HAVE YOU EARNED IT? && finding egg/hatching.

[Masie]

Some species of birds could hear from within their eggs, being distantly related it followed suit some kinds of raptors could. At least in this instance, the unborn raptor had been able to hear clearly expect for the muffle of her shell for a few days now, so close to hatching. Over the last few days as she began to ready herself to emerge, the female raptor had become aware of noise from others of her kind, several around her own size and two much larger. However, within the last few hours of this day, everything had suddenly changed when she heard another noise that she knew nothing about, yet it seemed to alarm the larger raptors outside her egg to the extent they left the nest. Clearly, the unborn had been able to hear louder bits of the fight, but she had no understanding that the two had been fiercely battling some creature whom desired to get at the eggs contained herself and her siblings, the unborn didn't even know what the other faint noises around her meant yet. Sadly, this also meant that she had no idea what it meant when those noises one by one suddenly caused, nor what the accompanying noises happened to be.

The danger passed her by unaware, the beast looming over the final egg in the nest intending to devour it shell and all, being scared off by the noise of something much larger moving through the undergrowth nearby. Owen had been just in time, nothing could be done for the adult raptors nor the missing consumed eggs, but there was one left, for her the rex was just in time. She didn't even know it. As the world went silent, so too did she, ceasing the moments she had been making at her egg the last few days, simply laying there within it. Eventually, the footfalls of a large creature could be heard to her, it was of no interest to her.

What  got the egg contained infant moving again? Was the clicking sound Owen emitted to call for the other raptors in his pack, she knew what that noise was. Almost immediately, in response to that call he had let out, she moved again, crawling at the inside of the egg, trying to get her bearing. Warmth spread across her egg, something she had felt a few times in the last few days, instinctually she moved towards that, pressing against it from the inside. Seconds ticked by and his first clue the egg was alive would be some small prick against his snout as her egg tooth broke through the egg. Hatching was built into most creatures who did it, her tiny claws instantly hooking to the hole her muzzle made, as she kept pushing at the weakened area. It was only seconds on the outside before the egg would splinter and shatter against her efforts, revealing the small brown downy infant Utahraptor.

Bright golden amber optics flickered open as the infants head turned upwards, gaze falling onto Owen as her own small chirp emitted in response. Weakly the new born attempt to stand, tumbling and stumbling out of her nest to fall against one of his much larger legs.