When Alan finally found the couple, Paul immediately pointed to the area across from him. Alan glanced over and his eyes widened at the site before him. Eggs. He walked up to and knelt down in front of the nest. He studied them for a few moments before realizing what type of eggs they were. He stood straight up and looked around him. There were nests everywhere.
"Raptor." He whispered to himself. He turned at the sound of footsteps to see Billy packing the rest of the parasail. He stopped too when he saw the nest site. Alan turned to his children. By the looks on their faces he knew they knew too.
The next thing everyone knew, they were on the move again, Alan leading the way. Brayden had to stop every so often to wait for Maddie who was lagging behind, and every time he asked if she was ok she'd say yes to avoid questions. After stopping for her three times, Brayden picked her up and gave her a piggy back ride the rest of the way. Paul kept trying to comfort Amanda by saying they'd find their son, and that he was resourceful. Alan turned around to make sure they had everyone when he noticed Billy was gone.
"Where's Billy?" he said and headed back the way they came. The kids stopped as well and watched their adoptive father walk away.
"Alan!" Brayden called after him. But it didn't take long to find Billy.
"What are you doing?" Alan asked.
"I was photographing the nest." Billy said with a smile as he clipped his camera bag shut.
"Don't do that again." Alan said with a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry." Billy said with a shaky laugh.
"If I lose you the kids and I are stuck with these damn tourists."
After about an hour of walking, the group came into a slight clearing. Down the hill a ways was what looked like the compound
"I bet you Eric's in there. Don'tcha think? I bet my bottom dollar!" Said Paul, rushing ahead of everyone else.
"Who is he? Little orphan Annie?" whispered Brayden to Maddie. She laughed to herself. They all followed after Paul.
"What do you think it is?" said Billy to no one in particular.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's the Four Seasons." Said Udesky from the back of the group. The place was completely destroyed. Over-turned trucks and jeeps, broken glass and parts of the building strewn everywhere. Vines covered the buildings as well. Once they made it to the compound, they searched around what was once the lobby area.
"ERIC!" Paul shouted.
"Paul! Don't…" Amanda said in a hush but firm tone. Everyone was staring past her at a spot on the reception desk. She slowly looked over and saw a phone. She shrugged her shoulders and said;
"What the hell." It was worth a shot. She cautiously picked the phone up and put it to her ear. Nothing. She didn't even bother to put it back on the receiver.
The group started walking again further into the compound. Brayden had finally put Maddie down. She was the last to start following. Suddenly something in the corner of her eye caught her attention, but when she turned to look, there was nothing there. She shook it off and jogged to catch up with everyone.