Unbeknownst to Jocelyne, Sobek hadn't limited himself to just hunting the boar.He knew the little girl was probably very hungry, but he couldn't worry about her alone. He was still a living being and like everyone he needed to eat a certain amount of food to live, an amount that surely wouldn't have been satisfied by such a small prey. Consequently, he had to hunt primarily for himself.As for the water, however, he hadn't worried. The advantage of living in a forest was that the humidity in the morning condensed into dew on the leaves, so she only had to squeeze them a little to drink. And with all the leaves he'd used to hide her, he was sure the little girl would understand how to hydrate herself.Fortunately, there was no shortage of food in that area. Sobek had also discovered an interesting fact: in that area, unlike those where he had been until then, mammals dominated and there were very few dinosaurs.This was probably due to the fact that they were located near a human sett
Unfortunately, Sobek discovered that he was quite tired: even though he needed less sleep now, he had not slept for several days. So he ended up falling asleep this time, which wasn't a good idea at all.From his point of view, the little girl would have remained stationary in the same place where he had left her. Jocelyne, however, had other plans.When the sun rose, the little girl opened her eyes and found that the 'spinosaurus' hadn't yet awakened. Very quickly she got out of the bed and, being careful to not make any noise, she walked off into the forest.The idea of walking alone in the middle of that jungle terrified her, but the logic told her it was the best thing to do to survive. She still didn't know why the 'spinosaurus' (she decided to identify it as a spinosaurus since she didn't know what it was) was helping her instead of eating her, but she didn't want to discover how long the situation would remain stable. As far as she knew, the 'spinosaurus' could change its att
'YOU AGAIN!?' was what Sobek wanted to scream at that moment.That day hadn't absolutly started in the best way. First he woke up and discovered that the little girl had disappeared, which was already enough to irritate him: what manners, someone gave you food and protection and you ran away like that? He had been tempted to just leave, but that shred of humanity that he still had prevailed and so he began to follow the olfactory traces left by the girl, sure that she would get into some trouble. And when he finally found her, not only she was (obviously) in trouble, but the source of that trouble was the same carcharodontosaurus that had chased him for days!Sobek didn't know how the theropod had managed to cross the river or how it had tracked him down; what was certain was that once again it had come to bother him! 'But who does this idiot think it is, my rival or something?' he thought furiously as he looked the carcharodontosaurus in the eye.As if to answer him, the carcharodont
Jocelyne hadn't dared to move a muscle as the two superpredators fought. She almost forgot to breathe.She didn't remember ever seeing such a scary scene in her life. She'd seen some animal fights before, but it was mostly big cats and sometimes a few dogs. But that… that was nothing in comparison. It had been a battle between monsters, literally. Even the conformation of the land had changed: the dinosaurs had cut down trees and moved rocks and earth with their mighty legs. Many low plants and bushes had been uprooted within seconds.She couldn't imagine how primitive humans could have survived in a world ruled by such animals. Such beasts could have killed a person with just their finger. Jocelyne felt small and helpless when confronted with such monstrous creatures. They were literally the representation of power.When the battle finally came to an end, the ground was dotted with red spots. The blood of the two predators had spilled everywhere. Much of that blood still dripped from
Jocelyne wasn't awakened by the sunlight. This time what took her out from the dream world was a heavy weight pressing on her chest that was making difficult for her to breathe. When she opened her sleepy eyes she found a large head with two enormous eyes watching her. She almost screamed and she immediately pushed the animal away; the creature fell off her chest and screeched in annoyance. When she calmed down, Jocelyne relaxed: the animal in front of her wasn't dangerous at all. It was a pterosaur, but it was rather strange: the muzzle was broad and flattened and the neck was practically non-existent. It must have been no more than a few tens of centimeters tall and it scuttled across the ground like a clumsy bat. Jocelyne remembered seeing that animal in a book once. If she wasn't wrong, it was called jeholopterus. The pterosaur screeched furiously and scurried away from her. It almost seemed to be offended by something. Jocelyne followed it with her eyes until the jeholopterus
When they reached the river bank, Jocelyne immediately ran to get her feet wet; she took off her shoes and stockings and let the waves cover her up to her ankles. As soon as the magnificent sensation of freshness reached her legs, she couldn't suppress a groan of satisfaction. If it hadn't been that she didn't have any spare parts, she would have taken off her clothes too and washed them from top to bottom. She had been wearing them for three days now and they were covered in leaves, drool, sweat, sand, dirt and even dead insects. If she would have an alternative she wouldn't have hesitated to tear them off and burn them. She cupped her hands and took some water which she carried to her mouth. The river water was less good and harsher than the dew, but it was nice to be able to drink a large amount of water all at once. Then she took some more water and threw it on her hair. She didn't know in what state her head was and when she saw the dry leaves and dead insects falling from it al
"Damn you, Oz! Mobilize those damn troops! Now! Bring my daughter back here! NOW!"Marcus Jersey had been yelling at his chief officer for half an hour. Like all great families, he also had a private militia. Too bad it wasn't doing its duty.Jackson Oz, the chief officer, couldn't do nothing except remain silent while his master let off steam. Unfortunately, screaming wasn't very useful: the criminals didn't care about the people screaming, so they continue to remain hiding from the cops.Jersey screamed for the next ten minutes, then he finally calmed down. Jackson waited patiently. He had been at his master's service for years and he knew he was a composed, serious, and rational man; his fury of the moment was only due to the frustration of losing his daughter.Unlike many of Odaria's breadwinners, Jersey didn't care that her daughter was a girl. He had loved her just as if she were a son and he never thought about using her as a political tool. Indeed
'Good. Now get down...' 'No, not like that. You have to move slower...' 'I said to move slower, damn it! But do you listen to me when I speak?' Sobek shook his head as he realized how senseless his curse was. 'I'm starting to forget that these words are only in my head. It would be really useful if she could hear them!' The spinosaurus let out a grunt looking at the little girl posted on the branch of a tree, who was trying in vain to get close to a lizard that was sunbathing among the leaves. From his point of view, Jocelyne made far too much noise. He had miraculously managed to teach her how to catch some mice or how to track down a burrow, but catching an animal on a tree branch seemed beyond her reach. Jocelyne tried to get even closer, but her movements didn't go unnoticed. The lizard saw her and opened two small membranes from its with which it launched itself from the branch and glided towards another tree. 'Right, coelurosauravus can fly...' Sobek thought. The coelurosa