Chapter 18: Chaos

The jeep sped through the jungles, several fences, and the field the group had stopped in when they first arrived on the island. Finally they pulled up to the helicopter pad where two helicopters were waiting for them with their rotors already running.

"Finally we're getting off this stinking island," Cody muttered to himself as he and Zack climbed in, soon followed by Maddie and London. Alan, John, and Ellie all helped Ian into the other helicopter prior to each climbing in themselves.

John at first was a little hesitant to leave, as he took one last look around his island. He knew what had been lost during their weekend at Jurassic Park, and dreaded what awaited him back at the mainland. He also knew that he had made a bad mistake by constructing the island and silently vowed to do everything he could to right what had happened. Finally after a little more coaxing from Alan, he also climbed into the helicopter.

Just barely audible over the sound of the helicopter engine and rotor blades was the distant roar of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as if it was saying good bye to them. Cody tried to shut the noise out as the roar of the engines boosting to full power finally overpowered the sound of the Rex. Within a matter of seconds, the helicopters were steadily climbing and they were on their way back to the main land.

Cody continued to look out his window as he watched the island disappear from sight. "Good riddance," he muttered softly to himself. After a deep sigh, he turned to face his friends.

Zack had fallen asleep and rested his head against a pad on the side wall of the cabin. Maddie and London had also dozed off. Cody couldn't help but smile as he thought each of London's snores sounded like "money, money, money." He silently chuckled to himself as he looked out the window again. Although he couldn't see the sun setting because the helicopter was flying due east, he could tell it was that time of day because of the golden rays that stretched over the water next to the helicopter. The painted orange-like hue that covered the cabin was another indicator. He thought back to the morning rays that had stretched through the canyon while he was still on the island. After a smile and a soft yawn, Cody welcomed the sleepiness that filled him. The rheumatic sound of the blades further lulled him away from reality. Within a few seconds, he too was fast asleep.

Once the helicopters had landed back at the mainland, Alan, Ellie, Ian, and John softly awoke the sleeping teenagers to move them over to the jet that would take them back to Boston. "Where are we?" Zack asked sleepily.

"Almost home," Alan replied. "That's what this jet is for." He pointed to an airplane sitting several hundred feet away on the tarmac.

"That's nice," Zack said sleepily as he yawned. With some help from Alan, he climbed up into the jet's cabin. Moments later, he collapsed onto a large outstretched chair.

Alan smiled as he helped Zack with his seatbelt. Next he reached up into one of the overhead bins and tossed a blanket onto him. He glanced over and noticed that the other adults were doing the same for the rest of the kids.

"They must be tired," John said, glancing back and forth.

"Yea," Ellie said as she finished up with Cody. A second later, Cody snapped awake, breathing somewhat heavily. He looked at Ellie for a half a second before falling asleep again. "They'll probably be doing that for awhile," she said with a sigh.

"I would doubt that," John said, looking across the room. "They're kids. Kids like to get scared."

"Not like this though John," Ellie replied, shaking her head.

"I'd bet they're going to have nightmares for awhile," Ian said. "Score for you John."

"Will you shut up?" John said. "I'll pay for consoling for them if need be. For one who supposedly is so educated, you don't seem to have a shred of common sense."

Ian smiled. "Chaos," was all he said. John shook his head and sat down in a chair near the rear corner of the cabin. He didn't talk to anyone for the rest of the flight.

Several hours later, the group landed back in Boston. John had called ahead and arranged for several doctors to be there to check out everyone's injuries. After a quick cleanup process, they had everyone as good as new. Cody only needed a couple of bandages as did Maddie, Zack, and Alan. Zack's ankle had healed mostly and he could walk on it again, so the doctors didn't splint it. Ian however was taken to the hospital for further examination.

"Hi mom!" The twins called in unison when they walked into an empty suite. "Mom?" Cody repeated as Zack looked around.

"Hey Cody," Zack said. "Check this out." He held up a note from Carey. Cody took it from him and began to read it out loud.

Dear boys,

Hope you have fun at the park. I'll be at the spa for a few extra days, so Maddie will babysit. MAKE SURE YOUR HOMEWORK GETS DONE ZACK!-

"Why'd she mention me?" Zack asked as his eyes twisted in confusion.

"I wonder," Cody said with a roll of his eyes. He shook his head as he continued to read.

Cody make dinner, I bought burgers, they should be in the freezer.

Love you boys, can't wait to hear all about it.

Mom

"Well that's nice," Zack said. "But I'm gonna go get my report done!"

Cody's jaw dropped. "My hearing must have gone bad from the T-Rex," Cody said, Zack looked at him. "But did you just say you were going to do your homework? Without a battle?"

Zack looked at him again. "I have my moments," he replied.

"I definitely must have hit my head or something," Cody said to himself. "But oh well, best not ruin it. Zack doing his own homework, this should be interesting." He chuckled softly.

After working for several minutes, Cody looked over. Zack was typing furiously on his lab top. "Wow, guess there are miracles."

"The only thing is," Zack said. "Do you think she'll believe everything we put in these? I mean we were there we should know!"

"But we can't tell anyone about it," Cody said. "Remember?"

"Yea," Zack sighed.

A moment later there was a knock at the door. The twins set down their lab tops and got up to go answer it. "Dr. Grant?" Cody said when he saw who was at the door.

"What are you doing here?" Zack said. He could see Ellie was with him also.

"Well, we," Ellie put extra emphasis on the word "we" as she motioned between her and Alan, "thought it would be best if we took you guys to school tomorrow. Do you think your mom will mind?"

"She's outta town for a few days," Zack replied. "So it'll be ok." He winked at Ellie.

"Just wondering, but why?" Cody asked.

"Well again," Ellie said. "We remembered that you two had reports to do about dinosaurs. So…"

"Oh I see," Cody said, smiling.

Zack's eyes however twisted in confusion. "I don't get it," he said.

Cody rolled his eyes. "Basically, everything we saw, we can put in the reports."

"How?" Zack said, more confused now. "I thought we had to keep quiet."

"That's where we come in," Alan said. "You guys just put in everything you know about your dinosaurs, we'll take it from there."

The next morning, Alan and Ellie picked the twins up and drove them to school. Cody and Zack however cringed as they hung onto the handles by the backseat of the car.

"Uh, Dr. Grant," Zack said. "I don't think anything's gonna chase us here." He swallowed in fear.

"That's just how he always drives," Ellie said, shaking her head and getting a look from Alan.

"Good luck with that," Cody muttered, happy to see the sight of his school.

When they got to their science class, Zack and Cody each opened up their backpack and handed their reports to their teacher. She briefly glanced at each before giving each Cody and Zack an odd look. "What is this?" She said. "Just by looking at this first page, I can tell you made half this up!"

"Uh ahem," Alan said, diverting the teacher's attention to him. "I can vouch for them."

"And who are you?"

"Dr. Alan Grant," Alan replied calmly as he extended his hand. "And this is Ellie Sadler, paleo-botanist."

Zack and Cody's teacher looked at him for a second before her eyes widened as she realized she was talking to the world famous paleontologist. "D-D-Dr. Grant," she said. "It's a pleasure to meet you in person." She furiously shook Alan's hand. "Now what were you saying."

"Well," Alan said, motioning to Zack and Cody. "These two had the lucky chance to come with me on my latest expedition. Their reports contain all my newest discoveries, so any 'made up' information is just that."

"Oh ok," Zack and Cody's teacher said. "M-m-my mistake."

Alan nodded his head. "Forgiven," he said. Next he smiled at Zack and Cody. "Congratulations on your latest 'A's." He looked at their teacher again.

"Y-yes."

"YES!" Zack said. "My first A!"

Cody smiled. "I guess there really is a first for everything."

-Cody POV-

It's been over a month since our time at Jurassic Park. Mom still has no idea what happened, and I'm praying it'll stay that way or else she'll treat us like kids forever. I heard that Alan and Ellie got married and Ian recovered and is doing fine now. I hope all of them the best. We still get e-mails from them every once in a while, checking up on us and making sure we stay out of trouble…yea right! Alan tried to make me promise him not to climb up any more laundry shoots, but I don't know for sure if I can keep that one!

I know one thing is for sure, I am NEVER EVER going back to that island. Nothing could ever drag me back there. In my worst nightmares, I can still hear the T-Rex roars and the raptors' haunting squeals. Although he doesn't like to admit it, I know the same thing happens with Zack. In my dreams, I see them prowling around, watching and waiting, their sounds ringing in my ears.

When I think back to what happened on the island, I try to figure out why those who escaped did. According to Ian Malcom there is only one reason why those who lived did so, and those who died did so. When I asked him, Ian simply summed it all up into one word:

Chaos.

THE END

(A/N) The very end was inspired by Treasure Island a little (thought it was fitting since I really like both stories, plus both happen on islands ;). Thank you to everyone who stayed with me with this story, despite my snail's pace of updating it (which I'm really sorry about). I hope you all enjoyed it. One thing I do want to clear up though, is this story is a combination of both the book and movie versions of Jurassic Park (as usual the book is different from the movie). I also threw a few things of my own in as well to keep it interesting.

I own my own events and characters but I DON'T own Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton owns the book and Universal owns the movie), and I DON'T own Suite Life.

As always if I left anything open, feel free to PM me. Please continue to read and review, and a final THANK YOU to all that did.