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A/n: Thank you for your lovely reviews they mean the world to me. I finally managed to finish my fanart for this story. I drew all my dinosaurs so if you want to see what they look like just go to the link posted on my profile it has all the details into the Dino's personalities so I hope you like. And if you are a deviantart member please leave me a comment on what you think.
And with my sleep deprived brain I am about to write another chapter of...
ALAN'S DINOSAURS
Chapter 06: Arrival on Isla Nublar
VET CENTER ISLA NUBLAR
Gerald Harding was staring hard at the little dinosaur before him. The Archeopteryx was staring back its feathers were fluffed as if he was going to attack.
The little dinosaur managed to somehow get out of his cage. It was startling to find him on Gerry's desk eating a few flies that had gotten into the office. The largest thing he caught was that annoying wasp that was driving his staff insane.
It had built a nest where his people could not get to in the upper rafters. As soon as the little guy broke out he ransacked the nest and ate all the bugs. When he came back down Gerry was startled that he gotten out that it took him about five minutes before he caught the little guy and threw him back in the holding pen.
Well since then the little guy has managed many ways to break out of his cage.
In fact it was a game to the little guy and the vet team was taking bets to see how long it would take before he broke out again.
The only reprieve was when the little guy seemed to settle in with the resident Dilophosaurus which was still recovering from injuries to its jaw and sides. The little guy seemed to recognize the dinosaur and they would be hanging out in the cage.
Well today was one of those days that the little guy was out of his cage and on Gerry's desk.
Its yellow eyes stared at him with curiosity which Gerry found fascinating. The little guy seemed to be coming closer...closer...
"Frankie come here!" a voice said and Gerry looked up startled as Robert Muldoon came into the office. The Archeopteryx was startled as it flapped its wings and hissed.
"Frankie come here!" Robert said even more so now with a treat in his hand.
The Archeopteryx cocked its head before flying over to the Game Warden's hand and ate the nice tasty bug.
"How the hell did you figure that out?" Gerry said startled.
"With this that just came in," Robert said handing Gerry the files.
"What is this?" the vet asked.
"Records of our new animals it seems as if they were stolen from a Dr. Alan Grant in Montana," he said.
"Alan Grant? The Paleontologist turned Dinosaur Whisperer?" asked Gerry.
"Yep that's the one, his animals were stolen about a month or two ago and Hammond had just confirmed their identities," Robert explained while petting Frankie who liked his treat.
"So that thing?" Gerry said pointing to the Archeopteryx.
"This little shit is Frankie and that Dilophosaur that you had for a while is Spitz if the markings are correct," Robert said as he walked to the animal enclosures. He knelt down and the Dilophosaur growled.
"Easy Spitz I am not going to hurt you shhh," Robert said slowly. He remembered what he learned in Kenya about big cats and softened his look. The dinosaur stopped growling a bit when Robert reached in and stroked his neck a bit to sooth the animal. It was a daring move but he had to do it.
The Dilophosaur slowly settled down as he cocked his head for more strokes.
When Robert noticed the marks he grew concerned, "Gerry when did he get these?" he asked.
"I don't know he was originally brought in for vaccinations before being sent out into the paddock. But when I came in yesterday he was like this as if someone beat him with a rod. I tried to find it on camera but the footage has been wiped," Gerry said.
Robert's face grew into a frown, "Someone is beating the animals. Probably the same someone who has smuggled them here in the first place," Robert said getting up.
"Are you sure?" asked Gerry.
"I am positive now come here let me show you how to handle him according to Dr. Grant," Robert said and Gerry bent down just as the door opened.
"Dad I could not find...oh he gotten out again!" a girl's voice said.
Robert and Gerry turned their heads to see a little girl about fourteen years old at the door. She was wearing khaki shorts and vest but her shirt was red and her light brown hair tied up in a pony tail.
"Jess I thought I told you to wait for me outside," he said.
"I was but you were taking too long so I came in here...is that a dinosaur?" she asked looking at Spitz and then Frankie.
Frankie took this time to fly to her and she held up her arm in alarm. When the Archeopteryx landed he chirped before moving to her shoulder. He started playing with her hair. Giggling she tried to stroke him only for him to move to the other side.
"Dad is this the guy who finally ate that wasp nest in the main area?" she asked.
"Yes, Jessie that little guy I just found out is named Frankie," Gerry replied just as Frankie picked at Jesse's hair clip which was in the shape of a butterfly.
"Hey!" she said trying to get the dinosaur from picking on the pin. Frankie then latched onto her hand with his wing claws and used it to get to the top of her head.
"Dad a little help!" she said laughing when Frankie figured out the clip he managed to yank it out of Jesse's hair and shook it. Finding it unappetizing he dropped it before trying to explore more of Jess.
"Ok you little bugger that is enough from you," Robert scolded and Frankie lifted his head out of Jessie's hair and chirped making her hair a total mess.
"Frankie, Alan warned me about your mischievous tactics now get over here you little shit," he said that Frankie flew around Robert's head chirping in glee. Then he settled on the dinosaur pen which held the Dilophosaur and picked at the latch. Being as smart as the little guy was he pulled on the pins for the cage and the door opened. Both men and the girl paled at the sight when the dinosaur came out.
Frankie landed on the head of the Dilophosaur but it made no move to attack them from his cage. Wagging his tail in lazy arcs Spitz only chirped before moving towards Gerry who had been nice to him. Then he startled them by rubbing his head against the vet's side. His snout was still in a muzzle preventing him from spitting and biting but he did not care. He wanted to feel some comfort and since this is not his father he would have to do.
Rubbing his head there he began to purr his content. Startled Gerry then started to pat down the smaller dinosaur. Happy to have some affection Spitz leaned further into the vet his sandy skin vibrating with happiness.
"Wow I never would have thought I would be in the presence of Dr. Grant's animals. I've heard a lot about how he trained them. That would explain why at this age this animal is not afraid of people," Gerry said.
"Well I read the reports and Spitz is rather shy. But if you are nice to him he tends to come around. So since you were nice to him that means he likes you," Robert replied.
"Hey Gerry we got another sick trike," said a voice on the radio it came from control. Gerry sighed before grabbing the radio, "Alright I will be there shortly give me a bit to clean up," Gerry replied.
He looked at Robert, "What are we going to do?" he asked.
"Well we can have Jesse take care of these two troublemakers and I have a bunch of inspectors and lawyers to deal with," Robert replied.
"I do hope Dr. Grant gets his dinosaurs back," Gerry said.
"I hope we find our dino thief," Robert replied.
"I hope so too," Jessie said.
MEANWHILE
Alan had a rough ride reaching the island. The shakes alone made him airsick and he wanted to hurl. This was nothing like riding Sarah. At least with her he felt safe because she knew when to bank and turn and was pretty stable.
Here on this piece of crap helicopter he felt trapped and claustrophobic.
I guess the dinosaurs have spoiled me in a way Alan thought as they finally landed.
When he gotten out he gladly hurled his breakfast at the nearest bush. Ellie was quickly at his side trying to sooth him as he let his lunch out which was not much. When he finally felt better he saw a water bottle in front of him. Dr. Malcolm gladly gave up his water so Alan could feel better.
"You look like shit," he said.
"I feel like shit," Alan replied offering his thanks.
"So I heard you had dinosaurs," Malcolm said.
"Yeah six of them until they were stolen two months ago," Alan replied.
"Yeah I heard about that so is that what brought you here?" Malcolm asked.
"Actually Mr. Hammond invited me to inspect his park and I already know about what it holds here thanks," Alan said.
"So what is it that Hammond wanted you to prove?" Malcolm asked.
"That the animals are happy. He heard about how I raised my dinosaurs and he wanted his park handlers to know more about how to deal with them." Alan replied when they had gotten into the 4x4 jeeps.
"I see so you are more an animal trainer's trainer then?" Malcolm asked.
"Yes and I needed to speak to his Game Warden in person about some problem animals and how to deal with them properly," Alan replied remembering what Hammond told him about Malcolm and his crazy theories.
"Alright then,"
It did not take them long having seen the Brachiosaur that was walking across the fields. Alan was impressed with the size and how the animal ate. It gave a bellow as it reached up and grabbed a branch from a tree. Alan was impressed as it slammed into the ground and shook the earth. It seemed to have gazed at them before walking away towards the waters.
That was where they saw the other herbivores.
"Welcome to Jurassic Park Dr. Grant," Mr. Hammond said.
The herbivores consisted of Brachiosaurs, Ankylosaurs, Parasaurolophus, Iguanadon and Stegosaurs. Amazed Alan was intrigued by the sight till something caught his eye.
Among the herds he spotted something racing back towards the jeep he went to look for it. "Aha!" he said finding what he was looking for.
It was a pair of binoculars.
Alan quickly used it to see towards the herds. The Ankylosaurs moved in such lumbering grace but Alan was ignoring the rest.
There among the black, red, green, and yellow backed bodies was one that was blue. It was an ocean blue color but one Alan knows well.
Tank
Smiling in happiness to know that she is alright he wanted to shout but couldn't because he was too far away. Tears began to fall from his eyes.
"Alan are you alright?" Ellie asked.
"Look...look towards the lake there's Tank," Alan said unable to hold back his sobs.
Ellie took the binoculars from him and looked. A gasp came to her face as she saw the Ankylosaur grazing.
"Oh my God!" she whispered.
It was indeed the Ankylosaur for they knew that lumbering giant anywhere. The wind seemed to shift behind them and flow towards the lake.
Suddenly a blue head lifted up and bellowed in excitement at them. They could hear the bellow from far away. Other heads lifted up as the Ankylosaur kept bellowing.
"TANK!" Alan and Ellie called and the dinosaur kept bellowing. Tank kept bellowing as she obviously disappeared into the thick bushes in excitement. They waited for a while till they they saw Tank come storming over followed by some curious herbivores. The blue of her back was all they needed as she came racing towards them. When she got there she was very happy as both Ellie and Alan rushed to her.
The others looked in shock when the Ankylosaur nuzzled both Alan and Ellie. Both were in tears when the dinosaur rubbed her head against there faces.
"Tank oh baby we missed you!" Alan said.
After about half an hour of their happy reunion. Tank followed them till they came to a fence line and bellowed in sadness.
"Don't worry girl we will come back!" Alan said and the Ankylosaur bellowed in return.
The trip to the Visitor's Center was a long trek seeing as they had to travel a ways to get there. The jungle was littered with plants Ellie recognized as either poisonous or extinct. Alan paid attention as they traveled up to the building at last. Construction workers are busy finishing the building as they entered and Hammond giving the grand tour of the place.
They entered the building and even more construction workers are working to finish the building. Two skeletons were built within the center. One of a brachiosaur the other a tyrannosaur. Both were locked in battle together. There was a banner that said, 'When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,' at the top. Hammond explained how they spared no expense in getting this building up and running.
After watching a boring video that Alan and Ellie had to watch they were taken to the labs. There they walked in.
"Ah there you are Henry, Henry this is Dr. Grant, Dr. Sattler, Dr. Malcolm, and Mr. Gennaro our inspection team," Mr. Hammond introduced the group to a young Asian man.
"Everyone this is Dr. Wu he is our lead Geneticist here at Jurassic Park," Hammond said.
Henry shook everyone's hand and excused himself as he had rounds to do. When he was working someone called him about the hatching eggs.
"Ah good I was hoping I could catch them before I make the boat," Henry said.
"Henry, Henry, Henry, Why didn't you tell me I like to be here when they are born," Hammond said as he walked over to them.
He started to encourage it as the baby started to hatch. The baby squeaked and squawked as it struggled to get out of its shell. When it finally gotten its eye free from its shell it looked at each and every one of them. Alan remembered when Nico was born he was born the exact same way. He held a pair of gloves on as he quickly handed Hammond a piece of meat.
"Feed her," he said noticing right away that this dinosaur is female.
"Excuse me?" Hammond said.
"When she breaks fully from the shell feed her that way you solidify the imprint," Alan replied.
Heeding his advice Hammond waited for one of the workers to get the food ready before gently getting a syringe full of thick red purveyed meat. The baby quickly ate the food after it was freed from the shell. Alan recognized a raptor when he saw it and the baby was more then happy to be fed by everyone in the room. It rubbed its head against Hammond's hand sparking trust. The old man's eyes lit up in joy at the display of such trust.
"I never had that before?" he said.
"When you solidify the imprint full trust is there. The animal will see you as a parent and the people around you as pack members. That's a Velociraptor you have correct?" Alan said.
"How would you know this?" Henry asked.
"Velociraptors have a unique bone structure in the foot and along the skull. This one is unique to their species and since you said they imprint like birds that means they go through the same methods of imprinting like birds," Alan replied.
"I see," Henry said as he took notes.
The baby was more then happy with the food presented to it. It greedily ate the two pieces of meat that was given to it. Hammond was astonished as the raptor then rubbed itself against his hand giving small high pitched croons as it expressed its love.
"Ah look at her she is so cute!" Hammond said.
It was then that they were taken to a nursery where the baby was placed in a small nest made out of moss and vegetation. Hammond spared no expense to keep the little ones as comfortable as possible. The little ones were tended to by a worker who made sure the nests are properly taken cared of.
Alan looked up after examining the baby himself being the more experienced parent of the group. The little one was healthy and looked up at him with adoration. Alan was so reminded of Nico when he hatched five years ago.
MEANWHILE
"Ah shit! ROBERT!" Someone shouted and Robert Muldoon ran as fast as he could towards the shouting.
The raptors were fighting again and this time they were picking on the newest member of the pack.
"Fuck!" Robert shouted as he grabbed his rifle and raced through the employee doorway. It was a one way door meaning it can only be opened from the inside. He ran in rifle in hand and shot into the air. The other raptors quickly ran off leaving the lone male there panting.
His feathers clearly had started to shed and Robert could see the colorful skin underneath. He was covered in claw marks but none of them looked too serious. Big One the alpha female hissed at him baring her teeth along with the other raptors. Robert took a huge risk coming here but he will not let this one die.
He like this one.
He stood with his back facing the male while the three females advanced towards him mouths agape and teeth bared. Robert fired into the air again and the raptors tried to attack.
But Robert knows these animals and he knows their tactics. He was not stupid and when they attacked at once he used his gun as a shield from their teeth.
And more appropriately their claws.
Especially their killing claws.
The gun served a purpose in keeping well out of reach of their claws and he threw one over his shoulder. The next one came at him and he rolled to the side. Going to hit that one before another hit him from the side.
Robert found that he was about to be eaten when suddenly a red blur came from the bushes.
It was the male.
He screeched at the one who attacked Robert and put himself over him protecting him from the others. He fluffed whatever feathers remained in a threat display. This caused Big One to rear her head in a show of dominance. The male would not back down as he growled low in is throat showing that he was not going to deal with these females for very long.
Robert slowly took his time to get up and using his gun as a prop managed to stand up. He felt his ribs and they were bruised but not broken thankfully. The male kept himself between him and Robert defending him from the females.
One of them tried to get at the male from the side but Robert shot a tranquilizer at her. This caused her to land short in surprise. The drug began to take effect as the female began to submit and fall down unconscious.
Big One was angry as she attacked the male and tried to bite down on him. But luckily his molting feathers came into play and she found herself without anything. She began to choke on the feathers as she thrashed to get them out of her mouth. Giving the male enough time to swat her with his tail...hard. That caused Big One to fly back a few feet but the male would not be deterred. He screeched while the other one tried once again to corner him. But the male proved to be smarter then that.
Making barking calls to the other two as he had them chase him around the cage. Keeping them well away from Robert then leaping up as high as he can they tried to follow him.
Only to be electrocuted on the fencing.
The male was clever enough to land on his feet and disappear back into the underbrush of the raptor pen.
Robert was bruised but he was not beaten Big One had returned when the male left and was about to come at him again. Then out of nowhere a flash of brilliant flame colors came around and the male once again tackled Big One. Big One was caught off guard and raced away back into the underbrush. The male's tail ticked like a bird and Robert did not move for fear of catching his attention.
But the male already knew he was there and so came closer to him slowly. It sniffed at him coming so close that he thought the raptor was going to kill him himself.
What he found instead proved his theory about the raptor being different.
It sniffed at him catching his scent before he began to groom him catching the blood that had come from a cut above his eye. The soft purrs that came from the raptor caused Robert to smile as he slowly brought his hand up and patted the Raptor's neck.
"So you are the one from the files," Robert said as he stroked the raptor.
The raptor purred as he put his head down allowing Robert to pet him some more.
"Nico I think your name is right?" he said.
Nico was more then happy to accept Robert as a friend. After all he did save his life.
Robert managed to get himself up with Nico to help. Together they made their way to the door with Robert leaning on Nico. The raptor knew he can't come out but he headbutted Robert to show he has a friend.
"Alright buddy now I am going to talk to a few people you be good you hear me," he said.
Nico waved his tail to know that he understood. Robert then ruffled his head taking off a few more feathers at the same time. The raptor seemed to enjoy it as he leaned in for more.
"I have to go now but maybe sometime later I can visit?" he said and the raptor only replied by butting his hand again and purring.
Robert hobbled out of the Raptor pen having settled down the raptors. Nico gave a soft whining noise Robert reached into his pocket and pulled out a jerky. Nico's head went up and he tossed the treat. Catching it the raptor was happy to make a new friend when Robert closed the door.
Sighing Robert went to the observation window. Nico was already there watching him and swinging his tail lazily. Robert knew he made a connection when he exited the building.
AN HOUR LATER
After taking care of the new born raptor chick. The group finally made their way towards the pen where the adults were kept. Alan was hesitant to come here fearing that Nico might not be here. He was worried about the other raptors hurting him or worse since he is not part of their pack.
The screeching and screaming could be heard from the pen. Armed personnel waited on the watch tower just on the left hand side. Two men were on top with what look like lethal weapons and an electrified fence was surrounding the holding area.
"Now as you can see they are in here right now because their paddock is not ready for them yet. We had found an error in the holding area because there seems to be a problem with our raptors," Hammond said.
"And what would that be?" Alan asked fearing some sort of disease.
The sound of a crane could be heard as the baying of a steer was made. As soon as it was up and the steer attached it was hoisted up and the steer was then lowered into the pen. As soon as that happened the sounds of ravenous raptors filled the air as they attacked and devoured the steer. As soon as that happened everyone became uncomfortable with the parts and blood flying everywhere.
The only ones unaffected were of course Alan and Ellie having been used to this.
The snarling and growling of the raptors as they satisfied their hunger filled their ears. Dr. Ian Malcolm looks like his about to be sick while Genaro did not hold back and started to throw up off the railing.
Luckily no one was around to be puked on.
"They should be destroyed!" a voice said and the group turned to stare at the game warden.
"Ah Robert Muldoon my Game Warden from Kenya he is in charge of the animal safety here," Hammond said as Alan shook his hand.
"Why are you feeding them like this? Why aren't you interacting with the animals?" Alan asked.
"We can't they become lethal at eight months and I do mean lethal. We bred eight originally and then we introduced the one we called, 'Big One,' she killed all but two others. Then we introduced the male he seems to bring some sort of balance to the group. Big One tries to go for him but he keeps her in line...sort of," Robert replied.
"Really? How aggressive are they?" Alan asked.
"Very they can run at cheetah speed if they got out in the open." Robert replied then leaned in and whispered, "I need to speak with you,"
Alan caught the man's eye and nodded faintly.
Robert explained how and why they are feeding the raptors the way they are. The sounds of the crane came lifting up and they lift was covered in blood and gore and torn to shreds. Not a single piece of bone was found.
"Well Who's hungry?" Hammond said.
"You folks go on I like to speak to Mr. Muldoon if you don't mind I am interested in these animals," Alan said.
Ellie gave him a look and Alan nodded, "I will stay here with Dr. Grant if you don't mind Mr. Hammond," Ellie said.
"Alright we will meet you at the Visitor's Center before we go into the park," with that the others left.
"Alright they are gone what do you wish to speak to me about?" Alan asked.
"Did Mr. Hammond tell you about our investigation," Robert said as he led them into the compound.
"Yes, Hammond explained that someone is smuggling dinosaurs on and off the island," Alan replied.
"Well just this morning I had gotten your fax about your animals. So far we have confirmed three of your missing dinosaurs," Robert replied.
"Really? Which ones?" Alan said.
"The Dilophosaur, the Archeopteryx, and the Raptor," Robert replied.
"Well we identified our Ankylosaur when we arrived she is with the herds," Ellie said.
"Good now we have to identify the T-Rex and the Pteranodon and we have all of them," Robert said.
"When did they arrive?" Alan asked.
"They arrived just a few weeks ago. One of our ships ran sank before they could make it here with our new animals. Somehow a smuggling vessel took its place with the same identification marks and landed on our loading docks. We then transported the animals to their respective facilities. I grew suspicious when I noticed a slight change in the animals. The T-Rex and the Velociraptor respectively. Both had feathers something none of our dinosaurs have and Dr. Wu does not remember having an archeopteryx on file as one of the animals we discovered. It was funny really having discovered a new dinosaur and not know about it. Jurassic Park and In-Gen keep very tight records of all their animals. From vet records to DNA samples. And none of your animals matched ours. When Chow came to do a match and found that they are different from ours that is when my suspicions were confirmed. Someone else was breeding them," Robert replied as they came in front of a viewing glass.
Alan could now clearly see into the paddock with the bushes and trees around. The remains of the steer clear as day with the blood stains and bits of gore on the ground.
Alan tried to identify the raptors that were busy by themselves. None of them were very social as they won't groom each other. One large one was sleeping on a rock her snout stained with blood and the flies buzzed around it.
However there was no signs of the more brown male.
But Alan was not deterred he began to whistle something that they can hear in the pen. The raptor's heads shot up and glared but Alan continued to whistle.
Suddenly a barking call was heard in the bushes and Alan smiled. Both he and Ellie looked at each other before she too did the whistle.
Then out of the bushes a slightly feathered raptor appeared. Alan recognized him instantly with his red stripe and feathers molting down from his body.
"Nico," he whispered.
At seeing Alan and Ellie Nico waved his tail in a slow motion. His eyes softened as he came to the viewing glass whining. Putting his hand on the glass Alan was near tears at seeing the state of his raptor.
"I tried to get him out but the board will have none of it. I was hoping that when the paddock is ready in three weeks that he can have some space." Robert replied.
Alan stroked the glass as if stroking his raptor.
"Nico...oh God Nico I miss you buddy," he said.
His response was the whine from the raptor.
SOMETIME LATER
"So you said that the animals were transported here by a smuggling vessel?" Alan said.
"Yes, somehow that vessel was used to smuggle our animals in and our using identification from In-Gen's list of authorized ships. Now we know that someone on the inside is doing this but so far they have covered their tracks far too well for us to find them." Robert said.
"Shit so finding them before they decide to ship the animals out is going to be a challenge," Ellie replied.
"Exactly that is why Mr. Hammond, Dr. Wu, Mr. Arnold and I need your help because already we lost too many animals to these bastards and we have not even opened yet!" Robert said.
"So we need to find out who is the supplier and why they had taken my animals?" Alan said
"If you want my opinion your animals are trained right?" Robert said.
"Yes," Alan replied.
"Well if I had to guess trained dinosaurs are worth more money then those caught in the wild. The people who are catching these animals want something wild sure but something they can control," Robert replied.
"But that is just the thing they will only respond to me and Ellie mainly." Alan replied.
"Well I established something with Nico there but the relationship you have with him will no doubt be stronger," Robert replied.
"That is because I imprinted on him," Alan replied.
"Good because you are going to need it," Robert said.
"Now Al we need to get going and not keep Mr. Hammond waiting," Ellie replied.
"Yeah and do be careful out there Dr. Grant," Robert said.
"Don't worry I will just keep an eye on Nico for me will ya?" Alan replied
TBC
A/n: Whew I will end it right there for now man that took some work to get it done. At least now they are on the island to everyone's satisfaction. And how do you guys like my action scene there? Figured I'd give Robert Muldoon a more up close and personal relationship with the raptors...well my way. Because in the movie they said he was a Game Warden from Kenya but they made him look more like a man who had no experience with Raptors...even though he was the expert. So in this one I make it seem like he sort of fought with them before. So as always tell me what you think leave a review and remember no FLAMES, BASHINGS AND LORE MONGERS PLEASE THANK YOU.
