Chapter 2
Quickly, Marguerite went and retrieved the guns, and everyone (but Challenger) ran outside to fight off the huge Dinosaur. Malone waited patiently for he monster to come, with his rifle aimed. The ground shook, and rumbled, signaling the approach of a beast. "When I say 'FIRE', shoot at the dinosaur's eyes. Got it?" Roxton said. Everyone nodded. Veronica didn't like waiting for something to happen. It was long, and the suspense was unbearable. She had her knives ready to throw. All of the surrounding trees shook, and finally, he T-Rex appeared. It let out a defining roar of warning, and then charged. Roxton, and Malone shot and shot, but the Dinosaur kept on coming. Veronica was waiting for that perfect moment.and.
Two knives hurled through the air and hit the T-Rex in both eyes. It moaned in pain, and fell to the ground. "Nice shot, Veronica." Remarked Malone. He gazed into her eyes, looking for the same look back, but instead, she turned away. "Well, I did something too!" said Marguerite, hoping to get some attention for herself. "True." Roxton mumbled. Challenger leaned over the railing of the tree house, and started to smile. "Well done guys! Well done!" he said. "Finally your awake." "Yes I am, and I'm ready to." Marguerite collapsed to the forest floor. "Oh my god!" Yelled Veronica. All four of the explorers chipped in and helped lug Marguerite up to the tree house. "Marguerite, are you alright?" She didn't answer. "Knocked out cold." Said Challenger. Her eyes were closed, so she looked like she was sleeping silently. Of course she wasn't. Suddenly, a cough was heard. Marguerite was awake! Coughing quite loudly, Marguerite sat up from the couch with the rest of the gang standing above her. "What a nasty cough." "I have just the thing!" Challenger remarked. "Another experiment is gonna go wrong." Veronica rolled her eyes. Challenger walked into his lab, and came back with the same potion that ruined their water. "What the hell do you think you're doing with that?" asked Malone. "It's perfectly safe, and Marguerite will be fine." Challenger answered over the coughing. "I won't let you!" defended Veronica. "Veronica, trust me with his time. I promise it'll work." "Well, okay then. Go ahead." Challenger walked over to Marguerite and lifted up her head. He put the glass beaker to her mouth, and made her swallow the potion. Immediately, the coughing stopped. "Where am I?" asked Marguerite. "Oh no." "What?" Roxton didn't know what was going on. "A side effect that I thought we'd have. Amnesia. Marguerite should recover soon however. She just needs to get some rest." "So what happened that would make someone as healthy as Marguerite pass out?" asked Roxton. "That rain we had yesterday. It must have contained some type of unusual nerve gas. That explains why the dinosaurs have been going wild." "So how can we stop this from infecting all of us" "I have just the plan."
"Marguerite, are you feeling better now?" said Malone, sitting next to her on the couch. "I-I think so." "Good. All of us are going out for a walk, so just stay here. Okay?" "Okay." "We'll be back in a few hours." "Have a nice walk." Malone got into the elevator, pulled the lever down. Marguerite was left alone. She drifted in and out of sleep, so she didn't mind he lack of company. When Malone got down to the forest floor, he was joined with Challenger, Veronica, and Roxton. "So what's your plan to get rid of this nerve gas in the air?" asked Roxton. "Well, I was thinking." "Thinking what?" "Do you think you can manage not taking a bath in our swimming hole for a few days?" "Challenger, What exactly are you proposing?" "Did you see how Marguerite fainted from the high levels of chemicals from the rain?" "Yes." "If we contaminate our water with my potion, and the water evaporates, the next rainstorm should bring relief to the nerve gas." "We better get walking guys." Malone caught up to Challenger and Roxton. "Good point, Malone. Let's go. We only have a few hours." The three walked through the deep forest hoping to solve their problems. Nothing much happened on the short walk to he swimming hole. Malone tripped on a tree root, and Challenger tried to make a few conversations. Today was hot and sticky; miserable weather. Finally, for what seemed like an eternity, the explorers reached their swimming hole. "Challenger, this BETTER work!" warned Veronica. "I'm sure it will, but in the meantime, we have to make sure that none of the Troggs come and drink this water. It's poisonous to their bodies, and we mean them no harm." Veronica nodded in agreement. Challenger knelt down and poured his potion into the crystal clear water. The whole pond started to bubble, and broil. Roxton and the others backed away cautiously. Amazingly, the pond overcame, and stopped its commotion. "That wasn't a big deal." Said Roxton, relieved. "Okay, we got the job done, and now we can go straight back.back.back. to the trrrreeee."Malone fell into the water. He was unconscious, and would drown if someone didn't save him. Alarmed, Roxton dived into the warm water to save Malone. Underwater, Malone was floating straight towards the bottom, but just in time, Roxton grabbed his arm and brought him to safety. Great. Another man down. Thought Challenger. If another dinosaur comes along, we're dead meat! "CHALLENGER!" yelled Roxton. Veronica and Challenger went over to help Malone. Kneeling at his side, Challenger ordered Veronica to empty out his canteen, and fill It up with water from the pond. She did just that, and gave the canteen to Roxton. "Force Malone to drink it. He'll only get worse if he refuses to." Challenger explained. Roxton made Malone choke down the watery potion, until his coughing fit stopped. Just as everyone thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. A pack of Velocirapors flew out of nowhere. It was just then that Challenger noticed that they had all ran out of ammunition.
Quickly, Marguerite went and retrieved the guns, and everyone (but Challenger) ran outside to fight off the huge Dinosaur. Malone waited patiently for he monster to come, with his rifle aimed. The ground shook, and rumbled, signaling the approach of a beast. "When I say 'FIRE', shoot at the dinosaur's eyes. Got it?" Roxton said. Everyone nodded. Veronica didn't like waiting for something to happen. It was long, and the suspense was unbearable. She had her knives ready to throw. All of the surrounding trees shook, and finally, he T-Rex appeared. It let out a defining roar of warning, and then charged. Roxton, and Malone shot and shot, but the Dinosaur kept on coming. Veronica was waiting for that perfect moment.and.
Two knives hurled through the air and hit the T-Rex in both eyes. It moaned in pain, and fell to the ground. "Nice shot, Veronica." Remarked Malone. He gazed into her eyes, looking for the same look back, but instead, she turned away. "Well, I did something too!" said Marguerite, hoping to get some attention for herself. "True." Roxton mumbled. Challenger leaned over the railing of the tree house, and started to smile. "Well done guys! Well done!" he said. "Finally your awake." "Yes I am, and I'm ready to." Marguerite collapsed to the forest floor. "Oh my god!" Yelled Veronica. All four of the explorers chipped in and helped lug Marguerite up to the tree house. "Marguerite, are you alright?" She didn't answer. "Knocked out cold." Said Challenger. Her eyes were closed, so she looked like she was sleeping silently. Of course she wasn't. Suddenly, a cough was heard. Marguerite was awake! Coughing quite loudly, Marguerite sat up from the couch with the rest of the gang standing above her. "What a nasty cough." "I have just the thing!" Challenger remarked. "Another experiment is gonna go wrong." Veronica rolled her eyes. Challenger walked into his lab, and came back with the same potion that ruined their water. "What the hell do you think you're doing with that?" asked Malone. "It's perfectly safe, and Marguerite will be fine." Challenger answered over the coughing. "I won't let you!" defended Veronica. "Veronica, trust me with his time. I promise it'll work." "Well, okay then. Go ahead." Challenger walked over to Marguerite and lifted up her head. He put the glass beaker to her mouth, and made her swallow the potion. Immediately, the coughing stopped. "Where am I?" asked Marguerite. "Oh no." "What?" Roxton didn't know what was going on. "A side effect that I thought we'd have. Amnesia. Marguerite should recover soon however. She just needs to get some rest." "So what happened that would make someone as healthy as Marguerite pass out?" asked Roxton. "That rain we had yesterday. It must have contained some type of unusual nerve gas. That explains why the dinosaurs have been going wild." "So how can we stop this from infecting all of us" "I have just the plan."
"Marguerite, are you feeling better now?" said Malone, sitting next to her on the couch. "I-I think so." "Good. All of us are going out for a walk, so just stay here. Okay?" "Okay." "We'll be back in a few hours." "Have a nice walk." Malone got into the elevator, pulled the lever down. Marguerite was left alone. She drifted in and out of sleep, so she didn't mind he lack of company. When Malone got down to the forest floor, he was joined with Challenger, Veronica, and Roxton. "So what's your plan to get rid of this nerve gas in the air?" asked Roxton. "Well, I was thinking." "Thinking what?" "Do you think you can manage not taking a bath in our swimming hole for a few days?" "Challenger, What exactly are you proposing?" "Did you see how Marguerite fainted from the high levels of chemicals from the rain?" "Yes." "If we contaminate our water with my potion, and the water evaporates, the next rainstorm should bring relief to the nerve gas." "We better get walking guys." Malone caught up to Challenger and Roxton. "Good point, Malone. Let's go. We only have a few hours." The three walked through the deep forest hoping to solve their problems. Nothing much happened on the short walk to he swimming hole. Malone tripped on a tree root, and Challenger tried to make a few conversations. Today was hot and sticky; miserable weather. Finally, for what seemed like an eternity, the explorers reached their swimming hole. "Challenger, this BETTER work!" warned Veronica. "I'm sure it will, but in the meantime, we have to make sure that none of the Troggs come and drink this water. It's poisonous to their bodies, and we mean them no harm." Veronica nodded in agreement. Challenger knelt down and poured his potion into the crystal clear water. The whole pond started to bubble, and broil. Roxton and the others backed away cautiously. Amazingly, the pond overcame, and stopped its commotion. "That wasn't a big deal." Said Roxton, relieved. "Okay, we got the job done, and now we can go straight back.back.back. to the trrrreeee."Malone fell into the water. He was unconscious, and would drown if someone didn't save him. Alarmed, Roxton dived into the warm water to save Malone. Underwater, Malone was floating straight towards the bottom, but just in time, Roxton grabbed his arm and brought him to safety. Great. Another man down. Thought Challenger. If another dinosaur comes along, we're dead meat! "CHALLENGER!" yelled Roxton. Veronica and Challenger went over to help Malone. Kneeling at his side, Challenger ordered Veronica to empty out his canteen, and fill It up with water from the pond. She did just that, and gave the canteen to Roxton. "Force Malone to drink it. He'll only get worse if he refuses to." Challenger explained. Roxton made Malone choke down the watery potion, until his coughing fit stopped. Just as everyone thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. A pack of Velocirapors flew out of nowhere. It was just then that Challenger noticed that they had all ran out of ammunition.