𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖 ~ 𝔹𝕖𝕟 ℙ𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕦𝕤 𝕩 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣

🦕ྀི (𝕏𝕏𝕍)

Chapter Twenty-five

[Kenji POV]

Brooklyn hits a rock. Darius hits Brooklyn, and I hit Darius, losing hold of Bumpy.

No, Bumpy!

Yasmina and Sammy roll around in the grass before hitting a tree and halting to a painful stop.

"Is everyone alright?" Darius asks as I get deja vu from our previous falls.

Brooklyn groans. "Okay-ish. Are you?"

"Bumpy. Where's Bumpy? I lost her when she hit the ground. She's gotta be here somewhere. Bumpy? Bumpy!" I start to panic, hyperventilating.

"Shh!" Brooklyn hisses. "There are still dinosaurs out here including Toro and--"

"Bumpy!" I ignore her. There's no way I'm failing Ben. Not now. Not ever.

"We gotta look for her, don't we?" Sammy says. "And Ben and Y/N! They might still be--"

"How?" Yaz cuts in. "We don't even know where they are!"

"Attention. All park-goers must report to the South Ferry Dock for immediate evacuation. Last ferry departs in 60 minutes." says an automative male speaker.

"No chance we could get there in an hour! It's way too far!"

"Not if we leave right now!"

"But Bumpy, Ben, and Y/N!"

"We can't go back for them!" Brooklyn suddenly yells. "They're... gone."

Everyone goes quiet with fallen faces.

"There's just not enough time to look for..." Darius doesn't finish his sentence.

I finally give up on looking for Bumpy. It's useless, and yet it makes me feel terrible.

"We can make it to the ferry, but only if we go now," Darius says.

"Last ferry departs in 60 minutes."

"We have to go!"

"I'm sorry Ben and Y/N. And I'm sorry Bumpy." I apologize in a mutter before we take off in a run.

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"Keep going! Come on!" Darius urges us.

Then suddenly he realizes something. "The tunnels! Kenji!"

I snap out of my misery.

"Kenji! The maintenance tunnels! The one we used when we snuck into Toro's paddock. We can use that."

I open a hatch determinedly. "This will get us to the docks in half the time."

We all slide down into the tunnels, and I realize that it's bathed in a red glow. Since I know this place the most (like the back of my VIP hand), I take the lead.

"Are we sure 'Mr. VIP', knows what he's doing?" Brooklyn pants.

"Kenji took me down here before," Darius says. "Just trust him. We'll be outta here in no time."