Extinction Island by Catt Dahman

Author:Catt Dahman [dahman, catt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
Amazon: B00O3X2U2Q
Published: 2014-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: Day Three, Nightfall

Joy, Scott, Helen, Tyrese, and Alex dragged the sled and Tom into camp and fell on their butts, exhausted. They saw the captain’s body lying headless. They saw the blood and Lisa’s body by the water. They saw the big brown dinosaur.

All of that was overwhelming.

Scott told the rest about losing Fish and finding the remains of other people. He talked fast and said he would explain in detail later. Then he waited to hear what had happened at camp which smelled of feces and burned flesh.

Sue gave a recount of the attack, but the events were easy to figure out by looking at the bodies on the beach. “At least the Big Brown is dead.”

“Ummmph,”Alex made a noise.

“He is dead. They killed the bastard. They are heroes.”

“Yeah, she is dead. She’s very dead, true, but….” Alex rubbed his head and walked back to the dinosaur and then returned, sitting down again to rub his head. He looked upset and perplexed as he thought and searched his brain for answers.

“We don’t have to worry about it anymore, I mean,” Sue said. She was confused over Alex’s reaction. He was as fascinated with dinosaurs as she was, and despite the circumstances, he was curious, but now he acted strange.

“She’s very feathered. She’s big but not as big; she has a lot of feathers. She,” Alex said as he took a deep breath and then said, isn’t Big Brown.”

“Yes, it is. It’s brown and has feathers, and it’s dead now,” Stu said. He felt dread creeping into his stomach with a lump of anxiety.

“No, she looks like Big Brown, but she is far more feathered, and Big Brown is male. Go look at her belly and the remains of her brood. They must have live births because there are two dead babies I can see in that mess of her stomach. That is absolutely not Big Brown.” Alex spat the words out with a raised voice, sick with having to relate the information. It was as if it were his fault that this was the wrong dinosaur. It was not the wrong one, really, but it was another one. He didn’t like that he knew that. He really didn’t like saying it. And mostly, he hated being right.

“What does that mean?” Stu asked.

“Alex,” Sue said. She saw that his eyes were full of fear. “You killed Big Brown’s mate. There is a bigger one out there, and I suspect when he figures this out, he is going to be furious. I mean if they are that advanced and can feel emotions, he will get pissed off when he finds out his mate was killed.”

“Another one?” Vera asked.

Alex nodded.

Helen said, “He’s right. I am sure that isn’t Big Brown. It looks like him, but it isn’t. Kelly, Tom is in trouble.”

Kelly had been so busy that when she saw Tom, she didn’t understand that he was on the sled and very sick. She wanted to yell at him for

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