The Raptor: The Raptor, #1

By Kavya kenia

Harry Miller is a 16-year-old boy living in Chicago. He is a big fan of ginormous dinosaurs and always wanted to know more about them. This excitement one day leads to an accident during a Jurassic exhibition which ends up giving him superpowers. He tries to use his powers to find his kidnapped parents while keeping his secret identity. He named himself Raptor. He also finds out that a scientist had been kidnapping people for an experiment and tries to save them as well as find his parents which went wrong. That led to all the victims turning into horrifying creatures. Now, Raptor must save all the victims as well as his parents. Will he be able to save everyone without getting killed? Find out!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kavya Kenia
• Release date: Jun 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223538035

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◊Each paragraph has a sub-title for readers to understand its summarized meaning.

THE RAPTOR

Beginning of a new era.

The Genesis Lab, Chicago had finally got a successful result after 14 years of hard work to find the full DNA of the earth’s mightiest beings. It was time to start bringing back the extinct dinosaurs. A Velociraptor DNA was found in the excavation site in Mongolia preserved in a prehistoric mosquito trapped in amber and had been saved from natural decomposition. It truly was nature’s gift for the scientists who had dedicated their lives to the project. Dr.Tyler Hammerson was the chief executive of the project. He asked the Owner of the genesis lab – Mr.David Smith to grant permission for trying to revive the extinct species and make it the world’s 8th wonder – A living wonder! However, Mr. David had some difficulties granting permission. He thought that the government won’t allow the lab to revive the species due to various consequences like containment, adaptation, habitat, and diet of the creature which might destroy the food chain and adversely affect the ecosystem.

Mr. David organized a secret meeting with his staff of scientists on whether to revive the species or not. As most of the scientists were agreed with the project, Mr.David granted permission to Dr.Tyler to revive the species and accepted to provide every possible help with technology, money, and staff. However, this project was decided to be kept secret and only the scientists working in the genesis lab would know about it. The DNA received was analyzed and many experiments were performed with cloning the DNA to be able to recreate it in case of failure. This took several months. In this schedule, many more DNA strands of many dinosaurs were found across the globe. The lab decided to work on the Velociraptor DNA before any other and all the DNA was kept in the top-secret security room of the Genesis lab. The lab got famous for its discoveries of fossils, unhatchable dinosaur eggs, and more Jurassic discoveries. This hyped many Dinosaur fans across the globe. One such fan was a 16 years old high-school boy in Chicago.

A teenager’s story

Getting up restlessly, late for school, Harry Miller tosses all the books in his bag, wears his favorite Raptor logo Huddie and rushes for school racing against time. The traffic served the purpose, Harry was too early for the second class. As a punishment, He got the job of cleaning the class after school. Which was no big deal for him, he did that every day as he was late every day. Harry was not very good at math and in the next class he got a pleasant surprise as the math teacher asked him to solve a problem on the board in front of the class. He could not solve it and got embarrassed again in front of the class. Later in the recess, he decided to go to the ground and get some fresh air. As soon as he kept his first step on the ground, a football smashed his face. It was the bullies of the school. They asked Harry to play for the opponent team as one of them got severely injured while playing and there was no one ready for a substitute. Harry looked at the boy, bleeding in pain, and the nurse taking care of him. He was scared to play thinking that the same might happen to him. He straight forward denied to play. Daniel- The most intimidating bully held his left hand and started threatening him to play. Harry screamed a bit in pain, he had a serious injury since childhood, and he had a Titanium rod in his left hand because of a severe fracture. Only few people knew about it including Daniel. Harry had no choice. He accepted to play. However, no one knew that Harry was a very good football player. He was a major part of the winning football team in the state championship. He accepted to play and the game began.

A game-changing move.

The bully team got the ball first of course by cheating! However, Harry knew how to take care of the situation. He magically drifted on the ground between the player’s legs and within seconds, the lead was in the legs of Harry’s team. He did a jaw-dropping goal leaving no reaction time for the goalkeeper. Harry did goal after goal and the bullies felt humiliated. Daniel just grabbed the football and threw it outside the campus. Without saying a word, they all returned to class. Harry got the respect he deserved and made many friends after the match. The day had completely changed as so many boys and girls wanted to become friends with him. However, he had to clean the class before leaving according to the punishment for coming late to school. This time, he had some friends for his help. Max, Emilie, Chris, peter, Natasha, James, and Cassie waited after school to help harry clean the class. They became best friends while cleaning and talking together and completed the job in a few minutes. However, before leaving, Daniel with his group of bullies came searching for Harry. They wanted revenge for the intimidating match they had and wanted to fight with Harry. The group of friends, however, stood in between them like a wall to protect Harry and the bullies had no choice other than to depart.

Harry thanked them all and all the friends started going down the stairs. The notice board grabbed their attention. 14 years of hard work has paid off. The genesis lab, in Chicago, has found prehistoric mosquitoes trapped in amber however do not have the DNA of the corresponding age dinosaurs to revive them. Fossils of the dinosaurs, the Amber, and other genetic experiments are under the display. A picnic has been organized next week for the Genesis lab exhibition for students to have a look at the modern technology being used to study the ancient creatures. Harry got over-excited and yelled Yo! We are getting a chance to see dinosaurs. I am coming. Max said "I am interested in this trip too! Who