Chapter 2: Normal
I woke up and looked over to my clock, 11:00 am it read. That was later than I usually started my day around here. Not like it mattered what time it was in the real world. The only reason to keep up with time was to seek some level of normality in this strange half life. I tried to mentally prepare myself for another boring day. I reached for a book, not particularly interested in reading. I was thinking about the fact that I was 17 and had been in here for three years. I was regretting looking at the date on my calendar now. I was sure that I would go completely mental. Whatever book I had chosen from my shelf was heavy and mindlessly I flipped it open to a random page. Reaching up I switched on the lantern I used as my only source of light.
The light flickered and came on, I let out a small breath of surprise, I had almost forgotten about this volume. The book I had now was a Dinopedia, given to me on my birthday. The page showed a brilliant painting of an Apatosaurus. This was a the original copy of the book that was a compilation of the research done by the scientists of Isla Sorna. In it was written all the known facts and observations of every species on the island, each had one or more paintings. The illustrations had been done by the tall man I had met on my first day here. I was forever forgetting his name; I paused to check the corner of the painting, sure enough there was his signature. Ted Wilson. There was only one other copy of this book and it had only been made to add to the islands library the scientists used. Ted, as he had me call him, had owned this copy until he gave it to me. He had known that I wanted to become a biologist, specializing in Dinosaurs of course but it's not like there was a program in college for that. I turned the page and nearly dropped the book; the page held a perfect picture of a ferocious Velociraptor.
The Velociraptors had been my favorite dino's to study. I had often helped the scientists observe them. I would spend hours outside their containment pen drawing, taking pictures or simply sitting. My dad used to tell me jokingly, that I was starting to act like a raptor from watching them to often. I had always thought the raptors were graceful. The intensity around them made them interesting to watch. When I was sad or upset I had often gone there. Just one look was enough to take your mind millions of miles away from everything. They were beautiful, outstanding, different, intelligent, and feared. If they stopped to stare at me the look in their eyes always made my skin crawl, it was like they saw right through you. I sighed and shook my head closing the book. I had been in this room for three years with noting but pictures and words to fill me with nightmares. I need to get out of this room.
Carefully I got up and slid the little window on my door open. I blinked furiously as a harsh stream of sunlight shone into my room which had been dark for so long. The sun really did burn to me. As I was waiting for my eyes to adjust, I listened for any sounds that would tell me what was outside my room. I heard nothing, it was disturbingly quiet. I breathed in the fresh air and looked around my eyes finally adjusting. The building was rather fallen apart. Plants crawled up the walls trying to reclaim this land to the forest. The sides of the hallways that I could see looked a bit dented. I shuddered and took a step back losing some of my nerve, sliding the window closed. Why was I even considering going out there? I crawled back over to the little closet in the back as I saw that it was lunch time. I opened the door and looked at my dwindling food supplies. I had maybe enough for another month, maybe.
That was it then. If I didn't start looking around the rest of the compound, I was eventually going to starve.
A/N: So I'm sure someone is saying how the hell did she have a light right now so, on Isla Sorna they ran everything off of geothermal energy. Okay? Okay. But if that doesn't work for you just go with solar power. Sorry this chapter is so short but it was all I could think of for this one. I want to get on to the more exciting stuff! Don't you? :) thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it and please review! Constructive criticism is appreciated. ~Tori