SEVENTH ITERATION
"A failed rescue in a chaotic situation means the chances of team survival
to be very slim."
IAN MALCOLM
31. A RETURN Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Friday, July 15, 1999 Isla Sorna, Near Pteranodon Aviary
The team walked up the steep grade, in the center of the island going toward the Pteranodon Aviary and the Lodge. Marty Guitierrez was in the lead of the team as they came up to the large entry gate and entered, making sure to shut the door completely behind them.
Guitierrez sighed as he saw the Lodge in front of him, through the thick fog. For several years he'd been told by Richard Levine that this place was wonderful, and was better then Disney World could ever hope to be, but all Guitierrez had saw so far, was everything but that. There was constant running from large killing machines, stupid corporate people trying to take animals off the island, and the deaths of several people. He did of course enjoy seeing these animals, with the exception of being chased by them. It would've been better to have seen them from the air though. Biology was a large part of Guitierrez's life, but he didn't want to lose his life in the process of studying what he loved.
Everyone entered the lodge slowly as Muldoon took his gun off his shoulders, getting ready for a possible attack.
"What's the need to be worried," Daniel asked. "You lived in here for years and you've got your gun out like your expecting something to be in here."
"Shut your bloody mouth kid," Muldoon said to the EPA agent.
"I'm not a kid," Daniel yelled. "I'm a fucking adult."
Muldoon looked at Daniel's appearance and turned away. "Velociraptors or perhaps something worse might've been able to get in the Aviary after the Pteranodons busted out. I'm not taking any chances."
Suddenly they heard a short moaning from one of the other rooms down the hallway. Grant stopped and stared forward with his eyes wide. He hoped to god that it wasn't an animal.
"Everyone stay here," Grant said. "Mr. Muldoon and I will check it out. We'll be right back."
Grant and Muldoon walked forward going down the hallway where they both saw paper lying on the ground, as well as old food wrappers everywhere. The moan came again from what sounded like to be the next room on the left.
Muldoon got in front of Grant with his gun ready to fire when all of a sudden; the silence was broken by the sound of screaming as Billy Brennan came crashing out the door at them with a hammer. He almost hit Grant in the head before he realized who was there.
"Alan," Billy asked, so stunned that he grabbed Grant and hugged him. "Is it really you?" Billy was beginning to cry.
"Yes, Billy." Grant replied, moving out of the hug. He looked at the blood on Billy's face and the tears in his cloths. "You're not seeing things."
"I thought you guys would've been rescued by now," Billy implied.
"Actually a rescue was attempted," Muldoon said. "But it failed and now four more people are dead and we've got two more people stuck here with us."
"I can't believe you're still alive," Grant said. "I thought those Pteranodons had you."
"So did I, but the thing is they realized that you guys left the main gate to the Aviary open, and they flew out leaving me there," Billy said. "I tell ya though I'm not doing so well. It's hard to walk or anything. It took me forever to get up here. Is there anyway else for us to get off this island now?"
"We don't know," Muldoon replied with despair. "I don't want to lose hope just yet, but if one rescue fails, then another one is bound to fail as well."
"That sounds like something that Malcolm would say," Grant teased.
Muldoon laughed.
From the entrance to the building the three men heard the sound of Ellie Reiman's voice calling them back. "Guys, You might want to get in here. I think I've found something. This might be our only way off this island."
"Was that Ellie," Billy asked.
"Yes," Grant replied. "She was the one that tried to rescue us."
The three men walked back into the main lobby to see the six other people staring at something at the side of the room. The room looked to have been in an even worse mess then it had been in when they all first came in. Grant guessed that everyone started thrashing around the room looking for anything that they might've been able to use to help them out.
Grant, Muldoon, and Billy looked over everyone's shoulders to see a telephone with the cable still connected, and a small light flashing.
"I fixed it," Ellie said putting her hands on her hips in triumph. Ellie had taken several lessons in fixing old equipment two years earlier and they were apparently a good investment. "It was really rather easy."
"I never found a telephone in all of those years that I was trapped here," Muldoon said shocked. "This may just be our ticket out of here."
"Yes, but who do we trust to try to get us out of here the proper way," Ellie asked. "You saw how our rescue failed. We ended up trapped here. We don't want that to happen again."
Guitierrez looked up from the phone and thought about how Levine was always a good person about getting people out of bad situations, and besides he had been to this island before. He should've known what to do. "I think I know the perfect person," Guitierrez informed.
"A failed rescue in a chaotic situation means the chances of team survival
to be very slim."
IAN MALCOLM
31. A RETURN Based from the movie Jurassic Park 3 written by Peter Buchman, Alexander
Payne, and Jim Taylor
Friday, July 15, 1999 Isla Sorna, Near Pteranodon Aviary
The team walked up the steep grade, in the center of the island going toward the Pteranodon Aviary and the Lodge. Marty Guitierrez was in the lead of the team as they came up to the large entry gate and entered, making sure to shut the door completely behind them.
Guitierrez sighed as he saw the Lodge in front of him, through the thick fog. For several years he'd been told by Richard Levine that this place was wonderful, and was better then Disney World could ever hope to be, but all Guitierrez had saw so far, was everything but that. There was constant running from large killing machines, stupid corporate people trying to take animals off the island, and the deaths of several people. He did of course enjoy seeing these animals, with the exception of being chased by them. It would've been better to have seen them from the air though. Biology was a large part of Guitierrez's life, but he didn't want to lose his life in the process of studying what he loved.
Everyone entered the lodge slowly as Muldoon took his gun off his shoulders, getting ready for a possible attack.
"What's the need to be worried," Daniel asked. "You lived in here for years and you've got your gun out like your expecting something to be in here."
"Shut your bloody mouth kid," Muldoon said to the EPA agent.
"I'm not a kid," Daniel yelled. "I'm a fucking adult."
Muldoon looked at Daniel's appearance and turned away. "Velociraptors or perhaps something worse might've been able to get in the Aviary after the Pteranodons busted out. I'm not taking any chances."
Suddenly they heard a short moaning from one of the other rooms down the hallway. Grant stopped and stared forward with his eyes wide. He hoped to god that it wasn't an animal.
"Everyone stay here," Grant said. "Mr. Muldoon and I will check it out. We'll be right back."
Grant and Muldoon walked forward going down the hallway where they both saw paper lying on the ground, as well as old food wrappers everywhere. The moan came again from what sounded like to be the next room on the left.
Muldoon got in front of Grant with his gun ready to fire when all of a sudden; the silence was broken by the sound of screaming as Billy Brennan came crashing out the door at them with a hammer. He almost hit Grant in the head before he realized who was there.
"Alan," Billy asked, so stunned that he grabbed Grant and hugged him. "Is it really you?" Billy was beginning to cry.
"Yes, Billy." Grant replied, moving out of the hug. He looked at the blood on Billy's face and the tears in his cloths. "You're not seeing things."
"I thought you guys would've been rescued by now," Billy implied.
"Actually a rescue was attempted," Muldoon said. "But it failed and now four more people are dead and we've got two more people stuck here with us."
"I can't believe you're still alive," Grant said. "I thought those Pteranodons had you."
"So did I, but the thing is they realized that you guys left the main gate to the Aviary open, and they flew out leaving me there," Billy said. "I tell ya though I'm not doing so well. It's hard to walk or anything. It took me forever to get up here. Is there anyway else for us to get off this island now?"
"We don't know," Muldoon replied with despair. "I don't want to lose hope just yet, but if one rescue fails, then another one is bound to fail as well."
"That sounds like something that Malcolm would say," Grant teased.
Muldoon laughed.
From the entrance to the building the three men heard the sound of Ellie Reiman's voice calling them back. "Guys, You might want to get in here. I think I've found something. This might be our only way off this island."
"Was that Ellie," Billy asked.
"Yes," Grant replied. "She was the one that tried to rescue us."
The three men walked back into the main lobby to see the six other people staring at something at the side of the room. The room looked to have been in an even worse mess then it had been in when they all first came in. Grant guessed that everyone started thrashing around the room looking for anything that they might've been able to use to help them out.
Grant, Muldoon, and Billy looked over everyone's shoulders to see a telephone with the cable still connected, and a small light flashing.
"I fixed it," Ellie said putting her hands on her hips in triumph. Ellie had taken several lessons in fixing old equipment two years earlier and they were apparently a good investment. "It was really rather easy."
"I never found a telephone in all of those years that I was trapped here," Muldoon said shocked. "This may just be our ticket out of here."
"Yes, but who do we trust to try to get us out of here the proper way," Ellie asked. "You saw how our rescue failed. We ended up trapped here. We don't want that to happen again."
Guitierrez looked up from the phone and thought about how Levine was always a good person about getting people out of bad situations, and besides he had been to this island before. He should've known what to do. "I think I know the perfect person," Guitierrez informed.