Disclaimer: Ok, this is the last time I'm saying this. If you don't remember later on, go back and look at an earlier chapter. We don't own Jurassic Park.
A/N: Thanks to my mom for coming up with the great idea of a laser pointer in this chapter. If it wasn't for that idea, I'd probably still be sitting there thinking, "What can Eric do to outsmart a bunch of velociraptors?" lol.
Chapter 13- By Dani
"Eric, what is that thing?" Dana whispered frantically as they raced up the tree.
"Velociraptor."
"If we keep really still, will it see us?"
"Oh, yeah. Believe me, it'll see you anyway."
"What do we do?"
Eric didn't answer. He was still trying to figure that out himself. Then, very suddenly, the raptor turned its head. It saw them! It stopped moving and began to screech. Eric recognized the sound. The raptor was calling for help.
"Oh, no," Eric whispered. "Start climbing faster. NOW!" He began to scramble up the next branch, going 15 miles a minute. Dana didn't ask questions or comment, she just followed as fast as she could. Suddenly, four more velociraptors burst through the trees to help the first. They began to jump up to the branches of the tree, lashing their teeth.
Dana screamed and climbed faster. Eric, who was already high enough that the raptors couldn't reach him, tried to grab her hand to pull her up but when she reached for his, her other hand lost its grip. She fell back to the bottom branch with her feet dangling down. One of the raptors closed their jaws around her ankle.
"AHHHHHH!" she screamed in pain and horror.
"DANA!" Eric cried. He jumped swiftly to a lower branch and, this time, successfully grabbed her and managed to pull her from the dinosaur's grasp. She hopped to the next branch, crying.
Eric thought fast. He reached into his pocket and felt something small, smooth, and curved. He pulled it out. It was his laser pointer. The one that could go up to about 5 miles away. He hit down the small black button and shined the bright red dot straight into one of the raptor's eyes. It blinked, then roared. Eric swirled it around in front of the pack to make sure they all noticed it. Quickly, each raptor turned their heads and followed the red dot across the ground, poking at it and bending down to try and bite it. Each time they couldn't get it, they became more and more frustrated. Finally, Eric pointed to dot to a large tree about three miles away, and the velociraptors followed it into the jungle. As soon as they were out of sight, Eric raced down to Dana's side.
"Are you okay?" he asked, then got his answer when she moved her hand away from her foot. Her ankle was torn and bloody. The skin was ripped and covered with the teeth marks of a raptor.
"Oh my God. We've got to wrap that with something."
Dana didn't answer. She just nodded and cried.
Eric pulled off the denim jacket he'd been wearing over his blue Blink 182 t-shirt. Carefully, as so not to hurt her anymore, he wound it around the wounded ankle.
"Does it hurt much?"
Dana wiped away a tear. "No, Eric. It feels perfectly great. It was just ripped apart by savage meat- eating dinosaurs, but I feel fine. How do you *think* it feels?"
Eric smiled weakly. "Well you're okay enough to be sarcastic. See if you can stand."
Dana grabbed onto a branch above her and slowly got to her feet.
"Ahh!" she gasped in pain and plopped back down on the limb she'd been standing on.
"What do we do, Eric? I can't walk like this, but we can't spend the whole night in a tree, can we?"
Eric shook his head. "I don't know..."
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Alan. Billy, Lex, Tim, and Cordelia entered the abandoned visitors' center of Jurassic Park. It was strange and eerie, especially to Alan, Lex, and Tim. There seemed to be memories hanging all through the air. They could feel the ghost of the velociraptors that had been killed here by a T-Rex eight years ago.
The once shiny, new floor of the building was covered in the remains of the dinosaur skeletons that had been hanging from the ceiling at the park's beginning. Alan, Tim, and Lex remembered all too well how the skeletons had fallen down. Though Lex and Tim had come here during their research frequently during the past two weeks, they still couldn't shake off the bad memories.
Everyone walked up the twisting ramp. Everyone except Cordelia, who was struggling to climb up on the metal tripod poles. And the thoughts of Dana and Eric missing were slowing her down even more. Her best friend forever and her boyfriend since the 5^th grade were gone. What had happened to them? What if they were hurt...or worse? What if she never saw them again?
"Lia, come on," Tim called.
"Coming." She tried to shake off the anxieties, but they kept coming back.
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Somehow, Eric had managed to help Dana get much higher up in the tree even with her damaged ankle. They were staring out at a Brachiosaurus, talking about this and that like all real friends do when they're trying to make each other feel better. Mostly they talked about what they would do when they got home.
"I'm *never* walking through that barnyard again. That's what started this whole thing," Dana laughed.
"Definitely. And from now on, I'm not listening to my mom when she tells me not to buy something," Eric commented.
Dana looked confused. "What's that got to do with anything?"
Eric smiled. "That laser pointer I used before? My mom told me not to buy it. She said I'd never have a use for it. I guess she never thought of this possibility."
Dana laughed, then suddenly her expression changed and she became serious. "Eric, did I ever tell you I'm adopted?"
Eric nodded. "Dana, we've been best friends since like first grade. Of course I knew that. Why?"
Dana shrugged. "I don't know. It's just that... you know how you guys have been saying I look like Billy?" she finally said. She'd been thinking about this all day, but she hadn't mentioned anything.
Eric nodded.
"Well... never mind. Forget it," she said.
"Ooookay..." Eric replied. They left the conversation at that.
Just then, they noticed how tired they were. Without thinking of the possible dangers, they leaned against opposite branches and fell asleep.
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A/N: I'm not sure if any laser pointers actually go 5 feet but again, it's dramatic license. And meanwhile, what's up with Dana and Billy? Hmmm.... Keep tuning in to the story and find out. Please review. Thanx!
A/N: Thanks to my mom for coming up with the great idea of a laser pointer in this chapter. If it wasn't for that idea, I'd probably still be sitting there thinking, "What can Eric do to outsmart a bunch of velociraptors?" lol.
Chapter 13- By Dani
"Eric, what is that thing?" Dana whispered frantically as they raced up the tree.
"Velociraptor."
"If we keep really still, will it see us?"
"Oh, yeah. Believe me, it'll see you anyway."
"What do we do?"
Eric didn't answer. He was still trying to figure that out himself. Then, very suddenly, the raptor turned its head. It saw them! It stopped moving and began to screech. Eric recognized the sound. The raptor was calling for help.
"Oh, no," Eric whispered. "Start climbing faster. NOW!" He began to scramble up the next branch, going 15 miles a minute. Dana didn't ask questions or comment, she just followed as fast as she could. Suddenly, four more velociraptors burst through the trees to help the first. They began to jump up to the branches of the tree, lashing their teeth.
Dana screamed and climbed faster. Eric, who was already high enough that the raptors couldn't reach him, tried to grab her hand to pull her up but when she reached for his, her other hand lost its grip. She fell back to the bottom branch with her feet dangling down. One of the raptors closed their jaws around her ankle.
"AHHHHHH!" she screamed in pain and horror.
"DANA!" Eric cried. He jumped swiftly to a lower branch and, this time, successfully grabbed her and managed to pull her from the dinosaur's grasp. She hopped to the next branch, crying.
Eric thought fast. He reached into his pocket and felt something small, smooth, and curved. He pulled it out. It was his laser pointer. The one that could go up to about 5 miles away. He hit down the small black button and shined the bright red dot straight into one of the raptor's eyes. It blinked, then roared. Eric swirled it around in front of the pack to make sure they all noticed it. Quickly, each raptor turned their heads and followed the red dot across the ground, poking at it and bending down to try and bite it. Each time they couldn't get it, they became more and more frustrated. Finally, Eric pointed to dot to a large tree about three miles away, and the velociraptors followed it into the jungle. As soon as they were out of sight, Eric raced down to Dana's side.
"Are you okay?" he asked, then got his answer when she moved her hand away from her foot. Her ankle was torn and bloody. The skin was ripped and covered with the teeth marks of a raptor.
"Oh my God. We've got to wrap that with something."
Dana didn't answer. She just nodded and cried.
Eric pulled off the denim jacket he'd been wearing over his blue Blink 182 t-shirt. Carefully, as so not to hurt her anymore, he wound it around the wounded ankle.
"Does it hurt much?"
Dana wiped away a tear. "No, Eric. It feels perfectly great. It was just ripped apart by savage meat- eating dinosaurs, but I feel fine. How do you *think* it feels?"
Eric smiled weakly. "Well you're okay enough to be sarcastic. See if you can stand."
Dana grabbed onto a branch above her and slowly got to her feet.
"Ahh!" she gasped in pain and plopped back down on the limb she'd been standing on.
"What do we do, Eric? I can't walk like this, but we can't spend the whole night in a tree, can we?"
Eric shook his head. "I don't know..."
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Alan. Billy, Lex, Tim, and Cordelia entered the abandoned visitors' center of Jurassic Park. It was strange and eerie, especially to Alan, Lex, and Tim. There seemed to be memories hanging all through the air. They could feel the ghost of the velociraptors that had been killed here by a T-Rex eight years ago.
The once shiny, new floor of the building was covered in the remains of the dinosaur skeletons that had been hanging from the ceiling at the park's beginning. Alan, Tim, and Lex remembered all too well how the skeletons had fallen down. Though Lex and Tim had come here during their research frequently during the past two weeks, they still couldn't shake off the bad memories.
Everyone walked up the twisting ramp. Everyone except Cordelia, who was struggling to climb up on the metal tripod poles. And the thoughts of Dana and Eric missing were slowing her down even more. Her best friend forever and her boyfriend since the 5^th grade were gone. What had happened to them? What if they were hurt...or worse? What if she never saw them again?
"Lia, come on," Tim called.
"Coming." She tried to shake off the anxieties, but they kept coming back.
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Somehow, Eric had managed to help Dana get much higher up in the tree even with her damaged ankle. They were staring out at a Brachiosaurus, talking about this and that like all real friends do when they're trying to make each other feel better. Mostly they talked about what they would do when they got home.
"I'm *never* walking through that barnyard again. That's what started this whole thing," Dana laughed.
"Definitely. And from now on, I'm not listening to my mom when she tells me not to buy something," Eric commented.
Dana looked confused. "What's that got to do with anything?"
Eric smiled. "That laser pointer I used before? My mom told me not to buy it. She said I'd never have a use for it. I guess she never thought of this possibility."
Dana laughed, then suddenly her expression changed and she became serious. "Eric, did I ever tell you I'm adopted?"
Eric nodded. "Dana, we've been best friends since like first grade. Of course I knew that. Why?"
Dana shrugged. "I don't know. It's just that... you know how you guys have been saying I look like Billy?" she finally said. She'd been thinking about this all day, but she hadn't mentioned anything.
Eric nodded.
"Well... never mind. Forget it," she said.
"Ooookay..." Eric replied. They left the conversation at that.
Just then, they noticed how tired they were. Without thinking of the possible dangers, they leaned against opposite branches and fell asleep.
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A/N: I'm not sure if any laser pointers actually go 5 feet but again, it's dramatic license. And meanwhile, what's up with Dana and Billy? Hmmm.... Keep tuning in to the story and find out. Please review. Thanx!