Several deinonychus slunk out from around the trees and walked closer on their muscular hind-limbs. They moved with the head-bobbing gait of birds, and their arms were folded against their chests like wings. The small carnivores lowered their heads at Vulture Squad and hissed viciously. The other deinonychus clinging to the trunks and branches of the persimmon trees watched them in silence.

