//------------------------------// // Break Out // Story: Jurassic World: Jurassic Pony IV // by mistercokehold8 //------------------------------// Located in the center of the large theme park was the lake that had its own amphitheater for live entertainment. Whenever it was show time, the theater was always packed to the brim with visitors. "The Mosasaurus was thought to have hunted near the surface of the water...where it preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into." The worker pony in charge said into a microphone. "Including turtles, large fish, even smaller Mosasaurus." Sweetie Belle was watching in deep interest, while Scootaloo was trying to keep her phone off. The white unicorn is squirming in her seat with excitement, and looks up as a crane starts moving a massive dead shark over the water by the tail. "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 big applause when she comes out." Scoot finally tucked her phone away. Sweetie wraps her forelegs around her friend, shaking her slightly. "Scoots it's the Mosasaur! The Mosasaur!!!" The orange pegasus looked up, and as if right on cue the largest dinosaur the two mares would ever see came bursting from the water. It opened it jaws that could swallow the likes of Big Mac, or even Princess Celestia in one bite, revealing two rows of sharpened teeth. It clamps those monstrous jaws on the carcass of the shark, and rips it free of the crane before splashing down sideways, sending a huge wave over the crowd, soaking many of them to the bone. The crowd started applauding loudly. Even soaking wet Scootaloo had to admit that this was pretty awesome. "Hold on tight." The worker pony said as the seats began to lower. "We're gonna give you an even closer look at our Mosasaurus." Through the thick glass surrounding the Mosasaur tank they can see it has released the shark, and circled around bite at it again, the crowd cheering in applaud. Sweetie stamps her hooves in glee. “It had to have 80-something teeth! Where should we go next?!" "Someplace awesome!" Scootaloo said, applauding happily. Meanwhile on the other side of the island a vehicle pulled up alongside the still under construction I-Rex Paddock. "We've been pre-booking tickets for months." Applebloom informed Shooting Star. "The park needs a new attraction every few years... in order to reinvigorate the public's interest. Corporate felt genetic modification would up the wow factor." "They're dinosaurs," Shooting deadpans as they climb stairs to the observation room. "Wow enough." "Not according to our focus groups." The mare said. "The Indominus Rex makes us relevant again." "The Indominus Rex…." Shotty said, putting a hoof to his mouth to stifle a laugh. "What? We needed something scary and easy to pronounce." Applebloom said, defending the name. "You should hear a four-year-old try to say "Archaeornithomimus." Shotty's eyes bulge as he claps both mechanical hooves to his mouth, and laughs into them. Then after a few seconds he pulls them away. "You should hear you try to say it." Applebloom ignored the stallion as she typed in the code to the observation room. When they stepped inside Shotty does his best to focus as he looks through the windows into the paddock, "Okay... so... What kind of Dino are we looking at here?" "The base genome is a T-Rex. The rest is classified." The stallion shot her a look. “You made a new Dino, and you don't even know what it is?" "The lab delivers us finished assets, and we show them to the public." Applebloom explained, before turning to the guard pony. "Can we drop a steer, please?" The guard bit into his doughnut while pressing in commands. After a few moments a large slab of meat came sliding down a line. Shotty frowns, and points a hoof at it. "You feed it with that?" "That's how we fed it all its life, is there a problem?" Shooting began pacing slowly back and forth in front of the windows, peering into the foliage to get a look at the creature, but coming up empty. "All its life... So it's never been beyond these walls? Never seen the outside?" "We can't exactly walk it now can we?" He sighs as he shakes his head, tapping the floor with the end of his tail. "Just saying... Animals raised in isolation don't usually come out very well off." "Your Raptors were born in captivity." Applebloom pointed out. "Captivity, not isolation," He corrects. "They have siblings, they learn social skills, and I imprint on them when they're born." Applebloom simply looked out into the paddock. Shooting sighed, thinking the answer was obvious. "The only positive relationship she has with anything here is with that crane... At least she knows that means food." "So, she needs a friend. We should schedule play-dates? That sort of thing?" "Probably not a good idea.” Shooting said, looking into the foliage. The ponies stood quietly, looking out into the foliage until Applebloom started tapping on the glass. "Where is it?" Shotty frowns as he walks behind her to the opposite side of the viewing platform. "Maybe in the basement? Is it in the downstairs? Betcha it's in the Rec Room playing X-Box."The guard pony typed a command into the system in front of him. "Thermal scanner." Applebloom explained. "We can find it with this." She expected this to be a simple case of it being shy, but to her surprise as the several zones within the paddock were scanned, they all started flashing red with the words negative. "That's impossible....it was just here. We were just here!" "That doesn't make any sense. These doors haven't been opened in weeks." The guard said, taking a more detailed look. “Were those claw marks always there?" Applebloom turned, seeing Shooting had trotted over to the far window. Applebloom looked at the stallion with a quizzical look, before trotting over and looking out the window. "Do you think it..........oh sweet Celestia." She said, horrified at the thought. "She has an implant in her back! I can track it from the control room!" Shotty isn't paying much attention to her, too busy eyeing the claw marks, and realizing just how big their "asset" must be. Applebloom practically ran out of the room and down to the waiting vehicle. Flooring the accelerator, she pulled out her phone and began dialing the control room. "We have an asset out of containment! Put ACU on alert! This is not a drill!" In the control room all the workers were going at their usual pace. Screwball and Button Mash were having a casual conversation when the little red phone on Button's desk started ringing. "Yeah, hello?" "Button! Get me coordinates on the Indominus!" Applebloom said on the other end. "Okay, yeah." Button started typing into his monitor. Back at the paddock Shotty leads two other security ponies out into the foliage to inspect the claw marks. Rising to his hind legs so he can get taller, that way he could inspect the marks more closely. He runs a metal hoof over them before stepping back to look the wall over. "That wall is 40 feet high. Do you really think she could have climbed out?" The guard asked. "Depends," Shotty said quietly. “On what? "Just what kind of dinosaur did they cook up in that lab.....” The cyber pony said, looking at the wall curiously. Back inside the lab the results of the search were coming in for all the workers to see, but Button Mash frowned at the results. "That can't be right..." "What? What it is?" Applebloom asked over the phone. "It says it’s still in there." Applebloom frowns, "What? No that's impossible, I was just there!" "I'm telling you it's in the cage," Button argues. "Wait....there's ponies in there.” On the giant monitor in front of them the whole room could see Shooting Star and the two security guards looking at the claw marks. Letting this revelation sink in, Applebloom's heart dropped. They've been set up.... "Get them out of there! Now!!!!! In the paddock Screwball's voice came crackling unintelligibly over the radio of the more portly of the two security guards. Reaching up his presses a button of the walkie. "Come again?" "It's in the cage! It's in there with you!" The mares voice finally came through. “Go!” Shooting shouted as the three ponies panic, and make a mad bolt for the door back to the safety of the observation room. Well, the first two bolt, the last one sort of waddles. This one had one too many doughnuts. "Forget this...." The last guard waddled back to the door behind them as Shooting and the second guard ran for the original door. They didn’t get halfway there before as the trees in front of the two shook......before a massive creature came to a stop dead center right in front of them. Shooting and the guard looked up in shock and awe, before making a one-eighty and making a break for the door sliding open. Shotty is the faster of the two, having the better running gear with almost no effort behind them. His ears flicked as he heard his partner get snatched up in the claws of the Indominous, barely giving him time to earn a little distance between him, and the monster. Over the radio the ponies in the control room could hear the agonizing screams as the pony yanked up by the Indominous was ripped to pieces. "What's going on?!" Applebloom screamed over the phone. Mr. Delance finally arrived in the control room. "Close it." He ordered. "We can't leave him in there!" Button said. "Close it now!" Delance himself leaned forward and pushed the button himself. Right in front of Shooting the door began beeping before slowly closing itself. Shooting picks up the pace, the Indominous slowly closing in on him. He clears the door just as the Indominous swings for him, but the door catches the dinosaur by the shoulders. Snarling it shoves its way free just as Shooting slid, and rolled under a car, turning his head to watch its feet. The freed dinosaur surveyed its new surroundings, stomping forward towards the vehicles she saw her prey run towards. Shooting rolled onto his stomach as he saw the large feet quietly stomp to the truck located next to him where the slow guard was doing a horrible job of hiding. The guard had his back pressed to the grill of a truck, and takes a horrified glance around one side of the truck, seeing the tail of the beast slipping around the other end. He whimpers, and tries to stay as still as possible, thinking that like the T Rex it can't see him if he doesn't move. However he is sadly mistaken, as the Indominous knows the presence of both ponies through smell, and its ability to sense thermal radiation. Still, the guard's dedication to his survival tactic is commendable, especially considering how he remains still after the Indominous sends the truck he's "hiding" by flying. Shooting jumps as the truck slams down on its top between them, and through a window he makes eye contact with the guard moments before the Indominous chomps down for a pudgy pony meal. Shooting thinks fast, rolling onto his back. He doesn't know that the Indominous can sense his body heat, but he's going to assume it knows he's there. So he jammed his horn into a hose under the truck slice open an oil like substance using his magic to spray the hose all over himself. He then prayed to Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and even Twilight that it does the trick to make him smell disgusting to the Indominous. The Indominous stomped over to the vehicle, lowering its snout to the ground, sniffing around for the pony that evaded him. Because the truck was low enough, the dinosaur was unable to see below it. Shooting looked at the bloody teeth, and shut his eyes tightly, expecting the worst. The Indominous however did not smell the pony. It didn’t care about what it smelled. Letting out a roar, the dinosaur finally stomped away. Shotty slowly opens his eyes, letting out a sigh of relief, hardly believing that had worked. When the stomping fades he crawls out from under the truck, and starts looking for a working vehicle. He's got a lot of ground to cover to get back to the control room.