Escape from Jurassic Park
When we left Mike and the others off, they had just escaped the clutches of a massive T-Rex and climbed into its cage where it roamed temporarily and soon enough headed up a tree nearby to where the car they used had fallen as well. As they were climbing the tree, Tim said "Oh man, I hate trees!!" Mike then thought to himself as he was the first one to climb up, 'To think I used to do all kinds of drills just like this back in that military camp in Europe.' As they finally reached the top, they saw a huge heard of Brachiosaurs as Tim pointed them out and Dr. Grant said, "They're singing." "If that's singing, I don't want to know what they do when they're mad.", Mike replied. Dr. Grant then said to Mike, "You know something Michael, dinosaurs aren't necessarily bad. They're just doing what nature calls them to do. Dr. Hammond and his research team though just didn't think of the consequences first though." Then Mike, Tim and Lexis huddled together next to Dr. Grant as they tried to get some rest. Dr. Grant felt a sharp stinging pain in his back pant pocket to his left and pulled out a velociraptors claw as Mike asked, "Where'd you get that?" "It was during one of my fossil digs, and being a paleontologist I get to decide of course what to keep and what to give to museums and other places for further study."
Lexis then asked, "What are you going to do now that you won't have to pick up dinosaur bones?" "I don't know…I guess we'll just have to evolve too." After a moment of silence Tim asked, "What do you call a blind dinosaur?" Mike then said, "You got us on that one." "Do-you-think-ey-saurus (not sure if that was exactly what he said)." Then Mike and Dr. Grant laughed a little bit at that joke and then Tim asked, "What do you call a blind dinosaur's dog?" Dr. Grant then said, "You got me." "Do-you-think-you saurus rex.", Tim replied. Some more random laughter occurred as they finally lulled themselves to sleep. Mike being the first to doze off, didn't hear Lexis' comment on the dinosaurs coming to get him, but heard a strange voice in his head say: "Sept. 1, 1997. Your new adventures alone await boy: not just for you…but for your brothers as well. You only have two more months before that day…so be careful lead on with a strong heart, wise yet clear mind, and strength of a thousand men…you will need it. For on August the first of 1997: a great disaster will occur. Something, that not even you nor Victor or Christopher can prepare for."
It was soon morning as Mike, Dr. Grant as well as Alex and Tim awoke to the sound of a brachiosaur feasting on the branches and leaves of the tree they were in and even as Mike heard Lexis scream at the idea of it coming close to them and Tim as well as Dr. Grant giving it a few leaves to eat as well, Mike then thought about the dream he had and soon enough they were on their way down the tree and into the jungle again. An hour went by. They soon rushed past a huge valley of the island which seemed to be surrounded by a few tree clumps in different spots and the huge walls of the canyons and mountain that surrounded the valley. As they did Mike overheard a bit of Tim and Lexis' conversation and he caught the words hacker out of it just as Dr. Grant stumbled onto a bunch of dino eggs. He picked up one of the cracked eggs and asked, "Do you know what this is. It's a dinosaur egg. The dinosaurs are breeding." Mike then said, "I thought they only used girls instead of male dinosaurs." A brief moment of silence as Dr. Grant stared at Mike and Mike said, "What, I listened to a bit of the tour while I was sleeping." "Anyways, to answer that one Mike, they used frog DNA in their processes and some West African frogs have been known to known to spontaneously change sex in a single sex environment. Malcolm was right. Look.", Dr. Grant said. They all then looked at the ground where there were footprints, most likely that of some herbivore species since the paw prints where square shaped and slightly triangular in size. "Life found a way."
They found themselves in a clearing of the valley climbing up the various grasses that surrounded the area and all of them, including Lexis and Tim and even Mike, who was trained for such hardship, who were panting from hours of walking. Dr. Grant noticed a herd of two legged dinosaurs running from the top of the hill as they stared on ahead and Mike asked, "What do you make of that? Something must have spooked them." Dr. Grant then said, "Anyone know what that specie is?" Tim said, "Oh I know this dinosaur. It's uh…ummm…AA…AAA… Agalyminus (I guessed on its spelling.)" "Are those meat eating…meat a sauruses?" Then Dr. Grant noticed them flinch quickly towards their view and as they ran he said, "They're flocking, just like a flock of birds evading a predator." Then Tim slightly panicked and smiling said, "They're…They're flocking this way." And soon enough they ran for a nearby log and hid behind it as they noticed the dinosaurs dash over the log and to farther points of the valley area just as Mike, Tim, Lexis and Dr. Grant jumped over the log and noticed the same T-Rex that nearly had them for dinner rush out from a nearby set of brush chomp down on one of them and Mike just clenched his teeth at the sight of it. Dr. Grant then said, "I bet you three won't look at birds the same way after this trip. Come on let's go, keep low and follow me." As he said this Mike then thought to himself, 'Lucky Vic and Chris weren't here. This place keeps getting weirder every time.'
They soon came to a giant twenty foot long fence at the top of the meadow that read: Danger 10,000 volts. Dr. Grant threw a stick at the fence and nothing happened as he said, "I guess the power's off." Then he touched the fence and made a loud yelling sound as if he were in pain Lexis screamed loudly like a cow getting slaughtered in a meat house. Then as he stopped Mike and Tim laughed at this display of humor as Lexis said, "That's not funny." Mike then said, "You kidding me. That's hilarious." Then Dr. Grant wiped off a snarky grin he had on his face and then tried poking his face through the fencing as he said, "Well maybe we could…" then Mike pulled out a pocket watch he received in the army and cleared his throat as he cut through the fencing in a matter of minutes and they soon rushed through the gaping hole he made and in time too since they heard a T-Rex roar coming from the valley below them. They soon found themselves back inside that same small dome like structure which was used for a lobby area at the time and Dr. Grant took the kids to the buffet table as he said, "I'm going to temporarily be gone a little while. I'm going to find the others. Mike, I want you to take care of Lex and Tim for the next little while, okay?" Mike nodded at this notion and remembered that he never had to do this before when he was in the army, but accepted nevertheless as Dr. Grant left them to feast on some jello and other goodies on the tables. Moments later, as they started eating Mike eating his toast noticed Tim staring at Lexis as she started to panic and then they turned around and noticed a velociraptors poking its head around the translucent dinosaur background walls of the buffet room searching for food.
Then Mike said, "Don't worry you guys I know how to handle this. You get to the kitchen. This could get a little ugly up in here." They then ran for the kitchen and soon enough two six feet tall velociraptors rushed inside the room and yelled as Mike took out his trusty pocket knife and a sword he stole from a museum back in Edmonton from his backpack. The raptors rushed right to him from the sides as he got scraped along his arms and dropped his pocket knife and then rolled along the ground picked it up as one of the raptors shot its claw just mere inches from his stomach. Then Mike took the sword and chopped off its hunting claw (that one claw that sticks itself out to kill its prey) causing that raptor an extreme amount of pain and soon enough the other raptor rushed right towards Mike for a little revenge and as it was about to lay its mouth on his neck, it heard a banging noise coming from the freezer inside the kitchen. 'Lex and Tim, what are you guys doing?' Then Mike jumped on the raptor he injured and chopped off its head as it collapsed from pain and bled all over the red carpet. Mike almost puked as he said, "Yuck!! Dinosaur blood!!" Then he remembered the other raptor heading for the kitchen and saw Lex and Tim walk out confidently as he asked, "Where's the other one?" "Locked up in the freezer.", Tim said with a smile. Then Mike heard the door smash down as Lex and Tim ran to the door to the buffet table and Mike said, "Watch out, I got one of those raptors real good over there." Then the raptor from the freezer ran towards Mike and bit his arm as the boy stabbed the dinosaur's right eye blinding it. It then let go quickly as Mike saw his own blood and said looking at it in pain, "Now you're dead meat buddy. Nobody makes me bleed my own blood unless I say so!!" Then Mike tackled the dinosaur and punched it in its nose the raptor rolled over onto Mike's stomach as it prepared to pierced its killer claw into his stomach, he then stabbed the dinosaur's leg and Mike then got bitten on his leg as he stabbed its nose with his pocket knife and ran for the door. The raptor then took five steps backward to the kitchen and jumped high in the air as Mike ran for the door and tripped over the same dinosaur body he killed and as he collapsed the sword pierced right through the velociraptor's stomach and through it's back as it yelped in pain and collapsed with its killer claw yet another few inches from Mike's stomach.
Then as he rushed outside he saw Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler right in the lobby area they noticed two more raptors surrounding the area and them as well. Even though one of the raptors jumped right at Dr. Grant after cornering them, the same T-Rex that came after them chomped on the lead female for the pack of velociraptors and threw it to the ground as the other jumped on its back and tried to bite the T-Rex's neck with the huge behemoth trying to rip it off its neck. Mike then said, "Cool dino-fight!!" Then Dr. Grant said with a gun in hand, "I suggest we get out and fast." They all nodded and rushed out of the building and into a jeep where Dr. Hammond and Dr. Malcolm where waiting for them. As they all entered the jeep, Dr. Grant then said to Dr. Hammond, "Hammond…after careful consideration I've decided…" As he jumped in the jeep after Mike did so, he continued, "…not to endorse your park!" Dr. Hammond agreed so as he said, "So have I." They then drove off to the helicopter pad nearby the park and as they all got in Dr. Hammond took a good long last look at the park that could have been as Dr. Grant pulled his right arm and took him back to the helicopter. Mike soon arrived home as well on June 28, 1997 only a mere month before he killed his teacher, Shaw. He had bruises and cuts, but all ended well. Dr. Grant then took a good long look at the kid as he said to him holding his shoulders and bending down on one knee, "You got the makings of a great man in you, kid. Anyone who can kill a raptor at that age has potential. I hope you find your brothers some day. I know I'll be rootin' for you." Mike nodded and smiled as he said, "Thanks Dr. Grant. Take care." Those would be Mike's last words to Dr. Grant for a good long time until 2001 when they would re-meet, but under different circumstances.
(A good saga I should admit and only the beginning for this story. That dream Mike had near the center of the chapter is a foreshadowing of course for Victor when he kills a 'hero', one of the hardest and most despicable things one can do of course. I'm not going to give anymore away, but stay tuned for more. Victor's portion of the story is coming up soon.)
(Next Time: Great Minds Think Alike.)
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