Hybrids: An Indoraptor Story ✓

Redrum [Pt. 2]

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"Careful..."

The red hybrid acknowledged Indy's voice with a growl of his own, despite still hesitating all the while. He needed to level his confidence before taking his first step, otherwise he'd march straight into hell without thought or reason. And that wouldn't look so pleasant given his previous declaration of 'doing better to kill me'. So his three-toed talons coiled in anticipation, and his thick tail twitched, letting loose all his terrible intuitions.

And then he took his first step.

THOOM!

Red's jaws gritted together. Too heavy. Even with all the caution in the world, both the hybrid and Indy still felt the shallow tremors of his steps echoing the hall. The lights, too, wavered in response like chandeliers in an earthquake. Indy's tail twitched. This wasn't going to be so easy. Down went Red's horned head, struggling to fit the small gap between the ceiling and his horns. He took a second step, nearly scraping against the puddle, then went for a third. Red growled to himself, risking two extra steps and nearly tearing into the ceiling, before pausing at the region where the thrown ball sat. He studied it for a moment, careful not to accidentally slip into the indent of the ground, and carefully hobbled around it, making it to the other side. His red nostrils flared in relief.

Indy watched Red leisurely approach the other end of the hall, stab his horns into the closed-off wall, and twist. As soon as sparks flew, the door nearest to Red and the one behind Indy started to open. A breath of fresh, Californian wind rushed into Indy's nares, finally relieving her of the nature-less world she had been entrapped in. Her eyes widened as the world opened up before her very eyes, heightening her silenced senses. The darkness of the night had never looked brighter to her... and never so beautiful...

"Go, Indy," Red suddenly called. "Get to the beach, I'll catch-"

Without warning, Red seized up, his jaws falling open the moment his body stilled. Indy hadn't a clue what happened, not until his teeth started quivering in its binds, and his tail started to flail. Then her eyes fell to his lower region; Red's next step had entered a puddle of steaming water right next to his first toe. Only when Indy noticed the dangling cord connected to it did her heart skip a beat.

He was being electrocuted.

A second passed before the hybrid finally roared in pain, fumbling backward until his left foot stepped right into the indent of the ground. The ground buckled beneath Red's claws, dragging the hybrid right through a tear in the earth, and almost out of sight. Shrieking aloud, Red's claws quickly swung out, stabbing straight into the tiles before his whole body fell over the edge. His fangs clamped onto the cliff, too, a last ditch effort before all hope was lost. But, to Indy, it already seemed that way.

"Red!"

"Mmph!" The hybrid cried out, digging his fangs deeper into the remaining flooring. His claws were skidding across the flooring, losing traction every second wasted. Red's feet kicked into the emptiness, trying to seek some sort of binding that connected the upper floor to the invisible ground below; there was nothing there.

Nothing but air. And blackness.

And death.

"Rrrr!" Red squeezed his eyes shut, tasting a burst of fresh blood as his teeth nearly caved in from his tight grip. "Indy!"

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Lewis Dodgson drew close to the screen, watching his creation struggling to save himself from a grizzly end. His eyes quickly transferred to the white hybrid standing there, eying the trapped hybrid before her. His eyes narrowed.