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Okay, I'm done now.

Andrew: I know that those are the ages of the characters in the official story. I made a list of each character's age back in chapter 8 or 9. Pretty sure it was 8.

Lightningscar: As always, love your feedback. The last few chapters I think have been my Iron Man ll for this series. Should be better from here on out. Good points on the decomposition. (I'm actually taking a Forensic Science class this year, and we literally just covered decomposition, lol.) Thanks for reading, hopefully it gets more enjoyable from here.

Anyways, everyone stay home, stay safe.

Kenji had led everyone through the Jungle for a while now. Finally, after a lot of walking and panting, they come to a gondola. Kenji gives a very dramatic pose. "Welcome to Lookout Point!" Everyone sees that the gondola leads up further on the mountain. Kenji realizes he celebrated too early. "Actually, Lookout Point is up THERE, but you guys get the gist of it. With the sky gondola down, it's going to be a one to five day trek. That's gonna be a problem."

Yasmina scoffs and starts stretching. "Please. That'll take me an hour."

Brooklynn speaks up. "Great. I'll meet you at the top." The pink haired girl had gotten behind the control panel and pressed a button that made the gondola move. She smirked in triumph.

"Sky gondola." Kenji said. "Solar powered. I forgot." Yaz's glare at him got more intense. So, he did the only thing that would get him out of it. "Last one up is the last one up!"

"I call shotgun!" Sammy shouted and raced after him. The two got into the glass bowl before anybody else. Kenji and Sammy then put their fingers into an L shape and stuck their tongues out at the others, relishing that they would be the first ones up.

Brooklynn and Yaz rolled their eyes. Darius joined in waiting with them. The tension was already building up pretty fast though. "Brooklynn." Yaz greeted.

"I guess the three of us are gonna ride together." Brooklynn said.

Yaz gave a lighthearted "Yay."

Darius saw that Ben wasn't with them. "You good Ben?" he asked.

Ben, who was walking down with Bumpy called out, "You guys go ahead. I'm gonna stay down here."

"Okay. Radio us if you need anything." Darius told him. His head was telling him to stay with him, but he was already in the gondola with the girls. Here we go. The ride up was quiet. On the surface, that's a good thing, but at the same time, it just built the tension. They were about half way up when they heard some sort of screaming ahead of them. The three teens turned and saw that Sammy and Kenji were moving the bowl back and forth. After watching for a minute, Darius said, "If they fall, I'm going to be so pissed."

They sat back down, and Brooklynn tried to be nice. "So, Yaz. We don't talk much, so what do you like to do for fun?"

"Don't really have a lot of time for fun." Yasmina said. "Always competing, on the road."

"Right right." Brooklynn nodded. "Totally relate."

Yaz gave her a glance. "Really? You know what it's like to spend five hours in the gym four days a week?"

Brooklynn chuckled. "I WISH my job took five hours."

"Yeah, I'm sure it's difficult to be paid to go places and take pictures on your phone." Yaz countered sarcastically.

Brooklynn glared before saying, "Actually, it is? Ever try to hold a phone steady while climbing a glacier in Greenland?" Darius was actually impressed at that. He had a hard time climbing the dried up water fall a few... Weeks? Months ago? Time was funny on Nublar.

"No." Yasmina's voice brings him back to reality. "I was too busy running four and a half minute miles."

He was going to lose it if he heard any more. "God, you two arguing is like watching two guys in the locker room fighting over who is bigger. Can you PLEASE stop?"

The girls went silent. The rest of the ride wasn't too bad afterwards. Am I really the babysitter here? Once the gondola reached the top, Sammy and Kenji immediately went to the binoculars that were on the left side. The other three got off, and noticed that they were laughing and looking at the Island. "Oh, sure." Yaz said sarcastically. "You two can just keep looking at the island we've been stranded on while WE grab the gliders."

"Sounds good!" Kenji shouted back.

Yasmina groaned in annoyance. "Let them have their fun. We now have a more reliable sail to use to get off this island." Darius told her.

Brooklynn was the first to see the gliders. She moved up in front of Yasmina. "Yaz, here. Why don't I grab it. I unboxed hang gliding in Mozambique, so it's probably best for ME, the EXPERT to get it."

Darius rolled his eyes as Yaz got in front of her. "That's okay, those gliders look REALLY heavy, so it's probably best for me and Darius, the ATHLETES of the group to carry them down."

"Hey, don't you two drag me into this. I don't care WHO grabs the gliders as long as we get them." Darius said, not wanting to be put at the center of their bickering. At least not against his will.

The three moved to one of them, and saw that they were locked. Brooklynn took out a bobby pin and started picking the lock. "I knew this would come in handy someday." Brooklynn thought out loud as she worked on the lock.

Yaz scoffed. "That's going to take forever. All I need is a rock." The runner turned around and started scanning the area.

"'All I need is a rock.'" Brooklynn said mockingly under her breath.

Darius heard her though. "Play nice. Otherwise I'm going to leave you two here while WE go home."

Brooklynn lets out a laugh. "You wouldn't make it one day without me there to patch you up. I can't count HOW many times I've had to clean up your cuts this WEEK alone." Darius lets out a chuckle. After about 16 more seconds of messing with the lock, Brooklynn got it. "Ha!" She grabbed the lock, and turned towards Yasmina. "So much for taking forever! Yaz?" The runner was crouching over something, and didn't get up. "Yaz, what's wrong?" Brooklynn was worried that maybe she had hurt the girl's feelings.

Yasmina turned to look at her with a worried look, holding a rock. "These aren't rocks." Brooklynn and Darius looked around, and saw a bunch of nests. "They're eggs."

Darius suddenly had an epiphany. "Wait a second. Isn't this part of the Eastern Mountains?" As if on cue, a flying dinosaur swooped down in front of Yaz. The girl put the egg back, and started to run towards the gondola. Brooklynn and Darius followed, but got separated as one flew in front of them. Sammy, Kenji, and Yaz got into a bowl, and were already on their way down. But more and more of these flying dinos were surrounding them. Darius took out his pistol to defend them. He didn't want to kill them, but if he was going to choose between the dinosaurs or Brooklynn, well, that one is a no brainer.

Darius cocked the gun, and saw one of them lung at Brooklynn. He shot the animal just as it was about to bite on Brooklynn's head. This made the others less aggressive, but they still looked ready to attack. Another one got jumpy and lunged at Darius this time. The teen fired another bullet, which caused more screeching. The teens realized that they were cornered, and that they were being pushed back closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. A couple of more dinosaurs lunged at the two, and Darius was shooting each of them.

"Is there another way out of here?" Brooklynn asked.

"We could use the glider." Darius suggested. "But we have to jump."

Brooklynn did NOT like the sound of that. "Any other ideas?"

Darius shook his head. "You?" When she didn't answer, he started the countdown. "One." He put the pistol back in his pants. "Two." The animals got closer towards them, ready to attack. "Three!" In a flash they got under the glider, grabbed onto the railing, and quickly strapped themselves in. Less than a second later, they jumped, hoping the wind catches them. After nose diving for two seconds, the glider finally pulled up. They could now fly.

Well, technically, they were gliding, but that didn't make any difference for them. SCREECH! Darius and Brooklynn turned their heads towards the sound. "Oh yeah. THESE bozos."

Brooklynn took the lead in guiding them. She told him when to turn left and right to avoid the flying dinosaurs. But they just kept coming. Suddenly Brooklynn got an idea. "Cloud cover, to the right!" Darius obeyed and the glider moved into a cloud. After a few seconds, they break through the cloud and look around. "I think we lost them." Brooklynn said.

"Haha. Nice." Darius said. He gave Brooklynn a light punch in the arm. They both shared a laugh, and noticed how pretty the island was from the sky. He glanced over at Brooklynn, who looked like she was having the time of her life.

RIP SCREEEEEEACH!

The teens looked up and saw one of the dinosaurs had found them, and smashed his head into the glider. Darius couldn't reach the gun, but the animal got its head out of the tarp and flew away, leaving the teens to glide faster to the ground. "This is gonna be a rough landing!" Darius said as the glider went down. Brooklynn and Darius tried to avoid the trees, but as they landed, Darius's side ended up in the bushes. He raised his hands to cover his face and closed his eyes.

After a second, he risked moving his hands. Darius got himself unbuckled then turned to Brooklynn who was groaning. "You good?" he asked her.

"Been better." she answered. Both of them crawled out from underneath and stood up. "Where are the others?"

Sammy's voice shouted, "Over here!" Followed behind was Yaz, Kenji, and Ben. "I love it when we're all alive." she said.

Darius looked at the glider and then Brooklynn. "Can you fix it?"

The vlogger inspected it, then said, "It's doable. We just want to make sure that the mast for our next raft is stronger."

Suddenly Sammy said, "Boat." Turning towards Kenji, she said, "Boat!" Kenji's face brightened up and started yelling, "Boooooooat!" The two started to laugh and cheer.

Everyone looked at them with confusion. "I must have hit my head. Is anybody else seeing this?" Darius asked.

Sammy told them, "We saw Mitch and Tiff's boat! It's near the North Western dock!"

Everyone was shocked to learn this. But they also joined in laughing and cheering. "Wait. Why IS there boat still here?"

Kenji said, "Who cares? The boat is still here, and we can get out of here!"

Darius nodded. "Alright. I know that we are eager to get off this damn island, but how do we feel about going first thing in the morning? It gives us a chance to rest up and save our energy."

Brooklynn agreed. "I'm down with that."

"And if we're going, we may want to hit Main Street for some swimsuits!" Sammy said. The others agreed that going for a swim sounded nice. Sure, they went swimming yesterday, but that was because their raft was destroyed. This time, this is for a fun reason, and not "because I have to if I want to live" reason.

"Alright. We head out first thing tomorrow. Let's go pick up some swimsuits." Darius turned to lead the group.

That was until Ben said, "What happened to your arms?"

Darius was confused, then looked at them. He saw that they were scratched up and bleeding a little. "Huh. Must have happened when I crashed into the bushes."

Brooklynn grabbed his arms to inspect for herself. "Ugh. See? THIS is what I'm talking about. Even when I'm here, you STILL find some way to get hurt." Darius gave a sheepish smile. She glared for a second, then told the others, "You guys hit Main Street, me and Darius will meet you back at Camp. I've got to patch the idiot up again." The shorter teen proceeded to drag Darius back to camp. He looked back to see everyone besides Ben smirking.

The two teens broke through the tree line to reveal the place they have called home for a long time now. Darius and Brooklynn got up the ladder. As Darius turned around, Brooklynn just shoved him onto the couch. He made a face that was confused at the sudden abuse. Brooklynn went over to the medical supplies. She grabbed some bandages, a rag, and the vodka bottle that Kenji opened that night. Every time he saw the bottle, he was always reminded of the time he almost kissed her.

Brooklynn put the bottle and bandages on the table, and motioned for Darius to put his arm out. She took the vodka, poured some on the rag, and pressed it against his skin. He should have gotten used to it by now. With how many times he's been cleaned up by Brooklynn, you would think he would have learned his lesson or at least gotten used to it by now. Nope.

"Yeah. It hurts doesn't it?" Brooklynn said, noticing his discomfort. Darius looked at her with his face scrunched up, like he was trying to laugh, but also in pain. Brooklynn laughed at his pain. She finished cleaning up his first arm, and then moved onto the second arm. After a moment, she said, "Do you remember what happened that night?"

Darius looked at her with confusion. "What night?"

"The night that we decided to get drunk on a dino infested island?" Brooklynn clarified. Darius remembered a little bit. But he wasn't sure where she was going. "I don't remember much, but I do know that you had the least amount out of all of us."

Darius said, "I remember feeling like a regular teenager again." He started to smile. "I was never one for parties even back home, but... this one was nice."

Brooklynn said, "Please tell me I didn't do anything stupid."

He let out a small laugh. "It was just Kenji being an idiot. Everyone else was pretty chill."

Brooklynn let out a small sigh of relief. After another few wipes and bandages, she said, "Alright, you're done."

"Thank you." Darius said.

Brooklynn rolled here eyes. She just sat next to him on the couch and put her feet up on the table. "So, how are we going to take the boat?"

"What do you mean?" he replied.

"If the boat is still here, wouldn't that mean that Mitch and Tiff were still here too?" Brooklynn reasons.

Darius raised an eyebrow and thought. "That makes sense, but at the same time, they managed to piss off a lot of dinosaurs. If they didn't get eaten, don't you think we would have had to face them again?"

Brooklynn nodded her head. "So you're thinking they're dead?"

"I mean, I would never wish death on anybody, but at the same time, it would make our escape easier. And I don't think a lot of people would mourn for them. Except maybe their families." Darius thought for another second. "When Mitch confronted me, he said that they were guns for hire. You were close when you said that they were poachers. I'm sorry I didn't believe you."

"You have nothing to be sorry for." she said. "I was the one who crossed the live."

Darius continued. "It just doesn't make sense. Why would someone hire hunters to kill dinosaurs?"

"Maybe someone wants their heads? That's why some people hunt Lions and other animals." Brooklynn reasoned.

"Yeah, but there isn't anyone who benefits from having a dinosaur mounted on their wall. It's too dangerous." Darius countered. "Your friends would see your dino head, and start getting greedy, and pretty soon, you've got too many people talking about their dino hunting trip, and you've got a whole investigation launched at the FBI or CIA."

"Mitch and Tiff didn't exactly seem like the people who would have friends." Brooklynn said. "I would guess that their bosses took too much time away from their lives."

"For whatever reason, Mitch's bosses wanted specific dinosaurs. He didn't say anything about just the head." Darius continued his thoughts. "If you were just someone who wanted a dinosaur head, I don't think you would be too picky. And not to mention, you would have to do the stuffing at the island. Nothing besides the head would fit on your boat. And the smell alone would attract bigger dinosaurs like the Rex."

"You would have to have one hell of an escape plan." Brooklynn agreed. "Unless, you had a rendezvous with your boss who had everything he needed."

"Yeah, but what's the point in hiring hunters if you're not even going to have them stuffed?" Darius asked. "What would you need the rest of the body for?"

Brooklynn was quick have an answer. "The rest of the body contains huge amounts of blood. You would need a LOT of blood if you were going to do some sort of experimentation."

"Yeah," Darius saw her reasoning. "but that's a bit of a stretch. As far as we know, the only people who have the access and the ability to attempt genetic experimentation is Wu and inGen, and Mantah Corp." Darius's eyes widened. "Oh shit."

Brooklynn's eyes also went wide. "Mantah Corp hired Mitch and Tiff?"

"It fits the bill." Darius said. " inGen recreated the dinosaurs, so why would they kill their own product that must have cost millions. With funding from a company like Mantah Corp, Mitch and Tiff would have the ability to collect as many heads as they want to. Maybe that was part of the deal. They would provide him with stuffing tools if they brought back intact dinosaur bodies."

"Where would the rendezvous take place? If you go in any of the four directions, you hit land." Brooklynn reasoned.

Darius thought for a second. "If you go West, you hit Las Cinco Muertes."

"What's that?" Brooklynn asked.

"A chain of Islands West from here. It means The Five Deaths. It's also where Isla Sorna is located." Darius explained.

"Why would Isla Sorna be important?" Brooklynn was thinking. "Isn't that technically privatized by the Costa Rican government? Wouldn't somebody notice if someone was building a facility on a monitored island?"

Darius reasons, "If you have money and power, like Mantah Corp, you can make all kinds of deals that aren't exactly legal. Remember what Dr. Malcom said about the San Diego Incident?"

"He mentioned that inGen was trying to take dinosaurs out of Isla Sorna for a zoo on the main land." Brooklynn remembers.

"And inGen was John Hammonds own partner." Darius continues the train of thought. "So integrity doesn't matter to big corporations and companies..."

"All that matters is that they get their money." Brooklynn finishes. "Weather it's legal or not." Brooklynn sighed. "I love a mystery, but this one is just too big right now."

Darius agreed. "Well, if Mitch and Tiff's boat is still usable, we are able to get off this island." They both sighed and smiled at that thought. "And then, the mistakes of others won't be our responsibility to fix anymore. I think everyone would agree that we deserve to go home now." Darius looked up to the sky. "You hear that God? You might wanna think about prepare a special place in heaven just for us."

Brooklynn got a small chuckle out of that. They just sat in comfortable silence for the rest of the time waiting for the others to get back. Brooklynn eventually fell asleep, which gave Darius a chance to check the weapons. Last time he and Mitch faced off, he was at a slight disadvantage. He wasn't as desperate to get home. He was still thinking that they had to protect the dinosaurs. But at this point, he just wanted to go home. He didn't care what anybody else did, he was going to make sure they all got home safe.

The dinosaurs at this point are an obstacle. Amazing creatures that they are, but they are no longer extinct. And, he didn't create them. So, why should he and his friends risk their lives for them any more than they have too? Was Darius proud of his thinking? No. But if it came down to a dinosaur or his friends, he would always choose his friends. Finally, Darius fell asleep himself with the gun in his hand.

A little while later, the others broke through the tree line with a bag. Sammy and Kenji were the first up the ladder. They saw Brooklynn and Darius sleeping on the couch together, with Brooklynn's head on his shoulder. Kenji smirked while Sammy was silently awing. "The only thing I would take away from this picture is the gun." he said.

"It looks scary," Sammy agreed. "But I think that it's more of a sign that he would protect her in any way. She's basically the only one he can talk to about anything. It took him forever to finally open up to us and talk about his mom and tell us about his brother. Brooklynn is the only one Darius truly trusts here."

Yaz and Ben weren't up the ladder, and Sammy decided she was going to wake Darius up to save him from too much embarrassment. Going to his side, she shook Darius's arm. He woke up, and saw Kenji in front of him, Sammy besides him, and felt Brooklynn's head on his shoulder and one arm entangled with his. He slowly and gently moves her head off his shoulder and onto the couch. She gripped his arm tighter when she felt his arm pull away from her. Finally, her grip loosened enough for him to escape her grasp.

Darius saw Kenji and Sammy growing smirks on their faces. "What are you guys looking?"

"Nothing." Kenji answered. "You two just seem so adorable." Darius rolled his eyes. He heard some grunting coming from the ladder. Ben and Yaz came up, with a bag of supplies. Sammy and Kenji were carrying another one full of clothes.

"You guys got everything?" Darius asked.

"Swimsuits and more." Yaz said.

Sammy elaborated, "Yaz remembered that the food was getting low, especially with our failed raft escape. And who knows how much food is on Mitch and Tiff's boat?"

Darius nodded. "Anybody got the time?"

"It's 4:30." Ben said.

"Alright. Let's get some food, and rest." Darius said, getting up to grab a couple of cans.

Sammy woke Brooklynn up, who realized that she was curled up on the couch. "How long have you guys been standing there?"

"We just got back." Sammy said. She took out the bag of clothes, and told Darius and Brooklynn, "We brought back a couple of options for you guys. Well, actually, a couple of options for Brooklynn." Darius was confused, until Sammy pulled out a pair of trunks. YELLOW trunks at that!

"Really?" Darius said in disgust and betrayal. "What did I do THIS time? I didn't make fun of Brooklynn."

"I know." Sammy said.

"Then why am I being punished?" Darius asked.

"Because you kept getting injuries and this time, it prevented Brooklynn from picking out an outfit." Sammy threw the trunks at his face. "Your welcome."

Darius sighed. He pulled the swim suit off his face, and checked the size. At least they fit. Kenji got a similar pair of trunks, but in purple. Yasmina chose a purple one piece. Sammy chose a purple and orange two piece, and Ben claimed he didn't need any swim wear because the island taught him that all you really need is some grubs and the clothes on your back. It took Brooklynn a little bit, but she finally chose a blue and white striped two piece.

After dinner, their spirits were similar to what it was two days ago. Everyone was afraid to say anything that may come back to bite them in the ass. "Talk about some serious déjà vu." Kenji said. After staying up with the jitters, everyone fell asleep.

Brooklynn and Darius were the last to fall asleep again. "I um... I would say that it's gonna work, but..."

"That would be boarder line jinxing." Darius said.

Brooklynn nodded. "What sort of inspirational thing can you think to say?"

Thinking for a second, Darius said, "I think our motto this whole time should have been, 'hope for the best, but expect the worst.' So lets do just that."

Brooklynn nodded her head. "It fits." After another minute of looking at each other, she says, "Well... Good night again. I guess."

"Good night Brooklynn." Darius watched Brooklynn walk towards her makeshift bed. He walked back to the couch, and looked up at the ceiling. He slowly drifted off to sleep with the Glock in his hand.

Darius as usual was the first one up. They needed all the energy they could get if they were going to take the boat. The teen looked for one of the plastic bags that Sammy had from when she was spying for Mantah Corp. It was big enough for the Glock to fit, so he put it in the freakishly big pockets of the swimsuit. Darius woke up the others after he put a shirt on. They all got on their swimwear, put their regular clothes over, and they started the walk to the boat.

After two hours of walking, the teens made it to the boat. There it was. Stuck between a rock, but that actually might work to their advantage. Without another word, Darius took off his shirt, along with Kenji, and Sammy, Yasmina, and Brooklynn took off their other clothes. Once everyone was done, they put them in a pile for Bumpy to watch. Brooklynn once again saw the scars along his torso. His muscles made it not seem so bad, but it's been who knows how long since they've had a proper meal, that she noticed that she could see his ribs a little bit. Darius finally realized that she was staring, so he decided to poke some fun at her. "Like what you see?"

Brooklynn's eyes widened as she realized she was staring too long. Quickly coming back at him, she said, "Nope. Hate it. So ugly I can't look away."

Everyone got a chuckle out of that. Darius told the group, "Alright guys, Mitch and Tiff could still be out there, so lets put on our game faces."

The teens jumped in the water, and swam. It wasn't too bad, but they still didn't know what to expect. As they got to it, they saw that the boat was half yacht, half military operation. Darius climbed up the ladder before the others, and once he got over the railing, he saw a jeep. Maybe they were going to use those to transport the dinosaur bodies, Darius thought. He helped Brooklynn over, and they helped the others get up. Darius took the lead on searching with Brooklynn, while the others looked with their partners. They didn't find anything so far. Just a weapons room, which might come in handy later for defense, and a big bedroom for two. Darius and Brooklynn saw a bunch of lingerie sprawled out along the floor and the bed, and promptly left, not wanting to stay in THAT room.

While they were walking, Darius couldn't stop sparing a glance at Brooklynn every now and then. He was a guy, so naturally, when he saw a girl he liked, of course he would check her out. ESPECIALLY if he thought she looked cute in her clothes. But he kept reminding himself that he didn't have time for that. Once they got home, MAYBE he would finally work up the backbone to ask her out. But for now, he was forced to keep his mind occupied on surviving.

Finally, the group all meet up. "They aren't anywhere on the ground floors." Sammy said.

"Okay." Darius said. He took out the bag in his pocket, revealing that the gun that he kept. He grabbed it, checked how much ammo it had, and then made sure the safety was off. "Be careful." he told them once he looked up. They climbed up a ladder and they were lead to a more luxurious part of the ship. NOW it was starting to look more like a yacht. They found a kitchen, a living room, the bathroom. THEY HAD A BATHROOM AGAIN. Everyone else was behind Darius now. The last place they had to check was the control room. If anybody was going to be anywhere on the boat, the control room would do.

Darius put the gun in his left hand. He was right handed dominantly, but Mitch and Tiff don't know that. At least, he HOPED they didn't. Darius motioned for everyone to stay a few yards behind him in case they needed to run or something. The door leading into the control room was shut, but if he wanted to have the element of surprise, he was going to have to be quick. Taking a couple of quick breaths to hype himself up, he flings the door open, and points the gun around the room. Nobody was here. Well, except for the skeleton in the corner. Glass was littered all along the floor, so something must have burst in through to attack someone.

Darius let out a gasp as he suddenly realized that there was a skeleton in the corner. The shorts went half way down to the thighs. And the white shirt had a red scarf around the neck. Looks like Tiff had some unwanted visitors. Darius felt like he was going to throw up. He didn't want anyone else to see this, but at the same time, they couldn't just leave the body in the corner. They NEEDED to be in here if they were going to drive the boat. "Darius, you good?"

The teen took a deep breath, and looked back at the group. "Um... Kenji? Ben?"

"Yeah?" the two teens answered.

"Can you keep Brooklynn, Sammy, and Yaz away from here right now?" Darius asked them.

Kenji was confused. "What?" Ben asked.

"Just do it!" Darius said. "Make sure that they stay down in the living room, okay?" No one responded because they were so confused. "Guys, PLEASE."

Brooklynn was the first to say, "Come on guys." Everyone else followed.

Darius checked the walkway a few minutes afterwards. He saw that it was safe. Now all he had to do was not only touch a dead body, but he had to throw it overboard. There wasn't any way he could just leave it sitting. If they found a tarp, maybe, but... a dried up trail of blood lead over to the body. All it took was someone getting curious. Finally, he calmed himself, and went closer to what remained of Tiff. Half of her skull, a leg, an arm, and a piece of her torso was missing from her skeletal remains.

The teen put his hands on the shirt, and lifted up. An unearthly crack came, and the half skull broke off from the neck. Darius almost threw up then and there. But he still had a job to do. Once he got it done, THEN he could cry. It took everything he had to not scream at himself. He got Tiff out of the control room, and took it to the other side of the ship. The side that lead straight out to open seas. He lifted the body, and threw it as far out as he could. It hit the water, and started to sink. He watched it until it was out of sight. He quickly went back to grab the half skull. He did his best to make sure that the half skull sunk in the same spot that the body did. She may have been evil, but she deserved to have all of her remains in one place.

Finally, the body was removed. Darius was sick. Sick to his core. He couldn't believe what he was doing. With Nedry, at least he was just searching. Now, he actually MOVED a dead body. The teen stumbled to the area where the bathroom was. He ran past the living room. He was sure that they saw him, but right now, he just needed to get to the bathroom.

"Darius?" Brooklynn's voice rang in his head. After struggling with the goddamn door, he got it open. He flung the toilet seat up, and opened his mouth to let out the vomit. He let out a mix of groans and cries. Disgust and fear ran through, and his body tried to get them out all at once. Brooklynn came in behind him a few seconds later. "Oh my god. Guys, get me some water!" Darius had stopped vomiting, and Brooklynn pulled him into the living room area, forcing him to sit down. She stood and felt his skin. He was clammy, and was sweating like crazy. Brooklynn was handed water, and she handed it to him. "Drink up." He obeyed, but his hands were shaking so much. After a few seconds, he lost his grip, and the water fell out of his hands.

Darius groaned. He didn't know what to do, other than to just cross his arms, and stare at the floor. His breath became quick and choppy. Brooklynn had to force him to look at her to get him to calm down. "Darius, look at me. You're okay. You're fine." Darius shook his head, too scared to talk. "No, you're not fine?" Darius shook his head again, tears forming. "Okay." Brooklynn softly said, and pulled his head onto her shoulder. The tears started to come down, and Brooklynn gently shushed him. "You're okay." She rubbed her hand across his head, whispering softly. "You're okay."

Everyone else just watched. This was something they have NEVER seen. Darius being scared. Sure, you could argue that he felt fear on the island. Who wasn't afraid? But him actually showing it, his tough frame broken, his fear actively being shown was probably more scary than Darius holding a gun. He was the strongest out of all of them. Darius cleared his throat as he got his emotions under control. Brooklynn still kept his head on her shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it?" Darius shook his head no, and Brooklynn rubbed his head again. "Okay, okay. We don't have to talk." she whispered softly. "Can someone get me some more water?" Brooklynn asked anybody.

Darius pulled away from Brooklynn's shoulder to drink. This time, he was much calmer. He was still shaking, but it wasn't as bad as before. Once he finished drinking what he wanted to, he dunked the rest of the water on his head and his back to cool himself off. Once his breathing became steady, he said, "Sorry."

Brooklynn shook her head. "You have nothing to be sorry for. You're okay."

Darius sighed and nodded his head. I can't believe it. I was weak. That's not what a leader is supposed to be. He got up, and asked, "You guys didn't find anything else?"

"Just a couple of rooms that looked big enough to hold a bunch of dinosaurs." Ben said. "We searched the boat for almost two hours, and found nothing. Maybe they died on the island."

Darius took a deep breath, and nodded. "Yeah." He got up, and lead them back to the control room. He did his best to ignore the area that Tiff laid a moment ago. He instead focused checking the panel. " A lot of this is pretty banged up from. Radio is not working. Aaaand, we're almost out of gas."

"Did you tap it?" Sammy asked. "They always tap it." She gave it two taps, and the dial, which was already in red, moved further into the red. Darius looked at her. "Well, at least we are REALLY sure."

"So, we have a boat." Ben elaborates, "we just can't USE the boat."

Darius got to thinking. "The North West dock is around that bend. We might have enough gas to make it. We may be able to resupply."

"So, who's gonna drive the boat?" Yasmina asks.

Kenji suddenly appears. "You mean, who's dad has a yacht club membership and found this killer hat?" The rich teen gives a salute. "Captain Kenji at your service."

"Cool." Ben said. "I'm gonna head back to shore and grab our stuff. I'll meet you at the dock." Ben left, and swam back to Bumpy. Once he was back to shore, Kenji started up the boat. It stalled for a second, but after another try, the engine roared to life.

"Yes!" Kenji exclaimed. The boat started moving towards the dock. It would be about half an hour later when they found the dock.

Yaz stood on the port side, and guided him. "Easy, easy." The only problem was that it was like trying to teach a new student driver to stop when he was parking. "Whoa, hold up, HOLD UP!" The port side hit the dock roughly, and everyone almost lost their footing. Everyone looked at Kenji with frustration.

"Not a bad parking job if I say so myself." he said. "And I do."

Yaz rolled her eyes. "You don't 'park' a boat dingus. You DOCK it."

"You sure you wanna sass the captain?" Kenji said, and did his best to make his voice gruff. "It's a long swim home."

"I would feel better if the captain knew the correct terms for basic boating." Darius said. He and Kenji helped Sammy, Yaz and Brooklynn off the boat.

Ben came down the dock a few minutes later. "Great news, no dinosaurs here." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "And in better news, the dock is guarded by a fence. I locked it up when me and Bumpy came through."

Yaz approached the Ankylosaur and took the bag of clothes with a thank you. Darius and Kenji grabbed the rope, and tied it around the anchor. Once they were sure that the boat wouldn't drift away, Darius told them, "It's around noon. The sun is going to set in a little bit. We rest up, and scavenge for supplies in the morning."

Kenji yelled, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, bump the brakes bro." Everyone looked at him. "Look around, we've got swimsuits, a couple of ours of sun, and a freaking boat to use at our convenience." They were still not sure where he was going with this. "If this doesn't scream yacht party, I don't know what does." We all looked around, and couldn't help the smirks that started to creep up on our faces.

And there you go. Season three is well underway. Hope you guys enjoy, I'm trying to show more of a grim side of the show. Since Grim was killed, I feel like Limbo and Chaos would have killed Tiff more for revenge. All they saw was she killed Grim out of coldness. That would have triggered revenge, and Limbo and Chaos would have just killed Tiff, and not have eaten her. Anyways, hope you guys are not traumatized so far. Stay home, stay safe.