The pain didn't hit her until she had swung around and lifted both gun and camcorder. The former was gripped and raised just fine but the latter faltered, flesh pulling awkwardly on her arm, searing heat battling against the adrenaline pumping through her body.

She let out a gasp, cut it off midway and gritted her teeth against the pain, swallowing the rest of the noise. "Shit." She barely had time to look at the damage before survival instinct kicked in and her attention was back on the trees. Something had attacked her and she was sure as hell dinosaurs weren't silent motherfuckers.

She circled slowly, breath quickening. "That the best you can do? I know fucking eight month olds who can do better than that."