He ran from the monsters. They were coming fast and catching up to him. He had wanted to reach the visitors center before they caught him. He knew that he didn't have much time because these things are were able to run at 50 mph. His feet burned and his body ached from the 10 minutes of constant running. He just wanted to get to the center and call for help. He hoped that the visitors center power was on, or his mission would be over. He hoped that maybe there would be a group of commandos that could save him. But right now, all he could think of was not getting ate.
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A few days earlier
Cody walked casually into the InGen office. Cody had been working there for almost 10 months, and still didn't really feel like the person who would be responsible. He rubbed his morning eyes as he made his way over to the reception desk. The lady at desk was to him, very attractive. He would sometimes try to seduce her into dinner, but he didn't try again after she told him the truth. "I don't appreciate your presence towards me", she told him, "and I would rather like it if you stop seducing me into your little life works." He took that as a sign to stop.
"Good morning.", said Cody. He would sometimes pull of an attractive voice, but he always failed at trying to be attractive.
"Hello.", the lady said, still tired from all of her work. She would work 7 hours a day, 42 a week. She would get up at 5 AM and be at her job by 6. Then it was 8 hours of bringing in calls with some people who would be just complete assholes towards her, but she always took it calmly.
"Listen, I wanted to say I'm sorry for being so rude towards you", Cody said, "I was just trying to find somebody who looked like she would be the right one. But now I believe I am just acting like the typical creep. I'm sorry."
She couldn't help but feel bad for him. Well of course she thought he was a creep, but at the end, he may not have been so bad at all. She took his presence not too calmly as maybe she could have taken it , but she didn't feel it would be enough to upset him real bad.
"No, No, don't be sorry. You just got to tone it down a little bit when you go to meet a girl, ok?", she asked.
"Ok.", Cody said. At first, he thought she was going to ask him out, but he knew after her talk that she was ready to get back to work. Work at InGen was a big mess.
He made his way to the left hall which had 2 elevators on each side. He was about to enter his own, when a man got on one next to him. Instead of waiting for his own, he boarded the one that the man had called. 2 other people joined Cody in the elevator.
"Which floor?", asked the man. He asked the other two people too. "Floor 6.", answered Cody.
Floor 6 was one of the more important floors as it contained more work stations than the other floors. Work at the InGen office had a lot of responsibilities. First, there are responsibilities for making mistakes. If a person made a mistake, the genetic code would have to be looked over until the problem could be found. It takes maybe hours or days to be able to find the error in the genetic code. Genetic codes have more then 1 million lines of code to translate. The whole job was about translating the lines of code in which John Hammond's secret plan could be commenced. His secret plan was secret for a reason because it involved the bringing back of an extinct animal to which nobody is sure about. It involved about 10 hours of constant typing.
As Cody came out of the elevator, he saw that the floor was empty. "Where is everyone?", Cody thought. He walked around a little bit, looking in each of the stations. To no avail, he saw nobody in any of them. "Alright, this is getting weird.", blurted Cody. He then turned to see everybody crowded into the conference room.
"Come on in, folks. There is room for everyone.", said a man in a suit.
Cody shuffled his way through the crowd and found himself a seat in the 4th row. There was a podium at the front with a wooden door right next to it. There was a projector reflecting the logo of some sort of park. The logo said, "Jurassic Park" Cody had a small smirk as he thought, "Jurassic Park? What is this suppose to be?" People were talking to each other about what it was about too. Was it a joke? Was it some sort of campaign? What could be so important about this "Jurassic Park"?
Just then, a man came through the door. He had brown, graying hair. He had a tall structure with a muscular build as well. He had a black suit and a red tie. The man banged a mallet on the podium. He started to talk into the small microphone.
"Good morning, gentlemen", started the man, "For those of you who don't know, my name is Benjamin Lockwood. I am John Hammond's assistant. The reason I am here is because John has asked a favor from you all. A few months ago John started on a project which he called Jurassic Park. The purpose of this park is to bring science to life through genetic coding. That was the whole reason that you have all been working so hard on translating lines of code."
Cody then realized all of the work he had done was for nothing. He had been informed about the meeting at a press conference, but no details were largely given. All they were told was about a new project that the founder had thought of. Nobody knew that it was the reason for all the working.
"The genetic code connects to a certain prehistoric animal. The creatures we have made come from the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous Period. The certain creatures are what you all may know as dinosaurs."
At that instant, the whole room broke into a quiet commotion. People were secretly questioning Lockwood and the project of Hammond. That was all of the reason why there were so many exhausting days of continuous typing. They were translating codes all to complete the line for an animal.
"Are we sure this is a good idea?", said one of the workers. "Don't you realize that there could be a problem with all this?", another one asked. Everybody started to blurt out their concerns. Sure, it was a once in a lifetime chance to see dinosaurs for the first time, but the danger was imminent. Dinosaurs had been extinct for 65 million years and have only seen the Earth from their angle. Now they were brought to the present day, before the eyes of different looking animals to which they had never seen before.
"We take precautions", said Ben, "we don't just bring dinosaurs into the world without first planning the emergency procedures. We started with the emergency procedures first, then the genetic translations were started. I can understand your concerns, but understand that we are ready for an emergency crisis if things get rocky."
Benjamin had forms in his hand. They were Jurassic Park job applications. They were full of information that was probably much needed. That is the purpose of job applications, to give a good amount of information to have people know what they were getting into for the job. How could anybody know what they were getting into when working in Jurassic Park? Then again, nobody ever knows what they are getting to in a zoo, but these are dinosaurs, not a lion found Africa.
Cody found the job intriguing as he loved dinosaurs as a kid. He would beg his mom every weekend to let him see the TV show, Dinosaurs. He would even go as far as pouting if he was rejected. Eventually, his mother would give in, only for him to try and find the nearest educational show. When his mother would take him to the library, he would drag her to any dinosaur-related book, whether it be educational or kid-friendly. At 7, he learned about even some of the more lesser-known dinosaurs like Herrerasaurus or Troodon. There was no debate about his love for dinosaurs. He always wished that one day, somebody would be dumb enough to bring a dinosaur back to life. Now, he finally found a crazy son of a bitch who would.
"If there are any questions that are in need of answering, come right to me. If not, go back to your normal work. Job applications will be at the lobby. Thank you for your time.", said Benjamin.
Immediately, Cody got up from his seat and made his way to Benjamin, who was about to move out of the room. "Mr. Lockwood!", called out Cody. Ben turned around quickly as he saw the young man walk up to him.
"Who might you be?", asked Benjamin with his hands on his hips.
"My name is Cody. "
"Do you have a question in dire need of answering?"
"Yeah- What kinds of dinosaurs have bred?"
"I would rather not tell you."
"Why not?", asked Cody. He was confused as to why he would be keeping this kind of information secret.
"I would rather not be a spoiler because it's best to make things a surprise.", answered Ben with a smile.
"Well, can I please have a form?", asked Cody.
Benjamin politely handed Cody a job application form. Cody shook hands with Benjamin and walked back to his work station. He looked through the form. It had the same kind of signing sheets; the background check, medication, and insurance. It was as if he had been handed the school field trip form. Cody wanted to get all of the information in before he signed the sheet. At the front was a letter from InGen. It stated:
Dear Sir or Ma'am
InGen is delighted to have this form at your fingertips. We have dedicated our lives to creating new ways of life for extinct animals. For the past decade, our beloved founder John Hammond has been making progress on creating the first zoo to have animals from a distant past. This is what Jurassic Park was made for. We hope that by taking this job that you understand the simple rules and guidelines of the park.
Take note that you must treat the park as your own and treat the dinosaurs just as you would treat a giraffe or a tiger. At Jurassic Park, you have other opportunities other than working with dinosaurs. You are able to fly in tourists in our helicopters or work in the park security office. Or if you are feeling on the creative kind, join our cook team at our 3-star restaurant.
We hope you enjoy the Jurassic Park environment as much as we do!
Sincerely,
InGen Corporation
Cody thought of the choices. "Either cook, fly, or security.", said Cody to himself. He had learned computers in college. After he discovered InGen, he wanted to put his skills to the ultimate test. Now for 3 years, he has worked on typing lines of code for different species of what he now discovered as dinosaurs. What did he expect that they were bringing back through genetic coding? Did he really think that he would be translating codes for a living creature? At the time, he never really cared what it was about.
For a while he thought about it. He finally made the choice of computers. If he was doing a good job at the facility, then he could do a good job as park security. "Alright, he goes nothing.", he said. He grabbed his pen and started writing his signature. Then he managed to sign the background check. He did have a few instances of drunk behavior, but hadn't done it for 5 years. Being 24, he didn't worry much about it anymore, as he is 3 years over the drinking age. After the background check, it was time for medication. He skipped it since he didn't really have many problems. Finally, it was insurance.
"That's odd", he thought, "why would I need to put down my insurance information?" It didn't strike him at the time that he could get hurt on the job. The park took extreme precautions, just as Benjamin said. Of course there are always problems, but if Benjamin is saying that they take extreme precautions, how could a dinosaur be able to hurt him?
Just before he left work that day, he saw Benjamin walking out of the building. He ran over to him. "Mr. Lockwood!", shouted Cody. He shouted too suddenly that Ben flung his hands into the air, flinging all of his papers into the air.
"Oh, I am so sorry!", said Cody.
"Eh, don't worry about it. Just don't come up to me like that next time. You scared the shit out of me."
Cody handed Benjamin the paper. "It's got my signature and everything.", said Cody. Ben looked down at the paper then back up. He gave a slow-moving smile as he looked up.
"I am delighted that you made this decision.", exclaimed Ben.
"Well, I loved dinosaurs as a kid, so why not?", said Cody.
"Well, everybody loved dinosaurs as a kid. Why do you think that Hammond thought of this whole idea?"
Cody nodded and shook Ben's hand. Cody ran back to his car. He layed his head back on the seat for a bit. He was very excited for this. He finally would get a job at Jurassic Park, the most anticipated amusement park in the world. How could a person go wrong for this opportunity? It's not like anything could go really wrong, right?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, this was the first chapter of Jurassic Park: Isolation. This story was actually something I thought of last minute. I just thought, 'What if Jurassic Park played like the movie, but have a few elements from the novel, such as graphic violence and characters?" This will be the same story as the movie, but will have a few extra details from the novel that were never used for the movie. Maybe we will have an extended Ray Arnold scene, maybe we will have a few characters from the novel who never appeared in the movie, we will just have to see for the later chapters. Thank you for reading and Chapter 2 will be out very shortly.