The Final Arks

Book 1: Shadows Rising

Chapter 4

A few days later...

Jack wandered through the forest, carrying a few pieces of wood, he was gathering the wood to make guns while Emily dealt with the metal. He knew he had to be careful in these parts of the forest, it wasn’t just the raptors that were dangerous. The forest was packed full of deadly, carnivorous plants, and the Tribe of Shadows dominated this area, daily patrols of soldiers on raptors were sent out to hunt, and if they caught Jack, he would be dead. To make things worse, they weren’t just normal raptors, they were ferociraptors...

The patrol rode through the forest on their Ferociraptors, keeping an eye out for intruders on their land. Eventually, they saw one. The group patrol circled the man, who put his hands up with fear.

“What do you have?” The leader asked.

“N-nothing” the man stuttered.

“Very well then” The leader shot the man with a pistol, knocking him to the ground. The rest of the patrol pointed their longneck rifles at the wounded, whimpering man.

“Put your hands up!” The leader ordered, and the man did so. The leader put signalled to the rest of the patrol, and they all fired at the man. His body fell to the ground in a puddle of blood, and the patrol laughed. They burnt the body with torches and carried on through the forest.