This will be a depressing chapter, so don't hate me. It gets a bit happier at the end.
Horrid news
"Oh boooooys~!"The girls called out. Shivers ran down the backs of the three teenagers. The girls were known to torture the boys at times. They usually only did it when they were bored.
"Guess what!" Dina ran over to Rupert, who sighed.
"What?" He asked.
"There's a vivosaur play on tonight, and we're all going!" Pauleen answered. The boys groaned.
"Oh shut up!" Duna snapped. "We rarely get to do this kind of thing."
"Duna, I love you, but I still have nightmares from the last time you dragged me somewhere." Kaito said. Todd looked at him confused.
"What happened last time?" He asked. Kaito shivered.
"The most horrible movie in history: Twilight." Kaito answered. There were cries of disgust.
"Why would you even think of agreeing to that?" Rupert asked. "He lost a bet to me." Raptin answered. "I told him that if I beat him in a fossil battle that he would have to go to the movies with Duna. Though, Duna picked the movie herself." He looked at the female Dinaurian.
"Look, I heard a lot of stuff about it, but I wasn't too sure about it. I had no clue it would be so horrible." Duna defended herself.
"Well just as long as it has NOTHING to do with that movie…"Todd stated. "I guess I'll go." The rest of the boys were talked into it. All except Rupert. After a few hours Dina walked over to Rupert who was sitting on a log, watching the clouds.
"If it's about the play, I'm not going." Rupert said, glaring at Dina. He was clearly not in a good mood. "You're really starting to piss me off." Although he felt a bit better when he said it, Rupert immediately regretted saying it when Dina flinched slightly. Tears sprung into Dina's eyes, and she looked down.
"Sorry…" She whispered. "I really didn't want to go anyway…besides…it's not about the play…" Dina had never really been one for going to places such as the movies, plays, or musicals, though she thought it was interesting that vivosaurs were the actors and not humans.
"What's wrong?" Rupert asked. Dina suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him deeper into the forest.
"She finally did it." Dina whispered. Rupert looked at her, confused.
"Who did what?" Rupert asked.
Meanwhile
Todd had noticed Rupert and Dina had run off.
"Guys, where's Rupert and Dina?" He asked. Pauleen, Duna and Kaito looked around, as did Raptin. Though, Raptin was running around in a frenzied panic.
"I saw Dina run off deeper into the forest with Rupert. They were holding hands from what I could see." Rosy answered. Raptin suddenly was huddled between a rock and a tree. (Think of Tamaki from Ouran High School Host Club)
"Would you cut that out?" Duna screamed. Raptin paid no attention to her.
"I can't believe that she would do this to me…" He muttered. Kaito sweat dropped.
"You didn't really have much of a chance…" He said.
"OBJECTION!" Raptin screamed leaping to his feet. "She will be mine, I swear it on my ancestors' grave!" Kaito sighed as Raptin ran off to find Dina.
Back with Rupert and Dina
"Who did what?" Rupert asked.
"That bitch killed my father!" Dina snapped. Rupert stared at her in shock. He never heard Dina curse before.
"Who?" He asked, slightly scared.
"My mother!" Dina answered, starting to cry. "She wrote down the confession just as the police entered the door, and tried to make it look like a suicide note…She heard the police and changed her plans. The last part of the note said that I was next…" Rupert hugged her gently.
"Is that why you were so afraid to tell me about your mother?" He asked. Dina never spoke of her mother at all, and would always start shaking and would grow pale whenever Rupert asked about her. Dina nodded.
"She hated me from the moment I was born…" She started to explain. "She would always hit me whenever I did something wrong, or if she was angry and wanted to find some way of getting it out…My father saved me from the worst of it, but he couldn't do anything to stop her. He never had the money for divorce, and even if he did, he was absolutely terrified of her…She always threatened to kill my father, and now she's done it…" Rupert hugged her gently.
"Don't worry." He whispered. "I'm here for you. She won't hurt you while I'm here."
"OBJECTION!" Dina and Rupert both jumped. Raptin ran over to them, a bright smile on his face, that quickly disappeared when he saw Dina crying. Raptin grabbed Rupert's shirt and forced him against a tree.
"What in the hell did you do to her?" Raptin growled. Rupert glared at him.
"I didn't do anything!" He retorted. "She just found out her mother killed her father!" Raptin growled.
"Raptin stop!" Dina called out. "Rupert's right!" Raptin let go of Rupert and looked at Dina.
"But…Why? Why would your mother do that?" He asked, walking over to Dina, who was still crying.
"Because she's a heartless bitch." Rupert answered, getting up and brushing himself off. "She would hurt Dina just for the thrill of it." Dina looked down. Todd, Pauleen, Kaito, Duna, and Rosy ran in. Rupert explained what had happened, leaving out the part where Raptin had threatened him.
After a while, the others left to go back to the play. Duna had to practically drag Raptin away from Dina.
"We should head back to the ranch." Rupert said. Dina nodded. They walked for a while in total silence. Suddenly, something burst out of the trees and attacked Rupert. Rupert did his best to fight off the creature, but the creature pinned Rupert to the ground, it's jaws wrapped around Rupert's neck. Dina let out a gasp of shock as she realized it was the V-Raptor from when they first arrived on the island.
"Rupert!" She screamed without thinking. The V-Raptor looked at her, and left Rupert.
"Dina get out of here!" Rupert called out. Every instinct told Dina to run, but her legs wouldn't move, and her heart told her not to leave Rupert. Rupert didn't have any major injuries on him, but he was clearly covered in many cuts and bruises.
"DINA!" Rupert screamed. Dina finally snapped back into reality and fled. Unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough. The V-Raptor bit her injured ankle. Hard. Dina let out a scream of pain. Rupert, who was getting up, paused when he heard her. Something inside him snapped. The V-Raptor was about to kill Dina when Rupert suddenly rammed into it. The V-Raptor looked at him clearly surprised before running away. Rupert knelt down next to Dina. Her eyes were closed, and she wasn't breathing. Tears sprung into Rupert's eyes.
"Dina please get up." He pleaded. "Dina. This isn't funny. I mean it. Get. Up…please…I can't lose you…not after all we've been through…" He failed to realize Dina had opened her eyes and was breathing normally.
"Rupert?" She asked. She had never seen Rupert cry before. "Rupert, are you ok? Is the V-Raptor gone?" Rupert looked at her, relieved he was ok, yet also a bit angry.
"Don't scare me like that!" He snapped. Dina flinched. Rupert hugged her tightly. "I thought I had lost you…"
"It takes more then a simple bite to the ankle to kill me, and you know it." Dina said proudly, trying to make Rupert smile. It pained her to see him sad. It apparently worked, because Rupert sighed and smiled at her. He picked her up and started to carry her back to the Ranch.
"I know." He said. "I guess I just don't want to admit that you're stronger then I am." Dina let out a weak laugh. After they got back to the ranch, Rupert cleaned and bandaged her wound, as well as his own.
"You're a lot smarter then I am Rupert…" She whispered, wincing a bit as Rupert tightened the bandages on her ankle.
"Not really…" He muttered. "It's my fault you got hurt…If I had only screamed a moment earlier…" Silent tears rolled down his face. Dina reached up and wiped them away.
"Rupert, don't cry." She whispered. "It…It scares me to see you cry…I've never seen you cry before…even when that BB Brigade member nearly killed me."
"Dina, don't remind me of that day." Rupert growled. When Dina helped Rupert battle the BB Brigade for the first time, one of them, the one Dina had defeated, grew furious and pinned her to a boulder and pressed a knife to her neck. His friend tried to stop him, but the BB Brigade member let his anger cloud his mind. Rupert had tore the knife from BB Brigade member's hand and pushed him away from Dina and had stepped in front of her, willing to shield her with his own body if he had to. That was the moment Dina fell in love with Rupert.
"Dina." He had whispered to her, keeping his eyes on the BB Brigade members. "Go. Get out of here. Go get help. I'll keep them away from you. I promise." Dina shook her head.
"No!" She snapped. "I'm not leaving you here! He might kill you!" Luckily, the BB Brigade member talked his friend out of killing Dina, and the two escaped. Rupert turned and glared at Dina.
"Why didn't you run when I told you?" He snapped.
"I couldn't leave you here with that maniac!" Dina retorted. "He could have killed you! Besides…you're more important than I am…It won't matter if I get killed…no one would care…" Rupert stared at her for a moment before kneeling down so he was at eye level with her.
"Dina, don't say that." He said softly. "Todd would care. Joe, Pauleen, and the staff members would care. The whole park would care!" Dina looked at him, eyes shining with doubt.
"But what about you?" She questioned. "Would you care?" Rupert felt his heart skip a beat. He wasn't sure what caused him to say what he did next.
"Dina, I care for you!" He answered. "I would be heartbroken if you to die!" Suddenly, their eyes met. Dina felt her face get hot as she stared into Rupert's cold golden eyes. Rupert felt his heart melt the moment he looked into Dina's hazel eyes. He suddenly realized her face had turned red. "Are you alright?" He asked, feeling her forehead. "You're face is red. You're not getting a fever are you?"
"I…I'm fine." Dina stammered, gently pushing his hand away. Their hands touched for just a moment, and Rupert felt a wave of emotion pass through him. He suddenly leaned in to kiss her, and Dina herself even leaned in a bit. However, Todd came running in just as their lips were about to touch, and the two teens jumped away from each other, their faces red from embarrassment. From that day on, Rupert had always kept a close eye on Dina, and often made excuses to be near her. Whenever they ran into trouble, Rupert always got an overwhelming desire to protect her, often putting himself between the threat and Dina, willing to sacrifice himself so she could get away with as little injuries as possible.
Rupert pushed the memory out of his mind. He often cursed his foolishness, but at the same time, he secretly wished he had kissed her when he had the chance that day.
"Rupert…" Dina whispered. "Oh Rupert…Earth to Rupert come in Rupert…" Dina thought for a moment. Rupert was so caught up in the pat, he had not realized that Dina had been whispering his name for the last few minutes. "Hey Romeo." She tried. "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love. And I'll no longer be a Capulet."" Rupert snapped back into reality and shot her a confused glance. But his confusion quickly faded.
"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" He replied.
"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself though, not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O! be some other name: What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself." Dina wittingly replied.
"I take thee at thy word" Rupert continued. "Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo."
"What man art thou, that, thus be-screened in night, So stumblest on my counsel?"
"By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am:My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, Because it is an enemy to thee: Had I it written, I would tear the word." Rupert smirked. Then started to laugh. "Wait a moment, explain to me why we're quoting Romeo and Juliet?"
"Hey, in my defense you started it." Dina answered.
"How?" Rupert asked, still laughing a bit.
"You were spacing out." Dina said. "I was trying to get you to come back to reality" Rupert rolled his eyes.
"I take it you read Shakespeare?" He asked. Dina shrugged.
"I watched the play." She answered. "It made me cry more then Titanic." Dina was emotional when it came to movies, which is why he rarely watched anything too sad or scary. "Promise me you won't drag me off to see it again. It's a good play, but just to sad for me."
"Well then Juliet, how about we seal our promise with a kiss?" Rupert asked, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Smooth, Romeo. Very smooth." Dina whispered before kissing him.
Well, sorry for depressing you all with the beginning. Yeah, I changed the story line of the game a bit. In truth, for those who have not gotten that far, the BB Brigade members are cowards and run away warning, you about their boss, and don't really do anything to hurt you. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This chapter was a lot longer then I expected...
Rupert: Why did you make us quote Romeo and Juliet?
Because today's Shakespeare's birthday.
Dina: Please review. We wouldn't mind some idea's for the story since the writer get's writer's block very easily.
It's true…it really is…