Chapter 2: Isla Sorna
John now a degree bit more time on his hands, and took the stairs a bit more slowly this time, carefully balancing his weight with the cane and the banister. He felt better than he had in a while, everything falling into place for him. There were still some aspects to the project that he needed to finalize and figure out, but he had finally left the highway of uncertainty and turned onto the road of success.
He cheerfully walked down the hallway, greeting people and exchanging pleasantries. The corridor stretched for a while, this hallway representing the back half of the INGEN office building, comprised of offices and meeting rooms. None of the scientific stuff really happened on the upper floors, the limited scientific research being fully contained in the basement levels.
He came up to a door that had the letters "J" "P" "Hammond" on the door, representing his name, this being his office space. He fiddled with his keys for a second before finding the appropriate key and placed it into the door. He turned the key and with a click the lock unlocked and the door swung open. He slowly walked into his office, the cool air from the building's central air conditioner hitting him as he entered. It was a hot day in California, and the cool air was a welcome relief from the stifling heat.
He set his keys and the two folders down on front of his desk and walked over to the window to glance out at the overlaying scenery and the ocean. He shuffled back to his desk and sat down ready to start on paperwork when there was a knock on the door.
"Mr. Hammond?" said a smaller man, with red hair, entering Hammond's office, "We found an island that should fit your fancy" reported Ed Regis, Hammond's right hand man, a long time employee of Ingen who Hammond took a liking to.
"Excellent, where is it located?" Hammond asked, looking up from the piles of paperwork sitting on his office desk.
"It is located about 137 nautical miles off the coast of Costa Rica. It is a humongous island within a small chain of volcanic islands that are now dormant. A very lushy rain forest type island." He stated, reading his notes off a clipboard that he always carried around with him.
"Perfect, that's exactly what I was looking for. Hmm, let's see…where to begin.." he said, pondering out loud.
"Um…architects?" Regis said quickly.
"Architects, yes, good idea. The architects need to get down there and start laying out plans. Take a look at the land and figure out the best way to set up the buildings and facilities. Great idea Ed."
Hammond got up from his desk and walked over to the younger man.
"Here's what I want you to do. Get on the phone, computer, whatever and get me a list of the top architects, computer programmers, and system analysts," he said with hop in his step.
"I feel it Ed, this is it. This is the project that will be worth the time, effort and money we are putting into it, Oh yes indeed, this will be the best preserve ever created," he exclaimed joyously.
Regis slowly nodded in agreement with John and promptly left to go work on assembling the lists that he was charged with making.
John grabbed his cane and decided that it was time to pay Dr. Wu a visit, see how everything was going downstairs. He left his office and continued down the direction of the hallway that he took to get to his own office, and turned and headed down a stairwell that was located in the corner at the end of the hallway. He slowly made his way down, taking his time and proceeding with caution. He opened the door at the bottom of the stairs and made his way down that hallway, past three or four other labs before getting to the one that he needed. He slid his badge through the keycard slide and
waited as the door flashed green, allowing him clearance into the lab. He passed through the doorway and saw Wu to the side on his way in.
"Henry, we have an island!!" Hammond shouted, as he crossed the distance between the doorway and Dr. Wu.
"Ah, yes sir, Isla Sorna….correct? I have heard the good news already. Ed stopped in to see what I thought about the island layout and features. I think it will suit our needs quite well."
"How are the genomes coming along?" he asked, somewhat impatiently.
"Not bad, but I would like to get a few more established relatively soon. We have two complete genotypes mapped out but we just are not sure which species of dinosaur they are. The only way we are going to be able to tell is when we breed them. But we were waiting on your word to begin the introfertilization process." He said quickly, looking at one of the clipboards.
"Well, I have a planned a trip to the island to begin setting up the labs and the village. I would like you to come along, you know how much space we need for the labs and such."
"Okay sir not a problem, let me just finish working with this one strand and than we can get going." Henry turned back to his work, while Hammond left the lab. He made his way back up to his office, where Regis was sitting with two lists, one that had the names of well known and dependable computer programmers, and the other contained a relatively long list of architects that were world famous that specialized in scientific lab and research building construction. Hammond read over the two lists and smiled, looking out the window as the sun started to set on the day that turned out to be very productive indeed.