"Hundreds dead and thousands injured after terror at Jurassic World!"
"New genetic creation breaks free and slaughters dozens!"
"Is this the end of the Dinosaur themed park?"
"The list of the deceased includes Darius Bowman, Yasmina Fadoula, Sammy Gutierrez, Ben Pincus, Brooklynn, and Kenji Kon, the first campers at the new Camp Cretaceous."
"Families call for the repatriation of the children's bodies, but with their resting place unknown, it is unlikely."
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"Kenji, where are you?" Sammy asked as the two of them stalked through the jungle. They had been alone on the island for several months now, alone, but for the dinosaurs, and they were working as a unit.
"I'm over here!" Kenji called. "Got a few bits of fruit over here."
"We need to get back to the others before it's too late. Those Raptors and that T-Rex are still out here somewhere." Sammy said, as the two of them hurried back to the makeshift camp they had made.
Scavenging supplies from the main park and from, elsewhere, the kids had managed to erect themselves a defensible position inside the park, not too far away from the ferry docks. Comms couldn't reach the mainland, and there was no use for them beyond that, apart from communicating with their bi-weekly foraging parties.
"We're almost there." Kenji said into his walkie-talkie, as Brooklynn confirmed they had heard and was heading to open the gate.
Suddenly, a roar could be heard from behind, casting an eye back, they could see a large, lumbering mass heading towards them.
"OPEN THE DOOR!" Sammy screamed, as another loud roar came from the dinosaur, as it advanced towards them.
"We're working on it!" Brooklynn called to her, as they pounded on the gate, turning, the dinosaur moved into view. A Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Don't. Move." Darius said, sighting the beast. "T-Rex works on movement. If you both stay completely still, it might wander off."
"Might?" Kenji asked, freaking out.
"Yeah, it's all I can promise. They can run fast. If we opened the gates right now, it would reach you before it's open." Darius said to them through the walkie-talkie.
"What do we do?" Sammy cried.
"Stay still. It will leave, I know it." Darius promised her, the T-Rex lumbered towards the gates, stopping before it reached the two of them, and roaring. Sammy and Kenji shook and closed their eyes as the beast roared.
A rustling came from the treeline, seeing a small dinosaur darting away, the T-Rex turned and roared, chasing after it. After waiting for it to disappear into the overgrowth, Darius and Brooklynn opened the gate, allowing the two to slip inside.
"That dinosaur almost had us!" Kenji raged as soon as the gate was closed again, rounding on Brooklynn and Darius.
"We just saved your life, again." Darius told him, staring the older boy down. "Now come on, let's get inside back with Yas and let's see what the two of you managed to get."
"About that, we don't have much at all." Sammy said as they headed inside.
"Yeah, I think we picked this area bare." Darius admitted sadly. "We may need to look at moving further into the island, or sending larger groups to go inland and spend longer away to get more food." He admitted.
"What happened?" Yas asked as they entered the main room, her face concerned. Her leg had started to heal well, and she was almost ready to walk unaided, but running would still be a while away.
"Run in with a T-Rex." Sammy told her. "Apart from the almost being eaten part, pretty cool!"
"Only you could find that cool." Yas shook her head fondly.
After the rocky start between all the campers, surviving numerous near death experiences had bonded them all in a way that any other camp trip never would have. Even Yas, as introverted as she had been at the beginning, was now happy to talk and socialise with the others.
"Darius would too!" Sammy protested, as Darius shook his head.
"Nah, I'd marvel at the T-Rex, but I wouldn't find it pretty cool to run from it." Darius joked with her, as Sammy pouted.
"Oh. Shush." Sammy said, going red in the face, seeing this, Yas stood up and hobbled to her, wrapping her in a hug, which Sammy returned. Darius moved over to the two of them and threw his arms around them as well, Kenji and Brooklynn, stood over at the corner, came over as well, and for a moment, the five campers stood in a group hug, thankful for each other and for surviving another day on the hellish island.
As the sun began to set, the group got to work on their nightly routine, taking shifts to watch the perimeter with any weapons as their disposal. Most of the dinosaurs wouldn't come here, or were herbivores, but there was still one of two dangerous predators, the T-Rex had come by earlier, and could be near. The raptor, Blue, hadn't been seen in a while and Toro could always return if it so wished. They had to be vigilant.
As Kenji and Darius took up their watch, they stared into the vast darkness before them, the forests reaching out for miles ahead of them.
"So, what is the deal anyway between you and Brooklynn?" Kenji asked, smirking as Darius turned bright red.
"What deal? We're just friends."
"Sure, just like Sammy and Yaz are just friends." Kenji said.
"What do you mean?" Darius asked, perplexed, before turning back to staring towards the treeline.
"I'll explain it when you're older, kid." Kenji winked at him, before noticing that Darius wasn't paying attention. "What's wrong?" Kenji asked, going onto the alert straight away.
"The treeline, look, it's moving, something is moving out there, and it's coming towards us." Darius told him.
"Get ready." Kenji said, grabbing a spear that they had created from some nearby trees, Darius grabbing his own. Watching towards the treeline, they saw two figures approaching, one on four legs, and another on two.
Looking at one another in shock, Darius and Kenji said the same thing at once.
"Ben?"