//------------------------------// // ACU vs Dragomonstranator // Story: My Little Pony: Ancient World // by Dinopony2580 //------------------------------// The A.C.U. trucks roar past a river where you could go by kayak and see some of the ancient creatures that lived near rivers, like Pliodragonator, Leviathan's species. Back at the control room, everypony's watching. Then, all of a sudden, Owen appeared from the elevator. He did not look happy. "I need to see your badge. Sir, sir!" the pony said, trying to see Owen's badge, even though he didn't have one. Claire looked back at Owen. She could tell he was angry. "What the hay happened out there?" Owen asked. "There were thermal cameras all over that paddock! He could not just disappear!" Owen said angrily. The pony stopped Owen, but Owen pushed him aside. Claire sighed. "It must of been some technical malfunction" Claire replied. "Were you not watching? He marked up the wall as a distraction? He wanted us to think he escaped" Owen said. "Hold on, we are talking about an animal here" Claire said. "A highly intelligent animal" Owen replied. "400 meters to the beacon" the pegasus said. Now, everypony was watching. Meanwhile, the A.C.U. trucks raced to the beacon. Then, they stopped and the A.C.U. went on foot from there. Meanwhile, back at control, Owen couldn't believe it. "You're going after him with nonlethals?" Owen asked. "We have 26 million dollars invested in that asset. We can't just kill it" Masrani replied. "These men are gonna die" Owen said. "300 meters to the beacon" the pegasus said. "You need to call this mission off, right now" Owen said. "They're right on top of it" Larry said. "Call it off, right now" Owen said and this set Claire off, irritated by Owen. "You are not in control here!" Claire yelled. Meanwhile, A.C.U. wandered through the forest, tracking the Dragomonstranator. They kept there eyes pealed, aware and on alert. Then, they came to a river. The lead pony looked at his watch that tracked the Dragomonstranator. Then he held his hoof up, which commanded them to stop. He saw a weird shaped rock that seemed to be where the beacon was coming from. He reached down and picked it up. He flipped it over and there was the tracking beacon in it on the other side. It, in fact, was a slab of skin. Meanwhile, back at control, they looked at it grotesquely. "What is that?" Masrani asked. "That's his tracking implant, he clawed it out" Owen replied. "How would it know to do that?" Claire asked. "He remembered when they put it in" Owen replied. Back with the A.C.U., the pony stared at the slab of skin. Then, all of a sudden, a droplet of blood fell onto his arm. He stared at it weirdly. Then, another droplet fell onto his arm. He then looked up and saw a bunch of leaves stained by blood. He then got up and looked back to the group. Then, a snapping of trees was heard. The group looked up and then, the leader did too, following there gaze. It led to the Dragomonstranator sticking its head out from the trees. The color of his skin helped him blend in with the forest. The leader screamed and the Dragomonstranator roared, grabbing him with his right front claw, throwing him on the ground, and smashed him with his right knuckle, instantly killing the lead pony. The others shot there weapons or horns at the Dragomonstranator, but it seemed to do nothing. Then, he chased after the group, them still shooting at him. Then, the ponies with the electric prods came forward and zapped the Dragomonstranator, but it did almost nothing, just irritating him more and more. Then, a pony shot a net, snagging the Dragomonstranator's mouth. He turned around in circles, knocking over trees and ponies at the same time, with some trees flattening and killing some ponies. But then, he finally freed the net from his mouth and he let out a thunderous roar in rage. Then, he slammed 2 ponies with his tail, knocking them back, while snatching up another pony and devouring him in a few quick chomps. Then, as an injured pony is dragged away by 2 others, a pony with a shotgun comes forward and shoots the Dragomonstranator several times, but it does no good. Then, the Dragomonstranator runs towards him with jaws open wide, the shotgun bullets doing nothing to it. Then, the Dragomonstranator snatches up the shotgun pony, eating him up instantly. Back at the lab, everypony is in shock. Over half the A.C.U. team is dead now and Mr. Masrani feels terrible. "Evacuate the island" Owen said. "We'd never reopen" Claire said, shaking her head. "You made a genetic hybrid, raised it in captivity. He is seeing all of this for the first time. He does not even know what he is. He will kill everything that moves" Owen said. "You think the animal is contemplating its own existence?" Masrani asked. "He is learning where he fits in the food chain and I'm sure you do not want him to figure that out. Now, asset containment can use live ammunition in an emergency situation. You have an M1-34 in your armory. Put it on a chopper and smoke this thing!" Owen said. "We have families here. I'm not going to turn this place into some kind of a war zone" Claire said. "You already have" Owen said. "And Princess Twilight is also visiting here. I'm especially not going to do it when she's here" Claire said. "I don't care. We need to kill this thing, pronto!" Owen said. "Mr. Grady, if you are not going to help, then there's no reason for you to be in here" Claire said and this set Owen off. He swiped with his wing at the organized papers on Larry's desk. It caused them to go flying everywhere. Larry gave a "What the heck!" or "Oh, come on!" gesture. Then, Owen walked away. Then, he walked over to Mr. Masrani. "I would have a word with your ponies in the lab. That thing out there, that's no ancient creature" Owen said to Mr. Masrani before he exited the control room. Claire thought about something for a second. Then, Claire looked back to the map of the island and the cameras that were all over the park. Then, she looked at the live count and sighed. "Okay. I'm going to close everything North of the resort. This is a phase 1 real world, bring everyone in" Claire said. "This is a phase one real world. I repeat, this is phase one, bring everyone back in" the pegasus said and everypony immediately followed in it.