Alright, I give up. I don't care anymore. I have too many stories to keep track of, and not enough time or energy to update all of them. I'm still going to update my stories, I just have too much on my plate as it is. Stupid brain, thinking up great ideas, and me stupidly listening to my stupid brain. This is stoopid with two oo's! Anyone, anyone? No? Am I the only one who knows Pop Culture? I'm so lonely. Anyways, enjoy, stay home, stay safe.
Darius Bowman was intensely focused on his game. It was supposed to be impossible to beat. But, he never was one to give up. But, everyone was saying it's impossible to beat. Yet, Darius was SOOO close. He was almost at the end! He just has to get passed the stupid T-Rex. He can forget about NPC guide. The idiot was going to get eaten in a minute. He was busy trying to escape the Velociraptors and T-Rex.
Maybe I can use the river to cover my scent and sneak past them.
He heard a growl. He turned and saw the T-Rex standing above him. Darius knew what was about to happen. "Crap." The teen hit pause on the game so that way he wouldn't get eaten.
Darius sighed and took off his VR headset, the world of reality coming into his view. His room and his computer reminding him that he is not on an Island full of Dinos, he is a 16 year old kid trying to win tickets to Jurassic World. He hears his door open and he sees his 18 year old brother, Brandon.
"Hey D." The older teen sits on his brother's bed. "Beat the game yet?"
Darius scoffs. "Nah man. I can't get past the Rex. I'm missing something. I just don't know what."
"Yeah, well, don't get too worked up about it. I know Mom promised to take you to Jurassic World. Believe me, I want you to go. But even the pro gamers say this game is impossible to beat." Brandon loves his brother. He doesn't want to see his him get hurt again.
"Everyone said that it was impossible to beat the best football team in the school district, but we still beat them." Darius was a QB for his High School football team. It was a 2 point game, and Darius KNEW they were going to win. He has always been good at reading a situation and when there was a chance, he can call an audible. He threw the winning touchdown pass to his brother, who played WR. They felt like they can do anything.
"This isn't football bro." Brandon knew how bad Darius wanted this. And he wanted it for his younger brother. Both teens never really had a whole lot of lucky breaks. But if one of them had a chance, the other would cheer their brother on. "Why don't you focus on the scouts? That will get you into collage, and once we get to the NFL, we could play together and buy a ticket."
Darius knew that his brother was trying to help. He was lucky to have a brother like Brandon. "That would take too long. This is the only way."
Brandon sighed. "Yeah man. I know." The older brother got up to leave, but before he shut the door, he looked back. "Don't stay up too late. I don't need Uncle Josh to nag me to death because my younger brother was playing video games."
Darius had finally given up trying to figure out how to get past the Raptors and Rex. He had tried to remember everything his mom had taught him. She used to work at a fossil site, and studied raptors and rexes. He wished he had payed attention more. He eventually got too tired, and went to sleep.
It was around 2 A.M. when he woke up with an epiphany! "Wait a second!" he whisper-shouted. He had finally remembered something his mom taught him when he was younger. He and Brandon used to fight a lot. In fact, they still do. The problems always start with a lack of communication. For some reason, that clicked something in him. Turning on his computer, Darius was SURE that he could beat the game.
When he turned on the game, he was right back in front of the T-Rex, jaws ready to kill. Darius jumped out of the way. He ran away from the Rex, heading towards a pit of Raptor bones.
Where is it? Where is it?
He found what he was looking for. The vocal chamber of a Velociraptor. His mom had one in her room once, so he knew what it looked like. He picked it up, and turned to see the T-Rex behind him. Darius stumbles back, and blows into the chamber. Just as the Rex was about to eat him, 3 Raptors jump to defend the human from the Rex. Darius turns for a few seconds and sees a helicopter. He runs towards it, and they pick him up.
Then, the screen starts to flash colors on the screen. A cartoon DNA strand appears and says, "Congratulations! You are the first person to beat our game! We would like to offer you a chance to visit our latest attraction..."
Darius didn't hear the last part, but he didn't care. He had won! He was going to Jurassic World! "Brandon! Josh!"
The 16 year old was now sitting on the back of a jeep and headed to Camp Cretaceous. The councilors driving were Dave and Roxy. To his left, was a rich kid named Kenji. The dude was so full of himself, and that hairdo? What's up with that? To his right, a girl who was tall, and looked like an athlete named Yasmina. Darius couldn't read her, but was sure he would figure her out later. In front of him, a kid who looked like he needs more time in the sun, was named Ben, who looked like he was on the verge of spilling his buckets. Next to Ben, a farm girl named Sammy. She was very perky, and Darius had a feeling she grew up with people around her 24/7. Then there was a girl named Brooklynn with pink hair, a pink sweater, even a pink phone case. She was recording their trip.
"What's up Brooklanders?" She said.
Must be an internet star. Darius thought.
"Brooklynn coming to you from the new attraction from Jurassic World that is Camp Cretaceous!" Turning to the other kids, she says, "Okay, I'm going to need your names, and tell me a little bit on why you are here." The camera turns to Darius.
"Oh, uh, I'm Darius. I'm here because I beat a video game. What do you know parents, looks like they CAN do some good for you." The pink haired girl chuckles at the last part.
"I'm sorry, I just CANNOT believe that you are Brooklynn, internet vloger! Names Sammy Gurierrez! Total Brooklander!" Sammy says, with a look that you only make when you are around someone famous.
"So, what's a Brooklander?" Darius asks, a little confused.
"Oh, that's just something my online followers call themselves." The girl looks to her phone, not really used to being asked questions.
"All 27 MILLION of us!" Sammy says.
Yasmina says very bitterly, "That's why she gets to keep her phone. She's famous."
Kenji, who looked kind of bored with this, suddenly brightened up. "Rich and famous? Oh, meant to be!" The rich dude snatched her phone and took a selfie of him and Brooklynn, who looked uncomfortable.
Suddenly, the truck they were in jerks to a stop. The 2 councilors get out of the car. "What's going on?" Sammy asks.
"Nothing, you are perfectly safe, just stay in your seats." Dave says, activating the taser staff in his hands. And, (because teenagers have the natural instinct to NOT do what you tell us) the kids move to the side Dave is on. They hear rustling.
Darius looks behind them. He sees the bushes moving, and then they don't. "Guys?" The other teens look towards the bushes. Something jumps out of the bushes with a snarl into the bed of the truck. They all gasp, while Kenji screams. "Hey, Dave, it's a Compy." Darius moves to pick it up, but the little snot tries to bite his finger off. "Hey!" Darius tries again, this time, using his left hand. When the compy bites again, he takes his right hand quickly grabs it by the back, and uses his left hand to keep the mouth away from his right hand. A few minutes later, the little girl is in a cage, and in the back seat in the truck with Dave and Roxy, and they are on their way again.
After a little bit, the truck they were in slowed down, and in front of them was a tall door that said, Camp Cretaceous.
"Campers," Dave, the council member, who thought he was a co-head councilor, said, "Welcome to Camp Cretaceous."
Noticing the tall door, Darius says, "What do they got in here, the son of Kong?"
Brooklynn chuckles at that. Kenji notices this.
A few more minutes, and they reach the camp site. There is a huge tree house, that actually looks amazing! The balcony goes all the way around the tree, and the house looks to go inside the tree itself.
"Oh, my gosh!" Sammy says, a smile on her face. "This is almost as big as my family's Ranch back home."
"That's because, when officially open, this place will house 500 kids, and 150 staff." Roxy, the actual head councilor explains.
"All right kids. Before we fully dive into the awesomeness of Camp Cretaceous, we have to lay down some ground rules." Dave explains. The kids groan, but Ben looks THRILLED! "Curfew is at 8 P.M., and lights out by 9." More groans. "Hey, hey, it's for your own safety. We are still on an Island of Dinosaurs. Now, go pick a bunk."
It didn't really take a long time to pick one. They were the only 6 kids there, so they each had a whole bunk bed frame to themselves. Darius chose one that was more away from everyone. He likes people, but he needs his space.
After a few minutes, Dave and Roxy come into the room. "Alright campers! It's Zip-Line party time!"
Once the 8 people get to the top of the Zip-Line tower, Ben is freaking OUT! "Wait, wait, shouldn't someone else go first? How about Yasmina?" Dave shoves him off to get him down, hoping that the kid will enjoy it at least. The screaming makes him doubt it.
But, the other kids have the time of their lives! Darius loves flying over the herds of Brachiosaurus, Ankylosaurs, and Parasaurolophus. (The Elvis ones.)
After the adventure, the kids have to be in bed. But, Darius is too exited to sleep. Looking out of the window, he sees lights. He knows he is probably going to get in trouble, but he gets out of bed to try and sneak off to the compy pen. He makes it to the bottom when...
"Where are you going?" Darius turns around to see Kenji following him.
"Oh. Hey. I was getting thirsty, thought I would get a drink." Darius quickly lies. Kenji points to the water cooler which was on the OTHER side of the room. "Yeah. I was also hungry." He lies again. Kenji points to the counter NEXT to the water cooler.
Darius just sighs in defeat. "Listen kid," Kenji says, "I don't want you to be intimated by me just because I'm rich. We can be friends even though my dad owns a few condos on the Island, and I'm rich. What do you think, friend?"
Darius just rolls his eyes, and doesn't do anything until Kenji puts his arm around him. "You might wanna take your arm off me."
Kenji keeps testing the waters going deeper and deeper. "Why don't you make me, friend?"
Darius was about to until the 2 teens hear the sound of a camera shutter. "So THAT'S what toxic masculinity looks like." Brooklynn says to herself, noting Kenji's attitude.
Darius nods. "Yeah. Talking big about his money is a good indication that he's got something small he's hiding."
Kenji's face turns from surprise to anger at Darius. Before he can throw one, Brooklynn smirks and asks either one of them, "What were you doing out of bed?"
Darius answers, "I was about to follow the lights. That's gotta be the compy pen. Since all 3 of us are up, if we go tattle on each other like 5 year olds, we will ALL get in trouble. Now, are you guys in or out?"
The 3 teens head up to the big pen. It takes them a little while since they have to go slow and not make noise as they travel through a literal jungle. But they finally make it to the pen. And it's really big. But, even small dinos need lots of room. But why is it all the way out here? Wouldn't it be closer to the park? Maybe not.
The 3 teens sneak onto the balcony to get a bird's eye view. Darius sees Kenji fighting for Brooklynn's phone. Kenji pulls too hard and the phone lands inside the pen.
"Nice Kenji. Real smooth." Brooklynn says.
"Relax, I'll get it." Kenji then proceeds to climb into the pen and retrieve the phone.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Darius asks.
"I've got it kid." Kenji responds as he continues to climb down.
"This is a stupid idea. You are going to get yourself killed." Darius says, hoping to talk some sense into him and make him climb back up. It doesn't work.
Kenji lands near the phone. "Well I got the phone. And, the Compies are super small. They can't kill something big."
"Kenji, get your ass back up here now." Darius says one last time.
"Yeah, just a second Junior. I'm getting a good pic for the girl's followers." Kenji looks around for the little dinos.
Darius looks towards some rustling bushes. He notices a pile of bones scattered. Why are there bones? Wouldn't they feed the Compies little chunks of meat? But then Darius sees what looks like a... Skull? His QB skills come into play. He starts looking for danger, and sees rustling in the bushes. The rustling is too big for a lot of little compies.
"Here compy compy!" Kenji calls, as he notices the rustling as well.
Darius yells "Kenji! Get out of there! This isn't the Compy pen!"
"Calm down kid. There is no danger... Here..." The Asian teen sees a big figure come out of the bush. And it's NOT a Compy. Although there is a fence between them, Kenji is scared out of his mind as a blue Velociraptor came into view. Kenji's finger presses the button to take a pic, and the flash causes the Raptor to lunge at him! Kenji falls backwards with the phone, and the Raptor is clawing, trying to get through. Fortunately for now, it can't. Kenji decides that since he took the pic and is about to soil his pants, he has to run. He gets to a portion of the wall that looks like its a door. Even though there is a raptor clawing at the fence behind them, he is safe as long as the fence stays closed.
Trying to get his attention, Darius yells at Kenji, "Hang on Kenji!" The 16 year old notices a bunch of buttons on a panel.
Brooklynn sees where he is looking, and noticing how the Raptor is trying to get through the gate, she asks, "What are you waiting for?!"
"I don't know which one opens the door!" Darius takes a look at the different buttons. Brooklynn doesn't wait any longer, and pushs a button. But it doesn't open the right door. Darius notices this, and starts to panic. He sees a yellow pipe, and quickly bangs on it, to distract the raptor. The pipe breaks, and Darius jumps in with Kenji. "The steam should keep her busy. Brooklynn, try to close the-"
The steam suddenly clears. The one raptor has called everyone else. 4 raptors in total. "Oh sh-"
He's cut off by the raptors screeching. They inch closer to the 2 teens. As he backs up, Darius steps on something. A pile of bones? "Kenji, check for a raptor skull."
Kenji, who has been banging on the steel doors, turns around and says, "What? Why?!"
"A raptor skull has a vocal chamber, and we can-" The raptors screech again, and this causes Darius to stumble and fall on his back. He gets up and gets ready for them to jump and eat them alive.
Just as they are about to, the lights come on, and everyone has to close their eyes at the sudden brightness. A few seconds later, Darius hears Roxie's voice. "Hey! Come and get it!"
Darius sees 3 raptors run towards the meat chunks that they threw to the ground. But the blue on still stared at them. She doesn't want to be fed, she wants to hunt!
The raptor charges up her jump, and leaps towards them! BANG! Fortunately, the gate between them closed in the nick of time! The blue raptor looks like she has a head ache as she gets up. Finally, the steel doors open, and reveal Dave and ACU. I guess we're in trouble.
Darius heads to Dave, but looks over his shoulder. The blue raptor is looking at him, as if promising that she will get him eventually. Darius shudders at the thought. "Thanks Dave."
"Oh, no problem Darius. I do this sort of thing all the time. It's basic training 101." Dave was being obvious that he was scared out of his wits. And it REALLY shows when he turns away, and barfs all over the ground.
Roxie runs up to them. "Are you boys alright?" When the nod, she says, "Good. Because you boys are in SO much trouble! Especially YOU Darius!"
"What? What are you talking about?" He was GENUINELY confused as to how HE was in trouble when it was KENJI who dropped the phone and went in first.
"We will decide what to do with you boys later. IF you get to remain here after that stunt." Roxie turns and motions for them to get into the truck bed. Brooklynn was already in, and watches the 2 older teens get in. Darius slumps beside her, and Kenji sits on the other end. "Remind me to thank Kenji for a lovely evening." Darius says with a sigh.
There we go. The end of chapter one. I don't see a lot of fanfics for this show. I loved it. But I'm making Darius a bit less annoying. I think he got less annoying as the show progressed, but he was still very annoying in the first few episodes. Anyways, hope everyone is having a good day, stay home, stay safe.