Spider-Man: Camp Cretaceous

Responsibility forgotten by others

In the dimly lit room, an imposing tank loomed, filled with a shimmering green liquid that swirled like a mesmerizing mist. Within its glass confines lay a young woman, her body suspended in the fluid, an ethereal figure captured in an otherworldly slumber. She wore a fitted sports bra and sleek pants that clung to her form, a testament to her athleticism. Strands of raven-black hair floated gracefully around her, undulating like tendrils in the currents of the chamber.

As she slept, the tranquility was shattered by distant screams echoing through the sterile environment, piercing through her subconscious and rousing her from her dreams. A breathing device covered

her nose and mouth, its mechanical hum the only reminder of her connection to the world outside the tank, delivering precious oxygen to her lungs. Confusion mingled with fear as she strained to listen for the source of the chaos, her heart racing in sync with the urgency of the unseen cries.

"You're an adult!"

"Don't look at me. I was just hiding until you all barged in."

"But we drove all the way here 'cause-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! You have a vehicle?!"

"Guys, I left the keys in the van."

That was when there was a scream of pain.

"Guess the morphine wore off."

The girl in the chamber snarled as she clenched her fist, and two sharp metal blades came out from between her knuckles.

The van was toppled over, its rear end propped up by a rock. Suddenly, a fist burst through the vehicle's roof, tearing it apart like paper. Peter grunted, pulling away the remaining pieces of the roof, his breaths heavy with fatigue.

The past few hours had been a relentless trial: fleeing from dinosaurs, struggling to keep others safe, discovering his father's unethical experiments on humans, and dealing with the revelation that one of his friends had indeed stolen a phone that could have benefited the group if they knew about it. Everyone else came out of the van as fast as Peter did, trying to escape the smoke from the engine.

"Is everyone okay?" Darius asked the group.

Yaz scoffed and began to laugh when she heard that question. "Is everyone..." She then walked off from the group. "Okay?!"

"Yaz, wait!" Sammy ran over towards her as she kept marching away. "Wait! Yasmina!"

"We're not okay!" Yaz stated as she stopped and turned to face Sammy.

"Yaz..."

"We're in the middle of a jungle with a monster dinosaur out there, and you... You..." Yaz was so furious she could barely finish her sentence.

"Destroyed our only way to get help and lied about it!" Brooklynn proclaimed in anger. "I told you guys!"

"So, you did take Brooklynn's phone?" Darius asks. "Why? What were you doing?"

"Probably trying to erase my video of her taking those samples from the Sinoceratops," Brooklynn took a guess. "And you knew about the Indominus rex because you were snooping around Dr. Wu's office when I ran into you. I knew it!"

"I didn't mean to destroy the phone," Sammy admitted. "I fell on it when the zipline came down and-"

"But you did steal it?" Ben asked as he checked on Bumpy. "You had it that whole time and didn't tell us?"