Jurassic World: Return to Isla Nublar – Chapter 12: Return to Isla Nublar
A/N: OK, here's the chapter we've all been waiting for: we're going back to the island of forgotten dreams – Isla Nublar. Not only will this story's characters reach the island, but we'll also see a lot of cool dinosaurs. Also, be sure to be on the lookout for a brand new species of extinct creature never before seen in Jurassic Park. Let's start reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.
It was midday by the time Grant and the others saw it . . . and it was a beautiful sight indeed – Isla Nublar, the island of forgotten dreams; the original site of Jurassic Park. The USS Mars had just cleared a large fog bank and the mountainous island of Isla Nublar loomed in the horizon.
"We sure had to get through a lot of fog before we could see the island," Levine noted.
"Yes," Dr. Sorkin answered. "The word 'Isla Nublar' actually means 'Island of Clouds'."
Tim shivered nervously as he looked down at the water surrounding the island. "Just curious, remember when those jet-skiers were attacked a month ago?"
"Yeah? What about it?" Lex asked.
"They were attacked by some type of water animal, right? How will we know if there's something in the water or not?"
"We've got everything under control, Mr. Murphy," Lester told him. "The USS Mars has an acoustic-tracking device installed. So whenever something in the water comes within 200 yards of the ship, we'll receive a sonar-based image on the tracker and we'll be able to tell the length and shape of the object."
Grant said, "Besides, whatever ate the jet-skiers isn't big enough to capsize the USS Mars. The largest carnivorous sea creature ever to exist on the planet was a giant shark called Megalodon that grew over 70 feet in length. And InGen couldn't have cloned–"
"No, they couldn't," Dr. Sorkin interrupted. "In order to clone an extinct fish, a different cloning technique must be used than to clone extinct reptiles. InGen kept a lot of stuff secret from me when I was working at Jurassic Park, but they couldn't have cloned a Megalodon. And the biggest extinct reptile that ever existed isn't big enough to attack this ship."
"That's good," Tim acknowledged.
Lester then turned to one of the Lexico workers/soldiers and asked, "What sorts of docks does Nublar have?"
"Well," the worker answered, "Isla Nublar has two docks that I know of. There's the North Dock and the East Dock. The East Dock was used for getting supplies to and from the island and the North Dock was for people usage. I'm not sure what dock is in better condition at 20 years of non-usage, but I'd recommend the North Dock since it's larger."
"Which one are we closest to?"
"The North Dock, sir."
"Alright, then tell the other workers to get us over to the North Dock."
Soon, the USS Mars drew closer to the North Dock of Isla Nublar. As its name suggests, the dock is to the northern part of the island and as mentioned before, this dock was larger and stronger than the East Dock. On the dock to the right was a container yard where many large, metal transportation crates stacked up in neat rows (though a few were knocked down, they were too heavy for most animals to move and therefore generally stayed in place). In the center of the dock area were two large buildings that looked like either a guard tower and a processing center or both and they were connected by an archway bridge that was breaking in the center. On the far left was a port area where smaller ships could pull up to the dock and where tourists would have been able to get off the tourist ships. To the rear was the famous main gates of Isla Nublar with the words Jurassic Park on the top.
Dr. Sorkin remembered this place perfectly. Sure, it looked rather rundown as it had not been used for over 20 years, but it was almost untouched. The North Dock, she thought, it doesn't look much different than it did 20 years ago!
"Why didn't we see the North Dock when we were here before?" Grant asked.
"If tourists decided to reach the island by sea, they'd come here after riding InGen's luxury cruise lines that–"
"They had their own cruise line too?" Levine asked in surprise. "Looks like dinosaurs we might see won't be the only surprises in store."
Squawk! Every looked up to see a large Pteranodon fly overhead toward the island. With great, occasional flaps of its wings, it was propelled onward toward Nublar. Soon, the great reptile flew over the jungle and was out of sight.
"Well, something survived," Lex noticed.
Lester looked around at everybody. Why is everyone just standing around? he thought. Then in a loud voice he announced, "For your information everyone, we're not here to sightsee – we've got a mission to accomplish!"
"Yes, yes, of course," Captain Ryan acknowledged. He then turned to the other soldiers and said, "Alright men, let's start unloading the cargo stuff."
Grant, Dr. Sorkin, Levine, Tim, Lex, Kailey and Lester got off the USS Mars while Ryan and the other Lexico soldiers began unloading stuff. Lex also got about a dozen soldiers to secure the area in case predatory dinosaurs were lurking nearby. Since the soldiers might be taking a little while to unload cargo and vehicles for the Nublar Expedition, Grant, Levine, Dr. Sorkin and Tim took the opportunity to scout around the two buildings on the dock.
As Grant and the other three walked up to the building, Grant took his hat off, turned to Dr. Sorkin and asked, "What's in this first building?"
"It should be a type of information center full of brochures, maps and other information," the female scientist answered.
Levine went up to the door and tried to pull it open. It wouldn't budge. He looked to his right and saw a window when he got an idea. "I'm going to love this!" Levine exclaimed as he bent down to get a rock from off the ground.
Grant rolled his eyes and went up to the door. BAM! He slammed his shoulder against the door and it opened. Levine frowned. "Aw, drat! I was so looking forward to breaking the window."
"No need, Mr. Levine," Grant told him. He gestured for the others to follow him into the building. The information center was two stories up and was filled with a few desks with various brochures scattered across them. Some brochures and photos were pinned to the wall. Grant's attention was drawn to a poster on the wall that showed a map of the island and where all the facilities and dinosaur enclosures were at. The island itself was shaped like a giant, upside-down teardrop and was mostly covered with tropical forests. Nice, a map of Isla Nublar, Grant thought. And to think that this was going to be the greatest theme park in the history of the world.
"Isla Nublar's mostly covered in tropical jungles," Dr. Sorkin told him when she saw him staring at the maps. "There is also a semi-arid region, swampland and some grasslands on the island."
"Yes, I can see it."
"Where are the dinosaurs?" Levine asked. "You'd think we would have seen some by now."
"Oh, they're probably here. You never see them when you first arrive. We'll probably see them when we head inland."
"Alright everyone!" Lester announced once everything was unloaded. "Dr. Grant is going to be heading the expedition. Dr. Sorkin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Levine, Ms. Harding, Ryan and a few of his soldiers (five excluding Ryan to be precise) are going on the expedition and–"
"You're not coming along, Lester?" Tim asked.
"I have more . . . pressing matters to deal with back at Lexico headquarters. Lex is also going on the expedition to report back to me and send me this mission's progress." He turned to Lex. "You want me to do a 'off-the-top-of-my-head' speech – 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' – that sort of thing?"
"Maybe later," Lex said. "Just stick to what you planned to say."
"Alright then. The main goal of this expedition is to create a detailed report of the state of the island and its ecosystem. I have already assured Dr. Sarah Harding–"
"Sarah Malcolm."
"You're interrupting my speech."
"Sorry."
"As I was saying, I've already assured Sarah . . . Malcolm . . . that you scientists are going to also take time to study the state of the dinosaurs on the island whether or not they're actually thriving or merely just managing to survive, 'teetering at the edge of extinction' in her own words. You're also going to attempt to learn what creature is responsible for the recent and unfortunate deaths surrounding the Nublar area. I think that's all I had planned to say. Well . . . we'd best better be going."
"Yes, alright men!" Captain Ryan called. "Let's get moving."
"What sorts of stuff do we have?" Kailey asked.
Lex looked thoughtful. "Well, we've got three jeeps, two trailers (they're connected by an accordion like the ones in The Lost World: Jurassic Park) for sleeping quarters, cooking supply storage."
"Just don't park them next to a cliff this time!" Levine warned.
Lex giggled. "Yeah. We'll be sure of that." After finishing her sentence, she left that group and walked over to Lester. "So, I guess this is it."
"Yes, it is," he agreed. "Remember to send me the progress via satellite connection and uh . . . try not to make a complete dog's breakfast of this, will you?"
"You mean dinosaur's breakfast."
"Whatever."
"Goodbye, Lester." She lightly kissed Lester on the lips before returning to the others.
Within the next five minutes, Lester and the soldiers (except Ryan and the other five) boarded the USS Mars and it went back across the water away from Isla Nublar and Grant's group assembled by the vehicles they had brought with them.
Levine smiled. "So . . . this is where the adventure begins! What do we do first?"
Placing his hat on his head, Grant looked at the Jurassic Park main gate and said, "We enter Jurassic Park."
Soon, Grant and the rest of the team got into their vehicles – Grant, Tim and Levine were in one jeep, dubbed Jeep-01, Dr. Sorkin, Kailey and Lex were in another that's dubbed Jeep-02, and Ryan was in the third jeep, Jeep-03. The other soldiers were driving the four vehicles (of course, one driver per vehicle). The vehicles rode down the path from the Jurassic Park main gate into the dense jungles of Isla Nublar. Not having been used in 20 years, the road was covered in vines and other foliage, but they were still drivable. When Grant said jungle, Levine thought, he really meant jungle! There could be tons of cool dinosaurs here.
"So," Levine began, "was the jungle like this when you were here, Dr. Grant?"
"Oh, yes, it was," Grant answered. "It really hasn't changed a bit. True, I haven't been to every part of the island, but most of the island's jungles were just like this."
"If the environment is the same, that's a definite sign the dinosaurs could still be here. I mean, these jungles are quite literally the perfect habitat for them. It's kind of like the habitat some dinosaurs lived in before they became extinct."
"What sorts of dinosaurs should we be on the lookout for, Dr. Grant?" their driver/soldier asked.
"Well, provided the dinosaurs haven't had any major natural selection changes – which is unlikely considering it's been only 20 years and major natural selection can take several times that long – we've probably got–"
Just then, a loud bellowing sound echoed through the forest, followed by bird-like chattering. "Can we communicate with the other vehicles?" Grant inquired.
"Yes," the soldier answered. "Just press the intercom button and we will be able to exchange conversation with the other three vehicles." Grant did as he was told . . . or so he thought. Instead of the intercom button turning on, the inside lights of the jeep did just that.
"What did I do?"
"Let me do it, Mr. I'm-not-good-with-technology," Tim joked. He quickly pressed the real intercom button and after a few milliseconds of static, the voices of Lex, Dr. Sorkin and Kailey could be heard from the vehicle behind them. "Hey, ladies!"
"Hi, Tim!" the girls said in a synchronized fashion.
Grant took over from there. "Did you hear that loud bellow a few seconds ago?"
"Yeah, I did," Dr. Sorkin's voice boomed from the intercom. "Animals are definitely here on the island. Should we . . .?"
"Yes, stop the other vehicles."
"Why?" Lex asked.
"Well, it's sort of hard to do an investigation if we don't know what's still living here."
So the vehicles were stopped in the road and everyone got out. In this area of the forest, it was a bit more spacious; spacious enough for birds to fly easily between the trees "So what are we doing, Dr. Grant?" Ryan asked with authority in his voice.
"We heard a loud bellow a couple minutes ago and we want to go find out if there's any animal life nearby," Grant said.
"Alright then. Soldiers, resume your positions!" Obediently, the other five soldiers surrounded Grant and the others in a protective circle. They didn't know if dinosaurs were still present on the island, but since the jungle was unchanged, it was very likely that they were still here . . . somewhere.
"Let's go," Grant ordered. Everyone else followed his lead.
As they walked through the tropical forest, the sounds of birds and other jungle animals could be heard around them. Kailey looked up and saw a beautiful bird – maybe something from the parrot family – sitting on a tree branch, emitting its loud screech. She raised her camera and snapped a quick photo. Dr. Sorkin had appointed her and Levine the responsibility of creating a photo journal of the expedition, so they had lots of pictures to take. Even as of now, Levine and Kailey had a large amount of pictures; and they haven't seen any dinosaurs yet!
SNAP! The bird curiously eyed Kailey from above and cawed loudly. Parrots are such intelligent birds, Kailey thought. I wonder if they can comprehend that they're being photographed . . . probably not! Oh well, but it's a great addition to my photo journal!
From behind her, Tim had never taken his eyes off of Kailey. She was an absolute beauty! Ever since the day when her beauty struck her, Kailey had been omnipresent in either the front or back of his mind – she never left. He leaned over to Levine and said, "Isn't she amazing?"
"Oh yes, she's beautiful," Levine seemingly agreed, though his eyes were still glaring through his binoculars so he could watch the parrot above them. He was completely oblivious to the fact that Tim wasn't talking about the bird. And those feathers are so . . . intricately designed! he added mentally.
Scre-e-e-e-ch! Everyone's attention was drawn away from the parrot when they heard the sound enter their ears.
"What was that?" Tim asked. No one was able to answer his question. In the treetops, the parrot flapped its wings and flew into another part of the jungle. Something was out here. Ryan felt a bit uneasy and cocked his gun, just in case the creature in question was a predator.
"Hey guys!" Levine exclaimed as he looked in his binoculars up at the treetops. "I see something."
"Where is it?" Dr. Sorkin asked as she got out her own pair of binoculars. "I don't see any . . . thing."
Grant said, "See something?"
"Yes! Yes I do! It's over there to the left!" She gestured to the group to draw their attention to a small bird sitting in a tree about a few tens of yards away. It was about a meter in length and covered in fine, iridescent black feathers. It had a white and blackish-brown-striped plume on the back of its head, large eyes and a beautiful and long tail that stretched out behind. The bird stood up straight and stretched its wings out to the sides and created another loud screech before settling back comfortably on its branch. That's when the group noticed something very peculiar about this bird – in its mouth were sharp little projections otherwise known as teeth and claws were present on its wings! This was definitely no ordinary bird!
"What kind of a bird is that?" Lex asked
Dr. Sorkin smiled slyly. "Take a look at its feet, guys and see if anything looks familiar."
Not having binoculars, the others had to strain to see the strange claws the bird had on its feet – unlike your average bird, one claw on each foot was enlarged, was held up off the ground and shaped like a sickle. Tim, the soldiers, Grant, Kailey and Lex gasped; the bird they were observing looked just like a miniature feathered raptor!
"LEAPING LIZARDS!" Lex exclaimed. "It's a miniature Velociraptor!"
Levine laughed. "What's so funny?" asked Lex in surprise.
"That's no Velociraptor," Levine corrected her. "It's a previously extinct species of bird."
"Microraptor gui to be precise," Dr. Sorkin announced.
Tim was puzzled. "How can that be? I don't remember that on InGen's list."
"That's because like Spinosaurus, it's not on their list," Grant explained. "Makes you kind of wonder what else they were up to."
All of a sudden, another bird chirped as it flew over the heads of Grant's group and landed on a nearby branch. Unlike the Microraptor they were watching, this bird was one native to Nublar and not cloned by InGen. At the sound, the Microraptor ruffled its feathers and cackled quietly. Then, it stood up straight and used its four limbs to crawl further up the tree it was on. It then switched to two legs as it walked out onto a tree branch. Next the strange-looking Microraptor leaped off the branch and the group gasped as they saw this bird outstretch not two, but four feathery wings, one on each limb. The front two were much like a modern bird's wings (minus the clawed fingers), but the wings on the back limbs were held to the back and to the sides.
Kailey shook her head in amazement. "It's beautiful," she said to herself.
The Microraptor zoomed through between the trees of the forest on its four wings and headed straight for the modern bird's branch. Once the modern bird noticed the approaching Microraptor, it chirped and flapped its wings to gain lift and flew from the branch.
It's hunting! Levine thought. The Microraptor is actually hunting its prey! Levine never thought he'd see anything like this, ever! In the blink of an eye, the Microraptor swooped over the heads of Grant and the other spectators as the modern bird swerved to avoid the pursuing predator. As Microraptor approached, it brought forward and opened its sharp foot claws, ready to catch its prey . . . SNATCH! The modern bird was soon clasped between the claws of the Microraptor and the successful predator glided over to a nearby tree branch and gracefully landed on it. Holding its caught meal down with its foot claws, the prehistoric bird began to tear into its feathery catch using its little teeth.
"A four-winged bird that looks like a dinosaur with feathers . . ." Lex began, "and I thought Triceratops looked weird."
"I noticed it didn't flap its wings when it was in the air," Kailey noted. "Why was that?"
Dr. Sorkin smiled. "Even though it was a bird, Microraptor didn't have the ability of powered flight – it was a glider. Lacking the muscles for flapping like birds we're familiar with, Microraptor had to climb to a high vantage point and launch itself in the air. That's where the extra wings on the legs come in; once in the air, Microraptor can hold its rear legs to the back and to the sides as we just saw and that made it an incredibly efficient glider. It was even swift enough to catch flying birds, small mammals, and recent fossil discoveries reveal they could also hunt fish."
"Totally amazing," Levine said as the Microraptor finished off its meal. Then it stretched its wings and leaped off the tree and into the air and continued gliding through the forest. "Come on!" Levine encouraged. "Let's see where it's going!" Without waiting another second, Levine, Dr. Sorkin, Kailey and Tim ran after the gliding creature from below. Watching it from his binoculars, Levine was amazed by the intricate features this animal had that made it perfectly suited for life in the trees and in the air; its feathers rustled ever so slightly as air rushed over them. Its eyes were beautifully designed to keep steady on a target and to navigate through these forests.
With a loud shrill, the Microraptor suddenly veered to the left as if to avoid something ahead. I wonder where it's going now, Levine wondered. Then a dark object entered the view of his binoculars and Levine gasped and came to a sudden stop. Removing the binoculars from his face he saw that he narrowly avoided colliding with another strange animal . . . and a large one at that! The creature must have been at least 10 feet tall at the hips was facing the opposite direction so all Levine and the others could see was the animal's reptilian tail that stretched out behind and its well-muscled back legs. The animal's front was concealed in foliage on which it was feeding. (Several tens of yards back, Grant, Ryan, the other soldiers and Lex were also looking at the creature Levine nearly ran into) A loud bellow emitted from the creature as it turned around to reveal it's entire body. They were looking at a dinosaur.
Completely exiting the foliage, the dinosaur Levine and the others were staring at was at least 25 feet in length and was the size of an elephant, but it wasn't shaped like an elephant – it had shorter front legs than back legs and its mouth greatly resembled that of a duck's bill and a long crest extended several feet out the back of its head. The dinosaur was covered in greenish-blue colored skin and bluish-black horizontal and lateral stripes. Looking down on Levine and the others curiously, it exhaled a low bellowing sound.
"Leaping lizards!" Lex exclaimed. "Our first dinosaur!"
Grant nodded as he straightened the fedora on top of his head. "Yeah, and it's a member of the hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, family called Parasaurolophus walkeri, discovered by William Parks in 1922." He gestured at the others to follow him as he started walking to where Levine and the others were standing in amazement.
As Grant's group met Levine's, the forest seemed to come alive with numerous Parasaurolophus as a herd of them entered the area. The animals all looked very similar to each other, but they did vary slightly in color and size. The larger and slightly bulkier individuals (probably males), had more vibrant colors of greenish-blue and their crests were colored in bright red. A few females in the herd even had babies with them that stood only about three feet tall, six feet in length and only had a small knob on the backs of their heads that would one day grow into a colorful crest. The herd of Parasaurolophus quickly started foraging on the rich plant life of the area. The animals often made a loud trumpeting sound that sounded much like the trumpet of a tuba.
"There are at least a dozen of these hadrosaurs!" Dr. Sorkin exclaimed. "They look just like I remember them, too! Back when I was working at the park, I had several individuals in a pen near my research center to study. Jess Harding and I let them out so I could do some experiments with their water . . . and perhaps some of these were their descendants."
"You think some of the Parasaurolophus that you had in your research enclosure are among this herd?" Kailey asked.
Dr. Sorkin shrugged. "Maybe, but it's hard to know for sure. Still, it's amazing to see these dinosaurs again close up." Many members of the Parasaurolophus herd looked curiously at the humans as they browsed nearby, because most if not all of them had never seen a human being before.
Because they lacked a natural fear of humans, they fed relatively close to Grant and the others; some as close as five or six yards away. One Parasaurolophus, a mother, approached the group. Her three youngsters, which were about the size of sheep, remained underneath her enormous girth. Kailey outstretched her hand toward the dinosaur and the mother Parasaurolophus slowly sniffed. Kailey giggled. The dinosaur emitted a loud trumpet and took a few steps back to resume feeding.
"They're so bizarre-looking," Lex said. "Weren't these dinosaurs on the tour when Jurassic Park was up and running?"
"Yeah, they were," Dr. Sorkin answered.
Grant smiled thoughtfully as he watched the amazing herbivores browsing around them. Why can't all the dinosaurs InGen cloned be like these – peaceful herbivores?
"Are they dangerous?" Ryan asked cautiously.
"They're herbivores," Grant explained. "Fossils show that their favorite foods consisted of fruits, pine needles, grass, shrubs and other plants. But that's all they ate."
"And they've got the placidity of a cow," Dr. Sorkin added.
Ryan wasn't completely convinced. He'd seen what elephants, African buffaloes and rhinoceros could do to people on TV when they got angry. "You sure?"
Dr. Sorkin nodded. She straightened her glasses and smiled. "They were one of my favorite dinosaurs in the park."
Just then, a large male Parasaurolophus lifted itself onto its hind feet, opened its mouth and made a loud, deep bellow. The herd looked up and focused on him. Perhaps this was the leader of the herd. The leader shook himself off and started walking out of this part of the forest. The herd got the signal and followed their leader. They were heading towards the edge of forest and into a more open area.
"Come on," Levine announced, "let's see where they're going."
So the group started moving after the herd of hadrosaurs. Soon, the hadrosaurs did reach the outskirts of the jungle and retreated into the open. Beams of light shone through the mighty tree trunks and dangling vines that signaled where they were headed. Grant led the group towards the edge of the forest when he heard a low bellow. Must be more dinosaurs nearby, he hunched. He and the others would soon find out that his hunch was right.
Grant led the others to the forest's edge and the sight they saw was totally amazing – the herd of Parasaurolophus joined more of their kind out on a large grassland filled with low shrubs, a rather wide creek that ran through it near scattered trees. But these vegetation-filled plains were far from being void of animal life! Near a grove of tall trees, not to far from the Parasaurolophus was a herd of six larger dinosaurs (other dinosaurs were present too, but we'll get to them later). These were so big the Parasaurolophus looked puny in comparison – the most obvious feature of these larger dinosaurs were their incredibly long necks. These necks ended in tiny heads which they were using at the moment to feed from the treetops; they walked upon four pillar-like legs and had a typical dinosaurian tail sticking out from behind. Their beautiful calls echoed across the grasslands. The largest of them stood 50 feet tall and around 80 feet long. They also had a beige-colored skin and a little red coloration at the tops of their heads. Two of them were a third the size of the adults because they were juveniles. Grant removed his fedora as he gazed in wonder at the –
"Brachiosaurus!" Tim exclaimed.
Grant nodded. Everyone else was too amazed to speak at this moment, so Grant did. "I remember when we saw these guys when I was on both Nublar and Sorna all those years ago," he reminisced. "Wow, time flies. It seems like just yesterday when we first came here, yet that was around 20 years ago!"
"I know! Right?" Dr. Sorkin agreed. "These are another one of my favorite species. Look how they reach their necks up to nibble at the leaves."
Kailey shook her head in amazement. "Their necks are so long! They're kind of what you might get if you mixed an elephant with a giraffe." The group watched as one of the Brachiosaurus opened its mouth to feed itself on some leaves and pulled the branch back until it snapped. It began to swallow the leaves whole as bits of branches and leaves fluttered to the ground beneath it.
"I think I see some Gallimimus as well!" Tim announced as he watched a large flock of the ostrich-like dinosaurs make their way across the plains. Like a herd of modern grazers, the Gallimimus were kneeling to the ground to gobble up their food. The herd of Parasaurolophus was also grazing near the creek. A few of both species of dinosaurs were decided to quench their thirst at the creek. Tim remembered when, 20 years ago, he, Lex and Dr. Grant got caught in a stampeding herd from Gallimimus in their frenzied escape from a predator. But little did the ostrich-like dinosaurs know that they had in fact ran right into a trap – no sooner had Tim and the others hid behind a log did a Tyrannosaurus leap into view and kill a Gallimimus. Now 20 years later, Tim was watching a flock of Gallimimus again.
Lex pointed to some other dinosaurs near the creek that no one had noticed. "What are those dinosaurs with the fancy headgear?"
"Which ones are you looking at?" Levine asked, not seeing them.
"They're to the left." Levine got his binoculars in front of his face. "See them now?" asked Lex.
Levine winced. "Uh, Dr. Sorkin . . . you might want to have a look at this." Handing her the binoculars, she looked through them and gasped. Around a dozen herbivorous dinosaurs were also getting a drink at the creek, but she had never seen these dinosaurs before. The peculiar dinosaurs were six feet tall (when standing at full height) and about 10 feet long. Their green bodies with vertical white stripes looked like your average herbivorous dinosaur, but their heads were what intrigued Dr. Sorkin: it looked like a species of pachycephalosaur or bone-headed dinosaur, but instead of the head of your typical pachycephalosaur, their heads were massive bony domes, rimmed on the sides with knobs, bumps and on the rear with bristling spikes. They in fact looked rather like medieval dragons. Though she never knew InGen bred any of this species for the park, she knew exactly what they were.
"Dragon-o-saurus?" Kailey said with a laugh.
"No," Grant said. "I think they're a pachycephalosaur called Dracorex. They were only discovered in 2006."
"Oh, I remember these guys!" Levine exclaimed excitedly. "There's a theory that Dracorex isn't its own species but actually, a juvenile version of another dinosaur called Pachycephalosaurus. But I think upon seeing these guys, it's safe to say that Dracorex was its own species. Amazing!" Some members of the Dracorex group went a few feet from the creek and began to nibble at the grass like a herd of sheep.
The herd of Brachiosaurus was feeding on the branches of the trees and continued to make their beautiful, bellowing chorus that echoed across the plains. Kailey was completely enthralled. "This is . . . this is magnificent."
Levine chuckled. "As my good friend Dr. Malcolm says, 'Oh yeah, "ooh, ah", that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and then screaming!'"
Kailey giggled. "But it is beautiful. Look how these herds move across the plains."
Grant placed his fedora back on his head and grinned. "Well, I guess there's only one thing to say: welcome back to Jurassic Park!"
A/N: Well, how was this chapter? I hope you found it a fun read. One thing I noticed about all the Jurassic Park movies was that none of them had any lovey-dovey romance. Sure, Sarah and Ian were dating in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", but they never kissed onscreen. So maybe we'll see some Kailey+Tim romance? Who knows? Oh, I guess I do! Anyway, I know I didn't write anything about Dodgson's group in this chapter, but they'll be back pretty soon. In the meantime, please comment, follow or favorite my story if you'd like to. I'd really appreciate it. R&r until next week!