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Despite the pointy spears the blond had made from the group, the group still didn't feel that much safer.

Then again, they were skinny, tiny humans going up against god knows what the hell the Indominus Rex was, so spears or no spears, their chances of survival were very low.

And speaking of the new dinosaur…

"So who here knows anything about this new dinosaur?"

Even after running for their lives and nearly dying twice now, Darius still didn't forget how half the group seemed to be familiar with this new being, despite himself not knowing what it was.

Brooklynn (and eventually Sammy, after a glare from the pinkette) raised her hand, but rotated it a few times. As it would turn out, the two only got a peek at the document during their stunt in the lab a few days ago.

Then, to their surprise, Naruto slowly raised his hand. They waited for him to make the "kind of" motion with his hand, but it stayed still in the air.

"...I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you know about it," Darius sighed, remembering his connection to the park. "But yeah, so can you tell us about this thing?"

"...It's kind of complicated," the blond finally said. His eyes grew distant, staring aimlessly in front of him.

"Can't really get any more complicated than this, ya know?" Kenji scoffed, motioned to their current state. "C'mon, dude, spill."

"...Mr. Masrani got worried that the park would lose its charm," Naruto said slowly. "He was worried that with this generation's diminishing attention span, they would quickly grow tired of dinosaurs, much like how they grew tired of seeing modern day animals at the zoo. That's when...someone suggested the idea of a hybrid dinosaur."

"A what now?" Ben asked in fear.

"A hybrid dinosaur is made by taking traits from several dinosaurs and combining them to make a new one. The Indominus Rex was the first successful hybrid dino project, thanks to Dr. Wu and his team. It was kept a secret so that when they were...certain it was safe, they could bring it out for the public to see."

"Lemme guess - it wasn't." Yasmina remarks

Naruto shook his head sadly.

"I mean, I get that you're literally Wu's nephew, but still! Why would they let you in on the secret?" Darius asks

Naruto just gave the group a sad smile.

"Because my job was to help raise the two I-Rexes." Naruto admits.

"...Wait a minute, two?!" the group exclaimed in shock and horror.

"If you makes you feel better, the one that's stomping around eventually killed and ate its sibling," Naruto says much to the groups horror and disgust

"What happened?" Darius asks, suddenly feeling like he had just stumbled onto a conspiracy.

"...Well it happened like this" Naruto says, beginning the story of his failure

(3 Years Ago)

Inda, the younger sister of Indi, chirped and hopped around excitedly as Naruto tossed her a few toys to play with. Tasked with taking care of the baby I-Rexes, it only seemed like yesterday when he watched them hatch from their eggs.

He frowned at that emotionally-conflicting memory. On one hand it was a joyous moment for Jurassic World, since it proved that they could create successful hybrids that could potentially reproduce by themselves.

On the other hand, well…

Naruto frowned as he remembered separating the elder one from its sister, remembering just how badly it tried to eat its twin. His hand suffered a few scratches from that, but he was grateful to have been able to save the sister's life in time.

And yet still, Naruto refused to give up on the other one. He did his best to play with and feed the both of them, although it was a lot of work considering how for some reason, the elder sister Indi was a lot more aggressive than her sister Inda.

He did make progress eventually, though, with Indi finally seemingly calming down, showing no desire to murder anything that breathed. For a while, the three of them seemed to get along well, almost like a boy with his two dogs.

It broke his heart when Indi had to be taken away. Apparently she was sick or something, which could've explained her overly hostile behavior. He requested to see her multiple times, but the scientists said no, with one in particular even poking him away with his cane.

But today? He was finally able to see her again! Apparently they said that she looked fine, so she should be good to go.

Just then, he heard a whoosh as the entry hatch for the I-Rexes slid up. Indi bowed as he crawled underneath the large door, and Naruto blinked at how large he had grown, despite the fact that Inda was around the same height.

"Hey Indi, how was the checkup?"

It was then that things went wrong. Before he could get a warning, Indi snarled as she charged at him. Colliding into him with the force of a motorcycle, he flew back a few feet before he realized that she had bitten into his shoulder!

Naruto screamed as the dinosaur growled and shrieked as it snapped at his face, narrowly missing his nose as Naruto's head moved side to side in a blur. It, however, did nothing to stop her talons and claws from shredding his chest, sending him into a world of agony as his muscles opened.

And still, he somehow managed to keep his cool enough to stop her teeth from digging into his throat. His hands trembling as he struggled to hold her head back, he could smell her terrible breath as she growled into his face.

Just when Naruto thought that he was doomed, that he would become the reason why dinosaurs would never make good pets, another roar echoed in the chamber, and something collided into Indi hard enough to launch her a few meters away from the bleeding teen.

His chest on fire, tears blurred his vision as he saw the two sisters squaring off against each other, roaring and screeching for a moment almost as if they were arguing with one another. Then, Inda - dear, sweet Inda who came to his rescue - was the one that made the first move, lunging at Indi, and the two began fighting, slashing, and snapping at each other, shedding blood and teeth within minutes.

Naruto's vision began to darken, and he knew that he didn't have much time left. He managed to push a button on his walkie-talkie before he fell over. He heard alarms blaring as people suddenly flooded the room, yells and orders turning into nonsense in his ears.

He felt himself getting lifted, recognizing the man to be the ACU Commander Hamada, who was flanked by several of his troops who stood protectively around them as they made their way out of the pen.

Just before he left the pen, he heard a terrible screech. His eyes managed to catch the sight of Indi, who had pinned her sister to the floor. Her neck was twisted, broken beyond repair, and her victorious twin let out a screech. Even as Naruto's eyes slid to a close, he could still remember the hatred in her eyes - something that haunted him ever since in his dreams.

"...I woke up in the infirmary the next day in the emergency room. I was covered in bandages, and had to have a lot of stitches. For obvious reasons, I was relieved of duty from raising the now sole Indominus, as it was deemed too dangerous to interact with. I think something else happened in the background, since one of the senior staff got fired the next day. Ever since then, the Indominus always seemed to have it out for me."

"..." the entire group fell into dead silence as they heard his dark tale. Some of them looked sick while the others just looked horrified or stunned.

"So that explains the scars…" Kenji muttered. He had taken a peek at the blond's bare chest once during showering, and he noticed just how many scars he had. He asked him about it, but the blond refused to spill the details, and he just shrugged it off as a workplace accident.

Ironically enough, it turned out that he wasn't too far from the truth.

Naruto suddenly froze, and the rest of the gang did too.

"What? What is it?" Ben whispered nervously.

"...Crap, I know where we are," Naruto sighed.

"Where?"

"The Carnotaurus Pen!"

Naruto slowly closed his mouth as he turned towards Darius.

"...And how would you know that?"

Darius let out a nervous chuckle as he gave an unconvincing shrug.

…

Fortunately, they knew where they were. Unfortunately, the location of where they were wasn't a good one, considering how it housed one of the most dangerous dinos of the island.

That alone would've been fine, if not for the fact that the large, durable gates holding it back were torn down.

"Goddamnit, Indi," Naruto groaned, staring back and forth between the torn gates and the large footprints.

"So wait, we need to worry about the Indominus Rex and Toro?" Ben groaned.

"...If it helps, Toro can't suddenly change directions," Naruto sighed. "Run like hell, then break his ankles with a sudden turn. It'll buy you more time, although I wouldn't recommend doing it too often."

"Wait, how do you know about Toro?" Darius asked the timid boy.

"We all know," Yasmina huffed as she walked by. "Kenji told us, like, the day after it happened."

"If it helps, I thought it was pretty badass," Jessica shrugged as followed the group.

"The visitors' center should be straight up ahead," Naruto said out loud. "So try not to go literally anywhere else."

The group walked in relative silence as they hiked their way towards what they hoped was safety.

Dave and Roxie were bored and anxious - a very unpleasant combination.

Dave was bored because, well, he was Dave, and was the carefree one. Roxie was the anxious one because she was unsure just how much longer they were going to have to wait for Claire. She knew by now that the kids were probably getting into more trouble, and the longer they were away from them, the more likely they were to get eaten or something.

"I know Claire's a busy lady, but the longer we leave those kids alone all day, the more likely they'll get into some more trouble."

Dave snickered a little at that because at this point it was just fact.

"First name basis, huh? I guess you're really ticked."

"Of course I'm ticked, David. We need to talk to Claire and get back to those dumb kids ASAP! But instead, they shove us in here and just tell us to wait for her, and then everyone just bloody disappears!"

To prove her point, Roxie took a peek outside the window, glaring at the empty facility.

"Where'd everyone go?" Roxie's look of annoyance began to melt into one of concern as she began to wonder if something was going on.

"Look, I'm sure Claire - yeah, that's not gonna work - Ms. Dearing will get to us when she can."

"But when?!" Roxie nearly shouted. "We've been here so long someone gave you a birthday card to sign!"

"I think the real issue here is that no one else signed it," Dave brought up, looking down at the birthday card in question. "That's just sad. Poor Eddie."

Dave began muttering under his breath as he tried to figure out what nice things to say to the man the card was for. Meanwhile, Roxie had enough of doing nothing and began searching the room and its various cabinets or something. But of course, literally everything but the door was locked.

"Dave, can you put that down and help me find a phone or a radio? We have to get ahold of someone soon. Ideally, Claire Dearing."

"Or, maybe she;s hiding so she doesn't have to sign this card and-" his train of thought was cut off as he finally realized what his partner was doing.

"Are you picking that lock?"

"What? I watched Brooklynn's 'Hacks for When You Lock Yourself Out of Your Hotel Room' video. ...It was actually so good that I subscribed. But don't tell her."

Flabbergasted, he could only watch as she used what the pinkette indirectly taught her to pick open a pair of large cabinet doors.

"Damn, I'm good," Roxie looked back at Dave with a smirk as she finally got the closet door to open. Her look of smug pride quickly faded as she opened the doors, revealing a bunch of backup radios that were filled with screams and dinosaur roars as the green lights on them went red one by one.

"What. The. Fuck?"

"What. The. Fuck?"

The gang's mouths were wide open as they saw the carnage in front of them. A destroyed Gryosphere sat next to a fallen Ankylosaurus, who looked very dead. Scratches littered its body and its neck was definitely broken. It didn't take a genius to find out who - or rather, what - had killed this majestic beast.

"...Why?" Jessica finally whispered, her hands over her mouth.

"...Indi always loved killing for sport," Naruto lamented. "I'm willing to bet that she's slaughtered even more just to finally have some fun in ages."

He knelt down by the fallen dinosaur, his eyes closed for a moment as he knelt there in thought. After what seemed like a minute, he finally stood up, before taking out his knife.

"What are you-" Sammy began, but let out a yelp as he plunged it into the dinosaur's back. He grunted as he struggled to dig into the beast.

"Mmf."

"Naruto, what the hell?" Kenji demanded.

"Can't let it go to waste," Naruto just stated. "I might as well try taking some of its armor. It was good enough to protect her for a while, so it should do us some good."

*GROOOOAN!*

Without warning, a loud groan erupted from the grass nearby, making nearly all of them jump in fear. Ben, Darius, Kenji, Sammy, Brooklynn, Jessica, and Yasmina quickly hid in or behind the overturned Gryosphere, while Naruto continued working as if nothing was happening.

"Blondie! What are you doing?!" Kenji hissed at him. "Get the hell over here!"

"It's not a threat," he said without looking as he pulled on the armor plate with all his might.

The gang held their breath as something was running towards them.

The grass parted as a large, green creature jumped out with a small roar-

"Bumpy!" Ben yelled happily as he ran towards his old friend.

"Told you," Naruto muttered, before he fell onto his back.

"How do you even know it's the same dinosaur?" Kenji asked in disbelief.

"It's because of her head bump," Ben explained cheerfully. "Dr. Wu said she's asymmetrical, but he's wrong that it's bad. I mean, so what if she is? There's nothing wrong with being different...or bumpy. Or getting tired after reading an overly thrilling book! And maybe if her parents had listened to her, she wouldn't have come here and gotten attacked!"

Everyone (even Bumpy herself) looked at the boy in mild confusion and worry.

"...Are we still talking about the dinosaur?" Yasmina asked. "'Cause I'm pretty sure we're not."

"As fun as his reunion is," Kenji said in annoyance, "shouldn't we keep heading on South? I mean, we shouldn't stay here you know?"

"I am not spending another hour walking through the jungle hoping that we don't run into that Indominus," Brooklynn agreed. "We need a new plan."

"Well, since we're being fussy about it," Naruto had shuffled into view, and they noticed that he had taken a part of the Ankylosaurus's back plate and had strapped it onto his right hand. "Uncle Wu's field genetic lab is nearby. I guess we can stop and rest there for a bit."

The group visibly brightened up at this, and they began to walk a little faster towards their new direction.

…

The trip to the genetics lab wasn't completely smooth sailing.

For one, Darius and Kenji seemed to have some doubts regarding their decision to move away from camp. It was quickly resolved when Naruto pointed out that the Indominus already knows they were there and considering the lack of firepower and shelter, it would've been suicide to stay there.

Seeing Kenji's unusually tranquil expression in response to that answer, the blond couldn't help but ask how he was so laidback. Upon hearing his answer, he pointed out that while it is indeed the blond's responsibility if any of them gets injured or dies, it doesn't change the possibility of somebody getting injured or dying a gruesome death, especially if that somebody turned out to be himself.

Kenji did a great impression of Ben as he got knocked down a peg, much to his satisfaction.

Then there was Ben and Bumpy. As it would turn out, he was a lot more attached to the baby dinosaur than expected, going as far as to try to drag her with them. Due to how heavy and stubborn the infant Ankylosaurus was and due to how scrawny Ben was, obviously this dragged them down like a walking anchor.

Naruto tried to get Ben to let her go, but Ben, in a surprising manner, actually held his ground, insisting that Bumpy would come with them. Although his persistence was admirable, it still didn't change the fact that the infant would only cause them more trouble than it was worth, so he told the others to leave the two behind.

That was when Ben started crying and pleading, which also made the baby dino cry, and in the end, he wound up having to bridal-carry Bumpy the entire way through.

"Dude, how?" Jessica asked.

"I exercise," Naruto said with a deadpan, trying hard not to show them that his arms were slowly growing on fire.

"You look like you're holding back a fart right now," Kenji pointed out, causing everyone else to let out a snicker.

"Why, do you wanna carry her?" Kenji and the others shut up immediately, looking in other directions or just whistling casually.

"Oh look!" Ben suddenly shouted, pointing in a certain direction. "A van!"

"Thank fucking god," Naruto muttered as he power walked towards the van in question. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a black ACU van which was just large enough for the nine of them.

The van was a pleasant sight to see, until they realized the implications of the missing ACU members. Choosing not to think about it, Brooklynn spotted an abandoned tablet, making her scramble towards it. Much to their disappointment, the tablet didn't have any mode of communication built into it, and their radio still couldn't pick up anybody, so they were essentially still in square one.

And of course, this was when Brooklynn decided to bring up her phone again.

"And of course this doesn't have communication enabled," Brooklynn yelled. "Because why would it? If I had my phone-"

CRUNCH!

Everyone nearly leapt out of their seats as something slammed into the car. Fearing the worst, they nearly scrambled in or out of the car when they realized that it was just Naruto, who slammed his fist against the side of the van.

"Brooklynn...shut up about the phone." His glare sent shivers down their spines as his grip tightened over his spear. "I get it. The phone could've been of great help. That's not something we're denying. And it's a shame that it disappeared to god-knows-where. Now, maybe one of us took it, and maybe not. Either way, is arguing about it going to help?"

The social media star gulped as she shrank under his gaze.

"I didn't think so. Now, anyone else who decides to create more useless conflict can keep walking in this damn jungle all by themselves. Got it?"

The group quickly nodded, and the blond seemed satisfied. He finally dropped his fist from the metal wall, and they all flinched as they saw that a small dent was left behind.

While Naruto began searching the vehicle for anything that could be of use to them, the group realized that the tablet was now beeping. Taking a closer look, they saw that there was a red dot flickering on the digital map.

Upon fiddling with the map, they realized that it was a tracker for all the dinosaurs on the island, with Darius and Jessica noting that all of the creatures are chipped. Kenji pointed out how some of the dinosaurs are in different parts of the island than they should be, and it was then that they realized that it was just Toro's fence that was downed.

Before they could learn more about what the tablet had to offer, Bumpy suddenly began squealing noisily. This caught Naruto's attention, who froze like a cat as he looked towards the forest.

"Time to go," he muttered as he darted into the van. Hopping onto the passenger's seat, everyone held their breath as they heard the all-too-familiar thunderous footsteps.

"...So is anyone going to drive?" Jessica suddenly asked, causing the group to look at the empty driver's seat, then at each other with their eyes wide open.

"I can't. I only know how to drive a motorcycle," Naruto sheepishly confessed.

"I don't even have my learner's permit!" Ben said, his teeth chattering.

"Oh goddamn you guys!" Jessica gritted her teeth as she leapt onto the driver's seat. Twisting the key hard enough to nearly snap it off, she slammed her heel onto the gas just as the Indominus Rex burst through the trees.

"Holy shit, too fast, too fast!" Kenji yelped as his body jerked into Sammy's.

"Watch where you putting them hands, Kenji!" Sammy yelled as he realized that during the chaos, his outstretched arms barreled into her chest. He quickly apologized as he pulled away from her.

"OW! Fuck!" Naruto yelled as his head slammed into the rear doors, being the unfortunate soul to not have a seat for him. Before he could have a chance to take Yasmina's hand, a bump in the road sent him flying up in the air like a ragdoll. The group would have laughed if not for the giant man-eating dinosaur shrieking right into the rear windows.

"Can't you go any faster?!" Ben whimpered/yelled.

"Don't yell at me while I'm driving!" Jessica snapped as she made a hard right, nearly flipping the van over. Somewhere behind them, they heard the albino dinosaur roar in surprise and rage as it stumbled, unable to turn corners as well as the car could.

"It's gaining on us!"

"I said shut UUUUUPPP!"

The group yelled as the van suddenly flew into the air, hitting a natural ramp as it was sent flying into the sky. It quickly fell back down, bouncing up and down once again as it slid down the hill.

The Indominus Rex let out one last yell, which seemed to be getting further away, before they suddenly couldn't hear its loud stomps anymore.

"At least…we lost Indominus," Brooklynn panted, her face pale as a ghost as the rest of the group were finally allowed to breathe.

"Owwwww…" Naruto could only groan as he laid face down onto the metal floor, with Bumpy sitting on his back like nothing had just happened. "Get her off me."

"Ooh, are you okay, Bumpy?" Ben cooed as he tried to reassure her. Naruto just shot him a death glare before he decided to stay down, rejecting Yasmina's hand.

"Right…" Yasmina shyly pulled her hand back. "So…where do we go?"

"Into the genetics lab." Ben pointed towards the windshield, and much to their delight, the mentioned lab stood proudly in front of them - the stone fortress they needed to rest in for now.

Naruto just let out a groan of pain as he finally tried to stand up.

"...What?" Darius finally managed to let out.

The facility was dark and empty, save for a lit birthday cake sitting in the middle of the table.

"That…doesn't look suspicious," Naruto groaned, leaning on his wooden spear like a cane.

"RRRAH!"

"AAHHH!" the group screamed as something popped out from behind the cake. A lamp turned on, illuminating the campers.

"Not dinosaurs, you're not dinosaurs," a scientist wearing a birthday cap sighed in relief.

"Eddie?" / "Eddie?" Both Jessica and Naruto asked in unison.

…

Finally having some time to relax, the group either simply rested or shared the cake with the birthday-boy.

"Again, we are so happy we found you!" Darius exclaimed as he took a bite out of the cake. "Things are crazy out there! There's a giant, camouflaging dinosaur out there! Also, regular dinosaurs. We've been looking for someone to-"

"You sure you closed the doors behind you, right?" Eddie asked frantically, peeking out from a wall and into the dark hallway.

"Um, I think so?" Darius said hesitantly.

"You think so, or you know so?" Eddie hissed.

"It's closed," Naruto sighed as Jessica pressed a bag of ice against his bruises. "You're welcome."

"...Well at least one of you knows how to survive," Eddie mumbled to himself.

"Ugh, there's no dial tone!" Brooklynn let out a roar as she punched a dead phone nearby.

"The landlines are down. So's the radio," Eddie informed them with a tired look. "The cell phone service keeps cutting out, so don't even bother."

"But…the park obviously has a plan, right?" Darius asked as he put down his slice of cake. "So…what's that plan? What do we do?"

"...You're asking me?" Eddie blinked once, before he began to chuckle. His chuckles turned manic and uncontrolled, growing fast and uneasy as he fell onto the floor. Naruto just looked at him as his fingers inched closer to his knife.

"Do you not get it? We're doomed!" Eddie slowly stood back up, his eyes wide and unblinking as he approached them. "No one is coming to help!"

"But…what about Dr. Wu-?" Kenji started.

"Wu? Who do you think is to blame for all of this?! Wu got greedy, and instead of dinosaurs, he built monsters!"

"Hey, don't insult Uncle like that!" Naruto growled as he slowly stood back onto his feet. "He might've been a perfectionist and he might've gone too far with science, but he just wanted to do what was best for the park! It's not his fault people thought dinos were becoming boring."

"Yeah, well, why don't you go tell that to all the people the Indo killed?"

Naruto bit his lip hard enough to draw blood, but said nothing as he sat back down, shadows concealing his eyes. Eddie sat back down as well, his twisted grin looking half-hearted.

The room was noiseless again, save for the mechanical arm that was tirelessly moving some eggs around.

"...You know, the worst part is that Masrani and most of the others are clueless about all of this," he added bitterly as he walked over to the incubation table. "And after what I did for the other guys…"

"Wait, other guys?" Brooklynn shot up from her seat. "What other-"

"It doesn't matter now, does it?" Eddie quickly said, whirling around. "Jurassic World isn't a park - it's a powder keg, and it is DETONATING all around us! And we're all going down, you hear me?!

"N-No…" Darius stuttered weakly. "You're an adult. You shou-"

"Oh, save it, Darius," Jessica snapped. "It's obvious that Eddie here doesn't know jack squat either, and even if he did, he always was too much of a pussy to handle a little heat."

Eddie growled at this, and took a step forward-

"Stop."

Everyone froze as Naruto suddenly appeared in front of Eddie, making him yelp as he leaped backward.

"Don't change the subject. Who are these 'other guys' you were talking about?"

"I-It doesn't ma-"

*SWISH*

Eddie let out a shriek as he stared at the curved blade at his throat. The other teens let out gasps and yells of their own as they scrambled back.

"WHAT. OTHER. GUYS?" Naruto snarled, and the scientist looked like he was about to piss himself.

"Woah, dude!" Jessica stepped back, and the keys in her jacket pocket jingled.

"H-Hey!" Naruto blinked as Darius took a brave step towards him. "C-Chill out, man! Stand down!"

Naruto was about to snap at Darius when he felt his world turn upside down. As the back of his head hit the cold, hard floor, he realized that Eddie took the opportunity to shove him back as he lunged at Jessica, making the teen scream as he groped at her.

"YOU-!" A splitting headache sent Naruto back down, and by the time he looked back up, Eddie's lab coat was the last thing he saw as he turned a corner.

"He's got the keys!" Jessica screamed. "He's going for the van!"

This sent the entire group running, with Yasmina being the one to help Naruto onto his feet. They yelled/pleaded for Eddie to stop, but the crazed-man didn't feel like sharing a ride with the one that was ready to gut him for accidentally leaking some important details.

"Stop! What are you doing?" Darius shouted at the fleeing man.

"Getting out of here alive!" Eddie shouted back. He was at the van - it was hopeless. And yet, the group still charged on, taking Yasmina's lead as she was the closest one to catching the man - until Naruto suddenly grabbed her shoulder.

"What are you-?" Yasmina immediately shut up upon seeing his pale face, his finger to his lips. She began to back away from the van and from Eddie, making everyone else pause at this.

It was more than enough time for Eddie to start the engine and to gun it out of there, much to the group's despair.

"Yo, blondie, what the hell, man?" Kenji demanded. "Why the heck did you-?"

Words failed him too as he finally heard and felt the familiar, thunderous steps of a murderous behemoth that pursued them to this lab. They all took one look at each other and decided that the van wasn't worth it.

Doing their best to ignore Eddie's screams and the sounds of flesh tearing and bones crunching they ran off towards Darius's direction.

"Wait you guys! The lab-" Naruto's words faltered as he saw his group run off to anywhere but the lab, he just sighed as he followed them.

They wound up in an area close to an intact fence, large blue cargo crates scattered throughout the area. The screams and roars still haunted their ears, even as Eddie's screams came to an abrupt end.

"H-How did you know that the Indominus was back?" Yasmina stammered. They stopped to take a break behind one of the cargo boxes, and Yasmina was the first to speak.

"...Indi's a lot smarter than you would think," Naruto finally said. "It didn't make sense that she would give up that easily. She knows that humans are a lot more challenging to kill, especially with our modern toys. That, and I heard her footsteps long before any of you guys did."

Almost as if to prove her point, he froze up and put his finger to his lips again. Much to their horror, they heard the Indominus Rex stomp near their direction.

"...I hate it when I'm right," Naruto sighed. Their hearts beating at a 100 miles-per-hour, Bumpy decided that it was a good idea to squeal in distress, which only brought the footsteps even closer.

"...Take care, you guys," Naruto suddenly said. Before any of them could ask what was going on, he pointed in the direction of the van, which was somehow still intact, before he suddenly ran off.

"No!" Both Jessica and Yasmina yelled quietly, but they were too slow. Naruto had leapt onto a cargo crate that was very far from the van's direction, before he stomped his feet onto the metal container.

"Oi! You remember me?!"

The albino apex predator turned to look at the blond, and time seemed to stay still as they saw the dinosaur's eyes widen in recognition. Its eyes then narrowed as it let out a roar of hatred, before it charged directly at him.

"C'mon!" Jessica finally yelled as the dinosaur ran away from their position.

"But we can't-!"

"We'll try to save him later, but right now we need to get to the van! Now!"

After one last look at the blond who just sacrificed himself to the beast, they reluctantly ran towards the van. Yasmina and Jessica couldn't help but look back at Naruto in between dashes towards their only chance of survival, praying that he was still alive every time they looked.

Fortunately, he seemed to be doing well on his own, if only barely.

SNAP! SNAP!

The Indominus seemed very hellbent on slaying the blond. The group was admittedly not very quiet when it came to them making their way to the van, with Bumpy in particular making some very loud noises of distress, but it would appear that her hatred of their blond crew member was greater than its desire to kill indiscriminately. They saw the look of determination, yet fear on Naruto's face as he dodged and swiped at the dinosaur. His spear had already been lost in an attempt to gouge out her eye. It was plunged into its skin, missing the visual organ by mere inches, and was removed by the dinosaur itself, flung to the side where Naruto would never reach it. Naruto had switched to his pocket knife, and was able to get a few swings in whenever it got dangerously close to him.

But the dinosaur was bigger, meaner, and had more fearsome daggers than he could ever count. And with each close stroke with those teeth and claws, the dinosaur was that much closer to figuring out how to kill its first prey.

Naruto flinched as he felt its teeth click shut right in front of his nose. He retaliated with a swipe of his knife, but he missed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the group had all made it to the van, and he couldn't help but smile a little.

Indi suddenly froze as she saw her target staring off into something. She turned her head towards the van, and she let out a wicked grin.

"NOO!" he yelled as he charged forward. He then realized his mistake as Indi snapped her head back to him, her mighty jaws split open as it prepared to close onto him.

Time seemed to slow down as her foul breath consumed him, her deadly collection of daggers prepared to clamp onto his body.

I can do this, he thought as he took a deep breath. Using the loose soil to his advantage, he slowly began to relinquish control over his body, allowing it to become as free and loose as water. He felt himself slip, his body falling backwards-

-and out of harm's way. The Indominux Rex let out a yelp as her jaws caught nothing, and he found himself sliding underneath the belly of the beast - momentum and gravity his ally.

SWISH!

The monster howled as he slashed at her tendon. It wasn't too deep, and it would no doubt heal within the day, but it was enough to get her to hobble around. By the time she finally turned around to exact its vengeance, Naruto Uzumaki had finally joined the others in the van and was speeding off into the distance, making her roar in fury.

…

"That. Was close," Darius breathed.

"Tell me about it," Naruto sighed. He was sitting next to Yasmina, who volunteered to drive. He managed to dive into the van in time for them to hit the gas, leaving the Indominus behind in the dust. Not wanting to bounce around like a pinball, he quickly made his way to the shotgun seat next to Yasmina.

"You should really put your seatbelt on," Ben whined.

"Yeah, just…gimme a sec," Naruto laid his head back onto his seat to try to settle his nerves.

After another couple of seconds, Naruto suddenly bursted into laughter, the adrenaline's expiration getting to him. The others joined in, some immediately and some nervously as they banded together to finally celebrate and enjoy their moment of safety. Even Bumpy joined in, squealing and standing on its hind legs like an overjoyed puppy.

["Kids?! Kids?!"] the radio crackled to life, putting a swift end to their laughing session. ["Come on, pick up!"]

Darius swooped in like a bird of prey onto the walkie-talkie, slamming his thumb over onto a button.

["There's something going on. Stay at camp; we're heading to you!"] Roxie's frantic voice continued.

"No! We're heading to you!" Darius responded.

["Darius! But why are you-"]

"We're fine, but we had to leave camp!" Darius quickly explained.

["What?!" / "What?!"] Dave and Roxie's voices crackled.

"The asset has escaped and has attempted to hunt us down!" Naruto quickly added in. "We've just escaped it, and we're on our way towards you guys!"

"Yeah, that!" Darius concluded.

["What asset!?] Roxie asked

"The sister!" Naruto added, and that's all it took for the radio to go dead silent for a good few seconds.

["Bloody Hell/Holy fuck!"] Roxie and Dave yelled at the same time

"Yeah, things have gone total FUBAR," Naruto said. "We're cutting through the jungle and are currently headed for the main park. Hopefully things are now turning aROUND! GOD FUCK!"

The van suddenly hit a few rocks, causing Naruto to fly up, banging his head against the metal ceiling.

"I told you," Ben muttered almost smugly.

CLACK! CLACK!

Time seemed to stand still as something small but hard clattered onto the floor. Everyone (even Yasmina) turned to see what it was. Their eyes widened as they found-

"My phone…" Brooklynn gaped at the sight of her pink smartphone. It laid on the cold, metal floor, its screen cracked. Naruto wasn't exactly that well-versed in modern day technology, but even he knew that it was useless at this point. Sammy was suddenly trying to look a lot smaller than she currently was.

["Hello? Is everything alright?"]

"...I KNEW IT!" Brooklynn screamed. "YOU FUCKING BITCH! YOU HAD MY PHONE THE ENTIRE GODDAMN TIME!"

"...Sammy?" Yasmina stared at the Texan girl in disbelief and hurt.

CRUNCH! CRASH!

The van suddenly lurched forward as the van slammed into a large rock. The group let out a collective scream as they jerked around like a ragdoll.

Naruto, being the only one that didn't wear a seatbelt (and didn't weigh over three hundred pounds), was flung out of the windshield. The last thing he felt was shards of glass penetrating his skin, and then all was black.