Chapter 11: Monsters

Screaming.

Horrible screaming.

Jimmy's father darted through the crowd holding his son's hand.

People were being trampled and the giant flying dinosaur began swooping down picking up tourists with their large talons.

So much screaming.

His son cried and held on tighter to his hand.

He then felt a piercing pain on his shoulders.

When he looked over to them, he saw huge talons piercing into his shoulders.

The pain intensified and he was lifted from the ground.

He let go of his son's hand feeling his strength draining away.

The last thing he saw was his son's grey eyes.

Sam felt a tug on his shirt. He opened his eyes and saw Seoungwoo. He looked almost scared.

"Sam help me wake the others" Seoungwoo said.

"What why? It's the middle of the night, go back to bed" Sam replied

"We got something on the antenna" Seoungwoo said.

Sam sprang out of his bed.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes really, now help me wake the others"

Sam walked over to Amelia's room. He patted her on the head.

"Amelia we- "

"Five more minutes" she said groggily.

Sam smiled and left the room and walked downstairs to the lobby where Jimmy was sleeping.

Jimmy was sleeping on the couch Sam had laid him on. Sam walked up to him and took the blankets off him and picked the little boy up.

"No dad I do not have dinosaurs on the brain" Jimmy said in his sleep.

"C'mon Jimmy wake up" Sam said softly while brushing the hair out of his face.

Jimmy woke up a little groggy but still able to walk up the stairs behind Sam.

They walked up the stairs to the antenna where everyone else was already dressed and waiting.

Amelia was wearing something different. She had taken the bandages off her leg and was wearing cut off jeans and a green buttoned-down t-shirt with a denim vest on top. She also had a green bandana around her neck.

Her leg had seemed to heal.

"Can I go back to bed Sam?" Jimmy asked.

"Right after this Jimmy it'll be over quickly" Sam replied.

Seoungwoo told everyone about what happened. There were some things that Seoungwoo chose to leave out, for personal reasons.

"Did he say who he was?" Amelia asked.

"No"

"How the hell does he expect us to get this genome" Chiboko asked.

"He said Amelia should know" Seoungwoo replied.

Everyone's eyes darted to her. She put on a nervous smile.

"Well on the m-map it says Hammond genetic lab." Amelia said.

"Yeah, what about it? Chiboko asked.

"Well, its where I used to work" She replies

"The genome is held in a cryogenic vault under the lab. I can lead you all there." She added.

"Well, where is the lab?" Sam asked.

"On the east side of the island. Not too far from here if we go on the monorail." She replied.

"Aren't the trains broken down? How do you expect us to use the monorails if the trains don't work?" Seoungwoo asked.

"They always keep a train in the Vehicle Repair Bay next to the radio station, again not too far from here." Amelia replied.

"So do we take everyone and walk there?" Chiboko asked.

"I'm afraid so." Amelia said.

"We'll leave at sunrise. Start packing your things." Sam said.

He nodded to the rest of them and went downstairs.

Sam helped packed Jimmy's things into his backpack. He stuffed it with food a blanket and the toys he found at the gift shop.

He then packed his own things. A photo of his co-workers and parents, some food, blankets, his trusty knife and a pillow which he strapped on the outside of his backpack.

The sky began to turn orange. It was time.

He walked upstairs to the balcony where Amelia was. She was looking out over the island.

"Hey Amelia" Sam said.

"Hello Sam" she replied keeping her eyes on the island.

"You scared?"

She looked at him.

"Who wouldn't be"

"You used to work there? What did you do there?" Sam asked.

"My job supervised by Dr. Henry Wu was to create-"

"The raptors?"

"Yes Sam"

"The Monsters"

"Masrani wanted genetically modified raptors that could follow commands" she replied.

"He got what he wanted, until all hell broke lose" she said.

She looked into Sam's eyes.

"I created them"

"I'm the monster" she said while tears began to form in her eyes.