Chapter 26: You Gain Some... You Lose Some
Back in Grim's garage:
By about this time, Jake had been driving around the garage for about half an hour, trying to find a way to get the Raptor and the Lamborghini out, but he wasn't having any success, "Geez, how big is this damn garage?" Jake said.
Then, he heard something coming from ahead of where they were, "Hold up. I hear something up ahead. You two stay back while I investigate what's making that noise. I'll be fine. If I scream, come to me." Jake instructed the vehicle and dinosaur.
Jake took his gun, and he made the Lamborghini turn off its headlights for the moment. It obeyed him, and he scouted ahead. The noise was on and off, Jake heard it for about 24 seconds, and then it stopped for about 13 seconds, and then it started up again, and this kept happening, except the time that it started increased, and the time when it stopped decreased as Jake seemed to be getting closer to it.
As the sound started getting louder, Jake identified it as the sound of a vehicle's door opening and then slamming shut almost immediately after being opened, "Something else must be in here that is opening and slamming that car's door, wherever it is." Jake said to himself.
He pulled out his phone again, and he turned on the flashlight, "Of all things to forget, I had to forget a flashlight. Well, it doesn't really matter." Jake thought. He then walked past a Ford Explorer that was painted to look like the Jurassic Park tour vehicles.
As much as Jake wanted to take a photo of the vehicle, he reminded himself that he needed to figure out what was making the sounds. He progressed on, until he came to the same Lamborghini Countach he saw earlier, and its driver door was opening, and then slamming shut, and there was nothing around the Lambo that could have been opening and closing the door, "These cars are not like the Huracan or any of Neo's vehicles, they're just regular ol' vehicles.
For some reason, Jake started recording this. A few seconds after he started recording, he noticed that the vehicle to the right of the Lambo, its doors started doing the same thing, the doors started opening and slamming shut.
Then, Jake heard something like a snarl coming from behind him. He quickly turned around, and he and his phone's camera caught a shadow of a dinosaur's claw, but then the shadow vanished, "What the hell was that?! Those were hands!" Jake said.
He turned back to the Countach, and then he turned around again, and again, he saw that same shadow, but then it disappeared again, "I know—Shit!" he said.
Jake turned back to the Countach, and then back again, and the shadow appeared for about 2 seconds, then it vanished again, "Damn, there is something there. I'm out! I'm out! I am gone! What the hell's going on?! Something's chasing me. I don't like this. Hide in the car, hide in the car, hide in the car. Get into the car." Jake said, beginning to run, and then he came across the Ford Explorer again, and he quickly got inside, closed the door, and he turned on the headlights.
He then noticed that all the doors on the Explorer and every single door on every single other vehicle around started opening and slamming shut, except they didn't stop, "What the-!? They're opening on their own! I don't like it! I don't like it! I don't like it!" Jake yelled.
Then, the vehicles' doors started to stop opening and closing on their own so rapidly, until there was total silence, except for Jake panting, and his heart that was about to explode out of his chest, "I almost had a freaking heart attack! My pulse is almost 120 bpm. Raptor! Lambo! Get over here no…" Jake began to say before something smacked him in the back, knocking him to the ground.
"Ow." he groaned. Jake got back up, and the door of the Explorer was hanging open, "So you hit me?" Jake said to the vehicle. Its engine started, and the driver door closed, and the back door opened, "Hmm. If you want me to get in, how do I know that I can trust you?" Jake asked the vehicle again.
The vehicle opened its door again and smacked Jake in the face. He didn't fall this time, but he staggered a little, "I feel that you insist. Don't try anything stupid, Explorer." Jake warned the vehicle.
He got into the backseat, and the vehicle even had the same interactive CD-ROM feature, and then a slideshow of photos of the rest of the gang start going by on the screen, "You do wish to see these friends again, I presume?" the vehicle said through the radio.
Jake's eyes widened at the fact that this vehicle knew about the others, "Yes. How do you know who they are and that they are friends of mine?" Jake questioned the car.
In response, the vehicle made the CD-ROM display like a hologram kind of thing, "You and those friends of yours? You and them are the only things that are standing in the way of Grim and his plans. Recently, he has been discussing their 'Ultimate Plan' as he and his human partner keep calling it. I've overheard that they are developing and creating a very, very powerful kind of nuclear weapon. They've said that when detonated, the explosion wave will carry on for a full 20 miles in all directions, and they were serious about that, and any creatures that aren't dinosaurs that are caught in the blast wave will be incinerated off the face of the Earth, not a trace of them will remain. Any kind of structure not made by nature will be vaporized. Any vegetation not found in the prehistoric times will be scorched. They are making a weapon to wipe all other life off of the Earth, destroy your buildings, and restore the Earth to how it was at the time of the dinosaurs. The only thing keeping them from doing that is you and your friends. Grim has sent some of his best dinosaurs after all of you, and even his best dinos aren't able to kill you. You and them are a huge nuisance to him, and he will stop at nothing until every single one of you is dead. The only problem is as he keeps trying to kill you all, and what he tries fails, he will start coming up with new ideas for dinosaurs he'll send to try to kill you all. That's why he resurrected Sharptooth, Redclaw, Screech, Thud, and Scarface, and then he sent them all after all of you. As long as all of you are still alive, the bombs will not be completed." the vehicle explained to Jake.
Jake's eyes widened at the "nuclear weapons" part, "Hold up. How do you know about all this?" Jake asked again. "Ever since JP18 disappeared, they've reassigned his place as their main security, and their main way of transportation to me. So I'm almost always with them during their meetings. Recently, however, something else is going on, and they put me in here with all these regular cars while they say that they're building yet another garage for us living cars. They didn't have enough space in their special vehicle garage, so me and a Lamborghini Huracan were put in here until they complete the next garage if they are really building another." the vehicle answered.
"Well… then what have they done to you that's made you tell me all of this information?" Jake queried. The vehicle gave an aggressive-sounding rev, "Grim placed me in here, and he has just left me just sitting here for almost a year now, and I'm pretty sure that he's replaced my position with another car if it's not JP18. Grim has spoken about almost nothing except for how much he hates what you and your friends are doing, and how much he needs you all to die." the car replied. Jake understood.
By now, the Lamborghini and the Raptor had arrived, and the Raptor started clawing the vehicle, thinking that Jake was in danger, "Raptor, no! Stop!" Jake yelled at the dino.
The Raptor obeyed and stood down. Jake stepped out, "Take it easy. This Explorer just told me what Grim is planning to do if he manages to kill me, my friends, and any dinosaur fighting by my side. He and my father were developing a special nuclear weapon that will annihilate all life that is not prehistoric, any structure that is not natural, and he will restore the world to how it was in the prehistoric times when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Explorer, how many of these devices are they planning to make?" Jake said.
"634." the car answered. Jake's jaw dropped like an anvil, "634?! How big are they?" he questioned, needing to know more. There was a slight pause before the vehicle answered him, "They are like my wheels. Their circumference is nearly identical to my wheels, and they are shaped just like my wheels. And each one will create a blast wave of 20 miles in all directions, and 634 of those detonated across the globe will be a sufficient number to have these explosions cover all 12,000 miles or so, and anything not prehistoric will become nothing but a memory, and this wave will carry on into water as well. It will go high up into the air, above 50,000 feet. Basically, there is no possible way for anything non-prehistoric to remain after the explosions."
Jake hated the sound of that, "So, if my friends and I were to drop dead right now, Grim would continue work on these bombs?" Jake queried again. "Yes," it answered. Jake had just one more question, "How many bombs have they made so far?"
There was an even longer pause before the vehicle answered his question, "259. But it only takes them about 18 hours to make one bomb, and then another 7 hours for them to check all of the internal parts, making sure that it will detonate correctly."
Jake gave a sigh, "Okay then. Now that I know what Grim is planning, I need to find everyone else and tell them this new information. But I don't know if there's a way to get out of here without going back the way I came."
Jake started walking back down the row of cars where they had come from, and the Explorer honked its horn. Jake and the Raptor turned back, "I know how to get out of here. That Raptor will fit perfectly in my trunk. Huracan, you follow me." The SUV called to them all. Jake and the Raptor got in, the Huracan turned around, and the Explorer took them towards the exit.
For the last few hours, Q had been explaining everything that had happened, and what has been going on to Samara and Andre, who were extremely shocked at what they were learning, "So, almost all of the carnivorous dinosaurs that are roaming the Earth are under control of this… Baryonyx and a person?" Samara asked.
Q and Neo gave a nod, "Wow. I can't believe that ANY person would EVER want to do that to the planet. But these two must go together like milk & cookies because they have succeeded, and dinosaurs rule the Earth now." Samara said in shock.
Then, Q went silent, and Neo kept explaining to Samara and Andre more. Q had a very strange feeling that something was coming. He took to the skies, and he hovered a few hundred feet above the ground. He saw a T-Rex in the distance, and it didn't concern him at first, but when he noticed that the T-Rex was chasing something, he felt that something was up, besides him.
He flew towards the T-Rex, and he went invisible so he could see what was with the Rex, and satisfy his weird feeling. The Rex seemed to be having trouble catching whatever it was chasing.
Q didn't think that it was anything he should've worried about, and he was about to fly back to Neo, but when the Rex's prey took a sharp left turn, and it turned as well, Q saw the right eye, blinded and scarred completely across, "Scarface. Almost forgot about her.
Then, Q saw what she was chasing, it was a young, gray Brachiosaurus, "That's Shortfoot!" he said to himself. Unfortunately, Scarface had stopped, and she started looking around as if she was looking for something.
Q thought he was a safe distance away, but somehow, Scarface picked up his scent, which no one is ever supposed to be able to do when he is close by. She followed his faint scent, and when a large shadow appeared over Q, he froze, "You've got to be kidding." He thought.
He wanted to try to fly away, but she could easily grab, and then swallow him without any issues whatsoever, "I highly doubt that there'll be a conveniently placed RPG in her stomach like the G-Rex, and even if there somehow is, it will never be able to blow her throat out, and even if it could, it wouldn't kill her." Q thought, his mind racing for a way out of this tight spot.
He started to turn, but he realized that she was sniffing him, so he stopped. Q was just waiting for her to realize that he was the one that Grim had sent her after, along with Screech, Thud, Redclaw, and Sharptooth after he resurrected them all.
Shortly after Scarface had stopped chasing Shortfoot, he wondered why, so he deployed his armor, and he followed behind her, "What could peak her interest enough to forget about me?" Shortfoot wondered.
When she stopped, Shortfoot saw Q standing below her head, and he lowered her head down to him, as if either inspecting him or offering him a ride, but Shortfoot already knew what Scarface was doing, "Now is not the time to make any jokes, especially when one of your closest friends is in a very dangerous situation." Shortfoot said to himself, refocusing.
Then, Scarface gave a snarl, and Q recognized it as her saying to him, "Turn around," so he did, hesitantly. When she saw he face, she gave a powerful roar, and even Samara, Andre, and Neo had to plug their ears, even being 4 miles away.
Q knew that she knew who he was, and he didn't know what she was going to do next, but he did know that it wouldn't be good. For some reason, Shortfoot got a very crazy thought, and he ran from his hiding place, and he darted in front of Scarface.
As Shortfoot left his spot, Neo, Andre, and Samara ran over and hid where he was, "What's that Brachiosaurus doing?" Samara asked. "That Brachiosaurus is like Q, he talks. And he is one of the few dinosaur friends of Q, but one of them just died." Neo answered. "Well, another friend of Q is going to die if that Brachy doesn't stop what he's doing." Andre commented.
Q saw Shortfoot stand between him and Scarface, "Shortfoot. What are you doing?" he whispered. Shortfoot didn't answer Q, but he instead yelled at Scarface, "Get away from my friend!" Her eyes widened in surprise, "If you want him, you'll have to go through me first!" Shortfoot yelled at her again.
She got a slightly quizzical look on her face for a moment, but it didn't stay, "Challenge accepted." she said. Her head flew down upon both of them, and instead of eating them, she just grabbed them both by their feet, "Whoa!" they both yelled.
Scarface lifted both of them off the ground, and she started carrying them back towards Grim's lair in New York City, "No. No. No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Neo said, increasing in intensity.
Neo started running after her, and Q saw this, even though he was upside down, "Neo, no! Do not let her see you! She wants you, too! You need to find the others!" Q yelled.
Q gave a gesture to Andre and Samara, and they understood what he wanted them to do. They started running after Neo, and when they caught up to him, they tackled him to the ground, "Are you crazy!? That monstrous dinosaur will kill you 20 times over if you take her on! Q wouldn't want you to commit suicide, even for him. You have to accept that right now… there is nothing you can do to help Q out of this situation." Samara said.
Neo was struggling to keep going after Scarface, but he knew that Samara was right, he couldn't commit suicide, even if it was for Q. He just couldn't do it, so Neo stopped struggling, "You're right. We need to get back to New York City, find the rest of the gang, and my brother, and make some kind of a plan." Neo said.
Samara asked Neo if he had any cars nearby, and Neo raised a brow, "Why do you ask?" he queried her. "Because our Lamborghini went missing a week or two after the dinosaurs started ruling the Earth again. Neo at first was kind of surprised, but then he got a smile on his face, "Yes. I have a lot of vehicles, but I'll call my best one." Neo said.
They were confused, "'Call your best car?'" they both said in confusion. Neo gave a howl that echoed throughout the streets, and he looked to the water, and there was a black object approaching their location, "There he is." Neo said.
Samara and Andre looked where he was, and they saw the vehicle too, "What exactly IS that?" Andre asked. "That would be my car." Neo answered. They both looked at him, eyes WIDE open, "'Your car?!'" they almost shouted.
The vehicle then came out of the water, and it pulled up in front of them, "Nice to see you again, Dem. (He pronounces this nickname as Deem)" Neo greeted the vehicle. Demon then opened his passenger door and moved his passenger seat forward for one of them to get into the backseat.
They both were hesitant at first, but when they heard the sound of a pack of carnivores approaching, and Neo reaching over to close the door, they looked at each other, and then they quickly hopped inside, and they drove off in search for everyone else to tell them all of the things that had just happened.