Chapter 5: Good Night and Good Luck

Back in the park, the six castaways continued to search for a safe place to retire for the night. Sebastian walked over to Jason and asked, "A treasure on the island and we're going to go search for it. Why?"

Jason began to chuckle before replying, "What ever this treasure is, it must be worth a lot, and we'll be able to split it four ways, assuming we cut out David and Jackie." Sebastian shook his head in disappointment as he added, "We could get killed searching for a treasure that might not even exist. Does that register anywhere on your danger meter?"

"We'll be fine," Jason insisted. "I told Brian to pull up the security cameras on the island. He'll be able to lead us to the top of the mountain while avoiding the dinosaurs. Trust me, Sebastian. Have I ever led you wrong?"

"You led me wrong countless times!" replied Sebastian. At this point, the rest of the crew was giving Sebastian the look, as if he were crazy. Sebastian ignored the looks and continued to walk. Minutes passed without a word until Brian's voice came back over the radio saying, "I've got the camera screen up, but the cameras are offline. It says on the computer screen that the cameras have to be turned on manually from the generator room. According to the map, the generator room is just north of the control room, so you shouldn't be too far from it."

Jason turned off the radio and said, "Let's move out." The group began to move until Lola stopped moving and took out her notepad, sat down, and began to draw. Most of the group didn't notice Lola, but David did. David hadn't taken his eyes off of Lola the entire walk. "You know, it's not really safe to stay behind the main group." Lola didn't respond and only lifted her hand on order to make David shut up. David began to talk, but was interrupted by Lola; "You'll scare off the compy."

David peered down and saw that a compy was standing between Lola and David, staring at Lola in wonder. David kneeled down and took out a chocolate bar. Lola stared at David in anger as she whispered, "What are you, crazy? You can't have that out around a dinosaur! Do you have any idea the consequences that could create?"

David put the half open candy bar back in his pack and insisted that Lola come back to the group. Lola hesitantly stood up and followed David back to the group that hadn't even noticed their disappearance.

Meanwhile, the compy jumped around the area in confusion and landed on a tiny piece of candy bar that had dropped. After one bite, the compy clearly loved it. The compy picked it up and brought it back to some other waiting compies. The herd of compies was in a sugar rampage and began to search for more.

Minutes later, the group finally found the generator room. The dimly lit room was small, but spacious enough for five people to sleep in. Jason turned to Moses saying, "Check the area. Kill anything that looks like it could kill us." Moses began to search the area as he turned to Sebastian and tossed him the radio and said, "Flip every switch in this room until Brian says the cameras are on."

Sebastian sighed before leaving to flip the switches. Sebastian flipped the first switch and asked Brian, "Anything yet?" Brian remained silent as Sebastian asked again. Brian ignored Sebastian as he said, "Is it safe to talk?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Brian hesitated before replying, "Is there anyone around that can hear you?"

"Yeah," Sebastian whispered back, "everyone is still awake. Brian, what is this about?" Brian was once again hesitant in replying, but eventually whispered, "It's about Jason. I think he's trying to steal that dinosaur formula. I know it seems a little far-fetched, and I don't blame you for not believing me, but I'm telling you, the dinosaur formula was being downloaded to the cylinder, and he was the only person with contact with it."

Sebastian sighed before replying, "First Jason has me risking my life searching for some treasure and now you're risking my life by telling me this information. If Jason really is stealing the dinosaur formula, he won't let anyone of us live if we find out."

"Then it's best to keep this information between us," Brian replied. Sebastian agreed and continued to flip the switches until Brian said that the cameras were turning on along with the lights in the control room. Sebastian tossed the radio to Jason.

Jason turned it on and asked Brian, "Have you found out that Robert Muldoon is?"

"As a matter of fact, I have," Brian replied. "Robert Muldoon was the game warden for Jurassic Park. It was his job to make sure the dinosaurs didn't harm anyone. He failed. Muldoon was last seen by Dr. Ellie Sattler near the generator room, and was never seen again. But of course, like all of the deaths, Muldoon's death remains under speculation."

"Have you figured out where the treasure is on the map yet?"

"Not yet," Brian replied glumly. "It still looks like a normal map to me." Jason turned off the radio when Moses told him that the area was safe. Jason turned to the other people and said, "All right everyone, I hope you all have a good night's sleep, because we have a big day of treasure hunting ahead of us." Jason then laid down and began to sleep, but the sleep wasn't easy for the rest of the group. David didn't fall asleep until he knew that Lola was comfortable, and Jackie fell asleep soon after that. Moses, from all the midday naps he had already taken, was one of the last to fall asleep, but Sebastian was still awake one hour later.

Sebastian stood up and began to walk back and forth until he heard what sounded like a squawk. At first, Sebastian assumed it was one of the other people waking up, but they were all fast asleep. Sebastian thought it was all in his head, until the he heard the squawk again, and this time, louder. Two more squawks came in succession, followed by the shrill scream coming from where the others were sleeping. Sebastian ran back to see that everyone else was being attacked by an army of compies. The humans would seem to be toe clear victor, but with the minimal light in the room, the compies were sure to win.

The only thing that seemed weird was that the compies weren't attacking the humans so much as if they were searching for something. Moses pulled out a flashlight and a handgun and began to shoot the compies on the ground while the compies began to center in on David. David dropped his bag and began to scurry away, but stopped upon noticing he wasn't being followed. The compies searched his bag and pulled out the half opened chocolate bar and began to eat it like piranhas. Moses was able to locate the feeding compies with the flashlight and was able to shot them. Most of the compies managed to scurry away.

After catching his breathe, Jason demanded in a calm voice, "Whose candy bar was that?" The group remained silent. Jason elevated his voice slightly, "Whose candy car was that?" The room remained silent as Jason yelled, "WHOSE CANDY BAR WAS THAT?"

David knew that it was his candy bar, but was too afraid to step forward. Jason began to ask again in an even louder voice, but Jason stepped forward saying, "It was-"

"It was mine." David peered over to see Lola had stepped forward and interrupted him. Jason stared Lola directly in the eyes, but Lola didn't waver. Jason stepped back and said, "This kind of carelessness doesn't sound like you, but I'll let it slide." Jason then addresses the entire crowd as he said, "Now, let's all try and gets some sleep." Most of the group managed to go back to sleep, but Sebastian was up all night with the thoughts of what Brian had told him.

The following morning, Jason stepped outside to see Moses was already waiting outside with Sebastian. Jackie came out next followed by Lola and David. David still couldn't figure out why Lola stood up for him, but he knew that meant she wasn't the Biosyn agent he was searching for. David walked up to Lola and said, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it," she insisted. David tried to thank her again, but was shoved down as she said, "When I say don't mention it, don't mention it." Lola continued to walk as Jackie turned back and helped David up and immediately shoved him back down. Jackie bent over and whispered, "I guess I have to remind you that Lola Brinker is a suspect, which means she must be treated like a criminal.

"No," David replied.

"I guess I also have to remind you that I outrank you so that means that if you don't start acting like and agent and stop acting like a lovesick moron, I will fire you."

David stared coldly into Jackie's eyes and said, "Fire me."

"Fine," she replied standing up. "I'll even do you one better. David Hunter, you are no longer a member of the United States Secret Service effective immediately." David and Jackie returned to the group who hadn't noticed their disappearance as Jason was taking to Brian over the radio. "Have you cracked the treasure map yet?"

"Not yet," Brian's voice replied, "but wherever the treasure is, it's on the volcano, so just give mea minute until I pull up the cameras. One minute of silent passed as Brian's fearful voice came back as he said, "The only way to get to the volcano is going through the T-rex nesting grounds."