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Chapter 7: Lagoon

Muldoon pulled up to the same type of gates that they had passed on the road. He pushed a button on a remote that he pulled from his shirt pocket. The gates swung open. Muldoon pulled the Jeep through the Gates, which closed quickly with a heavy grinding sound and a loud metallic click, as the Jeep passed.

"Motion sensors and remote operating systems." Muldoon said about the gates. "Makes my job abit easier, same with Harding."

Muldoon continued through the grass, stopping on the peak of a hill Grant looked below them. The lagoon was one-hundred yards away and there was an animal drinking at the water's edge.

Grant sat still his eyes fixed his heart beating quick. Ahead of the Jeep stood an Allosaurus. It was at least twenty feet long and eight feet tall. It was a mottled green color with brown stripes running along it back. Above its small yellow eyes was a red crest that made the creature easy for Grant to identify. The animal drank from the lagoon where Grant had once watched a herd of Brachiosaurus and Parasaurolophus.

"This species wasn't part of the original tour." said Grant

"I know." said Muldoon, "But Wu hatched the Genome, so we introduced it into the park."

"These are my favorite of all the carnivores. They're not the least bit aggressive." he continued.

Amity and Bartlett sat with their mouths open.

"Can we get closer?" asked Grant, ever the scientist.

"Wait I thought you said this was a carnivore?" questioned Amity.

"It is...but they won't attack us, trust me." said Muldoon as he looked back at the two pilots.

Muldoon put the Jeep into drive and moved forward. He approached the animal slowly, stopping twenty yards away. The creature looked up and then returned to drinking. Grant stared examining the beast. These creatures were considered the lions of the Jurassic. They behaved like lions. They obviously wouldn't attack a human unless provoked or else the people in the open jeep would be dead. The Allosaurus looked now across the field and past the Jeep.

In the field stood a goat.

Grant figured they let the animals hunt down their prey, seeing the animal was not chained down. The creature darted forward with amazing speed, its strong muscular legs propelling it forward. It was heading for the car.

Bartlett began to panic. "Go, are you nuts, go!"

Muldoon watched, ready to hit the gas, but he waited.

The Allosaurus darted past the car coming within a foot from the hood. It lunged at the goat and with a single bite to the neck killed it. It looked back and forth with bird like, jerky movements. It then began to tear away at the goat, eating the flesh. Grant watched as it looked up from its prey and continued to eat.

"I thought we were dead."said Bartlett.

"I told you to trust me." said Muldoon with a reassuring smile.

"Wow, that was amazing!" said Amity grinning wide.

Grant stared at the Predator as it devoured its prey. Not saying a word, awestruck by the power of the animal, he just stared. Out of the jungle, behind the scene of the kill, came two more Allosaurus. One was abit smaller but the other was only a baby.

"How long ago was juvenile introduced?" asked Grant.

"It wasn't that's their child." replied Muldoon.

Grant was shocked.

"Instead of keeping the animals from breeding we just monitor their nests. We keep a strict count of all the animals." said Muldoon noticing Grant's expression.

"And what about over population?" asked Grant.

"Well, Wu took care of that, the females ovaries only produce a certain amount of eggs though out their life." said Muldoon.

"But the number of eggs varies per species."

"We calculated what it would take to keep the island populated without having to constantly create and introduce animals into the park."

"I have to say that seems a little..hazardous." said Grant looking back at the animals.

All three were now eating the goat.

The larger male looked over at them and gave a soft bellow then went back to his meal.

"Well Dr. Grant we have things completely under control." said Muldoon, "Lets go to the visitor's center and meet up with the others."

He pulled away slowly passing the family of dinosaurs who paid no attention to the Jeep leaving the enclosure.