salvage all the parts," Cleve said, "After all, that is the reason we came out in the first place."
"By the way," Ruby said, "We found this special rock while searching for food. It's very special." Ruby pointed to the rock they found.
Cleve walked towards the rock and picked it up. "Frank, come look at this," Cleve said, "This is definitely metal. It's a part of a plane!"
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Adam grabbed some cooked fish and some fruit and started on lunch.
He turned to Littlefoot and his friends to talk about the Great Valley. "So, what is this Great Valley like?"
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Frank walked over to the wing and noticed the symbol on it. "Hey I think it's from the 109 see the markings on the wing?" Frank asked cleve.
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"The Great Valley is a great place," Ruby said, "Dinosaurs of all kinds live together in harmony."
"Even sharptooth are allowed in," Chomper added, "as long as they promise not to attack the flatteeth. And the valley has plenty of green food."
Cleve examined the metal plate, "You're probably right," Cleve said, "Avengers don't have any yellow paint. This is from a 109."
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"It seemed like a nice place, the brief time I was there." Dan said.
"It is a great place to live. We traveled far to get to it." Ducky said.
"It better then living in mysterious beyond." Petrie said, not to happy about being in the mysterious beyond & certainly not liking imagining living there full time.
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Adam thought in his head, how stupid he must have been. All this time, he had stayed away from dinosaurs, and thus never heard of this Great Valley. He'd been living in the Mysterious Beyond all this time, when there was a safe haven right under his nose.
"You know, It's almost funny, in an ironic way. All this time, I've lived in this hostile environment, when there was this safe haven just a few miles away. How did I not even try exploring that place?"
Cera thought this was hilarious, but it also made her think.
"You know, Adam, I don't think you're alone in this. There are many flatteeth that live in the Mysterious Beyond. How could they possibly WANT want to live there, unless of course they don't know about the Great Valley. That's something I never thought of till now."
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"Maybe your dad scared them all off, Cera," Chomper joked. Ruby and Cleve chuckled, but Ruby soon stopped and settled into a state of mild melancholy.
"I've met some flatteeth in the Mysterious Beyond," Ruby said, "It's a funny thing. Some of them believe that they shouldn't move from the Mysterious Beyond, because they believe that the Mysterious Beyond is their home. Some fear that they will not be welcomed in the Great Valley. It's funny what they fear. I try to convince them, but some of them just won't listen."
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"Where was this piece of wing found?" frank asked. Frank thought about what ruby said about leafeaters in the mysterious beyond. "You know Ruby I had the same fear when I immigrated to America with my parents."
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Deimos returned with a leaf sled containing three large fresh fish for the others "I got some food, so everyone ready for dinner?" He was not hungry since he had already eaten his fill of crawlers.
Theo nodded. "James needs to return with the firewood," he said, throwing the last piece of firewood and stoking the dying cooking fire.
As soon as he said that, James returned with an armful of wood. "So what are you all talking about?"
James then took some of the smoked fish and ate it.
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"We were talking about why some leaf-eaters don't go to the Great Valley," Cleve said, "Adam has been here a long time, but he has never heard of the Great Valley before."
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"You thinking of going out to where it was found and look around at those wrecks if any are there?" Dan asked.
"Maybe since he has not talkeded to many while he was here." Ducky said.
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"I'm ready for dinner." Frank said picking a piece of fruit up.
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Littlefoot retuned soon after james did. "James and I brought more wood." littlefoot said.
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Adam replied to Ducky. "That's right. Before last night, I didn't even know that dinosaurs could talk! I always stayed away from them. I've learned a lot over the past day."
"If you think we still have time today, I could take you all to another wreckage site" Adam said. "If not, we can always get to it tomorrow."
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"That sounds good if we go today we should wait until we're finished eating." Frank said.
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"I agree with waiting till after everyone has eaten. But who will go and who will stay here?" Dan said before getting some food for himself and going to sit down to start eating.
"I do not like to travel while hungry, no I do not." Ducky said.
"Me no like that." Petrie said.
Spike made some sounds agreeing that he did not like traveling while hungry.
"Spike says he doesn't like to travel while hungry either. I do not think anyone would.
"Maybe someone strange." Petrie said, not sure who would like to travel while hungry but a strange person.
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"I was thinking that cleve and I should go." Frank said. "Anyone is welcome to come with us if they want to though."
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James returned with a large pot of water which he placed on the main cooking fire. "This will be water for the fish stew. I've got to boil it before we cook with it. In the mean time, I'll go fry some fish."
He then sat by the leaf sled and started gutting and scaling the fish with his knife. "Cleve, Theo, Deimos, could someone start another fire?"
Deimos nodded and grabbed some firewood and piled it up. He found some rocks in the back and made a ring on which to rest a frying pan or something. He then stacked up the wood and used a firebrand from the main fire to light it.
Theo grabbed some more fruit out of the bucket and ate it.
Raptix looked around the cave. He examined the pots and pans in the back of the cave. "You guys are a pretty odd bunch," he said.
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"Cause we're not from this time period, Raptix," Cleve responded, throwing a log into the second fire. "I can go with you, Frank," Cleve said, "We both have experience with aircraft, but that 20mm canon, if we can salvage it, might be heavy. Besides, we don't know where the wreck is; we need a guide. Who found this wingtip again?"
"Theo found it," Chomper said.
"It was found by Theo," Ruby specified, "He found it while gathering fruit at a nearby forest."
"There's plenty of stinky fruit there too," Chomper added, "We sharpteeth always stay far from fruits like that."
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"You'll have to be careful with using those guns since we can't make ammo for them. Unlike Black powder weapons." Dan said.
"If you are going to go be careful." Ducky said.
"Very careful." Petrie said nodding.
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"I've been very frugal with the ammo that I had before I met all of you." Adam said "I would only use it in dire situations, such as a dinosaur trying to kill me."
"About the salvage trip, I still want to come. Theo may know where that piece of metal is that he found, but I probably know where the wreckage nearby to it is."
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"That sounds good to me." Frank said nodding his head. Frank turned to Theo "do you think you could show us where you found that wing?"
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Theo nodded as he tossed some wood into the main cooking fire. "I'd be happy to show you. But shouldn't we eat first?"
"Dinner's not going to be ready for a while," James said, sticking the fish on spits and preparing to roast them.
Theo nodded. "Adam, Raptix, Frank, ready to go?" he asked.
Deimos looked at the pot of fish guts and got an idea. "I'm going to see if there are other dinosaurs around and trade this for info," he said. "If I'm not back before Cleve's group, assume that I ran into trouble."
He then picked up a large firebrand from the fire and the pot of fish guts and headed out of the cave into the darkening landscape.
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"I'm ready whenever cleve adam and raptix are." Frank said getting up from where he was sitting.
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"I'm ready to go." Adam said. He turned to Cera and told her "And I think you should just stay at the camp this time. It's dangerous out there."
"Humph!" yelled out Cera, as she walked back into the back of the cave to talk to the rest of the Gang.
"I'm ready too." Raptix said. "I ate when I was at the place you found me at."
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"Hello Cera. We are glad you are here, we are we are." Ducky said as she walked over to where Cera was so they'd be closer together. Spike nodded and got up from where he had been sitting and resting to walk over closer to where Cera was.
"See, Spike is glad you are here too." Ducky said to which Spike nodded.
"We together at." Petrie sad nodding. "But what we do now?" He asked looking at those others present.
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"There's no use sitting around," Cleve said, "Let's go. Theo, lead the way." Cleve walked out the cave, breathing in the fresh air. His shoulder was a bit sore from carrying the gun, but the pain was not too bad. Cleve grabbed a rifle and loaded it before leaving. Raptix got up and followed.
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Frank walked out of the cave following raptix,Theo,cleve, and adam. "Let's make this quick it's getting dark out." Frank said.
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Theo picked up another firebrand and led the way to the fruit grove.
"Good luck," James called. He then added some dried fish cubes to the now boiling water in an attempt to make some soup.
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Deimos was standing by a large cliff when he heard rustling. A large sickleclaw about his size emerged from a crevice in the cliff face.
"An interloper," it said. "Leave before I turn you into my dinner."
Deimos was undeterred. "I came here for info," he said.
The sickleclaw laughed. "Info, eh? What do you want?"
"The big buzzing flyers, are there any others?"
"Yes, but I can't remember because I'm a bit hungry," the sickleclaw replied with a toothy grin.
Deimos dumped out the fish guts on the ground. The sickleclaw hungrily dove into the food.
"Ah, yes, I remember, many cold times ago, one of the buzzing flyers flew past a mountain shaped like a Threehorn. They say beyond that mountain is a land where death awaits sharpteeth."
Deimos smirked; he had some info. He then headed back to the camp with his torch and bucket in tow.
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"Hey Cleve what's your security level?" Frank asked Cleve walking beside him.
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"Fairly high," Cleve stated, "I work for the Navy, and I'm a Lieutenant. I was working on a secret project before I ended up here, although I can't tell exactly what I was doing."
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"Well I guess I can tell you that I don't only have several friends in intellegence but I work in the intellegence field mostly in the office mostly with interrogation of captured Luftwaffe pilots, and translating captured enemy documents." Frank said.
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"Is that before you became a fighter pilot?" Cleve asked, "It must have been a heck of a job. Shooting down enemy pilots and bringing them to interrigation."
Suddenly, a thought struke Cleve. "Say Frank," Cleve leaned up against Frank's ears and whispered, "Is the Luftwaffe trying to experiment with magnetism and invisibility? Both radar and optical invisibility. I was working on a secret Navy experiment involving magnetism and invisibility. Then, something went wrong, and I ended up here. Don't tell anyone else, okay?"
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"I'm not sure but we've heard rumors of the Germans working on something called flying wing technology but we really don't have many details, but I got started in intellegence not that long after Pearl Harbor was attacked." Frank said. "I know I won't divulge anything you've told me about the navy experiment."
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"I don't know much about flying wings," Cleve stated, "but it does sound interesting. In any case, don't leak anything I'm about to tell you, okay?"
While Theo was not watching, Cleve started whispering to Frank. "You know Albert Einstein, right?" Cleve asked, "He has this theory that says that when an object has gravity and a large electromagnetic field, we can get all electromagnetic waves to bend around the object. That means that you can't detect the object with radar, magnetism, or your eyes. So they invited me onto this ship, a destroyer-escourt named the Eldridge, probably because I'm familiar with radio, radar, and magnetic waves. They put all these field coils on the front of the ship, and they were supposed to create the electromagnetic field needed for invisibility. But when we turned on the field coils, a green gas filled my room. I fainted, and when I woke up, I was here."
Cleve looked around to make sure no one was listening. Then, he continued, "I believe that the electromagnetic field might have been too high. If we formed our own electomagnetic bubble, that means that no light reached us. I don't know exactly how it worked, but that elecromagetic bubble might have formed a time-space warp that sent me here."
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"It might be what sent all of us here." Frank said. "I have heard of Albert Einstein and I've read a few of his theories."
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Deimos sniffed the air and picked up the scent of Cleve and Frank. He then headed towards that scent, which happened to be the grove that Theo and the others were in, but the smell of the sweet bubbles made it impossible for him to continue.
He then headed back to the camp.
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Theo did overhear a little bit of the conversation but he quickly lost interest since he understood nothing of it.
He then continued looking around for anything strange.
A glint of light inside a clump of grass caught his attention. He held the torch with one hand and parted the grass with the other hand. He gasped as he revealed a large metal cylinder wound with now badly oxidized copper wires.
"Cleve! Frank! Come here! I found something!" he shouted.
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"What is it Theo?" Frank asked walking over to where Theo was.
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Cleve noticed the metal cylinder and picked it up. "I'm not sure exactly what this is," Cleve said, "but it's probably a piece of the landing gear. I heard the gears on those 109s aren't that tough. We're close."
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"It sure looks like a piece of the landing gear from a 109 since I've seen them upclose and personal many times." Frank said.
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"I know where a wreckage site close to here is, and from the sound of it, it's probably the 109 you've been looking for!" Adam said.
Cera asked the gang. "I feel like going somewhere. Anyone want to?"
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"Show us the way," Cleve said, "This is gonna be a great discovery. Given the fact that we found the landing gear, the pilot probably put his gear down. That means that he probably had a more controlled landing. For us, that means more salvagable parts."
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"Where did you want to go?" Littlefoot asked.
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"Let's get going then the sooner we get the cannon and ammo the sooner we can return to the cave." Frank said.
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"Would it be far from here?" Ducky asked, curious about if Cera had a spot to go to or just a general go somewhere.
"Go to look for adventure?" Petrie asked, a but unsure. & wondering to himself why they could never have a nice non scary adventure. That he may enjoy.
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"Lead the way Adam we'll follow you to the crash site." Frank said.
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Adam started to lead the way. "So, if it is the 109, what kind of weaponry is there to be salvaged again?"
"Well," Cera began "You've all been cooped up in this cave for more than a day. Don't you want to head out on an adventure? Maybe go see what those humans are up to?"
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"oh, you mean be sneaky and sneakily follow them? That could be fun." Ducky said nodding enthusiastically.
"That may not be to scary." Petrie said thinking it over.
"And it would let us go out of here for a while and see more places and things." Ducky said.
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Deimos entered the cave and ran into Cera and her group. "So where are you headed?" he asked with a grin as he placed the pot by James.
James sipped his stew and turned to Deimos. "So what did you find?"
"I'll share it later when everyone else comes back," he said. "In the meantime, I'll go with Cera and her group."
"Good luck you all," James said, stirring his stew and adding some more tree stars.
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"So what do you need me to do?" Theo asked, holding up his torch so the others could see.
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"I dunno Cera," Ruby said, shaking her head, "It's not polite to follow others around if you don't have the permission, and following others around without permission isn't polite."
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"The Bf-109 is the primary fighter of the German Luftwaffe," Cleve lectured, "It's fairly fast and agile, and most are armed with a 20mm cannon and two 13mm machine guns. Some versions have a 30mm cannon instead of the 20mm one. I really don't know how to get the cannon out of the nose though, but I'm sure there is a way to get to it. After all, if they need to clean the cannon after it jams, they'll need a way to reach it."
Cleve slowed down until he was shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank. Then, he whispered, "It might have been what brought us here. If the Germans knew about this, they might have started their own program. That would explain why you and the 109 appeared here. What was underneath you when your plane was teleported here?"
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"If they don't see us, then we won't get in any trouble. What could possibly go wrong?" Cera retorted in her usual boastful manner. She started to march out of the cave, expecting her friends to follow her. She turned around and said "Come on!"
"I think we're getting close to the wreckage!" Alan told the group. He hadn't been to this area in a long time, but he still knew the general area the wreckage was in. He hoped it wouldn't take him long to find the exact spot.
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"I was flying over a forest." Frank replied.
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Spike started to follow Cera with Ducky and Petrie riding on his back.
"It may be fun, it may it may." Ducky said.
"Me hope there no mean sharp tooths or other danger stuff." Petrie said.
"Maybe they have dealt with dangers before we get to where they are." Ducky said to Petrie.
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"You have a good sniffer, right Diemos?" Cera asked. "You could help us find the humans!"
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Adam walked around for a while, before he eyed the wreckage. "Here it is! And it looks like it might be the 109! At least it does to me, because it looks different from my wreckage."
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Ruby and Chomper decided to follow. Just in case Cera did get herself into a tight situation, they could always help. It seemed that they can escape all the peril in the world as long as they were together.
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"A forest, huh," Cleve said, "Well, I can't guarantee, but there might have been a secret lab underneath the forest. Did you notice anything strange before you disappeared? You know, strange things like spinning compasses, bad radio transmission, and unresponsive controls? Those are the signs..."
On hearing Adam's exclamation, Cleve dashed through the bushes towards the direction Adam pointed in and came face-to-face with the wreckage of the 109. Cleve was certain that the airplane was a 109. The pilot had somehow managed to land the machine somewhat intact in the middle of a forest. The left wingtip was sheared off, and the left landing gear was missing. The propellers were all bent and destroyed, and the aircraft balanced on its nose and right landing gear. The flaps were fully extended, and the pilot seemed glided to a fairly soft landing.
"The pilot ran out of fuel," Cleve stated with authority, "He lowered the flaps to glide as far as he could. When he reached the clearing, he tried to land his plane. But one of his wingtips struck a tree in the forest, and the came down hard on his left side. The left gear snapped, and the entire plane fell on its nose. Still, I believe that the guns will be salvagable. We might even find the body of the pilot. He might have made it out of this alive."
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Frank ran up follwing cleve to the wreckage of the 109. "If the pilot is still alive and we find him just let me do the talking and if not, I'll read whatever documents that we can find." Frank said.
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"I don't think there are any other survivors, or I would have found them a long time ago." Adam said.
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"There isn't that much rust on this plane," Cleve noticed, "Compared to the Avengers, it seems to have just recently arrived. Maybe it arrived at the same time as you, Frank."
Cleve neared the 109 and looked at the canon in the nose. It went all the way through the propeller and looked difficult to salvage.
"I don't know how to get the cannon off though," Cleve said, "It seems to extend all the way from just in front of the cockpit to the propeller. Then again, you probably know more than I do."
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"The entire engine block will need to be removed since the cannon runs through it to the prop hub." Frank said.
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"So we need to lift the entire engine?" Cleve asked, "I really don't know how we're supposed to do that."
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"I can pick up the sents of the humans too," Chomper claimed, "I have a good sniffer too." Chomper sniffed the ground and quickly picked up Theo's scent. "I picked up Theo's scent," Chomper said, "follow me." Chomper walked off, sniffing the ground for Theo's scent.
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"I have no idea if we had some heavy lifting equipment we would be able to lift it." Frank said. "Do you think a fully grown longneck would be able to lift the engine?"
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Deimos nodded. He then took several sniffs of the air. He got the faint scent of Cleve. He then put his nose to the ground and started sniffing. "I got Frank's scent too! Frank and Theo must be looking for those 'planes'."
The moon was high enough that it provided all the light needed for them to see.
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Theo ignored Cleve and Frank as he continued looking for clues behind them. His torch had burnt out so he had to rely on the watery light that came in through the canopy and his other senses. He felt his foot snag on something. He picked it up and felt it. It felt like a vine but it was ribbed in a spiral pattern. He then used his torch to trace it up into the trees. He gave it a tug. Something was at the end of it!
He the pulled on the "vine", straining with all his might. Suddenly, the "vine" gave, sending Theo sprawling with a yelp. At the same time, something landed on the forest floor with a thump. Not something heavy alike an engine but something softer like a backpack...or a body.
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"Fish stew?" James asked, offering a bowl to Dan. He then ladled out his own portion and sipped the hot stew.
(OOC - I will let someone else decide what Theo's dislodged.)
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"Thanks." Dan said, accepting the stew and went to sit down to start sipping the fish stew. "It's very well made." He said.
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"Good, those 2 must be with the others." Ducky said nodding. "Will it be easy to follow them with your sniffers?" She asked hoping they would be able to easily follow them.
"Me hope they no go away from group or get into trouble." Petrie said.
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"When we get close to them, we should be sneaky, so they won't see us" Cera said.
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Adam heard the yelping of Theo, and ran back to him. "Are you ok?" He wasn't paying attention to whatever had just fallen onto the ground.
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"Thanks," James said. He handed a tray with some toasted treestars to Dan. "Try these with the stew. Dried them on a metal tray over a fire."
He took a leaf and placed it in the stew.
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Theo got back to his feet. "Yeah but I think something fell out of the tree when I pulled that vine."
He picked up his now extinguished torch, sighed and ground it into the dirt.
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Ducky nodded, "When we get close we will have to be very sneaky, very very sneaky." Ducky said.
"Extra sneaky, so they no will hear or sniff us." Petrie said.
'it is fun so far, it is, it is." Ducky said nodding.
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"Thanks, I've not tried any of those." Dan said as he took one of the toasted treestars to try it in some of the stew to see how it tasted.
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Littlefoot ran after cera,ducky,petrie and spike, "Wait for me guys!" littlefoot said.
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"Do you know where the object fell?" Frank asked theo.
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Cleve saw something brown in the bushes and grabbed a stick to pick it up. He lifted it up and placed it on the ground in front of him. It was a piece of clothing. Cleve unfolded it and put it on the ground again. "Frank," Cleve asked, "Does this look like a Luftwaffe uniform jacket to you?"
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Frank walked over and studied the jacket for a moment. "It is a Luftwaffe uniform jacket the rank is the equal to that of a Major in the United States Army Air Force." Frank said.
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"It definitely belongs to the German Pilot," Cleve said, "He probably survived the landing and climbed that tree to get a panorama of the area."
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"True but we have no idea where he went." Frank said.
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"He probably can survive off of the fruits in the forest" Cleve said, "but he might have been carried off by some sharpteeth. In any case, you wanna search the jacket for any documents?"
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Theo ran up to the two. "Guys, the thing that fell out of the trees, I think it it landed by that rock," he said, pointing to what looked like an engine from the plane.
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Deimos was just outside the grove where Theo and the others were. "Guys," he whispered. "I can't smell anything anymore. But I can smell those sweet-bubbles."
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"I can't smell anything either," Chomper said, "The smell of that stinky fruit is blocking my sniffer."
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"Something else fell out?" Cleve asked, "Let's go check." Cleve walked over the the object that fell from the tree. "Why," Cleve stumbled, shocked, "This looks like another engine. An Avenger crashed in this area, and judging from the wreckage, it looks like this one went down hard."
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Frank walked over to where cleve was. "It might have broken up after it was attacked by the 109." Frank said.
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Theo shook his head. "No not that rock," he said. "It sounded too soft to be something like that!"
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James had finished his meal and was now washing the pots with some wood ash and clean water. The stew was still simmering over the fire and the large pot of water that Adam had obtained was covered by some cloth and sitting.
He then got to work toasting some more treestars for the group when they return.
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Frank walked around in the area before he tripped on something in the brush. "I think I found something!" Frank shouted.
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"Well, what are we going to do now?" Cera asked the group of young explorers. "Can't we go in ,and see if we see anyone?"
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Adam wondered why the engine was outside of the plane, and attacked to a rope. "Could he have been trying to fix his wrecked place?" He asked "Why else would he take out the engine, then to tinker with it?"
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"We can go and look, we can, we can." Ducky said nodding. "Should we go together all at once?"
"If we be careful." Petrie said looking forward to try to see what was ahead.
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"i'm sure they'll like some of those when they get back." Dan said, indicating the toasting treestars.
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Deimos nodded. "I'll go ahead."
He then crept forward only to step on a branch with a loud snap.
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Theo's head shot up as soon as he heard the snap. He picked up a large tree branch. "Who's there?" he demanded.
Raptix was looking in the grass when he he felt something long and hard. He picked it up and sniffed it. He couldn't identify it. "Guys, what's this long rock?" he asked, holding up his find.
(OOC - I'm imagining that's a tool or maybe a piston rod. Your call.)
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"Petrie, can you fly up and look for them?" Chomper asked, "There's no other way of finding them."
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Suddenly, Cleve realized that he had been wrong about the engine. It was not from the Avenger. It was from the 109. He hadn't checked, but if there was no engine in the nose of the 109, he would have a lot easier time salvaging the canon in the nose. Cleve dashed to the 109 and lifted up the side panel covering the nose. "Adam," Cleve stated, "You're right. The pilot did take out the engine. I don't know how he did it, but we'll have a lot easier time salvaging the canon now."
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Petrie nodded, "Me can do that." He said. He then started to fly into the air to try to look for the others.
"Do not fly to high, or we may not be able to see you." Ducky said.
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"What do you see, Petrie?" Cera asked.
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Adam ran over to where Cleve was examining the cannon in the plane. "Do you need help taking it out?" he asked.
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frank looked at what he tripped over, it was a parachute. Frank walked back with the parachute in his hands. "Hey guys look what i found." Frank said.
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"They are around strange looking rocks and doing stuff." Petrie said having gone up high enough to see for a few seconds then quickly going down to tell the others and to avoid being seen. He pointed in the direction where he was the others they were tryig to follow.
"They over there." He added as he pointed.
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"Well, let's follow him," Chomper said, pointing at Petrie. Chomper ran in the direction Petrie pointed to, and Ruby followed him.
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"I'm not sure about the gun," Cleve said, "I don't know much about 109s. We'd better call Frank in on this one." Suddenly, Cleve heard Frank's exclamation. He leaped off the airplane and ran in Frank's direction.
"You found a parachute?" Cleve asked, "Can you identify if it belongs to the Avengers or the 109?"
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"I'll go ahead," Deimos said as he entered the grove.
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Theo was next to the grove's entrance where he heard the snap of a branch.
As he heard the footsteps getting closer, he raised his stick.
As soon as he saw the vague outline of a dinosaur's head, he bought the stick down with so much force that the stick snapped.
"Damn it! What is your problem!" the dinosaur shouted as it tackled Theo.
Theo then engaged in a vicious wrestling match with the dinosaur. Only to find out that it was Deimos. Of course, he was quickly pinned and placed in a chokehold by the large carnivore.
"Deimos, what are you doing here?" he choke out.
"I should be asking you that!" Deimos replied.
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Cera had followed Chomper, Ruby and Diemos into the grove, and stood back and watched as Diemos and Theo got in a little wrestling match.
Adam ran back over to see what was going on. "What happened?" He overheard the two dinosaurs talking, and answered Diemos. "We're here trying to salvage parts from another flyer. And I'd like to know what your doing here too."
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Frank looked over the parachute in the light. "It's from the 109 the writing is in German." Frank said.
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"Well, we got curious about what you were all doing," Deimos said, releasing Theo from the chokehold before he passed out.
Theo sat against a tree to try and catch his breath.
Deimos leaned against the engine from the wrecked plane.
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Spike followed Cera and the others, with Ducky riding on him. Petrie flew along , keeping an eye on where the others they were following were that he saw while keeping close to where Chomper and the others were.
Once they arrived and saw the Deimos and Theo wrestling Spike stopped, with Petrie landing behind Ducky.
"Why they doing that?" Petrie asked.
"I do not know, no I do not." Ducky said. "Maybe we can find out." She said.
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"I don't know how the plane landed so gently if he bailed out," Cleve said, "But the engine bloc is no longer in the plane. I don't know how he got the engine out, but at least that means that we have access to the canon now."
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"The pilot might have set the parachute in the tree in case someone else came here and found his plane." Frank said.
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"Yep," Cleve agreed, "If that's the case, then he would have probably left a message as well. It might be in his uniform or carved into a tree."
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Adam took down the uniform that was still hanging from the rope, and carefully searched. "I found a piece of paper in here! But it looks like it's in German. Can somebody here read it?"
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Cera asked the rest of the dinosaur group still hiding from the humans "Should we just come out now? They found Theo."
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"I can read it could you hand it to me?" Frank asked.
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"Do you think they would be mad?" Ducky asked quietly, looking around at the others present. Her hands gathered together.
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Deimos leaned against the tree. "So do you need us to do anything?"
Theo kicked a rock. "I'm ready whenever you all are."
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"They'll probably welcome us," Ruby explained, "They'll be happy to see us once they see us."
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Cera walked out into the open, while Adam handed the paper to
Frank to translate.
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"I do hope so, I do, I do." Ducky said. Spike decided to follow Cera, having nothing better to do at the moment. He took Ducky and Petrie with him since they were riding on him.
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Frank cleared his throat and read the paper to himself in German before clearing his throat again. "It says I hope that the one who finds this is the pilot I've come to know as my allied counterpart." Frank said reading the first line. "I also hope that anyone else who arrives here is able to get home safely."
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Theo noticed Cera and the others.
"Hey Frank!" he said. "Cera and the others are here."
Deimos was sniffing around for clues but the fruits were ruining his sense of smell. Suddenly, he spotted what appeared to be a human skeleton leaning against some trees in the distance.
"Frank," Deimos said. "I don't think that 'pilot' survived. I see some bones in the distance."
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"Allied counterpart?" Cleve asked, "That sounds like you, Frank."
Ruby and Chomper walked out of the bushes and into the view of the humans. "So," Chomper asked, "What did we miss?"
"Frank found a letter written by an enemy flyer," Cleve explained, "We just found his body over there." Cleve pointed in the direction of the skeleton.
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"I know and as his counter part I have to say that we should at least burry him." Frank said.
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Littlefoot followed cera and the others to the plane.
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"He here long time?" Petrie asked.
"Did you find anything you can use?" Ducky asked, knowing they seemed to like to find stuff they found useful and bring it back to camp. Spike ate some grass that was at his feet.
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"This is weird," Cleve stated, walking towards the body of the dead pilot, "You said you saw this plane before it disappeared. We arrieved in this new world four days ago, but it definitely takes longer than four days for a body to decay to nothing but bones. And look, the 109 still shiny."
"So, where should we start digging?" Ruby asked, "The ground here is soft, and the soft ground should be easy to dig."
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Theo approached the skeleton. He noticed that several bones had bite marks on them. "Guys, I think the sharpteeth got to him first."
Deimos shrugged. "Maybe those portals did something. I mean, if it can bring you into the past and me into the future, then who knows what else they can do?"
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"They are scary, they are, they are." Ducky said nodding here had, "We should stay far away from them." She said.
"No worry, me stay far away." Petrie said. Spike nodded, his mouth full of grass. He planned to stay as far away from those portal things as he could.
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"And we should keep the others away from them too," Chomper added, "who knows where those portals might lead to?"
Cleve walked closer to the body and saw the bite marks on the bones. "Well, if this is a sharptooth attack," Cleve assumed, "we'd better be careful. I thought the smell was supposed to ward away sharpteeth."
"Some sharpteeth in the Mysterious Beyond are immune to this somehow," Ruby said, "I'm glad that Redclaw isn't one of them."
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"I agree for all we know a few might end up in Germany in the middle of the war." Frank said.
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Cleve nodded and replied, "Yeah, just imagine what would happen if Hitler manages to get these things and put them into battle. It sounds like a funny idea, but think about it. Hitler's situation is probably looking fairly bleak as of 1945, right Frank? He's crazy enough to try anything. Imagine those Domeheads charging into Allied troops and ramming them down. We have to stop that from happening."
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Adam stood back, and stared at the skeleton. "He must have been from my group. It looks like he's been here for a long time, a couple of years perhaps."
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"Or long necks with three horns and sharp teeth." Ducky said, not understanding fully what they were talking about but thinking those could be scary seeing them attacking together.
"Fastbiters also, and belly draggers." Petrie said scared from the conversation and shivering in fear.
"and swimming sharpteeth." Ducky said, "recalling a past adventure of theirs.
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Deimos scratched his chin in thought. Suddenly, a horrifying thought came into his head. Even though he had very limited knowledge about Hitler and WWII (mostly from conversations with Frank, Cleve and the others), he knew enough that Hitler was an enemy. "You know, when dinosaur herds get in bad position, we migrate. What if Hitler led his herd into one of these portals and it opened somewhere in this time?"
"Why are the 'Allies' attacking the homes of Hitler and his herd?" Theo asked, picking up a rock. Having no knowledge about WWII, Theo assumed that the Allies were the aggressors and Hitler was defending his "herd".
Deimos looked at Theo. "I don't know too much about this whole thing," he admitted. "But if Frank and Cleve are right, Hitler is not defending his herd from anything. He led his herd on attacks on other herds."
Though this description was laughably crude, herds were the best saurian equivalent to nations and factions.
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"He is an Austrain that was voted into power in Germany after World War 1 and attcaked poland in 1939 and in 1940 took over most of Europe." Frank said.
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"Yes, he did attack other herds," Cleve said. It seemed to be an extreme understatement, but Cleve found no better words, "Humans, our species, is divided into races and nations. Races are made up of humans who share a similar characteristic, like blond hair and blue eyes, for example. Nations are made up of a single or multiple races living in a single place, kinda like the Great Valley. Hitler attacked other nations and races."
"Like the fast-biters from the Mysterious Beyond taking over the Great Valley and eating all the leafeaters?" Ruby asked.
"Precisely," Cleve replied, glad that he manged to explain the concepts clearly, "And that's way we need to stop him."
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"That sounds horrible. It does it does." Ducky said shaking her head while holding her hands up to her face.
"Me scarded if that happeneded." Petrie said, hugging Ducky in his fear. Spike didn't like the idea of that sort of thing happening either.
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"It is and there will most likely be a war crimes trial when it finally ends." Frank said.
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"I hope nothing like that ever happens here!" Cera said.
"Are we about done here?" Adam asked.
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"Some herds aren't as lucky as us," Ruby said, "Many of them don't live in the Great Valley, and they wonder out in the Mysterious Beyond. I've herd stories of entire herds being killed."
"It's dangerous in the Mysterious Beyond," Chomper added.
"Exactly the reason I don't want to stay out here for too long," Cleve replied, "If we want to salavage the canon and burry the pilot right now, let's get to work. If we want to return to the cave and wait until tomorrow, we can do that as well.
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"We can do that and hurry." Petrie said. "Spend less time in scary opening."
"Maybe there are other areas as nice as the great valley." Ducky said, thinking there may be such places.
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Deimos and Theo listened to Cleve's history lesson.
"I'm afraid Deimos and myself can't help you, Cleve," Theo said. "We don't know anything about the future and I doubt Hitler is going to appear in here."
"If he does... Then we'll be ready for him," Deimos added. He then noticed the skies were rapidly darkening. "We don't have much time; it's getting dark and as Chomper said, you don't want to be outside of a shelter when it's nighttime."
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James returned with some more firewood, which he tossed in the back of the cave.
"What's taking the others so long?" he asked as he sipped some cool water from his canteen.
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"We could come back tomorrow but we should bury the pilot next to his plane." frank said
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"Being outside in the dark around here would be a very bad idea." Ducky said a bit uneasy at the idea of being outside in the dark.
"Me scarded of being out in mysterious beyond in open at night." Petrie said.
"Maybe we can finish here very fast then head back to the cave." Ducky said.
"Me hope so." Petrie said, hoping they would be able to star back soon.
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"Maybe they found something very large and are slow getting back." Dan said shrugging a bit. "I do hope they get back soon, before it gets to dark."
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Deimos nodded. "Theo, could you lead everyone else back to the cave while I help Frank?"
Theo nodded. "All right, let's go. Besides, I'm getting hungry."
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Frank grabbed a piece of metal and started to dig a hole by the plane.
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"I'll help you too, Frank," Cleve said, grabbing another piece of metal. He stuck it into the ground and tried to dig with it. It was nowhere as efficient as a shovel, but the ground was at least soft.
Chomper yawned and walked next to Ruby. "I'm tired," Chomper complained, "Let's go back to the cave." Ruby slowly led Chomper in the direction of the cave.
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"I'll go back with you, Ruby. It'll be better to stay in a group." Adam said. He knew he should feel worse for the fallen human, since he was most likely one of his comrades that came in the same fleet of planes he did, but he just couldn't. He couldn't even remember who it might have been.
"I'll head back too" Cera said. "Today's been pretty exciting, and I'm tired."
Adam just kind of moaned at what Cera just said. "I hope tomorrow isn't as exciting."
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"Maybe Spike can help, he's a good digger." Ducky said. She went over to help digging as did Petrie, not having a lot to do. Spike nodded to what Ducky said and went over to try to help also, thinking it was good to help others when one could.
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Deimos used a heavy stick he found to help Frank in digging the grave.
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Theo walked out of the grove. In the distance, he could see the campfire burning by the cave.
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James was enjoying some night fishing by the lake. He had already landed a fish.
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Frank continued digging with the others until the hole was six feet deep. Frank climbed out of the hole and brought the pilots body over.
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"Come along, Adam," Ruby said, "We need to get back to the cave and sleep if we want to sleep on time." Chomper leaned against Ruby's arm and almostly fell asleep. Ruby carefully led Chomper back into the cave.
Cleve helped Frank carry the body to the hole. "If I had my trumpet," Cleve said mournfully, "I'd play a song for this guy. Too bad my trumpet didn't make it here. I guess we just have to burry this guy without any music." Cleve pushed the body into the hole and started filling it with dirt.
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Cera was exhausted. when the first group made it back to the cave, she immediately flopped down and went to sleep.
Adam tried some of the fish stew that was still there. "Not bad! Who made this?"
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"We still can sing something." Frank said thinking of what to sing.
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"A happy song? Or other type? Ducky asked, not sure what type Frank would prefer to sing.
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"I was thinking something more somber." Frank said.
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James returned with some fish as Adam tasted the stew. "Glad to see you like it," he said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to wash up and go to sleep."
He then set the fish on a stone next to the now dying fire.
Theo carried in some dried grasses and formed it into a nest at the back of the cave. He then lay down and fell asleep.
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Deimos racked his head for a song. He recalled a somber but yet inspiring song he had heard from his childhood. "How about No One Has To Be Alone? I mean, it fits, this 'pilot' was alone when he was alive here but now he is no longer alone because we found him."
He then stuck the stick into the freshly buried dirt as a grave marker.
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"I think that may fit, I do, I do." Ducky said nodding.
Petrie nodded also. "me agree." Spike nodded his head as well, agreeing.
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"I'll stay up a while. Hopefully they'll return soon." Dan said quietly.
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While thinking about what to sing, Cleve wondered to the coat of the German pilot. He reached into it, and his hands felt a cold, metallic object. He took it out. It shined brightly under the moonlight. It was a harmonica, and the manufacture name, M.Hohner, was clearly visible.
"Hey Frank," Cleve yelled, "Look what I found. It's a harmonica. I know how to play "Taps" on it. I've seen it played at military burials. You know the lyrics, right?"
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After Adam had his meal, he looked around the cave. He wanted someone to talk to, but Theo and Cera were already asleep, and everyone else was out. He sat up against a wall of the cave, and dozed off himself.
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"Yeah I know them but I think we should sing the german equivalent as well." Frank said before motioning to cleve to play the first song.
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Not having a lot to do Dan decided to make sure the fire was still going, so if nothing else the others may see it and find their way to camp easier. He made sure he had some firewood near the fire, and got a stick so he could stir and poke at the fire a bit, for something to do, if nothing else.
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"Taps, is that a song?" Ducky asked, not having heard of that before.
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Ruby let Chomper fall asleep next to her. She then curled up in a ball and tired to sleep. It has been a long, but exciting, day for them, and Chomper was exhausted.
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Cleve started playing the first notes of Taps. A crisp sound came out of the harmonica. It was easy to play too, and fortunately, there was no rust. He thought about keeping the harmonica for himself, but he decided against it. He finished the song without a single mess-up.
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Frank finished singing the lyrics to Taps as cleve finished. Frank cleared his throat and started singing I had a comrade in German.
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Littlefoot had arrived at camp at the same time as cera and the others and had already fallen asleep.
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Ducky, Spike and Petrie, not knowing the words and such but being able to tell the song was a sad one kept their heads down.
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'Hmm, looks like some have already arrived and since they didn't mention any trouble I guess the others will be along shortly." Dan said very quietly to himself, as he poked at the fire again with his stick and made sure to keep the fire burning, as before, so if nothing else the others may see it in the distance when they were heading back and could more easily find the camp area.
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With the hole filled frank looked at Ducky, spike, cleve, and deimos. "Let's head back to camp." Frank said.
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Ducky nodded, "Yes, we should head back." She said. She and Petrie climbed onto Spike, both of them tired from the digging. "Who do you want to go first?" She asked Frank.
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Deimos nodded and led the way to the campsite. He could still see the signal fire burning by the cave entrance and Dan feeding it.
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James returned from his bath and leaned against his backpack and soon fell asleep.
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Cleve listened to Frank's singing and helped him fill in the hole. He hesitated for a moment about whether or not to keep the harmonica. It was a nice harmonica, and it had a superior sound quality than the one Cleve left on the Eldridge. And what's more, it was of no use to a dead man. But in the end, Cleve decided against taking the harmonica. He buried it in the grave of the pilot. Without looking back, he started walking in the direction of the cave.
"I remember the way here," Cleve said, "I'll lead." He walked into the darkness, not glancing back at the shiny German harmonica buried under three inches of dirt.
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Spike carying Ducky and Petrie walked back to the camp with the others.
Dan continued feeding the fire at regular intervals to keep it burning & as a signal fire till the others returned. He wondered what they found, if anything interesting. But thought they'd want to maybe eat a bit, or go right to bed and talk about it in the morning since if nothing else they would likey be tired and want sleep at the least.
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Contrasting against the dark sky, the cave was lit as if there was a raging fire inside. Cleve had no trouble identifying the cave from a distance. He walked in silently, careful not to disturb the others. He sat against the wall near the entrance of the cave and drifted to sleep.
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Deimos found his nest in the back of the cave. He went up to Dan.
"Not sleepy?" he asked as he tossed a twig into the fire.
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Dan nodded, "I am some, but not to much right now. Just wanted to wait and keep the fire going till the others got back." He said. "and what about you, are you tired?" He asked looking away from the fire at Deimos.
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Frank arrived back at the cave and fell asleep close to the entrance.
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Cleve rolled over on his side. The incidents of that day never quite left his mind. It has been a confusing day for him. There were so many questions that still had to be solved. How did the German pilot get the engine out of his plane without any help? Or did he actually have help? Who was the skeleton they found? Frank seems to be quite sure that it was the German pilot, but Adam seems to believe that it was a member of his flight. Most importantly, were they in the dinosaur world for a reason?
At this point, Cleve was fairly certain that the experiment he was working on sent him into the new world. The Germans could have somehow attained the technology. Frank said that he was flying above a forest when the Bf 109 appeared. From the wreckage of the 109, the pilot seemed to have lots of confidence--at least enough to paint the nose of his plane in a noticeable yellow. He might have been an ace. The fact that he didn't engage the bombers showed that he was probably protecting something--something very important. Perhaps it was an experiment similar to the one that was conducted on the Eldridge. To verify this, he would have to search the plane the next day and try to find any helpful documents.
He decided that he would ask Frank to translate the rest of the letter later.
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Frank tossed and turned the dream he was having was very vivid he saw a valley full of sharpteeth he saw another portal deep inside the valley. Frank then turned and saw two frainbowfaces watching him. "Who are you?" he asked. One of them walked toward frank and looked him in the eye. "Who we are is not important at the moment but we will reveal our names soon but all I can say is that the next portal you have to seal is in a place called claw valley. The two rainbowfaces walked off before frank gasped waking up with a start with his hand over his heart panting heavily.
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Deimos was still awake when Frank awoke with a start.
"Frank, is everything okay?" he asked.
James stirred. "Deimos, aren't you tired?" he asked sleepily.
"Not really. I'm going to go to sleep after I check if Frank's okay."
The fire by now had died down to embers.
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Dan watched the fire a bit as it died, relaxing and getting ready to go to bed. He had laid down to go to sleep when he heard Frank and Deimos. "Are you ok?" He asked, concern in his voice as he looked over to where they were.
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"Yes but I think I know where the next portal is." Frank said. After pausing for a moment he asked "Deimos do you know or have you ever heard of a place called claw Valley?"
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Cleve was usually a fairly heavy sleeper. Being a sailor, he was used to sleeping to the sound of waves and diesel engines. Probably due to all the thoughts plaguing his mind, Cleve found it very difficult to stay asleep. He woke up to Frank's heavy breathing.
"Claw valley?" Cleve asked, "Maybe we can ask Ruby. We might as well ask her right now, actually." Cleve slowly walked over to Ruby and tapped her.
"Hey, Ruby," Cleve asked, "Do you know a place called Claw Valley?"
"Yeah, I know such a place," Ruby responded sleepily, "Claw Valley is a big valley of Sharpteeth. It's the most dangerous place I know. Not even Red Claw dares to get close. Why did you ask?"
Cleve looked at Frank. "So, the next portal is in Claw Valley?" Cleve asked, "This is going to be tough."
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"Yeah it certainly won't be a milk run." frank said rubbing the back of his neck.
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"Maybe Deimos and Chomper can talk to some who live there since they are both sharpteeth. Though most of us should get a good night's sleep, those who need it. Then we can talk over and make detailed plans tomorrow." Dan said sitting up from where he was.
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"From what Ruby has told us do you really think that will work?" Frank asked dan.
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"It might even end up like Operation Tidal Wave," Cleve said, "But Dan's right. Let's sleep and discuss tomorrow. I have lots of questions on my head right now."
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"Right well good night everyone." Frank said before yawning and falling asleep.
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The hours passed quickly and the light woke up Theo and James.
"Good morning," Theo said.
"Good morning, James replied, getting up and splashing some water from a canteen on his face.
His stomach growled. "Let's wait until everyone's up then decide who does what and then we start planning."
"Sounds good," Theo said as he nibbled on some leftover fruit.
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Frank woke up and rubbed his eyes."Good morning James, Theo." Frank said.
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"Morning guys," Cleve said as the slowly got up, "How's your leg doing, Frank? The wound on my arm has pretty much healed. It'll probably leave a scar though. Are you planning on going anywhere this morning? I was thinking that we can go back to the wreck of the 109 and salvage the cannon. We might find some other useful things as well."
Cleve was still wondering about the note the German pilot left Frank, and he wanted to search the Bf109 for documents relating to their presence in the dinosaur world. At this point, Cleve became fairly convinced that their appearance had something to do with German experiments involving portal technology. And just in case if they did find something, Frank would be able to translate it. Even if they didn't find anything, they would still be able to salvage the 20mm cannon.
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"It's doing better cleve." Frank said. "I guess we could head back to the plane but I think we should wait for Deimos to wake up so we could ask him more about claw valley." Frank said nodding his head.
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Adam finally woke up, having had a long, peaceful nights rest. He said good morning to everyone already awake as he grabbed some fruit for breakfast.
"So, what's on the agenda for today, men?"
Cera stirred on the ground, and got up as well. She was always a heavy sleeper, so all the noise in the cave last night hadn't bothered her.
"I'm ready for some more adventure! What's up?"
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Dan awoke, yawning and stretching as he continued to lay down. Then he sat up. "Good morning everyone." He said smiling and looking around. "So what stuff do you think you want or can get for breakfast?" He asked curiously. "And any plans for after breakfast?"
Ducky awoke, yawning also. Her moving caused Petrie to start to awaken also. He sat up blinking. Spike continued to sleep, at least for now.
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Ruby and Chomper woke to the sound of Cera's morning greetings.
"Daylight already?" Chomper whined, "Guess we'd better get up." Chomper slowly got up and walked into the sunlight. The light felt warm and good on his skin. Ruby followed him.
"So why were you asking about Claw Valley last night?" Ruby asked, "Did you ask because you wanted to go there?"
"Well, umm," Cleve hesitated, "we were planning to, but after hearing your descriptions, I'm not so sure."
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Deimos was the next to awaken.
"Since everyone's up how about we get breakfast?" James said.
"Sounds good," Theo said.
Deimos suddenly remembered the information he bartered for fish guts. "Guys. A few days ago, I spoke to this sickleclaw and he said that saw a buzzing flyer flying past a mountain shaped like the head of a Threehorn. But he said this was many cold times ago."
"Maybe we should check that out later?" James suggested.
Theo nodded. "Let's focus on food and Claw Valley first. So who's got what tasks?"
"I'll handle the fire."
James then got to work building the fire.
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"I'll go get some food." Frank said.
Littlefoot was the next to wake up "Morning guys." littlefoot said.
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"I'll get some firewood," Cleve said. It was becoming a routine for him--getting firewood in the morning. He knew a dry river bed that had a lot of them. Cleve hurried off, moving as quickly as possible in order to avoid any sharpteeth attacks.
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Frank walked off to get some fruit from some nearby trees. "We should do an advanced recon of claw valley before we go there as a group." frank thought.
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"Sounds like a good idea. Who would be the best ones do you think?" Dan asked. "and those going should have some way of communicating that doesn't entail shouting at each other. Even if just a few signals."
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"I'll go fishing," Deimos said.
James was busy pouring out cups of water for everyone when they returned.
Theo returned from his drink at the lake. He looked around and noticed that the fruit was gone. He grabbed the leaf they used to haul fruit and headed out after Frank.
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Frank walked to a tree with fruit hanging from it and started to climb.
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"How goes the water supply? Do we have enough for a while or do you need more to start boiling?" Dan asked.
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Frank began picking fruit from the tree thinking of the dream he'd had the night before. "I wonder where those two I saw in my dream come from?" he said.
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Theo arrived at the grove where Frank was. "Hey Frank! How's the fruit looking?" he shouted.
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James nodded. "I'll go fetch some more water." He then grabbed the large pot he had scavenged from his sojourn back into his own time and headed out to the lake.
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"The fruit looks good!" Frank shouted in reply climbing down the tree and setting what fruit he'd picked on the leaf.
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"Ok." Dan said. He worked on the fire, to be sure it was ready so when James got back he could get started on boiling the water without having to work on the fire himself.
Ducky looked around and started to shake Spike to wake him up. Petrie decided to help her.
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It wasn't long before Cleve came back into the cave with an armful of branches and twigs.
"Do you need more fuel for the fire, Dan?" Cleve asked, "There's a lot more near the dry river bed. It'll be a quick trip."
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frank climbed the tree again and got more fruit setting it on the leaf after getting a armful. "Do you think that's enough?" Frank asked Theo.
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Dan looked over at the wood pile. "Thanks, it was getting a bit low. There's more you say? Maybe we can get some vines and tie some together so we can carry some firewood with us so we'll have some to start with when we do move."
"let's go and look for some green food too." Ducky said.
"It scary out there." Petrie said.
"We do not need to go far, just around the area around here." Ducky said.
"Me think that ok." Petrie said, to which Spike nodded. He and Ducky got on Spike and they went to walk around the area around the campsite to look for some green food like leaves they and some others could eat.
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Frank hung upside down from a branch. "Hey Theo do you know anything about the leadership in claw valley?" he asked.
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Theo was harvesting some edible leaves from a shrub. "Nope," he replied. "Never went near there for obvious reasons."
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Deimos returned with some fish he handed off to Dan. "I got some fish for breakfast. By the way, have any of you seen Raptix?"
As soon as he spoke, Raptix entered the cave with two crawlers in hand. "Sorry for running off like that but I just wanted to explore this area a bit."
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"Thanks." Dan said accepting the fish. He looked to where Raptix. "Ah, there you are. I thought you had gone out hunting or something. " He looked at the fish. "have you eaten? I should start to get these ready for cooking." Dan said. Keeping an eye on the fire to be sure it was ready for when the water was brought back to start the boiling they could start with the boiling immediately, he started to prepare the fish for cooking.
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Frank swung up right and jumped off the branch landing on his feet. "So do you think we should head back to camp?" Frank asked.
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Cleve went to the river bed to get more wood. Cleve tried to determine what season it was. Based on the trees, it was probably spring or summer. It felt fairly warm. Cleve examined the trees, trying to determine the type of climate he was in. He saw both evergreen and deciduous trees, which meant that he was neither too close to the equator or the poles. It made sense, because the temperature was fairly moderate.
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Theo nodded as he picked some ripe melons from a vine. "Yeah, the others are probably back already."
He then headed back to camp, dragging his leaf sled with him.
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James returned with a large pot of water and placed it over a smaller campfire and waited for it to boil.
Raptix nodded. "Yep, I decided to do a bit of hunting."
He then jumped onto a small rock. "So what's the plan for today?" he asked.
Deimos fed some wood to the two fires. "Dunno. Frank and Cleve said they had something important to discuss with us so we'd best wait for them."
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Frank followed Theo back to camp keeping a watch out for hunting sharpteeth.
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"There's some fish here ready to cook if someone wants to cook it. I can try but someone may be a better cook then I am." Dan said. He indicated a pile he had made. "here are some stuff left from my cleaning the fish, if any of you sharpteeth would like to eat some of that." He said.
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Cleve gathered some more wood and headed back to camp. Chomper decided to try some of the offal of the fish. It didn't taste nearly as good as bugs, but knowing that he needed the energy, Chomper kept it down.
"I know you guys want to know about Claw Valley," Ruby asked, "But exactly what do you want to know about that place?"
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Frank arrived back at camp. "Well I was thinking of doing an advanced recon of it before we head there as a group." Frank said.
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"That sounds like a good idea. But who would go?" Dan asked.
"That sound scary." Petrie said.
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Raptix went for the fish offal as well.
James shrugged and started to grill the fish with some of the fruit that Theo and Frank had harvested..
Deimos looked up from the skewer he was whittling. "Well, I guess myself and Raptix should go since we're sharpteeth and won't raise suspicion."
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"Yeah that seems more logical than the plan I had." Frank said.
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"That does sound like a good idea. Sharpteeth should be able to walk right in and look around. I hope, I do, I do." Ducky said. Spike was eating some leaves on a bush and only paying slight attention to what the others were saying.
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"As long as I don't have to hurt anyone, I'll join you too," Chomper volunteered.
"But, Chomper," Ruby pointed out, "I can't be with you when you're by yourself, and I promised your parents that I'd always be with you."
"Oh yeah..."
"I was thinking about salvaging the 20mm canon. The engine block has been removed, and all we need is to carry it here."
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"Don't worry, Ruby," Deimos said as finished whittling a skewer. "We'll keep an eye on him."
James had finished grilling the fish along with some fruit. "Breakfast's ready," he called.
"One problem," Theo said. "What shall the non-sharpteeth do?"
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"Frank," Cleve asked, "Do you happen to know the location of another portal? If you do, we non-sharpteeth can go disable that portal while the sharpteeth disable the one in Claw Valley."
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"No I only saw the one in claw valley if there is another one I don't know the location." Frank replied.
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"Here's what I'm thinking," Cleve said, "Right now, we have more than enough food and water, so we don't have to worry about that. Thanks to the rifles that Frank found, we also have ample light arms. From the Avengers, we also managed to salvage some machine guns. If we manage to salvage the 20mm cannon on the Bf 109, we'll have big guns as well. We should be strong enough to fight off almost all Sharpteeth attacks."
Cleve paused for a second for everyone to catch up. Then, he proposed some plans. "I have two plans," Cleve said, "Plan A is that we take all our guns and head to Claw Valley as a team. We'll be fairly strong, and we can all go together."
"I like the idea," Chomper interrupted, "This way, I can be with Ruby."
Cleve nodded and continued, "Plan B is a lot more audacious and Quixote. While the sharpteeth scout out Claw Valley, we try to find the other four Avengers. After seeing the damage, or lack thereof, on the Avengers, I am beginning to think that we might be able to restore one of them. Since there are five Avengers, they'll be plenty of spare parts. As for fuel, I believe that there is probably still some left in the fuel tanks. If we restore one of the Avengers, we'll be basically invisible. It's a Quixote plan, but even if it doesn't work, we don't lose much. What do you guys think?"
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"Sounds like that could work. Except for keeping on top of how much fuel there is, as well as finding a natural flat area for a runway and landing strip." Dan said.
"How you be invisibible? " Petrie asked, not understanding.
"They may do magic." Ducky said.
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"We'll have air supremacy since we'll be the only ones up and since the Avenger can climb to a height of thirty thousand feet we could fly at an atlitude where we won't be heard." Frank said.
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"One problem with plan A," James said as he passed out plates of grilled fish and fruit to everyone. "We can't just carry and fire the machine gun and cannon. We'll need to make something like a tank."
Theo looked around as he ate some fruit. "What if we just sneak in under darkness, block off the portal and sneak back out?"
Deimos ate some fish. "One problem, if we get caught, we'll probably be killed."
Theo sighed. His next plan was extremely brutal but it was all he could think of. "What if we simply start a fire somewhere in Claw Valley, wait for the sharpteeth to flee or get killed, go in and then block off the portal."
Raptix shook his head. "Burning down an entire valley just to get at one of these portals is just wrong, we don't want to hurt the other sharpteeth more than we have to."
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"Never!" Frank shouted slamming his fist into a rock next to him. "I already saw the city I was born in burn to the ground I will not see the birth place of someone else that has done nothing to me burn."
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"Thanks." Dan said as he accepted his food. He ate a bit of each as he listened to what the others were saying. "Could we do some sort of distraction that would be harmless but get them away or lead them to where the distraction is. Though that may only be effective for a short time."
"Like a big boom?" Ducky said.
"Something scary looking?" Petrie said.
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Cleve diligently listened to everyone's proposals. "Frank probably knows better than I do, but the landing speed of an Avenger is about 80 mph. I'm not sure about the about of runway we'll need, but to me, 600 feet seems like a reasonable estimate. I know from my service on the Navy that Many escort carriers are about 500 feet. They sail into the wind when launching their planes, so they have an advantage. We can't sail into the wind, but we're not carrying any weapons either. Six hundred feet of flat land is hard to find, but it's definitely possible."
"As for the tank plan," Cleve said, "I think that's workable too, especially considering that we already have two cars. We lack the tools to modify them heavily, but they can get the job done. A distraction, if possible, is certainly a good idea, though I don't know how to do it."
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"Yeah but we'd have to find a way to lifting it on the roof and find a way of securing it and firing it." Frank said.
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"Yeah," Cleve agreed, "We had some 20mm cannons on the Eldridge. Those things were pretty big. I still wonder how engineers put them in aircraft. The AA 20mm guns we had were huge."
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"we may have to use logs and dirt to make a long enough runway for the planes to land and take off. If we can't do a long enough runway maybe we can set up a type of system like they use on air craft carriers with their cables." Dan said. "Since we don't have Godzilla, or some other giant type monster who can pick up one of the craft and throw them into the air, or catch them."
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"I doubt our cars can handle the stress of firing large caliber guns," James added.
Deimos and Theo had no understanding of what the Humans were talking about.
An idea came into his head. "Guys, I think we may actually have to kill one of the sharpteeth to make them fear us and let us into the valley."
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"I'm not sure if you can intimidate them into letting you in," Ruby responded, "Even Red Claw hesitates to go near that place. Domeheads and fast-biters aren't allow in either. Trying to force your way in not going to work."
"So here's what I'm thinking," Cleve said, "Today, we go out scouting for the Avengers. Adam's Avenger isn't badly damaged. We just need to get some new propeller blades and a new wheel, but if we find an even more well-preserved Avenger, we can use that as well. I've worked on SBD Dauntless dive bombers before, but I have confidence that Frank and I can fix it. Some Avengers may carry basic tools."
"What do you want to do after you get those big buzzing flyers fixed," Chomper asked.
"Simple," Cleve said, "The crews of the Avengers and the 109 all carried parachutes. We take off and just drop someone into Claw Valley..."
"What's a parachute?" Chomper asked.
"It's a human devise that allows you to fall out of the sky without harming yourself," Cleve responded impatiently, "Anyway, we just drop someone into Claw Valley. After that person or dinosaur gets into the valley, he or she can block the portal there. Then, we slow the Avenger as much as possible, extend a vine or something, and pull the scout back up. If the scout gets into trouble, he still has air support. It might be a suicide mission though..."
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"Parachute sounds scary. Even more scary to go to Claw Valley." Petrie said shivering in fear at the thought of going there.
"More scaryerer to the person going into claw valley I thin, I do , I do." Ducky said nodding.
"The thing is that the appearance of a parachute may attract attention. Some may go to investigate what that odd looking thing is." Dan said.
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"There is another option we could do the drop at night." Frank said.
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"Anyone have training in night drops, high altitude low opening, low altitude low opening or any of that other sort of stuff?" Dan asked.
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"Deimos is the largest and strongest member of our group," James said. "But I doubt parachutes can handle his body shape or weight."
"But aren't those big buzzing flyers loud?" Deimos asked. "We don't want to let the sharpteeth inside know that we're there.
Raptix poked at the fire with a stick. "What about tricking the sharpteeth into letting Deimos and Chomper in? Once they get in they can seal the portal and then sneak out at night."
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"The simple direction approach sounds fine," Cleve replied, "If you can sneak in there and not fight, that's the best plan. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."
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"Sun Tzu said that right?" Frank asked.
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"sounds like a plan." Dan said.
"A confusing plan." Ducky said, not understanding what had been said for the most part.
"You no only one confuseded." Petrie said, also not understanding much of what was said.
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Cleve chuckled, "Yep, it's a Sun Tzu quote. If you sharpteeth can deceive yourselves into Claw Valley, blocking this portal will be quick and easy."
"It sounds daunting," Chomper commented, "But as long as I don't have to hurt anyone, I'll join in."
Ruby looked on with a worried look but said nothing.
"So, when should we start this operation?" Cleve asked, "We still have plenty of time today to plan out this operation."
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"I'll do it," Deimos said.
"I guess we can eat and then go exploring today," James said.
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"Frank, you want to go check out the Bf 109 with me?" Cleve asked, "I feel that the cannon will come in handy one day."
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"Sure thing." Frank said getting up, "I'll lead the way."
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"Do the rest of you have any plans?" Dan asked.
"Flee from mean sharptooths and fast biters." Petrie said. "That me plan."
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As Cleve followed Frank out of the cave, he made sure that no one was following them. He slowly picked up the pace and walked next to Frank.
"You know, Frank," Cleve said, "I don't think you've ever finished translating the note that the German pilot left us. Can you finish translating it? I just want to know if the Germans are also working on an experiment on Einstein's Unified Field Theory."
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"You're right I didn't finish the translation." Frank replied. Frank took the letter back out of his pocket and read the rest of it. "Have seen valley close by I will attempt to make contact a few days from now to see if they can help me."
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"I think Spike's plans for today are eating." Ducky said to which Spike nodded.
"Maybe we can play game while others are away?" Petrie asked looking around.
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"Hmm," Cleve mumbled, "Is that all the letter says?I don't know if he's referring to Claw Valley or the Great Valley. Either case though, he didn't make it. Let's just get the 20mm cannon and go back."
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"You guys want to play toss the seed?" Ruby asked, "Tossing the seed is very fun, especially when you need some fun."
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"That sounds like a fun game, it does it does." Ducky said nodding her head emphatically, but what do the rest of you guys think?" She asked.
Spike nodded.
"Me agree." Petrie said also nodding.
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"Yes that is all." Frank said. "It seems he wanted to check the valley out before he continued the letter."
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Deimos nodded. "Sure. I'd rather not think about the task that Raptix, Chomper and myself will be doing soon."
Raptix turned towards Ruby. "Can I play too?"
James tossed some wood into the fire. "I'll join too. It's not like I got anything better to do."
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"Sure," Ruby agreed, "We have exactly ten people playing. We can have even teams."
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"About the 109," Cleve asked, "Do you know which model it is? 'Cause if it's a model produced after 1943, no one in my time would know about it. I can bring back a few parts for intelligence."
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(OCC: Sorry for not posting in so long. Can't ever think of what to say :()
"Am I one of the 10 people?" Adam asked. "Which team can I be on?"
"Humpth! I wanna be on a different team than him! He'll just slow me down!" Cera said.
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"Well," Ruby replied, "If Theo joins, we can still have even teams."
"Great," Chomper said, "Let's start."
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"that cool. Who on who team?" Petrie asked.
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Theo shrugged. "Sure, not like I got anything better to do."
Deimos looked at Adam, James, Frank and Cleve. "Uh, no offense, but you're kind of small compared to me so I'm not sure about this."
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"I hope you don't mind if I join in, do you" Matthew said as he approached James and the dinosaur children.
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"Sure!" Deimos said brightly.
James placed his shotgun by the cave of the wall. "Well, let's get the seed and start playing!"
"What about teams?" Theo asked.
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"But who on what team?" Petrie asked.