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

Rude Awakening

P.O.V Change: Yasmina

"Hey Mae! I need your help." Kenji calls out to Mae who is studying the white cube. "Yes?" She replies. "Does a full house beat a four of a kind?" Kenji asks hopefully. We are all playing poker and Kenji is losing his mind, he has no poker face when it comes to this, plus the fact he can't hide his cards. "No, Kenji. Not now, not ever." Mae says tiredly. Kenji has been asking questions for ages. Kenji throws his cards onto the table in a fit. Darius slams his cards down, revealing 4 kings'. He looks up and smiles smugly. Kenji just narrows his eyes. "Sorry to interrupt the fun, but if anyone wants to go out and round up some chestnuts from the forest. I can make a mean soup." Mae asks which I nod. "I'll go, getting tired of beating these guys." I say smugly as I place down my four aces winning the game. "Damn. Girls on fire." Brooklynn says as I see Ryan just smile as he places down his cards. "Got nothing." He says. I make my way out of the cave to see the sunlight come through. It's really beautiful. "What a lovely sight." I hear behind me and see Ryan standing there.

"Yeah, it is." I reply to him with a smile. "Thought I come and help." He says as he walks up to me. "Thank you." I thank as he reaches for my hand, I take it as we stroll and find the chestnuts that Mae was looking for. I notice something in the bush. "Hello? How did you get here?" I say as I kneel down and pick up my drawing book. I go through the pages before stopping on a picture of my mum. I gaze lovingly. "I miss you, mum." I say as I gently caress the drawing. "You're never going to see her again." I hear Ryan say but he would never say that. "Why would yo-." I gasp in terror as I see Ryans appearance. The right side of his face had been ripped off exposing the skull and remaining muscles. His chest was torn open and ripped like something was eating him. The skin I could see was pale and bloodied. "R-Ryan?" I ask with terror. "You're never leaving.....not alive." He says with no emotion. I hear a growl and see the Indominus walk around a tree and stare menacingly at me. I hear other roars and notice Allison and Toro crowding around me. I gasp and breath heavy, I see no way to get away. I scream in fear as the Scorpios climbs down a tree and crawls up to me. I feel cold scales and hot breath on my back. The Indominus is growling in my face. Ryan is standing next to me. "You'll die here, and nobody is going to remember you.....such a shame." He says as I block my ears with my hands. "No, no, no, no. Leave me alone!"

I walk up with a gasp as the tablet falls from the table. I look around, everyone is sleeping, I hear Ryan snort next to me. "Hmm, soft." He says tiredly as he leans into my back. I smile at him and lean carefully against the cabinet. "You alright, love?" Mae asks as I quickly shake off the nightmare. "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." I say but Mae turns to me, not believing what I said. "I only ask because you woke up with a gasp, you're breathing heavily and knocked my tablet to the ground." She says which I blush in embarrassment. "Oh, uhh really sorry about that." I say as I pick up the tablet and hand it back to her. "I really appreciate you looking out for the BRADs but you need to get some rest like your friends." Mae says as she gestures to everyone else. "Huh?" I hear Ryan say as he starts twitching. "Fuck off Allison." He whisperingly says as he clenches his fist. "You won't take her." He says before he fixes himself and doses off. I smile sadly at him. Ryan still suffers nightmares, but he can handle it, I don't want him to worry about my own. "He cares about you." Mae says as she goes back to her research. "I know and that what worries me. He would do anything to keep me safe.....even risk his own life. He's done it before, for all of us. I don't want him to worry." I say as Mae looks at me with sympathy. "I don't know Ryan like you, but I can see that he cares about the safety of the people he cares about. You have a special bond with him. One made in hardship, a bond like that is very special. You don't want to worry but he is going to do what he can to protect you guys." She says as I smile sadly. Ryan would protect us even if we told him not too. He would still so it, it's the kind of person that he is. It what made me recognize that my feelings for him were more than the physical. He cared for us physically and helped us mentally.