The group of ponies ran as fast as they could, the calls of the Raptors multiplying all around them. They ran until they arrived at a clearing that was filled to the brim with a herd grazing Hadrosaurs.
"Into the herd!" Twilight shouted to the others. The calls of the Raptors had spooked the herd causing them to stampede. As the ponies dash in two raptors dart out of the forest at top speed. Soarin takes flight, not realizing he dropped his camera bag in the process. Twilight notices however, and slings it over her shoulder as she gallops.
The ponies had to be quick in order to avoid the Raptors, and to avoid getting trampled by the Hadrosaurs. Tango threw his pack off as he was knocked over, flipping in the grass. Twilight risked peeking back at the advancing Raptors.
"Into the trees!" The princess shouted. Her companions take that literally, the pegasi each taking one of the Cakes before flying up into the treetops.
The group now split, Tango was falling behind until he ran into the brush. Before he could attempt to climb he heard a hiss come from in front of him.
In the treetop Soarin and Mr. Cake heard the scream.
"Tango..."
On the ground the merc pony was trying to crawl away as a Raptor pressed its foot on the ponies spine, piercing him with its famous claw. Tango once more yelled out in agony as the pack looked at each other, planning something.
Pinkie climbed her way up into the safety of the trees with the help of Rainbow Dash.
"Where is everypony?" Rainbow asked.
"Mr. Cake!" Pinkie called out.
"We're alright Pinkie!"
"Is Twilight with you?" Rainbow asked. The mare in question was running through the brush at that very moment, actually following the raptors. Up in the trees the group finally regrouped, and climbed over until they saw Tango lying on the ground.
"Tango?" Mrs. Cake called. Soarin shook his head.
"He's dead." However against all odds Tango raised a hoof.
"No he's not!" Mrs. Cake said trying to climb down. Soarin stiffened.
"Mrs Cake wait!"
"Well we gotta help him," Mr. Cake reasons. Suddenly a branch snaps under Mrs Cake's weight, and only dumb luck helps her stop her fall by hooking her hind legs around a branch. At that moment to male raptors dash out from cover, and start leaping up in an attempt to bite her, and drag her down to her demise.
"Hold on!" Carrot shouted. The baker and Soarin quickly climbed down to pulled Mrs. Cake up as the Raptors continued to leap up. Once the shock wore off, the ponies realized how much danger they were in.
"They set a trap.....they actually set a trap." Soarin said.
"Bad!" Pinkie scowls at the raptors as she pulls off her safari hat, and bounces it off the head of one of the raptors. In the brush Twilight carefully peeked out, watching the Raptors make noises and hisses.
"What are you two saying?" She said quietly. "What are you looking for?" From somewhere another Raptor called out. Two the underneath the ponies began to walk off, until one stopped at Tango. Taking the pony's head within its jaws, the Raptor twisted his neck with a sickening pop. Mrs. Cake had to look away.
Pinkie looks like she's going to be sick, "...I'm gonna lose my cupcakes..."
In the meanwhile Twilight was still somewhere on the ground. It was calmly quiet around her as she peeked over a log to see if any Raptors were around her. It seemed the Raptors had left. Taking a deep breath, Twilight stood up to make a run for the trees, only to find a Raptor snarling right at her.
Twilight scrambled backwards as the Raptor jumped onto the fallen log. Before the mare could run to safety more Raptors appeared in every direction. They had her trapped.
"No...." She said horrified.
Another hissing noise reaches her ears as somepony throws a Tear Gas grenade into the small area where she stands. Then another, and another. The raptors balk, and squawk before taking off in all directions. The gas makes Twilight cough heavily as a small pegasus pony swoops through wearing gas mask, yanking her free of the cloud by her mane. Once they're out of the cloud the pony flies off deeper into the forest.
"Wa-wait!" Twilight coughed, galloping after the pegasus. The little pony flew until it arrived at what appeared to be a swamp. In the middle was a water truck turned onto its side. Opening the metal door, the pony let Twilight climb in, before climbing down himself, lighting a lantern so it wasnt dark.
"Thanks a lot Pound." Twilight coughed. The colt removed his gas mask, looking at the princess confused.
"You know who I am?"
"Yeah." Another round of coughs. "Your parents are here looking for you."
"…Together?" He looks at her in disbelief.
"Yeah." Twilight coughed.
"That's not good....they haven’t been doing so good together lately." Pound said, sitting on his makeshift bed.
"You'd be surprise what Ponies do when at they have to." Twilight coughed. The colt took a good long look at the mare.
"You're Princess Twilight Sparkles. What are you doing here?"
"Your parents.....kinda invited me along." Twilight said, before coughing again. Pound passed over one of the last few cans of food he had. It would help with the coughing the mare was suffering from. Pound sat back on his bed after pulling out some candy bars.
"You into dinosaurs?"
"Use to. Before they tried to eat me." Twilight said.
"When InGen cleared out they left a lot of stuff behind." Pound said.
"Any weapons?"
"No, and I just used the last gas grenades."
"I appreciate that by the way." Twilight said, before looking into a vial of yellow liquid.
"Careful with that," Pound says with a bit of a disgusted smirk. "That's T Rex. Scares away some of the smaller ones, but it attracts one really big one with a finon its back." The princess had a feeling what that dinosaur was. She also had a feeling what was in the bottle
".....this is T Rex... pee?" Twilight gingerly sets the bottle down as Pound nods. "How did you...? Never mind, I don't wanna know."
"Desert?" Pound asked, holding up a candy bar.
"Sure." The bar was tossed through the air, Twilight catching it happily. "Pound, I’m gonna be honest. I'm amazed you were able to make it eight weeks alone out here." Pound stopped eating.
"Is that all its been?" Twilight nods, and Pound frowned "…Feels like it's been longer..."
"Well, your alive thats all that matters." Twilight noted. "Thanks to you thats one thing we have in common." Twilight said. Pound smirked before freezing.
"Listen... Compys!" Jumping to his hooves he shuts the hatch to the truck. The moment the hatch slammed shut the squeaks and chirps of the dangerous little dinos came hopping by. The little monstrosities however don't seem to notice they were cut off from a big meal as they are far too interested in snapping up mosquitoes by the creek bed.