5. TAKE OFF
San Francisco International Airport was bustling with people all in search of one thing, the chance to travel somewhere. Bags were being loaded onto the conveyer belt to be taken to their respected planes while people rushed to get onboard themselves. There were still yet other people running around in a chaotic mess throughout the building. In the middle of this mess stood Dr. Hunter Coleman, confused and looking around for Mr. Campbell to hopefully show up any moment.
Hunter Coleman had taken a flight from New York to San Francisco about two hours after his meeting with Edward Campbell. He'd spent 4 hours on a Boeing 747 in suspense of getting to see all of the amazing animals at Jurassic Congo, but why wouldn't he want to see them? Hunter was a Paleontologist and loved everything dealing with dinosaurs. This all seemed too good to be true. The fact that the InGen dinosaurs were still alive gave Hunter new meaning to being a Paleontologist. He felt so excited to be lucky enough to be able to go see the animals that were going to be there.
Suddenly a well-dressed man wearing some type of black suit walked up to Hunter.
"Are you Dr. Coleman," the man asked.
"Yes," Hunter replied questionably.
"Good," the man smiled. "Mr. Campbell is waiting for you at terminal 22. Walk this way sir." The man began walking away from Hunter at a fast pace. Hunter was barely able to keep up with the man as he pushed past all of the crowds of people that now seemed to be walking much slower then they were. Hunter couldn't understand what this man's hurry was, but he wasn't about to stop him to ask for he'd be afraid that the man would've knocked several people down in the process. Hunter continued to follow the man through the traffic of people as they neared closer to terminal 22. As they finally reached the terminal, Hunter spotted Edward Campbell wearing another of his expensive business suits and standing beside him was a short kid with simi-long hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a black hat that he was wearing backwards, and a dark blue long sleeve shirt with buttons at the top. Hunter immediately identified him as Eric Kirby.
Eric looked over at Hunter and smiled. "Hey Hunter!" The kid ran over to Hunter and hugged him tightly. When Kirby Enterprises bought stock in the Museum of Natural History in New York, Eric hadn't cared for getting to know any of the people that worked there, but he later on, during one of his visits to the museum, started talking to Hunter whom at the time had just gotten out of college. Seeing that Eric wanted to be a Paleontologist himself, he began to see some things that he and Hunter both had in common. Eric also thought that Hunter was really cute, but he was married, so he never tried to tell him how he really felt. Perhaps he would this weekend, since Hunter's wife was obviously not with him.
Eric would find himself spending more time with Hunter then his own parents, seeing as which Kirby Enterprises had to move to San Francisco after their mishap in Enid, Oklahoma. Hell, the company was too big for a small city like that in the first place. Eric's parents were always in San Francisco and were only around Eric when he had to go to school, or when they were just stopping at the museum to see how things were going with the equipment in the building.
Hunter was on a project in the museum that dwelt with making machines that were supposed to be scientifically accurate to what scientists believed dinosaurs looked like. Eric helped Hunter with the project as much as he could, but his parents hated for him to do any of it, because it was too related to Jurassic Park. Eric's parents were scared that the smallest thing dealing with dinosaurs would make him obsessed with seeing them again and he'd end up going on some crusade around the world to try and find a place that InGen dinosaurs still inhabited. Eric smiled. He knew that the animals still existed and thanks to Edward Campbell and the Zinj Corporation, he was finally going to be able to see them again.
Eric released his hold on Hunter and allowed him to step over to Campbell.
"Sorry we're so late," Campbell said, shaking Hunter's hand. "We ran into a traffic problem. How was your flight?"
"Not to bad," Hunter replied smiling. "I'll just be glad when we finally arrive at your park."
Campbell smiled. "That's the spirit. I'm glad you're excited about getting there. It makes me feel more confident that this park will work out." Campbell looked at Hunter. He seemed to be out of breath. "My boy, you look like you just participated in a marathon."
"You're friend made me practically run all the way here."
"Oh, this is Jeffery Robinson my assistant," Campbell implied. "I'm sorry you had to take an unexpected marathon, but he's always in a rush."
Jeffery Robinson was 27 and one of the trustworthiest assistants that Campbell had ever worked with. The man was a genius and in a way he was a better businessman then Campbell had ever hoped to become. He'd even considered making Jeffery his partner in the company, but the board members decided against it in an anonymous decision, and Campbell didn't dare to oppose the board. Although he was the owner of the company he had to worry about the board trying to shut the company down, or worse, they'd tell the world of the animals in Jurassic Congo.
Secrets were the main key to making Jurassic Congo a success. If the company hadn't kept the park a secret the company would've been exploited and shut down by the government. The whole world seemed to be taking steps to insure that the InGen dinosaurs were never brought back again. Zinj Bioengineering was just lucky enough to have powerful sources like Tosha Johnson as their sponsors. Even Jeffery Robinson had gotten them out of a few close calls in the past with the Zaire government. There had been times that they had tried to send investigators to the park to find out just what attractions were going to be shown, but Jeffery was able to persuade them otherwise with threats of money lose and law suits to come to them in the future. Zinj Bioengineering would stop at nothing and hire anyone that they had to, to make sure that they were able to complete the park and open it to all of the smiling faces of the world.
"That's quite alright," Hunter replied. He then decided to change the subject to something that he really wanted to discuss. "So, when are we going to take off?"
"We'll be leaving very shortly," Campbell smiled. "Right now we're just waiting for someone important to arrive. She's one of our sponsors. It makes me wonder why she's so late." Tosha had never been one to be late somewhere, especially when it was dealing with something as important as this investigation. Campbell thought that Tosha would've been the first person there and that she would've yelled at him for having to wait.
Jeffery walked over to Campbell and the two men stepped aside to where Hunter and Eric wouldn't be able to here them. "Where do you think Tosha is?"
Campbell sighed. "I'm not sure. She went to deal with whomever was supposed to watch Eric while his parents went on vacation."
"Do you know anything about the babysitters," Jeffery asked.
"As far as I know, it was only one person," Campbell replied. "She is Eric's aunt, Karen Bellingham. She lives alone here in San Francisco."
"Married," Jeffery asked.
"Divorced," Campbell replied. "Amazingly though, we were never able to figure out her maiden name." He didn't want to reveal yet that he knew that she was really Karen Ross. He wanted to wait until Tosha arrived so he could see her face when he told her.
Suddenly, Tosha could be seen walking toward the other people, however she wasn't alone. A beautiful woman wearing safari clothing of some kind accompanied her. She had long blondish brown hair and a smile on her face.
Campbell heard Eric call out someone's name. "Aunt Karen!" Eric ran up to the woman and hugged her.
"Hello Eric hunny," Ross replied.
Tosha walked up to Campbell and Jeffery. "Sorry that we're late. The traffic in this city is horrible."
"Who is the lady," Campbell asked.
"Eric's aunt, Karen Ross," Tosha replied smiling.
"So her last name is Ross," Jeffery implied, shaking his head.
"I thought this wasn't a little fun filled vacation," Campbell asked smiling. "I thought you said this was a fucking investigation if I remember what you said correctly?"
"Shut up you stupid son of a bitch," Tosha whispered. "This is Dr. Karen Ross. She went on the only expedition to the Lost City of Zinj that actually had survivors. She's been through all of the elements. She's had to battle with those damn gray gorillas that you love, and she's even dwelt with the dreaded Kigani! So I won't stand here and listen to your damn bullshit!"
Campbell laughed. "Tosha darling. I knew who she was the whole time."
Tosha looked shocked and pissed at the same time. "What!"
"I knew that she was Karen Ross. I also knew that she would be looking after Eric this weekend. That's one of the main reasons that we wanted to chose Eric Kirby as our JP Survivor."
"All of this bullshit that I've went through was all just to get Karen Ross on this trip?"
"That's right darling," Campbell smiled.
"I really hate you sometimes," Tosha implied.
"I know," Campbell replied smiling. "That's why we work so well together." Ross and Eric suddenly walked over and joined everyone else. "Hello, Dr. Ross. My name is Edward Campbell and well, I'm responsible for all of this. I guess you could say that at least. This man beside me is my assistant, Jeffery Robinson."
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Campbell and Mr. Robinson," Ross said smiling. She was holding onto Eric. The two seemed to be very close. Not many family members ever got along with each other very well, but it seemed that these two cared for each other a lot.
"So are we ready to take off," Tosha asked.
"We've been ready for the past fourteen minutes," Campbell said looking at his watch. "We were just waiting for you two. Follow me everyone."
The six people walked into the terminal that they'd been standing at for so long already. They went through the shaft toward the plane and where they'd be for the next several hours.
It was four o' clock in the evening when the Zinj Bioengineering Corporate Jet took off from San Francisco International Airport, lifting ponderously into the daytime air, and they headed east toward Africa, and they're expedition.
San Francisco International Airport was bustling with people all in search of one thing, the chance to travel somewhere. Bags were being loaded onto the conveyer belt to be taken to their respected planes while people rushed to get onboard themselves. There were still yet other people running around in a chaotic mess throughout the building. In the middle of this mess stood Dr. Hunter Coleman, confused and looking around for Mr. Campbell to hopefully show up any moment.
Hunter Coleman had taken a flight from New York to San Francisco about two hours after his meeting with Edward Campbell. He'd spent 4 hours on a Boeing 747 in suspense of getting to see all of the amazing animals at Jurassic Congo, but why wouldn't he want to see them? Hunter was a Paleontologist and loved everything dealing with dinosaurs. This all seemed too good to be true. The fact that the InGen dinosaurs were still alive gave Hunter new meaning to being a Paleontologist. He felt so excited to be lucky enough to be able to go see the animals that were going to be there.
Suddenly a well-dressed man wearing some type of black suit walked up to Hunter.
"Are you Dr. Coleman," the man asked.
"Yes," Hunter replied questionably.
"Good," the man smiled. "Mr. Campbell is waiting for you at terminal 22. Walk this way sir." The man began walking away from Hunter at a fast pace. Hunter was barely able to keep up with the man as he pushed past all of the crowds of people that now seemed to be walking much slower then they were. Hunter couldn't understand what this man's hurry was, but he wasn't about to stop him to ask for he'd be afraid that the man would've knocked several people down in the process. Hunter continued to follow the man through the traffic of people as they neared closer to terminal 22. As they finally reached the terminal, Hunter spotted Edward Campbell wearing another of his expensive business suits and standing beside him was a short kid with simi-long hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a black hat that he was wearing backwards, and a dark blue long sleeve shirt with buttons at the top. Hunter immediately identified him as Eric Kirby.
Eric looked over at Hunter and smiled. "Hey Hunter!" The kid ran over to Hunter and hugged him tightly. When Kirby Enterprises bought stock in the Museum of Natural History in New York, Eric hadn't cared for getting to know any of the people that worked there, but he later on, during one of his visits to the museum, started talking to Hunter whom at the time had just gotten out of college. Seeing that Eric wanted to be a Paleontologist himself, he began to see some things that he and Hunter both had in common. Eric also thought that Hunter was really cute, but he was married, so he never tried to tell him how he really felt. Perhaps he would this weekend, since Hunter's wife was obviously not with him.
Eric would find himself spending more time with Hunter then his own parents, seeing as which Kirby Enterprises had to move to San Francisco after their mishap in Enid, Oklahoma. Hell, the company was too big for a small city like that in the first place. Eric's parents were always in San Francisco and were only around Eric when he had to go to school, or when they were just stopping at the museum to see how things were going with the equipment in the building.
Hunter was on a project in the museum that dwelt with making machines that were supposed to be scientifically accurate to what scientists believed dinosaurs looked like. Eric helped Hunter with the project as much as he could, but his parents hated for him to do any of it, because it was too related to Jurassic Park. Eric's parents were scared that the smallest thing dealing with dinosaurs would make him obsessed with seeing them again and he'd end up going on some crusade around the world to try and find a place that InGen dinosaurs still inhabited. Eric smiled. He knew that the animals still existed and thanks to Edward Campbell and the Zinj Corporation, he was finally going to be able to see them again.
Eric released his hold on Hunter and allowed him to step over to Campbell.
"Sorry we're so late," Campbell said, shaking Hunter's hand. "We ran into a traffic problem. How was your flight?"
"Not to bad," Hunter replied smiling. "I'll just be glad when we finally arrive at your park."
Campbell smiled. "That's the spirit. I'm glad you're excited about getting there. It makes me feel more confident that this park will work out." Campbell looked at Hunter. He seemed to be out of breath. "My boy, you look like you just participated in a marathon."
"You're friend made me practically run all the way here."
"Oh, this is Jeffery Robinson my assistant," Campbell implied. "I'm sorry you had to take an unexpected marathon, but he's always in a rush."
Jeffery Robinson was 27 and one of the trustworthiest assistants that Campbell had ever worked with. The man was a genius and in a way he was a better businessman then Campbell had ever hoped to become. He'd even considered making Jeffery his partner in the company, but the board members decided against it in an anonymous decision, and Campbell didn't dare to oppose the board. Although he was the owner of the company he had to worry about the board trying to shut the company down, or worse, they'd tell the world of the animals in Jurassic Congo.
Secrets were the main key to making Jurassic Congo a success. If the company hadn't kept the park a secret the company would've been exploited and shut down by the government. The whole world seemed to be taking steps to insure that the InGen dinosaurs were never brought back again. Zinj Bioengineering was just lucky enough to have powerful sources like Tosha Johnson as their sponsors. Even Jeffery Robinson had gotten them out of a few close calls in the past with the Zaire government. There had been times that they had tried to send investigators to the park to find out just what attractions were going to be shown, but Jeffery was able to persuade them otherwise with threats of money lose and law suits to come to them in the future. Zinj Bioengineering would stop at nothing and hire anyone that they had to, to make sure that they were able to complete the park and open it to all of the smiling faces of the world.
"That's quite alright," Hunter replied. He then decided to change the subject to something that he really wanted to discuss. "So, when are we going to take off?"
"We'll be leaving very shortly," Campbell smiled. "Right now we're just waiting for someone important to arrive. She's one of our sponsors. It makes me wonder why she's so late." Tosha had never been one to be late somewhere, especially when it was dealing with something as important as this investigation. Campbell thought that Tosha would've been the first person there and that she would've yelled at him for having to wait.
Jeffery walked over to Campbell and the two men stepped aside to where Hunter and Eric wouldn't be able to here them. "Where do you think Tosha is?"
Campbell sighed. "I'm not sure. She went to deal with whomever was supposed to watch Eric while his parents went on vacation."
"Do you know anything about the babysitters," Jeffery asked.
"As far as I know, it was only one person," Campbell replied. "She is Eric's aunt, Karen Bellingham. She lives alone here in San Francisco."
"Married," Jeffery asked.
"Divorced," Campbell replied. "Amazingly though, we were never able to figure out her maiden name." He didn't want to reveal yet that he knew that she was really Karen Ross. He wanted to wait until Tosha arrived so he could see her face when he told her.
Suddenly, Tosha could be seen walking toward the other people, however she wasn't alone. A beautiful woman wearing safari clothing of some kind accompanied her. She had long blondish brown hair and a smile on her face.
Campbell heard Eric call out someone's name. "Aunt Karen!" Eric ran up to the woman and hugged her.
"Hello Eric hunny," Ross replied.
Tosha walked up to Campbell and Jeffery. "Sorry that we're late. The traffic in this city is horrible."
"Who is the lady," Campbell asked.
"Eric's aunt, Karen Ross," Tosha replied smiling.
"So her last name is Ross," Jeffery implied, shaking his head.
"I thought this wasn't a little fun filled vacation," Campbell asked smiling. "I thought you said this was a fucking investigation if I remember what you said correctly?"
"Shut up you stupid son of a bitch," Tosha whispered. "This is Dr. Karen Ross. She went on the only expedition to the Lost City of Zinj that actually had survivors. She's been through all of the elements. She's had to battle with those damn gray gorillas that you love, and she's even dwelt with the dreaded Kigani! So I won't stand here and listen to your damn bullshit!"
Campbell laughed. "Tosha darling. I knew who she was the whole time."
Tosha looked shocked and pissed at the same time. "What!"
"I knew that she was Karen Ross. I also knew that she would be looking after Eric this weekend. That's one of the main reasons that we wanted to chose Eric Kirby as our JP Survivor."
"All of this bullshit that I've went through was all just to get Karen Ross on this trip?"
"That's right darling," Campbell smiled.
"I really hate you sometimes," Tosha implied.
"I know," Campbell replied smiling. "That's why we work so well together." Ross and Eric suddenly walked over and joined everyone else. "Hello, Dr. Ross. My name is Edward Campbell and well, I'm responsible for all of this. I guess you could say that at least. This man beside me is my assistant, Jeffery Robinson."
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Campbell and Mr. Robinson," Ross said smiling. She was holding onto Eric. The two seemed to be very close. Not many family members ever got along with each other very well, but it seemed that these two cared for each other a lot.
"So are we ready to take off," Tosha asked.
"We've been ready for the past fourteen minutes," Campbell said looking at his watch. "We were just waiting for you two. Follow me everyone."
The six people walked into the terminal that they'd been standing at for so long already. They went through the shaft toward the plane and where they'd be for the next several hours.
It was four o' clock in the evening when the Zinj Bioengineering Corporate Jet took off from San Francisco International Airport, lifting ponderously into the daytime air, and they headed east toward Africa, and they're expedition.