A Shock to the System
P.O.V: Change: Ryan
I stay and sit up but pain in my back prevents me. "Don't try so fast. You had a rough night." Yaz says to me jokingly. I laugh at her. "How are you feeling?" She questions. "Well...I got scartched and beat up by a nightmarish porcupine. Other than that, never better." I say sarcastically which gets a laugh out of Yaz. I look to everyone else. "Hey, guys." I say. "Welcome back to the land of the living." Ben says which I laugh. "Smartass." Darius hands me a bottle of water. "Thanks." I take it and take a big chug of it. "Damn, thats good." Darius looks up at the moon, seeing a break in the storm. "We have to get to the boat. With the break in the storm, we have a chance." He says as he lift a bag. "What about the Scorpios?" Sammy asks fearfully. "We have to risk it. We might not get another chance." He reasons back. I nod in agreement. "He's right. If the storm comes back, the boat could take on too much water and we'll never get out of here." I say which the others nod hestiatingly in agreement.
We all start to pack. Yaz helps me in trying to get my strength back. "Whoa." I say as I almost fall. "Hold on, there you go." Yaz says as she steadies me. "I hate feeling like this." I say. "It's just temporary, once you get your strength back, you'll be good as new." She says as she swings my arm around her neck. I pull her into a hug. "Thanks for saving me." I say quietly as she hugs me back. My legs start to give out. "Uh, Ryan...?" She says as she struggles to keep me up. "Sorry...I can't keep myself upright." I apologize. "It's alright. No matter what you need. I'm here for you." She says as she leans me on a foundation as I steady myself up. I look at her weirdly, that's...strange. I shake it off as Yaz helps walk to where the others are.
"Wait, where's Ben?" I hear Brooklynn ask as we all look around the camp. That skinny, little, doesn't listen bitch. "I'm going to throttle him." I say with frustration. We enter the forest, looking everywhere for. "Ben?" Kenji calls out, Brooklynn soon follows. "Bumpy ran off because of the Scorpios Rex, maybe Ben went looking for her." Brooklynn says which makes the most sense for why Ben would run off. "Than I'm going after him!" Darius says as he walks off into the jungle. "Darius." I say which makes him turn to me. "Anyone else see the irony?" Yaz asks sarcastically. "Fine, let's go. The sooner we find Ben, the sooner we can get out of here." Brooklynn says moodily. "We can't risk it. With the Scorpios out here, we can't all go. I'll go alone." I slap my forehead at his stubbornness. "Again? Remember what happened last time you went alone?" Brooklynn tries to reason but I knew that Darius won't budge. "Fine... we'll go the the boat. You find Ben and get him back." I say to him which he nods. "If we're not back by sunrise, then you know what to do." He says. "Dude." "What!" "No way!" Kenji, Brooklynn and Sammy say respectively. A stick break is heard. "Shh, you hear that." Darius says as he points behind us. We see rustling and out pops a goat. Must've escaped from Rexy's enclosure. We turn back to Darius and see him gone. "Oh yeah. Picking up on that irony thing that you said earlier." Brooklynn quips to Yaz.
We are walking, I believe, into the direction of the boat. I hear Brooklynn and Kenji talking about something when suddenly we come upon a small trampled clearing. "Gosh, darn it." Sammy says, going full Texan with it. "Everything has been knocked down, smashed and trampled. Stupid Scorpios messing up that stupid path to the stupid boat." Kenji grumbles angrily as he kicks a boulder. I pull him out of the way of a falling branch. "It's ok. We just have to turn left at the bush with the berry beard. Which was...maybe that one?" Brooklynn says as she glances around before settling on a bush that she can't be sure for certain is the right one. "I need to sit down." I say as I drop down on a good size rock. "If we don't find that path, than that Scorpios will find us." Sammy says fearfully. Yaz shakes her head. "Nah, we'll be ok. You guys will find a way, right?" Kenji and Brooklynn turn around. "Say again?" Kenji asks. "You guys got this. I believe in you." I raise my eyebrow before looking at the other three. They all have wide eyes and confused looks. "O...k. And?" Kenji questions suspiciously. "And what? I really believe in you guys. Keep up the good work." I subtly move away from Yaz. I must've hit my head somewhere but did she just...encourage them. What the fuck happened when I was out. Kenji and Brooklynn huddle together. I look at Yaz as she sits next to me. What is going on with her. I hear Kenji. "Because he always sees the trees with Stegosaurus marks." So that's how Darius alway knew how to get to boat and back in record time. That little cheat. "Great job, guys! We're gonna be outta here in no time." Yaz say as she puts up a double thumbs. Ok, something is differently wrong.
We continue on our way. Kenji, Sammy and Brooklynn are looking around for any missing bark on any trees. "Oh, watch your step." Yaz says as she moves me out of the way of a tree root. "Thanks." I say. "You're a trooper. Keep this pace and you're going to beat ME to the boat." Yaz says happily. I laugh nervously. What the fuck is going on with you? "Hey, guys! Can we stop for a water break and someone know a psychologist, because I think that my mind is fucked up for some reason." I say as I glance at Yaz. I sit down and take a water bottle from Kenji. I drink it down. "Better?" Sammy asks me. "I sure hope so." I say as I pass the bottle back to Kenji. "Way to be prepared." Yaz says as she playfully punches Kenji in the arm. "Ow." He says as I snatch the bottle back from him and down it. "If she's keep encouraging me, I'm gonna lose it." I hear Kenji say as Brooklynn agrees. "Hey Yaz! Can we talk for a minute?" Brooklynn asks as Sammy gestures her to come over to them. "Sure, I'll be right back." She says as she leaves. I watch her as she goes over to them.
"Whats up, camp fam?" She says as she puts her elbow on Kenjis shoulder. This is not right, I brush my eyes with my knuckles. "Look, I don't why you're acting this way but you have got to stop." Brooklynn whispers but I can hear everything. I slap my forehead at them. "What are you talking about?" Yaz questions. "Your kindness is killing us...killing." Kenji drags out to Yaz. "You're making me question everything." Sammy puts in. "Look, Ryan needs us to stay positive and that's what I'm doing." Yaz says, finally explaining why she's acting so weird. Awww, cute. "Hey, dickheads." I call out to them as they turn. "I don't why you decided to have a secret huddle in front of me because I can hear everything. And Yaz, your kindness is driving me insane!" I say. "What?" She questions. "Insane." Kenji says, dragging it out. Yaz glances back not before shoving Kenji back. "There! That's what's normal. You don't have to change to make me feel better, Yaz, just be yourself because I thought that I hit my head somewhere with he way you were going on." I say. "I was just trying to-." She goes to say. "I know and I appreciate it, I really do. But I'm not dead yet. You can smother me when I'm on my death bed, cool?" I say which Yaz smiles. "Cool."
I smile back and then look behind her. "Hey, guys? What is that?" I ask as we turn and see glowing lights coming from the jungle. They look like..."Are those-." Brooklynn goes to say before Sammy interrupts. "The Parasaurolophuses from the cave!" We all scream as they head towards us. Yaz helps me over the log as we brace again it as the hadrosaurs jump over. We hear a loud screeching sound. A sound that I'll never forget. The Scorpios Rex, it's close.
As the Parasaurolophuses jump over. One of them trips over and begins kicking. "Move!" I yell out just as the hadrosaur kicks the gap between me and Kenji. Another barges into he tree in front of us, causing a branch to fall down. Kenji shoves Yaz over to me, I catch her before she falls. Yaz sharply turns around back to Kenji. "Do your job and get us out of here, dingus!" Yaz shouts angrily to him. Now thats more like it, I smile on the inside. "She's back, y'all!" I shout out. Kenji notices the Parasaurolophuses knocking over logs and moving a path for us.
"They're making a path. Follow the glowy dinos." He says as we run after them. We are running inbetween the herd. "I know where we are. The dock is that why!" Kenji says as he nods to the left. We change in direction towards the dock. As the Parasaurolophuses change their trajectory. A shadowy figure jumps on each hadrosaur. The Scorpios Rex. I see the hybrid drag one of its kills before lunging back out for another. We move out of the way as it turns its attention to another Parasaurolophus. We all watch as it drags it's kill away. I narrow my eyes. Thats weird, it's smaller than I remember and had no wound on its chest, must heal fast. We all get up and run towards the treeline. Let's get far away from that thing.
We break the treeline and see the dock and the yacht in all its glory. We are begin running. Soon I feel my muscles waking up from their slumber. I break apart from Yaz and we begin racing. Passing Sammy, Brooklynn and finally Kenji. I jump onto the boat and begin speeding through the deck, upper bridge before coming back to the back. I smile so wide, it felt like my face would become a Joker smile. "I see that even when you are not 100%, you still seem to beat me." Yaz says jokingly. I run towards and scoop her up in a big hug. "Whoa, Ryan!" She says while laughing. "Thank you, thank you." I cheer out as I put her down. My hands rest on her hips as her arms rest on my shoulders. I stare at her and lean down while she leans up. We close our eyes, this is the moment..."Hey, guys!" We break from our moment and great some believable distance between us as we glare at Kenji as he climbs onto the boat. He doesn't seem to know what we were about to do and thank god for that. "Hey everyone, let's get some rest until Darius and Ben get back. I'll take first watch." I say which Kenji interjects. "No way. You need rest. I'll take first watch." Kenji says, I smile at him while patting him on the back.
We all get some rest on the front deck. I wake up as I see sunlight rise of the horizon. Sunrise. I turn to see Yaz, who is laying her head on my shoulder while her hand on my chest. She must've rolled over in her sleep. She's adorable when she's sleep...that's creepy, Ryan. I sit up and wake her up. "Yaz, wake up." She groans. "Five more minutes." Sorry about this, beautiful, but we don't have time. I breath in..."WAKE UP!" My yell startles everyone awake. "Where's the threat." "Are they back?" "What's going on?" "What the fuck was that?" Brooklynn, Sammy, Kenji and Yaz say respectively. "Calm down, it was the easiest way to get everyone up." Yaz glares at me. "Don't ever do some shit like that again." She says threateningly. "Sorry but it's sunrise and the others aren't back yet." We all head to the railing and gaze out to the sunrise.
Kenji notices something in the distance behind us. We all look and see bushes rustling. "Hey, Darius, Ben, told you we wouldn't leave without you guys." Kenji says cheerfully but I narrow my eyes above the bush. Those...quills? The Scorpios comes out of the bush. "Guys?" Kenji says fearfully. "Ryan, haul us out of here!" Brooklynn screams at me as I run to he bridge and start the engine. "Wait, what about Darius and Ben?" Sammy asks. "We can't let that thing get on this boat. Sorry Sammy but we have to go." I say as push the yacht in full reserve. The Scorpios walks methodically out to the dock and stares at us as we leave. I look back at it and notice no scars and it's lighter pigment. How the fuck did you change from black to brown? We are out to sea and we leave the island, Darius and Ben behind. Sorry guys...truly I am.
P.O.V Change: Darius
We break through the shrubbery and see that the boat is gone. "We're too late." I say sadly as I begin to turn to walk back onto the jungle. Ben pulls my arm and points out. I see the Scorpios walking out of the bush and we back up to the tree. The Scorpios stares at us and roars. We are about to be killed and eaten by this monster. I look closer at the Scorpios and it's smaller than when I saw it last night. And lighter. I hear a growl behind me and see a bigger, darker snout of ugly teeth than the one in front of me. This one however has a massive scar that is going across its chest. This is the one that Ryan fought. I break from that thought when I realise. "There's two of them." The Scorpios's roar at the both of us. We...are...so...screwed.
