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Disney The Morrison Formation Survival Team Cp.18

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The Morrison Formation Survival Team


.:Chapter 18: The End of Summer:.

Professor woke up and yawned loudly. “Hmm…. What a hot morning.” He said and wiped out his sweat. It’s normal for such early morning with a little sunlight to be such hot. Ann who woke up as well also complained. “So humid too… I have never found any morning like this since we arrived here.” She said. “I guess it’s going to rain soon. Look at the sky.” Zazu who had already woken up said. The sky was dark and full with packed up cloud, hiding almost the entire sun behind.

“By the way, where are those boys?” Professor Ludwig asked, referring to Tarzan, Aladdin, Abu and Baloo. “They told me they are going to retrieve the spears they made yesterday, they left them at the swamp when Baloo got attacked.” Zazu answered. “Oh, then we should wait for them before having breakfast.” The professor said. Three of them started to wait for their teammates to return. However, a half hour passed and there was still no sight of them. “This is weird… They should have been back for a while… Why do they take this so long?” The professor said as he walked around, began to worry about his teammates. “They might be looking for more food?” Anna said. “But we have more than enough already!” The professor said. The duck then looked at the swamp’s direction. “What if there is something wrong…” He whispered. The professor then grabbed his hat and some of his stuff. “I will go to see what they are doing right now.” He said. “Wait, you mean you are going to look for them alone?” Anna asked the professor. “Of course” The duck replied. “Wait, what about us? Shouldn’t we come along?” Anna asked again. “No, you and Zazu stay here, take a look at the camp while I am away.” The professor said and walked away, he then disappeared into the distance. “Well… Well… I guess I have to stay here and have nothing to do…” Anna said and sat down grumpily. “Oh come on, that’s good for you. You can’t run normally right now and letting you out would be the worst idea ever.” Zazu said and perched on a branch.

Anna and Zazu waited and waited, almost another half hour left and Professor Ludwig along with other teammates hadn’t shown up. “OK, now I’m going to freak out… Where are they now?” Anna said, started to be worried as well. “This looks so weird… I guess something wrong really did happen to them.” Zazu said, being worried as well. “What about we go to check them?” Anna asked. “Good idea, stay here. I will go to see what they are doing.” Zazu said and flew up. “Oh wait… Wait, mister banana beak. You won’t let me stay here alone, right?” Anna asked with tricky smile. She just found a chance for her to have something to do. “What do you mean?” Zazu asked. “Well, what if I get attacked by dinosaurs? I alone couldn’t stand a chance certainly… Can I go with you?” Anna said. “But…” Zazu tried to speak but was cut by Anna. “Oh come on! I can walk much better now! Isn’t it better to have two pairs of eyes instead of one?” Anna asked. Zazu thought for a while and then landed on Anna’s shoulders. “Alright, alright… Then what are we gonna do with our stuff?” Zazu said and pointed to the backpacks and other stuffs around their camp area. “Well, what about putting some of them on the tree?” Anna said.

After Anna and Zazu put all the food and other small objects that could be carried away up on the tree. They went away from the camp area. The two walked through arid grove forest which the trees were suffering from the summer. There were almost no sight of small ferns, horsetails and other water-loving plants around there, as well as the herbivores that eat them such as Dryosaurus and Camptosaurus which would have chosen to stay deeper into the oasis, around the big water holes or the place rich with underground water where their plant food grows. Anna and Zazu soon arrived at the dried-up swamp. “Here we arrive. Let’s see where our friends are.” Zazu said. Both of them walked down the dried-up swamp, slid down the slope and finally reached the bottom. Around the water edge full with many footprints on the half-dry mud. Most of them are from animals come for the drink at night. However, some shoes track and bear paws could be seen. “Hey, look! That’s their track!” Anna said and pointed to the footprints. “They are walking alongside the water edge, probably looking for their spears.” Zazu said. Both of them followed the footprints. They then found something appeared next to their friend’s track which changed from steady walking into chaotic running, the footprints of something that looks like giant bird’s footprints, not just one… The tracks came from animal more than one individual. “They were chasing our friends!” Zazu gasped. The footprints of these animals are quite large, large enough to be considered as something they don’t want to mess with.

“Let’s follow them!” Zazu said and flew ahead, leaded the limping Anna toward another side of the swamp. Zazu waited for Anna to climb up the slope with a bit difficulty and then both of them continued, rushed through the grove forest. Suddenly, a grunting sound could be heard. “Wait, listen… Something is near…” Zazu said. “I feel that it came from that way.” Anna said and pointed in a direction. Both of them slowly headed toward that direction. Anna and Zazu then looked from behind a bush. They then saw something very terrifying…

“At their sight, were 3 adolescent Allosauruses surrounding at a tree, growling and grunting, while on the tree, there stayed their teammates, including Professor Ludwig as well. The tree was small and short and the branches they were standing upon were not very far from the ground. The Allosauruses seemed not to be able to reach them, however the survivors were still in the great danger. “They were trapped! What should we do?” Zazu said started to freak out. “Hold on, Zazu. Hold on. We must save them.” Anna said and looked at the Allosauruses. She used her mind for a while and then turned to Zazu. “Zazu, you go and lure them away from the tree. Could you do that?” Anna asked. “What? Me?” Zazu asked. “Yeah! You are fast enough to avoid getting eaten and you can fly too.” Anna said. “Oh… OK, then you wait here and don’t let them see you, ok?” Zazu said and flew up. He dashed through the air toward his teammates on the tree. “Zazu!” Tarzan called. “I’m going to lure them away from you. All of you then go to that bush, alright? Anna is waiting for you there.” Zazu said. “What? Anna comes with you too?” The professor asked, however had flown away already. He dove down and struck at one Allosaurus’s head. The theropod growled and snapped its jaws, trying to catch Zazu. “Come after me, you over-weight lizard!” The hornbill shouted and attacked another Allosaurus, pecking it on its head. The second Allosaurus turned to him as well. Zazu then flew straight to the third, hit it hard at its snout. The third Allosaurus roared and tried to bite Zazu, however it missed. Not so long, the three of them start chasing the little bird around the area. “Hoi! This isn’t easy task at all!” Zazu complained and flew away, luring the predators away from the area. The two Allosauruses chased after Zazu, however the third one sensed something that made it stopped. It then walked to the other direction, toward the hiding Anna…

“Oh my! That one didn’t fall to Zazu and it sensed me!” Anna whispered to herself in fear. “Oh… Anna! Are you there?” Professor Ludwig shouted. Anna wanted to answer, but the Allosaurus was so close to her, too close to her so that it must be able to hear her if she makes any sound. “If you are there, listen to me! Stay in the position! You can’t outrun juvenile Allosaurus, especially you in that condition! We will find the way to help you out!” Professor said. Anna stayed in her position and tried to go unnoticed. The Allosaurus started checking the area around. It lowered its head and started seeking for Anna. There were only a few bushes of cycads between the dinosaur and Anna. Anna breathed heavily but kept trying to be as quiet as she can. The Allosaurus became excited. It could smell the prey, but haven’t seen it yet. Suddenly, the large dinosaur’s foot stepped on the dusty ground. The sand and dust floated up and into Anna’s face. The princess closed her nose but it was too late. She sneezed loudly. The Allosaurus looked at her spot immediately, it finally found her. “Ahhhh! No!” Anna frightened and darted away from her hideout. The Allosaurus roared and immediately charged out. Anna stumbled a rock and fell down, made her dodged the snapping jaws of Allosaurus that almost manage to catch her. The Allosaurus prepared another attack. Anna screamed loudly and rolled into the nearby cycad bush. Protected by the density of ground cycad, the Allosaurus couldn’t reach her easily, the dinosaur started to bite and pull out the cycad leaves so that it could reach the princess. But then, a large stone was hauled at the creature. The Allosaurus roared and looked to the position where the stone came from.

Aladdin and Abu were on the ground, they were throwing the stones and pebbles at the Allosaurus. “Stay away from my friend! Keep throwing, Abu!” Aladdin said while Abu screamed and cursed the dinosaur in monkey language. The Allosaurus changed its target to Aladdin and Abu instead and walked straight to them. Suddenly, before it could charge at the two Disney characters, something leaped on its back and climbed to its shoulders. Tarzan growled loudly and wrestled with the Allosaurus’s neck. Professor Ludwig and Baloo used this time rushed toward Anna and helped the girl out of the cycad bush. “Thank you so much.” Anna said while pulled out dirt and dried conifer needles from her hair. “Everyone this way!” Aladdin shouted at them. Professor Ludwig, Baloo and Anna moved away from the area. “Wait! What about Tarzan?” Baloo asked. The wild man was still wrestling the Allosaurus . He tried to cling tightly on the creature’s neck. However, the Allosaurus was far more powerful than him. The dinosaur finally shook its head and threw Tarzan across the air. The wild man clashed to the ground and got knocked unconscious. “Oh no! Tarzan!” Anna screamed while the other watched in terror. The Allosaurus panted and moved closer toward the lying wild man to finnish him off.

Suddenly, the Allosaurus stopped. It started to look around. The ground then shook heavily as something big was moving toward the area. It took not so long after that when a tree fell on its side and almost squashed the Allosaurus and Tarzan in the open area. The dinosaur flinched and looked at something that was coming into its way. “What’s that?!” Anna gasped.

Something appeared from the forest. At first sight, it looked like a group of walking tree trunks, but then when the thing stepped into the open area. Everyone could see it clearly. It was a dinosaur, similar to Camarasaurus, but not giraffe-height creature they’re familiar to… This animal is a true behemoth! Its gargantuan body rose up high into the sky, supports by its long legs which each are even bigger than tree trunks around there. Its neck rose up high to the sky, so high so that the survivors could only see its tiny head from bellow. Each step shakes the ground when the creature moved. The gigantic beast sent out loud and long bellow similar to whale’s call. It then looked down to the ground where the Allosaurus was standing. Compared to this animal, this standing juvenile Allosaurus can’t even reach its chest. The gigantic animal roared loudly at the predator in front of it and kept walking, this giant clearly wasn’t afraid of the predator at all. The Allosaurus started to back away slowly as the giant walked into its position and finally stood over Tarzan, who was still lying unconscious. The giant roared loudly at the predator again, clearly wanted the predator to stay away from its path. The Allosaurus growled back and then turned around and ran away, followed the same trail its allies went after Zazu.

“What…. What is that…” Anna asked, still shock upon seeing the gigantic beast at her sight. “]Brachiosaurus altithorax, it’s a herbivore, the tallest browser of Morrison Formation.” Said Professor Ludwig who also watched the beast in excited. “Er… Wait! What about Tarzan!” Baloo said. Everyone then rushed toward Tarzan after the gigantic beast moved away from him. The wild man started to gain his consciousness. “What happened….” Tarzan said and touched his head. “Don’t worry, the Allosauruses are gone, you must thank that giant over there.” Professor Ludwig said and pointed toward the Brachiosaurus who stopped at a very tall tree nearby to browse. “Wow… What’s that? It’s so big!” Tarzan said and gasped to the enormous size of the titanic dinosaur. “It’s Brachiosaurus.” Professor Ludwig spoke the name of the creature again. “How long is that? 20 or 22 metres?” Aladdin said, tried to guess the length of the dinosaur. “Ha ha ha! More like 26!” Professor Ludwig said. “What? 26?!!” Anna asked. “Yes, this is a very big male. It’s probably up to 30 tons in weight and 12 metres tall.” Professor Ludwig kept explaining. Anna almost collapsed when she heard the size the professor estimated. “I understand the standard of word ‘big’ of this place now…” She said. When compares to this titan, even the biggest Camarasaurus looks very small, not to mention any other smaller animals at all. This is the true walking tower of the Morrison Formation.

More sound came from where the beast came out and not so long, more Brachiosauruses appeared. Much smaller and duller in coloration than the first ones, it seemed like the following animals were females and juvenile, however most of them were still bigger than any animals they have met before. Not so long, the open area was full with 8 Brachiosauruses, walking around and foraging on the tall trees around there. “Well, I wonder why we haven’t found them earlier.” Aladdin asked. “From what I have learnt, Brachiosaurus eat more specific types of tree than Camarasaurus. They migrate in much further distant, from oasis to oasis to obtain their food. I guess this herd only just arrived in this oasis.” Professor Ludwig said.

The team watched the scene of the giant wandering around. Suddenly, something fell down from the sky. “Oh! Zazu! Here you are!” Professor Ludwig said. “Are you alright?” Anna asked. “I’m fine… I’m fine!” Zazu said and panted, “…Those dinosaurs are such stubborn…” He added. “At least, you are alright!” Anna said and patted the little bird at his head. “And if all of us are alright, let’s get back to the camp and have break… I mean brunch!” Baloo said. At that moment, something fell down on the survivors’ heads…. Drop of water. “Hur?” Professor Ludwig looked up. “Rain…” Tarzan said as rain started to fall down. “The summer is ended now!” Professor Ludwig said again joyfully. The Brachiosauruses around them also bellowed loudly, greeting the first rain of Morrison Formation…
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