A/N: remember, it's STILL not done after this! Lol. There's gonna be an epilogue which I'll probably add next week, so don't forget to check back! And one more thing, my goal is to make it to 50 reviews so PLEASE review! Thank you! :-)

This chapter is mostly just to show what everyone is thinking as they leave the island. So, enjoy. :-)

Chapter Twenty- By Courtney

Right after take off, Cordelia noticed a flock of pteranodons encircling near the outside of the helicopter.

"Look!" she called, pointing.

Eric turned. He smiled and looked down, laughing at how much the same this time was as his last visit to the island, and how much they were still different.

Everyone watched the flying dinosaurs in an eerie silence.

About a million thoughts were racing through Dr. Grant's mind. This was definitely not new for him, yet at the same time, he felt as though it had never happened before. It was different and exciting each time.

Tim was looking back longingly at the island as it became smaller and smaller, shrinking to a dot of emerald green, then finally disappearing from sight as they entered a cloud. It was as if he didn't want to leave the place behind. He, of all of them, cared for it the most, and wondered just what would become of it, and if he would ever return.

Billy and Lex just kept glancing at each other, knowing this was the beginning of something, and unsure exactly of what. Though their thoughts were also a million different places, Billy's on Dana being his sister and Lex's on what to do in her career next, they still managed to focus part of their minds on each other.

Dana and Cordelia were just overjoyed to be going home. To be alright and have their friends and family safe, too.

'More family than I had when I left,' Dana thought, looking up at Billy. She was still shocked at the irony of it all.

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Cordelia. "What now," she asked Dana. "I know you and me and Eric will see each other all the time, and we'll probably see Billy a lot because he's your brother, but what about Alan? And everyone else?"

Dana shrugged. "I don't know. We might come across him every now and then."

"Ellie? Lex? Tim? You know what, now that I think about it, scratch Lex off that list. You're right," she grinned, nodding towards Billy and Lex, "she probably will be your stepsister one day. But what about Tim and Ellie?"

Dana just shrugged again. "Who knows?"

Then the two girls turned back to Eric and engaged smiles as only true friends could. No words were needed. Everything they had been through together, all they had seen and faced, had only bonded them closer. It seemed like the kind of hopeless situation that would separate them, but it did just the opposite.

Alan looked out of his window. He saw a clear, blue ocean and birds flying calmly. He remembered. All his theories, all his thoughts, all his memories. All coming back to him.

The sun was setting and so was the group's time together. All of them, in the helicopter, were overtaken by quiet. A few small whispers here and there, but mostly silent.

This was an experience that all of them would never forget. Ever.

'Malcolm was right. Life has, and always would, find a way,' Dr. Grant thought to himself, looking at Lex, Tim, Billy, Cordelia, Dana, and Eric. All of them. Now safe.

The helicopter was filled with the love and unity that came out of the terrifying adventure as it flew on towards the bright red sun, the last bit of glow sliding into the ocean.

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A/N: If this were a real JP movie, the theme song would be playing at this point, so it might help the effect of the last paragraph if you read it again while humming the theme song. "De….ne ne ne…..de ne ne, nene, ne ne! de, ne, ne, ne, ne. Dee ne neee. De ne ne ne ne ne NE! De ne ne. ne ne. De ne ne. Ne ne." There, I sung it for you. lol. Well, PLEASE review and be sure to keep coming back to this story cause there's still an epilogue to go. Then it really will be over, I swear. Lol.