Jungle


Deep within the jungles of the Nosy Lehibe island, It had passed a few hours ever since the plane crashed. Natalie was recovering from her injuries as she fell from the aircraft before it made its way into the land. On the way down, Natalie crashed through several branches and twigs, leaving her scarred and bleeding, with apparent bruises. The woman was laying on the dirty ground of the weald, at the top of a foliage bed, that kindly cushioned her long hurtful fall. The surroundings were filled with not only prehistoric creatures, but also the native African fauna, which could affect her, or not.

Her narrow brown eyes opened, blinking hardly until she regained focus. Laying on the grass, her first sight was the treetops and part of a bright blue sky. Natalie set herself up, looking into both sides, it wasn't really different from one another, just bushes and crooked trees. She felt an uneasy feeling coming from the back of her spine, she raised her arm, reaching for that supposed feeling. Natalie senses the feeling, it felt crunchy and the worst part was, it moved.

Natalie yelped in fear, jumping forward. Natalie faces down to the floor, looking back. An enormous Meganeura flies back into the sky. Natalie continues observing the insect as it flies higher and higher, until, ZAP. The animal is electrocuted by a barrier in the sky, containing any flying prehistoric creature from leaving the territory of the island.  

The bug collapsed right in front of Natalie, she analyzed it, completely burned, and so definitely dead. She decided to move on with her rescue operation, using logic, she tries to find the crashing site, but she needs to find a high spot first. Natalie goes up to a tree, going step by step, into the higher levels. She finally gets to the top, where she gets a beautiful view from most of the valley, including a watering hole with many herbivore species she had already seen before in the California HQ, except this time there were brand new species.

Homolocephale was the most noticeable from afar, the large herd was moving through the field, with some grazing on fiber. One that intrigued Natalie, was the addition of Polacanthus, A antisocial species that get angered in the overcrowded territory, yet the presence of the companies ceratopsians and stegosaurids didn't seem to bother the twelve ankylosaurids.

However, that wasn't what Natalie was looking for. Any signs of a plane crash were not seen, not even smoke or lose wreckage. Just like that, she assumes she is by herself now. She slides down the tree, landing back on the safe ground. With no clue where to go, she heads South, usually where facilities are located in this sanctuary.

A menacing snarl can be heard from the surroundings, Natalie had never heard anything similar to it before, and just like that, she ignores it and continues her journey up north. A single Antelope is grazing on the foliage nearby, swinging its tail to scare flys away. Until the sound of a twig snap calls its attention, but when it least expects, an oversized feline-like carnivore lunges at him from behind, devouring it.

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