We finally managed to get downhill and were making our way across some large boulders when a crackling sound was heard, we all froze and looked around "Man that's one gooey rock" Gabato said, I looked to see a hole in the boulder Hank was stood on and he had some sort of goo on his shoe "No one move" he said, he looked around in thought for a moment and I was a little confused
"These aren't rocks...their eggs" he said grimly, my eyes widened slightly and I became nervous, I was stood on an' egg, and there were a lot more surrounding us "Get out man why don't we crack a couple open and make some omlets?" Gabato asked, I giggled despite the situation "No that's not a good idea"
Sean said warningly "C'mon man I haven't had breakfast" Gabato said "Shh, if there are giant eggs then there must be a giant mother" Kailani gasped, I looked around again and saw something that made me want to pee myself...but I resisted "That's one big lizard" I squeeked "It had to be a lizard. Why couldn't it be snakes?"
Hank asked, I gave him a disbelieving look "I think were better with the lizard" I exclaimed as quietly as I could "Okay we just need to move quickly but quietly, lizards have very sensitive hearing and an' acute sense of smell" Sean said, we started moving again only this time we were all being more cautious "We are literally walking on eggshells"
Gabato said, another crackling noise was heard and we all stopped "Guys" Gabato said nervously, I looked at his feet to see cracks in the shell "Don't take another step" Hank said, Gabato moved a little and the egg cracked even more "Papa be carefull" Kailani said worriedly "Don't worry honey I got this" he replied, though he sounded very unsure about it, nothing happened for a few seconds and he shrugged "See no problem" he said smiling,
as though jinxing himself the egg cracked and he fell straight through creating a hole, I jumped off my current egg and so did the others, Gabato suddenly fell through the side of the egg covered in goo, Hank and Sean grabbed his forearms to help him up and I remembered the mama lizard, we all looked to see the lizards eyes wide open,
the iris's became slits and it stood up becoming very tall, it roared and we all jumped "Run now" Hank said loudly, we didn't object and started running literally for our lives "Head for the jungle!" Sean shouted, I was rather fast at running and managed to get near the front, though it didn't help that there were large eggs in our way making it very difficult to run,
we got into the jungle and heard loud screaming, I looked behind me to see the lizard advancing on Kailani and Gabato who were quite far behind us, Sean ran past me despite Hank's protests, Kailani and her father were cornered by the lizard and Sean threw a stone at it's head "Hey Godzilla!" he shouted, the lizard whipped it's head in his direction "Oh crap"
he exclaimed before running, the lizard chased him instead allowing Kailani and her father to catch up with me and Hank "C'mon" I exclaimed as we took off running again, Sean soon re-joined us and I felt relieved, at least until the lizard jumped in front of us cutting off our exit "Back, back" Hank said putting us all behind him,
he was in front and the lizard came forward slowly backing us into a large tree, Hank took something out of Sean's bag and I recognized it as a flare of some sort, he lit it and held it out to the lizard "Hank.." Sean started "Not now Sean she's scared" Hank replied shoving the flare more towards the lizards face "No she's cold blooded and attracted to heat"
Sean explained, Hank looked back at him and the lizard bit into the flare nearly taking Hank's hand off in the proses "That's imasculating" he muttered, the lizard ate the flare and smoke started coming out of her nose making her look like a dragon "Now what?" I asked scared "Now there's only one thing left...thunder cookie"
Hank said balling his fists, my eyes widened "You cannot fight that thing" I exclaimed, he punched her in the nose anyway and she paused "I think I just made it worse" he admitted, the lizard roared louder and I tried moving back but found I had reached the limit "Lanie" Sean said motoning me to him,
I did and he put me between him and the tree while holding me with both arms as though guarding me, he dug his face into my shoulder and I squeezed my eyes shut waiting for the lizard to kill us, I suddenly heard a loud strange noise and my eyes shot open, I turned around and saw a large log smash into the lizards head,
it did this a couple more times and it gave us a chance of escape by distracting the lizard "Go" Hank said, I ran underneath the lizard and managed to slip on the leaves, I covered my head protectively with my hands and there was a sudden loud thudding noise followed by the rumbling of the ground, it was silent and I lifted my head to look behind me,
the lizards mouth was an inch away from my feet and I jumped up from the ground brushing the leaves off my body and hair after I did "Is everybody okay?" Hank asked hopefully, we all nodded and there was an unfamiliar male chuckling, I looked to see a man stood on a log, he reminded me of an' elder Indiana Jones with the hat and everything
"Well don't just stand there applaud" the man said, Gabato started clapping and even though I was gratefull to this strange man I had to roll my eyes, the man got down from the log and Sean ran towards him "Grandpa" he exclaimed, they hugged and my eyes widened, so this is where Sean's grandfather had dissapeared to two years ago
"Uh this is Gabato and Kailani their helicopter brought us here" Sean said, his grandfather shook hands with them both "Pleasure" he said "I'm Hank Parsons, Sean's step-father, I helped him crack your code" Hank said shaking hands with Sean's Grandfather "Your the step-father? Maybe that's why it took so long eh?...I mean how long does it take to crack a code by converting the string of Vernian characters into a list of dots and dashes"
the Grandfather said "Or maybe you could have sent a message not in code" Hank suggested "There it is, deffinative proof that you are not an' Anderson" the Grandfather said, Sean nodded in agreement and noticed me "Uh Grandpa this is my girlfriend Lanie...Lanie this is my grandpa Alexander"
he said pulling me forward by my hand, I shook hands with his granfather "You must have a lot of patience to take on an Anderson" he said chuckling, I nodded and gave Sean a slightly annoyed look "Oh I do" I replied, he shrugged innocently and I heard the lizard behind us growl, I jumped
"I think we should get outta here, I mean after that mating call of yours she may plan on making you a husband" Hank said "Oh witty, good for you Henry" Alexander said
"The names Hank, never Henry, just Hank" Hank replied chuckling slightly "Oh I see your a man of insisive decision. Why don't you lead the way?..but actually we want to live through the night so maybe you should all follow me" Alexander said, he began walking and we all followed.