!! REWRITTEN VERSION OF DINOSAUR GIRL !!
❝you're insane!❞
❝oh, that's the best part about me,❞
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ariel grady, adopted along with her brother by the raptor king himself. experimented on by a lab when she was young, also trying to bring back the dinos...
"you know, you're starting to care for him as my mom does," zach commented. "well you ain't gonna care if he falls over, you'll just be like 'stop crying!' and be off on your merry little way," i said, referring to the monorail, earlier.
"okay, i understand i should have gone around that a different way, but i tried," he responded. "yeah you did," we turned the corner to find grey staring at a broken hard hat in his hands.
zach took it off him and we all looked around, no dinosaurs were about so where did it come from? looking around zach and i noticed the broken jeep about nine to six feet away from us. zach put his arm up, stopping me and grey from going any closer. we then went over anyway but stayed close to each other.
grey was gripping onto my arm like there was no tomorrow so i was with him as he looked through the jeep. "hey, ari? have any clue what that is?" zach asked, i followed his eyesight and looked at the doors, it looked rather similar to the ones at the visitor centre.
it then clicked. "it's the old park," i announced. i started to walk over before grey pulled me back, i looked down and saw i was about to step into a puddle. "thanks," i said before continuing on.
the three followed behind before we got to the door and we pushed it open. it was all abandoned all covered in plants and overgrown with weeds. there were some flowers and vines that dripped down.
zach cleared something that turned out to be a banner from the old park. he picked up a piece of wood and turned to grey. he wrapped the banner around the piece of wood. "you still have those matches?" he asked.
grey dug through his 'dork pouch' and grabbed them out, completely dry. "thank god for it being waterproof," i commented making the two laugh. zach lit the thing on fire and we started to walk down the pitch-black corridor.
the structure of the building has completely fallen down, there were collapsed pillars everywhere. zach put the torch up to the walls, showing off a painting of a velociraptor, i watched him put his hand on the nose of it.
i smiled before grey hung onto me as he nearly fell over. "you okay?" i asked him. he nodded and i nodded back before continuing. i stopped and crochet down slightly. "get on my back, you're too clumsy," i told him.
he giggled before climbing into my bag. i followed zach and he stopped randomly causing me to walk into him, he let out a small laugh before he looked around at the room. it was filled with hard hats and a bunch of old and random stuff, grey got down from my back.
i watched him pick up a pair of goggles and there was a cick before the lenses focused and he put it back where he found it. grey and i joined zach as he looked at the jeep. "1992 jeep wrangler sahara, sand beige," the boy said.
"okay, mr car expert," i commented making him laugh. zach looked at grey. "you remember when we fixed up grandpa's old malibu, right?" he asked. "yeah," grey responded. zach opened up the bonnet, the battery was nowhere to be seen.
"we could get the battery from the jeep outside, right?" i asked. zach shrugged, "possibly." we found our way out again and got to the broken, but working newer jeep. "you can do this i don't know batteries," i told them. they both rolled their eyes before zach got down and every now and then asked grey for a tool which he had in a blue case.
i was now stuck holding up the jeep, so he could get under it properly. the only problem was, this thing is heavy and was digging into my hands and shoulders.
eventually, zach got the battery out. there was a crack in the trees which made us jump and turn towards where the sound came from. "you think it's out there?" zach asked, the thought went through my mind and i saw grey start to panic more.
"i mean, i know for a fact it is definitely not out there, all right? we're totally safe," he added, noticing his brothers distress. he then passed the battery to grey. "here, go take this. you're stronger than me." grey took the battery off his and started to walk back towards the other jeep.
"i can put this down now, right?" i asked him. "oh yeah sorry," he said, holding it so i could get out for a couple of seconds before we lowered it down. i rubbed my hands onto my shorts before zach gasped.
"what?" i asked, looking around for the rex. "no your shoulders, you should have told me they were hurting," he said. "what!" i reached over my shoulder to feel my back and finched as i touched the open gash.
"there should be bandages in a first aid kit with grey, we should go," i said. "okay but first," he said before placing a quick kiss on my cheek and dragging me back. i saw the scales on my hand turn pink and smiled at them.
"okay, i'll work on the battery, grey you can pass me tools, ari... you can..." zach dragged on. "i'll just sit here and look pretty after i clean it out." he nodded and grey laughed. i couched down and started to pick up the pieces of wood, concrete and plants that were entangled with it all.
luckily i kept my hunter's knife on me in my shorts, which i wear for work. i put up a couple of the plants that were tangled. i opened up the jeep door, and then just swept everything out.
