As the trio approached a door, Yoder heard a faint thumping noise.
"Hold up. I hear something."
Yoder slowly opened the door and scanned the hallway. He heard the faint clacking of the Troodons.
Yoder backed up against a wall and looked around the corner.
"All clear." He said. It was Gerry and Nima.
"Dad!" Jess said, running to her father.
"Jess, oh thank God!" Gerry said, embracing his daughter. "Are you ok? Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm ok." Jess said. "Just...can we go home now?"
"I'm so glad you two are safe, Gerry." Sorkin said. "How did you manage to get here?"
"We climbed out of the tunnels through a service hatch near one of the tour routes." Gerry explained. "Luckily, someone left the tour program running. Thanks."
"You mean-" Sorkin began to speak, but was cut off.
"Dr. Sorkin, the phones are not working." Nima said, hanging up the receiver.
"I'm sorry?" Sorkin said, puzzled.
"There is no dial tone." Nima explained. "You said the phones would be working here."
"That's odd." Sorkin said. "My table map showed that the main lines here were active. Unless...of course. Everything is controlled by the computer system, even the phones. If the power outage outlasted the battery backups, then the system is probably just waiting to be booted up."
"Get us to the phones, doc." Yoder demanded. "We don't have a lot of time."
"Mr. Yoder, I refuse to be pushed around by you any longer." Sorkin said.
"Look, this isn't a day trip." Yoder said. "If we don't contact InGen and get another plane out here for you all, then the next flight over the island is going to be a wing of Curtiss T-32s carrying one and a half tons of white phosphorus."
"What?!" Sorkin said in shock.
"That's right, doc." Yoder said. "They're gonna murder all your precious little pets and raze this island to the ground."
"Dios mio!" Nima said. "That's what you meant by no-mans-land?"
"Yeah, that's right." Yoder shrugged.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Nima's voice cracked. "This is my home!"
"What do you mean, your home?" Yoder asked. "I didn't tell you earlier because I thought we'd be off the island by now."
"This island is the ancestral home of her people." Gerry explained.
"Wait, what is Dr. Sorkin doing?" Nima asked.
Everyone watched as Sorkin walked into an elevator and pressed a button.
"Laura?" Gerry asked.
Sorkin looked at the others in despair as the elevator doors closed.