Anguirus111 Note: Whenever Jake refers to 'John' he's referring to John Brown. If it was John Hammond, he'd simply say Hammond.
Sorna: The sun rose over the island and reflected off of the dewdrops and puddles from the previous day's rain. Peace settled over the island before a pair of bushes began rustling. Instantly they parted and Steviesaurus tore through with a squawk at getting itself wet.
"It's only water," said Jake emerging moments later from the jungle along with Stephanie Sandelder. "You're acting like its acid or something."
"She's still on a learning curve," said Stephanie. "This is her first time outdoors since you created her. You have to expect some growing pains."
"Hooray," said Jake nonplussed. "That's just what I need, another you."
"Oh hush, you're as bad as she is," said Stephanie lightly hitting him on the shoulder.
"You know I think we've should've waited for the crews to verify that all the fences are in one piece," said Jake looking around. "Who knows what might've gotten loose in that storm last night."
"There's nothing out here you kook," said Stephanie looking at the surrounding jungle as they emerged into a large meadow full of flowers with light streaming down from above.
"Isn't it beautiful?" asked Stephanie mesmerized. Jake grinned despite himself.
"Yeah I guess it is," he said finally.
"And to think that this part of the island has probably never been disturbed since the dawn of time," said Stephanie. "We're probably the first humans to ever see it."
"But the survey-," began Jake before Stephanie held a finger to his lips to silence him.
"Enjoy this moment," said Stephanie softly as she faced into the jungle. "It may never come again."
Jake nodded and Stephanie lowered her hand and two stood there in one timeless moment listening to the sounds of the birds chirping. But then it was all silenced by an angry roar from the trees as a group of birds went flying sky high.
"Get back," said Jake yanking out his Long Colt and aimed it at the far wall of the trees. He pushed Stephanie behind him as he fumbled for his radio.
"Where's Steviesaurus?" asked Stephanie looking about frantically before she felt a nudging against her leg. The protoceratops was rubbing against her leg nervously until she picked her up and stroked the creature's back to calm it down.
"What do you think it is?" asked Stephanie nervously.
"I don't know, but I don't want to stick around to find out," said Jake slowly leading them away from the meadow. "Let's go."
But before they could leave, the crashing sound grew louder and louder and trees began falling down left and right in the distance. Then an object tore itself from the jungle as Stephanie screamed…
…As a hummer smashed into the meadow as lightning bolts went rocketing by overhead coupled with a heavy rainstorm. The front edge of Hurricane Clarissa had found its way to the island and was now battering it relentlessly causing the dinos to become even more agitated in their attempts to reach the center of the island as evidenced by the pair of Tyrannosaurs on their tail.
"This is Jake in Sector 42 and we've got a pair of T-Rexes on our tail," said Jake into his radio as the vehicle drove into a large area of mud and slid across it. Jake was sitting in the passenger's seat as a couple of workers in the back had opened the back trunk and were shooting M-16's at the beasts. But thanks to the vehicles constant rocking back and forth along with the wind and rain pouring in they were being less than successful at it.
"Roger that," said Gerry on the other end. "Aerial Unit is responding."
"We'll keep 'em occupied here," said Jake into the radio before turning it off and facing Sam in the driver's seat.
"Loop us around," Jake said making a circling motion with his hand. "We'll stall them until aerial gets here."
"Can't we just keep moving?" asked Sam. "It's not like they're too small to be noticed."
"I'm hoping we can attract more unwanted attention to be wiped out," Jake explained. "The more dinos that congregate here the less will be attacking the evacuees."
"Aahh," said Sam nodding. "Good idea. I just hope the elements don't get to us first."
With that statement a lightning bolt when rocketing by directly overhead and smashed into the ground throwing dirt and dust everywhere.
"Man this Clarissa is one nasty bitch," commented one of the workers in the back as he reloaded his rifle as the two Rexes roared angrily in the background despite the wind and rain. The rear wheels of the hummer suddenly slipped and the vehicle did a 720 before gaining purchase and shooting off, narrowly avoiding a nasty bite from one of the rexes.
"That was something I have no desire of doing again," said Jake trying to calm his queasy stomach.
"Me neither," said Sam glancing nervously at the rearview mirror displaying the rexes. At that moment a thumping noise was heard over the roar of the storm.
"Friend or foe?" asked Sam, his eyes darting to Jake. The scientist looked out the window.
"Friend," he said with a grin. Two Blackhawk helicopters appeared above the trees with the storm raging fiercely around them before unleashing a pair of missiles that struck the rexes, blowing large chunks of their bodies off before the pair dropped dead.
"Gotta hand it to John," said Jake approvingly. "He does come prepared."
The pair of helicopters moved off before firing another pair of missiles into the distance resulting in a pair of large explosions rising into the sky. It had been three days since Pacific Pharmaceuticals had arrived with evacuation helicopters to get the personnel off the island before Clarissa smashed it to pieces, and a week and a half since releasing the initial dimetrodons. However along with the helicopters, the CEO had also had an accompaniment of military helicopters along for the ride. There was never any explanation for where they came from and Jake didn't much care, any damage he could give the dinos the better, and so they'd been instrumental in taking out the larger beasts on the island. Still, the smaller ones, like the velociraptor, could easily live underneath the tree level and were free to pursue their own ends. For that, the dimetrodon quickie-clones were still the best option, albeit a still incredibly dangerous one. Sam moved the hummer out of the heavily damaged meadow and onto a dirt road as a black semi-truck took up a position directly in front of it. The back of the trailer was open and they saw a couple of workers, illuminated by the occasional flash of lightning behind them, pointing frantically to their rear. The quartet in the hummer looked through the open back to see a mass of smaller dinosaurs chasing after them on the road. Upfront the workers in the back of the semi slid out a ramp that smacked down behind the semi before slowly sliding a massive silver cage to it and holding it just in front of the ramp. The workers looked at the hummer with humility before Jake motioned his hand towards them.
"Hope your driving is up to spec Sam," said Jake with a grin before patting him on the back.
"Oh I hate this part," Sam groaned. The cage was shoved down the ramp and the hummer swerved to avoid it as the cage popped open and a dimetrodon scurried out towards the dino armada. As that happened, the hummer swerved to avoid another cage coming out of the truck and ended up scrapping some of the trees on the side of the road as yet another dimetrodon popped loose and snapped at whatever dinos it could that swarmed past it. More cages came flying out the back and slammed into the mud flinging it everywhere and all over the windshield of the hummer. By the time the mud was wiped away, the Hummer found itself facing a solid mud embankment on the side of the road.
"Oh shi-," began Jake as he crouched beneath the dash. The hummer hit it head on before it went airborne and did a complete barrel roll in the air before slamming down on its wheels on the other side of the road and continued forward down the road.
"Oh there goes my lunch," said Jake as he grabbed a nearby bag and threw up into it. But given that he hadn't eaten much in the past few days he primarily just dry vomited into it. The two workers in the back also looked the worse for wear, but like Jake they hadn't eaten much lately either and just dry vomited as well.
"You okay Sam?" Jake asked.
"I gotta get off this road," said Sam as he hands began nervously trembling from shock. "I can't keep this up for much longer, I'm too tired to keep going."
Jake nodded and looked forward to see the back of the semi with its ramp still being dragged behind on the ground and the shocked workers inside motioning their hands forward.
"Forward," said Jake.
"Forward?" asked Sam confused.
"Right into the beast's mouth," said Jake pointing at the truck.
"Oh you can't be serious," said Sam disbelieving him.
"Hit the accelerator," Jake ordered. "Or else I'll do it, and that'll just look awkward."
"Right," said Sam fighting to stay awake as the vehicle began lazily drifting along the road. The vehicle then surged forward towards the ramp and hit it causing the vehicle to shake before heading straight up and into the back of the trailer. The workers who were in the back of it walked over the hood and roof of the vehicle and retracted the ramp before taking their weapons and began firing at the remaining dino horde behind them. Jake and the two workers emerged out of the back of the hummer and joined them in offing the dinosaurs that they could. Eventually the dinos began tiring and dropped behind as the semi-truck vanished into the distance. The workers inside breathed a sigh of relief before shutting the rear doors of the trailer and slumping down inside exhausted.
"Thanks for the lift," said Jake to the truck workers as he opened the barrel of his Long Colt and drained the water from it.
"This isn't free," said a worker. "You have to pay us a fare."
Jake began laughing as did the other workers before Jake took out his radio and flipped it on.
"Gerry?" asked Jake.
"Yo," came the response.
"How much longer?" asked Jake.
"Three hours," said Gerry.
"Oy," said Jake. "And how much longer until they overrun the Village?"
"Three hours," said Gerry. "The same goes for how long it'll take us to finish evacuating."
"Well that's just great," said Jake annoyed. "Well we're coming your way see you soon."
"Roger. Oh, you got a priority message from Peter Ludlow about something or other," said Gerry.
"About what?" Jake asked but didn't get a response. "Gerry? Gerry?"
Jake checked his radio and found it was dead so he flung it away in disgust.
"Piece of junk," he said aggravated.
"Considering none of this stuff has been serviced in six months it's hardly a surprise they've stopped working," said Sam crawling out the back of the hummer. "That and just about every facility around here has been damaged or destroyed in some way or another."
"I wonder how we're ever going to explain this to the outside world," Jake said.
"What's to explain?" asked a worker. "We left they took over, end of story."
"We've left too much evidence behind," said Jake. "Anybody who comes here could blatantly see what really happened here."
"And so what if they do?" asked a worker. "They have no right to judge us."
"I know that," said Jake. "But it won't stop them from doing it anyway."
The other workers nodded and each sat there in silence as the truck continued onwards towards the village.
Village: Workers were being herded through the wind and rain towards the Operations Building by armed guards as various helicopters took off and landed from the platform above the building. Above the village was a pair of Tiger Helicopters holding up a defensive position in the event of any early unwelcome guests as lightning flashed all around them accompanied by the booming thunder.
"Quickly, quickly," said Thomas as he helped in the ushering of people up the stairs to the helipad. A loud roar was heard and Thomas tore his head upwards as a pair of Hornets roared close by overhead and unleashed a payload of missiles before vanishing into the cloudy sky. In the distance explosions tore up the jungle in the distance as dinosaur roars faintly began echoing into the village. The remaining workers began shivering nervously as they ascended the stairs before Thomas was joined by Gerry.
"How much time?" Thomas shouted over the storm.
"An hour and a half," Gerry responded. "And it's going to be close."
"Where's Jake?" asked Thomas.
"Should be here soon, I talked to him about an hour or so ago and he said he was inbound," said Gerry. At that statement a pair of headlights beamed into the village as a semi-truck entered into the village. It stopped in the middle of the main road as a ramp extended from the back trailer as a hummer reversed out of it before stopping on the ground and moved off towards the Operations Building.
"That'll be him," said Gerry heading out. "Keep the peace."
"Right," said Thomas sarcastically as he began motioning people up the stairs. "C'mon people keep it moving!"
Gerry advanced towards the front entrance as the mud soaked hummer rolled across the bridge above the moat and roared up the stairs until it stopped in front of the doors. Jake and Sam emerged into the blinding rain with the other couple workers as they advanced into the building past the line of workers. Jake as he ran his hand through his hair spraying water everywhere as Gerry appeared.
"Hey Gerry," said Jake.
"Guys," the veterinarian acknowledged.
"My office," said Jake pointing onward with his gun as the duo followed suit. They entered into it and Jake closed the door before flopping down in his seat.
"It's bad out there huh?" asked Gerry looking at Sam and Jake's fatigued looks.
"You could so say so yes," said Jake. "But that's hardly anything new. You mentioned something from Pete?"
"Yeah," said Gerry pulling out an envelope and handing it to Jake. "It came in on the first helicopter."
Jake nodded and took his switchblade which he flicked out and cut the envelope before taking out a sheet of paper that was inside.
"Destroy all evidence in regards to Project ELE-Peter Ludlow," said Jake as he tossed the paper onto his desk. "Well that required an envelope."
Gerry picked it up and looked at it.
"And he couldn't have told us sooner?" asked Sam resting on Jake's couch. "We can't get to the Hammond Research Center from here, not with that army out there."
"Yeah but I'll do it anyway," said Jake getting up.
"What?" shouted Gerry. "You can't go out there! We're leaving! Clarissa is about to pound this place to a pulp, the evidence will vanish!"
"I don't want to risk someone ever finding out about it," said Jake. "The ramifications are astronomical."
"You'll die!" said Sam.
"That's a risk I'm willing to take," said Jake. "And I'm going alone."
"Fine," said Gerry disgusted. At that there was a knock at the door.
"In," said Jake as he snatched the paper back from Gerry and buried it in his inbox. Tim opened the door and hovered near the entrance.
"I just wanted to say I'm taking off," he said. "Everything is running autonomously right now and if it fails, it fails."
"Thanks for everything," said Jake getting up and shaking his hand. "Listen about my program."
"It'll run as long as there's power," said Tim. "And the computers should still stay online for quite awhile it's just that we've cut power to everything else to ensure that."
"How long do you think it'll be before the geothermal generators store up enough power to properly power this place again?" Gerry asked.
"Give or take four years I guess," said Tim unsure. "Maybe longer, it really depends on the vents and what exactly will be left around here that can still be powered up."
"Right," said Jake with a grin. "Well thanks again, we'll see you around."
"Right," said Tim laughing. "Maybe in 65 Million Years when dinosaurs inadvertently clone humans and we rebel against them."
"Probably," said Jake nodding. "Later."
Tim waved and with that he was gone and his position was replaced by someone else.
"Hi guys," said a person with a grin. Jake, Sam, and Gerry looked at the individual wide-eyed as Henry Wu entered into the room and sat down on the remaining chair.
"Henry?" asked Jake in shock.
"Yeah," said Henry. "What's up?"
"It's good to see you," said Jake deadpan at a loss for words.
"Thanks," came the response. "I figured I should enjoy one last moment on this island before it went to hell."
"Yeah," said Jake. "Anyway I'll be back."
"Where're you going?" asked Henry confused.
"Just some loose ends I need to tie up," said Jake and with that he was gone.
"Hmmm. Oh well, anybody want to show me around, it's been awhile since I was last here and I was curious if anything has changed," said the scientist with a grin. Gerry and Sam looked at each other nervously before clearing their throats.
"Right," said Gerry. "Just this way…"
Meadow: Stephanie laughed as Jake sat there aggravated. Around them a group of brachiosaurs stood around the meadow enjoying themselves in the sunny air as Steviesaurus bounded around happily amongst the flowers.
"Oh come on, it was funny," said Stephanie. "You standing there all macho and ready to defend me. It was cute."
"Cute, blech," said Jake pretending to gag.
"I find it reassuring that you'll go to great lengths to protect me and my baby," said Stephanie as he grabbed Steviesaurus and held her close.
"Whatever you say Zelda," said Jake. Stephanie sighed.
"Link?" asked Stephanie.
"Yeah?" asked Jake.
"Can it," Stephanie responded. "Just enjoy yourself for once, it may never come again."
"I don't know about that," Jake siad. "After all, Nublar is finally going to receive its first guests in a month; I think things'll finally calm down around here."
"Maybe," said Stephanie. "When it does open, you'll take me there right?"
Jake looked into the distance as images of Jeffrey's death flashed in his mind.
"I don't know," he said. "But if you want me to, I will."
"Thanks," said Stephanie as she lay on the ground. "And you're right, things will slow down here and then…who knows?"
"Yeah," Jake agreed as the sun rose high above them. "Who knows?"
Village: A hummer left the outer gates and vanished into the darkened jungle as lightning flashed by overhead as Hurricane Clarissa angrily made its way towards the island.