Dinosaur

I peeked around the corner of the cave. It was still there! An enormous trunk of a leg with three long toes that had gigantic claws to match was blocking the exit of my tiny cave. I hadn't been able to go hunt for weeks, and this monstrosity was in my way. I grasped my stomach as it grumbled angrily at me. A gentle jab in my side took my attention from the blockade. I look at my companion.
"Let's try the back exit," his pale blue eyes were barely visible through his long mop of straight hair.
"Sure," I replied. I pushed my own shaggy hair out of my face and started sneaking to the back exit of the cave. I quickly halted as a mob of Raptors came into view. "We're trapped. Like a fox traps rabbits," funny I should use that analogy; foxes and rabbits became extinct. They were all eaten by dinosaurs. I growl to express my frustration.
"Calm down. Maybe there's a way to distract them."
"No. I've tried that. They've gotten smart. They figured out that it was me that threw that stick."
"You threw something? If anything, you dropped it behind you. You know you're horrible at aiming."
I glare at my companion, "Well, excuse me for trying something!"
He grinned at me, "Let's attack them. The mob only has three raptors. Maybe we can get a group of people to help us. Our caves are all connected after all."
Reluctantly, I agreed. Who decided that he'd be the smart one?
I followed him down the complex paths to the next "cave unit." There we began our recruitment. First, a large, meaty man with a huge mace joined. Then a smaller, younger boy joined, but he had a slingshot. And finally, a young girl, as old as I, joined. She used a dagger, just like I did. From there, we returned to the Raptor exit to begin our plans.
"I'll distract them," the meaty man stated in his gruff voice, "I won't go down easily."
"Then I'll go out with Marinda," my companion gestured to me, "And Emily," and then to the other dagger girl.
"What about me?" Slingshot boy seemed pretty eager, even though he was only about ten.
"Stay behind and shoot at them. Simple as that," I reply to slingshot boy.
"So it's set. Let's go!"
For some reason I had the crazy idea that we should've spent more time on our plan. A few minutes of deciding our roles doesn't really send comfort to those of us who haven't really dealt with the monsters of the world.
Meaty man bolted out first, yelling screaming, and yelling a bunch of gibberish at the Raptors. They stepped back, looking at the madman with an almost puzzled expression. It was as though you threw a psychotic crazy person into a mass of sophisticated men. The Raptors all watched meaty man, heads tilted and jaws slightly opened. Once dagger girl, my companion and I jumped out, they seemed to make a unanimous decision. They ran off. We all froze. "What was that about?" I mumble quietly to myself. A warm huff of air on my back made me freeze. The air smelled of rotting liver and my eyes grew as I figured out what it was.
"Don't move," my companion murmured in a low voice, which confirmed my guess. It was the tyrannosaurus rex that was blocking the main entrance. I felt its snout leave my back and I could hear his jaws slowly open so he could announce his challenge.
Even meaty man grew pale. "RUN!" He shouted as he bolted back to the cave with the others. I was left alone to run for my life. Even though I wasn't far from the safety of the cave, I felt like I was miles away. The T-Rex caught up to me in a single stride and lowered its body to take a bite. I screamed as I dove for the cave. The giant, serrated teeth close only inches away from my feet. I land inside the cave with a thud. The T-Rex roared angrily and continued guarding the caves for another chance at an easy meal. I take a shaky breath to calm myself. Life was always like this for us. We'd either be eaten, or have a rare chance to eat. It makes me wish for the time with there were foxes and rabbits roaming around, but here, we're not the dominant species. Dinosaurs are.