DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN JURASSIC PARK/WORLD THEY BELONG TO THEIR OWNERS.
A/n: I am glad everyone likes the last chapter. Many people seemed to enjoy it a lot. It was so cool to see people liking this story both here and AO3 not that much on Wattpad but then again they don't have a notification thing for Alan's Dinosaurs. But I do enjoy a challenge. So for you all I am going to do a time skip because building up to the point of Alan going out again just is a bit boring. So without further a do I present to you….
ALAN'S DINOSAURS
Chapter 37: Moving Forward
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
It has been nearly three weeks since Alan Grant and Robert Muldoon had received their treatments for the DX Virus. Henry sat off to the side enjoying the time spent with Cindy while Ian, Ellie and Alan were catching up with what was going on in the world. Ray was busy with Gerry and Robert discussing plans for Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna once word gets out about the dinosaurs.
They were out in the dinosaur pen enjoying the warm evening. Rosco, Rexy and Junior are busy feeding off of their latest kill. That kill was a few large bulls that had caused trouble for the locals. It also included a large fish and surprisingly a large snake that Junior had caught by accident. Beside them were Nico and Spitz both had obviously grown larger by their size and bulk. Spitz is clearly a half a foot longer then he was when Alan had awoken and the paleontologist suspected that he is starting to enter his adolescent stage the same with Nico. Their growth rate is not as fast as Rosie and Tien or Junior but they are growing. The larger space allows them to wonder the jungle with ease.
Sarah soared overhead with one of the kids watching from the ground. Unable to fly with her yet Alan was reluctant to try anything until the doctors cleared him to fly. In the meantime they started making plans about what they were going to do once everyone was recovered.
Throughout the three weeks of recovery Alan and Robert had already discovered that General Vitkiss was indeed working for the government. Just not the right government.
It turns out that General Vitkiss works for the United Nations Security Council. That was a surprise since he had inclined earlier that he worked for the United States Defense. But then again the U.S. has no jurisdiction here in Costa Rica. So he had to disguise himself just to make sure that no one causes him problems. As they sat there early in the morning he informed them that the reason why he is here is because of reports of dinosaur sightings in Costa Rica and other parts of Central America. He needed experts on live dinosaurs to help him. Since he is well aware of InGen's genetics research.
What he never expected was for Alan Grant to acquire six dinosaurs several years prior and train them to help with certain needs. And after the theft of the dinosaurs he wanted to help as much as possible. Keeping an eye on things on Nublar he found out about Jurassic Park, and about Dennis Nedry, and the stolen dinosaurs from the island. He also found out about Isla Sorna and the cloning facilities as well as the illegal creation of the DX virus. The illegal rings that bought the dinosaurs and how he is now tasked by the United Nations to put a stop to this madness.
When the door to the compound opened General Vitkiss the subject matter stepped out. In his hand was an envelope with the words CLASSIFIED on them. When he appeared the people in the area knew that it was time for the important meeting they were waiting for. Following the General they made their way towards the meeting room set up just inside the compound. The windows provided the group with access to the dinosaurs in case Alan has to get out there. The room had been swept of listening bugs and cameras and also they had to be alert for any sort of eyes on them. Luckily for them they have several animals to help.
"Alright folks now that we are mostly recovered from our ordeals lets get to work," he said showing the envelope. He then started to pass around the contents of the envelope to them. In it were pictures taken of Isla Nublar and of other places around the world.
"Now after you've all left; Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna were ransacked by InGen personnel. These people had the purpose of saving any and all research to the cloning of dinosaurs and dinosaur kind. It is sort of a save your assets kind of shit which we don't need right now. However that is on the back burner at this moment. Right now what's important is that we take care of the chaos that InGen has left us to deal with. And that is the illegal distribution of prehistoric animals to criminal organizations and terrorists done by corporate theives." he said and behind him the windows suddenly went dark as a curtain came down to darken the room. There a projector was then activated to show them images of different areas around the globe.
"So far several organizations came forward to show us these images of various animals. We think that the people responsible are selling the dinosaurs to cartels and terrorist gang members like this one here just near the border of Ecuador." With that he showed them a satellite image of a compound just south of the Ecuadorian border. There a feature similar to the one they have here was made, but the difference is in the fencing. It had cement barriers laced with long thick wires just like Jurassic Park. But it was on the inside that had Alan's blood boiling.
There was a group of velociraptors there. All of them had collars on and all of them were being handled by several people with poles. Some of the images showed them being fed humans from the man's enemies. But the other photos showed other things that were too gruesome for some people to handle such as Ian.
Alan looked a bit green himself, but he held his stomach down. It would do no good if the contents of his stomach came heaving upwards.
"Now you see why we asked you to come?" said General Vitkiss.
"So these men are using raptors to kill off the competition," said Robert as he looked at them his hand shook with rage.
"Yes, they also have a similar compound in Columbia filled with raptors. But these ones are not as trained meaning they are a fresh stock. As Dr. Wu and myself went through the reports there were a number of raptors missing from the island. So that means that someone had deliberately failed to report such findings. Either that or they smuggled them off the island." General Vitkiss said to them.
"Nedry," was all that Ray could come back on.
"Right, I knew the bastard was trash, but to go this far? How many dinosaurs had he smuggled off the island?" asked Robert looking at Ray.
"In my opinion too many to count," Ray replied and Henry also nodded, "Yeah and it is no use rehabilitating them for they might have imprinted on their masters. The raptors that were stolen must have been eggs because neither side had reported animals missing," Henry said and before the other two could reply he raised his hand. "However the lab had reported several eggs had been stolen meaning that whoever Nedry was selling to had used the eggs as a means of transportation. The eggs at the critical stage of hatching would be more valuable to the dealers then a fully grown animal. Dr. Grant's animals would only be the exception due to how trained they are to interact with people." Henry replied his face grim.
"I have to agree with Henry on this one," said Gerry speaking up for the first time in a while. "If people can imprint on birds they can imprint on dinosaurs and those raptors might not know anything else other then what their masters have trained them to do. If we are to go after them we have to first assess them to see if they can be rehabilitated and if not…," He did not go further then what Robert have to say, "We have to exterminate them," he replied.
"My thoughts exactly," reply Ian who was still in his wheelchair.
"Look I know you want to save the dinosaurs, but with the exception of a few the ones who are a danger to the public should be put down. Who knows how many lives are lost because someone got greedy when they are dealing with extinct animals. I for one would rather deal with Rexy's belly ache then angry raptors again," said Ian.
"I know some of your animals are still recovering Dr. Grant and so are you and Mr. Muldoon. But perhaps you can be willing to spare someone who knows your animals best." General Vitkiss said to him.
"I don't have to do much General, my animals are more the capable when fully recovered. But the two female rexes need to be properly trained first and then we have to deal with the two aquatic animals. They were trained to be circus animals but how much training has gone with them?" Alan asked.
"Perhaps we can ask José he might know since he spent much time with Terry and Iggy," said Ellie speaking up and Alan nodded in reply. Agreeing with Ellie on her idea.
"Then there is the little shit," said Gerry smirking.
"Frankie? When I got off the phone with Jessica Grady she told me that Frankie caused enough mischief up in the states." Alan said to them.
"Yeah well, I asked her if she can bring Frankie back home so we can have the whole unit. I mean little Frankie must miss the others," Gerry replied and Alan would no doubt believe him. He knows how much everyone must miss Frankie and he also misses the little shit.
"How long till the Grady's come here with Frankie?" asked Ellie.
"Jessica is going to be down here in about a week. She has to take care of some things up in the states and Richard is stuck with the kids," Alan replied to her making her laugh.
"I heard about the school incident," Ellie said laughing and at Alan's raised eyebrow Ellie explained to him about what happened with Frankie and Owen. At his blanched look Ellie doubled over and reached into her pocket. She then pulled out a photograph that Richard took of Frankie in his new little sweater as he was paraded around the school.
"Oh fuck," Alan groaned embarrassed at what his little terror did.
"Don't be embarrassed Al, Frankie exposed a longtime problem you should be happy," she said and Alan continued to groan, "Yeah and have to deal with the fallout of angry parents after what he did," Alan replied.
"Aw is that the little shit?" said Ray looking at the photo of Owen and Frankie.
"Yeah, they were at the science fair," Ellie said to him.
"You know if he wasn't such a terror then he would be the cutest bird in the entire world," Ray said and that gotten snickers from Gerry, Robert, and Henry.
"What is so funny?" Ray demanded.
"Is this the same Ray Arnold who cursed Frankie's name to the grave for stealing his cigarettes?" said Gerry and that led to a round of laughter from his companions. Ray glared at Gerry before a smirk appeared on his face.
"You know what if I wanted to quit I would hire the little shit," he said to them and that gave another round of laughter.
"Alright people back to subject here," said General Vitkiss and that got everyone quiet. Faces once again growing serious.
"As funny as some of this shit sounds our earlier argument stands. Those animals might have imprinted on their master making them loyal to a degree. But from this species I would say they are the same raptors as the ones on Isla Sorna is that correct Mr. Muldoon?" General Vitkiss said to him.
Robert now paid more attention to the raptors in the satellite image his brow deepened with concern. "If they are indeed Velociraptors in those photos then they look to be about the age of adolescents. Then their aggression is about through the roof. They start to show signs of aggression at about eight months and that is when they become lethal. So their attack rate should be relatively high. If that is the case we need to have all hands on deck and ready." Robert said to Gerry who wrote some notes down.
"What are you writing there Dr. Harding?" asked General Vitkiss.
"What kind of tranquilizer I will need for this particular dinosaur. Until we can confirm it is truly a velociraptor I am going to use some tranqs that are specifically made for them. Since their metabolism is so high it is dangerous to leave them tranquilized for long with normal tranquilizers. The ones we designed for them lets them sleep if off for about twelve hours unless administered the antidote," Gerry replied.
Alan was surprised to hear this as he turned to Robert who nodded his head, "We only used them sparingly since they were so hard to make. But if we need more I can get more made. I know a few people who can make them."
"Can you train more people to produce the right tranq's because if we agree to this we are going to need more then what you got on Nublar?" said Ian and they all turned to him in confusion.
"What? Can't I say something? This is chaos in full effect and if I can't say something about it then fine! Whatever," Ian huffed and Ellie tried to hide her laughter behind her arm.
"Dr. Sattler how long are you going to remain on Costa Rica now that Dr. Grant is awake?" asked General Vitkiss.
"About another week or so and then I am due back in the States. Mark is getting anxious," she said to him.
"I understand Dr. Sattler and we thank you again for helping us with the animals," General Vitkiss said to her. Ellie nodded her thanks as the others did so.
"Now gentlemen how are we going to handle this situation?" asked the General.
"We need a better view of the land. Satellites can only do so much but I would like a closer view of it from both the ground and the air. Dr. Grant when you are fully recovered perhaps you can take Sarah with you. She is a lot quieter then a helicopter and harder to spot. Plus if put in a tight spot she can out fly most machines," said General Vitkiss looking at Alan who straightened up.
"Dr. Wu since you specialty is genetics once we get the animals we want to know if they came from InGen or they were made by someone else. So for that we will need genetics samples from the animals." the General said to him and Henry nodded his determination to help.
"Dr. Harding if you can get you a team of vets trained in dinosaur anatomy we want to see if the animals will need to be screened for disease or signs of abuse. We want to determine if we have to put the animal down or not," said the General and Gerry could only nod.
"Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon both of you are the hard hitting experts in this. I am sure you both wouldn't mind playing Indiana Jones again," General Vitkiss said to Alan and Robert and both looked grim.
"Dr. Grant you're the expert on dinosaurs and Mr. Muldoon you have experience dealing with people like this back in Kenya was it?" General Vitkiss asked Robert and Alan.
"Kenya yes, I was a game warden there, and yes I had been on a few poaching raids myself." Robert replied looking the General in the eye. The man was unafraid of the gesture. The General then turned towards Cindy and Ian who sat towards the back of the room.
"Dr. Bradshaw you are the expert on exotic diseases maybe you can help Dr. Wu and Dr. Harding on determining if the animals are carrying any sort of disease when they come back to the compound," General Vitkiss said to her and she nodded.
"Dr. Malcolm I know dinosaurs is way beyond your area of expertise but I have seen your work with Chaos Theory. Though most of it is rubbish in my opinion I think your logical mind makes you a good strategist. You will provide support along with Mr. Arnold who will be our main technician. Nima Cruz when she gets here is our main field operative she will be in charge of operations on the ground. Since this is her field of expertise you will refer to her when it comes time to dealing with the drug smugglers themselves," General Vitkiss said to them.
The group nodded their agreement since this operation needed some intense care. Since it was in the middle of the jungle and with individual drug cartels to do something like this would take careful work.
Not to mention training.
"I have a question if you don't mind?" asked Alan as he raised his hand like a school boy. General nodded his head was an indication that he should continue.
"I know this compound is helpful and all, but I noticed that the animals are getting restless. If it would help we need to get them either back to Isla Nublar or Isla Sorna that way we can work on the infected animals better and to train our group up for when they can get after the cartels." Alan stated and Ian had to agree with him knowing the risks keeping them here any longer.
"Alan is right as head Paleo-Vet this shit takes time to prepare and for that we need to train people and dinosaurs. Our group especially our animals needs the best care and both Isla Sorna and Isla Nublar have the best possible chances since we already have the facilities and equipment in place," said Gerry and Robert agreed with him.
General Vitkiss for once was silent and was deep in thought. The outcome was good that he would send them back. And as he thought about it some more the door opened and in walked Nima Cruz. She held a file in her hand as she closed the door behind her. Then taking her seat next to Gerry she quietly asked what she missed. Gerry whispered into her ear what she missed and when she was done General Vitkiss finally turned to Nima.
"Ms. Cruz welcome, I see that you had been busy that is why you were kept from this meeting?" he asked her and she waved him off.
"I apologize for my tardiness, but my superiors were working on an intelligence that could not be ignored for the time being. I was also being briefed about other things then dinosaurs that require my expertise," she replied to him.
"Very well you are excused for that. I was just telling the rest of our group of an upcoming operation which you see involves a cartel here. He pointed at the map showing the facility and the animals there.
"I am well aware of this particular group and that one cartel you are mentioning. However you forgot to mention or actually what you probably didn't know is that the this man in particular Rafael Santos is a dangerous drug lord. His cartel is the main branch in Ecuador. Thanks to this facility bordering near the Ecuador/Colombian border he can safely smuggle drugs in and out of the country without anyone noticing. His facility is located here in the Santa Rosa de Sucumbios a patch of jungle just at the border." Nima said as she pulled out a map and spread it on the table for everyone to see.
There a clear map of Ecuador and South America is shown with an area that is circled in red. Here Nima pointed out the large area that make up the jungles around the facility and where the Ecuador border is located.
"The river here is the border between the two countries. Santos smuggles his drugs using the river as a means to transport his goods. Then once in Columbia it is then flown to other areas around Central America including here in Costa Rica. One of our agents managed to catch a man here and got him to talk...well I threatened to feed him to Rosco if he didn't talk. So when he gave out this information I had to get it to you. He warns that Santos is wary of any new developments along his territory. Lately there was a dispute between his cartel and one of the receiving cartels along the border. And thanks to your dinosaur friends out there the facility that they 'raided' contained enough evidence and information to put that son of a bitch away for life," Nima said to them.
"Wait? The drug house that Rexy and Junior destroyed was one of his facilities?" asked Gerry trying to hold back a snicker for the memory of a very high Tyrannosaurus Rex was pretty funny to hold.
"Yes, as it turns out it was one of the facilities where the drugs were housed before being transported further north towards the United States. Those two completely ruined operations here in San José and I am afraid that they would do it elsewhere." Nima replied sounding amused. It was the running joke about the dinosaur raid on the cartel in the city. Additional chuckles and giggles matched hers.
"Alright folks enough with the jokes. Nima before you entered Dr. Grant had stated that this facility is ill suited to the dinosaurs needs when it comes to preparing them for transport to Columbia is that also apply to you?" General Vitkiss asked her.
"Yes, that applies to me as well. The facility is a former drug lord's home. That is why it has the laboratories, hospital and jungle facility that you see. But to hold such animals here is beyond its capacity. The only reason why they are not fighting their way out is because of us. I've seen what these animals can do first hand back on Isla Nublar. If it wasn't for their loyalty to us then this place would have been nothing but ruins in seconds. So they are only doing this as a sort of dinosaur courtesy," said Nima looking at the General with a state the facts look on her face.
The General blanched when she said it much to the amusement of the others. When he saw their faces he knew he had been caught in a joke and at the same time not joke.
"Alright Ms. Cruz you made your point. So what are your suggestions for the needs of the animals as we prepare them for transport to Columbia?" asked General Vitkiss.
"Why are you asking me? I am not the dinosaur expert! Besides I know how to smuggle them in that is all, but to safely and quietly transport them is a different story. Ask Dr. Grant he knows more about it then me señor," Nima said to him and the man turned to Alan.
"You need some big containers preferably one that can transport animals such as cows or horses. The easiest one to deal with would be Sarah since she can fly. The smaller one Frankie can ride with me. Spitz and Nico can squeeze in with Rosco and Tank but Rexy and Junior are not used to transport. They will be the ones we have to deal with," Alan replied.
"How do we do that?" asked General Vitkiss.
"I can tranquilize them to make it easier?" Gerry replied and Alan shook his head disagreeing, "Not a good idea. These animals will panic if they don't see where they are going. Just look at what happened here. The only reason why this place hasn't fallen apart is because they know your scent. It is best to make sure one of you preferably either Gerry or Robert stays with them during the ride south. That way they feel more comfortable and know that the whole family is moving with them. One thing I learned when dealing with Rosco is that a T-Rex moves as a family unit. The whole family goes or no one goes. It is kind of like whales or dolphins in the sense of the strong pack mentality." Alan replied to them. Gerry and Robert nodded in agreement after witnessing what had happened here.
"So how many containers we need to transport them?" asked General Vitkiss.
"Three since we are not using the unit I have in Montana. We have to modify the containers to make sure they get out ok. It would take time to modify the containers and we need a crew to do it. But I still have the plans for the original container if you allow Ellie to mail them to you," Alan said to him.
"I think we should ask Jessica when she gets here to drop it off. I mean she is the closest one to your place. If she can get the plans then that would help," Ellie suggested.
"Ok so we have our units do we have any other suggestions?" asked General Vitkiss.
"Yeah, why don't we send the animals back to Isla Nublar or better yet Isla Sorna for now until you are ready for the operation," suggested surprisingly Nima.
"Why are you suggesting that?" General Vitkiss said.
"Let the animals roam around for a bit and give Dr. Grant some breathing room to train the two carnivores. After what you did in San Jose the main government is not too happy for the damage these animals caused. Since you released them your government will pay for the damages caused by them. I am just passing along the message," said Nima with a smirk on her face. General Vitkiss nodded in reluctant agreement before calling the meeting to an end.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER
Alan was just finishing up packing when a hooting noise was heard. Alan turned his head to see Spitz there at the door to the compound courtyard. He asked to be on the ground floor so he can have easy access to his animals. Spitz took advantage of it by coming in through the open door. The dilophosaur is getting bigger as he is nearly the height of the door.
"Hey there buddy," Alan said to him as he walked in and sniffed Alan's hand. When it was ok Alan stroked his crested head between the two crests. Spitz closed his eyes in content as he enjoyed the attention. Alan noticed that his coloring is starting to change from tan to more of a yellow pattern. He knew that Spitz's adult colors were going to start coming in at sometime. The animal was just slower to show it.
"Let me get a better look at you," Alan said softly as he felt along his neck and jaw like he does when he inspects them for any sort of disease of injury. Other then a few new scars along his flank and the new brightness to his crest Spitz seems to be growing nicely. In fact when he looked at his jaw the crooked line that normally associates with a dilophosaur's jaws are starting to show. His snout was also starting to narrow meaning he is growing up.
"Wow you are getting big, are you a big boy now?" Alan teased him and Spitz seemed to enjoy it as he pulled Alan for a hug. This one he had learned from watching Nico interact with people. But he enjoyed the contact with his human. The whining noise however was different as the hooting became more frantic sounding and sad?
"You missed me didn't you," Alan whispered to Spitz as the dilophosaur nuzzled into his shoulder. He hugged him back and stroked his neck and back and when he was released and continued to give Spitz some attention. When he was done he gave the dilophosaur the command to leave as he did so he saw that two smaller dinosaurs were outside waiting. One of them he recognized as Rosie the velociraptor, the other he had to do a double take to see for himself.
"Well, well you must be Tien, boy have you gotten big," he said recognizing at last the troodon that he'd seen only as a hatchling before his illness. Now looking at Tien the Troodon is nearly the size of Alan's waist. When he came inside with Rosie, Alan was surprised that Nico accompanied them inside as well. The raptor has grown far larger then the velociraptors on Isla Nublar making Alan suspicious about his species. But as Nico came closer his features became more prevalent as he was now clearly larger then Alan. Rosie he could see is also getting bigger just by the size of her body length. She is about Alan's waist height now which was shocking. He looked at the date on the calendar and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
It has been nearly two months? I thought I was out of it for less time then that? Alan thought but then again he had been sick most of the time. It was already nearly October and he had inspected Jurassic Park in August. So that means that the dinosaurs had been here for nearly two months.
It is time to leave.
Looking up at Nico he gave the raptor the same inspection he had given Spitz earlier. He noted that his skull and talons are also changing. His skin color is changing too meaning that he would become and adult within the next few years or so. He suspected as much given that when they were in Montana they both started to show signs of maturing. So maybe it took them longer then the InGen dinosaurs to reach such an age, but at least he can observe them better. Rosco grew quickly as expected for a T-Rex given the fossil records. But Rexy is already an adult. Perhaps he should ask Henry sometime if they added some accelerator to their growth genes.
As he finished his inspections Nico also gave Alan a hug without prompting showing that he missed Alan as well. He also nuzzled his head against Alan's side to mark his scent alongside Spitz. Alan smiled knowing that they needed the reassurance that he would not run from them again. He already had Rosco from this morning. The Rex was relentless as well as Tank and Sarah.
Speaking of Sarah.
He thought that he better get her back up in the air with him again to reassure their bond as parent and child. He stood up from where he was kneeling in front of Tien and made his way outside. There he was met with the other dinosaurs lounging about in the hot tropical sun. As he was looking he could see people getting ready to leave with things being packed up to move back to Isla Sorna. Nima was there as well directing traffic.
"Ah Dr. Grant glad you could join me," she said her thick Spanish accent apparent as she yelled at another man in Spanish.
"What can I help you with Nima?" he asked her.
"When we are done loading the cargo onto the ship we will then begin to load the dinosaurs. But first we need to make sure that everything is set for the journey," said Nima. Alan looked back at his animals and smirked when he saw them there watching the humans. They were perfectly calm and quiet given that they just fed. Several of the children from the compound came to hide among them. It was a favorite activity of theirs since they can't leave until they and their parents are cleared from the DX virus. So they took to playing with the dinosaurs and helping Dr. Grant who enjoyed showing them off to the next generation.
Rosco is used to children since he often has to deal with them at the dig site. He laid perfectly still and let them climb all over him. He purred when they used his back and belly as a sliding board. The rest of the dinosaurs were busy either being played on such as the Rexes, and Tank or being sat on and slept on such as Nico and Spitz. Tien and Rosy were playing with the children. They developed a game that was both harmless and fun for both young dinosaurs. It also hones their hunting skills. They were of course supervised by Henry who finally could take a break from his work. Cindy was beside him enjoying a drink while watching them play. Sarah was on her roost grooming herself which made Alan smile. His dinosaurs were almost ready to depart to go back to Isla Sorna.
It took another three hours before everything was set and ready. Nima had already informed Alan that they are ready to head towards the island.
"Alright should we be ready to tranquilize…" Nima suggested but Alan shook his head.
"No tranquilizers remember? The dinosaurs or at least my dinosaurs are used to traveling. If the others see them calm they will be calm and will learn from them." Alan said truthfully. His dinosaurs are indeed travel trained since he goes to lectures with them. They also migrate to the dig site and back to alleviate their need to move. Nima nodded in acceptance, and to be fair she knows nearly nothing about dinosaurs and how they are handled. Alan had to learn it in five years. Which made sense to her.
"Ok how are we going to get them on?" she asked.
"Don't worry when the ship comes back after off loading its goods we can deal with the animals then. Because I don't think they will like to be crowded much," Alan said to her thinking about them in the cargo hold.
"Oh don't worry about that we got that part covered," she said to him.
THAT EVENING
Alan stood with the others as he held onto the saddle for Sarah. The larger carnivores all had riders on them. With Ellie leading on Rosco, Gerry on Rexy and Ian on Junior. Ray decided to ride on Tank seeing as she is not going to eat him. Spitz and Nico each walked alongside them as they walked off towards the docks. Tien and Rosie are going to be with Henry as they are still too small to travel on their own. Henry surprisingly decided to accompany them back to Isla Sorna instead of going back to the States. It was a surprise even for him. Ian, he can understand seeing as the man wanted to help until they can finish this operation. He already called his girlfriend and children making sure everything was ok for them. Ellie was only going accompany them back to the docks before she catches her flight back to the states. Then Jessica would be arriving with Frankie to drop him off. Alan is going to be staying with Sarah until Frankie arrives and then head over to Isla Sorna. Seeing as Sarah can make the flight the pteranodon was more then happy to see the saddle again.
It was times like these that Alan enjoys spending time with the flier. She really loves to show off and when she grows tired of flapping she just glides over the thermals and the wind to keep her afloat. Normally animals who fly can't carry things for long unless they were a bird of prey. But Sarah has proven that she is quite a strong flier. So when they all left for the docks Alan only had to wait for them while he saddled Sarah. The pteranodon was busy preening so he will wait till the jeep arrived with Jessica.
It did not take long till a car arrived and Jessica stepped out. After giving Alan a warm hug she looked him up and down.
"You lost weight!" she stated.
"Well being sick does that to you," he joked and that earned him a soft slap on the arm, "Stop teasing asshole," she joked and handed him a carrier. Inside was Frankie looking wide awake and already trying to pick the lock.
"I had to get a combo lock to keep him inside," she said to him. Alan laughed after hearing what he did up in the states, who could blame him. After opening the lock Frankie flew towards Alan screeching his rage as he nearly shrieked his ears off. Alan then grabbed his snout and held it while looking him in the eye and growling. Frankie stopped and then surprisingly began to whine and nuzzle into Alan's face. The man held the archeopteryx close as a shadow came over them. Sarah bent down and started grooming Frankie with her beak being very gentle with him. Seeing Sarah made Frankie happy as he clung to her beak and began to groom her.
"Thanks for bringing him home," Alan said to her.
"No problem, Owen and Maria wanted me to tell you they said hi and Owen's school said to give you this," she said passing a piece of paper along with a package to him.
"Let me guess a bill for all the damage he caused," he said to her skeptically.
"Shut the hell up and open it," she said grinning.
Alan slowly opened the letter up.
Dear Dr. Grant,
It has come to our attention that you are in the habit of owning exotic pets. Or should I say exotic pets. And your pet Frankie has proven to be quite an asset in exposing a linger problem in our school. So on behalf of the community and our school we would like to give Frankie this shirt making him an honorary member of our staff.
In the package that Jessica gave him it was a little shirt with the school's logo on it as well as a smaller shirt that said, 'Owen's Little Monster' on the back with, 'Watch out I Bite,' on the front. Alan started chuckling when he saw it. There was also a sweater with the same message. On the shirt with the school logo it had the words, 'Security Officer Frankie,' written on the front with a small little badge printed on the side. Frankie seemed proud of his shirt as he nuzzled it and began to pull on it.
"He loves that damn thing I don't know why," Jessica said to him. Alan then put it in the bag he had on his side. It was one of Sarah's saddle bags.
"You've should have seen the look on the cops face when they saw him for the first time," Jessica said laughing.
"Thank you," he said to her.
"Well I got to get going my flight back to the States leaves in two hours. So I wish you luck," she said to him. Alan nodded as he gave her a hug as she climbed back into the jeep and drove back to the airport.
Then he turned to Frankie and Sarah, "Ready to go home," he said. Sarah could only spread her wings and Frankie screeched his happiness.
TBC
A/n: Ok this is not as long as usual and that is because I am dealing with a very bad case of pneumonia right now. Ok well I am trying to recover from it. I'll tell you it is no fun being sick with walking pneumonia. Not only that but my boss is a slave driver! So am am so exhausted that trying to even get something down is tiring.
So that is my excuses for now so bare with me. And please remember to leave a review at the end of the chapter please! Thanks!