A Shell For Two | JWCC | Yaz x Fem Oc

23 : Rude Awakening

Yasmina jerks awake with a gasp, dropping the tablet she was holding to the floor. Hecate immediately looks at her worried, "Are you okay?"

Mae looks at her as well, "You okay, love?"

"Huh?" Yaz says, looking at them both a bit confused, "Oh, yeah. I'm good."

"I only ask because you gasped loudly, dropped my tablet to the floor, then startled awake." Mae continues. Both Hecate and Yaz chuckle slightly.

"I appreciate you keeping an eye out for BRADs, but you should rest, like your friends over there." Dr. Turner says, motioning to the others. Kenji sneezes in his sleep making Hecate snicker.

"Yeah. We've been through a lot." Yaz replies, "But I'd rather stay up, if that's okay."

"You're the boss." Mae says, "Except when you're assisting me, then, obviously, I'm the boss. Now, hand me that petri dish."

Dr. Turner is researching the supplements in the T-Rexes food they found earlier with Yasmina assisting. Hecate isn't really interested in what they're doing but looks over when something begins fizzing.

Mae begins humming before abruptly stopping, "Oh, my..."

"Oh, no, no, no. This is bad." She continues, "Very, very bad. Okay, after careful analysis
of the nutriment samples, I've discovered alarmingly high levels of receptor antagonists, as well as adrenal additives. These must be the cause of the elevated combative state of the animals who've ingested them."

Hecate stare at her, completely confused, as the others walk over, now awake "I have no idea what that means." Hecate comments.

"the T. rex food's been tampered with." Yaz explains

"They're adding things that make the dinos more aggressive, and inhibits their ability to feel pain." Mae adds.

"Mantah Corp is the worst." Sammy says

"Why would they do that?" Darius asks.

"I have no idea." Mae replies, "But it seems more important than ever to get you kids off the island."

"No argument there," Hecate grumbles with a small sigh. She glances at Yaz, noticing her shaky hands, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Hm?" She hums, looking at her, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

"Great.Trying to get off yet another island." Brooklynn says, rolling her eyes, "Any ideas?"

Mae gasps, "The supply plane! It comes every two weeks. Only, the next one's not due for another ten days."

"We can't wait that long." Kenji says

"Maybe we don't have to." Darius replies, "Any way to make the plane come sooner?"

"Well, I mean, I suppose it would come if there was some kind of emergency." She answers.

"If we stop the T-Rexes from eating the tampered with food, Mantah Corp would notice, wouldn't they?" Hecate asks.

"Hecates right," brooklynn says, "We could do two things at once, get rid of the bad food messing with the dinos, and find a way home."

"Hang on. So, we're just gonna somehow get this supply plane to come?" Yasmina asks, "All the while avoiding getting eaten by dinosaurs or zapped by killer robots. Then we just sneak onboard, and hope that Mantah Corp doesn't notice six kids on the plane until we're back home?"

"Uh...yeah," Kenji answers making Hecate roll her eyes.

It's obvious to everyone that this plan sucks. Even if they get on the plan successfully, what happens if they get caught? Matah Corp won't care about a few teen stowaways, she doubts they'll hesitate to shoot them on sight.