Okay, so I can't wait. I am here to announce the beginning of a third big story!
(Crowd Applause)
And I am happy to say that this is the beginning of a great story that I hope you all will love and follow! Please enjoy!
Benny laid there in the hot Arizona heat, his body baking as he took a small toothbrush and scraped off some remaining dirt off of a fossil in the ground. His best friend and colleague, Ellie Sattler near his side as they carefully excavated the fossil and looked at it in wonder.
"Mr. Weir, we have the machine working again! Come check it out!" came Benny's excited intern's voice. He looked up and watched as his intern, Jack Frost, came running up the pair as he looked down the hill at a small awning with electrical equipment under it as people gathered around it. Benny sighed as he stood up, dusting off the dirt from his blue jeans as he left the fossil alongside Ellie. They made their way down as Jack continued to talk excitedly to the both of them, Benny rolling his eyes in annoyance. Hey eventually made their way to the tent as he walked forward and watched a fellow paleontologist work the computer before a scanner started forming a image onto the screen. Soon, everyone was looking at a fully formed adult raptor as Benny reached over and touched the screen, causing it to go haywire.
"He touched the screen, you messed it up Benny," Ellie said jokingly as everyone began to chuckle as he raised his shoulders in mock shock.
"What's the big deal? Look's like a six foot turkey to me," a nearby kid said as Benny turned to look at a small kid looking at the screen and everyone else.
"A turkey huh? OK try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, slightly bobbing his head up and down. And you keep still because you think maybe his visual acuity is based off movement like the T-Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him and he stares right back. And that's when the attack comes, not from the front but from the side," Benny says, pulling out a long serrated claw from his pocket. "From the other two raptors you didn't even know were there, because Velociraptor is a pack hunter ya see. He uses coordinated attack patterns and he is in full force today. And he slashes at you with this, a six-inch retractable claw, from the middle of the toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, no no, he slashes you here or here. Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is, your alive when they start to eat you. So try and show a little respect okay?" Benny finished, watching as the little kid nodded his head fearfully as the group began to laugh and Ellie just shook her head. Benny walked off in the opposite direction as his intern Jack followed him by his side.
"Kids! You want one of those?" Benny asked Jack as they walked side by side, Ellie behind them holding onto her sunhat.
"I don't want that kid, but a breed of child could be intriguing Dr. Weir. I mean what's so wrong with kids?" Jack asked, looking at Benny as they continued walking back up the hill.
"Oh, Jack, their noisy, expensive, and messy," Benny said as Jack began to smirk and laugh.
"Cheap...cheap," Jack responded, looking back to Benny as Ellie caught up with the both of them on their trek up the hill.
"They smell," Benny said.
"They do not smell!" Ellie said as she caught onto her colleagues conversation and busted out laughing.
"They do too! Babies smell!" Benny said excitedly, trying to prove his point as the two others began to laugh and wipe their eyes.
That's when suddenly they began to hear the sound of helicopter rotters flying in as they all turned to see a private chopper flying in low.
"Shit, who in the hell! Someone get a tarp over those digs, now!" hollered out Benny as he watched Ellie and Jack begin to run to aid the other diggers who were now scrambling to save their hard earned work. Benny ran forward as he watched the helicopter land, and someone move into his trailer as he raced forward as quick as he could.
"Turn the engine off, off!" Benny screamed as he signaled to the pilot who just waved him off with his hand as Benny ran into his trailer.
"Who in the hell are you!?" Benny screamed, taking off his hat as he watched a elderly man turn around, the cork of a wine bottle blowing off as Benny ducked to avoid being hit.
"Hey, we were saving that!" Benny said as he watched the old man begin to smirk and giggle as he began to pour glasses.
"For today, I can assure you," the man said simply as he handed Benny a glass who took it reluctantly as he watched the old man move about the trailer.
"My names John Hammond, I believe we've spoken before on the phone," Mr. Hammond said as Benny suddenly perked up, standing attentive as before both Jack and Ellie barged into the trailer.
"Okay, who's the big jerk!" said Ellie as she threw down her hat and looked between Benny and John Hammond.
"Ellie, Jack, this is our founder and sponsor Mr. Hammond," Benny said, stuttering slightly as both Ellie and Jack repeated his prior reaction and reached out their hands to shake John's. He handed them both glasses of wine and smiled at them all.
"I know you are young for a paleontologist Mr. Weir, but I guess it helps to be born into the business like your mother. For someone who's only twenty-five, you've made quite the name for yourself across the globe. And that is exactly what I came here for, I need your help. All of your help, including you Mrs. Sattler and Mr. Frost," John Hammond said as he sat down on a nearby chair and looked at everyone as he took a sip of his wine. Benny just shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he stared at the old man uncomfortably.
"What on earth could you need our help for? Your a self made billionaire," Benny said as both Ellie and Jack set down their glasses and developed confusing looks on their faces.
"Well ya see, I've been constructing somewhat of a biological preserve off the coast of Costa Rica. And I need you three to come down for the weekend and tell me what you think and give your reviews to the lawyers. Nasty little buggers they are, ya know any personally?" John asked, setting his glass down as he looked back the three bewildered people in front of him.
"Why would you need our approval?" Benny asked, intrigued now as he walked past Jack and sat down on his own chair.
"Well, I'll leave it up to surprise but let's just say it's right up your aisle Mr. Weir. And I'll need the help of a paleobotanist as well, and your intern Mr. Frost can come too," John said, smirking once more as he looked at all of them, awaiting a answer.
"Well the offer sounds nice and all Mr. Hammond, but we just found a new fossil and everything so it would be a big inconvenience," Benny started before the old man held up his hand, stopping him.
"How does the offer of me funding your dig for the next three years sound as a extra bonus?" John said, causing everyone to stammer as they looked at one another before laughing gleefully.
"You've got yourself a deal Mr. Hammond!" Benny said excitedly as the other two began to cheer and high five one another. John Hammond smiled like a kid in a candy shop as he grabbed his cane, embedded with a golden gem tip before walking to the doorway.
"That's wonderful, you three had better get packing. I've got a private jet waiting on the runway as we speak," Hammond said before he walked out of the trailer back into the dry heat of Arizona, leaving the three of them smiling and laughing as they rushed to get their suitcases and bags ready. They were about to embark on the journey of a lifetime.
So here we are, at the end of chapter one! I am loving this so far! Please review with your words and thoughts, I await them anxiously. I plan on this story being long and big.
