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smoke to be seen from the small cooking fire. However, by
following the coastline it took less than a minute to locate the
Atoo’s camp. They had come to the island using two boats that
were now sitting beached up on the sandy shore. There were the
other warriors, three by the camp fire, sitting and laying around.
The other two warriors were working on the boats. They all
presented easy prey. Tital flew straight down and landed next to
their boats. The Atoo warriors were caught completely by
surprise. They again thought it was their own companions flying
back to camp. Sometimes the eye sees what the mind tells it to
see. As one warrior, next to the fire, grabbed his spear to throw
it, Tital raised his hand and froze him throwing it in midair.
Bardala, as she landed, pointed her finger at the two warriors by
the boats freezing them as they lunged toward Tital’s back.
Viviana had Ronú land their Gigantoraptor between the campfire
and the tree line. This trapped the last two warriors. Viviana
then pointed her finger and levitated both of them. She turned
both of them upside down as they howled in protest. After Tital
tied all five securely, Viviana showed Ronú how to mark the
campsite with their digital compass, so that they could send
someone later to retrieve the boats. Putting out the campfire,
they tied the warriors securely to the talons of the G-raptors.
“We have all the warriors captured, and are ready to fly to
your location,” Tital radioed. “Also, we have two additional Graptors to bring along.”
“We have watered all the warriors, and are awaiting your
return,” Jonathan advised Tital by radio. “No problems, here.”
Tital and the others checked their packs, mounted their beasts,
and safely flew to Jonathan’s location in the jungle. They landed
their Gigantoraptors without a problem. Brilloso barked and