Raptor and I (Rewritten) –Chapter 4
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Attention: Going to consist of many different sections but finally I can get started on the movie…
1 week before the movie
Robert's Pov
"Steady…. " I ordered as I watched the crane lower down the humongous metal crate that held one those creatures. I seriously have no idea why John would want to have another pack of raptors on this island, like the original pack has not caused enough problems.
"Okay! Moving team, let's go." I called out as a group of workers, went forward to the crate and pushed it towards the gate of a holding enclosure. This was the last of this pack of raptors and this fellow is also the alpha male. The only difference is that this group of raptors comprises of both males and females.
Another thing I could not understand is why John did not want Rae or Josh to know that there is another pack of raptors on the island. I mean after all he did hire the both of them because of their knowledge and experience with pack animals. So far, the transfer of the alpha male, the last of this pack, is going smoothly but I won't be able to breathe easily until he is inside his enclosure.
"Alright. Everyone move back. Gate Master move up." I shouted. Everyone waited with baited breath as the Gate master, Carter, climbed up on top of the crate and slowly lifted up the gate of the crate. Suddenly disaster struck as the alpha male inside the crate rammed itself into one side of the crate, dislodging it slightly from the tracks that held it in position.
Carter scrambled down the crate but just as he was about to step away from the crate, the raptor, still inside the crate, grabbed his right foot through the gap that it had made and that was when all hell broke loose. Everyone, including myself, rushed towards Carter. I grabbed onto Carter as the raptor tried to pull him into the depths of the crate while the other workers tried to shock the raptor through the bars of the crate.
Finally we managed to knock out the raptor but it was too late to save Carter. He was dead. With a dreadful sigh, I closed Carter's eyes that were wide open in fear even in death.
Next day – Rae's Pov
"Rae! Did you hear?" Josh exclaimed as he plopped down next to me for breakfast in the staff cafeteria.
"What?" I asked, before taking a bite out of my bun.
"Carter is dead!" Josh replied.
"What?!" I yelled. " When did this happened and how?"
"I overheard Robert talking to Hammond. Some dino, I did the get to hear, managed to bang and dislodge its crate from the rails and grabbed Carter." Josh said.
"OMG…. Hammond must be pissed." I exclaimed.
"Finally, I see you eating your breakfast in the cafeteria." Robert said as he came to seat next to us.
"Rob! Tell us more of the accident." Josh and I demanded.
"An accident occurred during the transfer and Carter was killed." Robert replied shortly.
"What dino was that?" Josh asked.
"A T-rex." Robert replied, after hesitating for a minute.
'Why weren't we informed of a new T-rex?" I questioned.
"It was a last minute thing that John wanted." Robert answered quickly, "Now leave me to eat my breakfast in peace."
"Fine! Come on Rae, let's start work." Josh grunted, getting out of his seat and I followed suit.
The next two days passed by pretty well despite the accident that resulted in the death with Carter. Josh and I just did our daily duties per normal and nothing unusual happened.
Currently, I am walking back to the visitor's centre from the raptor's enclosure all by myself. Josh had left earlier in the jeep to help Crag with the Dilophosaurs, they have started to bully him, especially since they could see that he was just one keeper.
"Rae! Get in the car." Josh ordered, suddenly driving up on me and stopping.
"Josh! What?" I asked, a bit shocked at his arrival.
"Come on! Hammond has called for a sudden important meeting." Josh answered. This was new, Hammond has never called for such a meeting in the years I have worked here so I quickly climbed into the jeep.
It did not take the both of us long to reach the visitor's centre where almost everyone that worked in the part was gathered outside at the entrance. We got out of the jeep and joined the crowd, squeezing our way through till we found our fellow keepers.
"I thank all of you for coming here even though we are all very busy however, many of you have heard what happened 3 days ago with Mr. Carter Loraz. We are saddened by the lost of a great man. Unfortunately, his death has caused concerns for the visitors of this park. So in three days time, a small group of guests will be coming to try out this park. I sincerely hope that everyone will treat them nicely." Hammond announced. Everyone scattered, Josh and I included but Robert motioned to the both of us to go over to where he stood with Arnold and Hammond.
"Josh and Rae, I have another important task for the both of you." Hammond said once he spotted us.
"What do you need us to do Boss" I asked.
"In three days time, at around 9 am, my grandkids will arrive on this island to be part of the group of guests. Their names are Tim and Lex, I would like the two of you to look after them until I arrive back on this island with the rest of our guests." Hammond instructed. Josh and I just nodded.
Sorin's pov
This morning was an absolutely wonderful morning, not only did we get a live four-legged prey for breakfast but I go to spent time alone with my mate after that as well. No idea where the male that was always with her went to and I really don't care.
"Ah… satisfying breakfast…" Lucus said as he rubbed his full belly while lying on his back on the ground.
" Seeing the amount of food that you ate. I must ask how have your stomach has not exploded? Tama asked.
"Must you even ask? It is plain and simple to see that he is a pig." Lynn, a female around our age cut in. She and Lucus are always teasing each other and leaving the rest of the pack wondering when the two of them will just confess that they like one another and mate.
"I rather think of myself as having a bottomless pit of a stomach." Lucus replied, glaring at Lynn.
"Whatever that prey was, the chicks all loved it." Tasha said from her spot next to Leon. Oh yea… I now have a bunch of nieces and nephews along with a couple more of chicks from other members of the pack. Wonderful news am I right however, the human alpha male just had to ruin this blessing by attacking us.
He and several males from his pack had stormed our place one day and captured one couple from our pack; this left us with an orphaned chick, Marron. Luckily though, none of the humans had noticed the chicks that were kept hidden at the nesting site. Who knows what would have happened if they did! I will have my revenge on that alpha male one day, how dare he attack my pack! Just wait for the storm that is going to hit this place in 3 days time! We will escape from this place and I will take my revenge on you as well as get my mate.
"What you thinking about baby bro?" Lexus asked, making all those around us look at me.
" Duh! His female of course!" Lucus shouted, making everyone laugh.
"Shut up you loudmouth! I was thinking about the storm." I yelled back.
"Ooo… the storm. You're talking about the escape plan right?" Tama asked.
"Yes. When the storm hits in three days time, we will make our escape from this caged forest." I explained slowly.
"Then Freedom!" Lucas screamed.
"Won't the humans come after us?" Leon questioned.
"Of course but we will kill them if necessary." I answered.
"How about your mate? When we escape, you can't see her anymore." Tasha pointed out.
"Don't worry, she will be coming along with us." I smirked, thinking about how I would finally have my human constantly with me.
"I might have said this before but I will say it again. You are OBSEESED!" Lucas screamed at my face.
" I am NOT obsessed!" I yelled back, sweeping my tail to trip him into the water hole that was behind him. The look on his face when he hit the water had all of us laughing so hard till we all rolled on the ground.
3 days later – (AN: Like finally)
Rae's Pov
Well, today was the big day. Hammond's guests had already arrived and were being given a tour by Hammond himself. I have not met them yet but I would most likely get to see them later when Hammond brings them to the Raptor enclosure.
Currently, Josh and I are waiting at the helipad for the arrival of Hammond's grandchildren. We did not really have to wait long before the helicopter appeared in view and landed.
"Hello. You guys must be Tim and Alex. I am Rae and this guy here is Josh. We will be your guides till your grandfather arrives later on in the evening." I smiled in welcome.
"I think you are scaring them." Josh whispered to me when I was ignored by the two kids in front of me. I 'accidently' stepped on his toes as the four of us boarded the jeep and made our way to the visitors' centre.
Upon reaching the Visitors' Centre, it appears as though our timing was just nice, as Hammond has just finished with the first part of the tour with his guest. Once they spotted their grandfather, both kids dashed up to him and gave him warm hug with a cry of grandpa.
"Let me introduce all of you to two of the park's finest keepers. This young lady is Rae while this young man is Josh. They both have something very special to show you now, if you would them." Hammond said, gesturing towards us.
"Which dinosaurs do you two look after?" the gentleman in checkered shirt asked.
"Triceratops, Dilophosaurs and Velociraptors." Josh answered. The man's reaction to his answer was one that looked almost like a happy jig.
"We are going to see them now?" He asked, enthusiastically, as he looked at Hammond.
"Yes, we are Dr Grant." Hammond chuckled. We all made our way outside and got into two jeeps that Robert and Josh drove. When we reached our destination, Dr Grand and the only lady guest in the group rushed out of the car and ran up to the enclosure. Wow… those two are really, really excited.
Josh and I went towards the back of the building where the poor cow for the raptors' late breakfast was already prepared in the sling. Well here it goes, Josh hit the switch for the crane to start moving the cow up and into the enclosure.
All the guests were watching in barely uncontrollable excitement as they watch the cow get lowered into the enclosure however; it was easy to see that they were disappointed by the lack of view of the raptors themselves.
" Do they vocalize? What is their behaviour and pack dynamic like?" Dr Grant started firing questions once he spotted both Josh and I walking up to them. Before either of us could answer, Robert cut in and gave his 'These creatures are dangerous and should be destroyed' speech.
"All right, how about we head back to the Visitors' Centre for lunch before we continue on with the tour. Thank you Josh and Rae, you two may go back to work now." Hammond said, gesturing to the cars for his guests. After watching Hammond and his guests drive off, Josh and I carried out the rest of our duties for the day until it was dinner time. It was pretty obvious that a storm was coming as the wind was blowing like crazy but it did not really concern us as we were going to be safe and warm in our rooms, sleeping the night away.
Sorin's Pov
My mate is late today, the sun is already pretty high up in the sky and she still has not arrived. I peered through the see through wall, trying to see if she was just hiding in some corner of the room. When it did not appear she was not going to be coming anytime soon, I went back to the nesting site.
"I'm HUNGRY!" I heard Lucus moan.
"Shut up you bastard! We all are hungry." Tama snapped only to receive a whack across the head by Tasha.
"Language brother, the chicks are all here." Tasha scolded.
"And what are you teaching them exactly by hitting me?" Tama asked, rubbing his head.
"She's teaching them how to hit annoying idiots like you…OW" I replied, when I was suddenly hit across the head as well from Tasha.
"I'm the alpha. How dare you hit me!" I glared at my sister but it did not faze her one bit.
"You may be my alpha but I am still your elder sister so I have all rights to hit you." She said to me while smiling. I rubbed the sore spot on my head where she had hit me, damn can my sister hit. The sound of my mate's arrival was heard and it was accompanied by the scents and sounds of a whole big bunch of new humans but one particular scent stood out like a sore claw, making my blood boil. The alpha human male was here.
A very familiar sound of the four-legged prey was heard and all of us looked up to see the prey being slowly lowered into the enclosure for us. Finally, some breakfast. All the chicks were tittering around in excitement at the expectation of food. All the adults left the nesting site, except for two members who stayed behind to watch the chicks.
"Ah… This is the life." Lucus sighed as he chomped on a leg of the prey. I took one glance at him as I ripped a piece of meat from the prey, imagining it to be the alpha human male and swallowed it. Soon, I will get my revenge on him.
Unfortunately, I did not get to see my mate during the rest of the day until dinner time. By that time, the storm was rapidly approaching and the wind was just crazy. I could barely hide my manically grin as I feasted on dinner with my pack. Once the storm hit the island, my pack and I would escape from captivity and I would be finally able to touch my mate for the very first time in so many years.
After lunch at the visitor's centre
"Off you all go. Have fun." Hammond waved goodbye to his guests as they went to board the automatic jeeps of the tour.
"We will keep in contact with you all through the radios in the jeeps." Simon informed.
The two men watched as the two jeeps started to move forward, officially starting the first ever visitor tour of Jurassic Park.
Rae's Pov
After a hearty dinner of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and vegtables, Josh and I both went our separate ways back to our rooms. I, for one, was pretty exhausted and all I wanted to do once I entered my room was take a hot shower and comatose in my bed.
I took out my key and opened the door and went into my room, kicking of my boots once in the room. I got rid of all the PPE from my body and placed them in their respective positions in the room. After that I quickly grabbed clean pair of cotton shorts and sleeping shirt before heading for the shower.
I threw myself into my bed after the refreshing shower and just lay there, staring at the ceiling. The howling wind that was blowing across the island could be heard outside the window and slowly, I was going to fall asleep when there was a loud crack of thunder.
You could say that I was quite scared of thunder, especially when they were the really really loud ones. Rolling over in bed, I reached for my i-pod and headphones. Swiftly, I switched on the ipod and attached the headphone. I then buried myself under the blanket, listening to music until I falling asleep.
Visitor's Centre, Control Room
"Where is Denise?" Arnold shouted, vainly trying to un-hack the missing computer genius's computer but was unsuccessful. Hammond was worriedly staring at the screen that monitors the cameras installed in the jeep. A major storm had hit the island and has short-circuited the whole system that ran Jurassic park.
"I'll go see if he at the vending machines. If not I will radio Josh and Rae." Simon said, picking up his trusty gun and exited the room.
"Damn it!" Arnold cursed, banging the keyboard. On the screen was the missing dude's mocking face.
"How long more do we have?" Hammond asked in a low voice.
"Probably another half and hour before the reserve generators also shut down and we loose all electricity." Arnold answered.
"Find Denise before then! I will not have the dinosaurs running loose on this island with all my guests out there." Hammond said firmly.
"Sure thing boss." Arnold replied, trying his luck with the from this point onwards, labeled 'evil' computer.
Hammond looked back at the monitor that was showing his guests worried and his grandchildren's scared faces.
Josh's Pov
I was just stepping out from the shower after working out a bit and was a hundred percent ready to go the bed but it seemed as though my radio had different ideas. It was Robert and even though there was plenty of static interrupting the frequency, I was still able to catch the message.
Sighing, I went to pull out a clean uniform and threw it on, grabbed all my stuff as well as an additional shotgun before leaving the room. Robert sounded very urgent and I did not have time to wait for Rae to dress up, knowing her, she had slept through the message. So I walked down to her room.
"Rae! Rae! Get up! Get dressed and meet Robert and I at the Visitor's Centre! Bring along an additional gun." I yelled, while banging on her door. I then turned and left the dorm unaware that Rae was still asleep having slept through both the message and my racket.