Chapter 3: Hidden Secrets

Jason was the first to step out of the helicopter that had landed on top of the control building with Moses in tail and Sebastian bringing up the rear. "Okay," Jason said, "I'll go and get the files from the computers while you'll take Moses and Brian—Brian will you get out here!" The three looked back and saw that Brian was hiding behind all of the seats and clenching the seat as if his life depended on it.

Jason sighed as he continued; "Well, it would appear that Brian won't be joining you two, so as I was saying, you, Sebastian will take Moses and take pictures of any proof of existence on this island for thirty minutes and then return to the building where I would have already loaded up the files by then on this." Jason took a cylindrical device out of his pocket as he continued, "This little device will allow the computer to run without any electricity and be able to upload the files we need. We should be back on the helicopter in half an hour and back in Costa Rica by midnight."

The group nodded in unison and went through the door leaving Brian with the pilot on the roof. Moses was checking out the cylindrical object that Jason had shown the group earlier while Sebastian was a little uneasy as they entered the staircase. The group went down five sets of stairs until Jason stopped and said, "This is my stop. I expect al of you back here alive in half an-"

"We get it," Sebastian interrupted. Jason shrugged as he went through the door. Moses continued to walk down the stairs and Sebastian followed. Moses and Sebastian exited the stairwell at the bottom floor and moved closer until a sudden wind swayed over Sebastian's shoulder. Sebastian turned around, but only say a hallway that lead to a closed door. "Did you see that, Moses?"

"Relax," he ordered. "You think there's something there because you expect for something to be there." Sebastian gave an odd look to Moses as he replied, "What? You didn't expect a man holding a gun to also have a master's degree in psychology?"

Sebastian hesitated before responding, "No, I did not expect a man holding a gun to have a master's degree in psychology." Moses didn't respond and continued to walk out the door. Sebastian walked with his back to Moses, hoping that he was wrong.

Back on the roof Brian had relaxed and moved up to the middle seat, but was clearly still frightened out of his mind. The pilot was also anxious and felt that Brian's quivering wasn't making things better. "Dr. Henderson," he said calmly, "I'm going to need you to just calm down. This building is ten stories high and if a T-Rex was in the area, the building wouldn't still be standing. As long as we stay up here, we won't be hurt."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course," he said, hoping he was right. Dinosaurs aren't that smart. Not even a raptor should be able to climb up a building."

"Of course," Brian said. "That makes perfect sense." Brian called down, but he knew the truth. He knew that even dog and cats could find their way up to the roof of a building on a way or another and he knew that a raptor could do the same. Brian was once again shivering with fear.

"Dr. Henderson," the pilot complained, but was interrupted by Brian saying, "Listen Mr.—what's you're name?"

"Michael Wolffson," he replied, "but I think you need to calm down. We'll be in the air in about twenty five minutes and back in Costa Rica safe and sound in no time." Michael's attempt at calming down Brian had failed. If anything, it made it worse as Brian was once again hiding behind the back seat. Minutes passed ad Michael heard the door open that lead to the stairwell. "Mr. McCain?" he yelled. "Mr. Kelly? Mr. Benson?" There was no answer and the creaking f the door had stopped. Brian peeked over the stairs to see Michael unbuckle his seatbelt and slowly step put of the helicopter. "Mr. McCain?" he yelled again.

"We have to get out of here," Brian whispered. Michael turned around and asked, "What was that?"

"We have to get out of here."

"Why?"

"That's a metal door so that wasn't the wind that creaked it open."

"If it was a dinosaur, don't you think it would have attacked up by now?"

"Not necessarily," Brian said, still clearly frightened. "I've done research in which wildcats will rustle up some noise to lure its prey to them. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what's going on right now."

Michael rolled his eyes and said, "Fine, it makes you feel any better, I'll close the door. Brian yelled in opposition, but it was too late. Michael was too close to the door and the velociraptor had pounced on him. Brian dove back behind the seat to hear the bloodcurdling screaming coming from right outside the helicopter. Michael's screams seemed to grow louder until the stopped abruptly. So abruptly that made Brian shudder in fear.

The raptor continued to feast on his reward for what seemed like hours to Brian and soon felt even more scared when the sounds of feasting had ended. Brian knew the raptor was still out there, but he'd dared not make sure.

The raptor began to drag the body into the staircase, but not before checking out the helicopter. The raptor sniffed the side of it before hopping on top. Brian whimpered, trying to keep his yells from coming out. The raptor crushed the motor upon landing on the hull. He peered out of the left side of his eye and jumped through the door of the helicopter.

The raptor was in the helicopter with him, and he was sure he was going to die. The raptor sniffed around the backseat and continued to move his head closer to behind the seat. The raptor turned is head behind the seat, but found nothing.

Brian had managed to escape through a secret compartment on the back that led outside. He didn't know what kind of moron would make a compartment that led to outside on a helicopter, but he was sure glad that kind of moron existed. Brian held perfectly still behind the helicopter as the raptor continued to rampage inside. The raptor jump out of the helicopter door opposite the side with the door leading downstairs, which Brian felt he could take advantage of. Brian began to tiptoe towards the door while the raptor was preoccupied with looking out into Jurassic Park. Brian was so close, only a couple of feet away, until the shrill yell of the raptor was heard. Brian darted for the door, but was easily blocked off by the raptor. Brian hopped back into the helicopter with the raptor in tail. Brian managed to close the right side door on the raptor after jumping up. Brian snuck around and closed the left side door while the raptor was preoccupied with the right. Brian felt safe with the raptor locked in the helicopter, but was mistaken. The raptor began to crack the windshield with its mouth, and Brian darted into the stairwell.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the jungle, Lola Brinker was getting agitated by David and Jackie's constant whispering, and couldn't take it any longer. One thing was on Lola's mind, and she had to ask. "So," she interrupted, "You guys are tourists, right?" Davis and Jackie nodded in unison as Lola continued, "Out of a million places you two could've vacationed in, you chose Isla Nublar. Why is that?"

"We don't believe in the dinosaurs," Jackie lied.

Lola stared at Jackie as if she were trying to be the human lie detector as she replied, "We'll you've got to believe in them now that you boat was destroyed by some."

"Those weren't dinosaurs," Jackie lied again. "Those were clearly sharks. David even said they looked like sharks.

"No," David interrupted. "I said they looked like Jaws, not sharks." Lola ignored David as she replied, "They weren't sharks; they were ichthyosaurs."

"That's impossible," Jackie replied. "Ichthyosaurs weren't on InGen list." Lola stopped in her tracks upon hearing those words and asked, "How do you know that?" Jackie began to stammer as Lola continued, "I know that because I was told that was John Hammond himself, but how do you know that?" Jackie was speechless, but luckily, didn't have to as David interrupted saying, "Check it out, a car!" David rushed over to the car that was in the middle of a deserted road and yelled back, "Great! It still has half a tank of gas!" Jackie hopped in the passenger's seat as Lola admired the pictures on the side. Lola removed her bag, but saw that she only had one notepad when she distinctively remembered packing two. Lola took it out and bean to draw the pictures of dinosaurs on the side of the car. David and Jackie were getting tired of waiting and started up the car. Lola tossed the notepad back into her bag and jumped in the backseat right before David pulled out.

Back in the control room, Jason was still uploading the files from the computer Jason was relaxing as he tilted his chair back, but tipped over when Brian barged in out of breathe. "We've got to get out of here!" he yelled.

Jason stood up and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Raptor," Brian said, with even more fear in his voice than ever before. It's on the roof. It killed the pilot and we've got to go before-" Brian stopped taking abruptly upon hearing clanking coming from the end of the hallway. Brian began to point frantically at the hallway. Jason sighed and checked outside, but saw only an empty hallway. "There's nothing out there."

"You just can't see it," Brian replied. "The sun's almost set and there's' no light in the hallway." Jason sighed and stepped out into the hallway. Jason began to tiptoe down the hallway until he heard what Brian had been complaining about. Jason began to run back, but saw that Brian had already locked the door. The raptor was gaining on him and Jason managed to avoid him by jumping into another door in the hallway. Jason locked the metal door behind him. Jason looked around and saw a table with a speakerphone on it and turned around to see little incubator, like the one at hospitals. Ten of them, five on each side. Jason knew he was in a dinosaur nursing room. Jason heard the phone on the table ring. Jason was confused, but walked over and saw that the call was coming from the control room. Jason pressed the speaker button and said in a grumpy voice, "What do you want, Brian?"

Brian was so shell-shocked from the two raptor encounters that he didn't notice Jason's grumpy attitude as he replied, "You're not going to believe what's on the files you're uploading."

"Brian!" he yelled. "The boss said not to look at the files!"

Brian ignored Jason a he continued, "Check it out. It says here: The Treasure of Isla Nublar, the secret behind the volcano on the island. Plans to find it after the test group leaves.

R. Muldoon