Search Party: Part 3
by Silverclaw

Two more uneventful day’s later the party reached the cliffs above Waterfall City.

<What an odd bunch we must be.> Silverclaw thought to himself. <Eight Velo’s, a Dimorphadon, a Baryonox and a dragoness.>

20 minutes later the group was at a private sandbox inside the Great Library. Five other dinosaurs and human were waiting by the sandbox. The Dromeosaurus was Enit, the Chief Librarian. The human was Nallab, Assistant Librarian. The Struthomimus was a scribe. The Ovinutrix (Oviraptor else where) was Stormtracer, a close friend of the older members of the group. The Gallimimus was Hardkick, another close friend. But no one knew who the Velociraptor was. She had a gray under color, and almost the same markings as Silverclaw, she had white rings on her neck, four tiger stripes of the same color on her back. And white ringlets on her arms that made her look like she had bracelets on. Her claws were black.

"Ah good morning!" Nallab said "I believe you all know Stormtracer, Hardkick, and Enit. This," he motioned to the scribe who was taking down all he said. "Is Fleetfeet. And this lovely young raptor is Silvershade,"

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Three hours later the four groups headed to their separate regions of the island. Az, Amber, Silverclaw, and Silvershade returned toward the Rainy Basin. Lori, Rusty, and Stormy began the treck to the upmost reaches of the Forbidden Mountains. Jersey, Barry, And Hardkick headed into the vast outline of the Great Desert. And Twi, Rose, and Redback headed to Highnest, to await the arrival of the Ruby Sunstone.

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Meanwhile, deep beneath the Oceans surface a lone Ambulocetus was searching through the ruins of Ancient Posiedos. At these depths he would usually use his primitive form of echolocation. Yet he had a specially formatted headset with two twin beacon sunstones attached to it.

The ancient whale was Sapphire another close friend of Silverclaw and company. He didn’t use his echolocation because the thing he was searching for would distort his vision and temporarily blind him. That thing was the main Ruby Sunstone, the only thing that would restore peace and stability for the creatures of Dinotopia.

<Where could it be?> Sapphire thought to himself. <If only I could use my echo vision. Then I’d find it in a snap.> Suddenly before him was a very dim, but still noticeable red glow. "I found it!" Sapphire exclaimed in a very low frequency. This way a team of Cryptoclydus could come down and retrieve it.

10minutes later it was secured in a crate, on a cart headed for Pteros. Then from there it would be transported via Skybax to Highnest. Where it would await the arrival of it’s kin.



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Dark was fast approaching and Silverclaw and Az were searching for suitable cave to camp in. Without Barry and Jersey to pose a threat to larger theropods the four Dromeosaurs would be safest in a cave.

"I found one." Silverclaw exclaimed.

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"You have a twin too! Your oldest right?"

"Yes! Do you like poetry?"

"Naturally. I write it too, mostly about my life experiences and the local scenery."

"I write sometimes but mostly read it. There’s not much time to write being the smallest theropod in the Basin."

Silverclaw and Silvershade had been like this for hours. Just before Az left Amber with first watch she whispered.

"What a cute couple they make!"

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Three days past, The Forbidden Mountain group was still at it. Now they were losing time and patience.

"I hope we find it soon. Because the farther we go the farther are from civilization." Lori said her hope dancing further away with every step.

"Come on. We can do this. Our body’s are warm blooded after all." Rusty said. Though without much enthusiasm.

"Yeah but it’s still cold." Storm retorted. But even as she said it she knew it really wasn’t. Something was emitting incredible heat.

Before them was a lush Northern Forest. But on the top of a mountain?

"I think we found the Sunstones shard." Rusty said in obvious awe at the forest ahead of her.

"Be on your guard everyone. I expect many predators would live for a place like this." Stormy warned,

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Jersey raised her head to it’s fullest height. Scanning the horizon for anything irregular. She saw nothing.

"Nope nothing. Wait I do see a pack of Dilophosuars headed our way."

"What!" Hardkick exclaimed. Already straightening his neck, ready to run at a moments notice.

"Don’t worry with me and Barry here we’ll be fine." Jersey replied. Fully aware that a large pack of Diloposaurs was no easy match. "Wait, their eyes aren’t pointed at us, they’re pointed behind us!"

At that the trio turned and saw an unusual red glow Jersey had obviously missed.

"The Shard." The Galli, Baryonox, and dragoness yelled automatically heading to the light.

"They must think it’s a caravan! We must get their first!" Jersey yelled launching herself into the air. Hardkick was in close pursuit. Barry pulled up the rear, being the slowest.

 

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