Ch. 39 A crash

Ch. 39 A crash

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= THE PASSENGERS bounce up and down in their seats as the plane picks up speed down the overgrown strip. Suddenly, two hundred yards ahead of the plane, Cooper emerges from the jungle. He stands in the middle of the runway. waving one arm wildly. His second, badly injured arm hangs limp by his side.

Nash spots Cooper, shoots a glance at the airspeed indicator. "Coop, you know I can't do it pal." Nash whispers and slams down full throttle in an attempt to reach flying speed. Seeing that Nash has no intention of stopping, Paul shouts from the cabin.

"What are you doing?" Paul loudly asks while Alan points a finger.

"That's Mr. Cooper!" Alan yells.

As the plane approaches, a haunting shadow casts itself over the injured mercenary. Then with brutal speed, a gigantic beast seizes him in its massive jaws and lifts him into the air.

From this angle we get only a glimpse of a long crocodilian snout, powerful clawed forearms and spiny sail rising from the creature's back.

All eyes are on the creature as it devours Cooper. Amanda turns away in horror. "Oh, my God! Paul, my God!"

Looking through the windshield, the group sees that the creature is directly in the path of the plane. Nash pulls back on the stick. The plane rises.

The left propeller clips the flank of the enormous dinosaur, snapping the blade and blood sprays the windshield and side windows.

The turboprop banks into the jungle, out of control. So the passengers are thrown about as the craft crashed through trees, tearing off a wing and pieces of the tail.

"DUCK!"

Finally coming to rest in the jungle canopy, the plane settles in the trees. Silence stretching over the group as the passengers slowly recover and have a look around. Foliage blocks most windows, making it impossible to see out.

"Is anyone hurt?" Billy asks. Checking themselves, everyone seems pretty much intact.

"Quiet! We're okay. Let's everybody just stay put." He attempts to turn on the cockpit radio, but it's dead.

"Did anyone hear that voice before?" Amanda asks the group who turns to her in confusion.

"We don't know what you mean Amanda." Paul sighs and Nash rummages through the cockpit.

"Who's got the sat-phone?" He asks them curiously.

"Right here!" Paul shouts and Paul hands the bulky phone up to Nash, who dials out.

Grant unstraps himself, climbs to the back to the side door and shoves. The door opens a few inches before hitting a branch. He looks out the and lets out a quiet gasp as the ground reels. He quickly shuts and latches the door.

"We're sorry. All circuits are busy. Please try your call again later..."

"Shit!" Nash yells and hits the phone.

"What is it? What's the matter?" Paul asks the man hurriedly before Amanda screams and a huge reptilian face appears in the cockpit window. Everyone else are now encouraged to scream at the horrid sight. The plane lurches - and a deep growl is heard.

The passengers hold tight, paralyzed. Nash buckles himself into his seat. Suddenly, the plane is yanked from the side to side. Battered this way and that, the terrified passengers tightly grip their seats.

Finally, the horrible sounds of wrenching metal as the nose of the plane is ripped right off its hinges. Nash and Udesky are suddenly sitting in open air. The nose of the plane is tilting downwards, the jungle floor far below.

The passengers hang almost vertically in their seats, debris tumbles out the open end of the plane, some of it striking Nash in the head. Udesky unbuckles his seat belt and climbs back up into the cabin.

Nash follows but a long snout with dagger-like teeth pushes past the cockpit seats, opens wide, and clamps down obj the unfortunate pilots legs.

The pilot cries aloud in agony. The others passengers grab onto his arms, trying to pull him back. But it's no use. The dinosaur rips Nash out of their grasp and down the aisle.

Nash desperately grabs on to the seat cushion, then watches in horror as the fabric rips away. He's pulled out of the plane and dropped to the ground. A giant foot steps in the way as the snout of the creature reaches down and quickly devourers the screaming pilot.

"Poor man." A viewer comments as they watch at a safe distance as humans are tortured from his creature.

It was horrifying sight to see, but no one can turn away. Pleased with the appetizer, the creature comes back for the main course. Grant tries to force open the jammed rear door. Billy tries to help, but the door won't budge.

The dinosaur jams its snout into the fuselage and lunges for Amanda in the first row. She yanks her legs back as the jaws snap close.

Behind Amanda, Billy reaches forward, unsnaps her seat belt and then pulls her into the next row back. The others unstrap their belts and crowd into the rear of the passenger compartment.

The shift in weight sends the fuselage tipping backwards. It slams hard, then flips over onto its roof.

The passengers are prowled on the ceiling of the plane, dazed by the impact. Everyone is cut and bruised. Out of the open cockpit, they see two approaching dino feet.

A window near Amanda fogs over with condensation. when it clears, she finds herself looking right into enormous eyes. Then all hell breaks loose as the plane is tossed across the jungle clearing.

The passengers are hammered against the walls of the plane, tumbling like socks in a dryer. Debris, seats and luggage fly everywhere.

The plane comes to an abrupt halt as it smashes into a tree. A large foot steps on the fuselage and flattens it like a paper tube.

Inside, windows explode, raining glass over the passengers. As the walls compress, Udesky becomes trapped in the rear of the plane, the others in front.

"Over here!" Bully shouts so Udesky dives into the narrowing gap, and Billy pulls him the rest of the way through. Then a huge claw digs into the skin of the fuselage and begins to slowly peel the plane open. Alan could only look up in dread at the widening tear.

"This way!" An individuals blood runs cold at the familiar and almost easily recognisable voice.

The pink and purple headed lady crouched upon a tree watches with extremely wide eyes as a man leads the group out the open end of the cockpit. They make a mad dash for the jungle.

"Why is he here!?" They scream aloud in straight up confusion. She was going to jump when Ezra roars from beside her, nodding his head to show that the humans were running to an area with heavier and low trees.

A tremendous roar causes Billy to look behind him. He can't help but steal a glimpse of this terrifying, but utterly fascinating, animal. Grant luckily yanks him forward.

With Grant in the lead, and Udesky taking up the rear, the group tears through the jungle. Concealed by the dense undergrowth, the dinosaur bears down on them, mowing down the young trees which toppled all around them. Alan spots a plot of heavier trees and decides to lead the group into it.

"He shouldn't be here... they don't allow new travellers on Isla Sorna."

The dinosaur cannot fit between the trunks. It roses at the fleeing humans, searching desperately for a route after them and the woman could only release a breath of relief.

Although, a few minutes later. The blonde woman sprints back out with others chasing her, Alan was at the back, completely confusing the pink and purple headed lady until she see's a tyrannosaur chasing them. Unknown of the other threat.

"Zion-" she turns when she hears a few crunches, finding that junior dinosaur was no where to be found even if it was quite big to be fair.

"Bloody hell, Zion!" She groans frustratedly while the other two big cats look at her. "You two, keep an eye out-"

The two big cats and their human friend watches as Paul and Amanda scramble into one direction, Billy and Udesky in the other. But Alan couldn't move go anywhere as his foot is stuck between two branches.

He manages to free himself as the two dinosaurs approach. Alan dives down between two fallen trees as the Spinosaurus and T- Rex circle one another like gladiators, each searching for the other's weakness.

Laying flat on his back, Alan lets out a terrified gasp as the giant foot of Spinosaurus lands across the two trunks mere inches from his face.

"ALAN!" The female yells loudly just as the Spinosaurus lunges forward, powerful jaw open wide. T-Rex sidesteps the assault, its tail knocking down small trees as it spins out of the way.

In the tress, Paul and Amanda scurry again for cover, Between the fallen trunks, Alan attempts to get away on his hands and knees. T-Rex presses the attack, slamming its tail into the flank of its adversary.

Spinosaurus is knocked back, and Alan is again forced to duck for cover. As Spinosaurus struggles to regain its balance, T-Rex dives forward. Spinosaurus is driven backwards as T-Rex tries to grip its throat.

The woman goes to jump and grab the man when she see's Zion approaching the two, he wasn't big enough to completely fight and win against the Spinosaurus, and the woman knew that.

Amanda yanks Paul out of their path. They Scramble over to Billy. Now on its side, Spinosaurus fights back ferociously. It slashes at T-Rex with its long arms and razor sharp claws, then finally kicks the animal with one mammoth foot. Tyrannosaurus staggers back, wounded.

Down below, Alan is covered by a shadow before he was pulled high into the air and thrown towards the other humans. Billy catches his boss who with everyone else watches as a larger beast with dark skin protects a smaller version of itself, roaring loudly at both the fighting dinosaurs.

"Giganosaurus... largest carnivore the world has ever seen." Billy whispers beside Alan as they could've sworn the bigger version staring at them.

Spinosaurus lunges for the T-rex with gaping jaws and manages to topple T-Rex off its feet and sends the falling dinosaur to the ground. With an earth-shuttering crash and crunches, the dinosaur lands between Grant and the rest of the group.

The companions scurry out of the way, but as they do so, the head of the T-Rex now lands almost directly on top of them.

Plastered against an immense tree, the group watches in horror as T-Rex starts to rise but is thrown back down as Spinosaurus latches onto its throat. The bigger creature crushes the life out of its adversary, and T-Rex opens and closes its jaw a mere inches from our terrified friends.

Spinosaurus lets out a victorious howl, and the blood-drenched professor leads the group through the undergrowth.

After seeing the humans leave, the bigger Giganotsaurus roars angrily at the spino before escaping with the smaller one, transforming with a puff of smoke.

END OF CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE