Left Behind •Kenji Kon• Camp Cretaceous

▫️Bumpy Ride▫️

💞Trinity💞

I wipe sweat from my brow as we trudge through the jungle. We're all tired, hot, and have our fair share of bumps and bruises. This is not how I thought this trip would turn out, although everyone had doubts after happened at the first park. But we all thought this one would be different. Boy were we dead wrong.

Which is what we'll be if we don't get out of here. I gather my hair off my neck as I follow after the others, putting it into a ponytail, ignoring the few crimson strands that escape. Suddenly Ben lets out a scream and the rest of us scream too, turning to see what he's shouting for.

Brooklynn drops to the ground, covering her head preparing for an attack. Sammy crouches a little lower while Yaz throws her hands up as if to fight off whatever it is. I grab onto Kenji's elbow as we turn to look at Ben who sighs. "Sorry, I stepped on a twig."

"Oh, come on man," Brooklynn groans as she and Sammy stand up straight. "You done gave me a heart attack!"

"I should step on you," Kenji whispers angrily and I release his arm before he notices, trying to get my heart rate back to normal. "It's okay, Ben," Darius tells him as everyone shares looks with each other. "We're all on edge."

"And lost," Yasmina interjects and I have to nod in agreement. Feels like we've been walking forever. "Yeah, we've been out here for awhile now. Darius, are you sure we're still headed for the park?" Sammy asks glancing around as if she could recognize where we are.

"Well, we'd be sure if I still had my phone because it has a GPS, a compass app, and is also a phone!"

"Oh, my god! Brooklynn, let it go!"

"Sammy didn't steal your phone!" Yaz and I say together, glaring at Brooklynn, as Yasmina pushes the pink haired girl away from Sammy. "No one stole your phone! Can we please stop talking about the phone!"

"You guys! You guys, you guys, you guys," Ben whispers as he moves closer to us and we glance at him. "Could you all yell at each other quieter, please?"

"My fellow campers, chill!" Kenji calls and we all turn to look at him. How can he be so calm on killer dinosaur island that has an asset out of containment which almost ate us? "What we need here is someone who can make the hard call on what to do next. Since I'm obviously leadership material…"

I refrain from rolling my eyes like I really want to and instead just listen. "I'll do this. And my first decree as leader is for everyone to stop talking and just listen to Darius."

"Huh?" Darius asks in confusion and Kenji pulls him a little ways away from us, talking in hushed whispers. After a few seconds Kenji steps backwards towards us and looks at Darius. "So, which way, Darius?" We all stare at Darius expectantly and he turns away from us, looking deepr into the woods.

"Please, you're just trying to cover up the fact that you're lost too, Mr. VIP. None of us know where we are."

"I know where we are!" Darius exclaims as soon as the words leave Brooklynn's mouth and he takes off running. "We're by the Carnotaurus paddock! I thought this place looked familiar." 

"Am I an excellent leader or what?"

"Or what," I tell him shoving him forward playfully and we follow after Darius. Once we catch up to him we head through some tall grass. "I remember the fence." We step out and look up in horror at the busted fence. "The broken, ripped down fence." Ben starts panting and I pat him on the back.

"That means… that means Toro is out here… with us."

"Now we have to deal with the Indominus and Toro," Darius says softly and I sigh. Great. Just great. Now there are two carnivorous dinosaurs on the loose. "Hold up. How do you know about Toro?" The dino nerd asks Ben and Yasmina steps past us.