Grudge Match Part 2: Combat

I was breathing heavily. My breath being the only sound heard. I see Kenji look to his side and see the blade of the axe in bedded into the ground, a few inches from his left ear. I stand up, pulling the axe with me. My hand begin quivering and shaking, I almost killed him, for a moment, I wanted too. I drop my axe at my feet and walk away from Kenji and the rest of the group. Subconsciously, I make my way over to the tree that I stated in my story. I fall to my knees in front of the mighty tree and just starting crying. Everything, my dad, being left here, the Indominus, Mitch and Tiff, telling everyone, everything just building up and I can't bear it anymore.

I hear someone walk over to me. I notice the red shoes, Kenji. I don't acknowledge him but he sports a quick forming bruise on his face, that will bruise in the morning. He kneels down beside me and rests his hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry...truly I am." He says, I go to reply but nothing comes out. He gets up and leaves me with my thoughts. "Can we please give him some space?" O hear Kenji say to the others. I try to fight the pain but it's to much, nothing can change the past and nothing can make the pain anymore bearable. Sometimes, I think about what I would change about that day or what I would have done differently. Oh God, I almost killed Kenji because I blame him. He caused it, if he had only listened to me than nothing bad would have happened. But I can't blame him, if it wasn't him, it could have been someone else. I think now, I blame Allison, that crazy bitch of a dino is to blame, nothing else. She took someone I loved away. I stand up with a look of determination and hate on my face. I'll make that dinosaur pay for what she did.

I walk away from the tree back to where my axe is, I pick it up before holestering it. I start to walk back to camp but the others are trying to get my attention but I ignore them. This ends, she dies and my dad can rest. His killer will burn, mark my words.

I arrive back at camp and immediately head to the spare dry trees, these will be great. Allison is a mature Allosaurus. Spears and an a axe aren't going to do much, not if she gets me first. I take one of the larger trucks and crave an outline of a massive bow. Range will be my friend against her. Firing at her legs and feet will bring her down for the killing blow. Cripple her, bring her down, finish. Simple plan. "Ryan what are you doing?" I hear Brooklynn say but I ignore her, no one is going to stop me from doing this. "Answer me goddamn it!" She shouts as I stop working. "I'm going to kill Allison." I say, going back to crave the bow. "Ryan think this through." She tries to reason but I refuse to acknowledge it. "She took everything from me and I'm going to make sure that my father's soul can rest knowing that his killer is punished." I say as I take my stuff and move away from Brooklynn as she stands there shocked.

The bow is craved and now for the string. I've taken some fresh ferns and dried out the leaves. Tying them all together to get my string. I see Darius walk over to me with a sad expression. "Ryan... Brooklynn told me." He says, I shake me head at what everyone is trying to do. "You all will probably tell me, 'it's gonna be fine...he will always be with you.' Well I don't want that, I want him here, with me. But we don't get what we want, so I'm gonna to go out and make myself feel better. One way or another, Darius...that monster is going to pay." I finalise as I walk past him. He tries to say something but nothing comes out.

It's been hours and I've made about fifty-sixty arrows. Chipping stones is tedious work but necessary. I see Yaz sit beside me. Great, is she going to try and convince me out of this. "What do you want?" I say with annoyance in my voice. She doesn't say anything. I continue to make arrows. "I don't know what your going through...but I hope you can let me try to understand." She says to me quietly. I stop what I'm doing at look at her. "You can't...I watched my father die in my arms, a broken spine and ruptured liver. Allison did that...I can't sleep, I close my eyes and all I do is dream and relive that day or its Allison mocking me, saying I'm a failure and that I couldn't save my father and/or I can't protect any of you." I say, I knew that Yaz would be the one to break through my barrier, she and I have that deeper understanding and comfortability compared to the others. She looks at me in worry. "I just want my dad back...but that's not going to happen so...I going for the next best thing. Making sure that Allison can't take anyone away from me again." I say as I complete the seventy arrow for my arensal. I get up and leave Yaz behind as I get ready for the night ahead.

Later:

As I lay in my hammock, I begin to wonder of what else I could do. Spears, bow and an arrow, axe, what else could I do. My eyes perk up in realisation. Fire. Allison would have remembered how she got her burns...fire is an instinctual fear that all animals feel, there is no hiding it. As everyone is sleeping, I slide down the slide with a spare big water bottle, I walk to the ruined jeep near camp. I dig a small hole the ground for the bottle to sit, under the gasoline container of the jeep. Using my knife, I make a small incision into the metal, allowing the gasoline to pour into the bottle. This will do the trick. As I load the bottle onto the bike, I look back at the treehouse, I might not come back tonight, I left a note saying that I'm sorry but I need to do this. I swing the spears over my back and load the quiver of arrows onto the side of the bike, I place the bow over the quiver, holding it in place. I start the motorcycle, speeding off into the dark jungle. Now to find her.

I find a large clearing, close to where Mitch and Tiff had set up their camp. The Majungasaurus corpse should be nearby. I knew that this was Allison's territory, some of the trees have been uprooted from their position in the ground and broken apart. A lot of teeth scratches marked the trees. Only an Allosaurus teeth can match these. I place the bike far from the clearing, just in case. I load the quiver and spears into a tall tree. Having aerial advantage will be the game changer. I take the bottle and pour it along the ground and onto some trees. I take three matches out of my survival kit before wrapping them around one of the arrows. I place a flint in my pocket for a quick light. The clearing is ready for a war. I climb to the top of the tree and take the deepest breath I've ever taken in my life.

"HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Nearby: P.O.V Change: Allison

"HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

I raise my neck from my slumber. That scream...it sounds like the two leg...a roar of challenge. So...he wants to meet his fate...so be it. I rise to my feet before sniffing out his location, its masked by something foul but I catch him. Got you. I make my over to the site of the scent. Walking through these despicable trees, I break the treeline and come out to a clearing, I can smell him but this other smell is foul, it's making my nose itch. I look around the clearing, trying to find the pinpoint of his scent. I look up and see a shadow in the trees. It the two leg. I roar at him, telling him that he should start running into the night. It would be so much more satisfying when I catch him. But he doesn't get out of the tree and run. I notice something glowing on the object in his hands. It like a red glow. Looks so familiar. The glow is moving suddenly to the ground not far from the tree. The red glow expands...THE RED DOOM. The two leg has used this dreaded doom against me. The spreading danger is rapidly surrounding me, I have no where to go. Something pierces my nose. OWWWW! I roar in pain. The damn two leg will pay for this. I look up and he is gone from the tree. The Red Doom is blistering hot. My skin feels like it's burning from the inside. Something pierces my foot. That's really painful. I look down and see a stick that is dug into my toe.

I look up and see him crouched within the treeline just beyond the twisted fingers of the Doom. Something flies from his hands and hits me in the shoulder. Damn this two leg. I run blindly into the Doom, not caring if I get burnt, only caring that the two leg dies. He moves away as I bash my head into a tree. I shake it off and snap at him as he runs back into the clearing, back towards the Doom. This two leg is either really brave or really stupid. I chase after him back into the clearing. I snap at him but I miss. He is holding a larger stick in his hand that has a rock for a tip. It looks really sharp. He digs it into my foot, before ripping it out. THAT HURTS REALLY BADLY!I cry out in sheer pain. He then throws the big stick into my ribs. DAMN THIS TWO LEG TO THE DEPTHS OF SOME BEASTS STOMACH IF I DON'T GET HIM! I roar out, not caring if you doesn't understand me. Another stick pierces my flesh near my hip. Because of the pain and my weight, I fall over. The pain becomes really unbearable and the surrounding heat is making me feel really sick. It's hard to breath. I completely give out as he comes to stand over my eye. I stare at him with absolute hate. I'm suffocating under this smoke and my foot hurts...like...HELL!

P.O.V Change: Ryan

There she is. Right there. I had stabbed the foot of the Allosaur, bringing her down to the ground. I threw two spear into the left side of her ribs and hip for good measure. I take out my axe, ready to deal the slit to end her life. I hold the axe to her jugular. But before I do it, I look into her eyes. She is giving me a serious look of hate, rage and...fear. she is afraid for her life. I remember back to what I said to Yaz earlier. 'I don't want Allison to take anyone away from me again.' I said that to her, but looking at the pitiful, despiteful creature. I feel sorry for her. She is in pain, caused by me. She is an animal, plain and simple. A hyper aggressive vengeful one but an animal all the same. I look at the burn mark on her face. I did that to hurt her. She payed back, unknowingly, in full.

I pull my axe away, as I back away from the mighty predator. I may hate her, hate everything that she has caused me. But I'm not going to lose myself to vengeance like her. My priorities are to Darius, Brooklynn, Ben, Sammy, Yasmina and...Kenji. All of them are worth more than my vengeance. I point my axe at her. "You remember that I showed you mercy today. You may hunt me for the rest of your natural life but I'm going to live before you force me to meet my maker." I say as walk over to get some large dirt and throw it onto some of the fire, suffocating it. A pathway is clear for the Allosaur as I make my way back to the motorcycle before driving off. One last look at Allison before going. We'll meet again... eventually.

Riding back to camp, I hear the bellow of the bikes engine, the scattering of nocturnal animals and the blazing roar of the fire. But to doesn't even translate into my brain, only the thoughts of why. Why did I let her live, why couldn't I just end her right there and then. I don't have any particular reason. Like I thought before, the group is my priority and vengeance won't satisfy me but out of all of that, what reason prevented me from just slitting her throat and being down with it. I could come up with reasons like before but they would just be lies, masks to hide behind. I have no legitimate reason for my hesitation. Maybe God just telling me, it was a mistake and need correcting. I don't know. I pull up to camp and see everyone is frantic with worry.

I turn off the bike and Yaz barrels into me, crying her eyes out. "I thought...we thought, you were dead...when I saw the note..." She says while sobbing. I bring my arms around her and hold her close, silent tears falling down my face. "I'm sorry...I'm so sorry." I say quietly as everyone slowly joins in on the hug. These people are everything to me. They are my anchor, my mission...my family. This is my purpose. To make sure that they live. Allison is an obstacle, a shadowy nightmare in the back of my mind. I will always hate her but she is not my concern...these people are. They are family...and it's time to get them home.