Chapter 15
The door closed quietly behind me and I looked to where the Velociraptor had pinned me to the ground only about fifteen minutes ago.
There was blood from both myself and the raptor but the animal was nowhere to be seen.
I crept forward slowly, as quiet as I could.
I rounded the corner and found the main doors. I slipped through and let out the breath I had been holding in.
I heard a shout and I bolted in the direction I'd heard it come from.
I turned down a corridor, narrowly missing tripping over a pot plant that had fallen over at some point.
The corridor opened out into a dining room that would have been one of the most beautiful rooms I'd ever seen if it were yesterday but since I was fighting for my life, I couldn't appreciate it the way I would have liked.
The walls were covered in detailed paintings of dinosaurs. Raptors and T-Rex's. Ferns and Stegosauruses. They were so beautifully done but my concerns were the screams I had heard.
Suddenly Lex and Tim ran out of the doors that must have led to the kitchen. There were tears running down Lex's face and Tim had an expression of fear plastered on it.
I held my arms out to them and they rushed into my arms.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking down at the two youths.
"In there..." Lex pointed to the doors she and her brother had just fled from.
"Lyanna?" I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned and saw Alan and Ellie. I smiled grimly.
Alan was holding a gun. I wasn't sure where he got it from but I was glad he had it.
They strode over to us and checked the children.
"In there. It's coming," Lex stressed, jumping up and down with fear.
Alan pushed the children behind him and Ellie turned around, looking for the other exits.
"Control room?" I asked, hand on Lex's shoulder.
Alan nodded and the five of us took off the way we'd come in. We raced down halls and corridors, down stairs and through labs to find the control room, all the while we could hear the Velociraptor chasing us.
We found the room and rushed inside, Alan closing the door behind us. Ellie rushed to the computer.
"Can we call for help?" Lex asked.
"We have to reboot the system first," Ellie replied, sitting in the chair by one of the computers.
Ellie turned the computer on and I looked to Alan.
"The door locks. Ellie, turn on the door locks!" Alan was fiddling with the automatic door locks so he didn't notice the raptor head peering down at him through the window on the door.
I shrieked softly before running to the door, trying to help Alan keep it closed. The raptor was now trying to push it open to get to us. I threw my whole weight against the door and tried with all my might to keep it closed.
Ellie noticed our struggling and rushed over, abandoning the computer.
"What are you doing? No, get the locks on!" I gritted my teeth. Even with three people pushing against it, the raptor was still strong enough to overpower us if it really tried.
Tim was jumping up and down, panicking and I saw Lex turn to the computer. What was she doing? Does she know anything about computers? The teenager rushed to the computer and sat down, her brother right behind her.
I heard her mutter something but I couldn't quite place what she had said.
Tim put his hand on the chair, watching the screen.
"Try to get the gun!" Alan yelled, feet slipping.
I kicked my foot out, trying to get it underneath the strap. I managed to get it hooked on my boot but when I raised it to get the gun to me, it slipped off. Damn!
"I can't reach it! Not unless I move!" I exclaimed. Nobody answered me.
I saw Lex fiddling with the computer and I really hoped she knew what she was doing.
The raptor got both of it's hands around the door and we pushed harder, much to the aggravation of the raptor. It screeched loudly.
We pushed hard enough that the raptor had to retract its hands from the inside of the door. It crashed against the frame and we held it there. I heard the computer beep and the children cheered.
Suddenly the locks closed with a click. We practically flinched away from the door and the Velociraptor, which was still on the other side.
We rushed over to the kids, who were still sitting at the computer. They had wide grins plastered on their faces.
"What works?" Alan asked, running a hand over his face.
"Everything. You name it, we got it," she laughed, looking up at the three of us.
Alan picked up the phone and called the number for the bunker. The numbers were helpfully placed on a price of paper by the computer.
"Come on, come on," he waited for someone to answer.
"Mr. Hammond," he paused, smirking. "The phones are working."
All of us let out a breathy chuckle.
Alan listened to whoever it was on the other end of the line.
"Yes. They're fine-" he paused.
"I'll put her on."
He passed the phone to me and I placed it by my ear.
"Uh, hello?" Ian's voice said. I recognised it instantly even though his voice was deeper and crackly over the line.
"Ian..." I breathed.
"Are you, uh, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," I chuckled.
"So is everyone else," I added.
There was scuffling on the other end and fear prickled my skin. Thankfully it was only John and Ian fighting for the phone.
"Lyanna? It's John. Can you put Alan back on?"
I handed the phone back to Alan.
"Call the mainland. Tell them to send the damn helicopters," Alan said, still smirking. We all sighed with relief at the though of safety. Of getting off this damn island.
Suddenly, a loud crash came from the window. The raptor was coming in. It was bashing on the door to break it open.
Alan fired at the glass, which I though was a terrible idea. It would only weaken the glass.
I raced to the other side of the room after seeing a ladder. I brought it back over, struggling from the weight of it.
Alan helped me place it upright and then he and Ellie started climbing up it, pushing one of the square ceiling panels into the roof so that we could escape that way.
"Lex! Tim! Quickly!" I called them over and once Ellie and Alan had both gone through. The two kids raced up the ladder and made it into the roof.
I turned just in time to see the raptor run at the glass window.
I climbed the ladder as quickly as I could, almost falling over once or twice.
A loud shattering sound stole my attention and I turned to see the raptor jump through the broken window. It hissed, eyes narrowing at me.
I noticed the wound on its leg and side. It was the same raptor that attacked me before.
It charged at me and I raced up the ladder. Once I was almost completely through the small hatch, I kicked the ladder back towards the Velociraptor.
On it's way down to the ground, it crashed into the raptor, knocking it from the table it was standing on.
I pulled my leg back through and replaced the panel.
Alan was in front, leading the group towards another hatch. This time through the vents, it seemed.
I could hear the raptor trying to find us and my breath hitched. I followed Alan. Suddenly the panel I was crawling on lifted, pushing me into the air.
I screamed, arms flailing. Alan turned around and kicked the raptor in the head. It fell back and down. The panel fell as well, crashing to the floor in the room below.
I fell through the hole, thinking that this would be the end. However, at the last second, my hands caught on the edge of the hole.
I looked down, seeing the raptor start to get up again. I felt hands on my wrists and then two people were lifting me up and back into the roof, only just making it before the raptor jumped. It almost got ahold of my foot.
I took deep breaths, trying to catch my racing heart. One thing after anther seemed to be happening to our group. I couldn't wait to get off this island.
"Move! Move!" Alan was shoving us to get out through the hatch. I went before Alan, heart beating like a jackhammer.
Maybe we got away.
Updated on the 12th of December, 2015.
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