Hi everyone! I decided on posting a few chapters of an epilogue as a way to organize what I decided happened after the event of the film. I have added some new characters and decided on some face claims, Rachel Chung (Candice King), Greg Chung (Steven Yeun), Sally Daley (Juliane Moore) and John Daley (Clive Owen).
"Oh my god!" Charlotte could hear her sister scream as she stood looking at her family. A blur of long, blonde hair whipped across her face as she was enveloped in a huge hug. Charlotte had never been the kind of touchy person that the rest of her family was so when she felt her sister she froze up.
"Can't breathe." She choked out as her sister held her back to examine her.
"Are you okay?" She asked more seriously, taking note of Charlotte's numerous cuts and a bandage on her arm.
"I'm fine. Just get off me."
"Honey! Are you okay?" Charlotte's mother and stepfather joined the hug, only leaving her sister's fiancé, Greg, off to the side, though he still looked glad that she was alive.
"Hi Greg." She said in an attempt to get her family off of her. It worked and her sister soon disengaged to stand next to her fiancé, holding onto his arm.
Apparently after Alan called Ellie and she had notified Mark, who worked with the state department, her next decision was calling Charlotte's sister and parents. They were expected to meet the group once the plane landed.
Unfortunately, she was still being petted like a cat by her mother despite her attempt to separate herself. Though Charlotte had to admit that seeing her family was worth the torture of the human touch.
"Honey, we should get you home you look sick."
"I'm okay. I still need to talk to Ellie." Charlotte complained as she tried separating herself from her parents.
Charlotte rolled her eyes when their grips tightened and searched the area for her uncle. She saw him being embraced by Ellie as Mark stood next to them, waving at one of the pilots. As if sensing her eyes he looked down at Charlotte and in the position she was in and walked over.
"Sally, John , Rachel, Greg." He greeted as Rachel flung herself onto her uncle.
"Uncle Alan!" she yelled. He politely nodded as she pulled away, clearly unamused by her excitement.
Charlotte's mother looked just like her when she was angry. Her green eyes were narrowed as she stood in front of her brother.
"What were you thinking," she slapped her brother's chest. "Bringing my daughter to a dangerous island."
"Sally, I'm sorry. We were never supposed to land."
"Mom. It was a huge misunderstanding." Sally looked doubtful but stepped back, giving her daughter and brother some time to breathe. Charlotte's stepfather, John, was a mild mannered man and he grabbed Sally's arm in an attempt to calm her down. Fortunately for the other members of the family this worked.
Rachel stood by her sister, desperate for her uncle's attention as she conversed about her recent successes in life, which involved her recent engagement and new promotion. Charlotte nodded along eagerly as her sister announced her accomplishments.
" That's nice, Rachel." Their uncle answered in a vague tone. "Charlotte, Billy is asking for you." Alan turned to his youngest niece. He noticed her visibly relax as she nodded.
"Billy is here?" Rachel turned her attention to her twin. "Billy Brennan?"
"Shut up. And I told you he was stuck on the island too." Charlotte responded as she followed her uncle.
"No you didn't!" Her sister yelled as the two started walking away.
"Thank you. They were killing me."
He nodded at her. "I could tell. Billy actually does want to see you."
"Oh." Charlotte stopped walking. "Is he okay?" Her uncle narrowed his eyes in confusion at the young women. "I'm not good with," She waved her hands around. "any of this."
Her uncle put his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay."
"I need to thank Ellie. I just don't really want to remember what happened."
"I'll let her know." He responded to his nervous niece as she walked along side him.
"Cool." She followed her uncle down the hallway.
He opened the door for her and excused himself, muttering that he had to apologize again to his sister.
"Hey." She whispered as she walked towards one of the gurneys. Billy had been brought to the infirmary at the base. His injuries were extensive and despite the almost mummy like wrapping the medics had given him his cuts were still fairly deep. He was currently going through a bag of blood paired with fluids.
"Hey." He smiled as she made her way towards the bed. "How are you doing?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that." She smiled. "But I'm okay. Surviving just seems surreal."
He laughed. "Trust me, almost dying feels more surreal."
"Yeah? Did you see life after death?" She questioned, part as a joke but her curiosity won out.
"No white gates or clouds. I was just numb." He shrugged as he looked towards the bag above him. Charlotte could tell that he was keeping something, she wanted to press on, to find out what, but she didn't know how to ask. " I'll probably have scars for the rest of my life."
"Well chicks dig scars." Her eyes widened as she said that and she felt her face heat up. "Oh my god. I didn't mean... I mean.. no.. it's..whatever. I don't like pterodactyls anymore." As she was desperately trying to cover up her awkward phrasing she heard laugher coming from the young man. "Besides, you'll have a good story to tell."
"You need to relax." He joked as he threw an ice chip at her. "Sit down. you're sleep deprived and survived multiple dinosaur runs." She glanced around for a chair but stopped when she heard Billy pat the spot next to him. She rolled her eyes but decided to lay down anyway. Situating herself so the IV was save she put her head down.
"So, chicks dig scars."
"Nope, never said that." Charlotte woke up a few hours later, according to the clock on the wall nearest to them. She carefully crawled out of the small bed to see Billy still fast asleep. unfortunately through the night some of his cuts opened causing red stains to appear on the gauze. It took a surprisingly long time to track down a nurse who could check up on Billy but once she did Charlotte went back to her designated room.
According to the people she had talked to they would be pulling into a navy base in a few hours. Though they hadn't been specifics assumed that their estimation of fifteen hours still stood. The room was bland with a bed, a dresser and a small mirror. There wasn't much to do and Charlotte realized how bored she was. Her sister had to be around the ship somewhere and despite her not wanting to aimlessly wander around the ship, she had no choice. Leaving her room, she started walking the circumference of it. Luckily for her she saw Ellie, leaning against a railing, looking out at the ocean.
"Ellie." She said as she walked closer to the woman.
"Charlotte. Hi." She opened her arms and Charlotte gave her a hug.
"How are you doing?" The question hung in the air for a while. How was she doing?
"I'm so exhausted I can't sleep." Ellie gave her an understanding nod, she had as well been trapped between dinosaurs.
"Are you hungry?" Charlotte nodded as the two made their way towards a kitchen. On a table there were bagels, protein bars and some fruit. Charlotte took a bagel, an apple and a glass of water.
"Thank you." Charlotte started to say as the two say down. "I wasn't sure you got our message." Ellie smiled at the young girl.
"I almost didn't. Charlie had the phone. I was lucky enough to hear 'site b' and I pieced it together."
"Well you saved us." They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes. Charlotte was trying to slow her eating in an attempt to one, not get sick and two, not look like a pig.
"If you need anyone to help get through this I'm here for you." Ellis said as she reached across the table to grasp Charlotte's hand. She swallowed and slowly nodded.
"Part of me wanted to die, to get it over with." She continued, unsure how Ellie would react. She was met by a large intake of breath as Ellie gave her a watery smile.
"I know what you mean."
"I understand why uncle Alan doesn't talk about Jurassic Park. Way too traumatic."
Ellie nodded. "What are you going to do now?"
"I was going to find my sister maybe-"
"I mean are you going back to Montana?" Ellie questioned softly.
"Why wouldn't I?"
"I mean do you want to work with them?" Charlotte first thought Ellie meant her uncle and Billy but soon realized she meant the dinosaurs.
" It's either that or my research job." She shrugged. "Both deal with dinosaurs."
"You can always take a break. No one will judge you." Charlotte smiled at the older woman, happy to be talking to someone who understood what she went through.
"Thank you Ellie. I really appreciate everything but if I don't go back to work I will just be fixating on what happened."
Ellie nodded in understanding as the two fell into another silence, this time it was filled with Charlotte's doubts.
"What did you do? After the park?" Ellie tensed up and looked out at the water.
"I went back to paleobotany. And then I became a mom." She smiled at the young girl. Charlotte nodded in understanding. Ellie has to stay strong for her son, but the terror of Jurassic Park still haunted her.
