"Well my boy your here to see our attractions."
"And what are those?" Grant asked.
"Well let's just say... it's right up your alley."
"Ok thanks for the riddle." Chris said. "No matter, no matter. Now how've you all been?" They each filled Hammond in on all of the digs and stuff that they were working on currently. Omar explained about the new species and he didn't seem surprised at all. He seemed to be full of happiness. In a sense he was like a toddler with a brilliant mind. Omar kept his hand on the knife just incase anything he didn't expect happened. Chris and Kyle seemed on edge, but Kusi however was not worried at all. She was with Malcolm still talking about all of their math and science stuff. He wouldn't know much about that.
"So Hammond where exactly IS this 'island' of yours?"
"Ah well it's about 120 miles off the coast of Costa Rica. Lovely island. 'Isla Nublar' is translated to Cloud Island. Its volcanic and dormant, with lush forests and a large span. There isn't to much wildlife. We have a Safari lodge where you'll be staying. All your baggage will go up to your rooms. You will but first you will get a tour of the facility and science labs, then after you relax for a little we'll have dinner and send you off to see the park."
"How long will this park tour last?" Malcolm said from his conversation.
"Ahh about I'd say a few hours without any interruption."
"Ok." Chris said.
"So now-" Hammond stopped and looked out the window. "There it is." Omar looked out the window and saw a lush green island. Birds flew around the island silently. Large trees swayed with the gentle breeze. The jet landed on a pad quietly. Grant had some problems with his seatbelt and Hammond, Ellie, and Malcolm helped him. They got up and out of the jet and he looked around. Jeeps waited for them. Grant, Omar, Kyle, and Ellie climbed into one. Genarro and Hammond in the other. The others all piled to the last. "John are the miles of fence in place?"
"Yes. And the moats, and motion sensor cameras, and the feeding stations. Donald my dear boy, relax. Enjoy yourself. Your one a tropical Island for Christ's sake."
"Let's get one thing straight Hammond, this isn't a weekend excursion. This an investigation of the stability of the Island. The people who invested in it, whom I do represent, in 48 hours from now if the're not convinced I'm not."
"Ok then. In 48 hours I'll be accepting your apology." Omar overheard the whole conversation over the radio. They were driving along when Hammond ordered the cars to stop.
"Why are we stopping?" Chris said. "Just wait Chris."
Grant was just sitting there. What was going on? Why did they stop? He looked around. Omar was sitting there looking just as confused.
"Grant do you know whats going on?" Omar asked.
"No." He stared left at an unusual trunk of a tree. It looked rather like it had cuts in it. He followed it up and looked left and right. He saw 4 trunks lined up as if perfectly. As if scars and scales together. He followed the trunk upwards... it continued to grow above the other trees. "What the fu..." He heard Lindahl say. It grew and it looked like a body... neck... more neck... and a small head. He tapped Ellie's shoulder and she turned and her expression turned the same as his. Omar was out of the car looking at the creature and Ellie and Grant followed. Kyle stood up in the car gaping. It was a dinosaur. A fricking DINOSAUR. How was this possible. "It's... it's a dinosaur."
"Apatasaurus Ajax to be more specific." Omar said. "This thing... how?"
Gennaro stared at the dinosaur. It was huge, at least 70 feet from head to tail. And about 50 feet tall with it's head raised. It grazed on the plants quietly. It was looking around, as if for predators but Gennaro didn't know what could kill THIS beast. It noticed them and turned it's head towards them. It let out a loud moaning noise. Over the herizon, among the other trees and plants more noises were made and several heads rose above them. They were the same things. The creatures kept making scream-like noises and more and more heads rose until at least 30 of them were above the treetops. From off in the distance there was a roar in response.
"You did it." Malcolm said over the radio. "You crazy son of a bitch you did it." Omar stared at the creatures just as Gennaro did. But Gennaro had other motives. We're gonna make a fortune of this place. He thought. A FORTUNE.
"How big is it?" Omar asked.
"26-27 foot neck."
"Apatasaurus, 30." Hammond said walking out of the truck laughing. "A dinosaur. It's an actual freaking dinosaur." Kyle said, joining us. Grant fell to the ground. "Oh god." He seemed in shock.
"He'll be fine." Hammond said.
"How fast are they?" Ellie asked.
"Well we clocked the T. rex at 32. But the other one at near 45." "T. Rex? You said you've got a T. Rex?"
"Yes." Grant was up.
"Say again?"
"We have a Rex." He fell down. "In fact we have 2. A juvenile and an adult." Grant seemed even more traumatized.
"Wait you mentioned the other one?"
"Yes. I think that you mentioned something about a new type of Tyrannosaur? Well we just happened to have created one. I think by mistaking it for a Rex. It nearly killed the other while growing up as we presumed them both a Rex. It has the interesting little ridges along it's head as well as a tail spear. It's fully grown now and is nearly 60 feet long.
"Holy sh..." Omar stopped himself.
"Ha Dr. Grant. Dr. Khan. Dr. Sattler. Welcome to Jurassic park." There was a loud roar and the animals looked at them.
"How'd you do this?" Kyle asked.
"I'll show you." said Hammond.
Hammond led them towards a building. "This is kind of the main museum thing." Omar surveyed the room. An apatosaur fossil stood one leg lifted and neck twisted and above that was a Rex. It's jaws were open and it was attacking the apatosaur, which looked juvenile. A sign that read 'When dinosaurs ruled the Earth' hung above them. "Wow seems like quite the operation." Grant said. He led them down towards a row of chairs. "Now if you'll just watch the screen, you'll see how we create the dinosaurs." Hammond appeared on the screen. Omar watched closely. Suddenly a DNA strand appeared and spoke.
"Well I came from your blood." It was saying to the onscreen Hammond. "Each drop of your blood contains billions of strands of DNA. That's were our genestists take over at Jurassic Park." It cut to a sceen of a computer with a picture of DNA on it. "Thinkin machines, super computers. Technology used to help with these DNA." It cut to a picture of a piece of Amber. "Amber is the key. You see, millions of years ago there were mosquito's, just like today. And they fled on the blood of animals, even some dinosaurs. Sometimes after bitin a dinosaur the mosquito would land on the branch of a tree, and get stuck in the sap." It showed that entire process. "From there our scientists drill a small hole in the amber, after its been excavated of course, and place a tube down. From there they extract the blood and bingo. Dino DNA." It cut to a screen of a lot of numbers and words. "What the...?" Chris was saying. "If we looked at screens like this of DNA for 8 hours a day non stop, it would take two years to see the entire DNA strand. So it's full of holes. And then we have a process. We take the complete DNA of a frog. And with that will fill in the codes and complete the codes! Incredible." The screen shut off.
"And the tour moves on." Hammond said. The bars in front of them held them down suddenly like a roller coaster. It began to move to their left. Glass walls blocked off a science lab. Scientists were bustling about working with eggs and small creatures. Omar couldn't tell what it was.
"Are these characters... ummmm... auto uhh."
"No, no, no. These are the real miracle workers of Jurassic Park." "These scientists." An automated voice said. "Work on ordinary eggs and turn them into hosts for our dinosaurs. They remove the embryo already inside and place in the dino DNA to develop in it's place." There were big and small eggs that were hosts for the dinosaurs. "Then they harden the shell a little to make it so the egg has the duribility of the prehistory." Then the tour seemed to end.
"That's it?" Grant asked. "Can't we see the unfertalized eggs?" Ellie said.
"How did you interrupt the cellular mitosis?" Grant asked. The tried to move the bars but they wouldn't budge.
"Sorry." Hammond said. "It's kind of a ride." They all pushed together and got up. Grant, Omar, and Malcolm led the group. Kusi and Chris were in conversation about the well everything they just saw. They walked through a door and Kyle caught up with them. The door opened and Grant led them to a table. It was full of eggs and a chinese man followed them to the table. "It's turning the eggs." Grant said. "Yes." Said the man. "It's meant to maintain temperature." he said. "Oh sorry. Allow me to introduce myself I'm-"
"Henry Wu, cheif genesist for Jurassic Park." Said Hammond.
"Thank you Mr. Hammond." Suddenly one of the eggs began to tremble.
"Oh great. I'd hoped they'd hatched before I had to leave." Wu said.
"Henry, why didn't you say so? I love to be here when the're born." The egg began to crack, ever so slightly. Omar slipped on gloves and walked with Ellie, Hammond, and Grant. It continued to crack, making a small hole in the egg. Omar could see the egg tooth of the creature. It pecked out of the egg and soon it's head was revealed. It was a long narrow snout with sharp needle-like fangs and yellow eyes. It was also a pale yellowish in color, minus the blood on it. Brown tiger stripes decorated the back of it. One small clawed hand broke more of the egg.
"Ahh." Hammond said. "I love being here for the birth of every little creature on this island."
"What gender is it? And what do you do when they breed in the wild?" Grant asked.
"Female." said Wu. "Actually the're all female so can't breed. We've engineered them that way." "Haha." Malcolm said.
"Something funny?" Wu asked.
"No nothing, but a then again, how do you know the're all female. Does someone go into the park and uhh pull up the dinosaurs skirts?"
"No. It's really not that difficult. All embryos are intially female anyways. They just need a certain chromosome given at the right time to turn female anyways. We simply deny them that."
"Deny them?" Ellie asked.
"Yes its not complicated."
"Yes but how can you stop them from breeding?" Malcolm asked.
"So you're saying that a group composed entirely of female animals will... breed?" Wu asked.
"No I'm simply saying that ummm Life finds a way." Grant looked at the little dinosaur in his hands.
"It's a velociraptor." Wu said.
"You bred raptors?"
"Velociraptor Mongolienisis, yes."