When they arrived at the Visitor's Centre Harry found himself sent off to join Tim and Lex. Considering the pair were eating ice-cream, he wasn't pleased.

He had essentially been marginalised.

Leaving the siblings to their food, Harry searched the cafeteria for anything that would help him learn about the park. Like how far away the dock was.

He easily found a display of pamphlets and a visitor's map. There weren't many details and no sense of scale, but based on what Ian and Alan had said about the distance between where they had met and the Visitor's Centre, he figured the dock was about ten miles away.

On the other side of all the dinosaurs.

This place was a nightmare. He wondered if regular safari parks put the lions and dangerous animals between the living quarters and exit.

There was an airstrip to the west though. Still several miles away, but no meat eaters between them.

Harry decided it was time to confront the adults and see if there was a plane still there. Even if there wasn't, there might be power. There would certainly be several miles of land between them and the T-Rex.

He headed over to the table where Lex and Tim were eating.

"Come on, I think I've found a way out of-" Harry stopped as he noticed the siblings staring, petrified at a wall painted with dinosaurs.

And the moving shadow of one.

"Up, now." Harry whispered quietly as he manhandled Tim out of his chair. The boy never took his eyes off the creeping shadow, but he definitely started to move.

Lex was still frozen so Harry had to lift her out of the chair and practically drag her.

The dinosaur was at the exit to the cafeteria so they had to make for the kitchen. He shut the door behind them only to discover there was no manual lock.

He quickly looked around the room and picked up two large knives which he handed to Lex and Tim.

"Look, if they get close to you, stab them in the neck."

"I- I- I can't!" Lex stammered.

"Then they will eat you. And you will be alive to feel it." Harry responded calmly. "Don't lose the knives, not until we find you some better weapons."

He moved off and began opening cupboards. The whole place was made of stainless steel metal, most of the cupboards were also empty.

"Over here!" He hissed. The two came running up.

"Get in, I will lock the doors."

"Can't we run?" Tim asked nervously, but still more composed than his sister.

"We have run, Tim. And this is as far as we can go." Harry calmly answered as he gently but firmly pushed the boy into the cupboard.

Lex followed but stopped him as he tried to close the door. "What about you?"

"These things are smaller than the T-Rex, hopefully I can stop them." Lex clearly didn't believe that was possible. Harry chuckled darkly. "Lex, these are dinosaurs, not dragons. Dragons breathe fire and fly. I've faced a dragon."

He was about to close the door when Tim stopped him.

"Wait!"

Harry was getting a little frustrated. Why couldn't they be as calm and controlled as Hermione? "What?"

"There is a dinosaur, it spits venom. The tour said it caused blindness and paralysis."

Harry rubbed the ball of his hand into his eye socket. "Bloody hell. Thanks Tim. I'll be careful."

Harry quickly shut the door before they could stop him.

He looked around and found another knife and a wooden mallet. He transfigured the mallet into a sheath for the knife that he strapped to his left forearm, handle down.

That's when he noticed the eager eyes staring at him through the small window in the door.

Harry knew that there were two common actions when faced with a predator: run and hide.

But Harry had also been denied those actions. He had been shoved in an arena to face a dragon. Trapped underground to die to a basilisk. Lost in a forest whilst werewolves hunted him and dementors tried to feast on him.

So, based on that, Harry hurtled himself towards the door, slamming his shoulder into it.

The dinosaur on the other side was clearly startled and screeched in shock as it skidded away on the smooth floors.

Harry allowed himself a small smirk of satisfaction. Round one to him.

Ok, now what? He was sure he could keep the beasts out, but then what? When Alan and Ian came for them they would be attacked.

He needed to either get rid of the dinosaurs or get Lex and Tim to the adults. Especially Lex. She was not cut out for this sort of thing.

Harry wanted to scream in frustration as two more of the same dinosaur arrived. All three were about six-foot tall, bipedal, long tails, sharp fingered arms and a nasty looking sickle like claw on each foot.

What really worried Harry was the way they seemed to communicate. One was also a clear leader.

Harry moved back to the cupboards and opened them. "We need to leave." He said as he helped Tim out.

"Have they gone?" Lex asked shakily.

"No. Two more are here. We need to get to the adults. I want you to go through the cupboards and find more knives. Forks as well.

"Also... get a couple of large pots you can use as helmets." He added with a shrug.

Lex gasped as they all heard the handle of the door start to turn.

Harry immediately spun around and fired a banisher at the door, slamming it on the claw that had slipped in. He ran up and pulled the handle up, casting a sticking charm to hopefully hold it.

"Hurry up." Harry ordered. "And bend the forks and knives to ninety degree angles."

"H-How?" Lex asked as she held up large knife.

"Like this." Tim said helpfully as he opened a draw, stuck the knife half-way in, closed it and then bent it.

"I'm going to be making a bit of noise." Harry warned them. He then turned his wand on the small window in the door and blew it out with a reducto.

Then he started firing curses at the dinosaurs. They were nimble though and fled when Harry managed to catch one with a jelly-legs curse.

"Tim, what are these ones called?"

"V-Velociraptors or raptors. Mister Muldoon said they were the most dangerous. Doctor Grant wrote about them, he says they probably hunt in packs."

Harry nodded. They certainly worked together.

Five minutes later and the two non-magicals had a large, seventy-five centimetre pot filled with bent knives and forks.

"Great. Lex, watch the door. If the raptors come back, back up and let me know."

Lex steeled herself and nodded.

"Tim, look for oven gloves." Harry ordered as he moved over to one of the cupboards and opened it.

He needed to get the doors off. He recognised the bulk standard kitchen door hinges from his aunt's kitchen. He thought that a professional kitchen might have something different... but now wasn't the time to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tim quickly returned with two pairs of oven gloves one of which Harry instructed he give to Lex.

Harry, meanwhile, had found a rack of long handled kitchen utensils, like ladles and spatulas. A little bit of bending and a sticking charm or two and there were two arm handles on two doors.

He checked with Lex and Tim and after discovering they were both righties, he took their left gloves and stuck them on the inside of the handles.

"Right, two shields." He declared as he carried them over. He helped Tim put his arm through the oven glove.

"Wicked." The boy giggled.

"Will these really work?" Lex asked with clear doubts.

"If you get separated and cornered, then no." Harry shrugged. "It might give you a chance to escape, but these raptors seem pretty smart.

"But, if we stick together, then it will help keep them off you whilst the rest of us get stabby." He grinned.

"This is so cool." Tim clearly loved his new shield.

Harry took their knives and created a makeshift holster that they could keep on their belts. He needed their fighting hands free for the moment.

"Do you know the way to this control centre?" Harry asked them.

Tim shook his head, but Lex nodded.

"Right, here is how we are going to do this. I will lead the way. You two carry the pot of knives and forks. If the raptors start to stalk us then we can tip the pot at a corner. Hopefully it will buy us some time as they cut themselves up."

"Where's your shield?" Lex asked.

Harry held up his wand. "I'll be attacking as we go. If I see them, I'll hit them with spells. I got one already, so there should only be two more."

"You killed it?" Tim asked in amazement.

"I... sort of hobbled it."

The journey was terrifying. They were clearly being stalked by these raptors. Fortunately, the nature of the building meant that they couldn't try and get around the three young meals. Especially as Harry would send a flame spell their way if he caught a glimpse.

As they reached the corridor to the Control Room, Harry instructed his companions to start tipping out the cutlery.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Ellie Sattler demanded as she exited the room.

"Avoiding being eaten." Harry snapped. "Three of your 'raptors' are in the building."

The blonde-haired woman paled. "Get in, quick." She ordered.

Lex and Tim looked to Harry who just nodded. As they passed him he moved to the now discarded pot and continued spreading his makeshift caltrops.

"What are you doing?" Sattler demanded.

"Trying to put the odds in our favour." Harry said tersely.

"Ellie?" Ian poked his head out the door. "What's the hold up?"

"This kid thinks cutlery will stop a full grown raptor." She said irritably.

Ian exited the room and joined Harry. "Huh... Harry, do you think you could break some of those windows?" He pointed to the nearby offices and labs.

"Probably... but won't they just shatter?"

"Why are you wasting our time on this?" Sattler was getting frustrated.

"Because Harry is the only one of us to go toe-to-toe with the rex. According to Tim, he already dealt with one of the raptors."

"Only temporary." Harry said as he finished scattering the cutlery. "I haven't managed to hit one of them properly yet." He moved over to examine the windows Ian had mentioned. "Ian, could the raptors break through the glass easily?"

"That is highly strengthened stuff. Hammond didn't prepare for betrayal, but he did prepare for raptors on the loose."

"Maybe we should leave the glass? If they manage to break into one room then we can use it as a place to run to."

Ian nodded. "Let's get in the control room. The power is back but nothing works."

"Harry! Can you make more of these?" Alan asked eagerly as he held up Tim's shield.

"If you can find the right materials, sure. Those are just kitchen doors." Harry shrugged. "Where's Mister Muldoon?"

"He didn't make it." Alan said gravely. "The raptors got him."

Outside the room the sound of a raptor call was heard.

"I think they are regrouping." Harry frowned. "I've heard that noise before."

"That's bad." Ian said as he stood and examined the door. "We need to find a way to lock these doors."

"I can't make heads or tails of the computer system. It's not Windows or DOS." Ellie said frustratedly.

"It's Unix." Lex piped up as she sat at one of the computers.

"You recognise this?" Ian asked as he moved from the door to behind Lex.

"Sure, look, this is the root. These are all directories." She said as the screen showed a 3D visualisation of the system.

"Yeah, I see it." He nodded. "But why is it all open? What happened to the passwords?"

"It's part of the fail safes." Hammond spoke up. "If the power is turned off then the system reboots in start-up mode."

"That's dumb." Lex scoffed.

"I would remind you, my Dear, that turning off the power means the dinosaurs get lose." Hammond gave her a small smile.

That made Lex shudder.

"Can you find the programs that control building security?" Ian gently prodded the young computer enthusiast.

"Harry?"

He looked down to see Tim staring at the ceiling. "Yeah?"

"Do you think those walls go up past the ceiling?"

Harry was confused. "I don't understand. You can see the walls connected to the ceiling."

"Those are false ceilings. I used to hide in the ones at my Dad's work."

"False ceilings?"

Tim was a bit frustrated at not being able to explain it. Everyone else was focused on Lex and her cyberspace adventures. "Stand on the desk and push one of the squares up."

Harry was still not sure what was going on, but he did as Tim said.

And swore.

"Bloody hell!"

That got Alan's attention. "What's wrong?" He asked as he approached.

"There's like... three foot of space up there!" Harry gestured to the ceiling. "Tim's right, we need to check and make sure the walls go all the way up."

"The specifications were quite clear." Hammond said as he joined them. "There were to be no holes or breaks in the walls."

"And the power wasn't supposed to be turned off." Alan retorted with sarcasm. "You've clearly never dealt with contractors before, John. They cut any and every corner they can.

"Ian, we need to check the ceiling!"

The dark dressed man glanced at the ceiling and paled before he jogged over. "Harry cup your hands." He instructed as he did the same by the door.

Harry complied and Alan was soon seemingly headless as he inspected the walls beyond the drop ceiling.

"It's ok. The only opening is a vent. I doubt the dilophosaur could fit."

There was a low, slow rumbling and Harry and Ian turned their heads to the door window.

Lex screamed.

Harry, Ian and Alan went flying as one of the raptors harshly head butted the door.

The three males were dazed and Alan's head was bleeding, but they all heard the loud bang of the shotgun.

The raptor went flying back out the door as John Hammond stumbled under the recoil.

"Ellie, if you know how to use this, please do." John said shakily as he kept his gun trained on the door.

Ellie took the gun and began firing. The raptor fled, bleeding and injured as she fired the five remaining shells.

Harry stumbled to the door and shoved it closed. "Lex, lock it!"

John had moved back to his granddaughter. "Focus Alexis." He encouraged firmly.

He then started to help her by pointing out the right places to look as he was familiar with the layout of the park.

Ian was checking on Alan as Ellie reloaded the gun.

"We need a first aid kit." Ian announced.

Blood was freely flowing down Alan's back from a slice at the back of his skull when he had been scraped on the metal ceiling braces.

"Ian, switch with me." Harry called out.

They quickly switched and Harry cast an episkey on the wound, sealing it up.

Harry moved back to the door with Ian. "I just sealed the cut, I don't know if you have a concussion or anything." He told the fairly surprised man.

Alan eventually chuckled as he stood. "I feel great. Just a little wet." He said as he indicated he blood drenched back.

"Found it!"

There was a loud click as Lex activated the door locks.

Ian and Harry relaxed as Ellie moved to check on Alan.

"Lex, try and find the camera controls." Ian instructed. "When you do, have Tim identify any animals in the compound."

"How did he do this?" Ellie asked in wonder as she examined Alan's healed head.

"Magic, apparently." Alan smirked.

"Magic?" She said with clear scepticism.

Alan placed his hands on her cheeks affectionately. "Ellie, we're standing on an island filled with scientific miracles."

"I found the cameras!" Lex called out.

"Gentlemen, you can use the security console over there to view the feeds." Hammond indicated an array of monitors across the room. "I will attempt to contact the mainland and call for help."

Harry moved to Lex and Tim, where Lex was still browsing the system. "Is there a way to control any of this on the go? Could you open and close doors as we went?"

Lex's fingers began flying over the keyboard as she performed searches for anything related to 'remote', 'wireless' or 'automated'.

"What is it you are planning, young man?" John asked curiously.

This was the first interaction Harry had had with the short, elderly man. Give him a red suit and he'd be set for Christmas.

"If we can open doors as we go and then close them, we can put some real distance between us and the raptors. Maybe we could even trap them permanently."

"As far as I am aware, there aren't any remote features of that type. The last thing we would want is someone like Nedry with it. He caused enough chaos as it is."

"Looks like Nedry might have got his just desserts." Ian called over. "We've found an abandoned jeep in the dilo areas. A lot of blood too."

"Anything on the T-Rex?" Harry asked.

"We can't find the adult, but Rexy is frolicking at the lagoon." Ian was clearly amused by what he had seen.

"Rexy? There are two Rexes?" Harry asked with wide eyes.

"And thirty odd raptors free in the park." Alan said as he turned to join Harry. "The three we've faced were held in a small pen nearby."

"I can't fight thirty of those things!" Harry was now really worried. "I have no idea how to stop the adult Rex."

"Relax, the other raptors are nowhere near here. They are also nocturnal. The three in the pen are only hunting us because they are familiar with us."

"Like... revenge?"

"Maybe. There is a lot wrong with the genetically engineered dinosaurs. They aren't pure. The scientists patched them together with other animal DNA.

"Because of this, we can't accurately predict how they will behave."

"It's daylight outside. So if we can evade the raptors, we can get to the helipad." Harry suggested.

"There are no helicopters." Ian piped up. "They all left the island so they wouldn't be damaged by the storm."

"We also need to find the raptor nests in the park. We need to know how many there are. Apparently the dinosaurs have been escaping the island and attacking babies on the coast." Alan added.

"So we get off the island and you can get the right equipment to do it safely... like a tank." Harry argued.

"He's not wrong."

"You will not be killing all those dinosaurs!" Hammond said angrily as he marched over to Ian and glared up at him.

Ian ignored him. "There is no point going off on a foolish investigation only for you to die and not warn the mainland about the danger.

"There are plenty of non-lethal tools you could use, like gases, tazers, bean-bag rounds." He indicated the shotgun on the table.

"Plus we really need to get Lex and Tim off the island." Harry added. "Me too. I'm only fourteen you know."

"You're my age?" Lex asked aghast.

"Seriously?" Alan asked with wide eyes. "We knew you were young, but we thought you were at least sixteen."

Harry was very uncomfortable with how everyone was looking at him.

"You are so cool!" Tim whispered.

Ellie felt a bit guilty for being short with him earlier. Fourteen years old and he had devised traps and defences.

"Look, you said they were nocturnal. Even the ones from the pen?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, we saw them being fed, they stayed hidden in the bushes." Ian nodded.

"So they won't like bright lights? What if Lex can turn the lights up to blind them?"

The girl immediately began searching the system.

"It could work." Ellie offered. "To be honest, I think our best bet is to make more shields and carefully back our way out of the compound.

"If we can find more shotguns then we can hold them off until we get to a jeep."

"Are there anymore options for getting off this island?" Alan asked John.

"There will probably be a small boat in one of the enclosed docks. Maybe a plane hangered at the airstrip."

"What sort of plane?"

"Can any of us fly one?" Ian asked the better question.

"Can any of us drive a boat?" Harry added.

"I can handle a boat." John said firmly. "Well, I can instruct you." He amended as he tightened his grip on his cane.

The sound of clinking cutlery was heard outside.

"Muldoon said the raptors were systematic." Alan said gravely. "If we are going to move, we need to do it soon, before they decide to set an ambush."

"Harry... I can turn the lights on and off, but that's it. I still can't find a way to grant access to a remote terminal." Lex spoke up.

"What about the Jeeps?" Ellie asked. "Can you give control of the cameras to the jeeps, like Doctor Harding had in his?"

Lex quickly began typing away. "There is something here, but it looks like it needs someone at the jeep whilst I work here. But once the jeep is connected I don't need to stay."

"Alright, I know computers." Ian was clearly steeling himself. "I'll go to the Jeeps and see if I can start it up and connect it. Do we have radios?"

"Over here." Ellie gestured.

"I'll go with Ian." Harry sighed.

"Absolutely not!" John objected. "I will not have children in danger further!"

"Ian can't take on a raptor." Harry shrugged. "I can make them think twice."

"As much as I don't like the idea of Harry risking himself at my expense, if I fail, you will all be trapped here. Including Harry." Ian said as he walked up with a walkie-talkie headset on. "Besides, I've never used a gun before."

John couldn't argue with that.

"Tim, mind if I borrow your shield?" The Chaos Mathematician asked.

"Erm... can you try and bring back another one?"

"After seeing what Harry has done? I think I can cobble a suit of armour together." Ian chuckled as he donned the light metal door.

"Lex, keep an eye on us as we go." Harry said as he put a hand on the door. "We might need you to open and close things on demand."

"Wait!" Alan piped up. "What sort of fire suppression is in place?"

"An advanced Halon system." John frowned. Then he chuckled. "Halon is quite safe. It is not toxic and will affect neither you nor the raptors."

"But is the gas see-through or can it act as a smoke screen?" Alan pressed.

"I appreciate the thought, Grant, but I think I'd prefer to see death so I can run from it and not into it." Ian shuddered.

"But if we exit a room, lock it and then flood it..."

"Sure, just wait till we are out."

Two feet out the door.

Two feet and Harry went smashing through the glass opposite into the sterile white room.

He barely heard the shouts and screams as he tried to regain his bearings.

As he stood he saw the horrifying sight of the largest of the velociraptors standing in the window and staring at him. He could just make out Ian trying to defend himself from a second raptor whilst the third was watching the door to the control room.

Harry grabbed his wand which was right next to him, lying amongst the glass of broken test tubes and chemicals, most of which he was drenched in, and fired off the most effective spell he had used on this island.

"Bombarda Maxima!"

There was an explosion of red and a screech of agony.

And then silence... other than the pitiful moans from the dinosaur missing its right arm and a good portion of its midsection as it lay out in the corridor.

Harry calmly stood and adjusted his top. He then glared at the clearly stunned and frightened remaining raptors.

He locked eyes with the raptor at the door and pointed back down the hallway sharply.

The raptor immediately began hobbling away, still hampered by the curse Harry had hit it with earlier.

Harry strode over to the broken window and climbed through. He carefully avoided the weakly moving raptor and looked straight at the last one. Harry was between it and the way he had sent the other raptor.

It was clearly trying to keep an eye on Harry whilst not turning its back to Ian. Ian had a large gash down the shield but seemed otherwise unharmed.

Harry knocked on the door to the control room. He heard the lock disengage so he opened the door stepped into the threshold and then turned to look at the raptor.

Once again he pointed down the hall way.

The raptor slowly moved to the opposite side of the narrow hallway, its head low and its movements cautious. It moved.

Harry stood there, staring it in the eyes.

As it made it passed the fallen raptor Harry grunted. The raptor tensed.

Harry pointed to the raptor, then to the fallen raptor and then back down the corridor.

The raptor's eyes widened in confusion, but still an understanding.

Harry made a long low noise in the back of his throat. A growl.

The raptor turned and grabbed the fallen raptor, grabbing its neck with its mouth and began dragging the moaning and occasionally shrieking in pain, raptor.

Neither wizard nor dinosaur broke eye contact until the raptor was around the corner.

Harry counted to ten, slowly.

And then he fell to the ground, his face a picture of agony.

Alan was immediately on him as Ellie stood guard with the shotgun. John had his grandchildren in a corner with the last shield.

Ian carefully moved forward, holding the shield with both hands.

"Harry?" Alan queried.

"My hip. I think I badly damaged it." Harry groaned.

"With the force those things use, I wouldn't be surprised if he broke his bones." Ian said, his breath laboured. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but those bastards broke my arm. I can't even help Harry walk."

"Show me your arm." Harry hissed through the pain.

Ian slowly extracted his arm from the oven glove. It clearly wasn't in one piece. "Harry, if it's a choice between my arm and your hip, fix your hip.

"You need to be mobile and you are our most versatile member."

"He's right, Harry." Alan said firmly. "Ellie and I can splint Ian's arm, but we can't do anything about a hip."

Harry tried to cast the only healing spell he knew, but he failed when the shift in his body hurt too much.

Ellie brought the medical kit over. "Harry, this is morphine. Have you ever had it before?"

Harry shook his head.

"It will block the pain, an injection like this is nearly instantaneous."

Harry just nodded.

It was a painful experience as Alan had to hold Harry down so he didn't jerk from the pain. But fortunately the morphine quickly got to work and Harry was able to cast the spell on his hip.

"I think I got it." He breathed in relief.

He then cast the spell on Ian.

Who screamed in agony. "Fuck me!" He groaned as he cradled his arm. "Next time give me an injection before he does that."

"Sorry." Harry said contritely. "I forgot that the spell only fixes things, it doesn't numb them."

"I broke my arm as a child." Ian grumbled as he tested his healed arm, which was still aching a bit. "I am so glad they knocked me out when they set it."

Ellie took a few minutes to check both Harry and Ian. Ian's arm seemed perfect, but she was really just guessing when it came to Harry's hip.

"Ok, it's about 9am now. We'll take the rest of the morphine with us and if the pain returns I can give you another shot in four hours."

"Yeah, but Harry, if you can handle the pain, do so. Morphine can be addictive." Grant grimaced from personal experience.

"We should all leave now." Harry declared. "The raptors will either eat the dying one or start to fight for who is going to be in charge."

"But what about syncing up the jeep and cameras?" Lex asked.

"It should be safer to do now." Ian agreed as he fitted the shield back on.

"Alright, but I want us to move as fast as we can."

Harry didn't really want to spend more time in the compound. He wanted to get to the docks, find a boat and get the hell off the island.

But even he could see the benefit of the ability to see all over the island. It would be like having the Marauder's Map.

It only took a few minutes for Ian and Harry to reach the garage. Ian immediately began working on the jeep's onboard computer.

Harry was looking around to see if there was anything useful. Aside from the locked case of weapons, he saw a few canisters of petrol. Fire had worked on the T-Rex before so it might work again.

"Harry, the jeeps are ready." Ian called out.

Harry returned with two petrol cans. "In case we run into more dinosaurs."

Ian nodded. "We'll take a few minutes to search the garage when we come back. We can stockpile on flare guns as well."

They made it back to the Control Room in minutes. Ian suggested trying to use the metal cabinet doors in the adjacent lab as shields for the rest of them.

After a few suggestions, everyone but Ellie, John and Harry had a shield. Ellie had a door strapped to her back, but her hands were free as she was proficient with the shotgun. John simply couldn't handle the shield with his limp.

Harry didn't want the shield as he didn't want his movement limited. His Tri-Wizard uniform was quite sturdy. He couldn't wait to burn it. It stank.

They started their journey back to the garage. Harry in front and Ellie at the back.

Again, it was an uneventful trip.

Ian, Ellie and Alan plundered the underground garage for anything useful whilst Lex and Tim used the jeep computers to survey the route to the docks.

"Doctor Grant!"

Tim's slightly panicked call was punctuated by a familiar and terrifying roar before the retractable floor leading to the surface dented.

"Oh come on!" Harry whined.

"Is that the big one, Tim?" Alan asked as he hurried over.

Tim was nodding violently, clearly scared.

There was another violent bang.

"She must have tracked us here." Ian theorised. "Anything here we can use to take it down?"

"Preferably something that doesn't involve you facing it head on." Ellie glared when Harry raised his wand.

"Look, that thing will struggle to get through the opening." Harry argued. "We just need to open the doors and let it try to come in. Then... I give it the old bombarda maxima.

"Probably a couple."

There was another loud roar.

"And if that doesn't slow it down?" Alan asked.

"We put the petrol cans at the entrance." Ian said as he had a brainwave. "Wait for it to come in and then detonate them."

"What if we rigged one of the jeeps to drive at it?" Alan added.

"Oh! I can access the tour jeeps now!" Lex piped up excitedly. "I could use it as a decoy."

"Are there any jeeps left?" Ian asked as he moved over to look at the screen.

"Oh... no. I think the Rex must have destroyed them after we went into the tunnels." She said disappointedly.

"It was a great idea." Ian patted her shoulder reassuringly.

There was a horrible sound of tearing metal and the exit to the surface was ripped away.

"Times up." Harry said as he ran at the opening. As soon as he saw the beginning of the snout he fired off his spell. Blood flew everywhere as the Rex reared back, howling in agony.

Harry moved forward, but had to slow down as the bright light of the morning sun blinded him.

The T-Rex was a horrifying sight at night.

But now, in the light of day... the dragon looked tame.

It didn't help that its right nostril was blown open and Harry could see the bone of its upper jaw.

Oh, and it was pissed, with him.

Harry fired another blasting spell, but he could instantly see it would be too close to call. He had widened the wound and blown out several teeth, but the rex was still focused on him.

He needed to stop it. Kill would be better, but stopping it from reaching him would do.

He focused on its right leg and fired a quick succession of blasting hexes before he sent one at the left leg.

Harry backed up as his plan worked and the tyrannosaurus rex flopped on its side.

It was roaring with pain and anger, but it had no ability to move around.

He heard the sound of an engine behind him and the two jeeps rolled up.

"Get in Harry. We are leaving." Alan ordered from the rear jeep he was driving with Ian as his passenger. Ellie was driving the first jeep with John and the kids.

"Alan."

Harry turned at Ellie's worried voice. Several meters away were the two raptors. They were skulking, holding themselves low to the ground, but casting curious looks between the humans and the rex.

"Wait here." Harry instructed firmly.

He ignored the hissed instructions to get back.

Harry stood no more than ten metres from the raptors. He had their full attention. He raised his wand, pointing up and raptors became agitated and backed off a step.

Harry raised his left hand, a stop motion. He then slowly pointed his wand at the one he had hexed and muttered the finite.

The raptor stumbled to the ground as the other one moved to position itself between the downed raptor and Harry. But the downed raptor barked once then got to its feet. They were clearly talking to each other.

Harry just stood there. Silent. Unmoving.

But then he was suddenly under scrutiny again. He slowly pointed his wand at them and then swept it towards the dying rex, his eyes never leaving theirs. He then gave a sweeping gesture with his head. He stayed that way.

The two raptors communicated again. Then the one he hadn't jinxed, who had small wounds from John and Ellie's shotgun blasts, started to slink towards the rex. The other one was clearly reluctant but followed, both keeping their heads low to the ground. Their eyes fixed on Harry.

Harry lowered his wand and gave an exaggerated nod before he turned his back on them and walked to the jeeps. "Lets go slowly. Do not look at them." Harry instructed.

At this point, none of them were going to disagree with the teen.

Ellie put the four-wheeler in drive and slowly pulled out of the underground garage, Alan following suit.

Harry sat on the back of the rear seats, wand out but holding the roll-bar for stability. As they passed, he gave the raptors one last nod.

As they moved out of sight he could hear the increased roars of pain and anger from the rex as they began to feast.

They were heading out to the airstrip. Granted, none of them could fly, but it was on the coast so there might be a boat. If worse came to worst, they'd skirt the outside of the island to reach the docks on the east coast. It was a relatively easy drive along the man-made road. It was one of the first things built to facilitate the transportation of goods and people to and from the airstrip.

But it would still take them an hour or more as they had to deal with fallen trees from the storm.

"Harry, how did you know how to handle the raptors?" Alan asked as he took a break from driving and Ian took over.

"We have a class at school called 'Care of Magical Creatures'. Last year we had to deal with hippogriffs. This year there were blast-ended skrewts."

"Blast-en-"

"Trust me, they are abominations made by a man like John who loves animals but doesn't have the money or intelligence to know better."

Alan was a little worried about how subdued Harry was becoming. He had been alert for most of the drive, always on the look out for danger.

They were getting closer to escaping the island, so why wasn't he happier, like Lex and Tim.

"We'll be off the island soon." Alan commented. "Back to civilisation. Hot water, television... John is insisting on paying for our medical bills and a proper vacation."

"They'll find me. Then they'll send me back. It's... inevitable." Harry said with defeat.

"Who? Send you back where?"

"The other magicals. They'll send me back to my relatives."

Alan did not like the way Harry said that.

"And then, next year it will be back to school. Another year where someone will try and kill me and everyone will hate me.

"I wonder what happened to Cedric?"

Alan turned so he was looking at Harry properly. "Give me details, Harry. I am not good with kids, but you certainly don't act like Tim and Lex. Who is trying to kill you?"

Harry spent the next ten minutes giving a brief run down of the last four years of his life. It was enough to give the two scientists an insight into the previous eleven.

"Political asylum?" Ian eventually spoke into the uncomfortable silence that followed Harry's story.

"You'd have to ask Ellie... but I'm sure I heard several Human Rights violations in there." Alan muttered.

"I'll push for it." Ian said firmly. "I've got a kid, she lives with her mom for the most part, but Harry can come and live with me for now."

"You've got a kid?" Alan clearly couldn't comprehend that concept.

"Alan, we've been getting along pretty well so far... let's not change that, 'kay?"

Harry couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him. But then he grew serious. "It's a nice offer, but I doubt they'll just let me leave.

"Dumbledore keeps saying I need to go back to the Dursleys. Never says why though, just that it is safe."

"Harry, you just took down one of the most dangerous predators known to man and clearly gained the respect of two others. Safe is pretty much in a ten-foot radius around wherever you stand." Ian responded dryly. "Shit!"

Ian slammed the brakes on as Ellie came to an abrupt stop. Harry grunted as he slammed his head on the roll-bar.

"Dammit Ellie!" Alan muttered as he jumped out to see what the issue was.

"Ian, I need a mirror."

Ian turned around and was horrified to see blood streaming down Harry's forehead.

"What happened?" Ian asked as he hopped out and guided Harry around the jeep and into the front passenger seat so he could use the rear-view mirror.

"Smashed my head on the bar."

Harry quickly healed the cut, but he was now a complete mess. Covered in blood and dirt.

They were surprised when Alan returned, manhandling a very dishevelled, but otherwise unharmed, Donald Gennaro. Alan shoved him in the back before sitting next to him, leaving Harry in the front.

"This idiot literally jumped out in front of Ellie." Alan growled. "Scared the kids to death. He started demanding she give him the keys and that they use this jeep."

"You are one hell of a coward, Gennaro." Ian scowled in the rear-view mirror.

"I was just trying to survive!" Gennaro scowled.

"And that involves abandoning children in a dangerous area?" Alan asked.

"The mainland needs to be warned. I could travel much faster alone."

"And we can travel much faster without you." Ian retorted.

"And what are you going to do when you reach the airstrip? Can any of you fly a plane?" Gennaro challenged.

"Can you?" Harry asked curiously.

"If I have to."

"At least we know how to get Tim and Lex off the island." Harry commented.

"Are you kidding?" Ian demanded. "I wouldn't leave the kids alone with that bastard if he could tame the damned rex! He'd toss them out the plane over the ocean."

"I was thinking that maybe you, Alan or Ellie could go with them. You know... with a shotgun?" Harry smirked.

"If there aren't enough seats then you will be going with them." Alan said firmly. "You can keep Gennaro in line and the kids safe."

"I'd be better off here with you. I have more uses. There are other issues that might occur as well." Harry said somewhat cryptically. Both Ian and Alan knew the teen was worried about magicals taking him back to England.

There was a plane.

There was also someone going to be fired for not locking the hanger doors.

The storm had managed to rip the hanger off the ground and send the plane tumbling down the small airstrip.

"We're trapped." Lex said with despair.

"We can still go for the docks." Ellie assured her.

"But all the dinosaurs are there!"

"John, did you get through to the mainland?" Alan asked the billionaire.

"Yes, but everything was garbled. I am not sure if they got the message. I'm not even sure who I was talking to." John sighed.

"Are there any buildings around?" Harry asked. "Should have asked before, but any tunnel access?"

John shook his head. "Air traffic control was performed from the Control Room. The tunnels only run under the actual park."

Harry pulled out his visitor's map.

Ian laughed and pulled him to the back of one of the jeeps. "Here, try this one." He pulled up a detailed map of the park.

"Here!" Harry said instantly. "This 'North Dock', its outside the fences."

Ian began typing on the compact keyboard and a camera feed appeared. "Enclosed docks, an office, power... if nothing else we could find emergency radios."

"And how do you expect us to get there?" Gennaro demanded. "It's miles away."

"Drive."

"Drive dumbass."

"Drive asshole."

"Gennaro powered jeep."

Everyone turned to look at the palaeontologist. Alan was not the type to make jokes and be sarcastic.

He certainly didn't look like he was making a joke, despite Ellie's clear amusement.

"Alan, it would take far too long." Ian shrugged.

"Should we pillage the plane first?" Harry asked, enjoying see someone else be the centre of hate for once.

"Ellie, let's take a look." Ian nodded.

"Harry, if this asshole even looks at any of you funny... repeat what you did on the raptor." Ellie glared at the weedy man.

Gennaro was clearly outraged, but he kept quiet when he saw Alan holding a large machete, menacingly.

"I don't know guns, I do know knives." Alan stated calmly. "John, take the kids and check the jeeps. Harry, you keep watch on them."

Harry stood as Tim and Lex sat on the hard runway of the airstrip. John was moving around the jeeps and inspecting them with the eye of a seasoned explorer. He turned them on and listened to the engine, checked the dashboards.

"Where does magic come from?"

Harry looked down to see Tim staring at him curiously.

"Some of us are born with it." Harry shrugged. "But, it does exist naturally in the world. There are magical plants and animals."

"What sort of animals?"

"Dragons, unicorns, centaurs, elves, goblins... if you read it in a story book, it probably actually exists."

"It sounds like a life of living in this hell hole." Lex scowled.

Harry sighed. "For me, yes. But, some of my friends grew up in the magical world and they probably had normal lives like you had."

"Harry, we are the grand children of a billionaire." Lex scoffed. "I don't think we had too much normality."

"Define normal." Tim grinned at his sister.

"Brat."

"So what do you do on a normal day?" Harry asked Tim.

"Get up, go to school, eat, go to bed." Tim stated factually.

"He reads." Lex said with a bit of impatience. "If it is about dinosaurs, he reads it. I'd bet he's the reason Grandpa built this place." She growled. Harry could see her displeasure wasn't directed at Tim, but the boy was still hurt.

"There was plenty here for you to play with. All those computers." Harry pointed out.

"I was never supposed to see those." Lex said dismissively. "I didn't see them until we had to run from the raptors."

"Harry, why didn't you kill the other raptors?" Tim asked curiously.

"I don't really know." Harry ran a hand through his hair. "I have a class at school where we learn about magical animals. The raptors seemed very intelligent and they reminded me of some of them.

"Maybe I thought it would be too much like killing a human."

"Have you? Ever killed a human?"

"Tim!" Lex hissed.

"Technically." Harry answered with a slight shudder. "But it was literally self-defence. The guy was trying to kill me but his skin turned to ash as he touched me."

"Timothy, you know better than to ask such a personal question."

The boy jumped at his grandfather's voice. "Sorry Grandpa."

"I am not the one you should apologise to."

"Sorry Harry."

"S'okay, Tim. It's been a bad night for all of us." Harry said sympathetically.

"It's only been one night?" Lex said in disbelief. "It feels like we've been here for weeks."

"Hmm, it's coming up for close to twenty-four hours since you arrived here." John frowned. "Come with me children. I want you to try and get a nap whilst we wait for Doctors Sattler and Malcom."

John sat in the back of the first jeep and let his grandchildren use him as a pillow. Harry sat on the roll bar of the second jeep and surveyed the area.

Ellie and Ian soon returned but were unable to find anything useful.

The journey to the North Docks was tense. Alan drove the car with John and the kids, Harry sat next to him. Ian drove the second jeep as Gennaro sat next to him and Ellie sat behind with her shotgun ready... just in case he tried something.

They were travelling the roads but had to skirt close to the Visitors Centre. Harry wasn't worried about the raptors. He knew they were smart enough to avoid him.

There had been a small incident with a pack of Procompsognathus, or 'Compys', as John said they were called. They had tried to swarm the rear jeep. Harry had cast fire spells around the vehicle until Ellie could get a shot off to scare them and Alan managed to pop a flare.

Gennaro was a useless prick who cowered in his seat.

It took them a few hours to reach the docks, the compys were the only dinosaurs they encountered, but they had to stop and clear the road of fallen trees several times.

They tried to hide it from Gennaro when Harry blasted them away. They didn't want the lawyer learning about magic.

They left the jeeps in the designated parking area before Harry, Alan and Ian proceeded cautiously into the buildings to check for danger.

Ellie stood watch outside with the others. They were now safely inside the electrified fences protecting the dock, but they weren't going to become lax.

"It's clear." Alan announced as the trio returned. "The dinosaurs haven't gotten this far. The power must have come back on early enough."

"But they are here." Ellie said grimly, her eyes fixed on the four foot high bi-peds watching intently from the other side of the fence.

"Inside! Now!" John ordered. "Those are the dilos, they can spit this far."

"Tim, your shield." Harry said, holding his hand out but not breaking eye contact with one of the five dilophosaurs skulking on the other side of the fence.

He felt the kitchen door being slipped on his arm.

He jumped slightly when he heard the door close but Ian's voice sounded next to him. "What are you thinking?"

"Tim said they spit venom. I was thinking of trying to scare them away."

"Alan hasn't said anything and Muldoon didn't either. I don't think these things are on the level of raptors when it comes to intelligence."

"I was thinking of a simple scare. Loud noise, bright lights... maybe blowing up a tree or two."

"When this is over, I think I want to go and talk to some soldiers... I'm sure you sound like they would." Ian was only half joking. Harry seemed to be taking this very calmly. But he could see the pulse in the boy's temple quicken, the sheen of sweat, the tense grip on his wand.

Harry was as terrified as he or Lex, but the boy stood firm.

Ian, on the other hand, knew that his underwear wasn't completely dry. But he'd be damned if he'd let Harry face this alone.

"I'm guessing you need the gate open?"

"Yeah, make sure you don't touch the actual wires."

"Just make sure you don't take too long. There are thirty raptors out there that you haven't cowed into submission and a juvenile rex."

Ian moved to the gate, keeping his shield ready he grabbed the heavy sliding bolt and unlocked the gate before pulling the vehicle gate open.

The dilos spread out, they were getting excited. Either they would kill or fight. But they weren't sure which yet.

Harry stood plainly in the open gateway. He stared down the closest and largest of the dilos. He waited.

He managed not to jump when a large circular frill sprang out around its neck and it hissed, almost sounding like a rattle snake.

Harry surreptitiously pointed his wand at his throat and cast sonorous. A spell that everyone saw Bagman use during the tasks and saw three weeks of teachers issuing detentions to more than half the school.

But Harry waited as the dilo hissed.

Then he saw a slight change in the neck, the mouth opened wider, Harry raised his shield as a sticky glob splattered onto it and around him.

Now Harry responded.

He opened his mouth and roared. No words, just an inarticulate scream of rage, built upon the pain, hurt and anger of the past year.

Ian fell to his knees as he tried to cover his ears.

The dilos ran. Like cats and dogs when you turn on the hoover.

"FINITE." Harry incanted hoarsely. He stumbled over to the gate and pushed it closed, sliding the bolt into place.

He then grabbed Ian by the arm and dragged him back to the office where everyone was watching. Harry left his shield outside by the door.

"Harry, Ian's bleeding." Alan said with concern as he saw blood trickle from the man's ears.

"Bugger. Ian, brace yourself."

Ian didn't seem to hear so Harry pantomimed what he was going to do. Ian grimaced but nodded.

"Huh, that wasn't so bad. Someone say something."

"Are you ok?" Alan asked.

"Yeah... yeah. Still a slight ringing and a headache but I'm fine."

"I don't think we'll have to worry about the dilophosaurs again." John spoke up. "I have never seen any of the animals act like that."

"I thought the T-Rex was bad." Ian grimaced.

"I couldn't have been that loud. I was right next to the bloody monster when it roared."

"Harry! You cracked the windows!" Tim piped up with awe.

"I didn't think it would be that loud." Harry mused. "People use it for talking to crowds."

"What was that?" Gennaro demanded.

"None of your business, Donald." John said firmly. He turned to the others. "Now, the good thing is that the emergency boat is here. It is a fast craft with a large below deck cabin designed to transport injured personnel or emergency supplies if the plane or helicopter are unavailable.

"It also has a small bathroom and shower, so Harry, I want you to go and use it and make sure you don't have any venom from the dilophosaurs on you. Let us know if you feel weak or have trouble with your breathing or eyesight.

"The rest of us will be ransacking the complex for supplies in case we can't get back to the mainland at a decent speed."

Harry scrubbed himself raw. But he was clean. He had cast a few charms at his clothes before he put them on, but they would be burnt as soon as he had alternatives.

He exited the shower to find Gennaro sneering at him, pointing his wand at him.

"Move." Gennaro ordered.

Harry wasn't too worried about the wand pointed at him, but the shotgun held loosely in the other hand was cause for concern. "Can I get dressed first?"

"Fuck you kid. Move."

Harry struggled to move with just the small towel around his waist but he managed to get up the short ladder and onto the dock. He was shoved outside where he saw everyone else tied up. Ellie was bleeding from the head and Ian had a really ugly wound on his leg, there was a tourniquet on his upper thigh and he was not conscious.

John was also unconscious.

"Let the children go, Gennaro." Alan growled, clearly concerned for his fellow adults and the terrified kids. "Don't cross that line."

"Shut up, Grant." Gennaro sneered. "I have had it with all this shit. You so-called geniuses that couldn't stop a single man from bring the park to its knees. You abandoned me in the park-"

"You abandoned us!" Lex retorted angrily.

"Shut up girl." The three lucid humans flinched as the wand was pointed at them. Ellie was barely able to focus. "Well I'm going to turn this disaster of a park into a gold mine and I'll get my revenge on THOSE FUCKING ANIMALS!" He screamed hysterically towards the park.

"There are two problems with your current situation." Harry said calmly as he stepped forward.

"Kill! Kill! KILL!" Gennaro kept jabbing the wand at Harry, but nothing happened.

As Harry got within arm's reach Gennaro dropped the wand and tried to bring the shotgun to bear on the teenage wizard. Harry grabbed it by the barrel and pulled it up into the air. It didn't go off but it did fly out of both their hands.

Gennaro was able to grab the wand off the ground before Harry could recover, hindered as he was by the towel.

"What now, boy?" Gennaro smirked. "I've still got your weapon."

Harry smiled softly. "As I was saying, two problems. First, that will only work for me. To you it is just another stick of wood.

"Second of all, you are outnumbered."

Gennaro laughed. "It's just you and me kid. I can still beat the shit out of you before I blast your legs off. Look at them." He nodded to the others. "Hammond and Malcom are already dead. Sattler couldn't work a gun in her state and Grant is a pussy who can't figure out how to pull a trigger."

Harry moved closer, snatching back his wand before Gennaro could figure out how a physical fight was supposed to work. "I wasn't talking about them."

Harry looked over the lawyer's shoulder and smirked.

Gennaro paled at the low growls.

A wet stain appeared on the front of his now frequently soiled slacks.

Harry pointed his wand over each of Gennaro's shoulders, then at Gennaro and then a swish sending the lawyer flying back.

Gennaro was lying face up when the two raptors lowered their mouths to feast.

Gennaro screamed.

Harry immediately moved to Lex and Tim and freed them, sending them to the boat. He then worked on Alan and Ellie. He quickly healed Ellie's head wound but she was still severely concussed and dazed.

"Get her on the boat, I'll work on Ian and John." Harry ordered.

"I can't leave you alone!"

"They won't hurt me." Harry shook his head as he checked for Ian's pulse before moving to John.

Alan didn't like it, but he had seen the looks in the eyes of the raptors. They had been taking cues from Harry as they stalked Gennaro from behind.

Harry was now the bloody alpha of the pack.

John was alive, but his pulse was weak. Harry had no idea how to handle that so he focused on sealing the wounds on Ian's leg.

Alan quickly returned and hefted John into a fireman's carry. Harry cast a charm to move Ian and levitated him into the boat house and onto the boat.

He moved to head back out when a hand clamped down on his shoulder.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Alan demanded.

"I'm going to talk to the raptors." Harry sighed. "Can you lot turn around so I can change?"

Alan grabbed the clothes nearby and handed them to Harry before turning Lex and Tim away. He continued his conversation with his back to Harry.

"We need to get as far away from them as possible. If we stay, they may not let you go. You've become the leader of their pack. Their alpha."

"So I have a responsibility to them." Harry reasoned as he dressed. "I can at least try and explain it so they can understand."

"Kid... Harry, I don't think they have that level of intelligence."

"I'm done." Harry announced, now back in his uniform. "Look, I'm not going to take the chance that they do have the intelligence and then hurt their feelings."

"But they're monsters!" Lex chimed in.

"No, they are just beings like us. Gennaro was a monster."

Lex turned a nasty shade of green at the reminder of what was happening outside.

"I'll be back. One way or another." Harry promised. He started to climb up the ladder.

"Follow him."

Alan jumped at Ian's strained voice.

"Don't let him do this alone."

"I can't just leave you and the kids alone. We need to get you all to a hospital."

"We owe it to Harry, Alan. If the worst happens, I'll get the kids to the mainland."

"He saved our lives, Doctor Grant." Tim practically begged.

"Call me Alan, Tim." He sighed as he ruffled the boy's hair. He then turned and headed up the ladder.

Alan was gobsmacked. He was literally standing on the dock watching Harry being head-butted affectionately by two of the most vicious creatures on the island.

A small voice in the back of his mind pointed out that Harry was going to need another shower to get Gennaro's blood off him.

Alan suddenly realised he was unarmed. The gun and his machete were on the boat.

He decided not to make a commotion.

Eventually Harry pushed the two raptors gently away as they honked mournfully. He calmly walked over to Alan.

"We can leave. I just promised to come back." Harry said, clearly unhappy about having to leave in the first place.

"Just like that?" Alan couldn't help the smirk. "You just told them you were going away for a bit? They understood?"

"You ever wonder what regular animals think of the sun and moon?" Harry asked as he headed into the boat house. "This great big ball of light that regularly appears and disappears. Do they know if there is a connection to the sun in the sky and the desire for most creatures to sleep when it isn't around?"

"Wizards can't read animal minds?" Alan joked.

"I've seen a dog get utterly confused when its owner made the food vanish when he changed and cleaned the bowl.

"But that same dog understood danger.

"So... just remember, the raptors learnt how to open doors. They took specific instructions from me.

"They can also communicate at a greater level than dogs seem to."

"What do you mean?"

"Umph!" Harry was surprised when Lex and Tim both jumped him in a hug. "It's fine." He assured them. "The raptors understand and hopefully I can come back and help them."

"Help them?" Tim asked.

Alan shook his head in disbelief but headed to the controls of the ship to get them moving. He had a passing familiarity with boats.

"The raptors never went to school. They never had parents. They never learnt right and wrong.

"Sure, they are hunters and would consider us food, but they should know better than to hurt each other. They had a lot of scars. I think the one I killed hurt them a lot. They are curious about me because I am stronger to them. I beat their leader but I didn't kill all of them. I even fixed what I did to one of them and I let them feed off my kills."

"Excuse my language, kids, but Harry is the biggest, baddest motherfucker on the island." Ian chuckled weakly from the floor where Harry had laid him. "He defeated them and started giving orders. It's pretty much what happens in packs of other creatures. Wolves, lions, the young challenge the old, if the young wins, they lead."

"More complicated. Don't confuse them." Ellie muttered blearily.

"Harry, make sure she doesn't fall asleep. She has a concussion." Ian ordered.

"Misconception." Ellie slurred dismissively. "Sleep is fine. Will explain later."

Everyone jumped as the engine started.

"I'll be back in a sec." Harry said as the boat started move.

He quickly jumped up the ladder and stood at the short railing at the rear of the boat. As they exited the boat house Harry could see the two raptors standing on the end of the dock and watching them move away from the island. He raised his wand and sent up a stream of purple sparks.

"Why did you do that?"

Harry started as Lex stepped up next to him. "Lex, please don't do that."

For the first time since he had met her, Lex actually smiled.

Well... smirked.

"Why the purple magic?" She pressed.

"It's the last thing they'll see from me. I'll use the same thing when I come back so they know I've returned."

The smile turned to a scowl. "You're really going back to that hell hole?"

"Alan said they wanted to come back so they can count the dinosaurs. They have been getting off the island. If I come back, I might be able to get those two to help."

"And what if they kill you? What if they forget who you are?"

"Lex, I'm not going to lie down in front of them and ask them to rub my tummy like a dog. If they forget, then I'll remind them."

And that was when Harry collapsed.

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