Chapter 3
Alan Grant looked around the latest dig site, he stepped aside, letting people through but was keeping his eye out for one certain person.
He walked over to a young man, with short brown hair, he smiled when he got closer and tapped the man lightly on the shoulder.
The man spun round and on seeing Alan he grinned.
"Alan!" he said, "What are you doing here? I thought you had a lecture."
"That was yesterday Billy." Alan replied smiling.
"I need to talk to you," he continued "In private!" Alan added, as he saw a young man, with long black hair lingering behind them.
"Oh, sure" Billy Brennan replied "JD!" he said turning the man behind him,
"Could you excuse us for a minute".
"Err sure!" JD replied, and headed off to look at the latest find.
"So...Alan what you wanna talk about?" Billy asked curiously.
"I got asked to lead a team to destroy the dinosaurs on Isla Sourna." Alan replied.
"And you accepted, after what we went through?" Billy almost shouter at Alan.
"Well yes, after all my lecture was about how they should be destroyed." Billy nodded, indicating to Alan to continue.
"Well I'm allowed to pick three of my team and..." Alan trailed off and looked at Billy, trying to get him to understand what he was saying. Billy's eyes widened
"Oh no... Not a chance"
"Now Billy just hold up, this is different from last time." Alan interrupted, "This time we know what we're up against and we'll have the military to back us up and weapons...big weapons!"
"Ok count me in... But on one condition!" Billy said, "Someone else handles the Pteranodons." He concluded with a grin.
"Great! Now all I need is one more person," Alan said with a grin.
"One more? I thought you said you needed three people?"
"I do but I already have two...you and Ellie!"
"Dr Sattler's coming?" Alan nodded "Well then, I think I know the perfect person to join us" Billy said, looking over at the young man, JD.
"Him? He's a little young isn't he?" Alan said disapprovingly.
"Nah he's 21, only two years younger then me" Billy replied.
"Hey JD, come here a minute!" The young man jogged other to Billy and Alan.
"Dr Alan Grant this is JD Dunne" Billy said, as the two men shook hands.
"JD's an electronics expert, you know all the stuff you hate Alan and he's pretty good with a gun as well!"
"Yea, but can he shoot dinosaurs?" Alan said.
Billy smiled at JD's expression at what Alan had said, and began to explain to JD about the job. JD starred at the two men as if they had two heads.
"You're asking me? Cool, you can count me in Dr Grant!" he said enthusiastically.
"Well then, I better let Travis know." Alan said with a grin.
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"That's great news Dr Grant...your team will depart from the port...yes that means you will be travelling by ship...good luck Dr Grant!" Judge Orin Travis placed the phone down and sighed.
"I thought Chris Larabee was leading this team not Dr Grant?" the blond woman said from behind Travis.
"Well Mary he is!"
"But you just said..."
"I'm sending two teams Mary, that way I know the assignment well be completed!" Travis sighed. Mary Travis looked at her father-in-law disapprovingly
"Did you tell either of them about the other's team?" she asked. Orin's silence gave her the answer.
"Why didn't you?"
"Because, they are landing at the island on opposite sides, so they won't be working together anyway!" he replied smoothly.
"What if something goes wrong and they lose men?"
"Then hopefully there will be enough men from either team to complete the mission." Orin replied, just before he walked out of the room leaving an angry Mary behind.
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"Are you sure?" Stuart James growled at the man before him.
"Ye...yes sir, Travis is sending two teams to destroy the dinosaurs," the man stuttered nervously. Stuart turned sharply to face the rest of his men.
"Those dinosaurs are worth a fortune to us if we can preserve them, but if Travis's men are allowed to destroy them then we won't get a dime!" he shouted, making a few of the men flinch, "Lucas!"
"Yes Uncle?" Lucas James replied.
"I want you to assemble a team and fly to Isla Sourna and stop Travis's men!" Stuart said, "Use any means necessary to insure those animals survive!"
Alan Grant looked around the latest dig site, he stepped aside, letting people through but was keeping his eye out for one certain person.
He walked over to a young man, with short brown hair, he smiled when he got closer and tapped the man lightly on the shoulder.
The man spun round and on seeing Alan he grinned.
"Alan!" he said, "What are you doing here? I thought you had a lecture."
"That was yesterday Billy." Alan replied smiling.
"I need to talk to you," he continued "In private!" Alan added, as he saw a young man, with long black hair lingering behind them.
"Oh, sure" Billy Brennan replied "JD!" he said turning the man behind him,
"Could you excuse us for a minute".
"Err sure!" JD replied, and headed off to look at the latest find.
"So...Alan what you wanna talk about?" Billy asked curiously.
"I got asked to lead a team to destroy the dinosaurs on Isla Sourna." Alan replied.
"And you accepted, after what we went through?" Billy almost shouter at Alan.
"Well yes, after all my lecture was about how they should be destroyed." Billy nodded, indicating to Alan to continue.
"Well I'm allowed to pick three of my team and..." Alan trailed off and looked at Billy, trying to get him to understand what he was saying. Billy's eyes widened
"Oh no... Not a chance"
"Now Billy just hold up, this is different from last time." Alan interrupted, "This time we know what we're up against and we'll have the military to back us up and weapons...big weapons!"
"Ok count me in... But on one condition!" Billy said, "Someone else handles the Pteranodons." He concluded with a grin.
"Great! Now all I need is one more person," Alan said with a grin.
"One more? I thought you said you needed three people?"
"I do but I already have two...you and Ellie!"
"Dr Sattler's coming?" Alan nodded "Well then, I think I know the perfect person to join us" Billy said, looking over at the young man, JD.
"Him? He's a little young isn't he?" Alan said disapprovingly.
"Nah he's 21, only two years younger then me" Billy replied.
"Hey JD, come here a minute!" The young man jogged other to Billy and Alan.
"Dr Alan Grant this is JD Dunne" Billy said, as the two men shook hands.
"JD's an electronics expert, you know all the stuff you hate Alan and he's pretty good with a gun as well!"
"Yea, but can he shoot dinosaurs?" Alan said.
Billy smiled at JD's expression at what Alan had said, and began to explain to JD about the job. JD starred at the two men as if they had two heads.
"You're asking me? Cool, you can count me in Dr Grant!" he said enthusiastically.
"Well then, I better let Travis know." Alan said with a grin.
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"That's great news Dr Grant...your team will depart from the port...yes that means you will be travelling by ship...good luck Dr Grant!" Judge Orin Travis placed the phone down and sighed.
"I thought Chris Larabee was leading this team not Dr Grant?" the blond woman said from behind Travis.
"Well Mary he is!"
"But you just said..."
"I'm sending two teams Mary, that way I know the assignment well be completed!" Travis sighed. Mary Travis looked at her father-in-law disapprovingly
"Did you tell either of them about the other's team?" she asked. Orin's silence gave her the answer.
"Why didn't you?"
"Because, they are landing at the island on opposite sides, so they won't be working together anyway!" he replied smoothly.
"What if something goes wrong and they lose men?"
"Then hopefully there will be enough men from either team to complete the mission." Orin replied, just before he walked out of the room leaving an angry Mary behind.
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"Are you sure?" Stuart James growled at the man before him.
"Ye...yes sir, Travis is sending two teams to destroy the dinosaurs," the man stuttered nervously. Stuart turned sharply to face the rest of his men.
"Those dinosaurs are worth a fortune to us if we can preserve them, but if Travis's men are allowed to destroy them then we won't get a dime!" he shouted, making a few of the men flinch, "Lucas!"
"Yes Uncle?" Lucas James replied.
"I want you to assemble a team and fly to Isla Sourna and stop Travis's men!" Stuart said, "Use any means necessary to insure those animals survive!"