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Ok on with the story.

ALAN'S DINOSAURS

Chapter 34: The Awakening

SAN JOSE COASTA RICA

"Thank you gentlemen for meeting me," said Cindy as the door closed into the meeting room. The room was full of people most of them heads of staff from the different parts of the building. There was of course Henry, Gerry, Ray, Ian, General Vitkiss, the Governor of San Jose, several other men she did not know and women, but they had others next to them who was obviously translators. So Cindy was left fiddling with her fingers until her eyes met Henry's who gave her an encouraging smile.

The room itself was a standard conference room with a large rectangular table and large windows overlooking the enclosure beyond. Surrounding it were several chairs and even the outer parts of the room along the walls were filled with chairs. Everyone of them filled with people as they came in to hear what Cindy had to say.

"Dr. Bradshaw what is the meaning of this?" said the Governor of San Jose.

"I think I might have found the cure...or at least a vaccine," she said forgetting her nervousness as her excitement started to show.

"Really? This soon?" asked General Vitkiss intrigued. Both he and the Governor both exchanged glances of excitement.

"Yes," said Cindy excitedly as she handed out a copy of her report. It contained the report of the virus and how it spreads. It also contains the blood results from Rosco and how his blood can help.

"As you can see this virus is a variation of the Lyssavirus of today." she said and passed around folders containing information that she had gathered from the disks.

"The virus itself is spread pretty much the same way rabies is spread mainly through biting. But thankfully scratching and blood sharing is not there. However it can also be spread through ingestion." she added going to her slides that she was showing behind her.

"The virus acts the same as Lyssa does with a rapid deterioration in the nervous system and brain functions. However the virus also has the properties of Prions in how it destroys muscle and brain tissue," with that she showed another slide indicating the amount of damage done to human tissue.

"Mammals like us have no immunity to this disease which was named DX or Dinosaur Extinction disease. How it jumped species is actually quite simple. Since the mammals at the time of the dinosaurs are small rodent-like creatures. The virus could have gone to them by means of parasites. If that were the case then how does it jump to humans? Well another easy answer, experimentation." she said and this caused and outcry from some people namely the military personnel. When she held her hands up for silence the people around her quieted down to allow her to speak.

"Experimentation you mean human experimentation on this disease?" asked on man and from the looks of his uniform he is from the Costa Riccan military.

"Yes," replied Cindy.

"Dr. Bradshaw you said you got this information from Dr. Wu, who found it on Isla Sorna. Is that correct?" he asked and Cindy gave an affirmative. Turning his head he addressed Henry.

"Dr. Wu, were did you find this information?" General Vitkiss asked the Asian man.

"I found it in a bunker just North of the main InGen Facility. They were experimenting on contagions that could possibly kill off the dinosaurs if released right. But given how everyone was killed at the facilities that the experimentation did not go as planned." Henry replied.

"You said you found the bodies of the killers involved. Did that mean that the InGen faculty had some means of security? Did they by chance have time to prepare a proper security system on Isla Sorna?" asked General Vitkiss.

"No, they did not. In fact from what myself, Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon observed the killings were sudden. It was done by a military group wearing United States military uniforms. Now mind you they might not be military at all, they might be mercenaries who dressed as soldiers to throw people off the scent. But judging from the bodies this was a professional job." Henry replied his voice was serious.

"You said you ran into the bunker to avoid a rogue dinosaur according to this report. You also discovered more detailed information about the disease here. So tell us Doctor in your own words. If you seen anything else that might have gone on while these experiments were taking place?" General Vitkiss said.

"Well before I get to it I want to tell you that I don't know what is going on higher up then my field of expertise. All I know is that John Hammond would have approved some way of killing off the dinosaurs again if something were to go wrong. But I myself would not do something like this. There are too many risk factors that are going on for this to work properly and the higher risk of it jumping species. That was why he had me come up with the Lysene Contingency Program to make it more humane to kill off the dinosaurs if they had gone rogue." Henry replied.

"So, you don't think John Hammond himself is involved?" asked the Governor now taking over the questioning.

"No, at least not directly," Henry replied shaking his head.

"Dr. Wu seeing as you had a traumatic experience with dinosaurs in the past few months leading up to this. Can you please emphasize what kind of safety measures were in place in case something like this gets out?" asked the Governor.

"That is just it. All this started when we had a safety inspection team lead by Dr. Grant himself and Dr. Malcolm here to assess the dangers of Isla Nublar before opening Mr. Hammond's theme park. If they didn't pass then we were to correct the problems. One of the things they were looking for is possible weaknesses in our safety procedures after an incident that happened a few months ago," Henry replied.

"Is this true Dr. Malcolm?" asked the Governor now turning to Ian who sat next to Gerry on the opposite side of the long table.

"Yes, and we found a lot of problems prior to the incident. And we also had to deal with the shut down of the security systems caused by a man named Dennis Nedry. He was working for Biosyn a competitor company of InGen's that wanted to steal their research into D-Extinction." Ian replied. He still favored his leg but with him constantly walking around it was not helping his healing process. But yet he answered as truthfully as possible to get the best results of this meeting.

"I see, so was this disease part of that solution?" he asked.

"No, it was not, at least what I am aware of. I probably don't have clearance to see the rest of the facility, but from what we saw it was clearly not from the main InGen branch I assure you," Henry replied.

"He is right it is not," said Cindy as she changed slides again. This time it showed a logo.

"This was found on the documents that Henry found at that lab. At first I thought it might have been a parent company or a branching company that InGen owned. However upon further inspection I found this," she said and changed the slides.

It was a familiar logo alright.

"Isn't that….." said General Vitkiss.

"This sir is the seal of the United States Department of Defense. As well as this seal," she showed another one this one made the governor rise from his seat. On it was the seal of the Costa Riccan Department of Defense. The military man beside Henry rose from his seat outraged by the sight of such a sigil.

"That can't be right? Why was my own government involved?" said the military man and at the Governors insistence he sat back down again. This time he was quiet as Cindy went on to show a date for the documents.

"This was the testing grounds for both governments but according to these records they pulled out back in 1973 when the Vietnam War ended." she said.

"Why was Costa Rica involved this was an American matter?" asked another person from the table. This man wore a navy uniform one that specifies what branch of the Costa Rican Military he came from.

"I don't know personally and I don't want to know. Such things should be left untouched. But if it threatens the people in my jurisdiction then for sure I will find out the truth," said the Governor. He felt outraged and afraid as the slides continued to be seen.

"Don't delve too deep sir you might find yourself in deep shit." said General Vitkiss the smirk on his face made the Governor blanch at the wording. He then waved his hand as if the dismiss what the General said.

"Don't worry as long as it relates to this virus then I want to hear about it. Anything else keep me out," the Governor replied.

"Alright then back to the subject at hand," Cindy said as she changed the slides to show something that appears from a microscope. It looked like a group of several balls of something.

"This is what the disease looks like under the microscope. It is a virus unlike anything we had seen before. It carries with it the genetic code that would one day become today's modern Lyssavirus family tree. That includes, Rabies, Australian Lyssa, Mokola, all these diseases including Prions begins with this virus. From the fossil records that were shown in the files I was given they are around at least 125 to 66 million years old. A disease that predates all of this and at the time on the Dinosaurs it was the main killer of giants. But after the dinosaurs had died the disease evolved to that of what we see today." the slide changed to show a group of names each one familiar to the men in the room.

"These are the Lyssa family tree and each disease here is a descendant of that virus. However modern treatments of the virus show no signs of stopping it from spreading. But we do have a cure and a possible vaccine," she said.

The slide changed again. This time it showed a picture of an animal in the wild with feathers being cared for by none other then Alan Grant.

"This is Rosco, an adult bull T-Rex that was recently in contact with the disease during a recent exploit to Isla Sorna. This is him when he first got here," she said showing a slide with Rosco upon arrival. Next to the photo was an image of his blood.

"As you can see Rosco has the disease in full swing. His mouth was foaming and his eyes were rolled back. Had this been Rabies this would have been the final stages of the disease. However upon further study shown that it was still in the early stages." Cindy said as she showed the next slide this time from a different angle.

"This second stage of the illness has shown more towards the signs of Prions where there is constant fatigue even after the tranquilizers wore off. Though the mouth is still foaming and the erratic muscle movements and difficulty distinguishing things. The other dinosaur Nico showed more signs as he too was infected by the disease. His movements were highly erratic and he too had to be tranquilized. But as the disease progressed we see other signs of its progression." here the slide changed yet again to show a different animal. This one was the allosaurus that was shot down by the Cartel in San Jose. Its body for all to see and the people who were infected by this animal.

"This dinosaur was killed in San Jose not long ago. It was shot down by Cartel when it broke out of its holding pen in a warehouse near the central industrial area. Here we can see that the animal was in the final stages of the disease having no immunity to the effects of it. The allosaurus would have been killed if it had not been shot. But by then it had infected more then 400 people with a thousand more still dying in the streets. The reason for this animal infecting a completely different species is due to the fact that its blood contaminated the water supply into the city," she showed the slides of the warehouse. Inside were cages of exotic animals and some dinosaurs which all have died.

"This blood did not have time to dissipate naturally like any normal water contaminate. Instead it dripped from its own body into the water system and into our water supply," Cindy said and as she said it the Governor was taking notes on the contamination. He was far from pleased but at least he was listening. She turned to Henry and saw both he and Gerry share the same looks of disbelief on their face. Ray looked to be sick as if he drank poison.

"The contaminated water seemed to have only caused the illness in the lower parts of the city here and here near the docks where the water is then drained into the ocean. However due to the nature of the drainage that water went into the drinking supply of those who lived in the slums. As I said infecting more then 400 people by ingestion, any questions so far?" she asked.

One hand was raised and that belonged to Ian Malcolm. He was not dressed in the usual black leather that both Henry and Gerry grew to know of the man. He was still dressed but in a light colored shirt and khaki pants. This was provided by the people of this compound. He looked tired as if he hadn't gotten any sleep at all. But so did all of them. Cindy could understand this disease and the fact that prehistoric life was brought back gave her memories of all the times she went to museums with her parents or on school trips back in New York. However this was an entirely new ball game. And one she would not turn back to help now.

As she looked at Henry he gave her a nod before she allowed Ian to ask.

"What question do you have for me Dr. Malcolm?" she asked.

"Just one, if you are saying is true from what I understand a virus like this normally doesn't survive outside of the host for very long. So how did this virus suddenly spread towards the infected through the drinking water if it can't survive outside of the body?" he asked.

"Well that answer is simple, temperature and quality of water. In a normally well filtered water system like those in the United States for example the virus would have died in the filtration system. The water would have been boiling hot to sterilize it or it would have been added with chemicals that would have done the same job. Here in Costa Rica or at least in that part of the city several things are factors. One there is no filtration system at least none that I know about. Second is the water temperature. Now normally water would come from the mountains and be very cold to the touch, but here for some reason the water is warm. The virus has an environment where it can thrive because not only does it have that but it also has this," she showed another slide this one with a group of animals that are similar to dinosaurs.

"Birds," said Gerry.

"From what I understand some scientists believe that birds are descendant from dinosaurs. If that is true then birds are the perfect hosts for the virus and they in turn are eaten by humans. Birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and quail are eaten. But here there is also other animals too such as rats, bats and certain species of fish. They can also carry the disease. They might not be able to contain it because of their physiology but they can host it. If humans consumes this like they do in the slums then that is how the disease is spread." she said.

"But Doctor Grant and Mr. Muldoon had direct contact with the animals and they still caught it. Is it because of direct exposure that they caught it?" asked General Vitkiss.

"Yes, Rabies and Lyssa have that property while Prions is mainly ingestion. But because this is the ancestor the virus can adapt. And so it has with humans being warm blooded. The disease was able to survive and spread because we have similar genetic markers to dinosaurs. Not much but similar enough for the virus to mutate and spread. But going back to Rosco and why he is important." she said pointing to the dinosaur.

"Rosco the Tyrannosaurus Rex is a dinosaur that should have died out 65 million years ago. Instead he is here living today in modern times thanks to modern science. Why he is different to the Allosaurus in terms of the virus is simple, Rosco has evolved the immunity needed to fight the disease," Cindy said.

That has gotten some heads turning. Even those who's heads were turned down in boredom. Ian was most intrigued as well as Gerry. Henry was fascinated as he looked at his girl with admiration in his eyes.

"Rosco and Nico are two different species, but yet both of them have the means to fight the disease. Nico for example has now started to show signs of fighting the infection. In the wild he would have been constantly exposed to such diseases in his natural time, but here in the present that has not happened. And so his body was late to respond to the outbreak of such a disease. Rosco too has been late on developing the antibodies to fight off this infection. However his body has the means to fight off the infection faster seeing as the virus has been around during his time." Cindy said and she waited for questions by then she changed the slide to show the image of the virus and Rosco's blood under a microscope.

"As you can see here there are two slides that I want to show you. Slide one is of Rosco during the time of infection. This was taken when he first arrived here at the compound." Cindy said and she pointed to some dark spots on the slide.

"This is the virus as it was attacking the muscle tissue in the body." She then pushed a button and a video played of the virus cell attacking the muscle cells causing them to burst or suddenly shrink upon visual. Another clip shows that same viral cell attacking the nerves from the figures shown. It kills the nervous cells and forces them to do other things. This in turn made them nervous.

"Now this is Rosco's cells just within the last few days," she said and showed a different slide. This one with a video of the virus attacking the cells only for the bodies immune system to kick in. White blood cells began to attack the virus cells killing it on site. The people watched in awe as all the cells were destroyed and then left with nothing. Then as if on cue new cells come in to help repair the broken cells on the body. These cells seemed to help regenerate broken tissue.

"The virus may have been destroying the cells but Rosco's body knew what to do. It was evolution at its most pinnacle. The antibodies you see right here attacked the cells on site. The white blood cells sending a signal to others that there is a threat. That threat was an old adversary and had to be dealt with. Once done the body began to repair itself. With the antibodies helping!" she said in awe.

People started to mutter to themselves.

"Rosco's immune system though not as specialized as ours has the means to fight the virus. It not only destroys the virus but the antibodies trigger the body's repair response. In turn the damage the virus caused can be repaired. If we can recreate this scenario we might have a way to get back Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon. But we don't have much time. Any moment now both of them will enter stage four and from there, there is nothing I can do." she said.

"But what does that have to do with your other research into the venom of both Tien and Spitz?" asked Gerry wondering about what those two animals had to do with Cindy's research.

"Tien and Spitz both carry properties that can help us in creating this vaccine. Combined with Rosco's natural immunity they can help jumpstart our bodies repair system. Tien has a natural method to put a person into a natural comatose state. Though it takes time the comatose state allows the body to cease functions of the muscles but not the organs keeping the victim alive to be used for a nest for a Troodon's' babies or to be eaten later. Spitz has a property in his venom to paralyze his prey making them unable to feel pain or move. This also can be useful in triggering the bodies response to this disease. Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon had to be strapped down because of spontaneous spastic movement and had to be put in a medically induced coma. Spitz's venom helps to keep the body secure and can be used with both Tien's venom and the possible treatment." Cindy replied with a smile.

"Can we do a direct blood transfusion?" asked a doctor who sat in the back of the meeting. Cindy shook her head in response, "If we did that then Rosco's immune system will destroy human tissue instead. We have to isolate the antibodies and figure out how to decode their chemical composition. By doing so we can find a way to make it safe for humans to use. It has taken time, but I have been already doing so for the past few weeks," Cindy replied as she showed another slide to emphasize what she was saying.

"I managed to use a median to get the cells into our bodies. A form of ingestion. Direct blood transfusion will not work because our species is too different. And our own immune systems will reject it. But if we used an intermediary a sort of way to ingest the compounds into our own systems then we can use it to fight back against the disease. And this one animal is our savior," she said and an image appeared of a common chicken and eggs.

"Chickens?" asked Ian.

"Chickens are direct descendants of dinosaurs. They are birds and we eat them. Some of the things we ingest helps our immune system. So if we can get the chickens to ingest a compound with the right proteins in it we can then take into ourselves the antibodies needed to fight the disease." said Cindy.

"That should be easy but how are we going to convince people to eat more chicken?" asked General Vitkiss.

The Governor gave a snort, "WE are Latin Americans we LOVE chicken!" he said loudly. That made the others laugh. As he laughed others only stared at her in disbelief but nothing came from it. In the end Cindy was sure she had won them over as they went over how to distribute the antibodies and then who was in charge of it.

Just as they were about to get up and leave however things did not go as planned for the building.

BOOM!

Everyone quickly rushed towards the noise as guards began to race down towards the direction of the dinosaur pens.

Gerry was there and was handed a tranquilizer gun by one of the guards. When he got there however it was met but an immense amount of laughter.

There Rexy and Junior had awoken to a round of headaches and hangovers. Both dinosaurs having come back the night before covered in cocaine and had fallen asleep after coming off of their high. Now both animals sported massive headaches and luckily for them the compound was built to withstand a massive strike.

Or in this case dinosaur attack.

BOOM, BOOM

Both of them danced around wobbling as if they can't stand up. Rexy in particular looked rather ridiculous as she wobbled on her two feet before falling over again hence the booming sound.

Cindy had never seen anything so funny in her life as she and others started to laugh at their antics. Both dinosaurs seemed to stumble into each other. Tank was wise enough to stay far way from both of them, but would occasionally give them a good Whack! With her tail, gently of course but enough to keep them on the right track.

The craziest part of it was when they came up to poor Spitz who was sleeping near the watering hole. The dilophosaur was so exhausted from his adventure into the city that when Junior stepped on his tail by mistake that led to a good spit of venom in the eye and a bite on the leg rendering it numb. Blinded and unable to move her leg she ended up face first into the pond and was followed by Rexy who tripped over the smaller Tyrannosaur and both ended up cover in mud and feeling rather useless.

"I'll go get the crane," said one man while Gerry tranquilized both of them.

"That should help and I've got the antivenom for Junior," he said laughing.

With that out of the way he went to check up on Rosco. Much to his surprise the male Tyrannosaur had moved his head a bit since, the first signs of waking had appeared. Excited Gerry quickly gotten to the phone on the wall and called Cindy's lab. When she was answered he quickly told her of Rosco's progress.

As he hung up he quickly checked his vitals only to find a dazed eye looking at him.

"Hey boy how'd you doing?" he said and all he had gotten was a rumble before the giant closed his eyes again and fell back to sleep. The door suddenly opened and Cindy rushed out there followed by Henry and Ray.

"How it he?" she asked and Gerry quickly explained what happened. Excited she quickly took a sample of his blood and rushed to the lab. Henry followed suit but not before checking on the progress of both Tien and Rosie.

"They are fine Henry, go on give your girlfriend a hand," Gerry said. The Asian man quickly ran off to help his girlfriend with the new samples. As he closed the door behind him that left Gerry alone with a few guards on the walls and in the room with him. That also left the few staff members who were brave enough to enter the quarantine zone with him. Dressed in hazmat suits to prevent the disease from spreading to them they quickly helped Gerry clean the area as well as help to give Rosco some water and checked his vitals. When they were done they all left him alone with the T-Rex. Nico was not far and he also made sure the raptor had his vitals checked. Even though he has not awoken yet Gerry was worried for him. Already his breathing had become labored and so he put him in a sling and rigged a ventilator for him. Rosco is also on the ventilator but his vitals looked stable, but with Nico things were pretty slim.

"Poor boy I hope you pull through," he said. The ventilator which was jury rigged from a large air compressor, a car battery and some tubing someone found made making medical equipment for dinosaurs quite a challenge. The blankets on the raptor help to keep his temperature controlled despite the warm weather. Already both had lost quite a bit a weight with their fight with the disease. Nico more so then Rosco. But with both their ribs showing they are going to be quite hungry when they are feeling better. Luckily the Governor had come through with his large helpings of cattle and pork. These meats being sterilized and thoroughly checked for any signs of prions will help both of them gain back that lost weight.

"I wish we can help you boy," he said and all that was left was a soft rumble from Rosco.

MEANWHILE

"Oh my God! Henry I think we finally found it!" said Cindy as she showed Henry the slide. The Asian man rushed over to see what she was talking about and when he looked he was shocked as well.

There on the slide showed hardly any signs of the virus at all. In fact the virus was practically non-existent with only antibodies and immune cells on the slide.

"Rosco is the cure I knew it!" she said and now comes the next challenge to transfer that same immunity to humans. Luckily for her the first batch of chickens has arrived. The group that she requested had been exposed to the disease as well as showing signs of being infected.

Many of the chickens had come from the communities most affected by this disease. Some from the various parts of the city where the contaminated water comes from. As she checked over the samples one by one she was surprised by the amount of damage the disease had done.

"Alright lets get these birds ready for the first batch. The group on the left is the control group while the group on the right is the one getting the treatment," Cindy said to her assistants.

Henry watched her get to work his task was to identify the genetic markers that make up the disease. As he watched the computer go to work with the genetic code. The next part was a long distance call to a friend of his.

"Hello, Degler residence?" a male voice said on the other end.

"Hello Mr. Degler, hi my name is Dr. Henry Wu I am a friend to Dr. Sattler I was told to call this number if I am able to reach her?" he said.

"Hold on a sec will ya," the voice said and then after some shuffling around he could hear someone pick up the phone.

"This is Dr. Sattler," a now female voice said to Henry.

"Dr. Sattler hi this is Henry Wu do you remember me?" he said hesitantly.

"Henry, hi how are you. How are the animals doing?" she said sounding happy to hear a friends voice.

"I'm afraid I need your help," he said and started to explain what had happened in the past several weeks. As he did so his heart went out to her as he heard her begin to cry and offered his condolences.

"We are close to getting a cure Ellie we just need to perfect the vaccine. We have found the source of the possible cure in Rosco, but we will need someone who is familiar with the animals to help. Rosco is getting better in fact he just woke up today and his really woozy. But given time he will be more alert. If that happens we want someone who was with him from the start to be here. That way it will ensure safety for us and for him. The raptor and Rex is still on the ventilator so hopefully he will be the first test subject," Henry said to her.

"Nico and Roscoare on Ventilators?" she asked shocked at hearing such a thing.

"You are going to have to ask Gerry about how he rigged one up. But yeah they are on ventilators. They were having difficulty breathing so both of them were placed on one to help them both. Rosco will most likely be the first one off if he is recovering as fast as he is doing now. Like I said he will need someone here he knows when fully awake and you are the only other person I can think of that can help. Alan is still in the medical ward also on a ventilator. That is why we need him calm when he recovers," Henry replied.

"I will book the tickets right now just make sure that I am able to come in," Ellie replied.

"Don't worry I will let General Vitkiss know to let you in," he said and after thanking Ellie hung up the phone. That has one thing taken cared of and now for the other issue. Trying to sequence this genome and see if there are any alterations.

CONTROL ROOM

Now Ray was in his element. The computers around him are all state of the art security with video feeds running into many television monitors and screens. As he ciphered through the many feeds most of them old feeds that he had gotten from Sorna. He was trying to piece together what had happened the day of the attack.

It was the daily thing day in and day out with him going through hours and weeks of footage. It was his thing, and he was glad he could help. So when he finally found what he was looking at his paused the video. Looking downwards he could see just barely into the jungle off to the side of the main compound that they found the disks in.

There looking through one of the lenses he could make out the distinct reflective light of a pair of binoculars. Just after it was seen the camera went off line and the video went dead. But after weeks of going through videos and security feeds he finally found the group. As he took out that image he could only imagine what motive these men have, but whatever they were it was not what he thought.

"Son of a bitch!" he muttered.

HOURS LATER

"Ok so let me get this straight, these assholes came through the side door into the compound and killed off everyone there?" said Gerry looking at the video again and again.

"Yeah basically that is it, you just get a glimpse of their uniforms before the whole place goes dark and everyone died," said Ray as he showed it again and again to see if he had missed something. Right beside him was Ian and General Vitkiss. Gerry, Henry and Cindy were both off to the side but the television monitor they were watching showed everything.

"So these guys came in from, which side was this?" Ian asked curiously.

"They came in from the south side of the building so they must have landed somewhere off to the side here or here," Ray said pointing to a map of Isla Sorna. There the map was hung on the wall for them to see. Off to the side there was potential markers indicating possible landing sites.

"But the lab where the disease samples were found was to the North here," said Henry pointing to a spot just off to the northern part near the mountains. Cindy watched them try to figure things out.

"Ok, I think I might have figured something out," said General Vitkiss as he looked at the map. Taking a careful inventory of what was there he observed what he could see.

"That lab was it in the mountains here," he said pointing to the where Henry, Alan and Robert had found the laboratory.

"Yeah, that is where we found the facility," Henry replied.

"Well according to this there is a small inlet just northeast of where the lab is. It is on the sloping side of the mountain hidden by jungle. From my perspective this is a good launching spot for an ambush. They didn't come from the south they came from the North and swung around the coast after hitting this. From what I understood there is a tunnel that leads towards the area of the main facility is that correct?" he asked Henry as they looked over the map.

"Yeah but the building and the tunnel is very old dating back to world war two," Henry replied.

"Was it repurposed?" asked General Vitkiss questioning Henry.

"No, the building was extremely old and even the tunnel. In fact the laboratory we found in the cave was much older then InGen's facility. Whoever was there was doing some research away from everyone. They didn't have any logos or national colors on them. The lab itself looked recent. And from the looks of it through the video feeds that Ray had more updated then the building or the tunnels.

"So if the lab is recent but the tunnels and the buildings are not then what was the point of having it?" Cindy asked wondering what was the point of having it.

"The point was that the lab was concealed from InGen's main facility as well as well defensible from dinosaurs. That is my thinking. If John Hammond knew about this he would most certainly would have not approved of its use. From what I gathered in the data disks it was a lab that was separate from any others. My theory was that it was in direct research of this disease," Henry replied looking over the files.

"Fuck," Ray said leaning back on his chair a cigarette in his hand, "So we have these muther fuckers coming in from the North taking out the disease facility and contaminating the ground water...I mean look at this!" he said as he pointed to the large lake that everyone missed just off to the side.

"That cave is an open air aquifer and the water here is clean. When the incident happened it looked like this," he said typing in another few keys and the water looked like what Henry saw back on the island. Though he didn't noticed it at first the water looked not normal.

"Holy fuck," he said looking at the now contaminated water.

"My thoughts exactly they knew what they were doing. This wasn't a hit job it was corporate espionage to its fullest. See those here they may look like American Military uniforms but the stitching and the style is wrong. Military don't use that type of stitch work in their uniforms. They use a double stitch sort of stitch work because it makes it more durable out in the field. Plus the flag is on the wrong side. The flag is supposed to be on the left side not the right." General Vitkiss said to them.

Now this was a clue they had not noticed as well as the Northern invasion. Now Ray started to see where this was going and after checking the map it all made sense.

"So if that were the case then why?" asked Henry as they sat there looking at the footage.

"To cover their tracks," said Cindy and they all turned to her.

"Of course it makes sense," said Ian as he too stared at the screen.

"Ok someone kindly fill the geneticist in," Henry replied annoyed.

"Ok, Henry, honey let me make this simple," Cindy said looking at the screen then back at him, "Imagine this a company out there has done something incredible. I mean REALLY incredible. And than in order to prevent that thing from happening everywhere else they put it on an island in the middle of the ocean. Now imagine someone wanting to steal that thing and hired someone to do it. Now when they succeeded in doing it they wanted no part in the original plan. So they destroyed it. Now the company that created it can't do what they did anymore because of what this second company did, get me," said Cindy.

"Ok, I sort of followed like what Nedry did with us," he said looking to Ray, Gerry and Ian.

"Yeah kind of like….." Cindy was suddenly silenced by a very loud roar that came from outside. Everyone looked at each other with nervousness as General Vitkiss went on the radio to ask what was going on. Then it was filled with several other roars and a bunch of men screeching and yelling. Everyone quickly filed out of the room as they wanted to know what was going on.

When they got there it was chaos as men and women rushed to get away from the terror that was a very groggy very angry T-Rex. Rosco had awoken to find himself in a place that is not familiar. He was banging his head against the wall of the building. Luckily it was heavily reinforced to prevent him from causing any harm to people. But it didn't help that Rexy and Junior were adding their calls to his. Top that off with the calls from the other dinosaurs and you got one loud and noisy compound.

Gerry was quick to grab the tranquilizer gun hoping he doesn't have to need it as he ran out towards the source of the noise.

Rosco had a look of confusion on his face as he rammed the sides again and again and nearly stepping on Nico. Acting fast Gerry pulled out a few tranquilizer darts and fired on the dinosaur. It didn't take long for it to go into effect and for Rosco to fall back down into a deep sleep. That however has not left Rexy and the others. But it didn't take them long to quiet down now that the noise has settled. Gerry quickly went to see what could have caused him to wake up so aggressively.

When he got to the pen the first thing he did was check up on Nico who had not moved or awoken since the incident. Aside from putting back in the ventilator he was fine. Rosco had torn his out and so Gerry continued to remove and check up on Rosco's condition. Thankfully the ventilator and the hoses were just disconnected and the T-rex seemed to be able to move. But what worried him was the fact that there was something going on with his foot. Running a light out to see what it was Gerry cursed for his negligence.

Taking out a surgical knife he started to cut into the bottom of a rather large clawed foot and remove a huge amount of puss. As it spilled into the pen he had one of the assistants get something for the infection. The person returned not long after with some bandages and a disinfectant. Cleaning it up Gerry thankfully looked for other small wounds or infected areas. Other then a few parasites such as leeches he gave Rosco a clean bill of health.

"What the fuck was that about?" asked Ray when he walked in.

"Rosco it seems panicked when he was on the ventilator. I had to remove it fully and then treat him for an infection that I didn't notice till now," he said.

"Will he be alright?" asked Henry.

"He will be fine. The tranquilizer should be wearing off by the time Dr. Sattler get's here," he said remembering that Henry mentioned Ellie was coming to help with the dinosaurs. A low rumble could be heard as slowly Rosco began to stir from where he slept. But as he groggily looked at them he fell back to sleep. Nico remained unmoving so Gerry left him. Instead after cleaning and sterilizing himself he went on to check up on Tien and Rosie. Tien looked like he was on the mend while Rosie still looked motionless. The wounds she had sustained were not as bad but the complications from lead poisoning can be tricky.

After he was done both he and Henry went back to the labs to check up on Cindy. The woman was busy with her hazmat suit and air hose, but the precautions were necessary as they had always been. Henry returned to his station which does not have a hazmat section since it is completely blocked off from the main lab. As he sat behind his computer and went to answer a phone call Gerry found himself once again alone. As he walked further down the hallway he went towards the main medical wing and towards the ICU where Alan and Robert were kept.

When he entered he saw that Alan and Robert were on ventilators both having difficulty breathing since the day before. As medical staff continued to monitor their progress he could only hope that the cure could be made.

"How're they doing?" asked a voice. Gerry turned to see Ray there looking into the window.

"Not good, let's just hope Cindy can come up with a treatment in time," he said to him.

"I know, nasty shit. I wish it was as simple as giving them antibiotics, but you know how that rolls," he said to him. Gerry had to agree with the technician. Such things are not meant to be as they are. But to Gerry seeing his friends like this made his heart tighten.

"Alan?" said a soft voice and both men turned to see Ellie there with her husband both of them ran to the window to see him there. "ALAN!" she nearly shouted as she tried to get to the door only to be held back by several guards.

"Let me in I have to see him!" she said.

"I'm sorry ma'am but this place is off limits to only essential staff only." said the security guard at the door.

"Why is he in there!" she said sounding frantic and why are two of his dinosaurs isolated from the rest?" she sounded frantic as she tried to figure out what was going on.

"Dr. Sattler?" a voice said and Ellie turned to see Ian there along with Henry.

"What is going on Henry. All you told me was that Alan was in trouble with some sort of disease but not like this?" she said sounding angry.

"I told you all I knew Ellie. Alan is sick with a highly contagious disease and if it spreads to others then it would be a pandemic waiting to happen," said Henry.

"But why can't I see him. We he is like a brother to me," she said and with her tears coming to her she was being held by her fiance who offered comforting whispers in her ear before being led away. Henry sighed seeing them go just as Cindy walked up to him.

"What just happened?" she asked.

"Dr. Sattler just got here and it seems as if things did not go well," Ray said pointing to Ellie and her fiance being led down the hallway. Cindy sighed, "I knew things like this always happen. They blame us for trying to help keep the people safe." she said as she looked at them.

"So what are you doing here Cindy?" asked Gerry as he looked at her in curiosity.

"I came here to get a blood sample from both Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon. I need them in order to see if the new batch of possible treatments might help," she said and with that she showed her card before entering the room. They watched as she put on the hazmat suit before entering the room. When she got into the ICU unit she was able to get a blood sample from both men before getting back out. When she emerged she had a suitcase in her hand as she walked back towards the labs.

Sighing Gerry bid the others farewell as he too walked away to head into the direction of his rooms. It was a long day and they all needed to rest. Henry was not far behind along with Ray and Ian.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING

The sounds of happy rumbles could be heard from outside the window of Cindy Bradshaw. Waking in Henry's arms she saw that the man was looking out the window into the morning light beyond. There she quickly put on her bathrobe and walked towards the balcony. Looking outside she saw Ellie Sattler there with her fiance watching. She was busy grooming Rexy and Junior who had yet to get the powered cocaine off of their skins. By now the highly acidic substance had come off on its own but it left marks. It burned into their skin since they hadn't washed it off properly and Ellie was in janitor's clothes with a large floor brush scrubbing Rexy. The larger Rex was crooning with pleasure at having her belly cleaned while Junior was trying and failing to help.

Cindy watched in fascination as the others Spitz, Sarah, and Tank joined them begging for attention.

"She is their mother," said Henry as he walked up beside her. He was shirtless but he wore long silk pants to cover himself as he wrapped his bare arms around Cindy.

"Their mother?" Cindy asked.

"Yes, the three plus the two in isolation they were born in Montana. Dr. Alan Grant was the first person they saw along with Dr. Sattler on the side. They both became their parents. The dinosaurs view her as a mother figure someone to protect and nurture them when they need it," Henry said. It was then that Cindy put her hand on his intertwined ones. She was touched by the scene of someone caring for others. But what amazed her more was that Rosco now awoken from his slumber was the one crooning the loudest.

Cindy watched in envy as Ellie went to cress his snout and gave him reassuring strokes without gloves or a hazmat suit. He was still too weak to come out into the pen with the others but from what she saw he was more then happy to see her. And that is what Cindy wants to see more then anything.

I will help them, I will will try my damn hardest to help them all, she thought.

TBC

A/N: Whew! I knew that this would be tough but well Ellie is back if only temporarily. And Yay Rosco has awoken! I hope you all enjoy that just a few more chapters to go before this part of the story ends and I can start building up to eventually start doing the Lost World story. So hopefully you people bare with me ok for it is going to take a while to work out in my head before I can write it. And no I am not at home during the pandemic. I am an essential worker at a hardware store so my work hasn't gone out and I am lucky enough to be still working. But the work load is exhausting as they increase our hours to increase the load we have to provide to our customers. So thank you all for your valued patience and please don't forget to leave a review and remember no BASHINGS, FLAMES AND LORE MONGERS PLEASE! THANK YOU!