We Have An Asset Out Of Containment
About a couple hours later, Brittany was at her R.V located on a different part of the island. Alvin remained at the raptor paddock to look after them for her. Brittany was outside working on her ATV. A Mercedes Benz parked near her. Then getting out of the car was Claire.
"What do they want now?" Brittany asked herself.
Claire walked up to Brittany.
"Ms. Miller, I need you to come take a look at something." said Claire.
"Why do you call me Ms. Miller?" asked Brittany.
"Brittany. If you're not too busy."
"I'm pretty busy."
"Well, we have an attraction."
"Really?"
"Yes, a new species we've made."
"You just went and made a new dinosaur?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah its kinda what we do here. The exhibit opens to the public in three weeks. Mr. Masrani wanted me to consult with you." said Claire.
"Consult?"
"Yes, we'd like you to evaluate the paddock for vulnerabilities."
"Why me?"
"I guess Mr. Masrani thinks since you're able to control the raptors..."
"See, it's all about control with you. I don't control the raptors. It's a relationship between one animal and another. Okay look, I get it. You're in charge out here. You got to make a lot of tough decisions. It's probably easier to pretend these animals are numbers on a spreadsheet. But they're not. Their alive." said Brittany.
"I'm fully aware there alive." said Claire.
"Good. Now, take me to this new dinosaur." said Brittany.
So Claire did. They later arrived at the exhibit. Claire got out of the car and held the door open so Brittany could get out. Then she closed the door and they both were walking to a staircase.
"We've been prebooking tickets for months. The park needs a new attraction every few years in order to reinvigorate the public's interests. Kind of like the space program." said Claire.
They both began walking up the staircase. Well Claire was walking, Brittany was continuously jumping from one step to another.
"Corporate felt genetic modification would up the wow factor." said Claire.
"They're dinosaurs, wow enough." said Brittany.
"Not according to our focus groups. The Indominus Rex makes us relevant again." said Claire.
Brittany chuckled.
"The Indominus Rex."
They got to the top of the staircase.
"We needed something scary and easy to pronounce. You should hear a 4 year old try to say 'Archaeornithomimus'." said Claire.
Claire then opened a door and walked inside.
"You should hear you try to say it." Brittany said to herself.
Claire held the door open for Brittany. Brittany walked in and the door closed. Then they walked to the window.
"So what's this thing made of?" asked Brittany.
"The base genome is a T-Rex, the rest is...classified." replied Claire.
"You made a new dinosaur, but you don't even know what it is?"
"The lab delivers us finished assets and we show them to the public."
Claire then looked at a security advisor.
"Can we drop a steer please?" asked Claire.
The security advisor nodded and pressed a button on the nearby computer.
"How long has the animal been in here?" asked Brittany.
"All it's life." replied Claire.
"Never seen anything outside of these walls?"
"We can't exactly walk it."
"And you feed it with that?" asked Brittany.
She pointed to a large piece of meat that was being lowered down to the ground.
"Is there a problem?" asked Claire.
"Animals raised in isolation aren't always the most functional." said Brittany.
"Your raptors were born in captivity."
"With siblings. They learn social skills. And I imprinted on them when they were born. There's trust. The only positive relationship this animal has is with that crane. At least she knows that means food."
"So she needs a friend? We should schedule play dates? That sort of thing?"
"Probably not a good idea."
They continued to look out the window. Claire knocked on the window a few times.
"Where is it?" she asked.
"Well is it in the basement? Is there a downstairs? Maybe it's in the wreck room." said Brittany.
"It was just here." said Claire.
She walked over to a small control panel and pressed a few buttons to do a thermal scan. But then on a few computer monitors nearby, a message was beeping. The message said 'No Thermal Signatures Detected'.
"That doesn't make any sense. These doors haven't been opened in weeks." said the security advisor.
"Were those claw marks always there?" asked Brittany who was at the opposite side of the room.
Claire walked over to her and looked at what Brittany was looking at.
"You think it...? Oh god. Okay, she has an implant on her back. I can track it from the control room." said Claire.
She then left the room. Brittany looked back at the claw marks on the wall. Meanwhile Claire raced back to the control room.
"We have an asset out of containment! Put ACU on alert! This is not a drill!" she said over the phone.
At the control room, a phone rang. Lowery answered it.
"Hello?"
"Lowery, get me coordinates on the Indominus." said Claire.
"Okay, yeah."
Back at the exhibit, Brittany and the security advisor walked inside the paddock. They walked up to the claw marks. Brittany placed her paw on one of the marks. She then backed up a little from the wall and looked up.
"The wall's 40 feet high. You really think she could've climbed out?" asked the security advisor.
"Depends." said Brittany.
"On what?"
"What kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab."
"Wait, what the hell? It's in the cage." said Lowery to Claire.
"Well that's impossible. I was just there." said Claire.
"Claire, I'm telling you, she's in the cage."
He looked at the monitors. The monitors showed Brittany, the security advisor, and an engineer.
"Wait. There are people in there."
Claire gasped.
"Get them out of there now. Now!" she shouted.
"Paddock 11, this is control, you need to evacuate. Paddock 11, do you copy?" asked Vivian over the radio.
"Yeah, what's the problem?" asked the security advisor.
"It's in the cage! It's in there with you!"
"Go!" shouted Brittany.
Brittany, the security advisor and the engineer starting running towards the exit. But then they quickly stopped when they saw something standing in front of them. It was the Indominus Rex. They turned around and ran towards another exit. But then the engineer was grabbed and well, he got eaten. The security advisor got to the exit and typed a code onto a terminal. Then the door opened and he ran out. Brittany was running towards the exit.
"Close the door." said Masrani to Lowery.
"We can't lock her in." said Lowery.
"Close the door!" said Masrani.
"Someone talk to me! What is happening?!" asked Claire.
Brittany was running as fast as she could on all 4 paws. The Indominus was roaring loudly as she was chasing Brittany. Brittany saw that the door was closing, so she ran faster. Brittany was then able to get out of the paddock, but the Indominus got out too. Brittany quickly hid underneath a car. She laid on her stomach as she watched the Indominus force the door to open more. Then she roared and began walking around while making little growling noises. Brittany looked to her right and saw the security advisor in from of a white utility truck with the Jurassic World logo and the word 'Construction' on it's door. The security advisor was scared and he began to softly cry. Then a few moments later, the utility truck was flipped over by the Indominus It landed not to far in front of Brittany. Brittany covered her head and closed her eyes. Then she uncovered her head and reopened her eyes. She then saw the security advisor being ate by the Indominus. That scared Brittany. She saw the Indominus walked over towards her. So Brittany quickly laid on her back and stood still. The Indominus made little growling noises as she put her head near the ground. Brittany laid absolutely still. She was scared out of her mind. But she knew she had to be brave or else she too would be eaten. Luckily the Indominus didn't sense her. It roared loudly and walked away. Brittany sighed in relief. It wasn't long before an ACU team was dispatched. Brittany arrived at the control room. Claire was there too. They watched the monitors.
"You're going after her with non-lethals?" asked Brittany.
"We have $26 million dollars invested in that asset. We can't just kill it." said Masrani.
"Those men are going to die." said Brittany.
"300 meters to the beacon." said Vivian.
"You need to call this mission off right now." said Brittany.
"They're right on top of it." said Lowery.
"Call it off right now!" said Brittany.
"You are not in control here!" said Claire.
The ACU troopers were in a jungle are. The troopers were following their leader who was tracing the beacon. Then the leader trooper found a piece of a dinosaur skin. He turned it over and saw a something on it. The object was blinking a blue light. Everyone saw it in the control room from a monitor.
"What is that?" asked Masrani.
"That's her tracking implant. She clawed it out." replied Brittany.
"How would it know to do that?" asked Claire.
"She remembered where they put it in." replied Brittany.
The leader trooper saw a drop of blood fall onto his arm, followed by another. He looked up and saw blood dripping from some leaves. He stood and and then the troopers all heard a twig snap. They all looked in a direction and saw something moving in the leaves. It was the Indominus. She moved out of the trees. Her skin was the color of the trees but then it turned back into her normal skin color.
"It can camouflage!" yelled the leader trooper.
He started to run but the Indominus roared as she grabbed the trooper. Other troopers fired their tasers but it hardly had any effect. The Indominus then dropped the trooper and then she stepped on him. At the control room, the troopers heart readings were being monitored. And they saw the troop's heart stopped beating. The other troopers fired their tasers at the Indominus. But she killed and ate the troopers. One trooper fired his shotgun at the Indominus, but she just walked up to the trooper and ate him. Brittany sighed and turned around to look at Claire and Masrani.
"Evacuate the island." she said.
"We would never reopen." said Claire.
"You made a genetic hybrid, and raised it in captivity! She is seeing all of this for the first time! And she does not even know what she is! She will kill everything that moves! She is learning where she fits in the food chain and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out. Now, Asset Containment Unit can use live ammunition in emergency situations. You have a M-134 in your armory. Put it on a chopper and smoke this thing!" said Brittany.
"We have families here. I'm not going to turn this place into some kind of war zone." said Claire.
"You already have!" said Brittany.
"Brittany, if your not going to help, there's no reason for you to be here." said Claire.
Brittany groaned and stormed off to the door, but before she left, she looked at Masrani.
"I would have a word with your people in the lab. That thing out there, that's no dinosaur." she whispered.
Claire watched as Brittany went to the elevator. She got in and pressed a button. Moments later, the door closed. Then Claire looked back at the monitors and saw different surveillance footage of visitors.
"Okay, I'm going to close everything north of the resort. This is a phase one real world. Bring every one in." she said.
"This is a phase one real world. I repeat this is a phase one. Bring everyone back in." said Vivian over a radio.
Later, Masrani went to the lab and saw Henry. They met in a room.
"You know I'm not at liberty to reveal the asset's genetic makeup. Modified animals are known to be unpredictable." said Henry.
"It kills people, Henry." said Masrani.
"That's unfortunate."
"What purpose could we have for our dinosaur that can camouflage?"
"Cuttlefish genes were added to help probe with stand an accelerated growth rate. Cuttlefish have chromatophores that allow skin to change color."
"It hid from thermal technology." said Masrani.
"Really?" asked Henry.
"How's that possible?"
"Tree frogs can modulate their infrared output. We used strands from their DNA to adapt her to a tropical climate, but I never imagined-"
"Who authorized you to do this?" interrupted Masrani.
"You did. 'Bigger', 'Scarier', um, 'Cooler' I believe was the word that you used in your memo. You cannot have an animal with exaggerated predator features without the corresponding behavioral traits!" said Henry.
"What you are doing here, what you have done. The board will shut down this park, sees your work, everything you have built. And I won't be there to protect you this time." said Masrani.
"All of this exist because of me. If I don't innovate, somebody else will."
"You are to cease all activities here immediately."
"You are acting like we engaged some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural! We have always filled gaps in genomes with the DNA of other animals! And if they're genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth."
"I never asked for a monster!" shouted Masrani.
"'Monster' is a relative term to a canary, a cat is a monster. We're just used to being the cat." said Henry.