Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Total Drama characters that I choose to torture—I mean put in the story! They are merely here for mine, and your amusement. No profit is being made off of this (No one would would stoop as low as to pay me for this anyway) I give all credit to the creators of Total Drama, as well as Johnny Depp, because...well, he's Johnny Depp!
Notes From The Depths of Sarcasm- I must say, the Gravity Falls finale was most excellent, and it's tragic that it's over, but it had a good run and I can't wait to implement more references into this story! In other news, I loved the premier of Survivor: Kaoh Rong, and if you haven't checked Survivor out before I highly suggest it, most of you probably know it as the show that Total Drama parodies.
Sorry this chapter took so long to get out, the January – March time is very busy. April and May should be better and then when I'm released to the sweet freedom of summer, we can really get this show back on the road! As always, be sure to check out my other stories if you're thirsty for more works by me (Eh, who am I kidding, you probably aren't :P)!
I should also tell you that I'm planning a Gravity Falls fic, as well as a Steven Universe fic, and possibly a crossover between the two...but I'm getting ahead of myself. If you want to see some of the other planned stories for the future, just check out my profile ;) I'm also planning to upload a new story that's not a competition story, so head on over to my profile and be sure to leave a review and tell me which one you want to see (I have them listed) Now, it's about time I stop blabbing and we get to those reviews so you can start reading the chapter :D
Review Replies:
DSX62415: Yeah, Steven Universe is definitely one of Cartoon Network's better shows. I think CN is getting better these days, meanwhile Nickelodeon continues to go down the toilet bowl of television, sigh. Well, at least they still have some semi-sensible shows on.
Guest #1: Yes, this certainly should be interesting. I guess we might have a second love triangle on the show! Chris will definitely be trying to eat this up!
FOWLKON: Yeah, reading a lot of fics at once can be confusing! I definitely believe you though, I've seen your name in some review replies before! XD Can you recommend any stories in the Total Drama fanfic department?
Guest #2: Like Bridgette said, maybe there's something wrong with his brain! XD Rodney could quite possibly be one of the dumbest contestants in TD, not gonna lie!
Guest #3: Well, I didn't think it was going to be that big of a surprise, but I'm glad it was! And you're correct, Sierra probably won't be happy with this...Anyway, thanks for the compliment, Noah and Izzy are some of my favorite characters so I'm not surprised that I nailed them! XD I'm glad you thought the Max and Geoff bit was good. They honestly were leftovers when deciding the mini-teams so I'm satisfied with how their bit turned out ;)
Joel Connell: As usual, I can't spoil anything about the love triangles or any other relationships, but I know you really wanted to know who Sammy's crush was, so I hope you're happy :) And I was not counting words so that's pretty awesome that we could reach a million!
Courtneyxx: Lol I know the hyper feeling! XD I'm glad you like Courtney, she's one of my favorites too! I can't promise anything for Duncney or other relationships, so I guess you'll just have to keep reading and find out ;)
Icetundra: I definitely suggest you check out the Jurassic Park series, it's a real good one, although at times scary but in the good way ;) I'm glad you liked the character interactions and as far as I'm concerned, Scarlett didn't pick Duncan or Courtney.
NerdyNightStocker: Yeah, I'm glad I put Max and Geoff together, shockingly they seem to go together pretty well. Rodney's definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I definitely suggest you watch the Jurassic Park movies, they are great!
Guest: Thanks! A lot of people seem to be interested in the Samey and Cody pairing. I guess perhaps it's a nail it or fail it at this point! XD As for the Total Drama USA 52, it looks interesting, but I'm not sure I'm up for it right now with how busy I've been lately, but I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the idea/offer!
WARNING: This chapter is full of dinosaurs, which is bound to be followed up with some violence and eating. If this isn't your cup of tea, you may want to skip this chapter, it shouldn't be too bad though. In fact, pronouncing the dinosaur's names is what's gonna hurt! So, if I do happen to spell anything wrong or make any mistakes when it comes to dinosaur accuracies, then sorry in advance!
Chapter 17 (Day 12, Part 2)- Dinorama Drama!
(The Sauropods – Duncan and LeShawna)
The two teammates hugged each other in terror as their roller coaster car drove off the edge of the broken track. Duncan quickly leaped into action, taking LeShawna's hand and jumping from the doomed car. Duncan managed to grab hold of the broken track with one hand, leaving him and LeShawna dangling from the track.
"Nice thinking, now what are we gonna do?" LeShawna asked. The two looked down to see the roller coaster car hit the ground and smash into a million pieces, the wheels popping off and the metal getting torn and broken.
"Well, we could be dead in that roller coaster car crash down there." Duncan returned. "Seeing as we're still alive I think it was nice thinking."
"Fine then, pull us up." LeShawna told him. "That way we can run the track back the way we came and find a way outta this mess!"
Duncan strained to pull himself up but the weight of LeShawna was too much. "I don't have enough upper body strength to get us up there!" Duncan said angrily. "Maybe if it wasn't for your 'booty-licious' weight!"
"Oh no, you did not just call me fat!" LeShawna snarled. "I dare you to let go!"
"No way! Are you crazy?! We're gonna die from this high up!" Duncan exclaimed. "Maybe I should just let go of your hand!" He threatened.
"Do it, I dare you!" LeShawna glared at him.
Duncan purposely let go of LeShawna's hand a bit, causing her to slip slightly. "Don't you do it, white boy." LeShawna growled.
Suddenly, to interrupt their literal cliff-hanger of an argument, there was a loud warbling sound. It almost sounded like a squawk, screech, and honk at the same time. Both teams looked up to see the silhouette of a large flying reptile flying in the sky and past the sun.
"What in the name of LaShaniqua's earrings is that?!" LeShawna cried, watching the soaring Pteranodon. "Is that some kinda prehistoric flying chicken or somethin'?"
"Well whatever it is, it doesn't like us!" Duncan yelled as the flying reptile flew down at them. They both screamed as the dinosaur began pecking at Duncan's hand, quickly causing him to let go of his grip and send him and LeShawna plummeting towards the same fate as their roller coaster car. "Curse you, you stupid chicken!" Duncan shouted, shaking a fist as he fell.
Suddenly, the two hit something hard and scaly. They looked around to see that they had landed on the back of a grazing Apatosaurus. "Aw man, that sure is some luck!" Duncan marveled.
"Yeah, as long as these things don't eat meat." LeShawna remarked. "How're we gonna get off'a this thing anyway?" She asked.
"Well first, let's see where it's going." Duncan suggested. "If it's heading somewhere towards shore, we might wanna hitch a ride on it's back and take the easy way." He grinned.
"I like the way you think." LeShawna grinned back. "Now if ya don't mind me, I'll hang out here while you go scope out the area on top of her head or whatever." She said, sitting back and resting against the slight curve of the dinosaur's back.
"What if it's a guy dinosaur?" Duncan asked.
"We ain't got time to check, now get up there and start scopin'!" LeShawna snapped. Duncan rolled his eyes and begrudgingly began climbing the Apatosaurus's neck, although it didn't seem to mind or even notice for that matter.
(Outhouse Confessional- Long Necked and Dangerous)
LeShawna- "We may fight a lot, but me and Duncan are tight. It may not look it, but he's got my back and I've got his, at least I think. You can never be so sure around that boy..." She said.
(The Raptors – Gwen, Trent, Harold)
"How many of these things are there?!" Trent cried. "Does the VR just make a never ending supply of these things or something?" The Gallimimuses continued to stampede their way across the grassland.
"Chris didn't even get the look right! They totally had feathers! Why does everyone not acknowledged that? These inaccuracies are...gosh! Just...gosh! You'd think they'd try to get it right." Harold shook his head.
"Harold, do me a favor and shut up!" Gwen shouted, trying to dodge the approaching dinosaurs.
Unfortunately, one of the Gallimimuses ran right into her, knocking her over. The Goth hit the ground hard and bounced back down a hill. "Gwen!" Trent cried, reaching out as if to try and grab her hand to save her.
With that, another Gallimimus ran into Trent, knocking him over as well. Before he went down, he grabbed onto Harold's hand, bringing him down as well. The two fell down the opposite side of the hill into some tall grass as the Gallimimus pack continued to pass, shaking the ground.
Trent and Harold continued to bounce down the hill until they hit a tree, landing in a muddy rainforest. "Aw man, my shirt!" Harold complained. "It's a good thing this is a video game and not real life or I'd be really ticked!"
"Aw man! Gwen's by herself!" Trent cried.
"Don't worry, Gwen's a strong girl, she can take care of herself. Besides, being in her face constantly doesn't often work if you're trying to get her back." Harold reminded him.
"I hope she's okay." Trent sighed. "Wait, didn't you say I should start taking an interest in Sammy?" He questioned.
"The way I see it, you're in the perfect position," Harold said, "Your main priority is getting Gwen back, but you might also want to pursue Sammy in case things don't work out with Gwen."
"Two girls? Isn't that kind of...bad?" Trent asked. "What if they both like me?"
"Well, then you get to choose which one. In my experience, I've only had one girl, so I guess you can decide what to do from there." Harold shrugged.
"Okay, but it's been so long since I dated Gwen, and I haven't been seeing anyone ever since, I'm a little rusty on my flirting." Trent admitted.
"Really? Someone with your amount of fan-girls and such a big fan base?" Harold exclaimed. "I mean, you've got the biggest fan base aside from Noah and myself of course."
Trent raised an eyebrow. "Uh, well do you have any advise for what to say to her? I think I'm gonna try to talk to Sammy a bit the next time I see her." He said.
"Well, first you should ask her what her sign is, if she says Sagittarius then run." Harold advised. "In my experience, you then write her a bunch of love letters and get married!" [1]
"Uh...married?" Trent asked, slightly worried.
"Of course! I mean, it hasn't happened yet and I still have to ask her, but when the time comes and when I do, she'll say yes for sure and we'll get married right away! And then we'll spend our honey moon in Cancun! My LeShawna loves Mexico." he nodded knowingly.
"Okay, you're thinking way too far ahead." Trent warned. "She might get a little creeper out. I'm not love expert, but that's a bit far in my opinion."
(Outhouse Confessional- Who would we get married to?)
Trent- "Okay, I'm not sure if Harold is the best person to ask, but what choice do I have? I really like Gwen and Sammy is pretty cute too. I really don't wanna screw this up! I just hope Harold knows what he's talking about. I mean, he and LeShawna are one of the only remaining couples from the first season." He said.
The two continued to walk through the rainforest, the sound of Gallimimuses running died down, but it could still be heard in the distance. "I'm really starting to think Chris made that an obstacle that doesn't stop." Harold said. "The Gallimimus stampede, I mean."
"Yeah, probably. I wouldn't put it past him." Trent rolled his eyes. He slapped at a mosquito that landed on his cheek. "Ugh, why is this thing so good with simulation?"
"Look on the bright side, you won't get a mosquito bite in real life since it's only VR." Harold said. "I'm really thankful for that guy who made this thing. Knowing Chris he'd probably instal pain." Harold gulped.
Suddenly there was a rustling in the bushes. Trent and Harold watched the moving bush with fear, waiting for a vicious dinosaur to leap out.
However, instead of a small vicious dinosaur, Dawn floated out of the bush. She let out a sharp cry upon seeing the two standing there but then calmed down. "Oh, you startled me!" She said. "What are you two doing here?"
"Well we just came from a big stampede of Gallimimus that knocked us away from Gwen." Trent explained. "So we just kept going this way." He shrugged.
"Well, B climbed a tree a while back and said that the shore was somewhere along the way you came." Dawn said as B walked out from behind the bush with a grin on his face.
"Oh, good thing we ran into then!" Harold chuckled. "Wait, aren't we on different teams?"
"No worries." Dawn smiled. "We can walk together and stay at the beach. There's really no difference." She shrugged. "And B promises he won't push you into a dinosaur's mouth." She joked. B let out a laugh...except no sound came out. In fact, it was a rather odd scene.
"Well, on we go I guess." Trent said, spinning on his heel and turning right around.
"You know I could help you with your love troubles." Dawn told him. "I know you want to try to impress Gwen again." She added.
Trent's eyes bugged. "W-what?! How do you know about that?!" He cried.
"It's right in your aura, pretty obvious really." She giggled. "I'm not so sure I can help you with your pursuit of Sammy, but I can certainly give you some tips for Gwen."
"Um...okay, thanks I guess?" Trent shrugged. Unbeknownst to them, in the bushes lurked a set of red eyes. Moments later, the eyes multiplied.
(Outhouse Confessional- I think we'd meet a nice bathroom stall and live happily)
Dawn- "The reason I can't help him with Sammy is because I know Sammy likes Cody, and I'm helping her with him. I guess I'm a bit of a match-maker!" She giggled.
(The Sauropods – Courtney and Duncan)
"Remind me why I have to be bait?" Scott asked. "Because I'm not liking it!" He whimpered as the snake's gray with brown spotted coils could be seen slowly slithering around the bottom of the waterpark jungle gym, the head out of sight.
"Because, I'm a lady and if you want to have any shot with me, you take one for the team." She snapped.
"But ladies first!" Scott whined.
Courtney glared at him as she searched the perimeter for the snake's head. All she could see was the body slithering along. She held onto the mounted squirt gun, swiveling each way when she looked around.
Suddenly, Scott let out a terrified scream and Courtney instantly swiveled the water gun towards the source of the cry. The Titanaboa slithered lightning fast up in front of Scott, hissing as it bared it's fangs.
Scott stepped back, gaping at the sheer size of the snake. "Courtneywhateveritisyou'regonnadocanyoudoitnow?!" Scott screamed all at once, cowering in fear.
Courtney took aim and struck the Titanaboa in the face, sending a jet of water splashing into the side of its head. It immediately snapped around and faced Courtney who shot it in the eyes. The snake let out a furious hiss. "Scott run!" Courtney shouted as the snake fought the pain of chlorine in its eyes.
Scott did just that. He bolted away from the snake. As soon as it saw this, it let out another angry hissed and lowered it's neck so that it was slithering through the pool again. Scott screamed as he ran through the shallow water and around the jungle gym.
It was a rather funny scene actually. Scott was running around screaming with a monster snake chasing after him. They wound around the supports of the jungle gym. Each way Scott turned, the Titanaboa's fang-filled jaws snapped at him. Courtney continued to swivel the mounted water gun and shot the snake, but usually ended up hitting the coils or the back of the head.
"Could you hurry up?!" Scott cried as he slogged through the water. "I'd kind of like to not die!"
"I don't think there'll be a problem, look behind you." Courtney said. The camera panned behind the terrified Scott to see that the snake was stuck somehow. It snapped its jaws at Scott, unable to move.
"What'chya gonna do now ya big rope with teeth?" Scott taunted, seeing that the prehistoric reptile couldn't move. Suddenly, the snake jumped at him, snapping its fangs inches from Scott's face. The dirt farmer yelped and jumped back.
The camera zoomed out to show that the Titanaboa had tied itself up in between the supports for the jungle gym. "Alright, let's get the heck out of this water park before that thing gets free!" Courtney exclaimed, hurdling over the railing on top of the jungle gym and landing with a splash in the shallow water.
(The Pterodactyls – Owen and Noah)
"Okay, now that you've gorged on virtual steak, are you ready to try and get to the beach?" Noah asked Owen who was currently stuffing his face with all the steak in Winston's Steak House.
"Ust a ew ore ites!" Owen said through a mouthful of steak and other assorted meats of which he was shoveling into his mouth.
Noah sighed and grabbed Owen by the shirt and tugged on him, dragging him to the door. "But the taste sensors in this game are so good!" Owen whined, chunks of meat flying from his mouth.
"You really are a pig." Noah remarked, utterly disgusted. "Alright, judging by the park map, we're on Main Street. To our left is the T-Rex exhibit along with the Gyrospheres, prairie, and the secret dinosaur exhibit coming soon. To our right we have a Spinosaurus exhibit, the petting zoo, and the aviary. In front of us is the genetics lab and the Ice Age section of the park. Behind us appears to be some sort of Mosasaur feeding stadium or something." Noah read the map that was plastered on the wall of a gift shop.
"So where's the beach?" Owen wondered.
"Well, the monorail goes past the Mosasaur exhibit and to the park's resort. After that, I think is the front gate, and then the ferry loading dock, which must be where the boats from the mainland are, so the beach should be there." Noah said.
"Then let's take the monorail! I've always wanted to ride a monorail before!" Owen said excitedly.
"First of all, they're just trains elevated about ten feet in the air, and second, that would normally be a bad idea, but I don't see much of a choice." Noah said with a sigh, dragging Owen towards the monorail station.
Unfortunately, something seemed to be blocking their path. "Hmm, something appears to be blocking the sun oh my gosh it's a dinosaur!" Owen screamed, tracing the shadow up to the looming creature in front of them.
"A Tyrannosaurs Rex to be exact." Noah whimpered. "RUN!" Noah let go of Owen's shirt and turned right around, running as fast as his toothpick legs could carry him. Owen however, was not so lucky.
"Help me! I'm gonna be eaten by a dinosaurus!" Owen wailed. Noah watched in horror as the T-Rex leaned down and plucked Owen right from the pavement in its jaws. Owen screamed as the dinosaur devoured him.
Except that it didn't. A certain familiar foul odor filled the air and the dinosaur's eyes bulged in disgust. It immediately opened it's mouth revealing an unharmed, yet slightly soiled Owen. "Wow. I knew your fart powers were strong, but I didn't know they could irritate a dinosaur!" Noah exclaimed.
"I fart when I'm nervous!" Owen cried in defense. The dinosaur quickly spit out the offending meal, sending Owen face-first into the pavement, covered in dinosaur saliva. "Ew, I feel like a giblet." He whined.
"I'm not even gonna ask." Noah shuddered. "Now get on your feet and get running before he decided to take another crack at your squishy flesh!" Noah cried, ducking into one of the gift shops. He hid behind a shelf of Triceratops plushies and watched as the T-Rex patrolled Main Street, only the legs in and clawed feet visible.
"Owen? Where'd you go?" Noah whispered.
A few pterodactyl plushies fell out of a barrel as Owen's head popped out. "So what's the plan?" He whispered back.
"Well, we've gotta find a way out of this gift shop without catching the attention of Mr. T-Rex out there." Noah explained. "Most shops or restaurants have a back door leading into the maintenance area of the park, you know, the behind-the-scenes stuff. There should be one around here somewhere."
"Well then let's go!" Owen exclaimed.
"Hold on!" Noah shouted, yet still whispering. "We don't want to attract any attention! Be very quiet and stay out of sight as you make your way to the back of the gift shop." He instructed.
"Will do, Izzy showed me a few spy moves, she even taught me some of the spy lingo!" Owen said giddily.
"Glad that you two got back together, now let's go!" Noah hissed. He ducked behind the shelf of toys and slowly army-crawled along the floor, making his way for the back counter.
Owen climbed out of his barrel, knocking over several toys and even a shelf in the process. Noah winced at the amount of noise his friend was making. Suddenly, Noah caught a glimpse of the window. Outside, the T-Rex was heading back towards their shop, and upon hearing the noise, it stopped dead in it's tracks.
Noah breathed heavily, virtual swear pouring down his face as the dinosaur lowered it's head. First the puny arms were in sight, then the bottom jaw, then the top jaw, and finally, the large, orange eye of the T-Rex. The eye was pressed up against the window, looking into the shop.
Owen acted fast and lay stomach-first on the ground. He spread his arms out and held his mouth open so that his chin touched the floor. "That only works in movies!" Noah wanted to shout, but then, he realized that this was Chris's design. Chris was never scientifically accurate, he probably, and did, get this all from a movie! "Just keep pretending to be a bear rug!" Noah hissed from behind the shelf.
The dinosaur's eye jerked away from its gaze at Owen the human carpet and looked towards Noah to where the noise had come from. Noah popped his head back behind the shelf and hopped the dinosaur hadn't seen him. Seconds passed by, turning into minutes. It seemed like hours as the dinosaur surveyed the inside of the shop. Finally, it decided there was no life inside and continued to patrol Main Street.
When the tail was seen dragging away from the shop, Noah waited a few seconds and motioned for Owen to crawl over to him. Owen scrambled to the other side of the shelf and met Noah. "That was the scariest time of my life!" Owen cried.
"Well it's about to get scarier if you don't shut up!" Noah hissed. "Now do what I do." The bookworm got back into an army crawl and made his way around the shelves on the sides so that he wasn't seen by the front window.
Finally, the two reached the back wall of the shop. "See Owen, it was no big-" Noah then jumped back as he turned to see a Velociraptor growling at him, inches from his face. He almost screamed until he realized it was just a fallen stuffed-animal from the shelf above.
Owen stifled a laugh. "Noah's afraid of a stuffed-animal!" He giggled. Noah rolled his eyes and brushed the plushie out of the way.
"There's the door!" Noah grinned. He crawled over to the back counter and got behind it, breathing a huge sigh of relief, his virtual heart pounding. Owen joined him and the two took a short break. "Alright, that's the door to our freedom, we've just gotta hope there's nothing behind it, and hope that there's a path leading to the beach." He said.
Noah grabbed the handle and yanked it open. The two were met with the shine of day, as well as large, tall gray walls that separated enclosures with shops and other maintenance buildings.
"Looks like we've got a lot of work to do." Noah said as he passed a forklift. "Stay by me at all times and stay against the wall of the shop." He instructed as the two inched their way across the wall.
(The Raptors – Gwen)
"Trent? Trent!" Gwen cried as she landed on the opposite side of the hill. Hundreds of Gallimimuses jogged along the grassland, creating a large, light brown blur and blockade. She couldn't see if Trent and Harold were okay on the other side. "Well this is just great." She muttered.
Gwen got up and turned around to face a large jungle, one very similar to the jungle on the other side of the Gallimimus stampede. Gwen sighed and trekked forward through the rainforest which seemed to get more dense and humid every step she took.
After a few minutes of walking, Gwen came to a large clearing.. "Whoa..." She said, speechless. In front of her were three massive Stegosauruses munching on some of the brush.
The Goth tried not to be seen as she traveled through the brush, trying to avoid the dinosaurs. But of course, as fate would have it a baby Stegosaurus trotted up to her. "Go away you little monster!" She hissed, trying to shoo it away.
One of the large Stegosauruses turned around with some leaves half-way in its mouth when it saw its baby playing with a stranger. It glared at Gwen and stomped over. Gwen scowled at the baby Stegosaurus and tried to run from the larger one, but its plated tail came swinging at her. She let out a cry and ducked just in time as the tail sailed over her head. "Watch where you're swinging that thing!" She shouted, shaking her fist.
Gwen traced the outside of the clearing, but the other Stegosauruses weren't about to let her go. Another one swing its tail at her legs and Gwen tried to jump over it but one of the plates caught her foot, causing her to trip and land on the dirt with a thud.
She looked back and saw the Stegosaurus mother chasing after her, practically shaking the earth as it stomped towards her. Gwen screamed again as she scrambled to get up and run again. She managed to jump over the next Stegosaurus tail that was swung at her, her clothes nearly getting caught on the tail spikes.
Gwen dove behind a large bush and began crawling away as the Stegosaurus mother swung its tail at the trees, knocking over a smaller one. Gwen crawled far enough away that she was out of sight and the trees were too tight together for the massive Stegosaurus to get through. "Well that was a close one." She breathed, wiping the virtual sweat from her brow. "Now I've just gotta find the stupid beach or someone from my team." She muttered.
(The Sauropods – Amy, Rodney and Dakota)
"Ugh, how long is this stupid boat ride, I feel like we've been paddling for weeks." Amy complained. "Dakota, switch spots with me, it's your turn to paddle." She commanded.
"Oh, I don't paddle, sorry." Dakota shook her head.
"If you want me to even consider keeping you in the alliance then you will switch places with me." Amy glared at her fellow blonde. "Face it, without my alliance, you and Dawn could be the next ones to go. You're not exactly useful to your team and your little friend creeps people out." Amy said. "I can keep her from getting eliminated, but only if you join my alliance."
Dakota sighed and hung her head. "Okay." She said, shaking Amy's hand. Amy stood up to switch places with the heiress. Dakota stood up as well. Of course, standing up in a canoe tends to tip it over.
"Rodney! Zone in!" Amy shouted, snapping her fingers again. Rodney suddenly shook his head and resumed from his lovestruck state.
"Huh?" He wondered.
"We're kind of tipping over here! Do something!" Amy demanded, trying to keep balanced as Dakota almost fell out.
"For you, my love!" He shouted, but Amy and Dakota were too busy trying not to fall into the water. Rodney took his paddle and held it above his head, wielding it like an ax. Before he could slam it down on the canoe idiotically, something leaped out of the water behind him, snapping his paddle in its powerful jaws and then splashing back into the river. "Huh?" Rodney looked around but only saw a scaly tail slip into the water.
"What was that Rodney?!" Amy cried, falling into the canoe. She landed where Dakota had sat in the middle and Dakota landed where Amy had sat in front of her.
"Hey, you switched spots!" Rodney pointed out.
Amy was about to say something more but was stopped when the same creature jumped out of the water. Amy gasped in horror as the monster alligator came down at her, its mouth open wide, its snaggled teeth visible at every angle. To Dakota and Rodney it was only a blur of scaly gray and green.
Amy barely had time to scream as the Deinosuchus devoured her virtual body, its teeth tearing up her cheerleader outfit. The monster gator obliterated the middle of the canoe, causing the other two halves with Rodney and Dakota on them to begin sinking.
Dakota screamed as Amy's blood stained the water. She knew it wasn't real, but sure looked like it. Dakota frantically swam for the shore knowing the alligator was still somewhere below. Rodney waded in the water trying to look around and spot Amy.
"Amy! Amy!" He cried. "My love, where are you?!" Suddenly, something floated to the surface amongst what was left of the torn apart canoe. Rodney grabbed it and saw that it was Amy's skirt, all torn up. Her boot was also there, one of the bloody teeth embedded in it.
The Deinosuchus wasn't finished though, its eyes and snout rose to the surface, spotting Rodney sobbing over Amy's clothing. The massive gator closed in on target, opening it's mouth as it went.
The screen cut to a horrified Dakota as the alligator ripped apart a screaming Rodney. He was silenced when the alligator brought his bloodied corpse below the surface. Dakota paused for a moment, replaying the scene over and over in her virtual head. The river was now stained red with blood, the larger herbivores on the side seeing danger and lumbering off.
The Deinosuchus rose to the surface again, this time its entire crocodilian head visible. Its yellow reptilian eyes seemed to glare at Dakota as she stood there in shock. The monster alligator opened its jaws and let out growl. It jumped up and snapped its jaws right in Dakota's face as a warning sign.
Dakota immediately let out the single most blood-curdling scream and bolted into the forest, sending birds and prehistoric flying animals scattering from the treetops. The Deinosuchus crawled out of the water and chased after the heiress for a bit, ending with another growl and then retreating back into the water as Dakota ran off.
"Dang! That was some awesome footage!" Chris exclaimed as the scene replayed on the wide-screen in front of them. "That's ratings dynamite!"
"But isn't this kind of a kids show? That was sorta violent, don't ya think?" Chef asked.
"Eh, what isn't violent on this show?" Chris asked. "Besides, kids'll love it! Plus, it was just in the Virtual Reality machine, so it's not real."
"If you say so." Chef shrugged.
"Can we watch something else rather than see ourselves get eaten over and over again?" Amy requested, glaring at the host and co-host. "And stop hugging me!" She roared at Rodney, who was hugging Amy in a terrified fashion.
When Rodney wouldn't let go, Amy shoved him off. "Fine, there's probably some other good footage to come anyway." Chris grinned, holding up a remote and changing the scene from the bloody alligator battle to something else.
"Words cannot begin to describe the horrors I've just seen." Rodney whimpered, hugging himself in fetal position, rocking back and forth on the bench.
"Quit whining you big baby." Amy rolled her eyes. "Say, why am I always partnered with him? Every time in these stupid VR challenges I get partnered with this oaf who ends up getting me killed!" She complained.
Chris shrugged. "Maybe the VR thinks you're soul mates." He teased. Amy just glared at him and pouted on the bench as a petrified Rodney rocked along next to her.
(The Pterodactyls – Max and Geoff)
"So dude, where should we go first? Which way do you think the beach is?" Geoff asked, looking around the prehistoric petting zoo.
"You shall refer to me as Lord Evily Doom The First! Not dude." Max commanded with disgust. "My baby dino army shall lead the way. Go forward Mr. Chompy!" He shouted, motioning forward for his baby Triceratops to lead him.
"I thought his name was Timmy." Geoff said, raising an eyebrow.
"Mr. Chompy and Timmy are synonymous." Max answered.
"Sy-what-imous?" Geoff wondered, scratching his head. "Is that a disease? Does Timmy have a disease?!" He cried.
"It's Mr. Chompy! He's more matured now." Max said, sticking his tongue out and blowing a raspberry.
"But it's only been like, five minutes." Geoff pointed out.
"And that's five minutes of our lives wasted! Now let's get moving, we've got much land to cover!" Max declared.
"Uh, dude..." Geoff gulped, pointing behind the purple-haired evil scientist.
"What are you going on about now, slave?" Max rolled his eyes. He turned around and saw the massive T-Rex looming behind him. It leaned down and glared at him, its nostrils puffing as if smoke were about to billow out of them. "Oh, you must be Timmy's father...right?"
"Okay dude, I may not be the sharpest claw on the dino, but even I know that can't be Timmy's dad." Geoff said.
Max screamed as the T-Rex immediately opened it's toothy mouth and closed its jaws around Max. "I demand you release me Mr. Timmy's Uncle!" Max shouted. "You are his uncle, right?" The T-Rex gave a comedicly unamused face and began swishing Max around in its mouth. A few moments later the dinosaur swallowed him whole.
"I'm gonna take that as a no, bro." Geoff said. The T-Rex leaned down again and glared at the Surfer. "Right, I'll be on my way." He said sheepishly. Geoff ran off screaming his head off as the T-Rex tried to snap him up but missed.
The Tyrannosaurs Rex let out an angry roar and trampled after the party boy as he ran for Main Street. "Gah! This is worse than the hail!" He cried.
(The Raptors – Jasmine, Izzy, Brick and Eva)
The monorail came to a halt at the station, stopping with a slight lurch. "Well here we are." Jasmine said, standing up and ultimately hitting her head on the ceiling. "Ow! Crikey, maybe I'm not big enough for this thing!" She exclaimed.
"All aboard!" Izzy shouted wildly.
"Izzy, we're getting off the train, not on." Eva grumbled, following Brick out of the monorail. Izzy skipped after her friend followed by Jasmine who had to duck to avoid hitting her head again.
The four of them left the monorail station and came to a pathway that either led in two directions. "Alright, it looks like that way is the hotel, and that way is Main Street going into the park...I say we head towards the hotel." Jasmine suggested.
"I got nothing wrong with it, we were coming from the ocean so we've gotta go back." Eva said.
"Couldn't we just take the monorail again?" Brick wondered.
Suddenly, as if on cue, a Spinosaurus came trampling towards them, slamming its head against the elevated track, sending bits and chunks flying in all directions. The giant orange and brown dinosaur let out a roar and came at them.
"Crikey! Run!" Jasmine cried, bolting for the pathway towards the hotel. "The koala says cluck to the platypus for luck!" She said, hoping for the best. "Be careful about its jaws, they're stronger than a Saltwater Crocodile's!" She warned.
"Ooh, what about the sail?" Izzy asked, pointing to the orangish-yellow sail on the dinosaur's back. "Can it cut things in half with it?" She asked excitedly.
"Um, no, not that I'm aware of." Jasmine told her, raising an eyebrow.
The Spinosaurus lowered its head and snapped at Brick, who was taking up the rear. The dinosaur missed by about half a foot, urging Brick to run faster. Jasmine, Brick, and Eva seemed focused on staying alive while Izzy seemed to be enjoy the chance as she bounded around, avoiding the snapping Spinosaurus each time it went for her.
"How're we gonna lose it?" Jasmine wondered. "Something tells me it doesn't wanna give up!"
"We've just gotta try to outrun it to shore!" Brick said.
"Are you crazy?! Spinosaurus can swim!" Jasmine shouted. "Do you know nothing about dinosaurs?!"
"Hey, this is Chris we're talking about, he probably doesn't care about accuracies or inaccuracies. We've just gotta hope, there's no other option right now!" Eva said.
Back outside of the VR, Max angrily stomped over to the bench and sat next to a still-terrified Rodney. "I can't believe Timmy and his father betrayed me like that." He muttered. "Babies, always one step ahead of you." He grimaced.
The camera panned over to Chris and Chef in their lawn chairs. "You know what would be fun and exciting?" Chris asked the cook.
"I don't know. What would be fun and exciting?" Chef asked rather stiffly as if he was on a low-budget commercial.
"This!" Chris grinned wickedly. He pulled out his trusty remote (Which may or may not be used for everything) and pressed the red button in the middle. Absolutely nothing happened.
"Uh, is it supposed to do nothing?" Chef asked. "'Cuz I don't think this is gonna boost ratings."
"Relax, you'll see in a minute." Chris assured him, gesturing to the screen with the remote.
Back to the Spinosaurus chase, the four teens had managed to outrun it, but the dinosaur wasn't giving up. They had passed the Mosasaur stadium and were nearing the coastline with the island's resort sitting on a smaller island on the other side of the Mosasaur tank. "We're almost there!" Brick exclaimed.
"Wouldn't it be crazy if it just suddenly turned night?" Izzy chuckled as they ran. Suddenly, as if on cue, a night sky with stars dropped down from nowhere, replacing the day sky with a thud. "Cool! Am I a wizard or something? Me and that wizard kid should really talk." She grinned.
"Great! The darkness!" Brick whimpered.
"Relax, it'll make it harder for the dinosaur to see us! We could hide in the water somewhere." Eva suggested.
The four had reached the beach, which was blocked off by a fence to keep tourists out. Jasmine hurdled over the fence and onto some grass which soon turned into sand as she neared the coast. Eva easily jumped over it next, followed by Izzy and Brick. Of course, instead of hopping over it, the Spinosaurus merely smashed through it.
"Into the water!" Jasmine ushered, stopping at the waves lapping against her boots to let the other three pass her. She then jumped in the water after them just as the Spinosaurus snapped at her, missing her boots by mere inches.
Of course, the Spinosaurus was still not ready to give up. The large creature lumbered into the water, the waves only going about to its shins. "Great! We were wrong, it can swim!" Jasmine bit her lip as she and the other three treaded water.
"I see a shark cage!" Eva said, pointing to a large metal cage mostly submerged in water with the top sticking out slightly. "They must have been doing work on a dock or something." She said, pointing to the nearby crane.
"I think the tank is our only chance to live." Brick informed them. "We're going to have to take that chance!" He began stroking towards the cage with Eva following him. Jasmine wasn't so sure but reluctantly followed along with Izzy.
Eva climbed some of the bars on the cage and jumped in via a hole at the top. Brick waited for the other two members of his group to pass him and Izzy jumped in after Eva followed by Jasmine with Brick going in last. "Now what?" Jasmine asked them as they stuck their heads above the water.
"Uh, maybe this wasn't one of my better ideas." Eva grumbled. Jasmine looked confused and Eva pointed up bitterly. Jasmine looked up and saw the Spinosaurus looming over them. It bent over and stuck its jaws into the hole, forcing Jasmine, Eva, Brick and Izzy under the water. Fortunately, the dinosaur's jaws were much to large to open more than a few inches. The Spinosaurus growled angrily and retracted its muzzle from the cage.
Now the dino was getting smarter. It reached a hand in and it managed to fit into the cage, once again forcing the four contestants down into the cave. "This is bad!" Jasmine cried, pinning herself up against the side of the cage, her head barely above the water as the Spinosaurus's giant claws felt around.
Eva was pinned to the bottom with her holding Izzy down so she didn't do anything rash. Brick was doing the same as Jasmine although he held his breath for his head wasn't above the water.
The Spinosaurus was getting furious now. It really wanted a snack and was not going to let it get away this easily. The dinosaur took its claw out of the cage and used both hands to roll the cage around in the dark water, causing Jasmine, Brick, Eva and Izzy to tumble around inside.
"HELP!" Jasmine shouted before her head went under the surface with a blubber.
"/Censored/ you stupid dinosaur!" Eva growled, shaking a fist, now in full rage mode.
"Mommy!" Brick cried when it was his turn for a breath before the cage turned again, sending him underwater.
"Woo-hoo! This is awesome!" Izzy cackled as she went around.
Suddenly, Brick was thrown out of the cage when the opening at the top went under water. He hit a couple of rocks at the bottom and saw the Spinosaurus was still focused on the three girls inside the cage, it hadn't even noticed him.
The army cadet acted fast and swam for the surface, but a few feet away from the raging Spinosaurus which let out another angry roar. Unbeknownst to the soggy teenagers, it had begun to downpour with lightning flashing overhead. "Great, it's not like I couldn't possibly get more wet." Brick muttered, swimming quickly to the crane that was submerged in the water, most of the mechanism area already under.
Jasmine now screamed as the Spinosaurus grabbed her with its claw, tearing her vest and drawing some blood on her side. Eva and Izzy tried to pull her back underwater while holding their breaths.
Brick got into action as he had already begun climbing the crane. He was on top of the control compartment and was making his way on top of the towering metal arm that stretched high into the sky so that it was about the same height as the dinosaur, if not a bit taller. "Hey! Over here!" Brick shouted once he was a little more than halfway up the structure. He waved his hands to get the dinosaur's attention.
Seeing that one of his snacks was in plain sight and more accessible, the Spinosaurus turned and snapped at Brick while swiping at Jasmine with its wicked claws.
Under the water and in the cage, Eva tugged on Jasmine's legs as Izzy proceeded to bite the dinosaur's boney and scaly fingers. The combined effort of Izzy and Jasmine's pounding on the beast's claws caused the Spinosaurus to roar in pain and anger, releasing Jasmine into the water. The wound on her side stained the water a deep red, nearly invisible against the rest of the brackish river.
With the cage back on top, Eva climbed out of the opening at the top and jumped back into the water on the outside with Izzy coming right after her. Eva pulled Jasmine out as well and when she was in the water, the temperamental teen dived in after her.
Eva swam to the bottom of the ocean and found a flare gun resting near some rocks. She quickly grabbed it and swam after Izzy and Jasmine who were making their way to the smaller island of which the resort was on.
The Spinosaurus wasn't tall enough to snatch Brick from the top of the crane, resorting to bashing the structure with its head; this successfully knocked Brick off his balance and sent him falling to his doom, before he caught hold of the bottom of the crane and hung there with the Spinosaurus snapping at him irritably, its jaws barely out of reach.
Jasmine had made it to the island coast and helped Izzy onto the shore. The two watched the battle between the Spinosaurus and Brick as Eva furiously swam towards them, the flare gun in hand. Halfway towards the island, Eva turned around and pointed the gun up at the dinosaur.
She pulled the trigger and a large bright flare flew out of the barrel and at the dinosaur. It hit the Spinosaurus in the side, barely doing anything. However, she clicked the trigger again and another flare was shot at the water and ground around it.
Despite the ran and water, the surrounding area of the Spinosaurus went up in flames that flickered higher and higher, fencing in the dinosaur away from them and the crane, however this left Brick dangling over an ocean of flames.
The Spinosaurus let out a roar of furry and terror as the fire flickered around it, scorching some of its skin. With another trail of roars, the Spinosaurus knocked over the crane and trampled back towards the island and away from the flame, finally giving up.
Brick screamed as he and the crane plummeted into the water and fire with a loud splash. "BRICK! BRICK!" Jasmine and Izzy shouted as Eva arrived at the shore. [2]
"I know it's only virtual reality, but I wish we could have all made it out unscathed." Jasmine sighed. "What with Brick's death and my wound, this isn't going very good so far."
"What are you talking about? I'm right here!" Brick chuckled, slogging onto the sand, water dripping from his soaking wet body.
"Brick! You're alive!" Izzy exclaimed, running up and crushing him in a hug.
Brick winced. "Gah! I got a few burns and a killer belly flop." he warned. "This buzzy feeling is really uncomfortable!"
"Does it feel even more uncomfortable when I do this?" Izzy asked, squeezing his belly. Brick bit his lip and winced again. Izzy was not aware of this and continued squeezing.
"My side is all buzzy and numb, it must be hurt bad." Jasmine frowned. "It's a good thing we're all here on the shore, though." She pointed out.
"Now if there are no more interruptions, we can wait for the boats to get here." Eva breathed sitting on a rock and leaning against a palm tree.
(The Raptors – Samey and Cody)
"So, do you think we have what it takes to get out of here without being snatched up by some giant bird or something?" Samey asked Cody as the two walked through the enclosed jungle.
"Well, I don't mean to brag, but I know a thing or two about dinosaurs, I mean, I'm not an expert, but I can manage." He said, giving her a sly grin as he flexed his non-existent muscles. "Now my specialty is technology. Although, come to think of it, I haven't really shown that off a whole lot."
"Tech? That's so cool!" Samey gushed. "I was going to try out for the school play but Amy got the lead before I could even audition, I think she may have bribed the teacher in charge." She frowned. "So I did Tech Crew instead and I really liked it!" She smiled.
"Seriously?" Cody exclaimed. "That's so cool, I was on Tech Crew for my school play too!" He told her. "I was in charge of all the sound effects."
"Cool! I opened and closed the curtains and did the fog machine, it wasn't much but it was kinda fun." Samey giggled. "One time, I couldn't get the machine to work, so one of the other people on Tech Crew fiddled with it, but they accidentally pointed it at the fire alarm and it went off! The whole school had to be evacuated and the fire department came it was really funny! Well, until Amy told everyone that it was my fault." She sighed.
"Man, your sister's a real jerk! I watched your season and I'm glad you poisoned her with that apple!" Cody chuckled. "Kinda like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! I guess you're fairest in the land and Amy is the Evil Queen!" He joked.
The two shared a laugh and continued walking. "Well, I wouldn't say I poisoned her, more like gave her a bad mouth rash!" She giggled. "And technically it wasn't my fault, she just took the apple from me." She shrugged.
Cody grinned. "You're pretty funny."
"Right back at you." Samey blushed.
(Outhouse Confessional- We ship it, do you? YOU'D BETTER!)
Cody- "Sammy is totally awesome!" He grinned slyly. "She's not the total cheerleader she might look like and she's totally funny! Well, I mean cheerleaders are cool to begin with, but she's in Tech Crew too! Just like me!" He exclaimed. "I wonder if she likes me...I bet she probably does. And if she doesn't, she will soon thanks to the good 'ol Codemeister charm!" He grinned again, flexing his muscles.
Samey- "I really hope things go okay with Cody! I think he might like me, or at the very least I've gained a friend." She chuckled nervously, scratching the back of her head. "But Amy can't find out! Every time I like a boy, she steals him, or makes sure that we don't end up together." She sighed.
Amy- "Wow, my sister is really dumb!" She laughed wickedly. "She didn't think I might see her little chat with Cody? It's pretty obvious that he likes her." She rolled her eyes. "That dork is too low for me, so I'll just have to find a way to break the two apart." She decided.
The two newly-found friends continued walking through the aviary, not coming upon any exit yet. Suddenly, there was a loud squawk from above, causing Samey to yelp and get close to Cody, who didn't mind one bit.
"Oh sorry, birds kind of freak me out." Samey admitted. "Once, me and Amy went to the zoo on a school field trip and she found some bird seed and threw it at me! All of the birds in the aviary came at me and started pecking me!" She shivered.
"That's terrible!" Cody exclaimed. "Man, your sister's not the evil queen, she's a full on demon!"
(Outhouse Confessional- Oh no he di'in't!)
Amy- "Okay, he's gonna pay for that one." She hissed with a glare at the camera.
The two teammates arrived at a cliff in a misty part of the massive prehistoric flying reptile aviary. "It would appear we've reached the end of the line..." Cody frowned.
"Wait, I think I see some light!" Samey exclaimed, pointing through the mist that prevented them from seeing the other side clearly.
"Okay, so we can either risk our lives getting across, or we can head back and hope there's an exit there." Cody deduced. "I don't know about you, but I really don't wanna walk all the way back there."
"Me neither, it doesn't look too difficult." Samey said. "I think there was a railway that went through here because the two iron parts of the tracks are still here, albeit a bit broken..." She pointed out.
"There are two rock pillars in between the gorge that we have a safe land on." Cody said.
"Um...maybe not quite as safe as you think..." Samey gulped, pointing to a large nest built out of twigs, branches, leaves, and other materials commonly found in the forest around them. Inside the nest were three large pale yellow eggs with dim spots on them. "Where there's eggs, there's a mom."
"I'm not so sure about this anymore." Cody whimpered. "This jungle seems really creepy, and just in these short thirty minutes or so we've been out here, my mosquito bites spelled out Beware!" He said, rolling up his sleeve to show Samey the bug bites.
"Uh...that says Bewarb." Samey pointed out. Cody looked down and noticed she was right. He sheepishly scratched the sores and then rolled his sleeve back down. [3]
"Look, it's our only option! We've gotta get through this aviary so we can get to the beach!" Samey said. She grabbed his arm and took a step on the old iron rail. "Here goes."
Samey slowly made her way along the iron bard, all the while holding Cody's hand as he followed her. "Just don't look down, don't look down, don't look down." Cody silently chanted to himself as he closed his eyes. Of course, as with everyone who says don't look down, Cody peeked his eye open and looked down, seeing the dark chasm below. "Whoa!" He cried, nearly falling off the rail.
"What?" Samey panicked, suddenly turning to him.
"Sorry, nothing, I just looked down and it is a long drop." He gulped. "I can't even see the bottom!"
Samey looked down and saw the darkness and mist preventing her from seeing the bottom. She went white with fear and suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. "Are you okay?" Cody asked her.
Samey began hyperventilating. "Wha? Oh, yeah I'm fine." She said, although she did not sound fine. She took a deep breath and held her stomach.
"Are you sure, you look like you're about to puke..." Cody said. "Say, how would that work in the virtual reality? Virtual vomit? Ew..." He cringed.
"I might also have a slight fear of heights. It doesn't really kick in until you, ya know, look down." Samey said, holding back the gas that had erupted in her stomach due to the fear.
"It's okay, we're almost to the first pillar." Cody told her. "We can stop there and take as long as you want to recuperate." He said.
Samey nodded silently and continued to inch her way along the rail until she was at the first pillar. She suddenly began to collapse and Cody had to run over and grab her by the arm to prevent her from falling over. "I got you!" He said, holding her setting her down on the ground slowly.
"Whew, that was scary!" He exclaimed. "Unfortunately we've got two more sections to cross." He said glumly. "Do you need anything?"
"Well, water would be nice, but I don't think either of us have that." She sighed.
Cody frowned and stroked his chin in thought. "Yeah, I got nothing. Besides, it's a virtual reality, you probably don't need water. Just sit tight for a little while and we can cross again once you feel better." He said.
Samey nodded. "The only problem is that we've got a big pterodactyl nest in our way." She bit her lip.
"Well, we've just gotta hope that mama dactyl doesn't come back and the eggs don't hatch!" Cody said. "Are you okay to walk again?"
"Yeah, I think so." Samey nodded, standing up again with Cody's help. "Thanks, sorry about this, I'm just really not good with heights."
"Heh, I know the feeling. Not with heights, but uh, time bombs." he chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
Samey giggled. "I remember that episode!"
Cody went first this time, still holding Samey's hand. Samey went next and held her head higher so she didn't look down. She watched the trees above, as well as the smaller birds flying ahead. And then she spotted the pterodactyl. "Uh...Cody." She whimpered, yanking on his sleeve.
"What? Are you gonna fall over again?" He asked, genuinely concerned. Samey fearfully pointed up into the sky at the massive silhouette of the pterodactyl flying over head. After a dramatic shot of the flying reptile, it tilted its head down so that the glare was visible on its face. "That's bigger than the condor." Cody said to himself, his mouth agape.
"It thinks we're trying to take its eggs!" Samey exclaimed. "We've gotta go!" She ushered Cody to move forward and he did. The two inched faster along the rail until they reached the second pillar with the nest on it.
"No time to stop, we've gotta go again!" Samey said, dragging Cody again who was still in shock at the shear size of the creature. "Just a little bit more to go!" Samey took the lead once again and started heading across the last bit of tracks.
And then the Pterodactyl landed with an odd metallic thud right in front of them. It tilted its head as it stared them down. "Look at its eyes, they're looking in opposite directions!" Samey said.
Cody snapped out of his daze and looked at the pterodactyl. "Wait, I saw this in a movie once!" Cody said. "We've gotta stay right in front of the pterodactyl, no movement. If we're in front, it can't see us!" [4]
"It's worth a shot!" Samey gulped. The two stood incredibly still right in front of the pterodactyl's beak. Cody was right, the Pterodactyl cocked its head to the side in wonder as the people that were in front of him disappeared. The flying reptile moved its head to the side to get a better angle on the magic trick.
Samey and Cody both jumped to the other rail, the former almost slipping but managing to stay put. The Pterodactyl, not seeing any threat from any angle anymore, flew off from its perch on the rail to find more food or do whatever it is pterodactyls do.
Samey and Cody both breathed sighs of relief. And made their way to the other side again. "Finally!" Cody breathed once they were on the other side. "This fog makes it impossible to see! But if the lighting is correct, we've made it to the end!"
The Ladies Man walked forward and suddenly hit a screen. "Ow!" He cried, nursing his bruised nose. "Huh?" He looked at the screen in front of him. "It's some sort of interactive digital information screen." He said.
"I saw something like that at the zoo on the field trip I was telling you about, you know the one where I developed a fear of birds?" Samey recalled. "The light from it must have been what we were seeing! It's not the end!" She sighed.
"Well, it may not be the end, but it's not the end of the line either." Cody pointed to their left where a set of rope bridges began. Once again, most of it disappeared into the fog.
"There's two bridges to choose from!" Samey exclaimed.
"I think we're gonna have to split up." Cody said. "They can't go too far from each other. If one of us finds the exit, we'll just call for the other to retrace their steps and go on the other one." He said.
"Sounds like a good plan. It's also our only option because I am not going back on that!" Samey shook her head, jabbing a thumb back at the rails they had just crossed.
"Same." Cody nodded. "I'll take right, you take left." He instructed.
"Be careful, there might be some old or rotting boards that could break under your feet, or even some that are missing!" Samey warned. With that, Samey took a careful first step onto the left rope bridge while Cody began on the right.
The two disappeared into the fog on their separate bridges. As Cody walked along, there was a old wooden creak from the bridge. He paced along, not letting go of the old withered rope that acted as a railing.
"I'm not coming to an end! How 'bout you?" Cody asked.
There was no response and Cody raised an eyebrow in confusion. He was about to say something when Samey let out a shriek. "Sammy!" He cried, quickly running back the way he'd come.
Through the fog he could see the tip of a wing flapping, and then it was gone. The sighting was followed by a shriek from the pterodactyl that had carried her off. Cody came back tot he rock ledge and went across the bridge Samey had crossed. He got about halfway and found a lone white boot lying on the bridge. "No!" He cursed.
Cody picked up the boot and continued along Samey's bridge warily, holding the boot like a club should another winged terror try and snatch him up.
Cody continued walking, spinning around every time he heard a noise. There was another sudden squawk and another pterodactyl came towards him, talons spread, ready to grab him and/or impale him.
Cody slapped the Pteranodon in the face with Samey's boot, hard enough that it could send a tooth flying, you know, if pterodactyls had teeth. The pterodactyl let out a pained shriek and flew off. Cody breathed a sigh of relief and quickly scampered along the rest of the bridge before another pterodactyl could attack him.
"Finally!" He shouted to the heavens once he arrived at the other side of the bridge. It was a ledge with a large glass door that would normally be automatic but was now smashed open. Cody carefully stepped through the shattered glass and out into the open. He looked behind him and found that the entire aviary was inside a giant glass dome.
"Okay...where to now..." he wondered looked around. One pathway lead to a Main Street area, while the other one lead to the Spinosaurus exhibit and the petting zoo. Cody decided Main Street had less possibly-escaped-dinosaurs.
(The Sauropods – Dave & Sky)
The two rolled along in their glass Gyrosphere. They had left the Deinonychus pack a while back and where now slowly headed into a Boreal forest. "What are you doing? Forests don't lead to shore!" Dave shouted, trying to take the controls from Sky.
Sky yanked the joystick away from him, accidentally sending them to the right, almost hitting a tree. "It's the only way we can go! We can't go back to the station and the entire right side of the plains are bordered by mountains!" Sky argued, gesturing back to the grassland behind them with a mountain rage walling it in.
Dave rolled his eyes. "Fine, but if there's no beach in the next ten minutes, I'm taking control." He snapped, crossing his arms and pouting.
Sky sighed and pushed the joystick forward, rolling the glass sphere carefully through the forest. Despite all the twigs and leaves on the ground, the Gyrosphere moved quite silently with an almost futuristic hum. "Whoa!" Sky exclaimed. "More dinosaurs!"
"Please be plant-eaters." Dave prayed, curling up in fetal position.
"Look, they're eating the bushes, they're probably herbivores, they're pretty big too." Sky pointed out. The dinosaurs almost looked like turtles with their armored 'shells' and beaks. The armor on their back was littered with spikes upon spikes, not to mention the long tail that ended with a hard club that could break any bone in a T-Rex's body.
"Let's just get out of here before they decide they're carnivores and try to eat us!" Dave whimpered. Sky tried to slowly move past them, but that's when one of the Ankylosauruses swung at them with their mighty cub tail, slamming into the side of the Gyrosphere.
Thankfully, the orb was made of glass, protected by strong materials so it didn't shatter. Sky and Dave however was still pushed far off through the forest with a scream, sliding into the dirt and crashing to a halt in a built-up mound of dirt.
"Great, it's broken." Sky sighed.
"Broken?!" Dave cried. "But that means we're stuck out here! What's worse is that I won't get to steer!" He complained.
Sky glared at him. "There's like, five of them! Why did it decide to hit us, we weren't a threat!" Sky wondered. "That's a low blow." She huffed.
"Uh...five? I count six." Dave whimpered. Sky raised an eyebrow. Dave gulped and pointed out. "One, two, three, four, five," He said, pointing to the five Ankylosauruses, "...Six." He pointed to the reflection in the glass.
Sky looked up as saw a large, brown Giganotosaurus standing there, glaring them down. The herd of Ankylosaurus began scrambling, but the therapod was already after them. It tried to bite one of the dinosaurs but the shell was too hard and it couldn't get a good grip. The terrified Ankylosaurus whipped its tail around and clubbed the Giganotosaurus in the stomach, sending visible pain through the dinosaur.
The Giganotosaurus roared in pain literally smacked the side of the Ankylosaurus with its own head, sending it flying into a tree. The herbivore managed to get up and flee with the rest of its herd before the Giganotosaurus could pursue.
"Don't...make...a sound." Sky hissed. "Don't move either." She stood completely still while Dave completely ignored her advice and rocked back and forth like a baby, quietly crying to himself.
Sky was not amused as the Giganotosaurus eyed them in their Gyrosphere. The rest of its prey had run off, but they were still sitting there, unable to move. The Giganotosaurus stalked over to them and surveyed the protection around them.
The carnivore then opened its jaws and tried to clamp them shut on Sky and Dave, but its teeth couldn't get around the Gyrosphere, nor could they get grip on the glass. The Giganotosaurus dropped the glass ball, cracking it slightly. "We're cracking!" Dave cried, much to Sky's annoyance. The athlete shushed him by putting her hand over his mouth. Dave didn't like this one bit.
"Get your hand off of my mouth!" He snarled. "I don't want you touching me!" He ripped her hand from his mouth and slapped it away.
"Excuse me for trying to save us form a dinosaur!" Sky snapped back. "If you'd just shut up and not move, it might go away!"
"It clearly knows we're here, and it's trying to get inside! Sooner or later this thing is gonna break and he'll eat us!" Dave shouted at her.
"Yeah, because of you!" Sky retorted as the glass continued to crack, small pits shattering. The Giganotosaurus did not relent picking up the Gyrosphere with its mouth and dropped it onto the ground.
After many tries, the glass started to shatter in large amounts. "We're doomed!" Dave wailed, huddled in fetal position again. Suddenly, the glass underneath them gave out.
"Dave, I've got a plan!" Sky told him as the dinosaur continued to smash the Gyrosphere. "Unhook your seat-belt and slip out of the Gyrosphere while it's distracted!" Sky instructed.
"But we're gonna die!" Dave shouted.
"It's worth trying! This thing is breaking, we're gonna die either way. We can either stay here and get eaten, or risk getting eaten with a possibility of living." Sky told him. "Now just do it!" She tapped the orange button that secured her seat-belt and it came undone. The next time the Giganotosaurus lifted the ball up, Sky rolled out and bolted from the scene.
Dave did the same right after her, screaming the entire time. It took the Giganotosaurus a moment to realize its prey had just escaped before it began chasing after them. "Hurry, Dave!" Sky hollered.
The two ran through the forest, dodging trees while the Giganotosaurus simply bashed its head against the trunks, turning them into logs and splinters. "There's a cliff with a waterfall! We've gotta jump in, it probably won't follow us!" Sky exclaimed.
"Probably?!" Dave cried.
"There's no time, jump in!" Sky shouted at him, ushering him to go first.
"You go first!" Dave argued.
"We don't have time for this!" Sky grit her teeth.
The Giganotosaurus burst out of the forest and came running at them with a roar. Dave quickly shoved Sky off the cliff as the Giganotosaurus proceeded to snap up the Germophobe in one fell swoop.
(Outhouse Confessional- And guys say girls are confusing!)
Dave- He glares at the camera. "I want to be the one to bring her down, not some dumb dinosaur." He said menacingly, narrowing his eyes.
Sky- "Okay, guys are always saying how girls are complicated, but I do not get Dave! One minute he's glaring at me and arguing with me and the next he pushes me out of danger and gets eaten instead! Not to mention he picked me first for his team! Do you still like me or not?" She asked, slightly annoyed.
The camera cut back to the outside of the VR with Dave walking over to the bench. Samey and Max already sat next to the other contestants that had been eliminated from the VR game.
By now the sky had grown dark as the VR had gone from the afternoon and further into the day. A few stars shown in the sky as Chris and Chef laid back on their lawn chairs. "The stars sure are pretty tonight." Chris said to break the ice as romantic music seemed to play eerily from some undisclosed location. [5]
"Okay, this is gettin' weird." Chef announced, getting up. "I'm gonna go grab some grub." He said, walking off.
"Whatever, I guess you're gonna miss the big bang when I kick things up a notch." Chris shrugged, pulling out his remote again. He pressed the red button and yet again, nothing happened.
"You never cease to amaze, Chris." Chef rolled his eyes.
"Just be patient!" The host snapped. "You'll see in a minute. Let's just say things won't be high-flying for our competitors anymore!" He grinned.
"That was terrible." Chef remarked.
(The Pterodactyls – Scarlett, Katie and Bridgette)
The three teammates had left the Mosasaur feeding tank and were now headed for Main Street. "Thank goodness it stopped raining!" Katie breathed a sigh of relief, wringing out her hair. "I know it's only virtual reality, but water is so not my hair's friend."
"Let me guess, that's Sadie?" Scarlett deadpanned.
"How'd you know? Her hair and my hair are so best friends! They're even matched like us!" Katie giggled.
"Whoa! What's that?!" Bridgette exclaimed, pointing up in the sky where a helicopter was falling out of the sky at a rapid pace.
"It must be another obstacle courtesy of Chris." Scarlett deduced. "Similar to the rain and change of day." She explained.
A dull, thundering boom! rocked the earth and shook Bridgette to her core, nearly knocking the Surfer and her two unlikely companions off of their feet as they instinctively clapped their hands over their ears for protection; Katie was saying something, screaming seemed to be the more appropriate term for it, but Bridgette couldn't make out anything over the shrill ringing in her ears even with her fingers jammed protectively into them to block out the noise.
Her eyes searched frantically for the source of what undoubtedly had been an explosion of some kind until they focused on a single figure that was gliding through the air above them; at first she thought it was a harmless bird, but upon closer inspection it had much broader wings and lacked anything even close to feathers, not to mention it possessed a long, whip-like tail from the base of its spine.
"The aviary!" Bridgette realized, her line of sight trailing what she recognized to be a pterosaur of some kind out off into the distance where a large, fiery column of smoke was rising from the earth. Reverberating warbles and shrill shrieks echoed through the air as dozens of frightened and skittish pterodactyls and pteranodons and pterosaurs fled the chaos on their leathery wings, flapping in all directions and heading directly towards the main strip in a hungry flock of what looked to number in the hundreds.
Katie looked up and saw one of the aforementioned leathery-winged pterosaurs swooping down at her, talons spread wide. The thin girl let out a blood-curdling scream as the black and brown Ludodactylus snatched her up by the back of her shirt, the talons digging into the fabric of her top; the animal was about the size of Katie and had several, needle-like teeth that jutted out haphazardly from the beak in some horrific, orthodontist's nightmare.
"Let me go you big bird!" Katie cried, reaching her arms back and trying to punch the flying reptile's claws from her shirt. She continued to rapidly hit the scaly feet but it was no use, her punches just felt like light taps to the pterosaur.
"Crap! Katie just got taken away!" Bridgette realized with horror. Just as she said this another, much smaller pterosaur attacked her, going for her face; it had leathery wings that were orange on the tops and pale yellow on the bottoms. It was only about the size of her face, but it didn't need to be much bigger to do the same amount of damage.
The little Rhamphorhynchus dug its talons and small, yet effectively sharp teeth, into Bridgette's face and neck, causing a small trickle of blood to seep from her cheek. Bridgette let out a pained screaming, trying to pull the little vermin from her face.
Scarlett got attacked too, one swooping down on her face and the other clawing at her legs, mostly cutting the elastics on her long socks. Scarlett reached out blindly until she got a grip on the Rhamphorhynchus's naked scaly tail, which ended in a diamond shape. With a surprising amount of muscle, she ripped the reptile from her bloodied face and slammed it down on the pavement, quickly sending a heel into the creature's lung space.
She left the dead pterosaur on the asphalt as she approached the second one. The brainiac grabbed the little winged dinosaur by neck and twisted it just so to the point that an uncomfortable-sounding crack came from the neck-bones, killing it. Scarlett dropped the dead animal's carcass and whirled around to see flocks of the pterosaurs by the dozens. Scarlett ducked out of the way as one of them flew at her, missing by a few inches and smacking into a lamp post behind her.
While the brainiac was not opposed to bloody corpses, the one that Bridgette's body displayed was a bit too much. Her face had practically been ripped off to the point where she wasn't even recognizable anymore. Blood seeped from her forehead, falling into her eyes which were no longer of use now that she had been torn apart.
"Yikes, never saw it coming." Scarlett grimaced, leaving the scene and ducking into a gift shop as the pterosaurs of all shapes and sized flew past the windows.
Meanwhile, in the air, Katie was still struggling desperately to get the flying dinosaur to release her. "Please? Pretty please?" Katie begged after giving up.
Suddenly a thundering explosion rocked the water as the Mosasaur erupted from the water, right under Katie and the Ludodactylus. The giant, blue aquatic creature clamped its toothy jaws around Katie and the pterosaur, swallowing them whole as it sank back into the depths, sending more water spraying in all directions as it went back under.
(Dawn, B, Trent and Harold)
The four teens walked through the jungle, brushing away wet leaves and broken branches that tended to block the path in front of them. "I sense we're nearing the end. We've just got a bit more jungle to go through and then a prairie, and we should be there." Dawn told them.
"Good, because my virtual feet are killing me!" Harold said, holding his shoe. "The numb feeling is probably not a good sign." he winced.
"That's just the VR replacing pain with numbness. If it were real, you'd probably have blisters all over your feet." Trent explained.
"Well, yeah, I knew that." Harold told him. "I'm just saying that if it's numb, it's probably painful."
The continued chatting until a rustling in the flaky bushes caught their attention. They both turned, as did Dawn and B, and suddenly Dakota burst out of the bushes, screaming. 'Whoa, whoa, what's going on?" Dawn asked her in a very concerned manner.
"Giant alligator, Rodney and Amy eaten, it tried to follow me!" She said all at once, breathing and panting heavily. Just as she said that, Cody burst through the bushes behind her.
"Whoa, did I interrupt something?" He asked, stumbling to a stop in front of the scene.
"Oh, another member." Dawn chirped. "Welcome!"
"We're not all on the same team but we've decided to try to get to the beach together." Trent explained. "Say, why are you alone, did you spawn that way?"
"Samey got carried away by a pterodactyl." he said solemnly, hanging his head. "It was kind of my fault. We decided to split up in the aviary and one of them got her through the fog. But what's more important is that there are hundreds of flying bird-reptile things flying everywhere thanks to some helicopter that crashed into the aviary!"
"Whoa, a helicopter crashed into the aviary?" Trent exclaimed. "That must have been the racket we heard coming from your direction."
"Well as long as we're all here together we can keep trekking forward and get to the beach." Dawn smiled.
The six of them headed off again, Cody, B and Dawn in the back, Dakota in the middle, and Harold and Trent taking up the front. "So, what do you think about my suggestion?" Harold asked Trent, whispering a bit quietly so the others didn't hear.
"I don't know yet. I'm still kind of attached to Gwen." Trent admitted. "I mean, now that she's single, there might be hope." He said.
"Yes, but what if there's not, then Samey might be taken by some guy already and you'll still have no one. She's a pretty lovely lady, not as lovely as my LeShawna of course, but she's still pretty hot." Harold said.
"I'm still not sure, Dawn already said she'd help me with my Gwen problem. She also said that there was someone else for Samey." Trent reminded him.
Harold huffed. "Fine, take some random girl's advice and ignore your friend who's competed with you twice." He rolled his eyes. "Gosh." The ubber nerd walked on ahead, leaving Trent behind with the others.
(Outhouse Confessional- Harold the Love God?)
Harold- "Dawn thinks she knows everything." He pouted 'all-knowingly'. "She probably just stalks people like Sierra and claims that she can 'read their auras'. Trent's going down the wrong path." He shook his head. "If he was smart, he'd listen to me."
The six teens came to the edge of the forest, now looking out on a wide clearing of long grass. "No one would by chance have a torch or something else that could be used to light the way?" Dawn asked.
B held up a finger and smiled smugly. He opened his jacket and reached around for a pit, pulling out an alarm clock, a book, a snake, a bucket of fish, and a lamp before finally finding a box of matches.
The inventor pulled one out and struck it against the side of the box that was used for such a thing. The match was lit in no time and it was there that B picked up a stick and lit it with the match. He handed it to Harold and put the matches away.
"Nice job, B!" Harold complimented. "I could have done the same thing, for I too have a box of matches. But no matter, I can save them for another occasion." He nodded, turning around and lighting the way.
The six teens began making their way through the tall grass, pushing back the stands of grass to make a path. Dawn touched two fingers to her head and gasped. "Oh no, I sense something wrong. Something very, very wrong." She said. "We need to get out of here!"
"Oh please, it's fine." Harold rolled his eyes. "We're too far through to go back anyway; a Muskrat Boy never gives up. Gosh!"
Despite Dawn's warning, the group of contestants trekked on anyway, cutting through the long grass, sending off a rustling sound. Dawn looked nervous as she reluctantly continued along with them. "B, we should head back. What do you think?" Dawn asked. The moonchild turned around but B wasn't there. "B? B! Where did you go?!"
Dakota, Cody, Harold and Trent all turned around and saw that Dawn was right. B had just disappeared out of thin air. "Well, he is silent, heh-heh." Cody chuckled nervously.
"I told you it was dangerous!" Dawn cried. "Come on, we need to head back!" She pleaded.
"No way, I'm sick and tired of hearing how you're always right!" Harold snapped. "B probably just walked off thinking that you were right." He rolled his eyes, turning back around and continuing on. As much as Dawn didn't want to, she didn't have a leg to stand on so she was forced to follow them through the grass, but she made sure to stick close and not lag behind them.
An overview shot of the field showed three swaths snaking their way through the grass, headed right for the traveling group. Suddenly, Trent was grabbed by a clawed and scaly brown hand that poked out of the grass; the musician was quickly taken screaming.
This sent the remaining campers into a frenzy, running and screaming, not knowing who would be picked off next or what was after them or where they were coming from. "Run! We have to make it out of the field!" Dawn exclaimed, running forwards.
All of a sudden a Velociraptor leaped from the grass, its sharp toe-claws outstretched and quite visible. The medium-sized dinosaur's jaw was opened wide, showing off rows of sharp, glistening teeth that were illuminated by the torch that Harold held.
"AAAAUGH!" Harold was easily taken down by the more muscular and lethal Velociraptor. Now the swaths in the grass were all there, trying to attack the other teens.
"Cody, let's go!" Dawn shouted, grabbing the nerd's collar and pulling him through the grass. Behind them Harold's dropped torch landed in the dry grass and quickly set fire to the entire prairie, the crackling of dry plants filling the air along with the screams of contestants and the hissing of the Velociraptors.
"Dakota, what are you doing?" Cody tried, trying tor each out to grab her as Dawn pulled him away.
Dakota stood her ground and turned her head to shout back at her fleeing teammates. "Go! I'll hold them off!" she yelled.
"Dakota-" Dawn tried to plea.
"JUST GO! Before you get hurt!" she snarled, her voice greatly distorted and guttural as her body began to shift and change uncontrollably. Her arms began to swell and bloat horribly, her veins popping out from her skin and pumping new blood through her circulatory system; her hands began to tremble and twitch in response, suddenly exploding in size and strength into wicked, dagger-like claws that looked like they could have easily impaled a person with one swipe of the tremendous muscles that now weaved and threaded themselves beneath Dakota's quickly toughening skin. Her bones started to strengthen and grow bigger, thin rods to support her weight thrusting themselves through her marrow to increase her durability while her height increased dramatically until she was more than three times her previous height. Her windswept, blonde hair start to shed and shorten into sharp, green spikes as her eyes widened into golden orbs that glared intently at the dark night as if it were day; Dakota's jaw crunched and snapped loudly as large fangs thrust themselves through her gums and teeth and a long, reptilian tail whipped itself out from the base of her spine, tearing a decent size hole in her pants. Pointed bone spikes jutted out of her neck and elbows as her feet ripped through her shoes, ending the transformation as Dakotazoid let out an air-shattering, bestial roar that echoed across the field.
The Velociraptor's attention snapped up from their bloody kills as they cocked their heads with interest at the new addition to the unspoken food chain that had been established on the island they now ruled; despite their size and savagery, the dinosaur's heads were remarkably intelligent and were more than capable of distinguishing that this new creature, no matter how big it was, was all alone against the three of them.
An easy kill.
With a chorus of roars and screeches the raptors charged straight at Dakotazoid, splitting off to surround the towering mutant on all sides as one of the Velociraptors took the first lung at her with jaws wide open and claws outstretched; Dakotazoid bellowed angrily and gave a mighty swing of her wicked claws, barely even noticing as her massive hand collided with the puny predator and sent it flying across the field and into a tree at the edge of the clearing, instantly killing it from a broken spine and shock. The other two raptors moved while Dakotazoid was distracted, the first leaping up onto her back and digging its claws deep into her skin as the other swiftly weaved and dodged her attacks to keep her distracted until Dakotazoid gave a quick twist of her body and cracked her tail across its face, stunning it long enough for her to crush the Velociraptor underfoot and kill it instantly.
The Velociraptor upon Dakotazoid's back paused in its feverish biting and scratching to raise its head towards the sky and give off a loud, long, chattering howl that echoed out across the field before it swiftly managed to dodge a swipe of its prey's claws. More raptors came racing through the grass as fluid as the shadows that stretched across the field, charging right at Dakotazoid and pouncing upon her without hesitation and digging their curved claws into her skin to open new wounds.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!" Dakotazoid roared, her voice barely distinguished from one of the other, prehistoric predators that stalked the island; she dropped down to all fours and barreled through the grass as fast as she could, her head lowered like a battering ram and sending frightened and skittish Velociraptors scattering for fear of getting struck by her rock solid skull and consequently trampled underfoot. The Velociraptors upon her back dug their claws deeper into her skin, lest they fall off like a few of their unlucky comrades as Dakotazoid skidded to a halt and shot back up straight once more, shaking several more raptors off of her as she roared in defiance.
"Dakota!" Cody cried.
Dawn worriedly tugged on Cody's arm. "I am quite certain Dakota will be fine. She is rather strong." she tried to reassure him; with a slight nod, Cody allowed himself to have his limp body dragged back into the jungle as Dakotazoid swiped her claws and sent several raptors flying, only to replaced by nearly a dozen more.
Dakotazoid growled menacingly at the massive pack of hungry raptors that surrounded her on all sides, one of her gigantic hands planted firmly on the ground to support her slowly tiring body and the other one clenched into a crushing fist while she gnashed her teeth angrily; her immense strength and temper were all that was keeping the Velociraptors, nearly half a hundred of them if her now primitive mind counted correctly, from pouncing on her and tearing her limb from limb and stripping her to nothing more than a gigantic pile of bones.
With deep, ragged breathing, she paused and took a deep sniff of the air, taking in numerous scents of the wet grass, the rotting stench of blood and decay, the putrid odor of the raptors that surrounded her on all sides; thankfully though, she didn't smell the scent of the cheap cologne that Cody wore in a pathetic attempt to try and flatter the ladies or the sharp, crisp scent of Dawn that smelled oddly like blooming flowers and fresh leaves. They were safe for now.
But Dakotazoid smelled something else, something triggered a behavior, an instinct that lay dormant in the back of her twisted, primitive, predatory mind: the ashy scent of smoke. And that meant fire. And fire was bad. Very bad.
Now that she had noticed it, she caught sight of bright, crackling flames quickly snaking and barreling through the dry grass, eating away at it like starving wolves that consumed everything in sight and surrounded Dakotazoid and the Velociraptor's on all sides; her instincts were telling her to run and live to fight another day, but the raptors seemed to think otherwise, believing the fire to be something of a cover and advantage as they edged in closer, nipping the air cautiously. An either incredibly brave or incredibly foolish raptor suddenly lunged for her, arms tucked tight up against its body and jaws ready to delivering a killing bite to the throat with its leg muscles bunched up and ready to spring, only to be snatched up into the air and roughly slammed against the ground like a rag doll by Dakotazoid's heavy hands.
"Come on, big lizards! You want Dakota, come get piece of Dakota!" she bellowed angrily, throwing the unfortunate, dying raptor into the pack where it was all but instantaneously devoured alive by its brothers and sisters; as if given a cue, the raptors all sped forward as one with the searing, hot flames licking at their heels, screeching and hooting and bellowing as they moved in a single, fluid pack of motion that collided against Dakotazoid like a tidal wave, only to scattered and blasted by her raw strength and power.
Dakotazoid roared and repeatedly swung her claws in a feverish manner, the dry grass staining red as her claws tore messily into the dinosaurs and crimson splattered across her dull, orange skin; a Velociraptor pounced upon her back and sunk its lethal jaws into the back of her neck, eliciting a roar of instinctive pain from Dakotazoid as several other raptors took the open opportunity and lunged at her, digging their claws and teeth deep into her muscle and tissue and savagely tearing out messy chunks of her flesh that she barely felt, save for a familiar, numbing sensation.
The air was dry against her cracking skin and the smoke was starting to get to her as her massive, heaving lungs worked against her and began to distort her vision so that she was only dodging and blocking the dinosaur's attempts to kill her just barely. A lucky Velociraptor lunged at her face, sinking the sickle claws on its feet deep into her head as she roared and tore it off, holding it by the tail as she used it as a weapon to beat its own pack members over the head before carelessly throwing it away like a broken toy.
It was an absolute feeding frenzy as the Velociraptors split among the themselves to feed upon the dying members of their pack that had fallen victim to the roaring flames and their prey's tremendous strength or continue the battle against Dakotazoid as she steadily began to weaken; whatever thoughts they had before were now entirely focused on killing and consuming, forgoing their own safety at the promise of a meal as the burning field began to overtake them, forcing them in closer and closer to Dakotazoid's flying fists and cracking tail while a few more stubborn raptors burst into flame and fell amongst their charred comrades.
"Dakota mad! Dakota smash!" Dakotazoid coughed in a rasping tone as she continued to fight; she couldn't stop fighting, wouldn't stop fighting until her teammates were safe and until every last one of the scaly buggers were dead and six feet under, even at the cost of her virtual life. With whatever strength she had left, Dakotazoid gave a final roar of defiance and dove back into the battle as the roaring flames consumed the lot of them.
(Outhouse Confessional- Well...that was fast)
Harold- "Okay, maybe Dawn was right." He sighed. "And of course it was my downfall." he hung his head. "Maybe I can try making it up to her."
(The Sauropods – Courtney and Scott)
Courtney and Scott wandered the orange and yellow halls of the resort. The two had left the waterpark and and turned down the wrong hall. They'd only realized it once they were lost in the seemingly endless corridors with room doors lining every wall.
"Thanks a lot for getting us lost." Courtney muttered. "I was telling you that the lobby was just past that elevator and those staircases! I even heard the fountain trickling!"
"Then why did you decide to follow me?" Scott asked.
"Because I don't want to be by myself!" She snapped. "And not because I'm scared." She narrowed her eyes at him. "With crazy dinosaurs and other prehistoric things running around, the last thing I want to happen is to run into one by myself!"
"Sure." Scott said sarcastically, rolling his eyes, knowing the real reason she didn't want to be alone (or at least he thought he did).
"Look, a sign!" Courtney exclaimed, running up to the wooden sign that hung from one of the walls. It was on a corner that allowed guests to either go left or right. "It says the Lobby is that way." She said, pointing to the left. Scott reluctantly followed her down the all and around a few turns until they came to the lobby.
A large fountain sat in the middle with different statues of dinosaurs in the water, fountain water trickling out of their mouths. Various coins could be seen on the floor of the fountain, but what was most noticeable was the massive Brachiosaurus skeleton that wound through the lobby. Both feet were submerged in the fountain while the neck extended high up to the ceiling, facing the revolving doors that acted as the entrance/exit. The tail went under a walkway on the second floor while a large pole that turned out to be an elevator stood near the side of the fountain.
To one side was a large hut with a fake sauropod's neck and head sticking out, a sign hanging form the neck that read: Sweet Tooth. Scott looked into the hut and saw that many candies and treats were sitting inside glass cases. "Holy kitchen rats! Look at those sweets!" He grinned, licking his savory lips.
"Come on, we need to get going." Courtney snapped, grabbing Scott by the arm and dragging him from the hut. On the other side of the lobby was the front desk while on the other side of the elevator and stairs was the entrance to the waterpark they had come from, as well as a restaurant.
Courtney and Scott went through the revolving doors and came to the parking-lot which had a pathway to the beach, as well as to a bridge that lead to the park itself. "We should go to across the bridge and to the park so we're on the other island's beach. I'm pretty sure that's where the boats will be." Courtney decided.
The two made their way for the bridge when the sound of small, clawed feet against pavement was heard behind them. Scott turned around to see several small dinosaurs that resembled Velociraptors but lacked the large toe claw. They were also much smaller and had feathers on most of their body including their tail, the elbows and parts of their arms, and their legs.
The pack of five Compsognathuses came running at them. "Wah! Run!" Courtney cried, running through the parking-lot and towards the bridge.
"Oh please. I'm not gonna be taken down by a bunch of chickens." Scott rolled his eyes; the flock of Compsognathus briefly regarded him with mild interest as something more than food before savagely hissing and screeching at him and leaping upon him with open jaws and needle-like claws as they pulled him down to the ground and hungrily bit and scratched with almost uncontrollable desire. "Gah! I'm being taken down by a bunch of chickens!"
"Scott!" Courtney cried, but it was too late; the group of small therapods had quickly dismembered the farm boy and were gnawing the still warm flesh from his bones, a pair of the Compsognathus fighting over a strip of meat as a third regarded Courtney with a bloody muzzle and hissed venomously at her, as if daring her to try and take the kill they had worked so hard for away from the,.
Courtney screamed and ran across the bridge, mixed emotions of fear and sadness. While she didn't like to admit it, she somewhat enjoyed Scott's company. Not to mention seeing him be devoured made her heart skip a beat. It was like a bad dream that was played out in front of her eyes.
(Contestants – Overall)
LeShawna and Duncan had ridden the Apatosaurus through the forest and all the way to the beach without a problem. Once they were close to the beach the jumped off of the dinosaur and made their way to the sandy shore. The Apatosaurus grazed on some trees, not even knowing they'd had a passenger.
Gwen had managed to to get away from the angry Stegosaurus mother and her comrades and was currently making her way through the thick tropical forest. After being lost for a while, she finally made her way to the beach. Seeing no one there, the Goth decided to scale the beach and head towards the front of the island.
Sky surfaced from the water, wet, confused, and tired. She hadn't felt that tired since she'd finished second in the regional running and hurdling event. The Gymnast slogged out of the water and saw a trail of broken branches and flattened grass going through the forest. She decided it was her only path to go through and so she headed out.
Jasmine, Brick, Izzy and Eva were all waiting at the beach. Duncan and LeShawna had arrived a bit later, but after hearing so much commotion coming from back on Main Street, Jasmine, Brick, Izzy and Eva decided to head back and try to save some of their own, much to Eva's objections.
(The Pterodactyls – Owen and Noah)
"Man, this VR feels like it's been going on for hours." Owen said, holding his head in a tired fashion. "I can't wait to take a virtual nap."
"Okay, you are not falling asleep while we're in here." Noah warned him. "It'll probably be over soon." He told him. The two wandered through the behind-the-scenes maintenance area with no clue as to where they were going. "There's gotta be a map around here somewhere that points to a beach exit."
"Maybe one of these buttons will tell us." Owen suggested, pointing to one of the many buttons on the wall.
"No! Don't press those!" Noah cried, running over and stopping him as he was just inches from pressing one of them. "They could open one of the dinosaur exhibits! We don't know what's around us!"
"Oh, good point." Owen nodded, yawning afterward. "Wow, I really hope we win because I'm gonna need to go to bed early!"
"You need to be alert, you never know when one of those dinosaurs might jump out of nowhere." Noah warned.
"Maybe they won't be hungry if they're sleeping! If I'm tired then maybe they are too!" Owen suggested.
"Being tired never stops you from eating." Noah rolled his eyes. "Just follow me and don't touch anything!"
"Whatever...you...say." Owen said in between more yawns.
The two continued walking until Noah heard a loud thump. He turned around to see that Owen had conked out and fallen against the wall. Through the loud snoring and drool coming form Owen's mouth, it took Noah a while to realize that he had landed on a panel of buttons. "No!" The bookworm cried, running over and pulling the oaf off of the buttons.
Suddenly there was an alarm sounding. First it was faint and then it got louder. Noah turned around to see that a large metal door was opening. His heart skipped a beat as he saw what stood in the doorway.
Standing in the doorway, facing the two teens was the single scariest dinosaur imaginable. It was white, not like most dinosaurs. It had razor sharp teeth with dried bits of blood on the tips. It strongly resembled a T-Rex, but it had an armored back like an Ankylosaurus and its arms were much longer, able to grab something and shove it into its mouth. The beast's long tail had spines thorning out in all directions with a large armored club at the end. [6]
The monster let out a roar equivalent in volume to a jet-engine, blowing Noah's hair back. The cynic quickly scrambled as the Indominus Rex came forward, swiping at him and missing. It then went for the sleeping Owen, grabbing it in its hand and throwing him into its toothy mouth, much to Noah's horror.
Noah ran like had never run before, his heart beating fast and his mind racing a mile-a-minute. After a moment of devouring Owen, the Indominus Rex was at it for more, running after Noah with a Thump! Thump! Thump! that almost knocked him off of his feet as he ran for his life.
(Main Street)
Main Street was a shadow of its former self, the tall, lush palm trees that dotted the strip lined with various restaurants and shops now reduced to stumps and splinters, several of the shops now lying in ruins with their various wares scattered about, and the towering skeletons of ancient, prehistoric predators that time had forgotten now had their bones discarded carelessly like forgotten toys; the cool, black night made the small fires that lingered about seem to burn brighter and hotter than before, illuminating the corpses and bodies of the fallen that had been taken by the island's will.
Geoff panted heavily as he ran for his life, leaping over a fallen timber as a rather large and rather hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex stomped after him with its sights locked onto the back of his cowboy hat. "C'mon, Dino Dude! Can't we talk this out!?"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGRR!" was the tyrannosaur's response.
"Alright, no talk! Just run!" Geoff gulped as he took his hands off of his ears in a protective gesture and continued to run while screaming for help, his pleas barely heard over the animal's heavy breathing and even heavier footsteps.
A higher, more shrill scream caught the Party Dude's attention and he briefly turned his focus towards a gift shop that had once sold plush Triceratops and Velociraptors that looked more like they wanted to hug you than bite your face off and felt his heart beat even faster when Noah came screaming out at the top of his lungs; the shop exploded in a shower of wood and plaster, orchestrated by an ear-splitting roar that shook Geoff to his very core and made him wet his virtual pants when the Indominus Rex came charging out after the cynic.
As if on cue, Cody came hurtling out of the nearby jungle with Dawn hot on his heels, the two of them pausing to rest and catch their breath before they would most likely have to start running for their virtual lives once more; the air was filled with the crackling of flames and guttural growls of apex predators as dozens of remaining pterosaurs that had camped out and made the Main Street their temporary roost flitted about almost lazily while keeping a respective wide berth of something that the two of them couldn't quite make out. Cody put a finger to his lips and cautiously took a small peek out from behind the maintenance building they had come out behind, his eyes widening with horror as he quickly dove back and instinctively pressed himself against the wall.
"D-Don't go out th-there." she gulped, sweating nervously as a low rumble rippled through the ground as if responding to his anxiousness; Dawn didn't need to be told twice and quietly nodded as she made her way over to a ladder bolted into the back of the building and quietly, stealthily climbed up for a better vantage point, leaving Cody to watch her back and scan the jungle for danger.
"It's Dino Time, dude!" Geoff called out to Noah.
"What does that even mean!?" he shrieked.
"RUN FASTER!" was all Geoff said as he grabbed Noah by the wrist and swiftly dove into a side alley between buildings, throwing the two of them as far down the space as possible and away from the Tyrannosaurus' lethal jaws that snapped shut at the front of alley; the tremendous teeth vanished as the dinosaur's head lowered down and glared at them with a single, golden eye that looked at them with hunger.
Noah frowned. "Great. Cornered by a big lizard. This is exactly how I wanted to go out." he grumbled sarcastically.
"I know, right? Totally awesome!" Geoff grinned.
Dawn watched with worry as she peered over the edge of the roof, biting her lip as she surveyed the area before her; a Tyrannosaurus Rex had its entire attention focused on something stuck in an alley between two buildings that it was trying to muster its head through, ignoring the chaos and fire that surrounded it as the Indominus Rex stomped around at the far end of the strip in search of something, completely ignorant of its genetic donor on the other side of the street.
"Whatcha doin', Moon Girl!?"
The Moon Child barely tensed up as she turned around to see Izzy beaming up at her from the bottom of the service ladder with her ever present Cheshire grin upon her lips as she effortlessly hauled herself up to perch beside Dawn; the jungle rustled and snapped for a several seconds before Eva, Brick, and a completely silent Jasmine came stalking out as quiet as possible, which was not as quiet as the former two could have been.
"Hello, Izzy. I thought you were at the beach?" Dawn inquired.
A wide and rather disturbing smile crossed Izzy's lips as she playfully, sultrily scooted closer to Dawn and wrapped an arm around her slim shoulders and whisper her in her ear in a low, seductive manner. "I thought you'd miss me . . ." she purred, her grin broadening when Dawn flushed a furious crimson and turned her pale face a lovely shade of pink.
"Knock it off, you nut case," Eva growled from below. "We just came back to see if there was anyone else left alive."
Brick nodded in confirmation, giving a quick salute. "A soldier never leaves a man behind!"
"Your cadet code is most admirable, Brick, especially concerning your self esteem issues and need to feel in charge. It's endearing really, almost like how Cody feels the long and need of companionship." Dawn smiled warmly, earning a sheepish grin and whistle from Brick and a deep blush of embarrassment from Cody.
"Enough with the hoodoo voodoo. What's goin' on up there?" Jasmine asked with her hands on her hips and a serious expression on her face.
Dawn peered out into the night. "It would seem our two friends either haven't noticed each other yet or don't have any interest; Geoff and I believe Noah are cornered however."
"By what?" Cody asked, instantly regretting the question.
"A Tyrannosaurus Rex, I believe. Such a beautiful and yet oddly terrifying child of Mother Nature." Dawn shrugged before turning to look down the service ladder at the other team. "I don't suppose you would be interested in helping us rescue them?"
Eva growled and clenched her fists. "No way! It's survival of the fittest out here, and they clearly aren't fit to survive!"
Izzy however, completely ignored her. "Ooh, Izzy got an idea! Izzy will help! Nizzy must survive! NoCo must survive! The shipping must live on!" she cackled madly.
"Somethin' tells me she's a few roos shy of a mob." Jasmine cocked an eyebrow worriedly.
"The name's Izzy, Aussie Ass! It rhymes with get into a tizzy, stumble around all dizzy, act all silly, and I'm the best at what I do-zzy!" Izzy babbled incomprehensibly as she pulled out a flare gun from between her breasts, raising more than a few eyebrows and earning a deep flush from Cody.
Jasmine was more confused than ever, and not just because of the redhead's nickname for her. "Where did you even get that?"
"I took it from Eva while we were on the beach." Izzy smiled broadly.
Eva frantically patted and searched her pockets for the gun, "How did you even . . ?"
"Never underestimate the power of E-scope!" Izzy cackled.
A service door reserved for employees opened up at the back of the neighboring restaurant and Scarlett came sauntering out with several cuts and bruises littering her arms and legs and suffering from mild scrapes and tears in her clothing. "That is the most intelligent thing you have said all night." she droned with barely contained irritation while she adjusted her glasses.
"State your business, soldier. Why are you here behind enemy lines?" Brick demanded to know; Scarlett was hardly fazed.
"Simple really. I came to offer my assistance." she replied.
"But . . . you're on the other team, mate." Jasmine pointed out, eying her suspiciously. "Somethin' smells fishy, and it ain't my soaked shorts."
"Ooh, Jasmine!" Izzy purred in a suggestive manner, earning several annoyed glares from her team mates.
"And your point is? Dawn is on the opposite team, why isn't she an enemy?" Scarlett questioned. "Anyway, if my calculations are correct, my team will be awaiting my arrival at the beach. It hardly seems worth the trouble to even attempt to sabotage you, considering your numbers." she rolled her eyes.
"Well, we don't want it!" Eva snarled in a manner that made it difficult to tell her apart from the island's various carnivores.
Jasmine nodded. "Eva's right, mate. We're not goin' anywhere."
Scarlett shrugged as an earth-shattering bellow rattled the very air around them, forcing all but Izzy to clap their hands over their ears; the Psycho Hose Beast hardly seemed affected by anything, really. "As a lazy tailor would say, 'suit yourself'." she shrugged before giving them a taunting farewell and sauntering off towards the beach with little concern over anything else.
Izzy watched her go with a mournful, pouting look before it slipped through her fingers faster than a slippery fish and was quickly replaced by her familiar grin of insanity. "Ah, who needs her? Izzy's got a plan!"
"If I may ask, what is this plan of yours?" Dawn wondered.
Izzy didn't answer and instead chose to back flip off of the roof of the building, quietly landing on the ground and, much to Dawn's horror and surprise, rushed right towards the distracted Tyrannosaurus Rex as it repeatedly snap its jaws in a feeble attempt to get at Geoff and Noah; the redhead chuckled darkly to herself as she uncapped the flare and let the wispy, acidic smoke curl up through the air before she did what most would consider to a be a death sentence: Izzy promptly snuck up behind the towering dinosaur and kicked the back of its leg as hard as possible, her grin broadening further as she backed up and watched as the Tyrannosaurus Rex paused and slowly rose up its hunched position and turned around to glare at her with several, thundering steps.
"Hiya, big fella!" Izzy waved.
The tyrannosaur either didn't comprehend what the scrawny, over excited piece of meat before it was saying or it simply wasn't interested until its hunting eyes caught sight of the flashing, flaming flare within its grasp; for whatever reason, the dinosaur locked in on the small light with interest, growling lowly as it took a step forward.
Now that she knew she had its attention, Izzy took several steps back, never taking her eyes off of the tyrannosaur as she slowly led it down the street, occasionally taking a sneaking peek over her shoulder to make she was heading in the right direction and wasn't about to trip over anything; Dawn was watching from the roof with worry as Brick and Cody scrambled up after and widened their eyes upon seeing what Izzy was attempting.
"What does she think she's doing!?" Cody hissed, yanking at his hair. "She's gonna get eaten!"
It's a kamikaze mission, soldier. She knew what she was getting into." Brick putting a comforting hand on Cody's shoulder while giving Izzy a proud salute at what would undoubtedly be the last few minutes of her virtual life; Noah and Geoff, briefly wondering why they weren't be bombarded with hot saliva and threatened with banana-sized teeth, cautiously stole a peek out from the alley and froze upon seeing Izzy's suicidal plan.
Geoff bit his lip and tugged on the brim of his cowboy hat. "Oh, man. She's dino chow, dude!"
"Better her than us, right?" Noah gulped.
"Dude! How can you say that!?" Geoff exclaimed.
"Would you rather be on the receiving end of those teeth!? Then by all means, be my guest!" Noah shot back with a sarcastic tone, immediately shutting up when the tyrannosaur's attention was briefly drawn away from Izzy and towards the alleyway the two of them were hiding in; the two boys instinctively clapped their hands over the others mouth and retreated back into the alley, sighing with relief when the sound of fading footsteps reached their ears.
"That's it, big guy. Just a little more. Just a little more . . ." Izzy whispered more to herself than the gigantic, carnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex that barely kept its focus on her and the dazzling light of the flare with an almost laughable innocence. That quickly changed when Izzy promptly turned tail and ran as fast as possible, her feet hammering into the ground and her grip on the flare tightening as the tyrannosaur gave a surprised and annoyed roar and gave chase.
Her sense of hearing was entirely filled with the roars of the dinosaur and her heavy breathing with her entire focus locked onto the pale, white, almost glowing frame of the Indominus Rex as it took notice of them and positioned itself with jaws and claws wide open and waiting, as if it were a grizzly bear waiting to snap up a fatty salmon as it foolishly leaped into its open mouth; Izzy however, was far smarter than a fish and dropped down to the ground at the last second, barely noticing the numbing sensation across her thigh as her leg rubbed awkwardly against the ground while she slid under the hybrid's lethal jaws and carelessly tossed the still burning torch over her shoulder to then pop up and run away as fast as possible.
Eva and Jasmine had now joined the others on the roof as they watched with rapt attention while the two contenders sized each other up, circling one another and the fizzling flare while roaring and snapping their jaws at one another in threatening and warning gestures that would deterred most members of their species from such a fight; but somewhere deep inside the coil of tissue and nerves that they called a brain, neither side was willing to back down from the other, obeying a simple minded rule that said it had to rule, it needed to rule without question or defiance from one such as the other.
"RUN, YOU FOOLS! RUN!" Izzy cackled madly from somewhere as the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Indominus Rex roared un unison and charged at one another like a pair of run away freight trains, their feet pounding the ground into oblivion with neither side backing down as they neared collision. The two titans clashed as one, the tyrannosaur immediately gaining the upper hand as it slammed its head into the Indominus Rex's lower jaw and proceeded to twist its head around and sink its teeth into its adversary's neck while it was dazed.
The tails went crazy, cracking and snapping angrily at the air as much as the other end as the two dinosaurs clashed again and again, furiously biting and nipping each other on the neck in an attempt to deal a brutal blow while destroying everything else around them; lamp posts were snapped like twigs, rotting bodies were crushed like bugs underfoot as the two dinosaurs squabbled and wrestled about with no other focus but the other.
The Indominus Rex came out with the claws and the arms that they were attached to, much longer and more dexterous than the Tyrannosaurus', dealing concrete smashing blow after blow to the tyrannosaur's head that was interrupted every now and again by a quick snap of the jaws and a hungry roar that forced the tyrannosaur back step by step, losing its advantage quickly; capitalizing on this the albino hybrid sunk its deep into the tyrannosaur's flesh and heaved it to the ground with a tremendous tremor as it proceeded to plant a firm foot on its side and pin the Tyrannosaurus Rex down, ignoring the feeble roars of irritation and fury.
"LOOK OUT!" Jasmine screamed as she grabbed Cody by the back of his shirt and Dawn by the wrist and down off of the roof of the building and towards the clashing dinosaurs with Eva and Brick following her lead and rolling and ducking and dodging their way under the crushing feet and cracking tails; the Indominus Rex lunged it head forward and dug its teeth deep into the Tyrannosaurus Rex's head, lifting the full weight of the beast off of the ground and throwing it with slight effort at the building the group of insignificant yet oddly delicious teens had been perched on mere seconds before, destroying it in a blast of fire, wood, and mortar without a second thought.
Jasmine gulped, her mouth dry as she released her grip on Cody and Dawn, unable to take her eyes away from the battle before her. "Th-That was too close," she swallowed nervously.
"Just out of curiosity, but who are we supposed to be routing for?" Brick wondered. "I mean, I get that they both tried to kill us and everything, but at this point . . ?"
"It is a matter of which is the more lost of the two souls," Dawn said sympathetically. "At this point, it is rather hard to chose." she admitted; a series of soft screeches and growls caught their attention and made their blood run cold as the group slowly turned around to glance down the alley of the space between the two buildings they had rushed into and caught sight of several sets of crisp, crimson eyes in the darkness that carefully edged closer and into the light of hungry flames that consumed the Main strip.
"Raptors. More of the nasty buggers." Jasmine cursed as she balled her hands up into fists. "Looks like we're stuck between a rock and a hard place."
"Yeah, and both have lethal teeth." Eva growled, socking her fist into her open palm. "If were goin' down, I'm gonna down with a fight."
Dawn spoke up in an eerily calm voice that only slightly wavered with fear. "Perhaps . . . I c-can offer a better solution?" she suggested.
"How so?" Cody wondered, his body tense and unable to decide whether to attempt to flee or stand fight; Dawn didn't respond at first and sucked in a deep breath to calm herself as she closed her eyes and inhaled the sweet scents of the island. She pushed out the arid odors of the smoke and the rotting stenches of decay and focused solely on those of the island itself, of lush, blooming floors, exotic fruits, clear water, fresh air, and the overwhelming feeling of the wondrous, fragile, beautiful life that filled the island, like a bowl, to the brim. With this realization, Dawn opened her eyes and calmly walked forward in a slow and deliberate manner of respect , authority, and an oddly motherly figure that made the Velociraptors hesitate for a moment out of sheer curiosity.
"She's done it," Eva grumbled under her breath. "She's really lost it!"
"Shhhh." Jasmine hissed softly, watching Dawn with interest as she approached the lead raptor and bowed respectfully to it with her hands folded in front of her; it came as a great surprise to the group when the Velociraptor hooted and bobbed its head in response, chattering back towards its pack mates. "I think it's working . . ?"
"What is?" Brick whispered as Dawn began to speak in a soft and comforting voice, reaching out with gentle hand and caressing a delicate finger along the raptor's jawline that elicited a satisfied purr from deep within its throat; Dawn then reached with her other hand and gracefully laid it upon the Velociraptor's snout, closing her eyes and inhaling slow and deep breaths as the raptor starred intently at her.
She knew full well that the dinosaur was more than capable of biting her hand off with one swift movement of its jaws and dismembering her with several more quick movements that she wouldn't have any hope of dodging if they connected with her frail body, and Dawn heavily respected the Velociraptor for this, an act that it oddly seemed to appreciate.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was pulled out of the wreckage and briefly released, a moment it used to climb back up onto its feet and attempt to fight back before the Indominus rammed its head into its chest once, twice, and finally dove in for the crushing blow, clamping the jaws shut around the neck and throwing its opponent to the ground; the tyrannosaur was breathing heavy, ragged breaths as it roared in agitation and feebly tried to ward off the Indominus without success as it dropped down to all fours and stalked forward, placing its hands on the head and neck and drawing its head back for the final blow.
A loud screech interrupted the hulking beast and its snapped its head upwards to see a small pack of roughly five Velociraptors come racing towards it with jaws opened wide and claws spread and ready to deal damage; the first raptor leaped and narrowly avoided a snap of the Indominus' jaws as it used the fallen tyrannosaur's neck as a spring board and heavily dug its claws into the armored back of its new found adversary, swiftly dodging another lung of the Indominus Rex's jaws. A second raptor pounced upon its thigh and worked its way up onto the back as the other three distracted the Indominus with roar nips and rakes of their claws from below, always snapping at the throat whenever possible while avoiding the lethal teeth and claws.
"How did you do that?" Jasmine whispered in a hushed voice as she watched the raptors take on the Indominus Rex with gusto; one of the five was unfortunate enough to get to close to the hybrid's claws and suffered a heavy blow that sent it flying through the air and through the window of a barbecue restaurant where it exploded into flames upon crashing onto the open and lit grill. And still the Velociraptors fought on with increasing fury and rage.
Dawn giggled knowingly. "Simple really. Just show the wonderful and charming children of the Great Earth Mother a little respect and they will be more than happy to assist you."
"Ugh. Someone gag me." Eva rolled her eyes.
"Hey, it's working, right?" Cody shot back; Eva sighed reluctantly and nodded steely.
A thundering roar drew their attention back to the battle as the Tyrannosaurus Rex seized the opportunity at hand and clambered back up onto its feet, clamping it crushing jaws tightly around the Indominus' neck as it tried to shake its smaller attackers off while trying to gain an upper hand on the tyrannosaur, absolutely helpless as it was pushed and forced back through sheer strength and various bites to be slammed into a grand electrical display that exploded in a shower of sparks and light and delivering a brief shock to its system as the Velociraptor's expertly leaped over to the tyrannosaur's back to avoid injury to then jump back over and continue fighting.
"Move it!" Cody yelped when he realized that the battle was getting dangerously close; one of the raptors was thrown off of the Indominus Rex's back and sent sailing over their heads, landing expertly on its feet before blindly charging back into the fight as the Tyrannosaurus roughly slammed its adversary into anything within reach, filling the already cluttered air with broken glass, hot embers, dazzling sparks, and an excess amount of blood coming from all three parties as the Indominus got a lucky shot in and managed to take out a second raptor with a quick whip of its tail, sending it crashing through a shop window and several displays before it fell to the ground without movement.
Despite the advantage in numbers and the brief gain of the upper hand, the battle was beginning to even out as a third Velociraptor was crushed underfoot and killed instantly as the two titans struggled and fought against one another, barreling through an entire building as if it were nothing more than twigs and pebbles and reducing it to little more than fiery wreckage that only added to the smoke and debris in the air.
It was taking all Noah and Geoff had to avoid getting squished and crushed in the battle as they attempted to cross the strip several times and join what they hoped to be from several sharp glances their team mates attempting avoid getting killed as well; Geoff yelped and grabbed the back of Noah's sweater vest, yanking him down just as the Tyrannosaurus' tail came cracking out overhead and decimated a lamp post and several durable rocks of amber with one swing that would have been more than capable of knocking Noah's head clean off.
"That was close one, dude! That egghead of yours nearly ended sunny side up!" Geoff exclaimed with relief.
Noah, though nonetheless grateful that wasn't dead, rolled his eyes. "Egg jokes. Now were cracking." he droned in a sarcastic manner.
"Dude! This is no time for joking around!" Geoff shouted, yelping with surprise as a raptor sailed between the two of them and skidded to a stop before charging back into battle once more.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex shook its head like a bulldog, sinking its teeth deeper and deeper into the Indominus' neck as it bellowed in pain and attempted to fight back as it was slammed into the ground; the tyrannosaur briefly paused to rest as the two raptors lunged as one at the hybrid, the first meeting a gruesome fate as the Indominus opened its jaws at the last second and clamped them shut around it, crushing its skeleton and bones with ease as the second latched onto its face and eagerly began to avenge its fallen brother by attacking the sensitive nostrils and eyes much to its adversary's agony. The Tyrannosaurus Rex slammed its head into the hybrid's chest and neck as it attempted to get up, shoving back further and further down the strip until it gave one final throw of its head and sent the Indominus' bulk crashing against a ring of electrical fences that encircled a wide lagoon on the edge of the Main Strip where a viewing platform might have been; the last raptor was thrown off with a shake of the Indominus Rex's head while it slowly climbed to its feet to rest on all fours with a look of pure, intellectual and instinctual hatred for them.
The beast shook its head and roared in defiance as it tensed up for a final, suicidal charge mere seconds before the lagoon behind it suddenly exploded in a chaotic shower of water as the park's resident Mosasaur came soaring out of the water with jaws wide open that clamped tightly like a vice around the Indominus Rex's neck with crushing force as it slammed heavily into the ground; the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor took several steps backwards as the hybrid struggled and fought to try and loose itself from the railroad spike-like jaws digging deep into its flesh while the Mosasaur began to pull itself and its latest catch back into the lagoon; Jasmine found herself feeling oddly calm about this while a small smile crept across Dawn's lips as she rocked back and forth on her heels in an innocent manner with the dying roars of the Indominus Rex echoing through the air as it was dragged back into the lagoon with a final bellow and tremendous splash that only followed by a flick of the marine reptile's tail while it descended to the depths of the pool to begin feasting.
An eerie silence followed after as Noah and Geoff took the open chance and rushed back over to the group, sighing with relief upon reaching them nearly collapsing to their knees from exhaustion. "And that, as they say, is that." Dawn smiled sweetly.
"You are really starting to creep me out." Eva breathed.
"LIKE ME!?"
"Gah!" Brick and Eva yelped with surprise as Izzy swung down from a vine on a tree overhead and landed with her usual, wide grin and wild, unkempt, red hair. "Don't do that! I hate it when you do that!"
"I know you mean love!" Izzy laughed in a sing-song voice that ground Eva's nerves to no end; oddly enough, she was able to resist the urge to curl her strong hands around the redhead's neck and strangle her.
"Is everyone alright?" Jasmine asked, surveying the damage done to Main Street during the battle. She looked around and saw that everyone was accounted for.
"Well, I suppose we head back to the beach and see who has more members left." Dawn smiled. Suddenly, another ear-splitting roar from the T-Rex erupted, causing everyone to bring their hands to their ears in pain.
"Correction, we'd better run back to the beach!" Cody cried, already bolting down the pathway as he let out a girly scream.
"I have to agree with him there." Brick nodded, running after him. The dinosaur roared again, causing everyone left to run and scream as the T-Rex chased them towards the beach, the Velociraptors staying behind to feed off of the barely-recognizable carcasses.
The beach was a frenzy as contestants were ushered onto the boats by virtual military men. There were three boats, one for each team. On had a Velociraptor painted on the side, another with a pterodactyl and the last one with some indistinguishable sauropod.
The survivors of the battle on Main Street came screaming onto the beach, the T-Rex close behind them. Izzy, Dawn, Noah, Geoff and Cody were there first, the latter jumping onto the Raptor's boat, still screaming as he wasn't sure if the T-Rex would bend over and devour him. Dawn got aboard the Pterodactyl boat while Izzy bounded over the side of the Raptor boat to join Cody and Gwen. Noah and Geoff followed Dawn onto their boat.
"It's time to make like a Michael Bay movie and set off some EXPLOSIONS! BOOM! BOOM!" Izzy cackled. She suddenly pulled out a dynamite pump and grabbed hold of the handle, ready to push.
"Um...what exactly are you going to blow up?" Cody asked.
"The entire island!" Izzy exclaimed, much to Cody's shock and horror. "Izzy's got the entire island wired up with explosives. With one push of this pump, BOOM!" She grinned wickedly.
"Don't do it!" Eva roared, reaching a hand out to stop her as she ran for the boat, mere feat from the lapping waves. Jasmine and Brick were behind her with the T-Rex on their tails.
"EXPLOSIVO STRIKES AGAIN!" Izzy cackled, pushing down on the pump.
The camera instantly zoomed out to a full aerial view of the dinosaur island theme park. Within seconds the entire island erupted in a fiery explosion, sending dust and a tsunami of water flying out in all directions. The camera zoomed back in to show all three boats being carried by the monster waves, the exploding island in the background with bits of burnt flesh flying at them. It was impossible to identify who the flesh belonged to, or what.
"Way to go you psycho!" Gwen snapped, grabbing the pump of dynamite from Izzy and throwing it into the water. "You just killed our entire team and any other survivors!"
"Hey, Explosivo does what she wants." Izzy shrugged.
A flash took the scene to the Bonfire pit where all of the remaining contestants in the competition were, many being released from the VR for either dying, or making it to the boat.
"You've got a lot of nerve..." Eva growled, shaking a fist in Izzy's face after disconnecting from the machine.
"And with that, we conclude the most epic, dinosaur-infested, and explode-y VR ever!" Chris grinned. "Nice job, but only one team can lose."
"The final results are as follows," Chris read from a cue card handed to him by one of the interns. "The Pterodactyls have four survivors with Noah, Scarlett, Dawn, and Geoff!" He declared. "The Sauropods also have four with Sky, LeShawna, Duncan, and Courtney! And finally, the Raptors lose it all with only three survivors of Izzy, Gwen, and Cody." Chris finished.
The members of the Sauropods and Pterodactyls, whether they won or died, cheered in success while the Raptors sighed with defeat. Jasmine, Gwen and Eva glared it Izzy while Brick shook his head and Cody bit his lip in worry.
"We were going to have a reward for the winning team, but since it was a tie...there just won't be any prizes whatsoever." Chris shrugged as the winners frowned and scowled at him. "Hey, here's a reward," Chris said, gaining their attention, "No one will have to go to Exile for any team."
"That's more of a reward for all teams, really." Scarlett pointed out.
"So you want someone to go to exile?' Chris inquired. Everyone shook their heads vigorously. "That's what I thought. Raptors, meet me back here in ten!"
The sky hadn't changed considering it was already night when they were done with the VR, but the stars were shinning and the moon was in the sky nonetheless. The glow of the campfire was visible from the zoomed-out shot of the island.
The camera closed in showing Chris standing in front of his oil barrel with a tray of only eight marshmallows. "I have a tray of marshmallows here tonight, but only eight of you will receive a treat of sweet fluffiness." He said. "Now I know it's been a long day so I'm gonna skip right to the name calling." He said.
"Jasmine, Brick, Trent, Cody, Samey, Harold, and Gwen." Chris listed. Jasmine caught hers happily while Brick seemed torn when he received his. Trent, Cody and Samey all looked relieved to get theirs while Harold and Gwen caught their's coolly, knowing they would not be the one voted off tonight.
"Izzy, you're on the chopping block for being a complete wackjob and costing your team the win by blowing up the entire virtual island." Chris said. "Pretty good reason to send you packing! Eva, you're on the chopping block because you were loud and aggressive."
Izzy didn't look entirely worried while Eva rolled her eyes and crossed her arms grumpily. "And the psycho going home tonight is..."
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(Outhouse Confessional- A bit interrupting, isn't it?)
Brick- "After taking out Jo and lying to Heather, I've just been feeling really guilty lately." He sighed. "I wonder if I'm making the right decision..."
"Iz-" Chris was cut off when Brick suddenly stood up form his seat.
"Wait!' he exclaimed. Everyone around the campfire gasped and looked back at the Army Cadet.
"So far during this season I've lied, and back-stabbed. That's not what the cadet code is about. It's about being truthful, never leaving a man behind, and welcoming all soldiers." Brick said. "And because I have not shown that, the guilt is eating away inside of me, so much so that I cannot stay here any longer." He hung his head solemnly.
Brick walked over to Izzy. "I'm giving my marshmallow to Izzy. I volunteer for the Boot of Shame, sir." Brick said, saluting Chris after handing his marshmallow to Izzy.
"Um...are you sure?" Chris asked, flicking the last marshmallow in his hand to Eva.
"Yes. This is my decision and I want to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry to Jo, I'm sorry to Heather, and I'm sorry to everyone else left in the game. I wish you all good luck and-"
"Yeah, yeah, cut the sappy good-bye speech." Chris rolled his eyes. Pushing Brick towards the Boot of Shame.
"Any last words?" Chris asked. "Oh wait, you already gave your super long and boring speech." The host rolled his eyes.
"I hope I can right the wrongs I have committed!" Brick apologized. Jasmine, Izzy, Samey, Cody, Gwen, Trent, Harold and Eva all stood behind the Boot of Shame and gave Brick a salute. The cadet tearfully saluted back right before behind beaned in the chest by the boot, sending him flying out into the night sky, headed for the Cruise Ship in the distance.
"And so we have our first quitter! Brick, huh, who'd have thunk?" Chris chuckled. "We've got an even 26 left! Who will go next? Find out on the next thrilling episode of Total...Drama...Unfinished Business!" He finished the outro, the camera zooming out from the island with each pause.
(Voting Confessionals)
Jasmine- "I gotta say, Izzy really blew it today. Literally!" She bit her lip. "I guess I'm going with the majority vote, bye Izzy!" She waved to the camera, writing the girl's name on the piece of paper in front of her.
Eva- "Who else would be going other than Izzy?! She's a complete and utter lunatic who blew us all up before we could make it to the freaking vote! Of course I'm voting her out!" She growled, furiously writing Izzy's name down, so much so that she broke the pencil lead. "Aw come on!" She bellowed.
Cody- "Izzy's totally hot, but I'm kinda sensing some good vibes from Samey. I gotta vote her out. I'm gonna miss that crazy red-head." He chuckled slightly.
Samey- "I guess I'll vote for Izzy because she pretty much lost the challenge from what I saw on the screen. Sorry!" She apologized as she wrote Izzy's name down on the piece of parchment.
Harold- "Gosh, Izzy! You could've done so much better this season if you hadn't blown up our team! I'm totally voting your out." He shook his head.
Trent- "I knew Izzy was crazy, but this is ridiculous! I still can't believe she blew up the entire island! And I thought getting taken down by a Velociraptor was bad!" He bit his lip, writing Izzy's name down.
Izzy- "Okay, so that was totally fun blowing up the island, but I'm gonna go ahead and vote for Eva because she really needs to take a chill pill!" She exclaimed.
Gwen- She glared at the camera. "Izzy, that has to be the single dumbest thing you've ever done. And that's saying something!" She exclaimed.
Votes:
Jasmine- Izzy
Eva- Izzy
Izzy- Eva
Trent- Izzy
Harold- Izzy
Samey- Izzy
Cody- Izzy
Gwen- Izzy
Brick- Did not Vote
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Brick- Quit
Izzy- 7
Eva- 1
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Voted Off: Topher, DJ, Ella, Alejandro, Anne Maria, Ezekiel, Dakota (RETURNED), Jo, Sadie, Heather, Tyler, Brick
Reason: Sorry to all you Brick fans *Ducks as random object is lobbed at head* but I have an explanation! You see, I was originally going to have Scott eliminated in this chapter when I had planned a while back, but then everything changed when Commander Meat attacked. Nah, I'm just kidding, but he actually gave me a really good point: Backstabbing and lying to Jo and especially Heather is not something Brick would do. I realized that he made a very good point and I decided to change things up. I figured Brick wouldn't be able to live with the guilt after doing that, so I think he would most likely vote himself and try to make amends with them at the Playa. Sorry if you don't like Brick quitting, but I think it suits well and besides, I never had a real plot going with him other than his alliance with Tyler, which quickly ended. At least he got more screen time than his first season :)
~A/N~ Just a quick Author's Note! Once again, sorry for the delay, but at least this one was extra long! :D Also, if you hadn't noticed, some parts of this episode like the important battles seemed a lot more detailed. Well, I'd like to thank Creaturemaster for helping me with those! I'm going to try to add more description and make the rest of this story more interesting and juicy. I'm probably not going to rewrite the last chapters until MAYBE when the story is done, but that's pretty unlikely to be honest. Seriously though, Creaturemaster is an awesome writer and I suggest checking out his profile! ;)
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[1]- A reference to Dr. Doofenshmirtz (If I spelled that right) from Phineas and Ferb in which he's talking to Norm about pursuing a female robot. If you've seen the episode then you know what I'm talking about! XD
[2]- This entire scene is from the strongly despised Jurassic Park III. While the movie definitely isn't the best of the Jurassic Park franchise, it did have some good scenes. Once of which is the Spinosaurus attack in the water, which I basically parodied in this chapter.
[3]- Woo-hoo for Gravity Falls! :D now that the series is over, I'm putting a bunch of references in! If you don't get this one, you're not a true Gravity Falls fan! XD
[4]- Another Gravity Falls reference. In The Land Before Swine, Soos saves the gang by using his vast movies knowledge!
[5]- Yet another Gravity Falls reference! Man, I really went to town with these! I noticed that a lot of (or at least some of) the fanbase missed the Chris/Chef stuff that they played around with in TDI as a joke, so I decided to bring it back with a Gravity Falls reference between Grunkle Stan and Soos. If you've seen The Golf War you know what I'm talking about here XD
[6]- This one's pretty obvious if you've seen or heard of Jurassic World. This dinosaur is clearly a spoof of Indominus Rex. The only thing I added was the club at the end of the tail, otherwise everything else is pure Indominus!
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Next: Things are about to get Steamy in the kitchen!