JurassiQuest – Chapter 7: Into the Past

A/N: This chapter should set the tone for the entire story! Expect our team of adventurers and scientists to finally use the time portal to meet some of the most amazing animals that have ever existed.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.


Parker led Grant, Ellie, Luke, Muldoon, Alisha and Bob down the hall. "To your right is another bathroom," Parker explained. "But there's nothing extraordinary about them, so let's keep moving." Over the past 15 minutes, he'd been explaining how what they were going to be hearing was top secret and should not be shared before talking a bit about the company's history, like when it was founded. They were walking through the part of the facility devoted to offices when Grant whispered to Ellie, "You know what I think?"

Ellie grinned. "What?"

"I think I know what's going on here. Think about it, we've got – me, a paleontologist; you – a paleobotonist; a survival expert, a geographer, and a game warden. We're apparently going to some remote location."

"Where did you have in mind?"

"The Congo. See, it's the fact that they need a paleontologist and a geographer that helped me figure it out. I'd bet my bottom dollar that they're going to send us on a mission into the Congo to try and prove the existence of Mokele-mbembe."

Mokele-mbembe is a legendary dinosaur-like reptile that is said to live in remote regions of the Congo in Africa. Natives and others claimed to have seen the creatures, but as of yet, scientists had been unable to prove its existence. Many scientists thought the animal was only a misidentified, better-known animal, while others thought that it was nothing more than a myth.

Ellie frowned. "Why would a bioengineering company be interested in cryptozoology?" Cryptozoology is the study of "hidden animals", such as big foot, the Loch Ness monster and the yeti.

"Who knows," Grant said. He shook his head; why couldn't they have gotten another paleontologist for this? I shouldn't be with this project, Grant thought, I need to be back at the dig site! Oh well, at least they're going to fully fund our dig.

As Parker continued talking about how the company had "spared no expense" on some of the amenities of this place, Luke spoke up.

"So what do you guys actually do here?" he asked.

"I was about to ask the same question," Muldoon said. "I mean, this is a nice building. No doubt about that. But it's hardly the place for me."

"I'm enjoying this tour," Bob objected.

"Don't worry folks, I'm just killing time," Parker said with a grin. "See, when Hammond and Gennaro are talking, they can be a bit long-winded. So instead of having you guys sitting around, I'm taking you around the place the pass the time."

"But this is a bioengineering company," stated Alisha, "so far your tour has revealed nothing about what you do here. I'd also like to know what we'll be doing here for this 'job'."

"Now if you'd like, I can take you directly to our business operations," Parker offered. "We're in the office section of the facility. Follow me this way everyone."

Parker led the group down several hallways before taking them through a catwalk that led them to another part of the facility. Then Parker began to speak. "Now, as you all know, our facility is a bioengineering company. But we've actually been considering moving beyond that, which I'm sure Hammond will brief you on. Let's look in this room to the right."

To the group's right was a window in front of a large room filled with computers and computer monitors. "This is our Control Center," Parker explained. "In this room lie the computer systems that fuel this amazing facility. Some of these super computers are among the most technologically advanced on the planet."

Then he led them to another room. Through the entrance door was a wide open room with quite a few long tables and chairs and desks to conduct science experiments and lab tests. As usual, this room was bustling with activity, scientists in white lab coats were either sitting in front of computer screens along the wall or standing near tables, huddling over their lab experiments.

Luke was dumbfounded by the room. He wasn't sure what they did in here, but whatever it was, it looked cool! Some computer monitors on a nearby wall flashed rows of letters; e.g. one of the lines read "GGCGCCGTTGATACTTT . . ." The 15-year old knew exactly what it was he was looking at: DNA letters. DNA? I wonder what organism it belongs to.

"Welcome to the heart of the operations," Parker announced. "Here most of our geneticists are hard at work going through strand after strand of DNA."

"DNA?" Grant asked. "What type of DNA?"

"Depends on which department you're speaking of. Some of our scientists are busy working on sequences of elephant DNA, some might be sifting through strands of chicken DNA, some are . . . to tell you the truth, I really don't know what most of them are working on. I'm no geneticist myself."

Alisha glanced at a wall on the far side of the room. Glancing up at Grant she asked. On each shelf was a row of golden-colored pieces of what looked like amber stone. "Dr. Grant?" Alisha began, "you see that?"

Grant nodded. "Yeah."

Grant, Ellie and Alisha walked briskly over to the amber shelves; Parker, Luke, Bob and Muldoon followed. The little pieces of fossilized tree sap each bore a little insect in the center – perhaps a mosquito.

"Extraño," Alisha murmered to herself. "What are they doing with these?"

Ellie winced. "I'm not sure. Let's see . . . perhaps they're . . . um, yeah, I'm not sure."

"I see someone's taken interest in our amber collection," said one of the scientists who was previously sitting in front of a computer screen connected to the same wall as the amber shelves. The scientist was a young oriental with black hair.

"This is our head geneticist, Dr. Henry Wu," Parker introduced. "Dr. Wu, these are the new . . . people Hammond hired."

"I gathered as such," Henry answered. "Let me see, you're Drs. Grant and Sattler, and you're Alisha Roland, and . . . Bob Muldoon?"

Muldoon grinned. "Actually, I prefer to go by Robert."

"Robert." Then he looked at Luke. "And you are . . .?"

"Luke Grant," the boy answered. "Dr. Grant's my dad."

"I see. And who's that guy?" He was referring to the geographer.

"I'm Bob Gerald," was the reply. "I make maps."

"Alright then. I'm sure you are all wondering what we're doing in this room."

"It crossed my mind," Grant said.

"Well, we're actually doing a lot of different things. In this laboratory, we study everything from E. coli to ancient DNA. Since you were all looking at the amber samples, I might as well start there."

"What rock layers are they from?" Ellie asked.

"Depends on which samples you're speaking of. Most of our samples are from Cretaceous sediments, while others are from the Jurassic or Triassic. And each one bears the frail, little body of a mosquito or other blood-sucking insect."

"Are you trying to record the genome of some ancient mosquitoes?" Alisha asked.

"Not exactly. We're actually looking for dinosaur DNA."

Grant asked. "Dinosaur DNA?"

"Yes. See, eons ago, these mosquitoes likely bit the dinosaurs when they were alive. Sometimes, after biting a dinosaur, the mosquitoes would land on tree trunks, get stuck in tree sap and become fossilized. The mosquito is preserved. Therefore, if the mosquito is preserved, shouldn't the blood of the animals they sucked be preserved as well?"

Muldoon asked, "How successful has that been?"

"Very successful, actually. We've been able to extract small amounts of Cretaceous dinosaur DNA at this point. The first samples were analyzed last night."

Grant nodded, in awe, as he glanced back at the monitors with the DNA letters flashing on them. "So . . . I'm looking at dinosaur DNA here?"

"Probably. We don't know yet, but the likelyhood is that it is dinosaur DNA."

"Wow," Ellie breathed. "Why haven't I heard of this discovery?"

"It's extremely confidential at the moment."

Grant stared at the computer screen in amazement. For years, he'd been studying these ancient animals as fossils, but now apparently scientists were able to find DNA! This was incredible. Who would have ever thought that–

"What are you going to use the DNA for?" Luke inquired.

"Well," Henry began, "it will be helpful to scientists because since DNA is the blueprint of a living thing, we'll be able to learn about its makeup – that is, everything from it's muscle tissues, to its brain to its outward appearance. It will take years to learn all that information of course. And there's also the exciting possibility of being able to clone a dinosaur."

Grant looked back at Wu. "Clone a dinosaur? Are you serious?"

"Oh yes, I am. Of course, we're not quite at that stage. We've still got a truck load of issues to resolve before anyone can expect a cloned dinosaur, but I believe, given enough time, that feat can be accomplished. Technology is really an amazing thing. If you all accept the job opportunity, you'll be able to track our progress."

"This is interesting and all," Alisha started, "but I still don't see how this applies to us."

"Hammond will reveal everything when–"

Suddenly a high-pitched trumpet sound was heard as an elephant ran from behind a desk and toward the group.

"What on earth!" Muldoon exclaimed.

Alisha uttered, "Oh mi bondad! Is that an elephant?" The entire group was dumbfounded by what they saw.

The elephant stopped a couple of feet in front of the group and trumpeted again. It was a tiny little creature, standing less than nine inches tall.

Luke got down onto his knees and held his hand out toward the elephant. The little pachyderm sniffed his hand curiously with his trunk. Luke looked back at Henry. "You cloned an elephant?"

Grant got down onto his knees next to his son. "Palaeoloxodon falconeri, right?"

"Paleo-what?" Bob asked.

"That's the scientific name for the Pygmy elephant." Grant explained that there was once a population of dwarf elephants living in the Mediterranean during and near the end of the Ice Age. The elephants only grew about three feet tall.

Henry chuckled. "Amazing, isn't he? But little Dianthus here isn't a Palaeoloxodon. He's a genetically altered Asian elephant. Back in 2008, I turned off the genes that give an elephant its size."

"You guys are crazy," Muldoon breathed.

"I like to think of it as progress. Just ten years ago, this couldn't be accomplished. It was one of my first major accomplishments after I joined InGen."

Dianthus began rubbing his head against Luke's hand. Luke laughed. "He's so cute."

Ellie crouched down to touch the elephant on the head. "I've never seen anything like it," she whispered. Her feminine fingers brushed across his forehead.

Parker said, "Hammond's probably about ready to meet back up with them in the other biology department."

"You have another biology department?" Muldoon asked. "What should we expect in there? Giant-sized fleas that do tricks?"


Briskly, Parker and Henry led the others (with Dianthus trailing behind them) into the other biology department. This room was much like the other one, expect the tables and desks were shorter; more plants decorated the room as well. Unlike the other laboratory (the microbiology lab) though, this one (the biology lab – for the study of biology in general) was mostly empty. They were greeted by the only two women – the only ones present in the room; they introduced themselves as Dr. Laura Sorkin – co-head geneticist of InGen – and Claire, another laboratory scientist.

"So what do you think of InGen so far?" Dr. Sorkin asked the group.

"It's amazing," Grant said. "I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you guys have dinosaur DNA and a pygmy elephant."

Claire laughed. "Yeah, it's pretty mind boggling. Isn't that right, Dianthus?" She looked over to a nearby doggy bed where the little elephant was taking a nap.

"Do you realize how much money you guys could get by mass producing elephants like that?" Bob asked. "Everyone would want a pet elephant."

"True, but elephants are slow breeders," Henry said. "We wouldn't be able to meet the demands. Hammond insists that if we ever do start selling things to the public, they have to be affordable for everyone, not just the super rich. Altering the genes in order to make an elephant breed faster isn't nearly as easy as it is to shrink an elephant."

A moment or two later, Hammond rushed through the doors of the laboratory. Behind him was Gennaro and another man with glasses and a business suit – Ludlow.

"Ah! Welcome, friends! I am glad to have you all made it here!" Hammond exclaimed. "I'm sure you're all wondering why you're here and what your job opportunity is."

"If I hear that one more time today . . ." Grant murmured.

Alisha crossed her arms. "I do hope you're actually going to tell us now. Because even though I'm pretty impressed by what I've seen so far in this building, I haven't seen anything I'd like to do for a living."

"Yes, I'm going to tell you know." Hammond cleared his throat. "Now, let me start out by saying thank you for all coming to my facility today and on such short notice–"

"Yeah, that's another thing," Muldoon said. "Why did you give us such short notice?"

"Well, we're in the process of great scientific discovery. In science, sometimes you have to quite literally jump to the opportunity, otherwise someone will snatch it out of your grasp. The reason why you have all been called here today . . . is because some of you were already associated with InGen in someway or another, and we believe you are some of the most experienced in your fields. I'm not sure how to break this news to you, so I'll give you a little history on the project. Dr. Henry Wu, Dr. Laura Sorkin and one of our engineers, Ray Arnold – you'll meet him a little bit later – started researching to invent a prototype. The research took about ten years to complete. Finally, they were able start building the machine, sparing no expense in the process. After many trial runs, the machine turned out to be a success. It was no ordinary invention, as it had the ability to create . . . a time portal."

There was a moment of silence among the group. Grant was confused. A time portal . . . did I hear him right? Time travel shouldn't exist until the far future!

Grant had to know more. "Wait, a time portal? You mean like . . . to time travel?"

"Yes!" Hammond exclaimed. "An actual time portal."

"Wait," Ellie breathed. "You're kidding."

"No. I didn't believe we'd been able to do it myself! But we did!"

Alisha shook her head to clear her thoughts. A time portal? She thought she was hearing things or something. This had to have been impossible. I no lo creo, she thought.

Luke was too dumbfounded to speak, unlike his father, who said, "So let me get this straight: you tested this time portal? Do you know it works?"

Hammond smiled. He gestured to Claire and Dr. Sorkin. The two women walked over to a large object, about ten feet tall, covered with a black blanket. Together, they yanked the blanket off to reveal an extremely large butterfly enclosure; it was sitting on a set of four wheels so that it could be moved around. But instead of butterflies, there were two ginormous insects inside. They had large translucent wings and bulging eyes.

"Jumping crocodiles!" Muldoon gasped. The entire group rushed over to the enclosure to inspect the pair of dragonflies inside; amazed. The insects sat peacefully on the perch in their cage, every so often flapping their wings. "They're humongous! When I suggested giant circus fleas, I didn't think I'd be close to getting it right!"

"You've genetically engineered giant dragonflies?" Ellie asked.

"No," Grant said, "don't you see, they're from the past. These are from the past."

"I know the names of these creatures," said Luke. "Meganeura, right Dad?"

Grant nodded. "Yeah, I think so son." He turned to Henry, looking for confirmation.

"Correct. They're Meganeura and their straight from the Carboniferous habitat. We didn't mean to bring them back; they sort of flew through on their own and . . . it's a long story. These are the first organisms we know of that have ever time-traveled.

"I'll never look at dragonflies the same way again," Bob uttered. "What do you feed them?"

Ellie said, "I have an even better question: how did you know what to feed them? Most of the things they would have fed upon went extinct, right?"

"Well, it was kind of difficult," Dr. Sorkin explained. "We did some research on what modern dragonflies eat – mainly mosquitoes, flies, wasps, bees, ants and occasionally butterflies – and tried finding similar insects that would feed the Meganeura. They seem happy to feed on ants, crickets, mealworms – that was more of a wild guess – large grubs and even small lizards."

Grant was surprised. "Lizards?"

"Yes. In Meganeura's natural habitat, they probably would have included small Carboniferous reptiles, such as Petrolacosaurus, in their diet. As we didn't have any lizards on hand, I decided to go to the local pet store to buy some mice and our insects seem to like them."

"They're beautiful," Alisha announced. "Are they going to stay in this enclosure?"

"No. We'll move them to a larger one after it's constructed. The final enclosure will probably be on the premises, because we'd like to have the opportunity to study them–"

"You won't have to kill them, will you?" Ellie asked with concern.

"Heavens no! Any type of studies we do on these creatures will be of no harm to them."

Ludlow turned to Hammond. "You should probably brief them now, uncle," he said. "I have a schedule to keep and I don't want my time spent on entertaining the team members."

"Quite right," Hammond said. After clearing his throat to get the group's attention, he said, "Alright everyone, here's your job description: if you decide to take the offer, you will be mounting an expedition – the JurassiQuest Expedition, to be precise – into the past to study and document ancient Mesozoic fauna. The first venture you're about to take is going to be relatively short, just so you can get a lay of the land and its creatures. Perhaps you'll be able to obtain precious specimens to bring back to the present for further analysis."

"So basically our job will be go to back in time and study dinosaurs?" Grant asked with much interest.

"Uh, yes, and no," Ludlow stated as he began flipping through some papers in the folder he was holding so that he could relay information to the group. "You will be primarily be studying the dinosaurs; Dr. Sattler here will use her knowledge of ancient plants to study and document the plants you find in the past; Bob Gerald is going to be mapping out the geography of the area you'll be traveling through; Robert Muldoon will be making sure the rest of you are safe; and survivalist Alisha Roland's role is rather obvious."

Hammond asked, "Of course, it all depends on who's interested."

"Count me in," Alisha said with an eager smile.

Muldoon said, "Dinosaurs, huh? Well, I can't say no to that. Plus I'm getting paid to do it."

Everyone else agreed to the offer.

To Grant, this was more than just an expedition into the past – the past he'd been trying to learn more about his entire life. It was something much more. His mind thought back to the lecture he gave at the museum a few nights before when Baselton shot him down. If they could go back in time, this meant that he was able to find proof that Velociraptors were intelligent pack-hunters. "Don't be like Dr. Alan Grant," Baselton had said, "the paleontologist wannabe you see standing here before you in his nice suit and pants. As much as he wishes to perpetuate his claims, there's no basis behind him. Don't be like Dr. Grant here, and you will all go far." The words sunk deep into Grant's soul. If he could find and observe a living pack of raptors, he'd finally have the much needed proof he'd been looking for to support his claims! Baselton would be forced to do nothing but eat a piece of humble pie.

As Grant was in deep thought, Ludlow glanced at Luke. "And I'm afraid your kid can't join you, Dr. Grant."

"What?" Luke asked in surprise.

"Wait a minute, why not?" Grant questioned.

"That's what I'm wondering too," Hammond said.

"Uncle, you and I both know it's too dangerous," Ludlow told him. "They're going back in time; as far as we know, no one from our time has ever been there and we don't know what dangers to expect. We don't need the deaths of people to cover our company in conspiracy."

"But we already took that into consideration," Hammond argued. "Henry, Dr. Sorkin and I have narrowed down some potential places for our team to explore, and based on the fossil record, they're relatively safe."

"Relatively?"

"Yes. They should be no more dangerous than a hike in the woods, where bears and cougars might be of concern."

Ludlow sighed.

"Please?" Grant asked. "My son needs this."

Luke raised his eyebrows; Grant looked back at his son and winked. His dad was actually putting forth the effort to include his son in something he was doing!

Ludlow rubbed his temples, contemplating. Finally he said, "Well, I suppose. Dr. Grant and the others are going to have to sign papers first, just in case."

"Why do we have to sign papers?" Muldoon asked.

"Oh, just so that we can avoid any nasty lawsuits in case something happens. Just in case."


"Yes, Dodgson," Nedry answered, "the team members have arrived and Hammond's briefing them now."

Dennis Nedry was outside the InGen complex, talking to Dodgson on his cellphone.

"OK," Dodgson said. "Now remember, you've got to submit the technical information to me before you screw up the system. Get it to me and then meet me at Cafe Brio the following day."

"You can count on me, Dodgson." Nedry ended the call and decided to get back to the lab where the time portal was, as Arnold would likely be wondering where he was. But as he turned around, he bumped into a man walking past him. "Hey!"

"Oh, sorry!" the man said as he rushed into the InGen entrance.

Nedry didn't get a good look at the man, but he saw that the stranger was tall and rugged-looking, with brown hair and a lab coat. Probably a new recruit, Nedry thought. He went into the building.


Nedry rushed into the time portal laboratory. Walking past Arnold, who was sitting at his desk, he took a seat in front of his own computer.

"What took you so long?" Arnold asked. "Where were you? The expedition team members will be in this room at any minute."

"Oh, I was just contacting one of my friends at Integrated Computer Systems (this was where he worked before joining InGen). I had some questions about some of the equipment."

"Start warming up the machine." No sooner had Nedry started warming up the machine was a knock heard upon the door. "Come in," Arnold called.

Henry opened the door, followed by Dr. Sorkin, Dr. Grant, Ellie, Luke, Alisha, Muldoon, Bob, three military soldiers, Hammond and Dianthus. The elephant was a little cautious when he entered the room, feeling slightly frightened.

"I'm locking the door this time," Hammond said as he did so.

Now the soldiers they had with them were introduced to the group just before entering the laboratory. Their job was as you might expect to help Muldoon protect the group from harm; they were under Muldoon's command for this mission. The three soldiers were named Jack Tyson, Peter Dalton and Will Mcarthy. Will was a young soldier of 29 with light brown hair and a freckled face. He was relatively new to the military; this was his first mission. Hammond had considered the soldiers quite unnecessary, but Ludlow had insisted upon having them, just in case.

Henry said, "Everyone, this is our head technician, Ray Arnold, and Dennis Nedry, our computer programmer." Arnold smiled at the group, preparing himself to speak, while Nedry hardly made a half-hearted wave.

After everyone was introduced, Arnold said, "OK, the time portal is ready to be fired up, but I need to know where I'm sending you guys. We were wondering if you had a suggestion, Dr. Grant?"

Grant said, "Yes, I could probably think of somewhere to–"

"Wait, so you're actually telling me you have a time machine?" Will asked.

"It's a time portal," Arnold corrected. "And weren't you already briefed on this mission?"

"Sure, but everyone knows time travel isn't invented yet." (He wasn't around during the conversation Grant and the others had in the biology department).

Arnold continued, "We've selected some regions that would be of least danger to you. Here's the list, Dr. Grant."

He handed Dr. Grant a sheet of paper. On the paper were the names of several geological formations that represented ancient habitats:

Kayenta Formation

Upper Elliot Formation

Haţeg Island

Chinle Formation

Ischigualasto Formation

La Quinta Formation

Ellie rested her head on Alan's shoulder, also looking at the list.

"What are you thinking?" she asked.

"Well, all the habitats featured on this list lack large theropods–"

"No T. rex?" Luke asked in disappointment.

"No. No large theropods. I'm kind of leaning toward either the Kayenta, Haţeg Island, Chinle or La Quinta. All of these appear to be relatively safe places to go. Well, hold on a minute . . . Haţeg Island . . .? Maybe that wouldn't be a very good first time travel visit."

"Why not?" Alisha asked. "Where is that anyway?"

"The place dubbed 'Haţeg Island' is located in Romania, and I'm beginning to think that isn't the best choice for this mission. The fossil record reveals relatively large carnivores did live there, including Tarascosaurus. Most of the dinosaurs in that region were pretty small. However, there was a large predatory pterosaur – flying reptile – called Hatzegopteryx."

"What's that?" Muldoon asked.

"To put it simply, Hatzegopteryx was kind of like a cross between a carnivorous giraffe and a stork. They had wingspans of over 30 feet, sharp beaks and were the largest predators in the region. I've changed my mind about wanting to visit this place." He looked back at the list. "How about Ischigualasto, in Argentina?"

"What should we be expecting there?" Ellie asked.

"Well, there weren't very many species of dinosaurs in that region back then. The landscape was lush and strange reptiles called dicynodonts roamed about. The dinosaurs – including the omnivorous Eoraptor – in the area were small, not much bigger than a medium-sized dog. There were predators in the area, like the crocodile-like Saurosuchus and the theropod Herrerasaurus, but that's pretty much it. This shouldn't be any more dangerous than, as Hammond said, 'a hike in the woods'."

"So that's the destination of your choice?" Arnold asked.

"Yes."

"Alright then. Dennis, turn on them machine."

Dennis nodded and began typing on his computer console.

Ellie grinned eagerly at her boyfriend.

"What?" Grant asked.

"Aren't you excited? We're actually going back in time!"

"I know. I still can't believe this is happening." Grant was more excited then when he saw the Acrocanthosaurus fossils in the rock a few days ago. The time portal machine was booting up, and within a few moments, they'd be able to travel back in time to see living dinosaurs! How could Grant possibly hope to put the feelings he was going through in words? It was indescribable!

Suddenly Dianthus ducked under a desk in fright as the two cylinders pointed toward the center of the contraption shot out a beam of white light, giving the dark room additional brightness. Our group gasped in awe as a ball of light and energy formed in the middle of the time portal before mushrooming into larger size. A great gust of wind rushed past Grant, nearly blowing his hat off, as the energy ball appeared to shatter like little pieces of glass. The glass-like shards swirled in the air around the orb before finally calming down. It was one of the most beautiful things Grant had ever seen.

For what seemed like a long time, no one spoke a word.

"That's the time portal?" Grant asked.

"Yes," Arnold answered proudly. "What do you think?"

"Well, I was sort of expecting more of a time machine . . . but it's beautiful."

Even the skeptical Will was nodding his head in approval. "I'm impressed."

"How'd you create it?" Alisha asked.

"Well, it's very technical," Arnold said. "It'd take me a millennia to explain it all."

"But this is some of the most technologically advanced equipment on the entire planet," Hammond said, "spared no expense."

Muldoon said, "What are we all waiting for? Let's go see some dinosaurs!"

"How do we enter it?" Will asked.

"You just walk right through it," Arnold explained.

Nedry began furiously typing something on his computer. He hit the enter button.

Grant adjusted his hat, slung his backpack onto his shoulders, preparing himself for seeing the creatures he'd been studying his entire life, for the first time in the flesh. This was an unbelievable experience for him. He clasped his girlfriend's feminine hand into his and started walking toward the time portal. He was actually walking into a distant past, a past he'd never gotten the opportunity to see until now. Slowly but surely, Grant and Ellie stepped onto the platform and into the past, not knowing what to find.


A/N: Well, Dr. Grant, Ellie, Luke and the others are finally going back in time! I can't wait till they meet some dinosaurs. By now, some of you might be thinking this story's pretty straight forward – they go back in time, study dinosaurs, something goes wrong, they might make it back alive, blah, blah, blah. Well, let me be the first to tell you that there will be alot of plot twists and surprises along the way. There will be many unexpected things occurring in this story! Anyway, who's your favorite character so far in the story? Be sure to let me know via reviewing. Until next week, be sure to follow, favorite and review on this story (definitely be sure to review, my readers! I know you guys have been reading, because I can look at this story's pageviews, so please review!) and I'll see you all soon! Don't forget to spare no expense!