"This way!" Charlotte could hear her uncle yelling at them as he lead them away from the raptors. The group was a mess of heavy panting and scuffling feet as they were lead right into a group of hadrosaurs. Charlotte groaned as the dinos moved right past them but to everyone's panic, the velociraptors' sights were still set on the scared humans.

Alan motioned for all of them to go ahead of him and as they all practically tripped over each other tying to run away, Charlotte lost sight of her uncle. She saw Amanda and Paul to the left of her and she heard Billy catching up to her after falling but her uncle wasn't near them.

"Uncle Alan!" She yelled despite the unlikely chance of finding him.

"Alan!" Billy yelled as he got Charlotte's attention. She yelled for her uncle to come to them but he only responded by telling them to keep going.

As the hadrosaurs run past them Paul helps Amanda towards a tree. Billy motioned for Charlotte to get up but after seeing her struggle to grab on to something her pushed her up and followed closely behind. Udesky had made it to the base of the tree but as he grabbed hold of a branch and tried to climb up he became aware that he was surrounded by the raptors.

The four couldn't see him but they heard the terrifying screams of Udesky from somewhere below them.

"Udesky." Paul confirmed.

"He's this way." Amanda pointed at somewhere to the side of them. Charlotte stood up on the tree, desperate to get a look, not just of the man but also to see if she could spot her uncle anywhere. She sat back down with a sigh as she realized that she couldn't see anything besides the greenery on the ground floor.

Billy points at the tree next to them, clearing motioning for them to jump.

"You are crazy." Charlotte responded. "We can't jump to another tree."

"We have to find Udesky." He reasoned. They group moved over a few trees and just as they heard the strangled cry of the raptors they were able to spot Udesky. He was face down and moaning. The raptors seemed to have left so Amanda started her way down the length of the tree. Paul reached out for her to stop.

"It's not safe."

"We have to help him."

"He's right. A predator wouldn't leave a kill wounded." The ex-couple stopped as they let that knowledge sink in.

"He's not a kill, he's still alive." She got out of Pauls grip and started back down, she makes it to the ground when four raptors come from behind the foliage. She screams as Billy pushes Charlotte back and leans forward to help Amanda back up in the tree.

"They couldn't climb up, so they were trying to get us to come down." Charlotte nodded at the older man. She was shocked at the intelligence of these creatures.

"They set a trap. They actually set a trap." Billy looked gleeful and Charlotte couldn't help but burst his bubble.

"Billy. They're trying to kill us." He shrugged at her comment as he looked down to study the creatures. Charlotte thought they would never leave until a new cry was heard and they ran back into the forest.

"Where's Grant?" Paul questioned Charlotte. She shrugged as her voice cracked.

"Not here."

"We can't just stop looking. Eric and are out there somewhere." Amanda said as she rubbed the younger girls back.

"I want to find them too, but we can't do a bit of good right now. For every scary thing we saw in the daylight, I'll bet there ten times more of 'em at night." He turned to Billy. "Am I right?"

"I don't know."

"I thought you were an expert."

"Dr. Grant was."

"Well Dr. Grant isn't here, so we're going to have to figure out what to do ourselves." Charlotte smiled at the other woman's determination and Amanda looked proud of her optimism until she asked, "So what do we do?" and no one was able to respond.

Charlotte didn't think that it fully sunk in that her uncle was gone. She wanted to believe that he was okay and by the time morning came he would find them and they'd all get saved so she could go back home and see her family, but she knew that on this island it was better to expect the worst than be hopeful. After the death of Udesky and the realization that none of them knew what to do, the group separated. Amanda and Paul look up one branch of the tree and to the left of them a little higher was Charlotte and Billy.

Charlotte had never been scared of trees. Planes? Yes. Bees? Absolutely. But she had loved trees, she always would climb up and pretend that she was on the top of the world, back then she felt free. Now she just felt trapped.

"He'll be okay." Billy had tried to reassure her for the past few minutes, it wasn't helping.

" I won't get my hopes up. Can he really stand the chance alone?"

"I mean, he survived this before."

Charlotte gave Billy a small smile. "Has he told you what happened?"

Billy didn't know how to respond.

"He hasn't told me or Rachel anything so I was just curious. Most of the things i've heard were from Ellie."

"He's told me a bit. Mainly he just complained about not wanting to go back."

Charlotte laughed. "Too late now." She started peeling the bark off of the tree where she sat her back against the trunk. "I don't think he wants me here."

"I don't want you here, it's way too dangerous."

She gave him a look. "I mean in Montana. I told him I was coming back and I could hear his disappointment."

"What did you do? He loved you being here last was always glad to show off his 'progeny'." Billy sarcastically quipped. Her uncle had been happy that someone who loved dinosaurs as much as him had visited but she was barely a progeny. Despite her fascination she still found it hard to remember all the names and markings of the had been eager to learn and her uncle had been excited to teach her. Now her had just ran off and left her in Montana.

"I don't know I... I left. I left him." The realization hit her suddenly. It made sense. Back then she was almost a carbon copy of her uncle, they both lived for paleontology. He had always thought of himself as the last of his kind and she had always followed his example. They had always been lonely together.

"You left a lot of us."

She stuttered out a response that only sounded like a series of random syllables. She never thought she had made an impact on the fellow students.

"I didn't think he'd care if I left. And I didn't think anyone else would notice me gone."

"I mean, I know we weren't that close, but we all liked you. And I know the other girls had a plan to sneak you out of the site and take you to a couple of clubs."

"I uh.. I um." She laughed. "Thanks."

They both started laughing, but quickly quieted as the weight of where they were hit them. At night it was easier to grasp that they were in danger. Being in a stationary setting made Charlotte feel like there was no escape from her fears of being here.

"I'll tell you what. When we get back I'll take you out to actually see the town." Charlotte smiled at her companion in acceptance of his offer.

"That'd be nice."

Charlotte was finally able to get some sleep, the exhaustion of the day finally getting to her and after sharing the last of her food she was able to relax with a semi full stomach. The group needed a little privacy as they woke up but as soon as the four where ready Billy took the lead, telling them that they would have to continue to the coast.

"What about Eric and Dr. Grant?" Charlotte knew that Amanda's question was pointed at her but she had no energy to answer.

"Going to the coast was Alan's idea. If he's alive, that's where he's headed." Billy responded as he put a hand on Charlotte's shoulder. She ignored the fact that he had only mentioned her uncle and not the kid.

"What about Eric?" Amanda questioned while Charlotte winced. She held her tongue to avoid arguing with the blonde. Just yesterday she was ready to comfort the woman, to give her any reassurance that her son was alive. But now all Charlotte felt was hopelessness. She had seen what the dinosaurs had done to Udesky. She found it hard to believe that any of them would make it out alive.

"He's probably has a better chance by the coast as it is. Figures that all the big dinosaurs would live in the center of the island." Paul rationalized to his ex wife before turning to the other two who had begun whispering. "Right?"

"Sure." Billy responded as they continued down the path.