Knocked up in the Jurassic
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** Knocked up in the Jurassic!**
** By William W, Kelso**
"Subject A-11 has completed post-shift sterilization successfully and is ready for debriefing" intoned the melodious voice of the mainframe AI. "Subject is currently resting in Room 12".
"Have all recordings scanned for any unusual or interesting data, and let him know I'll be in to see him shortly." Dr. Braum instructed the AI.
"Acknowledged and complying." the AI responded.
*Dr. Braum got up with a tired sigh and left his office. He'd thought this job would never get boring, but even the most fascinating and interesting things could become routine. Still, it beat teaching a bunch of brain dead morons at the University. He breezed past the security checkpoint with a wave to the guards, swiped his card and passed through a bank vault thick airlock door and into the underground part of the facility, which is where most of it was in fact. He took the elevator to level nine and swiped his card again so the doors would open, and entered the area that housed the "Subjects" in between missions. He paused and looked through some of the thick shatter proof one way windows into their quarters. Amazing; he thought, this part he never got tired of. *
I gave a bellow of delight as I rolled in the shallow bathing pool, the thick mud felt great. And those sides of beef had been delicious. The regulation about not eating while on a mission was bull as far as I was concerned, but I guess I understood the reasoning. They had no idea how hard it was sometimes though. But still I longed for fresh raw meat, and it got worse the longer I was in my current form. They explained there'd be some degradation of my human awareness; they called it 'mental adaptation', but it was pretty minor so far. I gave another roar of pleasure, then rolled over and stood up. Moving to the rinse area I gave the button a push to activate the showers and stood under them hissing in pleasure at the feel of the warm water washing over my hide. Oh yeah, that felt good
Dr. Braum paused and looked through the observation window at Subject A-11. Human name: Charles T. Stone, current species "A. fragilis". The huge reptile was rolling around in a mud bath at the moment, the mud slopping over the edges of the pool and making a mess. Well, he thought, Charlie always was a slob, human or otherwise. The Jurassic period was his specialty, and the Allosaurus morph was one of his biggest successes. The breakthrough by Dr. Felicity Kendall over a hundred years ago had made all of this possible, a real shame about what happened to her though; or at least to her project, no one knew exactly what had happened to the good doctor. Too bad she turned out to be insane, at least according to the official version. The discovery of the possibility of temporal shifting had merged the two sciences into the current "Temporal Research and Observation Program". It had been going on now for over ten years with amazing success, and he had assumed his current post four years ago. It was the dream job of a lifetime.
*Having finished with my bath to wash off the traces of the icky sterilization soap I'd had to bath in during post-shift sanitation procedures I felt a whole lot better. Damn stuff made my nostrils sting and eyes burn. I found the oversized remote designed to be operated by hands that were mostly huge sickle like claws and squatted down on my tail in front of the wall containing the view screen, and turned it on to catch up on the news. I also wanted to see how the Phillies were doing in the playoffs. As I watched I used my claws to try and pick some stray chunks of meat out from between my fangs. Ah, good, the Sports News! WHAT!?! "RAAAWWOOORRGGGHHH!" That sucked! *
Dr. Bruam watched as the dinosaur finished its bath and sat down in front of the TV and watched the news; then gave a loud roar of disappointment when it started watching the Sports News. He activated the speaker, and said,
"Hey Charlie, what's up? You have a good run?"
*I lifted my head, and replied, "Hey Doc, Phillies washed out! Damn, thought they had a chance this year! And yeah, I got some great footage of a herd of Apatosaurus excelsus and a Stegosaurus family, and some smaller critters." Of course I didn't say it out loud, wrong vocal cords, but the implant in my brain translated my thoughts into radio waves and the speaker picked them up. Don't know the details, but it's pretty cool. *
"That's great Charlie, Dr. Braum said, how you holding up?"
"OK Doc, I replied, but it will be nice to be a human; and a guy, again. How much longer to I have?"
"Well, you signed up for a year, it's been eleven months, so I'd guess one more mission and you're done."
"I wouldn't mind staying in the field longer Doc, I kind of like this from, it's a trip being the biggest, baddest, thing around. You should see everything take off when I show up! And when I roar it blows their little minds, talk about mass panic!"
"Sorry, no can do, Dr. Braum replied, the mental degradation speeds up after about a year, so we need to bring you back soon. But there's time for one more mission. You'll leave in about a week, and stay for a week on site. Then when you get back we'll transform you back to your human form and you can collect your nice fat paycheck and retire to a life of luxury."
"Yeah, I replied, ten million bucks, tax free, for one years "work". Gonna set up an antique car business and drive around in a 1935 Packard 120 ragtop! And buy lifetime Phillies viewing box tickets, oh yeah!"
Dr. Braum chuckled, "Sounds like a plan Charlie, I'll come back for another visit later."
"Yeah, OK Doc", I replied. Now to watch some reruns and see where the Phillies screwed up, the mooks.
As Dr. Braum walked back to his office he paused and looked at the Subjects from other periods of time. Almost the whole range was represented by the project. Ever since he was a little kid he'd been fascinated by dinosaurs and other extinct animals, and her they were in the flesh. Living, breathing, and very real. And with human minds. All the Subjects were volunteers, well paid ones. The project figured if you were to be transformed in animals and sent back in time as observers you ought to be well paid. For one thing it was very risky, they lost about one in ten, mostly through unknown circumstances. It was assumed they'd suffered from predation or other natural hazards before they could activate their emergency recall procedure. The recall was set to be automatic, but could be activated sooner in an emergency. A few had made it back, but died from horrible injuries. It was still a mystery about the smilodon that ended up in the LaBrea tarpits, they'd identified the remains when they turned up in a museum with a modern implant in the skull. A few of the recall systems may have malfunctioned, and the poor Subject remained trapped in the past to live out the rest of their lives as animals. Frankly he didn't know which would be worse. Death or banishment into the past while your human memories slowly degraded to the point you became the animal. But you'd always know.
*As I watched the game, bellowing in my version of "Boo's!" when a player fucked up, I thought about the last year. It had been pretty incredible. I mean, if anyone had told me I'd be a dinosaur running around in the Jurassic someday I'd have made loopy motions and told them they were nuts. I'd done a few years in the Army, Green Beanies, and done pretty good overall. When I was approached for a "special mission, volunteers only" my first reaction was "no way" since they wouldn't tell me anything about it up front, which was a really bad sign. That usually meant it was something FUBAR'd really bad. But my eyes lit up when the mentioned the pay. I mean, shit, I couldn't make that much in 300 years at my pay grade. *
*So I volunteered, and things got really freaky from there on. I got an early Honorable Discharge, and advance of $250,000; which I got to keep even if I wasn't 'suitable' for their little project, I underwent about a gazillion tests, then reported to the facility for my 'special training'. When they told me I was going to be transformed into some kind of ancient extinct animal and sent back in time I almost fell out of the chair I was laughing so hard, but turns out the techrats were serious. So I got a crash course in archeology, how to do 'field survey work', and other either incredibly fascinating, or incredibly boring stuff, and a year later was ready. I went to sleep, and woke up as a frakkin bigass mean SOB of an eating machine with one Hell of an appetite. I was a little disconcerted at first when I realized I was a female Allosaurus, but Doc said something about them only having a good sample of DNA from one to work with, and since it was a female oh well. That was OK, I could handle being a 'chick' for a year, it's not like I had tits or anything. It's amazing what someone will do for 10 million bucks. Besides, I liked it. *
*It was a pretty simple job really, I just ran around and took photos with micro-cameras mounted on my body, and set out remote ones that I collected again later prior to being recalled. Sometimes they had me collect some physical specimens as well, usually dirt, rocks, plants, small critters, or chunks of big ones. Recall was a bitch though; the sterilization and detox procedures took almost a week. I would be washed, scanned, washed again, ad nauseam until I was declared 'sterile' and released into my lovely cage. I couldn't leave my cage, and they couldn't come in unless they wore biosuits. It was a germs thing, or maybe they were afraid I'd eat them or something. Hell, I even scared myself when I looked in a mirror! Then before leaving on a mission I had to go through it all again! But all the BS was worth it, I could retire in luxury after only one year on the job. Evidently that was all that was allowed as too many transformations fucked you up after awhile. Something about 'trace' or 'rogue' DNA that became immune to the transmogrification virus, so eventually you might only change part way back and end up with the characteristics of two or more species mixed together. No thanks. *
Dr. Braum finished downloading the recordings from A-11's cameras and was very pleased. Charlie might be something of a Neanderthal jock type, but he had a good eye for interesting material. He'd set up remotes along trail to a water hole and there was several days worth of fantastic recordings of the activities around the water hole. Plus the labs called and said he'd brought back some superb specimens, including a viable egg from an as yet unknown species. They were definitely getting their monies worth out of Charlie, and the money he would be paid was chump change compared to the information he'd been providing. Dr. Braum loved to watch the camera footage from A-11's forward viewing cameras mounted next to his/her eyes; it was almost like being there. He would have loved to volunteer himself, but it wasn't allowed as he was deemed too much of an asset to risk in 'field work', so most of the volunteers were 'expendables' with the right 'personality' for running around as 'monsters'. The project could 'afford' to lose a few of them. It was a cold attitude, but necessary. Human teams had turned out to be disasters, too much of the local fauna was deadly, and it was hard to work for very long in biosuits. In some periods the atmosphere wouldn't even support human life.
I woke up with a snort, and turning my head scratched my nose with one hind claw. Ah, that felt good. The air in my cage was a little cooler then I liked and it made my hide itch. No damn thermostat. I bitched about it, but no one seemed to do anything about it. I don't think they paid much attention to me unless it was work related. I heard a 'ding' and that meant chow time, so I went to the dispenser and my nose told me raw meat was waiting before I saw it. As usual several sides of beef, my favorite! With a happy grunt I settled down to feed, holding the meat down with a foot while I tore off big chunks and swallowed it by tilting my head back. I didn't chew, I just tore and swallowed. I crunched up most of the bones too, the marrow was delicious. When I got through there wasn't much left except for a stain and a couple of bigger bones. I kept those to crunch and suck on later while I watched the TV. There were some restored Disney Classics on later I wanted to catch. With a happy belch I settled down, and about that time the speaker said,
"Subject A-11, You have been scheduled to start your next mission at 0600 Wednesday morning. You will enter sterilization procedures in two hours."
Bite me, I thought, and flipped my central claw at the unseen computer. Stupid thing gave me the creeps.
*Dr. Braum finished a last few entries in his PC, closed the holographic display, and headed down to Bay 12 to give Charlie a 'Bon Voyage' and last minute bull session. He always gave that last bit of personal attention to the Subjects under his control. *
*I'd been feeling a little antsy the last few days, seemed like it was warmer than normal and I couldn't seem to get enough to eat no matter how much I stuffed my snout, but wouldn't have to worry about being hungry for awhile after they gave me the appetite suppressant, and it also kept me constipated so I shouldn't have to relieve myself for a week. I grunted impatiently while the techs checked all my attachments to make sure the feeds from the cameras and mikes were all working correctly. I was in a bad mood as I just hate the sterilization process, it's long and boring and annoying. Then came the appetite suppressant injections and I HATE needles, I had to be careful not to snap at the medtech as he jabbed a series of syringes in my butt, just because I'm big doesn't mean it didn't hurt, the jerk! And the flippin needles were about a foot long! Next came the power supply, the powerful little generator was worn on a harness around my body and was carried on my back above my hips to keep it out of harm's way. It powered the cams and the 'Negative Field Shield Generator' that was supposed to keep me from picking up any local germs or other biohazards, plus it kept away bugs. That was also why I couldn't eat or drink while I was 'down-time'. It also worked the other way, kept me from leaving any bad germs or bugs of my own behind. Evidently from some tests they'd run there was some nasty stuff in the past that could devastate a world with no defense, and vice versa. So I was kept as sterile as possible both coming and going. *
Dr. Braum paused again to look at some of the Subjects in the holding cells waiting for their next mission. He knew some bigwigs and politicians bitched it would be easier and cheaper to use robots, or to send humans back in time instead of "transformes", but the fact was a robot was just too unreliable as over half failed to return, and humans were just too vulnerable to the local fauna. By using a top level predator in most periods the results were much better; and more consistent, as the local wildlife would pretty much leave them alone. If you were the meanest thing around you got a lot of respect. He reached the transfer/shift chamber just in time. They'd just powered up Charlie's NFSG and he was heading for the platform. He keyed the mike, and said,
"Hey Charlie, how's it going?"
"Hi Doc, I replied, looks like I'm geared up and ready to roll. Anything special you want me to do this time around? I know a cute little Ceratosaurus that would love to meet you."
Dr. Braum laughed, "No thanks Charlie, not my type. If you could get some more shots of that trail to the watering hole, and the watering hole, that would be fantastic."
"Sure thing Doc, I replied, no problem. I'll see if I can find some more eggs too, but they're not so easy to get at sometimes. Mommy and Daddy usually object."
"Well, Dr. Braum said, that would be nice too, but don't pick any fights."
I gave an amused snort, startling some of the techies, and said "If I run into anything mean enough to worry about Doc, believe you me I won't stick around to make its acquantence."
"Well, if you do, Dr. Braum said, be sure to take some pictures."
I snorted again, "Yeah, OK Doc. Time to go, the techies are getting restless, Tally Ho!"
*Dr. Braum watched as a dull blue glow surrounded the platform, and then turned his eyes as it got too bright to watch even through the tinted safety glass, and when he looked again Charlie was gone. A residual blue glow slowly faded away, and the equipment powered down to 'standby' mode. *
I opened my eyes as soon as the tingling and disorientation faded. The Lab Bay was gone and I was standing on a low hill. I took a quick look around and flared my nostrils for the scent of anything unpleasant, but it looked clear. The arrival discharge usually scared away anything though. But just because I was big and bad didn't mean I could just take it easy and strut around. Allosaurus's usually formed small family groups, but some of the other larger predators ran in packs. And if I wandered into their territory; or pissed them off somehow, they could swarm me. One or two I knew I could handle, but a half dozen or more? Had NO intention of finding out. Well, coast was clear, time to get to work and earn my pay.
*I'd always thought of dinosaurs as living in great big swamps with volcanoes in the background and giant bugs and stuff running around. That was probably true somewhere else, but here it was semiarid and most of the ground cover was fern like plants and scattered trees. The scenery was kind of boring once you got used to it, it lacked a lot of the more colorful plants you see in later periods. But there was still plenty to see. It was what passed for summer here, and was pretty hot. A lot of the creeks were dry and the water was mostly concentrated in a few river beds or watering holes, so I headed for the nearest watering hole I knew about. I intersected a game trail, and carefully placed camera units along the route. They had built in homing beacons, but even if any were lost they were designed to deteriorate into biodegradable sludge in about a year. The Temporal Projects motto was the same as the Spelunker one "Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures", and a few specimens on occasion. There was a kind of truce at the watering hole when it came to hunting; most critters just wanted a drink, but all the other varmints gave me plenty of room when I showed up. Of course you had to be careful when you got a drink anyway, no telling what was IN the watering hole. I'd seen more than one drinker grabbed by a big nasty of some kind. That little chore take care of I decided to so some routine "wandering around" and see if I could find; or scare up, anything of interest. *
*Since it was getting hotter I headed for the thicker trees and conifers lining a mostly dry creek bed. Man, some of those ferns were huge! My nose told me a long time before I came to it that there was something dead up ahead, and I started salivating at the rich scent of fresh blood. I approached carefully though, just walking up to a carcass was not a good idea if the 'owner' was still around. They were, some Torvosaurus had dragged down an herbivore and were busily tearing it apart while one kept watch. They saw me, and they all assumed a protective crescent in front of their kill, heads bobbing as they hissed and snapped. Hey, I thought, I don't want it! So I just waved, backed away, and moved off. They watched intently until I was out of sight, and then went back to their hard won meal. I was still salivating though, man that had smelled good! If not for that appetite suppressant I don't know what I would have done. I gave deep rumbling grunt, and headed further downstream. I called every now and then to let everyone know I was around, and to keep from stumbling onto something I didn't want to, or keep it from stumbling onto me. I stopped and took some samples of some snails and things crawling around in a few scattered slimy pools of water. The collection containers were pretty neat. My dexterity was rather limited as short forelimbs with thick fingers ending in nasty claws are not made for handling delicate tasks. The tube-like specimen containers were automated, you just poked the open end over the specimen, pressed a button, and they sucked the specimen in and sealed. Neat! Like all my other 'gear' everything was very simple and basic, even a dinosaur could use it! *
Dr. Braum was going over some routine reports concerning the health of the Subjects under his supervision. A V. mongoliensis from the Cretaceous period had developed a nasty toothache and the raptor was scheduled to visit the 'dentist' in the morning. The others looked fine though. He frowned as he noticed something from Charlie's last exam, and queried the computer.
"Computer, Dr. Braum, What is your analysis of the cause of the increased amounts of estrogens and pheromones in Subject A-11's last scent diagnostic."
"Analysis indicated 96% probability Subject A-11 is entering into an estrous cycle." The computer answered.
*OK, thought Dr. Braum, no big deal. Many of the female Subjects underwent natural estrous and it was deemed unwise to mess too much with their physiology. If an interested male made an appearance they could either let him know they weren't interested, or activate emergency recall if the male was overly amorous. To date there had been no problems. Plus they all knew the dangers, and consequences, if their shield was compromised. *
*I worked my way along the riverbed just looking around for anything of interest, collected a few more specimens, and just basically enjoyed what was a lovely Jurassic day. I felt pretty good too, since I'd only been here for a few hours so far I hadn't gotten that stopped up or 'I gotta pee!' feeling yet, but in a few days I would. The first rule of business when you got back from a mission was an enema and a good long whizz, but I could last a week before it started getting really uncomfortable. I'm sure other Subjects had broken the rules before and took a piss or dump, but I hadn't heard about it and so far there hadn't been any repercussions. I went by the rules though, so hold it! If it got too bad I'd just hit the emergency recall. I gave another call to let anyone else know I was coming, and entered a small clearing shaded by some huge fern trees. I noticed some small nests at the base of one fern, and as all the locals had split I decided to take a look. They were pretty small, and the adults were probably too small to interest a feral Allosaurus as prey. One of the eggs suddenly rocked back and forth and I heard a muffled peeping sound. Well, hello, looks like they're starting to hatch! That would make for some great footage, so what the Hell, I didn't have anything else to do. So I bent over for a better angle and closer shot. As I watched a piece of shell was pushed out and a tiny beak like nose started to push freee. Awww, I thought, they're cute! *
*He was frustrated, mad, and very much aroused. He'd just started to mount the female when a larger male had shown up and chased him away after a brief fight. He'd just reached maturity and was no match for the larger more experienced adult. He'd watched from the trees as the other male claimed his price, the two roaring in pleasure as they mated. With a mad hiss he turned and strode into the forest. It wasn't fair, he'd courted her and she'd already accepted him! But since the larger females pretty much picked their mates there was nothing he could do. He'd done all the work, and then that jerk had shown up! He kicked an inoffensive fern bush, the big asshole! *
He came to the riverbed and got a drink of water, but stopped and when he heard a call in the distance, cocking his head in interest. It was another female announcing she was in the area! With an eager grunt he headed in the direction the call had come from. It hadn't been an 'I'm available' mating call, but you never knew. Sure wouldn't hurt to check.
*I watched as a little lizard pushed free of its shell and looked around with big wide eyes. It looked at me and peeped, and I smiled and thought, sorry little lady, afraid I'm not your mommy. I felt a strange feeling as I watched the eggs hatching, and felt strangely protective as well. I squatted a little lower and bent over so I could get a closer look as the next egg started hatching. The doc will love this footage, I thought. *
The male Allosaurus finally crossed the female's path; her calls had been getting louder, so he speeded up. As he did he stopped and sniffed around carefully, and yes, she was receptive! He heard her call again, much closer; she must be moving slowly, and with a low growl he followed that lovely enticing scent. This one wasn't going to get away, he didn't care who he had to fight.
I crouched over the nest watching mesmerized as the little hatchlings broke free of their eggs and into the world. They were so damn cute! I waved my tail back and forth slowly without even knowing it in response to my happiness at witnessing the hatchings. I leaned over a little more using my forelimbs to help brace myself and give the cameras a different angle.
The Allosaurus stopped at the edge of the small clearing, and there she was! He flared his nostrils and drank in the irresistible scent of her heat. She wasn't full blown yet, but wasn't far from it, and at this point he really didn't care. He was downwind and got a good snootful, and she was displaying and presenting herself for him! She was crouching with her rump in the air, and her tail was waving enticingly and erotically, and he caught glimpses of her sex. With a low rumbling hiss he ran towards the object of his desire, his eyes fixated on that slit revealed at the base of her tail as the slowly wagging tail revealed; then hid, it in a display he found incredibly arousing. He reached her, and with a loud roar climbed on her back to pin her, and positioned himself to mount her.
*When some of the hatchlings suddenly looked in the same direction I realized I'd goofed and let my guard down, there was something behind me! I started to rear up, and then was knocked forward as a heavy weight landed on my back, and there was a loud pop and the smell of ozone. What the fuck! I thought as I roared in surprise and fear. I flared my nostrils, oh shit, another Allosaurus, a male! This could be serious as it appeared I'd trespassed in his territory, and though smaller he could still tear me up. I activated the emergency recall, and nothing happened! I tried again, still nothing! SHIT!! Of all the times for the piece of junk to malfunction! Even as I struggled I tensed waiting for the feeling of fangs sinking into my skin, but so far he seemed content just to pin me. In this position he had the advantage as my claws were useless, so I tried to turn my head to bite at him, but he grabbed my neck in a strong bite of his own and I squealed when I felt his fangs sink in, Mother Fucker! I roared in rage and tried to buck under him, but his fangs dug in deeper and I smelled blood, my blood. I froze and gave a soft "I yield!" squeal. If I submitted he might let me go if it was just a display over territorial rights. Those disputes could be nasty, but seldom resulted in serious injury. Later I would realize that's was the worst thing I could have done. *
*He gave a loud hiss of satisfaction; she'd struggled at first, but had accepted him as her mate now by signaling her submission. Keeping his grip on her neck he began to position himself to mount her. He gripped her with his forelimbs, and hooking a leg under one of hers he pushed it forward and out of the way, and pushed her tail to one side as he straddled her. Her scent was driving him crazy with lust, and his penis came sliding out of his vent for the second time in several hours. He had never down this before, but knew exactly what he was doing. He started thrusting, trying to find her cloaca and get the angle right. *
I kept waiting for him to let me go, or bite deeper if he wanted to really hurt me, but he just moved around. He suddenly pushed my leg forward so it was kicking the air, and pushed my tail to one side. What the fuck is he..? I felt something blunt poking at my rear and suddenly realized what he was trying to do! Oh, HELL NO! With a screech I bucked and tried to throw him off.
He felt the female suddenly shift under him, which helped him adjust his angle, and bellowed in pleasure as he lunged into her. Ohhh, it felt sooo good! He lunged a few more times until he hilted, and then began to service her with powerful thrusts, grunting and hissing in pleasure. Her struggles just aroused him even more and he hissed and bit down even harder on her neck. Oh, this was fantastic! She was so wet and slick, so hot and tight! She bucked and writhed awhile longer, then settled down and gave soft squeals as he fucked her.
I went berserk as I felt his penis find, and slide into my cloaca. Damn it NO, I'm not a damn dinosaur, I'm a guy too, and I'm NOT interested in a mate! Get OFF of me! It was a strange feeling to feel that hardness push into me, and I realized I was wet and soft which made it easy for him, usually the hide around my cloaca is pretty tough. As I struggled he slid in deeper and deeper as he lunged into me, and I got frantic as I felt his thighs slam into my rump. Jeez, he's huge! GOD DAMN IT, GET OFF OF ME!! I snarled and roared, writhing and bucking. But he had me pinned good and proper and I wasn't going anywhere, nature made sure of that. As he fucked me I started to calm down a little bit, oh, oh my, I thought, that, that feels so...nice. NO! I can't let him, contamination! I need to, ohhhh, ugggghhhh! What is he DOING to me!?! It, it, oh yessss, more, more! Don't stop! He smelled so male, he was so strong! Oh God, I'd never felt anything so good before in my life! I squealed in pleasure and clawed at the ground. Oh God that feels good! Then I had no choice but to give in to it, grunting and squealing in lust and pleasure as the male mated with me. I'd submitted, and I was his until he let me go, but it no longer bothered me, all I felt now was the incredible pleasure of mating.
He loosened his bite a little when he felt the female stop struggling again, her cries of pleasure exciting him even more as he coupled with her. Her hot wet sex around his penis felt divine, he'd never mated before and it was all he'd thought it would be, and more. He imprinted on her scent as he serviced her as his kind mated for life, and he felt his lust turn into something else as well, love as his kind felt it. As he felt his climax approaching he speeded up his thrusts, and then as wonderful agony and pleasure overwhelmed him he threw his head back and roared in ecstasy as his orgasm exploded in his loins and he filled his mate with his seed. Finally he lowered his head and gently licked the wounds on his mate's neck, feeling concern replace his fading lust. He hadn't wanted to hurt her, but she struggled pretty violently, which part of him approved of. She was strong. It had been a fantastic first mating
*Oh God no, I thought, Oh God. I'd never felt anything like this, and it just kept getting better! So..much..pleasure! He smelled so nice, so very nice, his musk filling the air. Part of me knew this was horribly wrong, but it was helpless as the primal part of my brain, my 'reptile' brain took over in response to the dominant male. Took over and let the pleasure grow and grow as it accepted him. I squealed and grunted in pleasure and knew what the growing feeling was in my sex. I could feel him deep inside of me, his powerful strokes rubbing the sensitive lips and lining of my sex with every stroke, and I was helpless to stop him, I didn't WANT to stop him! No, no, no, I sobbed in my mind, I can't let this happen! But oh God, the pleasure! Suddenly I felt him shudder and he gave a loud trumpeting roar as my own orgasm erupted, his blasts of cum triggering it, and I added my own roar of ecstasy to his. And the pleasure went on, and on. Oh crap, I thought as he gently licked my neck, hissing softly in concern. I gave a hiss of my own as he dismounted and that wonderful hardness slid from me, a hiss of...disappointment? *
He dismounted from his new mate and moved back, looking at her in love, she was beautiful! Her hide was so sleek and healthy, her colors and markings so nice and perfect. He didn't know what the thing on her back was, but didn't care. He crouched down to take a rest; it was nice in the shade.
*With a grunt I stood up and looked behind me. The male had moved under the trees and settled down, staring at me intently. Well hello Mr. Rapist, I thought, how nice to meet you. Well, that wasn't really fair. Maybe it was at first, but damn it I'd enjoyed it; a lot, towards the end. Who'd a thought dino sex could be so spectacular? It beat any sex I'd had before as man. I flared my nostrils and smelled him again, and he did smell nice. He was good looking too, at least the Allosaurus part of me thought so. A little young, but healthy and strong, he'd proved that, and how. He was dark green with lighter green bands and markings. I was too, but had some brown on my sides and snout. I was maybe a quarter size larger, but he was still young enough that he'd grow more. Not that I planned on being around to see it! It had been...special, but I had no intention of hanging around. *
I activated the recall again, and still nothing. I turned my head as far as I could and looked at the power pack. Oh Hell and damnation, it was crushed flat, a victim of dino lust. He must have crushed it when he jumped on me and started humping me I realized. It had not been designed to withstand a few tons of amorous dinosaur rutting, and caught between our heaving bodies had crushed like an egg. That had been the pop I heard, and the ozone I had smelled. I sat back on my tail with a hiss of dismay; I was trapped, stuck 150 million years in the past in the body of a dinosaur! A girl dinosaur! GOD DAMN IT!! I thought as I threw my head back and roared in despair.
When his mate roared he stopped dozing and leaped to his feet with a loud snarl, ready to fight, to defend her. He assumed a fighting stance and looked around, but neither saw or scented a threat. A little confused he looked at her questioningly, and she just waved her forelimbs at him.
Don't worry Barney, I thought as I waved at the startled male, false alarm. Just blowing off some steam. Still, he had looked pretty; well, awesome in his fighting stance. He really is a hunk, part of me thought. Knock it off, my other part thought, I'm not gay, and I'm NOT interested! Then I thought, that's not really right, it's not like I have a dick, so I guess I'm really not gay, but I'm definitely NOT interested, so go away! And I made more shooing motions with my forelimbs. The big dummy just tilted his head and hissed.
So I just sat in the shade for awhile kind of stunned, weighing my options, which weren't much. I was cut off; my NFSG was fried, so I was pretty much fucked (in more ways than one) and SOL. The cameras were still running as they were had batteries, but fat lot of good that did me. It was getting dark, so I decided to spend the night here. It was good a place as any; no one in their right mind would mess with two sleeping Allosaurus's. As it turned out we didn't get much sleep.
He watched his mate as she lay on her side and slept, her flank rising and falling. The moon was rising and the clearing was well lit, and getting up he approached her. He was well rested now, and her scent was arousing him again. He snuffled at her rear, and lightly bumped his snout against her side and scratched gently with his claws as he moved down her body to her head. He saw she was awake, and her eye swiveled to look at him, and leaning over he gently blew into her snout, and giving a soft hiss he licked her.
*I woke with a start, but instantly recognized the scent of the large animal sniffing at me. He was rubbing his snout against my side and rasping his claws on my hide, his scent heady and strong, and it felt nice. So I lay still and let him do it. I instinctively knew what he wanted, and God help me I was interested, very interested. When he reached my head I looked at him, and when he blew in my face and licked my snout I lifted my head and licked him back. I knew I really shouldn't be doing this, but it had already happened once, and it wasn't like he was a stranger anymore. He was my...mate, a part of me realized. And a very nice one, I thought as we kept 'kissing'. He tasted good too. Damn he's good looking I thought, hissing softly as we 'kissed'. *
He licked her for awhile, then started moving back down her body, and gently bumped and nibbled at the base of her tail, stroking her with his claws as he hissed in lust. She hissed back and got up, then crouched, and lifting her tail presented herself for him, and with a loud hiss he mounted her again. This time; with her cooperation, he got the angle right quicker and gave a bellow of pleasure as he penetrated her, hilting quickly and grunting as he coupled with her, fucking her with steady thrusts. It was even better this time, and he didn't have to bite her again, from her sounds she was enjoying it as much as he was and was docile and submissive. He closed his eyes and hissed as the pleasure grew and grew. How he loved his beautiful mate!
I waited as he worked his way down my side again, and it felt lovely when he started stroking my tail with his claws and rubbing his snout against it. I let him do it awhile longer; the horny lizard, because it felt so good. But by then I was aroused too, and there was no doubt we'd mate again. I was much more aware of my estrous now that I knew what it was, and his scent was so, well, male. I remembered the incredible pleasure he'd given me, and wanted more, needed it. So I got up, and looking at my anxious 'lover' over my shoulder I crouched and lifted my tail up and to one side giving a low crooning call to let him know I wanted him. He didn't waste any time, and as I felt him mount and penetrate me I added my roar of pleasure to his. I gasped with my head hanging low as he humped me, and it was even better then the first time. I wondered if virgin female Allosaurus had a hymen, it had hurt a little at first. Well, if they did, I certainly wasn't a virgin anymore! I lifted my head and gave a squeal of pleasure as he sped up his thrusts, but then he slowed down again for awhile. Damn it, I thought, is he holding off on purpose? God I hope so, the longer the better. The next time he sped up though he didn't slow down again, and I shrieked as my orgasm crested and washed over me, my mate roaring his own release. He dismounted and licked my snout again, and I licked him back. It was amazingly tender for two large killing machines.
*We mated twice more during the night, each time as fantastically pleasurable as the previous mating. As I looked at the face of the moon I realized it really was closer than in my own time, and it didn't have near as many craters on its surface. It might as well have almost been daylight it was so bright. My mate had curled up next to me after our last mating, both of us exhausted from the incredible sex. Finally, with a satisfied snort I rested my head on his neck and fell asleep, reassured by his presence and scent. The human part of my mind was still confused, but the animal part was more than satisfied with her new mate. *
He didn't stir as he felt his mate rest her head on his neck with a soft snort. He was more tired than he'd ever been in his life before, but also happier then he could remember. He'd found a mate, a lovely beautiful mate. He was perfectly content when he fell back asleep, her warm body and rich scent filling his dreams.
*I gave a loud groan of pleasure as I stretched, first sticking out one leg and flexing my toes, then the other, and finished with a good tail and butt shake. I think Barney liked the tail part, he sure watched intently. I'd decided I'd call my 'mate' Barney, he wasn't purple but it was as good a name as any. I'd made up my mind to hang around the low hill where I'd always appeared after a temporal shift. IF they sent a 'search party' I figured that was where they'd turn up. If they didn't, well, shit. Of course this was only my second day, and it would be another five before they got worried. Well, I thought, the last twenty four hours have been very...interesting to say the least. I got laid, and got 'married' by local standards. At least it was the best sex I'd ever had, and as a girl no less. I don't know if it's that fantastic for a female human, but if it is us guys have been getting short changed. I gave a hiss as Barney came over and we rubbed snouts, and then he started rubbing his snout against my side and scratching me with his claws as he worked his way towards my rear. Again? He reached my tail and started rubbing and nipping it. Oh, Hell yes! It's not like I had anything else to do, I thought as I crouched and lifted my tail. Come on big guy, I'm horny too! As he mounted me I gave a bellowing roar of pleasure. Oh God, it was fantastic! *
Dr. Braum was getting worried, it had been over ten hours since Charlie was supposed to have returned. The automatic recall must have malfunctioned, either that or something else had happened as he still could have activated it manually. Emergency diagnostics indicated everything was functional on this end, so the problem was definitely on Charlie's end. His concern was more than just professional, Charlie was also a friend. Normally there was nothing they could do, but in this case one of his other Subjects was a female C. nasicornis from the same period. Thet had been sending the Ceratosaurus to another geographic area, but could she could be sent to the one Charlie had been operating in. Hopefully she could at least find out what had happened. Even if he had met his fate some of his cameras should still be functional and might be able to give them some idea as to what had happened. He got up and went to brief Subject C-4. Her human name was Tina, and unlike Charlie she was still the same sex. When he reached her cell he keyed the mike and said,
"Hi Tina, how are you?"
The rather pretty dinosaur lifted her head and replied, "Hi Doc, any word on Charlie?"
"Afraid not, Dr. Braum replied, and that's why I'm here. I'd like to send you on a 'rescue mission', that is if you're up to it. I know you only got back a couple of days ago."
"Just say when Doc, Tina said, I'll find out what happened to the big goof."
"Thanks Tina, Dr. Braum replied, I appreciate it."
"My pleasure Doc, he'd do it for me." Tina said.
Since Tina had just been through sterilization and detox he waved the usual stringent pre-mission repeat. He also canceled the appetite suppressant injections since she'd only be on site for a day or less. He left the recall setting on manual only. As Tina got up on the platform she waved a forelimb at him and then vanished in glow of blue light.
*I finally managed to give lover boy the slip for awhile and headed out to the hill again to see if there had been any developments. Since the cameras had run out of memory I'd left most of them at the site. I figured if anyone showed up they'd realize I must still be kicking. I couldn't have timed it any better; figure the chances, and about the time I reached the edge of the trees I saw a blue flash and knew what that meant. Yee-hah! The cavalry had arrived. *
I recognized her instantly, Tina! I activated my implant, and said,
*"Hi Tina, it's good to see you!", as I ran up the hill towards her, which didn't take long as I can really haul ass when I want to. I was big, but I was fast. *
"Charlie! Tina replied, what happened? Doc is worried sick, we all were!"
"Well, I said, it's kind of a long story. Afraid I had a, um, er, little accident and got, um, compromised". How embarrassing, I thought, as I told her about my intimate experience with dinosaur love. "And so as a result my NSFG got toasted." I finished. "And you can stop laughing now."
Tina threw her head back and gave some short barking roars of amusement. "You got LAID? That is rich Mr. Super Stud Bad Ass! I remember how you used to hit on me all the time while we were being trained before transformation!"
"Hey, I roared, it's not funny! Barney's nice! You ought to try it some time, or are you a Lesbian dinosaur?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Charlie, Tina said, it's really not that funny I guess." Then she gave a kind of gurgling hiss, "Oh, yes it is! What if you're pregnant?" And she started snorting again.
*Ohhh crap, I thought, I hadn't really thought about that! I still thought of myself as basically a dude, but if I can have sex as a female dinosaur then I guess I can get pregnant too. Oh, just great. I did not need a bunch of little lizards running around calling me 'mommy'! *
"Well, I said, giving an irritated hiss, if you're quite through making fun of my situation, what can we do?"
Tina sobered up, and said "I'm honestly not sure. We figured; honestly, that you were probably dead. This I did not expect. I'll have to go back and get new instructions I guess. Um, they want me to bring back your cameras too."
"Fine by me, but you'll have to help me get my body ones off; I can't reach most of them."
The body cameras we glued on using special glue that was a super resin compound, but there was a solvent that instantly neutralized it. Tina had a bottle with her, so I stood still while she removed the cameras.
"Quit wiggling so much, Tina said, hold still, will you!"
"That stuff is cold! I grouched, and it tickles!"
"There, all done. Tina then added, Oh my!", as a loud roar suddenly came from the tree line.
He'd returned to the clearing, but his mate was gone. Not especially concerned, he figured she was off hunting, he went in search of her following her scent trail. He wanted to mate again too. He followed the trail from the fairly thick cover of the trees lining the riverbed and out into the sparser area where the ferns weren't as thick and there were fewer trees. He came to where the trees ended and the ferns thinned out into an open area. And there she was, but who was that with her? The wind was blowing towards him and he could smell another predator, one of his kind's main rivals, and with a loud roar he let his mate know he was coming! He had to defend her!
"Um, Tina, I think you'd better go!" I said, "I don't think Barney is very glad to see you!"
"I think you're right! Tina replied; I'm outta here!" She hit the emergency recall button. The problem was it takes about a minute for it to power up and activate.
That was long enough for Barney to arrive on the scene, one second he was way over by the trees, the next second he was flying through the air in a leap as he came to the defense of his mate, his legs extended in for a deadly kick using his claws, and the strange female rose to meet him. He slammed into Tina just as the shift took effect, and they both disappeared in a bright blue flash.
Barney, NO! I thought as I roared and tried to block him, but he just dodged around me. I turned just as the two of them disappeared. OH, GOD DAMN IT TO HELL!!!
*The two roaring grappling dinosaurs rolled off the platform onto to the floor of the Lab Bay, smashing equipment on the way. Thankfully none of the techs were in the way, and they beat a hasty retreat; as in ran like Hell, and escaped through the airlocks. *
Dr. Braum stared, his eyes bugging out, as alarms went off. He watched as Tina threw off the larger Allosaurus, and crouching hissed at him, her mouth open baring her impressive fangs. The Allosaurus; a male he noticed, hissed back as the two circled one another, then threw back his head and roared. That thunderous roar snapped him out of it, and he yelled,
"Computer, Emergency Quarantine procedures in Bay 12 and Sector 10, unauthorized intrusion!"
As he watched a fog of gas began to spray from nozzles in the ceiling as a sleeping agent was dispensed. It was designed to be especially effective on dinosaurs, and first the Allosaurus, then Tina, groggily fell over and passed out. He could see blood on Tina's flank, but it didn't appear serious.
"Computer, emergency medical team to Bay 12, Subject C-4 has been injured, no human casaulties. Also security team with restraints for male Allosaurus. Full biosuits and Quarantine protocols." Shit, he thought.
*No, no, no!! I thought, hissing as I ran back and forth. Damn it, that was not supposed to happen. I was worried about Tina, and my mate! I stopped and gave great bellowing roar of frustration and worry, and stampeded a herd of sauropods a quarter of a mile away. Damn it! Barney, you big brave doofus! *
"How you feeling Tina?", Dr. Braum asked in concern.
"I'm OK Doc, Tina replied, but that big jerk really took a chunk out of me!"
"Yes, Dr. Braum replied, but you took a chunk out of him as well."
"It was instinct Doc, Tina said, when he latched onto to me I just knew what to do. He's a big one, isn't he?"
They both looked at the restrained Allosaurus who stared daggers back at them. He hissed through the bands wrapped around his muzzle, and struggled against the other restraints, but could only wiggle. He wasn't in a good mood at all. He wasn't really scared, just mad as Hell, and worried about his mate. He couldn't see or smell her, and that DID scare him. He didn't like the way it smelled here either, and didn't like the funny little animals that had no scent. He didn't like ANYthing right now.
Dr. Braum didn't look forward to what he had to do next. He felt like an executioner. He could have had a lower level tech do it, but felt he owed them at least this much.
"Tina, I have some bad news. When 'Barney' here attacked you it compromised your NFSG and shorted it out. And when he bit and clawed you, and you did the same to him, you were contaminated with germs, viruses, and other biohazards from the Jurassic. He was infected by you as well, but we gave him a series of shots that killed all the modern biohazards in his own systems. Unfortunately the ones in your system have proven to be very resistant to antibiotics."
"What are you saying, Doc?" Tina asked, but she already knew.
"Well, you know the protocols. In the advent of contamination the Subject has to remain in the period they were contaminated in. You have to go back, for good. It was in the contract. And Charlie has to stay too. It's that or euthanasia and cremation. Some of the bigwigs wanted to do that anyway, but the rest of us threatened mutiny."
"Hell of a choice Doc. Tina said, I guess I'll take exile. Beats being dead."
"I'm really sorry." Dr. Braum said. "There's always a chance that maybe later...but I can't promise anything.
"I know Doc, otherwise I'd eat you." Tina replied, and then chuffed in amusement at the look on Doc's face through the faceplate of his biosuit's helmet. "Sorry Doc, poor joke."
Dr. Braum chuckled, but still felt a little nervous as he looked at the impressive fangs in her open mouth, her strange almost emotionless eyes looking at him were almost mesmerizing. He thought he knew what it felt like to be a bird staring at a hungry snake.
Tina wasn't really sure how she felt exactly. Being a dinosaur for a year was very interesting, fun even, but the rest of her life?? How long did dinos live anyway? So much for her plans to buy an old yacht to restore and cruise around the world. Damn Charlie anyway, why the heck did he/she have to get knocked up anyway!
"Tina, Dr. Braum said, I have a personal favor to ask? Could you continue to make recordings? And see if Charlie will too? If you tell me to stick it I'll understand, but they would be fascinating and a major contribution to science to see life from the point of view of dinosaurs since you'll be living a natural life as one from now on. In a way I envy you."
"Wanna trade places Doc?, Tina asked, but anyway, I guess I don't mind too much. Do me a favor, see if my; and Charlie's, pay goes to our nearest relatives?"
"Don't worry, it will, Doc replied. And I really appreciate it. We'll give you cameras that can record for longer periods and you can leave them at the Hill whenever you feel like it. We'll send someone through to check once every month or two. And it looks like they're ready for you. The drug we gave the Allosaurus will wear off in about an hour, should give you time to explain everything to Charlie, and get far away as I'm sure 'Barney' will be quite irate when he wakes up."
Dr. Braum watched as the blue glow surrounded Tina and the sleeping Allosaurus and they vanished from sight. He sighed; he'd really miss Tina and Charlie.
*I sat in the shade of some nearby trees and stared at the hilltop. Every now and then I gave a low bellow of concern. I missed my mate more then I'd have thought possible, missed his scent and company. I thought that was pretty stupid considering the circumstances, but damn it he was my MATE! I gave a shrill call, and then bellowed in concern again when it wasn't answered. Suddenly I felt the air seem to tingle, and with a crackle of energy the blue glow formed, and then faded. With a roar I jumped up and ran towards the top of the hill. *
Tina gave a sad grunt as the glow faded and she looked across the Jurassic landscape. Home Sweet Home. She heard a loud roar and looked up to see Charlie coming at a run.
As I neared the top of the hill I smelled my mate, but where was he? I could see a female I thought I recognized, and she was standing over my mate who was lying on the ground!! With a shriek I lowered my head, opened my jaws, spread my arms, and charged!
*Tina gave a shriek of her own, and turned and ran as fast as she could. What was Charlie's problem!? Reaching the bottom of the hill she stopped and spun around, ready to defend herself if necessary. But Charlie had stopped, and was nudging the sleeping Allosaurus, and she heard low moans of worry. *
I crouched over Barney and rubbed my snout against him, hissing and moaning in concern. I was so relieved to see he was alive, and sniffed at the bandage on his side. I gave another hiss and licked his snout; I'd been so worried about the big mook. Standing up I looked at Tina, I remembered her name now. What was wrong with me? If she hadn't run off I'd have done my best to tear her apart!
"Tina, I called, I'm really sorry. I don't know what came over me, when I saw you standing over Barney like that I just freaked out. I'm sorry, I'm OK now."
"He'll be OK, Tina replied, they just had to knock him out to send him back as they didn't think he'd cooperate."
Yeah, I'll bet he wouldn't have been very happy, I thought. I bent over and affectionately licked his snout again, you big dummy! Noticing a bag Tina had dropped I felt curious and opened it. It was full of cameras and other junk.
"What's with the all the extra camera's and stuff?" I asked.
"Well, said Tina as she walked up to me, Doc asked it if we'd keep recording for as long as we wanted to. As a favor to him."
"They won't let me go back, will they?" I asked.
*"No, you know the rules. Tina said. I can't go back either, your boyfriend and I kind of got into it, and I'm contaminated. *
"Stupid protocols." I said.
"Yeah." Tina replied.
"I'm really sorry about this; it's my fault I guess. I said, if I hadn't let my knickers down this wouldn't have happened."
"Well, duh, yeah, Tina said, but I think gruesome here had something to do with it. But shit happens, I don't blame you. I have to admit, it will be kind of interesting. I guess it's every researchers dream to actual BE one of the animals they're observing."
"Speak for yourself, I said, personally I think it sucks. And I'm sorry again about how I freaked like that." Leaning over I licked Barney again, hissing softly.
"It was instinct, Tina said, you saw me as a threat to your mate and went to his defense. I think it's that mental degradation thing Doc lectured us about. Remember?"
I did too. One of our orientation lectures had been about why we shouldn't stay in another form for any longer than about a year. Our human awareness would begin to degrade as natural instincts and needs kicked in more and more. We'd still be smart, and remember everything; we'd just slowly go more and more 'native' or 'feral', and seeing as what we were we would become unpredictable and quite dangerous. We might respond to a need or react instinctively, and then realize we'd just eaten a friend. He'd said it would be so gradual we'd probably not even realize it. Basically we'd end up as dinosaurs with human level intelligence, but a dino's instincts and way of looking at the world. Our priorities and needs would be different too. You were right Doc; I'd almost torn up Tina because I thought she was messing with my mate. But at least I'd always remember what had happened to me. I'd miss the World Series though, and that sucked.
*It's wasn't so bad really, it was a fairly simple life. Barney, bless his not very bright heart, was a good mate. He doted on me, and always gave me first dibs on a kill. And as I got heavier with eggs he became almost a pest as he was so protective, but I loved him for it. I still knew who I was, or had been, or still was, but not the same, or whatever the hell. But like the doc had said the dinosaur part of me took over and became more and more dominant as my mind 'degraded' into a simple one, or at least my priorities became much simpler. Food, my mate, and more and more finding a good place to lay my eggs. Instinctively I knew exactly what I was looking for, but it was hard to find the 'perfect' place. *
*I saw Tina from time to time, and the last time she had a male of her own species tagging alone so I guess she'd given in to her needs as well. I wished her luck. The communication chips in our skulls were short ranged, and I doubted we'd get close enough to talk much anymore, our mates wouldn't permit it. Bless them, they were too protective. We kept leaving cameras, and picking up new ones at the hilltop. I would guess that Doc was delighted with getting such great footage about the lives of two of the Jurassic's top predators. It was strange to feel yourself becoming less and less human; at least mentally, and more and more the animal whose body you wore. But as long as I had Barney I was pretty happy. *
*Finally when I knew my time was near I found a nice location at the base of a large outcrop in a shallow overhang. It was well protected from weather, in the shade as large fern trees covered the area, but the area around the overhang was still clear enough to make it easy to keep watch. I made a kind of nest from mulch and other debris to keep the eggs off the ground, and while Barney patrolled the area I squatted, and grunting in effort laid three fairly large eggs, and after licking them off I rolled them into the nest. I called Barney and he joined me, and we looked down at the large pebbled eggs and he gently bumped my snout and we licked each other. It was amazing how happy I felt. I was tired, so while I rested Barney went hunting, and later he brought me a large chunk of something delicious. One of stayed with the eggs at all times, we never left them alone for a second and one of us remained awake even at night. We knew all it took was one second of inattentiveness and disaster could strike. And we tore up anything that came close. *
The eggs hatched a few weeks later, two females and a male, all healthy. We were so proud; Barney strutted around the clearing and roared. I hadn't taken the cameras to the hilltop for several weeks as I was too involved in laying and watching over my eggs, but the hatchlings were pretty much mobile from the start, so we made a 'fieldtrip' to the hilltop and I dumped the cameras. As far as I was concerned that was the last trip, I had more important things to tend to now, I had a family to raise. Barney and I were kept busy hunting; it was amazing how much the little chicks could eat and they grew fast, but we were a deadly team and never went hungry. Between my intelligence and our hunting instincts we did quite well. Then something happened that changed everything.
*We were feeding off the carcass of a brontosaurus that some other predator had killed. It had evidently eaten its; or their, fill, and moved on. Since we weren't too proud to scavenge we settled down for a good feed, after chasing off the lesser predators and scavengers who gotten there first. There was no waiting in line in the Jurassic, if you were bigger and meaner, you got the goodies. Period. While one of us and the chicks ate the other kept a sharp watch. The youngsters were growing, but were still vulnerable to medium or larger size predators, and they wouldn't hesitate to take even an Allosaurus chick given the chance. As far as we were concerned nothing would get that chance. We'd beaten the crap out of another Allosaurus that had gotten too close the other day, and driven her out of OUR territory. *
*When a large shadow started crossing over the carcass as we fed I just ignored it as I assumed it was a cloud. But when Barney squatted and roared a challenge; his tail lashing back and forth, I went into full kickass mode and added my own challenge to his, and looking up saw what could only be described as a Honest to God flying saucer. It was big, it was round, and it was flying, so that's the only way I could think of to describe it. It was also obviously a spaceship, and I knew there was no way in Hell it could have a human crew. Barney had no idea what it was, but just assumed it was a threat. I knew it was, so I gave a 'run!' shriek, and we headed for the cover of the trees. We'd moved into a wetter area, and fortunately the tree cover was much thicker. I stopped under the cover of the trees, and turned to watch as the huge ship slowly moved over a low range of hills and dropped out of sight. *
They've landed, I thought! I had to tell someone about this, let Doc know somehow. My instincts told me to get as far away from the spaceship as possible, and I was horribly torn as I looked at my mate, and my children who were keeping close to us until we gave the 'all clear'. They looked up at me with their bright eyes and I leaned over and licked them one by one as they squealed in pleasure. It was the hardest decision I'd ever make, as a man or a dinosaur. Why the hell did they have to land in MY neck of the woods?
** The End of Chapter 1**
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