Survivors

38

I woke up to see Angel and the baby Brachi playing with each other.

"Oh, you like it out here. Yes you do! We'll never let them coop you up again," Sammy cooed at Angel.

"Yeah, you're free to do whatever you want now. Which is apparently way every berry in sight," Yaz said, giggling.

She was knocked to the ground when the baby Brachi ran into her. Yaz groaned. She then chuckled as the Brachi stood above her and grunted at her.

"Come on. We better get them to the cave," Ben said, holding a bushel of berries. "It's probably the only safe place for them."

The baby Brachi knocked Ben over and grabbed the berry stick he dropped. Angel grabbed the other end and the two played tug-of-war. Angel then fell over. Sammy and Yaz laughed as they helped her up.

"Guess I better restock before we go."

"Did you see that? It's so cute when Angel and... the other one? Ben, you better give her a name," Sammy said.

"Nah-uh. If I don't give her a name, I don't get attached. Then it won't hurt so much when I have to leave her behind. Been there, done that," Ben explained.

I stroked Sunny's back. I really didn't think of that. Sure, I missed Leia, and, sure, I miss flying. It was fun when I was flying on her and shooting things from above. I felt like an avatar or something on a banshee.

"Oh, Ben," Sammy said.

"If you ever want to talk about Bumby, you know you just have to-"

"There's nothing to talk about. She's there and I'm here," Ben said, cutting Yaz off. "Just saying, you've been warned. I'm gonna find more berries."

Ben then walked off. The baby Brachi screeched before following him. We didn't think anything of it.

Big mistake.

When Ben came back with more berries, he asked, "Where's the other one?"

"We thought she was with you," Yaz said.

Sammy gasped and pointed behind Ben. We turned to see a clanker-X scanning the area. We quickly hid before it could see us.

"Get Angel and Sunny some where safe!" Ben ordered before he ran off into the jungle. I put Sunny around my shoulders and grabbed my bow. I notched in an arrow as I followed Yaz and Sammy. There was only one clanker we ran into and I shot it down.

We made it to the cave and I stayed with Sammy and Yaz outside while they fed Angel. Yaz was then knocked over by Rebel, who came bounding in.

"Uh, he's just, um, a little charged up," Brooklynn said as she walked up with Kenji.

"Sure," Yaz said.

"Good girl! Such a little good girl!" Sammy said as she cuddled Angel.

"Guys!" Ben yelled through the comm.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Kash did it! With the control chips!" Ben yelled.

"Ben, calm down. Come back to the cave and tell us more," Brooklynn said.

When Ben came back, he told us how Kash can now control the baby Brachi. "She tried to fight it but... she couldn't. He hurt Mae. He hurt Darius. He's gonna keep hurting anything that gets in his way. I had to leave one dinosaur behind and I'm never doing it again. Enough is enough. We have to take Kash down!"

"Then let's give Kash a rebellion!" I yelled.

"Guys! The control chips work!" Darius yelled through the comm.