Authors rant: HI KIDS!!! ^_^ How are things? Going good? Not so good? Well I care folks. This is a good time to be reading fics. Go somewhere else... Imaginary land, Isla Sorna, Fantasia, whatever. Just know that this is why we write. To let ourselves go and give our hopes to our heros and live in another world for awhile.. Well back to thanking kindly reveiwers. ^_^ I love you all, kindly reveiwers! Especially Laragurl and Megan. Good for you! ::applauds:: You may think your reveiws to be common but you are the only ones who followed me instructions. I told you people to tell me what you wanted to see in the future of the ficcy. Not that I don't love everyone of you for reveiwing. ^_^ Megan obviously wants more Billy. Lol but then again I don't think she's alone... ::coughs::MOONCHILD::coughs:: And Laragurl has an interesting thought as well. Eric and Julia as a couple... What do you think, people? I love hearing what you think! Tell me! ^_^ ::giggles:: Well have a nice read folks!
PS The fic may get a bit darker from here on in. Or maybe just a few dark chapters and then happy sunshine stuff. ^_^ Maybe not THAT happy but it will brighten up. Oh and I swear I'll try to get more Billy in! but it is hard... The ones I seem prone too are Eric and Julia and are easier to write about. You know? Easy to get into their mind set.

Chapter 11

Eric, Julia and Tory sat in the back of the barge as they drifted down the river and the sun sank in the horizon. The adults continued discussing ways to signal for help while the three sat in silence again.
Tory's mouth opened into a wide yawn and within minutes the boy had his head on Julia's shoulders, asleep.
"Why is he so different from us...?" Eric asked softly.
"We, well, I never let him leave the aviary before... A bit over protective..."
"He is like a brother... I understand why you would be protective." Eric said, a smile crossing his face. It felt strange to smile now. He hadn't done that since he made it to a safe house on the island. The hope he had in the safe house was crushed when he found that the communications equipment was never installed. He hadn't allowed himself to feel happy since then.
Things were different now though. He had his parents now. He had Julia, who was the only one who would ever understand what had happened, and he had a way home. At least he would like to think so. He knew better then to get hopeful now. To many experiences had taught him how easily hope can be extinguished and how often it will be when you think you have acheived your goals.
Eric didn't think of this though. He was about to follow Tory's example when a familier, electronic jingle screeched through the now darkened jungle.

Billy froze and turned his head, peering into the blackened trees. He saw Alan and the Kirbys do the same out of the corner of his eyes. They all knew what was coming next. He shot a quick glance at the younger group and saw them all backing away from the side of the river the sound came from, Tory rubbing sleep from his eyes.
His muscles tensed as the sound grew louder.
The party didn't know wether to be relieved or disgusted. The sound no longer came from the spinosaurus. Rather it's huge mounds of excrement.
"Find it before it stops ringing!" Alan hissed at the other humans.
"Eric you and Julia stay there! You too, Tory!" Amanda said in a very motherly, commanding tone.
Billy looked back as the three watched. Julia and Eric didn't seem all to dissapointed to not be joining them in their search through dinosaur dung for the phone.
He groaned in disgust as he went into a pile, bare handed. He turned his face away and noticed the others doing the same as they went through the piles.
"Got it!" Amanda cried out pulling her arms from one of the stinking piles. Her hand hit the talk button and she pulled the phone close to her ear as the others approached.
"You too, can take part of this time share in lovely-" A prerecorded voice said automatically.
Billy had been able to hear the end of the message as he got closer to the woman with the other two adults and cursed lightly under his breath. The four adults sat crouched for a moment, all equally dissapointed it wasn't someone they could ask to help them in some way.
"Look out!"
Again glancing at the younger members of the party out of the corner of his eyes, Billy saw them frantically pointing. Pointing at a full grown, male carnotaurus.
The creature was smaller then a rex but could definetly devoir them. Billy felt himself trembling as his mind brought forth images of the predators knife-like teeth burying themselves in his flesh, his screams echoing inside the creatures maw.
A loud, disgusted groan, similer to the one Billy gave when he first caught a smell of the spinosaurus dung. This time coming from the carnotaurus. With another disgusted grunt, it turned its back on the humans and walked away, in search of a more sanitary meal.
The instant they were back on the boat the adults began desperetly trying to remove the dung from themselves.
"Are you sure thats a good idea...? Maybe you shouldn't get rid of it..." Eric said.
"Maybe we should get some of that stuff in case another predator wants to..." Julia trailed off, not wanting to say in front of Tory.
Billy stared at them for a second, shocked they would think of such a sickening thing.
"No! No son of mine is gonna smell like that and neither am I." Amanda said in a commanding tone.
"I hate to admit it but you two have a point." Paul said with a comforting smile.
Alan shot Paul a dark look, not wanting any more encouragement for that vile smell to be near him.
"Actually," Eric said in a reflective tone, "my first morning here one of the first things that happened was I fell into diplodocus crap and that was a really scarring experience."
"You'd think the entire time here would be a scarring experience." Alan said darkly.
"No," Eric said, brushing off the dark tone of voice Alan used, "The first few weeks fuck with you but after that it is all pretty much the same."
"Eric! Watch your mouth." Amanda said.
The boy merely shrugged. The amount of respect he had for his parents had apparently deteriorated with every day they hadn't come for him. Or perhaps it had completely vanished when they hadn't noticed how many horrible things he had done back in Enid out of frusteration when they had been fighting. He clearly loved them but every time they would tell him what to or not to do it would be of little effect.
Eric's parents were about to say more, neither quite sure what they would say to their son who was now almost a different person, but were interrupted when a heavy downpour began, soaking them to the bone as they continued their voyage downriver.

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Another rant: ^_^ I got more Billy in there! You know I did! I'll keep putting in more of him too so never fear! Lol Well again tell me what you think on couples, and anything else beyond your control. ^_^ Well read the authors rant at the last chapter or the begining of this one if you want to know what kind of opinions I would love to hear from you lovely people. Bye for now!