[Trade] Food on the table ( Age-up for : Church & Cujo)

Food on the table ( Age-up for : Church & Cujo )- Nico

Writing by: Lil Monster

Da gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/xxinsanenightmarexx/gallery

Word count: 1,000+

Dino’s Included: Church (5158) , Cujo (5180)

The sound of pitter patter and quick movements could be heard as the island was full of life, many of the dinosaurs were on the move to eat and that was no different for two young cryo’s who had hatched only a few days ago to a empty nest and no pack with only have each other and those two went by the names of Church and Cujo. The two were learning how to hunt and the task seemed to be a bit harder than they thought so tracking their prey was a start at least so they thought, with Church in the lead and Cujo not too far behind him.

“Come on Cujo I think something is this way, we could probably catch it” Church said looking behind at Cujo who was not happy about being woken up early in the day to try and catch something as their first attempts usually came up with nothing and he was getting tired of it hunting was hard. They had been walking for awhile in the jungle using the trees as cover along with dodging the large herbivore herds that crushed anything underfoot they walked through.

The two had only been able to hunt small bugs but maybe a small rabbit they had seen before could be caught if they made a plan but that was a stretch at least for Cujo who wasn’t very hopeful as it always ended with Church crashing into him or on top of him so his mood wasn’t the most excited as he sniffed the ground trying to pick up a scent and block out Church’s loud chirps and hisses. Coming to a stop Cujo lifted his head before looking around as he had caught a scent “Church I think I found something maybe we should check this way, it's a scent i'm picking up” he said with a small grin across his jaws as he quickened his pace past Church who was now interested in what the scent was maybe this was the time they would finally catch something worth eating.

Cujo soon took the lead with Church quick to follow as he stayed low following Cujo’s footsteps almost exactly as they made their way to the edge of the forest, seeing a green grass land with a open area in past the tree line, and movement had quickly caught their eyes with both Church and Cujo coming to a stop and dropping to a crouched position.

“Look Church their right there don’t move you’ll scare them off” Cujo said as he growled lightly keeping his eyes on the movement of the rabbits that were grazing on the small patches of grass that provided a good food source for them and large fields to run if predators were to attack, this was what they had been looking for. With a slight nod Church lowered himself even more as he watched the rabbits move and graze, not aware the two young cryo’s were watching them carefully so far they were undetected which was a good start.

Cujo and Church had seen rabbits before but they were always aware of their presence before they could plan a hunting tactic and would run away but this time the odds were in the favor and Cujo was going to take every movement with caution to not scare of their prey, you needed to learn how to hunt to survive and this was something he knew and now that he had Church in the right mindset he was thinking of the next steps they would take to confirm a kill.

“Move slowly Church and I’ll tell you when to go, we must be careful not to scare them they are fast and you know that” he whispered before nodding to Church he could move up which he did quickly but kept his steps quiet. Cujo took the other side to cut off any escaped rabbits if Church couldn’t get one, the trap was set and now it was just the perfect moment to pounce as the world went silent for the two as they waited with each bone in their body at the ready.  

“NOW Church! Go for the closet one” Cujo hissed out his feathers flaring on top of his head as he also jumped into action quickly, Church taking off as Cujo’s command as his jaws were at the ready with the rabbits now aware of their presence as they quickly darted around trying to dodge the young cryo’s who had now made themselves known. 

“This one Cujo follow me” Church hissed as he locked in on one of the rabbits who had a delayed reaction and was now panicking as the group had darted off away from it, Church was locked in on the critter and wasn’t going to lose it this time.

Cujo and Church were closing the distance on the rabbit who was now tiring out due to the intense chase with Cujo pushing past Church who had lost the speed he once had at the start and jumped with his back legs tackling the rabbit and a small screech from the critter echoing through the jungle in where they were at, tumbling a bit as foliage from the ground went up in the air and Church coming to a stop as he awaited to see if Cujo had caught the rabbit or if it had gotten away again.

“Cujo are you okay! Did you get it this time” Church said, walking slowly to Cujo who had sat up and shook out his feathers and turned around with his jaws full of the now dead rabbit as he gave off a big grin. He had caught it with his lunge and killed it swiftly with his jaws, dropping it to the ground as he nodded towards Church and smiled. 

“I did it, Church I finally caught it!, we did it our first hunt” Cujo said happily as he celebrated with Church who was just as excited as him, the two catching their breath and finally sitting down to enjoy a real meal.