Afterwards, the hunters took the survivors back to the ruins of their base camp, attempting to salvage anything of use.
"Our communication equipment's been destroyed." Roland said. "And if your radio and mobile radio telephone were in those trailers when they went over the cliff..."
"They were." Malcolm said.
"...Then we're stuck here, ladies and gentlemen and stuck together, thanks to you people." Roland said.
"Hey, we came here to watch. You came to strip-mine the place." Nick said. Nick looked at Dieter who was standing next to him. "Back off."
"Ooh." Dieter said, mockingly.
"At least we came prepared." Ludlow said. "Then you destroyed our equipment."
"Came prepared?" Malcolm said. "About five years of work and a hundred miles of electric fence couldn't prepare the other island. And what, you think that a couple dozen goons would make a difference?"
"It's a looter mentality." Nick said. "All you care about is what you can take. You have no right."
"An extinct animal that's been brought back to life has no rights. It exists because we own it. We patented it. We own it." Ludlow replied.
Dieter walked back up to Nick.
"Are ou looking for a problem?" Nick asked.
"And I found you, didn't I?" Dieter replied.
Nick grabbed Dieter by his shirt collar, as the two began shoving each other around.
A hunter tried to break up the fight. "Hey, hey! Hold it!"
Burke, Roland, Carter, and a few others attempted to pull the two men away from each other. "Come on! Come on!"
Finally, a couple men were able to pull Nick away from Dieter. Roland looked at Nick saying, "Hey I know you. You're one of those eco-anarchist bastards aren't you?"
"Eco-anarchist, what's that?" Ludlow asked.
"Professional saboteurs." Roland replied.
"We're environmentalists!" Nick said.
"Criminals." Roland said with a wave of his hand.
"Knock it off! Listen to me." Sarah said. "By moving the baby rex into our camp, we may have changed the adults' perceived territory."
"Their what?" Ludlow asked.
"It's why they persisted in destroying the trailers." Burke explained. "They now feel they have to defend this entire area."
"We have to move right now." Sarah said.
"Move where? Our boat? Their airlift?" Nick asked. "They're both waiting for an order we have no way to send."
"All right, all right." Ludlow said, pulling out a map of Isla Sorna. "There's a communication center here at the...near the old operations building. Hammond ran everything on hydroelectric-power. It was never meant to need replenishing. If we can get here, we can send a radio call for the airlift."
"You got the frequency written down someplace?" Malcolm asked.
"Right here in this book." Ludlow replied, pulling out a small notebook.
Roland promptly took the map and notebook saying, "We'll mind those."
"All right, how far is the village?" Nick asked.
"A day's walk, maybe more." Ludlow replied. He spotted a bottle of Crab Orchard lying on the ground. "Ah, ah." Ludlow picked up the bottle. "That's not the problem." He said.
"What is? What is the problem?" Roland asked.
"Velociraptors." Ludlow said, taking a swig. The whole group was in silence. Finally, Ludlow said, "Our thermographics show that their nesting sites are concentrated in the island interior, which is why we planned to keep to the outer rim."
"Wait, wait a minute. What's a Veloci-" Dieter asked.
"Velociraptor." Burke explained. "A carnivore. Pack hunter. About two meters tall, long snout, binocular vision, strong, dexterous forearms, and killing claws on both feet."
"And the rexes may continue to track us too if they perceive a threat to themselves or to their infant." Sarah said.
"No, no you're wrong there, Dr. Harding." Burke protested. "We'll lose them once we leave their territory."
"No, don't bet on it. Tyrannosaur has got the largest proportional olfactory cavity of any creature in the fossil record, with the exception of one."
"Right." Burke said. "Uh, uh turkey vulture could, uh, scent up to ten miles."
"Right. This is all very thrilling," Ludlow said impatiently, "but I say we should push on to the village."
"We could, uh, head back down to the lagoon." Malcolm suggested.
"And do what? Sit out in the open, next to a, a heavily used water source and hope that your captain decides to come back." Roland said.
"He won't do that." Nick said. "He knows better."
"Then we head for the village." Roland said. "We might find some shelter and we can call for help. Rex just fed, so he wont stalk us for food."
"Just fed?" Malcolm said, annoyed, "I assume you're talking about Eddie. You might show a little respect. The man saved our lives by giving his."
"Then his troubles are over." Roland said. "My point is the predators don't hunt when their not hungry."
"No, only humans do." Nick quipped.
"Oh, you're breaking our hearts." Roland said sarcastically. "Saddle up! Let's get this moveable feast under way."