Escape From Isla Nublar

I kill the engines. We are a good mile and and a half from Nublar. I stand on the bridge as I look back to the island. "Aww, man. I left my captain's hat in the limo." I hear Kenji say besides me. "Ah, Kenji. We have slightly bigger problems." Yaz says as she enters the bridge. "I know, I know." He defends. "We're heading back to the dock. The Scorpios had to move on by now." I say as I kick start the engine back to the island. Hang on, guys, we're coming.

I pull the boat up to dock and level it out before killing the engines. Yaz and Kenji exit the bridge before joining Sammy and Brooklynn, off the boat. I go to follow but I gaze at the shotgun leaning against the wall. I walk over and pick it up before loading 7 shells into it. "One last score." I walk out of bridge and climb down to the lower level. I hop off the boat to join to others. I see Yaz looking at me, worriedly. "Just a precaution." I say, reassuring her as she nods.

We slowly walk up the ramp, I have the shotgun ready just in case the Scorpios is still around. We were just about to crest the top when a spiked tail came of nowhere. We are scream and back away. I point the gun at...the Stegosaurus. How the fuck did we not see or hear that anywhere? "False alarm, guys. It's just a Stego." I say to others who breath a sigh of relief. "Oh my God. Guys!" Sammy runs with Brooklynn and Yaz following. I go to join them when I see Kenji still on the ramp. "What is it? Describe with words." He says. "Come on." I say as I pick him up from the back of his shirt and drag him to follow.

"That's terrifying." I say as I gaze up at the beat up limo. It's windscreen is cracked. The dents make it seem that someone threw boulders at it. Oh, and nevermind that it's standing completely upright against the tree. "Darius and Ben? Do you think..." Brooklynn says sadly but a gasp from Sammy interrupts. "Guys, they escaped, look!" She says as we look down and see tracks. "Follow those tracks!" I yell out as I run in their direction.

"More footprints, over here." Sammy says as we try to find they tracks. Their tracks had gone when they entered the thick brush. We follow Sammy when we hit a roadblock. A large tree and several others had been knocked down. "Something big had to come through here. Like, lots and lots of something bigs." Yaz says as she gestures to the damage. "Most likely Brachiosaurus. These trees are old and thick, only a herd of Brachiosaurus could have knocked them down." I say as I look down at Darius and Ben's tracks. They are mumbled with the Brachiosaur prints but with enough time, I can find their path. A cry of a dinosaur is heard as we all jump up and huddle. I have the shotgun pointed out as Yaz has her machete at the ready. "I swear...if that's the Scorpios Rex..." Kenji goes to say but the cry is heard again. I lower my gun. "It's not the Scorpios." I say as I trail around the large log and see the reason for the cry. A baby Brachiosaur. "Awwwww!" I hear the girls say as they race towards the baby dino. I smile at them as I swing the shotgun over my shoulder. Kenji slaps his forehead. "Ugh, guys! In and out, remember." Kenji says as we walk over to the girls. I brush the baby head and scartch its chin. "She's looking for her herd." Sammy says. "So what? Why should we care about what happens to the dinosaurs?" Kenji says. "Because it's the right thing to do. The baby will be picked off out here without her mother. A predator or something worse will take her. Can you honestly stand there and say that you don't care?" I ask Kenji which he goes to answer but stops before he can get a word out. "Ryan's right. Life...it's worth protecting." Brooklynn says, backing me up.

"Ok, obvi. The Scorpios thing is bad, but it's not our responsibility. The people who made that monster should have thought of the consequences before they gene-spliced a bunch of random lizards together!" Kenji says frustratingly. "Yeah, ok but that's no reas-." Brooklynn goes to say something but Kenji interrupts. "We should be looking for Darius and Ben. In and out. And than finally, we can escape from this nightmarish hellhole of an island!" Kenji says as he finishes his rant. I look back at the baby who begins crying out for her mother again. Tears are welling up in the baby's eyes. I notice, Kenji give a sigh of defeat. Knew it. "Can't believe I'm about to..." He whispers as he bri g's his hands up. "Woooo!" He tries to mimic a Brachiosaur cry and it sounds really bad. Soon enough the girls and the baby follow suit. I would join in but...I still have my pride.

A loud bellow is echoed through the jungle. We all gasp as we see a large Brachiosaur make her way through the vegetation. "Remembrance?" I say shocked and giddy. "Who?" Sammy asks me. "It's Remembrance, she's the Alpha of the herd. She's one of the original Brachiosauruses of the old park. Magnificent." I say with awe as the baby walks up to the graceful sauropod. We all watch as the baby and her mother make their way back to their herd. "I can't believe we did that." Brooklynn says shocked and breathtaken. "So long, Remembrance, take care." I whisper as I watch the old legend walk away.

I see Yaz pick something up. "What the...?" She questions as she turns to us. "My captain's hat. Whoo!" Kenji says as Yaz flings it to him. "Darius and Ben must've brought it here. Which means we are heading in the right direction." She says as she walks towards the jungle. "More footprints!" Yaz yells out as we run after her. We look down and see their tracks along with something else. Two distinct long toes and a missing toe or sickle claw. "They must be tracking the Scorpios." Yaz says as she runs off. "Or the Scorpios is tracking them." Brooklynn says fearfully. "The tracks head to the old Visitors Centre." I say which gets Kenji to whimper. "What's wrong with the old centre?" Sammy asks curiously. "It's home to Blue...a Velociraptor." I say as I run after Yaz.

We all catch up to Yaz. "Please don't run off like that again." I ask politely as she punches me in the arm. We move some leaves out of the way as we hear a scream. So logically...we scream. But it's Darius and Ben. Kenji gives a relieved sigh and laugh. We all run into a big group hug. "Thank goodness you're ok!" Sammy shouts out happily. "What are you guys doing here? We thought you left." Darius asks. "We had to cast off due to the Scorpios being on the dock. Sorry, we had to haul ass out of there." I say as I hug Darius and Ben. "Make sense. We saw them up close and personal." Darius says...wait, them? "Hold up! Them?" Sammy questions. "There's two of them." Ben answers. Great, just great. One was bad enough, now two. "How is that even possible?" Kenji asks what everyone is thinking. "Well, some animals reproduce asexually. So I think...it doesn't matter. What does matter that we take them out before they kill everything on this island." Darius says. "I agree. The Scorpios is a rabid monster. Plus, I got a score to settle." I say as I take the shotgun off my shoulder. "I don't want to be on this island, a second longer. But it's like I always say, life is worth protecting." Kenji says as he looks at Brooklynn. Oh is it now. "Whatever it is you're planning, we're in." Brooklynn says which we all nod in agreement.

"Ok then. Let's go find some Scorpios Rexes." Darius says dramatically as he picks up the tranq rifle from the ground. A piece of saliva drips from above. Darius slowly pans up and we follow his gaze and see one of the Scorpios's in the tree. This was the smaller one. Darius moves out the way as the Scorpios claws at him. I take the shotgun and fire at the animal. I hit the branch but the loud bang had disoriented the hybrid who fails its head and swings its tail. I move to pull Darius out of the way of the deadly weapon. The Scorpios jumps down onto the turned over jeep. We run but I turn and fire the gun again, this time, hitting the hybrid in the thigh causing it to shriek in agony. I turn a d follow the rest of the group.

We run up the old stairs to the Visitors Centre and open the doors before slamming them shut. "How many rounds do you have left?" Yaz asks. "Only 5." I answer as we hear a growl from behind us. A large shadow comes out of the darkness and sits on the fake Tyrannosaur skull. I notice the large scar on its chest. "Scar." I say with absolute hate. The hybrids eyes narrow at me and roars. Me and Darius point our weapons at Scar as he slowly comes forward. Before I can fire, Darius shoots the tranq at Scar but misses. Scar looks behind and sees the tranq lodges in the raptor mural at the back. Scar turns back and lunges forward. I fire at him but misses. I dodge out of the way at the last second before he could get me. We make our way up the stairs but...how have we never noticed that the stairs are completely broken. I turn around and shoot again. This time, contact is made. The shell fire hits Scar in the stomach. Blood is gushing out but the damage is not too severe for the hybrid. Scar screeches in pain but still jumps at me. I dodge and Scar hits his head on the wall. The building shakes from the impact. Any more shakes and the building could come down on top of us.

The group runs deep into the centre. I follow after not before firing another shot at Scar. We enter what looks to be a kitchen. We run to the other side and hide behind one on benches. I look around and see the snout of scar breathing on the glass of the door window. I notice the door handle moving. "He's trying to open the door." I whisper to the others. The door handle stops and the shadow under the door moves on. "He's gone." I say as we all relax. The door that's to our left suddenly opens and Scar tries to fit through. We all scream in terror as he forcibly pushes through the degraded wall. Kenji runs to the stoves and turns them on. Surprising that the oven still work after all these years. Scar, transfixed by the hear of the fire gives us the opportunity to get away as he trashes the kitchen.

We run back out to the main floor and run too the doors. "Outside!" Kenji screams out. "What about the other Scorpios?" Brooklynn asks fearfully. "I'll take my chances." I say as I pass her. We get out but stop as a familiar sight graces us. Blue screeches at us threateningly. We run back inside to get away from the irate raptor. Me, Darius and Kenji force the door close but Blue tries to push through. With one last push we shut the door in her face. Suddenly the door barges open and Blue sends us back on our asses. The raptor slowly walks up to us, her teeth are bared and her claws ready to strike. "Up there. Come on!" Yaz shouts as she point scaffolding. But Scar jumps out and swings his hands. Ben races over and pulls Yaz out of the way of his claws. We are now stuck between a hybrid and a vicious Velociraptor. Great. Scar roars at us but another screech interrupts. Scar looks up and we follow. The other Scorpios is on the roof, roaring challengingly at Scar down below.

I turn and see Blue looking at the hybrid with curiousity. "Help us." I say to Blue who looks at me. "We helped you, return the favor." I say as Blue looks at me and the Scorpios's. She stares at me with her amber eyes. I stare back, refusing to show weakness. The raptor chitters at me, and runs past me and jumps onto Scar. The hybrid is bucking about to get the raptor off. Blue falls to ground and Scar swipes her away with a swing of his arm. Blue reasserted herself and attacked again. Her smaller size seems to able to get her the advantage over the hybrid. Rocks and timber are falling around the place.

"We got to get out of here. If the roof collapses, we're toast." Sammy says. "But they would be too." Darius says as he looks at the scaffolding. "Help me." He shouts out as he tries to push the scaffolding over. "Come on." I say as I swing the gun over my shoulder. I push on the scaffolding, soon enough everyone is pushing. I notice that the other Scorpios is closing in on us. I take the gun and aim it. I can't get a good shot of it. Only 2 rounds left. The Scorpios charges and I follow suit. "Ryan!" Yaz screams at me as the Scorpios jumps and I slide underneath. I aim the shotgun at its chest and point blank fire. The bang goes off as I shower of blood and guts spew from the back of the Scorpios who screeches in agony before flopping to the ground. I get up and speed over back to the group not before looking at the dead hybrid. Good riddance. We finally push the scaffolding onto a degraded foundation of the building and destroys it. The roof starts collapsing on its own weight. We bold for the door to escape, I turn back to Scar and Blue. "BLUE!" I yell out which gets the raptor's attention. She looks up and avoids the debris and runs after me.

We throw ourselves to the ground as the Visitors Centre is destroyed. We get up and see the ruined building, we go to walk away. They're dead and now it's time to go home. I hear rumbling and we turn back to see Scar push himself from the rubble. "Come on, can't it just die already." Kenji says as Scar painfully crawls his way out. His left arm is completely torn off. His legs look broken in 4 different places. Wounds cover him and blood is gussing out in waves. But his piercing red eyes is trained onto me with pure hate and rage. I look at him with equal emotion. I take the shotgun off my shoulder and check it. 1 round left. I walk up to the wounded by hybrid, who is still trying to claw at me. I point the gun right at his eye. "Rot in hell." I say as I pull the trigger.

The sun had begin to set as we were walking back to the dock. Everyone seemed right now. We pass the glowing Parasaurolophuses. We see two Sinoceratops gazing around the Brachiosaur stampede area. The sun had set when we had arrived back at the dock. We all had gathered on the dock to bid farewell to Ben who decided to stay. "Well, I guess this is it." Sammy brushes a tear from her eye. "I know that I've said this a hundred times on our walk back but are you sure you want to stay behind?" She sniffles. "Yeah, man, after everything we've been through, it's absolutely, totally bonkers that you don't wanna leave." Kenji says. "Well, ok, I know that it seems that way but with the Scorpios's gone, it seems alright now. I'll be ok. You guys are my family but this island is my home." He says sadly. I walk up to him and rest my hand on his shoulder. "If you this is what you want, than I won't get in your way...I'll miss you, Skits." I say which Ben smiles. We all get in a group hug. "We'll all miss you." Brooklynn says as we break from group hug. A thunderclap is heard overhead. "Another storm is on the way. Best sail off before it gets here." Ben says as he backs away. We all sadly head back onto the boat. Before I get on, I give a final salute which he returns.

I head up to bridge and start the engines. I see Yaz has entered as well. We both look out and see Darius, Sammy, Kenji and Brooklynn waving back to Ben in goodbye. I turn the boat and head out. I get a good distance away before I slow the boat down, a smug smile is on my face. "What are you smiling about?" Yaz asks. "Well, it goes something like this in...3...2...1." I say. "Wait! Guys!" We both hear Ben's voice faintly in the distance. We both smile and head out of the bridge. I see him running full speed down the dock. The rain is making it difficult to see but we can just glimpse him in the distance. "Ryan, stop the boat." Darius says from down below. I head back in and kill the engines. I head back out and down to the lower deck to see Ben swimming towards us. Darius and Brooklynn help him up onto the yacht.

"I guess, really, since I found myself on the island. I can take that new found self somewhere else now." Be says but no one is really surprised. "You don't look surprised to see me." Ben says confused. Brooklynn hugs. "We knew you would come back." I smile at him. "You had to discover for yourself what you really wanted. We didn't want to interfere with that. But it was obvious that you were coming back." I say which Ben laughs at. "How?" He questions. "Because no one like being alone and despite that you can survive on Nublar. I knew that you wouldn't want to be alone." I answer. Ben hugs me which I return. "Thanks, Ryan." He says. "Don't worry about it, Skits." I say which again makes him laugh.

"Alrighty let's get out of this dang place." Kenji says with dramatically. "Costa Rica, here we come! Whoo-hoo!" Yaz shouts out as I climb the ladder to the bridge. Suddenly, a bright light comes on and shines down onto the boat. I hear a helicopter blade going off. I see two other helicoptors head to the island while one hovers over us.

"Attention, you on the boat, return to the dock and cut the engine immediately."

A woman's voice sounds over the helicopter's P.A. The chopper starts to slowly back away but the light is still shown onto us. Darius down below asks the all important question.

"Who are these guys?"