'What the hell am I doing on this island?' Joseph Notor panted behind a large tree. All around him were sounds but he listened closely for the sounds that would signal anything bigger than a dog. Joseph had read in books and saw on television that velociraptors only grew to three feet tall in height. Well that wasn't a fact on this island. On this island, the raptors he saw were at least seven feet tall. Perhaps the scientists who made this island wanted their pets to be big.
"Joseph," a girl came around the tree.
Joseph jumped back and aimed his crossbow at her. He then saw that it was just his friend so he lowered his weapon.
"Jesus, Tina, what are you doing scaring me like that?" Joseph said.
"Sorry," Tina Fizzer blushed, "I was afraid I was lost before I heard something panting on the other side of this tree. So I decided to check it out."
This disappointed Joseph since he thought he had been quite quiet. Joseph was a tall man with brown hair and green eyes. He wore a torn white shirt and dirty jeans. Tina was a red-head girl with blue eyes. Her hair was tangled and dirty and her clothes were covered in mud.
"Alright, let's find the others and try to get out of this jungle," Joseph said, "Where's Jasmine and Rachel?"
"We got separated and then I found you,"
"Well, they can't be far. Come on, let's go."
Joseph and Tina walked through the jungle, not daring to call out their friends' names for fear that those vicious velociraptors would come back. Tina carried a desert eagle pistol while Joseph had a shotgun on his back and a crossbow in his hand.
"Look," Tina pointed forward, "there's a clearing."
The two rushed forward and reached the edge of the jungle. They found a huge field with several broken down gates. In the center of the field were several buildings which all looked deserted.
"We can get some shelter in there," Joseph suggested.
"What if there are more dinosaurs in there?" Tina whimpered.
"Don't worry; we're fully equipped with three powerful weapons that'll deal with any dinosaurs we encounter." Joseph reassured.
The two reached the buildings and entered the largest one. As soon as Joseph entered the building, he was snatched to the side along with Tina.
"Who are you?" A deep voice asked Joseph.
"I'm just a tourist," Joseph lied.
"Liar," the voice shouted, "I've never seen no tourists with shotguns and crossbows before."
"Fine," Joseph gave in, "we're here to find a missing group of people that came here a couple of months ago."
Some whispers and exchange of dialogue flew around the room but Joseph couldn't see anything. Finally, someone removed his blindfold and he could see again.
"Who are you people?" Joseph asked.
"We're the ones you've been looking for," the man with the deep voice was taller than Joseph and more muscular. He had a shaved head and thick beard with menacing black eyes.
A few other people were in the room as well. One wore glasses and was very skinny with black hair and blue eyes. Another was a little girl, probably fifteen or sixteen years of age with blonde hair and blue eyes. The final person was a dark skinned shot man with black hair and black eyes.
The tall, muscular man had a shotgun in one hand and the blindfold in the other. The skinny man with the glasses had an M4 assault rifle while the girl had just a combat knife. The short fellow with the black eyes had two pistols at his sides and a belt of grenades.
"So," the muscular man said, "how you plan on getting us out of here?"
"Well," Joseph explained, "we did have an airplane but it was attacked by velociraptors."
"Wait," the girl said, "they can fly?"
"No," Joseph said, "we had landed already when they attacked. There were six others that were with us, two girls and four guys. The guys have heavy weapons with them but the girls are defenseless and they're out there by themselves."
"So there's eight of you in total?" the man asked.
"Yes," Joseph said, "now, if I may introduce myself, I am Joseph and my companion here is Tina."
Tina, who had been sitting next to Joseph the whole time, nodded. She was tied to a chair just like Joseph but she didn't get to wear a blindfold.
"I'm Michael Trevor," the man said, "That guy with the glasses over there is Terrence Freeman. The girl there is Jessica Jackson but she prefers to be called J.J. and the short black guy is Dominique Williams."
"Does he prefer you to call him 'short black guy'?" Joseph asked.
"I don't think it matters much now that we're on this island," Michael said as he cut the ropes that tied Joseph and Tina to their chairs.
"We have to go back out and look for the others," Joseph insisted, "we stand a better chance with more people."
"No," Michael said, "fuck that, I'm not going out there again. Last time we went outside we lost one of our guys."
"My friends have weapons, ammunition, food, and water with them," Joseph explained, "Enough for all of us for at least a month. And if we can get to the broken down airplane, we can get even more supplies."
"Is it possible to fix the airplane?" Dominique asked.
"Even if it was fixable the pilots are both dead," Joseph said.
"Well if they have supplies then what are we waiting for," Michael picked up two boxes of shotgun shells and a machete from the table, "Do you have any idea of where your friends are?"
"They probably would head back to the airplane or try to find some abandoned buildings like this one," Joseph said.
"Maybe we should have someone stay here," Jessica said, "just in case your friends come by."
"And how will you contact us?" Michael said, "Just write a note and leave it on the table."
Jessica did as she was told and put a note on a table. And soon the six people were outside and leaving the safety of the buildings.