Jurassic Park IV: Raptors Unite

After narrowly surviving the attack of the raptors, the mercenaries are rescued by yet another platoon of mercenaries. But as always…things don't go as planned.

VII
Freefall

Several of the mercs were standing outside, huffing and panting like crazy. A few of them were a little shocked at what happened, checking to make sure they weren't dead. Besides the scientists that went along with Jason, the only ones who survived the attack were him and Ryck. Everyone else was dead.

"Awright everyone, let's get going." said Rezy.

"What do you mean get going? Did you see what just happened in there?!" yelled AJ.

"There's nothing more that can be done. Just knock it and leave it AJ."

"What about Kyzack and Drix?" asked Jason.

"Hey, if you blokes really wanna go back in there, be my guest. I read your crew's rap sheet…from what I heard, Kyzack has gotten himself outta much more deadly situations than this. He can handle himself."

"And Kyle?" growled Jason.

"…I heard a whirly bird land a couple miles away from here. If there's anymore--"

"Then we can get the hell off this island!" said Hakar.

"Good. I've had enough fun for one day." said Ryck.

5:25 p.m.

The group of mercenaries and scientists were walking through the forests, staying alert 24/7 and pointing their guns left and right. They didn't want to take anymore chances, especially after finding those tyrannosaurus rexes. For all they knew a pterodactyl could show up out of nowhere and snatch them into the sky.

"Okay, what's the deal with Ryck?" whispered Hakar out of nowhere.

"Why does everyone think something's wrong with Ryck? So he doesn't shower and pees with his leg up. Get over it!" said Jason.

"Yeah? Then why did he sniff my butt a couple weeks ago? I'm pretty sure there's something--"

"He's a chimera."

Hakar raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"A fully functional chimera. A couple years ago, he was 'persuaded' to apply with a scientific experiment in the middle of the night. They kidnapped him, strapped him to a machine, and fused his DNA with that of a dog's somehow."

"But it…that's not possible! You can't make a human chimera!"

"It's 2036 Hakar. Besides, think about it. Why do you think he urinates on trees with his leg up? He's marking his territory. Why do you think he doesn't bathe and gets all 'defensive' when you touch his stuff? Why do you think he's so fiercely loyal to his masters? Why do you think he sniffed your butt that day?"

"I mean…I thought it was weird but--"

"Like I said…chimera. Don't ask me how they did it, but they did it."

"Um…okay."


Rezy and his squad arrived on a not so sturdy rope bridge, big enough to hold only a few people at a time. If someone so much as rocked it a little too much, it would snap and everyone on it would fall thousands of feet to the river below.

"I got this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach…" muttered Ryck.

"Sure you're not just hungry?" asked Alice.

"I'm fine. Let's just get across before another pack of raptors attack us."

Rezy was the first to go across the bridge, walking slowly on each wooden plank, his boots cracking them a little with each step. Then Jason and the women walked across the bridge, stopping at one point when a plank fell through. Suddenly all the mercenaries walked across the bridge, a few of them actually running across it. Pretty soon everyone was across it, except for AJ, Hakar, Ryck and the Australian mercenary named Wally.

"Ugh…I hate bridges." said Hakar.

"So do I." said Wally.

Three of the men carefully walked across while one of them stayed behind. Ryck turned around to see that AJ was staggering, traversing slower than a turtle with cinderblocks glued to its feet.

"C'mon already! Let's go!" yelled Jason.

"…I'm gonna go check on AJ." said Ryck.

Hakar and Ryck shifted besides each other and Ryck approached AJ, who was grasping the ropes on the bridge with all his might. If he had grabbed any harder, his hands would start bleeding.

"All we have to do is get across the bridge AJ. Then we can get into that chopper and get away from these reptiles. That's all. You don't have to be scared."

"That's not why I'm scared." said AJ.

"Then why…"

Ryck looked down to see how high they were and how far down the river was. If the bridge snapped, they would fall thousands of feet into the shallow river not even five feet deep. If the force of the wind or the impact of the water didn't kill them, they'd crack open their head on the rocks at the bottom of it.

"Acrophobia."

"I…I had it since I was a kid. I was on a rollercoaster, and the second my family got off, it crashed. If I was the next set of people to go in the line to go on, I would've fallen 229 feet to my death."

"HEY! What're guys--?"

Hakar stepped on a thin metal wire that none of the other people tripped. It triggered a five second bomb that had been set in place by the Carvonsoraptor. It seemed insane and downright impossible now. First they could talk to each other, then they can shoot people in the back, and now they can set bombs…?

"Oh shit! GO! RUN!!" yelled Hakar, sprinting towards the other side of the bridge.

AJ and Hakar were right at the start of the bridge, ready to get to safety. But then the bomb exploded and the bridge snapped, plunging the three mercenaries and the scientist down below.

"RYCK!!!" screamed Jason.

There was nothing he could do. He couldn't have came back to snatch them across to safety; the blast radius would've killed all five of them. He could only sit there and watch as the bridge lost its support and snapped, plunging the four people to their deaths.

"There's nothing--"

"No."

"There's nothing you can do Jason! They're gone!" yelled Ren.

"Maybe--Maybe they survived the fall. Maybe--WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM!!"

"I'm sorry Jason. They're gone."


…which was a total load of bullcrap. Ryck and the others were fine…sort of. Ryck was latched onto a tree branch and Hakar and AJ were clutching his vest. Wally was holding onto Ryck's boots.

"See AJ? Nothin' to fear."

"Shut up."

Hakar tried climbing above Ryck, but he moved his arm at the last second, inadvertently stuffing Hakar's nose under his armpits. Hakar's eyes starting watering; the stench was unbearable. Ryck hadn't showered for nearly three months now, and it got to the point where you could smell him before you saw him. Hakar was almost knocked out and he fell out the trees, busting his head on a rock.

"Ow."

"Okay guys, we're gonna have to climb down." said Ryck.

AJ grumbled. "I hate trees."

"Hey, I can put you on the bridge again if you want!"

"Trees are good! Trees are very good!"

6:10 p.m.

It was getting darker by the minute as the sun set beyond the oceans. Rezy and all the other mercenaries were suddenly approached by a battalion of Irish mercenaries with fully fueled jeeps. They were able to drive all the way to a helicopter pad that was only a 20 minute drive away.

"So uh…why'd you guys come here?" asked Jason.

"Intel mates. Our president sent us here on a covert mission to gather this orb-lookin' artifact--"

"You mean this?" said Rezy, showing the mercs the artifact.

"Uh…yeah…that one."

"Looks like we beat you to it."

"Whatever. Just shut your mouths an' get inside the chopper alright?" said the lead Irish merc.

All of the Irish mercenaries got inside the chopper first, followed by five more British mercenaries.

"Hey, what about us?"

"We'll come back after we offload these guys. There's too much room in here right now."

The helicopter started and began to rise up into the air, its rotors fluttering in the wind, scattering dirt and leaves all over the place. Suddenly loud screechy harsh voices crackled over Rezy's radio. Rezy picked up the radio and responded in the same voice, but not loud enough for anyone to here.

"What'd you say?" asked Jason.

"…Nothing. It was nothing." said Rezy.

Then he caught it. The twinkle. That twinkle in the eye you see before something really bad is about to happen. It's the same as that sly shark smile people make. Two things were about to happen: Either Rezy was going to play a joke on Jason, or he was going to back stab him.

A mercenary heard a missile whiz by and yelled, "Oh, shit!" before it came into contact with the helicopter, blowing it to smithereens. Everyone on board was dead and Rezy's crew was now five short. If that wasn't bad enough, they caught a glimpse of multi-colored raptors in the distance, hungry and hyper-active. Very, very bad things were going to happen.

"Guys, what do we do?! Run or stay? RUN OR STAY?!" shouted Alice.

One of the raptors held up an AK-47, smiling devilishly at them.

"I'm thinking we should run now."