29. RAPTOR CONVERSATIONS
Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Friday, July 15, 1999 Isla Sorna, Forest
Alan Grant moved through the jungle followed by the rest of the team, leaving the river behind. Guitierrez and Paul were still carrying Ludlow, because of his head injury caused by the Tyrannosaur.
Paul Kirby looked over to his ex-wife and son walking beside him. He decided to end the tension between them by bringing up a happy time that they'd all shared.
"Remember that one fishing trip," Paul asked Amanda and Eric. "We went to the lake with our trailer," Paul continued, "and when I backed up, it fell into the water. And then I called the tow truck to pull it out, and then his car fell into the water with us. He wanted to knock my lights out, but then I told him that I was the owner of Kirby Enterprises, he immediately forgot all about it." Smiles lit up Amanda and her son's face, looking at Paul lovingly. "I miss fishing..." Paul trailed off, lost in his thoughts. Their conversation was interrupted when Muldoon cocked his left eye toward a direction to the left.
Muldoon looked around holding his gun in hand. He smelled the air and bent over to pick up some leaves. He dropped them as the wind blew them back toward his legs. They were downwind. "The shed should be in that direction," Muldoon implied pointing to the right into the foliage. "I'm not so sure we should go there anymore, because of raptors. There is another nest on this island besides the one that you told me was in the main lab. I'm not exactly sure where it is though. That is the problem. Everyone follow me slowly."
"I'm thinking that where those raptors attacked us on the lake is where the raptors nest is," Grant whispered.
Muldoon looked at Grant. "That's very possible, but you never know when a Raptor might show up. Those creatures are all over this island. The place is over run with them." Muldoon chuckled. "I guess there are two reasons why the population has been slowly decreasing over the years."
"What," Grant asked.
"Malcolm never told you about the DX virus," Muldoon asked.
"No," Grant replied. "I never talk to Ian. He's too annoying."
Muldoon laughed. "You've got that right. However, the DX virus was something that apparently had been spreading throughout the island for several years even before you went to see Isla Nublar. Hammond's teams were having dozens of problems with this virus and couldn't ever really figure out a cure, so the only thing they could do was keep the population up and dispose of the animals that would die. I guess either the Raptors are immune to the virus' affects, or the raptors can just easily repopulate their community very quickly."
The team continued following Muldoon into the foliage slowly as to not make any noise. A small purring sound was then heard from the trees beyond. Muldoon stopped. Even though they were downwind the Raptors could still sense them coming. They were now in big trouble.
"Everyone," Muldoon whispered. "Start running in the other direction."
"What's wrong," Amanda asked, starting to shiver from fear.
"We're being hunted," Muldoon replied. "We have to leave now. Run!"
Everyone started running for their lives, back in the other direction that they had came, now hearing the roars of Velociraptors. Grant turned around to see five Raptors running right toward them. They want the eggs, Grant thought to himself, 'that's why they're after us. They know we have the eggs, and they want them.'
Everyone kept running away from the Raptors, Paul and Guitierrez trying to keep up while they carried Ludlow. Muldoon was in the lead as he came out at the game trail and saw the large structure that everyone knew to be the high hide.
Muldoon led everyone to the hide and started climbing the struts. They all climbed after him, going faster and faster, grabbing strut after strut. The Raptors finally made it to the hide and they then started making strange noises. Grant listened to them.
"Oh, my god," Grant said. "They're communicating!" Grant couldn't believe it. His theory on Raptor intelligence had become fact. Grant smiled a little, now believing that his research was actually worth something.
The Raptors stared at the people in the hide waiting for something. Grant then grabbed the eggs out of his pack and got ready to give them to the Raptors, when all of a sudden they were yanked out of his hands by Ludlow.
"What the hell are you doing," Grant yelled at Hammond's nephew.
Ludlow started to climb down the hide. "Something I should've done a long time ago. I shouldn't destroy the animals. I should make my own, somewhere else. I'll be rich and this time the Hammond family will be successful."
Peter Ludlow then jumped out of the hide crashing on several Velociraptors that broke his fall. He got up and started running in the woods as two of the Raptors started following him. He saw the Raptors and tried to pick up speed but it was hard for him to do so with his injury. Also with this, his vision was starting to get blurry. He began to lose conciseness, and fell to the ground.
The two Raptors stopped at him and looked almost in shock about the odd man's new position. The animals squawked at each other and then shook their heads. They both put their heads up and made a loud screeching sound that attracted the other three raptors away from the high hide, allowing the team to escape from the hide. Grant started climbing down to start off in the Raptor's direction.
"What are you doing," Muldoon yelled, following after him.
"We have to know what they are going to do to him," Grant implied. "It has to be known. If we just leave him we won't know if he's still alive or not."
"You know good and well that those raptors will kill him," Muldoon said. "Think, Alan."
"I know," Grant said. " But we must know what'll happen. We'll go across the jungle in that canopy." Grant pointed up in the trees. "We'll be safe up there."
Everyone followed Grant into the canopy. They all went from tree to tree, trying to find Ludlow and the Raptors when Amanda looked down and spotted him. Peter Ludlow was laying face down in the dirt, not moving.
"Mr. Ludlow," Amanda yelled. "Mr. Ludlow are you alright."
"Should we go get him," Guitierrez asked.
"No," Eric said. "Something is happening."
They all looked down at Ludlow as they heard him coughing. He started to move slowly, almost crawling, trying to get away from the area.
"I can't stand it anymore," Amanda said, starting to climb down. "I'm going to get him."
"Don't," Grant said.
All of a sudden a Velociraptor jumped out of the bushes below and jumped at Amanda causing her to slip and be tossed upside down with her feet hanging off of the branch. She screamed as the animal looked up at her and got ready to jump.
"Amanda, no," Paul yelled.
Muldoon pulled up his gun and fired. The animal was hit but jumped anyway trying to get at her, but Guitierrez and Daniel Talon had already started pulling her up and she was taken out of the jaws of death.
The raptor that was hit was now starting to hobble away back in the direction of the high hide and it's nest.
Another animal came out of the foliage and started walking around Ludlow as he tried to crawl away from the raptor. The animal started walking over him as Ludlow started to panic and go faster.
The animal then pulled its head down on the neck of Ludlow and twisted, making Peter Ludlow's neck crack and break. Ludlow's body was then silenced. The raptor ran back into the jungle.
"They set a trap," Eric said smiling. "They actually set a trap."
"Yes," Muldoon replied shaking his head. "Never thought they had it in them."
"My god," Grant said. "This is unbelievable." Right then everyone heard an odd sound like a motor. It seemed to be the sound of a helicopter. Grant looked up and listened along with everyone else.
"That sounds like a helicopter," Paul implied.
"Let's go people," Grant said smiling. "I think our ride has arrived."
Everyone started crawling back through the trees, and went toward the helicopter sound. They hoped that they were going to be saved.
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Friday, July 15, 1999 Isla Sorna, Forest
Alan Grant moved through the jungle followed by the rest of the team, leaving the river behind. Guitierrez and Paul were still carrying Ludlow, because of his head injury caused by the Tyrannosaur.
Paul Kirby looked over to his ex-wife and son walking beside him. He decided to end the tension between them by bringing up a happy time that they'd all shared.
"Remember that one fishing trip," Paul asked Amanda and Eric. "We went to the lake with our trailer," Paul continued, "and when I backed up, it fell into the water. And then I called the tow truck to pull it out, and then his car fell into the water with us. He wanted to knock my lights out, but then I told him that I was the owner of Kirby Enterprises, he immediately forgot all about it." Smiles lit up Amanda and her son's face, looking at Paul lovingly. "I miss fishing..." Paul trailed off, lost in his thoughts. Their conversation was interrupted when Muldoon cocked his left eye toward a direction to the left.
Muldoon looked around holding his gun in hand. He smelled the air and bent over to pick up some leaves. He dropped them as the wind blew them back toward his legs. They were downwind. "The shed should be in that direction," Muldoon implied pointing to the right into the foliage. "I'm not so sure we should go there anymore, because of raptors. There is another nest on this island besides the one that you told me was in the main lab. I'm not exactly sure where it is though. That is the problem. Everyone follow me slowly."
"I'm thinking that where those raptors attacked us on the lake is where the raptors nest is," Grant whispered.
Muldoon looked at Grant. "That's very possible, but you never know when a Raptor might show up. Those creatures are all over this island. The place is over run with them." Muldoon chuckled. "I guess there are two reasons why the population has been slowly decreasing over the years."
"What," Grant asked.
"Malcolm never told you about the DX virus," Muldoon asked.
"No," Grant replied. "I never talk to Ian. He's too annoying."
Muldoon laughed. "You've got that right. However, the DX virus was something that apparently had been spreading throughout the island for several years even before you went to see Isla Nublar. Hammond's teams were having dozens of problems with this virus and couldn't ever really figure out a cure, so the only thing they could do was keep the population up and dispose of the animals that would die. I guess either the Raptors are immune to the virus' affects, or the raptors can just easily repopulate their community very quickly."
The team continued following Muldoon into the foliage slowly as to not make any noise. A small purring sound was then heard from the trees beyond. Muldoon stopped. Even though they were downwind the Raptors could still sense them coming. They were now in big trouble.
"Everyone," Muldoon whispered. "Start running in the other direction."
"What's wrong," Amanda asked, starting to shiver from fear.
"We're being hunted," Muldoon replied. "We have to leave now. Run!"
Everyone started running for their lives, back in the other direction that they had came, now hearing the roars of Velociraptors. Grant turned around to see five Raptors running right toward them. They want the eggs, Grant thought to himself, 'that's why they're after us. They know we have the eggs, and they want them.'
Everyone kept running away from the Raptors, Paul and Guitierrez trying to keep up while they carried Ludlow. Muldoon was in the lead as he came out at the game trail and saw the large structure that everyone knew to be the high hide.
Muldoon led everyone to the hide and started climbing the struts. They all climbed after him, going faster and faster, grabbing strut after strut. The Raptors finally made it to the hide and they then started making strange noises. Grant listened to them.
"Oh, my god," Grant said. "They're communicating!" Grant couldn't believe it. His theory on Raptor intelligence had become fact. Grant smiled a little, now believing that his research was actually worth something.
The Raptors stared at the people in the hide waiting for something. Grant then grabbed the eggs out of his pack and got ready to give them to the Raptors, when all of a sudden they were yanked out of his hands by Ludlow.
"What the hell are you doing," Grant yelled at Hammond's nephew.
Ludlow started to climb down the hide. "Something I should've done a long time ago. I shouldn't destroy the animals. I should make my own, somewhere else. I'll be rich and this time the Hammond family will be successful."
Peter Ludlow then jumped out of the hide crashing on several Velociraptors that broke his fall. He got up and started running in the woods as two of the Raptors started following him. He saw the Raptors and tried to pick up speed but it was hard for him to do so with his injury. Also with this, his vision was starting to get blurry. He began to lose conciseness, and fell to the ground.
The two Raptors stopped at him and looked almost in shock about the odd man's new position. The animals squawked at each other and then shook their heads. They both put their heads up and made a loud screeching sound that attracted the other three raptors away from the high hide, allowing the team to escape from the hide. Grant started climbing down to start off in the Raptor's direction.
"What are you doing," Muldoon yelled, following after him.
"We have to know what they are going to do to him," Grant implied. "It has to be known. If we just leave him we won't know if he's still alive or not."
"You know good and well that those raptors will kill him," Muldoon said. "Think, Alan."
"I know," Grant said. " But we must know what'll happen. We'll go across the jungle in that canopy." Grant pointed up in the trees. "We'll be safe up there."
Everyone followed Grant into the canopy. They all went from tree to tree, trying to find Ludlow and the Raptors when Amanda looked down and spotted him. Peter Ludlow was laying face down in the dirt, not moving.
"Mr. Ludlow," Amanda yelled. "Mr. Ludlow are you alright."
"Should we go get him," Guitierrez asked.
"No," Eric said. "Something is happening."
They all looked down at Ludlow as they heard him coughing. He started to move slowly, almost crawling, trying to get away from the area.
"I can't stand it anymore," Amanda said, starting to climb down. "I'm going to get him."
"Don't," Grant said.
All of a sudden a Velociraptor jumped out of the bushes below and jumped at Amanda causing her to slip and be tossed upside down with her feet hanging off of the branch. She screamed as the animal looked up at her and got ready to jump.
"Amanda, no," Paul yelled.
Muldoon pulled up his gun and fired. The animal was hit but jumped anyway trying to get at her, but Guitierrez and Daniel Talon had already started pulling her up and she was taken out of the jaws of death.
The raptor that was hit was now starting to hobble away back in the direction of the high hide and it's nest.
Another animal came out of the foliage and started walking around Ludlow as he tried to crawl away from the raptor. The animal started walking over him as Ludlow started to panic and go faster.
The animal then pulled its head down on the neck of Ludlow and twisted, making Peter Ludlow's neck crack and break. Ludlow's body was then silenced. The raptor ran back into the jungle.
"They set a trap," Eric said smiling. "They actually set a trap."
"Yes," Muldoon replied shaking his head. "Never thought they had it in them."
"My god," Grant said. "This is unbelievable." Right then everyone heard an odd sound like a motor. It seemed to be the sound of a helicopter. Grant looked up and listened along with everyone else.
"That sounds like a helicopter," Paul implied.
"Let's go people," Grant said smiling. "I think our ride has arrived."
Everyone started crawling back through the trees, and went toward the helicopter sound. They hoped that they were going to be saved.