Jurassic World: The Novel
Beginnings, Dreams, & Nightmares
It all began as an idea, a simple little idea that eventually become a grand dream; a dream of a man advanced in age yet full of hope. It was a dream of making something amazing for the world to experience. That idea took ten years to create and make a reality. It required cooperation from the government on Costa Rica and also required the construction of what would become a park. This park would be like no other in the world filled with wondrous creatures that would drive people out of their minds with awe. Just as things appeared ready, a man suffered a terrible death at the hands of one of the park's predators as it was being delivered and they were forced to kill it. This setback set the stage for further drama where a group of individuals were brought in by the owner named John Hammond to sign off on the park and comment upon its potential.
The main attraction was ultimately what had once roamed the earth: the creatures known as dinosaurs. Sabotage combined with other mistakes ultimately led to the collapse of the park and death of several individuals. A technician who would have aided a rival companies' future was killed by a Dilophasaurus while stealing embryos from the lab. The game warden who watched over the lethal Velociraptors was killed by them, like the worker, after they escaped from their enclosure. The grandchildren of Hammond were menaced by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and later they, along with the invited paleontologists, were pursued by the raptors after they discovered them in the Visitors Center. All of this, along with the death of the lawyer who represented the investors of the park, at the jaws of the T-Rex, destroyed the park and forced the dream to die even as it seemed to be on the brink of becoming reality. That which was supposedly able to be controlled proved uncontrollable.
Though John Hammond might have given up, he eventually began to dream again, even as age began to truly catch up with him, but his dream clashed with the board of his own company, Ingen. Ultimately, they sought to bring the park back to life by exploiting other available resources on Isla Sorna, the neighboring island near Isla Nublar. They did this not for the dream, but for profit. As interests and viewpoints clashed, the terror of failure and lack of control destroyed many a life and ruined the company further. A Tyrannosaurus Rex, being transported on board a ship to a new park in San Diego, killed the crew and went on the rampage, killing more people and doing damage throughout the city. The nephew of John Hammond was killed trying to salvage something out of the whole situation, a sad testament to greed and foolish beliefs.
Still, even on his death bed John Hammond dreamed. But dreams can become nightmares, especially as people and their desires twist and warp it, changing it into something other than what it was ever meant to be. Dreams also can become nightmares due to tampering and attempting to contain the uncontainable. Above all, no one had still come to understand the warnings of paleontologist Alan Grant: "How can we possibly have the slightest idea of what to expect?"
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Two eggs, plain white and oval, sat inside a warmed enclosure of glass and metal. They were simple eggs but what they contained was no simple form of life. One began to develop cracks and then nails appeared, followed by the long thin fingers to which they attached and the wrist. They sat there quivering a bit, surprisingly strong for so frail a life, especially for one just newly emerging into the world. The other egg began to shake slightly and developed an outward bulge as what lay inside created an indentation. A small whimper came from the second egg. As if in response the hand from the first moved, despite trembling, and scratched at the shell peeling away more to reveal the face of what lay within. An amber-colored eye opened to look upon the world with one frightening thing: intelligence. A nightmare was born.