Airplanes and Chaos
Raven had finally gotten to her boat. She stepped into the boat, and changed her clothes. But then she heard something in the bushes. She turned around as she put her shirt on. It was that raptor. It stood in a causal position. It didn't look like it was hunting. Raven knew she would be dead by now if it were hunting. It twitched it head and softly roared. Raven had her backed turned to it. She turned away and hoped it would go away. She waited a minute but it was still there. It had been following her for a long time. She was getting scared.
"You know you shouldn't follow me. Isn't that against your instinct or something?" Raven said to it.
The raptor just stood there. Raven realized she was talking to a raptor.
"Ok, maybe I should eat."
Then she realized she was talking to herself. She grunted and threw something to the other side of the boat. The raptor backed its head, and looked at Raven then at the thing she flew. The raptor crept over to see what see threw. It was only a shirt, but it sniffed at it, and picked it up with its jaws. Raven turned around to see a raptor about 5 ft away from her. She backed away and fell down.
"Ahh! Hey that's my shirt!"
The raptor looked up at Raven on the floor. It backed away to about 10 ft. Raven didn't like this. She'd spent enough time with Allen and Ian to know those raptors should have killed her by now. Although she always thought Ian was extending the truth in a lot of the stories. The raptor then sat down, and watched her get up.
"Ok, fine. You're probably going to kill me. But that's ok. Just stay there."
The raptor only moved its head. Raven went through one of her bags, and pulled out some chocolate. She sat down facing the raptor and started eating.
"You know I have a stun gun, if you get near me."
The raptor popped its head, and sniffed the air. It then looked back at Raven, and sniffed again.
"What?"
The raptor growled a little. Raven was confused, and then she looked down at her candy.
"I don't think you should eat it. I mean you could be like a dog, chocolate could make you sick."
The raptor then roared loudly, and slightly got up.
"Ok! Here!"
She tossed it the piece of chocolate. The raptor sniffed the candy, and stared at it for a moment. It then gulped it up, eating the wrapper as well. It took a moment to taste it. Then looked back at Raven, it roared loudly again, wanting more.
"Hey I need some too! Go hunt or something. I thought you were the greatest hunters the world had ever seen."
The raptor roared again, standing straight up. It looked like it was 8 ft tall standing straight! That was enough for Raven to stop being so cocky. She fell back again, and threw the raptor more chocolate. Instead of getting up, Raven stayed where she was, and covered herself with a blanket. She reached for her stun gun, and kept it close. But the raptor ate the chocolate, and stayed in its place, just watching Raven.
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"What do you mean we can't take off!?" Ian yelled.
"I'm sorry sir, there's a storm heading for that area that you want to go to. I can't allow you to take off." The flight attendant said.
"You don't understand, we have to get there now!" Ian continued.
"Sir! We care nothing more than your safety and- -"
"What about the safety of a kid on a- -"
"Ian, don't!" Sarah hit him on the arm.
Everyone was at the airport. Ian, Sarah, and Levine were standing in line waiting for permission to take off. Billy, and Allen were sitting down somewhere. And unknown to anyone else Kelly was somewhere close, watching her father.
"Let me handle this, Ian." Levine said. "Listen that is MY plane, and I need it NOW."
"I'm sorry sir."
"Well then maybe a little green can help change your mind."
"Are you trying to bribe me, sir?"
"Well. . ."
"Sir, if you don't back away from me, I'm going to call security."
"But. . ."
"NOW, sir."
Ian pushed Levine aside.
"Good job, Richard." Ian said.
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Raven slowly got up, looking at the raptor. It still sat there. She got up, and put down the gun. She stared at the raptor. Something was about its eyes. She could tell it was thinking.
"Allen told me, you guys were smart." She said quietly.
The raptor looked to the side, and growled. And then all around the boat, raptor heads popped up from the bushes. There were about 8 of them. Raven stared at them all.
"Aw, shit."
Raven expected to die. It seemed as if they were hunting. She closed her eyes, but never felt a sharp pain. She opened them slowly, and the raptors were just standing there. Now Raven was terrified.
But then the sky thundered with lighting, and Raven and the raptors looked up. The clouds were covering up the sky, and everything was growing darker. Soon it would rain. Raven looked back at the raptors. The raptors stared at each other, until one stood up and walked in the center of them all. It looked at all of them. And spoke. Raven couldn't believe it. It was talking! Literally talking in its own language. The raptor looked to the left, and gave a high-pitched squeal. Then to the right and a much lower roar. It looked up to the sky, then back at the rest, and roared again. The other raptors then got up, and ran into the forest. Only one raptor stayed behind and watched Raven.
"Well, I guess Allen was right, you guys do talk. So, I guess you're suppose to watch me?"
The raptor stood there.
"I guess there's a storm coming."
Raven got up, and stared at the sky.
"I'll need shelter, I'll go back to the Institute."
Raven grabbed a lot of blankets, a new backpack, and put on a jacket.
"Well, come on."
She started to walk off into the forest, and the raptor followed.
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"Three days. Three goddamn days." Ian said sitting down.
"That storm is big. We can't take off for three days, maybe four." Sarah explained to the others.
"She'll be dead by then." Ian said.
"Now, Malcolm. Eric lasted 8 weeks on that island. He didn't even know what he was doing. Raven seemed like she did. You say she packed up everything." Allen said.
"Yeah, well Eric is young, and not appetizing." Ian said.
"Raven was pretty young, plus she knew more about dinosaurs than me." Billy said.
"Don't even try you guys." Ian said. "I hate airplanes. I bet all this can be explained by the chaos factor. I bet all this falls into place somehow."
"Yeah maybe the world is just trying to screw you over." Allen said.
"Maybe it is. Chaos works in many ways."
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Raven looked back over her shoulder. The raptor was still following her. She sighed, as it started to rain. It was a long way to the Institute. Raven was tired, it was raining, and she had a raptor right behind her. She started to remember Ian's lectures on chaos. The theory that everything didn't have a pattern, you can't predict anything. Then Raven turned to the raptor.
"Boy would Ian love to hear this. He was right. Not even he could predict this."
The raptor continued to follow her.
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Next Chapter: Beethoven
Raven had finally gotten to her boat. She stepped into the boat, and changed her clothes. But then she heard something in the bushes. She turned around as she put her shirt on. It was that raptor. It stood in a causal position. It didn't look like it was hunting. Raven knew she would be dead by now if it were hunting. It twitched it head and softly roared. Raven had her backed turned to it. She turned away and hoped it would go away. She waited a minute but it was still there. It had been following her for a long time. She was getting scared.
"You know you shouldn't follow me. Isn't that against your instinct or something?" Raven said to it.
The raptor just stood there. Raven realized she was talking to a raptor.
"Ok, maybe I should eat."
Then she realized she was talking to herself. She grunted and threw something to the other side of the boat. The raptor backed its head, and looked at Raven then at the thing she flew. The raptor crept over to see what see threw. It was only a shirt, but it sniffed at it, and picked it up with its jaws. Raven turned around to see a raptor about 5 ft away from her. She backed away and fell down.
"Ahh! Hey that's my shirt!"
The raptor looked up at Raven on the floor. It backed away to about 10 ft. Raven didn't like this. She'd spent enough time with Allen and Ian to know those raptors should have killed her by now. Although she always thought Ian was extending the truth in a lot of the stories. The raptor then sat down, and watched her get up.
"Ok, fine. You're probably going to kill me. But that's ok. Just stay there."
The raptor only moved its head. Raven went through one of her bags, and pulled out some chocolate. She sat down facing the raptor and started eating.
"You know I have a stun gun, if you get near me."
The raptor popped its head, and sniffed the air. It then looked back at Raven, and sniffed again.
"What?"
The raptor growled a little. Raven was confused, and then she looked down at her candy.
"I don't think you should eat it. I mean you could be like a dog, chocolate could make you sick."
The raptor then roared loudly, and slightly got up.
"Ok! Here!"
She tossed it the piece of chocolate. The raptor sniffed the candy, and stared at it for a moment. It then gulped it up, eating the wrapper as well. It took a moment to taste it. Then looked back at Raven, it roared loudly again, wanting more.
"Hey I need some too! Go hunt or something. I thought you were the greatest hunters the world had ever seen."
The raptor roared again, standing straight up. It looked like it was 8 ft tall standing straight! That was enough for Raven to stop being so cocky. She fell back again, and threw the raptor more chocolate. Instead of getting up, Raven stayed where she was, and covered herself with a blanket. She reached for her stun gun, and kept it close. But the raptor ate the chocolate, and stayed in its place, just watching Raven.
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"What do you mean we can't take off!?" Ian yelled.
"I'm sorry sir, there's a storm heading for that area that you want to go to. I can't allow you to take off." The flight attendant said.
"You don't understand, we have to get there now!" Ian continued.
"Sir! We care nothing more than your safety and- -"
"What about the safety of a kid on a- -"
"Ian, don't!" Sarah hit him on the arm.
Everyone was at the airport. Ian, Sarah, and Levine were standing in line waiting for permission to take off. Billy, and Allen were sitting down somewhere. And unknown to anyone else Kelly was somewhere close, watching her father.
"Let me handle this, Ian." Levine said. "Listen that is MY plane, and I need it NOW."
"I'm sorry sir."
"Well then maybe a little green can help change your mind."
"Are you trying to bribe me, sir?"
"Well. . ."
"Sir, if you don't back away from me, I'm going to call security."
"But. . ."
"NOW, sir."
Ian pushed Levine aside.
"Good job, Richard." Ian said.
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Raven slowly got up, looking at the raptor. It still sat there. She got up, and put down the gun. She stared at the raptor. Something was about its eyes. She could tell it was thinking.
"Allen told me, you guys were smart." She said quietly.
The raptor looked to the side, and growled. And then all around the boat, raptor heads popped up from the bushes. There were about 8 of them. Raven stared at them all.
"Aw, shit."
Raven expected to die. It seemed as if they were hunting. She closed her eyes, but never felt a sharp pain. She opened them slowly, and the raptors were just standing there. Now Raven was terrified.
But then the sky thundered with lighting, and Raven and the raptors looked up. The clouds were covering up the sky, and everything was growing darker. Soon it would rain. Raven looked back at the raptors. The raptors stared at each other, until one stood up and walked in the center of them all. It looked at all of them. And spoke. Raven couldn't believe it. It was talking! Literally talking in its own language. The raptor looked to the left, and gave a high-pitched squeal. Then to the right and a much lower roar. It looked up to the sky, then back at the rest, and roared again. The other raptors then got up, and ran into the forest. Only one raptor stayed behind and watched Raven.
"Well, I guess Allen was right, you guys do talk. So, I guess you're suppose to watch me?"
The raptor stood there.
"I guess there's a storm coming."
Raven got up, and stared at the sky.
"I'll need shelter, I'll go back to the Institute."
Raven grabbed a lot of blankets, a new backpack, and put on a jacket.
"Well, come on."
She started to walk off into the forest, and the raptor followed.
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"Three days. Three goddamn days." Ian said sitting down.
"That storm is big. We can't take off for three days, maybe four." Sarah explained to the others.
"She'll be dead by then." Ian said.
"Now, Malcolm. Eric lasted 8 weeks on that island. He didn't even know what he was doing. Raven seemed like she did. You say she packed up everything." Allen said.
"Yeah, well Eric is young, and not appetizing." Ian said.
"Raven was pretty young, plus she knew more about dinosaurs than me." Billy said.
"Don't even try you guys." Ian said. "I hate airplanes. I bet all this can be explained by the chaos factor. I bet all this falls into place somehow."
"Yeah maybe the world is just trying to screw you over." Allen said.
"Maybe it is. Chaos works in many ways."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raven looked back over her shoulder. The raptor was still following her. She sighed, as it started to rain. It was a long way to the Institute. Raven was tired, it was raining, and she had a raptor right behind her. She started to remember Ian's lectures on chaos. The theory that everything didn't have a pattern, you can't predict anything. Then Raven turned to the raptor.
"Boy would Ian love to hear this. He was right. Not even he could predict this."
The raptor continued to follow her.
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Next Chapter: Beethoven