Island: Outside of the boat dock, Jake stood with his rifle smoking but empty after he had used the rifle's remaining three bullets. Around him were two raptors plus the corpse of the third he'd shot coming down from the roof. The two raptors slowly began circling him while snapping their jaws. The raptors weren't stupid and kept themselves in such a spot that Jake had to constantly dart his head from one to the other to make sure that they weren't going to leap on him. When the two had rushed him, Jake had been positive that he could kill both of them with his remaining rounds, but the animals had proven surprisingly agile and had only been nicked by the bullets as they advanced forward. Granted the raptors were now bleeding from their cuts, but still they looked as vicious as ever. Jake knew the only reason they'd not torn him apart yet was after he'd pulled out the towel rack he'd taken the other day and they weren't sure what to make of it. Jake had subsequently managed to tape the taser to the metal bar so that if need be he could electrify it at a moment's notice and have a makeshift stun baton.
"Like it's really going to matter that much considering they could kill me before I'd even notice…like they did to Jeffrey," Jake thought with an angry scowl. It was then that he decided that he was through waiting for things to happen to him. Jake breathed in deeply and lunged at the nearest raptor rifle and rod outstretched.
Inside: Lex and the children ran as the raptors charged straight at them. A couple slipped off of the tarp on the boat and crashed into the water, but the other three managed to land on the ground and chase after the kids. Lex quickly tried to shepherd the kids into a nearby closet. She shoved them inside and shut the door as she tried to lure the raptors away. The raptors seemed torn between attacking Lex or ripping open the door to get at the children, but they ultimately decided to go for the larger prey that was out in the open. As Lex ran from the advancing pack, the hanging lights above were slowly starting to jerk back and forth along their tethers.
Outside: The raptor that Jake lunged at was so shocked that its prey would try something like that, it stood there dumbfounded as Jake slammed the electrified bar against it causing electricity to course through it's body until it collapsed. As Jake spun around, the second raptor had leapt at him and it was only through a twist of fate did the gun he was holding smack into the raptor's head during the turn causing it to loose its concentration and just plow right into him. Jake shoved the raptor off as it rolled away from him and righted itself. Jake winced as one of the raptor's foot claws had torn slightly into his chest, but considering he could very well have been killed by that attack he shrugged off the pain. The raptor growled and rushed Jake as he smacked it with the tip of the rifle causing it to back off again. The two began slowly pacing each other again as the ground slowly began shaking.
Inside: Lex ran through the warehouse trying to avoid the raptors by making them get caught in the hanging ropes and other pieces of boat littering the area. Nevertheless her clothes got torn to the point where her midriff was being exposed and her jeans were torn until they were now shorts. It was then that her luck ran out and she was stuck against the far wall with the raptors snapping at her from all side.
"I'm sorry Jake," Lex thought. "Sorry I never got to tell you just how I really felt about you."
Before she could complete the thought, Lex realized that she wasn't dead yet so she cautiously opened her eyes to see the raptors nervously sniffing the air. They all looked at each other wide-eyed before tearing out of the building.
"What is going on?" Lex said to herself. An instant later Jake ran into the room as the whole building began shaking.
"Get the kids in the boat!" Jake shouted running to the tethers holding the boat in place.
"What's going on?" Lex shouted.
"There's no time!" Jake shouted at her. The whole side wall suddenly shook like something huge was pressing against it. It was only then that Lex realized that something big was trying to force its way through the wall. Lex flung open the closet and was leading the kids to the boat when the wall exploded flinging debris everywhere as a massive Spinosaurus walked through the opening and roared at them. To Lex's shock, the dinosaur was holding a piece of what could only be brachiosaur flesh with a lot of blood flowing from its mouth.
"It's ate that brachiosaur we saw earlier!" Lex thought with a start. "Oh my God!"
Lex led the children onto the boat as Jake threw off the last tether.
"Get out of here!" Jake shouted while throwing things at the Spino to get its attention.
"What about you?" Lex asked as she turned the boat on.
"I'll be fine!" Jake shouted over the Spino's angry roar as it began to advance towards him.
"We're not leaving without you!" Lex shouted back. Jake spun to face her.
"If you don't leave you're going to die! Now get out of here!" shouted Jake as he ran out of the warehouse with the Spino crashing through the other wall and chasing after him. Lex was still reluctant to leave, but when the roof started to collapse and the whole building looked like it was about fall over with the loss of two walls, Lex sadly revved the engine and moved the boat out into the river as the warehouse collapsed in a heap. Lex looked back with tears as the Spino roared again and just hoped that Jake would be safe without them…without her. Tommy walked to the back of the boat where she was, holding the map.
"We need to head left down this river and then we should reach the coast in about three days, or be very near the Visitors Center compound in a day and a half it's up to you," he said. Lex just sat silent with watery eyes looking at the jungle.
"How can you just ignore the fact that he's out there without us and he might die!" shouted Lex angrily.
Tommy shrugged. "Mr. Whitacre can take care of himself. He's been fine so far leading all of us and keeping us alive. And my dad said that to not honor someone's sacrifice is to dishonor them."
Lex finally nodded, not liking it. "Left did you say?"
Tommy nodded and the boat proceeded down the river.
Park: Jake leapt behind a stack of crates as the Spino began sniffing the area looking for him. Jake quickly took a glance at his surroundings until he noticed a nearby rifle. He took it before noticing the hand still attached to it. Jake winced as he pried the bodiless hand off of it and checked the rifle. It was fully loaded with sixteen bullets and Jake silently gave thanks before looking at everything else in the large area outside of the warehouse. He noticed mostly crates and pieces of boats everywhere, but then he caught a glimpse of a gas pump nearby that was nowhere near the water to fill up boats. He looked quickly around the pumps and noticed a nearby black Jurassic Park hummer glistening like it was sent from some heavenly spirit. Nevertheless Jake was hesitant to begin advancing towards it since he didn't know if it even had any gas in it or not. Jake was deciding what to do when he noticed a nearby crate which read: Flash Grenades. Jake opened up the box and find eight grenades inside each capable of emitting a tremendous flash of light. Jake pressed a button on the grenade and tossed it at the Spino before grabbing the box and running for the hummer. The grenade went off and released a blinding flash of light that caused the spino's vision to go blurry. It immediately began stomping all over the place, breaking everything in sight. Jake was suddenly flung forward as a massive explosion went off when the spino slammed its foot down on a gas tank and it was flung off of its feet. The creature roared in pain as fire raced up its body while Jake yanked open the door of the hummer and turned the keys, which were thankfully in the ignition. Jake checked the gas gauge to realize that the tank was ¾'s full so he threw the vehicle into gear and it roared off as the Spino got back on its feet as its vision cleared and it tore after the vehicle.
Sorna: A menacing black helicopter landed as several security guards rushed out to the copter with weapons drawn. The door was flung back and Dennis Nedry stepped foot onto the island in handcuffs. John Hammond walked up to the warden onboard the helicopter.
"Are you sure you want to drop the charges against this prisoner thereby eliminating his remaining jail time?" shouted the warden over the copter blades. Hammond sighed and shook his head in shame, but he knew he had no choice since Nedry said he wouldn't help them fix the island until he was freed.
"No, but do it anyway," said Hammond. The warden shrugged and handed Hammond a clipboard which he promptly signed.
"Prisoner AA-23 you are hereby released from the custody of the Costa Rican jail system and turned over to the custody of John Hammond until such time as you have completed what he requests of you and then you are freed," said the warden. The handcuffs were taken off and the guards and the warden boarded the helicopter as it took off back to Costa Rica. As the copter retreated into the distance, Hammond and Nedry stood facing each other in silence for several minutes.
Nedry opened his mouth to say something but John immediately cut him off. "You are going to fix what you did to my island and then I will never ever see you again in front of my sight," said Hammond angrily. "Is that understood?"
"Yes dad," said Nedry. (Anguirus111 Note: No Hammond isn't Nedry's father in this fic, Nedry just says dad to provoke John like he did in the movie). Hammond motioned to the guards and they escorted Nedry down the stairs into the operations building. Hammond sighed and cursed hoping this wasn't a mistake in bringing him here.
Island: The hummer roared into the air and crashed back down as it zoomed through a dirt road through the jungle while the Spinosaurus crashed through the trees on both sides of the road, chasing it. Jake continued pouring all that he could into the engine, but still the Spino was somehow catching up to him. Then just when the Spino was about to chomp down on the vehicle, it roared into an open area only to face the two T-Rexes who were fighting over a dead hadrosaur carcass. The three dinosaurs all looked at each other while the hummer roared to a stop in between them.
"Not again," said Jake. He dropped his head down in shame and it hit the horn, which went off. The three dinos immediately looked at the vehicle with confusion before tearing off in opposite directions. Jake watched them go incredulously before he gunned the engine and the vehicle roared off down another road.
Sorna: "So when do we eat?" asked Nedry. Hammond, Arnold, Muldoon, and Wu just looked at him incredulously.
"You're not getting anything to eat until you tell us what you did to my island!" Hammond shouted.
"Calm down Johnny-boy. I was just joking. But seriously, without any food I can't concentrate and can't help you," Nedry jested. Hammond looked like he was about to kill Nedry when Wu finally tossed Nedry a Jurassic Park Hershey's Bar.
"Thank you," Nedry said tearing into the thing. "You wouldn't believe how bad it is living in a Costa Rican prison."
"Spare us your bullshit we all know you were in a minimum security prison," said Muldoon. Nedry turned to face him.
"Yeah? Well how about never being allowed access to a computer the entire time you were there? That's torture!" he protested.
"Maybe you should've thought of that before you tried to sell us out to Biosyn!" shouted Hammond.
"But didn't you acquire Biosyn as a result? Doesn't that mean in a way I helped you?" asked Nedry innocently. "Which is what I was planning all along?"
"Don't try that with me!" Hammond said angrily. "If Jake hadn't reported you in you probably would've shutdown the power anyway, taken the embryos, and left us to die!"
"I wouldn't do that?" Nedry said. "I at least have my honor!"
"If you don't fix what you did to my island now, we'll see how good your honor is when we leave you to the dilophosaurus. Unfortunately their food crates are late in getting here so they're willing to eat anything right now," said Hammond with an evil grin.
"You wouldn't dare!" Nedry said, slightly afraid.
"You were remanded to our custody until you fixed my island. However, if you were to, let's say, escape while we weren't looking, stumble into the dilophosaur or any other dinosaur pen and get eaten. Well there's not much we could do about it now would there?" Muldoon said. Nedry looked at them all wide-eyed.
"Alright I'll fix your damn island!" he said finally. "I just hope I still remember my hacking skills after all these years. When do I get access to a computer with a remote link to the island?"
Hammond shook his head. "Don't try that with me! We're not giving you access to any computer that has network connections to this island. We're not going to have you insert another sleeper virus into our mainframe here on Sorna while we aren't paying attention. No, we have something else specially rigged up to insure that you fix what you did to Nublar and soon."
Nedry looked at him wide-eyed before grinning evilly. "Jake's still on that island isn't he? Oh this is wonderful! He's going to die for what he did to me! He's going to die, he's going to die!" Nedry began singing happily while the others watched with disgust.
"If Jake dies, you die," said Hammond as the guards grabbed Nedry and hauled him off.
Later: "You can't do this!" shouted Nedry. He was currently stuck in a massive metal box that was flown into the dilophosaur pit and dropped off. There were a couple of viewing ports with glass on them where Nedry could see a couple dilophosaurs stalking it from the outside waiting to get in.
"It's simple," said Hammond over a loudspeaker inside the box. "You fix the virus on the laptop and we get you out of there. If you decide to cut the power, not only will you be stranded there, but we can remote trigger the box to pen letting the dinos at you. If the security camera in there goes dead we'll blow the box open as well. If you don't solve the virus soon enough you'll either die of starvation, heat exhaustion, or we'll simply blow the box open for the hell of it."
"But you need me to solve the virus! I'm the only one who can do it!" shouted Nedry.
"Not really. We'd like your virus gotten rid of so we don't have to flush the system clean of everything and start over. If you solve the virus that would take off months of having to reboot and replace all the existing hardware, but your death would be worth it. Goodbye Nedry," said Hammond. With that, the loudspeaker turned off and Nedry was left alone with only the occasional hooting of a dilophosaurus outside and the virus carrying laptop. Sighing, he cracked his knuckles and went to work.
Boat: "Lex? Can you hear me?" said the radio as it crackled to life. Lex lunged for the radio and clicked it on.
"Jake is that you?" she asked excitedly.
"Yeah it's me. Who else would be on this godforsaken island?" came the response.
"Where are you?" Lex demanded.
"In a gas powered hummer heading down a service road marked J-327, where're you?" asked Jake. Lex motioned Tommy forward who laid the map down on the control panel.
"Heading south down the Triassic River headed for the east side of the island," said Lex looking at the map.
"Okay, I've got a map here and I see it," said Jake.
"Do you see any place where we could meet up?" asked Lex.
"Well not anyplace soon. But if I take J-237 to Game Trail and then to Carnivore Alley I should be able to reach the compound and then it's just a couple miles to the river. From there we should be able to reach the coast and either wait there or try and head for Sorna," said Jake.
"Okay," said Lex not really liking it but realizing that they had no choice. "See you in a day and a half."
"Be careful, I have a feeling there might be Cretaceous Period alligators or crocodiles in that river of yours and they might be hungry. When nighttime roles around, cut off your engines and any lights and just drift so you don't attract any unwanted attention," said Jake.
"You're not making me feel any more confident on this thing," said Lex.
"Relax you'll be fine I know you will," said Jake.
"Thanks," said Lex before turning insightful. "Listen Jake…"
"Sorry Lex can't talk now I see a blur in the distance and I don't know if it's friend of foe. See you in a day and a half," said Jake as the radio clicked off. Lex sighed, but ultimately decided that if anything was going to be said between them it should be face to face and not over a radio.
Sorna: "How's it going Nedry?" Hammond asked looking at the security video of him typing away on the laptop.
"Fine, dad. Now could you bring me some food I'm hungry," said Nedry.
"You know the rules, no food until you erase the virus. By the way, if you don't fix it but claim that you have, we're still going to feed you to the dilophosaurus," said Hammond laughing.
"I'm worried about him," said Wu nearby.
"I think he's just under too much strain with Nedry on the island and having Lex on the island with no way of knowing if she's alive or not," said Muldoon.
"Still, this is no way to treat anyone, even Nedry," said Arnold.
"Well let's see if things get worse and if they do…" said Muldoon letting it trail off at that unsure what to do.
"We'll at least talk to him about it," said Wu finally. The three nodded, watching Hammond continue to laugh at Nedry's discomfort.
Park: The hummer roared up into the air and crashed back down as it headed down the dirt road amongst the jungle. Smaller dinosaurs scattered out of the way of the menacing black beast while some larger ones eyed it with confusion. Jake didn't pay any attention to them but continued to squeeze the accelerator to get to the compound that much quicker. It was at that point that he slammed on the brakes and reached a fork in the road. To the right was a sign pointing to the Visitors Center Compound while to the left was the road that would lead back to that accursed genetics lab. Jake sat their thinking about which way to go. Finally after several minutes he made his decision. The left blinker turned on and the hummer roared down the left fork.
River: The boat silently coasted through the water. Although it was not exactly nighttime yet, Lex didn't want to take any chances if there was something in the river. She had seen a couple ripples throughout the trip but whether they were caused by something big or not, she couldn't tell.
"I wish Jake were here, he would know," thought Lex shivering a little bit from having more exposed flesh than before.
"God if mom found out she'd kill me," thought Lex with a slight grin. On the other hand her mother didn't seem to care about her or Tim so much recently. The last time she'd seen her mother had been months ago during a court appointed visit and it hadn't gone over too smoothly and neither had her relationship with her dad although Tim seemed to be getting along well with him. In fact, she'd been grateful when it had been time to go off to college since she wouldn't have to see either one of them for several months. Sure grandfather had been disappointed at her bad family relationships, but he hadn't grown up in a perfect family either so he left her alone. Her first year and a half in college hadn't been that great relationship wise either. Her grades were fine, but she'd had one failed relationship after the next. Most of the boys she'd met only wanted to date her to get a free trip to Jurassic Park or something like that. Either that or they wanted her for things totally perverse. Lex had seriously begun doubting whether or not she could have a serious relationship with anyone, or someone who saw who she really was and not just some good looking rich kid with a rich grandfather.
But then she'd met Jake through this crazy and unfortunate series of events. He didn't have any preconceptions about her and he certainly didn't need her to get to Jurassic Park, hell he didn't even want to be here. They had had a functioning relationship that had been wonderful despite the terror surrounding them on all sides. Jake hadn't made any rude or snide comments directed at her even when they were alone after the others had evacuated. He hadn't tried to make her think or do anything and let her be herself. Jake had seemed to genuinely care about her and her safety and like her he too had plenty of family problems as well so he could somewhat relate to her own experiences. There was his intense hatred for dinosaurs but he had constantly tried to protect her and the kids when he really could just cut and run and make up any story he could want if they'd gotten slaughtered. Yes he'd wanted to leave after finding the genetics lab but he was under extreme duress at the time and he'd come back to save them from the attacking dinosaurs regardless. Then there various conversations since then had seemed to provide some brief light that maybe there was something more between them than Jake just trying to protect the boss's granddaughter.
Still, there was the age difference between the two but nine years really wasn't that bad. Jake was one of the youngest scientists working for her father and he was old enough to know whether things were just simple crushes or not and still be open to the idea of seeing someone much younger than himself. Lex sighed looking out at the water thinking of possible futures before deciding to return her attention to the present and put her feelings about Jake on the back burner until they got out of this mess.
Park, nighttime: The black hummer roared to a halt in front of the open loading bay doors. Jake quickly checked the rifle's remaining bullets and putting as many flash grenades into his pockets as he could before pulling the vehicle into the darkness. Truth be told it was probably better that he had decided to come here so he could refuel the vehicle while also find someplace safe to sleep for the night. Jake stopped the vehicle and hopped out before proceeding into the building proper. He held his rifle at the ready and wandered through the darkened yet silent building. He finally reached the room he was looking for and proceed inside, closing the door behind him marked: RECORDS.
River: Despite her best intentions, Lex was snoozing on the controls of the boat along with everyone else while in the water just outside, several dark shadows slowly surrounded the boat from underwater waiting to attack.