Pacific Ocean, 2 months post Nublar: Waves crashed against the Ingen boat as it made its way towards Indigo that was at just the right location that it formed a triangle with Nublar and Sorna of Ingen owned islands. Jake, Gerry, Jeff, Sam, and Karrie, and three other workers who had wanted to get off the island as well, Rebecca Jorden and Carter J. Burke, were all on the boat. Gerry, still reluctant to be going along, was driving the boat while the rest sat around the deck with Jake tossing a ball that Steviesaurus kept bounding after to grab and bring back. It had been fun at first, but after three hours it was getting boring for Jake, even thought the little dino still seemed happy to do it.
"I hope Stracken doesn't have too much fun while I'm gone," Gerry grumbled.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of stock when we get back," said Carrie dangling her feet in the water. Even though they both were reluctant to come, somehow getting off the island was a huge stress relief for all of them.
"How much longer is it?" asked Rebecca, bored. She was perhaps the youngest member to be on Sorna ever, as at just eighteen, she was interning for the summer. Jake was still shocked that she had even been let on the island in the first place, rumor had it her grandfather had been best friends with Hammond, but even more shocked that she had yet to be recalled. Not that it necessarily mattered because after all when the summer was over she too would be gone. Assuming Ingen survived that long, it had been two months since Nublar had gone under and still they had no knowledge about the rest of the world.
"It's two more hours," said Jake trying to shrug off those thoughts as he tossed the ball once again down the deck.
"What exactly is on this island again?" asked Karrie. "This boat ride is warping my memory."
"Like I said," said Jake annoyed. "It's a cross between Nublar and Sorna. The island was designed to channel everything between the mainland and Jurassic Park along with Site B. It has an exact replica of the Visitors Center from Nublar as well as the containment facilities that we possess on Sorna. It has dozens of warehouses that right now we need access to. Food, weapons, electric cables, we're severally lacking in all of them and we need them. That and because it has no dinosaurs is the reason we're going."
"Hey, can we go to Nublar?" asked Rebecca.
"No," came the unified response.
"Just asking," said Rebecca lightly.
"You can go if you want," said Karrie. "If you want to get eaten by the half starved dinosaurs on that island go ahead."
"Maybe they're not half-starved," Jake mused. "I heard a rumor that the dinos could breed and maybe they ate their young."
"I thought the dinos couldn't breed," said Burke beginning to hyperventilate. Burke was an accountant, who was absolutely terrified of the creatures, and had come to Sorna from Indigo just to see what it was like, only to be trapped there when Nublar collapsed and Indigo was abandoned.
"Apparently it had something do with the West African frogs we spliced into the dino DNA," said Jake shrugging. "I think I'll do more research on it when I get back to Sorna. If those dinos are breeding, we're gonna have a bigger issue than we're ready for."
"That could pose a problem," Jeff mused. "But I don't see how it's possible."
"Making dinosaurs shouldn't have been possible," Sam interjected. "But we pulled it off. This might be something that we couldn't have anticipated when making the genetic sequence."
"Are West African Frogs the only frogs that can do that?" Karrie asked.
"Yeah," said Jake. "I checked after I found out."
"So why'd we use them?" asked Sam.
"Two reasons," said Jake as he bit into a banana. "The first was that their genetic sequence was the best match we could come up with given current genetic specimens."
"And the second?" asked Gerry as he twisted the wheel.
"The frogs were also readily abundant around our labs in Kenya," said Jake with a grin as he tossed the ball again.
"Oy," said Rebecca groaning. "Efficiency always comes at a price my statistics teacher said."
"It wasn't efficiency. We had to produce results when we did because we were under the gun. We were out of money and out of time and if we didn't produce results the dinosaur revivification was going to be permanently shut down. So we cut corners and came up with a solution to prevent Ingen from going into bankruptcy," said Jake. "Of course then the project wound up bringing down Ingen anyway so maybe we should've just given up."
"God I hate hindsight," said Sam with a laugh.
"So don't think about it and get some sleep," said Jake laying down on the deck. "You'll need it when we get to Indigo."
With that he grabbed a hold of Steviesaurus and attached the leash to her, which he promptly tied to the boat before he laid down and within moments was snoring away. The other shrugged and followed suit as the boat continued coasting through the water on its direct course with Indigo.
Later: Jake woke up to some prodding and saw Steviesaurus nudging him. Jake sat up and rubbed his eyes when he saw that they were now beached on Indigo.
"Rise and shine folks," said Jake stretching. The others got up and looked at the jungle waiting for them.
"Maybe we got lucky and missed it and are on the mainland," said Burke hopefully.
"Too bad the GPS says differently," said Gerry with a grin as he took the handheld GPS monitor and his rifle before hopping off the boat. Jake and the others followed suit and advanced into the jungle.
"Where're we going?" asked Burke worriedly as though something was going to jump out of the trees at him.
"You're the one who worked here, you tell us," said Karrie with a grin as she hefted her rifle.
"I clearly never was in this part of the island," said Burke still jumpy.
"What the hell are you so scared of, there's no dinos here," said Jake. "You hear that?"
"What?" asked Burke jumping. "I didn't hear anything."
"That's just it, silence," said Jake. "There are no dinos at all on this island."
At that exact moment, Steviesaurus squawked and began bounding up and down.
"Present company excluded of course," said Jake annoyed. "Now let's go, from what I remember about this island there should be a road up ahead."
After a couple moments of walking, they reached the road and walked down it in silence.
"Have you ever noticed that whenever you're walking through these jungles the first thing you ever encounter is a dirt road?" asked Sam.
"Sam?" asked Karrie.
"Yeah," Sam responded.
"Shut up,"
The others laughed at that as they continued walking down the road in silence until they reached a massive towering wooden gate in front of them.
"Well I'll be damned," said Jake looking at the massive Jurassic Park main gate in front of them. "I didn't think that was here."
"Hammond had many of the buildings located on the two islands built here for quick replacement should something break," said Burke beginning to calm down. He walked over to the side of the gate and opened a small panel revealing the manual release lever. Burke pulled down on it and proceeded to push against the door.
"Well c'mon," he said to the others. They shrugged and shoved against the massive wooden doors as well until finally they managed to budge them open far enough to provide a space to squeeze through one by one. As each entered the main compound, they were greeted by the awe inspiring sight of the Visitors Center surrounded by a multitude of other buildings that were placed haphazardly around the place.
"Ah home sweet home," said Burke happily.
"Let's find the supply depot," said Jake quickly.
"No, I want to check this place out. Now that we'll never have the opportunity to go to Nublar this will be the closest we can get to it," said Rebecca walking towards the Center.
"I don't think this is a good idea," said Jake. "I wasn't a particularly big fan of Nublar and this isn't bringing up any good memories."
"C'mon Jake it'll be fun," said Karrie walking towards the Center as well. Jake groaned and reluctantly followed along. But as he approached them, he could've sworn he saw some nearby leaves rustle unexpectedly.
"What?" asked Gerry noticing him stopping.
"Nothing," said Jake. "Just my imagination playing tricks on me."
With that he entered into the Vistors Center as the leaves shook again. The group entered into the massive lobby of the building to reveal the two skeletons of the tyrannosaurus rex and brachiosaur.
"Wow," said Jeff shaking his head. "What could've been."
"What should've been," Jake grumbled to himself as he looked at the two massive skeletons. "The dinos should've remained skeletons. We shouldn't have brought back these demons of the past."
Steviesaurus looked at the bones confused as Jake laughed and led her up the stairs following the rest. Before he get to the top, however, Steviesaurus began resisting his attempts to lead her as she began growling angrily at the outer doors.
"C'mon you," said Jake pulling on her leash. "I thought there was something out there too, there isn't. Now chill out."
He continued pulling until the little dinosaur relented and followed him as a faint scratching sound was heard near the front door. The group meanwhile was walking down the hallway and past various rooms.
"Where're we going?" asked Gerry.
"The control room via the tour screening room," said Jake. "I need access to a supply manifest among other things."
"Alright, works for me," said Gerry. The group entered into the small theater, which suddenly kicked on and John Hammond came walking towards the screen.
"What the hell?" asked Karrie confused.
"It must've kicked on thanks to the motion sensors," Jake explained. "That way they could cut costs and not have someone in the projection booth when the multiple tours came through here. Right, Burke?"
Burke didn't respond, he just grumbled something as Jake laughed.
"Hello," said Hammond.
"Hello," said Rebecca.
"It's not interactive!" shouted Jake incredulously at her. Rebecca looked at him hurt.
"I'm just playing along," she said. "I can afford to since I'm so young."
Jake groaned at that statement.
"Well fine, fine I guess. But uh, how did I get here?" asked Hammond.
"We filmed you back in San Diego idiot!" shouted Jake with a grin.
"Ouch! John that hurt!"
"Serves you right!" laughed Jeff as he sat down in one of the seats as the rest followed suit. Suddenly the Hammonds began multiplying.
"They're out to get you Jeff!" Karrie laughed.
"Or form their own baseball team," Sam suggested. Silence descended on the group until.
"Oh, Mr.
DNA, where did you come from?" asked Hammond.
"From your blood!" said the
DNA strand with the southern accent.
"Oh lord, not Mr. DNA," Gerry groaned holding his head.
"What's wrong with Mr. DNA?" Jake demanded.
"A thousand years ago there were mosquitos just like today. And just like today they fed on the blood of animals, even dinosaurs,"
"I'm still surprised that worked," said Sam.
"Yeah the probability was one in a million, guess luck was on our side," said Karrie.
"Using sophisticated techniques, we extract the preserve's blood from the mosquito and bingo, dino DNA!" said Mr. DNA triumphantly.
"I wish there'd been dramatic music when we'd done it," laughed Jake. "it seemed boring as hell at the time."
"If we looked at DNA strands like these…"
"He's not giving the complete picture of what we went through to create the dinos in the first place. It makes it sound like the project was a piece of cake, it wasn't," said Gerry.
"But it's full of holes. That's where our geneticists take over,"
"At least we got a shout out," said Jake shrugging.
"Thinking machines and supercomputers help break down the strands in minutes and virtually reality allows our geneticists to find the gaps in the DNA sequence," said Mr. DNA.
"Guess I can agree with that being easier said than done. Those holes in the code were numerous and difficult to find," said Jake.
"We use the DNA of a frog to fill in the holes and complete the code. Phew!"
"See, what'd I tell you. West African Frogs," said Jake.
"And now we can create a baby dinosaur," said Mr. DNA.
"Quick, everybody get your legs onto the chair!" shouted Jake. Every looked at him confused but did it before the bars snapped down.
"So what now?" asked Rebecca.
"We wait until the room rotates towards the Control Room and then we leave," said Jake sitting there. Steviesaurus suddenly became agitated again.
"Calm down girl it's just a ride," said Jake rubbing her neck. Nevertheless the dino was still agitated.
"Gerry?" Jake asked.
"Yeah," responded the veterinarian.
"You don't think there's a chance that there are any dinosaurs are on this island that we shipped only to get stuck here in layover after Nublar fell do you?" asked Jake.
"Why?" Gerry asked confused.
"Just humor me," Jake responded.
"I don't know," said Gerry. "It's possible but you'd think people would notice a little fact like that."
"They did pull out of here in a hurry. In the confusion they may have overlooked any dinos being left behind after all it would've only been here for a couple days tops," said Jake. "And that would mean it's essentially been starved for the past two months."
"Yeah but don't forget about the lysine contingency," said Sam.
"So it'd also be half dead, but it could still be alive," Jake surmised.
"Like I said, it's doubtful," said Gerry.
"Hey Burke," said Karrie turning to him. "Shouldn't you have yelled by now?"
When Burke didn't respond, everyone turned to look at him. Burke just sat there shocked, staring straight at the glass window in front of them. Everyone turned to look out the window as Steviesaurus growled louder and louder.
"Oh shit," said Jake shaking his head. "I hate being right all the time."
The others yelled and tore themselves from theirs seats as a Velociraptor came crashing through the glass and into the seating area. The raptor crashed over a couple of seats and stood there, bleeding profusely and having several areas where the skin was peeling off of it, but it was still dangerous. The others stood there by the door with Karrie and Gerry training their weapons on the creature.
"Oh God," said Karrie noticing something. Burke was still there shell shocked in his seat as the raptor hovered right next to him baring its sharp teeth.
"What're you waiting for, take him down!" said Jeff.
"We can't!" Karrie hissed. "We might hit Burke in the process."
"Better he dies by a bullet than be eaten!" said Jeff.
"Whatever you do," said Jake. "You'd better do it fast because I'm willing to bet that he's got a couple of buddies that are probably approaching from another direction. C'mon Rebecca, Sam, Jeff, we've got to get out here."
The others nodded reluctantly as they followed Jake who had had to pick up Steviesaurus as she was still snarling at the raptors.
"Where're we going?" asked Sam as they hurried down the corridor.
"One of the underground bunkers," said Jake. "We'll hold out there because that raptor was on its last legs thanks to the lysine effect. In a day or two, it'll be dead and any of its remaining friends will be too."
The others continued running and emerged into the main lobby where they tore down the steps headed for the door.
"The hell do you think it's doing here?" asked Jeff as they ran underneath the massive 'WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH!' banner and then out the doors and onto the grounds outside.
"Best guess is that we were trying to replenish the stock of raptors on Nublar and it got stuck in layover," said Jake as they ran around the building. They continued walking for a few moments until.
"So where do you think they were keeping it then?" asked Rebecca before she slammed into Jake who had suddenly stopped walking.
"What's the hell?" she said annoyed. Jake said nothing but just stood there staring straight ahead. Rebecca waved her hands in front of his eyes, but all Jake's eyes did was narrow into rage. Rebecca spun around and looked to see a strange complex in front of them with a guard tower, a pen, and two walkways on both sides of it.
"What is it?" asked Rebecca confused.
"It's an exact replica of the Jurassic Park raptor pit," said Sam knowingly before moving on.
"What's the big deal with this thing?" asked Rebecca confused as she followed them. Jake meanwhile just slowly walked up to the pen.
"It's where we normally keep the raptors contained," said Jeff, deflecting her question, as they ran past the open gate leading to the pen.
"Yeah but," began Rebecca.
"Just forget about it," said Jeff. "Let's keep moving."
"What about Jake?" Rebecca asked. "We can't just leave him!"
"He'll be along shortly," Jeff said unsure. "Now let's find a bunker."
The quartet continued on as Jake was left standing there staring at the pen.
Visitors Center: Karrie and Gerry stood there with their rifles still aimed at the raptor as it continued just standing there breathing heavily but not moving.
"Are you sure about this?" said Karrie. "We should shoot and hope for the best."
"Yes," Gerry hissed. "It's gonna drop soon I know it. I'm a vet I can see the signs."
"It's a dinosaur not a dog!" Karrie snapped back.
"Animals are still animals," said Gerry. At that moment the raptor collapsed onto the chairs and laid their motionless.
"You see," said Gerry with a grin. Karrie groaned.
"Fine," she said. "Now can we get Burke and go?"
"Alright," said Gerry with a smile. But before either could enter into the room, the glass shattered again as two more raptors crashed through. One of them went straight for Burke as the other provided cover.
"Fire!" shouted Gerry. Both he and Karrie started shooting but were too late as the farther raptor killed Burke by slashing open his stomach and neck before both were gunned down.
"Oh my God!" shouted Karrie about to throw up looking at the death scene.
"Pull back!" shouted Gerry as he hauled her out of there as two more raptors crashed through into the seats. Both Gerry and Karrie tore down the hallway with the raptors in pursuit. They ran down the steps and out of the building as the raptors continued pursuing them with half-starved looks in their eyes.
Raptor Pit: Jake stood there with Steviesaurus as both looked at the entrance to the pit and it's trees beyond.
"I will never forget this building," said Jake bitterly. "This is what I have waking nightmares of every night, of this pen, of that night, of the night when I saw the dinosaurs for what they truly are. Nothing you can say or do will make me forget this! Do you hear me Steviesaurus? Nothing!"
He held the dinosaur in front of his face that just looked at him with wide eyes. Jake groaned and held the dino under his left shoulder. Looking at the sides of the gate angrily, Jake reared back his right fist and punched the concrete side.
"Ow!" he shouted as he held his hand in pain. Steviesaurus looked at him and gave what could only be a laugh.
"You shut up," said Jake to the dino who continued squawking. He was about to continue heading for the bunker when he heard shots from behind him. Turning around, Jake saw Gerry and Karrie running towards him with the raptors pursuing as quickly as they could, being in such a weakened position.
"Finally," said Jake as his eyes narrowed. "Vengeance."
Steviesaurus growled at the approaching dinos as Jake pulled out his radio.
"Gerry, Karrie?" Jake said into it.
"We're kind of busy here Jake," said Gerry panting heavily.
"Head for the entrance to the raptor pit then duck and cover," said Jake as he began climbing to the top of the pit.
"Cool," said Gerry seeing what he was up to. He and Karrie continued their run towards the gate as Jake climbed until he was right next to the gate. Karrie and Gerry meanwhile ran straight at it only to stop right before it and spin around. The two raptors leapt up into the air right at them only for Karrie and Gerry to drop to the ground causing the raptors to sail overhead and right into the pen. Jake grabbed a hold of the gate and leapt off the edge causing it to slam down shut with him. Jake landed in a heap with Steviesaurus at his feet.
"Wipeout," said Jake as he sat up only to lay down again with a thump.
"Not a bad piece of work," said Gerry hearing the thumping as the raptors kept banging against the door.
"Yeah," said Karrie. "But how long do you think it'll be before they test the fences?"
"They won't," said Jake getting up. "It's imprinted into their minds that those fences shoot electricity and they're not about to test that theory again."
"Yeah but," began Gerry.
"And the fences are electrified," said Jake. "I brushed up on the capabilities of this island before we left and everything here works. They didn't bother to shut down the geothermal power source when they pulled out, which is why we were forced to watch Mr. DNA."
"Ugh," said Gerry shaking his head. "Don't remind me."
"So where's Burke?" Jake asked with a grin. "Still sitting there shell-shocked back in the Center?"
Karrie and Gerry looked downtrodden at that statement.
"We couldn't get to him in time," Karrie said sadly. Jake's grin dropped and his eyes narrowed.
"Goddamnit!" he shouted as he punched the gate. "This isn't fair!"
"Look we feel just as bad as you do," said Gerry. "We should've saved him, but we couldn't. But in the end there was nothing we could do about it."
"Now we know how you feel," said Karrie bitterly.
"Not exactly," said Jake picking up Steviesaurus who honked at him. "You didn't hire him, you didn't know him, and I'm betting you didn't sit idly by as he was eaten alive."
"No," agreed Gerry. "But we still have to face the pain of constantly wondering if there was anything else we could've done."
"Yeah I guess there is that," said Jake distantly as he walked back to the Visitors Center.
"Where're you going?" asked Gerry. "The supplies are back that way."
"I've got to dissect the raptors," said Jake still distantly.
"What? Why?" Karrie asked confused.
"I have to know if they've changed sex or not," said Jake still walking off. "If I don't find out now, the resulting ramifications will be…."
"What?" Gerry demanded.
"You don't want to know," said Jake. "But know this. If we made a mistake about this, every person on Earth is going to pay for it."
With that he left leaving Gerry and Karrie behind as he headed back to the Visitors Center with Steviesaurus.
