They had made it out of the treeline. The sun was creeping over the horizon. The landscape had rocky mountains, as well as a swamp marsh.
"This is the edge of the island." Conrad commented, "Let's hurry."
Danielle pulled out a flare gun from her bag, "Mason, think you can climb up those rocks and fire the flare?"
Mason nods and accepts the flare.
"Hopefully, Brooks will see it." Mason said.
Then the familiar roar was coming in the distance. The skull crawler had found them.
"We'll buy you time." Slivko said.
Mason ran one way and the group ran another way. Mason was already climbing up the rock formation, as the group ran through the swamp marsh.
However, one stopped. The soldier named Cole.
"Cole," Mills said, "Come on man."
Cole then grabbed the bombs on him, "Every second counts."
Mills shakes his head, "Come on, man, we gotta fall back." Mills said.
Cole looks at the others, "Go live your life. Get out of here."
Mills was charging forward, but Slivko and another soldier was grabbing Mills to keep him back. Conrad even grabbed the young solider. Danielle's eyes widened.
The skull crawler was coming closer, and the group was slowly trying to move with Mills being difficult wanting to save his friend. Cole yelling at the beast with the bombs ready to go off any second.
As the skull crawler came close to Cole, mouth open wide. Everything thinking Cole was going to be eaten, turned out to be false. The creature used his tail and sent Cole launching and then there was an explosion in the rock side.
"Run!" Danielle's voice was full of panic.
The soldiers, Conrad, Danielle, and Hank sprinted as they could through the swamp. Danielle tripped over some root in the water, her body hit the swampy water and looked up to see the skull crawler getting close to her.
"Danielle-!" Conrad screams.
As the creature opened its mouth at her, Kong came jumping in and grabbed the skull crawler, throwing it into the rock side.
Conrad ran over and knelt down next to her, "You okay?"
Danielle's eyes next left the fight, "Ye- Yeah." She stuttered.
Conrad grabbed her arm, "Let's go." He said.
Then as Kong and the creature kept fighting, the group saw the flare. As the flare from Mason. A small feeling of excitement left some, feeling as there might still be hope after all.
Kong was thrown back by the skull crawler, Kong was thrown into an old shipwreck. Kong had a chain from an old anchor around his neck. The skull crawler came toward Kong to finish him, but was delayed from gunfire.
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Survival of the Fittest
FanfictionThe year is 1973, and there has been a green light to allow an expedition into the last uncharted part of the world. Leading the research group is Captain James Conrad as their tracker, with additional support of Lieutenant Colonel Packard and his m...