The Story of Cleo, Episode 8: Seperation

The Story of Cleo, Episode 8: Seperation Luke and Reyna are now 10 feet long and growing well under the supervision of their parents. Cleo and Draco have laid another batch of eggs, which only three have survived. It is the time of year for the floods, and it is already raining heavily. The nest with the eggs are under a tree, and Luke and Reyna are huddling under it. It is raining so hard, that Cleo can't tell that the water level is already up to her ankles. It could be over her head for all she can feel. The water is slowly creeping up the island that the Deltadromeus family is on. The after reaches the nest, with the eggs and Luke and Reyna. Luckily for them the nest floats, and it has enough buoyancy to bring them afloat. Unfortunately for them, the waves start to push them away from the tree. Luke calls out to his parents, but it is raining to hard for them to hear. He waves push the nest out of under the tree, and rain comes pouring down on them. The nest is soon into the real marsh, not just the floodwater on the island. The nest is thrown around in the waves, but the open part still stays on top. Water is getting into the nest, but is also exiting the nest. After several hours, the storm calms down, and the floodwaters recede. Reyna and Luke have been sleeping, for some of the trip, and now wake up to find that hey are nowhere near their parents. Cleo was sleeping thought the storm, and has just woken up. She looks around to find that Draco is sleeping too pass the storm by too. She then looks for her eggs, and sees that the nest, and Luke and Reyna, are gone. She calls for them, no answer. She calls again, still no answer. By now, Draco has woken up to find his mate in a panic. Calling out to her children in vain, they are too far away to hear her. Cleo is in a panic, running around the island squawking. She goes out ingot the marsh, and then Draco notices his kids are missing. He too starts panicking. They run off into the marsh in opposite directions, calling for their children. Luke is hungry, and so is Reyna. The two young Deltadromeus look around them, and find a lizard. In a quick burst of speed, they get to the lizard, and quickly tear it apart with their claws. The lizard was a big lizard, and provided a good meal, but it wasn't enough to satisfy the hunger to two young and growing Deltadromeus. Reyna goes back to the nest and looks at he eggs. There is only so much more time before they hatch, and then the young Deltadromeus will have to feed three more mouths, all of which can't hunt. While Luke is off looking for something to eat, Reyna is at the nest looking after the eggs. Reyna hears a snap behind her. An large Erectopus has just stepped on a stick. Reyna turns around to face the new threat. She hasn't seen an Erectopus before, but she recognizes it as a threat. The Erectopus is as long as Reyna, and is much heavier. Reyna calls out to Luke to help, but he didn't hear her. She brings her attention to the small Allosaur. The Erectopus knows he can take down one Deltadromeus, but when he hears Reyna calling, he knows that there is another one, and that he should kill Reyna quickly. The small Allosaur runs in and tries to bite Reyna, who easily sidesteps. The more experienced Erectopus planned that she would do just that, and already has his body into position to headbutt Reyna. The Erectopus slams his head into Reyna and knocks her over, breaking a few ribs. The Erectopus puts his foot on Reyna's side and is about to bite down on her when she gives a very vicious kick to its side. The kick is so powerful that it cracks Reyna's shin. She was on the good side of the kick though. The Erectopus is sent flying, its ribs broken. The kick killed it instantly, and it sent practically snapped it in two. The flesh hasn't torn all that much, but its spine has contorted into a position that is just unnatural. It is so bad that Reyna winches at the corpse when she sees it. Reyna gets up, and then she realizes her leg has been slightly hurt. It is very painful to stand on it, but she need food, so she just limps over to the dead Erectopus. Just then, her brother runs into the clearing where the nest is with a panicked look on his face. Reyna sees something emerge from a large bush, and for the first time, she is scared.