Sarah laughed at Nick's reaction, which was him falling back in surprise. "I guess you got the jump on us didn't you Sarah." Nick replied. "Yeah!" She laughed. She then noticed Ian.
"Ian, I never thought in a million years Hammond would get you to come here."
"Hey Eddie!" She greeted. "Dr. Grant, Owen, Robert, its nice to finally meet you." Sarah greeted the others in the group. "Anyone got a granola bar or something? I'm starving! Look, look! Animals that just walked by, a family group, infant and a sub-adult right there. I just need to get a shot of the nest."
"You've been attacked?" Ian asked, noting the hole in her backpack. "Oh no, that's my lucky pack, how it always looks." Sarah dismissed. "Oh are these your raptors?! I remember Hammond telling us about these before the expedition."
"This is Scar. That's Omega! And this here's Wolf!" Owen introduced. "Remind me of wolves a little bit in pack structure. I came across a pair of young raptors a little while ago, the males are orange with black stripes. The females are dark brown in color, really interesting sexual dimorphism."
"Hey when Hammond called you, why didn't you tell me?" Malcolm cut in. "Oh, because I knew you would have stopped me from coming." Sarah replied. "I would have chained you to the bed." Malcolm growled.
"I finally figured out how the animals survive without Lysine, the herbivores eat soy, beans, anything lysine rich, while the carnivores, well they eat the herbivores." Sarah declared. "Yeah, our raptors, we have to give them lysine every week unless they get sick, so that makes sense." Alan agreed.
Sarah suddenly spotted something. "Stay here."
"Sarah, no!" Malcolm tried to stop her. What had caught her interest was a baby stegosaur in a nest, and she of course had to get really close. Unfortunatley, that angered the parents. The stegosaurs began to charge, when the raptors ran out and tried to distract them.
With their attention firmly on the raptors, Sarah was able to get back to the group without injury.
"Wow."
"Images are incredible. Guys shoot their whole lives, they never get stuff half this good."
"Wow."
"I mean, you could just give me the pullitzer right now."
"Dr. Grant, do you support Dr. Burke's position on T-rex parental care?" Sarah asked. "I haven't met Dr. Burke, but no, I don't. Just the way these animals act, is so reminiscent of birds, and most birds rear their young so, no it wouldn't make sense for the T-rex to simply abandon its young." Alan replied.
"Fire! Dr Grant, Dr Malcolm, we have fire at base camp!"
When they got there, they discovered it was just Malcolm's Daughter Kelly trying to cook. "I was just making dinner. I wanted it ready when you guys got back, yeah." She said.
While Malcolm and Sarah had an argument, Owen decided to play fetch with the raptors. It was a game they started playing soon after they left Isla Nublar, and the raptors enjoyed it. "How did you teach them to do that anyway?" Kelly asked.
"I threw a stick once, and Scar brought it back. After that I taught the others, and its been one of our favorite games ever since." Owen replied. "Cool." Kelly said, in awe of the raptors. They liked her well enough.
The group's conversation was interrupted, however, by a group of incoming helicopters.