God Bless You!

Chapter 15

IN THE VISITOR CENTRE.

Ellie comes into the darkened restaurant, following the flickering light. A candle burned at a table in the corner. John was sitting at the table alone. He wanted to escape the guilt and worry. There is a bucket of ice cream in the middle, and he's eating a dish of it, staring down morosely.

Ellie sat on the seat and John looked up at her. His eyes are puffy, his hair is messed up. Ellie had to admit, he looked terrible. She tried to be angry at him but she found that she couldn't.

"They were all melting." He give her a spoon, but she shook her head. She didn't have the stomach to eat after what she just seen tonight.

"Malcolm's okay for now. I gave him a shot of morphine."

John tried to give her a half grin and said reassuringly. "They'll all be fine. Who better to get the children through Jurassic Park than a dinosaur expert?"

Ellie nodded, half of her knew he was just trying to brighten the mood. He paused, before he looked up at her. "You know the first attraction I ever built when I came down south from Scotland? Was a Flea Circus, Petticoat Lane, really quite wonderful….We had a wee trapeze, a roundabout…a merry go….what you call it?"

"Carousel." Ellie replied, resting her head on her hand.

He nodded, "A carousel….and a seesaw. They all moved, motorized of course, but people would swear they could see the fleas. "I see the fleas, mummy! Can't you see the fleas?" Clown fleas, high wire fleas, fleas on parade..." He trailed off.

Ellie just looked at him, not sure what his state is. She let him go on anyway, "But with this place, I - - I wanted to give them something real, something that wasn't an illusion, something they could see and touch. An aim devoid of merit."

Ellie tried to sympathise with him. "But you can't think through this one John. You have to feel it."

He nodded agreeing. "You're absolutely right. Yes, you're right hiring Nedry was a mistake, that's obvious. We're over dependent on automation, I can see that now. But that's all correctable for the next time around."

"John, you're still building onto that Flea Circus, that illusion. And now you're adding onto it by what you're doing here. That's the illusion."

He wasn't seeing the point. "Once we have control again…"

"Control?! You never had control! That's the illusion! I was overwhelmed by the power of this place. But I made a mistake too. I didn't have enough respect for that power, and it's out now. You're sitting here trying to pick up the pieces. John, there's nothing worth picking up." She started crying. "The only thing that matters now are the people we love. Alan, Katie, Lex, and Tim. John, they're out there where people are dying."

There is a long pause. John avoided her gaze. Ellie sniffed and wiped a tear away and suddenly felt really hungry. She reached out and takes a spoon out of one of the buckets of ice cream, and licked it. "It's good." She said and took more. He looked up at her, and his face is different, as the unhappy irony of what he's about to say finally hits home. "Spared no expense."

They continued eating for a while and they could hear sounds from outside every so often. They knew it was only herbivores. She would love to hear the sound of them but now she couldn't put a smile on her face. Her mind was filled with worry for her boyfriend and his daughter, who was like a daughter to her. She hoped that she would be her official step mother in the future. She was worried for John's grandkids. Some of the world's most dangerous animals were out there running free and her family were out there with them. She blinked back her tears again taking more ice cream into her mouth wanting the comfort.

Something clicked in her brain as she remembered something. She looked up at John, "You said all the fences were out right?"

Before he could say something, she shot up from her seat and walked to the doors that had no locks. "That is not good." She mumbled to herself. Anything could just walk in, especially the raptors. Oh God. The raptors!

She went outside and turned her touch on, and looked everywhere to see if anything was in sight. It was pitch black. Her breathing was uneasy as she looked ahead and seen the raptor fence. It was still intact as the red light was flashing indicating the fence was still on.

She sighed in relief. "Thank God."

She turned back into the centre, and closed the doors. "They are still on."

"You mean the raptor fence? Yes, yes of course. Nedry knew not to turn them off." He hissed his name. They sat back down and continued eating.

The sun came up over Jurassic Park. The danger of the night before is overcome by the sheer beauty of the place it really is like the Serengeti Plain. Alan thought.

Over at the edge of a great open field, a huge tree marks the border between the open area and the thick of the jungle.

The kids were still asleep in the branches of the tree, they were curled up under Alan's arms. A heavy shadow falls over all four of them, blocking out the sun entirely. Grant awakens, only a little bit asleep, as a brachiosaur's head pushes into the tree branches, right up beside them. It hesitated there for a second, seemingly staring at them. Alan just watched as it opens its mouth very wide and chomps down on a branch over their heads. He smiled slowly, still appreciating the beauty of John's creation.

The kids awaken with a start. Tim pointed, Lex opened her mouth to scream, but nothing comes out. I rubbed my eyes groggily. "Go away!" Lex screamed.

"Urgh, please don't shout so early in the morning!" I said trying to wake myself up.

Alan quieted them. "It's okay! It's just a brachiosaur!"

Tim who was wide awake. "Veggiesaurus, Lex, Veggiesaurus!" He said, happily.

My favourite ever dinosaur was right in my reach. I smiled at it. "Hey, come here." I leaned over to it. But Lex isn't taking any chances and scrambled back, away from its mouth. Tim and Dad come together on the branch, just staring at the dinosaur in wonder as it eats its breakfast. Dad gets another branch. Tim scampered up by me. As we tried to get the brachiosaur's attention.

"Come here, boy…I mean girl."

Dad moved forward and tries to feed the brachiosaur. The animal grabbed the end of the branch and starts a tug-of-war with Dad. I laughed out loud happily, and me and Tim tried to help him.

HONK! The brachiosaur made a loud honking noise, startling us. "Take a bite, take a bite. I'm not letting go."

"It's so strong! Look at its nose." Me and Tim reached out, petting the dinosaur's head while it chewed.

"That's a girl. Hey Lex, you can touch it. It's a girl, just like you. Come on, it's okay. Lex, come on and touch it. It likes you. It's gotta like you. Come on Lex." Tim said to Lex who was still looking at scared.

"Come on, try some. Take a bite."

I looked at Lex, "Come on Lex. You may not have a chance again after this."

Dad agreed while nodding. "It's good protein. Come on, Lex. Why don't you touch it? Look at his nose. Looks like it has a cold."

Lex still didn't move. She really was stubborn.

"This is a seventy-seven ton animal. Lex! Just think of it as a big cow. Look at it's teeth? That's nothing compared to the T Rex."

I smiled and pressed a small kiss on the top of its nose. The bit were it wasn't all snotty. "Come here, girl. This is a seventy-seven ton animal. Just think of it as a big cow."

"I like cows." I turned to see Lex coming closer now.

"You're a beautiful big animal. It's your favourite Katie isn't it?"

"Yeah." I whispered while trying guide Tim closer to it. The dinosaur kept on chewing, not objecting to the inspection.

"Did you smell that?" I shook my head. Lex tentatively edged forward in the tree to the inspection.

"Come on girl, up here." She barely touched the thing on the tip of its nose and it sneezed. It's a vast explosion, and Lex fell back, dripping wet from head to toe.

"God bless you!" Tim shouted and smiled.

I giggled at her expression. This really wasn't her type of place. "You okay?" I laughed.

She looked at me, and I could see the murder look in her eyes. Even Dad looked like he wanted to laugh. I guess it was time to move now. I wondered what else we would find today and I hoped we would get of this island.

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