by The Kingpin » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:10 pm
the jungle shook with the fight of the two predators, Crusher and Rockfang viciously swinging at eachother, each trying to gain the upper hand. Rockfang swung up at Crusher in an attempt to get a neck bite, Crusher raising his head out of reach and swinging down when the Rex's jaws snapped shut, hitting it over the snout, stunning Rockfang, Crusher moving his head to one side and swinging his head sideways, the blow resulting in a low crack and a groan of pain, Crusher ducking down as Rockjaw recovered and craned his head down, intending to hold Crusher down and break his neck, only for the Tyrannosaur to bring one foot forward almost directly under him, before pushing off, swinging his head up simultaniously, hitting Rockfang's lower jaw with immense force, a loud crack being heard, Rockfang roaring in pain as he stumbled back, thumping against a tree and using it for support, the malformed lower jaw shattered completely from Crusher's blow. he glanced up at the Rex hatefully. with a furious roar he lunged once more, blinded by rage, Crusher sidestepping the charge and slamming his head down on the Rex's back, the blow knocking Rockfang off balance and causing him to stumble forward, hitting the ground hard, skidding to a hault, Crusher walking towards the Rex, which now tried to push away weakly, attempting to get away. "Your time is over, Rex" growled Crusher, his tone chillingly calm for a creature fighting for his life. Rockfang's eyes widened, recognising the line as his own. he tried to speak, but the severe pain of his mangled lower jaw prevented him. Crusher walked forward, putting one foot on Rockfang's flank, before lifting it and kicking down, shattering several ribs, a roar of agony coming from the Rex, Crusher raking his toe claws along Rockfang's flank, finally leaning forward and biting onto one of the Rex's legs, biting down with full force, the lower leg bone shattered, Crusher's teeth connecting, thrashing slightly, the leg completely removed from the knee downwards. the roars of agony came from the crippled Rex for a while as Crusher turned away, his piercing gaze drifting around the area in search of any other challenger. when Rockfang finally ceased, too weak from bloodloss to cry out in pain, Crusher took a long breath, before unleashing a booming territorial roar, ringing out for miles in every direction, hearable all across the island. "Who else wants to claim dominance?! who else wants to try and take what is rightfully mine?!"...
before long, Fatalis walked up to a series of thick bushes. the roars of combat still rang powerfully in the distance. though now, only Crusher could be heard. the roars of agony from his opponents had, by now, ceased. though Crusher's challenge to every other superpredator on the island had Fatalis itching to sprint off and watch what would happen. Fatalis moved back and forth along the bushes as if searching for something, finding it. "Follow me" hissed the Raptor as he pushed into a small gap in the bushes that seemed too small for a raptor to fit, the bushes being pushed aside as the Raptor walked through, two massive boulders framing the little pathway behind it, being the only gap in the row of rocks and boulders that the bushes were growing against. easing through the gap and walking onto the top of the rocks further back, he leapt over them and into what looked like a small cave below him. carefully stepping on the rocks that formed a natural stairway into the cave, he glanced around. a shallow stream ran along the cave floor, and the remains of leaves formed a thick layer to one side of the cave. on the opposite end, a triceratops skeleton could be seen, long since stripped down, easily several years old, cast in light from a hole in the cave ceiling. a small group of compies had made their home in the skeleton, one poking it's head out of the Trike's eye socket, as the tail of another could be seen poking slightly out of the trike's beak, likely asleep...
"Forget it, it's mine! i found it!" hissed one dromeosaur. "WHAT?! oh no no no no. you're forgetting i'm the oldest of us. And i say it's mine. besides, you still owe me for that Compy i caught you last week" responded another, a darker shade of brown than the first. "A COMPY?! A COMPY isn't worth this! It's mine!" hissed the first, shaking what looked like car keys in one clawed hand. "Over my dead body!" responded the first, a third interrupting with "What about me?! I'm the one always standing watch! i get less sleep than any of you! i deserve it for the trouble!". the trio dove at eachother, squabbling and fighting and tumbling into a corner, the keys dropped to the ground, a single claw hooking around the key ring, lifting it up, the jingle of the keys making the dromeosaurs freeze, looking up at who had touched the 'valuable' object. before them was an elderly looking greyish orange raptor, quills extending from his head and neck, as well as his tail. "Actually" hissed the Raptor as he eyed the three with an accusing gaze. "....these are mine. as is this whole structure" finished the Raptor, the Dromeosaurs barely hearing him, instead gazing at the shining necklace around the Raptor's neck, it's sparkling making them completely forget the keys. the three began to split, trying to surround Ripper, the Raptor suddenly leaping, leaving the light that was cast through the window of the structure, disappearing from their sight. "Where'd he go?!" snarled the elder of the three. "I dunno...he jumped and disappeared!" responded the young one. "you idiots. he jumped up through that hole" hissed the third as he pointed up at the ceiling, a fair sized hole visible. "Oh" responded the other two in response. "Needle, Stone, you two go up and chase him down. i'll catch him when he comes" hissed the elder of the three. "So you can grab that shiney thing?! forget it Hook!" responded Needle, the younger of the two. "Besides, that raptor could be anywhere!" added Stone, the Scout. "Alright alright fine. we'll split up and find him that way" argued Hook. "The way i see it, these little...artifacts i've gathered simply split you three up. and you're supposedly a group. so i'll just keep them with me so you three can learn to work together" hissed Ripper as he walked out of a corridor, the three immediately turning at him, Needle lunging, though swiftly knocked out as Ripper sidestepped and swung his tail into the back of the dromeosaur's head as it passed, the light brown dromeosaur skidding to a hault on the floor. "Needle!" screeched Hook as he charged, Stone with him, the two running at Ripper, only to be knocked back almost simultaniously, hit in the chest and knocked to the floor, Ripper snarling lowly at the two. "Now, be good little dromeosaurs, Take your friend and leave. I want my home back...no need for you three to lose your lives over things you're too young to even comprehend" hissed the Elder as he looked down at the two. they looked at eachother, quickly grabbing Needle and scuffling outside, only to see a family of Rexes leering down at them. Hunter smirked, licking his fangs as he eyed them, having overheard the incident inside. Hook and Stone's eyes widened in sheer terror the bolting, running as fast as they could without dropping Needle, disappearing into the undergrowth. Ripper sighed. "Ignorant whelps" he hissed irritably, before walking towards the entrance. "Ah. Hunter. Rampage. Lightning....and Serena too" he growled with a smirk. "To what do i owe the pleasure?" he hissed. "Crusher wanted us to stay here while he cleaned out the territory. he said this would be the safest place for us if Nightshade were to plan anything" growled Lightning. "You let him go?!" barked Ripper in surprise, worried for the Rex. "We didn't have much of a choice. Crusher's surprisingly hard to convince when he's in that kind of mood" explained Rampage with a sigh. Ripper grunted, understanding. "Well, It'd probably be a good idea for Serena to come inside. Carnotaurs are everywhere in this particular part of the island. last thing we want is for her to accidentally get in one's range" growled Ripper, earning a scared look from Serena, who squeezed evermore tightly against her mother's leg, afraid after her last encounter with a Carnotaur. "Leave her here and go get yourselves something to eat. i'm sure you're as hungry as i am after that little debacle with the humans" he added. Rampage looked down at Serena. "You don't mind keeping an eye on her?" growled Rampage. "Of course not. i used to watch Crusher like this all the time when he was her age....mind you....Crusher tried to eat my tail repeatedly back then. but that ws the only trouble i ever got" responded Ripper with a chuckle. Rampage sighed, chuckling at the mental image of a hatchling Crusher nibbling on Ripper's tail. "Alright then. Serena, behave while you're here. we'll be right back" growled Rampage, Serena nodding, running up to Ripper, trying to keep as little distance between her and the Raptor as possible, fearful of the Carnotaurs. "We'll be back as soon as possible" growled Hunter as he turned to leave, Ripper nodding. "Take your time. We'll be waiting" growled the Raptor, before turning back into the lab, Serena in tow, as Hunter, Rampage and Lightning headed for the nearest hunting ground...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG