27. WATER ATTACK
Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Thursday, July 14, 1999 Isla Sorna, Jungle River
The boat rounded a bend into a small lake that was in the middle of the river. Muldoon saw the other side of the river and started toward that direction.
Grant took the phone in his hand and stared at it again. He thought to himself of who to call, and then it occurred to him what Ellie said before he'd left her house, and then started dialing the number.
Suddenly from the far edge of the small lake a large bubbly head popped out of the water. It was the head of a Tyrannosaur coming right toward them. Grant listened to the phone still ringing. Then it clicked as someone started breathing in it.
"Hello," came the voice of Charlie Reiman through the satellite phone.
"Charlie," Grant said through the phone. "Would you hand the phone to your mommy? It's the dinosaur man. Please hurry."
Grant waited for an answer on the other end when from the back of the boat he heard the sound of a Tyrannosaur roar. He turned in shock to see the Rex come slowly out of the water looking straight at all of the people. Amanda and Eric started screaming as they ran to the opposite end of the boat with Paul, Daniel, Ludlow, and Guitierrez following behind.
"Oh great," Grant said. He then started looking for a place that everyone could hide in to try to get away from the vicious animal. He saw they could all fit into the heavy Raptor cage in the back of the boat.
He gestured for them to follow him inside, but they weren't fast enough. The Tyrannosaur rammed the back of the boat with its head, sending them all flying to the floor. In hitting the floor with a thud, Grant lost grip of the wet and slippery satellite phone. It slid across, and down under the head of their dinosaur attacker. He started to go and grab it so he could talk to Ellie, but he knew it would be the last thing he would ever do.
He then saw Muldoon grabbing his gun from the floor as he started to stand. He fired the gun but not in time to stop the Rex from hitting the boat again causing him to loose his sight in the target view. After the hit by the animal, Muldoon's gun was slung out of his hands and went crashing into the water. Muldoon ran and jumped off of the boat after the gun.
"Muldoon," Grant yelled, but it was too late. He had already gone underwater.
"Come on," Grant then heard from Paul, behind him. He turned to see that he, and everyone else were already inside the cage, waving for him to come. Grant dived into the cage and closed the door behind him, just escaping the jaws of death.
The barge was hit again, and the phone slid across passing the cage. Grant reached out to grab it missing. He heard the faint voice of Ellie calling his name through the device.
The Tyrannosaur moved farther out of the water and pounded its foot down on the back of the boat. It rocked back and the phone slid across again. This time, Grant was quicker and whipped the phone into the cage and up to his ear, but it was too late, he had lost connection.
"Damn," Grant yelled.
The Rex reached out with its teeth and grasped the cage, tugging it his direction. He kept pulling, jerking the people back and forth. Finally, the cage budged and began moving straight towards the Rex.
Along their trip on Sorna, Cooper had died, Udesky died, Ben died, Nash died, and his own student, Billy had died. Now, the survivors seemed they had come to their end. Muldoon still had yet to show back up and Grant feared the worse about him too.
Just then the satellite phone rang its catchy trademark Kirby Enterprises jingle.
"Hello," Grant quickly answered.
"Alan," Ellie said over the roars of the Rex. " Is that you? I can't hear you?"
"Ellie," Grant yelled. " We're on Site B. Isla Sorna!" As Grant talked, the Rex was tugging the cage down underwater. The liquid rose in the cage up to the Grant's neck. His words burbled into bubbles as the water consumed him. "Send help!" he blurred just as the cage plunged fully into the water and he lost the satellite phone.
The cage turned downward as it fell to the bottom of the lake. The cage door flew open on the bottom and Grant fell out along with Paul. The cage hit the sandy bottom and the door was blocked, as the cage stood on top of it. The other end of the cage barely stuck out of the top of the water and Guitierrez, Daniel, Ludlow, Amanda, and Eric did their best to float on top and keep their heads above water.
The Rex immediately began its next attack. It jabbed its foot through the bars of the cage and swung it around underwater, scraping through Amanda's shirt and across her belly. He smacked Eric in the face. Ludlow was hit in the head with the claw. The four other people could see the blood pouring out of his head as he screamed. They were repeatedly forced underwater.
Outside the cage, Paul Kirby popped out of the water, watching the Rex over the cage. He whirled around to see how to stop it and then noticed a crane on the other side of the lake. He turned and began swimming towards it.
Meanwhile, Grant surfaced looking around. He moved up to the other side of the cage from the Rex and called to Amanda and the other four- trapped people, searching for a way to let them out.
At that point, the dinosaur gave up using its feet. It thrust its bullhead inside, moving up and down, trying to grab a part of the humans inside. However, his head was so bulky, that it didn't get very far into the cage.
Paul climbed up the slippery crane, trying his best not to slip, fall, and plunge back into the icy cold water.
He finally made it to the top, grasped the end, and he yelled at the large attacker. "Hey," he repeatedly called. The Rex turned around and stared right at him. "Oh shit," Paul whispered.
The animal moved closer and roared. It rammed the crane over and over, making it crash back and forth. Paul finally lost his balance and fell, just catching onto the bottom of the crane. He hung there in mid-air, the Rex roaring madly, swiped and slashed at him.
Grant was busy trying to push over the cage on its side. He finally managed to put enough force in it and it toppled over. Amanda, Guitierrez, Daniel, and Eric swam out carrying Ludlow.
"Get to the shore," Grant told them. He stayed and watched in horror as Paul was just inches away from his doom.
Suddenly Grant felt something in his pocket. Grant found his one last hope. It was the resonation chamber model. Grant thought, "It may not be the best choice, but it's the only choice." He blew through it; the same sounds that Grant had gotten so used to on this island were heard again. The first try didn't sound correct. It was way too loud. On the second try, he was getting closer, but it still sounded like it was too aggressive. Then finally on the third try, he was able to approximate the egg cry he heard the Raptors give before when Amanda was stuck in the Raptor's nest. He kept it up, repeating the same sounds over and over.
The Tyrannosaur started looking away from Paul, confused about this sound that was coming from a non-Raptor. The Rex then got tired of the noise and turned back toward Paul again. The crane looked as if it would tip over any moment with Paul going along.
Suddenly another cry was heard in the jungle. Grant stopped, not certain he heard it. But then it came again. He kept blowing into the chamber.
As the crane began to finally tip, a single Raptor suddenly appeared from the darkness, chirping at the Tyrannosaur, who simple batted away. Then several more Raptors appeared from the darkened jungle beyond. Soon there were dozens gathering, and circling around the Rex. Grant stopped signaling. All of the survivors watched with horrified fascination, knowing their fate was perilous no matter which side won. Looking at his adversaries, the Rex roared. And suddenly the Raptors attacked. The Tyrannosaurus easily handled the first few, but like ants they just kept coming. They climbed up his back, slicing, into him with their razor-sharp claws.
Just then, someone came rushing out of the water. It was Muldoon! He aimed his gun right at some of the barrels floating near the Tyrannosaur and Raptors and fired.
The shot sped across the lake and hit right on one of the barrels. The area around the creatures went off in flames, burning the Rex's belly and its legs. This caused several of the Raptors to fall off of the Rex and into the fire below. The Rex let out a high pitched roar of pain and went stomping out of the lake, with three of the Raptors still crawling on him. In the process the Rex rammed the crane as it went.
Paul was forced to fall down into the water, fire blocking the vision of what happened to him.
"Paul," Amanda screamed.
Grant and Muldoon climbed out of the lake to meet up with Amanda, Guitierrez, Ludlow, Daniel, and Eric.
"No! Dad," Eric called, staring where his father fell. Amanda let out a tear, wrapping her arms round her son. Grant was solemn. He knew how they felt, for he had lost someone on this island too. The silence was broken with a voice.
"What are you guys crying about," Paul Kirby asked, climbing out of the water, completely drenched. Caught totally by surprise, Amanda and her son shot into the arms of Paul. It made Grant smile to see the sight as Paul gave him a thumbs up, while hugging his family.
Grant walked up to Muldoon who was watching the Tyrannosaur running off into the jungle still on fire roaring like hell with the Raptors finally falling off of him.
"I always wanted to do that to one of those bloody bastards," Muldoon said. "Nice idea with the raptors too."
"Why did you jump off of the boat," Grant asked. "You could've been killed."
"I had to get my gun back," Muldoon replied with a smile. "You think I'm going to just let a gun like this go to waste on some lake bottom. Besides I'm kinda found of it."
Grant smiled. Muldoon still hadn't changed after all of these years. He was still a dare devil that didn't care what other people thought of him. That's what Grant admired about Muldoon the most.
Guitierrez and Paul walked over carrying Ludlow, while Daniel, Amanda, and Eric were still watching the Rex leave hoping that he didn't come back. They also hoped that the Raptors wouldn't be coming after them again either.
"We have to get Mr. Ludlow to a doctor," Guitierrez said.
"We will as soon as we get off of this damn island," Grant replied. "That is if we get off this island."
"You think that call went through," Muldoon asked. "You believe that she is going to come save us?"
"Who," Paul asked.
"Ellie," Grant replied as he and Muldoon began to walk away. "I'm sure that she'll save us. I have all of my faith and trust in her. Don't worry about it."
"Who's Ellie," Paul asked, trying to help Guitierrez with Ludlow as everyone else followed the other two away from the battle area, and hopefully the last time they had to deal with one of the Rexes. However Grant was sure that it wasn't the last time.
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Thursday, July 14, 1999 Isla Sorna, Jungle River
The boat rounded a bend into a small lake that was in the middle of the river. Muldoon saw the other side of the river and started toward that direction.
Grant took the phone in his hand and stared at it again. He thought to himself of who to call, and then it occurred to him what Ellie said before he'd left her house, and then started dialing the number.
Suddenly from the far edge of the small lake a large bubbly head popped out of the water. It was the head of a Tyrannosaur coming right toward them. Grant listened to the phone still ringing. Then it clicked as someone started breathing in it.
"Hello," came the voice of Charlie Reiman through the satellite phone.
"Charlie," Grant said through the phone. "Would you hand the phone to your mommy? It's the dinosaur man. Please hurry."
Grant waited for an answer on the other end when from the back of the boat he heard the sound of a Tyrannosaur roar. He turned in shock to see the Rex come slowly out of the water looking straight at all of the people. Amanda and Eric started screaming as they ran to the opposite end of the boat with Paul, Daniel, Ludlow, and Guitierrez following behind.
"Oh great," Grant said. He then started looking for a place that everyone could hide in to try to get away from the vicious animal. He saw they could all fit into the heavy Raptor cage in the back of the boat.
He gestured for them to follow him inside, but they weren't fast enough. The Tyrannosaur rammed the back of the boat with its head, sending them all flying to the floor. In hitting the floor with a thud, Grant lost grip of the wet and slippery satellite phone. It slid across, and down under the head of their dinosaur attacker. He started to go and grab it so he could talk to Ellie, but he knew it would be the last thing he would ever do.
He then saw Muldoon grabbing his gun from the floor as he started to stand. He fired the gun but not in time to stop the Rex from hitting the boat again causing him to loose his sight in the target view. After the hit by the animal, Muldoon's gun was slung out of his hands and went crashing into the water. Muldoon ran and jumped off of the boat after the gun.
"Muldoon," Grant yelled, but it was too late. He had already gone underwater.
"Come on," Grant then heard from Paul, behind him. He turned to see that he, and everyone else were already inside the cage, waving for him to come. Grant dived into the cage and closed the door behind him, just escaping the jaws of death.
The barge was hit again, and the phone slid across passing the cage. Grant reached out to grab it missing. He heard the faint voice of Ellie calling his name through the device.
The Tyrannosaur moved farther out of the water and pounded its foot down on the back of the boat. It rocked back and the phone slid across again. This time, Grant was quicker and whipped the phone into the cage and up to his ear, but it was too late, he had lost connection.
"Damn," Grant yelled.
The Rex reached out with its teeth and grasped the cage, tugging it his direction. He kept pulling, jerking the people back and forth. Finally, the cage budged and began moving straight towards the Rex.
Along their trip on Sorna, Cooper had died, Udesky died, Ben died, Nash died, and his own student, Billy had died. Now, the survivors seemed they had come to their end. Muldoon still had yet to show back up and Grant feared the worse about him too.
Just then the satellite phone rang its catchy trademark Kirby Enterprises jingle.
"Hello," Grant quickly answered.
"Alan," Ellie said over the roars of the Rex. " Is that you? I can't hear you?"
"Ellie," Grant yelled. " We're on Site B. Isla Sorna!" As Grant talked, the Rex was tugging the cage down underwater. The liquid rose in the cage up to the Grant's neck. His words burbled into bubbles as the water consumed him. "Send help!" he blurred just as the cage plunged fully into the water and he lost the satellite phone.
The cage turned downward as it fell to the bottom of the lake. The cage door flew open on the bottom and Grant fell out along with Paul. The cage hit the sandy bottom and the door was blocked, as the cage stood on top of it. The other end of the cage barely stuck out of the top of the water and Guitierrez, Daniel, Ludlow, Amanda, and Eric did their best to float on top and keep their heads above water.
The Rex immediately began its next attack. It jabbed its foot through the bars of the cage and swung it around underwater, scraping through Amanda's shirt and across her belly. He smacked Eric in the face. Ludlow was hit in the head with the claw. The four other people could see the blood pouring out of his head as he screamed. They were repeatedly forced underwater.
Outside the cage, Paul Kirby popped out of the water, watching the Rex over the cage. He whirled around to see how to stop it and then noticed a crane on the other side of the lake. He turned and began swimming towards it.
Meanwhile, Grant surfaced looking around. He moved up to the other side of the cage from the Rex and called to Amanda and the other four- trapped people, searching for a way to let them out.
At that point, the dinosaur gave up using its feet. It thrust its bullhead inside, moving up and down, trying to grab a part of the humans inside. However, his head was so bulky, that it didn't get very far into the cage.
Paul climbed up the slippery crane, trying his best not to slip, fall, and plunge back into the icy cold water.
He finally made it to the top, grasped the end, and he yelled at the large attacker. "Hey," he repeatedly called. The Rex turned around and stared right at him. "Oh shit," Paul whispered.
The animal moved closer and roared. It rammed the crane over and over, making it crash back and forth. Paul finally lost his balance and fell, just catching onto the bottom of the crane. He hung there in mid-air, the Rex roaring madly, swiped and slashed at him.
Grant was busy trying to push over the cage on its side. He finally managed to put enough force in it and it toppled over. Amanda, Guitierrez, Daniel, and Eric swam out carrying Ludlow.
"Get to the shore," Grant told them. He stayed and watched in horror as Paul was just inches away from his doom.
Suddenly Grant felt something in his pocket. Grant found his one last hope. It was the resonation chamber model. Grant thought, "It may not be the best choice, but it's the only choice." He blew through it; the same sounds that Grant had gotten so used to on this island were heard again. The first try didn't sound correct. It was way too loud. On the second try, he was getting closer, but it still sounded like it was too aggressive. Then finally on the third try, he was able to approximate the egg cry he heard the Raptors give before when Amanda was stuck in the Raptor's nest. He kept it up, repeating the same sounds over and over.
The Tyrannosaur started looking away from Paul, confused about this sound that was coming from a non-Raptor. The Rex then got tired of the noise and turned back toward Paul again. The crane looked as if it would tip over any moment with Paul going along.
Suddenly another cry was heard in the jungle. Grant stopped, not certain he heard it. But then it came again. He kept blowing into the chamber.
As the crane began to finally tip, a single Raptor suddenly appeared from the darkness, chirping at the Tyrannosaur, who simple batted away. Then several more Raptors appeared from the darkened jungle beyond. Soon there were dozens gathering, and circling around the Rex. Grant stopped signaling. All of the survivors watched with horrified fascination, knowing their fate was perilous no matter which side won. Looking at his adversaries, the Rex roared. And suddenly the Raptors attacked. The Tyrannosaurus easily handled the first few, but like ants they just kept coming. They climbed up his back, slicing, into him with their razor-sharp claws.
Just then, someone came rushing out of the water. It was Muldoon! He aimed his gun right at some of the barrels floating near the Tyrannosaur and Raptors and fired.
The shot sped across the lake and hit right on one of the barrels. The area around the creatures went off in flames, burning the Rex's belly and its legs. This caused several of the Raptors to fall off of the Rex and into the fire below. The Rex let out a high pitched roar of pain and went stomping out of the lake, with three of the Raptors still crawling on him. In the process the Rex rammed the crane as it went.
Paul was forced to fall down into the water, fire blocking the vision of what happened to him.
"Paul," Amanda screamed.
Grant and Muldoon climbed out of the lake to meet up with Amanda, Guitierrez, Ludlow, Daniel, and Eric.
"No! Dad," Eric called, staring where his father fell. Amanda let out a tear, wrapping her arms round her son. Grant was solemn. He knew how they felt, for he had lost someone on this island too. The silence was broken with a voice.
"What are you guys crying about," Paul Kirby asked, climbing out of the water, completely drenched. Caught totally by surprise, Amanda and her son shot into the arms of Paul. It made Grant smile to see the sight as Paul gave him a thumbs up, while hugging his family.
Grant walked up to Muldoon who was watching the Tyrannosaur running off into the jungle still on fire roaring like hell with the Raptors finally falling off of him.
"I always wanted to do that to one of those bloody bastards," Muldoon said. "Nice idea with the raptors too."
"Why did you jump off of the boat," Grant asked. "You could've been killed."
"I had to get my gun back," Muldoon replied with a smile. "You think I'm going to just let a gun like this go to waste on some lake bottom. Besides I'm kinda found of it."
Grant smiled. Muldoon still hadn't changed after all of these years. He was still a dare devil that didn't care what other people thought of him. That's what Grant admired about Muldoon the most.
Guitierrez and Paul walked over carrying Ludlow, while Daniel, Amanda, and Eric were still watching the Rex leave hoping that he didn't come back. They also hoped that the Raptors wouldn't be coming after them again either.
"We have to get Mr. Ludlow to a doctor," Guitierrez said.
"We will as soon as we get off of this damn island," Grant replied. "That is if we get off this island."
"You think that call went through," Muldoon asked. "You believe that she is going to come save us?"
"Who," Paul asked.
"Ellie," Grant replied as he and Muldoon began to walk away. "I'm sure that she'll save us. I have all of my faith and trust in her. Don't worry about it."
"Who's Ellie," Paul asked, trying to help Guitierrez with Ludlow as everyone else followed the other two away from the battle area, and hopefully the last time they had to deal with one of the Rexes. However Grant was sure that it wasn't the last time.