Chapter 10: Escaping the Island
We finally make it back to the visitor's center. Despite dad having to carry Timmy and my slow limp we make good time.
"Hello?" Dad's voice echoes through the large lobby. No one replies. It is eerily quiet. We make our way to the cafeteria. Dad sets Timmy down on one of the tables.
"Okay. I'm gonna have to find the others, get you both to a doctor." He says to Timmy and then looks at me. "Emily, you look after Lex and Tim."
"Yeah," I nod my head and he kisses my forehead before turning back to Timmy.
"Hey!" Timmy looks up at dad. "Your hair is all sticking up." He says as he pats Timmy's head. "Big Tim, the human piece of toast. I'll be back soon." He starts walking towards the door. "I promise." He says before leaving.
Timmy gets up and limps over to the table full of food. Lex follows close behind as I too limp over to the table. We pick up some utensils and start digging in.
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Ellie is limping up a hill and she sees Alan.
"Ellie!" He yells unable to see her.
"Run." She yells getting his attention. She runs up to him.
"Ellie!" He yells as she jumps into his arms. He holds her close for a moment before letting her down.
"Where's Em?" Ellie questions as she looks around for the others.
"She is in the visitor's center with Lex and Tim," he replies as Ellie grabs his arm and pulls him along.
"We need to get to the bunker," she says as she quickly limps along.
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Alan and Ellie have made their way into the bunker.
"It's just the two raptors, right? You sure the third one's contained?" Alan asks Ellie as he loads a shotgun.
"Yes. Unless they figure out how to open doors." She replies.
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We are all enjoying our food. Lex is on one side and me and Timmy are on the other. We stuff our faces smiling at each other. I pause as I see Lex staring behind us. Timmy and I slowly turn around and see the shadow outline of a Raptor.
I drop my food and grab Timmy by the arm. Lex and I half carry half run with Timmy into the kitchen. I turn the lights off and we head to the other side. Lex and Timmy sit at the end of one counter and I sit at the end of the other.
I look up and see a raptor looking in through the window.
"Timmy, what is it?" I hear Lex ask Timmy.
"It's a Velociraptor." I say. We hear the door open.
"It's inside." Lex says.
"Follow me." I lead them down the counters while the two raptors go in the other direction. Timmy accidently knocks into some pans. We scramble to the end of the counters. Timmy pauses right at the end. I wave him to follow but he shakes his head. Lex distracts one of the raptors. I glance at the open freezer and start limping to it.
I hear a crash and recognize that the other raptor has crashed into the metal counter. I ignore the pain in my knee and run into the freezer with the raptor right behind me. I slip on the ice and so does the raptor. I get up quickly and shut the door. Lex runs up and helps me close the door. We grab Timmy and run out of the kitchen.
We run into the cafeteria and see dad and Ellie. Timmy and Lex go sprinting up to them and I slow down because of the pain in my knee. Lex runs to my dad and Timmy jumps into Ellie's waiting arms.
"It's in there." I say motioning to the kitchen, when I finally reach them.
"Control room." Ellie says and we head off. Since dad and Ellie have to drag Lex and Tim, I am able to keep up fairly easily. We make it to the control room and we head toward a console.
"We can call for help?" I ask.
"We gotta reboot the system first," Ellie says as she goes to sit down.
"The door locks! Ellie, boot up the door locks!" Dad calls out and I look back as a raptor looks through the window. It bumps the door. "God!" Dad cries out as the door hits him and he drops the gun. Ellie runs up and helps him keep the door shut. "No, boot up the door locks! Ellie, get back! Boot up the door locks!"
"You can't hold it by yourself!" she exclaims pushing her body against the door.
I run up to the computer and start looking. Lex comes up behind me.
"It's a UNIX system. I know this." She says and I get up and let her sit down. "It's all the files of the whole park. It tells you everything. Um, I gotta find the right file."
"Try to reach the gun!" I hear dad yell. I move to grab the gun but I don't get far. "Em, stay where you are." I stop and watch Ellie fail to get the gun.
"I can't get it unless I move," she cries in frustration as she tries again to use her foot to snag the strap.
"Oh, this is it! This might be the right file. Wait. It's coming. This isn't the right file."
"Come on, Lex!" I say as Timmy thumps the back of the chair.
"Oh!" I laugh as I see Lex find the right file.
"You got it?" Timmy asks.
"Yes!" I say.
"You got it!" Timmy shouts.
"Yes!" Lex confirms.
"Yes!" Timmy yells.
"Yes, this is it!" I turn to watch the door lock. Ellie and dad walk up to the computer.
"What works?" Ellie asks.
"Phones, security systems; you name it, we got it." Lex replies. Dad walks over the phone and picks it up. He hits the button for the bunker.
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John is checking on Ian when he hears the phone ring. He glances at Ian before answering.
"Grant?" He asks cautiously.
"Mr. Hammond, the phones are working." John laughs from relief.
"The children all right?"
"The children are fine. Call the mainland. Tell em to send the damn helicopters." John hears a crash over the phone.
"Gonna cut through the glass!" He hears Ellie yell. There are a couple of gunshots.
"Grant!" John yells but gets no response.
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Dad grabs a ladder and we all climb to the space above the ceiling. Dad kicks the ladder over and we start moving towards an air vent. Suddenly I am jolted upward as the raptor pushes through the tiles. Dad kicks it and it falls. The tile breaks through and I find myself hanging from the ceiling. Dad and Ellie quickly pull me up.
"Move! Quickly!" Dad says directing us to the air vent. "Tim, move!"
We find ourselves on scaffolding overlooking the lobby of the visitor's center. I turn to see a raptor on the ledge next to us. We all climb out onto the skeleton. The raptor jumps on the skeleton sending us in opposite directions. I fall immediately to the ground sending a jolt of pain up my already injured leg.
"Tim, let go. Yeah." I hear dad yell. I hear Tim yell as he falls. A few feet away from me, Ellie falls to the ground and covers as bone fragments fall on top of her. I finally stand up to see a raptor just five feet in front of me. Ellie comes up next to me as dad drags Timmy over. Ellie is covering Timmy and dad is covering Lex and I am sandwiched between them. One of the raptors is about to attack when out of nowhere the T-Rex comes storming in and rescues us. We all run through the doors. John is waiting at the bottom in a gas jeep.
"Hold onto me!" Ellie says as she carries Timmy down the stairs to the jeep. Lex jumps up and climbs over Ian. Ellie hands Timmy to Ian before jumping in.
"Mr. Hammond!" Dad says as he climbs into the jeep. "After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park." He turns to me and helps in and I sit on his lap.
"So have I." John says before driving away.
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We finally arrive at the helipad. I open the door and climb out. The limited movement of my knee has made it stiff. Dad notices and carries me to the chopper. Lex hops in first and then gives me a hand. Ellie comes up holding Timmy.
"It's okay. It's okay." She says as she carefully places him into the chopper. I pick him up and place him in the seat next to Lex. Dad and Ellie help Ian get situated. Ellie settles down next to him and then pulls me down next to her.
John comes in and sits next to me as dad settles down in between Lex and Timmy.
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I feel myself being nudged so I wake up. I realize I have fallen asleep on Ellie's shoulder. I look at her and see she is looking over at dad. I look and he is asleep with his arms around Lex and Timmy who are also asleep. Dad wakes up and looks over at us and then down at the kids. He smiles. I lean my head back on Ellie's shoulder and fall back asleep.