Anguirus111 Note: When posting Ch. 3 I mistakenly uploaded a chapter from Jurassic Park: Chaos is Inevitable. Don't worry it's now fixed and the story should make more sense now.
Genetics Building: Sam popped off a couple shots at one of the raptors before the two of them were immediately slammed down. Sam and Carl groaned in pain as the raptors kicked them off their feet before lunging forward and holding them down with their foot. Sam and Carl yelled again from the intense pressure as they felt their ribs beginning to snap. The two raptors immediately bent down and began sniffing their whole bodies before rearing up and looking at each other. Both shook their heads and grunted something to the hadrosaur and the remaining raptor who roared something back. The two raptors jerked their heads towards the interior of the building while the hadrosaur grumbled something else. The three raptors grumbled back at it only for the hadrosaur to nod its head in agreement and have all four tear off into the building with the hadrosaur barely missing crushing Sam and Carl while destroying the receptionists' desk and advancing into the building following the three raptors.
Jake's Office: Jake had just finished watching the whole sequence of events in the lobby from his laptop that had finally activated the security cameras.
"What was that?" Danni demanded after hearing the shots go off.
"Time to go," said Jake quickly as he unplugged his laptop, shut it off, and put it in his bag.
"What's going on?" Kelly demanded. Jake shrugged.
"Not much, we just have some visitors in the building with a fondness for meat who are conveniently heading our way," said Jake humming as he zipped up his bag.
"My God," said Danni. "What about Sam and Carl?"
"Well right now they're keeled over in front of what was the receptionist desk. We'll try and swing around and see if they're able to keep up with us. If not, we'll go from there," said Jake swinging his bag around onto his back.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Danni demanded. A roar was heard just down the hallway.
"No time, let's go," said Jake heading out the door. He looked both ways down the catwalk and then down at the genetics bay where the hadrosaur was currently trashing the place as it crushed numerous incubators. It then sniffed the air and looked straight up at Jake and company. Jake and the thing stared back with dark emotionless eyes before it trumpeted and three raptors crashed through a nearby office with a spray of glass and landed on the catwalk facing them. The roared and steadily advanced down the catwalk.
"So it is true," thought Jake. "And not just a fearful suspicion."
"This way," said Jake tearing off down the catwalk away from the creatures. The raptors continued their advances towards the group, but surprisingly did not break out into a flat out run and instead walked at the exact same pace as the humans. The hadrosaur advanced through the bay on a parallel course as the humans but also not moving any faster.
"What the hell is going on here?" Kelly demanded.
"Beats me," said Henry shrugging. "Jake?"
"Ian Malcolm told you that 'life will find a way'. Maybe this relationship between raptor and hadrosaur is just an amalgamation of that fact," said Jake. "After all, they have no preconceptions of what they should be. Maybe they formed a symbiotic partnership in order to amicably survive, I don't know."
"You and your always bizarre explanations," said Henry laughing despite the situation.
"They're obviously leading us somewhere, where does this catwalk lead?" asked Danni.
"It stretches around all of the walls and has offices all along it in the walls while at each corner there is a descending staircase. I think they're just trying to decide what to with us," said Henry.
"Or deciding who to do it to," said Jake absently.
"What?" Danni asked not having heard him.
"Nothing," said Jake snapping to attention. "Just talking to myself."
"So what are we going to do?" asked Kelly nervously, gripping Steven's hand tightly. Tammy was somehow remaining calm throughout this whole ordeal.
"If they haven't done anything by the time we reach the corner I suggest we take the staircase down to the floor. At the bottom is a massive metal door that leads through the cryogenic freezing chamber for the multitude of embryos we made over the years. Beyond that is another door to a hallway that manages to stretch back to the main lobby. We'll simply take it slow when we reach the doors outside the cryogenic bay we slam it shut and cut and run as the dinosaurs helplessly bang against it trying to get the thing open while we make our escape," said Henry.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too," said Jake nodding in agreement.
"What good is it if the door doesn't lock? I wouldn't be surprised if those things could open doors," said Danni pointing to the trio still following them.
"The power should be restored to the doors by now, but even if it isn't, the cryogenic lab was built with its own generator in case power failed all over the island. It should've kicked in after we purposely shut down power to all areas outside of the workers village to divert it into the electrified fence surrounding the village," said Jake as they walked down the catwalk with the raptors and hadrosaur silently roaring at each other. The hadrosaur roared something at the three raptors that turned their attention to the thing and roared back angrily. Soon a mass of roars echoed throughout the area.
"Run, now!" shouted Jake. The group tore off down the catwalk and down the steps before the dinosaurs noticed and ran after them with the raptors leaping off the catwalk and onto the ground, chasing the group. Jake yanked out his old security card that he always kept hanging around his neck as a reminder of his past and slashed it through the slot before yanking the door open. Everyone ran inside as Jake spun around and looked at the raptors dead in the eye with anger in his eyes before slamming the door shut. One of the raptors slammed into it but fell down from the impact as Jake pressed a button and the door locked. The raptors slammed against it a few times with even the hadrosaur given it a try, but the door didn't budge leaving the dinosaurs to roar in anger and frustration.
"What is this place?" asked Danni after the roaring had stopped. Dozens of cylinders were located all over the area in the mostly darkened room with only some blue lights providing illumination.
"We told you, it's a cryogenic freezing chamber," said Jake starting to walk towards the door on the far wall. "This is the heart of International Genetics, this is what we accomplished through five years of blood, sweat, and tears. As long as this room continues to have power so too does Ingen have a chance to escape Chapter 11."
"You can't be serious," said Danni. "I read that Ingen was in a hole too deep to dig itself out of, hence why you guys had to use registered transport to get to Costa Rica and now are stuck here."
"Ingen alone is too weak to get itself out of Chapter 11," Jake reminded them. "But together with Pacific Pharmaceuticals they are working together to hoist themselves out of that hole. One proposed idea is to resurrect the Jurassic Park project from extinction."
"You can't be serious," said Kelly. "After what's happened to us so far…"
"You forget that for at least six months Jurassic Park worked," said Jake. "It was only through the treachery of Dennis Nedry that the idea failed. The equipment still exists on Isla Nublar, the only question is how best to reintegrate dinosaurs onto that island from new stock to be grown on this island."
"Is that even possible?" asked Danni. Jake shrugged.
"It's just an idea," he said. "But so long as this room exists so too does the notion of Dinosaurs Ruling the Earth still have a chance of reaching fruition."
"Henry," said Danni. "How can you accept this? Those dinosaurs may have just killed two people!"
"They're dinosaurs," said Henry. "What did you expect that they'd just walk up and lick you like a puppy? This isn't a movie, its real life and you have to realize that Ingen is a publicly traded company and it provides jobs to well over five hundred people. Those people need the work to support their families. This island along with Isla Nublar was Ingen's only cash cow and when it failed so too did Ingen. Whether resurrecting the Jurassic Park project is a good idea or a bad idea, I don't know much less care, but if something isn't done Ingen will go bankrupt and then I'll be out of a job. There isn't much use in the world for a dinosaur geneticist and I damn well don't want to see myself in the job market anytime soon. If this is the only way to ensure that I still have a job in the future, I don't really have a choice do I?"
Danni sighed, but reluctantly nodded her head knowing that she had been in the exact same predicament six months ago.
"Besides," said Jake. "It may not happen, I don't know. Part of it relies on what we expect to find in Costa Rica."
"What do you expect to find there anyway that would be so monumental it might resurrect Ingen?" asked Steven as they left through the far door and Jake slammed it shut ensuring the door was locked and that the room was sealed.
"Classified," he said after he left the door and started walking down the bare concrete hallway.
"Henry?" Steven asked.
"It doesn't concern any of you," said Henry. "Just leave it alone and don't bring it up again."
"You two are just full of mysteries aren't you?" said Danni shaking her head as they walked down the lighted hallway.
"What's the deal with this hallway anyway, it seems to serve no purpose," said Tammy, finally speaking up and trying to change the direction of the conversation to one less tense.
"It's an escape route created in case the dinosaurs gained control of the building," said Jake. "They were installed on all buildings located in the field."
"Why not back at the village?" asked Kelly.
"In the event that we were unable to restore power to the island and couldn't procure escape transportation in time, we were to call everyone back to the village where we were to make a last stand. That was also why we transferred all power to the perimeter fence surrounding the building," said Jake. "If those dinosaurs forced their way through the fence we were to combat them every step of the way so they would not gain control of the island."
"You sound as though the dinosaurs are foreign invaders," said Danni.
"They are," said Jake as they reached the end of the hallway.
"What proof do you have of that?" asked Kelly.
"Nublar fell. What more proof do I need?" said Jake pushing open the door. They group emerged into the lobby where Danni rushed to Sam and propped up his head. The rest of the group rushed to the downed individuals while Jake checked the door to make sure it was locked before walking to where he could get a vantage point of the dinosaurs still growling at each other angrily.
"Careful," hissed Kelly. "Do you want them to find us?"
"Relax," said Jake. "We're downwind, they could never find us in a million years."
"They found us before," said Steven. Jake rolled his eyes.
"That's because we were upwind," he said groaning. "Know you nothing of how animals find their prey?"
"Sorry, somehow understanding animals doesn't come up much in the construction business," said Steven sarcastically.
"Your loss," said Jake shrugging as he turned away from the dinosaur spectacle. "And maybe your life, I dunno."
"How are they doing?" asked Henry. Danni looked at the two on the ground helplessly.
"I really can't tell," she said looking at the two injured individuals. "I know basic First Aid but not much else."
"You two are geneticists can't you do something?" Kelly pleaded.
"Sorry," said Jake shrugging. "I understand dinosaurs a helluva lot more than I understand humans. Genetically speaking of course."
"I'd say they've both got cracked ribs," said Henry, gently poking their chests. "Somehow moving them doesn't seem like a good idea."
"Ironic that the doctor is the first one to develop an injury isn't it?" asked Jake. "Heh, heh, heh."
'Would you shut up," said Kelly. Jake held up his hands in defense.
"Just trying to make light of the situation," he said before walking off. Before he left, he picked up Stevie's phone that was miraculously still intact, and put it into his bag.
"She should enjoy this," Jake thought with a smile before sighing and turning his attention back to the matter at hand with Sam and Carl. He walked over and looked down at them.
"Come to gloat?" asked Danni angrily with tears in her eyes.
"I have some adrenalin with me, don't ask why, and it may be able to wake them up," he said. "However I have to agree with Henry, moving them is not a good idea and our friends might find their way back here at any moment."
"Just wake them up," said Danni. Jake sighed but pulled out a pair of syringes from his bag, tapped them, and injected them into Sam and Carl. They started convulsing and shaking all over.
"You bast-," started Danni.
"They'll pull through in just a sec," said Jake. The twitching stopped and Sam and Carl looked at them with bleary eyes.
"There," said Jake finally.
"Thank you," said Danni bitterly. "Sam, Sam, are you okay?"
"Been better," Sam croaked out. "How're you?"
"Been better," she said with tears still in her eyes.
"Listen," said Sam wincing in pain. "You've got to go now, save yourselves, because we're just going to drag you down with us."
"No!" shouted Danni. "We're not leaving you behind!"
"You don't have a choice," Carl finally spoke up. "My job is to save lives, even at the expense of my own. Just go, don't make this any harder than it already is."
"Goddamn it!" shouted Danni slamming her hand against the ground but realizing it was ultimately the truth. Jake reappeared, hovering over them.
"We've got to go, every second we stay here puts us more and more at risk," he said.
"No!" shouted Danni.
"Go, now!" shouted Sam before he began coughing heavily. "We'll be fine, trust me. Steven."
Steven reluctantly began pulling Danni towards the exit. She resisted at first, but then broke down into tears and was lead out of the building. Jake watched them go before turning to Sam and Carl.
"Sorry," he said sincerely. "You were never meant to have been wrapped up in this. This isn't your fight. Let's see if we can't at least get them into the passageway."
Kelly, Tammy, Henry, and Jake all managed to drag Sam and Carl into the secret passageway before leaving, leaving Jake with the two injured souls.
"At least tell us what's really going on here, you owe us that much," said Carl. Jake looked up as a roar echoed through the building. Sighing he looked down at them.
"I said this before, but it deserves being repeated, there are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy," said Jake. "And I wish, no I pray I could tell you the truth…but I can't."
"Why?" asked Sam drifting off into delirium.
"Because the dinosaurs aren't the only monsters on this island," said Jake shaking his head. He pulled a grenade out of his pocket and handed it to Sam along with a bunch of candy bars.
"I pulled this out of my desk and now I give it to you. Use it as a last resort in case those monsters get in here. I don't want memories of you two being eaten just like Jeffrey was," said Jake. With that he left and joined the others as they exited the building.
"So what now fearless leader?" asked Danni still feeling anger over what happened to Sam and Carl.
"Well we," began Jake when suddenly a pair of trees crashed to the ground and a massive stegosaurus appeared and roared at them angrily.
"Run apparently," said Steven groaning. The group ran off through the trees as the stegosaur began bearing down on them.
"It never ends," said Jake shaking his head.
"Do something!" shouted Kelly. Jake shrugged.
"Alright," he said. Jake stopped and threw back part of his jacket to reveal a lindstradt air rifle. He yanked the weapon out and screwed in the barrel before yanking open the chamber and shoving a dart inside. Jake immediately spun around and fired the thing, whereupon the dart lodged itself in the beast's neck causing it to crash to the ground. Jake immediately hefted the rifle up and leaned it against his right elbow.
"There," he said as the others stared in shock.
"When the hell did you get that?" asked Danni incredulously. Jake shrugged.
"It was in my desk," he said as if that explained everything.
"For ten years?" asked Kelly disbelieving it. "How could that thing still work in that time period?"
"I wasn't positive it would work either, the stuff in this dart wasn't expected to last ten years," said Jake shrugging. "Now seemed a good a time as any to use it and it worked so I've got no complaints."
"When did you grab it?" asked Danni confused.
"When you guys got so upset over that compy," said Jake. "I didn't want you to know I had it lest you start to panic thinking I'd shoot you with it like a madman."
"Could that thing have saved Sam and Carl?" Danni demanded.
"Unlikely," said Jake walking over to the thing. "Sam missed with that gun of his and this rifle would've been even more problematic. Raptors are too quick to have much hope of accuracy with a single shot and that's why Sam and Carl got taken down so quickly."
Jake walked to the left rear leg of the thing and bent down to observe it.
"Damn," he said.
"What?" demanded Henry. Jake sighed.
"It's one of ours," said Jake looking at a marking on the creature's rear left leg. "I was hoping that the dinosaurs we made would be loyal to us, just like Hammond claimed they were loyal to him, apparently not."
"So what's our next move?" asked Danni trying to divert attention to the present.
"We have two choices," said Jake leaning against the unconscious beast. "We either make for the lame excuse for a tarmac that we have or we try for the Workers Village."
"You guys have a tarmac?" said Danni perking up at that. "Why didn't you say so?"
"It's not much of a tarmac," confessed Henry. "It's really only big enough to accommodate private jets from our investors and not nearly big enough to deal with that beast you've got back at that meadow."
"Does it have fuel?" asked Danni getting more excited.
"I can only assume so," said Jake shrugging. "I don't know having not been there myself. In any case, what good is ten year old airplane fuel?"
"Better than nothing!" shouted Danni. "There might even be tools there to fix the plane's engine."
"How the hell do you expect to cart all that gas to the plane? Between where I think the plane is and where the tarmac is, that's ten miles! In a car that would easy but not walking! That'd take at least two hours one way assuming we ran!" shouted Jake.
"Can you get us a car that works?" Tammy asked. Jake sighed.
"Maybe," he said looking off into the distance. "But it's not going to be easy."
"What do you mean?" asked Steven.
"The EC's right?" asked Henry. Jake nodded.
"Yeah," he responded.
"What's an EC?" Danni asked.
"Electrical Car. It's a lame ass acronym for something that seemed cool at the time but now isn't so revolutionary. The Jurassic Park tour vehicles were examples of ECs and Sorna received the vehicles before they were shipped off to the park. Right now there's a parking garage full of them located at the garage and should still be able to work so long as the track is energized," said Henry.
"So where's the garage?" asked Kelly.
"That's the problem the garage is back at the Workers Village. But between us and them are some of the fiercer carnivores who for reasons unknown like the interior areas better. Not only that, but it's the complete opposite direction of the tarmac and will take at least three days to get there assuming we don't run into any trouble. I think we're better off just moving the gas by hand," said Henry.
"I don't think there's any way we can avoid not returning to the village again," said Jake sighing.
"Shit," said Henry silently. "I don't want to go back there, too many memories."
"The way I see it we don't have a choice. We need these vehicles and this is the only way to get them," said Jake. Henry sighed.
"We're going to die aren't we?" he asked. Jake nodded.
"Probably," he said. "But it's for the best. We've seen too much and done too much in our lifetime. Alright people, let's move out!"
With that, the team left the unconscious beast behind and set out for the Workers Village. Behind them, a large explosion went off claiming part of the Genetics Building.
"What the hell was that?" demanded Danni.
"Guess the dinos got into the electrical generator," Jake lied. "Damn."
"Are your precious embryos okay?" asked Tammy.
"The vault is heavily fortified like a bomb shelter, they survived," said Jake. "Unfortunately, Sam and Carl have not. Sorry guys, you were at the wrong place at the wrong time."
Danni looked even more heartbroken than before but reluctantly she turned and followed the group further into the jungle.