The group in the Land Cruisers is stranded until the electricity is fixed. Suddenly, the ground shakes and a gigantic animal runs across the road behind the two vehicles. Nobody manages to see what it was, but Tim turns around and sees a figure behind the fence. He cranes his neck upward and realizes he is staring right at the T-rex, who is staring right back at them. Lightning strikes and the T-rex “bellow[s] in the glaring light” (203). Tim sees the T-rex move to grab the fence. It now dawns on the group that the fence which holds the massive dinosaur inside is not currently powered.

Regis is the most terrified of all. He violently shakes, knowing he could be ripped apart even worse than the men who died at the hands of the raptors. The T-rex lets out “a scream from another world” (204), and Regis can handle no more. He gets out of the Land Cruiser and runs off into the woods at full speed, leaving the two Murphy children alone. Lex begins screaming, and Tim radios Grant to let him know that Regis is gone. The children lock the doors and fall silent, watching with widened eyes as the T-rex climbs over the fence and stands between the two Land Cruisers.