Toxic Tales: Chapter 9

Troodons

"Can we wait till morning, it's getting dark," asked Elpis, she didn't say it, but she didn't want to go to unknown land in the dark.

"I guess, as long as you two stop sneaking off and help make camp, sense we're only staying for the night we just need a place for the hatchlings," Moirae replied.

"Alright, how do we help?" Achelois asked.

"Just collect dried grass, feathers, or anything else that is good nesting materials," Moirae said, "whatever you do don't go anywhere alone, we don't know what or who is nearby and if you see a troodon avoid it, they cause nothing but trouble."

"Don't have to tell me twice," thought Elpis. Achelois looked over at Elpis, she looked concerned, "I've never told her about the troodons, why is she looking concerned?" Elpis thought, she didn't like seeing Achelois that way, especially not over her.

"Stop staring at each other and get to work," teased Moirae, "take Diana and Asclepius with you, Diana had a clutch many moons ago, so she knows what hatchlings like and Asclepius knows some of the herbs that we need."

The four walked into the woods grabbing dried grasses and the occasional feather.. "Do you hear that?" Asked Diana, "someone's screaming, follow me." All four of them ran through the woods until they found the shore where they saw them, troodons, pinning a hatchling to the ground while it screamed in terror.

"Here they are," hissed a troodon.

The troodon with its large claw against the hatchling's neck turned its scarred head, "finally, we have an offer for you, you fly all of us safely to the mainland and this hatchling will survive the night."

- Sol