Ch. 44 Renée

Ch. 44, Renée

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= CHECKING UP ON BUMBLE, Madison sits on the ground, tending to a new wound Bumble recently received from those velociraptors when one clawed at their left side of their front leg. Ezra had been separated from the two others.

"I don't have much, we were in need to do a quick supply run before all of this." Madison tells them, opening up her bag and searching through the contents.

She was worried. The expression written all over her face with incredible detail. Her now blood coated jacket was stuffed into the bag and they pull out some ointments and bandages.

Pressing the disinfectant spray against a bandana, she sprays it onto the fabric and then presses it against the wound, making Bumble roar loudly in agony. Snarling at the girl. "I know it hurts, I know." Madison pats the animal with her free hand.

"We just gotta disinfect it so you won't get an infection." She informs the animal in a soft and caring voice. Bumble looks up at her with baby-doe eyes. Roaring softly.

"Don't give me those eyes Bumble." Madison blankly stares patching up the creatures leg with the bandages.

Bumble stops moaning and perks his head up, the same with Madison who was sat comfortably on a rock. A few bushes across, they find the one and only Alan Grant.

Stumbling through the long thick pieces of grass till he stops and sits at the base of a tree, taking a few moments to breathe and then peer over. Satisfying himself, the man goes back and sits, finding the curious eyes of Madison and one of her two smilodons.

Smiling, Madison waves at the male who smiles softly back, waving with his own muddied hand. That's when Madison's smile disappeared with a look of concern.

Following her line of sight, Alan peers back over to be jumped by a velociraptor. Surprising the male who shoots to his own feet and stumbles backwards.

Quickly enough, the other velociraptors joins them. Talking with one another and when Madison stands. Bumble following, it takes them a moment to see a boy covered in dirt charging inwards, grabbing the woman's arm and tossing a smoke grenade at the group.

The grenade explodes and they sprint inwards, another creature joining the pack and the boy unlatches his hold on Madison's arm and Madison grabs a hold of Alan's own hand he had waved. Dragging him.

She looks over her shoulder, finding a creature with the fur coat and build of a tiger running alongside the bandaged Bumble. Two long tusks just like the cloudy leopard but with one being slightly chipped. Madison looks back to where Alan was, seeing him struggle to comprehend many things. Probs due to the smoke gas getting in his eyes back there.

The young boy, now she recalls being called Eric Kirby arrives at an abandoned truck. One Madison easily recognised from the time where she was trapped her with Malcolm instead of Alan.

How was Malcolm anyway? She had no clue, that thought had always come back to her at many times but she seemed to always shrug it off.

Opening the hatch, Eric allows Madison to help Alan inside. Booting him inside after he made many protests, Eric was next and then the two Smilodons with Madison being last.

The group gets themselves comfortable and so taking this time, Madison pulls out her flask once more. Smiling as she sees there's still half a jug left.

"Renee." Madison whispers, seeing the tiger-like sabertooth paw at Bumble. Both rubbing their heads together like close siblings. The same one lifts their head up to the girl, roaring ecstatically at the girl. She drops to her knees and presses her forehead against the creatures.

The room of the hideout was enough to crawl about and to have two animals and three humans, most of it being of stacked food along the sides.

"I missed you too bud." Madison chuckles when Renee licks her face. Pulling back so that the girl could feel the fluffy fur around its head, the creature purrs and Madison turns to Bumble. "Isn't this great bumble? Ezra will be thrilled!" She laughs.

"What's happened to Ezra?" Eric asks the girl. The boy knew about the Smilodons and the giganotosaurs when he stayed a couple nights with the girl.

"Lost him, most likely to be with Zion or your parents." Madison nods, turning around so that the two creatures could snuggle with her and she had Alan right beside her on a bean bag.

"My parents...?" Eric tilts his head confusedly, flicking his eyes to Alan who was too busy coughing messily into his hat.

"Yea they are on the island looking for you." Alan nods, coughs continue to splutter out his mouth. Madison reaching a hand up and firmly slapping his back, encouraging more coughs to be heard until they finally stopped. "Thank you Maddy."

"You are welcome old man." Madison smiles up at the brunette, seeing him peer down at her with the two Smilodons purring and curled around her.

"I suggest that's Renee then?" Alan asks, looking to the tiger animal.

"Yep, Renee, this is Alan Grant he was with me and Ian in Jurassic park." Madison introduces the two creatures, hearing the tiger grumble something with a nudge of their head and then the girl looks back to a shocked looking boy.

"Alan... Grant? I've read your books." The boy speaks, passing the man a half-empty can of food and a spoon that probably hadn't been washed but the Paleontologist seemed to not care. "I like the first one more... when you liked dinosaurs."

"Well back then, they hadn't tried to eat me." Alan grumbles, turning to the pink and purple headed girl. Offering her the spoon that had food on it.

"No I'm good." She states. Pulling out a packet of plain digestives such as before and began nibbling at them. Feeding Renee and Bumble some of it. Then she chugs down some of her drink, lips 'popping' as she pulls it away.

"When INGEN went, they left a lot of stuff behind." Eric says and watched Alan place down the food after he is finished consuming the contents and look around.

"Any weapons?" Alan inquires.

"No... and I've just used the last of the smoke grenades." The boy replies, looking quite defeated as he snacks on a candy bar Madison tosses him.

"Well I appreciate that, I really do kid." Alan says, coughing.

"Has Renee been okay, Eric?" Madison speaks up to the boy who turns to her.

"She has, she's been protecting me against the Chompy's." Eric nods with a smile, taking a bite out of his chocolate bar while Renee roars in response. Bumble mewls and paws at Madison for some more food.

"What happened to Bumble?" Eric asks, noticing the bandages.

"The velociraptors, I made her and Ezra run out before us but she must've gotten caught." Madison responds, concern written in her tone as she goes and pets the creatures fur.

"Be careful with that, T-Rex, scares some of the smaller ones but attracts one big one." Eric tells Alan who goes and picks up a glass jar closed with some strange liquid inside.

"T-Rex pee?" Alan looks incredulously at the boy, looking over to Madison who seemed to be pretty content with the information.

It was an awkward silence to behold, Madison had to cover her mouth as both Alan stares at the boy awaiting for an answer, Eric on the other hand looks everywhere else but the man.

"Where- where did you get it?" The Paleontologist asks.

"You do not want to know." Eric responds, chuckling awkwardly. The silence was once more welcomed till the young boy pulls out a snack bar. "Dessert?"

Nodding, Alan catches the food and gestures a piece to Madison in which she takes. "So you won't eat proper food but have dessert instead?"

"I ain't eating what ever was in that can." Madison laughs.

"How have you survived then? Off snacks?" Alan hums.

"Nah, me and my group hunt for food, I've tried carnotaurus meat. Just like beef." Madison responds, smirking as Bumble roars from beside her. Renee snoring.

"I'm not even going to question that." Grumbles Alan. Rubbing his forehead. "Eric, I'm astonished you've managed to last eight weeks alone."

"Eight weeks? Only felt like a day or two." Eric remarks.

"You were with me for two weeks Eric, I taught him the ways of being the predator, not the prey." Madison cackles, reaching a hand up and boops the palaeontologists nose. Laughing straight after.

"Are you drunk?" Alan takes the flask from her hands that she has been mainly drinking for now.

Eric sighs loudly while Alan sniffs it and looks to the girl in confusion. "Have you been drinking this, the entire time?"

"Madison usually drinks at this time, she is light but knows when to not get too drunk." Eric tells Alan, the Paleontologist looking off to the kid who shrugs. "Been doing it for weeks, don't worry, in the morning she'll be fine. Fast metabolism with mutants."

"I'm dead." Madison retorts. Scratching the side of her nose as she yawns. Reaching out, the girl takes the flask and turns so that she was laying beside the two Smilodons.

"The Madison I met at Jurassic park never liked drinking." Alan says to Eric who shrugs. He knew the reason.

"Before she first came to this island, the girl told me stories of people like us watching her like she was a monster." Eric explains, looking off to the now lightly snoring girl.

"She told you this?" Alan asks, peering down to the girl before he sighs. Placing a hand over his head with a groan.

"Mhm, spills quite much when she's drunk." Eric nods with a smile. They turn when they see Bumble move and trudge over to the younger boy, dropping to the floor comfortably. Smiling, Eric lays down with his head on the animals chest.

"Good night Alan." Eric tells the male, snuggling close to Bumble who roars softly, leaving Alan in his own thoughts.

He tries to sleep on the bean bag but struggles either way. Turning, Alan is met with the face of the pink and purple headed girl.

She was staring up at the male. Smiling messily at him as she opens her arms. "Hug, you can sleep right here." Madison tells him, watching the Paleontologist roll his eyes with a small smile. He moves about and cautiously lies down.

"Hey... Renee." He greets the tiger who mewls and looks away. Alan then rests his head comfortably on the tiger while Madison smiles and wraps her arms around the male.

"Hey Madison." The man calls to the girl.

"Hm?" Madison looks up, resting her chin on the males side with a confused look.

"You know you can tell me anything, right?" Alan informs her which makes the girl laugh. He was watching her comfortably wiggle her head about.

"I know." Madison whispers, moving to drink some more until Alan takes it. Screwing the top closed.

"I'm taking that, and I promise I'm getting you off this island." He says, stuffing the flask into his own bag. Turning to the tired Madison. Sighing, Alan takes the girls chin in his fingers. "Look. When we go home, you can have as much alcohol as you like."

"That sounds nice." Madison chortles. Pulling her head from his hand and lean her head against his chest. Feeling Alan wrap his own arms around her.

"Night, night Alan." Madison whispers.

"Night, night Maddy."

END OF CHAPTER FOURTY-FOUR