InGen Headquarters, San Diego: "But where we will get the funds to pay for such an operation?" asked the chief accountant.
"Simple, by cutting off all supplies to Indigo and Sorna effective immediately," Ludlow responded. A murmur broke out over the board upon hearing that.
"Without fuel the fences will fail," Samantha said as if that should be obvious.
"You said they can survive three months and you're going to Sorna to try and extend that," Ludlow insisted. "I would love to be able to deal with our current and future problems now, but we do not have the resources or the funds to do so. Jurassic Park is an out of control problem that needs to be dealt with now, not later."
That much was true and even Samantha couldn't argue with that.
"Well I suppose we could up our timetable of merging the staff of the two islands and just Indigo as a warehouse," the accountant figured to Samantha's dismay. "That would solve the fuel problem for a few more months."
"Not quite," said Ludlow reluctantly. "We need to resell Indigo's fuel supplies to generate the additional funds we'll need."
Samantha threw down her pen at that. "Oh this just keeps getting better and better."
"We have no choice," said Ludlow. "But as compensation, we'll leave the timeline merger as it is. The fuel they'll have when the merger is complete will be enough for us to get by."
"Good," said Samantha. To go to Sorna and explain the merger would be one thing, but telling them it would be happening that day would be another matter entirely.
"But back to liquidating Jurassic Park after the investigation is through. Here's what where I propose…," Ludlow began as he flipped the projector and began showing them a slideshow.
Sorna, A couple days later: Jake and Henry were sitting at one of the tables in the Operations Building mess hall pouring over notebooks, charts, and binders full of data on the dinosaur cloning sequence. Normally they'd have been doing this back at Embryonics Administration, but lately a funk had fallen over the place and it was getting harder and harder to stay focused. Ray Arnold and Robert Muldoon had been good friends and it was hard to imagine they were gone. Even Gennaro was somewhat missed although they usually never saw him, instead they only got irate phone calls about legal violations of some sort.
"I still don't see anything in the gene sequences that would account for a spontaneous sex change," said Henry throwing down one of the books in disgust. Jake dropped his head down on the table also defeated.
"What if there was a problem during the chromosome denial stage?" he asked. "A male could've accidentally been created. It happened all the time during the early days."
"Yeah and you know that we fixed that. I mean yes a male will occasionally pop up every now and then, but we've never sent one to Nublar. We eradicate them here as soon as they show up," Henry reminded him.
"Then where did that raptor come from!" shouted Jake.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Henry roared back. "Are you sure it didn't have an ID marking?"
"No, I swear it didn't," Jake insisted defeated. "Maybe I was seeing things because of the constant dino attacks and just being afraid of being on that island with no fences."
"Or maybe Hammond pulled a fast one again like when he showed his two grandchildren that baby triceratops," Henry recalled. That had almost been a PR disaster of epic proportions when Hammond had snuck an egg off Sorna one day to give his grandchildren a treat they'd never forget at one of his birthday celebrations. How Ludlow and Gennaro managed to salvage that situation, they had no clue, but Hammond had been grumpy for a few weeks afterward.
"I just wish we hadn't lost those numbers during the reset," Jake complained.
"Look, maybe our memory of what Muldoon said isn't right. That Raptor could've left three others alive during its killing frenzy and that particular Raptor had its ID tattoo trashed and it healed over. I don't think you looked at it closely enough to determine that," Henry figured.
"No, I guess you're right," Jake conceded as he sat back up. "I still would like to know for sure, though. Maybe there's something in the DNA interaction between the frog DNA and the dino DNA that might be causing some unforeseen effect."
"Or else do a DNA check on random samples," Henry said. "Not that I want to do that."
"Nor do I," Jake agreed. "It'd be hard enough to collect the samples we'd need and then someone would think we really did think the dinos were breeding and then we'd have a riot on our hands. Besides, if there' an answer it's in here with the code, not out there."
The two nodded and sat mulling the possibilities when a new arrival entered into the dining area.
"Gerry!" they both said enthusiastically at the long absent veterinarian, Gerry Harding.
"Hi guys," said the vet with a mild grin as they waved him over to their table.
"Where've you been, man?" Jake inquired. He waved off that question.
"Ah, don't ask it's a long story," he replied. "I hear a lot's been going on since I've been away."
"You have no idea," said Henry and the two began filling him in.
Pacific Pharmaceuticals HQ, San Diego: Cassie was typing away on her terminal trying to access Nedry's files as Serena showed off various devices capable of smuggling embryos to the others in the bay.
"Good work," said John amazed as he looked at the assortment of devices. All of them were small and wouldn't get a second glance from him if he didn't know what they were capable of. He held up a can of hairspray and pressed the nozzle on top and was slightly disappointed that no spray came out.
"I only had a handful of days to come up with these prototypes. But they could easily be filled with hairspray, water, or anything else to be made operational," Serena stated. John nodded and put the hairspray back down and looked at the others handling the different devices.
"Well I'd say Nedry probably wasn't one for hairspray," Lorne figured. John nodded and tossed the device into the trash bin for the compactor. Serena wasn't the least bit upset about the casually dismissal of something she'd worked days on, all she cared about was that one of them would be what they were looking for. Gradually they went down the list of items that had been developed and either approving them or disapproving them based on reports about Nedry's profile until they were left with one item.
"Shaving can," said John nodding his head as he held the device in his hands.
"It fits. Nedry was clean shaven," Serena remarked. She took the device from him and then unscrewed the bottom and revealed the embryo housing container.
"It's also not much to go on," John also stated. But the can did make the most sense because the can was colder than most other items and that would help to cover up the coolant's effects.
"You sure about this not fitting inside of a soda can?" asked Jeff curious. Serena shook her head.
"Not if you want fifteen or so embryos to fit in there and hope to have enough coolant to get it off the island," she told him. "Besides it's too risky, a soda can might easily be misplaced or accidentally tossed by the janitorial staff."
"Good enough," said John pleased that they'd found what they were looking for. "We're heading for San Jose next after we're done prepping here. That's where Nedry left a large deposit and I'm guessing that's also where he received that same amount from Biosyn."
The team nodded as John made his exit to go do other work for the company and the others went to do theirs as well.
Sorna: "Crazy," said Gerry over what had happened in his absence. "So what do you think will happen next?"
"Unknown," said Jake nonplussed. "But whatever, we'll worry about that when it comes. Right now we've got other things on our mind."
"Such as?" asked Gerry confused, not sure what else there was that hadn't been mentioned. Jake shot a glance to Henry for help, not wanting to reveal that they were concerned about the dino's breeding at this point in the game. Telling Sheila and Tim could easily be dismissed as speculation on their part if they were asked about it, but the same wouldn't be true if they flat out told Gerry.
"He just means the inspection," Henry said off the cuff, hoping Gerry bought it.
"Oh yeah," said the veterinarian nodding his head. "I'd better make sure all of my things are in order too with the rest of the staff."
He got up to leave to head for his base of operations when Henry called out to him.
"You figure out why the triceratops kept getting sick?" he asked. Gerry laughed at that.
"Yeah, gizzard stones," he answered. "The triceratops kept eating them to mash up their food and because they were so close to the lilac bushes, they kept getting into their system."
Jake and Henry nodded sagely at that, though their knowledge of animal eating habits was largely beyond them. Gerry tipped his head at them and exited the dining area. Jake and Henry shared a glance, wondering if keeping their suspicions from almost everyone else would help or hinder them in the long run. Either way, they needed to know the truth which is why once more they returned to their charts and diagrams. But before they could get very far, they were buzzed to meet Sam in his office. Gathering their things, they bustled in to find Lori already there and sitting on Sam's desk as the head of operations speaking to someone via the speaker phone.
"Hey, they just got in, so can you repeat that," he said into it.
"Hey Jake, Hey Henry, this is Daniela," the head of Indigo stated. "I thought you might like to know that a team of InGen investigators and about a dozen or so mercenaries just passed through here headed for Nublar."
"So Ludlow's made his first move," Jake growled. "And all without bothering to tell us first."
"We knew he would be sending in a team!" Sam snapped at him. "And from what you told me about your time over there, I think they're in for a lot of trouble."
"So we should be prepared to back them up?" asked Daniela.
"Exactly," her counterpart agreed. "I'm going to prep the DRT members so they'll be ready for immediate dust off if things go badly over there. Assuming we somehow find out in time."
"Good move," said Henry nodding his head. "The only question now is whether we'll get that report that they end up generating."
"Doubtful unless any of us are shareholders," Jake stated ruefully and then laughed darkly at that. "Good thing I sold almost all of my shares to John."
"Ha! So did I," said Henry bemused despite himself. "But what can I say, I didn't think the price he wanted for them would ever get passed by what I thought they'd be worth once Jurassic Park went public."
"Is that illegal?" Lori had to ask, even though she didn't know who this 'John' character was.
"Probably," they both admitted before Jake continued. "But I'm sure somewhere someone thinks creating dinosaurs is illegal. Which is why we're down here in Costa Rica and not sitting pretty back home in San Diego."
"I think the bigger question is what that report will convince Ludlow and the others to do about the Park," said Lori trying to get the conversation back on track.
"No choice, liquidation," said Jake immediately with Henry nodding his head in agreement.
"Why do you always assume the worst?" demanded Lori disgusted and then turned to Henry. "And why are you agreeing with him now?"
"I wish I could tell you, but there are some contingency plans that even you don't have knowledge of," answered Henry sympathetically though a shadow was clearly hovering over his face as he said that. Jake nodded his head as well as he heard that.
"Like what?" asked Lori doubtful while crossing her arms. "You can't mean the Lysine Contingency, everyone knows about that.
"You really don't want to know," said Jake simply. Sam cleared his throat to get their attention.
"Look, none of that really matters right now," he told them. "I just called you here to keep you guys in the loop. I'm going to have Tim and Sheila fire up the remote feed to Nublar so we can try and keep track of the investigation team. But until something comes up, you should all get back to work."
Jake and Henry tipped their heads and left with their work as Sam silently wondered what they were doing before shrugging that concern off for later. Lori looked at Sam silently begging to know what Jake and Henry were talking about but all she received was a silent headshake and so she left disgusted. As she slammed the door, the Head of Operations on Sorna sighed deeply as he looked at the phone knowing that Daniela was on the other end looking at hers as well.
"Do you think Ludlow would…," asked Daniela hesitantly, talking about the contingency plan Jake and Henry had just alluded to.
"I don't think Jurassic Park has enough specimens to warrant it," Sam figured before turning glum. "But we do and I really don't want to think about that right now."
"We don't have any choice. I'll need you, Jake, and Henry to review Project ELE when you have the time," Daniela ordered, finally referring to the contingency plan by name. "I'll be down to see you when Samantha and the inspection team come through, so we'll talk more then. I'm afraid I've got a lot of loose ends on my end right now"
"Yeah, how is your investigation going?" asked Sam curious. A silence was all he heard on the other end.
"Danni?" he asked, showing his concern by deliberately using her almost never used nickname to get her attention.
"Oh, sorry," she apologized, a little flustered. "I don't know, Sam. I was expecting a simple answer and all I've found are more questions. I'll let you know if I come up with anything more concrete."
From the tone of her voice as she said that, it sounded like she'd been losing sleep over the investigation into Nedry's final passage through her island.
"If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask," said Sam trying to be helpful. A hearty laugh greeted his hears at that as he breathed a silent sigh of relief.
"I didn't know you cared, Sam Stone," said Daniela said sweetly. Sam chuckled nervously at that as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Let's just say that when things finally hit the fan that I don't want to be the only one holding the bag," he admitted. Another chuckle was heard at that.
"I appreciate it. See you soon, Sam," Daniela promised. Sam nodded his head.
"Good luck with your investigation," he told her and then hung up the phone and then immediately picked it up and dialed the airfield.
"Jennifer's Jurassic Jets, if we don't deliver your dinosaur in more than thirty minutes its free," came the female voice on the other end with a goofy made up tagline. "What's up?"
"Can I talk to Kevin?" Sam requested. Jennifer called out to Kevin and a garbled response was heard along with a wrench hitting the floor.
"He's busy changing the hydraulic fluid on the Learjet, can he call you back?" Jennifer asked.
"No, that's alright," said Sam, remembering that Fridays were when the duo performed routine maintenance on the air vehicles. "Is the helicopter ready to go?"
"We got it done before lunch," Jennifer confirmed. "What's going on?"
"Ludlow's got an investigation team on Nublar and I want to be ready to bail them out if things go wrong," Sam told her. "So if you could finish up there as quickly as you can and get over here, I'd appreciate it."
"Will do," said Jennifer and then summarily hung up to go assist Kevin with his work. As soon as that was done, Sam quickly dialed down to the Control Room.
"I need you to set up the remote feed to Nublar and key in the security cameras," he told Tim and then hung up before dialing the DRT Team and telling them to get prepped before heading downstairs to the Control Room.
Pacific Pharmaceuticals HQ, San Diego: John Brown sat behind his desk near the top floor enjoying a cup of tea as he looked at the computer monitor, which showed a satellite photo of Nublar and the helicopters approaching it. He then turned to look out the window behind him which gave a wide view of the city and he looked out at the InGen Waterfront Complex.
"Good luck," he said sincerely and held up his cup to them.
Nublar: A group of helicopters soared in from over the horizon and landed in a pattern around the Visitors Center. From the vehicles came several heavily equipped mercenaries and a team of investigators with all sorts of equipment…along with a clearly annoyed Ed Regis. He didn't feel he had to be anywhere near this island with its nasty inhabitants that were now on the loose. But Ludlow had forced him into going as he knew the island better than anyone else, aside from the crews on Sorna and Indigo whom the boss didn't want involved with the investigation.
And so the PR Representative found himself walking up the front steps and into the Center where had once spent most of his recent days before getting food poisoning and upon entering staring at the demolished dinosaur skeletons with a pair of dead raptors nearby. Sighing, he could only think one thought.
"This is going to be a long day,"
Five hours later in a hail of gunfire and explosions, the investigation team along with the mercenaries evacuated the island with the help of a timely assist from Sorna's DRT Team flown in by Kevin and Jennifer.