Whatever It Takes

The helicopters had told us again to head to the dock. Something about this seems off. Why so many helicopters? "Yes, yes, yes! We're saved!" Kenji says as he races up the ladder. I run towards the bridge to cut him off. I stand in front of him as I block off his access. "What are you doing Ryan? Turn the boat around." He says to me but I shake my head. "This doesn't feel right." I say as the others come up onto the upper deck. "What do you mean? They are here to rescue us." Kenji says but I shake my head again. "You believed that Mitch and Tiff were here to rescue us and look how that turned out. We have to think this through. I'll turn the boat around to see who they are and what their doing here but I'm going to take their word with a grain of salt." I say which seems to get through to Kenji. "Besides, the sea is getting rough, we can wait." I say which the others nod. I go in and turn the boat around the dock. I reserve it in so we don't have to waste time turning it around if we need it again.

Brooklynn hops off the boat and ties the boat to an anchor head. Meanwhile the rest of us look up at the helicopter as it's lands not far from the dock. We come up to the landing zone and see a man with Kevlar and a standard assault rifle. We gaze at each other as we walk slowly to the man. I see that the pilot is a woman and I can just hear that she is surprised to see us. I come to the realisation that they are not here for us. "What are you kids doing out here?" The man says as Ben gets on board. "Long story." Kenji simply answers as he gets on. "Too long." Sammy follows after. I pull Yaz and Darius back. "Something is not right about this. If they were here to rescue than why are they so surprised?" I question which makes Darius and Yaz ponder. Thudding can be felt though the Earth. The man has a scared expression, I walk up and pull Brooklynn away from him just as the source of the thudding makes her presence.

RRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!

Rexy had shown herself from the treeline. The mighty Tyrannosaur staring down the chopper. She gives off another roar as the pilot panics and starts to fly off. Rexy grabs hold of the choppers landing gear and swings her head around. The chopper proving to be too strong and a bother, the Rex lets go and watches as the chopper flies away. Me, Yaz, Darius and Brooklynn backed off as the man ran in front and tried to call back the chopper, forgetting about the 8 ton carnivore behind him. The man cowered under Rexy, the Rex had simply bent down and gobbled him up. The sound of bones crunching evident in the air.

RRROOOAAARRR!

Rexy roared in victory as the chopper left. "Run!" I said. Don't want to be around here any longer. We start to run but Rexy's roar alerts us to the fact that she wants us now. We run through the tall grass, shrubbery and trees to escape the massive predator. I run ahead and slide underneath a large log as the others jump over. The Rex just steps on it and breaks. That's intimidating. We swerve and try to hide from her. Darius finds a thick tree and hides behind it. Brooklynn hides underneath a rock while Yaz and I find cover under a turned over log. I pull Yaz close and hold her. I hear the sniffing of the Rex's nose as I just see its teeth out of the corner of my eye. Rexy's shadow moves away but I don't hear nor feel her footsteps. I suddenly hear creaking and see the log being picked up. Yaz starts breathing heavy as Rexy throws the log away. The three of us have a long staredown before I get up and start running over the rocks pulling Yaz along side.

Rexy follows after us. We come to a steep bank and slip down into the empty ravine. Yaz topples down on top of me as I hit the ground hard. Running on pure adrenaline, we race to a large log that is sitting across the ravine. We climb up and steadily pace ourselves across. Rexy had followed and is carefully trying to get across. A thud from her foot onto he log sends us slipping down onto a large root. Rexy is closing in on us when we lose our grip and is sent back down into the ravine. We tumble and land hard on the wet rock. A shadow crests over us as Rexy stares at us with hunger. She goes to lunge but a rock hits her face. She is open mouthed like 'did someone actually hit me?'. Another rock hits her as she growls in anger as she looks and sees Brooklynn and Darius. "This was a horrible idea." I hear Darius say as Rexy charges the duo.

"Come on." I say to Yaz as I help her up from the ground. We climb up the ravine and run to see Rexy trying to snap at the other two through the trees. "Marine One, I need to secure the gate. Confirm position. Marine One, do you copy?" A voice is heard that is coming from Main Street. Rexy leaves as she goes to investigate the intruder in her territory. We run to follow her to see what's going on. We catch up with Darius and Brooklynn who seem to have the same idea. We come out of the jungle and come up to the security fence on the Lagoon side street. We look out and see Rexy has a hold on a chopper's ladder. A man in a yellow raincoat is hanging for dear life. "I said cut it!" I hear a mercenary say but before the ladder can be cut, it breaks from Rexy's pull. She gives a mighty roar at them as they start to leave. "He made it!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Lucky guy!" Darius, Brooklynn and Yaz say respectively but a flash of lightning reveals the shadowy figure beneath the water. Moses jumps from the depths and closes his jaws around the man in the raincoat. We all gasp and look away as Moses crashes back down in the water.

"That was insane." Brooklynn says with terror. "What were they even doing here?" She follows up. "Not a clue." I answer as I gaze over the water of the lagoon. "But what ever the reason, it wasn't to rescue us!" Yaz says angrily. We notice a chopper flying in the distance. "Is that the one the others are on?" Brooklynn asks as she points. "Let's go find out." Darius says as he and Brooklynn run off. I hear Yaz give a frustrated scream. "When are we going to get off this island?!" She screams out and than looks at me, looking for an answer. "I don't know." I say as I run after the other two. Yaz soon catches up to me.

We follow the chopper to the gyrosphere valley which is where the chopper finally lands. We hide behind a large rock as we see three men hop out. Like the guy before, they had Kevlar and standard assualt rifles. The one in front seems to be the leader. The leader signals to someone, just as another individual hops out of the chopper. This one isn't like the others. A lab coat is on and an umbrella is up. The umbrella stands above his head and we see who it is. "You got to be shitting me." Yaz says which I agree with. It's Wu. Wu seems to ask the leader, Hawkes, I think I heard one of them say his name was. I don't hear anything else as they start to head off towards the jungle. "Why is Wu back? And for what reason should he be here for? Yaz questions. "Isn't it obvious? A man like Wu doesn't stop at disasters that he created. The Indominus was a taste test. He wants to improve on it. He wants to create more hybrids." I say which the three of them look at me in terror. "He wouldn't." Brooklynn says. "He created the Scorpios Rex, when that one didn't work, he created the Indominus, and both were as bad as each other. Wu has a literal God-complex, he thinks he can create life on a whim without any consequence." I say to them.

"We have to stop him. I know the laptop that he is probably looking for. We have to get it and destroy it." Brooklynn says as me, Brooklynn and Darius get up to leave and head to the lab. I look back and see Yaz still sitting, her face is in her thinking mode. "Or...we don't." She says. "What?" Darius asks, bewildered by what Yaz said. "Do you really want another Indominus or Scorpios running around the world?" Brooklynn asks, her voice raising. "Hey, let's hear her out first." I say as I pull Brooklynn back. "Thanks Ryan, and I hear you Brooklynn but Wu is our best way out of here. Destroying his stuff, and he might not take us home." Yaz says. I walk in front of her. "I understand that you want to go home, I do, but letting Wu go back to the mainland to create more hybrids while we turn a blind-eye. We are the only ones that truly know what the Indominus and Scorpios have done, I'm not going to let anyone let alone the people I love suffer what I suffered." I say as I get closer to her and hold her face inbetween my hands. A tear falls from her face as she reaches up and brushes the healing scars on my face. "If we destroy it, then what. He will just create more." She says sadly. "Than we make him stop. Whatever it takes." I say firmly. "We'll take the laptop to the authorities. The Costa Rican government have laws in place if the island is exploited following its abandonment. It was a condition made following the collapse of the first park." I say to her. She just starts crying. "I just wish it wasn't up to us." She says. "I know but we are the only ones that give a damn about keeping people safe." I tell her as I brush the tears from her eyes. "We are getting home, Yaz. Whatever it takes." I say to her as she nods in agreement. She breaks from me. "Let's go steal a laptop." She says as she walks over to the edge of the W rock to look at the adults. "Is there a thing going on between you two?" I hear Brooklynn whisper to me. "I hope so." I whisper back as I sit beside Yaz.

"So all we have to do is beat a bunch of armed and trained adults who have a headstart." Darius says as he sits besides me. "At least we have experience with that." Brooklynn states sarcastically. "But we do have an advantage. We know this island and they don't know we're racing!" Yaz states as she begins running. "I've got no idea where that lab is but it is on!" I say as I race after her, soon catching up with her. "You know you can't beat me!" I shout out as I catch up to her. "I know...I just have to try harder!" She says as I laugh. "You can try Runner." I say, calling her by her nickname. She smiles as she speeds ahead. I look back and see Brooklynn and Darius trying to catch up.

We race through the trees. I don't know where I'm going so I speed ahead of Yaz buuuuut pull back just so she can get in front. "You're doing that on purpose." She says jokingly. "Whaaaaaat? You believe I would do such a thing. I thought we were friends." I say in mock-sadness. "Yaz, Ryan, not all of us are all world track stars nor trained soldiers." Brooklynn says out of breath. Yaz turns to a clearing and stops. "Hey, slowpokes. We got a problem." She says as we gaze at what the issue is. The clearing is totally trashed. "More debris must've fell during the storm." Yaz says as she walks forward and inspects the damage. "Let's get to work." Darius says which we nod. We start at moving the giant log out of the way of the door. "Shouldn't be far." We hear Wu's voice coming from the trees. "Hide!" I whisper to the others as we run behind a large rock. "There. You'll need to clear the entrance." Wu says to the mercs. "Not hearing a 'we' in there Doc. You plan on helping?" The leader, Hawkes says to Wu who just smugly looks at him. The mercs move towards the debris and begin clearing it. I notice Hawkes looking at the pile of sticks that Darius made. He's onto something.

"There's got to be another way in." Darius says worriedly. "There are tunnels down there. But I only remember one door to the lab." Brooklynn states. "She's right. But there was a vent though." Yaz follows up. "So how do we get to a one door room with only one vent access while trying not to get the attention of mercenaries?" I ask sarcastically. "Frozen flowers!" Brooklynn whispers loudly as she takes off. The rest of us look confused but follow her nonetheless. We come to a small patch of grass and look for anything that could be a vent. Yaz gasps and we turn to her, she found the vent. Brooklynn goes first, then Darius. "Go, I'll follow you." I say to Yaz as she drops down. I climb down and shut the vent quietly.

We crawl through the vents. "Ok, anyone have any idea of getting the laptop and getting away or are we just winging it?" I ask from the back. "If we get the laptop and get out and head to boat, we can get out of here before anyone notices that we are here." Brooklynn says as she turns a corner. I shake my head. While the plan is terrible...I can't think of anything better. I quickly race up to the front to stop Darius from banging the vent cover. "We don't want the noise to echo." I say as I lay on my ass as I put my foot up and gently push the vent cover off. I reach and grab it before it can clang against the broken pod. I get out and look around, making sure that no one else is here. I silently hand gesture them out. "Let's find that laptop and leave." I say which they nod.

We look around for the laptop and we can't find it. "It's not here." Darius says worriedly. We hear clattering and chatter. Yaz runs out of the room looks to the left. "They're coming." She says. "Keep looking, it has to be here." Brooklynn says as she searches in the corner of the room. I see Scorpios quills on the wall in front of me. I grab hold of one and pull it out. Might be useful. I hear Brooklynn gasp and I look to see her with the laptop. "Got it. Let's go!" She whispers as we head back to the vent. Yaz enters, followed by Darius then Brooklynn. I get in last and pull the vent cover up and pull back into place. I gesture to back from the cover quietly. A torch is shown onto us but I back up before it can reach me. I hear screech and a shadow passes over the vent. A Compy. I gesture them to go. We turn around and head back.

We climb out of the vent. I hear Brooklynn gasp in fear and is pulled back into the vent. The cover closes over. "Brooklynn!" Darius screams as he run over. "Well who do we have here?" I see Hawkes say from down below. I grab hold of the vent and pull with all my strength. The vent barely moves from both Brooklynn and Hawkes combined weight. Darius and Yaz help out and we get the vent to lift but the weight is too much and bangs back down. I turn and see that the other mercs are coming. "They're coming!" Yaz shouts as we try to pull the vent open. Brooklynn pushes the laptop through the vent. "Go!" She says...wha? "What? No!" Darius says as he shakes his head. "We're not leaving you!" Yaz reasons. "Whatever it takes." Brooklynn says, echoing my words that I said to Yaz earlier. I take the laptop while subtly handing her the Scorpios quill. Her eyes wide at the quill. "Whatever it takes." I say to her as she nods. She screams as she is pulled down into the vent. "Let's go!" I say as we run off I to the jungle.