A dozen men trudged through the thick jungle, each one had a gun on them. However most of them were either tranquilizer guns or had rubber bullets and bean bags. Only one person had lethal rounds but he was a last resort guy. They had orders to take this animal alive if they wanted to get paid.
A large older man with white hair was at the head of the line as he was the leader of the group of hunters. he had two scars running down the left side of his face. He looked back at a younger man, who's head was on a swivel ever since they had left camp. Actually ever since they gotten off the boat he's been like this. The man chuckled attracting the boy's attention.
"Just try and think about something else, kid" he said trying to ease the younger man's mind. However it didn't.
"You sure that this one is a lone animal? I've heard that these things have been known to set traps on people" he said only to get laughter as a response from the older man.
"Don't worry kid, this male tried to challenge his Alpha and got the snot beat outta him" he said stopping the line and turning to the man.
"Guess experience and wisdom beat young and restless" he added getting some more laughs from his men. The man had been sent to this island before back when Ingen had sent men here to capture animals. He had been one of the few who made it out of the long grass, which is how he got his scar.
They continued walking until the scarred man stopped and cursed silently when he felt the hair on his neck switch to a different direction, going forwards. As he swore, a flock of birds flew out of some bushes as they rustled signaling that something big had left them.
"Everything okay boss?" One man said near the middle of the line. The man sighed.
"No, the wind shifted. Carried our scent downwind and the thing got spooked" he said looking down at the large footprint that showed the creature had walked into the bush and had probably laid down for a nap until the wind shifted and he smelled their presences.
"Okay, let's head back to camp. Jack, call Wu tell him we may need a few more days. Marston, can you-" he said but stopped as some bushes rattled nearby once again. But what animal would also be near a carnivore, sleeping or not.
"You didn't leave, did you?" he said quietly, already knowing that the thing was circling. Hunting. Hunting them.
The younger guy looked around, his shotgun at the ready. Suddenly a large scaly animal running on two legs, bursted from the brush screeching. The Greenhorn turned his gun towards the animal and pulled the trigger.
click
He swore as he loaded a beanbag into it, but the Raptor was too close to him. Luckily another man further down the line fired his shot hitting the animal in the side with a rubber bullet. The animal screeched and ran at the other man, but as it did, it swung it's tail towards the Greenhorn and knocked him onto the ground.
The scarred man swore and fired his Tranq gun as the creature jumped on one of his men and bit the hand that he put up to defend himself.
In his last few seconds of consciousness the Rookie heard more shots being fired and screams from his squad. He also heard growls and roars from the Raptor as well.
The man slowly regained conscious, getting onto his palms. He then seen the old man leaning against a tree getting a cigar ready.
"Oh good you're awake, I don't have to give you mouth to mouth" he said lighting the cigar. The Rookie looked behind him and seen that his squad were carrying something bloody under a white sheet on a stretcher and one guy was helping another, who was clutching his shirt around his right hand.
"Well the thing killed Stan and Jack got three of his fingers bitten off. So you're one of the lucky ones" he said turning as the young man got into a sitting position.
"Oh yeah" the older man said turning around. "Hell of a place to take a nap, by the way" he said walking away.
The younger man was confused until he looked over and seen he was inches away from a bloody snout filled with razor sharp teeth. He jumped up much to the retreating man's amusement. However the Rookie paused and didn't just run away. Instead he looked over the animal.
He then seen that the Raptor had several tranquilizer darts in him and had one gunshot wound to the hind leg. However the beast was still conscious and staring right at him while it took slow deep breaths.
It had tan almost dirty blonde colour skin, which looked like a crocodile's. It probably towered over a human when it stood straight up.
Along the back of the animal was also three long scratch marks that were a few weeks old. They started in the middle of his right side and ended on his left around the same spot where they started. No doubt from when he challenged his Alpha and lost.
On it's feet were three claws with the last one on the inside holding a curved hook for hooking and gutting it's prey when it hunted.
But it's eyes were what caught the Rookie's attention. The eyes were hazel in colour but the stare... it told him that this thing hated him. There was no want in his eyes, it will get loose and it will kill him.
The Greenhorn quickly ran after the group as the beast finally collapsed from the combination of exhaustion, pain and the tranquilizers.
A few days later
All the remaining men that were alive and weren't hospitalized all stood in front of a few men in a white lab coats.
"I thought you had more men than this" a black haired Asian man said as two of his assistants went over to the large cage that was next to the hunters.
As soon as they touched it however the cage shook and rattled as violent hissing came from within. The assistants jumped back as the scarred man laughed.
"Don't let 'im spook ya, that cage will hold a rhino on Angel Dust" he said before turning back to the Asian man.
"And to answer your question Mr Wu. I had more men, however one died at the claws of this beast and another had some digits bitten off. But I promised a Raptor and I provided you a Raptor. Faster and less paperwork if you had your Raptor commander do it for you" he said as Wu looked over at the cage before nodding and taking out an envelope.
"Uh sir, he's doing something" one of the men said backing away. The thrashing and hissing had stopped and was replaced by slow long inhaling. It was also looking out from between the bars and was focused on the group that had captured him. The Rookie shuttered at the gaze while the old man just stared back.
"What's it doing?" one of the assistants asked. Dr Wu walked forwards and stood in front of him, but the thing just moved so it could only see the one group.
"He's remembering you, gaining your scent. We've discovered that Raptors can have long lasting memories. I think someone just made a mortal enemy" Dr Wu said as the old man just laughed and came towards the cage before he kneeled down and stared into the eyes of the beast. The Raptor remained calm but it still took in the old man's scent especially since he was the one who led this pack.
"You remember me and I'll remember you" he said. The Raptor growled a low growl and snorted as the man stood back up and took the envelope from Dr Wu.
"A pleasure Doc. If he ever gets out, feel free to call me. Half off. It'll be more pleasure than business" he said as he then began walking away while dividing up the money to his group. Dr Wu smiled and looked at the cage once more. The Raptor was now more calm since the others had left but was still defensive.
"Oh don't worry big guy. You're gonna be a huge part of making history" he said as the Raptor only snarled at the Doc.
Six months later
Dr Wu looked at a blue serum inside a vial. This would be the secret to perfecting the Indominus Rex's DNA.
'Especially now that it's out of the prototype mode' he thought before looking at a room with two hazel eyes glowing from the shadows. He had tested the serum on Compies before and it didn't seem to have any side effects.
It was only when he tested it on a larger carnivore that it had side effects that needed to be fixed and even then he didn't know for sure if it would work. His eyes drifted to the Raptor again as he turned around and put the serum down.
He'd have to talk with Owen about getting it in with the other Raptors. Or get him it's own paddock.
Dr Wu sighed as he walked out of the containment area and into his research laboratory which was filled with others working on other projects. As he was working on how to prefect Indominus Rex's on schedule, Simon Masrani walked into the lab with Claire behind him.
"Dr Wu" Simon said as Dr Wu smiled and nodded respectively as his two bosses walked up to him.
"How is it coming with the new attraction?" Claire asked. Dr Wu gestured to his whiteboards and graphs.
"It is coming along nicely, especially with fixing the serum's side effects" Dr Wu said. He knew that it wasn't perfect, yet he wasn't going to tell them that. Simon looked through the large window and seen a flash of movement inside a dark room.
"What was that?" he asked walking up to the glass window. Dr Wu seen where he was looking and came to the window.
"Oh that's the Raptor that I had to use to prefect the serum that'll stabilize the Indominus" he said only to get blank stares from his superiors.
"Not going to go into all the details. Creating an animal in a lab is complicated enough, but Dinos are even more complex. So I had to create a serum that'll stabilize and give the Dinosaur even more of a chance at surviving while inside the egg" he said before turning to the glass.
"However for the Indominus, I had to test it out on a medium sized carnivore. So Ingen hired some guys to track down a Raptor on the island Sorna. However it proved to have... unsettling side effects. The Raptor is now bigger, badder and even more bloodthirsty" he said. Claire and Simon both let their curiosity get the best of themselves.
"Can we see it?" Simon asked. The thought of brining one new attraction is exciting enough, but two around the same time. Dr Wu was hesitant at first but nodded and began to punch in the code for the door.
They walked down the stairs and towards the small enclosure. All the while they seen a pair of glowing eyes were watching them from the darkness.
"Why is it so dark?" Simon asked as he put his hands around his face and pressed it against the glass hoping to see better.
"He doesn't like artificial lighting, only sunlight. We found that out when he kept smashing light bulbs. So until we can get him a proper enclosure, we have to keep it dark" Wu said as he seen Claire staring at the whiteboards away from the enclosure.
"So when you say 'bigger, badder and even more bloodthirsty' what do you mean?" she asked as Dr Wu came up next to her.
"Well, he's about half a foot taller than a normal Velociraptor. More muscle mass as well and according to the x-rays we've taken his bones are more dense then a normal Velociraptor's. This'll let him take harder hits from bigger foes and he may use his head like a ramming bar when hunting" Dr Wu said as Simon walked over to a table and grabbed a flashlight.
"So will the serum have any affect on the Indominus?" Simon asked as he turned on the flashlight and shined it in the enclosure hoping to see better. Dr Wu turned to answer him but seen what he was doing.
"No, don't do that!" he yelled as Simon looked away from the enclosure but kept the light on and pointed inside. Suddenly a shrill scream echoed throughout the area as a forced slammed into the glass.
It knocked Simon back out of surprise as Dr Wu quickly turned off the flashlight. However the Raptor slammed it's head into the glass again causing a small crack you form in it.
"Mike, hit the gas!" he yelled as a assistant came to the window and looked in just as he hit the glass again causing it to spiderweb. He quickly hit a red button and gas began to to spray out of nozzles in the enclosure. The Raptor screamed and hit the glass again, causing the spiderweb to expand.
"What's happening?" Simon asked as Claire helped him get up and the two got to the bottom of stairs.
"Don't worry, the gas will sedate him" Dr Wu said. Both of his bosses got ready to run up the stairs incase it didn't. However the screaming was replaced by low groaning and finally a thud.
Dr Wu walked forwards and looked in. There he faintly seen a tail and a back leg on the ground, not moving. Mike, one of the assistants, walked to down the stairs and came to his boss's side.
"It's okay, he's out. It's okay. Mike, call ACU tell them to get a few men in here while I call some technicians to get this glass repaired" Dr Wu said as he, Simon and Claire walked towards the stairs.
Mike turned to do the same, but the glass behind him exploded outwards as a figure came out and landed on his back. He screamed in pain as he face planted and his back was torn into by sharp teeth and claws.
Simon screamed and pushed the two people up the stairs to go faster.
"Mike hit the alarm. He's out, hit the alarm!" Dr Wu yelled as Simon closed the door. He seen that Mike wasn't in the room and hit another red button himself. A red light began going off over their heads.
'Everyone remain calm, stop working and calmly get to a secure room. Asset out of containment' a robotic voice said as multiple workers inside dropped what they were doing and got behind a door. It didn't matter if it was a Janitor's closet or the cafeteria as long as it had a door and locked.
Dr Wu quickly got to a telephone and called the security at front desk.
"Security, alert ACU that we have an carnivore out of containment and put the lab into Lockdown" Dr Wu said over the phone as a man in a security guard uniform quickly typed on a computer.
"Yes sir, I understand and I'm putting the building into Lockdown now" he said as all the exit doors locked.
A bloodied mess was then thrown against the window before it fell to the ground with a wet thud.
Claire covered her mouth to avoid vomiting while Simon started praying. Dr Wu ran to a closet and got some tranquilizer pistols ready. He came back out and handed one to Simon and Claire before he set a black dart with a skull on the table. Plan B.
However it then became silent in the room. No screeching, no feasting on the dead body. Nothing.
"The gas must've taken effect" Dr Wu said lowering his gun as the other two did the same.
"Are you sure?" Simon asked as he nodded.
"Yeah, that stuff would knock out an elephant. But it's stun gas, it only last five maybe ten minutes. If we're lucky" Dr Wu said. However on a screen on his desk he seen an ACU vehicle arrive outside and the security guard letting in a squad of men.
"Okay" an ACU commander said to half a dozen security guards as he entered the building first. "I need you all to go around the facility and escort the employees out of harm's way. We'll take care of the asset he said as his squad marched to the room. The Security guards all left, none of them hearing the low hissing coming out of the large vent.
A dozen men opened the door to the enclosure guns drawn. Even though Dr Wu had told them that there was a good chance that the creature was out, they still weren't taking any chances.
Dr Wu had shut off the ventilation system to the room when the Raptor first broke out, so they had to use gas masks when inside to avoid going down within the first few steps.
When they got to the bottom of the stairs, they seen the remains of what was Mike. He hadn't been eaten, so they relaxed a little. If he hadn't eaten what he killed, then he probably was unconscious.
However they got to the broken window of the enclosure and seen that there was nothing inside except for a few blankets and bones.
"Spread out, find where he is before he wakes up" the commander said as his men spread out. After a minute, he heard one of his men call over to him.
"Uh, boss. You should take a look at this he said over the radio. The commander ran to where his man was, but froze in shock at what he was seeing.
There in one of the vents was a large hole in the covering. It had been torn opened like someone had taken a Chainsaw to it from the inside. And since he didn't see a body before the turn in the vent, this was done in less than a minute if he wasn't knocked out.
"He's loose!" the commander yelled before the squad ran up the stairs and to Dr Wu and the waiting bosses.
The head security guard walked down a hallway and looked around with a flashlight since putting the building into Lockdown, also turned everything except for the emergency lights off. He was alone since he had sent his men to evacuate the bigger rooms like the cafeteria and the bigger laboratories.
He passed by a large vent when a low hiss came from inside making him stop. He crouched down and looked inside with the light. He didn't see any eyes or nothing, so he assumed it was just the vent making a sound.
He got up and went to walk away when he heard it again. He took his gun out of his holster and attached the flashlight underneath it. He then unlocked the grate and lifted it up.
He still didn't see anything, so he leaned in further. Suddenly a figure rounded the corner of the vent and clamped it's jaws around his head before the man could even shoot.
He kicked his legs for a second before a loud snap was heard and he went limp. A low growl was heard as a pair of hazel eyes left the body and continued it's way through the vents.
??? p.o.v
I rammed my head into the strange thing blocking my way out one more time before it finally came off. I crawled out of the strange tunnel and gave my body a shake, stretching my legs out.
I was finally free from the Humans who had... changed me. I feel the same but also different. I am higher from the ground and my head does not hurt as much when I hit it off things now.
I gave a sniff of the air and smelled Humans around me and I smelled more coming. So without another thought I took off into the jungle. The first thing I want to do is hunt some real prey. Live prey.
So I know I said I was only going to so two stories at a time. But I just couldn't resist posting at least the first chapter of this story.