The Seven Campers and The Island of Dinosaurs

S1 E3: The Cattle Drive

Kenji is partnered with Ben. Sammy paired with Yasmina. Darius is not in one. Brooklyn is in the last one. Dave says, "everything, seat belts at all times."

Dave notices Darius not in one and asks, "well, what you waiting for, bud?"

Darius says, "Right. Um, is there a gyrosphere I could drive solo or-"

Dave says, "Darius, you need to ride with your fellow campers. Bond, live the camp life, share your story, man."

"Yeah, I tried last night, but, um... not everyone was on board. Temperance isn't going to be with us."

"Temperance is going to be with the herd, keeping the dinosaurs calm. If she is in a gyrosphere the Dinosaurs will be so nervous about her safety that they will not move. Buddy, you can't give up. You need to get out there and you show those other kids what you got."

"Be yourself, Darius." Roxie inputs, "teenagers can be very accepting if you just give them half a chance."

Roxie pushes Darius toward the only gyrosphere that has a seat open. The one with Brooklyn in it, playing with her phone. Roxie and Dave are in the 6X4. Roxie says, "the headsets are for emergencies. You can always reach us on channel six."

I start up the four wheeler and zoom off to talk to the Dinosaurs.

Where do you think we are going?

I don't know

You are going to fresh grazing land.

A human understands us?

I can understand all of you.

All of the Dinosaurs begins to fire things at me like,

Do other humans understand us?

Are others like you?

And,

Why do humans ride machines instead of walking?

Are there predators where we are going?

Let me answer the questions you guys asked first. The other humans don't understand you like I can. No, there are not any others that I know of. Humans can't keep up with you guys on foot. And, no, there aren't any predators where we are going.

Soon, clouds roll around and I can hear thunder. Lightning frightens a Stegosaurus. Her tail smacks an ankylosaurus's head.

Hey, what did I do?

Sorry, I got scared. I didn't mean to.

Yeah, right.

I'm telling the truth.

Lightning and thunder frighten a Sinoceratop. She runs away from the herd. A few minutes later, all of the dinosaurs panic, split up, and run in different directions. I see gyrospheres in between all of the panicked dinosaurs. I zoom off on my four-wheeler to try to calm them. Key word try, they are just too scared to calm down. Through my radio, I pick up Brooklyn saying, "Help! Can you hear me? We're stuck... mud hole and we're sinking! Help!"

I pick up my radio and say, "Brooklyn? Darius? Come in!"

Nothing. True radio silence. I speed off to find them. A little while later, I find Ben, Kenji, Sammy, and Yaz near the gyrosphere that has Brooklyn and Darius inside. I must have come a minute after they did. I hop off of the four-wheeler. Yaz, Kenji, and I try to push it out of the mudhole. It just wouldn't budge. I hear, What is going on here?

I turn and see a Sinoceratop. Ben panics and tries to run, but he falls on his face. What do you think you're doing? Sammy approaches the Sinocertop, saying, "Hey. I get it. It's hard to trust strangers. It's a scary world out there. But... I'll trust you if you trust me. I'm not going to hurt you."

Sammy gives her a branch of leaves. Ok. I'll help. Brooklyn reminds everyone that they are still sinking. In an instant, everyone moves. As the gyrosphere sinks into the mud, the Sinoceratop with vines attached pulls it out of the mud. Yaz opens one door while I open the other with long branches. We celebrate. Dave and Roxie show up in a 6X4.

Later in the night, we arrive at Camp. As Roxie opens the elevator says, "You could have been killed! What were you thinking?"

Sammy says, "that we found a lost dinosaur... and Darius and Brooklyn."

Kenji says, "Don't ask me how I did it, but I did it."

Roxie orders, "Now stay in your bunks, you hear me?"

As the elevator goes up, everyone messes with Kenji. Once we are up in Camp, Yaz shows Sammy her drawing book. Yaz and Sammy become friends. Brooklyn and Darius have a moment. I go to my room and put on my purple JimJams.

Yaz and Sammy enter my room together. We played Uno Flip until everyone had to go to bed.