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Chapter 11: Escape

Grant was scared. He had jumped into the driver's seat in the Jeep and punched the accelerator to the floor. The car screamed forward as he hit the brake and slid into a raptor sending into the air. He then sped forward, pulling between Muldoon and an attacking velociraptor. The raptor let loose a shreik and lunged at Muldoon as Grant pulled between them, smashing into the jeep door and denting it.

Malcolm yelled something as Muldoon scrambled to his feet and jumped into the jeep. The Jeep wheels spun free as Grant hit the gas. After a few moments the wheels caught and the jeep jolted forward.

"Stop the damn car!" Muldoon yelled, "I need to kill them."

Grant stopped at the edge of the clearing. The raptors were enraged, furious that their prey had escaped. They charged shrieking and bellowing, all forms of coordinated attack thrown away. Muldoon took aim again. He squeezed the trigger and hit his mark as a raptor fell toppling over.

Muldoon again raised his gun and tried to pull the trigger. The was a click and a hiss and a slight pop but no gunshot. Muldoon opened the chamber and a shell still half full of gunpowder fell out.

"Misfire!" he yelled aloud.

The bullet had not even left the barrel.

"Damn,damn DAMN DAMN DAMN!" he began to shout trying to remove the bullet from the barrel.

The two raptors were gaining ground quick. Grant hit the gas and the car shot forward and then stopped abruptly, sputtering to a halt.

"No, nooo!" Grant yelled looking down at the gas meter.

The needle rested at empty. Muldoon stood up and began to shout a slew of profanity at the raptors who would reach the car in a few more remarkably quick strides. Grant was now trying to start the car however it wouldn't kick over. Malcolm stood up in the front seat holding the roll bars of the jeep. He stared at the animals who were now preparing to lunge, their heads low, mouths agape. The animals sprung forward. One landed on the spare tire which hung from the back as it exploded forcing the raptor to hop away startled. The other landed on Muldoon who fell out of the back. He landed on his stomach with the raptor clawing his back.

Muldoon pushed himself up and knocked the raptor away. He scurried to the car as a a breeze picked up shaking the trees. Grant looked toward the breeze and then realised it wasn't a breeze, he heard an almost deafening thudding sound. Looking up he saw a helicopter painted in camouflage wheeling over head. There was a man in the open doors of the helicopter, he had a gun.

Grant heard a sound like something cutting the air and then the raptor who had attacked Muldoon fell, convulsing, from an attacking stance.

The other animal was now cautiously approaching alone and confused. The single raptor charged. It lunged and the cutting sound retuned as the raptor landed heavy on the roll bars of the car hanging limply as foamy siliva dripped from its jaws.

Grant saw the dart, that obviously held a toxic substance, as the helicopter flew past the car and landed in the grass. A man with his trousers bloused in a pair of shiny black combat boots emerged from the doors. He was tall at six foot four and his muscular frame made him look almost scary.

"Thank God Rich, you saved our lives. Those damned raptors!" said Muldoon looking at the corpses of the raptors.

The tall man walked with amazing strides and began to laugh saying, "I'm sure you would have found a way to stop them Robert, even if you had to use a stick and a piece of dental floss."

"This is Richard Lange," said Muldoon introducing Grant and Malcolm to the tall man, "my top ranger."

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Rich Lange stared out of the helicopter doors. The island blurred past him as the helicopter roared over the visitor center. The security station was located not far from the emergency bunker. It served as a headquarters for some security personel, it had it's own helipad which is where the chopper was heading. Scott was a Liuteneant in the U.S. Marine Corps before he worked for Jurassic Park. His skill and experience made him a top candidate for Park security personel and his quick thinking and level headedness brought him to hold the position of chief of security who only took orders from the Park warden.

The helicopter touched down and Grant, Muldoon, and Malcolm exited. Scott gave a brief nod to Muldoon as the helicopter ,which had not shut down, took off again. Grant's hat blew off as the chopper ascended. Muldoon gripped his hat tightly and winced. His shoulder was bleeding and his shirt was dark with blood.

"More scars,"he said sighing while Grant picked up his hat, "like I didn't have enough."

Malcolm said,"You know you never did tell us about what happened with the raptors in the old park."

Muldoon looked at Malcolm surprised and what seemed to Malcolm, pale."Oh... I meant to... Well you see I hunted them down while Dr. Sattler went to the maintenance shed. I found one and as I took position, ready to kill this one that was right ahead of me... I heard a growl to my left and...", he stopped abruptly and winced.

Muldoon felt dizzy, light headed. He fell and watched as the ground rushed up and met his face.

Malcolm and Grant rushed to Muldoon who now lay pale against the ground. He was alive but had lost much blood. It wasn't until this point that they noticed the deep gash in the back of his left thigh. The cut was deep but Muldoon had never mentioned it. Bleeding freely the khaki shorts were saturated in blood.

Malcolm ripped off his belt and placed it above the wound forming a tourniquet. Grant struggled with his shirt and pulled it off pressing it down against the wound and keeping pressure against the blood flow.

"Find help.." Grant said keeping his shirt pressed tightly against Muldoon's leg.

Malcolm took off to the security station.

He came upon a large concrete building with heavy doors and an observation platform above it.

Rushing through the door he found three men.

"Muldoon's hurt!"