Rain drummed loudly on the roof of the Land Cruiser. It was dark out, but Blake could see everything. She turned to looked at the foliage at the side of the road. Beyond she could see sections of the grid pattern of the fence. The Land Cruisers were stopped on the downslope of a hill, which must mean they were someplace near the Tyrannosaur area.

But she didn't see anything, and eventually she stopped looking. Everyone in the cars fell silent. The rain thrummed in the roof of the car. Sheets of water streamed down of the sides of the windows. It was hard for Blake to see out, even with her night-vision.

"How long have we been sitting here?" Ruby asked.

"I don't know. Four or five minutes."

"I wonder what the problem is."

"Maybe a short circuit from the rain."

"But it happened before the rain really started."

Ruby stretched and yawned, but noticed that the water glasses on the dash were rippling, and the mirror was shaking. "You seeing this,

Blake?" She asked.

"What?"

"That." Ruby pointed to the water.

"Maybe it's the power trying to come back on."

Suddenly, Cardin sprinted to the outhouse. "Where's he going?" Blake asked.

"When you gotta go, you gotta go." Ruby said.

Ruby looked back at the other two, who had fallen asleep.

"Jesus Christ!" Blake yelled, somehow not waking the other two and making Ruby jump. The younger girl spun around to see what Blake was looking at.

The Tyrannosaur had gotten out and was walking between the two cars. Ruby gasped. "Jesus! What happened to the other car?"

Blake blinked her eyes as the lighting faded.

The other car was gone.

Blake couldn't believe it. She peered forward, trying to see through the rain-streaked window. The dinosaur's body was so large it was probably just blocking—

No. She saw clearly: the car was gone.

"What happened?" Ruby said.

"I don't know."

Faintly over the rain, Blake heard the sound of someone screaming. The dinosaur was standing in the darkness on the road up ahead, but they could see well enough to know that it was bending over now, sniffing the ground.

Or eating something on the ground.

"Can you see?" Ruby said, squinting.

"Yes. It's eating Russel."

Blake felt a sleeping fatigue overtake her. Blurred through the rainy windshield, the dinosaur was coming toward their car. Slow, ominous strides, coming right toward them.

Ruby said, "You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Don't you have that feeling now?"

"Yes," Blake said. She was feeling her own heart pounding.

"Umm. Do you, ah, have any suggestions about what we do now?"

"I can't think of a thing," Blake said.

Ruby twisted the handle, kicked open the door, and ran. "RUBY! NO!" Blake yelled, but it was too late. Even as Ruby ran, she was too late, the Tyrannosaur too close. There was another crack of lightning, and in that instant of glaring white light, Blake watched in horror as the tyrannosaur roared, and leapt forward.

Blake was not clear about exactly what happened next. Ruby was running, her feet splashing in the mud. The tyrannosaur bounded alongside her and ducked its massive head, and Ruby was tossed into the air like a small doll. Blake put a hand over her mouth to stifle a cry.

"What's going on?" Yang asked, having been woken by Blake's yelling.

"The Tyrannosaur got out and ate CRDL."

"Should we run?"

"No. Ruby already tried that."

"Did she get away?"

"No'p'e,"

"Where is she?"

"Dead."

"Jesus Chri—"

Yang was interrupted when the T-Rex slammed its massive snout into the Land Cruiser. It tipped. It tried again. And again. In a fit of rage, it kicked the Land Cruiser, sending it flying into the woods.