The Best Of Both: Camp Cretaceous OC

Rest Stop

"Now!"

The boys leapt out of the way in the nick of time, the Raptor smashing through his front door, ripping it from its hinges. The three of them got to their feet, Max stumbling for a second as he followed the others away from the house. They ran through a gap in the fence, the wires cut and the tin cans laying uselessly on the ground, as the Raptor emerged from the doorway and ran after them.

Darius ran to his truck and threw open the doors, climbing into the drivers seat while Ben took the passengers. Max dove in after them, sprawling across both of their laps in the tight space. Ben shut the door behind them as the dinosaur impacted with the door, attacking it with ferocious force.

"Go, go, go!" Ben cried.

Darius reached for his pockets and felt his stomach dropped as he felt the emptiness in each of them. "I left the keys in the cabin".

"Are you kidding me?" Exclaimed Ben. The entire truck rocked as the Raptor slammed against the door again. It stared at them through the glass, using its claws to scrape at the glass. Ben pointed through the windshield, down the driveway. "My van's just down that way. Put in neutral we can roll there".

Darius reached for the stick, but Max's shape was in the way, still trying to right himself up between the two figures. This truck wasn't made for three passengers. "Get off the stick. Move!" Darius yelled above the chaos. Max angled his body into an awkward position as Darius changed gears and the truck began to roll slowly down the way.

While Darius kept his hands on the wheel, guiding the truck towards the now visible red van, Ben grabbed Max by the shoulders and helped him get up into a sitting position, albeit awkwardly between the two actual seats.

The Raptor jumped onto the back, slamming its head at the back windshield, cracks beginning to form on the glass. As they neared the van, Darius grabbed the door handle. Ben, quickly catching on, grabbed his as well. Max grabbed Ben's arm as they each shared a look.

"Three," Darius began. The cracks behind them grew larger.

"Two," Ben continued. The Raptor snarled at them.

"One!" Max finished. The Raptors head smashed through the glass and snapped at them. The other two boys opened the doors. Darius leapt out of his side while Ben grabbed Max and helped him jump out of his side. The truck kept going down, impacting with a tree and coming to a stop.

Ben hauled Max to his feet while Darius got up on his own and the three of them ran to the van. Ben jumped in first into the drivers seat, next was Max who climbed over the front seats and into one of the three in the back, finally Darius climbed into the front passengers seat. Ben juggled with the keys for a moment before jamming them in the ignition and the van roared to life.

Ben floored the accelerator and they sped down the driveway, onto the main road and away from Darius' cabin. For a whole two seconds, they dared to think they had made it, before Ben looked out his side mirror and saw two Raptors right behind them.

"Hang on!" Ben shouted, twisting the wheel hard. The van spun hard to the right, nearly hitting one of the Raptors, causing it to come to an abrupt stop and stumble over its feet. Ben sped off again, the other one still after them.

"Ben!"

"I'm trying!" Ben cried. "This wasn't on the driver's test".

Darius looked in his own side mirror, watching the Raptor continue to chase them down, exerting far more effort than they were probably worth. "If they want food, there are way easier ways to get it," Darius said. They turned another corner and roared down the hill, the Raptor vanishing from view. Darius waited a tense couple of seconds before let out a breath. "I think we lost them".