Before someone thinks I stole Lancer and Charles I am working with Lancer Octivus and thestarfighter1. I am open to any OC's you have. Just give me a name, appearance, personality, preferred clothing/armor and gear/weapons, love interest (if any), and if you want them to die (and if so when and how).
Chapter 3: The Trials Begin
After the fight the two groups were assigned extra work. Kyle was in the nurse's office, his friends were assigned to gather firewood due to the ship's systems suddenly shutting off for an unknown reason, and Jacob and his friends were supposed to gather logs for the SOS signal. Charles was carrying a log when he heard a yelp and turned to see Haley holding her finger and a bag of medical herbs at her feet. The green-eyed blonde was inspecting her finger when she saw Charles looking at her. A devious smile spread across her face. "This should be good." She thought. She took a flirting pose and said in a sweet voice "Oh Charles, can you help me out here?" She called.
Charles knew this trick. He knew what Haley was trying to do because he watched everyone around him to learn as much as possible. He knew Haley was trying to manipulate him with her little talent of wrapping people around her finger. Charles simply just looked at her and said "You know that trick doesn't work on me."
Haley began to pout. "You wouldn't help a lady in need? So rude of a gentleman to treat a woman like that. My arms hurt and my nails are breaking!" She ranted. "I've got him now!" She thought and smirked in the back of her mind.
Charles turned and with a furious gleam in his eyes growled. "You should know that everyone here has to pitch in to help. Oh, but you don't know how important teamwork and determination is out here do you." He snapped at her. "We all need to help, everyone needs to play a part. You have an easy job, so stop being a spoiled brat! We have no room for useless pricks, so stop being a waste of resources." Haley's jaw dropped as stared at him. Noe-one had ever talked to her like that before!
Haley's boyfriend Sam stormed over in a furry. "Don't you dare talk to my girlfriend like that!" He roared. Charles was about to reply when a scream cut him off.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared into the forest. Sam grabbed Haley's shoulders and they walked towards the other students. Gerardo took two of his guards who had tazers and pistols. As they left all the adults herded the students to the ship.
Charles heard the whispers of curious students questioning what happened. "Who screamed?..." "What happened…" "Is someone hurt?" Charles had found the others and was making his way toward them when he heard more screams followed by gunshots. This caused the rest of the guards except three to pullout their weapons and run off into the forest and the students, teachers, and crew to rush toward the ship. But as the guards disappeared into the trees an 18-year-old boy came sprinting out of the trees full speed.
It was Collin. He had pale skin, a lean build, and messy black hair. He looked like he had just seen the devil himself. He had a terrified look on his face. "RUN!" He shouted as loud as he could. "GET TO THE SHIP!" This made everyone freeze.
"Look!" Yelled Jessica. Behind Collin were three guards and behind them was a bipedal black creature about the size of a human and with a long tail. It pounced an incredible distance and landed on one guard and began to savagely maul him. The other two guards turned around and whipped out their tazers. One tazed the creature. The other rushed to help his fallen comrade as the first shot the downed creature with a pistol. But before they could keep running horrific screeches erupted around them as more creatures appeared. They ranged from shades of blue, green, brown, gray, bred, yellow, orange, black, and white to mixed colors. The three guards didn't stand a chance. Gunshots, yells and screeches erupted in the background. The creatures turned their attention to the now fleeing crowd at the ship.
What followed next was a massacre. The creatures sprinted at horrific speeds toward the group of survivors. The creatures began to tear through the crowd. They seemed to target the adults first. Though some of the smaller ones attacked the students. One charged Collin and leaped onto his back. Collin an agonizing screamed as pain flashed through his legs, back, and shoulders. Then he whipped out a combat knife and slashed the creature across the face. It reared back in pain and shock as blood turned its muzzle red. Then Lancer grabbed a branch and ran up to them. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Lancer shouted. He swung the branch and slammed it into the creature's head. It was stunned and fell to the ground. That let Lancer see the crest of feathers on this one's head and the large claw one each foot. There was a nearby scream as Ashly crawled backwards on the ground and screamed for Derick as he ignored her. Collin pulled out an M-16 and fired a three-round burst into the creature and it fell to the ground. The sound of the gunshots was masked by the sound of the guard's pistols. Lancer was stunned at the fact that Collin had guns on him. "Where'd he get the guns from?" Lancer thought. The sound of a screaming Micheal brought him back to the bloodbath. Lancer spotted a Colt 45. On Collin's belt and grabbed it. He checked the clip; it was loaded. Lancer fired several shots and that creature ran yelped and flinched before running away. The creature Collin shot struggled to stand but it quickly bled out. Lancer searched the chaos for his friends and spotted them near the ship. They were at the ship scanning the crowd. "Over here!" Lancer yelled. He lifted Collin off the ground and carried him on his shoulders. When they got to the ship the group ran into the hallways. Collin passed out on the way there. Ely was the first to speak.
"What the hell were those things?!" He shouted.
"I don't know." Said Jacob.
"What happened to Collin, and where'd you get the guns?" Asked Kaira.
"One of those things attacked him. As for the guns, I don't know?" Answered Lancer.
"Keep your voices down! They might be in here!" Hissed Charles. Everyone quieted their voices. Then Kaira began to cry. "What now?"
"So many people died! So many of my friends! I just, I just . . . I watched so many people get killed out there! So many of my friends were murdered! Wh-wh-why did so many have to die?!"
"We're still alive." Said Charles.
Kaira looked at him with disbelief in her eyes. "Do you even care that dozens of people are dead?!" She shouted at him. Screams and occasional screeches constantly echoed throughout the hallways. Kaira began to tear up again. Jacob hugged her and she wept his shoulder.
Charles glared daggers at her. "Yes, I care." He said in a calm voice. "I know how you feel: I feel it to. I have witnessed plenty of death before my eyes. But I know that I am still alive. I know that I want to live. Yes, I wish I could have done something to protect them. But I am still alive. These things happen. People die and sometimes you can't do anything about it. But I live. I will survive until my time comes. When my time comes will depend on my decisions. I will risk my life for others, of course, but only if I believe it's worth it. Is it worth dying out there when I know that it will be worth almost nothing and if I run I will live to fight another day? Or should I say when my life is in my hands I decide I want to my death to be worth something? Life can be cruel and unfair. When death comes it can come on swift wings or take its sweet ass time. But whether-or-not you want to die can also depend on your decisions or morale. Life and death are unfair to one another, but all you can do is accept it. This is just one of the many horrible truths about the world. It is also one of the most important and least understood. Depending on your luck and your decisions, your death can be either by choice or chance. Right now that is where are. Balancing on the brink of life and death. Right now I know you all wish to survive. And right now we can't help others if we can't help ourselves first. Right now all we can do is hope and pray that as little people as possible die and that we don't die as well. That is the truth. Welcome to the real world. Do you understand now Kaira?" Everyone (except Collin) stared at Charles in shock and understanding. Kaira nodded her head as reality sunk in. Every choice they made mattered now, for one decision could cost them their lives.
Jacob broke. "All right, first off we have to figure out where to get medical supplies." The group looked at the bloody Collin who's blood was making Lancer's shirt match his hair.
"Yeah, and can someone else carry him? My back is breaking." Lancer groaned. Jacob walked up and lifted Collin onto his shoulders.
"I know where the medical supplies is." Kaira said.
"We should also get any weapons we can find." Suggested Ely. A growling hiss caught their attention.
One of the creatures had found them and was running their way. Lancer stunned it with a shot across the face. Charles slammed a door in its face. There was a bang and a tumbling sound followed by a screeching roar.
"What are those things," Ely asked again. "and where are we?"
"Call me crazy, but I think that's a dinosaur." They stared at him like he had grown a second head. "What, even a toddler could see it. The body shape is a dead giveaway. They also look like some sort of raptor. When one of those things almost pounced on me I fell and I saw a foot with the trademark killing raptor claws. I swear those are dinosaurs."
"But this can't be Isla Nublar. The Jurassic World was bombed. There would be ruins." Said Ely.
"But the other islands weren't." Said Charles.
"What other islands?" Asked Ely.
Jacob whipped his head toward Ely. "You don't know about Las Cinco Muertos?" He asked with a questioning look.
"The Five Deaths?" Asked Kaira. "What are those?"
"Well, I'm not exactly familiar with these islands."
"We went to Jurassic world together. You didn't learn about Las Cinco Muertos? The Five Deaths?"
"What is Las Cinco Muertos?" Asked Kaira.
"The islands with dinosaurs on them." Answered Lancer.
"You know, now that you mention, we might be on Isla Sorna." Charles stated.
"You mean sight B? The big one?" Asked Lancer with concern in his voice.
"What makes you think that?" Questioned Jacob.
Charles rubbed his chin. "The mountain ranges look just like in the pictures." He mumbled. Luckily it was quiet enough for everyone to hear him. "Yes, I recognized the mountains. Those peaks. This has got to be Isla Sorna."
"Well, can we please help Collin before he bleeds out?" Complained Kaira.
"Yes, let's." Replied Charles. Kaira dried her eyes and Jacob shifted Collin's weight. Lancer checked the Colt's clip while Charles grabbed the M-16 and Kaira inspected the knife; a six-inch curved blade with serrations on the opposite side. Together they headed through the ship as the sounds of terrified victims and their killers echoed throughout the halls.
