Survivors

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I shielded my eyes from the bright light.

"Attention! Return to the dock and cut the engine immediately!" The woman repeated.

"Yes, yes, yes! We are saved!" Kenji cheered.

"Are we?" Darius questioned, "Wait, Kenji!"

We all followed Kenji as he climbed the ladder up for the captain's deck. Kenji tried driving the boat but Darius stopped him. "I'm not exactly getting good guy vibes."

"Yeah, unmarked chopper, big, scary guns," Yaz explained.

"Oh, I'm sorry, what would you bring to rescue kids from island full of killer dinos? Cake?" Kenji sarcastically asked.

"He's got a point," Ben pointed out.

"And I could go for some cake right now. Not coconut," I said.

The wind howled against the windows, causing the tide to become uneasy.

"Sea is pretty rough," Sammy said.

"All right then, we take our chances with the people in the helicopter," Darius said, letting Kenji drive the boat.

When Kenji docked the boat, Brooklynn tied the boat down. We all watched as the helicopter landed in a clear space and made our way over to them. A man got out carrying a gun with a serious expression on his face. Darius and I exchanged nervous glances before we all made our way over.

"What are you kids doing here?" The man asked as he helped Ben and Sammy onto the helicopter.

"Long story! Too long!" Sammy answered loudly over the copter.

"Way too long!" Kenji added as he followed Sammy.

"Wait, if you aren't here to rescue us, then why are you here?" I heard Ben asked.

A loud roar was heard and Rexy broke through the trees. The copter suddenly took off away from us, only for Rexy to grab onto the landing skids. The copter managed to get away, leaving us to deal with Rexy.

The man started yelling at the copter, only for him to get scooped up in Rexy's jaws. Everyone else, except me, cringed at the sound of crunching bones.

"Run!" Brooklynn yelled.

We all ran into the jungle with Rexy hot on our trail. We jumped over fallen trees trying to get away. Darius and I hid behind a log, Brooklynn hid behind a tree and Yaz hid behind a different log.

Rexy sniffed around before stalking over to where Yaz was. I sucked in a breath before moving towards a nearby tree.

"Chris?" Darius whispered as he tried to grab my wrist. I wiggled out of his grip and climbed the tree.

Once I was settled onto a branch, I loaded an arrow and pulled back. I aimed the tree a little behind Rexy. Well, mainly the thin tree branch.

I let go and the arrow sailed past Rexy. It then hit the branch, breaking it. It made a snap and hit the ground with a thud.

Rexy shot her head up and left to investigate.

I jumped down from the tree and ran with the others into the forest.

"Chris, that was... wow," Darius said, amazed.

"Yeah, you're basically the Latina Katniss Everdeen," Brooklynn said.

I bashfully smiled. "It was nothing," I said.

"No, it was something. I mean, the fact that you hit that branch with deadly accuracy, just... wow," Darius said, "Also, remind me not to get on your bad side."