That season 2 trailer. I can't wait for it! Sure, a lot of this fic will now be non-canon but oh well. I'll be keeping their camp centered around the actual park, so the T-Rex won't be nesting on main street.
"Ben? Is that you?" Kenji asked, shocked.
"Darius? Kenji?" Ben asked, as he and Bumpy approached the gate.
"Ben...How...How are you alive?" Darius questioned him, shocked.
"Hey guys!" Ben called out, looking exhausted yet happy to see the others. "It's been, quite a journey."
"We need to open the gates." Kenji said, heading to the opening and opening them. Darius watched out for other threats as Ben and Bumpy moved inside, Kenji quickly getting the gate closed behind them.
"Thanks guys." Ben beamed, rubbing the back of his head as he stood before Kenji, Bumpy braying as he swung his tail around. They had all grown over the past few months, Ben was almost as tall as Kenji now, looking thinner than he had when they last saw him, but largely not worse for wear, apart from a few bruises and scrapes across his face, arms and legs.
"Ben, what happened? We saw you fall, dude!" Kenji said.
"Ben, are you alright?" Darius asked as he rejoined them.
"I survived the monorail fall. I landed on the jungle floor, the pteradons didn't get me. Bumpy found me and helped me to safety. How have you guys managed to defend here from the Indominus?" Ben asked.
"Ben, the Indominus is dead." Darius told him as Ben gave a relieved sigh.
"How?" Ben asked. "We saw that thing, it could kill us all any time it wanted."
"I don't know the full details." Darius explained. "But we saw marks from its claws on the T-Rex, and the Indominus hasn't been sighted. We've explored most of this side of the island the last few months, we're pretty sure the T-Rex killed it, or at least helped kill it." Darius said.
"How did you guys not get to the ferries?" Ben asked, confused as to how they hadn't managed to escape on the monorail.
"We switched the track, the Monorail took us away from the docks, we managed to get into the tunnels, but we got blocked off, had to face off against Toro. We chased him away and got through the walls, but the ferries had already gone by the time we reached the dock." Kenji informed him.
"You're all here, aren't you?" Ben asked. "You all made it?"
"Yeah, we're all here. The others will be thrilled to see the two of you again, we got separated from Bumpy after the Monorail, we just hoped she was alright." Darius told him.
"She found her way to me, she helped me to safety and we've stuck together ever since, eating berries and other foods we found lying around to survive." Ben told them. "I had given up hope I'd ever find anyone else, but then I saw two people being chased by the T-Rex and decided to follow, just in case they survived."
"Well it's lucky you were in the area." Kenji said as they led Ben towards the makeshift camp.
"Is that the movie theatre?" Ben asked as they headed to it.
"Yeah, we took it and a few of the surrounding buildings over, built some makeshift defences like the walls there, and the gate. Stripping away materials from other buildings means the park is now much closer to the jungle itself as well, which means we can get to resources quicker. Though we've used most of them, we will need to look at moving further towards the jungle and making some accommodation out there." Darius explained.
"Well, I may be able to help there." Ben grinned as they entered, moving into the largest screen, they found the others lying around in the chairs.
"Hey guys, guess what we found!" Kenji called out as they all turned to look, eyes widening in shock as they took in the new arrivals.
"Ben?!" Brooklynn called out, stunned.
"Ben!" Sammy cheered.
"Ben, you're alright?" Yaz asked, overjoyed.
"Hey everyone." Ben waved as they all crowed around him.
"Bumpy!" Yaz said, seeing the baby dinosaur with them. "You found Ben?"
"Yeah, he saved my life, helped me to safety." Ben told the assorted group.
"Not such a dumb dinosaur after all." Kenji remarked.
"Erm, guys?" Sammy asked, eyes widening as she remembered some terrible fact. "Whose watching the gate?"
They all turned, terrified at the sound of a loud thud where the gates were outside, and a low, terrible roar.
"Is that…?" Kenji asked.
"Sounds like it..." Brooklynn stated.
"Tyrannosaurus Rex." Darius gulped.