The Six Campers and The Soldier: A Camp Cretaceous Story (OC fanfiction)

Beneath the Surface

Open skies, calm seas and the island at our backs. Nothing could make this feeling of freedom. "Am I dreaming or are we really off the island?" Sammy says happily as she walks up to the front deck. We, par Kenji, are all sitting around the table as berries and fruit are rationed out. I lounging on the seat with my feet propped up. I laugh at Sammy's statement. "If this is a dream than waking up is going to suck." I quip. "And also, I imagine that we would have a change of clothes." Yaz says sarcastically as she gestures to everyone's clothes. "What are you talking? These are our signature looks." Ben says proudly. We all laugh at him. I look up see Kenji still at the bridge. Brooklynn also follows my gaze. She gets up and moves to the ladder. Yaz sits beside me and rests her head in the crook of my arm, while hoisting her feet up onto the seat. "Comfortable?" I ask jokingly. Her eyes open and stare into mine. "Very." She says.

Brooklynn and Kenji come down to the deck and I notice that Kenji is staring a hole through Darius. He sits down next to me, scowling at me through the corner of his eye. I shake it off as I devour a berry. "And now for the main course." Ben says as he holds a plate above his head. Yaz sits up from me as everyone leans forward in anticipation. "The plumpest and the juiciest.......Nublar grubs!" He says as he lowers the plate.....a plate full of grubs. Everyone moves in disgust. "Eww." "Ugh." Brooklynn and Sammy say respectively. Yaz has a hand over her mouth to stop herself from throwing up. Ben picks out a grub. "Thank you for your sacrifice." He says dramatically as he eats one. Everyone just rolls in disgust. "Do you have to do that here?" Yaz asks as she moves away. I just sit there and laugh.

Ben offers Sammy a grub, she looks disgusted but swallows her nerve. "Well, at least I can keep an open mind." She says as she picks up a grub. We all watch with nervous anticipation. She gets the grub to her mouth and whimpers. "Do it." Ben says with an evil tone. Sammy pulls the grub. "No thanks, I pass." She says as she throws the grub away. It lands on Darius face who panics and swats it off. It lands in Brooklynn's hair and she gets it out and flings it to me. I reach up and grab it before it hits my face. Everyone is looking at me. "Bottoms up." I say sarcastically as I gobble down the grub. Everyone par Ben groans in disgust. "How you guys survived, I have no idea." Ben says to the others as he eats another grub. He places the plate down near Yaz as she uses her foot to move it away.

Sammy grunts as she stands up. "Ok. No tears or goodbyes until we're sitting on the plane. But can I just say.....look at us. Look at how far we have come since that first day on the dock." Sammy says as we all look at each other. "We have come far. Found each other, protected each other and helped each other grow." I gaze at Kenji who looks up at me. "While we had our problems. Poor decisions and worse mistakes. We have never failed to stay together. I'm proud of this group of people, who have overcome adversity and our own differences to survive. Too us!" I say proudly as I raise a berry in the air. "Too us!" Everyone says as they raise their own berries. I look at Kenji and he nods to me which I return with a smile.

"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!" Sammy says happily. "When we get off this boat. I'm gonna need everyone write down their email addresses for late night checks up and other social media handles. Also favourite kind of cake, so I know what to get and send!" Sammy says excitedly which we all shake our heads and chuckle. Classic Sammy. "Hey, who took all my grubs?" Ben says as we look at the plate. "Not if you paid me." Brooklynn smartly retorts. Ben looks at me. "The plate is over there and I haven't moved." I reply to his unasked question. We hear a faint clicking. Months of running and observant forces me to my feet. Sammy and Yaz look behind themselves and I climb over to sit between them. We see a Compy eating the rest of the grubs. Everyone sighs in relief, at least it wasn't something bigger. "It wouldn't be an escape from a deadly island if we didn't have stowaway." Yaz sarcastically states. "Last thing we need is it chewing on some wires." Darius states as I look at incredulously. "Screw the wires." I say which everyone looks at me, confused. I take my knife out. "That.....is lunch, my friend." I say as I throw the knife, the compy dodges it as the knife sticks in the deck of the yacht. It starts run towards the back. "Let's say we catch that compy. For old times' sake." Yaz says which I smile at that. Yaz jumps around and chases after the Dino. I follow her while picking up the knife on my way. Sammy and Ben follow us to the back.