My name is Jordyn Lane. I'm a 22-year-old American with steel blue eyes and silky auburn hair. I've always been kind of poor, jumping from hotel to hotel across the states. One day I was given an offer of over $500k to help spy on some facility in Costa Rica. I instantly agreed, no matter what the physical cost may be – I needed the money.
Some man in a sharp cream suit dropped me off in a spruced up, small & old-fashioned hotel called 'El Luna Costa'. "The Moon Coast." I muttered. "Cheesy."
I dropped my things onto the carrier, slightly anxious. My contractor had told me that it wouldn't be any vacation to work with her. She needed my expertise, skill, cunning and finesse. I guess when your stepdad works for the government, you get a few perks. Not that I'm even that close to him.
I quickly tossed the last bag onto the wheeled luggage rack – a tan checkered one, filled with money and guns, in case I needed to bribe my manager or whatever.
I dashed to my hotel room, room number 29. "Huh, okay." I swiped the card across the lock and entered the room, breathing in its unfamiliar scent. There was a single bed, a small bathroom, desk with a lamp and bible and wheeled chair, and a small mirror hanging on the wall with a few decorative paintings. A four-pane window was covered with posh curtains. I set my stuff down by the bed and collapsed on the floor, leaning my head against the bed. I breathed in deeply, and let out a soft sigh that broke the strange silence of the room.
I jumped to hear my phone buzz. I leaned back a bit and hit my head against the hard lining of the bed. I grimaced and pulled my phone off of the bed. It was Alice, my manager. "Hello?" I swiped the answer key. "Hey, J. It's Alice, we gotta talk." She sighed into the speaker, her Boston accent thick. I rolled my eyes. I know who you are, I thought. "We've got news. Turns out you need to get here pretty quick. Can you, take the evenin' boat, maybe?" She hissed. My eyebrows darted up. "You said I had a whole day to-" She cut me off. "That's what Chadwick said. If you want the money, sweetheart, go by the east dock tonight." She hung up the phone quite forcibly.
I stared blankly at my phone. "Damn, what a demanding bitch." I muttered and pulled on my boots.
I climbed onto the deck and stood, waiting for the boat to arrive. I was cold, they were late, and there was a storm. I turned on my phone and tried to call Alice, but the phone lines were down. "Of course." I growled, trying to see through the fog. I was literally ready to leave when I saw the boat slowly but surely approaching. On the side was a huge blue label that read InGen. I furrowed my brows. As the boat finally reached the dock, I climbed on and ran inside. "Alice?" I yelled, crossing a corner. Around that same corner stood a woman with a red bandana, purple midriff with cargo pants and boots. I thought I recognized her from somewhere. Yelling at her was a man with a jacket that read 'InGen' and glasses. "Dios mio." She muttered. I gasped slightly, and the two bickering adults turned to face me in surprise.
"Nima?" I whispered. "Ay, muchacha!" She exclaimed happily, and walked towards me. She hugged me tightly. "Oh, Nima, I haven't seen you since you've had your daughter! I've missed you."
Nima was my cousin and best friend. When I was about 8, my stepdad had to go to Costa Rica for some security breach, and I met Nima by one of the local villages. She was about 14 by that time, but we got so close.
"I've been fine." She smiled and brushed an out of place auburn hair out of my face. "Nima, is this the girl?" The man growled impatiently. Nima turned to face him, her face dead blank, though one of her brows was pointed down in an annoyed manner. "Yes, Miles." She muttered. Chadwick rolled his eyes and pulled me into the room they were arguing outside of. "Alice, here's the new recruit." A woman with black hair with a single blonde streak in it turned to face me. "Mm. You're a bit shorter than I imagined. It'll do." She mumbled to herself.
"Uh, Alice, remember, you work for me." Chadwick pointed out hastily, smoothing down his cheeky jacket. "I'm not owned by anyone, you piece of shit." She hissed. She stood up from the chair. She looked as tall as Chadwick, but I think she was taller. She was wearing a dark grey tank top with an ivy green thin jacket that was zipped a little more than halfway with black sweatpants. Now that she was facing me, I noticed she smelled of cigarettes. "I'm taking away 10k from your share because of that." Chadwick hissed under his breath.
As the ship strolled along, Chadwick was going into some long Satanic chant about how the island was kind of a zoo and that he needed to meet his client there or else we were a no-go or whatever. "…And it's called Isla Nublar." Nima jumped at the name. "You suddenly or your period or something?" Alice said coldly. Nima shook her head. "It's nothing."
As we arrived at the island, Nima still seemed a bit antsy. Alice was smoking a cigarette at the end of the dock, and Chadwick was arguing with someone on the phone. "Damn it, Nedry." He hissed and waved Alice over. "Does InGen know you stole their jacket?" Nima sneered. Chadwick rolled his eyes. "I have to blend in."
"What about us?" Alice challenged. "Just.. follow my lead. We have to meet my client here." He was rubbing a photograph between his fingers. Alice swiped for the picture but he pulled away, "Nuh-uh, missy." While he held it up, I easily reached for it and pulled out at it. "Shaving cream?" Nima murmured. "Yeah, uh-huh sweetheart, sure. Shaving cream." He snatched the picture and glared at me.
"Don't we need passes to get in the park?" Alice queried. "Yeah, I have some, right he-" He dug in his pockets. "Damn it, Nedry! We need passes… He probably has his fat ass stuck in a doorway somewhere. We can't come back empty handed." Nima waved me over to a window a little ways away. I creeped over to her and mouthed, 'What?'
'Passes,' She replied inaudibly. I looked over her shoulder through the window. Sure enough, there were four good passes lying there. The catch? A guard was sitting there, plucking at his teeth. Nima and I shared a look, and we nodded. I walked over to Chadwick. "I know how we can get passes." He looked at me like I had just told him I could bring dinosaurs to life. "Trust me. I know the guard's number. I can call him, and distract him. Nima will get the passes, and we can get in without being stopped. Just give me some change, trust me." He still looked uncertain. "No, I can't trust any of you as-" Alice pushed him away and gave me a quarter. "Stop being a pussy, Chadwick." She growled coldly.
I nodded my thanks and walked over to the payphone. I punched in the number and waited hesitantly. "Hello?" I heard the gruff reply. "Hello, yes, I'm, uh.." I looked at the boat. "In..Indica from, um, Generations Pest Control. I've heard you have a pest problem, and I have a survey for you.." The guard muttered, "Indica? Yeah, I'm listening." Nima waved the passes at me. I slammed the phone down and walked over to the group. I took my pass and almost dropped it when the speakers above us wailed, "All passengers are to board the ship NOW." "Shit," Chadwick hissed. "We gotta go in and find Nedry now."
As we creeped into the park, we were interrupted by an electric fence – A 10,000 volt one. "10,000 volts? Why so many…?" Nima murmured to herself. "To, uh, keep the teenagers out." Chadwick rose his chin a bit. I rose my brow. "The lights are out, so the power's out. Obviously." I approached the fence fearlessly. "Dear God… Jordyn, STOP!" Chadwick squealed as I grabbed the fence. I effortlessly slid under the wires and stared at them from the other side. "Come on. It's fine." Chadwick stared at me, wide eyed. Nima was smirking.
As we all reached the other side, Nima pulled out her machete. "What are you doing with that?" Chadwick sputtered. "She's gonna slice you and dice you with it." I said evilly, throwing my head back with a cackle. "Kidding. I'm kidding." Chadwick glared at me coldly. "I'm going to cut through the jungle with it. Did you really think I was going to kill you?" Nima rolled her eyes, and started cutting at the jungle leaves.
"Wait. Stop, did you hear that?" Chadwick hissed, paranoid. Alice rolled her eyes. "The sound of piss trickling down your legs? Yes. Stop being a bitch." She commented. Nima held out a palm, her fingers up – a sign for her to stop and be quiet. We all waited silently. With her machete in one hand, she slowly pulled away the bushes. Suddenly, a bird flung itself out and into the wild. Chadwick jumped and fell back. My hand flew over my mouth. "I know that creature. We call him Maku-Pa." Nima said and nodded.
"I see a car." I pointed through the thin fog. "It must be Nedry. NEDRY! HEY, NEDRY! YOU DEAF?" Chadwick screeched. I rolled my eyes and followed Nima up the hill. She quite visibly pulled in effort at the car door. "What's wrong?" I walked over. "Door's jammed." She grunted. I walked over and looked through the windshield. "Damn, I can't see." I muttered. "Got it." Nima opened the door. I dashed over. "Nedry…?" I murmured. Instead, I heard a soft buzzing and something leapt out of the car and dashed into the jungle. I screamed and fell back. Nima did as well. We sat there, shaking, out of breath. Chadwick walked over, smirking at us. Alice did as well. "I told you it would take longer. You're both out of breath." He commented. "No, you ass! Something… Some CREATURE jumped out at us… This wasn't a part of the deal." I hissed and stood up shakily, helping Nima up. "What the hell kind of zoo is this?" Nima growled. "Don't worry about it. Where's the can?" He looked in the car. "Oh, bloody hell, that's disgusting." He turned around grotesquely.
"Don't worry about the canister! Worry about that… Thing." Nima shuddered. "The can is worth $1.5 million, sweetheart. We need that, real bad." Alice said coldly. "Where is it!?" Chadwick turned to face me. "You're the CIA agent's stepdaughter. You took it, didn't you? You thought we wouldn't notice!" He yelled at me. I pointed a finger at him and retaliated, "I didn't take it! Why the hell would I steal a can of shaving cream?!" I yelled. Alice sneered, "She's not lying, you know." Chadwick's nostrils flared but he whined, "Fine, just go and find it! All of us. I'll look in the car." He turned around and dug around in the glove box and such. I went down the hill, and pulled out my phone. I used the light from it to dig around the bushes and see better. After about 10 minutes of searching, I heard Nima exclaim, "I found it, I believe!" We all rushed over. "You're pretty excited about a can of soap…" I muttered when I heard Chadwick yell, "Oh God YES!"
"Yeah, shaving cream. Just like you're an exterminator." He crushed my comeback. "Ten years of research and millions invested… You wanna screw InGen, this is It! They're nothing without it… They're DINOSAUR embryos, honey. Don't tell me you thought we were after shaving cream." He sneered to me. Suddenly Nima stared in horror at something over his shoulder."Behind you." She whispered. He turned around to face the same creature that jumped Nima and I. "Aw, crap.." The creature made several clicking noises before hissing and spreading its neck skin and spitting a black liquid in Chadwick's face. He screamed and pulled out his gun, firing at the dinosaur.
The creature hissed, pulled in its skin, and scurried off. "Yeah, Yeah! That's how you do it! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET, YOU LITTLE PUNK!" Chadwick screamed. "We need to get out of here! This is fucking crazy!" I cried. Chadwick wiped the stuff from his face and turned around, nodding. "Yeah, you know the plan, girls. My boys will come with a boat, we give them the canister, we get paid and we go home. Simple." He said cheekily. "But we can't walk out." Alice pointed out. "She is right. Not with those mostruos running around here." Nima said anxiously. "Right. Take the car then." He pointed to me. I rose my brow and turned to walk up the hill. Nima pulled Alice to the side and talked to her anxiously. With Alice's constant nods, it seemed like she agreed with what she was saying.
I turned the key, and with no surprise, the car turned on. The lights flashed and the car shook, but there was no real movement. I furrowed my brows and went to the back, and gave it a headstart booster push. As I dashed to the hill, I realized that Miles was still standing there. "CHADWICK, MOVE!" I yelled down to him. He turned around and screamed a rather high-pitch scream, and backed down towards a tree. The car made impact, but not on him. I pelted down the hill and screeched to a halt in front of him. Alice and Nima gathered as well. "Hey, hey! You OK?" I helped him up. "YOU IDIOT! YOU NEARLY KILLED ME! I knew I couldn't trust you!" He hissed to me, raising a fist. Nima grabbed his arm. "Don't you dare! You should have paid attention!" They both glared at each other. Alice gasped as something whizzed past her. "What-?" We all turned around. Chadwick murmured, "Oh, fu.."
An entire pack of Dilphosauruses were gathered in front of us.
And they knew what they wanted for dinner.
Hi everyone! It's Bubblebu. This is my Jurassic Park fanfiction - The Touch of Fear! The first chapter takes place in the beginning, with Nima and Chadwick. My main Jurassic Park OC, Jordyn Lane, and secondary Jurassic Park OC, Alice Waters, are the only two characters that aren't actually in the game. This story is, obviously, a work in progress, but I hope you enjoy the first chapter!
