Trapped in Time 1: The Time Takers by Saxon Andrew Page A

anything that tried to enter the space between their lines. Many of the Raptors were down but not dead and were struggling to bite the archers as they passed. The archers pulled an arrow and shot any that were still moving in the head.
    Andy heard a loud high pitched scream from the forest and he looked at the tree line and saw a Raptor that had to be thirty feet long. It was almost as tall as an Allosaurus and had to be the flock’s leader. Andy, Arashi, and Linnae all quick fired an arrow at the giant and it went down with a scream. Every Raptor in the clearing stopped when they heard the scream; they suddenly turned and fled toward the forest. Of the hundred that ran away, half of them were dropped before they arrived at the tree line.
    Magus yelled, “Stop shooting!!” Maxus watched the tree line and yelled, “Form ranks and move forward; Arrow gatherers, retrieve arrows.” The Romans formed a long line and spread out. They began slowly moving forward as the other archers pulled their swords and began cutting their arrows out of the dead Raptors. It was dirty bloody work, but the arrows were too precious to waste. They were going to have to last for many generations to come. After three hours, the work was done. Suddenly, a loud roar came out of the forest to the north. Maxus looked at Andy, “They smell blood.”
    “We need them to come and clean up this mess. Get the people back in the cave.” Maxus turned and started yelling. The Vikings, Samurai, Indians, and support teams turned and began moving toward the cave’s entrance. The Romans held their formation and moved toward the cave one line at a time. The front rank would turn and retreat twenty yards and the second rank would then turn and pass them. Andy shook his head at all the dead dinosaurs in the small clearing. He wondered if the giant Raptor at the forest’s edge had been killed. He looked back toward the forest and saw a giant shadow pass over the clearing. He looked up and shook his head, “Maxus, get them moving faster!” Maxus saw Andy looking at the sky and he looked up as well. The giant reptiles flying overhead were enormous. They were silent until they saw Maxus looking up at them and they started screaming. Maxus started yelling and the warriors began trotting toward the entrance. By the time the last Romans arrived, the huge Pteranodons were beginning to dive at the warriors and pull up at the last moment. Maxus started to order his Legionnaires to fire on the giants but Andy stopped him.
    “Why?”
    “We need them to help clean up this mess. I wondered how the bones on the first dinosaurs we killed were picked so clean.” Andy looked up. “It had to be them that did it.”
    Andy and Maxus were the last two that entered the cave’s opening. Andy looked out at the tree line and saw a huge Allosaurus poke its head out and look around. Andy pulled Maxus out of sight, “What are you doing?”
    Andy smiled, “I want to see if they’ve learned anything.” Andy and Maxus stepped around the corner of the opening and waited. Thirty minutes after they hid, “Two Allosaurus stepped out of the trees and began feasting on the dead Raptors. Ten minutes later they were joined by thirty more. The smell of blood must have drawn the huge carnivores from a long way. Andy waited until they were all eating and he stepped out in the open and yelled. Fifteen of the Allosaurus jerked their heads up and rushed out of the clearing as fast as they could run. Twenty others watched them flee and looked at Andy. Andy took two steps toward them and the rest of them turned and ran into the trees. Andy started laughing.
    “What’s so funny?”
    “It appears they’re smart enough to follow the other’s example. I think we’ll have nothing to worry about after a few more encounters. It’s the Raptors and Pteranodons that we’ll have to keep an eye out for.”
    “That name means flyer with no teeth.”
    “They don’t have teeth…but that beak is