"How hard was it for her to find the right file?" Mo asked, interrupting the story.
"It felt like we were almost running out of time since Ellie and Alan didn't have the gun and the dinosaur was close." Atticus said.
"That and she took a guess of which could be the right file." Cherry added.
Junior looked on the edge of his play mat in suspense.
"Luckily, she got it and secured the system just as Dr. Grant locked the door with Ms. Sattler's help." Cherry then said.
"Yeah, and where everything got back to working." Atticus said.
"That's amazing..." Mo blinked.
"All of the security systems were enabled." Cherry nodded.
This made Junior sigh out of relief.
"Ooh, his first cliffhanger." Cherry teased.
Mo chuckled. "So, what happened after that?"
"It felt like a time for victory and Dr. Grant called Lex and Tim's grandfather." Cherry said.
The phone in the emergency bunker began to ring.
"Mr. Hammond, the phones are working." Alan said over the phone.
"I think he can figure that out for himself." Cherry deadpanned.
"The children are fine," Alan continued, sneding a look to her. "Call the mainland. Tell them to send the damn helicopters."
The dinosaur kept trying to break in which made Alan have his weapon ready.
"It's gonna cut through the glass!" Ellie shrieked.
"Quick, we have to run!" Atticus called out. "Quick, to the air vents!"
"Ugh, why do I have to climb for the rest of my life!?" Cherry groaned.
"Come on!" Atticus told her as he climbed up the ladder.
Cherry groaned and climbed up after him. The velociraptor broke in just as they escaped through the vents and stomped on the computers.
"Quick, kick the ladder down so it can't climb up after us!" Atticus told Alan.
On it!" Alan did just that.
The humans climbed through the air vents as the dinosaur scanned for them.
"Nothing could possibly go wrong from here on!" Atticus started as one of the velociraptor's heads popped up from under him after Alan rolled to the other side.
The adult man then kicked the dinosaur in the face. The dinosaur then went down with the piece and Atticus held on for dear life.
"ATTICUS!" Cherry shrieked.
"Quick, someone help me up before I become one of the velociraptor's snack!" Atticus yelled while hanging on for dear life. He was then saved and brought up just as the velociraptor snarled and jumped up for him. He looked up in surprise to see who broguht him up to life and safety. "Cherry...?"
"I'm not letting anything happen to you." Cherry grunted as she helped him up.
"Thanks for the save, Sis." Atticus said.
Cherry blinked and looked to him again. Atticus had called her his sister, even though they weren't really related, they were just adopted together. "You're welcome, Atticus..." she then whispered, sounding touched.
"Let's keep going." Alan said.
The group kept going through the vent. Alan opened one door to show a way back down to the dinosaur skeletons.
"That's... Kind of a long way down..." Cherry gulped.
"Don't worry, Cherry, I'll be by your side." Atticus assured her.
"I never knew you guys were so close..." Mo said to her foster cousin and boyfriend.
"Yep, we've been together since we were kids in the orphanage." Atticus said.
"He stood up to me..." Cherry looked away. "I can't imagine why... I was just a loner."
"Because you stood up for me when those bullies were, well, bullying me." Atticus said.
Cherry shrugged and folded her arms. "Anyway..."
Atticus helped Cherry as promised, but they both felt thrown off as they heard and saw the velociraptor. "Are you kidding me?!" he groaned.
"Atticus, this is my fault, I'm a bad luck charm," Cherry said. "You should've just stayed with Cinderella, the Prince, and the mice."
"No way, Cherry, it's just that the velociratprs are really smart and found their way in." Atticus said.
They each ended up on one of the dinosaur skeletons. The velociraptor jumped after them which split up the model into separate pieces, but didn't tumble and fall. At least, not yet.
"Well, at least this can't get worse." Atticus said.
"Ugh, Atticus, I am going to kill you if this doesn't..." Cherry groaned at him for saying that.
The model was falling apart and the others were starting to fall with it. Luckily though, no one was terribly injured or killed. The two velociraptors were now cornering the humans and were on each side. However, before one velociraptor could lunge to them, the tyrannosaurus rex came and ate that velociraptor, unintentionally saving the humans.
"Whew, that was close." Atticus sighed.
The other velociraptor snarled and jumped for the rex to make it pay for that. The rex then tried to snap at it.
"We outtie!" Cherry said as she ran with the others to get out of the center.
As soon as they got out, John arrived with Ian on the jeep as if on cue.
"Yes!" Atticus cheered. "Our ride out of here is here!"
"After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park," Alan told the driver.
"So have I." John nodded, then drove off once they were all inside.