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Derrick Davis

Short Stories
- Time Dome

Time Dome (4 ratings)
         by Derrick Davis
Page 29 of 44

As Steven lifted up himself in the boat, he saw what exactly was going on: the river ended inside a large cave-like formation. It wasn’t something the Germans made; it was a natural type of formation. A river that ended inside a cave. But… something then caught his eye that gave him electrifying volts of fear. Because inside the cave, in a area that was just sand with no water covering it… was the giant… sleeping… Ceratosaurus.

Steven almost screamed at the sight, but covered his mouth just in time so he wouldn’t. He was trembling all over at the sight.

He then thought, "I’ve got to get out of here, out of this cave. I can’t make a sound, or it’ll wake up, and…"

Not wanting to think about what could happen, Steven tried to silently step into the icy water, out of the boat. He tried to do it ever so silently, sneakily, yet fastly, but he slipped while trying to get out of the boat!

SPLASH!

A large splash was made from Steven’s foot that slipped into the water! The Ceratosaur snorted, lifted its head up, and was now fully alert. With it’s extraordinary eyesight, the Ceratosaur could see Steven clearly with his foot in the water. It then leaped to it’s feet, roaring in anger for Steven’s disturbance. Steven didn’t know, but once the boat flowed inside the cave, he had immediately entered a part of the Ceratosaur’s territory. Doing such a thing, was like committing suicide. The giant carnivore would now do anything to get rid of the intruder.

Screaming, Steven quickly got the rest of himself into the water, and grabbed one of the wooden paddles as doing so. He hid behind the boat, with the Ceratosaur walking up to him. It got in the water, and now had its head right above the boat, looking over at Steven! It then looked at him…

Steven started hitting the Ceratosaur’s head with the wooden paddle as it tried to get closer, but the paddle broke in half when he hit the giant dinosaur! It roared, angry at Steven, lifted its head down, and started to bite the boat! Chomping on it, with the wood splintering everywhere, the Ceratosaur was destroying the boat. Steven screamed as he then tried to swim up the river, and try to get out of the cave!

After the dinosaur finished destroying the boat, it started to go after Steven in the river. The Ceratosaur didn’t have to swim… it’s body was well above the water… in fact the water only went to it’s knees. It was getting closer to Steven, catching up to him… he would be eaten soon…

But then, some other dinosaur splashed into the cave! It was a different dinosaur that Steven identified as a Torvosaur. The Torvosaur looked exactly like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and was about a foot larger then the Ceratosaur. But why did the Torvosaur enter the Ceratosaur’s territory?

The two giants looked at each other, growling. The Ceratosaur was surprised, yet ticked, the Torvosaur looked as if he came there for a purpose, and was standing in an attack position.

Steven hurriedly swam to the left side of the cave, getting out of the way of the entering Torvosaur.

The dinosaurs were now only a meter away from each other, still growling. The Ceratosaur then lashed out its head and bit the Torvosaur’s neck! The Torvosaur fought back, and bit its opponent’s snout! A fight had now been engaged! The Ceratosaur rammed its head against the Torvosaur’s chest… the horn at the end of its nose piercing the skin, and making a deep cut!

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