//------------------------------// // The Dragomonstranator Escapes // Story: My Little Pony: Ancient World // by Dinopony2580 //------------------------------// Meanwhile, Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity and the Cutie Mark Crusaders arrived at the next exhibit that was in the bay. "The Mosadragodile was thought to have hunted near the surface of the water where it preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into, including turtles, large fish, even smaller Mosadragodiles. Okay, folks. Let's see if she's still hungry after already eating today. She's a little shy so, be nice and give her a hand when she comes up" the director said. A shark on a crane lift was moved over the water. Then, all of a sudden, the Mosadragodile jumped out of the water and snatched up the shark. The Mane 6 watched in awe at its size and ferocity. It managed to pull the whole shark off the crane and it submerged back underwater, splashing the audience in the process. "Ugh, my hair and makeup" Rarity said. "Get used to it, Rarity" Applejack said. "That...was...AWESOME!" Rainbow shouted. The CMCs also agreed and they cheered too. Then, the seats started moving down. "Okay, hold on tight. We're going to give you an even close look at our Mosadragodile" the director said. As the seats went down, it became more like an aquarium. Then, the full Mosadragodile was revealed. It looked exactly like a Pliodragonator. Actually, the 2 are relatives of each other. The only difference is that Mosadragodile is 5 times bigger and is fully aquatic, having flippers instead of webbed feet. The audience clapped at her. Then, she finished off the shark in one massive chomp. Meanwhile, Claire and Owen arrived at the Dragomonstranator's paddock. "We've been prebooking tickets for months. The park needs a new attraction every few months in order to reinvigorate the public's interest. Corporate felt that genetic modification would up the wild factor" Claire said while her and Owen were walking up some stairs to the room that showed the paddock. "They're ancient creatures. Wow enough" Owen said. "Not according to our focus groups. The Dragomonstranator makes us relevant" Claire said. "The Dragomonstranator" Owen giggled, yet still liking the name. "We needed something scary and something that suited its features" Claire replied. They finally entered the viewing room. "What's this thing made of?" Owen asked. "The base genomes are a dragon and Pliodragonator. The rest is classified" Claire said. "You made a new creature but you don't even know what it is?" Owen asked. "The lab delivers us finished assets and we show them to the public. Can we drop a steer, please?" Claire asked and the control pony went to a control system. "How long has the animal been in here?" Owen asked. "All its life" Claire replied. "Never seen anything outside of these walls?" Owen asked. "We can't exactly walk it" Claire replied. "And you feed it with that?" Owen asked, pointing to a crane as it lowers a slab of meat into the paddock. "Is there a problem?" Claire asked. "Animals raised in isolation aren't always the most functional" Owen replied. "Your Ponyraptors are born in captivity" Claire said. "They're siblings. They learn social skills, and I imprint on them when they're born. There's trust. The only positive relationship this animal has is with that crane. At least he knows that means food" Owen finished. "So, he needs a friend? We should schedule playdates? That sort of thing?" Claire asked. "Probably not a good idea" Owen replied. Claire tapped on the glass. "Where is it?" she asked herself. "Is it in the basement, or down stairs? Maybe it's in the wreck room" Owen said. "It was just here. We were just here" Claire said and she walked over to a control panel. Then, the screens said: NO THERMAL SIGNATURES DETECTED. "Oh shoot" Owen said. "It doesn't make sense. These doors haven't opened in weeks" the control pony said. But then, the screens said: NO SIGNAL. Claire thought the computer was being stupid. "Were those claw marks always there?" Owen asked, pointing his wing to some claw marks on the wall. "You don't think it...Sweet Celestia" Claire said, immediately knowing that the computer wasn't being stupid. "He has an implant in his back. I can track it from the control room" Claire said before running off to the control room. Owen stared at the claw marks, not believing it. Claire was now racing in her car to the control room. With her magic, she held a phone up to her ear. "We have an asset out of containment! Put A.C.U. on alert! This is not a drill!" Claire said. Meanwhile, at the control station, the pegasus and stallion were having a conversation. Then, they heard a ringing sound. The stallion saw it was the phone. He picked it up. "Yeah, hello" the stallion said. "Larry, get me coordinates on the Dragomonstranator" Claire said. The stallion, named Larry, hesitated for a second and looked to the pegasus. "Okay, yeah. I'm doing it right now" Larry replied. Mr. Masrani then came to see what the situation was. Back at the paddock, Owen, the control pony and another pony walked into the paddock to inspect it, since the Dragomonstranator had "apparently" escaped. They walked over to the claw marks. Owen rubbed his hoof across one of them. Then, they looked at it, from bottom to top. "Almost 40 feet high. Really think it could of climbed out?" the control pony asked. "Depends" Owen said. "On what?" the control pony wondered. "What kind of creature they cooked up in that lab" Owen said. Back at the control room, Larry had just gotten the Dragomonstranator's coordinates. "Wait, what the hay. It's in the cage" Larry replied back to Claire. "Well that's impossible. I was just there" Claire said. "Claire, I'm telling you, he's in the cage. Wait, wait a second. There are people in there" Larry replied. Claire couldn't believe what she was hearing. Masrani was also shocked. "Get them out of there, now. NOW!" Claire said and the pegasus immediately contacted Owen and his gang. "Paddock 11, this is control, you need to evacuate the containment..." the pegasus said, but to the others, it was static. Then, the control pony activated his walky talky. "Paddock 11, do you copy" the pegasus said clearly through the radio now. "Yeah, what's the problem" the control pony replied. "It's in the cage! It's in there with you!" the pegasus said. "GO!" Owen said and the 3 started running. The control pony saw trees moving and snapping. He immediately went back to the big door. Owen and the other pony ran back in the direction of the smaller door. But then, the Dragomonstranator stomped in front of them. They looked up at it, for it towered over them. Then, it let out a thunderously ferocious roar and Owen and the pony ran in the opposite direction. Owen was ahead of the other pony and so, the other pony wasn't so lucky. It easily snatched up the pony thakns to his long neck. The pony screamed as he was eaten alive. Claire, Mr. Masrani, Larry, and the pegasus listened in horror as he was chomped up. Meanwhile, the control pony typed in the code and opened the door. Before he exited, he looked back at Owen and the Dragomonstranator who was still chomping up the other pony. "Close the door" Masrani said. "We can't lock him in there" Larry said. "Come on! Close it now!" Masrani said, pushing the button. "Somebody talk to me! What is happening!?" Claire shouted and demanded. Meanwhile, Owen was running for his life. The Dragomonstranator was right on his tail. He quickly started flying and barrel rolled through the door. But, the door didn't close in time. The Dragomonstranator got caught in the door, but pushed it open without any trouble. Owen slid underneath a truck and stayed hidden, out of its sight. It walked around, growling. Owen looked at each of its features. It walked on 4 feet with the back feet having 3 digits and the front having 4 digits, with a thumb as the fourth digit. Its claws were sharp, strong, and long. Its limbs were strong and muscular. The back limbs were a little bit shorter than the front ones and all 4 were dragon-like. With the front limbs, he walked on the middle phalanx part of his fingers, kind of like that of a gorilla. Not only that, small spikes protruding from his middle phalanx helped him walk on his middle phalanx. It was like he had an extra hand to walk on. Its tail was quite long and from head to tail, along the spine was covered in huge spikes. Its body shape had the appearance of a dragon, except no wings. It also had a long neck like that of a dragon, too, along with dragon-like horns on the back of its head. It also had an elongated snout, like that of a Pliodragonator, with it's teeth sticking out, like that of an alligator or crocodile, and on the top of the snout was a little nose horn, like on a dragon, but in the middle instead of at the end. Finally, it contained fierce reptilian eyes. The Dragomonstranator was quite scary, indeed. Then, Owen saw the control pony hiding behind a car in the front of it. The control pony looked around and saw the Dragomonstranator's tail at the end of the car. He tried not to cry as he was terrified. All of a sudden, the Dragomonstranator swiped the car, making it airborne for a few seconds before it crashed onto the ground, upside down. Owen covered his face to not get shard by glass of debris. When he looked back. He saw through the smashed window of the car that the pony was now exposed. Then, he was snatched up and eaten. Owen quickly grabbed a sharp stone and sliced the oil wire, spraying oil all over him. When he looked back to the Dragomonstranator. It was now coming to his car. Owen laid perfectly still. The Dragomonstranator reached the car and lowered his neck down and smelled underneath the car, letting out a scary, low pitched growl. The oil luckily hid Owen's sent. The Dragomonstranator roared in irritation before lifting his head up. Then, his front limb hand smashed down on the ground, followed by his back limb foot and then his tail as he walked away. Owen sighed in relief, but now there is a 35 ft tall, 65 ft long genetically modified monster roaming free in Ancient World.