by dinoman666 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:49 pm
Stan struggled wildly, until the screech. He seemed to calm down by that point, simply staggering backwards, away from the incoming Deinonychus, his eyes blank yet again...
Barnes pushed his way back towards the lead car, shouting, "Everyone, get your weapons ready! Fire as soon as they're within range! Scare them off with the gunfire, and do NOT shoot the f**king nests!" Dodgson was sweating visibly as he watched the pack of Deinonychus charge the tram. "Alright, Dodgson, what the hell are those things? Utahraptor?" "No, there's too many, and they're too small. They're Deinonychus. Not exactly an improvement." "You're the one who studied these things! How do we stop them?!" "The red one on the rock? That's the Alpha Male. The Alpha Female rarely ventures far from him. If we can at least scare those two off, we can disrupt the rest of the pack!" "Don't you have a gun? Can't you help?" "I need to keep this thing moving. If enough of those Deinonychus try to shove it, it'll fall off the tracks, and we're good as dead!" "Can't we go faster?" "It's a cargo tram, not a bullet train! Just make sure those Deinonychus don't get to the cars!" Barnes nodded and moved back into the cargo car, his M4 already in hand. He placed the weapon on the edge of the car to support it, and waited. He could already see the incoming animals, at least 10 of them, maybe more, but they were still a distance off. He fired a short burst of gunfire at the animals, which didn't hit any of the raptors, but he hoped the loud noise would at least stall them for a moment...
The Alpha Male continued his vigil on the rock, watching his pack charge the egg robbers. The humans' alien contraption looked well-armored, but it wasn't a major concern. If his brethren got inside the machine, the humans were as good as dead...
In another area of the canyon, other predators heard the screeching and gunshots carry along the wind, but they were not here to defend their territory. They were here to hunt...
"Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic."
-Megatron