[Trade] The way of living (Age-up)

The way of Living- ( Duel Age-up for : Punk & Graverobber )- Agentshark 1/3

Writing by: Lil Monster

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

Word count: 1,500+

Dino’s Included: Punk (4702) , Graverobber (4736)

The sound of crumbling rubble echoed through the abandoned and quite rundown city , the city had been abandoned for many years flaking away due to age with many dinosaurs calling the barren buildings their home, well the ones who could live in the most uninhabitable environments. Most young dinosaurs couldn’t survive to adulthood here but some found their way through the harsh living conditions. The sound of pitter patters against the cracked floor of a building could be heard as two sets of eyes peered out from the darkness just barely seeable due to a dimly lit light that hung from the ceiling. It was two young hatchlings cryolophosaurus by the name of Punk and Graverobber, the two female hatchlings living here since they were born as they had stumbled upon each other in their early years of life.

The two had joined forces ever since although Graverobber was older and more experienced than Punk, the two had different things to bring to the table in order to get the best survival chance and that was learning from one another which they did well. Graverobber had wanted to show Punk better ways to hunt today while they explored and Punk wanted to show the more bruteish female that tracking was better than just hoping you would come across something and ripping it to shreds.

“Come on Punk you need to learn how to fight, no more passive tracking there isn’t any time for that here and you know that” Graverobber said as she hopped over some rubble stopping briefly waiting for the much smaller black and pink cryo who was trying to keep up being somewhat distracted while they were walking. Punk and Graverobber had done this since they were small , walking the empty run down streets looking for something to hunt as food was hard to come by usually. 

“Grave wait up for me what if we miss some tracks, it could lead us to prey ya know! You don’t always have to bite first” Punk said as she sniffed the ground looking for any sign of footprints or evidence of life that could have gone through. Punk being much smaller wasn’t a great hunter but she was good with her eyes and nose, using it to track prey they could find the two learning and benefiting one another with their strengths although Grave’s patience was running thin as they hadn’t eaten in awhile.

After walking a while Punk had come to a spot as Graverobber slumped down on the not so comfortable cracked road as she let out a hiss of annoyance when her stomach growled, no prey in sight and the two were getting hungry by the second. With the much smaller cryo looking around on the ground as she picked up small footprints that looked like they belonged to a rabbit of some sort, it wasn’t big prey but it would feed the two of them.

“This way Grave, I found something! Footprints come learn a thing or two about tracking you bone head” Punk called out to Graverobber who trotted over to inspect what she had found.

“Tracking blah blah, fine i'll sit and learn your way but you have to learn my way if we find it” Graverobber said puffing up her feathers proudly as she motioned for Punk to lead the way, with that being said the two were off with Punk showing Grave along the way and how tracking worked stopping at every footprint they found taking a sniff before moving forwards. Graverobber swiftly followed behind trying to get the hang of tracking that Punk was teaching her, the two crossing under a broken and overgrown underpass as they kept low and quiet, often hearing the distant calls from birds who were spooked by the falling rubble.

“We are getting closer Grave I think it went this way, follow me” She chirped cutting through some overgrown grass down a hill off the underpass road, the two small cryo’s trotting faster as they came into a opening spotting a large hare in the grass grazing. Graverobber tackling Punk silently to be hidden by some large rocks as the hard looked around to check its environment, they had found their prey thanks to tracking it.

“Steady and quiet Punk, it's a hare, it's much faster than us. We need to stay hidden before we strike” Graverobber said, whispering to Punk. showing the much younger cryo how to stalk and keep a good hunting stance while they watched the hare move around in the open. Graverobber was always better at hunting than Punk and it showed she was stern and unwavering while Punk was clumsy and not one for violence. Punk kept her eyes on the hare as she watched Graverobber following every movement she did, the two learning from one another.

“You must be very quiet and get into striking distance, you can't rush too fast” Graverobber said as she motioned Punk to go on the other side of her the two young hatchlings getting ready to pounce on the hare who was unaware of the dangers that lie in wait for it. Hares were a good source of food. The only problem is that they were fast and one wrong move could ruin their chance at having food, and Graverobber wasn’t going to lose this for them, with the help of Punk they had it in the bag hopefully.

Punk crept up as she waited for Graverobbers signal to go, she was focused and didn’t want to mess this up for them watching Graverobber helped a ton for the much younger cryo. The hare continued to eat the grass as the two finally got into position with Graverobber nodding to Punk for the go ahead, the hunt was on.

“NOW PUNK!” Graverobber hissed as she lunged forwards chasing the hare who was now aware of the two hatchlings, dashing forwards to dodge Graverobber who began chasing it after missing a bite on it. Punk, trusting her gut and what she had learned from Graverobber, sprung into action, quickly matching the hare's speed as it was forced to dodge the two of them now. Their window was getting smaller the more they chased the hare as it would outpace them but the two kept chasing, nipping and biting at it.

Graverobber lunged forwards as she almost landed a bite but hitting the dirt as she let out a hiss of pain looking to see Punk hot on its tail “You got it Punk! Almost there” She cheered trying to catch up after her fall. With the encouraging words from Graverobber, Punk pushed herself as she jumped forwards tackling the hare landing a bite as she tumbled with it on the ground.

Graverobber seeing the bad fall she rushed over to Punk who was curled on the ground not moving, “Punk are you okay! You're not hurt are you” She hissed, running over nudging the small black cryo who laid still.Punk let out a cough as she shook herself out turning her head with the dead hare in her jaws as she smiled at Graverobber “I caught it”.

With her jaw dropped Graverobber let out a shrill of excitement, “You did it, I knew you could!” With her running around in circles. Punk stood up to her feet dropping the unmoving hare as she smiled and celebrated with Graverobber the two had done it using eachother skills they learnt from one another. 

“We did it ! We have to eat after all that hard work plus my stomach is grumbling”  Graverobber said as she began to dig into the hare gulping down meat she ripped off, awaiting for Punk to join her. The smaller cryo smiled as she joined Graverobber in their freshly caught meal, filling her stomach full as she smiled happy to have caught the hare for them due to watching Graverobber's way of doing things.

After their fill the two sat around reliving the hunt like it was fresh in the mind and the tracking that Punk taught Graverobber from earlier, with the night coming soon as the sky began to darken as they sat and rested. The young cryos would need their rest for the next day to come as living out here in the city was harsh, full of lessons and dangers, eating was something you did quickly and moved on when you could. 

Graverobber looked at the sky and let out a sigh “We should head home Punk”  as it was getting dark and there was one thing that the city feared and that was the blind monster who stalked at night not making a sound, the last thing you could do is scream and the two hatchlings knew that very well besides learning a lot in a day made them tired.

“You're right we don’t want to run into Desolator, not like that acro did” Punk said as she looked back seeing the sky get dark, it was time for home and this time with a full belly. The two trotting off into the brush heading for their home.