Camp Cretaceous (Darius X Brooklynn)

Chapter Eight

Age of characters:
Ben is 13-14.
Brooklynn is 14-15
Sammy and Yasmina are 15
Darius and Kenii are both 16. Darius is the oldest by a few months, and slightly taller than Kenji.

Anyways, stay home, stay safe.

Darius was the first to wake up. He had been drifting off and on in sleep last night. He was met with a nice sunrise to look at. He let the others sleep and was trying to formulate a plan. Darius heard someone else getting up on the other side of the tree. He leaned far enough to see who it was. It was Yasmina. "Hey." she greeted him.

He nodded at her. "How'd you sleep?"

Yas groaned. "Not bad for sleeping in a tree. You?"

"I was drifting in and out of sleep. I think it's finally sinking in that I'm the leader of the group. I didn't take it seriously in the beginning because of Kenji's attitude, but I realize now that everything I do matters." Darius explains.

Yasmina nods. "Well, just remember that you're not doing this by yourself. And do NOT expect me to coddle your feelings."

Darius smiles at her. "I would be ashamed if YOU of all people did. How about some tough love?"

"Deal." A few more minutes pass and then Darius decides it's time to wake everyone else up.

"Wanna wake up the girls? I'll deal with Kenji?" Darius suggests.

"I've got this." Yasmina says. Darius turns towards Kenji to nudge him when, "WAKE UP!" Kenji, Sammy and Brooklynn jolt awake at the sudden noise. Darius fell off the branch he was sitting on, and landed on the ground with a thud. The fall was about 15 feet, so it wasn't a so hard of a fall but it still knocked the wind out of him. Yasmina was laughing her ass off at what happened. "Darius, are you okay?" she had a hard time asking between her laughter. The other campers couldn't believe she was laughing after making someone fall. Darius slowly raised his hand, and everyone could see that he was giving her the finger. "Yeah, he's okay." Yasmina climbed down still giggling.

Darius had gotten up in time to help her get on the ground without hurting her ankle too much. "What the hell? You said you were waking up the girls."

"I also said 'I got this'." Yas points out.

Darius rolls his eyes. "Oh, so from now on, when you say, 'I got this' you REALLY mean 'I'm bout to scream bloody murder.' Good to know." Once everyone was on the ground, he looks at Kenji. "You're the only one who has a watch. What time is it?"

"Uh, it's 6:15." Kenji answers after a second.

"Alright. We have less than 12 hours of sunlight to figure something out." Darius says, thinking out loud. "Main Street is our best bet to grab supplies, possibly hole up for help. The only problem is getting there. Let's go back and check the docks."

As they head back, Brooklynn asks, "What are you hoping to find?"

"It might be a bit of a stretch, but a car." Darius answers her. "We need to get to main street, and we need to get there fast. We need food, and other things if we want to hold out long enough for help to arrive."

The teens made it past the trees and looked at the dock. The area was littered garbage. After searching for a few minutes, they found nothing. "Wouldn't there be at least ONE car?" Sammy asks.

Darius comes to a realization. "Everyone was probably evacuated to the docks the same way WE attempted to get here. The monorail. The workers either went with them, or had their own way of getting off the island."

"So, what are our options now?" Brooklynn asks.

"We can't stay here." Darius explains. "The only other option is to walk to Main Street. That will be a day, two tops. Remember how long it took us just to get to Wu's lab?"