Thana in the Jurassics

Chapter 1

In the Badlands...

When I wake up, the air was cold inside the makeshift rock hut. My arms stretch out, seeking Saba's warmth, I roll over onto my stomach, weaving my fingers into his soft velvety fur.

Snoozing in peace, guarding me is Saba, my Sabertooth tiger. Warm beige striped fur, stubby tail, paws the size of a small boulder and huge saber-teeth. I trust him and he trusts me. Even though it was only a few years ago, I remember the day I found him.

Scrawny kitten, malnourished, in some shrubs.
At the time, I found it unusual that there was what I thought was a panther cub, all by itself without its mother. He was most likely abandoned or disowned. He was an orphan.
He reminded me a lot of myself. Alone.

A few weeks before I found him, my village was blown to smithereens, including my mom and little brother Eli. It was destroyed by some army and their evil madman leader, by the name of Dr. Blanc.  After I made it out, I knew I had to hunt him down, and avenge the lives that man took from me, especially my mom and brother.

I felt for him, and decided to take him. I've raised him as my family. He trusts me, and I trust him.
We do everything together. Sleep, hunt, travel. I can't imagine for a minute what my life would be like without him.

I had to roll back over to breathe, I don't know what I would suffocate from first, having no air circulation coming in or Saba's odor? I prop myself on one elbow, I swing back around to sit up. Outside, I see the sun shining bright.

I scurried toward the entrance and looked out. The sun was shun stood above me, right in the middle of the sky, must've been the afternoon.

Shit! I over slept! It was going to be dark in a few hours, I had to catch dinner before the predators come out.

I wake Saba up by patting his side and giving him scratches. Saba yawns, sniffs my arm, and licks me. "Saba! Wake up buddy! " I smile while I still scratch him. "You ready to go hunting?" I nudge him.

He pushes me with his head, then signaling to hop on. I retrieve my small, makeshift bag, along with my barbed wire baseball bat, and my bow that laid beside me. I climb onto Saba and rode off to find some ourselves some dinner.

Dawn is normally the best time to hunt, predators usually head to sleep around that time, it gives me and Saba the opportunity to catch some food, but being that I overslept, I had to make it quick this time.

It's been days since me and Saba have found anything big enough to feed us both, so i'm really hoping something comes up. We begin our journey to the small ruined suburb nearby.

Compies and sometimes super large, feathered, Gallimimus, I call them Galls for short, are running around there snacking. Compies are small little green lizards looking things. ,They're pretty small though, about as big as a small cat, their actual name is something weird and too hard to pronounce, so I just call them Compies.

Anyway, a couple miles in, we find a small ditch behind some shrubs and begin our wait.

Normally when Saba and I hunt, I usually pick the target while Saba does the take down. He may be giant, with pure muscle, but he is surprisingly fast. Saba then presents me with his prized killings, like a trophy and allows me to take the tiger's share. I already had the fire roasting, never let the fire go out since eating lizard after it accidentally jumped into the fire, as they say, curiosity killed the compy.

As time went by, the five minutes turned into what felt like hours and there were still no signs of anything, something felt off. I watched the sun get closer to the horizon.

I'm not sure what was wrong but, I didn't want to risk waiting any longer, so I grabbed my stuff and me and Saba began our direction toward the city. You can normally find loads of Compies scurrying around in the streets.

The sun was already slowly moving down. I had to move quickly to find something before nightfall. I had Saba jog a bit til we made it to the outskirts of the city. Up ahead was an abandoned gas station. "Saba stop here." I instructed.

I hopped off and ran inside to see if there was anything. I went through the shelves to find nothing it was either rotten or already eaten packets of snacks.

I stomped outside sulking. Saba was resting peacefully when he perked his head up at me. He looked a bit annoyed. I smiled and stroked his head. "We'll find something soon." Comforting him. I hopped back on Saba and we continued our journey to the city.

We strolled through the streets, continuing to search for a meal, honestly, I could eat a rock, that's how hungry I am.

We continued walking through the towering abandoned buildings, and saw a large convenience store. I stopped and hopped off, and walk to the store entrance. I stroll through the aisles to look, and nothing.

Still nothing, but just as I was about to leave, I tripped on something, a sharp object. It was stuck between the crevice of two shelves. I managed to yank it out. It was machete, and was shockingly, still sharp. I swung it around, pretending I was fighting off an enemy. This would've been pretty great, if I would've had it earlier.

I suddenly heard a crash from outside, I look out to see Saba is playing in some garbage cans. He shoved his head into the metal pile, and had two Compies attached to both of his sabers.

I laughed, "Good boy Saba!" I congratulated him with scratches behind the ear, while yanking the two compies out of his teeth. All of a sudden his head shot up along with his ears twitching. Something alarmed him, I then heard what's spooked him, it was the sound of a girl screaming.

To be Continued...

Hi guys! Thank you for reading the first chapter! I know it was short but this story is going to get better as it goes! <3