DESTRUCTION | Zach Mitchell

Chapter Six • Jump

"It's not mine, it's yours" Zach told Adira when a phone was heard ringing as they rolled through the valley alongside the fence. She sighed and reached into her shorts pocket to pull it out. She rolled her eyes when she saw Owen's name pop up as the phone vibrated.

"What's up brother" she answered the phone. She shrugged when Zach and Gray sent her questioning looks.

"Fina- Adi-" she heard Owen say through the phone. She couldn't make out what he was saying.

"I think one of the polls is broken, I can't hear you" she told him.

"Get- ut- indom- ex-" she continued to hear through the phone.

"Uh.. I'll call you back later" she told him as she looked at an open gate with 'restricted area' written on it. Zach had stopped the gyro in front of it. She hung up on Owen and looked Gray who shrugged.

"Off road" he told them with a smirk.

"No! We have to go back, they told us to go back" Adira said with a serious face.

"I'm just worried Gray isn't getting the full Jurassic World experience" he smiled. He turned his head and used his best puppy dog eyes. Adira felt her resolve crumbling and looked to Gray who looked apprehensive, he was waiting for her approval. Zach really was just trying to cheer him up. She sighed and nodded her head. She now knew what Owen felt whenever she did that to him.

They continued off road in silence as they watched the tall trees pass by. Gray began to freak out when he realised how illegal it was, what they were doing and began to point out what would happen.

"No! We're going to get arrested. They'll shave our head, and we're gonna have to make root beer in the toilet" he argued terribly.

"Don't forget, I'll loose my job" Adira added to his strange list. He nodded his head in agreement.

He stopped freaking out when they came to a stop in front of some Ankylosaurs'.

"There. You're welcome. Up close and personal with four... dinosauruses" he said smugly.

"Dinosauruses?" Adira snorted. She sat back in the two seat comfortably as they watched the peaceful view of the dinosaurs. No matter how many times she saw them, she was still in awe.

"Ankylosaurs" Gray corrected while Adira nodded. "We shouldn't be here, and there's five dinosaurs"

"Aren't you supposed to be a genius or something? There's one, two, three, four" Zach pointed out. Adira sat rigid in her seat when she realised what Gray was talking about.

"Five" she pointed out with a shaky finger at the reflection of a very large dinosaur. They all froze at the sound of low growling behind them and turned slowly. She sucked in a breath when she saw forty foot dinosaur standing behind them. It looked to be part T-Rex, but with its white scales and slimmer figure, she knew it was definitely something else.

"Go! Go!" Gray and Adira yelled when it finally roared at the Ankylosaurs. It had thankfully not seen them, but it was a battle cry. They screamed when it's foot came in contact with the gyro, sending them between the other dinosaurs and trees like it was a pinball.

Adira placed a hand on Gray's should when they finally slowed to a stop. She looked out to see the Ankylosaurs' scatter into the woods and sighed in relief, until she noticed one of them challenge the unknown species of dinosaur.

"No! Shit, drive!" she yelled. She knew the Ankylosaur didn't have a chance winning against this new dinosaur, it looked intelligent. Zach pushed the gear forward get them out of there until they were hit by the dinosaurs tail. It sent them spinning in a tree where the gyro sparked and they were upside-down.

"Turn away Gray" she told him in a hushed whisper. She kept her own eyes closed as she didn't want to see one of the dinosaurs being killed. She could hear Zach messing with the controls as he tried to get the gyro to move, but she knew it was broken. The sound of the controls was droned out when she heard the sickening crack and cry the Ankylosaur made when the dinosaur killed it.

"We're safe in here right?" Gray asked.

"Yeah, totally safe" Zach confirmed shakily. He turned to look back at Adira who sent him a nod to comfort Gray. He reached out and grabbed his arm as if to keep him safe. He reached back and grabbed Adira's hand, lacing their fingers. There was a sudden buzzing sound that caught their attention and they looked to see Zach's phone receiving a call from Claire.

Adira unlatched her hand from Zach and they both tried to reach for his phone. They stopped when they heard Gray call them to look. They watched in horror at the golden eye of the dinosaur look into the gyro while it lowly growled.

It stuck it's claw into through the glass and spun them around so it could look at them. Adira's eyes widened when she realised it wanted to see them die, almost as if it wasn't doing it for food, but for fun.

They yelled when it opened it's mouth and clamped down on the gyro, trying to swallow it full. 'Okay, maybe it's not that smart' she thought but scolded herself when she realised it wasn't the time to make sarcastic comments. She was brought out of her thoughts when it's teeth made it through the glass and lifted them up only to smash down again in an attempt to somehow get inside.

Once

She looked up at Zach and Gray and wondered if this was her last moments. 'Brought up with dinosaurs, seems poetic to die with them' she thought.

Twice

Zach looked behind him at her and realised he had to act fast. He quickly pointed at her seat belt and she caught on. She fiddled nervously with the latch and waited for Zach's signal that he was ready. They dropped while up in the air. Adira landed on her back with Gray landing on top of her. She held him close before turning him over so she was on top protectively as the gyro came down again.

Thrice

They scrambled to their feet and ran out as the gyro slammed down for the final time. They knew it wouldn't take long for the dinosaur to follow them. She held onto the boys hands as they ran as fast as they could in the closest direction.

"We have to jump!" Adira told them when they came to a stop at a waterfall. They looked behind them to see the dinosaur emerging from the trees with a load roar.

"I can't!" Gray told them in fear.

"Are you ready? One, two... come on!" Zach yelled. He wasn't taking no for an answer as he pulled them both with him. She wasn't sure how close the dinosaur was to them, but she knew it wasn't far, she could nearly feel the gust from it's jaws snapping as they crashed into the water.

She was about to swim up with Gray until she felt a tug on her leg. Zach made a sign that told her to wait and so she held Gray's hand to stop him. She hadn't thought about the fact the dinosaur might wait for them. She felt her lungs begin to burn from the lack of oxygen, but she waited nonetheless. It was either that or facing a huge animal that wanted to eat her for fun.

They swam to the surface and gasped when they heard the large stomps of the dinosaur, signalling it had walked away. She checked to see if both boys were there and swam to land when she realised they were fine.

They grunted as they tried to pull their heavy bodies out of the water into the mud. Adira and Zach helped Gray up before collapsing next to them.

"We jumped" Zach told them before he began laughing. Adira and Gray began laughing with him, not at his statement but in relief.

"I think that's enough exercise for a month"