Chapter 3

(Nick's pov)

4 hours later

Jack came back from his pack covered in blood. Thankfully, he's not hurt. It was just the blood from his food.

"Papa..."

"Yes, Jack?"

"Where's Mama?"

"She's sleeping. You're lucky she didn't complain about you going out there."

"Me not child. Me grown up." Jack frowned.

"I know, Jack. I'm not the one to complain about your age. But seriously...this place is dangerous. Remember when you were lost when you were kid?"

Jack groans.

"Yes. Me know. Me was 14."

"I was scared for you and was scared of what happened to me."

Jack looked surprised to hear that.

"What happened?"

"A Pteranodon grabbed me up in the air and flew to her nest."

"Pt-er-nodon..." Jack said trying say the dinosaurs name.

"Your close on saying it, Jack. Keep trying. It's a big a dinosaur bird with no feathers."

"Oh! Big bird, skinny beak, big wings. Birdy!" Jack chirped.

I laughed at Jack's joke.

"Yeah. That's the one. I was lucky. I managed to escape the nest when the mother flew away. Climbing down mountain was even scary. It took me all day or night to climb down that mountain while avoiding the mother from catching me. Your mother was very worried about me when she couldn't find me when she found you. "

Jack was in complete surprise to hear me talk about my incident with the Pteranodon.

"Wow. Me not know about this."

"That's why I don't want that happen to you too."

Jack nods of my concern.

"Me try."

"That's my boy. I got a call from Geoff that your friend, Ryan, is going to stay over here."

Jack had the look of excitement when I mentioned his friend, Ryan. Ryan Smith. Jack's childhood friend. I remember Ryan pretending to be Pterodactyl while Jack was pretending to be a Velociraptor. They always loved playing around when they were kids. If memory serves me right, he's 18 years old now.

"Is he dinosaur like me?" He said with a exciting tone.

"Whoa. Calm down. I don't know for sure. He may be but I can't be sure."

"Ryan always wanted be dinosaur. Me be happy to see him if he be dinosaur too."

I chuckled. Yeah...Ryan was like Jack when he was a kid. He always wanted to be a dinosaur. I wonder if he did turn one.

"Don't worry, son. I'll let you know when I hear about it. Jack. I want to show you something."

I lead Jack to my room as I turned on the lights to show my telescope.

"What's that?"

"It's a Telescope. You can watch the stars with this. Go ahead. Look right through it."

Jack looks through the scope and sees the stars in the night sky. You can see how amazed he is the moment he's through the telescope.

"Wow...me see stars."

"Yup. Whenever I don't study dinosaurs, I look at the stars."

"Me want to see stars like this everyday."

"You can see the stars whenever you're not looking through the telescope too."

"Cool."

Jack looked through the Telescope for two hours and went to bed when he was done looking through it.

The next day. Jack had a talk with Jane. Thankfully it didn't turn into a full out argument about Jack's safety.

I get a call from Geoff and tells me that he is on his way to Jurassic Park. I asked him if Ryan is dinosaur like Jack. He says "yes". A Pterodactyl hybrid. Ryan wasn't comfortable of being in a crate alone so his wife, Julian, kept Ryan company. Reminds me of Jack when he first got in a crate. He used to have panic attacks fearing that I would abandon him. I didn't. So with some convincing with Jane, I kept Jack company.

"Jack. I got some good news. Ryan is coming here soon."

"Is he dinosaur too?"

"I can't tell you. It's a secret." I grinned.

"Tell me."

"Nope."

We went on and on until Jack finally gave up.

For 3 hours, I hear a ship stop by the pier as some workers were getting a crate out of the boat. That must be Ryan in there.

"Okay! Nice and steady now!" A worker shouted.

I walked to the pier as Geoff walks out of the boat.

"Geoff!"

Geoff sees me and smiles.

"Nick! So glad to see you."

"Glad to see you too. Who's in the crate?"

"Ryan. He's a bit fidgety due to how closed he's in the crate."

Yes...I've did studies about the Pterodactyl's behavior and most of them don't like being trapped in closed in areas too long.

"I see...Well he can always start flying to calm himself down."

"His flying isn't so bad. However I'm concern of other Pterdactyls that may see him."

"I know what you mean. Occasionally a Pteranodon flies by here looking for food. However...I can't be certain if they're looking for a mate as well."

"Can I trust you to keep an eye on him?"

"Sure. I'll have Jane set surveillance on him in case he gets in danger."

"That would be nice."

30 minutes later. Jack got curious about Ryan as soon as he was nervously getting out of the crate.

"Give him some space, Jack. He needs to be alone for a bit."

Jack nods and watches Ryan follow Jullian.

"It's okay, sweetie. No one is going to hurt you." Jullian said softly to Ryan.

I hope he can adjust his surroundings. I hate to see him get scared.