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that led inside. Jake followed, wielding the M16 he’d acquired the day before. They moved from tree to tree, one person at a time, covering each other as they went.
The
Cretaceous Zoo
Welcome Center loomed at the end of the trail in front of them. It was a two-story Polynesian-style building with a domed glass atrium. The plants in the atrium had grown and broken through the glass. There were several Jeeps that had been crushed by rampaging dinosaurs scattered around the Welcome Center.
Kate and Jake used the Jeeps as cover, going from one to another, as they approached the Welcome Center and then worked their way behind the building, sticking close to the walls. They peeked around the edge of the building to see what lay beyond it.
They faced the zoo itself. To their left was the caveman habitat, a neighborhood of stone-and-log cabins covered in layers of graffiti and arranged in a half circle facing a statue of two raging T. rexes tearing apart a struggling pterodactyl. To their right was a fake hillside, riddled with caves and overgrown with plants. At the far end, directly across from the Welcome Center, was another arch that lead to the next section of the zoo.
“The brontosaurus corral and the clearing are on the other side of that arch,” Kate said.
“We’ll be out in the open between here and those T. rex statues,” Jake said. “Then in the open again to the clearing.”
“You go first and I’ll cover you.” Kate drew her Glock and held it out to Jake. “But I’ll need your M16 to do the job right.”
They swapped weapons. She gave him her extra clips for the Glock and he stuck them in his pocket. She removed the shotgun from over her shoulder, and moved into position with the M16. She pressed her cheek against the stock, looked down the weld line through the sight, and targeted the statues. She put her finger on the trigger.
“Ready,” Kate said.
“That’s my girl,” he said.
Jake held the Glock at his side and dashed out into the open, zigzagging as he went. He was halfway to the fighting dinosaurs when gunfire rang out and bullets cut divots into the dirt around him. Two shooters with M16s were firing down at him from the hillside caves.
Kate opened fire on the hill, driving the startled shooters back into their caves. She pivoted and sprayed the caveman cabins, too, pinning down two other shooters who were about to let loose a barrage of their own. Her suppression fire gave Jake the crucial seconds he needed to dive for cover amid the legs of the fighting T. rexes. Kate had caught them by surprise, but it wore off quickly.
The instant Jake landed, bullets chipped away at the dinosaurs’ legs from both the cabins and the caves, showering him with bits of wood and plaster. Alika’s men also let loose on Kate. She ducked back as bullets slammed into the wall beside her.
There were at least two men in the cabins and two in the hillside caves, all armed with M16s. Jake was pinned down. He had a Glock and very little cover. Kate’s clip was empty, which left her with the twelve-gauge short-barreled shotgun, a perfect weapon for close-quarters fighting but lousy for situations like this. She’d have to get much closer to her enemy for the shotgun to be effective. The question was whether Jake could hold out long enough for Kate to sneak up on the cabins and start taking the shooters out, one by one.
Her other option was to call Virgil on the radio. Tell him to come in the chopper right away, and bring all the firepower he could muster.
Kate was about to make a decision when she heard the unmistakable sound of a helicopter approaching. She looked up apprehensively, and a white helicopter flew in low over the Welcome Center. As it passed, she could clearly see the Hawaii state seal on the side of the aircraft.
“T his is where they shot
Cretaceous Zoo,
” Alan Mingus told Nick as they flew over the statues of the two battling T. rexes in the center of the park. “Those are caveman
The
Cretaceous Zoo
Welcome Center loomed at the end of the trail in front of them. It was a two-story Polynesian-style building with a domed glass atrium. The plants in the atrium had grown and broken through the glass. There were several Jeeps that had been crushed by rampaging dinosaurs scattered around the Welcome Center.
Kate and Jake used the Jeeps as cover, going from one to another, as they approached the Welcome Center and then worked their way behind the building, sticking close to the walls. They peeked around the edge of the building to see what lay beyond it.
They faced the zoo itself. To their left was the caveman habitat, a neighborhood of stone-and-log cabins covered in layers of graffiti and arranged in a half circle facing a statue of two raging T. rexes tearing apart a struggling pterodactyl. To their right was a fake hillside, riddled with caves and overgrown with plants. At the far end, directly across from the Welcome Center, was another arch that lead to the next section of the zoo.
“The brontosaurus corral and the clearing are on the other side of that arch,” Kate said.
“We’ll be out in the open between here and those T. rex statues,” Jake said. “Then in the open again to the clearing.”
“You go first and I’ll cover you.” Kate drew her Glock and held it out to Jake. “But I’ll need your M16 to do the job right.”
They swapped weapons. She gave him her extra clips for the Glock and he stuck them in his pocket. She removed the shotgun from over her shoulder, and moved into position with the M16. She pressed her cheek against the stock, looked down the weld line through the sight, and targeted the statues. She put her finger on the trigger.
“Ready,” Kate said.
“That’s my girl,” he said.
Jake held the Glock at his side and dashed out into the open, zigzagging as he went. He was halfway to the fighting dinosaurs when gunfire rang out and bullets cut divots into the dirt around him. Two shooters with M16s were firing down at him from the hillside caves.
Kate opened fire on the hill, driving the startled shooters back into their caves. She pivoted and sprayed the caveman cabins, too, pinning down two other shooters who were about to let loose a barrage of their own. Her suppression fire gave Jake the crucial seconds he needed to dive for cover amid the legs of the fighting T. rexes. Kate had caught them by surprise, but it wore off quickly.
The instant Jake landed, bullets chipped away at the dinosaurs’ legs from both the cabins and the caves, showering him with bits of wood and plaster. Alika’s men also let loose on Kate. She ducked back as bullets slammed into the wall beside her.
There were at least two men in the cabins and two in the hillside caves, all armed with M16s. Jake was pinned down. He had a Glock and very little cover. Kate’s clip was empty, which left her with the twelve-gauge short-barreled shotgun, a perfect weapon for close-quarters fighting but lousy for situations like this. She’d have to get much closer to her enemy for the shotgun to be effective. The question was whether Jake could hold out long enough for Kate to sneak up on the cabins and start taking the shooters out, one by one.
Her other option was to call Virgil on the radio. Tell him to come in the chopper right away, and bring all the firepower he could muster.
Kate was about to make a decision when she heard the unmistakable sound of a helicopter approaching. She looked up apprehensively, and a white helicopter flew in low over the Welcome Center. As it passed, she could clearly see the Hawaii state seal on the side of the aircraft.
“T his is where they shot
Cretaceous Zoo,
” Alan Mingus told Nick as they flew over the statues of the two battling T. rexes in the center of the park. “Those are caveman
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