23. PLESIOSAURUS Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor

Thursday, July 14, 1999 Isla Sorna, Pacific Ocean

Billy Brennan and Paul Kirby stepped up and opened the doors to the large water facility. Amanda walked in first, followed by Billy, Grant, Paul, Mr. Talon, Guitierrez, Nash, and finally Udesky. The facility had a dark blue color tone. Many of the walls were rusted. Droplets of water ran down the sides. It was very humid, and very hot. Amanda started fanning herself as Grant wiped his pointer finger down one of the walls.

"Hmmm," Grant said, rubbing his fingers together. "This could be a bad thing."

"What," Paul asked, looking in all directions.

"These walls," Grant replied, still looking at them. "They are wet."

"It's a water filtration plant," Udesky said. "Of course they are."

"No," Grant replied. "Why would these walls be wet? The Ocean is far away from these walls. it's almost like. like water is being held by these walls."

"Are you sure," Udesky asked.

"Positive. everyone. be careful, Grant said. "Something is definitely not right here."

"You heard him," Billy said. "Don't even touch anything."

They kept walking through the dark building when from out of nowhere a door appeared, but the knob was in the form of a valve handle.

"What is it," Billy asked.

"Just a door," Udesky replied. The balding man walked up to it, and pulled it open.

"Udesky no," Grant yelled.

Suddenly, the door flung open and a rush of warm water busted through, filling the room up about eight feet deep. The group swam around, finding anything to harbor themselves to. The closest things were the light fixtures hanging from the ceiling. Grant and Billy grabbed one, Paul, Daniel, and Guitierrez grabbed one, and Nash, Udesky, and Amanda grabbed one together.

"Is everyone okay," Grant asked, trying to talk over the rushing water.

"Look," Billy yelled as he pointed back into the water. They all looked down into the water, and they saw a huge black figure swimming around in the water.

"God," Grant replied with his eyes wide.

"What is that thing," Paul yelled.

"We don't want to know, right Dr. Grant," Amanda asked.

"Right Ms. Kirby," Grant replied. "Everyone, this way! Hold your breath! It's going to be a rough swim. Deep breath everyone, come on!"

They all breathed in very deeply, and Grant dived into the water, heading towards a ventilation hole near the ground. The rest followed him. The large aquatic creature followed them as well. It grabbed Udesky by the leg. he couldn't free himself. The large creature pulled Huford Udesky toward its mouth, then into its mouth. It bit down on the mercenary, and blood filled the water. Udesky's body was broken in half so the creature could swallow better. Once it finished him off, it went into the other room, expecting the other people to exit into it. Grant and co. entered the other room, and the aquatic animal appeared.

Grant saw another passageway, and on pure gut instinct, took it. Everyone else followed. The plesiosaur ran an arm into the shaft, and it barely clawed Guitierrez's foot. He winced in pain but kept swimming, knowing he couldn't hold his breath much longer. Finally at the end of the shaft, they came to an opening, leading into another room. The room, at a higher elevation, was free from the water, but was slowly being flooded.

"We've got to find a way out," Grant said.

"That was a plesiosaurus wasn't it," Billy asked.

"Yep," Grant replied remembering that there weren't any of those animals on Isla Nublar. He remembered from the computer information that they didn't have the room on Nublar for the Plesiosaurs yet for some odd reason that they weren't sure of. He was sure that John Hammond probably had his reasons for that. "I can't believe I forgot about the computer's warning. That screen told us those creatures were here, and I didn't pay it any mind."

"Can it get to us now," Paul asked.

"No, it can't fit through the tiny shaft we just miraculously made it through," Grant replied. "You guys see anywhere else to go?"

"It doesn't look like there's any way out of this room except for the way we came in," Daniel Talon stated. Suddenly Daniel noticed that he no longer had his briefcase. "Damn it to hell!"

"What is it," Nash asked.

"My briefcase," Daniel yelled. "I lost it out there! That thing's got all of my information in it. Everything that I needed for the Biosyn case was in that damn thing!"

"No need to worry about that," Paul said smiling. He then held up the briefcase in front of him. "I saw you drop it and knew that you'd have a cow if you didn't get it back."

"Thank you Mr. Kirby," Daniel said. "You are a lifesaver."

"Marty," Amanda said in shock.

They all looked over at Guitierrez, who was on the ground holding his leg. It was bleeding pretty badly.

"Are you okay, God, that looks terrible," Paul said.

"Would you make him a brace Mr. Standish," Grant said. "Billy, help me out."

"Okay," Billy said.

"Yeah I think I can," Nash said a little shaken up. He couldn't see his friend Udesky anywhere. He feared that that water creature had killed him. Udesky had separated from them before though, so he hoped that Udesky had just taken a different direction again.

"What are you doing," Paul said, going up to Grant and Billy.

"Finding a way out of here before we drown," Grant replied.

Billy looked around and saw a hatch. "You think.?"

"No, it could be harboring water," Grant replied. "Like the door Udesky opened."

"Udesky," Billy asked, looking around. "Where is he?"

"No idea," Grant replied.

"I hope he's okay," Billy said.

"What are the chances of that," Grant said annoyed. "Help me find a way out of here."

"Looks like we are pretty much trapped," Billy implied.

"Damn it," Grant said.

"Anything guys," Amanda asked trying to help Nash with Guitierrez's leg.

"No," Billy replied. "We are looking."

Grant and Billy continued to look around, but they saw nothing but rusted walls and the small hatch in the ground.

"That's our only hope," Billy said.

"This could be a terrible mistake," Grant said.

"I'll take my chances," Billy said.

Billy started walking toward it, and Grant stopped him. "Wait, Billy,"

"Huh," Billy asked confused.

"Let me do something," Grant said. He walked over to the hatch. He put his hands against it. "Warm." He then put his ear to it. "Well, I can't really tell if."

"Is it vibrating any," Billy said.

"No. no, it's rather, it's rather calm," Grant replied shocked.

"Alan just open it," Billy said. "Trust me."

"No way," Grant replied.

"It's safe," Billy implied.

"How do you know that," Grant asked.

"Don't worry about it," Billy replied. "I just know."

"Billy," Grant said. "What are you not telling us? Ever since we got here, you have acted rather peculiar." Suddenly, the room shook after a loud thud. "It's trying to get to us."

"Open the hatch," Billy yelled.

"No, Billy," Grant yelled.

"It leads to a research room, there's no water, just do it," Billy yelled.

"How do you know," Grant yelled.

"I'll tell you, just do it," Billy yelled again, now starting to get nervous.

"Everyone c'mon," Grant yelled. "Help him up!"

"Mr. Kirby, work with me," Nash said. Paul and Nash helped Guitierrez to his feet. The thudding continued. Water started leaking through the walls.

"The wall will implode if it keeps it up," Grant yelled.

"The hatch, follow me," Billy yelled. He ran to the hatch and opened it up. As he said, there was no water at all. Just empty rooms with incubators like the other facility.

"Have you got Dr. Guitierrez," Grant asked.

"Yeah, just keep going," Paul yelled.

They all jumped down into the lab. Guitierrez held his leg and started running without Paul or Nash's assistance.

"Can you make it sir," Nash asked.

"Yeah, let's hurry," Guitierrez replied smiling.

Suddenly, they heard a loud crash from the other room. The animal had broken through, and water started filling the area. Grant and Billy found a ladder at the end of the corridor that lead downward.

"God," Grant said. "It goes down, we want to go up!"

"It leads to a boat dock, come on," Billy yelled. They took Billy's words to heart and followed him. They climbed down, and they ended up in a hallway. They ran down the hallway and through a door, leading outside.

"Billy," Grant said, low on breath. "You have some explaining to do."

"I know but we must get to safety first," Billy said. "This way!" Again, they all took Billy's lead. They ran across a thin bridge, floating on the water. It led to a cliff side, where they could climb up.

"Look," Grant yelled. They looked over and saw a head of a Plesiosaur loom out of the water. It started striking at Paul, but he evaded it. It then saw Guitierrez. Realizing he had been injured, it attacked at him. It succeeded, getting him by his arm. It pulled him over and into the water.

"Marty," Amanda screamed. "God no!"

"Billy, help him," Grant yelled.

"I'm on it," Billy yelled. He looked around and saw a boat. He jumped on it, started the engine, and ran the boat right into the animal. The animal dropped Guitierrez into the water, and he swam up to the dock. Paul, Amanda, Nash, Daniel, and Grant helped him up. The animal let out a pathetic roar, and it attacked at Billy's boat. Billy hit the floor of the boat and crawled away from the monster, which was striking at him. He looked over and found a harpoon. He picked it up, cocked it, and fired it at the animal. It hit the Plesiosaurus in the neck. However, it didn't go in very far.

"Billy shoot it in its shoulder area," Grant yelled.

Billy pulled the roped harpoon needle back to his gun. He reloaded. He fired it again, hitting the animal in its shoulder region. The animal screamed and went underwater very slowly. Billy stood up in the boat.

"Billy look," Grant yelled. "Duck!"

Billy ducked without looking, which was the smart thing to do. Another Plesiosaurus struck at him. Billy crawled back to the drivers' seat and kicked the boat into full throttle. He grabbed the wheel and steered it away from the research lab. The huge animal jumped up onto the dock.

"Billy, catch up," Grant yelled. "We are going for the cliff!"

"Be there in a sec," Billy yelled. "Go!"

The animal chased Grant, Guitierrez, Daniel, Paul, Nash, and Amanda to the cliff edge. They grabbed the ladder, and the monster realized it couldn't get them. So it went for Billy again. Billy drove the boat around in a loop, taunting the creature to attack him.

"C'mon, over here," Billy yelled. Billy drove the boat over to the animal and smacked its side. He circled the animal and loaded his harpoon. The animal came back up out of the water and lunged into the boat, causing Billy's harpoon to fly out of his hands. The monster then attacked at the boats' hull, causing it to nearly flip.

Grant and the crew watched from high above, on a rail where the ladder led them. Grant noticed a large piece of metal hanging from the rail. Billy drove the boat away from the creature and led it to the cliff edge, right under the rail.

"Let's knock it down onto the creature," Grant said.

"You think it will work," Nash asked.

"If it don't, I've lost a student," Grant replied.

The Plesiosaurus swam under the boat and pinned it against the cliff. Billy looked up and saw Grant and Nash trying to knock the heavy looking piece of metal down.

"Make it land on the boat," Billy yelled.

"Okay," Nash yelled.

Billy looked around and saw a hatch on the boat floor. He dived away from the striking creature, landed on the hatch, and opened it. Inside was the fuel tank. Billy then ran and jumped off the boat. The creature started to climb over the boat after Billy, but the metal strip landed on the boat, smacking the fuel tank, and blew the boat, along with the creature, to smithereens. Billy came up for air, and then swam to the dock. He grabbed the ladder and met with everyone at the top.

"Thank God," Grant said.

"That explosion was cool," Paul said. The team looked at Paul dumbfounded. Everyone stared at him oddly. "I always wanted to see one."

"Billy," Grant asked. "Before we go any further."

"I know, I know," Billy replied. "Let me explain."

"It better be good," Grant said. "Or you may end up back down there."

"Alan," Billy said, making complete eye contact with Grant. "I work for InGen's former board of directors." Billy paused for a moment. Grant changed leg stances. "Mr. Talon saw my name on InGen's old roster, so he was going to originally take me instead of you. Then he found out that I worked under your wing, and he had to take you along too, because you had experience with the animals."

"Billy," Grant said shaking his head.

"I don't totally agree or even like InGen at all," Billy said. "I just need money. my daughter is suffering. I mean, John Hammond was even related to me... the former board members told me I should go with Mr. Talon to not only help stop Biosyn and find Eric and Ben, but to take pictures and bring them back data. which is why I stole the Velociraptor eggs and took pictures of the incubation tanks. They wanted raw data that the animals were still flourishing."

"Dr. Grant," Paul said. "He can't be blamed."

"So who do I blame," Grant yelled. " It's not like I have been lied to over a dozen times already. Kirby Enterprises obviously isn't going to get blamed for this because you people are to important to the economic world!"

"Alan, I am so sorry," Billy said.

"Well, we are going to die anyway, so I'm not going to waste my time on you three. I'm going on my own path. Marty, Nash, and Daniel you're welcome to join me. You three can go to hell for all I care. Hey Billy while you are at it, why don't you steal a few Tyrannosaur eggs or maybe some of those things. Sea World would love to have one of them."

"Alan, please," Billy said, tears filling in his eyes. He was losing the one that he loved more then life itself as even a friend.

"I'm sick of people," Grant yelled. " But out of everyone, I'm sick of you three. Good luck. Oh and Billy, You're just as bad as the people who built this place. Hell, you're related to the people that build this place!" Grant, Nash, Guitierrez, and Daniel Talon walked off leaving the Plesiosaur Paddock behind, going toward a hill leading into a foggy area of the island.

"My life is over," Billy yelled. He started running for the water only to be pulled back by the Kirby's. "Let me go!" Billy was still trying to get away from the Kirby's grasp as he tried to move toward the water.

"Billy, please stop this," Amanda yelled. "Don't do this to yourself! You can't let this be your death. Think of your daughter!"

Billy stopped trying to resist and rested on the floor crying.

"Well," Paul asked, trying to change the subject. "So. what do we do now?"

"I feel so bad," Amanda implied.

"I hate InGen," Paul said out of the blue.

"I'm not mad at Alan," Billy said, trying to dry up his tears. "I would be upset to. Hey. we should follow them. incase they get in trouble. Besides Marty and Nash are both injured, and who knows when Daniel will want to try and attack the Biosyn team, and they'll need the extra numbers."

"It's the least we could do," Amanda said.

"You're right," Paul said. "Come on."

"He thinks I'm a bad guy," Billy implied. "But all I ever wanted was money for my daughter."

"And there isn't anything wrong with that," Amanda said consoling the boy. "We all made some mistakes. But the only reason I came here was to find Eric and Ben."

"Same here," Paul said. "No lies were meant."

"We'd better hurry before we lose them," Billy said. He, Paul, and Amanda went in Grant, Nash, Daniel and Guitierrez's direction, which was right into the jungle surrounding the interior of the island and up into the hilled area where fog was very thick.