Camp Cretaceous (Darius X Brooklynn)

Chapter Twenty-Five

Another one. Have a good day. Stay home, stay safe.

Darius felt someone shake him awake. He looked up, and saw Brooklynn shining the light in his face a little bit. "Morning." she said. The older teen sat up. Brooklynn held a can of fruit in front of him. "We already ate. We figured that since you haven't been getting enough sleep, you needed it."

Darius took a bite. When he swallowed, he said, "Thank you." He finished his breakfast, and stood up with the others. "Alright. Shall we keep going?"

The teens walked for another hour, according to Ben. They finally came across some light at the end of the tunnel. Bright light shined. The six teens walked out, and were met with a desert. Brooklynn sighed. "So... NOT Costa Rica."

Darius sighed. It's a habit he's picked up recently. "Great. We get off one island just to trade for another island." Kenji put his hand on Darius's face. "Kenji, what are you doing?"

Kenji went on a weird rant. "Making sure we aren't dead. If we were dead, we would be ghosts. And if we're ghosts, that would mean we would be able to go 'ooooooooo' through each other."

Darius slapped his hand off of him. "We're not dead dumbass."

Kenji responded cockily, "Well, now you know. You're welcome."

Brooklynn rolled her eyes. "Okay. We know where we AREN'T. Anybody have any idea where we ARE?"

"Nope." Yaz said dejected. "Just that we're stranded on some fucked up island. Again."

Darius tried to keep everyone from getting too down. "Let's try to come up with some sort of plan."

Ben pointed towards the distance. "Hey guys. Look out in the distance. Something shiny."

Sammy said, "I see it. The sun is glancing off of something metal?"

Ben reasons, "Something metal means that someone had to make it. We should go check it out."

Kenji made sure he understood. "Let me get this straight. You want us to go trekking across a hot, barren desert on the off chance that you saw something shiny?"

Darius agrees. "We don't know what's out there man."

Ben shook his head, and started to give a speech. "Oh my sweet and frightened children. So, we're not in Costa Rica. And we don't know 'where we are.' And we have 'no hope.'"

Yaz lifted her hand that held a rock she found. Darius saw that she was about to throw it. He put his hand up, and told her, "Not yet Ferb."

Ben continued, "We didn't know how we were gonna survive Nublar. And yet, we did! And all we have is our sheer will, determination, teamwork, and dumb luck. Hell, there aren't even DINOSAURS here. So logically this should be easier. We even have a bag of supplies to get us started. So, let's go out there, and... You know, survive!"

The others looked at him. Ben was met with a few scattered, unenthusiastically okays. As everyone else left, Darius out his hand on Ben's shoulder. "Nice speech Ben." The two teens raced to catch up to the others. Darius caught up to Brooklynn. The two walked side by side. "This place is freaky. I'm half expecting to come across two droids on their way to Jabba the Hutt." he told her.

"Do you only care about football, and movies?" Brooklynn asked with a chuckle.

Without thinking, Darius blurted out, "I care about you too." Brooklynn looked back at him, and he quickly backtracked. "Yeah, you know, I care about you, and the whole group. Even Kenji back there. I don't know why though." Darius felt like he dodged a bullet when Brooklynn smiled and shook her head.