After about 30 minutes of brainstorming and scavenging, the campers have a... decent idea. Ben found a lunch tray wide enough to cover the hole, and with the sealant Yasmina found in the garage they' be able to seal it up.
Yasmina and Brooklyn both push down on one side of the tray while Darius attentively seals it up.
"It ain't pretty, but it should be watertight." Brooklyn commentates optimistically as the other campers watch.
There's a moment of suspense when Darius, Yaz and Brooklyn back away to see if the tray will stay in it's place. A collective sigh of relief leaves the campers when their little D.I.Y project doesn't budge.
"Dope. Let's leave already!" Kenji crosses his arms proudly.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's really happening!" Sammy squeals.
"Bye bye, Isla Nublar!" Brooklyn beams.
"We are out of here!" Yasmina cheers.
The others join in the cheering as well while Darius studies the sealant bottle closely.
"Hold up, guys." He interrupts the celebration.
"It says here we have to wait 48 hours for it to set."
The campers groan.
"Come on!"
"Really?"
Kenji steps forward, shaking his head, "They have to say that for insurance and junk."
"As your captain, I pronounce this vessel seaworth--" He knocks on the tray and it slides right off the boat.
Y/N catches it before it hits the ground and scoffs, shoving it into Kenji's arms, "Nice, man. Nice."
Kenji looks like a deer in headlights when he notices everyone is glaring at him.
"I've, uhm, I've got some captainy stuff to do over there..." He hands the tray to Darius and scampers away.
"One more time." Darius sighs, holding the tray out to Brooklyn and Yaz.
Sammy and Y/N observe as they restart the process.
"Hey, can I... talk to you for a sec?" Sammy asks Brooklyn.
"I'm kinda busy right now, but--" Brooklyn starts.
"I need your help with something. Personal." Sammy practically begs.
"Here." Y/N takes over for Brooklyn, placing his hands on the tray, "I've got it, B. Go talk."
"Thanks..." Brooklyn stands up and walks away with Sammy.
After a moment Yasmina retreats too.
"I'll be back." She doesn't really explain herself and just walks up the dock.
Darius groans.
"It's cool, you're like halfway done." Y/N takes a turn at being optimistic, which is usually Darius' job.
After only a couple more minutes the boy's finish sealing up the boat.
"Thanks for your help, N/N." Darius smiles as he places the sealant on the dock.
"No prob." Y/N smiles and makes his way up the dock, Darius right behind him.
The boys spot Kenji and Yasmina over by some storage crates, the former... throwing things at Compies? They approach the duo to hear the end of the conversation.
"Like my dad always says, 'If you've got a problem, throw cash at it'." Kenji smiles boldly, leaning on some of the crates.
"I don't know about that, Kenji." Darius crosses his arms when he realizes the situation, "You know what you get when you feed a pigeon."
"A fat pigeon?" Kenji asks.
"More pigeons! You get more pigeons!" Yasmina hits Kenji in the chest and motions over to the growing crowd of Compies.
"Then it's a good thing I'm rich." Kenji shrugs and reaches into his pockets.
He begins throwing even more coins at the small dinos.
"This is definitely not the solution here." Y/N sighs in disbelief.
"You are making it so much worse." Yasmina groans.
"Fetch!" Kenji chuckles, tossing some more.
"Get the quarters!"
A small trill comes from behind the campers, the turn around to see one of the Compies on top of a crate, the Compass in between her jaw.
"She's got the Compass!" Darius gasps as the Compy skitters away.
"So not good..." Yasmina huffs as the Compy rejoins her family.
"Hey, give that back!" Kenji reaches his hand towards the Compy like she's a cat that's gonna smell him, "Come on! I'll give you two quarters for it."
"Why are you bargaining with the dinosaur?" Y/N scoffs.
He's now adding Kenji to his list of crazy people that talk to dinosaurs.
Kenji tosses the two quarters but the Compy doesn't seem interested.
"Just... approach her slowly..." Darius instructs as he creeps towards the dino, the others following suit.
The campers only get a few steps in before the Compy darts off.
Yasmina face palms and the four of them run after the cheeky dino. During their pursuit they pass by Ben and Bumpy returning from their walk.
"Be back later, Ben!" Kenji shouts to the boy.
"You're in charge!"
Yasmina picks up speed and easily passes by the boys.
"Go get her, Yaz!" Kenji shouts words of encouragement.
"Don't play with me, Compy!" Yasmina contests.
Great, now Yaz is on the list too. Are all of Y/N's friends crazy?
"You will not outrun me!" She keeps going.
Yasmina reaches out, her fingers almost grazing the Compies neck when the creature suddenly let's go of the compass. It drops into the dirt but before anyone can move to pick it up, a second Compy swoops in and grabs it.
"Hey, that's cheating!" Yaz scrambles to go after it.
Y/N, Kenji and Darius all run for it and collide with each other, letting the Compies wiggle right past them.
Yazmina runs past the boys from where they sit on the floor, "Come on, quit slacking!"
"Man, I hate Compies..." Kenji groans as the three of them get off the ground.
"I hate this entire island." Y/N huffs.
And with that, they're back to running. The teens weave through unfamiliar spots in the jungle, over rocks and around twisty trees. They end up on an open dirt trail, similar to the other ones all over the island.
"Anyone see where it went?" Yasmina asks as the boys emerge from the bushes after her.
They slow into a walk now, surveying the area. Kenji, Yasmina and Y/N stay together while Darius strays off to check under a jeep. The trio stops in their tracks when they realize what the giant shadow that hangs over them is from.
"Darius!" Y/N calls out and the boy quickly joins them.
He stands beside his friends, starstruck.
"Guys, do you know where we are?" He asks in amazement, "Welcome to Jurassic Park."
"This is where it all began."
The campers stand under the original entrance to the park.
"Nope! No way, we shouldn't be here!" Kenji backs away.
"Everyone knows this place is haunted."
"Haunted?" Darius asks dubiously.
"Yeah! Bad things happen here." Kenji shudders.
"As opposed to everywhere else on this island?" Y/N scoffs.
"Exactly." Kenji whines.
"We need that compass." Darius sighs.
"Please talk some sense into him." He turns to Y/N and Yasmina, a pleading expression on his face.
"Darius is right. Jurassic Park isn't haunted." Yasmina crosses her arms.
"The only way anything bad is gonna happen is if we don't get that compass back." Y/N adds.
"It's cursed." Yasmina finishes her original sentence.
"What?" Darius and Y/N both whip their heads around to face the girl.
"Legend has it that the original park owner broke his ankle here and then was eaten alive by Compies!" She explains, her expression very serious.
Kenji gasps and throws his hands over his mouth.
"That's not true. John Hammond died of natural causes." Darius pushes Kenji's hands back down.
"You should probably know that..." Y/N glares at Kenji.
"Where'd you hear that?" Darius huffs, turning to Yasmina.
"Read it somewhere." Yaz shrugs.
"I'm kinda obsessed with theme park deaths."
A Compy suddenly weaves through the camper's legs, squealing and squawking. The dino skitters past them and through the large gate.
"Maybe the others went in there too!" Darius follows after the Compy, Yasmina and Y/N quick to join.
The three of them push against the doors as Kenji joins them. They step inside and take in their surroundings. It appears to be a dome of some sort. It's dimly lit and covered in metal parts along with foliage. Some dino bones are scattered along the grass.
The door shuts behind them with a loud slam, causing the four campers to almost jump out of their skin.
'"I don't like this, I don't like this..." Kenji takes a few steps back.
Light clattering is heard, causing Darius, Y/N and Yaz to join Kenji.
"What was that?" He yelps.
A screw falls from the ceiling and the teens all look for the source. They spot a few Compies overhead, the dinos scatter when they notice they've been caught. Y/N's eyes trail one of them as she makes her way to her nest. When she gets there Y/N spots a shiny object resting in the piled-up twigs.
"It's the compass!" He points to the nest which rests on a support beam.
"We've gotta get up there!" Darius gasps.
"Well, the good news is," Yaz crosses her arms, "It's only, like, 30 feet in the air."
"Yeah. Easy." She huffs sarcastically.
"What about that?" Y/N points to a rusted old vending machine leaning against the wall.
"We could set it up and use it as leverage to climb onto the construction shelving."
"Great idea, Y/N." Darius claps a hand onto the boy's shoulder.
Y/N, Darius and Yaz all make their way to the machine and get ready to push.
It's pretty, big but it should be easy with three people, right? Wrong.
The three of them struggle, only moving it a few inches every push.
Kenji's doing nothing to help, "Hold on guys, I'm useless till I carbo-load." He excuses himself and begins using one of his quarters on the vending machine.
He taps on the buttons and waits for his snack, "Come on, J4! Come on, J4!"
"Dude, it's not even plugged in." Yasmina rolls her eyes when Kenji begins to pout.
"Aw, man. That was my last quarter." He huffs in disappointment.
Kenji finally helps and the campers get the vending machine in the right spot.
"Come on, guys. Like this." Yasmina pulls herself up, swings from a vine, and scales the rest of the shelving like it's the easiest thing she's ever done.
"Okay, American Ninja Warrior." Y/N scoffs in amusement.
"I was gonna say Tarzan, but that too." Kenji nods.
"Come on, guys. Like that." Darius mocks, coaxing one of the other boys to go first.
Y/N takes a step back, "All you, Kenj."
Kenji sighs and struggles to pull himself onto the vending machine even with Darius giving him a boost. Once he makes it past the vine, Y/N follows him up.
"Watch out for the Compies!" Yasmina yells from overhead.
She hangs from the vine closest to the nest and looks back at the boys when, suddenly, the Compies start screeching and scattering, almost like they're hiding. A wave of uncertainty washes over the kids, all of them freezing where they are.
Amidst the silence a velociraptor emerges from a hole in the wall. If the campers were still before, they're like statues now. As the dinosaur stalks around the grass, Darius raises a finger to his mouth, warning the others to be quiet.
Kenji's arms begin to wobble from holding himself up so long and Yasmina resumes her climb to the nest as the velociraptor moves right underneath the structure the boys are climbing on.
She looks back at her friends, unsure or whether to continue or not but Y/N gives her a small nod of encouragement.
Yasmina continues her suspenseful climb. She reaches out, her fingers only inches away from the compass. She swings the vine a bit, hoping to get closer. When her finger grazes the compass, she's unable to catch it. It falls from the nest and she has to hold a hand over her mouth to muffle her gasp.
Y/N catches the compass as it plummets towards the ground, he nervously teeters, only holding himself up with one hand.
The velociraptor slows for a moment before falling into a sprint. It catches one of the Compies in its jaw and scurries out of the dome.
Darius and Kenji drop down first, followed by Y/N and Yaz.
"Let's get out of here before it comes back." Yazmina slides down from the vending machine.
Y/N hands Darius the Compass and they all head for the exit, stopping in their tracks when they hear rustling and familiar screeching.
Everything seems to be in slow motion as the campers turn around to meet the source. The same velociraptor from before emerges from the bushes. They thought she'd left but she was just hiding.
"Clever... guy..." Kenji whimpers.
"Girl." Darius can't help but correct him, even at a time like this, "She's a girl."
"Darius," Kenji whispers, "Remind me how we got away from the raptors last time..."
"Dave and Roxie saved us?" Darius matches Kenji's volume.
"Oh, right."
"So, what do we do now?"
"Probably run..." Y/N suggests.
The four teens turn on their heels and race towards the door, Yasmina slams it shut on their way out, which only gives them about 4 extra seconds.
The group sprints aimlessly into the jungle until Darius spots something, "Up there! The truck, quick!" He points to an abandoned vehicle propped up on a rock.
The camper's dive into the jeep, Y/N in the driver's seat.
"Start the engine!" Darius shouts, but it's hard to do that when you have no keys.
Darius leans over the back seat and gets a glimpse of something in the trunk.
"Hey, look! A tranquilizer rifle, maybe we can--"
The velociraptor rams into the back of the jeep, shaking the entire things. The kids scream as the dinosaur pounces on the car again. They brace for the next hit, but it doesn't come.
"Where'd she go?" Y/N peers out the window.
"Maybe she went to get her raptor friends..." Kenji whispers eerily like he's telling a scary story.
"If she still had a pack, they'd be here by now." Darius shakes his head and presses up against the window.
"She's alone." He confirms.
To everyone's surprise, kind of, the raptor jumps onto the hood of the car and slams into the front window.
Out of surprise, Yasmina knocks into the gear shift and puts the car in drive. They start barreling down the hill, strictly pushed by gravity while Y/N tries his best to steer around trees and bushes.
The dinosaur doesn't take long to come after them, leaping back onto the hood and blocking Y/N's vision. The Jeep crashes into a rock and the truck flips onto the ground, landing on the roof. The campers luckily have their seatbelts on and dangle from their chairs.
"Where is she? Do you see her?" Yasmina asks as she finally opens her eyes.
"We're all fine, thanks for asking." Kenji scoffs.
The jeep shakes and they notice the velociraptor pinned under the truck.
"Come on." Darius unbuckles his seat belt and kicks his door open, the others following after him.
They linger for a moment, watching the helpless dino as Compies surround her and Y/N can already tell from the look in Darius' eye that he doesn't plan on leaving her like this.
"Come on, man. We gotta go." Kenji urges.
"They'll kill her." Darius sighs, "Eat her alive."
"Not our problem, bro. Enemy of the enemy and all that." Kenji argues.
While Y/N would like to agree with Kenji, just because his plan is simpler, it's not right. If they have the opportunity to save her, they should.
"But she wasn't our enemy." Yaz speaks up, "We were trespassing in her home."
"I agree. Tell us what we need to do, D." Y/N puts a hand on Darius' shoulder.
Darius looks down at the tranq gun in his hands, "There's no way to tranq all of em. We'll have to distract the Compies."
Yasmina is quick to pick up a heavy branch from the ground, Kenji, on the other hand, turns around and sprints away.
"Typical." Yasmina scoffs.
"It's okay." Y/N shrugs it off, "We've got it."
The three of them step in between the raptor and the Compies, swinging at the smaller creatures.
"Shoo! Get back!" Darius shouts.
Before they really get any work done, things start falling from overhead... quarters to be exact.
"You like that!?" Kenji shouts, "More where that came from!" He comes around the jeep and continues to toss quarters, successfully distracting the small dinos.
"Great thinking!" Darius beams, "Now lift before they come back!"
All four of them loop their fingers under the truck and begin to pull up, it's a challenge but they're getting there.
"Come on! She's almost out!" Darius grunts.
Once they pull it up far enough the velociraptor wiggles out from the bottom, her half of the car slamming to the ground and sending the campers falling back. They're helpless from the ground as she regains her footing and stalks towards them.
Darius slowly rises to his feet and approaches the dinosaur.
"Darius..."
"What are you doing?"
He kicks the tranquilizer away and holds his hands out towards the dinosaur.
"Trust me." He speaks softly.
Y/N rolls his eyes, this is getting ridiculous.
Y/N's list of crazy people who talk to dinosaurs:
Ben
Probably Mitch and Tiff
Sammy
Kenji
Yaz
Darius
And he doubts Brooklyn is safe for long.
When the raptor doesn't seem to be making any moves, Y/N, Yaz and Kenji stand up too.
"Back away slowly, and don't turn your back." Darius whispers.
This seems easy enough but of course, someone had to mess it all up. A quarter goes flying and nails the Raptor straight in the nose. The other three campers slowly turn to judge Kenji, who just shrugs.
The dinosaur takes a moment to process before screeching loudly.
"Never mind! Go!" Darius shouts as they all fall back into a sprint.
They run and run, but the Velociraptor doesn't chase after them.