Megaraptor vs Dryptosaurus

Megaraptor

The "giant thief"

Length: 8 meters

Weight: 2 tons

Era: Cretaceous

Despite the name, Megaraptor is not a dromeaosaur. It's a genus of neovenatorid, and a large one at that. It does, however, share a mixture of behaviors from multiple theropod families. It sticks to the rivers of Nublar like the spinosaurs, lives in small packs like the dromaeosaurs, and takes on the sauropods like the Carcharodontosaurids. It's natural history is rather unknown to Ingen field scientists, though their brood size was noted at thirteen eggs. Females are fiercly territorial.

Dryptosaurus

The " Tearing Lizard "

Length: 7 meters

Weight: 1.7 tons

Era: Cretaceous

 A primative tyrannosaurid that sticks out from the rest of the tyrant lizard family. They live in small packs, usually consisting of family members. Instead of tackling the hadrosaurs and ceratopsians like their kin, Dryptosaurus predates mainly on Pacheycephalosaurs. The possess a small amount of feathers on the back and on the arms. Males use them for territorial confrontations and mating displays.

Here we go..

A trio of Dryptosaurus combs the beach for carcasses as the sky over Nublar crackles with electricity. Off in the distance thunder booms ominuously. The grey skies cast light shadows on the sandy beaches. This was the aftermath of the category 8 hurricane that had just ravaged the island a mere two days ago.

The balance of the island had been thrown off, animals of various sizes roamed about in a mindset of terror. The predators were picking them off left and right.

But this tyrannosauroid trio wasn't after anything living today, they were looking for beached plesiosaurs and icthyosaurs. Those animals were rich in nutrients otherwise unattainable to these land based carnivores.

This fearsome trio consisted of two females and a male. The females were a great deal larger then the male, their coloration a sandy brown almost like the earth they walked on now. The oldest - the mother of the two - bore a large jagged scar under her right eye. The male was a chocolate brown coloration - and sported light blue plumeage on his arms and the nape of his neck. He had just reached maturity.

The Tyrannosauroids came across the decomposing body of a liopleurodon of immense stature. He had been a giant in life, but now served as a buffet for every carnivore in the area.

They roared and snapped their jaws at the various smaller predators that had been feeding on the pliosaur carcass, sending them running for their lives. The male took the oppurtunity when a compsognathus went shooting by, hoisting it off the ground and killing it with his bone crunching jaws. He went off to the side to enjoy his kill while the others positioned themselves around the stomach cavity of the Liopleurodon. They weren't the only large bodied carnivores in the area though.

A pair of Megaraptor had smelled the familiar scent of decomposition fron a mile away and couldn't resist the oppurtunity. The two females, both of equal stature, had followed the pterosaurs to the area. The larger Neovenatorid was a leafy green color with a snow white underbelly and throat. The other was a darker shade of green, with an orange underbelly. Their mere appearance in the area commanded respect; they were huge animals with lethal looking talons.

They approached the carcass cautiously, keeping low and making as little noise as possible. They noted the two Dryptosaurus feeding on the liver of the pliosaur, while a third was off by a distance facing the ocean.

The larger female walked up to the flipper, and keeping her eyes on the tyrannosauroids, began to nibble on it. The other female joined her, and this caught the Dryptosaurus' attention. The alpha female tyrannosaur turned to the new predators and snarled viciously. She got a responding roar from the smaller female, who walked around the flipper and positioned herself on the tyrannosauroids side. By this time the other female Dryptosaurus had become aware of the threat, and now eyed the smaller Neovenatorid wearily.

The larger Megaraptor roared and exposed her white throat, extending her massive arms to each side. The other repeated the gesture, and the threat display had its desired effect. The larger female Dryptosaurus rushed the leafy green neovenatorid, embracing her in a bizarre grappling match.

The male had since caught on, and ran around the carcass to get in on the action. He attacked the female Neovenatorid without hesitation, biting down around the base of the tail. She could do little as she already had one Dryptosaurus at her throat, so she thrust her weight in the male's direction. It sent him a few stumbling steps backwards, and she seized the moment to attack the female Tyrannosauroid. She locked her claws around both shoulder blades and raked her twelve inch talons into the tender flesh. She pushed her body forward, sending the Dryptosaurus to the ground.

The smaller Tyrannosaur was having a difficult time with the other neovenatorid. She took lunges, nipping at its throat and underbelly, yet recieved a new gruesome gash with each attempt. She positioned herself next to the waters edge, attempting to figure out her opponent.

She attacked without warning, coming in from the side and pushing the Tyrannosaurid to the water. She flailed in unadulterated panic, yet the Megaraptor had her pinned. She closed her jaws around the Dryptosaurus' neck and pinned her in the shallows.

The male and female now faced the Megaraptor together, sandwiching her in between themselves. She hissed and swatted at the air, yet the gesture had little affect on the tyrannosauroids. 

The other female had suceeded in killing the Dryptosaurus, and now rushed stealthily up behind the large female Tyrannosauroid. 

Before she knew what was happening, she was pinned in the sand. The other female took the oppurtunity and lunged at the male. He side stepped the manuever and bit down at the nape of her neck.

The female Dryptosaurus flailed violently, and finally the weight was lifted off of her back. Blood spurted from gnarly gouges the neovenatorid had created, a small section of spine now poked clearly visible. She stood her ground, stamping her feet with great force. She hissed in a crocodilian manner, keeping her eyes on the Neovenatorid at all times. A deadly stand off followed suit.

The male had just about gotten the edge on the megaraptor, when she yanked him violently to the ground. She hit sand first, and the Tyrannosauroids grip was lost. She sprang to her feet andseized the moment and bit down on his neck. With a swift twisting  motion, she snapped it and let his skull fall to the ground. 

She turned her attention to the remaining Dryptosaurus, running at her like a bat out of hell.

This had been enough for the tyrannosauroid, with adrenaline pounding in her head and while loosing blood at an alarming rate, she sprinted for the nearby forest. The Megaraptor pair followed, but only for a short distance. They walked calmly back to the Liopleurodon carcass, and with the casualties they inflicted, now had enough food to substain themselves for weeks.

Winner....Megaraptor!