FIRST ITERATION
"For these early drawings of Chaos, we can see that a rescue is the only
thing for anyone to service."
IAN MALCOLM
1. SAN DIEGO'S NEW ATTRACTION
Based from the script by David Koepp for The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Sunday, July 10, 1999 San Diego, California
Ben Talon drove his 1999 Chevrolet Corvette slowly through the abandoned shipping yards of San Diego's costal bay. He was thirty-one years old and wore a pair of cargo pants and a blue tee shirt. His hair was jet black and gelled. He was undercover for the EPA, and searching for some property that had just recently been bought by Biosyn Bioengineering. This assignment had been given to Ben and his partner. However, his partner was off searching for someone that would be of help to the case.
Ben had worked for the San Francisco department for the EPA for about five years now, and just recently became partners with Bob Morris, a long time member of the EPA. This was a wonderful honor for Ben to take on, for he was now going to be working alongside the best in the business. Morris was thirty-seven years old and the two had known each other for as long as Ben had been working for the EPA.
Most of Ben's career had been placed around environmental cleanup around parks, schools, and other places that have always had problems with factory smog and dump sites. However, he was now dealing with some more advanced cases that the EPA didn't normally deal with, but it was a case that Morris had been working on most of his career, and he, for some reason, didn't want to leave the case until everything dealing with it was closed down.
Morris had been put on the InGen case when he was 27 and he'd put forth all of the work that he could make possible in his case. He'd visited with clients of InGen, done background research on the company, and even talked to some former anonymous employees as well.
However, this case was a lot different in many ways from the InGen case. Although it was about another Bioengineering company, it was going to be more difficult-as were all of the cases pending Biosyn. The EPA had been working on the Biosyn case since 1995 when Lewis Dodgson's failed expedition on Isla Sorna happened. The EPA have taken Biosyn to court countless times along with the help of some of InGen's former staff, but every time the courts would decide that there wasn't enough evidence to back up the case, and so Biosyn was let go.
There was one thing that Ben knew would be on their side this time. Solid proof. That was all they needed to completely put Biosyn off the map even before they ended up having to file for Chapter 11. Ben and Morris had both known that this property was at one time owned by InGen, along with dozens of other buildings that Biosyn had bought in the past, but this building was to be the hopeful possibility that the EPA was looking for.
The EPA had kept several InGen documents on all of the buildings, islands, and organizations that were on the InGen listings, and they knew of the old San Diego Park for quite a while longer then Jeff Rossiter could've ever dreamed of knowing it. All Rossiter had to do was buy the property from the Japanese Investors-which the EPA helped them to say yes to selling it- and then Biosyn would be put under instantly. Well, almost instantly. Just buying a property doesn't mean that you're going to do something illegal, but it was a start to getting something concrete.
Leaving the shipping yards behind, Ben came upon a large complex surrounded by fences on all sides. There were men at work everywhere, placing even more large fences around some areas within the complex. It looked a lot like a zoo was being built. Ben was almost certain that this was the place that he was to check out. He wasn't entirely sure, however, until he saw a Biosyn logo on one of the trucks bringing in more supplies.
Ben smiled as he started to get out of his car at the front entrance gates. There were three guards posted at the gate looking at him strangely.
"This is private property sir," one of the guards said. "I'm afraid that you'll have to leave here immediately."
"I'm very sorry about all of this sir," Ben replied smiling. "I'm Mr. Ben Talon with the EPA. I'm here to inspect the conditions of this zoo that you're building. I'm sure you won't mind."
"I have strict orders to not allow anyone into this complex no matter what organization you're from," the guard replied.
"What if I was to tell you that I have a search warrant from the FBI that clearly states that I can come into this complex and look around," Ben asked smiling.
The guard stared at him for a long time and then looked at the three other guards. "Give us just a few minutes to clear this with our boss."
"Thank you," Ben replied. Ben moved away from the gate a little to watch as the three guards stepped into the booth next to the gate. He strained to try and listen to what the three men were talking about, but he was unable to hear anything. All he could do was look at the men's expressions and movements. He then saw one of them pick up a phone and dial in a number.
"Finally, I'm going to get some results," Ben thought to himself. "This Biosyn vs. EPA battle has been going on for far too long. It's about time that we put Biosyn where they belong: behind bars."
The guard hung up the phone and came back out of the booth with the two other guards following behind. "Follow me sir."
"Of course."
The other two guards let the gate up for Ben and he went off down the small roadway with the main guard leading him on down it. The main guard shook Ben's hand before continuing on.
"My name is Chase Jerymane," the guard said.
"It's nice to meet ya," Ben said smiling.
The roadway seemed to be like a normal two lane road, however there was all kinds of equipment everywhere making the walk for Ben and Chase difficult.
"So Mr. Talon," Chase started, obviously trying to create small talk. "What exactly is the EPA looking for here?"
"We just want to make sure that everything is sanitary for the zoo that you're creating," Ben replied, in a matter of fact tone. He needed to appear as a very strict man to this guard. He didn't want to give away that there was more to this investigation then he had revealed. This was Ben's first undercover assignment, and so far he felt that he was doing fine, knock on wood.
Chase nodded, happy with the response. "Mr. Rossiter wasn't pleased to hear that you had shown up without him being here to join in the investigation, but he's a very hard working, honest man that has lots to do. I hope you'll be ok with asking your questions about the place to me. I am in charge of security here after all."
"That's good to know," Ben said smiling. "I believe that I would much rather talk to you anyway. So, tell me, what animals will you be showing here? Underwater animals, African type animals, what?"
"As far as I know, we're going to have some very exotic animals here," Chase replied. "Neither I, nor anyone else that works here right now really know what we'll have. I guess it's some sort of surprise."
"How many people are working here now," Ben asked.
"Well, for now, all we have is about twenty construction workers from Dillon Construction and about six guards. Myself and those other two are daytime guards, and the other three are of course nighttime guards. We try to keep this place air tight during the night, so there's no way that anyone can get in."
"Why are you people so worried about anyone getting in during the night," Ben asked confused.
"Biosyn hasn't always been one of the greatest companies in the United States," Chase replied shaking his head. "They've just recently decided to change their act. A little bit late I think. I've heard that they're very close to going out of business."
"Yes," Ben said shaking his head. "I've heard that as well."
The two men continued on as they neared the entrance to a very huge building at the center of the complex. At the front of the building is a very tropical-looking gate with several places that could hold torches. At the top of the gate are the words "Jurassic Park" in huge letters and in smaller letters are the words "San Diego".
"Jurassic Park San Diego," Ben asked in a confused tone, even though he knew what it really was.
"This complex was at one time owned by an old genetics company called InGen," Chase replied. "You ever heard of them?"
"InGen," Ben asked himself. "I believe so. Didn't they file for Chapter 11 back in the early 90's?"
Chase nodded. "Yep. That's them. They were long time rivals of Biosyn for the greatest time after the break."
Ben stopped confused. "Break?"
Chase turned around. "You didn't know that InGen and Biosyn were at one time the same company?"
"No I didn't," Ben replied shocked. Morris had never told him about this before. Perhaps Morris didn't even know about it. This would be something to ask his partner later. "Are you sure about that?"
"Absolutely sir," Chase said. "It was during the early development of the company. At the time they were called BioGen."
"BioGen," Ben asked, almost asking himself.
"Yep," Chase replied shaking his head. "They considered themselves Bioengineering Genetics Technology Inc. at the time. That was in the early seventies when the company first began. Mr. Rossiter and Mr. Hammond worked together as C.E.O. and chairman of the company. However, something bad happened and the two men went their separate ways, taking the employees that were loyal to only them. Hammond renamed his company InGen, International Genetics Technology Inc. and remained in Palo Alto. Rossiter however renamed his company Biosyn, Bioengineering Synthesis Technology Inc and moved out to Cupertino. Sounds just like a soap opera to me though."
Ben laughed. "Same here I guess, but why are you telling me this?"
"Well... you see... it's kind of hard to explain. This company has really been going through some hard times, and now buying a property like this is just out of the ordinary.
Ben looked at the back of Chase's head as they continued to walk. "This man has changed his views right before my very eyes. When I first introduced myself," Ben though, "he wasn't even going to let me inside. He probably would've rather shot me in the head, and might have considered it, seeing as which this is Biosyn I'm dealing with. I could get some vital information that I need from this guy."
"How would it be out of the ordinary," Ben asked. "It's just a property."
"Didn't you see that sign back there with the T-Rex, or are you just stupid? I mean no offense, but I've heard some of those old stories about what happened on those islands off the shores of Costa Rica. I'm really worried about Mr. Rossiter. He hasn't been the same since buying this property."
"How so?"
Chase continued the conversation as they both entered a very large arena. The arena looked like that of an old Greek fighting arena or something. That was very unusual for a zoo. "You see, Chapter 11 isn't very far for Biosyn, as I'm sure you already know. Mr. Rossiter was actually ready to settle down and retire for the rest of his life, but when he found out about this property being for sale, that dream was all over."
"You wouldn't happen to know why Mr. Rossiter would want to buy this place," Ben asked, finally getting to where he was wanting to go with this conversation.
"Mr. Rossiter has been extremely angry at John Hammond ever since the two companies split," Chase replied. "He still holds a grudge with Hammond even though the man's dead! You see, from what I've found out, Rossiter and Hammond were both working on the JP project together just before the split, and Hammond decided early on into the project that Rossiter wasn't trustworthy and through him out of the company."
"Just like that," Ben asked. "That seems a little weird. Why would Mr. Hammond become so superstitious so suddenly? I don't believe that he would do something like that so quickly without investigating first."
Chase nodded. "That's very true. Another possibility that I've thought about would be that someone betrayed Rossiter. Perhaps Rossiter was planning to steal the JP ideas and make another company of his own just like Biosyn. He must've trusted the wrong person. However, there were a lot of people that were on Rossiter's side like Lewis Dodgson, whom was at the time the chief geneticist for InGen. Henry Wu easily replaced him though. Dodgson wasn't the real problem. It was the thirty-five other employees that left the company following Rossiter and Dodgson."
"This is a lot more confusing then I thought it would be," Ben said shaking his head in dismay.
"What do you mean sir," Chase asked.
"Well... I just came here to check on what this new zoo would be like, but it seems like now you're telling me that there are going to be dinosaurs in this park as the exotic animals that you spoke of."
"It does seem that way." Chase sighed. "So where would you like to start first?"
"Well this arena is a bit weird for a zoo," Ben said. "Even for one that might possibly have dinosaurs."
"This arena was something that was already here when the place was bought," Chase replied. "I don't know what kind of thing that they could possibly do with this arena, but I've heard Mr. Rossiter say himself that this arena may not be here much longer. I guess it will be removed before the park opens to make way for probably another holding area."
"Right," Ben said shaking his head in agreement. Ben looked at his watch. It was 10: 25 A.M. "I've got to get back to the office," Ben thought. "Morris will be expecting me back anytime now." "I'm extremely sorry, but I've really got to cut this investigation short. My partner told me to return to the office in about an hour and it takes almost that long to get back there from here. It was extremely good to meet you Mr. Jerymane. I hope to see you again soon."
Ben shook hands with Chase and started walking off from him. Chase then ran up to Ben and stopped him.
"Please do me a favor and don't tell anyone that it was me that told you all of that information," Chase said.
"Are you afraid of losing your job or something," Ben asked.
"It's not my job I'm concerned with," Chase replied. "It's Rossiter sending some hit men after me is what I'm worried over. Former employees have vanished in the past for treachery for days at a time and turn up dead afterwards."
Ben shook his head. "I understand what you mean. Don't worry. Your secrets are safe with me. You chose the right person to talk to. Just leave it to us. We won't let this park happen." Ben smiled and walked away from the man, toward the exit, his car, and his future appointment with Bob Morris.
"For these early drawings of Chaos, we can see that a rescue is the only
thing for anyone to service."
IAN MALCOLM
1. SAN DIEGO'S NEW ATTRACTION
Based from the script by David Koepp for The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Sunday, July 10, 1999 San Diego, California
Ben Talon drove his 1999 Chevrolet Corvette slowly through the abandoned shipping yards of San Diego's costal bay. He was thirty-one years old and wore a pair of cargo pants and a blue tee shirt. His hair was jet black and gelled. He was undercover for the EPA, and searching for some property that had just recently been bought by Biosyn Bioengineering. This assignment had been given to Ben and his partner. However, his partner was off searching for someone that would be of help to the case.
Ben had worked for the San Francisco department for the EPA for about five years now, and just recently became partners with Bob Morris, a long time member of the EPA. This was a wonderful honor for Ben to take on, for he was now going to be working alongside the best in the business. Morris was thirty-seven years old and the two had known each other for as long as Ben had been working for the EPA.
Most of Ben's career had been placed around environmental cleanup around parks, schools, and other places that have always had problems with factory smog and dump sites. However, he was now dealing with some more advanced cases that the EPA didn't normally deal with, but it was a case that Morris had been working on most of his career, and he, for some reason, didn't want to leave the case until everything dealing with it was closed down.
Morris had been put on the InGen case when he was 27 and he'd put forth all of the work that he could make possible in his case. He'd visited with clients of InGen, done background research on the company, and even talked to some former anonymous employees as well.
However, this case was a lot different in many ways from the InGen case. Although it was about another Bioengineering company, it was going to be more difficult-as were all of the cases pending Biosyn. The EPA had been working on the Biosyn case since 1995 when Lewis Dodgson's failed expedition on Isla Sorna happened. The EPA have taken Biosyn to court countless times along with the help of some of InGen's former staff, but every time the courts would decide that there wasn't enough evidence to back up the case, and so Biosyn was let go.
There was one thing that Ben knew would be on their side this time. Solid proof. That was all they needed to completely put Biosyn off the map even before they ended up having to file for Chapter 11. Ben and Morris had both known that this property was at one time owned by InGen, along with dozens of other buildings that Biosyn had bought in the past, but this building was to be the hopeful possibility that the EPA was looking for.
The EPA had kept several InGen documents on all of the buildings, islands, and organizations that were on the InGen listings, and they knew of the old San Diego Park for quite a while longer then Jeff Rossiter could've ever dreamed of knowing it. All Rossiter had to do was buy the property from the Japanese Investors-which the EPA helped them to say yes to selling it- and then Biosyn would be put under instantly. Well, almost instantly. Just buying a property doesn't mean that you're going to do something illegal, but it was a start to getting something concrete.
Leaving the shipping yards behind, Ben came upon a large complex surrounded by fences on all sides. There were men at work everywhere, placing even more large fences around some areas within the complex. It looked a lot like a zoo was being built. Ben was almost certain that this was the place that he was to check out. He wasn't entirely sure, however, until he saw a Biosyn logo on one of the trucks bringing in more supplies.
Ben smiled as he started to get out of his car at the front entrance gates. There were three guards posted at the gate looking at him strangely.
"This is private property sir," one of the guards said. "I'm afraid that you'll have to leave here immediately."
"I'm very sorry about all of this sir," Ben replied smiling. "I'm Mr. Ben Talon with the EPA. I'm here to inspect the conditions of this zoo that you're building. I'm sure you won't mind."
"I have strict orders to not allow anyone into this complex no matter what organization you're from," the guard replied.
"What if I was to tell you that I have a search warrant from the FBI that clearly states that I can come into this complex and look around," Ben asked smiling.
The guard stared at him for a long time and then looked at the three other guards. "Give us just a few minutes to clear this with our boss."
"Thank you," Ben replied. Ben moved away from the gate a little to watch as the three guards stepped into the booth next to the gate. He strained to try and listen to what the three men were talking about, but he was unable to hear anything. All he could do was look at the men's expressions and movements. He then saw one of them pick up a phone and dial in a number.
"Finally, I'm going to get some results," Ben thought to himself. "This Biosyn vs. EPA battle has been going on for far too long. It's about time that we put Biosyn where they belong: behind bars."
The guard hung up the phone and came back out of the booth with the two other guards following behind. "Follow me sir."
"Of course."
The other two guards let the gate up for Ben and he went off down the small roadway with the main guard leading him on down it. The main guard shook Ben's hand before continuing on.
"My name is Chase Jerymane," the guard said.
"It's nice to meet ya," Ben said smiling.
The roadway seemed to be like a normal two lane road, however there was all kinds of equipment everywhere making the walk for Ben and Chase difficult.
"So Mr. Talon," Chase started, obviously trying to create small talk. "What exactly is the EPA looking for here?"
"We just want to make sure that everything is sanitary for the zoo that you're creating," Ben replied, in a matter of fact tone. He needed to appear as a very strict man to this guard. He didn't want to give away that there was more to this investigation then he had revealed. This was Ben's first undercover assignment, and so far he felt that he was doing fine, knock on wood.
Chase nodded, happy with the response. "Mr. Rossiter wasn't pleased to hear that you had shown up without him being here to join in the investigation, but he's a very hard working, honest man that has lots to do. I hope you'll be ok with asking your questions about the place to me. I am in charge of security here after all."
"That's good to know," Ben said smiling. "I believe that I would much rather talk to you anyway. So, tell me, what animals will you be showing here? Underwater animals, African type animals, what?"
"As far as I know, we're going to have some very exotic animals here," Chase replied. "Neither I, nor anyone else that works here right now really know what we'll have. I guess it's some sort of surprise."
"How many people are working here now," Ben asked.
"Well, for now, all we have is about twenty construction workers from Dillon Construction and about six guards. Myself and those other two are daytime guards, and the other three are of course nighttime guards. We try to keep this place air tight during the night, so there's no way that anyone can get in."
"Why are you people so worried about anyone getting in during the night," Ben asked confused.
"Biosyn hasn't always been one of the greatest companies in the United States," Chase replied shaking his head. "They've just recently decided to change their act. A little bit late I think. I've heard that they're very close to going out of business."
"Yes," Ben said shaking his head. "I've heard that as well."
The two men continued on as they neared the entrance to a very huge building at the center of the complex. At the front of the building is a very tropical-looking gate with several places that could hold torches. At the top of the gate are the words "Jurassic Park" in huge letters and in smaller letters are the words "San Diego".
"Jurassic Park San Diego," Ben asked in a confused tone, even though he knew what it really was.
"This complex was at one time owned by an old genetics company called InGen," Chase replied. "You ever heard of them?"
"InGen," Ben asked himself. "I believe so. Didn't they file for Chapter 11 back in the early 90's?"
Chase nodded. "Yep. That's them. They were long time rivals of Biosyn for the greatest time after the break."
Ben stopped confused. "Break?"
Chase turned around. "You didn't know that InGen and Biosyn were at one time the same company?"
"No I didn't," Ben replied shocked. Morris had never told him about this before. Perhaps Morris didn't even know about it. This would be something to ask his partner later. "Are you sure about that?"
"Absolutely sir," Chase said. "It was during the early development of the company. At the time they were called BioGen."
"BioGen," Ben asked, almost asking himself.
"Yep," Chase replied shaking his head. "They considered themselves Bioengineering Genetics Technology Inc. at the time. That was in the early seventies when the company first began. Mr. Rossiter and Mr. Hammond worked together as C.E.O. and chairman of the company. However, something bad happened and the two men went their separate ways, taking the employees that were loyal to only them. Hammond renamed his company InGen, International Genetics Technology Inc. and remained in Palo Alto. Rossiter however renamed his company Biosyn, Bioengineering Synthesis Technology Inc and moved out to Cupertino. Sounds just like a soap opera to me though."
Ben laughed. "Same here I guess, but why are you telling me this?"
"Well... you see... it's kind of hard to explain. This company has really been going through some hard times, and now buying a property like this is just out of the ordinary.
Ben looked at the back of Chase's head as they continued to walk. "This man has changed his views right before my very eyes. When I first introduced myself," Ben though, "he wasn't even going to let me inside. He probably would've rather shot me in the head, and might have considered it, seeing as which this is Biosyn I'm dealing with. I could get some vital information that I need from this guy."
"How would it be out of the ordinary," Ben asked. "It's just a property."
"Didn't you see that sign back there with the T-Rex, or are you just stupid? I mean no offense, but I've heard some of those old stories about what happened on those islands off the shores of Costa Rica. I'm really worried about Mr. Rossiter. He hasn't been the same since buying this property."
"How so?"
Chase continued the conversation as they both entered a very large arena. The arena looked like that of an old Greek fighting arena or something. That was very unusual for a zoo. "You see, Chapter 11 isn't very far for Biosyn, as I'm sure you already know. Mr. Rossiter was actually ready to settle down and retire for the rest of his life, but when he found out about this property being for sale, that dream was all over."
"You wouldn't happen to know why Mr. Rossiter would want to buy this place," Ben asked, finally getting to where he was wanting to go with this conversation.
"Mr. Rossiter has been extremely angry at John Hammond ever since the two companies split," Chase replied. "He still holds a grudge with Hammond even though the man's dead! You see, from what I've found out, Rossiter and Hammond were both working on the JP project together just before the split, and Hammond decided early on into the project that Rossiter wasn't trustworthy and through him out of the company."
"Just like that," Ben asked. "That seems a little weird. Why would Mr. Hammond become so superstitious so suddenly? I don't believe that he would do something like that so quickly without investigating first."
Chase nodded. "That's very true. Another possibility that I've thought about would be that someone betrayed Rossiter. Perhaps Rossiter was planning to steal the JP ideas and make another company of his own just like Biosyn. He must've trusted the wrong person. However, there were a lot of people that were on Rossiter's side like Lewis Dodgson, whom was at the time the chief geneticist for InGen. Henry Wu easily replaced him though. Dodgson wasn't the real problem. It was the thirty-five other employees that left the company following Rossiter and Dodgson."
"This is a lot more confusing then I thought it would be," Ben said shaking his head in dismay.
"What do you mean sir," Chase asked.
"Well... I just came here to check on what this new zoo would be like, but it seems like now you're telling me that there are going to be dinosaurs in this park as the exotic animals that you spoke of."
"It does seem that way." Chase sighed. "So where would you like to start first?"
"Well this arena is a bit weird for a zoo," Ben said. "Even for one that might possibly have dinosaurs."
"This arena was something that was already here when the place was bought," Chase replied. "I don't know what kind of thing that they could possibly do with this arena, but I've heard Mr. Rossiter say himself that this arena may not be here much longer. I guess it will be removed before the park opens to make way for probably another holding area."
"Right," Ben said shaking his head in agreement. Ben looked at his watch. It was 10: 25 A.M. "I've got to get back to the office," Ben thought. "Morris will be expecting me back anytime now." "I'm extremely sorry, but I've really got to cut this investigation short. My partner told me to return to the office in about an hour and it takes almost that long to get back there from here. It was extremely good to meet you Mr. Jerymane. I hope to see you again soon."
Ben shook hands with Chase and started walking off from him. Chase then ran up to Ben and stopped him.
"Please do me a favor and don't tell anyone that it was me that told you all of that information," Chase said.
"Are you afraid of losing your job or something," Ben asked.
"It's not my job I'm concerned with," Chase replied. "It's Rossiter sending some hit men after me is what I'm worried over. Former employees have vanished in the past for treachery for days at a time and turn up dead afterwards."
Ben shook his head. "I understand what you mean. Don't worry. Your secrets are safe with me. You chose the right person to talk to. Just leave it to us. We won't let this park happen." Ben smiled and walked away from the man, toward the exit, his car, and his future appointment with Bob Morris.