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

sounded true, “I suspect we will never find out. We’re the ones charged with getting our new world off the ground. It will be our descendants that will find out what this is all about.”
    They head a muffled roar that instantly grew to a loud intensity as the stone wheel at the entrance tilted in slightly and then fell back against the opening. Andy shook his head, “It looks like the big boys are back in charge outside.”
    Maxus nodded, “It’s a good thing only one of those beasts can fit in the entranceway.”
    Andy smiled, “Someone did a good job of planning.”
    Maxus laughed and patted Andy on the back, “We’re ready to go and remove them. When do we do it?”
    “In two days. We’ll set up our strategy this evening and discuss it with the warriors to see if anyone has suggestions to as to how to improve our plans. We’ll get everything set up tomorrow and then go out and kick some dinosaur backside the next day.”
    “You need to think of a way to stop the plant eaters from coming into our fields.”
    “I’ll work on it. Maybe there’s something in one of these rooms that will help us.”
    Maxus looked at the wall and shrugged.
    • • •
    Two days later, the warriors that had passed the archery training gathered in the corridor at the entrance and waited for the large stone wheel to be rolled back. The Samurai and Vikings would go out first behind Andy, Arashi, and Linnae. They would set up a skirmish line and attempt to hold off any attacking carnivores. The Romans would follow the first warriors and set up their formation at the center of the skirmish line. The women that had passed the archery training would follow the Romans out and set up inside their formation and attack targets of opportunity.
    A hundred of the other people would act as transporters of arrows from the cave. They would move behind the lines and refill quivers that were running low on arrows. More than three hundred of the community were taking part in the operation. Joshua and the Indians were held in reserve to fill in any part of the line that was in danger of being overrun. They were in two small groups next to the cliff wall to make sure there were no more surprises that came charging in from either direction. Andy saw the stone clear the entrance and he ran to the edge of the opening and looked out. What he saw surprised him. All of the dinosaurs that were killed in the last encounter had been removed from in front of the cave. He leaped off the edge of the cave’s opening and continued to search for the remains and finally saw several of the large Allosaurus’ skeletons at the edge of the forest. The Raptors must have devoured most of the meat and then pulled them out of the open land to the forest. The Allosaurus must have then pulled the dead Raptors to the forest as well. As soon as Andy jumped to the ground, he heard the roars from the forest. He rushed forward and stared at the edge of the tree line expecting a charge. In less than a minute, the Vikings and Samurai had formed up on the three archers and the Romans were marching forward in formation. The forty Romans arrived at the center of the line and formed two offset lines with twenty soldiers in each. The front line knelt and the back line remained standing. The Roman women moved in and filled the gaps in the formation. Andy looked around and saw there was a half-circle formed around the opening to the cave. No one had pulled an arrow yet. They waited and watched the lush forest a little over a hundred yards away.
    The pack of Allosaurus’ were just inside the edge of the forest and weren’t sticking their heads out. Their roars were so loud it was difficult to communicate. Maxus leaned in and yelled, “It appears they remember what happened last time.”
    Andy sighed, “It looks that way.”
    Maxus yelled, “We need to impress that memory on them.”
    Andy looked at Maxus and knew what he had to do. He walked forward and Linnae grabbed his arm,