Equilibrium

Hammond, Muldoon, Nedry, Arnold, Ellie, and Grant were all grouped together in Wu's hidden gas bunker. They were pondering the purpose of the gas canisters in there.

Hundreds of gas canisters.

"Are there any computer terminals here?" asked Nedry, looking around.

"Possible. I… AHA! There's one!" replied Arnold.

They rushed over to the wall-mounted terminal, but allowed Nedry to pass through. The fat man stretched his arms, flexed his fingers, pulled out a pen, and turned it on. A picture of Wu appeared on the screen.

The image spoke, "Greetings, I come in peace."

Nedry grumbled, "Wu's humor is damn downright corny. What is this, an ET show?" He then typed in several commands, one-handedly, his left hand twirling the pen furiously.

The image continued talking, "Since I have been activated, I can only logically deduce that the dinosaurs have breached their enclosures. I have been pre-programmed with this information."

"That's right. Now tell us how these knockout gas canisters function," demanded Hammond.

"The canisters contain a highly volatile poly-effective bacterium gas. This bacterium has been engineered by the REAL Dr. Wu to affect all the dinosaurs in the park, except for the sauropods. The compound hasn't been field-tested," the image replied.

"Why not the sauropods?" asked Grant, curiously.

"Dr. Wu assumed that the sauropods couldn't stampede and wouldn't harm other dinosaurs. He also considered the fact that unconscious sauropods take large quantities of manpower to be brought back to their erect positions," explained the computer-Wu.

"OK. How do we trigger them?" asked Muldoon.

"The canisters are triggered by turning a valve on their caps. Each canister releases a quantity of gas presumably sufficient to bring down an adult Spinosaurus. For the valve-turning process, wrenches are available in the supply closet 8 feet to the right of this terminal. I advise you to also use the oxygen masks in the closets, for the gas can cause nausea towards humans," replied the computer.

Looking around warily, Hammond said, "Alright, everyone. Get your wrench."

They found the wrenches, and quickly set to work loosening the valve caps on the canisters. Soon, the room was filled with a pinkish gas that reeked of naphthalene, or mothballs.

Just as they had loosened the 56th canister, several Procompsognathids rushed in, chirping excitedly, only to drop unconscious upon inhaling the noxious gas. They were followed by a pack of Deinonychus, which also added themselves to the pile at the doorway.

"Compound-atmosphere ratio sufficient. Vent shafts opening. General atmosphere alarm sounding," said the computer. The general atmosphere alarm, or GAA, was implemented in case widespread knockout gas usage was necessary. The GAA alerted people in the park to put on oxygen masks from the nearest pink lockers (everyone thought a gay person had authorized this color), located in any building in the park, including the bunkers, and supply closets or sheds.

All of them, still loosening valve caps, looked at the screen, and saw a diagram of the island with bright pink lines appearing under all the enclosures. The screen then changed to show video camera shots of the gas belching out of once-concealed air wells on the ground. Dinosaurs were dropping unconscious wherever they stood.

"Cripes, they're all nodding off!" exclaimed Arnold.

"Wu's untested stuff actually worked!" said Muldoon, aghast.

"Computer, display images of Spinosaurs, Allosaurs, Tyrannosaurs, and Utahraptors," Grant suddenly said.

"Acknowledged," said the computer, displaying the requested images.

Everyone immediately knew something was wrong.

The images displayed showed the mentioned dinosaurs still active, though looking as though they were slightly drunk.

"The largest carnivores are up and running!" cried Ellie.

Nedry suddenly ran out of the bunker, jumping over the unconcious Compy's and Deinonychus, up the stairs, and out past the dead Dimetrodon in the Computer Center's doorway.

"Nedry, you ball-less coward!" bellowed Hammond, sounding slightly muffled through his mask.

As if to spite him further, the computer announced, "Gas released is sufficient. Over-dosage will result in the death of the dinosaurs."