The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 47: Beasts of the Past - Tyrant King

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The two quietly snuck up near the Tyrannosaurus, crawling through the snow like soldiers in a violent war. Before leaving they had grabbed longneck rifles and tranq darts, which Dr. Aston had made more after yesterday’s incident.

“So did you ever tame anything in your past times?” Loki whispered curiously. The Tyrannosaurus leaned forward and began assaulting a pack of five Mammoths. It effortlessly tore through all of them, ripping chunks of flesh and leaving nothing but blood and bones in its wake. It surely was a powerful thing.

“Yes. This was definitely one of the harder ones to tame though,” Mr. Ma replied.

“Would you say it’s the hardest?”

Mr. Ma shuddered at his question, his face turning white.

“No. There is certainly something much more powerful and violent than the Tyrannosaurus. Larger too. And its roar… it makes your bones vibrate, and your head hurt.”

“What is it?”

“...You don’t wanna know, Loki.”

Mr. Ma brushed snow off his rifle and aimed at the Rex.

“Prepare to shoot, Loki.”

Loki aimed his rifle as well, and at the same time, they pulled the trigger.

PEW PEW!

The two tranq darts flew through the air and pierced the Rex’s skin. It let out an irritated roar, and turned around, blood dripping from its teeth into the snow. Loki’s eyes began to waver as blood dripped onto his hands.

“It can’t see us, right?” Loki whispered in fear.

Snow poured from the clouds above, and the Tyrannosaurus looked around, its head moving back and forth. One of its eyes looked right at Loki, and he gulped in fear. Yet still, it didn’t seem to have spotted him.

With booming steps, the Rex began to move forward.

Boom, boom, boom! The Rex lifted its foot and was about to step on Loki, when…

Someone grabbed him by the arms and jolted him away. Loki tumbled through the snow, putting a hand on his rifle. It was Maddox! He had a rifle of his own in his hand, and gave Loki the peace symbol.

“You really think I would let you and Mr. Mo do this alone?” Maddox asked.

Loki smiled for a bit, but his smile turned to a frown as the Rex leaned down to eat Maddox. Loki pointed.

“Watch out-”

A dart flew through the air and hit the Rex in the head. It let out an irritated roar and turned to face its attacker. Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma winked at Maddox.