The Baby T Rex

Chapter 6

"Hammond didn't send these guys. Peter Ludlow did." Ian stated as we walked on to the cliff, that would hide us so none of InGen could see us.

"What do they want?" Asked Sarah keeping a hold of Kelly's hand.

"They want their money back." Nick said beside me.

Ian looks at him in a how does he know face. I look at him as well; he didn't mention this to us.

"Well because Hammond spoke to me privately about it all," Nick shrugged. We settled down on top of the cliff, dinosaurs were running from the jeeps, I didn't know much about dinosaurs but before we left I did a little research on them and it looked like some of them were Hadrosaurus, Carninthosaurus, Maiasaurus, they were all herbivores.

As the sunglows bright orange on the horizon, I raised a pair of binoculars to his eyes and peer down at the vista below the ridge.

In the lenses of the binoculars, I could see more of them a clan of mixed herd of midsize herbivores - Hadrosaur and Galliminuses and another one something beginning with P and ending in Saur's, racing across the plain below. Ian had one had on Kelly's back so that she didn't fall and Sarah was looking through the binoculars.

Nick was getting out his camera and the equipment; I took out my camera and started taking photos. Nick got up, placed the camera piece to the cliff, and sat down next to me, while recording the scene before us.

The jeeps were fastening their pace, and they tried to grab the dinosaur with a net, but it was fighting it. Then they pulled a rope around the Galliminuses and tightened it causing the dinosaur to shriek and move pulling the two InGen workers in the air with screams and they land on their feet. The next thing they pulled it until it collapsed with a pained cry onto the ground.

It was pure silence after that, Ian and Eddie had a sad expression on their face, Kelly looked confused and sad and Sarah and Nick looked pissed off. It was too upsetting to watch it any longer so I snapped the camera shut.

Ian lowers the binoculars. Sarah mutters to herself, concerned. "They must not know. They think they're in herbivore territory…"

"They are, aren't they?" I asked looking back at her.

"They're on a game trail, Lily. That's no man's land." That meant us we weren't supposed to be there. We were weren't supposed to be here at all.

XOXO

As darkness falls, the hunters have established base camp in an area they have trampled and cleared just below the ridge. Blue laser fences encircle the perimeter; half a dozen tents are set up around a central campfire. The vehicles are all parked at one end, away from the tents. At the other end, there is a row of at least a dozen "capture containers," cages that hold the fruits of their roundup.

Were knelt in the bushes just far enough to see what was going on, Nick looked through the binoculars and Sarah moved to sit by Ian.

"Carninthosaurus, Compsognathus, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus looks like they went for herbivores or small scavengers." Sarah explained.

"Why would you even want to take dinosaurs of this island in the first place?" I asked pointedly to myself.

"Well it's all about money." Ian said, taking hold of Sarah's waist.

"This is why Hammond was in such a hurry to get you here. He knew they were coming." Ian said staring out at them

"My God, they are well organised." Eddie said for the first time.

"I can't believe Peter Ludlow's running all this." Ian said, looking through binoculars of his own.

"He isn't. Check out the guy walking past the fire." Nick speaks up. I looked through mine as well to see a tall guy with a large nose and a cowboy hat on another guy with darker hair with weapons slung over their shoulders.

"I've run into this guy before. In Brazil. He was spear hunting jaguars. Said it was immoral to go after them any other way. Thinking he's a hunter/philosopher. He's the one in charge." Nick said. Oh yeah he told me about him, he thought he was all that.

"So they actually wanna make another park here? After what happened on the other island?" Kelly asked confidently, thankfully she wasn't crying with fear or she would off blown our cover here. She was actually being quite brave considering she was only twelve years old.

"They're not building anything, they are taking these animals of the island. On to the mainland." Ian finished, Kelly looked at him.

"Night is falling, people. We should get back to base camp." Eddie announced.

"Absolutely. We have indulged our curiosity long enough. Kelly and I are going back to the trailers with Eddie to send the radio call for the boat. Who's coming?"

"We haven't come close to finishing our work yet." I said in fact we aren't even halfway through it.

"Your work has been invalidated by their presence. What Hammond needed to sway the public opinion was a record of his Lost World….before it was found. It's too late for that."

"Look, you might as well know, Hammond told us these guys might show up. He honestly thought we'd have time to finish before they got here. But, in case we didn't, he sent a back-up plan." Nick said.

"What back-up plan?" Sarah asked with a furious look on her face.

"Us." He said gesturing to him and me. I nodded, and took the bag.

He drops his pack on a rock and zips it open; pulling out some of the tools he loaded back in the garage a bolt cutter. A hunting knife. A pry bar.

"Why, Nick! You are a tree-hugger." Eddie exclaimed. I titled my head to the side and cocked an eyebrow.

Ian shook his head at us then turned to Sarah, "I must get Kelly off this island now. So, I'll ask you one more time, and not again are you coming with us?"

She looks from him to Nick and me, who shoves implements of destruction into a tool belt and straps on.

"I can't let them get away with it, Ian."

Kelly intervened, "What are you guys going to do?!"

"Wait, please, listen to me. We are teetering on the edge of a very unstable situation here. It's Gambler's Ruin."

Sarah gives a here we go again look, "What?"

"A statistical phenomenon. Says everything in the world goes in streaks. It's real, you see it everywhere - - in baseball, in blackjack, in stock markets. Once things go bad, they tend to stay bad. Bad things cluster. They go to hell together."

"They're about to. For them." Nick said.

He goes to the edge of the ridge and waits, holding out his hand for me, I take it and he helps me over and keeps a hold of my hand. Sarah walks over and Nick helps her.

Sarah looks back at Ian, who's staring at her angrily. I looked away from their intense stare at the dinosaurs down there hoping to get down there.

"Come on, let's get this over and done with." Sarah said, walking in front of us.

XOXO

About five minutes later, at the edge of the hunters' camp Me, Nick and Sarah scramble down a hillside and stop at the cages and jeeps.

Nick pulls the bolt cutter from his back pocket. He squirms along until he finds the jeep's fuel line and he snips it. He ducks out of the way just as the stream of fuel begins to pour into the dirt. As we work on snipping the gas on the jeeps, we hear a loud scream from the jungle. It sounded like a cry from a dinosaur. We went past tents and camps, and came to the cages that the animals were held in. "Wow," Nick mumbled. We went to the first dinosaur that was breathing quite heavily and looked through the bars to find its eyes half way open. It's still knocked out. It moaned when it saw us, Nick smiled and we went to the door of the cage. Sarah unlocked the door and pulled it open a little so the dinosaur could push it open.

The Carinthosaur that was tranquilized earlier stands there dully, eyes heavy and glassy, still under the effects. Nick opens the cage, and leaves open and rushes to another dinosaur, which roared.

I opened the next four cages with Sarah; the dinosaurs were really pissed off. Who would want to bring home a bunch of dinosaurs are they insane?

We move to the next one, which had a stegosaur, its row of fins bristling. We carry on opening the cages with our bolt cutters. Most of the animals were still suffering the side effects from being dosed. So they were going to get pretty nasty when they get out.

I opened the next one with Nick's help, and then we walked over to the triceratops to find Sarah looking at it. We realized we needed something bigger to open this cage. It breathed and something like smoke came out of its nose, we stepped back.

"Have you?" I said, he nodded and pulled out a massive pair of pyliers, and twisted them around the cage handle and pulled on his strength until it finally opened. We finished the last two ones and already the dinosaurs were coming out of their cages. We took one good look at the mess we had made. The dinosaurs were getting angry and ready to move.

Nick took my hand and motioned for Sarah to come and we ran back into the trees were they couldn't find us. "Hang on, we might have some turbulence." We waited for the next three minutes until, rumbling and crashing are head. Hunters go flying as the tent-covered triceratops, its horns tearing through the canvas, rumbles across the camp. Men shout in alarm, the triceratops bellows in anger and confusion, chaos reigns.

Now really upset, the animal panics and lashes out in all directions, blasting through tents, demolishing and or setting ablaze anything that gets in its way. Its considerable hindquarter slams into a parked jeep. Sending it rolling across the camp.

The jeep flattens the largest tent and slams down on its side. Its broken gas line sprays gas over the ground, the gas hits one of the dozens of small blazes the triceratops has left in its wake and the flame shoots up the ribbon of gas. Then the jeep explodes and goes into a tree. Ajay and Roland come flying out of it.

Oooh I think we done some damage here. Nick smiled while chewing his gum. Sarah looked proudly.

We run through the camp with the others to get back to the other side, but me Nick and Sarah get separated on the way. Nick runs in another direction in to the bushes and me and Sarah have no choice but to run the other way, because the workers were pushing us forward.

"NICK!" we shouted but he was gone. My heart started to beat faster.

XOXO

Nick's Pov

I ran into the bushes expecting Lily and Sarah to be following me, but when I turned back, they weren't there. Oh god, don't tell me we were separated. I hope they never were caught or captured. I heard a dinosaur moaning again the same one we heard before. Without another thought, I ran straight toward the noise.

It was getting louder and louder as I ran closer to it. It sounded like a cry for help, I quickly came across a muddy area and found it on the floor in a weird position. I ran to it splashing mud around my feet and knelt down next to it. I noticed its wounded leg hanging at an odd angle.

"Sick Bastards." I mumbled under my breath, and walked around it and with one strong tug; I pulled the stake out of the ground. I unwrapped the rope from around its leg, and I placed my arms around the dinosaur, which I recognized to be a baby T Rex. Oh they are not going to like this, I thought. I lifted it up and it screamed in pain again.

Ian Sarah and Lily were going to kill me.

XOXO

Me and Sarah were waiting by the jeep looking for any signs of Nick. I was trembling with fear with the thought of something happening to him.

No no Lily you can't think like that, he's ok he's probably just looking for us. he's strong he knows what he's doing.

"Lil, he's a tough guy he'll be ok." Sarah put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I took a deep breath. God Nick where the fuck are you?

We waited in silence for what it seemed like a hour, when it was only five minutes. We heard sounds of water behind us, and we spun to see ripples of water moving. We took a step forward to see what it was, and then a sound of a pained cry was heard. A head of a dinosaur was popping up from the other side of the grass by the water. Then it was Nick!

"Nick. Your ok-"I said but trailed off when it was a baby T Rex in Nick's arms.

"Nick oh my God, are you out of your mind?" Sarah stressed. Nick grunted and shook his head and came from the water to the jeep.

"Do you have any idea what that thing is?!" I shouted, angrily. The baby's cries grew louder and it could attract the parents to us. Great going Nick, but it was in pain.

"She's got a broken leg. Let's get it in side before they can hear us." He said, and I opened the car door for him I helped him in the car putting the baby's tail around his leg.

"Your nuts." Sarah sighed,

"You ain't seen nothing yet." I stated, and walking to the other side of the car.

"Man, Ian's not gonna like this." Sarah said looking out before her. I shook my head and got in next to Nick, with the crying baby.

"Why the hell did you bring that thing with us?"

"Lily she's hurt, if we don't set it right the adults are going to look for whoever broken its leg."

A pang of sadness came through me, and I looked down at the screaming dinosaur. "I supposed your right." The poor animal, I just hoped we could fix the leg before the adults come for it. Sarah got in the truck beside Nick, and me and turned on the engine. "You ready?" she asked.

We nodded, "Go as fast as you can." I said, uncomfortable with sitting next to a screaming dinosaur. Around about ten minutes later, we drove past Eddie who looked at us, with shocked expression guess he could hear the baby screaming. He should be glad he's not in the car with us.

We then stopped at the trailer and I sighed with relief that we were back. Sarah and Nick got out the car and I grabbed the bags, Nick grabbed the baby through the tearing rain. "I'll get her. All right, That's It, I got you, I got you. " He grabbed the baby. I wondered what he would be like as a dad, he would be a great father. STOP IT LILY! THIS IS SO NOT THE TIME TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

"Hurry up Nick." Sarah said, looking back at the trailer. She was probably thinking what Ian was going to do when he sees us with this.

"Come on let's get her inside." We slammed the car door shut and ran for the trailers.

"Watch his tail, get the door Lil." Nick said, I nodded ran in front of them and opened the door.

My feeling was going from bad to worse.

Well Chapter 6 done, thanks to hydra350 for the review, and for Nick and Lily getting separated they kind of did but not in the way you wanted it to be sorry. But they will get separated later on in the story. The next chapter should be tomorrow. So keep reading and reviewing! And I want more reviews please!

Sarahmichellegellarfan1