THE TEACHER'S SOLUTION

"No way, pal. I'm not leaving you alone down here. With all that commotion, I can guarantee it got things stirring.  We go together, or not at all."

Cramer was about to argue when he heard a noise about twenty feet away in the brush.  Arnold reached for his spear, slowly picking it up, holding it in both hands, and stepping a few feet ahead of him.

"Give that to me," he ordered.

She glanced back, grinning. "Thanks for the chivalry, but what the hell are you going to do with that broken arm?"

Suddenly, four creatures about as tall as an average ten-year-old jumped from the bushes. Each creature tilted its head as they tried to decide what these strange looking animals were.  They almost seemed to huddle together, planning their next move.                        Arnold saw they were about six feet in length, weighing about seventy-five pounds.  They were a brownish, yellow color with broken yellow stripes around their backs that seemed to blend when they reached their stomachs. Their arms were thin and human length, with claws on each of its three fingers.  They had a bone structure similar to a bird, and jumped when they moved, bobbing their heads in the human's direction.  She thought they seemed fragile until she saw their toes and strong legs.  On one toe of each foot was a large, curved claw that looked razor sharp.  The most amazing thing was the black and white tipped hair-like feathers starting on top of their heads, continuing down to the tip of their tails.  "Here's the Captain's meat eaters," she simply said, looking at the exposed sharp teeth extruding from their jaws.           

She blew a strand of her dark, blond hair away from her eye, watching the group tensely.  Though scared, she was also excited, realizing, she'd be the first human to take on a dinosaur.  Her body shook slightly as fear and adrenaline flowed through it, forcing her to gripped the spear tighter, and waited for the confrontation to begin.

Cramer look around, gathering some football size rocks while Arnold stared the animals straight in the eyes, trying to intimidate them.

A Dromaeosaurus bopped its head, making a clicking sound. Suddenly, it rushed in while the others stayed slightly behind. 

Arnold spun completely in a circle, swinging the spear like a club, knocking the creature down.  The spear hit the animal in the neck, breaking the thin bone.

Watching their comrade fall, another hissed and attacked, as if they decided to take turns. Waiting for the exact moment, she fell on her back with spear up, catching the creature in the stomach.  She placed the end of her spear on the ground,  using the Dromaeosaurus' own momentum to carry the impaled creature behind her.  It landed on the ground slashing with its claws and teeth, trying to remove the spear.

Cramer threw a rock, hitting it on the head.  With both arms, he painfully grabbed a larger one, pounding the stunned creature's thin-boned skull.

Jumping up, she turned toward the other creatures in a defensive posture, realizing she might've just run out of luck, as she reached for her scalpel and waited.  Exhausted, and with no real weapon, she knew this might be the end.  The dinosaurs might be small, but still powerful enough to take on an unarmed human.

Tilting its head, it snarled, exposing its teeth, and scrunched down, leaping.