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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:09:49 GMT -5
Chapter 5: Meeting a new friend.
Riding on his motorbike which surprisingly went smoothly through the jungles, Ben finally found the main road with the help of the GPS attached to the bike. Given the bike moved with the speed twice as fast as a cheetah, no animal or human who attempted to kill him could catch up with him.
At one point of time, Ben rode past a man who had a Californian grizzly bear, smilodon fatalis, and xenomilus hodsanae by his side. The smilodon fatalis under the orders of the man attempted to catch Ben but was not fast enough.
After two months of going nowhere, he finally reached a cave. The cave was huge and Ben was hesitant to go in a it is eerily quiet. There was nothing inside or so it seems.
Considering spending the night in the cave, Ben reached into his pocket, searching for a red capsule make a bubble tent. However, he changed his mind at the last second.
Still being a cautious person, he took out a yellow capsule instead, throwing it on the ground, turning it into a torch light. Proceeding to pick up the torch light, Ben turned it on.
The light radiating from it shone the light which possess a 100 metres range, bright enough to lighten the cave, allowing Ben to see where he was going.
Hearing a growl, Ben ran to his motorbike and climb on. Starting the green motorbike, he was ready to leave.
Just as Ben attempted to flee, a masculine but gentle voice called out to him. “Don’t go. My name is Ken and you are welcome to stay if you like. That was my cave bear growling”.
Turning towards the sound of the voice, he recognized the man called out as he came to the light. He was the same man whom Ben spotted while he was on his way to work on the transportation tube before his escape from the train. Beside the older man was a huge cave bear which probably weighed 2200 pounds, heavier than any extant bear.
Spotting the cave bear caused Ben to almost urinate in his pants again. However, Ken quickly calm him down. "Do not worry. My cave bear only attacks these I consider and enemy, something which you are not".
“I have a woolly rhino and mammoth outside grazing. I will introduce you to them." The middle age man dress as a cave man continued while walking pass the green eyed young man with his cave bear.
Leading him outside the cave, his new friend pointed at the woolly rhino which was grazing and his mammoth which was drinking from a pool not far away. The woolly rhino was an five tonne bull while the mammoth was twice the former's weight and had long curved tusks.
Ben was excited yet afraid at the same time. Never had he seem such huge animals so up close in his life.
Tapping him on the left shoulder to get his attention, Ken spoke up the moment Ben turned towards him. "Young man. How long have you been surviving without animal friends ?"
"I guess more than two months ?" Ben had the surprise look on his way, his green eyes lit up in curiosity.
"How you survive this long is a mystery. However, if you want to continue to survive, you will need to find three animal friends as soon as possible. I suggest looking for powerful animals like myself."
"Why ?"
"You are a curious young man aren't you? Yes, I can tell by the look on your face. The earth is now ruled by two gangs of bandits who go around robbing and killing anyone they find. The first gang is led by a man named Fang. He has three animal friends which consist of a male smilodon populator, a male Ngadong tiger, and a male American lion. Both the smilodon populator and American lion lead a small pride of their own making his unofficially have more than three animal friends".
"What about the second gang ?"
"The second gang is lead by a man called Wolf. He has three animal friends which consists of a polar wolf dog, a grey wolf, and a dire wolf. All three canine lead a large pack".
"I guess the first gang is more powerful".
"That might be true. However, the gang lead by wolf operates in bigger numbers. The gang members have spotted hyenas, grey wolves, African wild dogs, dholes etc which operate in larger numbers than the first".
"What animals friends does the gang led by Fang have?"
"Big cats like the smilodon populator and small cats all the way to the rusty spotted cat. Both extinct and extant big cats are included in other words except the jaguars, leopards, and cheetahs."
"Wait so...."
"That is right. Fang's gang which consist only of men regularly breed with the Amazonian women ever now and then. The boys are given back to the Fang and his bandits after they are born. From the look on your face, you have probably met the Amazonian women".
Ben blushed embarrassingly. If he knew that they women were not out to kill him, he would have actually considered staying with them.
"I guess you must have ran away, thinking you were going to be killed, foolish young man. If you have stayed, you would have been a part of Fang's gang by now but I guess at your current situation, he would have considered you easy prey. However, I would not have made a new friend either". Ken broke out laughing while lying down on the right side of his cave bear which was resting. "You should see the look on your face!"
Trying to change the topic, a still embarrassed Ben asked Ken a question which all beginners in something would always ask someone with more experience than them. “How am I going to command them?” He had never commanded an animal as the train he had been locked in did not allow any animal in.
“You have been exposed to the atmosphere and it is now in you”.
"What ?"
"Your genetics have been modified by the atmosphere. You must be able to connect with animals know".
Attempting to test himself, Ben attempted to control a great blue skimmer which passed by. The connection was successful and he was able to command the dragonfly to catch a bright green hectic bee, carrying away its victim in the air.
Excited, the green eyed boy ordered the dragonfly wherever he wanted it to. The dragonfly got eaten by a bull frog as it flew over the pond.
"Its alright Ben, you are better off looking for larger and stronger animals". Ben felt a hand on his left shoulder, he looked behind him only to see Ken. "Let me tell you a secret, the bandits leave me alone. They do not want to risk their cats dying. Let's have a rest in the meantime, I will show you where to get food".
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:10:24 GMT -5
Chapter 6: Riding to the north.
The next day, both Ben and Ken woke up early, the moment the alarm clock rang.
"Thank you for everything and your help yesterday. Please keep this alarm clock. I will leave some of my capsules with you. The bandits will not bother you because of your animals I guess". Ben reached into his right pocket before placing a several capsules with different colors in the Ken's right hand.
"Thank you, Ben. May we meet again sometime in the near future. You know where to find me". A grateful Ken who was leaning against his cave bear shook Ben's hand.
Strapping his backpack on his shoulder, Ben got onto his motorbike and drove off to the north pole. He had spend almost the whole day with Ken yesterday. The older man had not only told him what animal to choose but had also talked to him about the last male polar bear in the north pole.
Ken told Ben that had always wanted to befriend the polar bear but abandoned the idea as he knew that the yellowish white bear would not survive long outside its natural habitat.
Riding towards the north , guided by the GPS on his green motorcycle, Ben spotted a cougar killing a lone wolf on the way, only to be chased off by the rest of the pack.
Even further north, he spotted American black bears fishing for salmon at the rivers. The absence of grizzly bears ensured that they can have the best fishing spots.
Months later, after making many pit stops, Ben finally reached the north pole. Instead of polar bears, he was surprise to see many barren ground grizzlies. It seems the polar bears have been destroyed by the nuclear explosion as they were the closest to the corporation which brought back extinct animals back to life.
Ben notice that there was no extinct animal which he had spotted during his time out of the train in the north pole. This is because the company had never reintroduced any extinct animals to the north pole.
The former polar bear territory had been taken over by the barren ground grizzlies. They might be among the smallest brown bear subspecies, only heavier than the Tibetan blue bear, Syrian brown bear, and Himalayan red bear but are the most aggressive.
Among these barren ground grizzlies were grolar and prizzly bears. Ben figured out that the prizzly bears are probably the offspring of the last male polar bear.
Yet he could not find the polar bear and looking for it was like looking for a needle in a hay stack. However, Ben knew that the yellowish white bear couldn't be too far away as it was summer. Days later, after travelling around the tundra, he saw the polar bear engaged in a three way confrontation with a male barren ground grizzly bear and a heavier grolar bear.
With every bear for himself during the mating season, the last male polar bear drove off the slightly heavier grolar bear before turning on the barren ground grizzly bear.
Despite putting up a good fight and refusing to back down, the male barren ground grizzly which weighs more than 700 pounds being an exceptionally large male was still outgun in weight by the 1760 pound male yellowish white bear. The last male polar bear grab the barren ground grizzly by the neck, dragging it around like a rag doll, after knocking it down with paw swipes. The immense force of the yellowish white bear caused the grizzly bear's neck to snap.
The male polar bear proceeded to mate with a female barren ground grizzly bear.
Following the yellowish white bear around, watching it mate with several female barren ground grizzlies, Ben observed the polar bear enjoying times of romance which he once had with Blueberry.
Three months of observing the yellowish white bear, and doing a study on his new phone (from a capsule), looking up the internet on google search, he did not approach the polar bear until its mating season was over.
Walking up to the last male polar bear which turned towards him, he made a connection with the yellowish white bear naming him Stan, after the name of his ancestor.
Ken walked with his new animal friend for days, observing how the yellowish white bear hunts. Feeling hungry, the last male polar bear actually killed a sick bull walrus which had isolated itself from the rest of the herd.
Feeling hungry, the green eyed man threw down a capsule which became a bubble tent.
Heading into the bubble tent to obtain some knives and tools, he came out and cut some meat off the dead walrus, bringing the meat in the house to do some a bbq. The polar bear which had finished eating was resting in the sea nearby.
A male barren ground grizzly attempted to help itself to the carcass only to be driven away by the yellowish white bear.
The following day, Ben took out an injection, containing serum. Calling his animal friend over, he injected the polar bear with the needle. It took a few hours for the serum to modify the yellowish white bear's DNA.
Stan could now move out of his natural habitat without overheating. Once certain that the serum had done its job, Ken took out a remote control, pressing a red button, turning the bubble tent back into a capsule.
Moving over to the capsule, he placed it back in his pocket. Ben then called out to Stan. Both man and yellowish white bear headed down South West. They are on their way to the Glacier National Park.
With Stan by his side, Ben did not need to worry much. A few men with black bears, golden eagles, and cougars gave way to Ben because of the presence of the last male polar bear by his side.
The last male polar bear became his new best friend. "Sometimes animals are more loyal than people". Ben spoke to Stan before heading into his bubble tent to get some sleep. "I am sorry you are too huge to get into the tent".
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:10:52 GMT -5
Chapter 7: The next two animal friends.
The next day, continuing his journey with his animal friend, Stan, they finally reached the Glacier National Park. There he encountered the man with the Californian grizzly bear, smilodon fatalis, and xenomilus hodsonae. He instantly recognized that man, who is in his way in his journey in climbing up the Rocky Mountains.
Despite knowing that his male polar bear can easily defeat both the smilodon fatalis and xenomilus hodsonae, Ben is aware that Stan might need some help against Californian grizzly bear which outweighs him by approximately 240 pounds pounds.
Seeing a Peninsula Alaskan grizzly bear fishing in the river nearby, Ben silently approach it after commanding Stan hide behind the waterfall. Looking into the huge 1500 pound male brown bear's eyes, he named him Van, after his late ancestor.
The Peninsula Alaskan brown bear followed Ben to waterfall where Stan was hiding behind. Upon reaching the waterfall, Stan leapt out wanting to attack his brown cousin but the man with green eyes managed to command him to 'halt'.
Approaching the rocky mountains, Ben attempted to pass by the man with his two animal friends, not wanting to fight.
The strange man did not feel the same way. "Stop right there you coward! Don't think I didn't recognized you. You carry a backpack with capsules right? Give it to me and I will let you go."
Slowly turning around, Ben answered calmly. "I am not looking for a fight but if you insist on one, a fight it is".
The man did not listen and ordered his Californian grizzly bear to attack.
The 2000 pound grizzly bear rushed towards Ben but was intercepted by Van on time and a fierce fight broke out. Instead of helping Van as expected, Stan rushed towards the two cats, scattering them before turning on the strange man.
The male polar bear knocked down a killed the smilodon fatalis, which jumped in his way, by knocking the sabre toothed cat to the ground with his body, biting its neck, and dragging it around like a rag doll, breaking its neck.
Stan immediately rushed towards the strange man, killing him with a single paw swipe to the head. The yellowish white bear returned to the paralyzed smilodon fatalis. Placing his huge paw on the body of the sabre toothed cat, the male polar bear proceeded to kill the smilodon fatalis with a single bite to the neck.
Ben in the meantime was throwing stones at the Xenomilus but failing to deter it from approaching. However, by screaming and shouting as well as throwing stones, he managed to hold off the cat long enough before the last male polar bear grab the Xenosmilus by the nape of the neck with his jaws. Holding the cat firmsly with his paws, Stan began to shake his head, jaws, and neck, breaking the neck and spine of the Xenosmilus.
The fight between Van and the Californian grizzly bear continued. Although the former was doing his best and fighting well, his larger opponent was slowly but surely winning the fight.
Stan intervened and helped Van finished off the 2000 pound grizzly bear. The corporation of two of Ben's animal friends actually allowed them to win. Unfortunately, the Peninsula Alaskan grizzly bear was so badly injured from the fight that he slowly but surely breathed his last.
Moaning for the lost of Van for ten minutes, Ben and Stan went up the Rocky Mountains where the bump into a 500 pound male glacier bear, the largest of his kind on the mountain.
Approaching the glacier bear, he looked into its brown eyes with his green ones, making a connection. Ben then named the glacier bear, Frost.
Stan instantly greeted Frost affectionately. After resting for an hour, Ben led both Stan and Frost back down to the foot of the mountain.
On their way out of Glacier National Park, they came across a Tibetan blue bear lying down near the body of his human friend, an short man with olive complexion.
"Poor Tibetan blue bear, his human friend must have been killed by the strange man. I wonder where his other two animal friends have gone". Ben walked towards the Tibetan blue bear, making a connection with it, naming his final animal friend, Xiong.
Due to his encounters with barren ground grizzlies, Stan did not like the presence of Xiong. Not only did the former refuse to let the latter come close, the male polar bear often pushed the much smaller Tibetan blue bear aside with his superior strength and body weight from time to time as they left Glacier National Park.
The glacier bear, however, got along well with Xiong.
It had been a long day and the sun was finally setting, Ben wanted to go back to Ken but not before stopping for the night. Reaching out in his pocket, he threw down a capsule which once again became a bubble tent. None of the bears were small enough to follow him in and they were forced to sleep outside.
Frost and Xiong slept at either end of the bubble tent's entrance while Stan rested at the rear.
Lying down on his bed and looking into the sky, Ben noticed that there were no blue stars in the sky, only purple, white, green, yellow, orange, and red giants stars were visible. The rest of the dwaft stars, save the purple and white ones, were not bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and a telescope was needed.
Looking for information on the blue stars on his mobile phone using google search, Ben was informed that the purple and white star's brightness pales in comparison to that of the blue stars. However, there was no information to tell him about their mysterious disappearance.
Feeling sleepy after looking through as many websites as he could about stars, he finally fell asleep on his bed but not before saying goodnight to his three animal friends which were still guarding him from outside the bubble tent, never leaving their spots.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:11:21 GMT -5
Chapter 8: Encountering bandits and reunion with Ken.
Waking up earlier than usual, Ben headed further down south with his three animal friends, knowing a short cut to reach Ken's location faster. This proved to be a mistake as sounds of men shouting, big cats roaring, felines snarling, wolves howling, and blood curdling screams happening all around.
Knowing it was dangerous to proceed any further, he attempted to turn back with his animal friends but it was too late. He found himself and his animal friends caught between the fight between the two famous bandit gangs which Ken warned him about.
The two gangs usually avoid each other, however, this happen to be the day they both decided to settle the score on which gang was the strongest. The information from Ken had been correct all along.
Observing the members of the two gangs, he knew the secret of their success. They commanded animals that are capable of operating in prides and packs. The first gang had animals from smilodon populators to rusty spotted cats on their side. The second gang had Amphicyon ingens all the way to foxes on their side.
"Ken has got one thing wrong, he did not inform me of the Amphicyons and ephicyons as well as the cave hyenas". Ben mumbled to himself.
While deep in thought, a smilodon populator attempted to kill him. Stan, the male polar bear, however, knocked down the smilodon populator before killing it the same way he killed the smilodon fatalis at Glacier National Park.
A male cougar pinned down a dire wolf, killing it with a skull bite. Frost, the glacier bear rushed towards the cougar chasing it off the dire wolf's dead body. This was a big mistake as Frost found himself surrounded by tigers and lions. Stan rushed towards the cats to rescue Frost. The male polar bear actually displaced the tigers and lions.
A large male American lion took the opportunity to leapt on Frost, killing the glacier bear with a skull bite. In retaliation, the last male polar bear knocked down the American lion, killing it the same way he killed the smilodon populator earlier on.
Xiong was able to keep the tigers and lions at bay with aggression that almost matches that of a barren ground grizzly. However, he was eventually ambushed and killed by a huge 600 pound Bengal tiger. Suddenly appearing out of nowhere, the male polar bear grab the Bengal tiger by the nape of the neck, dragging it around like a rag doll before throwing it against a male African lion.
The last male polar bear displaced a pride of African and Barbary lions which were surrounding Ben after killing a cave lion, which had just killed off a cave hyena.
Taking advantage of the distraction between the two gangs which were focused on each other rather than Ben, the green eyed man managed to make good his escape but not without getting separated from Stan in the process.
Throwing out a capsule, Ben activated his green motorcycle and drove a safe distance away from the gang before taking out his telescope to look for Stan.
Using the telescope, he spotted the last male polar bear killing off a smilodon populator, an Amphicyon ingens, a cave lion, an American lion, and a Ngadong tiger before displacing the other big cats and canines before heading north. Both gangs were still fighting each other.
Knowing that Stan was alright, Ben rode towards the cave where Ken was living.
Arriving to the cave, he was greeted by Ken and his woolly rhino friend. "How did it go in choosing your animal friends ?"
Ben told him everything that had happened including the death of Xiong, Frost, and Van. The green eyed young man even informed him about the male polar bear killing off a smilodon populator, an Amphicyon ingens, a cave lion, an American lion, and a Ngadong tiger before displacing the other big cats and canines before heading north, which the older man considered impressive.
However, Ken rebuke Ben for not following his advice and choosing his animal friends based on personal preference rather than the need for survival. "If you had chosen at least one pachyderm, your animal friends would have been with you by now. Anyway what is done is done".
"What about Stan?"
"He probably ran back to the north pole where he is familiar with. You might have used the serum to modify his genes but without you around, he still has the mind of a polar bear".
Ken shared some of the salmon he had caught in the river for dinner. The bbq salmon tasted good after a long journey.
"Why didn't you enter the train ?" Ben asked the older curiously halfway during dinner.
"Only the rich and these who were considered useful to the society were invited on the train worldwide. You had a job on the train which qualified you to live on it".
Ben remember the first day he made his home on the train. This happened shortly after graduation when he found a job as a telemarketer, the job provided him with the right to live on the train before the nuclear explosion happened which turned him into a 'prisoner' from that day on wards.
Before the nuclear explosion near the tundra, he was free to go in and out of the train as he pleased. The train was even able to travel underground and underwater. This enabled him to travel worldwide and experience different countries as the bullet train was made to travel around the worldwide train track, taking breaks from time to time before the nuclear explosion.
"How do we take down the train ?" Ben asked.
"You will need the corporation of everybody who has three animal friends but who will be willing to help you ?"
"I know who might be willing to help me but it is going to be a conflict as I had abandoned her after the ritual."
"I guess you are thinking of Lolita."
Ben could only nod his head nervously.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:11:48 GMT -5
Chapter 9: The recruitment.
Ben set out to recruit another three animal friends. Listening to Ken's advice this time, he befriended a huge male mastodon which was way bigger and stronger than the older man's woolly mammoth.
He also befriended a huge male 1000 pound Carpathian brown bear, not knowing how it came to the west. Lastly, he befriended an American lion and its pride.
On his way down south to search for Lolita and the Amazonian women, he encountered a man who has a mastodon, a woolly mammoth, and a woolly rhino. The man introduced himself to Ben as Brian.
Brian was a 50 year old hobo who was also left alone by the bandits because of the pachyderms that accompanied him everywhere. "I really hate that blue train, it only favors the rich and wealthy".
Ben told Brian his story and invited him to join his cause. The hobo with brown hair and brown eyes agreed, taking the green eyed young man to his friends who also have at least one or two pachyderm as an animal friend.
Soon, Ben recruited all the men who were veteran soilders with pachyderms as animal friends. Some of them had a primate troop as animal friends too.
"We will follow you everywhere. Just promise us that the blue train will be taken down". Brian who had manage to gather his friends and has their full corporation informed the green eyed young man.
"I am not sure if it will be a success."
"It will be. Focus on recruiting as many people as you want and we will discuss the strategy".
Thanking Brian, Ben threw a capsule down to the ground, turning it into a green motorcycle once again.
Riding off in the motorcycle, he left his animal friends with Brian and his friends knowing that they can be trusted.
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Meanwhile, in the north, Ken was using his skills as a blacksmith to make armor which would fit Stan, the last male polar bear under the request of his green eyed young friend. Despite never seeing Stan, he is able to estimate Stan's size based on Ben's description that the last male polar bear dimensional size is smaller than his cave bear.
Both the woolly mammoth and rhino were at the river nearby drinking water while the cave bear was enjoying his berries in the berry bush nearby.
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The journey to the South did not take long on the green motorcycle. Riding through the village, one of the Amazonian woman whom he stop beside recognized him. Taking him to Lolita who was meditating, he had to wait for a few hours before she was done.
Coming out of meditation and her house, the leader of the Amazonian women recognized him instantly. Walking up to him with a smile, she hit him between the legs with her right knee. "This is for leaving me without saying goodbye".
Ben who was crouching on the ground heard her maniacal laughter.
Helping him get up by grabbing his right arm with both her hands, she couldn't stop laughing. "You are stupid for believing everything the DC comics say. Why did you believe I would kill you after the ritual and why do you think that I do not trust men. You could have at least given me some affection before leaving. contrary to your believe, we take the boys back to the bandits. Only the girls stay in this tribe. "
Leading him to her house, Lolita introduced Ben's daughter, Bernadette to him.
The leader of the Amazonian woman also introduce his daughter's thirteen year old half sister, Lola, who was playing with Bernadette at that time, to him, next in line to become the tribe leader. "Our daughter is now five years old. Meaning it has been five years since we met. Her name is Bernadette."
His daughter ran up to him jumping in his arms for a hug while her older half sister look at Ben intently wondering what a man is.
Ben was served with delicious food and surprisingly excellent hospitality by the chefs and other Amazonian women.
"Do not forget that we are treating you better than the bandits". Ben heard Lolita's voice whispering into his right ear as he eating a drumstick. "Now tell me why you have come back after abandoning me for five years".
The green eyed man nervously told Lolita, who was now sitting beside him on the left about his plan to take down the blue train.
"We hate the blue train as well. Thanks to the rich and nuclear explosion, I can no longer see my younger sister. The one you call, Blueberry as she loves wearing blue". Looking Ben in the eyes with a smirk.
"Now I understand why you look so much like Blueberry". Ben did not say anything but the shock look on his face was expressing these very words.
"Surprise aren't you ?" Lolita did not stop smirking.
Reaching out with her right hand and pinching his left cheek which was already red, clearly enjoying the scenario. "Let me tell you something more surprising. Blueberry used to tell me everything including the first day you dated her and the nickname you gave her. She even told me you forgot her real name."
"What ?"
"That is right. We will talk more about that later. Back to the important part, the bandits and my tribe have wanted to take down the blue train but our combined strength is not enough. Perhaps with the corporation of your new hobo friends, we might have success. We will go with you. Just promise me one thing. If I fall in battle, make sure my oldest daughter successfully becomes the tribe leader and take care of our daughter". Upon, finishing her speech, Lolita let go of Ben's cheek before getting up and walking away, allowing him to finish his dinner.
"Thank you for the dinner".
"Get some sleep. Tomorrow, we have a long journey. We are going to meet the bandits and your hobo friends".
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:12:21 GMT -5
Chapter 10: Recruiting the bandits.
Following Lolita and the Amazonian women to the bandits led by Fang, the journey did not take as long as Ben thought it would. This is because his ex girlfriend's older sister knows all the short cuts and exactly where he lives, in an area where the open grasslands and Amazon Forests overlap.
"Do not be surprise that I know my way around. We meet up on a regular basis to breed." Turning to Ben who was walking behind her, Lolita gave him a wink.
"Fang!" She called out.
Almost immediately, Fang and his army of bandits showed up. "We knew you were here long before you arrived. My turkey vultures spotted and smelt you from a far." The leader of the first group of bandits flashed a grin, showing his teeth which looks like it had not been brushed for ages. Looking at him closely, Ben noticed he ha tanned skin, brown eyes, slightly older than Lolita, and was almost as tall as him.
"You should work on cleaning these teeth. Especially if you want to father anymore of my children in the future." Lolita smirked with sarcasm.
Fang's grin turned to a frown the moment he spotted Ben. "What is that green eyed man doing behind you."
"He is my boy toy, who fathered my second child."
"What ?"
"That is right. I am free to be with anyone I desire". Lolita began to expressed a snobby attitude. Walking backwards towards Ben who was still standing behind her, without looking at him, she grab his wrist with both her hands, pulling his arms around her waist, making him embrace her in a hug. "You have with many women yourself. It is only fair."
"That is not what I am talking about. He interrupted my fight with my arch enemy, Wolf ! His male polar bear killed by smilodon populator, forcing me to replace them with these turkey vultures." The leader of the first bandits was now starring Ben in the eyes, clearly jealous that Lolita is enjoying being in his arms.
Despite looking embarrassed on the surface of his facial expressions, deep down inside, Ben was feeling proud.
"Really? It is probably your fault as you did not look around properly. He was only finding his way to Ken. He told me everything already". Lolita continued to smirk.
"His male polar bear has killed many of our smilodon populators, Ngadong tigers, African lions, cave lions, American lions, Barbary lions, our male biggest and strongest sabre toothed cats and pantherines......." Fang continued complaining.
"And your cats killed his Tibetan blue bear and glacier bear. Quit complaining. The reason we are here is to inform you that we know have enough man and animal power to take down the blue train. Thanks to Ben, we know have the power to do so". The leader of the Amazonian women still smirking in Ben's arms.
"What? Really?"
"Really. He has recruited the hobos who have pachyderms as animal friends. The ones which you and your bandits leave alone".
"Lets get going then. What are we waiting for?"
"Not yet. We have to recruit your arch enemy as his help will be needed too".
Heading further north, Ben and Lolita leading the way, the met up with the hobos who greeted them warmly.
Fang sent his turkey vultures to search for Wolf and his gang, Ben, the Amazonian women, and the hobos followed the turkey vultures and first group of bandits.
The turkey vultures prove to be efficient, and they found Wolf and his gang before the sunset.
"Today is the day our group unites". Fang confronted Wolf, who had grey eyes, slightly shorter than Ben.
"Ha ha ha! As if I would!"
"The choice is up to you but it will be your doom and my bandits have the aid of the Amazonian women and the hobos. Therefore, you and your gang are completely outclass today."
"Alright. However, once this fight is over, we will be enemies once again".
"Have it your way. Regardless, we are taking down the blue train".
Turning to Ben, Wolf asked, "Alright, since you are supposedly our new leader. What are we suppose to do next?"
"We are going to find my friend Ken. He is making armor for my polar bear". Ben replied hesitantly not wanting to reignite any war.
"The male polar bear which killed some of my amphicyon ingens?"
"Yes..........."
"Whatever. We share a common course today. I will let it slide this once. Where is your polar bear, I see you have a Carpathian brown bear, mastodon, and an American lion and its pride members".
"That is a long story but we need to get moving. I will tell you more along the way". Leading, his new army to the cave, which is not far up north, they were greeted by Ken and his friends.
"How have you been Ken? It has been a while." Ben warmly reached out and shook Ken's hand.
"It is all good. I have finished making armor for your polar bear. This is for your birthday. Happy birthday my friend".
Immediately, the woolly mammoth arrive with golden armor which looks exactly like what Iorek Byrnison in the Golden Compass film wears. The cave bear and woolly rhino arrived at the call of Ken.
"Now we can head to the tundra". Leading his new found team to the north pole, which took a month, they stopped at a train track. "The blue train will certainly arrive sooner or later. Fang, send your vultures to do some scouting".
"Yes sir. You are really becoming a leader and have earn my respect".
The vultures quickly return and communicated with Fang (in vulture language). "The vultures say that it will take at least two days for the train to arrive. What shall we do?"
"Let us wait for the train. In the meantime, these of you without animal friends to get at least three. These of you with less than two should try to get one more. There are many barren ground grizzlies, grolar bears, and prizzly bears in the tundra". Noticing that many of the Amazonian women and the two gsang of bandits had zero to less than three animal friends.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:12:55 GMT -5
Chapter 11: Meeting up with Stan.
Leading these with three animal friends to the tundra, Ben ordered them to recruit which ever bear of their choosing.
"I trust that my animal friends and these people will be in good hands". Entrusting the care of his animal friends and the people he left behind under Ken's care, he led the rest to the north pole. "To these following me, don't forget to bring your thick clothes as it is cold in the tundra."
Leaving, Lolita, Fang, Wolf, and the others to choose their animal friends, Ben searched for Stan. "Stan!" After searching for hours, he saw the male polar bear mating with a female barren ground grizzly bear. "Oh, I forgot that it is your mating season."
Waiting for Stan to finish his time on romance, Ben observed belugas and narwhals swimming from together in the sea nearby. Plenty of male grolar bears, barren ground grizzlies, and prizzly bears were fighting for mating rights. Some of them were even feasting on a whale carcass which had been washed up the shore.
All the bears present kept at least a hundred metres from Stan, except for a few female barren ground grizzly bears which were in heat.
Ben kept wandering around waiting for the male polar bear to finish off his mating business which was taking too long according to him. "I wonder how many partners Stan has in real life. He must have many being the largest bear in the area, save a few male grolar bears."
Taking a look at the green watch on his wrist, Ben noticed that a few hours had passed. "I can't keep my friends waiting for too long."
"No we can wait". Hearing a familiar voice behind him, Ben turned around. Lolita whom had arrived with Fang, Wolf, and the rest of the crew without three animal friends arrived. "Your polar bear is just being himself. Let's have some fun exploring the tundra. We have already commanded our animal friends. Stan is going to take a few more hours judging by the number of female barren ground grizzlies coming towards him."
Wandering around the tundra with his friends, Ben discovered the presence of Ussuri brown bears further west. They were blending in well with the more aggressive barren ground grizzlies. "It looks like the continents might have merged together."
"Fang and Wolf, something must have change after the nuclear bomb explosion. The continents must have merged with America. That probably explains why you both have animals from Europe, Asia, and Africa in your gangs and how I found my Carpathian brown bear friend." From the look of Ben's face, he was glad that he had been enlighten.
"Thanks for reminding me that your male polar bear killed my Siberian tiger". Fang scoffed sarcastically. "Anyway, it is water under the bridge now. What is done is done. Our common goal will be to take down the blue train." He change his tone the moment Lolita glared at him disapprovingly.
A few hours finally passed, Stan whom had finished his mating business caught up with Ben and the crew.
Moving back down south, which was not too far away from the tundra, Ben was greeted by Ken. Taking him to the cart, dragged by the woolly mammoth, the older man showed him the armor which he had made for Stan.
Calling the polar bear over, the yellowish white bear arrive, actually knocking into the woolly mammoth's left side by accident. The pachyderm ignored it and continued to drink water.
"Go over to the cart". Ben gently commanded Stan. The polar bear complied.
Ken placed the armor on Stan beginning with his head. "This will be for battle and it will give your polar bear a while to get use to this armor".
"Now he looks exactly like Iorek Byrnison!" Lolita whom had been following them secretly, appeared out of nowhere breaking into laughter.
"Why are you hear. Is eveything alright ?" Walking over to his ex older sister, Ben placed his hands on her shoulder giving her a concern look.
"Not everyone of us will survive tomorrow and I am aware the train is heavily guarded. Therefore, I would like to spend some time alone with you."
Turning to Ken, while embracing Lolita, Ben gave his older a polite request. "Could you tell the crew that I will not be joining them for a while. Just tell them that I have some business to do."
Almost immediately, a grin appeared on the older man's face. "I was once young like you. Therefore, I totally understand what you are going through. I will take care of everything. On your way now."
"Thank you, Ken. You have been of great help and will always be my mentor for life."
"Go on will ya!"
Thanking Ken once more, Ben and Lolita headed towards the forest.
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In the meantime, Ken whom had returned to the crew got them to sit down a listen to him. "Tonight, Ben will not be joining us as he has business to do. We are going to have a war and not everyone will be guaranteed to survive. We have, however, train our hardest. Who wants to have a history lesson ?"
"What history lesson?"
"It is about the earth before the nuclear explosion has happen. Most of you who are under 25 have not seen that earth which I have missed".
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Alone together in the forest with Lolita, Ben whom had fallen asleep with the her in his arms was waken up by a kick. "I am glad to be able to spend this night with you even if it is the last one. Do not forget to ensure my oldest daughter makes it as the leader of my tribe if anything happens to me tomorrow."
"What is one thing you would like to have?" Still embracing her with Lolita's cheek on his right chest.
"To see my younger sister one more time. We were the best of friends since we were children."
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:13:31 GMT -5
Chapter 12: The fight begins.
Getting up early in the morning, Ben whom had returned to the crew with Lolita after they fell asleep, prepared for the fight. Standing by his side was his three animal friends, the Carpathian brown bear, Artos, the mastodon, Tusk, and the woolly rhino named, Bulldozer. "Tusk and Bulldozer, stand on the track with the other pachyderms. Your job is the block the train. Artos, you stay with me."
The train was approaching fast, the sound of the blue train can be heard for up to 2000 miles away.
Lining everybody and their animal friends on both sides on the track. "Attack only when Tusk blows his trunk. Be sure to spare the lives of families with children."
The sound of the blue train was getting louder and louder. The bandits and Amazon women took their weapons which consists of spears, stones, and guns. The guns were originally capsules given to them by Ben.
As the train drew closer, the crew was prepared.
The blue train finally passed them, wind blowing in their faces, including Ben whom was standing in the middle of the line between Lolita and Ken on right side of the train track.
Seconds before the train could hit the pachyderms, Tusks lifed his trunk in the air, trumpeting in a loud voice. The blue train abruptly grinded to a halt.
Seizing the opportunity, Ben yelled out with a commanding voice nobody had seen before. "Attack!"
The crew led by the green eyed man and their animal friends immediately attack the train.
Artos broke one of the windows with his giant paw. One of the train guards attempted to shoot at Ben. Thankfully, the 1000 pound male Carpathian brown bear spotted the guard on time. Grabbing, the guard with his jaws, Artos drag him out of the train like a rag doll. breaking his right hand with his jaws, and killing him with a blow using his right paw.
Grabbing the gun with his jaws, Artos brought the gun to Ben.
"Thank you". The green eyed man was grateful that his life was saved.
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In the meantime, Stan, the male polar bear who had been on top of the back of Tusk, the male mastodon jumped off the latters back, rushing towards the bullet train's head, attacking the driver's cab, breaking the window.
Grabbing the driver with his right paw, the yellowish white bear pulled him out easily and bite him to death.
Proceeding to break, the window at the control stand, Stan grab a train guard by the arm, pulling him out of the train through the window. The male polar bear killed the guard by biting his neck.
The apes and the hobos join in the attack, distracting the guards which were attempting to shoot Stan.
The chimpanzees leapt into the windows and mauled the guards.
One of the guards shot a few chimpanzees, but was drag out the window by Stan.
A silverback gorilla leapt on top of the roof, pushing down a train guard off.
The guard was attacked and killed by the hobos.
Using their slingshots, the hobos broke the rest of the windows on the head of the bullet train.
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Both Fang and Wolf who were standing at either side of the back of the train were also doing well. They drag down and attack a few train guards with the help of their animal friends. The smildons and other big cats jumped on top of the train.
Some of them were shot by the train guards, however, most of the big cats were killing more of the guards in blue than vice versa.
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Inside the train at the 100th carriage which formerly Ben's home, the captain of the blue train, a blond hair and blue eyed man yelled out. "Get me my armor and weapons!"
His personal assistant, a young man immediately brought him the armor. "Here you go, Captain Bluford".
"Make sure my wife gets to safety!"
Putting on his weapons and armor which is light blue unlike the guards which were wearing midnight blue, he commanded the transportation tube, which only guards could access to take him directly to the front of the train. "The tides will turn in my favor soon."
Finally reaching the train head, the captain, now looking like a light blue 'Armsmaster' shot at the chimpanzees and other monkeys and apes which manage to get in. "You guards are useless, losing to these primates, why did I even hire you! Get up and fight!"
Slowly, moving to the front, he aimed his gun at the male polar bear which was dragging out one of his guards.
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Killing a guard with her spear, Lolita looked around for her younger sister. "Blueberry. Where are you?"
A train guard attempted to attack her from behind. Thankfully, her jaguar knock him down, mauling him to death.
"Thank you, my pet. If I survive, you will get a treat from me". She knelt down petting the jaguar on the head and stroking his chin.
Getting up again, she threw her spear at another guard which attempted to shoot at one of the Amazonian women. "Be careful. Always watch your back. Better still, watch each others backs!"
Leaping onto the train carriage's roof with her jaguar, both of them continued assaulting many more guards which had come out of the transportation tubes, which were only for guards to travel.
"Where is my sister!" She screamed killing every guard which claim they did not know where Blueberry was. "Until you tell me where my sister is, your blood with be on your heads."
"I am here sis!" Lolita heard a familiar voice call out.
Breaking into the window, she jump into the carriage and saw no other than her younger sister.
"I thought you were dead. I can't believe you are alive!" Blueberry ran up to her older sister, embracing her with tears.
"I have survived the nuclear bomb. That is why. How have you been all these years ? Heard you are now dating Ben."
"I am back with my ex, he help Ben escape this train."
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:14:03 GMT -5
Chapter 13: The retaliation and victory.
Ben and his team seems to be winning. "Keep pushing !" The thirty year old green eyed man commanded.
Listening to his voice through a voice amplifier from the head of the bullet train, Captain Bluford muttered. "Enjoy your victory while you still can."
Aiming his gun at the male polar bear, he shot it in the shoulder. The force of the laser pushed back Stan but did not kill him.
Moving towards the drivers seat while his guards shot at any monkey or ape which attempted to stop him, he took his seat and pressed the start button, reactivating the blue train.
Standing in front of the train, the last male polar bear attempted to stop the train. Despite possessing enormous physical strength, the yellowish white bear was eventually overpowered and squashed by the bullet train, his blood splattered on the pachyderms, primates, and men nearby.
The bullet train proceeded to hit Tusk, dealing the mastodon massive damage. The other pachyderms joined in to help Tusk, causing the head of the bullet train massive damage.
"Take me to carriage 98". Captain Bluford ordered his transportation tube. He had meant to say 97, where his wife was but in his panic mistakenly yelled out 98.
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"Where is your boyfriend and what is he doing with himself ?" Lolita asked Blueberry who was still embracing her.
Before, her younger sister could answer her, a man in light blue armor suddenly showed up out of nowhere behind Blueberry.
Aiming his rifle at Lolita, he shot her in the chest.
"Noooo!" Blueberry screamed.
Lolita watched helplessly as her younger sister was grab from behind by the man in light blue armor who yelled out. "Take us to the drivers seat!"
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It wasn't looking too good on Ben's side either. One of the train guards had shot down Lolita's jaguar, killing it.
Artos in the meantime, whom had climbed up the train with surprising agility despite his huge bulk was surrounded by several train guards.
Rushing towards one of the guards, the Carpathian brown bear managed to kill one of them but was killed by the rest of the guards after many shots.
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Captain Blueford whom had taken Blueberry hostage, returned to the driver's seat. Aiming his gun at tusk, he killed the mastodon will several blasts to the skull with blue laser beam.
His guards shot at the rest of the pachyderms forcing them to back off.
The woolly mammoth which was Ken's animal friend remained standing on the train track was eventually killed by the combine blasts from Captain Blueford and his guards. "Now you understand the terror of the blue train!"
Getting out of the bullet train's head through the emergency exit with his guards, the man in light blue continued shooting at the silverback gorillas and hobos which stood in his way. Ken riding the back of his cave bear came to attack but both man and beast were shot in the neck and head respectively.
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At the rear of the train, the second wave of guards wearing red, shot at the big cats and Amphicyons killing many of them. Many of the bandits and Amazonian women were also killed as their dead bodies were all lying down nearby. Even both Fang and Wolf who had become the best of friends were killed.
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"Fall back!" Ben commanded as more and more guards in red rather than blue appeared. "These guards in red are way more powerful and dangerous."
He remembered the day he talked to Blueberry about the train guards. They were divided in two teams, red and blue.
These in red were a lot more skillful and well trained compared to all the other guards except for Captain Bluford himself.
Despite Ben's orders, none of his crew wanted to fall back, they were all going to fight till the end as they promised him.
Closing his eyes for a few seconds, he remembered walking with Lolita, Fang, and Wolf in the tundra. That was the day, all three of them agreed to fight with him till death. He even remembered Ken's promise to do so, while the older man was dressing Stan up in armor.
With most of his closest human friends and all his animal friends dead or probably dead, he decided to fight till the death.
"Stop! The fight or the captain's wife gets it". Before resuming the fight which would have ultimately led to him death, Ben heard a familiar voice.
Blueberry emerged from the train's roof through a transportation tube only for guards with her boyfriend.
Taken hostage was Captain Bluford's wife. Ben's ex was grabbing her hostage with her right arm, while holding a speaker in her left.
The fight immediately ceased. Taking the captain' wife with her everywhere, Blueberry began ruthlessly killing the guards by poking her dagger in their backs one by one.
Finally reaching the captain, she stab him in the neck before slashing the throat of his wife. "This is for my older sister!"
With the fight finally over, Ben and his team celebrated their victory. He was greeted by his ex with a hug who told him that Lolita was her long lost twin sister.
"I already knew that, she told me. How is she doing ?" Ben asked Blueberry who was still hugging him.
Slowly releasing Ben from her hug, she told him that her older sister was killed by Captain Bluford and how she had taken his wife hostage in revenge. "My boyfriend had also been arrested a few years later after obtaining proof that he had helped you escape."
"I am sorry for what happen."
"It is not your fault. Here is a gift from Lolita. She told me to give this to you before she died. Open the palm of your right hand". Blueberry placed her right fist which was clenched onto Ben's open palm.
Opening up her fist and pulling away her palm, Ben discovered Lolita's green precious stone in the palm of his hand.
There was a few moments of silence for these who had died to take down the blue train.
Looking and walking around, Ben discovered the death of Ken, Brian, his animal friends, and the leaders of the bandits. The dead bodies of the Carpathian brown bear was found on the roof while the bodies of Tusk and Bulldozer were found a few feet and five hundred metres away from the bullet train's head respectively.
Stan’s body was in pieces and his body could not be found.
"Today, we will not forget these who have sacrificed themselves for us and helped us take down the train." Ben who was given the voice amplifying speaker by Blueberryencouraged the rest of the crew.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:14:34 GMT -5
Chapter 14: Two world’s become one.
With the blue train no longer moving nor protected by guards, the residents were force to come out into the real world and share their resources with these outside.
These whose lives were spared came under Ben's leadership and became his subjects.
"Hail King Ben! Long live the king!" Blueberry called out as more and more people came out of the blue train, many of them experiencing earth's atmosphere for the first time.
Many of the survivors includes Ben's old boss and his workmates as well as these he met in the party.
Turning to Ben, his ex girlfriend, embraced by her boyfriend whom had removed her red helmet, hugging her from behind ask. "What shall we do now? Everybody has accepted you as their king and many of them are actually experiencing earth's atmosphere for the first time. What do you want?"
Looking around, taking quick glaces at the faces present, Ben spoke up after ten minutes of silence. "It is time to make the two worlds one. Our society has been divided for so long. We have loss comrades and some of us family members. However, it is time to begin afresh."
"How are we going to begin afresh ?" One of the bandits asked after Ben had finished speaking.
"Let's built a city."
"What are we going to name it and what flag are we going to use ? " Blueberry interjected.
"We are going name the new city, the Kingdom of the Beast. The flag will have the symbol of a polar bear to honor my fallen comrade, Stan, the last male polar bear."
"Do you mean the polar bear which single highhandedly attack the bullet train ?"
"You hit the hammer on the nail. Stan was my first animal friend. He had save my life on at least a few occasions."
"How are we going to built the city?"
"We have plenty of resources on the train which we can use. In the meantime, I have a promise to keep".
Following the Amazonian women back to the south, Ben informed Lolita's oldest daughter that she is now the new tribe leader but not before informing her about the death of his mother and his promise to her.
Attempting to give Lolita's peridot to her oldest daughter, his own daughter gave it back to him. "I am sure mom would want you to keep it."
After staying with the tribe for a few days and spending some quality time with his five year old daughter, he left to visit the bandits whose gangs were already combined.
Both Fang's teenage son who is Lolita's oldest daughter's twin brother and Wolf's right hand man were elected to lead and co lead the combine gang.
The two have finally become one.
"There is just one more thing to do." Remembering that there are dinosaurs in the East as Ken had told him days before he met the hobos, the green eyed man threw his capsule which turned into a green motorcycle as predicted.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 20, 2021 8:15:00 GMT -5
Epilogue:
Three years later, Ben had already established his rulership over his new kingdom. Standing beside the flag with the symbol of the polar bear named Stan, Looking down upon his subjects and their animal friends, he was please at the result of his work.
The castle which was built for him contains many colours and is made up of all kinds of precious stones.
Blueberry and her boyfriend are placed in high positions and they work directly under him.
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Lolita's oldest daughter in the meantime was commanding the Amazonian women well. Taking Ben's daughter under her wing, she trained her how to fight and survive day by day. Soon she will teach her how to and what animals to command.
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The former combined bandits were no longer operating as bandits. Instead, they are serving as soilders who keep the Kingdom of the Beasts in order together with their animal friends. Whenever a problem emerges, they will be there as soon as possible.
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Six months later, an evil dark entity named Evil Black Death payed Ben a visit. Offering to preserve his kingdom in exchange for his life. Ben refused but it was too late as the evil dark entity had killed off Blueberry and her boyfriend.
Proceeding to choke Ben to death, the dark entity took over his body.
Ben's body began to glow green.
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Three and a half years later, a male blue ice bear which had already became a blue star caused an explosion, destroying the earth and its solar system. The same male blue ice bear knock Evil Black Death out of Ben's body sending him to a parallel earth.
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