After being exiled, Snock had chosen to take the same direction it had always followed: the west. Each day he followed the movement of the sun and went to the point where it was setting. Not that he had many alternatives: going west he would be back among humans and it was the last thing he wanted.
During the journey he had mainly fed on small and slow mammals and some synapsids. It was hard to return to normal life: he lacked the simple meals and the safe refuge that the herd provided. But they were no longer available to him, so he had to make do.
The nightmares had returned to haunt him. By now he was terrified of falling asleep, both because he was afraid that something would attack him in his sleep, and because sleeping brought to light memories that he did not want to see again. Now a new nightmare had joined the others: the moment when he was kicked out of the pack, the only real family he had ever had. Sobek's fiery gaze and his voice screaming at him how silly
Belos was a nation just south of Odaria. It wasn't very big; compared with the nations of Earth, it wouldn't have been bigger than Belgium. Officially it was a completely autonomous parliamentary republic.All bullshit.Everyone in the world knew very well that Belos had nothing autonomous: he depended completely on Odaria to survive. There was also very little democratic: as in Odaria, politicians were elected on the basis of how willing they were to satisfy the wishes of the financial giants. If they weren't, then they didn't go beyond mere candidacy. All the countries bordering Odaria were more or less like this; practically vassal states.Of all the nations that depended on Odaria, Belos was perhaps the worst offender. More than a nation it was considered a haunt for crime. The most shady and illegal activities were carried out in the open without anyone doing anything to stop them. Brokers and gangsters around the world used it as a crossroads for their dir
Not a millisecond seemed to have elapsed for Snock. But when he opened his eyes he was no longer in the middle of the black market, but inside a warehouse in the city of Cartago.'So that's what the pack leader meant... what a prodigious power' the giganotosaurus thought, while he admired the effectiveness of [Teleportation].With a glance he quickly counted the dinosaurs around him. Everyone was there, including the atrociraptor team. Ghost, Tiger, Panthera, and Red also seemed quite amazed by the power of [Teleportation]; as far as the other dinosaurs were concerned, they were practically insane."What... what happened?""The world has changed!""What magic is this!?"The dinosaurs were starting to fidget. Snock considered whether to intervene and restore calm, but before he could decide the door he swung open and several dinosaurs entered the warehouse. Among them Snock recognized Buck at once. "You're back" the t-rex growled.Even
Jackson watched the waves crash against the ship's keel. Their noise was now so familiar to him that it was almost unbearable. In the distance, through the dense sea mist, it was possible to glimpse a strip of land.The docking on Maakanar was imminent.'Very soon we will cross the border line. I hope the dinosaurs don't take us down as soon as they see us' he thought tensely. He looked at the other soldiers, most of whom were seated on the deck. All of them were trying to distract themselves as best they could: there were those who smoked, those who read, those who polished their weapons, who watched a video on their mobile. But Jackson knew they were tense, he could tell by the veins on their necks and their posture.The soldiers weren't the only ones worried. The ship's crew was also tense, and unlike the soldiers they weren't good at hiding it.Very soon the captain himself came to him. “Sir, in two minutes we will cross the border line and be i
The tunnel continued underground for at least two hundred meters, going deeper and deeper. It was spacious enough for two trucks to pass through and at least five meters high. The structure was meticulously constructed to support the weight of the rock above. Jackson and his men moved cautiously down the tunnel, guns already pointed and safety-leaping, ready to kill anything in front of them. Once again, no traps were triggered. The alarm did not even go off. The troops reached the parking lot at the end of the tunnel unscathed, through which the real entrance to the underground structure opened. The lights were on and the cameras were active, but for some reason there was no one waiting for them. For Jackson this was clearly a trap. And he didn't like him. "Dan, Dorian, have you memorized the map of the facility?" "Yes, sir" the two replied in unison. “Well, then we split into three teams. Mine will go to the security department, Dan's to the testing department, Dorian's to the r
That same evening Chloe contacted the top of the NMWA and claimed that Jocelyne Jersey was in possession of 'information of vital importance to the dinosaur problem'. Governments reacted promptly and set up a meeting as early as three days later.For the second time, Jocelyne appeared before the NMWA, but this time she did not hide anything. She explained in detail everything she had done, what she had discovered, how she had put together her team of scientists and everything else about her. She didn't miss a single detail.Nobody interrupted her during her explanation. The heads of state of the various nations remained silent as they listened to her. Wrinkles formed on their faces, their brows arched, their eyes hardened, but they didn't speak."... and that's all" Jocelyne finally concluded after a good twenty minutes of explanation. "And unfortunately, based on Henry Wu's statements, we have confirmation that creating a cure is not possible"For a sing
The meeting went on for a long time to come. Robert Oz remained inside the hall all day and spoke incessantly to the NMWA explaining everything he knew. When he finished Dr. Oz was placed under witness protection: in a flash, he had become too important a subject to risk anyone attempting his life.He was not the only scientist to be brought up: in the following days, the NMWA summoned all the scientists that Jocelyne had named in his explanation. Mitch Morgan, Jamie Campbell, Ian Malcolm, Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler all stood in front of heads of state around the world and presented their ideas on what to do. They too were placed under witness protection.The media obviously wouldn't have waited long to make such news public. In less than a week the names of those scientists would become world famous.However, Jocelyne didn't care. When she was asked to leave the room she did so without looking back. She didn't care what happened after: it was something bigger
After the ship carrying him returned to the mainland, Wu was locked up in Cagerock prison, considered the safest in the world. No one had ever escaped from there. He was kept in constant isolation, except for interrogation. Nobody could see him, not even family members.But money could buy anything, and John Hammond knew this well. After releasing some bribes he had received permission to be able to carry out an interview with the prisoner. The prison director had chosen to go along with him, obviously on the condition that no word was made of that exception to the rule.Hammond didn't like enclosed spaces, but he was willing to make an effort. However, the further they went down, the harder it was for him to stay calm. Cagerock Prison was an underground facility with different levels of detention, and Wu was locked up in the very last one. The white walls and pale lights gave a sense of sickness to the environment, and the guards armed with machine guns did not improv
"Good evening everyone, kind viewers, and welcome back to TG vision 54. An extraordinary twist shocked the world after a secret capture team managed to arrest Dr. Henry Wu, who was found to be guilty of the current awakening of the cognitive abilities of dinosaurs. The scientist has indeed confessed that he deliberately unleashed this global ecological disaster with the support of the well-known multinational Reiden Global. Line to Martha Sinuzzi, currently in front of Cagerock prison, where Dr. Wu is currently being held" The camera shot left the studio and showed a woman in front of a crowd of protesters. “Thanks, Simon. We are currently near the Cagerock prison, where following his capture, the notorious scientist Henry Wu was imprisoned awaiting trial. As you can see behind me there are many people who would like to make the doctor pay for it, but the police are managing, at least for the moment, to keep calm. The reasons that prompted Dr. Wu to cause the awakening of the dinosaur