Somewhere within the valley the Gryosphere holding both Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle rolled on casually, despite the little monitor telling them to head back to the park due to technical issues. The unicorn mare was taking in all the sights of the dinosaurs while the Pegasus frowned at what she saw coming up ahead.
“Hello….what happened here?” Scootaloo brought the Gryosphere to a halt. Sweetie turned forward to see what exactly was up. Right in front of them was the perimeter fence separating the valley from the restricted section of the island, and in the middle of the fence was a gaping hole where the gate should’ve been. “Awesome; off road!”
“But they told us to go back.” Sweetie said, not liking where the situation was going.
“ Listen Sweetie Belle, I’m worried you’re not getting the whole Jurassic World experience.” Scootaloo explained, holding a hoof to her lips to shush the unicorn. She then got the sphere moving forward before her friend could begin to protest.
By now the Visitor Center was filled with more guest than usual. Applebloom trotted down the stairs, doing her best not to bump into any of the various guest around her. As fillies and colts messed with the hologram panel featuring various dinosaurs, the southern mare began looking for Shooting Star, but she didn’t have to look for long.
“Applebloom!” Shooting called, having trotted back from the lab, and having gotten no new info from the lab ponies.
“I need you!” Applebloom said, trotting quickly to the cyber pony, who was caught off guard by the statement.
“Ok….”
“I need your help.” The mare elaborated. “My two best friends, they’re out in the valley! Please if anything happens to them…” Shooting could see the mare was clearly in distress here. All joking was over now.
“How long have you known them?” The cyber pony asked, moving Applebloom off to the side.
“We’ve known each other since we we’re blank flanks….that has to be........at least….”
“You can’t even remember how long you’ve know them?” Shooting asked in disbelief. “Come on, I got a jeep.”
“No! No! Bad idea here!” Sweetie Belle argued as the sphere rolled over the jungle terrain.
“It’s a great idea!” Scootaloo insisted.
“No! We’re gonna get arrested, have our manes shaved off and have to make root beer from a toilet!”
“….ok you read way too many stories.” The Pegasus mare said as the sphere came to a stop. “And see?” She pointed to the front of the sphere where a herd sat. “I told you. Up close and personal with four……dinosauruses…” The names of the dinosaur in front of her were slipping her mind.
“They’re Ankylosaurus.” Sweetie explained. “We shouldn't be here. And there's five dinosaurs.”
“Aren’t you supposed to be the smart one?” Scootaloo asked. “I see four. One, two, three four!”
“…….five…..” Sweetie pointed a hoof at the window at what appeared to be a muzzle with teeth. The two looked confused until it finally dawned on them. The fifth dinosaur was a reflection……and that reflection was coming from right behind them. Their hearts dropped to their stomachs when they began to hear growling. Locking eyes, the two mares slowly turned around from their seats and glanced up….right up into the giant frame of the Indominous Rex. The escaped dinosaur took one look at the sphere and the herd before letting out an ear shattering roar.
“Buck!”
“Go go go go go!” Sweetie said, taking control of the joystick, however the I-Rex charged forward at the herd of Ankylosaur, kicked the sphere like an oversized soccerball, and sending the two mares spinning out of control. Sweetie Belle began screaming as the Gyrosphere bounced off several fleeing Ankylosaur like a pinball. Scootaloo was doing her absolute best to hold it together.
“Hang on Sweetie!!!” She shouted, taking hold of her friend as the sphere finally came spinning to a stop, staring right at a defensive Ankylosaur. A rather large foot came crashing down next to the two. It didn’t take a genious to figure out who it belonged to.
“Drive! Go!” Scootaloo threw the joystick forward in an attempt to roll the sphere past the two, but the Ankylosaur struck it with its clubbed tail, putting a large crack in the glass and sending the two terrified mares crashing into a tree. Sparks flew out as the sphere rolled, leaving the two mares hanging upside down and scattering various belongings. The two could only watch as the herbivore swung its club tail at the Indominous, striking it across the face. The I-Rex was trying to figure out how to finish its prey in front of it, unable to bite through the creature’s tough armor body, until it was able to turn the Ankylosaur onto its back, and clamping its massive jaw around the creatures neck.
Sweetie had to look away as a sickening crack was heard. Scootaloo was trying her hardest to get the sphere moving, but it was trashed.
“We’re safe in here….right?” The unicorn asked.
“Yeah…we’re totally safe.” Scootaloo said, although she questioned if they were truly safe. The two mares began to panic as the rather loud sound of the Pegasus’s phone vibrate on the glass below them rang out. On the screen it was Applebloom trying to reach the two. Straining herself, the orange mare reached her leg as far as it would go, and that would just let her hoof barely touch the phone. Sweetie Belle turned her eyes forward, and nearly wet herself at what she saw.
“Scoot?”
“I almost got it….” Scootaloo said, almost reaching the phone.
“Scoot?”
“What?” Scootaloo turned her eyes forward to see what had Sweetie’s attention. Right in front of them was a large white head and large orange eye. The growling coming from the dinosaur was causing the sphere to shake from just how close it was to them. The orange Pegasus was having disturbing flashbacks to over twenty years ago as the Indominous stood up and began assessing on what was in front of her. To the horror of the trapped mares inside, the hybrid took its large claws and began turning the sphere, turning it until the two were sitting right up and looking it directly in the eyes. As if it couldn’t get any worst, they two mares watched as the I-Rex jammed a large claw right through the glass, as if it was merely paper.
Peering down at them, the hybrid roared loudly. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle began screaming as the creature tried closing its massive jaws around the glass sphere. However as large as the jaws were, the sphere was too big for it to crush. With the sphere now stuck in its jaws, the Indominous began lifting and smashing the sphere into the ground. Sweetie was still screaming bloody murder as the glass behind them gave way. Glancing, this gave Scootaloo a suicidal idea. As the I-Rex lifted its head up, the orange Pegasus quickly undid the straps holding her and her friend in place, dropping them both to the ground.
“Go! Go!” Scootaloo shouted, pushing her friend onto her hooves. The two galloped out of the way as the Indominous finally shattered the sphere altogether, right on top of where they were just standing. The two mares broke out into a mad dash towards an opening in the trees as the I-Rex roared loudly behind them. “Sweetie go!!!!” The orange mare shouted as the two galloped through some thick grass as the I-Rex came crashing through the trees behind them, roaring loudly as it chased its prey. The two mares came skidding to a halt at the edge of a cliff located directly above a large pool of water. “We gotta jump!!!”
“I can’t!!!!”
“One! Two! Three….JUMP!!!” Scootaloo pushed herself and Sweetie over the edge as the Indominous snapped its jaws in the spot they just were. Sweetie screamed loudly as she and Scootaloo fell what had to be over twenty five feet easily, crashing into the water below. Perplexed, the hybrid peered over the edge and into the water, but unfortunately for it, it’s thermal vision wouldn’t pierce the water.
Below, Sweetie had begun to swim upward, until she felt Scootaloo grab her back leg, pulling her down and shaking her head frantically, holding a hoof to her lips. After waiting for a brief moment, the hybrid roared before stomping off once more in search of more prey. Once they were sure the creature was gone, the two mares broke the surface gasping for air. The two then began to swim their way towards the muddle banks, collapsing once they reached mud.
“You alright?!” Scootaloo asked loudly to be heard over the waterfall behind them.
“Yeah!” Sweetie gasped. Glancing behind her, a though began to dawn on Scootaloo.
“We jumped…..” She said. The two mares shared a look, before breaking down into laugher.
Somewhere out in the valley Shooting Star and Applebloom were following the tracking of the lone Gyrosphere. The two ponies just made it over a hilltop when the sight in front of them stopped them dead in their tracks.
“Stay in the car.” Shooting ordered, pulling out his rifle and climbing out of the jeep. Carefully trotting forward, he slung his rifle over his shoulder as he quietly trotted to the front of the gravely wounded Brontosaur laying in front of him. The large slashes and cuts on her torso made the cyber pony realize just what exactly did this. Reaching the front, he knelt down at the head of the Brontosaur, who was gasping and moaning. “Hi…” The stallion said quietly, calmly running a hoof over the creatures head, trying his best to sooth her. “Shh…..it’s ok girl, I know.”
Despite being told to stay in the jeep, Applebloom carefully climbed out and joined the cyber pony. Shooting looked the mare in the eye, but didn’t say anything. Kneeling down, the southern mare raised a shaky hoof and ran it along the herbivores head.
“I’m so sorry…..” She said quietly. The Brontosaur raised its head up at the mare, looking at her with big pleading eyes.
“It’s ok girl…..” Shooting said soothingly. Applebloom didn’t have a clue on what she could do to ease the poor creatures pain, until an idea came to her. Something she remembered from her fillyhood.
“Hush now……quiet now….” She sang quietly to the creature. “Time to lay your sleepy head……hush now….quiet now…..time….to….go….to…..bed….” Applebloom choked out the rest of the lullaby, tears forming in her eyes as the Brontosaur gave one final breath before calmly laying its head on the grass, before closing its eyes. The mare shared a look with the cyberpony, a lone tear running down her cheek. Shooting peered off into the valley, and what he saw sickened him greatly.
Rising back to his hooves, he quietly trotted to the edge of the hill and looked out as five more Brontosaurus bodies lay rotting in the mid day sun, buzzards over head.
“It didn’t eat them.” He said quietly as Applebloom joined him, unable to believe what she was seeing herself. “It’s not killing for food……it’s killing for sport.”