The Story of Cleo, Episode 9: Death of a Giant

Back with Reyna and Luke, a large Rugops has just stepped out of the bushes. It is 23 feet long, and to the two young Deltadromeus, very menacing. The Rugops knows that an adult Deltadromeus is more than a match for a Rugops, and it sees two young ones, and three more eggs. Its brain goes into fight mode, I will kill the Reyna and Luke, and they know it. The Rugops charges forwards and headbutts Reyna, sending her flying, and breaking most of her ribs. She lands hard, but quickly gets up. The Rugops swings his body and hits Luke. The blow sends Luke sliding across the ground, hitting every rock and stick, but luckily Luke's scales protect him form any cuts, just not from broken bones. The Rugops runs over to Luke and is about to bite down on him when he feels a searing pain in his leg. He turns his head and finds Reyna biting the back of his shin. The Rugops turns on Reyna and grabs her back in his mouth. Now it is Luke's turn to save his sibling. He gets up and jumps onto the side of the Rugops and sinks his claws into its side. The Rugops lets go of Reyna and shakes his body, eventually throwing Luke off. The Rugops bites down on Luke, who hasn't gotten up yet, and Luke screams. Off in the distance, Cleo hears the scream, and she can tell that her son is in trouble. She runs at top speed, and arrives in a clearing with an awful site. The Rugops has a barely moving Luke in his jaws, and it looks like Reyna has passed out. The Rugops sees Cleo, and sees the rage in her eyes. Every dinosaur knows not to mess with an angry mother, and now that passes through the mind of the Rugops. He knows that he is dead, and if the Rugops tries to kill Luke, it will just make his death that much worse. Knowing that he couldn't kill Luke in the time it takes Cleo to rip his throat out, the Rugops just puts the young Deltadromeus down and gives a low growl as to say "make it quick." Cleo has no intention of doing that whatsoever. She runs at the Rugops and slams into him, knocking it over. She then breaks both if its legs to make sure the Rugops can't get up. Next she rips into the body and pulls out its liver. The Rugops is in agony, but isn't dead. Finally Cleo hacks at the Rugops's body with her hand claws and makes several deep, very painful gashes. Cleo lets blood loss and hunger slowly and painfully kill the Rugops. Making sure his last days are in absolute agony. A couple days later, the Rugops dies, and Luke with Reyna are ready to walk. Cleo, Luke, and Reyna all pick up one egg, and the young Deltadromeus follow their mother, who is following a scent trail. The trail leads them to an Aegyptosaurus, the Aegyptosaurus. It is nearly dead, and can't walk. Several other Deltadromeus family's have come to feats, but a Carcharadontosaurus has also come. Cleo puts down her egg and roars at the Carcharadontosaurus. She really hates them, and she knows that if she can rally up the other Deltadromeus, the least she could do is drive the large Allosaur away. One by one, the other Deltadromeus roar at the Carcharadontosaurus, who starts to worry over the sheer numbers of the Deltadromeus. It roars back, but it is no use. The gathering of Deltadromeus have formed a temporary alience to kill the Carcharadontosaurus. Fearing for its life, the Carcharadontosaurus runs away. Cleo wanted to chase after it, but the rest of the Deltadromeus weren't going to do that, and Cleo can't take on a Carcharadontosaurus alone. The next day, the sauropod is dead, and Cleo has the pleasure of taking the first bite if the animal that killed her father and led to the death of her mother. The rest of the Deltadromeus soon follow eating the carcass.