A trio of trouble makers. And something else...

"Well, well, well." A voice said as three women walked towards the naked Zia. Zia would have probably asked them for assistance, if it weren't for the guns and weapons they were holding. The leader, a red head woman with pale skin and green eyes stepped, aimed her revolver at the naked woman with a smirk, saying, "What have we here?"

"L-look..." Zia said as she covered herself as she backed away. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the T. Rex leaving the area, so at least she wasn't anywhere near that danger. "I... I don't want any trouble. I just - "

"Cram it!" The second woman, a brunette with tan skin and brown eyes, shouted as she pointed her crowbar at Zia. "If you didn't want trouble, then you should've not entered our territory!"

"Territory?"

"Yeah!" The third woman, a chubby blonde with blue eyes, responded as she brandished her cleaver. "This is our territory since those big lizards started taking over!"

"Well, technically speaking, dinosaurs are more like giant scaly birds than - "

"SHUT UP!" The red head shouted. "We don't tolerate people who just waltz right in to our territory and take our stuff! Take those shoes off NOW!"

"Please, be reasonable!" Zia pleaded, "There are dinosaurs running around outside! We need to stick together at a time like this. Just let me have at least some clothes and - "

"I said," the red head snarled as she aimed her pistol at Zia's head, "take. Off. The. Shoes."

Zia gulped, knowing that she wasn't going to get any sympathy from these three. Not only was she clearly outnumbered, but apart from the shoes, she was completely unarmed. Sighing, she bent down to untie her shoes when a crash in the back of the store caught all four women by surprise.

"W-what was that?" The blonde yelped, dropping her cleaver.

The red head, on the other hand, merely turned her attention back to Zia and aimed her pistol at the naked woman. "Alright! Who else do you have in here?!"

"I... I swear! I came alone!" Zia put her hands up in defense.

"Do I have "Stupid" written on my face?!" The red head snapped, "Someone's in here! And if we're the only ones in this shop, that means it was YOU who brought someone else!"

"Cindy, I'm really starting to freak out now!" The blonde squeaked as she looked around nervously, biting her lip.

"It's EMBER when we're defending our territory, Bombshell!" The red head, Cindy/Ember, shouted at the blonde while keeping her eyes on Zia. "We went over this! You're Bombshell, and she's Blade!"

"I never agreed to Blade, you know." The brunette stated in annoyance as she rolled her eyes. "However," she added as she looked around, "I feel that Debbie is right. We should probably get out of here before whatever that was decides to have a little - "

"Oh for the love of Pete, Rachel!" Cindy/Ember snapped as she turned to her cohorts. "It is not SOMETHING that's in here with us, it's SOMEONE! Someone that this naked idiot brought along with her to help steal from us!"

Suddenly, just as Rachel/Blade was about to retaliate, Debbie/Bombshell let out a yelp as she grabbed the formers arm.

"I-I-I saw something move! And it definitely wasn't human!" Debbie squealed, almost on the verge of tears.

"Oh, you have got to be..." Cindy growled in annoyance before turning back to Zia. "You so much as move a muscle, and I'll put a slug in your head!"

Zia merely nodded as Cindy slowly made her way in the direction that Debbie was pointing. At that moment, a shape jumped between the shadows, accompanied by what sounded like a cute, hooting sound. A sound that made Zia's blood run cold.

"We need to get out of here... Now!" Zia said in a harsh whisper.

"Shut up!" Cindy shouted as she stepped forward, finally laying eyes om a shadow that was slowly making it's way towards the four women.

Debbie whimpered fearfully as she backed up and hid behind Rachel. Rachel, on the other hand, held her crowbar tightly as she glared at the shadow. However, she still backed up as Cindy took aim at the figure.

The figure then stepped into the light, revealing it to be a small, two-legged dinosaur with a bony crest, spindly arms, and two large eyes. Cindy smiled a bit as she lowered her gun.

"That's what you idiots are scared of?!" Cindy asked with a laugh, "This little shrimp?!"

Both Debbie and Rachel looked at it in confusion, not sure what to make of what they were seeing. Zia, on the other hand, knew exactly what they were looking at. And, while this was not a rex or a raptor, she knew that they were in a lot of danger.

"Cindy, back away slowly." Zia whispered, "If you can keep your gun on it, the second it - "

"I said shut up!" Cindy snapped, looking over her shoulder and looking directly at Zia. She then holstered her pistol before turning her attention back to the little dinosaur, smiling as she kneeled down to the creature's eye level. "Aww, it's actually kinda cute, in an ugly sorta way. You know, I always wanted a pet."

Cindy slowly reached out to pet the dinosaur. Suddenly, a large frill extended from the dilophosaurus' neck as it roared at the women, causing Cindy to fall onto her back.

"RUN!" Zia yelled as she stood up and bolted towards the door, only to stop when she saw another dilophosaurus blocking the exit, it's frill extended as well.

"This way! Follow us!" Rachel yelled as she grabbed Zia's hand, leading her and a fearfully crying Debbie deeper into the store, the dinosaur at the door giving chase.

Cindy had gotten to her feet and was just about to follow when she felt a wet, sticky mass splatter onto her shirt. Looking down, she was stunned to see a black blob of goo that the creature had spat at her. As she looked back up in terror, the last thing she saw was the same black goo being shot out of the dilophosaurus' mouth into her eyes, causing her to scream as she became blinded by the venom. She ran blindly as she ran in, what she hoped, was the direction that the others had ran. However, she found herself bumping into a wall, causing her to fall to the ground once again.

Groaning, Cindy used her jacket to wipe the goo from her eyes, blinking a few times as she tried to regain her vision. No sooner had she done so when she heard a familiar rattle and roar from behind her, causing her to let out a whimper as she prayed that it would be over quickly...

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Back with Zia and the others, the three were running from the second dilophosaurus before Rachel pulled them into a dressing room and pulled the curtain back. Debbie was crying loudly as Rachel clamped a hand over her friend's mouth, shushing her as Zia squeezed her tightly. The three women took slow, shallow breaths as they heard the footsteps of the small dinosaur outside the dressing rooms, the creature sniffing around as Zia tried to think of a way to get herself and these two women out of here.