Chapter 11
We sat there for a while, trying to figure out what to do next.
It was getting increasingly darker as time stretched on and even though I didn't want to, I knew we had to get moving.
With all the fences down, the animals could wander in and out of any paddock they wanted and I didn't particularly want to be in the area when the Rex came back to its home territory, which it will.
"Ian, we have to get moving," I said, looking down at the brown eyed man who was trying to keep his eyes open. He'd lost a lot of blood and was in a lot of pain.
"A few, uh, a few more minutes," he sighed, closing his eyes again.
"No. We have to get moving. We can't be here when the Rex gets back," I stressed, shaking his shoulder. His eyes slowly opened again.
I stood up, trying to ignore the screaming pain radiating throughout my body and I raised my hands out towards Ian.
"Come on. I'll help you up," I said, taking his hands and lifting him up as best I could.
He grunted when he became upright and he hopped on his uninjured leg a few times, steadying his uneasy balance.
We slowly made our way over to the car that was still on the tracks.
I opened the front door and softly helped him sit down.
"Now, sit there for a sec, yeah?" I said, standing up straight and looking around us for a moment.
"I'm, uh, I'm not going anywhere," he smiled at me and gestured to his makeshift tourniquet.
I smiled grimly and walked over to the area where the other car went over the edge.
"Alan?" I called down, looking down over the edge. There was no answer.
"Alan!" I yelled, slightly more alarmed.
I felt my breath quicken and I started to panic. What happened to them?
I couldn't go down there because I couldn't see any way down and I had to get Ian to the Visitor Centre because his injury needed proper medical attention.
I ran back around to the back of the car, popping the trunk and searching through its contents for anything useful.
"Where, uh, are they?" Ian asked, looking at me from around his chair.
"I don't know," I managed to choke out. He didn't answer.
All in all, there wasn't much that I could use in the car. I found a leftover flare, a torch, a blanket and a spare bottle of water.
I placed the few items we had in the middle of the blanket, which I had spread out over the hood of the car and I folded the ends of the blanket in and tied them together, making a carrier for them. That way, it would be easier to carry them around.
I heard a roar somewhere behind us and I shuddered, racing back to Ian who was almost asleep.
"We have to go," I said, gripping the makeshift pack and holding out my arm for him to help him up.
He put his arm over my shoulder and I put my spare arm around his waist, helping him along as we started down the road the way we would have continued if the power hadn't cut out.
"I figure that if we continue down the tour track, we'll eventually come out again at the Visitors Centre," I explained, looking behind us at the cars and then in front of us.
The leaves rustled in the wind, whispering to us. There was an occasional chirp from a bird or a cicada singing.
"I, uh, guess so," Ian replied, wincing after he placed an experimental foot on the ground. This was going to take a lot longer than I thought.
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"I need a, uh, break," Ian wheezed, trying to stop himself from falling over.
"We've already stopped a few times and we need to get to the Visitor Centre," I insisted, pulling him up and urging him to take another step.
"Please?" He asked, looking at me painfully.
"Three minutes," I relented, leading him over to a boulder that was conveniently placed near us.
He sat down with a grateful sigh. I sat next to him.
"How far d-" I was cut off by a loud, angry roar. I shuddered, heart beating considerably faster. Ian stilled beside me.
Down the road, I heard another roar and my breath hitched.
There was a thud as the ground shook slightly. I gripped Ian's hand, needing something to hold onto. He squeezed my hand back and I knew he was scared too.
The tremors were beginning to appear closer and closer together as well as stronger and more powerful by the second.
I tugged on Ian's hand as I dragged him backwards behind the boulder.
I didn't know where it was but it couldn't be far.
That's when I saw a pair of headlights appearing from down the road and I was about to stand up and get whoever was in the cars' attention but just as I was about to jump up, another roar sounded. This time it was loud enough to seem as though it was coming from anywhere and everywhere at once.
I bit my lip and looked from around the rock at the road.
A jeep whizzed past and I just got a glimpse of Ellie's blonde hair before it was gone again.
A few seconds later, there was a tremor so powerful that I heard a tree topple over somewhere in the not so far away distance.
It only lasted for a second but it felt like hours as the T-Rex trampled past us. Mud flying out from under its feet and it roaring loudly, chasing after the car. It hadn't spotted us.
It was gone... for now.
Updated on the 28th of November, 2015.
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