Jurassic World: Apocalypse – Chapter 13: Freedom of the Beast
A/N: Oh my gosh! After spending eight long years of my life waiting for it, I FINALLY saw Jurassic World last night in theaters! Let me tell you, it was awesome! If you haven't seen it yet, see it ASAP! Though it was released on June 11 for some theaters, the primary day for its release is today. So for many of you, reading Chapter 13 of this story is a great way to start the day, which will make you perfectly revved up for the movie. As I've often said before, even though Jurassic World: Apocalypse is based on the new film, it isn't identical. There will be large differences between the two, especially nearing the end. In this chapter, we'll see Indominus rex in her full glory as she..."attempts" to free herself from her enclosure. Of course, she'll fail, because nothing bad ever happens at Jurassic World! We'll also see a little bit of Dodgson and Red Crest, the Homosaurian as they begin to bond and Dr. Corts reveals the extent of his team's research. Be sure to stay turned as we travel down the river of time with Billy and Cheryl on the Cretaceous Cruise and as Malcolm, Sarah, Kelly, Gennaro, Brianna, Alaina and Tom hop aboard the gyrospheres. Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.
The great beast rose from the foliage, its skin changing from green to a paler color. Owen gasped as the realization came to him: the creature had been here the entire time, watching them, using its skin to camouflage itself! Like a chameleon. Then, she'd actually waited for just the right moment to attack, when they were furthest from the exit.
"Clever girl," Owen said.
A loud roar escaped the creature's jaws. The entire forest seemed to tremble at the sound of its mighty roar.
"Retreat!" Billy yelled.
Owen, Billy and Enrique wasted no time. They fled from the giant monster. Indominus rex growled with aggression and pursued her prey through her enclosure. With haste, D-Caf pressed the button that would open the door, allowing the three men to escape.
"Hurry!" D-Caf exclaimed.
"What's happening?" Claire asked inside the Control Room. "What's going on?"
"They found the I. rex in the enclosure," Arnold told her. "She's chasing them out."
Claire looked up at the action on screen with concern. Come on, Owen...you can do it.
On the monitor, she could plainly see Owen and two soldiers running toward the exit of the enclosure. I. rex's full body however could not be seen, as the vegetation blocked much of her. However her movement could be tracked as she smashed through the foliage. She roared again, her footsteps making the ground shake.
Masrani said, "Close the door to that enclosure!"
"But they're still in there!" Anthony argued. "We can't just–"
"Close it now!" Without waiting for Anthony, Masrani pressed the button himself.
"The door's closing!" D-Caf said in surprise.
"They must have closed it in the Control Room," Vic Hoskins told him. He addressed the other soldiers standing outside the enclosure. "Everyone, get ready! We might have to light this beast up!"
The great monster was much faster than the men and quickly caught up. Owen risked a look back to see her great jaws with jagged teeth, and her four sharp claws on each hand. Unfortunately, Enrique tripped on a small rock and fell to the ground. Billy and Owen were too far away to help.
"On your feet, Enrique!" Billy cried, refusing to stop running.
Enrique obeyed, but Indominus was already on him. She scooped the man up in her claws and threw him up into the air! Enrique screamed, but Owen and Billy didn't stop. They couldn't. Enrique's screaming was interrupted by a loud bony crunch. The door was closing fast, and if Owen and Billy wanted to make it out alive, they needed to hurry. Once the Indominus rex had consumed Enrique, she roared and charged after the two remaining men.
"Run faster!" Owen yelled.
"I'm running as fast as I can!" Billy returned.
The two of them narrowly avoided the dinosaur as they slid past the closing gate. I. rex crashed through he gap, struggling to fit herself through.
"Light it up!" Hoskins declared.
The other soldiers obeyed. They fired shot after shot from their EMD. Owen and Billy slid underneath a nearby vehicle, to wait out the action. With every shot the Indominus grew more enraged. She roared and burst from between the gate and the wall and ran toward the nearest soldier. Now her full body could be seen for the first time. The entire creature, standing 17 feet tall and 45 feet long was a pale gray color and covered in tough scales. The scales were especially tough along the back, neck and long tail. The I. rex's head was boxy and compact, filled with crooked, sharp teeth. The dinosaur's eyes were blood-red, and she glared upon her prey like an eagle watches a mouse. Her hands were different than Owen expected; instead of there merely being three clawed fingers, Indominus appeared to have four, one of which being opposable.
The Indominus sprinted nearer to the closest solider, who blasted one more shot from his weapon and turned to run. But he was soon caught by the animal's claws. The man screamed as he was thrown into her mouth. Then the Indominus ran toward the rest of the soldiers. None of the shots from the soldiers seemed to affect the beast. Another man was captured, and then another and another as the soldiers began to scatter in fear.
"Retreat to headquarters, everyone!" Hoskins yelled. "This isn't working!"
The soldiers ran from the enclosure with the Indominus right on their tails. Once they reached a sufficient distance away, she stopped running and grumbled, scratching an itch on her snout with her hand. Owen and Billy were still underneath the vehicle, watching.
"My gosh," Billy whispered. "What kind of dinosaur is that? She's immune to the EMD's! Even Rexy's not that powerful!"
Owen added, "And she's huge."
Finally, after assuming she was alone in the clearing, the great hybridized dinosaur walked out of the area and into the thick jungle. She was now free to roam about the island. Owen and Billy waited silently in their hiding spot for several minutes, not wanting to dare venturing back out.
"Hey, you two coming out?"
Owen and Billy turned to see Oscar peaking underneath the jeep.
"Oscar!" Billy exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you guys. Come on, out. She's gone. But we need to get back to base."
Owen and Billy obeyed.
Billy asked, "How are we going to get back there. That monster's free now and she's roaming the jungle!"
"We can use my motorcycle," Owen offered. "There are only three of us. We should all fit."
Everyone in the Control Room remained silent. No one said a word. Few took a breath. What they just saw on the screen was too much for anyone to take in. Indominus rex, the largest and most aggressive carnivorous animal ever to walk the earth had just escaped her confinement and was now roaming the jungle of Isla Nublar.
"Don't worry," Hammond said. "I-I'm sure she'll probably return to her enclosure by nightfall..." he turned to Henry. "Right?"
"Not likely John. There's no reason for her to return. She's an intelligent animal. That means that she'll take her opportunity to be free."
"Aye, aye, aye," Hammond breathed.
"Well we can't just sit here and do nothing," Masrani told the others. "We need to find and recapture that thing!"
"Right now," Arnold said, "Hoskins and the other soldiers are making their way back to the Security Base. I'm sure they'll start figuring out a new plan."
"We should call for an evacuation," Hammond said bluntly. "That monster has no boundaries between her and 20,000 innocent people. If she finds her way to them...I don't even want to think about what would happen."
"But if we call for an evacuation," Masrani argued, "people will get suspicious. We don't want anyone knowing that a dinosaur has escaped. I think we should just try to bring the dinosaur down as quickly and safely as possible before she kills anyone..."
"You mean besides five soldiers," Arnold added.
"...besides, we don't have enough boats to get everyone off this island quickly."
Hammond nodded reluctantly. Of course he didn't like this idea of keeping the park open while Indominus rex was out, he believed Masrani had a point: if they closed, people would get suspicious. He wanted to keep his theme park in a positive public light.
Adam Corts decided to lead Dodgson and Red Crest down the hallway toward the rest of the underground Biosyn facility.
"You're going to be really pleased with the amount of work we've done," Dr. Corts told Dodgson. "Down here is where the other Homosaurians are kept."
As they continued watching, Dodgson looked at Red Crest, the dinosaur he'd already begun to bond with. He found Red Crest to be quick, intelligent and unusually easy to talk to, despite being a reptile.
"So what dinosaur species were used to create you?" Dodgson asked Red Crest. "Do you know?"
"I'm fully aware, Lord Dodgson," Red Crest replied. "My base genetic parents is Velociraptor antirhoppus. But I also owe my creation to the DNA infusion of avians, the American alligator, for my jaw strength, the chimpanzee for my opposable thumbs, and the DNA of the diamondback rattlesnake allows me to..." a forked tongue flicked from a space between his two front teeth on the bottom jaw before it slipped back into its jaws, "smell my prey with my tongue; also like the rattlesnake, I am capable of detecting the heat and radiation given off by other living things. I also have the DNA of a few other mammals, but those are my primary donors."
"Very interesting," Dodgson said. "Dr. Corts, how is it that he's able to talk?"
"Without a flexible mouth and vocal cords, you can imagine it would be hard for a dinosaur to speak the human language," Dr. Corts explained. "Just like the modern parrot, some species of maniraptoran dinosaurs, have a structure in their heads called the syrinx, which is similar to the larynx seen in the mouths of humans. The syrinx, located in the chest at the bottom of the trachea, can be used to speak human words. As Red Crest attempts to use speech, the sound passes through the throat and mouth and is manipulated by the tongue."
"Now that's interesting."
Dr. Corts stopped at one of the doors in the hallway. He said that this was one of his main rooms of operation. Unlocking and opening the door, Dr. Corts revealed a massive room where literally hundreds upon hundreds of Homosaurians and human scientists working together on various mechanical contraptions. Leading them down the staircase that went to the main level in the room, Dr. Corts explained this was their experimental chamber. Here, the smartest minds of both dinosaurs and man worked harmoniously to create fantastic new technology. Dr. Corts was especially glad to talk about the Speeder-cycle. Usually capable of carrying two passengers, these motorcycle-like vehicles emphasized speed and maneuverability over typical cars. Plus, the Speeder-cycle wasn't a vehicle that required wheels for riding across the ground. Once complete, the contraption would be capable of floating; it would be able to reach an altitude of 32 feet and would maneuver over very rough terrain.
"It's a very nifty contraption," Red Crest added. "Once complete, this will rival all vehicles mankind has made alone."
They also showed Dodgson several of the other vehicles, including the Pod Attack Stalker (PAS) – a two-legged walking military-like vehicle with an EMD shooter at the front and the speed and agility of a raptor; and the Brachio-Pod – a giant, heavily armored vehicle. It was slow, but strong, designed with legs similar to the great Brachiosaurus of the Jurassic (hence its name). When complete, it would boast a height of 72 feet in the air! Last but not least, Dr. Corts and Red Crest showed Dodgson a special platform with two ray guns attached to pistons and pointing toward the center.
Dodgson's eyes lit up. "Is this...?"
"Yes, Dodgson," Dr. Corts confirmed. "This is the time portal you've had us work on. It's almost identical to the InGen model. This device is almost complete."
Dodgson shook his head in amazement. "You guys...if a quarter of my employees at Biosyn were as good employees as you and your men are, I'd be a very happy man. I'm impressed by all the work you've done here, Adam. I really am. It's quite spectacular. With this sort of technology, someone could create the most powerful army. So many military units would pay big money to own this stuff. What are you planning to do with all this equipment?"
"Well, that's really all up to you, isn't it?" Dr. Corts said with a smirk.
"If we mass produce it, we'll make hundreds of billions of dollars!"
"Why sell it, when we could make use of it? As completely ridiculous as it sounds, the technology we've developed is definitely capable of...world domination.
Dodgson's eyebrows shot up. "World domination? Are you serious?"
"You ready for this?" Cheryl asked.
Billy nodded with a grin. "You bet. Over 100 species of extinct life and a paddle down a pristine river, here we come!"
He and Cheryl were seated in a two-seater kayak among other kayaking couples on the Cretaceous Cruise. Cheryl kissed Billy on the lips. "Having fun so far?"
"You know it."
"Good afternoon, everyone," said the older man in the front kayak wearing a fedora. "My name is Paul, and I'll be your tour guide today on the Cretaceous Cruise. Forget walking with dinosaurs – we're going to paddle with dinosaurs down Isla Nublar's pristine river on a cruise that will leave you breathless. We'll experience over 100 species of prehistoric life as I take down the river of time. Get ready to see an amazing array of flora and fauna. Follow me!"
Paul led the other paddlers down along the river. The river lead right into a forest, the trees casting their leafy branches out over the water to create a gorgeous canopy of green. Lush plant life was all around them. Billy hadn't seen any dinosaurs on this ride yet, and already he was amazed.
"Many of the plants you see around you are called cycads and ferns," Paul explained. "These plants were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and of course, they're still around today, particularly in the tropical regions of the world. Back when dinosaurs were alive, however, we have evidence that ferns and cycads existed from the Arctic, down to the Equator and as far south as Antarctica! These plants provided, and still provide, a delicious meal for many species of herbivorous dinosaurs."
"Sweet," Billy commented.
After a bit more paddling, the group navigated their way toward the next part of the tour, still in the forest. Paul pointed out several types of Jurassic plants along the way.
"If you look to the right riverbank," Paul encouraged, "we should see the first dinosaurs on this cruise, called Dilophosaurus."
"Dilophosaurus?!" Billy said with excitement.
Cheryl grinned with glee, eagerly searching for the dinosaurs on the riverbank. Unfortunately, all she saw was lush vegetation.
"Where are the dinosaurs?" someone asked.
"Oh they're there," Paul answered with pride. "They're just sometimes hard to spot. Thankfully, I know how to get them out of hiding."
Paul pressed a button on his specially-designed kayak that turned on a short call reminiscent of the whooping crane. Then, the sound was repeated in the foliage on the riverbank. No more than a few seconds later, three dinosaurs poked their heads into view. The creatures had large heads, long necks and sharp claws and teeth. There were a pair of colorful crests on the tops of their heads. Cheryl got out her camera to take a picture. The trio of dinosaurs watched as the kayaking tourists paddled past them.
"That sound I just produced is the prerecorded call of the Dilophosaurus that they use to communicate with each other. Dilophosaurus, meaning 'double-crested lizard', is a recent addition to the park and is our most surprising specimen to date. Still juvenile, our 'dilos' measure in at around six feet in length, with an adult expectancy of nearly 20 feet! Though they hunt in packs, they usually rely on a pack leader to incapacitate prey. We now know that these dinosaurs are actually poisonous, spitting its venom at its prey from glands in its mouth. Dilophosaurus can spit their venom up to 20 feet with deadly accuracy, aiming for their prey's eyes, causing blindness, disorientation and eventually paralysis, allowing the carnivore to eat at its leisure. But relax folks! These dinosaurs are separated from us by an invisible fence and the deep river itself. Nonetheless, their venomous habits make them a beautiful, but deadly addition to Jurassic World."
Tom, Alaina and Brianna got off the monorail and toward the Gyrosphere Ride station. As usual, it was crowded with people who all wanted to see dinosaurs up close and personal. Brianna snapped dozens of pictures on her phone of her surroundings. Somewhere in the distance, the bellows and calls of dinosaurs could be heard.
"Just listen to those dinosaurs," Alaina proclaimed.
Suddenly, Tom (who was looking into the crowd) exclaimed, "Oh my gosh! I think I know who those people are over there."
Alaina frowned. "Where are you looking?"
"Right over there. See that guy who's dressed all in black, and the red-haired woman he's holding hands with? I think those are Drs. Ian Malcolm and Dr. Sarah Harding!"
Alaina grinned. "Yeah, I think that is them."
"Who are they?" Brianna asked.
"You don't know? Dr. Ian Malcolm is a famous mathematician and Dr. Sarah Harding is–"
"When since did you develop an interest in mathematics?"
"I didn't. I only know about him because I know about his wife, Dr. Sarah 'Harding' Malcolm."
Malcolm couldn't help but be slightly disturbed by the appearance of the gyrosphere balls. Each one had two or three seats inside it and the outside was constructed completely of plexiglass. The attendant lady was standing next to him, encouraging him to get in.
"You sure this thing's safe?" Malcolm asked. "I have the feeling that if a Brontosaurus were to come up to us, we wouldn't last too long. How much does a Brontosaurus weigh?"
The attendant laughed. "Don't worry. There's a sensory system in the gyrosphere that will automatically move the vehicle a safe distance away from any dinosaur you get too close to. It'll be fine, trust me. All the dinosaurs on this ride are herbivores."
Malcolm didn't look too convinced.
"Can we hurry up, please?" Gennaro asked. "Some of us want to start this ride."
"Yeah, come on, Dad," Kelly urged.
Malcolm reluctantly took a seat next to Sarah in a two-seater gyrosphere; Kelly and Gennaro sat in another two-seater. Finally, the group was ready to go and the gyrosphere rolled out into the open fields of Nublar.
"I wonder what kind of dinosaurs we're going to see now," Sarah said.
Malcolm shook his head. "Someone, please help us from the hands of engineers."
"Oh, Ian, chill."
As Tom, Brianna and Alaina got into a gyrosphere of their own, Tom and Brianna sat in the two front seats, while Alaina sat in the one and only back seat, looking at the map.
"This is so cool!" Brianna exclaimed.
A/N: OK, ok, nothing bad USUALLY happens at Jurassic World because it's the safest theme park in the world. So don't worry! Nothing worse is going to happen! How did you like how I did the Indominus rex escape? Or the scene with Dodgson and the Homosaurian? I hope you all are enjoying my Homosaurian addition to the story. I didn't get to do much with Tom and Malcolm's groups in this chapter, but don't worry. They'll be back in the next chapter, where hopefully Alaina will find some way over that Perimeter fence. What will they encounter on the other side? Let's hope Malcolm's concerns with the park come true. Until next week, please be sure to favorite, follow and review on this story and I'll see you all soon—wait, what are you still doing here? Shut the computer off, spare no expense on movie tickets and popcorn and go see Jurassic World in theaters!