The Lost World Cast (Mix of Film and Book Characters)
Major Roles:
Ian Malcolm – Shadow the Hedgehog
Sarah Harding-Rouge the Bat
Dr. Levine – Vector the Crocodile
Peter Ludlow (Bad Guy) - Jack Rabbit
Dr. Thorne /Nick Van Owen (Character Combination) – Manic the Hedgehog
Eddie Carr – Snively Robotnik
R.B "Arby" Benton- Anti Miles (Bear with me on that one, it might get confusing.)
Kelly Curtis -Ex Ranazz (OC)
Minor Roles
Roland Tembo- Rob O' Hedgehog
Ajay Sidhu- Charles the Hedgehog
Dr. Robert Burk – Rotor the Walrus
Lewis Dodgson- Metal Sonic
Dieter Stark – Nack the Weasel
Welcome everyone to the next installment in the Sonic Jurassic Park Series: The Lost World
For those of you who haven't read Sonic Jurassic Park. Get out of here! You got to read the first one first lol. This is the second, so go back back back! And click on the other one if you haven't gone thought the first one yet! It's complete so you can read the whole thing in one sitting. Lol, and for those of you who have read the first one, you can stay, or read the first again. lol, hopefully it's good enough to read again and again.
Okay here we go!
Prologue
The late twentieth century had witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction.
It was hardly a new subject- extinction had been first demonstrated that species became extinct back in 1789, not long after what the humans called 'American Revolution'. The theory was accepted until Darwin, put for his theory of evolution, were 'extinction' was hardly mentioned.
The thing about extinction, it was generally considered as unremarkable as a car running out of gas. Extinction was simply proof of failure to adapt. However, the fact that some species failed was hardly given a second thought. What was there to say about it? However, in the turn of the century, two developments began to focus the attention on extinction in a new way.
The first was the recognition that human beings were now declining, and anthros were now very numerous, and were altering the planet at a very rapid rate – eliminating traditional habitats, clearing new paths, same as humans polluted the air and water, and perhaps even changing the global climate. In the process, many animals became extinct or evolved into anthros. Some scientists cried out in alarm; other were quietly uneasy. How fragile was the planet's ecosystem? Was the human species engaged in behavior that would eventually lead to their extinction and the flourishing of another?
No one was sure. Since nobody had bothered to study extinction in an organized way, there was little information about the rates of extinction in other geological eras. So scientists began looking closely at the extinction of the past, hoping to find answers for the present.
That is when they found the dinosaurs.
The second development concerned new knowledge about the death of the dinosaurs. It had long been known that all dinosaur species had become extinct in a relatively short time at the end of the Cretaceous era, approximately sixty-five million years ago. Exactly how quickly those extinctions occurred is what scientist wanted to know.
People studied, theories came, theories went, and the studies continued. Then finally one theory did arrive that could have been the possible answer. In the rocks of the earth, iridium was discovered in high concentrations measuring around the time of the Cretaceous era. Iridium was rare on earth, but abundant in meteors. From this evidence, scientists figured that a meteor, many miles in diameter, had collided with the earth at that time. They theorized that the resulting dust and debris had darkened the skies, inhibited photosynthesis, killed plants and animals, and ended the reign of the dinosaurs.
The dramatic theory captured the media and the public's imagination. It began a controversy for which continued for many years. Where was the crater? There had been five major periods of extinction in the past – had meteors caused them all? Was there a twenty-six-million-year cycle catastrophe? Was the planet even now awaiting another devastating impact?
For decades to come, these questions remained unanswered. The debate raged on- until in one late August, when, at a weekly seminar of the Santa Fe institute and iconoclastic mathematician named Shadow Malcolm announced that none of these questions mattered, and that the debate over a meteoric impact was "a frivolous and irrelevant speculation."
"Consider the numbers," Malcolm explained, leaning on the podium stand, staring forward at his audience. "On our planet there are currently fifty million known species of plants and animals. We think that is a remarkable diversity, yet it is nothing compared to what has existed before. We estimate that there have been fifty billion species on this planet since life began. That means that for every thousand species that ever existed on the planet, only one remains today. Thus 99.9 percent of all species that ever lived are extinct. Moreover, mass killing account for only five percent of that total. The overwhelming majority of species died one at a time."
The truth, Malcolm said, was that life on earth was marked by a continuous, steady rate of extinction. By and large, the average lifespan of a species was four million years. For mammals, it was million years. Then the species vanished. So the real pattern was one of the species rising, flourishing, and dying out in a few million years. On average, one species a day had become extinct throughout the history of life on the earth.
"But why?" he asked. "What leads to the rise and decline of earth's species in a four-million-year life cycle?"
"It suggests to us that behavior of complex animals can change very rapidly, and not always for the better. It suggests that behavior can cease to be responsive to the environment, and lead to decline and death. It suggests that animals may stop adapting. Is this what happened to the dinosaurs? Is this true cause of their disappearance? We may never know. But it is no accident that human beings and anthros are so interested in dinosaur extinction. The decline of the dinosaurs allowed mammals – including us – to flourish. And that leads us to wonder whether the disappearance of the dinosaurs is going to be repeated, sooner or later, by us as well. Whether at the deepest level the fault lies not in blind fate – in some fiery meteor from the skies - but from our own behavior. At the moment, we have no answer."
And then he smiled.
"But I have a few suggestions," he said.
And we are back ladies and gentlemen! I was not going to keep you waitin long. =D And look who's back as well :)
Shadow Malcolm!
This chapter just makes you want to fall over and croak doesn't it? It sure made me. I was a dinosaur fanatic as a kid, and I knew , and still know, all of the theories. But I still hate going scientific. This story is going to take a LOT of research, because SHADOW over there isn't making my job any easier! (him and his bloody chaos theories)
It will get better I promise, soon it will be less science, and more chomping dying and screaming lol. (Unless you like science, then whoops)Just hang with me becuase we are going to so do this people!
Wish me luck and here we go!
Welcome to the next installment!
THE LOST WORLD