The characters and the plots belong to Dolphinheart99 and to their respective and rightful owners. I got authorization from Dolphinheart99 to take some elements of her stories. I therefore own nothing, minus the names of my OCs.
In the snow-covered Madison, Wisconsin, was a simple two-story yellow house bellonging to the Mitchell family. There was the father Scott, the mother Karen and the two sons, 16-year-old Zach and 13-year-old Gray. Nothing exciting was happeingin around the house before Karen got a text from her younger sister Claire Dearing, who informed her she had taken the Christmas vacation as days off to spend some time with Zach and Gray, hoping to connect with them after seven years. Karen and Scott then told it to their sons, letting Zach and Gray longing to go there.
But Karen was loading her sons' luggage into the family's Nissan minivan before turning around and yelling to them, "Okay boys. Let's go!"
But Gray was in her bedroom looking at pictures of dinosaurs through his viewmaster. His room was full of stuffed dinosaurs and posters. Gray was an intelligent boy for his age, although he was about to discover somebody more clever than him. Soon, he heard his mother knocking at the door before opening it.
"Gray? Gray, put this please." Karen told her youngest son while entering the bedroom.
Gray obeyed before turning to his mother, who counted items in his bag. Gray then reminded his mother about the flight schedule.
"Dane County Airport is thirty-five minutes away. Sixty with traffic."
"How much time to get your but to the van? How much?" Karen told her son as he caught his bag and ran out of his room.
Gray then left the house before getting in the van, passing by his older brother Zach and his girlfriend Mindy. But Zach had agreed for Mindy to come with him and his brother, since Mindy also liked dinosaurs. Scott then whistled to the two of them, prompting Mindy and Zach to get in the van themselves. Soon, Scott drove to the airport and arrived right on time. They came into the airport where Christmas music was being played, since Christmas vacation had just begun. The Mitchell parents then handed tickets to their sons and Mindy.
"Everything right in there?" Karen asked Gray, who nodde. "I'm so jealous. You and Mindy will have so much fun."
Zach then told his mother, "I know what to do. First, I watch the phone in case of a call. I watch over Gray and if something chases me, then run."
"You got it! Now time to go for you!" Karen ushered the three kids.
Zach, Mindy and Gray then joined the queue of people standing in line being checked by National Guard members. But Karen and Scott's attitude became cold and neutral, since the two of them saw the kids weren't paying attention to them.
"So much for our last family breakfast..." Scott told.
"Yeah, I agree. Oh, Claire will be waiting for Zach, Gray and Mindy at the docks." Karen replied.
Scott then put his hand on Karen's shoulder, reassuring her a bit, since Karen was a little worried.
The American Airlines Boeing 757 touched down the tarmac in Juan Santamaria Airport in Costa Rica. Zach, Mindy and Gray got off the airport and boarded the ferry at the docks. As Gray took time to read a brochure about Jurassic World, Zach and Mindy were still flirting, neither of them knowing someone was going to Isla Nublar. But not by ship, but by air. As Zach and Gray were chatting, Gray was waiting for the ferry to arrive on the island. A few minutes after boarding the ferry, Zach and Gray heard helicopters coming from afar. Raising their eyes, the Mitchell brothers and Mindy spotted the two helicopters and saw these were military helicopters, not seeing a woman dressed in a business attire.
Indeed, four US Marine Corps helicopters, two UH-1Y Venoms and a pair of AH-1Z Vipers, was flying towards Isla Nublar. Inside the two UH-1Ys were US Marines belonging to Marine Force Recon led by a man with light brown hair and brown eyes. All of the US Marines were wearing a combat ensemble consisting of a fire-retardant woodland MARPAT shirt, flameproof woodland MARPAT trousers, a pair of brown combat boots, a brown plate carrier complete with ceramic plates and a MARPAT-covered helmet. Even their leader, who made signs to the others to prepare for mission. The other Marines nodded before preparing their equipment.
A few minutes after meeting the helicopters, the ferry arrived in sight of Isla Nublar. At the docks, Claire was nervously waiting for her two nephews alongside Owen, Valentina and Reese. Claire was wearing brown hiking shorts, brown hiking shoes and a purple t-shirt under her blouse. After accepting to take the holiday off, Claire also knew it could be difficult spending time with her nephews since she didn't meet them for years. And Claire brought Owen and his daughter with her since they knew how to behave in front of children while Valentina, who was wearing a pink summer dress, pink sandals and pink socks, was munching a lollipop.
"You nervous?" Reese asked while cleaning her M4A1 carbine.
"In a way..." Claire mumbled, looking ahead.
"It'll be fine. As long as you don't annoy them with your itinerary planning." Owen stated.
Claire then pointed out, "Excuse me! I'm an organized person!"
Reese then snapped as she reassembled her rifle, "Yeah. They just wanna have fun. So let go."
"Who allowed a little girl to fall in our dinosaur pens?" Claire replied.
Reese then answered, "Actually, Valentina took her chance to misfeed the Utahraptors when Dad, Barry, Hoskins and I were busy. But I solved the problem without your help. As for the T-Rex, the little dumbass thought Hoskins was going to catch her."
Realizing Reese was right, Claire turned her heads towards the dock at the split moment when the ferry was coming over. After the ship was docked, the gangplanks were lowered and the passengers, among whom Zach, Gray and Mindy, left the ferry to visit the park. Claire then searched for her nephews while the park's announcer was heard over the P.A system.
"Welcome to Isla Nublar, home to Jurassic World. We hope you have an enjoyable and safe stay with us."
"So... How old are your nephews? As for Reese, she's now fifteen." Owen asked Claire.
"Well, the oldest is slightly older than Reese, around sixteen or seventeen while the youngest is around twelve or fourteen." Claire explained.
Owen then breathed out of relief as Reese checked her loaded Glock-17 pistol before holstering it. Then, the two adults and the teenager saw Zach, Gray and Mindy coming towards them. Gray, his brother and Mindy spotted Claire with Owen, Valentina and Reese. Then, Gray jumped in excitment before seeing Reese, wearing Olive Green trousers, a surplus-bought Polish Army shirt and black combat boots.
"Who's that?" Gray asked Mindy and Zach, who also froze upon seeing Reese's fierce appearance.
"That's Reese. She's the daughter of the man accompanying me, Owen Grady. And the toddler here is Valentina Grady, Reese's cousin." Claire told her nephews.
An impressed Mindy shook Claire's hand before she introduced herself to the Park Operations Manager before Zach shook his aunt's hand. Gray then came forward to his aunt and older brother before hugging Claire, catching the adult off guard.
"Oh, Gray. Don't be that excited! Zach, it's been seven years now. And how's Mindy?"
"I'm great. And Reese is a rifle-toting girl, isn't she?" Mindy asked, uncomfortable at seeing Reese casually wielding her rifle.
Reese and her father then went towards the Mitchell brothers and Mindy when they all heard sounds of low-flying helicopters. Turning around, Reese and her father saw it was Marine helicopters that were now stationary and hovering over the jetty. Before Claire could say anything, ropes were thrown out of the two Venom helicopters while the Viper gunships were flying in circles around the helicopters. Then, several men wearing USMC combat uniforms rappeled down the two Venom helicopters before the crewmen cut the ropes, allowing the US Marines to take these ropes with them. The four helicopters suddenly flew off the island and back to base.
Just as the Mitchell brothers, Mindy, Claire, Valentina and Owen turned around, Reese already told the US Marines who she was and the leader of the US Marines had already introduced himself. Reese and the US Marines walked to the group and Owen recognized the man. Owen indeed served with the guy, who just admitted who he was.
"Are you Tim Murphy? The one who was with me in Iraq?" Owen asked.
"Yeah, Doc. But then, we went on to serve in Afghanistan, albeit in different squads. Mine there was led by Captain Kitten and included Sandman, Healthcare, Boomer, Machine, Junior and our translator Salim." Tim answered.
Memories from Owen's service in Iraq where he was nicknamed 'Doc' surfaced all of the sudden. Owen had served alongside some crazy sergeant named Tim Murphy, whose squad earned the callsign 'Fixer', due to their kill ratio of 3,000 to 0. Meaning Tim and his men lost none of their fellow US Marines but killed 3,000 bad guys, all of whom were actually hired by someone they knew by his alias 'Mr. N'. Back then, Owen was their squad's corpsman, only to be later assigned as a replacement corpsman for another Marine unit whose corpsman was badly wounded, prompting Tim to get a new corpsman, who was Healthcare.
"Fucking shit, Doc! You've got a tad heavier! And you've now got your beard!" Tim exclaimed.
"Yeah! And you've been probably promotted! And what are you now?" Owen asked his former commander.
"Well, you owe me some Captain now, since Captain Kitten and the Colonel saw it fit to give me some fucking field promotions." Tim explained.
Claire was baffled upon hearing Tim Murphy's name, since she knew him as John Hammond's grandson, just like Valentina, the Mitchell brothers and Mindy, who all remembered him as having given up his grandfather's wealth to accomodate a quite acceptable pay. Reese, however, knew him as a skilled, competent, organized, determined and wise US Marine who went through the ranks first as a Private, then a Corporal, then a Sergeant, then a Staff Sergeant, then a Gunnery Sergeant, then a Chief Gunny, then a Sergeant Major, then a 2nd Lieutenant and a First Lieutenant before becoming a Captain recently.
"Wow! You rose through the ranks in the US Marines?" Gray asked in awe.
"Yes, and my brother owes this only to his talent and competence." the woman in business outfit answered. "Name's Lex Murphy by the way."
With that, Gray and his brother, as well as mindy, Claire and Valentina turned around to see a now-grown up Lex Murphy, who was none other than Hammond's granddaughter and Tim's sister. Lex knew her brother very well, since she saw him leaving the family household as a heartbroken teenager before coming back as a mature US Marine who had come back from Kosovo. But before either Zach or his girlfriend could say anything, Lex led them, Gray and the rest of the group towards the monorail, where they took their seats. The Mitchell brothers and Mindy were seated side by side while Claire and Valnetina were sitting next to each other. Reese and Lex were seating to each other looking at Owen and Valentina playing thumb wrestle to pass time. Reese then remarked Lex's sullen attitude and understood Gray's excitment was the cause of Lex's attitude, since it reminded Lex her own failed wedding as Lex and her ex-husband had mutually agreed to share custody over their son. All of the sudden, the monorail announcer spoke through the interior speakers.
"Those in front of you should see the gate to Jurassic World, built from the remains of the original Jurassic Park, twenty years ago."
Reese then caught Gray's arm, prompting the boy to sit in annoyance. The annoyed Gray then carefully looked at Reese's outfit and saw it was made up of military surplus clothes. Claire then explained to Gray that Reese's clothes were legally bought online. Gray could see the gates looking like the original Jurassic Park gates, but with 'Jurassic World' written onto the top of the gate. Just as the train passed, the doors cracked open. As the children in front of Gray awed at the gate, Reese and Lex remained totally indifferent.
When the monorail reached the hub, the doors opened and the passengers disembarked it. Reese then ran towards her waiting friends while Gray excitedly ran towards the lobby, only to be stopped by a security agent. Looking behind the guy, Gray understood it was about a Christmas singing competition. Owen, carrying Valentina, Claire, Lex, Zach and Mindy then saw Gray returning to them before they saw four teenagers coming onto the improvized stage and perform a Christmas song named 'Jingle Bells'.
Meanwhile, Reese and her friends kept on listening to their competitors singing other Christmas songs, including 'Sleigh Ride'. Rhea and Beverly were disappointed while Mark was distraught by the fact the popular bullies had picked up their song. But Reese had listened carefully and remarked none of their competitors had performed 'Sleigh Ride'. Reese then had a plan.
"Guys, ditch our instruments. Switching plans. I've got an idea, just trust me" she announced her friends.
With that, the other three understood they could trust Reese and did as instructed. Beverly, Rhea, Mark and Reese therefore put their instruments into their bags before going onstage. The bullies were in the sidelines whisperring humiliating remarks about the four nerds of the schools while the teachers and the principal acted as jurors. Just then, Reese and her friends then started to improvize a performance of 'Sleigh Ride' in front of everyone. For another few minutes, the other students who participated into the competition stayed silent as Reese and the others were anxiously waiting for the results of the competition.
After several minutes waiting for the teachers, Reese and the others saw the principal leaving the toilet, where they had been speaking. Just as everyone stood up, Reese then saw the principal taking a microphone and speaking over it.
"Alright, the winners of the Mark Norell High School are... Reese Grady and her friends! Congratulations kids. And the bullies, you will be punished with sixty nights of scraping gums under the bleachers and into the toiles." the principal informed everyone.
With these, Reese and her friends hugged each other while their parents hugged and cheared while the bullies were taken away by the teachers for supervized chores. Everyone then cheared before going back home, minus the bullies, who had to scrape gum, and Valentina, whe was whining due to not singing the nurturing songs she was so used to.