Chapter
9 ‘Ouch!’ Page 36
When they arrived Bonta, Harpi, and
Peko were already there. As the group
gathered close to talk, Kypou and Typhoo walked out from the jungle and joined
them. Jason eagerly told them all about
how they found the forbidden crystals.
But the group didn’t provide the reaction he was hoping for.
“So did we,” said Kypou.
“We did too,” added Harpi.
“We all found crystals?” said Tommy
in a puzzling voice. This sounded too
easy. He was sure it wasn’t suppose to
be this easy. Tommy had seen the
reaction the crystal had caused, so why weren’t the Velociraptors being more
careful? He voiced his concerns to the
rest of the gang, but it was met with a lot of opposition. The feeling for recent events was elation
and they weren’t about to let Tommy rain on their parade. Things would go ahead as planned. Tommy wished Egbert was here, at least he
listened.
“Besides,” Kypou reminded him. “If the Myrites thought for a second that
the black crystals were going to be used against them, they’d stop at nothing
to keep us from them.” The Myrites
truly felt they were invincible. No one
would challenge them.
“We have the crystals and the
element of surprise,” said Kypou.
“Tonight is the time to strike.”
His earlier apprehensions had disappeared.
Tommy had to agree. Paranoia had clearly gotten the better of
him.
It was decided to use the supply of
crystals Kypou and Typhoo had found because Tommy figured out these would be
closest to the Great Stone.
Once there, they gathered as many as
they could. The surrounding area was
still peaceful and quiet. The group’s
late night mission had so far gone undetected.
Now it was time for the real test... get to the Great Stone and destroy
it.
The only way to the meteor he knew
of was up the path he’d taken earlier in the day with Egbert and the
others. Unfortunately, this would take
them out from the cover of the jungle and into full view of the pit. Tommy had failed to take this into
consideration. Getting there was not
going to be as easy as he thought.
They managed to safely get to the
path and upon arriving they once again crouched down in the underbrush. The first part of the path was completely
visible from within the pit, while the second half was shielded by the
jungle. It they could just get past the
first part without being seen then the rest of the journey would be a piece of
cake. The Velociraptors had so far
arrogantly left all areas unguarded, but they would soon regret that.
Bonta then pointed out that they
could easily get passed the first bit unseen by going through the trees which
lined the edge of the path. True it
would slow them down but it was well worth it.
Tommy led the way. The dinosaurs took up position behind him
with Jason behind them. Just before
they approached the second half of the path, Tommy suddenly stopped, abruptly
catching the rest of the group by surprise.
The five dinosaurs ran into the back of Tommy and Jason into the back of
them. They all ended up on the ground
in a heap.
“Get off! Get off!” hissed Jason, who found himself underneath everyone.
Tommy got up and helped the others,
except Harpi. He was taking a little
too long getting up. Jason gave the
dinosaur a sharp push. Harpi rounded on
him in anger. He had promised Bonta
that he would leave Jason alone, but he stopped short at that by being pushed
by a human.
“Watch who your pushing!” growled
Harpi.
Jason quickly got to his feet.
“If you don’t like being pushed then
maybe you should move faster!” snapped Jason.
“Oh yeah!” said Harpi.
They were now nose to nose and were
about to start swinging when Kypou pushed between them.
“That’s enough,” he said in an angry
whisper. “We have enough to worry about
without you two acting like idiots!”
Jason gave Harpi one last glare then
left to join Tommy up ahead.
“What did you stop for!” he grumbled
at his brother.
Tommy waved his arms in front of
him.
“Can’t go any further,” he said.
The sparse jungle had now turned
into a thick mass of trees and vines.
They didn’t have the time to find another way around. With every second that passed they were in
danger of being caught. Tommy
cringed. This development left them
only one alternative; to go out on to the path. He was pretty sure the Velociraptors were smart enough to notice
two humans and five dinosaurs holding enough forbidden crystals to end their rule
forever.
At the same time Tommy was reaching
this conclusion, Jason was also coming to a few of his own.
“This is going to be a problem,
isn’t it?” he said when he noticed Tommy’s troubled expression.
Reluctantly, Tommy nodded.
“What’s going on?” snapped Harpi
with irritation.
Jason turned around and glared at
the dinosaur. Harpi really knew how to
get on his nerves.
“We can’t go any further this way,”
whispered Tommy. “We’ll have to go out
on to the path.”
Harpi’s eyes widened.
“Are you crazy!” he whispered
hoarsely. “I’m not going out
there! The Myrites will see us! I knew we shouldn’t have listened to you!”
Well, Jason wasn’t about to let
Harpi talk to Tommy like that, after all he was doing his best.
“If you’ve got any better ideas instead
of complaining, we’re all ears,” he said through gritted teeth.
“That’s enough!” said Kypou
harshly. “I’m not telling you two
again.”
Kypou looked at Tommy.
“Is this our only alternative?” he
asked.
“Yeah, it is,” replied Tommy. He didn’t like the idea anymore then anyone
else.
Kypou looked at Harpi and Jason
again.
“Then that’s what we’ll do,” he said
sternly.