I tried calling Claire on the way to the control center, but she was ignoring my calls.
"Text Barry, tell him we have a code 19" Owen instructed and I did so, knowing that meant there was an asset out containment.
Owen and I got to control and ignored security personnel as we made our way up to to the control room. The elevator doors opened and we both walked in.
"I need to see a badge" The security guard demanded but we ignored him and walked towards Claire.
"Ma'am, Sir, i need to see a ba-"
"What the hell happened out there, Claire!?" I snapped, getting angry
"There are thermal cameras all over that paddock. She did not just disappear!" Owen yelled, as the security guard tried to hold him back, but Owen pushed him aside in anger.
"It must have been some sort of technical malfunction" Claire tried to smooth over.
"Were you not watching? She marked up that wall as a distraction. She wanted us to think she escaped!" I exclaimed
"Dr. Parker, we are talking about an animal here" Claire said, her condescending tone making me more angry.
"A highly intelligent animal" Owen snapped.
"400 meters to the beacon" The female control assistant said.
We all looked up the monitors.
ACU was out.
"You're going after her with non-lethals?" I asked
"We have trillions of dollars in that asset. We can't just kill it" Masrani finally spoke up.
"Those men are going to die" I warned him
300 meters to the beacon
"You need to call this mission off right now!" Owen snapped
"They're right on top of it!" Larry, the control room tech said
"Call it off, RIGHT NOW!" Owen yelled
"You are not in control here!" Claire yelled back.
Tension in the room was high as we watched ACU pick up a piece of her skin.
"What is that?" Masrani asked
"That's her tracking device, she clawed it out" Owen said in awe.
"How would it know to do that?" Claire asked.
"She remembered where they put it in" I said, completely in awe of her intelligence.
That's when it all went down hill.
Over the radio, an ACU guard yelled that it could camouflage and the attack happened. One by one, ACU was going dead.
I turned back and looked at Claire. She had panic nad regret in her eyes.
"Evacuate the island" Owen said
"We'd never re-open" Claire said sadly
"You raised a genetically modified dinosaur, raised in isolation. She is seeing all of this for the first time. She doesn't even know what she is! She will kill everything that moves." I explained
"You think she's contemplating her existence?" Masrani questioned.
"She is learning where she fits in the food chain and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out" Owen snapped
"Can't asset containment use live ammunition in an emergency situation?" I asked pointing at the monitors.
"You have an M1-34 in your armory. Put it on a chopper and smoke this thing!" Owen agreed
"We have families here. I'm not going to turn this place into some kind of war zone" Claire snapped back
"You already have" Owen snapped
"Mr. Grady, Dr. Parker, if you're not going to help there's no reason for you both to be in here" Claire said as calm as she could. Owen, pissed off, smashed Larry's dinosaur collection to the floor before walking off.
"Claire, trust me when I say, she's going to destroy everything in this park if you don't act now" I warned before following after Owen.
I stopped by Masrani.
"I would have a word with your people in the lab. That thing out there, that's no dinosaur" I whispered before hurrying into the elevator with Owen.
"We need to get to the lab. I need to talk to Dr. Wu" I said to Owen.
He sighed and looked at me and wiped some dirt from my face. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He pulled me into a hug and I held him tight.
"I love you" He whispered.
My breath hitched and the words just naturally flowed out of my mouth.
"I love you too" I said back before giving him a sweet kiss.
Should I tell him now? I wondered
But the elevator doors opened and he hurried out pulling me along.
Getting to the lab was a hassle. Part of the lab was visible to tourists, so walking through the crowds knowing there was a killing machine on it's way was super stressful. A security guard wouldn't let us into the lab without a badge, and Owen started to argue with him while I looked for another way to get in.
"Julissa! I heard a panicked voice shout. I turned around to see Claire.
"Claire, you have to let me i-"
"I need your help! Where's Owen?!" She said with panic ,cutting me off. I looked at her confused as Owen walked over.
"What's going on?" I asked. She was genuinely scared.
"My nephews, they're out in the valley, please, if anything happens to them" she said her breathing heavy from worry.
"How old are they?" Owen asked
"uh-uhm the older one he is like high school aged and the younger one he's under a few years um-"
"You don't know how old your nephews are?" I cut off her stammering.
She sighed and felt bad.
"Come on, let's go to the valley" I said to Owen. He looked concerned at first but nodded.
We stopped at the armory where Owen picked up a rifle and I strapped a Glock to my thigh.
Jumping into a Mercedes G class, we drove through the valley. Claire sat in the back trying to get Zach on the phone.
As we drove in the open field, I saw something in the distance.
"Owen, stop the car" I said. He stopped and looked out and his breath hitched as well
"Stay in the car, Claire" Owen instructed as him and I got out.
Out in the field was a Brachiosaurus, slumped and moaning in pain.
It's entire body was clawed, by the I. Rex.
I bent down by her face and gently soothed her. She was dying.
"We have to stop it" I whispered to Owen as he looked sadly at the Brachiosaurus. Claire emerged, shocked and saddened. It finally clicked with her that this was an animal that had feelings, dying, because of choices that were made
I stood up, not wanting see it's last breath and walked towards the edge of the hill. That sight was worse, and made me fall to my knees as a few tears fell. My heart broke. Owen and Claire walked over and Claire gasped.
Across the field we're 5 more dead Brachiosauruses.
"It didn't eat them" Owen said
"She's killing for sport" I concluded, getting up.
"We gotta go. She's ahead of us, we need to keep moving" Owen said as we all got back in the car. Owen drove into the jungle and stopped when the crushed gyrosphere appeared.
"Oh shit" I mumbled, getting out. I examined the mess as Owen pulled out a tooth. Claire was freaking out about Zach's broken phone.
"Claire they made it out" I said hoping it would bring comfort, showing them two sets of footprints. I began following them with both Owen and Claire following. It eventually lead us to a waterfall.
"Oh my God, they jumped" Claire said.
"Brave kids" Owen muttered as my eyes fell on the giant I. Rex footprint.
"ZACH! GRAY" Claire began shouting. I cringed and ran up to her
"Sh, sh, shhh!" Owen shushed her.
"Hey! I am not one of your damn animals!" Claire snapped
"Listen, those kids are still alive! Be we won't be if you continue to scream like that!" I warned Claire
"So you guys can like track their scent, their footprints??" Claire asked
"I was with the Navy not the Navajo!" Owen fired back
"Then what do we do??" She exclaimed
"Go back to control. We need eyes in this jungle" I explained. She argued about wanting to stay to help for a few more minutes but eventually got back in the car and left
"Alright, let's go find then" I said to Owen
"Shouldn't be too bad, just like taking a stroll through the woods" he said
"65 million years ago" I added as we headed back into the jungle
Running downhill, I followed behind Owen. It was humid, and the air was thick.
I heard what sounded like an old car engine about a half a mile away. I grabbed Owens arm and pulled him in that direction
What we stumbled upon made my.jaw drop.
It was a garage attached to the old park.
"They were here" Owen said noting the freshly driven ground and a sweatshirt left.
"That road goes all the way back to the park" I said
"how did they even get one of these things started?" Owen asked trying to turn on the old Jeep.
I dug around some stuff and was in awe of old pieces left behind.
I lifted up some jumper cables and Owen went to pop open the hood of the Jeep, but before he could heavy footsteps sounded off, causing the ceiling to drop some debris.
I let out a small shrill before running to hide in front of the Jeep with Owen. It was definitely the I. Rex.
Owen realized he left his gun against the door and leaned over to see it. He quickly turned back once her feet were visible. He turned to look at me and put his finger to his lips for me to remain silent. I nodded, squeezed as tight as I could to him and closed my eyes.
Her large snout tried pushing the car to see if we were there. I squeezed Owen's arm, holding in a terrified scream.
It went silent all of a sudden. Owen leaned around and grabbed his rifle.
There was more silence. We looked at each other in assurance that she must have left.
I let out the breath I was holding and Owen did the same, but just when we thought we could relax, the ceiling came crashing down with her powerful Jaws. I screamed, and ran inside the old facility. Owen followed close behind. He passed me up and waited outside for me with an outstretched hand but i kept running.
"No time for chivalry. Run Owen!" I screamed like a psycho.
He ran as the I. Rex busted through. We kept running back into the jungle. Not wanting to look back, I ran with fire in my lungs.
I heard the sound of a helicopter and the I. Rex's roar fading.
I stopped to catch my breath as Owen did too.
A wave a nausea hit. I threw up again.
"We gotta get back. The kids had to have made it" Owen said, rubbing my back.
"I have to call Claire" I said dialing through to control on my cell phone.
"Larry we found the Indominus. South of the gyrosphere valley between the old park and the aviary" I said after Larry said hello
I heard a shuffle and a fight for the phone between Claire and Larry.
"Are you following the dinosaur?!" Claire exclaimed.
"Yes, the boys should be heading towards the park. But listen, you need to get ACU out here now. Real guns this time" i said, out of breath still.
"Acu is airborne. They took the helicopter" Claire said
"Who's flying it?" I asked, remembering the sound you heard.
"Masrani!" Claire said as the sound of the chopper grew loud again. I shoved my phone in my pocket as Owen began jogging towards the sound. I followed him to a clearing that overlooked the aviary.
"I see her!" I exclaimed putting down where the I. Rex was running through the trees towards the aviary.
"They need to shoot now. She's trying to let the birds loose on them" Owen muttered
We watched in horror as she did what Owen had predicted. Simon Masrani was no more as the chopper bursted into flames in the now broken aviary.
I didn't even realize Owen began running back towards the trees until he screamed.
"Julissa! Hurry up!" He yelled. I snapped out of my sorrow for Masrani's lost and realized that the pterodactyls and dimorphodons were coming towards us.
I ran as fast as I could towards Owen and we both ran into the jungle. At one point Owen threw me down on the ground to avoid the dinosaurs from picking us up off the ground. I looked up to see all the birds flying towards the direction of the park where the guests were.
We ran as fast as we could back to the park. All hell in the park was about to break.
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