DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ALAN'S DINOSAURS THEY BELONG TO UNIVERSAL AND MICHEAL CHRICTON!

A/n: Yay I am back with another episode of Alan's Dinosaurs! Yay due to popular demand and your fantastic reviews of why you like this story so much we are glad to move on to the next phase after we are done with this part of the story. So as you can see our dinosaurs are slowly getting better and the humans are starting to discover a cure to the species crossing DX disease. So without further a do I bring you another episode of….

ALAN'S DINOSAURS

Chapter 35 A Dino Sized Hangover

SAN JOSE COSTA RICA

The very loud roar was the first thing that woke Ray Arnold to the morning sunrise. He was used to the sounds of dinosaurs and birds this early. But this particular roar had him nearly falling into the earth at a rapid rate. Running towards the source of the noise he was greeted by the site that would forever mark this day as the funniest event on record.

Just Days after Rosco had awoken from his induced coma the dinosaur had a massive headache that would have toppled buildings had it not been for Ellie Sattler. The woman was a miracle when it came to dealing with the dinosaurs and their individual needs. Ellie had helped Gerry with the feeding as well as grooming and care needed to keep them in line.

Today was no different with Rosco nearly ready to be released into the main enclosure. He is currently going through final checkups with the said Vet and was being very good about it.

Rexy and Junior on the other hand was another story altogether, and the reason why Ray was awoken at six in the morning.

It seems as if both Rexy and Junior had a very large amount of cocaine in their system. Both Rexes had been knocked out for a good portion of their recovery of a potential drug overdose. But today when they were off the meds and the cocaine high it seems as if they are now sporting a good old fashioned hangover.

And they are not taking it so well.

Men where shouting in Spanish as they tried to avoid being stomped on in the wake of the morning. Ray lit a cigarette and watched as they tried to contain the two Rexes. Just to make things worse the gate that separated the two enclosures opened and Rosco entered the field. He was being guided by Ellie as she ran just to the side of him.

The big male was clearly not as healthy as the other two, but he looked like he was not too happy with his fell Rex's antics. His roar was the loudest of them all as it nearly shook the building. Ray had to cover his ears at how loud and strong that roar is.

It echoed across the courtyard and the enclosure. His displeasure was known and the other two dinosaurs instantly stopped causing a havoc and submitted. Exposing their throats in submission to the big male. Rosco growled low in his throat showing how displeased he was to the other two acting up. He watched as they instantly hunched down to show that Rosco is the boss.

"That shuts them up," Ray said between puffs of smoke. He was glad he was able to smoke again. And for that he was happily puffing away on his cigarette. It was the simple joys such as this that Ray enjoyed. Despite the current situation with his fellows in the hospital room.

Just as he saw it Rosco came closer to his window. The large animal was not the most dangerous and he probably was looking for reassurance. From the look of his glassed eyes the larger animal still had not fully recovered from his ordeal and is a bit woozy. When he was even with him Ray only puffed before putting the stick down and giving the giant a gentle pat. A lowly rumble was all he heard from Rosco as he crooned.

"Sorry Ray!" said a voice and he looked down to see Ellie Sattler as she patted Rosco's leg.

"No, prob, I miss the big guy anyways," he said while stroking his snout. A low rumble was heard as he leaned in for more.

"Alright now big guy there is no need to worry…" just as he said it a loud roar was heard once again. Rosco reared he head nearly taking Ray with him, but luckily the African American let go of his snout as he reared up and roared his annoyance. A pained sound was heard from across the away and Junior came through towards them. Her head sunk low and she was whining. Ray sighed knowing what the little one wanted.

"Aww look at you did someone get a headache," said Ellie as she sidestepped Junior who stumbled around a bit before falling. The T-Rex let out a small whine in protest as if she wanted some love as well. Ellie sighed as she walked up to the large animal and began to stroke her down. She knew the right spots after dealing with Rosco. The larger T-Rex leaned down and growled low to make her submit to his will. The smaller juvenile exposed her throat but still whined in pain.

Just as Ellie stroked her snout out came Gerry who did not look happy to be disturbed, "What the fuck is going on?" he demanded as he came towards Ellie.

"Junior has got a headache," she said.

"Serves her right! She and Rexy dove into a ton of cocaine in the city after attacking a group of Cartel. I would figure she would be hungover from the overdose," he said and thankfully had his bag with him. Pulling out a large syringe with some liquid inside he tapped it to extract the air before inserting it into an exposed vein.

"There that should take the edge off the headache now where…." as if to say something another animal came storming in this one was not whining as much but rather in a rage.

Rexy came smashing through the trees scaring away Tank and Spitz who were snoozing on a nearby bank of their watering hole. Both dinosaurs ran for their lives as Rexy smashed her head into the watering hole for a long drink. She kept drinking until she couldn't drink no more and then roared when she gotten up to scare away others who might drink. That included Sarah who nearly injured herself again. Rosco snorted before pulling away to calm the large female down.

She growled at him and he raised himself up in confidence despite his wooziness. He let a loud roar go out showing his teeth. Rexy tried to take a bite out of him but he swatted her with his tail and she went down. He walked up to her and pinned her with his foot as she thrashed.

While this was going on the humans remained out of the way. "Should we stop them?" Ray asked.

"No, let them go Rosco is only trying to show her that he is the boss and that she should behave," said Ellie.

"Are you sure?" asked Gerry a bit afraid of property damage.

"Yeah, I'm sure, I helped raise him after all. Besides he is trying to avoid damage look," she said pointing. Sure enough she was right with the amount of damage that should have been caused by their fighting. There was a great lack of it. In fact it only took about ten minutes before Rosco had Rexy pinned and now when she tried to get up his snout was in her face with a deep growl coming out of it. His teeth were fully bared as he stared her down. She was on her back unable to get up because he had his foot on her belly ready to spill her intestines if she tried anything.

Then when it was over her snarling and crying turned into a more whining squeals. She lowered her claws in defeat as she submitted to him. Rosco gave a snort before he began to groom her to show her that she is fine.

"See what did I tell you," Ellie said with confidence.

"Wow, I wish I knew back then," Gerry replied and then sighed, "Well I am going to check on Tien and Rosie they are doing a bit better now that the worst is wore off. Rosie is going to be fine in a few days. Tien took the worst of it so he will be stuck in the holding pens until then. Henry just finished his shift so he is with Tien right now," Gerry replied.

"That's good," Ellie said to him.

"Yeah the little guy is tough I give him that. Cindy should be finished within a few hours. So I should be checking in on Rosco then to see how he is doing. With that Gerry walked away leaving the three big carnivores with Ellie.

Ray watched it all from his post above them and had to laugh. Right on his patio railing is Sarah who flew up to get away from the commotion. From the sound of it she hurt her wing so Ray gently began to rug the area where he thought it would be sore. His mother did it to him when he played baseball with his boys back home. As he did so he could feel the gentle whistling noise of the pteranodon. She gave a thrill to thank him for it as if felt good to her.

"You are supposed to be on rest. That wing ain't getting better if you keep doing that," he said. She clacked her beak as if acknowledging him. Then she leaped down and bat walked towards the watering hole. As she drank she saw Tank doing the same with Spitz now that the commotion is done. He then started to notice something on Spitz. It was a change of color that was subtle but noticeable as he looked closer. Thinking it was a bit of sun he walked down to the ground floor and into the dinosaur enclosure.

As he walked towards Ellie she was busy soothing Rexy and Junior giving them both baths. Since they are somewhat still covered in coke. The rain and some of the aids had helped wash the large predators, but Ellie knew where they had missed and wanted to get it all out before this happens again. So she had her scrub brush that she and Alan modified from sweeping brooms and brushed the dinosaurs down with a light soap. The soap was made from of course an oatmeal based soap mixed with a few special oils to help with their skin issues. She is currently working on Rexy since she is the worst of the two. Junior it didn't take her that long since she did not have much else left. But the big female had it worse.

So Ellie had poured some of the soap on her and with Rosco's help managed to keep her down while she was doing it. After about five minutes Rexy was fine and laying down on her side enjoying the message.

"Wow you settled them fast enough," Ray said to her as he came closer. Rexy opened one eye but paid him no attention. Rosco was enjoying his shower from the sprinklers. The other attendants of the compound had finally come out to help Ellie with the dinosaurs. Junior is sleeping off the massage while the children of the attendants are playing with Spitz and Tank. The smaller of which was being a horse for a group of children.

"Is it safe to have them around him?" Ray asked her as he saw the children playing with Spitz.

"Yeah, Spitz may be shy but he loves kids. He used to play with them back at the dig with Nico. Though I've noticed that his color is starting to change. I think he might be starting to mature and he has gotten bigger. So I would not be surprised since the fossil records show that an adult dilophosaur can reach a length of 23 feet long. I will have to get Gerry to do a full exam but I think he might be going through a growth spurt," she said.

"What about Nico? The other one will he grow too? Since Henry mentioned that he is not a velociraptor?" he asked Ellie.

"I don't know, I will have to ask him since Alan is not available," she said sadly.

"Hey doc don't worry Cindy and Henry are working on it," he said to Ellie as he puffed on his cigarette.

"Well if he is still growing maybe this would help him become better at defending himself from other dinos," Ray said to her as he finished his cigarette. He flicked it across towards the watering hole. The small hiss could be heard as it hit the wet footprint that was near it but not enough to go into it. Ellie watched with disgust how he can casually smoke at a time like this. But she figured that such an act was just that..an act. She patted Rexy down more before moving on towards Junior. Rosco was sleeping off to the side where the sun was warmest in the enclosure. Though this place is small it has provided them shelter from the outside.

A rumble could be heard as Rexy snorted into Ray's face. The man nearly gagged from the smell of her foul breath. But other then that the large dinosaur was enjoying the scrub she was getting.

"There you go I almost got it all off of you," Ellie said smiling as the last of the cocane powder was removed from Rexy. The predator was more then relieved to have it gone and even rolled over to show her relaxation. Junior was already asleep alongside Rosco as the male was still recovering from being sick.

"How is Nico doing?" she asked Ray as she finally got off and headed towards the inside of the compound to get cleaned up.

"Gerry said that he should be waking soon. The treatments that Cindy had concocted seemed to be working. The blood transfusion from Rosco is also helping to aid in his recovery." Ray replied as Ellie breathed a sigh of relief for one good thing to happen.

"Come on Dr. Sattler I am sure that you are probably going to need a bath and something to eat," Ray said as he escorted her to the building helping to carry her stuff. The woman gladly took the help as she set her tools in a special holding area. Then she went towards the showers reserved for women. Ray stood there waiting until she came back out in fresh clothes and proceeded towards the cafeteria where most of the staff are eating.

"So how are you doing so far with dealing with this bullshit?" asked Ray as he sat down with a tray of food. Ellie sighed as she settled down to help herself to some food.

"Mark and I are doing the best we can to help with the museum and all. Alan's property is destroyed. Those guys that raided his home had set his house on fire as well as the surrounding land and facilities. It would be almost impossible to get enough money to fix everything and get it running again. So we decided to sell the land in hopes to get some revenue back. So far we have quite a bit of buyers. We just need Alan's signature to get it done." she said.

"But so far Alan is not in the position to do so," Ray replied with a sigh.

"Well that is the thing, Alan was the one who wanted to sell the land after the incident with the raiders. The insurance would not cover the amount of damages for the land and they don't include terrorists raids so before we came here originally he wanted to sell the property to get something back from it. Though the thought of it at the time was hard," Ellie replied.

Ray understood the meaning of loss as he looked at the dinosaurs in front of him from the side video screen. His food in his hands as he started to eat. Taking a deep breath he looked out towards the television.

"You know before I became the head of operations at Jurassic Park I was nothing more then a tech at a rising computer firm. In fact that was how I met Dennis Nedry. Both of us worked for the same company before signing up for InGen. However Nedry was more of the computer programmer while I was in the engineering department. In fact a lot of my ideas on park security designs went out the window due to John Hammonds executive board refusing to fund the projects," Ray replied.

"What projects were those?" asked Ellie as she ate from her soup bowl.

"Well one of them was a design that would help the system do an automatic reboot should the power go out or the security systems shut down. It was a fail safe that ensures that the dinosaurs and the visitors remain safe in case of something like this. You see Isla Nublar and the rest of the islands of Las Cinco Muretes are prone to hurricanes so we have to constantly watch out for power outages. In fact the hurricane areas that were designed for the park are not designed to help in case of dinosaurs breaking out as you saw. Some of the designs I proposed were not good enough for the board. In fact if Hammond and I had it our way we would build those shelters and ensure that everyone is safe so that way less people would be killed by escaping predators. We would have had repairs done faster and things would have been a lot smoother if we had those," he said.

"So do you have a copy of those designs?" Ellie asked.

"Yeah I got the blue prints back in my room. When we go back there I can show you and the rest of the guys," Ray said.

"Show us what?" said another voice and Ian hobbled over to them. His leg was still in its cast but he was able to get around without the wheel chair.

"Ray was telling me of the things he wanted to do to improve security and welfare of the animals as well as safety, but the InGen board refused his offers." Ellie said.

"Oh this I have to hear do tell," Ian said sitting down as Ray went over with Ian the same thing he told Ellie. When he was done Ian was impressed at the scenarios that Ray said which shocked the mathematician. When he was finished it left Ian speechless to hear such a tale from a man who spends his time smoking.

"So let me get this straight, all this shit could have been prevented had the board approved of your designs for the park?" Ian asked him and the man nodded.

"Fucking Christ!" he said leaning back and kissed the cross on his neck to ask for forgiveness.

"Where did you get that?" asked Ellie noticing the object around his neck.

"I always had it, though I put it in my pocket when Rexy went on a rampage," Ian replied thinking about his girlfriend back home. He sighed as he put it back in his hospital gown.

"You miss her? Or are you looking for anyone new?" Ellie teased him laughing at his pale expression.

"No, I won't besides she is watching the kids. How can I leave her to that bunch," Ian replied laughing. The others looked at him as if he lost his mind. Ian quickly finished his food before leaning back.

"You know flirting is not meant to say 'I want you in bed'. It is also used as a way to make friends," Ian replied.

"Ah, huh," Ellie replied her eyebrow raised and her demeanor spoke of an 'I don't believe you,' attitude.

"Ah come on Dr. Sattler I know about you and Dr. Grant not being in a relationship. Some of the others thought you were but me...nope. I know a play when I see one. Pretend your in a relationship to hide the fact that you are just very close friends, siblings from a past life maybe. But boyfriend and girlfriend? Come on! You both scream, 'We are not in love,' kind of deal," he said laughing.

"And you have had too much morphine," said Ray glaring at him.

"4 milligrams if I remember correctly," Ian replied which made both of them blanch. Such a dosage was dangerous if not used correctly. That is for the most severe pain even in a trauma unit.

"Who the fuck gave you that amount?" asked Ray shocked to hear it.

"Oh some nurse who was very nice and very...tasty," Ian replied as he started to make his way back towards his room. His crutches wobbling a bit before he exited the room. Ray signaled to the male nurse standing guard to watch Ian and he replied with a nod before following him.

"That is not safe is it?" Ellie said to him.

"No, it is not, my mom was a nurse and she said that four milligrams is for the most extreme trauma patients and for emergencies only. You must never give it out to someone who is recovering at that amount. The safest amount is a .1 mil of morphine if the pain is too much for the patient. But never give that amount after one dose for it is too addicting and dangerous," Ray replied and Ellie nodded in agreement knowing that she gave him a few pills back on Isla Nublar to dull the pain of the gunshot wound.

"Who would give him that amount?" asked Ellie.

"I don't know but I will let the doctors know immediately." he said and stood up. He quickly walked over to one of the nurses standing watch and asked in Spanish who was Ian's doctor. The nurse went to a phone and started calling an extension. He quickly said something in Spanish before hanging up and replying back to Ray. Ellie who doesn't speak Spanish was puzzled till Ray had a look on his face that showed his confusion.

"What is it?" she asked.

"The doctor didn't instruct any of the nurses to give Ian morphine. In fact he told them the opposite," he said and then his eyes went wide before both he and Ellie rushed from the room but not before Ray alerted the nurse to call security.

When they gotten to Ian's room there was nurse was on the ground with a stranger. There was blood everywhere and Ian was on the ground opposite of them. The nurse who followed Ian was also there but he was off in the corner clutching a scalpel and looking fearful.

"What is it?" asked another voice and General Vitkiss was in the room immediately. As soon as he saw it he began to bark orders to his men to secure the area and find out who did this.

"First Dr. Bradshaw and now Dr. Malcolm what the fuck is going on?" asked the General.

"I think we have someone who does not want this to be cured. I would suggest extra security here," Ray said and the General nodded before he began to bark orders. As the men went to search for the nurse. The doctor in the meantime went to check on Ian to make sure he is fine before helping him back to bed. The man was then attached to many machines to monitor his health.

"Dr. Malcolm will be fine I will make sure his system is flushed out. In the meantime I can't allow him to use any more morphine. I don't know who has been giving it to him, but he should have stopped a while ago," he said to them.

"You are?" Ray asked the doctor.

That man turned around and Ray's eyes went wide, "Jake? Jake Figaro? Fuck when did you get back?" Ray said to him as shook his hand and at Ellie's confused face Ray introduced him.

"I'm sorry Dr. Sattler this is Dr. Jake Figaro head physician at Jurassic Park. He was one of the people who left on the boat before the storm hit. And I thought he went back to the states. When did you get back?" Ray asked.

"I just got back in last night. They said that you needed a break and since I also have clearance to Jurassic Park's files alongside Henry they could use my expertise. Besides I could not leave poor Henry to starve." Jake said laughing and Ray hugged his friend.

The man was dark skinned like Ray but he had a lighter tone to his skin color while Ray was darker. The two men from what Ellie could tell must have known each other pretty well to be more then just acquaintances. As if reading her mind Ray smiled after hugging his friend.

"Sorry Dr. Sattler but Jake and I grew up together in Harlem. Both of us enjoyed the time we spent together and he is like a brother to me. I managed to get him the job at Jurassic Park because they needed medical experts in case something happens where we can't take them out. So I got him in and boy did he not want to leave. Turns out my friend is a bit of a dino nerd," he said laughing.

"Yeah and I remembered the good old days. I had to leave because I have an appointment with a few friends on the mainland about transferring my wife to here. But when I got here I found out what happened with Hurricane Clarissa. Shit, I never could have thought Nedry would do something like this despite his condition." he said.

"What condition? Look I know you have that patient confidentiality thing going on but Nedry is dead," said Ray as he looked at Jake with a serious look on his face.

"What? Nedry's dead? How the fuck….is his heart?" Jake asked shocked to hear that the head programmer died on his watch.

"No, he didn't die because of a heart attack. He shut down the security systems so he could steal embryos from Dr. Wu's lab and then gotten killed by that animal out there," Ray said pointing to Spitz who was lounging outside with Rexy and Junior. Tank was resting next to Rosco who was on Rexy's other side enjoying the sun.

"The T-Rex killed...oh wait you are pointing to the...is that a dilophosaurus? What is it doing with the Rexes and is that an Ankylosaur? What the fuck is going on Ray?" he asked him as the other African American looked at him with a smirk on his face.

"My friend when your shift ends come find me and I will tell you what happened. But right now how is their condition as far as sicknesses go?" Ray asked looking at the quarantine area and Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon along with a few others. The other man sighed as he turned to Ray.

"Not good, but thankfully we managed to keep them stable so far. The colder temperatures of the area helps to keep them at a stable rate. At least for now," Jake said slowly as they all gotten what he was trying to tell them.

"From what I hear Cindy has something cooked up," Ray replied as the man finished with his last patient and sat down with Ray and Ellie in the lunch room.

"Dr. Figaro, how bad has Alan gotten?" Ellie asked.

"Who is Alan?" Jake replied confused but Ray rolled his eyes before saying, 'Dr. Grant,'

"Oh," Jake said as he took a sip from a drink that Ellie had gotten for him. He then lowered his drink before answering, "Dr. Grant is in poor condition. These people hadn't been giving him the proper care to begin with. But then again this place does not have the proper equipment as an E.R. hospital. So I had some of the nurses go to the nearby hospitals and get me bags of equipment that I need to help treat them better. The cure won't do well if my patients can't physically be up to snuff to take it. Yet on the side note I am still surprised this place hasn't come down yet with the amount of dangerous carnivores you have in here," Jake said to Ray and Ellie as sat there in the cafeteria.

"That is because they are not ours...well most of them are not ours." Ray replied.

"I recognized Rexy and Junior but I don't recognize the others," Ray said to him.

"They belong to Dr. Grant," Ellie replied with fondness as she looked at the dinosaurs outside.

"Oh, so I take it the loud noises I heard this morning were them," Jake replied to them and they nodded both in agreement. Just as they were about to speak more Cindy came through the doors of the cafeteria. She looked like she was about to fall over when she went to the coffee machine. But after a few cups she felt better as she sat down with them.

"Sorry but I needed a break," she said and they saw the dark circles under her eyes. It was as if she was not sleeping but she laughed and told them that the microscope she was using just made her eyes tired. She yawned as she drank her cup of coffee.

"How's it coming along Doc?" asked Ray trying to cheer her up.

"Swell I suppose, we are nearing a point where I can start human testing within the next few days. If it were possible I would like to start on a few people from the city first since they are the least exposed. It is too dangerous to start on Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon and a few others who are the worst cases. If I can get this to work I can move further to finding the cure. Dr. Figaro has been most helpful in suggesting a way to keep the patients stable till I am able to find a cure. But we can't keep them in cold storage forever. Their bodies will start to resist," said Cindy.

"We know, you are doing your best Cindy and we thank you," Ellie said to her and she could see the tears wanting to form on her eyes. She put down the coffee cup and stared at the woman closely.

"Dr. Sattler how close are you to Dr. Grant?" she asked her out of curiosity.

"Alan and I grew up together. He is like an older brother to me, family, even when his parents died and he was put into out care. Though I am younger then him he always saw me as his little sister and he is my big brother. So yeah that is how close we are," Ellie said to her.

"I see, family ties are hard to break. I will see if I can return your brother to you Dr. Sattler. In the meantime I will leave you to it since my break is now over and I have two hours to go before my shift ends," she said standing up and bidding them a good day.

Ellie sat there with Ray and Jake watching her leave.

"She should rest," Ellie stated as she watched the other woman leave.

"She has been working hard but only Henry could convince her to take a break," Jake said to Ellie.

"So do they have a relationship?" Ellie asked curious and then quickly apologized for intruding on some private business. Ray waved her off as he explained Henry and Cindy's relationship. "Not to worry Doc, everyone at Isla Nublar knew about them. It was no secret at all that Henry is head over heals for her. She just might be the new Mrs. Wu after this. But who knows I normally don't do gossip, but there is hardly anything to do since we got here and we need Alan's help to track down those rogue dino dealers. I'm just afraid that if we don't have both of them up soon all of this will be for nothing and the animals will be put down." Ray said his worry clouding his face.

Ellie looked at the dinosaurs outside the window lounging around only Tank and Sarah seemed to be busy. Sarah was grooming herself while Tank was munching away on some hay left for her. She seemed displeased by the same amount of food, but she does not complain. As she walked towards the watering hole she looked up at the window to see Ellie there smiling at her. With a huff and a snort she went to drink some water.

Then Ellie turned around to face Ray just as the door opened to let in Henry.

"How's the human testing going?" Ellie asked him as the Asian man sat down.

"So far only three people are responding to the treatments. The others are taking longer because the cases with them are a bit more severe. Only two people have died due to complications. It will take a few more tweaks and then we are ready to try it on Dr. Grant and Mr. Muldoon," said Henry.

"They are not going to last long Henry," said Ray getting outraged by the whole ordeal.

"That is why Jake said he was going to drop the temperature to slow the progress down to give us time. It is not easy to come up with a cure or a vaccine. It takes time and energy and I have enough stress on my hands between dealing with my dinosaurs and this," Henry said sounding exhausted for the first time. Ellie perked up at this when she heard about Henry's mentioning of his dinosaurs.

"Are you talking about Rexy and Junior?" she asked him.

"No, those are not mine they are InGen's. I have a Troodon named Tien and a Velociraptor the same one you saw at the lab. I named her Rosie since she is so cheerful all the time." he said to her.

"Can I see them?" asked Ellie suddenly changing the subject to something she can deal with other then the lingering emotions behind her. Nodding Henry and Ray led her towards the part of the hospital where Gerry works with the dinosaurs. There they saw the man finishing his checkup on Tien. Upon hearing them enter the troodon lifted his head and saw Henry. He gave a croon which Henry reached over and stroked him gently with.

"How's my brave boy," he said to him.

"He should be fine in two more days Henry. He just needs to gain back his strength," said Gerry as he gave the smaller animal a friendly grooming session. Tien slowly rose to his feet and for the first time saw the wounds on his side.

"Henry, are those bullet holes?" she asked him.

"Yeah, Tien protected Cindy from an assassin. That is how she found out that his and Spitz's venom contains properties that might help the vaccine." he said to her.

"Venom? He's venomous?" she asked him.

"Yeah, Gerry can explain it better then me, but right now I want to spend time with them before I return to work," Henry said to them and that was their cue to leave.

They eventually made their way to Ray's office which is the main security area. Ellie and Ray sat down near the monitors to observe what was going on. She watched video feeds of the dinosaurs as they moved throughout the enclosure. Though the enclosure was small by dinosaur standards. It was comfortable enough for them to move around in.

"Don't worry they have a whole forested area for them outside. The compound is only a small building area compared to the main enclosure that they are now free to roam in. But for some reason they preferred to stay here," said Ray as he leaned back on his chair.

"This place is safe for them where as outside is unfamiliar," Ellie replied remembering when she was helping Alan raise the dinosaurs. They refused to leave the house until Alan coaxed them out to hunt. Then they started to explore.

This seems like the same situation except that gates were always closed. Ellie turned to Ray and gave him a questioning look.

"It's to make sure the DX virus does not leave the compound. After what happened in the main city the government decided to keep them here until the situation is under control.

"What about Terry and Iggy?" asked Ellie worried about the aquatic animals seen off shore.

"From my understanding they should be fine. The virus has not effected them nor has it effected the nearby wildlife. So far the two of them remained near the islands of Las Cinco Muertes. I think for them it is a hunting territory since several deep sea currents go through that area before going further out into the Pacific. Costa Rica is on the border where many of the hurricanes in the Pacific are born. So I am not surprised that they remained there because there is food available." Ray replied.

"Well that's a relief and from what I understand they had gotten familiar with the shipping lanes so they should stay clear," Ellie replied relieved. As she watched Spitz and Rosco playing in the courtyard she smiled at the way the larger animal was making mock displays along with Spitz. They often play this way and then play leads to grooming sessions that can last for hours. Rexy being still hung over from the overdose of cocaine was lounging near the watering hole enjoying the sun. Junior was busy teasing some of the keepers who seemed frightened of her.

Ellie shook her head at their antics. She could tell that Junior is not going to kill them but is rather having fun. Just by the swing of her tail she could see that plain as day. But then again most of the keepers don't know a thing about taking care of dinosaurs. Something she will have to rectify while she is here.

"How is Rexy doing?" Ray asked zooming in on the T-Rex.

"She is getting better she just needs some TLC and then she will be herself again," Ellie said to him smiling. She then got up and walked out to spend some time with Alan or looking at Alan.

As she made her way through the compound to check on her friend she spotted Cindy again with a tray in her hand.

"Need help with that?" Ellie asked her coming closer.

"No, no, that won't be necessary I am just taking these prototype medications to my volunteers. There are a bunch of people who volunteered for this and I want to make sure that they are taken care of. I also sent one to Nico down in the animal pens to see how it would go for him," Cindy said. Ellie then changed course to go find Gerry.

Thankfully Gerry was there along with other vets to administer the drug. The raptor was not looking good as his health was continuing to improve. Ellie watched as Gerry placed the first shot into Nico hoping that would help him. He patted his side and adjusted his I.V. before turning to Ellie.

"Let's just hope for the best. Cindy said this one has the mixture she was working on with the combined venom compounds. Hopefully we get something out of it." Gerry said sadly. He had grown to like the raptor when he was healthy seeing as he was one of the few that could take on the 'Big One.'

Ellie got up to check up on everyone else. The others were just lounging around with Tank munching away on some hay that was brought to her. She even gained a following of parrots that seemed to take a liking to her armored shell. Spitz was trying to catch them for the hell of it while Sarah was busy preening. The basket of fish left for her was still hanging nearby.

"Did you check her wings?" Ellie asked Gerry after they were done cleaning out the animal pens.

"Yeah she should be good in about a week or so," said Gerry sounding happy for the first time in a while.

Ellie saw the dark circles under his eyes, "Did you get any sleep?" she asked him and he shook his head, "Tien and Rosie had taken a bad hit with that assassin and so I had to keep an eye on them. Now that the danger's past and I helped extract the venom from Tien I wanted to sleep, but things keep popping up." he said and Ellie thankfully put her hand on his shoulder, "Maybe I can help now that I am here. Perhaps I can help get some of this stuff arranged so you can rest. Let me finish this for you, go get some sleep Gerry." she said to him.

"Thanks and make sure Ian does not cause any more trouble," he said smirking and Ellie shook her head as she held up her left hand. On it was the engagement ring that Mark had given her so Gerry started laughing as he walked away towards his room.

Just as the door was closed Ellie could see how tired everyone was. This situation in the city and the events that happened in the park on Isla Nublar really started taking a toll on everyone. As she turned towards the compound she could barely make out the silhouette of both Henry and Cindy as they shared a room together. The guards are busy patrolling the area and the animals are busy keeping to themselves for now.

It was then that a snort was felt behind her. Turning her head Ellie made out the greenish snout of Rosco as the Rex could sense her discomfort. Smiling at him she patted his snout and scratched his head.

"I know boy I hope Nico gets better too," she said.

LATER

By the end of the day Ellie managed to sit down to enjoy her dinner when there was a knock on the door. Getting up and walking towards it she was surprised by the sight of Cindy as she walked in.

"Hello?" Ellie said and Cindy looked kind of sheepish as she stood there.

"Can I come in?" she asked Ellie and the other woman opened the door further to let her in. Cindy stepped in and closed the door behind her. She noticed that Ellie's room was still unpacked seeing as her stuff was still in their bags.

"They didn't give you much time to unpack didn't they?" Cindy said indicating the bags. Sheepishly Ellie shook her head, "No they did not. As soon as I got here I had to go straight to work. How's Alan doing?" she asked and the woman sighed.

"Well at least the new medication I gave him has helped slowed down the disease so he does not have to go through cold treatments no more. So I think that is a good sign. However given the advanced stage that he is in I am just praying to God that what I am doing is going to help." Cindy said as she sat down on the couch. Ellie looked downtrodden by the announcement but at least it was a good sign.

"How long do you think before you can start seeing results?" she asked Cindy.

"Well that depends on how strong Dr. Grant's immune system is. The catalyst to getting the antibodies to work on humans came from the venom samples that I had taken from both Spitz and Tien. Rosco's blood played an important role in getting the antibodies needed to fight the disease. But the time it takes to adapt it to humans is too long in my book. But luckily the chickens that Henry provided to carry the proteins helped tremendously." she said smiling.

Ellie was glad to hear that one, "So how did the volunteers take it?" she asked her as she offered coffee. Cindy declined saying that she needs to sleep. So Ellie had gotten a couple of glasses and some water instead. Seeing as she needs to be sober the next day to deal with the animals.

Cindy sighed as she drank her water, "The volunteers varied most are taking it rather well with positive results. I had so far had five fatalities. All of them with compromised immune systems. But two people are showing the most promising results even with their weakened immune states. I will be testing them more later to make sure there are no complications with the testing," she said with a sliver of hope in her voice. Ellie knew that this subject was touchy but she had to know that is why she asked. But the other question had to be asked as well and so she decided to change the subject.

"How are things with you and Henry going?" she asked knowing of their relationship through Ray.

"We are working things out with our schedules. Both of us are so tired that we barely had time to spend with each other. In fact he just gotten back from shift and fell asleep without eating anything. I just ate two bowls of soup before coming here. I needed to have another female to talk to that does not speak Spanish," she said laughing. Ellie had to laugh with her two. She knows what it is like to have to find someone who speaks the same language as her.

"I know it is hard but hang in there. You are doing so much for so many people," Ellie encouraged. That made Cindy smile a bit before a yawn came out. She too had dark circles under her eyes.

"Are you alright?" Ellie asked.

"I had been having nightmares of the incident for a while. I think someone is trying to stop us. So the government and the guards had been patrolling double time. So far no results," said Cindy.

"Did you use the dinosaurs?" Ellie asked and Cindy shook her head, "Tien and Rosie are still recovering. I will not risk their lives to deal with such a man. Besides the assassin is dead and even then there will be more coming. I have a feeling that whoever dealt with the virus also does not want evidence found. Henry had backups made of the disks to keep them safe," she said to Ellie.

"That's good to know. But really how are you doing?" she asked putting the emphasis on you.

Cindy sighed as she leaned back on the couch, "Honestly?" she said and Ellie nodded.

"I'm exhausted! This is the most difficult disease I managed to tackle so far. And I thought the H.I.V. virus was bad. This one is worst!" Cindy replied as she leaned her head down.

"And then when I found out that Henry was involved I had to be the one to do something about it. Me! I needed to be down here with him because let's face it Henry is good at what he does. He is good with genetics but he is horrible when it comes to diseases, that is more my expertise. So I came down here to help. Because he also needs me here to remind him that he is human and not some sort of machine," Cindy replied. Ellie nodded her agreement as they both sat there and just contemplated the men in their lives.

"Alan is a brother to me. We grew up together, went to school together and hell graduated from the same college. He and I had been thick as thieves for years despite our age difference." Ellie joked.

"How is he not your boyfriend?" Cindy asked Ellie and the other woman gagged. She turned to the dark haired woman and made disgusted noises.

"Alan was adopted into my family when I was three and he was just becoming a teenager. So he basically took care of me when we were growing up. We were that close. Even after he left to go to school to become a paleontologist I still would visit his dorm. His parents were killed in a car accident and he was left with the state. My parents were looking for someone to adopt since I was the only child they could ever had. My father was unable to produce any more semen due to an accident at work which forced them to...you know," she said and Cindy winced. She wanted to help that much and knew that if what she says is true then she will work harder to make it happen.

Just right now she needs to sleep.

"Cindy I think you need to sleep as much as Henry. Don't worry about any more assassins you are protected by the best watchdogs out there," Ellie said to her.

Cindy can only smile in reply as she gotten up from her sitting spot. Thanking Ellie for the talk she was escorted back to her room before Ellie returned to hers. When she entered she found Rosco there with his large head through the window.

"You sneaky shit!" she giggled at him and only gotten a rumble in reply. She then gave him a hug on his snout and patted him down, "I know I miss him too buddy," she said thinking of Alan. A large puff of air blew through her hair and the smell of rotting flesh filled her nostrils for a second. She patted him down a bit more before he pulled away knowing he wanted some cuddles before he retires for the night. She looked out from her balcony to the grounds below. Spitz, Tank and Sarah were sleeping together while Rosco is seen walking towards them. Rexy slept a few feet away still while Junior decided that sleeping next to Tank was the best option for her. So she curled up to the herbivore to sleep.

The only one sleeping in isolation due to the fencing was of course Nico who still has shown no signs of waking. Sighing to herself she turned back towards her room to get some sleep. Hopefully tomorrow will have better results.

TBC

A/n: Ok folks I'm back! And thank GOD I am finally on VACATION! I needed a mental and physical break from all the bullshit going down outside and needed some time at home to recuperate. While I am at it finally I am able to get this new chapter of ALAN'S DINOSAURS up for you folks. Don't worry soon things are being better this is just the start. So remember as always please leave a review and no FLAMES, LORE MONGERS, AND BASHINGS PLEASE!