The voyage was coming to a close. The ship had been at sea for six months, and the tip Isla Nublar was just in view on the horizon.
"Land ho!" the captain shouted from the ship's wheel.
This announcement was taken extremely well, for the crew cheered merrily. Even Anna and Brynn joined the sailors in their celebratory dance, while Kristoff and Elsa, who were not fond of dancing, looked upon the cheerful scene happily.
Looking around, Elsa noticed that Indi wasn't anywhere in sight. She quietly slipped away, hunting for her companion.
Going into Indi's quarters, she found the boy at a grindstone, sharpening his concealed swords, a serious and concentrating look on his face.
"Hey," he said, not looking up at her.
"Hey," she said, walking over to him, before placing a hand on his shoulder. "Isla Nublar is in sight. Everyone is celebrating. I'm surprised you're not out there with us."
"It's not the right time to celebrate," Indi deadpanned. "We have nothing to celebrate yet. Tell the captain to drop anchor at our current location. We need to be ready to move in at nightfall."
"Are you okay, Indi?" Elsa asked worriedly.
"Yes and no," Indi said, stepping away from the grindstone and moved towards his workbench, retrieving the bottle of kerosene gel as he did so. "I am okay, because I can finally free my friends from the clutches of the maniac scientists, but I'm also not, because I have to worry about everything that could go wrong: What if I can't get everyone out? What if we get caught? What if someone gets hurt? What if someone dies? What if I die? Maybe I'm becoming paranoid."
"I think it comes with the job," Elsa said.
"What job is that?" Indi asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"Being in an important position. Remember, Indi, you're not alone. You have Brynn, Anna, Kristoff, and myself. I think I can also include Mister Grady and Barry. We all care for you, and will help in any way we can."
"Thanks for the pep talk," Indi said, a small smile forming on his face.
"Now, suit up, 'Fangs'," Elsa said teasingly.
"Speak for yourself, Frostbite," Indi playfully shot back.
As Elsa left, she gave him the cold shoulder. Literally.
Elsa managed to steal Anna away from the dancing sailors, and informed the captain of what he was to do, before leading Anna to their quarters.
"So, are you ready?" Elsa asked as she set out the armored outfit.
"Yes," Anna said. "But the better question is, are you ready? Because you've only been in real combat once."
"I'll have you know," Elsa said in a haughty voice, taking off her dress. "I did quite well for my first time in combat, if I do say so myself."
"Elsa, you went up against two people. On ice."
"I'd like to see you do better," Elsa retorted as she pulled the armored skirt and bodice on.
"You know you can't justifiably judge me like that. I don't have ice powers."
"Touché."
Indi finished putting on his chest plate, and strapped his concealed swords onto his forearms, checking the gel levels as he did so. A knocking sound from the door on the side wall that divided his room from Brynn's caught his attention.
"Come in," the boy called.
The door opened, revealing Brynn, who was struggling putting on the bodice of her own armor.
"Hey," she said a sheepish look on her face. "Could you help me out?"
"Sure," Indi said before pacing up to his friend. "So, are you ready?"
"Hell yeah," Brynn said as Indi attached the loops of leather from the sides of the front portion of the bodice, around the metal buttons on the back portion. "I've wanted to give these sadistic maniacs a piece of my mind for quite some time now. How about you?"
"Ready as I'll ever be. Elsa gave me a pep talk not to long ago."
"You like her, don't you?" Brynn said. It wasn't much of a question, more of a general statement.
"Yeah," Indi sighed.
"I'm happy for you both. It's good you found someone," Brynn said, looking of into the distance.
"Brynn, don't be like that," Indi said as he tugged down on the bottom of the bodice to make sure it would be secure. "I know you wanted us to be together, and don't even try to deny it. I wasn't born last week." Brynn sighed in defeat. "Hey, look here," Indi said, tilting her head up to look at him. She had hurt tears welling up in her eyes.
Just as she started to turn her head away, Indi swiftly pecked her on the lips.
Brynn, shocked by this, gently placed her fingertips to her lips. "W-why?"
"Just in case," Indi said a gentle smile on his face. "I know you've wanted to do that to me for a while now, and since there's a chance I might be killed on this mission, I figured I'd let you, and who am I to deny someone what could possibly be their last wish."
Brynn was silent as she left her love in his room to retrieve her swords. Indi had kissed her, and with justifiable reasons. He was kind and gentle, and she wanted him to be hers more than anything else. But he was Elsa's, they love each other dearly, and nothing was going to change that.
Indi went outside, where the Royal Family was gathered, all deck out in there armored outfits, ready to go. Down on the main deck, Elsa was watching Anna and Kristoff spar with their swords, and the sailors were preparing the small jolly boat that was to transport the five people to Nublar.
"Kristoff," Indi called from the walkway. "Keep your weapon up! What do you think 'On Guard' means?"
Indi walked over to see how the preparations were coming, and if they were missing anything.
Brynn stepped out into the late-afternoon light, her swords in their respective scabbards on her back. Seeing her emerge, Elsa gave her a friendly wave. Brynn returned the gesture with a small salute accompanied with a halfhearted smile, debating with herself whether or not she should tell Queen Elsa about Indi kissing her.
At dinner, Indi encouraged the four people accompanying him to eat a respectable amount. Not too much, so that they would be too tired to defend themselves by fighting off a food coma, but not too little, so they could keep their strength up. After the meal ended, the boat was lowered into the water, and Indi jumped straight down into the boat. The sailors lowered a rope ladder with planks of wood for rungs so the rest of the group could safely get down.
Anna came down the ladder first. She was a little unsteady, so Indi helped her down the last few steps by placing his hands on her waist to steady her, an action that slightly aggravated Kristoff.
Elsa went down next, and was a bit more balanced than her sister, but Indi, being the gentleman that he strived to be, helped her down the last few rungs.
Third came Brynn, who was the most surefooted, but when Indi offered to help, she shied away from him.
"Alright, Kristoff," Indi called up the ladder. "Come on down."
The ice harvester warily made his way down the steps. He was shaking from fear so much that the entire ladder was vibrating. He was soon safely down in the boat.
"Captain," Indi called. "There is a small island just beyond the horizon due north of here. It has fresh water, and fruits, so you can restock on supplies there."
"Aye," the captain said nodding his head. "At what time do ye want me to pick ye up from Nublar?"
"At dawn," Indi said decisively.
"Aye, see ye then. Good luck."
"Thanks," Elsa said. "We'll need all the luck we can get."
And with that, Indi and Kristoff picked up their oars and rowed to Nublar, sitting forebodingly on the horizon.
After several hours of rowing, they could make out a two figures on the horizon.
"Who are they?" Elsa asked.
Using her enhanced sense of vision, Brynn quickly identified the two men.
"That's Owen and Barry," she announced.
Soon, the seabed was shallow enough for Indi to jump into the water to transform into the Indominus rex, and tow the boat to shore.
When Indi changed back into his human form, Elsa got out of the boat and got her first good look at the two men before her. One man was black, and wore a respectable white shirt, with an unbuttoned checkered shirt on the outside. The other man was white, and had on a blue shirt and a brown vest over it. They both wore brown pants and worn shoes.
"Hey guys," Indi said, giving them each a quick hug. "Oh, guys, this is Owen," Indi gestured to the white man. "And Barry." He gestured to the black man. "Owen, Barry, this is Queen Elsa and Princess Anna of Arendelle, and this is Kristoff, Arendelle's Ice Master and Deliverer."
Owen and Barry bowed in front of the two royals, then shook Kristoff's hand.
"Queen Elsa, Princess Anna, I am glad to finally meet you both," Owen said.
"As am I," Barry added.
"Well," Indi said as he pulled the boat up on shore. "Now that everyone's been acquainted with each other, let's get to work."
Soon, the small congregation made their way along a dirt road that led into the jungle. Owen fell into stride next to Elsa.
"So, Mister Grady," Elsa began. "What do you do here on Nublar, exactly?"
"Please, Your Majesty, call me Owen," man said. "As for what I do here, I train a species of dinosaur called a Velociraptor for military application, though I am against using those animals for such immoral purposes. Barry, my partner-in-crime, does the same thing I do, and shares my views."
"Could I meet these Velociraptors?" Elsa asked.
"You will," Owen said. "We're taking them off this God-forsaken island with the children." They finally reached the top of a tall rise, which let them see the complex off in the distance.
"That's where the kids and their mothers are held," Barry said. "It's about a four-mile walk."
The group made their way along the road, forest all around them. Soon, they came to a large concrete wall about one mile from the complex along the right side of the road.
"Rexanne," Brynn whispered as she brushed her fingers along the wall.
"Who?" Anna asked.
"The natural rex," Owen said.
The group continued along the wall, until came to the door of the complex. The building was huge! It took up the area of ten times that of Elsa's castle.
"So," Kristoff whispered. "How do we get in?"
Suddenly, the small group was surrounded by dozens of men, each with a gun trained on them. A section of the group parted, and into the circle walked who else than George Von Shwicke.
"Well done, Indi," Von Shwicke said. "Owen, Barry, you two will be getting a significant pay raise."
"Indi, what's going on?" Elsa asked. The boy strode over to stand next to the evil man.
"You see, Queen Elsa," Indi said, chuckling darkly. "This was all just a big ploy to get you here. As an added bonus, Anna is here too. Mister Von Shwicke, they're all yours."
"You dirty double-crosser!" Elsa shouted.
The men surrounding them closed in on the royal family.
"ELSA!" Anna cried from behind her. Elsa turned around to see two large men grab Anna's arms. "HELP!"
Just when she was about to unleash and icy tomb on the men around her sister, a fierce pain exploded in the side of her head as she fell to the ground. The image she looked upon was grey grass. It seemed so peaceful.
Then, blackness.
Elsa's head was pounding. Wherever she was, the place felt unfamiliar.
Groaning, she sat up on her hard bed. Looking around, Elsa saw where she was.
A cell.
Slowly, the events that occurred before she blacked out came back to her.
"Indi betrayed us," she said to nobody in particular.
"Golly, you think so?!" a voice answered.
Elsa heard her sister in another cell directly across the hall from her.
"Anna," Elsa cried, sitting down at the barred door. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Anna answered. "Are you alright?"
"No," Elsa said, rubbing her head, and feeling a lump. "My head really hurts. What happened?"
"Just when you were about to help me, Von Shwicke knocked you out."
"Oh."
The pair stayed silent for a while, until a set of footsteps was heard coming down the corridor. Three large bangs were heard, coming from the door to Anna's cell. On the fourth bangs, there was a large, wooden thud.
"No! Stay away from me!" Anna's voice said.
Then, Elsa's door started to bang. It came down in three hits. The person standing there was unmistakably Indi. Anna ran past him and hugged Elsa fiercely.
"Stay away from us," Elsa growled.
"Look," Indi said. "I know what I did was wrong, but we had to get in here, so I'll explain later. Now, we don't have much time. We have to get Kristoff and everybody else out."
"Where's Kristoff?" Anna said, fully concerned for her beau.
"Follow me," Indi said as he turned on his heel, leading the royal sisters out to the main hall.
Once he stopped outside a large door, he handed Anna and Elsa each a crowbar. Elsa noticed that they still had their weapons.
Lousy guards.
Indi picked up a nearby sledgehammer.
"Let's go," he said, opening the door. The cells seemed to have at least one child, and who could be their mother.
Indi walked up to the nearest cell, and with one swing, he smashed the padlock, waking nearby families.
"What's going on?" The mother said as her two children huddled closer to her in fear.
"We're busting you out," Indi said. Elsa and Anna took to smashing locks and wrenching doors open, freeing their occupants. At the end of the hall, Anna found her beloved.
"Kristoff!" she cried, smashing the lock on the door, then prying it open.
"Wow, feisty pants," Kristoff said. "You look really bad-ass."
"Thanks," Anna said, smashing another locked door.
"Anna, Kristoff," Indi called. "Take everybody here to the main courtyard. Brynn's waiting for you. Be ready to fight."
"Okay," Kristoff said drawing his sword, with Anna following in suit. "Let's go everybody!"
Elsa and Indi went to the next two halls, smashing locks and prying open doors. Soon a guard spotted them.
"Hey, just what do you think you're doing?!"
Before he could get close enough, to engage in a fight, Elsa froze him to the spot, enclosing him in ice.
"Just chill, man," Indi joked.
In the next hall, Elsa used her ice powers to comer the entire hall in ice, attached it to the cage doors, and then moved it to the center of the hall, ripping the doors of their hinges.
"Okay," Indi said as he ran, leading everyone to the courtyard. "That's everyone. Let's move everybody! We've got to hurry!"
When the entire crowd got to the courtyard, it was sheer chaos. A group of guards was overtaking the line of defenses.
Anna swung her sword, slashing into a man's arm. Brynn was beside her, snapping and biting at anyone who got too close.
Anna knew they couldn't keep this up much longer. Suddenly, a blast of ice beside her let her know that the reinforcements had arrived.
"Elsa!" she called out in relief. Looking up, they saw Indi running up Brynn's back, leaping off her snout, and landing on the ground, in front of who appeared to be the leader of this group of guards, as he drew his sword.
Raising an eyebrow, Indi flipped his swords out of their concealment sheaths.
"Come at me, bra," Indi taunted.
The lead guard took the bait, which gave him a face full of flames.
The guards fell back, to regroup and get reinforcements.
Okay, everyone!" Indi called. "Follow Brynn! She will lead you somewhere safe. Older ones, morph into your dinosaur forms if you can go on land or air, and carry the younger ones and expectant mothers. We're getting you all out of this Hell Hole. Now, move out!" Brynn bellowed, to signal.
"Oh, Brynn," Indi called. "Why don't you get Rexanne and Junior. Get them out of here too." Brynn growled in agreement before turning to lead the group out.
"Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, there's something I need your help with," Indi said.
"Lead the way," Elsa said.
"How 'bout you ride?" Indi said, transforming quickly. His passengers climbed on quickly, and he bounded off, running through trees.
Soon, a structure came into view. No, it was three structures.
Indi bent low to allow his passengers to climb off, before shrinking down to human size again. Owen and Barry were standing at the door of one of the structures.
"You guys ready?" Owen said.
"Yeah," Indi said. "I just came by to get my pack."
"Okay," Owen said, handing him a ring with three keys on it.
"You guys will need to step back," Owen said to Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff and he wheeled out what appeared to be some type of vehicle on two wheels. Barry wheeled out a similar vehicle, but his had four wheels.
Owen then walked up to a set of metal doors, rapping on them, causing shrieks and puffing breaths.
"Queen Elsa, Princess Anna, Master Kristoff, I'd like to introduce you to my raptors." Owen nodded to Indi, who turned a key, the pushed down a lever, opening the four doors. Out of each door sprung a reptilian animal that walked on two legs, and was as tall as a man. Owen and Barry's vehicles rumbled to life, and they drove off, leading the animals than ran behind them.
"Wow," Kristoff said.
"My thoughts exactly," Anna added.
"If you guys thought that was cool, check this out." Indi led the trio to a large, metal door that was twenty-one feet tall. He opened it, entered, and was followed. Looking around, Elsa saw large scratch marks on the walls, even in this moonlight.
"Where is he?" Indi mumbled. Suddenly, a low sputtering growl sounded throughout the paddock. "Oh, God."
"What's wrong?" asked Anna.
"Elsa. Anna. Kristoff," Indi said calmly, yet nervously. "Get out of here. God, what did they do to him? You three need to run. I'll catch up."
"But…" Anna began.
"No 'buts'," Indi said quickly, staring at a section of trees that slowly began to move. "Run. Now."
"Where do we…" Elsa began.
"The ship. Just follow the raptor footprints." The trees slowly started to form into a head-shape. "GO NOW!" Indi yelled, causing a large, white monstrosity to lunge out from the trees, shrieking in Indi's characteristic roar.
Elsa knew what it was once she saw it. An Indominus rex.
the trio turned and ran, while Indi caught the Indominus' attention by banging his two swords together. Once outside the paddock, Elsa quickly made two sleds out of ice, and the three sped down an icy path Elsa created, following the Velociraptor footprints.
Indi finally managed to pacify the Indominus rex.
"You wanna get the rest of the pack, bud?"
The Indominus gave off a deep, gruff hoot.
"Let's get to it then."
Elsa sped down her icy path that she made where she needed it to go and had it disappear after Kristoff's sled.
A loud roar caught their attention. Looking back, they saw the Indominus rex smash through the trees with Indi on its back, with four raptors running with them. "Oh, Dear Lord Almighty," Elsa said as she pick up the speed of her ice and the sleds.
Soon the trio caught up with the rest of the people they were rescuing. At the front of the group of people, there were two T-rexes. One she could identify as Brynn, but the other appeared older. More worn. Throughout the crowd, there were different kinds of dinosaurs, but she had no idea what types they were.
It also appeared that Owen and Barry had made it to this group not too long ago.
"Brynn!" Elsa called ask she skated up to her, causing the large shape to rotate her head downwards. "Look!" She said, pointing to the distance, where Indi, the Indominus rex, and the small pack of raptors were running over a hill. The sky was also starting to get lighter, and the ship wouldn't wait forever.
Brynn bellowed deeply, and the entire crowd started to run. Some of the children started to transform in dinosaurs, though no Indominus or Tyrannosaurus rexes appeared.
The other T-rex ducked its head, and gently picked up a small animal. Elsa quickly identified the animal as a baby T-rex.
Owen and Barry raced to the front of the group on their vehicles, leading the Velociraptors behind them.
As the group raced over the hill, following the dirt road, the ship came into sight along the coast. Anna urged her sled to go faster. Soon, the entire group raced across the last stretch of land before the coast. Brynn bellowed deeply, urging everyone to go faster. Several children transformed into some type of flying animal, and took to the skies.
Brynn looked behind her, seeing that Indi's pack was coming up fast.
Soon, Owen, Barry, and their raptors made to the ship. Owen held up a fist, signaling his raptors to stop. He and Barry dismounted their vehicles, and wheeled them up the gangplank. Once on the deck of the ship, Owen pointed to the spot next to him, and gave a short whistle, and all four raptors stormed up the walkway, where they were led by Barry to their respective holding pens.
Exactly one minute after Owen made it to the ship, the rest of the crowd arrived. Elsa led the group up the gangplank. "Hurry, everyone!" Brynn shrank down, leading the older T-rex with the baby onto the ship.
The whole crowd filled onto the deck, when Indi and his pack brought up the rear.
With the speed of an arrow, Indi leapt over the crowd, swinging on the ropes that hung from the mast, gliding over to the bow of the ships, and tossing the ends of a few ropes into the ocean, where they became taught, and the ship started to move forwards, being pulled by some massive, underwater creature.
The cheering was deafening, but nobody cared. They were finally free from the evil cesspool that was titled Isla Nublar.
As Indi walked back over to his room, his short trek full of thanks from the refugees. Making it to the door just outside his destination, Elsa stopped him.
"Hey," she said, her face beaming. "You did it."
"No," Indi said, stroking one of the raptors from his pack that came up to him. "We did it."
