Chapter 10: Plan B
Hey everyone! Here's the final chapter in Part 2: Survival of this story. Just to let you guys know, I've reached 30,000 words and 20 reviews! (I've never had a story reviewed so much!) TDJP is also super close to 2,000 views, which I should reach this chapter.
One final note: This chapter contains what is without a doubt the goriest death in the whole story. For those of you who are squeamish or anything like that, I've italicalized it so you can skip it if you want. Anyways, on with the story!
As soon as everyone calmed down over the attack and Katie's death, all of them wanted to know everything at once. The primitive house was a mess of anxious conversation for the next few seconds, before Malcolm cleared his throat.
"You. Yes, in the blue shirt," he said, pointing at Mike. "What happened to your arm, kid? And what is that?"
The last part of his sentence he aimed at Ferdy, who had crept up around the campers and was hissing softly. "DJ!" yelled Courtney. "You let it follow you?! We need to get rid of it, before we run in with a very angry parent."
"Nah," said Grant dismissively. "Its mom is dead. That's a Velociraptor. They were the main small predators on the island, before the Deinonychuses were released. The larger raptor species quickly killed and ate all of them. Or at least, we thought they killed and ate all of them. This little guy was lucky for sure."
"Uh, might some predators come looking for him?" asked Bridgette nervously.
"Don't count on it," said Malcolm. "If anything big and ugly comes here, it's 'cause it's looking for us. I'm guessing this baby dino's attached itself to your friend here, so trying to get rid of it won't do any good. But, it doesn't appear like it could do any harm by staying here, so just leave it alone."
"I know everyone wants answers, but it's getting dark," Grant broke in. "We can talk more in the morning. A lot of the dinosaurs are nocturnal hunters, so it's not good to be moving around and making noise once the sun sets. Plus, you guys need some rest. Never know when you'll need an adrenaline burst, eh? Cody and the kid missing an arm can take one of three hammocks we have in the second room. Bridgette looks in most need of the third, and the rest of us can get comfortable on the floor."
Chef nodded darkly, glancing around at everyone else. "This ain't good, though, everybody bein' here," he muttered quietly. "Something's gonna find us, sooner or later."
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Day 5 on Isla Sorna
The next morning, Noah was roughly awakened by Grant shaking him back and forth. "Hey kid. You're the leader here now. We have some bad news."
The genius rolled over and closed his eyes again. "Five more minutes, please. Go bother Courtney."
Grant shrugged and woke up the Type A. By then, a couple of the others had gotten up, and nearly everyone was awake as he showed them a letter written on a notebook page. "It seems your friend Chef took off this morning," said the paleontologist. "Taking a good amount of our food supplies with him and ruining some of our only paper."
"Chef's always been an asshole," said Courtney. "Leave it to him to do something like this."
"Serve him right if he gets eaten," pouted Tyler. "Now we have to get new paper! Who's gonna be the one to head to Walmart?"
Courtney rolled her eyes, and then stated "So, of the three 'responsible' adults who were originally with us, Chris ran away like the coward he is, the cameraman threw himself over a cliff, and Chef just, well, left. Let's hope you two are better," she concluded, eyeing Alan and Ian.
Everyone gathered around to read the letter that Grant was holding.
Dear Maggots Whose Safety I Could Care Less About,
I, your not so good friend Chef, have decided to leave
this stupid place. Knowin' the dinosaurs, they're
gonna find y'all and bring about your gory an'
heartbreakin' demise. Which I would like not to
be a part of. So I've split. Oh yeah, I also took
a bunch o' y'all's food. So long suckers!
Sincerely,
Chef Hatchet
"If there was a contest for the World's Biggest Bastard, Chef would take the cake," said Noah.
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After half an hour of walking, Chef had left the dwelling, crossed a river followed by a marsh, climbed up a hill, climbed down the cliff on the other side, and found a nice tree with a hollow entrance underneath, like wooden cave. He'd been sitting in there for a while, tossing pebbles against the wood out of boredom, when he heard thundering footsteps.
The former cook immediately stopped tossing the stones and covered his mouth to keep from screaming. He glanced outside and saw a huge reptilian leg sink into the muddy ground right next to him. Whatever it was, it continued walking. At least for a minute.
Suddenly, it stopped and started sniffing the air. Chef paled and pushed himself back into the hollow as far as he could. Then the beast roared. It was a Spinosaurus. Chef had never heard one roar, but the thing was way too big to be the Rex and looked just like what Courtney had described.
The massive Spino turned around and planted its foot on top of the entrance to the hollow. Its claw raked back across as lots of the old rotten wood was torn away. The thing backed up and leaned down, sticking its long snout into the crevice. Two cat-like yellow eyes stared at Chef, and the frightened man stared back.
Then the Spinosaurus hissed and snapped at him. It tried to stick its head in farther and got stuck. Forearms scraping at the tree, it slowly pulled itself out, only to lunge forward again. Chef pressed himself against the wooden wall, screaming. The thing tried its hardest to get its head in, but it couldn't reach Chef, no matter how big it made the hole.
Eventually it gave up and seemed to walk away, much to Chef's relief. If only he could've seen outside, he would've been terrified. The spiny creature walked a short distance away, and then ran full force at the tree, ramming its scaly shoulder against it. The tree bent over and cracked out of the dirt, sliding along a few feet.
Chef glanced up for a second in awe of both the horrifying creature and the fact that it actually came up with an intelligent plan. There was more to dinosaurs than meets the eye, and a lot already met the eye with these things.
Then the Spinosaurus leaned down, picked up Total Drama's former co-host in its jaws, tossed him high into the air, and swallowed him as he fell back down, only pausing long enough to bite him in two. That always made it easier on the stomach.
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After adjusting to the shock of Chef's betrayal, the contestants sat around in worried groups, some taking part in quiet conversations. The atmosphere was very tense.
Noah and Courtney were giving the two scientists a longer version of their story, each filling in parts the other couldn't, and each occasionally glaring at the other. About half-way in Grant interrupted.
"Wait, you say one of your friends wore a green sweater and a blue toque?"
"Uh, yeah," answered Noah, before Courtney could beat him to it. "Why?"
"He's still alive," said Grant. "Or at least he was several hours before you guys showed up. I was out not too far from here looking for food. We collect all sorts of edible plants and fruits and such. Anyway, I saw this kid you just described to me. He didn't spot me. I reckoned he was one of InGen's men here who somehow survived the Deinonychus attack. But he was acting really strange, crawling on all fours and growling, so I backed away silently. Come to think of it, he did look a little too young and crazy to have been working for a bioengineering company. Anyway, continue."
Courtney rushed to be the first to talk. Noah shut his mouth as she continued the story. Meanwhile, DJ was curled up in a corner, trying to get over the shock of Katie's death. Ferdy had curled up next to him and fallen asleep, the little Velociraptor snuggling against him.
Mike and Cody were both sleeping in the hammocks, with Zoey looking after them. She lovingly caressed Mike's cheek and sighed. "Oh Mike," she whispered to no one but herself. "Saving Cameron was so brave of you. It's just so unfair that you had to suffer because of it."
As for Cameron himself, he was currently engaged in conversation with Sierra. The two talked in hushed voices. They'd found something in common in that someone they were good friends with had been injured, and they were thankful those two people were both still alive. Sierra's normal fangirly-ness seemed to have completely disappeared, and she was a good deal more serious, while Cameron was just nervous as heck and a nervous wreck.
Tyler leaned against the wall, tapping a beat to a popular song. After a while, he stopped and started tapping Morse Code for S.O.S. Three short taps, three long taps, three short taps. He wasn't sure how he knew this, and he knew it wouldn't help, but there was nothing better to do.
Bridgette was looking out the small window, her arms resting on the windowsill. She gazed out into the jungle, her mind far away. She was thinking of her boyfriend Geoff, and how much she missed him. It would've been nice to have him by her side right then, but she wouldn't ever want Geoff here. It was better that he was safe. The surfer girl wondered if she'd ever see him again. Or if anyone here would ever make it back to see their loved ones again. It was a depressing thought.
She was startled out of her thoughts when she heard a long and loud roar from the forest. T-Rex. No doubt about it. Heavy footsteps accompanied the roar, and she shrunk back from the window in fear. The other hadn't heard anything yet. Suddenly, she glimpsed a small blonde figure at the edge of the clearing, running.
Dawn!
"Dawn!" yelled Bridgette. "Over here! Hey!" The moonchild ran farther and farther away, and Bridgette leaned out the window, waving. DJ walked up behind her to ask what she was doing, when the surfer chick leaned just a little too far and fell hard on the ground ten or so feet below. DJ leaned out to try and catch her, but also lost his balance and fell out. Ferdy jumped out after him.
The two stood up slowly and started walking shakily back up the stairs to the hut, with DJ in the lead. Out of nowhere, five creatures dashed out of the undergrowth. Velociraptors. Apparently they hadn't all died after all. DJ squealed in fear and ran forward. Bridgette stood still in shock. One of the creatures pounced and knocked her over, off the stairs and back onto the ground. The thing bit at her hand, and she screamed.
The other four slowly walked up to her as the first continued to maul her arm with its teeth. All of the Velociraptors looked skinny and a few of them were injured. Which made them even more dangerous. A desperate and hungry animal will go to new lengths to get food.
Bridgette rolled over, forcing the creature to release her arm as she army-crawled away. One of the raptors walked up and dragged its claw down her spine. She shrieked and flipped over, holding up her hands protectively.
"Bridgette!" yelled Courtney through the window. "Get up! Fight back! They're smaller than you!"
"I can't!" cried Bridgette. "Someone, please, help me!" One of the raptors grabbed her hair from behind with its claws, giving her nasty gashes on her scalp. She tried to get up but two of them pounced on her and slit her stomach open, disemboweling her. The fourth and fifth Velociraptors went for her legs, one attacking with claws; the other biting with its teeth.
DJ, meanwhile, was curled up in the fetal position on the platform right outside the hut, clutching Ferdy tightly. The baby raptor struggled and wormed its ways free, sprinting down towards the other raptors. DJ, fearing his cute baby raptor was about to become a cold-blooded killer, sat up.
"No! Ferdy, don't you dare! Leave her alone!" But Ferdy had no thoughts of attacking Bridgette. Instead, he flew at one of the raptors, sinking his teeth into its neck and knocking it over. When another came from behind, he caught it with his hind claw, wounding its leg. The baby raptor was trying to save Bridgette!
The surfer chick, near death, crawled forwards as best as she could, trying her hardest to stay conscious and get away. Ferdy spun around and lashed out at another of the bigger Velos, but this one was smart. It ducked and came up from underneath, chomping down on the smaller reptile's neck. Ferdy gave one last gasp and collapsed, and within seconds he was literally torn to shreds.
But the Velociraptors didn't spend long on their smaller prey, instead turning back to Bridgette. One of them dashed forward and grabbed her head in its jaws, twisting it and snapping her neck, killing her.
Author's Note: Well, that was gross. For those of you that skipped the last nine paragraphs, here's a short summary: Velociraptors show up and kill Ferdy and Bridgette. Yeah, that's pretty much it.
"No!" screamed DJ. Instead of being scared or sad, he was angry. The gentle giant was no longer so gentle as he breathed heavily. Four of the raptors grabbed Bridgette's corpse and pulled it into the undergrowth, wanting to get away from him. The last Velo was considerably cockier. It leaped and landed a few feet away from DJ, hissing. The raptor slowly stalked forward, when DJ threw a punch that smacked it right in its scaly face. The raptor was slammed backwards and hit the ground awkwardly, twisting around and scrambling to get up. With one last glance at DJ, it went to follow the other Velociraptors.
"Quick!" yelled Malcolm. "I know it's gruesome, but we've got to follow them."
"Wait, what?" asked Courtney.
"Remember Sarah's impossible plan? It just became possible. I'll explain when we get time, but right now we have to move or we lose our chance of escaping. Somebody get Mike and Cody."
Sierra volunteered as the others filed out the door. She walked into the other room to find Cody standing up, albeit shakily, grinning at her. "I'm tired of other people having to risk their lives to save me," said the tech geek. "From now on, I'm back to normal. Cody is back. Hell yeah!"
TO BE CONTINUED….
Dead: Sarah Harding, Harold, Boat of Losers Driver, Heather, Frederic, B, Billy, Izzy, Chris, Dave, Jo, Katie, Chef, Bridgette
Alive: Noah, Tyler, Cody, DJ, Sierra, Mike, Zoey, Cameron, Courtney, Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm
Unknown State: Dawn, Ezekiel
Eliminated: Duncan, Staci, Heather
Injuries: Mike (severed arm, leg wound), DJ (claw scrapes in back)
Dinosaur Species: Stegosaurus, Deinonychus, Ceratosaurus, Kronosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Compsognathus, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Parasaurolophus
And now, finally, the story is really picking up pace. The remaining five chapters will be non-stop action, adventure, escapes, deaths, drama, and more! I leave you with these questions: What does the appearance of the raptors have to do with Sarah's plan? More, importantly, what is the plan? And, most importantly, will the Total Drama crew escape for good?
~TheImpossiblyAwesomeWriter
Next Time: The survivors lead the raptors towards….the other bigger raptors! It all comes down to a last minute dash for a hidden boat.