Chapter 6
Eric walked through the jungle with Dr. Grant, keeping his foot falls queit and silently wishing Dr. Grant would do the same. A part of him wished Julia was still there. While he may hesitate to tell Dr. Grant that he was making to much noise, she wouldn't. She wouldn't say anything out of anger or some other dumb emotion. She only said what needed to be said and he repected that. He could even understand that. Even if her saying with such certainty that his parents would never make it had hurt, he knew that she could very well be right. His dad, being the Mr-Play-It-Safe he was, might make it but both of the parents made to many mistakes, and this place wasn't very forgiving of such things.
Billy led the Kirby's in the direction of the coast slowly. He knew he couldn't rush them now. Seeing Mr. Udesky die from a raptor attack seemed to finally get it into their heads that they would probobly never see their son again. While Billy knew it was good that they finally realized this he knew it was a crushing blow for the two and he could think of nothing to say to them. What could he say to broken couple who had just lost their son? They clearly had problems but their was also a love beneath all of it. After getting a divorce the only thing they had left connecting them was their son. And if he was dead...
"Wait... Do you hear that?" Paul said softly.
The party listened hard for a moment and then they heard it. A young voice screaming for his mother and father.
Eric ran excitedly toward the sound of the annoying electronic jingle of his dad's satalite phone and sang a little of the jingle before it died out.
"Dad!? DAD!?" He didn't need the sound of the phone anymore as he ran through the jungle, followed by Alan. He could hear his parents calling to him and the sound of their voices erased for a time what he had forced himself to evolve into to survive the island.
Eric exploded into a plain and saw his parents come out of the jungle on the other side of the plain. And the other side of a fence. Eric could care less if the fence was there now though. All he cared about was reaching his parents and never letting go of them again.
Alan on the other hand was more concerned about the fence. It had clearly been build to hold dinosaurs should and accident ever happen and climbing over it was out of the question seeing as the top of it was convered in sharp barbs.
"Boy, am I glad to see you." Billy said. He was smiling at Alan. He seemed overjoyed to see that his mentor was alright. "You picked up my bag.."
"Yeah. Lucky hm?" Alan teased Billy lightly.
"How did you find us sport?" Paul asked his son happily.
"Your phone, that stupid jingle from the store!"
"My phone.. But I... Oh no... I loaned it to Nash..." He whispered in terrible realization.
Julia walked along the cliff side, carrying the dead gallimimus. She could see the building not far away. She let a smile cross her face just once as she saw the Kirby family reunited at the fence not far away. She had heard their yelling and was afraid it may get them killed but just this once she wanted to just be happy about something. But she found something that sucked some joy out of seeing the family together. Mr. Udesky wasn't there. The raptors would logically get one of them and that was if they were lucky but Julia had like Udesky. He was a very kind man, and while he was always gentle with the Kirby's on the issue of their son he was always willing to say something mocking their "survival skills." It was a real pity.
Her thoughts were interupted by a low growl. Looking beyond the Kirby's Julia's eyes widened in horror. A spinosaurus stood at the tree line and it looked hungry.
Unsure wether she was speaking to herself or the other humans she managed to whisper one word: "Run!"
"Run." Dr. Grant whispered to the rest of the party.
They needed no second bidding and within seconds Eric and Alan were running top speed along the length of the fence. The others followed on the other side trying to keep up with their companions. They could hear the spinosaurus thundering behind them and suddenly Eric spotted a hole in the fence. It had obviously been made by one of the other animals and it what his only chance at survival. He dove through the hole followed by alan and the jaws of the superpredator.
The group ran to the top of a hill and then stopped.
"No... Don't stop...!" Julia whispered in horror. She could see Eric relaying the same message to the others just as the spinosaurus crashed through the fence. Julia saw the humans charge towards the same building sh had been headed for. She knew she wouldn't make it there now. Not with a dead gallimimus on her back and a spino around. She wished she could stay to make sure the others made it to safety but she wouldn't make it out alive if she did. Her fastest escape was the longest way home but she had no other choice. She quickly started scaling the cliff and pulled herself and her kill out of reach from the hungry predator.
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Authors Rant: You may have noticed that near the end Julia showed more emotion. Let me explain that. Julia has a rather serious sociel complex. While she cares quite a bit for people she always comes off as cold when they're around. When they aren't around she doesn't feel like she has anyone to compete with, or protect and thus is more relaxed about emotion. Plus she has a real soft spot for the other charas. Particularily Eric and Billy who she seems more apt to talk too. No there is no romance in case that last sentence had you worried about Billy being with a little girl (she is not really little but her and Billy would be wrong). There is no romance anyways and besides, Julia is closer to Eric. ^_^ Thanks and bye!
