Jurassic World: War of the Ages – Chapter 10: We Have Hope Yet
A/N: This chapter is going to be a little shorter than my usual chapter length, but it's very interesting nonetheless. We will delve into the laboratories of Lord Savas' geneticists and see what biological weapons they have created; but first, we will see what amazing breakthroughs Alisha and Matt have made with their project. Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.
Alisha had plugged the power cable into the outlet. She and Matt had been working on this Time-Transportation Device for several months. How much longer would it be before they got it working once again. Alisha recalled saying, "Alright, Matt. Let's fire her up."
Matt sighed. "I hope it works this time." He could hardly bring himself to press the POWER button. The last three times he had tried to no avail. It seemed hopeless. But if they wanted any chance to go back their their rightful time. If they could travel through time, they had a chance of repairing everything that had been broken. Figuratively crossing his fingers, Matt pressed the button...
All of a sudden, the ray guns on the platform shot forth a beam of white energy and light. Matt's eyes widened. Could it be true? Could it be working? Yes! The energy sphere mushroomed into gigantic size and sent heavy winds swirling through the room.
"Finally they subsided," Matt explained to the others, "leaving a beautiful glowing orb in their place."
"Fue tan hermoso," Alisha recounted. "It was the most hermoso thing I have ever seen."
That night, the Grants, Muldoon, Gershom, Abigail, the soldiers Matt, Jack and Will had been called to a meeting. Alisha and Matt just had to share the wonderful news of their working time portal.
Alan Grant leaned forward. "So you mean...you've successfully got that rusty bucket of gizmos working?"
"That's what we're saying!" Matt told him.
"So that means we can go home now!" Luke exclaimed.
"That is wonderful news!" Abigail agreed.
"Not so fast," Matt said. "While you technically can go home, I am taking you all back to my time period, in the distant future."
"Why would we want to go there?" Will asked. "Don't you remember what your time was like? There's hyper-intelligent dinosaurs after you in the future. Why go back there?"
"Let him talk, Will," Muldoon told him. "I'm sure he has his reasons."
"Reasons, shmesons. Of course he has his reasons, but I'm trying to get him to–"
"Can I talk?" Matt asked.
Will slumped his shoulders. "Sorry. Please continue."
"If we go back to the exact time you left, you will still be the same age you are now – two years older than when you left!"
"That's a good point," Gershom said. "But why can't they just go to the time equivalent to two years after they left their time period?"
Matt frowned. "That's the year the apocalypse took place. That apocalypse laid waist to the earth. If you do survive, you'll be no better off than you are right now."
Jack looked at the others. "You're absolutely right. So what do we do in your time period? Live as fugitives?"
"No. I believe in living with an object in mind, and I have one. Once we get to the future, my plan to is to reach the other renegades."
"There's more of 'em?" Muldoon asked in surprise.
"Many more. Hundreds of us are gathering together in the hopes of defeating the homosaurians. At least, there were hundreds when I left. They have a hidden base, far from the places of the homosaurians. Anyway, my plan is to reach them, and...here's where it gets a little hairy. We need to infiltrate the homosaurians secret bases. Rumor has it that underneath their main city, there are catacombs. These dark catacombs are where they keep their own attempts at time-traveling technology. The homosaurians might not be able to get it working, but Alisha and I have the know-how from our work on the TTD ensures me that we'll be able to get their time-traveling technology up and running. Then, we go into the past, look for clues as to how the apocalypse happened and put a stop to it. We have hope yet."
"Why don't we just use the TTD to do that?" Luke asked.
"Because we don't have the capabilities to open up another time portal once we've entered it. Nor can we turn it off. If we leave the time portal on, anything or anyone else could walk through it."
"And if we set it to turn off after we all get in it," Alisha added, "we can't get back."
"Can someone stay here and operate the time portal?" Ellie asked.
"I'm the only one experienced enough with the time portal to get it working, and I need to be time-traveling as well if we're gonna solve this mystery."
Grant slapped his legs. "Alright then. I guess that settles it. Can we leave tomorrow?"
"As soon as possible would be best," Matt told him. "Tomorrow morning sounds perfect."
Gershom nodded. "I will dearly miss all of you."
"We all will," Abigail said.
"We will miss you too," said Grant. "It's been an interesting time, being trapped in the future. I wonder if we'll even be able to adjust to normal life once we get back."
Ellie giggled. "Do you think you can get back to digging up fossils of dead dinosaurs?"
"Haha, let's hope so."
"Well, don't think about your time period too much just yet," Matt said. "We have to stop that apocalypse or you won't have much of a 'normal life' to speak of!"
Lord Savas was being led down a corridor with Captain Pegg in the city's largest laboratory. They were being led by head geneticist Dr. Carno V. According to Dr. Carno, he and his fellow scientists were harboring within their gigantic laboratory several genetically-engineered creatures that would be used to destroy all remaining humans. They were no recognizable species of dinosaur from the fossil record – like the other animals the homosaurian geneticists created, they were hybrids. DNA was taken from several different purebred species of dinosaurs that humans had cloned hundreds of years before and blended together to create these beasts.
"They're right over here," Dr. Carno said. The three theropods were standing in a hallway, great in length, height and width. On either side were small dark paddocks with baseball-sized holes. In each, were the most dangerous creatures they had ever brought back to life. "These are our creations."
"What do you call them?" Lord Savas asked.
"We have decided upon the name Cristatias carnifex, meaning 'crested carnivore'."
The hallway was filled with the familiar stench of must. From within the paddocks, Cristatias carnifex's growled and snarled at their onlookers. A few bashed against the door to their respective paddocks, trying to get out. Captain Pegg quivered as he walked past one such paddock. The beast inside its dark containment looked out at him with its beady red eye. From another hole, Pegg could see that it's teeth were gnarly and gagged, jutting out from the jaws and interlocking with the set of teeth on the opposite jaw.
"What magnificent animals," Lord Savas complimented. "Dr. Carno, the last time I saw these creatures was three months ago, and they were hatchlings then. Now, they are far larger. You must have accelerated their growth."
"Indeed we did," Dr. Carno explained. "They grew full-size in less than three months from eggs no larger than the ancient soccer balls that humans used to use in play."
"How many did you create?" Captain Pegg asked nervously. "And how large are they?"
"We cloned ten of them. And they're all roughly 26-30 feet in length from snout to tail and weigh 1.4 tons. They're also fast, agile for their size, intelligent...and very lethal. This is going to be the species that finally brings extinction to all of human kind."
"How so?" Lord Savas asked.
"They had enhanced hearing, sense of smell and sight. They'll be able to track down any humans whether it be day or nighttime and when they do find them, there's no way the humans will be able to escape. They're like powerful military vehicles on two legs. Powerful arms and an impressive bite force ensures they can snap up and catch anything they like. In addition to that, they have tough, armor-plated bodies. It would take an extremely powerful weapon to get through their hide."
The Cristatias carnifex in the cage beside them poked one of its hand claws out of the holes. It growled as it tried to reach for anything near it. Captain Pegg made sure to stay well-enough away from it. The enormous claw scratched against the metal as it retreated back into the paddock.
"I am definitely impressed," Lord Savas announced. "I have but one concern. These creatures are similar to something the humans created in their own time, correct?"
"Indeed," Dr. Carno said proudly. "They are. We researched many of the saurians humans cloned before the apocalypse and found one species that we thought best to try and produce our own model of."
"Those same humans...failed to realize what kind of power their beasts had. We need some method of keeping that power and fury directed at our opponents, and not on us."
"We have already thought of that." From his lab coat pocket, Dr. Carno produced a small silver cylindrical device, around 2.5 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches tall. On the base, there were several metal spike-like probes and from the back protruded two black tubes. In the center, on the top and around the edge was a red transparent material that, when activated, would allow fierce red light to glow from within. "Do you know what this is?"
"No."
"This, Lord Savas, is a neural clamp. This device is designed to control the predators by tapping into the central nervous system, overriding their instincts. Thus, this allows the clamp's user to manipulate the creature via radio signals. These clamps were surgically implanted into the predators' skulls. The metal base plate is attached to the skull itself, joining the clamp's probes onto the center of the plate, right over the brain."
Lord Savas looked up in surprise. "So essentially you can mind-control the creatures!"
"Exactly."
The kingly saurian nodded with great approval. "Very ingenious."
"Mind-control!?" Captain Pegg was shocked. "I thought mind-control was a thing of the future."
"The future is now, Captain," Dr. Carno said. "The future is most certainly now. And we've used it to ensure that these animals are under our complete control. There is nothing they can do – besides breathe, of course, – without our command. Properly chipped, they're no more dangerous than a car or a plane."
Lord Savas peered into one of the holes containing one of the D. rex's. The creature stood near the back of the paddock. Its theropod-like frame was silhouetted against the light coming from the hallway. Its glowing-red eyes stared back at Lord Savas with such fury and hunger. The lord chuckled to himself. If these monsters are what they're cracked up to be, the human race will be gone forever.
A/N: Dr. Carno has created some very mysterious creatures in his laboratory! What do you guys think they are? How dangerous will these hybridized dinosaurs be? Will they be kind of like the Indominus rex...or something far stranger. Until next time, please favorite and review this story and LEAVE COMMENTS! I miss hearing from you guys! In the meantime, spare no expense!