The Lost Dinosaur |2| Nublar Seven Series

Unexpected Complication

I was almost late, but that's 'cause today I moved to uni. So tired...

Anyways, second part of Fallen Kingdom starts now-ish. Lockwood Estate and Indoraptor, here we go! Also from now on we get more of Camp Fam.

TW: Torture. But is it really? Kinda torturous. Super PG torture then...

Kenji

I sat on Darius' bed, reading and rereading Hayden's letter. I tried to flatten the paper back, but it was a half-assed job. Darius' bedroom was small and cramped. Darius was on his desk, eyes widening as he read Ben's letter. He was wearing simple clothes, a yellow t-shirt and jeans. Brooklynn was hovering next to me, it was too hot for her trademark jacket so she settled for a pink tank top. She was reading Hayden's letter not so discreetly, over my shoulder. Yasmina and Sammy were there too, Yasmina wore her usual leggings and fitness tank top, that girl always looked like she was ready for a sprint; Sammy looked more comfortable, worn down jeans, boots that had seen better days and a red flannel on top of everything. They both were near the window, whispering to each other, seemingly waiting for their turn.

I couldn't care less for what I was wearing, I still had yesterday's clothes, dark jeans and a fitted shirt Hayden had picked for me. It was all crumpled and unbuttoned on the top, where I had ripped the tie off. All of this because I was in a hurry to meet everyone. It was tricky to get them together at the last minute, but the urgency of the situation called for an in-person meeting. In the background, the TV was on with the news channel. We kept tuning in to hear about Nublar, but there was no actual new information.

Brooklynn cleared her throat. "So, a letter?"

"That's all I got." I shrugged.

"At least you got something." She huffed.

Darius cleared his throat. "Did Ben really go with her?"

I rolled my eyes. 'I don't know why he's asking, he just read Ben's letter.'

"I called his mom, Ben went to see Hays last minute. She doesn't suspect a thing. I think that's where he was driving to on our last call." Yasmina said.

"They lied to our faces." I threw the letter across the room, once again in a ball of paper. "Hays knew she was going back to Nublar on that video call and she didn't say anything."

Sammy was quick to pick it up, flatting it out carefully. "But she said she'd be back by the end of the week. The news didn't say nothin' new about Nublar. Maybe everythin' is fine, and Kenji wasn't supposed to find the letter yet."

"I was not supposed to find it? My fucking name is on the envelope!" I yelled out.

Yasmina glared at me. "What Sammy is trying to say is that the letter was a safeguard if she didn't come back. Maybe everything is going according to her plan and both of them will be back just like she said in the letter."

I crossed my arms. "How am I supposed to trust that?"

Darius sighed. "We have to. I- look, I'm mad too, but Hays never let us down and she must've known what she was doing only getting Ben in on this."

"You're damn right she never let us down!" My voice came out a growl as I stared Darius down. "But she should've told us!"

Sammy leaned on the wall, hugging herself as if she was cold on the summer night. "Hays did that to protect us, she's always the one protecting us."

"It's not fair!" I got up in a flash. "She didn't even give us a choice, we could've helped."

Sammy shook her head. "I bet she knows that, but she did it anyway to keep us from going back there."