New Game - New Inspiration

So I started playing ARK: Survival Evolved.  It's multiplayer game and the people are amazing!  Miki is one of my oldest friends and it's so great to be able to play with her online again.  There was a joke about her Discord channel having a FanFic and Fan Art channel and this little drabble popped into my head.  Enjoy!

A Day in the Life (and Death) of Ark

"Aaaaahhhhhh‼" came a distant scream.  Immediately, two other voices responded over the commlink.

"What is it?"  The calm, male voice was drowned out by a much more frantic female voice.

"Rose, where are you?"  Miki was flying around the snowcapped mountains looking for materials and scanning the skies for danger.

"It's going to kill me!" Rose screamed again.  "And my bird!"

Almost in sync, Deer and Miki both replied in varying degrees of urgency.  "Where?"

"At the shore, Northeast of HQ!  Ahhhh!" Rose was frantic, her tone that of someone in the middle a fight for her life.

Deer, on his trusty Leviathan, began soaring toward Rose's location. 

Miki scrambled around headquarters, trying to decide which of her vast stable to take on this potentially dangerous crisis.  She settled on her newest mount, a beautiful purple and green wyvern and whistled to it.  Unfortunately, she caught the attention of every mount in the area and they all came rushing toward her.  As the motley assortment of creatures swarmed around her, Miki began laughing and swearing as she sorted through horde to find the mount she wanted.

From the ridge above HQ, a lone figure dressed in a ragged mix of cloth and hides watched the chaos below.  Argent, the newest member of the tribe, glanced over his shoulder at the pteranodon milling around the flat ground near modest sized thatch hut.  Primus had died horribly a few days ago but this new mount was doing well.  Deer had been amazingly helpful in getting the newbie back on his feet with the new mount and plenty of materials.

There was a sudden rush of air as Miki's wyvern came shooting up through the aerial opening to the base.  She banked off to the Northeast and out of sight.  Rose was still screaming in panic while Deer calmly moved toward her location, occasionally asking for directions or an update on her status.

Miki's voice suddenly broke through the chatter, "Shit!  I forgot my weapons!  I'll be right back!  Sorry Rose!"

 "Oh no!  There's another one!" Rose screamed again.

"I'm almost there," Deer replied.  "I think I see you."

Argent chuckled and turned back toward his hut.  He looked over the structure and mentally tried to picture what he would work on next?  Replace the thatch with wood?  Or just move straight to a sturdy stone, building?  There was another rush of air behind him as Miki dove back down toward the tribe's main base.

"Okay Rose," Miki said frantically.  "I'll just grab my stuff and be right there."

There was a moment of silence on the comms until Rose answered in a much calmer voice, "Never mind.  Everything's okay."

Argent smiled and walked toward his hut but paused as Primus II let out a screech.  He turned toward the dinosaur, wondering what would cause him to make that sound but his answer came soon enough.  A chittering growl came from his left as a massive raptor stalked up the hill and into view.  Argent could almost see the blood stains on the beasts claws as a moment of recognition flashed between them.

Over the comms the rest of the tribe heard soft low voice.  "Well, Damn."