With Alan Grant and a co-worker of his now on the island, Dr Grant soon begins to doubt if Jurassic World is even following Hammond's dream.
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DragonBreeder123 - Not entirely, maybe now he might actually want to see if Hammond's dream has actually come true.
sl3dzax1235 - I know! Feels strange, doesn't it?
Mickol93 - Nope, Calamus is still fairly wild, he was only used for sampling velociraptor DNA for Baron.
byran mccloud - There is another coming with him. And Calamus won't harm Helen, he's all hearts and roses for her right now. LOL!
knight Of Cybertron 1984 - I KNOW! I WAS SO HYPED FOR THAT GAME!
Joey baldwin - Oh we'll see plenty of Rexy when Alan visits.
X Ferry Landing...
Another hot and humid day settle in for the many visitors and residents of Jurassic World, but at the Ferry Landing, both Jess and Zara patiently waited for Alan Grant to arrive with one of his co-worker, Ryan Osborn, among the wave of moving faces. But while Jess was fine in helping take Dr Grant to the raptor paddock, Zara was actually hoping Ian Malcolm was with him too, see had even brought one of his books for him to sign.
"You actually brought your book with you?" noticed Jess trying not to laugh.
"Of course!" agreed Zara plainly. "There's no way I'm gonna miss out this opportunity. The guy's amazing!"
"You know, Zara. He probably won't be with Dr Grant." pointed out Jess being honest. "And even if he was here, he'd probably wouldn't want to be noticed by anyone."
"And if he is with Dr Grant, than I would've missed the chance to get his autograph." added Zara. "You know how much I love his work!"
But Zara's hope was wiped off as she and Jess spotted Alan Grant making his way through the crowd with Ryan, and with no sign of Ian Malcolm with them.
"He's not here." realized Zara signing in disappointment.
"The essence... of chaos." teased Jess jokingly.
Focusing back on acting professional, it was only now that both Jess and Zara began to take in the very person who has survived both Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna. In terms of aging, Dr Grants only show of being worn by time was a few grey hairs not covered by his hat, that or the stress of surviving a dinosaur breakout has gotten to him.
Ryan was actually a relative of the Kirby family that Alan had been stuck with on Isla Sorna. But unlike them, he at least had some common sense with how 'not' to get eaten. His clothing certainly made him look like the type you'd find digging up fossils, and even being nineteen, Dr Grant could already see part of him in him.
"Dr Alan Grant, pleasure to meet you." greeted Zara offering her hand. "I'm Mrs Young, and this is Mrs Hanzul."
"Pleasure's all mine, Mrs Young." added Dr Grant wearily.
But then Ryan suddenly remember who Zara really was, the woman he had heard about able to swim with Elizabeth.
"Hold on, you're the woman who can swim with that mosasaur!" remembered Ryan in shock.
"Um... Yes." admitted Zara a little embarrassed. "I do tend to swim with my little blossom at times."
"Anyway, did Claire explain to you why we need your help?" asked Jess as she and Zara carried Dr Grant's and Ryan's bags to the monorail.
"To be honest, I was hoping Owen could have handled it himself." admitted Dr Grant knowing Jess was talking about.
Even after three days, Calamus has still be hostile to any raptor apart from Helen. Not even Dave or Owen can get close enough to remove the chains and restraints still locked on his neck and legs without the same response, and in the end, calling in Dr Grant was really the only other option.
"He's already tried, but Calamus won't calm down." revealed Jess. "Not even Perry can calm him down."
"Yeah, your 'talking raptor'." remembered Dr Grant sarcastically. "Just another one of Owen's excuse to get me here."
For a second, Jess didn't know what to say. The very man who showed Owen some respect for raptors, doesn't believe Perry can talk? But then again, Dr Grant has never been here, so he can easily see Perry talking as another tale that Owen made up.
"You don't believe he's being honest?" asked Zara just as shocked.
"And you do?" brought up Dr Grant.
"Mr Grant, with all due respect, I've spent nearly three years alongside Perry." explained Jess trying to keep calm. "And she can talk. Yeah, it's broken when she does, but Perry can talk."
"We'll see about that." doubted Dr Grant adjusting his hat.
And with that, the four made their way onto the monorail, but while Dr Grant remained doubtful about Perry being able to talk, both Jess and Zara knew he was in for a massive shock. The only question is, will he still be willing to help out?
X Raptor Paddock...
At the Raptor Paddock, things had not gone how Owen or Dave would have wanted it to. Calamus may drop his rage anytime Helen comes close to his cage, but if any other raptor does, all they get is a rapid fire of hissing and scraping claws as Calamus tried to get at them.
Out of all of the raptors, Perry and Blue were the ones that Calamus really seemed to hate the most, both Dave and Owen assumed it's because Calamus can sense and that are the betas of the pack. However, Calamus didn't seem to show as much hate towards Blue as he did Perry, most likely because Blue's the only other male, and as for Perry, well Calamus didn't seem to care if Perry was Helen's mum, he just wanted to rip her apart so much.
As Claire drove onto the scene, both Dave and Owen watched Calamus from a distance as he calmly cawed as Helen made her way to him. But as soon as Perry came up to them, concerned for her daughter, Calamus instantly began hissing and cawing at Perry, and even as Perry lead Helen away, Calamus still hissed as he eyes her.
"I swear, Calamus has such an attitude problem." admitted Dave in concern.
"I'm guessing Calamus is still having a go at the pack?" asked Claire joining the two.
"He's calmed down a bit around most of them, but he really has it for Perry." explained Owen. "We just can't let him in, he'll go straight for Perry the instant he's in there."
"He won't, because I'll rip his eyes out if he does!" warned Dave like a concerned father.
"Dave, he can hear you." pointed out Claire as Calamus seemed to hear Dave's warning.
"That's the idea." growled Dave locking his eyes with Calamus's.
Everyone understood why Dave was being so hard at Calamus, he's simply making sure Calamus knows if he hurts Perry, than it won't be the other raptors he'll need to worry about. But at the same time, both Dave and Owen need to get Calamus to respect them, after all, that's how they've managed to remain alphas of the pack for so long.
"So when should Grant be here?" asked Owen bringing up his old mentor.
"Jess is bringing him and his co-worker here right now, they should be here in a few minutes." revealed Claire.
"How come you even know Dr Grant anyway?" asked Dave still confused about how Owen knows him.
"Let's just say, when i first meet him... I didn't really have much respect for raptors." explained Owen scratching the back of his head. "During one of his digs, I called a raptor fossil 'six foot turkey'."
"What? You?" joked Claire not expecting Owen to have ever said that. "A little ironic coming from you."
"Yep." admitted Owen. "But, Grant had his hands on a raptor claw when I said that, he went on about how deadly they are while pointing out where they would strike at me first. And after that, I... finally grew some respect for them."
"I could already see him doing that to you." admitted Dave. "You there, arms folded like a baby, and he comes waving his raptor claw around with him going on about his chaos theory."
"That's Ian Malcolm you're thinking of, Dave." corrected Claire shaking her head in embarrassment.
"Ah heur heur heur...awr hah har hah har, I knew that." joked Dave trying to do Ian's famous laugh... REALLY, badly.
Though Dave soon calmed himself down as Jess drove onto the scene with Dr Grant and Ryan in the back. Zara on the other hand had gone to spend time with Elizabeth, seeing as Ian isn't here. But once Dr Grant heard the familiar cawing of raptors, the memories of the many encounters with them surged back into his mind. This was going to be a long day.
"Dr Grant? Are you okay?" asked Claire seeing Dr Grants concerned face.
"I'm just, remembering..."assured Dr Grant before spotting Owen next to Dave. "How long has it been, 20? 21 years?"
"22 actually, but you know, you were close." admitted Owen shaking Dr Grants hand.
"So... you must be Alan Grant?" asked Dave as Dr Grant took notice of him.
"And you must be Dave Hanzul." assumed Dr Grant. "I was expecting you to be taller."
"Size isn't everything." reminded Dave. "Just look at Perry and the other rap-"
"So that's Perry?" asked Ryan seeing Perry eye them from the cage.
"Yep, that's my scaly angel." admitted Dave proudly.
"Wouldn't call her an angel by a long shot." warned Dr Grant.
"You might not, but I would any day." disagreed Dave making his way to Perry.
Sticking his hand through the bar, Dave gently scratched the back of Perry's head while Calamus seemed to take notice of something he had never seen in a longtime, care, affection... family. And as for Dr Grant, he was still struggling to get in his head how stupid Dave was behaving.
"What are you doing?!" snapped Dr Grant in shock.
"Scratching her head." answered Dave plainly. "That's where she can't get the dirt off-"
"Do you want to get your hand bitten off!" interrupted Dr Grant pulling Dave away from Perry.
Straight away, Perry cawed in shock as the rest of the raptor pack joined her side, all of them cawing at Dr Grant, seeing him as a threat to the pack.
"See! They were waiting to attack you!" assumed Dr Grant as Dave pulled himself out of Dr Grants grasp.
"No. They're concerned for me!" corrected Dave knowing better.
"Concerned?" doubted Ryan understandably.
"He pulled one of their alpha's away from Perry, and they became defensive." explained Owen as the other joined the two.
"And you're supposed to be a raptor expert." growled Dave so far not impressed at all by Dr Grant.
"Sorry, did you have raptors trying to eat you before?!" wondered Dr Grant offended by Dave's words.
"Once..." admitted Dave as he looked at Blue. "But that was ages ago. They're like lions when you get to know-"
"They're like raptors, Dave!" interrupted Dr Grant. "I know what it's like to be around one! They just stand there, watching you... waiting for you to turn your back on them, so they can stab you right in the back."
"Never. Do that."
Almost immediately, Dr Grants angered face was washed away with shock as he suddenly clicked into his head what Perry just did... spoke.
"She can speak." realized Ryan in shock.
Suddenly amazed at being proven wrong by a raptor, Dr Grant kneeled down as he observed Perry. Her eyes seemingly confused as Dr Grant seemed both astonished and disturbed, he had been proven wrong as Jess and Zara knew he would.
"What did you do to her?" asked Dr Grant deeply disturbed.
"We didn't do anything." explained Dave understanding Dr Grants concern. "Perry was found to have Human DNA used instead of frog or bird DNA to fill in her gene gaps, and when you do that to a raptor... well, you pretty much have a person in raptor's clothing."
"As if they weren't smart enough." muttered Dr Grant.
"Can any other of your raptors talk?" asked Ryan assuming the worst.
"Her daughter Helen can." revealed Owen. "But the rest of the raptors can't."
"Not even him?" pointed Dr Grant at Calamus as he kneeled down to the hissing raptor.
"Well we're actually not sure about Calamus." admitted Claire. "Dave and Jess found that he had washed up on the island in a carrier boat, and the chains defiantly show he had been used by people. But he hasn't said or done anything that comes close to Perry or Helen's intelligence."
At that point, Calamus exploded. Like a guard dog, Calamus clawed and cawed at his cage as everyone slightly back off from his rage, but not Dr Grant. He had experienced a raptor's bad-side so much that the shock of it didn't even effect him. That alone made Calamus back off in surprise.
"Is he the one you called to me about?" guessed Dr Grant.
"Yeah, we already tried to get close to him, but he just doesn't like anyone." explained Dave. "Personally, I think he has an attitude problem."
"He's scared." knew Dr Grant plainly seeing the reason for his aggression. "You have him cage up next to a bunch of raptors he's never seen before, every time he hisses, he's scared. He had no idea what's happening."
"Do you want me to get you your resonating chamber?" asked Ryan already having his hand in Dr Grant's bag.
"Might help." admitted Dr Grant.
"Resonating chamber? What's that?" wondered Dave in confusion.
Finally bringing it out of Dr Grants bag, everyone could see what Dr Grant had meant. A strange white shaped flute, but part of it seemed shaped like a brain. But how was this supposed to help get to Calamus?
"How is this gonna help Calamus?" asked Owen not knowing what it was.
"This, is a replica of a raptor's resonating chamber. The organ that allows it to communicate." explained Dr Grant holding it in his hand.
Holding it with a delicate touch, Dr Grant blew into it as a shockingly similar raptor screech sounded through the air around the raptor paddock. Everyone around Dr Grant was shocked at how similar it was to a raptor's screech, and even the raptor pack were baffled and shocked, even Calamus's dropped his rage as this strange man seemed to be making a raptor screech.
But not far away, within Griffin's paddock. Griffin was already socializing with a family as he rubbed his head against the glass where the families baby was laughing in joy. But right then, Griffin suddenly picked up a tiny screeching noise coming from far off. While a part of him was a bit confused, Griffin soon turned back to entertaining the family, it could have just been one of the raptors having a tantrum.
"My god..." shuddered Jess in shock.
"Try playing this to Calamus." suggested Dr Grant passing it to Dave. "It won't make him love you, but it should at least get him to know you don't mean him harm."
Cautiously walking up to a shocked and baffled Calamus, Dave blew into the resonating chamber as if he was playing a trumpet. But while Calamus did seem to calm down, he also backed off to the other end of the cage in an almost human tantrum.
Back in Griffin's paddock, Griffin once again caught the same sound, causing him to turn his attention away from the family as he lumbered to the other side of his paddock in confusion. Something just didn't sound right to him.
"Was it something I said?" asked Dave as the rest of the raptor pack seemed to do the same as Calamus.
"Why. Say that?" asked Perry understanding the raptor's tantrum.
"I think you were swearing at Calamus, Dave." guessed Jess.
Yet in Griffin's paddock, Griffin finally decided to at least see if the raptor's were alright. Taking a deep breath, Griffin held his head high as he roared into the sky, the very sound of his roar echoing throughout the island.
From the Mosasaur lagoon, both Zara and Elizabeth could hear and feel Griffin's roar even underwater. In the Control Room, the very force of Griffin's roar was enough to knock Lowery's drink of his desk. And finally at the Raptor paddock, all of the raptors could sense that Griffin had heard the resonating chamber.
"What kind of dinosaur was that?" asked Ryan having never heard that roar before. "Sounded like a T-Rex."
"No. Sounds bigger." noticed Dr Grant worryingly.
"That must have been Griffin." realized Claire. "He must have heard the resonating chamber."
"Griffin? Who's Griffin?" asked Dr Grant deeply concerned.
"Um... Griffin is our Indominus Rex." explained Jess as Dr Grant and Ryan felt dread rush over them.
"You mean, you didn't kill the very dinosaur that-"
"No. That was Griffin's sister." assured Owen. "Griffin was thought to have been killed by his sister years ago, but he actually survived in the old T-Rex paddock until we found him."
"And you're keeping him in the same living conditions I assume?" guessed Dr Grant.
"No, we're not actually." defended Dave. "The I-Rex paddock was re-designed to properly house him, and he has daily interactions with both people and dinosaurs."
"It doesn't matter how you treat him now, he's still the same species that shouldn't have even existed!" snapped Dr Grant. "Honestly, you would've thought you would know better to kill him if you don't want more people to die."
"Dr Grant!" stopped Claire acting like a protective mother. "What Griffin's sister did deeply scared many people here, including Griffin himself."
"And left some people missing their foot." added Ryan bringing up Zara's foot.
"What happened to my assistant was something no one should go through." admitted Claire. "And the fact remains that out of 20 thousand people that day, only 25 people died. A tiny amount compare to how many could have died."
"People died on that day because you went beyond what Hammond dreamed of." warned Dr Grant. "Hammond wanted to show something what wasn't an illusion to people, not some Frankenstein dinosaurs!"
"STOOOP!" yelled Perry finally calming the argument. "How. You say. That? You. Not see. Griffin."
"Perry's right." agreed Dave seeing her point. "Why don't we go and see Griffin first, and then you can voice your own opinion."
Beginning to calm down, Dr Grant finally began to understand the others opinions. True, what happened that day should never had happened, but they can't just kill Griffin, not after having grown so close to him. And Dr Grant know far too well what people can do in their best intentions...
"Show me."
So... just how will Dr Grant react when he meets Griffin? Or better yet, how will Griffin react? Only one way to find out.
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