Jurassic Park III and ½: The Lost Hat

Part III: Chapter II

Among the many things Alan and Billy had talked over the previous night was what to do in case of emergency, and this was indeed an emergency. Unfortunately for them, however, they hadn't managed to come up with anything, so they had to improvise – and improvise fast.

"Don't… move…" repeated Alan, freezing. If he had turned around, he would have seen Billy do the same and Trevor get that glazed-over look of absolute uselessness that first appeared around the Pteranodons. The Tyrannosaur had apparently overlooked the three intruders, as it lowered its huge head to the river to get a drink. All three of them were eerily silent as they watched the prehistoric beast quench its thirst greedily. As it lifted its head to leave, Billy heaved a sigh of relief – counting his triceratops before they were hatched, I suppose you could say. Unfortunately, not all the triceratops came out of it alive as the big dinosaur lowered its head again and stared straight at the trio, nostrils flaring as if trying to work out what that strange smell was – which it was.

Slowly, deliberately, the giant carnivorous beast took a step forward, one leg in the river, head now almost in front of the three as it continued to sniff around for the creature that had made that strange noise. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the T-Rex turned around and headed back to its side of the river, leaving Alan, Billy and Trevor to their own devices.

All three of them sighed in relief – quieter than last time, though, as they could still see the Rex's tail waving back and forth as it made its retreat – and Trevor took a step back.

Then the twig cracked beneath his foot and the Tyrannosaur burst back out from the line of trees, crossed the river and the three humans turned tail and ran for their lives.

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They were scrambling over rocks, pushing through trees, and generally trying to get away from the pounding that followed them through the dense foliage. They had totally overshot the gate now, and were heading deeper and deeper into the forest, followed by the T-Rex. Eventually, the thumping got further and further away as the Tyrannosaur was hindered by the closely-growing trees.

Alan stopped and looked around. Somehow, the three of them had managed to stay together and retain all their limbs at the same time.

"Are you.. okay?" he gasped, short of breath.

Billy nodded, sitting down, and Trevor didn't do anything, seeing as how he was also short of breath and was trying to catch some more.

"So," said Billy, after a few moments' silence. "Where are we?"

Alan looked around, and tried to gather their surroundings, before grabbing his backpack – miraculously still on – and the map from inside it. "I would say somewhere near the lab."

This gave both Billy and Alan a feeling of absolute dread as they slowly and dramatically realized what this meant.

"That means…"

"… we're near…"

"… raptor territory."

Trevor blinked, confused. "We're what? Raptors? What're you talking about?"

Alan exchanged a side glance with Billy, which clearly said something along the lines of 'jeez, this kid has a lot to learn'.

Billy cleared his throat and said, "Velociraptors, Trevor. Haven't you ever heard of Velociraptors?"

Trevor shook his head, still looking baffled. "I wasn't a dinosaur kid. I mean, I knew about the T-Rex and the Triceratops and things like that but none of the smaller ones."

"Well, you're going to know /all/ about them now," said Alan darkly, before moving off to the left and indicating them to follow.

"We should get to the lab compound as soon as possible," said Alan as they walked, to change the subject away from Velociraptors and Trevor's ignorance. "That way, we might be able to barricade ourselves in, and then find a raptor to follow back to the hat. Alright?"
Billy nodded. They had left some supplies back at the other camp, but the compound might have some canned food anyway, so food wasn't a problem. The only thing that worried him was the teensy problem with the Velociraptors. Other than that…

Trevor followed them aimlessly, wondering what on earth was so horrific about these Velociraptor-things. Nothing could be worse than the T-Rex, right? … right?

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After a few more hours of this trying to locate the lab compound business, the trio managed to locate it. Quite by accident, mind – Alan knew they were going in the right direction, but there was always the possibility of missing it and ending up in Spinosaurus territory. He had to admit, though, he'd rather face the Spino than the raptors.

Anyway – upon discovering the side fence of the lab compound, they went around to the front, carefully entering the parking lot, and checking to make sure there were no raptors in the immediate area. After determining the front yard dino-free, the three cautiously went up the front steps and pushed open the door to the hopefully deserted laboratory.

End of Part III: Chapter II
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Alan or Billy or Isla Sorna. Unfortunately. -sigh-
A/N: Yay! It's longer! :3 The last part's really schmappy, but I couldn't think of how to round this off. e.x; Sorry - again. Anyway, look out for the raptors. Coming soon!