John then drove them to helicopters to take them off to safer spots. One of the pilots of the helicopter looked at the jeeps and once he saw Cherry, he instantly got out of the helicopter.
"Think we can all fit?" Cherry asked as she looked back to see Ellie and Alan helping Tim and Lex.
"I'm sure there's enough room." Alan said.
"Maybe the pilot will let you sit next to him." John added.
Cherry shrugged.
"You go ahead." Atticus allowed her to.
Cherry then came over to the other door. "Excuse me, sir, may I sit with you?" she asked the pilot.
"Of course," The pilot said. "By any chance, is your name Cherry?"
"That's what they call me," Cherry replied, then glanced at the pilot strangely. "How do you know my name?"
"Because I gave it to you when you were born." The pilot said.
What...?" Cherry did a double take.
"It was the name of my grandmother..." the pilot smiled. "We were going to name you after your mother's uncle if you were a boy, but since you came out as a girl, we decided that since we both loved it so much."
Cherry glanced at the pilot based on what he was saying to her. "Daddy...?"
"That's right, Cher Bear." The pilot smiled.
Cherry hugged the pilot and he hugged her back as tears came into their eyes. This was a father daughter moment that neither one wanted to end. John took a long look out to the island. Alan came to his side and brought him to the helicopter. John looked at the top of his cane which was petrified amber with a mosquito inside of it.
Cherry eventually let go of her long-lost father so he could fly the helicopter. Atticus was sitting next to Ellie. Lex and Tim were getting well-deserved rest with Alan. Ellie smiled at the sight which made Alan wake up briefly and smile across from her. They looked out the window as peaceful pelicans were flying side-by-side with them. Attticus smiled after seeing the same thing.
"The End," Atticus then said with his eyes closed and a smile. "Well, did ya like that story, Junior?" he then opened them and looked down.
Junior had fallen asleep with a small smile on his face after the story had finished.
"Looks like he enjoyed the story very well." Mo said.
"I was hoping he would." Atticus said.
Mo bent down and picked up her baby brother, going to take him upstairs to their room.
"Good thing there was only one island of dinosaurs." Atticus whispered to his best friend.
"Mm-hmm..." Cherry nodded. "I don't think I could ever go through that again."
Unfortunately for them, they would encounter more dinosaurs in the future.
After a while, James and Elizabeth came back, so Cherry and Atticus decided to go along home. Atticus saw his mother's car wasn't back, so he decided to maybe hang out with Cherry at her house. Emily had taken Darla to the spa with her for some nice quality time together.
Cherry opened the door as her mother was on the couch across from a younger woman.
"Cherry!" the other woman called.
"Teresa!" Cherry ran to the other woman, hugging her instantly. This woman was her sister.
"How are you doing, Sis?" Teresa smiled.
"Just fine..." Cherry smiled up to her sister.
"Is it Halloween already?" Atticus smirked since Cherry was in a good mood.
"I never see my sister alone, leave me alone. "Cherry stuck her tongue out at him.
"Sorry." Atticus laughed.
"What brings you here?" Cherry asked Teresa.
"I'm meeting with an old friend of mine after a couple of weeks here," Teresa explained. "She's touring Central Africa with this man named Kwame and his colleagues. Would you like to come with us?"
"Could I bring a friend?" Cherry asked.
"Sure, you can bring as many friends as you want." Teresa said.
Cherry came up to Atticus's side.
"You want to go to Africa?" Atticus asked, surprised at her sudden good mood.
"Shut up, my sister's taking me." Cherry had an overly happy smile on her face.
"Cool." Atticus smiled.
"This is gonna be awesome..." Cherry smiled to her sister.
"I'm glad you came, she's been so mopey lately." Michelle whispered.
"Thank Dad." Teresa whispered back to her step-mother.
The End