19. THE FORGOTTEN HUNTER
Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Wednesday, July 13, 1999 Isla Sorna, Forest
Everyone was suddenly awakened by the sounds of gunfire. Grant looked in all directions but saw no one around. It was still dark all around, and they could all see that Ben was still awake and using a flashlight to write his story.
"Where is that coming from," Guitierrez asked alarmed.
"It's probably from those stupid Biosyn hunters," Ben replied.
"What if someone's in trouble," Amanda groaned still sleepy. "We should help them."
"They don't deserve any help," Grant huffed. "They are no better then the people who created this island."
"I agree with Dr. Grant," Ben said still looking down at his writings. "There is no need to help them. Plus, I'd say they know I'm here and will probably try to kill me once they find me."
"Still, we should check it out," Billy implied. "We could take some of their weapons, or perhaps find a way to call for help with their equipment."
"Alright. I'll deal with them," Grant said starting to get out of the tree. "I'll be back in a few minutes. Those people could yet be helpful in getting us off this island. Or it could be that boyfriend of yours Amanda. That means that Eric would be with him. I'll be back as soon as I can find out what's going on."
"I'm going with you Dr. Grant," Ben said.
"That's not a good idea Mr. Talon," Grant said. "If you're so sure that they'll kill you, it wouldn't be a great idea for you to just show up with me. We wouldn't stand a chance against them, and even if we all went, they'd out power us, because we only have one gun."
"Good point," Ben said shaking his head.
"I'll also be needing that," Grant said taking Ben's flashlight right out of his hand.
"Hey," Ben almost yelled. "I need that!"
"Not as much as I do," Grant said.
Grant jumped out of the tree and ran toward the sounds of the gunfire. He cursed to himself. Grant just didn't understand why Biosyn didn't learn their lesson the first time they'd tried to get the InGen technology. It was a complete waste of their time, and he just wished that he could figure out a way to make them realize that.
* * *
Robert Muldoon pressed his face to the side of the rock cliff. He looked around the area trying to find what he was looking for. He spotted it. A lone Velociraptor at the corner of the jungle stood around stalking some prey.
"That's my baby girl," Muldoon said smiling.
Little did the Velociraptor know that it was being hunted itself. Muldoon smiled as he unlocked the clip on the gun and positioned it to where he could see the animal in his scoop. He fired the gun sending a loud roar throughout the jungle as the animal fell to the ground. Muldoon smiled as he walked forward and took the animal by the tail. He dragged it off, up a hill into the fog, and a large structure beyond.
* * *
Alan Grant ran through the jungle as fast as he could go, brushing past ferns and brush as he panted very heavily. He was now trying to go in the direction of the second gunshot.
All of a sudden he reached the clearing where the high hide was, and noticed a large pill of blood in the center of the small clearing which looked like a large dirt game trail. He walked up to the blood and touched it. He then smelled the blood realizing it was of a Velociraptor. He jumped up and looked around everywhere. There was no sign of any danger or any of the Biosyn people that was firing the guns.
Grant sighed and ran back into the woods, which he came to return to the rest of the group.
* * *
Paul, Amanda, Guitierrez, Billy, Ben, Nash, and Udesky, all sat staring at each other. Paul looked out at a clearing where he saw several green herbivores with what looked like to be a bone skull sticking out of their heads. "Hey what's that," Paul said.
"Oh my.wow," Billy replied with his eyes wide. "That's a Pachycephalosaurus."
"This island is amazing," Amanda said. "I've never seen such beautiful creatures."
"It's not much," Ben implied. "It's just like the other island full of dinosaurs and idiots if I remember correctly."
"Mr. Talon, please," Paul sighed. "We know how bad you seem to hate us now after finding out the truth, but if you had a child stuck on this island, you would understand."
"No," Grant yelled from down at the bottom of the tree. "If I had a child stuck here, I would realize he or she were dead, and I would face the facts."
"God," Amanda said starting to cry, burying her head into Paul's shoulders. Paul started caressing the back of her head, and her crying got worse and more pathetic. Paul gave Grant a mean look as he climbed back into the tree.
"Ms. Kirby," Grant said.
"You don't need to say anymore right now," Paul said giving him another evil look.
Grant just kind of looked away, and then toward Billy who was staring at him. "Did you find anyone?"
"If I had," Grant replied. "Don't you think that that person would've came here with me."
" Oh, ok," Billy said, blank from the attitude that Grant just gave him. " Um. hey guys. listen. I believe that. what is his name?"
"Eric," Paul replied.
"Right," Billy said. " I believe that Eric. I think he's alive somewhere. He's with that Hildebrand guy. Paul, what did Eric do in his free time?"
"Well," Paul replied a little nervous about answering. "He would sit in his room and read."
"And what would he read," Billy questioned.
"Dinosaur books," Paul replied. "He had dozens."
"Now Ms. Kirby, did you ever have to clean up Eric's books," Billy asked.
"Sometimes," Amanda replied still crying. "Why?"
"And did you ever look at the author," Billy asked.
"Yeah," Amanda replied.
"Who wrote his books," Billy asked.
"Professor Alan Grant," Paul replied with a smile.
"Yes," Amanda said, staring right at Grant with tears still pouring down her face.
Grant looked at them, slowly.
"Did Eric read all of these books by this so-called Grant character," Billy, said smiling. Grant looked toward Billy and smiled.
"Yeah," Paul said. "He must have taken in about twenty pages a day. He was obsessed."
"Alan," Billy said, looking toward Grant, disapproving. "Are you hearing this? He read your books. all the time. he looks up to you. and I know, that from your knowledge. he learned something. He has gathered everything he knows. from you. about these animals."
"Billy is right," Paul said. "Eric knows how to survive, just as you did, Dr. Grant. Plus I happen to know that he had another book as well titled "Proportions of Chaos Theory" by Ian Malcolm."
"So," Billy said. "We've got to help him. he's alive with Mr. Hildebrand, Alan. He can survive around dinosaurs thanks to you and Malcolm's Chaos Theory."
"Do you really think that a bunch of Malcolm's crazy chaos could help anybody," Grant replied, shaking his head. "Ms. Kirby, with all do respect, there is little chance he."
"Dr. Grant, he's alive," Amanda implied. "And it's because of you. We look for him now."
"Please, Dr. Grant," Paul begging.
"And what if we don't find him," Grant questioned.
"There is a large tower behind the InGen complex. I saw it after the Dilophosaur attacked and I went to rescue you guys," Billy said. "We go there."
"Shouldn't we have gone there first," Grant asked, a little shocked. "I mean God, that's got to be where they are."
"I suppose that would be a good idea," Billy replied. "After all, our rescuers could help us find Eric and Ben. Dang, there's too many Bens."
"Sorry about that," Ben Talon said. "I guess you guys could just calling me by my middle name, Daniel. I actually like that name better to tell you the truth."
"I like Ben better," Amanda said.
"You would," Paul said.
"Shut up Paul," Amanda said angry.
"I don't have to if I don't want to," Paul said.
"If you both don't shut up," Grant began, "I'm going to leave you both here for the 'Tricicloplots' to handle."
"Very funny," Paul said.
"Okay," Grant smiled. "We look for Eric and Ben on the way to the tower. If we find them, great, we keep going. If not, we keep going. I want them to be safe as well. after all, they are humans."
"And Eric bought your books," Udesky said still a little sleepy.
"Hah, yeah I suppose," Grant replied, laughing. Grant looked out at the landscape and saw to his amazement that the sun was now coming up. "We must've been asleep for a long time. Oh, here's your flashlight back Daniel."
Daniel Talon smiled. "Thank you."
"We've sat here long enough," Guitierrez sighed. "My ass is killing me. let's go. Oh did any of you see anything of use while we were in the Velociraptor infestation from hell? I thought about that in my sleep last night. It just seems like we aren't looking around the area enough for weapons and stuff."
"Well, while I was waiting for you guys to show up, I was looking around in all the rubble and found a flare gun, but it was empty," Udesky said.
"Go get it just in case," Guitierrez said. "I'll accompany you."
"We'll stay here," Paul said.
"Okay," Udesky said.
"Be careful," Grant said. "I cannot stress that enough. Treat each noise you hear as your own death. It's still kind of early in the morning as well, and raptors love to attack in the early hours of the morning."
"How do you know that," Amanda asked.
"It's just an instinct," Grant replied. "Velociraptors are my specialty."
"Yeah," Udesky said not paying much attention. "Okay." The two men climbed down from the tree and went off to where the rubble was. They continued forward into the dense jungle looking for the rubble in the distance, hoping that there wasn't any hidden danger coming toward them.
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Wednesday, July 13, 1999 Isla Sorna, Forest
Everyone was suddenly awakened by the sounds of gunfire. Grant looked in all directions but saw no one around. It was still dark all around, and they could all see that Ben was still awake and using a flashlight to write his story.
"Where is that coming from," Guitierrez asked alarmed.
"It's probably from those stupid Biosyn hunters," Ben replied.
"What if someone's in trouble," Amanda groaned still sleepy. "We should help them."
"They don't deserve any help," Grant huffed. "They are no better then the people who created this island."
"I agree with Dr. Grant," Ben said still looking down at his writings. "There is no need to help them. Plus, I'd say they know I'm here and will probably try to kill me once they find me."
"Still, we should check it out," Billy implied. "We could take some of their weapons, or perhaps find a way to call for help with their equipment."
"Alright. I'll deal with them," Grant said starting to get out of the tree. "I'll be back in a few minutes. Those people could yet be helpful in getting us off this island. Or it could be that boyfriend of yours Amanda. That means that Eric would be with him. I'll be back as soon as I can find out what's going on."
"I'm going with you Dr. Grant," Ben said.
"That's not a good idea Mr. Talon," Grant said. "If you're so sure that they'll kill you, it wouldn't be a great idea for you to just show up with me. We wouldn't stand a chance against them, and even if we all went, they'd out power us, because we only have one gun."
"Good point," Ben said shaking his head.
"I'll also be needing that," Grant said taking Ben's flashlight right out of his hand.
"Hey," Ben almost yelled. "I need that!"
"Not as much as I do," Grant said.
Grant jumped out of the tree and ran toward the sounds of the gunfire. He cursed to himself. Grant just didn't understand why Biosyn didn't learn their lesson the first time they'd tried to get the InGen technology. It was a complete waste of their time, and he just wished that he could figure out a way to make them realize that.
* * *
Robert Muldoon pressed his face to the side of the rock cliff. He looked around the area trying to find what he was looking for. He spotted it. A lone Velociraptor at the corner of the jungle stood around stalking some prey.
"That's my baby girl," Muldoon said smiling.
Little did the Velociraptor know that it was being hunted itself. Muldoon smiled as he unlocked the clip on the gun and positioned it to where he could see the animal in his scoop. He fired the gun sending a loud roar throughout the jungle as the animal fell to the ground. Muldoon smiled as he walked forward and took the animal by the tail. He dragged it off, up a hill into the fog, and a large structure beyond.
* * *
Alan Grant ran through the jungle as fast as he could go, brushing past ferns and brush as he panted very heavily. He was now trying to go in the direction of the second gunshot.
All of a sudden he reached the clearing where the high hide was, and noticed a large pill of blood in the center of the small clearing which looked like a large dirt game trail. He walked up to the blood and touched it. He then smelled the blood realizing it was of a Velociraptor. He jumped up and looked around everywhere. There was no sign of any danger or any of the Biosyn people that was firing the guns.
Grant sighed and ran back into the woods, which he came to return to the rest of the group.
* * *
Paul, Amanda, Guitierrez, Billy, Ben, Nash, and Udesky, all sat staring at each other. Paul looked out at a clearing where he saw several green herbivores with what looked like to be a bone skull sticking out of their heads. "Hey what's that," Paul said.
"Oh my.wow," Billy replied with his eyes wide. "That's a Pachycephalosaurus."
"This island is amazing," Amanda said. "I've never seen such beautiful creatures."
"It's not much," Ben implied. "It's just like the other island full of dinosaurs and idiots if I remember correctly."
"Mr. Talon, please," Paul sighed. "We know how bad you seem to hate us now after finding out the truth, but if you had a child stuck on this island, you would understand."
"No," Grant yelled from down at the bottom of the tree. "If I had a child stuck here, I would realize he or she were dead, and I would face the facts."
"God," Amanda said starting to cry, burying her head into Paul's shoulders. Paul started caressing the back of her head, and her crying got worse and more pathetic. Paul gave Grant a mean look as he climbed back into the tree.
"Ms. Kirby," Grant said.
"You don't need to say anymore right now," Paul said giving him another evil look.
Grant just kind of looked away, and then toward Billy who was staring at him. "Did you find anyone?"
"If I had," Grant replied. "Don't you think that that person would've came here with me."
" Oh, ok," Billy said, blank from the attitude that Grant just gave him. " Um. hey guys. listen. I believe that. what is his name?"
"Eric," Paul replied.
"Right," Billy said. " I believe that Eric. I think he's alive somewhere. He's with that Hildebrand guy. Paul, what did Eric do in his free time?"
"Well," Paul replied a little nervous about answering. "He would sit in his room and read."
"And what would he read," Billy questioned.
"Dinosaur books," Paul replied. "He had dozens."
"Now Ms. Kirby, did you ever have to clean up Eric's books," Billy asked.
"Sometimes," Amanda replied still crying. "Why?"
"And did you ever look at the author," Billy asked.
"Yeah," Amanda replied.
"Who wrote his books," Billy asked.
"Professor Alan Grant," Paul replied with a smile.
"Yes," Amanda said, staring right at Grant with tears still pouring down her face.
Grant looked at them, slowly.
"Did Eric read all of these books by this so-called Grant character," Billy, said smiling. Grant looked toward Billy and smiled.
"Yeah," Paul said. "He must have taken in about twenty pages a day. He was obsessed."
"Alan," Billy said, looking toward Grant, disapproving. "Are you hearing this? He read your books. all the time. he looks up to you. and I know, that from your knowledge. he learned something. He has gathered everything he knows. from you. about these animals."
"Billy is right," Paul said. "Eric knows how to survive, just as you did, Dr. Grant. Plus I happen to know that he had another book as well titled "Proportions of Chaos Theory" by Ian Malcolm."
"So," Billy said. "We've got to help him. he's alive with Mr. Hildebrand, Alan. He can survive around dinosaurs thanks to you and Malcolm's Chaos Theory."
"Do you really think that a bunch of Malcolm's crazy chaos could help anybody," Grant replied, shaking his head. "Ms. Kirby, with all do respect, there is little chance he."
"Dr. Grant, he's alive," Amanda implied. "And it's because of you. We look for him now."
"Please, Dr. Grant," Paul begging.
"And what if we don't find him," Grant questioned.
"There is a large tower behind the InGen complex. I saw it after the Dilophosaur attacked and I went to rescue you guys," Billy said. "We go there."
"Shouldn't we have gone there first," Grant asked, a little shocked. "I mean God, that's got to be where they are."
"I suppose that would be a good idea," Billy replied. "After all, our rescuers could help us find Eric and Ben. Dang, there's too many Bens."
"Sorry about that," Ben Talon said. "I guess you guys could just calling me by my middle name, Daniel. I actually like that name better to tell you the truth."
"I like Ben better," Amanda said.
"You would," Paul said.
"Shut up Paul," Amanda said angry.
"I don't have to if I don't want to," Paul said.
"If you both don't shut up," Grant began, "I'm going to leave you both here for the 'Tricicloplots' to handle."
"Very funny," Paul said.
"Okay," Grant smiled. "We look for Eric and Ben on the way to the tower. If we find them, great, we keep going. If not, we keep going. I want them to be safe as well. after all, they are humans."
"And Eric bought your books," Udesky said still a little sleepy.
"Hah, yeah I suppose," Grant replied, laughing. Grant looked out at the landscape and saw to his amazement that the sun was now coming up. "We must've been asleep for a long time. Oh, here's your flashlight back Daniel."
Daniel Talon smiled. "Thank you."
"We've sat here long enough," Guitierrez sighed. "My ass is killing me. let's go. Oh did any of you see anything of use while we were in the Velociraptor infestation from hell? I thought about that in my sleep last night. It just seems like we aren't looking around the area enough for weapons and stuff."
"Well, while I was waiting for you guys to show up, I was looking around in all the rubble and found a flare gun, but it was empty," Udesky said.
"Go get it just in case," Guitierrez said. "I'll accompany you."
"We'll stay here," Paul said.
"Okay," Udesky said.
"Be careful," Grant said. "I cannot stress that enough. Treat each noise you hear as your own death. It's still kind of early in the morning as well, and raptors love to attack in the early hours of the morning."
"How do you know that," Amanda asked.
"It's just an instinct," Grant replied. "Velociraptors are my specialty."
"Yeah," Udesky said not paying much attention. "Okay." The two men climbed down from the tree and went off to where the rubble was. They continued forward into the dense jungle looking for the rubble in the distance, hoping that there wasn't any hidden danger coming toward them.