Maddie stood still while her arms shook and her fists clenched. Her hair over her face covering her eyes, it was hard to tell if she was sad or angry but she was definitely emotional. Over her life she has made sacrifices for others, it was what she loved to do. It became who she was, if she failed here she would no longer feel in control of her situation. She poured her heart out, every emotion even pleading for him even using a child to reach out to him. Was he truly monster enough to ignore a child’s safety, she would not let him walk away, maybe he wouldn’t regret but she had and she forever will. Maddie held her fists tight staring at the ground, she knew she could not stop him no matter what she did he was going to leave.

When she heard his voice she looked up surprised. He was standing a few feet away from her, with a somber attitude. She wiped her face again, from the frustration and anguish into concern and confusion. He began to apologize each word seemed to hit Maddie, had she reached him, was he truly not the monster that she made him out to be. Her fist slowly unclenched as the man talked to her, his explanation was unsatisfactory, to say the least but that was not important at this moment. She needed him not his history, not his life story just his skills. A slight smile appeared on her face as he reached his hand out towards her. She stared at it and her smile disappeared as she looked back at his face. It was filled with doubt and pain it reminded her so much of friends from her past.

“Robert, you know that I will never accept your apology until I understand your full truth. Your actions will always speak louder than words and you need to change your actions if you want to show me that you honestly are sorry. I can never truly understand you and I doubt you will ever understand me, but as long as you will help us I will have your back in any situation.”

Maddie reached out and shook his hand grabbing it tight and pulling him close.

“I am still going to get you for shooting me with the tranq dart.”

She released him and had a smile on her face, which was very odd since her cheeks were still read from her emotional outburst. Maybe it was something to worry about her bottling up her emotions but it could also be an extremely good trait for a combat situation that they are in. She understands the importance of teamwork and there is no need to continue an argument that was over.

“Now, you will be on probation that is nonnegotiable. Whatever you were planning is no longer your priority, instead, it is our team. We will all help you with whatever you need to complete but it is not our top priority any longer. I understand your secrecy and I can respect your wishes to leave it secret, but I will not allow you to risk all of our lives for something only you deem important. I am sorry if that comes out bitchy but I hope you will understand.”

Maddie seemed for the first time since on the island, like herself again. She was cool and demanding, the emotions she once prominently displayed seemed to disappear as she gathered herself back up. Her face was stern when barking out her wishes but kind and sweet when she just looked around. It was odd that she seemed so calm around Robert since their short history involved him insulting her and shooting her.

“Hey you guys, look!”

Maddie turned back to see JC leaning out of the window pointing into the sky, she followed his hand to see a dark stream of smoke coming over the tree line. Even if it wasn’t a manmade fire it might be still worth checking out.

“What do you think? You are the expert on the island after all.”

Robert looked at Maddie silently almost as if he was trying to figure something out about her, something that he wanted to know but couldn't figure out the answer to. He didn't like her proposal given the situation he was facing, knowing that somewhere on this island there was someone he needed to find and that they were in more danger then they knew. But what were his real choices at this point? He had already absolved himself to not being able to abandon them, and even if he couldn't trust them he had to work with them because if there was one thing that he knew for sure it was that JC was not a part of it. That kid was an innocent bystander in the middle of something he did not understand and to leave him to possible harm if not death was something he could not bare to be responsible for. This whole situation was bad, and even worse there was no telling who it was going to be that tried to turn on him in the end. Damn them corporate bastards, even from miles away they still controlled this game and there was nothing he could do to get ahead of it.

"Fine I can accept that so long as you don't put the lives of those scientists above what I am here for, I know its not important to you an not knowing what it is makes it even harder. But there is more then one life at stake here for me, its important that I find what I am looking for an I have to do it before its too late. For now we will follow the set path I layed out before we left, it is the best chance at finding the missing scientists. We have one confirmed dead at this point, and another possibly somewhere around this area, considering what just happened I am not counting on that one being alive either at this point. Its too dangerous to go searching in this area right now so if there is no objections we should proceed to the base camp down the trail."

Robert looked up when he heard JC's voice from down the road he was pointing at something Robert looked up into the sky as he and Maddie both spotted the black smoke in the sky. Robert reached into his jacket pocket and removed a set of small binoculars and raised them to his eye's as he viewed the smoke. That was coming from in the direction of the base camp and it had not been there before, he had caught wind of a burning odor faint as it was but this definitely confirmed it.

"Doesn't take an expert to tell you that natural fires on an island like this are not natural occurrences if at all, which means someone set this fire, that or something electrical started it. Its coming from the direction of the last know encampment of the scientists so we need to get over there. However I am warning you to not walk blindly when we get there, there is more going on here then I originally thought, something or someone has thrown off the balance of this island, animals that have very strict territories are finding themselves where they are not usually known to frequent. This is worrying because we won't be able to avoid the bigger predators if we don't know where they are, so stay alert."

Robert replaced the binoculars back in his jacket pocket and shouldered his rifle he made his way back to the vehicle where EJ was glaring at JC who was now looking like he was ashamed of something. Robert did not want to know what they had been talking about while him and Maddie were down the road, but at this point it didn't matter, opening the drivers side door he motioned for EJ to move over, he complied but the look he gave Robert said that there was something he wanted to say but was opting not to say it at this point. Robert started the car as Maddie returned and speed off down the trail, the ride was short as they were not too far from the camp to begin with but the obvious tension was mounted and ready to shoot off at any moment so when they arrived into a medium sized clearing Robert was relieved but that was very short lived when he saw the devastation left in their wake. Robert slowly climbed out of the car and looked around, the entire camp was in chaos, tents and mobile stations were completely destroyed and trampled, the entire area was filled with large footprints that cut deep into the dried mud. Scattered cloths, papers, broken equipment, it was everywhere like a bomb had been set off in the area. The only real thing this scene lacks was the scientists or theirs bodies thereof.

"Jesus what the hell happened here...?"

EJ spoke more to himself as he found himself looking around the area, he too got out of the car trying to no doubt piece together the string of events which could have lead to this kind of devastation. This was not normal, this looked like a damn stampede, the question was what caused it? Off in the distance a small stones throw away there was an overturned trailer and alas the source of the smoke as it billowed out of the broken windows. Robert pulled the tranquilizer rifle and handed it over to Maddie as he pulled the Nitro and took it into his own hands. It was sudden though when an loud and bone chilling roar echoed across the jungle somewhere and hit their ears. Robert turned quickly in the the direction of the roar expecting to see what had caused it but knowing it was quite far off from their position.

"We have to move... now. That was not close enough to warrant any real threat but I would rather not stay out in the open here any longer then I have to. EJ stay in the car with JC and make sure he does not leave it, Maddie with me, keep your eyes and ears open and if you see or hear any kind of impact tremor then we need to leave immediately no questions asked. There will not be any other warning before you see something you don't want to see."

Robert moved expecting his orders to be followed, there was no question that he was now extremely tense, that roar belonged to the very last animal on this whole island he wanted to see in person. Keeping his rifle trained ahead of him he looked left and ride periodically, the area was a hum with insect and bird activity which was a fairly good sign that they were a bit safer but after the incident with the dead scientist he was not taking anymore chances. Robert approached the trailer from the front quietly, the doors were all inaccessible but the front windshield was smashed providing a way in at least. Whatever did this was very big and very pissed, animal attacks were usually not as violent as people made them out to be. Usually they were concentrated on whatever was agitating the animal but from the degree of tracks on the ground and the various sides and the trampled areas this was more then just one animal and it seemed that the entire camp was the target. If he didn't know any better then he would say that whatever animals did this were looking for something, that or they found it, either way it only made their job here that much harder.

"Hello is anyone in there?"

Robert made the call into the trailer and waited for a response, that trailer was big enough to house medium size predators and he was not intent on hopping in there regardless until he heard otherwise.

Maddie jumped out the side of the car she stood frozen for a bit staring at the damages. She held tight and followed a few feet behind Robert. Her trust in him was still extremely low, he had many secrets and holding back from important information can strain the trust between soldiers. It was the secrecy that drove her mad, he seemed conflicted in so many ways but yet he held on to such human values. Maddie still saw him as the monster that he is, even if he offers to protect a child he still is willing to let others die in order to fulfill his own desires. She felt uneasy leaving her fate in his hands but she had no other choice.

Maddie began to look closer at the scene, it was more damage than anything she had seen before. This creature could tear through a well set up camp without almost any restraint. Maddie stood in front of one of the large footprints and lowered her gun as she felt a chill roll down her spine. It was the size of her. She stood frozen staring at the footprint, she finally realized the danger that lurked around the area. Slowly she started to take steps back but then she noticed the overturned trailer. She quickly followed up with Robert grabbing the Tranquilizer rifle from him as he decided to pull out the 700. Nitro. Normally Maddie would scold him for drawing a deadly weapon with an unknown target but in this situation, she felt safer with his gun out.

As the silence was broken by the terrifying roar Maddie instantly moved closer to Robert out of fear. She held her rifle tight and did not move as Robert began to give directions. She nodded her head when he had told her to keep an eye open for impact tremors. She did exactly as he ordered watching and listening for any noise of something getting closer. She stood still unmoving, almost to tense to move.

Her attention immediately shifted towards what Robert was doing when he approached the overturned RV. She was distracted by the destruction around her and forgot the reason they came to this location in the first place. As Robert called out there was only silence. No one made a sound and no one stepped closer to the unknown RV. Everyone just stared at it waiting for something to happen, the tensions began to rise but quickly shifted as a small voice called out.

“I’m stuck.”

It was a weak voice it was almost impossible to hear due to its volume. Maddie quickly ran over to the RV abandoning Roberts’s previous orders. She scaled the bottom of the over turned vehicle and crawled towards the window that the smoke was rising from. Pulling her lower shirt over her mouth and nose to protect her lungs from the smoke, she then stuck her head in to see the location of the plea. There was a blonde woman on the ground with a large cabinet over her legs pinning her on the ground. Maddie pulled back and began to yell towards the others.

“Alright we have a female pinned underneath a heavy object in the RV she seems extremely dehydrated with some other minor injuries. Robert, unfortunately, I will be needing your help to lift the cabinet off her and be able to pull her out. EJ if you can find any medical bag or tools inside the car, bring them here I do not know her condition yet so we may need to improvise a splint or two if her legs are damaged. As Robert said we need to hurry so let’s get her out of here and then let’s get out of here.”

Maddie and Robert nearly switched roles as she started to command orders and give out jobs. This was her area, this is the reason she was brought on the trip. If there was anyone in danger or injured she was the best. It only took a few more seconds before Maddie was jumping into the window, she quickly moved over expecting Robert to jump in any second. Maddie crouched next to the woman and started to feel the part of her legs that were not under the cabinet.

“Ok hun, why don’t you tell me your name?”

“Uh, it’s Maxwell”

“Ok Maxwell, now it seems like one of your legs may be broken. We are going to need to get you out of here and you will be experiencing some intense pain. I am here to help and we will make sure you get what you need but for now, it will need to get worse before it will get better.”

Maddie began to grab onto the woman’s shirt fabric around her shoulders and was prepared to pull. She needed Robert to lift the Cabinet and then she could continue to examine and help her get out. Maddie stayed focus on the woman and was so focused she nearly missed the second roar, it was louder. It was coming towards them. She did not know how close or how far but she began to panic a bit, her face was fearful once again but she quickly shook it off and began to prepare herself, as soon as the woman was out she would make a split for her leg and then they would need to figure a way out of the RV. Finding a way out of the RV was the problem… Maddie jumped so quickly into action she completely forgot but for now, she needed to save this woman’s leg.

Robert heard the faint call realizing that someone was indeed in there and wounded, she sounded pretty weak but this was more then enough to break Maddie out of her stupor of fear that the roar had caused and she jumped into action, this was after all more her area of expertise then his own. The transition itself from gripped fear of the unknown into complete commando mode was honestly in its entirety a pretty... well a pretty attractive thing to him even for reasons he had no idea why. He had spent far too many a years escorting those same rich patrons he had shared about in his story with Maddie on the boat, none of them and he meant none of them were willing even for a second in the face of overwhelming danger to take any kind of charge. Most people who came from money were bored with their lives, they craved that adventure that they were always too afraid to pursue. Robert was not really what you could consider a tour guide or someone who got payed regularly to take people out into the wilderness... however there were some special cases where he was recommended as the best candidate as his father was not one for catering to the wealthy. It was money he didn't really need given their success in hunting but in the waning years leading up to the incident Robert found himself so restless for reasons he couldn't quite understand.

There was a harsh truth to face as a hunter, the challenges run out far too quickly, there just aren't enough escapes when your really good at something dangerous. You find yourself craving adventure no matter what form it takes, Robert had been on more then one rescue mission in Mombasa. Theres always villagers around the more dangerous areas who wondered too far off and got hurt either by the terrain or a predator found them. Most cases were easy to resolve if it was with a body or just a scared person hiding in a small cave somewhere in the rock, but even that wasn't enough and it seemed the longer that he saw death and saw the fear the more he just became so used to it, so cold to it and by the time of the incident he felt like nothing could really phase him or hurt him. But life often does have those rare defining moments when you realize that no matter how hard you become to the world you live in, there will always be one thing or another that brings you back to the truth. The truth that there is no one person man or woman who is completely unfeeling to the world around them. Its a feeling of both relief that you can feel again and also a feeling of sorrow knowing that you have to live with the unfairness of it all.

T-rex closing in

The roar was almost shocking as Robert snapped back into reality, he criticized himself for falling into such a moment of memory stupor, EJ was quick as he passed by with what appeared to be a medical pack in his hands. Robert himself quickly jumped up effortlessly into the window and let himself drop into the RV quickly as he located where Maddie was, the woman who had called out was pinned underneath a large cabinet and almost immediately that was not a good sign. Robert was not a medical professional but he knew the consequences of something heavy laying on your body and cutting off the blood to whatever it was crushing and this could lead to death once the item was removed or maybe worse depending on the situation. He was rather hesitant to remove it but Maddie was adamant that he do move it, and regardless of his own personal feelings he also had to trust that she was making the right judgement as she would him the threat looming over them withheld in the decision.

Robert moved beside Maddie as he set his rifle aside and gripped the cabinet with both hands, it was a very large metal cabinet which wasn't making him feel any better about this. Looking at Maddie he mouthed 1...2...3! Robert lifted as the weight of the cabinet strained against his muscles, he grunted hard as he pulled the cabinet up, the woman underneath it almost immediately screamed, Maddie wasted no time in pulling her out as Robert held the heavy ass item in his hands. It didn't take long to clear her from underneath as Robert slowly lowered the cabinet back to the ground. Robert bent down as he turned around, the woman's legs was mangled badly from the break, it was obvious through even her pants.

"Maddie the animal coming here, its a T-rex I would know the roar anywhere in the world and its closing in. It must have smelled the smoke, something so foreign would almost immediately bring it here, especially if it feel its needed to protect this entire area which is very likely at this point. In her condition we can't get her out of here in time, we don't have the time and her screams would only bring the T-rex in faster. I'm not saying to leave her here to die before you jump to conclusions but we have to wait out the Rexes arrival and departure. Were concealed in here if we can keep quiet and not draw attention to ourselves it might just leave having checked the area. Understand though if it gets even the smallest notion something alive is here it will attack without hesitation she has to stay quiet."

Robert quickly jumped up as he began rummaging through the trailer very quickly going through over turned cabinets that would open as he searched for something, when he came upon a large flash that was unbroken and capped he looked at the label.

"Oh you got to be kidding me... it will have to do."

Robert quickly crossed back the trailer and came up to Maddie and EJ removing the cap on the flash the trailer was hit with a god awful stench that would make Mayweathers eye's water. Robert was quick as he splashed the vile substance on himself, Maddie, EJ and the woman on the ground.

"Robert, what the hell that stuff stinks to high hell are you crazy!? What is that!?"

Quiet! If you don't want to die to razor sharp teeth then you need to trust me. This is T-rex pee I am sorry to say, but we have to mask our scents, its going to search for the source of the smoke and trust me these animals have an amazing sense of smell so it will drawn right to us. We need to mask our scents otherwise its going to sniff us out and once it does that were screwed so your just going to have to grit your teeth and bare it for now. Wait a minute... wheres JC?"

Robert looked around wildly for the young boy having realized it was way too quiet, he wasn't in the car... by himself... no... Robert launched off the ground as EJ suddenly realized what Roberts panic was about, JC was still in the damn car! Robert was fast as he launched himself up over the ledge leading to the windshield. EJ tried to start climbing but Robert quickly stopped him:

"Stay here and help Maddie keep the woman quiet EJ, I don't have time to argue this I will see to CJ, no matter what happens you stay the hell in here EJ or I promise you if we live through this I will break both of your legs."

EJ's face contorted in a rage and worry only a father could find the face to combine them in, but the looming threat Robert placed on him made him think twice of disobeying, father or not he knew Robert was more then capable of keeping his word either protecting JC or breaking his legs. It was already too late for Robert to notice he had not grabbed his rifle but spilt milk wasn't going to help now as he launched across the field at full speed like a gazelle trying to outrun a lion. JC was already standing outside the car looking around, that roar twice no doubt drawing his attention to the really cool dinosaur. Robert quickly slid the ground as he grabbed JC with the intent to quickly get him back to the trailer as fast as possible but when he felt the impact tremor it was beyond too late to cover the distance. Robert quickly took the flask and poured the rest of it all over JC, the boy quickly took on a disgusted face as he went to say something but Robert grabbed him from behind and quickly put his hand over his mouth which was probably disgusting as hell given the rex pee on it and bent down beside the car. He heard the unmistakable growl as the Rex's impact tremor hit him even harder and before long the worlds scariest predator to ever live appeared on the edge of the clearing.

Maddie pulled the woman out from under the cabinet, her screams were deafening. Maddie began to work fast she cut off the woman’s pants to see the damages to her legs. The bones were broken in both it was clear instantly that she would never walk again. Maddie knew this but she was not trying to save her ability to walk she was trying to find out if amputation was the only option. As she examined closer it seemed like it was going to be the only possibility, but getting her out was the first priority.

“I understand Robert. We need to get this woman out of here as soon as we can. Either I perform the surgery here right now or we get her out.”

As Maddie was beginning to argue with Robert she watched him walk around searching through the cabinets. It was a huge surprise when he threw a liquid on her, at first she was terrified stumbling backward thinking Robert was trying to kill her. But she realized it was not hurting, then the smell hit her.

“Oh, bloody hell Robert! What the fuck.”

Maddie tried to wipe the smell of herself but only covered her hands in urine. She then realized that Robert and EJ were not going to help, they were too worried about the Rex and it became a solo mission for Maddie. Making her way back towards the woman she too was upset about the smell but was seeming to fade in and out of consciousness. Maddie acknowledged the argument and discussion EJ and Robert were having, it was a child after all, and she understood the urgency of that situation. For Maddie, her highest priority was keeping the injured scientist alive.

“Ok, Maxwell was it? We are going to need to take care of your legs, there seems to be a lurking danger so I am going to need you to try to keep it as silent as possible.”

As Maddie prepared to perform the actions to relocate the woman by grabbing the material EJ brought, the ground began to shake. Maddie looked directly at EJ both of them with horror on their face, she quickly waved him over for assistance and he silently snuck over to her. They could no longer speak to each other they needed to stay silent, the tension rose as the ground shook with every step the beast took right outside their location. Maddie looked around frantically for any object to help this situation. The tranquilizer Robert had handed her was by EJ and it seemed Robert had left his gun closer to Maddie. She nodded over to EJ to grab the tranquilizer gun which he did without causing too much noise. Everything was silent and the Rex did not seem to be losing interest.

“Please don’t go! I’m stuck please don’t leave me here!.”

Maddie quickly dove to cover the injured woman’s mouth. The woman seemed to be hallucinating, her eyes opened wide as she began to swing at Maddie and scream. Maddie helplessly tried to keep her mouth covered and kept shushing here to try to convince her to quiet down. Then there was a small burst of air and the woman stopped struggling, her eyes became more relaxed and her arms fell to her side. Maddie’s head snapped up to see EJ pointing the tranquilizer gun at the woman, he was shaking with fear which was completely understandable. Maddie was in shock at the situation she could not believe what was happening and now the woman under the sedative may never wake up, EJ may have just killed her. Of course, her attention quickly shifted as the RV was thrown forward sending all three flying around.

The T-Rex was drawn towards the woman’s screams and began to attack the overturned RV. The beast seemed to at fist push it with its legs to gage a reaction to the foreign object. The screams that arose after the RV was shifted caused its attention to growing. The T-Rex took a large portion of the RV off with a single bite. The Rex became distracted and disorientated by the hard metal that was now in its mouth. It shook its head and took a step back and removed the metal from its jaw.

Maddie and Maxwell managed to stay center of the RV after the shift, EJ was sent flying towards the front by the broken windshield. Maddie looked at Maxwell in a panic, but Maxwell was still awake but unable to move from the tranquilizer. Maddie reached out towards her but before she could grab her the portion of the RV was ripped away allowing a large opening directly above them. Maddie’s heart raced as she quickly pulled away from the woman and rolled over to the side expecting debris to fall down. She looked back over at EJ as he was able to sneak out while the T-rex was distracted by the metal already in its maw. She prayed for EJ as he escaped but she also slightly hoped the Rex would chase after him instead of continuing his RV assault.

Maddie began to calm as the Rex did not return for a few beats, but she was horrified to see the shadow of his head return back over the hole. The woman sat directly beneath the large gap that the Rex began to lower its mouth into. The terror paralyzed her as she watched the Rexes’ maw slowly open and dive into the once secure RV. Dr. Maxwell was still slightly conscious but had lost feeling in her body and could no longer move at all. The fear in her eyes was the only sign of true awareness of the situation. It seemed to happen so slowly but at the same time so fast. Dr. Maxwell was swept up in the T-Rexes maw, her upper torso hanging out of the front of its jaw. Her eyes closed tightly as the Rex bit down, causing blood to pour down the Rexes jaw. The woman no longer had any sign of life on her face when the upper half of her body fell back down into the RV. It landed with a heavy thud in front of Maddie with the eyes staring blankly at her.

The Rex tasted blood and began to go after the RV more viciously, it began to attack the tires tearing off the axels and biting any wear to draw more blood. It reached back into the hole where it had found its first taste and then with a loud bang quickly pulled its head back out. It was now bleeding heavily, it had been shot in the eye. It was a horrible sound the Rex in pain but the pain quickly turned to anger as it began to step on the RV.

Maddie held Roberts gun in her hands, she had hoped it would frighten the Rex away but it only seemed to rile the beast up more. The only escape at the front meant Maddie had to cross the large hole that the Rex was mainly using now to try to find more food. But even that hope closed as the beast stomped on the front closing her only exit. Maddie was doomed, she had to rely on the others to save her now.

“Hey! You down there. Try to use these.”

A voice seeming to yell from the sky called down to Robert. Then a large sack fell down near his location. It was filled with a few supplies, food, water, flares and a flare gun.

“Good luck.”

The voice seemed oddly chipper for the situation, almost enjoying the spectacle that was unfolding. It was extremely unwelcoming for the situation, but the objects could be.

"You wanted to talk to me Robert? What did you need, were starting to load the equipment and I want to make sure those idiots bolt them down this time."

Eddy was silent as he stood there with his arms crossed, the sudden meeting with Robert so close to shipping off was a bit weird honestly, and it was also at the same time not the time for them to be talking as he needed to ensure nothing went wrong with the loading of their equipment. However Eddy could tell Robert had something really important to say, he could see the lines on his forehead squinting up which usually meant they had something they needed to get off their chest and or something the other person wasn't going to like hearing.

"Yes I did, I know the timing is a bit close to shoving off but its important. I know you have set your mind on going to the island, but I am here one last time to try and persuade you not to go. I understand your reasons why you want to go, why you feel the need to go. But Eddy try to understand that risking your life isn't worth it, and that is what you will doing if you go to this island. We can plan, we can come up with ideas and we can mark a map until were sure nothing will go wrong... but things will go wrong Eddy and when they do people are going to die. You have a son who loves you, are you really so set on possibly making him grow up without a mother and even a father?"

Eddy tightened his hands that were crossed on each shoulder, this was really the last thing he needed right now, someone else telling him that he was making a bad choice. Sure it was okay for his father to run off and die on some heroic venture and leave him and his mother here with the pain but it was a sin for him to try and make a better life for his own kid. His whole life he lived in a state of perpetual safety, he made all the right choice, did what was best for himself and by his family and what did he get out of it? He was broke, his son was going to starve and his mother was on her last legs and would soon need him to take care of her. Everything... it all hinged on him and this was the one opportunity to make things right and everyone criticized him for it.

"This is my life Robert and I will do with it as I please. You speak as if I am a helpless little child going to a place where I will get lost and need to be rescued. I am not a child and I can make my own decisions, my father he made his decisions and because of it we all suffered. When he died he left us nothing, there was no money, barely anything to live on, I even had to give up my final years of college because mother is sick and had been for years, to help support her. This is the one time where I can change things, the money can change things for all of us. I made my choice and I will be better then my father was Robert I was go off on some ridiculous hero quest and leave everyone I care about to suffer."

Eddy spoke harshly to Robert, he loved his father but because he went off and tried to be a hero they were off left to suffer for it and he couldn't forgive him for that. He couldn't just simply keep going forward and then getting thrown ten steps back, he needed to do what his dad couldn't do in the end and support the ones he loved. An Robert seemed to be one of the people who was trying to push him back those ten steps and it made him angry.

"There are a lot of things I don't understand Eddy, and many more things I wish I didn't understand, but there is one thing I can say without doubt in my mind and that is you shouldn't be so quick to think your father left you for some heroic conquest. There are things you don't understand Eddy, things that in time you will come to see, I am not treating you like a child I am trying to save your life. If you understand this or not, money is useless if your not alive to receive it, life is hard and harder sometimes for others. But risking everything for a quick dollar is a fools gamble.

"An what do you know about my father Robert?!? You speak as if you knew him, as if you know something that I was not allowed to know! You wouldn't understand, you have your father and you have money and a damn lot of it! You don't even know what its like to grow up without food, water, or a home and nothing about losing your father! Yet you speak to me like you know not only what it feels like but if you know my father himself and I will not stand for that! Do you hear me!?"

Eddy was seething at the teeth but the sudden pinch in his chest widened his eye's as he saw a tranquilizer dart sticking out of his chest. Looking back up his eye's became a bit hazy and he saw doubles of Robert with a pistol in his hand, Eddy fell to his knee's heavily as his breathing became a bit labored. He heard the footsteps as they seemed to echo in his ears, feeling a twinge in his chest he could feel the needle leave his skin as Robert stood above him.

"I didn't know your father Eddy that is true, but I do know how he died and he was a hero, and he didn't do it because of some some kind heroic honor or for some adventure but he did it was his family. I can understand your anger towards him, but your wrong about him and your wrong about me. Iv known the pain of loss and even now I am still suffering it, and soon beyond this island and this assignment I will suffer the loss of pain again and this time I don't know if I will be able to bare it. But I do know that I wont you let you suffer the same end as your father did, not while I can breath. You may not see it but I am trying to look out for you and your son, you may hate me after this is said and done but in time I hope you see I am doing this because I don't want to see you hurt or worse. Sleep Eddy and when you wake up it will be done."

Eddy felt his head spinning as the trailer came back into view, his entire world seemed to be moving all around his eye's as he heard the loud growl of the animal outside. His heart pounded in his chest hard as he felt the warmth that seethed down his pants as the large head looked above the trailer, the horror of it all was clutching at his chest like sharpened claws ripping away at his chest. He looked at Maddie as there was terror in her eye's too, he wanted to try and go and help but his body was frozen, he looked to his right seeing the smashed windshield nearby and then to Maddie. The animal above them was still distracted and it would give him the time to away while it was concentrated on Maddie and Maxwell. Eddy felt a tear roll down his cheek as he made his decision, he could not die here even if it meant leaving Maddie to her fate with Maxwell. Climbing up he sneaked out the broken windshield not looking back, letting himself fall to the ground he quickly went around the RV while the animal trying to release metal from its gaping mouth and quickly made his way to the car where Robert was.

Robert looked on in horror as the Rex attacked the RV he barely noticed EJ come up beside him as the beast of a predator dipped its head back into the wreck of the RV and hit what it was looking for. The Rex's head popped back out as he saw for the briefest of moments the lower half of a person and the blood dripping down its jaw. His heart sank as he could not tell who it had been that the Rex had caught, all he knew was that he had to do something but what could he do? He had no guns and nothing that could stop that monstrosity from having its way.

"We gotta go Robert, come on we gotta get out of here!"

Robert heard the voice as his head shot left to see Eddy beside him, blood was drizzling from a shallow wound in his head, Robert stood up as he released JC who looked terrified of the beast in front of him. Even he could see that this dinosaur was dangerous and intended to kill them all, quickly clinging to his father he was already shaking as EJ wasted no time getting him into the back of the car.

"Robert get in there is nothing we can do, Maddie is dead! We have to save ourselves!"

Robert looked at EJ as he then looked at the trailer, he heard a loud bang echo off its metal interior as the Rex launched its head back, for a moment Robert saw its eye was missing from its skull, ripped away by his gun no doubt, someone was still alive in that trailer and he couldn't leave them there. Robert looked back at the car and then back to the trailer, he couldn't leave them he just can't if he left they it meant certain death and that something he couldn't live with. Robert felt the hand on his shoulder as it tried to guide him to the car he but he raised his own hands and pushed EJ away from him defiantly.

"No I won't I am not leaving, I will not leave who is ever left inside that trailer to die a horrible death... we need to help them EJ, somehow someway."

"I can't Robert, I can't, my son comes first and if its between him and Maddie or Maxwell or even you I will pick him every time."

Robert watched helplessly as EJ got into the driver side seat and quickly started the energy powered vehicle. Before he could even try to convince EJ to stay the car back away fast and headed for the jungle, Robert turned his head back as the Rex was now enraged having been hurt and viciously attacked the trailer even more, intent on securing this area once and for all. When Robert heard the chipper voice he thought he was imagining things, when a sack seemed to fly down to his feet out of nowhere he scanned the area quickly but spotted no one. Reaching down he grabbed the pack and saw what it contained, pulling out the flare gun he quickly proceeded to load in one of the two shots, this just might be enough to save whoever was left inside that trailer if he could play his cards right. Robert grabbed the extra larger flared and shoved them in his pocket and dropped the sack as he ran from the spot towards the Rex, he ran to the side where its good eye was and yelled as loud as he could waving his arms:

"HEY YOU!!!! OVER HERE!!!!"

The Rex was too enraged to notice him as it crushed the trailer with his foot, Robert raised the flare gun and took aim, pulling the trigger the flare shot out like a firework and smacked the Rex right in the side of the head. The Rex clearly feeling the impact turned to face Robert as he could feel his heart beating right out of his chest.

"COME ON YOUR BIG BITCH! COME GET ME!"

Robert loaded the second and last shot into the flare gun as the Rex gave off a roar that chilled him to the very bone and turned to him in all its terrifying glory. He could feel the ground shake beneath his feet as it walked towards him, intent on killing him in one blow. Robert aimed the loaded flare gun, if he missed it was over and they were both dead. He would not run, he had to save Maddie, he knew she had to be the one who was alive and he wouldn't let her face this alone, even if it meant they would both die he had to try. Closing one of his eye's Robert felt the wind on his ear, holding his breath he aimed in the direction of the wind pulling the trigger.

The second flare went active from the pipe of the gun and closed the distance striking the Rex right in its good eye. The Rex gave off a shrill scream its sight now temporarily blinded from the bright flare. Its lunged back its tiny arms trying and flailing towards its face but to no avail it turned from him and stumbled across the field in a rage as it smacked a tree trying to move its head against the thick bark, to try and soothe the mysterious burn on it. Robert dropped the flare gun and ran the rest of the short distance to the trailer, he climbed it rather shakily as he got on top of it where the huge hole currently was.

"Maddie! I know your there, it has to be you, give me the tranquilizer gun, quickly before it can see again!"

Robert leaned into the darkened RV and grabbed the tranquilizer gun from a really shook up Maddie, looking down for the briefest of moments he saw Maxwell, or at least what was left of her. Robert couldn't help but feel a slight pity in his stomach for her but there was no time for tears now. Lifting himself back up he located the Rex as he loaded the dart into the chamber and took aim. He had to strike it in the neck otherwise the tranq would not knock it out fast enough to save them. Robert got down on one knee and raised the rifle to his eye's and held her steady in his arms, he had one shot to get this right, the Rex was flailing around knocking down near by weaker tree's.

Holding his breath one last time Robert aimed in the direction of the Rex trying his best to account for the wind strength and pulled the trigger, the rifle bucked in his hands as the dart left the chamber and then the tube and sailed across the clearing and struck the Rex right in the side of the neck. The dinosaur gave of a fierce roar as it no doubt felt the prick in its neck. It reared back on its legs and turned to the trailer roaring loudly and angrily and it charged. Robert tried to move but it was too close, the entire trailer rocked hard as the Rex ran into it, he was launched backwards smacking the metal sickly before rolling off the side smashing into the softer dirt below. Robert crumbled on the ground as he felt a sick pain in his shoulder, the impact had popped his joint out of place, he screamed in pain as he tried to get up but slammed the dirt as his arm gave away. The Rex growled as it came around the trailer right towards Robert he quickly back away with whatever strength he could muster pushing his legs, but there was no running now. It was over he failed, Robert prepared for the inevitable death that was coming but at the last moment when the Rex meant to close the distance it suddenly stopped as its body fell forward and it smacked the ground chin fist. It twitched a couple times but other then that its movements became still as the tranq took its hold pulling it into an unconscious stupor. Robert let himself fall backwards as he smacked the ground with his back letting his breath escape his mouth and nose for the first time in the last many seconds.

Maddie sat quietly in the corner as the RV began to get crushed in front of her, she did not want to die but it seemed like she was running out of options. Maddie began to lay on the ground getting as low as possible, in hopes that the Rex would not flatten the RV completely. She watched the front slowly close in and then the giant foot of the beast began to rise up and smash on the center near the hole. As the Rex stopped down beginning the descent of the middle of the RV, there was a pause in the air. Maddie heard a voice.

She saw the Rex begin to look at something and stopped paying attention to the trailer for a moment. Maddie slowly started to stand up, she has hurt badly already, her leg bleeding profusely and a large gash in her head. She didn’t have enough energy to make an escape, she was still stuck but her hope started to rise as she heard the sound of the Rex reeling in pain. Maddie was beyond excited to see Robert appear above her.

“Fuck, uh ok yeah.”

Maddie started to look around on the ground for the gun, she dropped Roberts’s gun back on the other side but last she saw the tranquilizer EJ was holding it. She quickly rushed over to the other side of the RV, being forced to step over Maxwell. Maddie dug through some debris and found the gun underneath. She quickly ran back and handed it to Robert. She did not need to say anything to him when she handed the tranquilizer, words couldn’t express the feelings she was having.

Maddie tried to see what was happening outside of her steel prison but she only could hear noises. The shot was fired then a roar of pain but then the sound of stomping. Maddie realized what was happening and dove to the ground as the Trailer was smashed sending Robert flying and Maddie tossing around the confined space. The whole trailer was flipped back now standing upright instead of on its side. Maddie narrowly avoided being crushed by the same cabinet Maxwell was under. She was now laying prone on the ground, the giant hole the Rex made was now just a few feet away easily able to escape out of. But Maddie was too exhausted from the events and just needed to rest for a few moments.

A loud ringing noise could be heard from the sky, then a mechanic hum followed by loud bangs. It was just out of sight from inside the large opening but the sound could be heard clearly. The buzzing continued to get lower until it finally was ground level. A chipper woman stepped out of the high hide, she was alone and looked surprisingly clean for being in the wild for such a long period. The woman walked joyfully towards the unconscious Rex.

“Magnificent! What a tremendous shot Mr. Tembo. But that is to be expected from a hunter with such vast experience.”

The woman did not touch the Rex but stood very close examining its skin. She continued to walk the length of the Rex until she reached the gaping hole that used to be an eye. She seemed extremely displeased and scrunched her face at the injury. She shrugged at looked over towards Robert who was still on the ground struggling to get up, he also was probably getting fairly annoyed with the strange woman who decided to look at the animal instead of helping him.

“Oh! How rude of myself, I nearly forgot to introduce myself. My name is Alisson Murkowski, please refer to me as Dr. Murkowski, I had to work very hard to get the “Dr.” to be in front of my name. Just a small joke. Now I take it that you are supposed to be my rescue party? That is the real joke. Still impressive shot, I am sure your friend inside the trailer will be very grateful… That is if she is still alive.”

Murkowski walked over towards Robert looking down on him she had a large smile plastered on her face as she joked about the situation. She seemed very joyful, teasing Robert as he laid on the ground injured and bleeding. Something about her was unsettling, her voice, her appearance even her attitude just gave off an untrustworthy vibe. But she did help Robert save Maddie, so she obviously had some kindness to her or at least her motives lined up with theirs at that moment.

“Oh my goodness, Mr. Tembo it would seem you have some major injuries. Well, that is definitely no good for me. Please patch yourself up, we have to keep moving. I will go check out the trailer to see if anyone is still alive.”

Murkowski walked at a casual speed towards the overturned RV. She clearly did not want to help Robert, or even touch him at all. Once she approached the gaping hole in the side she peaked into it with a smile and knocked on the side of the metal as if she was going to enter a room. Maddie looked up at the strange woman confused. Murkowski returned Maddie’s confused expression with a joyful smile and an outstretched hand.

“You must be Madeline Ward, such an honor to meet a decorative soldier. It would seem that Mr. Tembo has a few injuries. I would be ever so grateful if you could fix his shoulder for me. Then we all can get a move on and get off this disgusting island.”

Maddie uneasily grasped the woman’s hand and allowed her to help her out of the death trap of a trailer. Maddie hit the ground hard and uneasy, she was lucky, no broken bones. Her whole body was in pain and covered in bruises and laceration but she was able to walk. Maddie staggered towards Robert she clearly was used to high tense situations and seemed to almost be in a trance as she reaches down for his arm. She did not count or say anything, all she did was a place both hands on his dislocated joint and apply pressure until a cracking sound was heard.

She smiled at Roberts clear pain from being tossed off the trailer, but quickly after fixing his shoulder she succumb to her injuries and exhaustion. Maddie fell to the ground next to Robert, passed out unable to continue.

Murkowski stared at the two of the exhausted rescuers and then back at the giant sleeping Rex, she then peeled off the rubber glove she was wearing when helping Maddie out of the trailer and tossed it on the ground. She shrugged and turned her back towards the pair as she began to look at the Rexes injuries once again.