In anticipation for the rest of the second Jurassic Park Film Trilogy, I will be focusing on a time just a few years before the opening of Jurassic World. Please r&r and I have more chapters based on interest.
Chapter 1: The Conference"Settle down everyone, we will begin momentarily", addresses the president of InGen.
Many paleontologists, paleobotanists, other scientists, and their families prepare themselves for a major announcement at the InGen press conference in Palo Alto, California in the summer of 2002. The audience turns their attention to the stage as a tall and fairly built, middle-aged man rises to the podium. The room almost instantly becomes dead-silent except for the chattering of a few children. The man clears his throat and quickly begins to speak into the microphone with a British accent.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, I would like to thank you all and InGen for the honor of allowing me to come all the way from London to speak to you tonight. For those of you who may not know me, I am Dr. Robert Lewis and I am a laboratory consultant of the Jurassic World project. But, I am not here to discuss that tonight because I have been working with my colleague on a mission. A mission that will change the way we think of science and technology forever. In a matter of a few days, I along with my colleague Tim Murphy will disembark on a journey through the Mesozoic Era to recover the lost Dilophosaurus skeleton which was destroyed by an allied air raid in Munich during World War II". He clears his throat again saying, "Excuse me", and drinks some water from the bottle positioned in front of him on the podium.
"Now please give a warm welcome to the young man who survived Jurassic Park as a child, and who is also my intern, Tim Murphy!" The room is filled with applause as Tim approaches the podium and shakes his hand with Robert Lewis who takes a step back with his water bottle.
"Thank you, thank you," says Tim as the room becomes silent once more.
"I feel privileged to be able to stand before you all today to explain just how we have achieved this ability to time travel to the Mesozoic Era. You see, Dr. Lewis and I have been working with InGen International Division to create a time machine that is designed to transport objects regardless of size. As we travel to the middle of the Cretaceous period, I will personally obtain data from the dinosaurs that we may encounter along the way so that InGen scientists may compare these studies with the dinosaurs that are currently living on Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna".
Robert Lewis steps forward and says, "This journey is going to be physically demanding and beyond our imagination. So we are asking if there is any one person in this room who wants to take up this once in a lifetime opportunity who will willingly come to the front of the room and assist us". Everybody steps back except a tough and defiant-looking woman who appears to be around the same age as Robert. Robert gives her a smile as if already he knows her and says, "Ah, Andrea. We meet again. I thought you said that after you left, you would never be present in any of my press conferences. Yet you stand here before me." All eyes are on the two as the woman responds, "Well you heard me wrong. I said that you will not see me at your press conferences. I never said I would not be present and besides, you need me."
"You abandoned me, did you not?"
"Because you took all the credit for the discovery we made together in 2001."
"I said I was truly sorry and I would try to fix that flaw..."
"But you didn't, you still haven't. But let's not worry about that now. I will accompany you two whether you like or not. And if you do not comply, my new colleagues will not be very pleased."
"Very well then", Robert reluctantly addresses to the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to announce that Ms. Andrea Edwards, a fellow paleontologist, will be joining us on July 1st at this InGen facility for embarking on this journey through time.. Thank you all once again for coming. Good night!"
Everyone applauds as the president makes his final remarks and ends the press conference. Everyone is slowly exiting the building while Tim whispers to Robert, "Are you going to be okay with this, sir?"
"Yes, let us hope that there is not too much drama on this trek".