Chapter 19

     Claire and Owen ran through the side of the jungle to get towards the flurry of workers running back and forth. The P.A system cracked on in warning;

"Attention Aviary employees, there has been a containment breach."

     "Hello?" Claire answered her phone as she came to a stop.

     "Claire, we spotted the boys and Marlo on surveillance. They're approaching the west gate," Zara told her in a hurry as she pushed through the crowd and down the stairs from the Innovation Centre. "I'm headed there now."

     "Okay. Stay right there."I'm on my way. Stay right with them." Multiple workers got on trucks and quad-bikes to get away and evacuate the Island. Owen yelled to her as she hung up.

     "Hey! Get on!" He was on one of the quad-bikes as Claire ran over to him. She held onto him as he started up the engine and began to dive down one of the roads.

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     Back at the plaza crowds of people stood around waiting for further instructions while the music continued playing in the shops. Most of them sat down, drinking water and fixing their hats, while others rubbed their eyes in boredom. The P.A system cracked on with a hum catching their attention;

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to a containment anomaly all guests must take shelter immediately."

     One mans eyes grew wide and he stood up. He heard the sound of something inhumane and turned to look towards the sound.

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to a containment anomaly all guests must take shelter immediately."

     People followed in suit and looked to where he was looking. They all turned to the Innovation Centre and saw the swarms of Dimorphodons and Pteranodons. Everyone began to scream as they started to dive down into the crowds of people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to a containment anomaly all guests must take shelter immediately."

     Everyone was in a frantic panic as the alarms started to go off, settling them into a frenzy. They began to run in all different directions. Majority of the crowd running forwards towards the Mosasaurs Lagoon, the Dimorphodon and Pteranodon now nose-dived directly into the crowd. Picking people up and crushing them, clawing at them with their wings spread open.

     People kept running away from the stalls and shops along the plaza, screaming in fear as the dinosaurs squawked and roared at them. A man yelled as he ducked when a small Dimorphodon flew into his stall, in front of the grill, while others flew into the glass windows of the restaurant.

     One of the workers was pushed down, his arm bitten into while a couple of guests were pushed down as well. Some of the dinosaurs few into a glass tower, the glass shattering and falling down to the ground onto a few people running underneath it. People still screamed in fear as they continued to fly above them.

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     In the control room everyone watched the screens, Hoskins stepped closer to the main screen, watching as the dinosaurs wreak havoc on the guests. Others in the control room screamed and tried running out of there while Lowery and Vivian stayed seated. Hoskins backed away and quickly made his way out of the room.

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     At the petting zoo some of the guest were surrounded my a mist of dust as the dinosaurs tried lifting the smaller dinosaurs up off the ground. A small Triceratops was thrown back down to the ground when it couldn't be lifted up for long. Everyone was still screaming and running around.

     Owen drove through the crowd, teams of people with tranquillisers ran in the opposite direction to the crowd. Owen got off the quad-bike. The warning P.A started up once more, relaying a message to the guards;

"All units, take position on boardwalk. Use liquid tranquillisers. Do not fire live ammunition."

     Owen ran through the people towards the plaza. "Claire, come on!"

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     Hoskins makes his way to the helipad, looking down at the plaza below, listening to the ear-piercing shrieks and cries of the guests.

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     Zach had grabbed hold of Marlo's left hand, pulling her along the crowd, while Gray followed, bumping into people. She had tried wiping off the blood on her jacket beforehand, she gripped Gray's upper arm, pulling him along as well.

     "Stop running!" Zara yelled out to them.

     "Zara hurry up!" Marlo yelled as Zara stopped, watching as one of the Pteranodon lifted up one of the guests.

     The three stopped in the middle of the crowd, looking around in circles, sticking close together as they ducked and watched the other dinosaurs attack the guests. Gray moved to run ahead when Zach pulled him back. "Wait." One of the Dimorphodon almost swiped at Gray, Marlo stood in front of him, trapping him between herself and Zach.

     "Don't just stand there!" Zara yelled before the Pteranodon grabbed her shoulders, lifting her up off the ground. Gray let out a gasp.

     "Zara!" Marlo went to run after her before Zach and Gray yanked her back. "We can't just leave her!"

     "She hates you!" Zach yelled.

     "I have a lot of people in my life who hate me, Zach! But that doesn't mean that I lose my humanity when they are about to die, I have to do something!"

     "No, Marlo! I won't let you get yourself killed!" Zach shook his head as he glared.

     "I can't just let her die!"

     "She's already dead!"

     Marlo stopped struggling against him, she turned back to where Zara was. She screamed as she was dropped and another Pteranodon picked her up. She screamed as it flew over the Mosasaur Lagoon and dropped her. Marlo shook as she watched her fall into the water.

     "No," she whispered out and she shook her head once more. Three Pteranodon dove back into the water, one grabbed hold of Zara again, flying her back out with a roar. Zara screamed and cried as it dunked her back into the water. She screamed once more as it grabbed her leg and threw her up and out of the water. It grabbed hold of her from around her waist and flew upwards.

     Marlo ran towards the Lagoon with Gray beside her, Zach just a little behind. She was dropped once more before two dove in and pulled her out. The Mosasaurus leaped out of the water with a roar as the Pteranodon tried getting away with Zara in its clutches, it bit down on its legs as the Pteranodon roared again as it was pulled down. Marlo whimpered and held onto Gray as he gasped in horror again.

     "No," Marlo's voice barely came out louder than a whisper. The Mosasaurus slammed back into the water, sending a wave out from where it landed. Marlo stepped forwards, she wasn't sure what she was actually planning on doing considering Zara was dead by now. Zach pushed Gray to the side, yanking Marlo's arm, making her follow.

     "Go! Get inside now!"

     Claire and Owen continued running along side the other guards, and into the plaza where the trouble was still taking place. A few of the guards stopped and lifted up their guns, they began shooting at the Pteranodons before they all stopped and began shooting, Owen in the middle of them. Claire moved to stand up on one of the fallen carts to look for the kids.

     "Zach! Gray! Marlo!"

     The three of them began running once more, Marlo holding onto Gray's hand while Zach kept pushing them ahead. Marlo looked ahead to see Claire.

     "Aunt Claire!" Zach yelled.

     "Go, go!" Gray yelled out to her.

     "Claire, what the hell! Move!" Marlo screamed.

     Owen paused and looked towards their voices, his eyes immediately went to Marlo who yelled once more, pushing her feet against the ground faster, pulling Gray and Zach with her.

     "Claire!" Zach yelled. Owen noticed that one of the Pteranodon was catching up to the three of them.

     "No! Hold your..." He was pushed down to the ground by a Dimorphodon, Marlo let go of Gray's hand to run faster.

     "Owen!" Marlo was pushed to the side by Zach as the Pteranodon skidded across the ground to get them. Marlo noticed and pulled the two boys back with her until she was stopped by the display behind her. The Pteranodon's beak was close to Gray's face. Marlo was behind Zach, her legs either side of his body as she wrapped her right arm around him, her left going in front of Gray like Zach's did. They all breathed heavily as it came to a stop.

     Marlo looked back over to where Owen was still being attacked by the Dimorphodon, Marlo tried getting out from behind Zach, groaning in pain as he didn't move, leaving her to just watch her brother being attacked. It kept snapping at his face as he tried moving it away with his hands. Claire hit it to the side with the gun, Owen coughed out as he began to breathe while Claire shot at it multiple times. Owen looked from the Dimorphodon to Claire. Zach had now pulled Marlo and Gray up.

     "Is that Aunt Claire?" Zach asked.

     "Boss man has hidden skills," Marlo whispered to herself. Claire breathed heavily before moving the gun to her side, she helped Owen up off the ground. She handed back the tranq gun before Owen pulled her towards his body, his lips pressed to hers as she let out a small gasp, kissing him back. "What the hell?"

     The three kids looked over at them, each with a different expression. Gray had a look of disgust, his eyes squinted as he watched the two of them. Zach looked slightly shocked, his eyes widened slightly and his lips parted. Marlo nodded her head slightly with an impressed look on her face.

     When Claire pulled away she looked towards the three of them. "It's them!" She began to run towards them. "Zach! Gray! Marlo!" She gripped on Gray's shoulders. "My God! Thank God! Thank God!" She saw the small cut on his chin. "What happened? What is this? Are you okay? Where did you go? Why didn't you come back? I was so worried about you." The two boys looked back her without saying anything as she fused over them. Marlo started at Owen along with Zach.

     "Who's that?" Zach asked. Claire turned around, noticing Marlo edging towards him. Owen smiled at Marlo as she wrapped her arms tightly around his waist. Gripping onto the back of his shirt, trying not to cry. Owen held her back just as tightly, his left hand holding her head to his body while his right held the gun, trapping her body even more to his.

     "We work together." Claire nodded. Zach and Gray looked from the two of them then back to Claire. "That's Marlo's brother."

     "Hey. We gotta go," Owen told them as Marlo pulled away.

     "Okay. Come on, come on." Claire pulled Zach and Gray with her while Owen grabbed Marlo's hand.

     "Zara..." Marlo muttered out, looking behind her to the Mosasaurus Lagoon. "I should have done something."

     "Mars, what could you have done? If you didn't stick with the boys you would have ended up like her." His hand tightened around hers.

     "I watched her die, Owen. I watched her..."

     "It's okay." He pulled her body to his, wrapping his left arm around her shoulder. "I won't let anything bad happen to you from now on, okay? I'm not leaving you again."

     "Owen...I'm scared," Marlo's voice broke as he steered her away from the scene and followed Claire and the boys. Owen was sure of one thing, nothing was going to hurt her as long as he could help it.

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