Chase and Escape

"Jurassic Park?" Emma looked at Alex in astonishment. "There’s a park like that?"

Alex shrugged and pointed at the Tyrannosaurus Rex and pterosaur locked in battle. "Isn’t this one?"

Emma froze slightly, then chuckled. "This park is certainly big enough." As she spoke, she lifted her chin toward the dagger in Alex’s hand and asked with an odd expression, "What now? Are we still going to hunt them?"

Alex naturally caught the sarcasm in Emma’s words. He looked down at the dagger in his hand, then at the two dinosaur titans fighting fiercely. He shook his head like he was on a roller coaster and said urgently, "Let’s not disturb them. We need to get out of here!"

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The moment Alex finished speaking, the fiercer Tyrannosaurus Rex clamped its jaws around the pterosaur’s incoming wing. With one snap, it easily bit off the pterosaur’s long, narrow wing. The Tyrannosaurus Rex flicked its head, and the severed wing landed right in front of them, drenching both of them in splattered blood.

The crippled pterosaur flapped its remaining wing, trying to take flight, but the scent of blood had driven the Tyrannosaurus Rex into a frenzy. With a roar, it lunged again and caught the pterosaur’s tail just as it was about to lift off. With a casual swing of its head, it hurled the enormous pterosaur away like a rag.

Coincidences were always exasperating. The enormous pterosaur was tossed out like a mop, only to crash down like Mount Tai bearing down on Alex and Emma as they turned to flee.

Looking up at the dark cloud falling over them, Alex wore a miserable expression. "Can we really be this unlucky?"

"Stop talking and run!" Seeing that Alex still had the mood to speak, Emma cursed and unconsciously quickened her pace.

They were already moving fast, but the pterosaur’s massive body flew even faster. It slammed down directly onto the fleeing pair. Without any suspense, they were crushed flat beneath it. They only had time to curse, "**," before their heads lolled to one side and both lost consciousness.

When they woke from their faint, they found that night had fully fallen, and the dome overhead was studded with glittering stars.

With great effort, Alex and Emma pushed the pterosaur off themselves and crawled out from beneath its mangled corpse, covered from head to toe in its blood and bits of flesh.

"I think we need a bath." Emma looked herself over with disgust.

Alex pulled a chunk of pterosaur flesh off his chest and nodded. "My thoughts exactly."

The moment they finished speaking, rustling sounds suddenly rose all around them. One eerie green lantern after another emerged from the surrounding jungle, looking utterly terrifying.

Alex and Emma exchanged a glance, and a flicker of panic appeared in both their eyes. Then they simultaneously broke into a run in the same direction, where there seemed to be fewer of those lanterns.

Although Emma was also a mutant, her physique was no different from that of an ordinary person. How could she compare to Alex, who had been enhanced by the Super Soldier Serum? Within a few steps, she had been left far behind. Alex noticed in time, cursed under his breath, scooped Emma up, and ran for his life.

As the two moved, the lanterns around them suddenly began moving as well, trailing streaks of green light as they rapidly chased after them.

The wind howled past her ears. Emma stared at Alex holding her with disbelief, as though she could not believe he would save her. She had helped Shaw deal with him!

Though he had lost his Teleportation ability, at least there was nothing wrong with Alex’s body. The powerful physique granted by the Super Soldier Serum displayed its full effect now. Even while carrying Emma, he was no slower than the roaring beasts behind them. Alex even had the spare energy to shift Emma from his arms onto his back and glance at the pack pursuing them.

As time passed, the sounds behind them gradually faded away. The beasts had given up the chase.

Alex unconsciously slowed down. He turned to look at the empty space behind him, his face full of smug satisfaction.

Just then, another strange roar came from nearby.

Alex’s expression abruptly changed. He picked up his pace and continued running. As he ran, he turned toward Emma on his back in irritation. "Didn’t you say there were no living creatures in this forest? What’s going on now? One wave after another!"

Emma’s face reddened slightly at his words. Remembering the promise she had made, she wisely chose to keep silent.

Once Emma fell silent, Alex did not know what else to say. He lowered his head and ran on.

After running for several minutes, Alex was shocked to discover that the sound behind them was actually getting closer and closer.

"A saber-toothed tiger!" Emma noticed it too. Looking back, she saw a tiger with a pair of long, sharp fangs closing in like a streak of yellow lightning.

Hearing Emma’s cry, Alex could not help cursing. "This isn’t Jurassic Park. It’s Prehistoric Park! Even saber-toothed tigers are running around!"

"Alex, put me down." Emma looked at Alex as he accelerated once more beneath her and said softly, "At this rate, the saber-toothed tiger will definitely catch us."

Alex froze slightly. His hands holding Emma on his back gave her rounded butt a hard pat. Feeling the unusual softness against his palm, he said urgently, "I, Alex, will not abandon any companion."

After being so brazenly molested by Alex, Emma’s pretty face flushed again. She gave a soft huff and said, "I belong to Sebastian Shaw. We’re enemies, not companions."

Alex was silent for a long while before saying solemnly, "We were enemies before, and we may still be enemies in the future. But right now, in this godforsaken jungle, we are companions."

Emma’s expression blanked, and something strange appeared in the way she looked at Alex.

Seeing the saber-toothed tiger drawing closer and closer, Emma grew increasingly anxious. As she tried to control it with telepathy, she shouted, "Actually, we could try fighting it."

"It’s alone?" Alex suddenly stopped and turned around. Sure enough, there was only one saber-toothed tiger behind them. He immediately looked at Emma with resentment. "Why didn’t you say so earlier? You made me run for so long!"

As he spoke, Alex set Emma down, drew his dagger, and charged straight at the saber-toothed tiger.

Watching Alex grapple with the saber-toothed tiger, Emma suddenly realized that Alex was still an exceptionally skilled fighter. He had also been enhanced by the Super Soldier Serum, so dealing with a single saber-toothed tiger was no problem at all!

Thinking of this, Emma’s face reddened again, and the "Be careful" that was about to leave her lips was forcibly swallowed back down.

PS: This was last night’s chapter. I originally planned to post it in the middle of the night, but then Scorpion completely crashed…