Regina found herself putting on makeup again, which was not part of her usual routine. For the past couple of days it had. She had been playing an emergency public relations consultant to a new theme park which was about to open. the technology here on the island was mindblowing.
She wouldn't even be here if somebody hadn't figured out how to clone the raptor that ate one of it's handlers working on the island. Apparently, that had been a PR nightmare for a park trying to prove it was a safe family friendly resort. Even today they were flying in a group of experts to try and show how safe it was. It didn't matter though, since she wouldn't be here too much longer.
She was more concerned about the dinosaur embryos she was going to smuggle out in the next few hours. That was the pay day that really counted. A rival company to Jurassic Park had contracted her, and enfluenced things so she would be brought in as a PR consultant. Timing had worked in their favor because the I.T guy they had on the inside was asked to vouche for her in the application process.
His part of the plan was to force the system to give her access to the embryo chamber, which had the highest security. She was responsible for the 2nd part: Getting the embryos quickly to an small yacht that would be docked at the east port of the island. However, at last check the weather wasn't expected to cooperate with their plan. A tropical storm was headed in the general direction of the island, but that was a problem for the future that might sort itself out before she had even got there.
Now, as she finished applying her lip gloss, she smacked her lips and smiled playfully trying not to burst into laughter. She placed the gloss in her duffle bag along with her micro uzi, which had stayed in her room the entire time she had been here. The uzi had probably been overkill, but she never went on a job without protection of some kind. Corporate espionage was a cut throat business, plus she had done jobs for government organizations in the past that could come back to haunt her. Everything was packed since she would be leaving soon.
Regina strode across the driveway, wearing her comfy safari style khaki shorts, to the main center and showroom. The CEo, Mr. Hammond, of the project had insisted on leading the visitors around so she had pretended to work on the damadge control but knew she couldn't not make appearances every once and a while at least.
She would put on a cheery face, say some encouraging things and disappear before embarassing herself in a social setting. She tended to stay just long enough before her nerves would start getting to her. they were just finishing lunch and about to start out on the tour ride.
"Claire!" Hammond called her cheerfully by her alias, unknown to him.
"Hi everyone." She beemed, like a predator about to eat it's meal.
"Hello, I'm Grant," the professor introduced himself, and the others chimed in in their turn. Two of Hammond's grandchildren were there. They looked to be in either their early teens or late preteens.
"You should take a break from your busy schedule and go on tour with our guests." The old man said. Her initial response was to say no, but seeing as how he was the president, and he hadn't left much wiggle room out of it, she agreed.
"Ohhh, my pleasure." She said, quickly grabbing a few appetizers to go with her as lunch on the ride.
The next few minutes seemed to pass quickly. It was warm, sunny, and relaxing as they took the tour. Nobody could guess a storm was headed their way with such pleasant weather.
"So we're sent on a tour with the political officer, I mean public relations lady. You gonna try and indoctrinate us?" The chaoticist, Ean Malcolm asked. Doctors Grant and Saddler laughed. Regina couldn't help but smirk.
"No..." She grinned. "... But I do have to tell ya-" She glanced in the rear view mirror at him, "If you don't give the park your approval I'll have to kill ya." Everyone laughed again.
A static garbled mess erupted from the walkie talkie on Regina's lap, nearly causing her to dump her clipboard in the floorboard.
"You need me back at the center? Rodger." It was Nedry, the I.T guy who was her team mate for the mission. He was rescuing her from the tour by pretending she had an Outlook problem with her outgoing emails, she guessed. The others showed sympathy, but Regina brushed it off.
"It's okay. I'll just hop out when we stop at this next location... You won't have to make a… detour." She smiled at her pun. They tried to talk her out of it, but she pointed out how it was only a few football fields back, and she had been cooped up more indoors lately than she was used too anyway.
The wind had picked up, forerunner to the storm, blowing in her face as she strode to her apartment. Thunder boomed on the horizon, and the clouds were noticeably dark. regina sped up her pace and headed first to her room to grab her bag and started worrying. How could they smuggle the embryos in the middle of this storm?
She wasn't a scientist but had remembered their employer's instructions that the embryoes were fragile and had a short window for transporting from their freezer. The storm would make travel much slower, if even possible at all. She wasn't exactly sure what the conditions were, or how long they would last, but the ocean didn't seem like it would be too inviting right now.
"Ready?" Crackled his voice over the walkie talkie.
"You sure we're able to leave now? Shouldn't we wait until after the storm?"
"Nah, I checked the weather forecast and we'll make it out before the storm ever reaches."
"Okay. Let's start the countdown now." Regina said in a serious tone.
He confirmed and they both set their watches. Regina tucked her micro uzi inside her jacket and zipped up. That's what she liked about the micro uzi: compact size with a big punch if she needed it. Plus, it held more rounds than the usual pistol.
Just a few moments later Regina found herself peeking through a secure glass door, and glancing down at her watch.
"3-2-1" she thought. "Click" The door lock was open and she made her way inside to the lab containing the embryoes.
The scientist nicknamed Otacon was over at a console and looked up at her. "What are you doing here?" She unzipped her jacket, temporarily distracting him, and pulled out the uzi.
"Get in the closet over there, now!" Otacon's face went pale and he shakily hurried over to the closet and shut himself in. "Okay, okay!"
"And don't come out for ten minutes or I'll blow you away."
She placed the embryoes into a cool container she had been given and quickly made her way out in less than 5 minutes. Snaking her way down the halls through the center, Regina avoided the other scientists and personel until she arrived at a side exit inside a stairway. She glanced at her watch and knew Nedry should be waiting. Sure enough he was parked with the jeep idleing in the middle of the drive.
She hopped in and they began to roll towards the dock.
"I hadn't expected a scientist to be in the embryoe room. I threatened him and told him to not leave a nearby closet for ten minutes. So, they might be onto us sooner than we had expected."
He let out a burst of laughter, and she couldn't help but smile too at first.
Something didn't seem right though. He seemed off.
"What are you laughing at?" She pretended to laugh along with him.
"Oh, trust me, they've got bigger problems to worry about right now; and they know it."
Fat raindrops began to splatter down onto the windshield as it picked up. He grinned at her relishing the moment and continued. "I jammed the security system and powered down everything at the time the door unlocked for you."
Regina had to think, but Nedry explained to make sure she saw his genius.
"That wasn't the only secure door that opened. The whole system is down... Not only did every secure door in the complex open, but the dinosaur fences are down as well!" He cackled with laughter.
Her stomach suddenly felt cold and knotted. Stealing research was one thing, but dooming everyone on the island indiscriminantly was definitely evil. "What about Hammond's grandchildren? They're on the tour right now." She gasped out loud.
Nedry burst into laughter again. "I know! Isn't that hilarious? 'Come here little dino snack.' " He pretended to be a dinosaur.
Suddenly the jeep began to slide through the mud taking them off the trail. They both cried out in fear but were quickly silenced when it came to a hault. Nedry tried to back up but the tires were spinning in the mud. "I'll have to get out and use the winch to help pull us out." He said while pputting on his poncho.
Regina silently nodded, just taking it all in, as he hopped out. Everyone on the island would die thanks to Nedry and her. That hadn't been part of the plan though! There was no way she could be part of this.
Regina got out as Nedry finished securing the tow cable around a large tree. Before either of them could say anything they both were alarmed to hear rusteling in the jungle. She instinctivly reached back into her jacket and kept her hand on the uzi. An dilophosaurus emerged, eyeing them inquisitively
"Hey little fella. Get out of my way or I'll run you over as soon as I get this jeep going." nedry cooed at it. He made a movement towards the jeep, but suddenly the bright colored fan sprouted on the dilophosaurus' neck and Regina didn't have to think to know Nedry was about to be lunch. The dilophosaurus was leaning back it's head to hack at Nedry, it seemed, but before he could Regina's uzi burst fired into it. It's chest erupted spraying dark blood violently. The creature screamed in a high pitch, then everything was suddenly silent except for the patter of the rain around them.
"Whoa $ #! Let's get out of here!" Nedry exclaimed getting into the jeepn. Between the wench pulling them, and the tires spinning in 4-wheel drive, it only took a few moments for them to become unstuck and he hopped out one last time to untie the wench cable.
When he was back Regina began, "Nedry, we need to go back to turn the security fences back on."
"No way! Are you crazy?" Nedry looked at her, water trickeling down his pale face.
"We have to stop that from happening to the others. Think of the raptors. It won't take them long to figure out they can get out. Nobody will have a chance."
"Tough apples then. That Hammond and Arnold both wanted me to work miracles for entry level I.T pay. No respect. I bet they'll respect me now."
Nedry smiled as they stopped at the dock entrance.
"Don't you have a conscience?"
"No! That's final. I don't care what happens to them. It's survival of the fittest, and nature will take it's course... Kinda ironic when you think of it: Hammond engineered his own fate."
Nedry laughed as they both got out and Regina stopped across the jeep from him.
"give me the embryoes." Nedry demanded. Regina dreamily thought for a moment having forgotten they were in her coat pocket. She looked up and tossed them to him not believing this.
As he caught the container, his face went from exaltation to horrer in about the time it takes for five to eight 9mm rounds to hit their target.
"Good luck with that." She wondered if he had heard her as she emptied the last of the magazine into him.
Sailors on a nearby boat starred wide eyed and disbelieving as Regina smirked and slapped another magazine into the uzi. They hurried inside the ship. She threw the jeep in reverse, tires slinging mud as she sped back towards the center.