Jurassic World: Apocalypse – Chapter 26: Chaos on Main Street
A/N: With all those pterosaurs freed from the Aviary, where do you think they're going to go? Of course, if you've seen Jurassic World already, you know the answer. But pterosaurs aren't the only critters causing trouble in my story. Oh no! Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Jurassic Park except the very characters I've made up.
"What on earth is that man doing?" Owen asked, having just seen Masrani's amazing aerial skills. "Is that a jetpack?"
"Looks like it," Claire said in amazement.
"When were those invented? How come I've never heard of that technology?"
"Don't ask."
Masrani dove toward the ground, slowing his turbines down so he wouldn't crash. As he landed a few yards away from them, Claire and Owen approached.
"Oh, hi Claire and Grady," Masrani said nonchalantly.
"How long have you had that?" Owen asked.
"The jetpack? It's a new model that my scientists at Aerospace Dynamix (a division of Masrani Global Corporation) have been working on this equipment for the last couple of months. We were going to test it next week, but duty called a lot sooner than anticipated. You like it?"
"It's amazing. How does it run?"
"See these turbines, here? What they do is–"
Claire said, "Guys...you should really talk about that later."
"What's wrong?" Owen asked. Then the three of them looked up at the Aviary – the multitude of flying reptiles was now loose and free, spewing from the Aviary as lava does from an erupting volcano. The pterosaurs flew as a giant flock, and they were heading right toward the three of them. Owen's survival instincts began to kick in. "Get into the trees!"
Owen, Claire and Masrani ran from the incoming fliers and into the edge of the forest. The Pteranodon and Dimorphodon flew overhead, making a loud ruckus.
Claire moved some of her hair from out of her face. "We've got to get back to the Control Room immediately. Those pterosaurs are heading straight for the park!"
"Will your motorcycle hold three people, Mr. Grady?" Masrani asked.
"It'll be a little tight, but we should do fine."
Logan Mullings leaned back in his chair, placing his feet on the table in front of him, as he continued to croon to his female admirers around the table. He, six girls (Isabelle, Katy, Emily, Beth, Anna and Chloe) and his two male friends, John and Matt were sitting outside the Ben and Jerry's restaurant on Jurassic World's Main Street.
"Thanks for buying us ice cream, Logan," a girl named Katy said.
"Yeah, thanks," Isabelle agreed.
Logan winked. "No prob. Anything for my ladies."
The girls snickered. Matt swallowed another mouthful of ice cream. "I gotta say, that T. rex feeding show was sick!"
"I know, right?" Emily said. "Blood, guts and everything!"
Beth slapped Emily on the shoulder. "That was disgusting! How could they feed those poor goats to that dinosaur every two hours? They should kill the goats first. The same thing with those sharks they feed to that aquatic lizard thing."
"Mosasaurus," John said.
"But T. rex doesn't wanna be fed," Logan offered. "He wants to hunt." He leaned over to Emily. "Especially people who's name starts with B."
Beth playfully slapped Logan. "I heard that! And what makes you think you'd do any better when it comes to escaping a T. rex?"
"Pul-eeze! Have you seen me run? I can outrun a T. rex any day. Those dinosaurs are really big and heavy. T. rex weighs nine tons. There's no way that big thing could catch up to me."
"If you say so," Anna said, not believing him. "I'd really like to see you try."
"You know," said Matt, "I haven't seen Tom, Alaina and Brianna anywhere."
Emily shivered. "Brianna's so annoying. Maybe she got eaten by a T. rex."
Logan laughed. "That would be funny. What I'd like to see more than that though, is Tom getting chased by a T. rex. That would be hilarious."
"Tom's a wimp," Beth said. "He wouldn't last two seconds with a T. rex on his tail."
"I don't know much about that new girl, Alaina, what's she like?" Katy inquired.
"Not a clue," said Logan. "But I do know that anyone who wants to hang out with Tom is a loser."
"That's a fact," Matt agreed.
Just then, the sound of a loud screech was heard. The teenagers weren't sure what to make of it.
"What's that sound?" Katy asked.
Logan shrugged and got up from his chair to see. He heard more screeching and bird-like cawing sounds coming from nearby. Other tourists were looking too. Finally, he saw the source of the sound: a flock of birds was coming in the direction of the park. Logan snickered.
"Just some birds," he concluded.
Katy, who had gotten up and was standing next to him shook her head. "No, those aren't birds. See those spikes on the backs of their heads."
Matt gasped. "Remember those pterodactyls we saw in the Aviary earlier?"
Before anyone could respond, an announcement was made on the speakers situated throughout the park: "Ladies and gentlemen, we've had a minor security breach," the female announcer proclaimed. "Please remain calm and do not approach any of the assets. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your day at Jurassic World."
"Oh man!" Logan gasped.
Swooping down from the sky was the flock of pterosaurs; though most of these fliers merely flew over the park, some started to dive-bomb the tourists. Everyone was thrown into panic. Tourists everywhere started running in any and every direction. Much like the chaos that had started near the Cretaceous Cruise earlier, a mob had formed, creating a mass of brainless and trampling individuals. The first Pteranodon swooped down and snapped at a woman.
"We've got to get out of here!" Katy exclaimed.
"No kidding!" Matt said.
D-Caf continued to pilot the helicopter away from the Aviary as fast as he could. Behind them, the flock of pterosaurs was rapidly approaching.
"Who was in that other chopper by the Aviary that crashed?" Alaina asked.
"Well, that was Masrani's helicopter," Oscar said.
"Who's that?" Gray inquired.
"He was one of the park's bosses, kid," Billy answered. "Gosh, I just hope he wasn't in that chopper when it–"
"Incoming from the right!" Harding yelled.
D-Caf jinxed in order to avoid a Pteranodon that swooped by and snapped its beak at the helicopter. These pterosaurs would quickly overtake the chopper if D-Caf wasn't quick enough. Another pterosaur came from the left, snapping its beak while being careful to avoid the dangerous propellers. Suddenly the entire helicopter began to shake as a Pteranodon latched onto the machine's tail with its clawed feet. It squawked, bounced up and down several times and threw the helicopter a little off balance.
"I don't know how much longer we can take this!" D-Caf called. "I'm having trouble keeping her upright."
Dr. Sorkin looked out her window and saw that Main Street was in view, but what she saw was not pretty – pterosaurs were diving down and snapping their beaks at people. "Where are we going to land this thing?" she asked D-Caf.
"Afraid I don't know if I can," he said. Dodging another pterosaur attack from the right. "Main Street's the only place we could land, but we'd endanger countless people. And these pterodactyls are making it hard for me to make a good landing anyway with all the dodging they're making me do."
"Well we can't stay in the air like this!" Dr. Sorkin snapped. "Think of something!"
"That's what I'm trying to do here, lady!"
"Then there's only one thing to do," Oscar said. "We'll have to land in the lagoon."
"In the lagoon!" Harding exclaimed. "Are you crazy? There's a mosasaur down there."
"We don't have a choice."
"Afraid Oscar's right," D-Caf said. "Everyone get ready to jump on the count of three."
Quickly everyone unbuckled their seat belts and reluctantly prepared for what would be the craziest jump of their lives.
"What about you?" Gerry Harding asked D-Caf. "How will you get out."
"I'm gonna jump out after everyone else is safely ejected. That way I can keep this thing in the air for a little longer."
"Just be ready, D-Caf," Billy told him. "Is everyone ready."
"No!" Brianna exclaimed.
But D-Caf didn't hold off on the countdown. He started heading towards the water of the Isla Nublar Lagoon while a small group of pterosaurs continued to follow. "On the count of three..." he said. "One...two..."
"Look out!" Tom yelped.
A Pteranodon swung in from the side with its foot claws pulled forward. It landed them onto the tail of the chopper and gave a mighty shove, causing it to twirl uncontrollably as it descended toward the water and toward a monorail track that ran over the lagoon.
"Everybody jump now!" Oscar bellowed. On his command, everyone leaped from the helicopter and into open air, except Brianna, Tom (Brianna was in front of Tom) and D-Caf.
"Why aren't you jumping?" Tom asked.
"I can't!" Brianna cried, clutching the sides of the door with tears streaming down her face. "My hands are stuck!"
"You kids gotta jump now!" D-Caf called.
"We're working on—"
The helicopter instantly turned into a fiery inferno, a ball of raging red-orange fire...and Tom was knocked out cold...
"We've got to go now!" Matt exclaimed.
"I can see that," Logan told him. "Let's get to the Innovation Center. We should be safe there."
Logan, Matt, John and the girls rushed into the crowd, trying to make their way to the Innovation Center where they thought they'd be safe. Suddenly, a screeching Dimorphodon dropped from the sky. It attacked Chloe and she was slammed to the ground. The pterosaur relentlessly tried to latch its teeth onto her, but Chloe fought back with all her might. Logan came by and kicked the pterosaur aside. The flier quickly righted itself and after issuing a hiss at Logan, it took off into the air.
"You OK?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, thanks to you."
"Come on you guys!" John urged. "We don't have a lot of time!"
The nine of them wasted no time racing past countless tourists as they rushed to the Innovation Center. Logan was dodging people left and right. Why do people always go crazy when chaos occurs? If they'd all just not loose their heads, things would be a lot easier for everybody. Another Dimorphodon was swooping in, and this time, it snatched Katy's purse.
"Hey, you feign!" Katy declared. "That's mine!"
The pterosaur flew off with the pink bag, squawking almost hysterically; almost mocking her. Katy paused to watch the Dimorphodon when Logan grabbed her arm. "Come on," he said. "We've got to keep moving."
"Heading to the Innovation Center isn't a good idea anymore," John observed.
Logan glared at him. "Why?"
A loud growl answered Logan's question as the ominous appearance of a large theropod dinosaur came out from behind the center – it was a Tyrannosaurus rex! Unlike Rexy, this dinosaur was slightly smaller and was colored in muted green scales and black stripes. Logan's jaw dropped.
"Oh for the love of cake..." Logan muttered.
The beast gave another roar, thus sending the tourists into even more chaos. Now they were frequently bumping into each other, running other people over or simply knocking them out of the way. The T. rex charged toward the crowd, jaws agape. He scooped up the slowest human in the crowd, who screamed bloody murder. The carnivorous reptile shook the human around in his jaws to quickly kill him before gulping him down. Not too long afterward, a larger, cinnamon brown-colored T. rex (still slightly smaller than Rexy) followed the first out from behind the Innovation Center.
Logan scanned Main Street, looking for a place that would provide safety...he found it.
"Hey guys," Logan called. "I think I found a place where we can hide."
He quickly rushed through the crowd toward the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo.
Hammond watched the monitor on the wall, dumbfounded and open-mouthed. He was horrified by what he saw: pterosaurs attacking tourists, and now a pair of T. rex rampaging around, eating people at will. Behind him, Sarah, Kelly, Ludlow, Anthony and Arnold watched the terror as well. Fortunately, Anthony had already notified ACU about the outbreak and they were already on their way to the scene. But would they be too late? Was it already too late?
"This is the worst horror film I've ever seen," Hammond said quietly. "Because it's all real, happening right before my eyes. Everything was going so beautiful this morning."
Arnold sighed. "I can only imagine what's going on at the other parks. Remember they're having problems as well."
"I just got off the phone with each one of them," said Ludlow. "Jurassic Park: Orlando on Isla Adventura says they lost power for a while and the raptors, dilos, compies and T. rex escaped. Several deaths occurred in and around the geothermal power plant where Warehouse 01 is located. Jurassic Park: Europe, Jurassic Park: Japan and Jurassic Park: San Diego suffered similarly, as the carnivorous dinosaurs escaped after they lost power, however they had no power plant issues."
"Oh my gosh," Kelly said, looking at her cellphone. "Look at what's trending on Instagram." She showed the others a 15-second video of a few Pteranodon terrorizing a beach in South Padre Island. Hammond looked away in disgust.
"They've already made it to the mainland?" Arnold asked in surprise. "Our PR manager is going to have fun over the next month or two."
"I...I can't handle this anymore," Hammond said quietly. "I'll back in a little while."
With that, the old man left the room quietly, followed by Dianthus.
"Poor guy," Sarah said. "It's too much for him."
"It's almost too much for me," Anthony admitted. "But someone's gotta keep their head in the game here."
Just then, three people entered the Control Room: ACU trooper Meyers and Cheryl Logan and Billy Brennan.
"Billy! Cheryl!" Sarah exclaimed. She approached them. "Oh my gosh, I'm glad you're OK."
"We are too," Cheryl said, hugging Sarah. "I tried contacting you loads of times, but I guess the storm interfered."
"If you'll excuse me," Meyers apologized, "I have to return to the other troopers. We've got a load of pterosaurs to bring down."
"Yes, you go do that," Ludlow said.
With a polite nod, Meyers left the room.
Everything Tom heard was muffled. His head throbbed with intense pain. What happened? Slowly, he opened his eyes. He saw that he was lying on the concrete monorail trackway. Placing his hand on his head, it was greeted by a warm liquid. Tom glanced at his hand – it was now red with blood. It was his blood from his own forehead. He grimaced. In addition to this hurting head, pain was felt in his nose too. Tom suspected it was broken. He didn't have time to tend to his own wounds however, he needed to find the others and get somewhere safe. He got up as quickly as his wounded body would allow. Behind him was the wreckage of the helicopter, still burning. The pterosaurs were still circling above. The explosion from the helicopter upon impact must have kept them at bay.
"Tom!" It was Brianna's voice.
Quickly, he looked over the edge of the trackway to see her dangling from a ledge just underneath the edge, at least 25 feet above the water's surface. Below her, the others were floating in the water, shouting at her, trying to encourage her to fall down.
"Just let go!" Alaina exclaimed. "You'll fall in the water!"
"I can't!" Brianna replied. She looked up at Tom. "Can you help me up, please?"
Tom didn't even respond before he bent down and tried to reach her. "I...almost...got...you..." he stretched his hand further and further, trying to reach her without falling down himself. A bird-like shriek caused him to look up. He gasped at the sight.
One of the Pteranodons was no longer held back by the burning helicopter and was flying down to snatch one of them in its claws. Brianna quickly reached up and grasped Tom's hand and he began to pull her up. The pterosaur pulled its claws forward and grabbed hold of Brianna's legs. Brianna's scream pierced through the air as she and Tom, whom she never released were yanked into the air. The Pteranodon flapped frequently, as it had trouble trying to hold them both. Holding no more strength in its legs, it dropped the teens and they began to fall toward the water.
Another pterosaur swooped down and recaptured Brianna by her legs. Tom, now released from Brianna's grip, plunged into the water below. "Brianna!" he called. Billy paddled alongside him.
"Are you OK?" Billy asked.
"Yes, but Brianna's not!"
Struggling against Brianna's weight, the Pteranodon managed to fly away from the monorail track and over open water. It was trying to get away from the trio of jealous Pteranodons that were coming in from behind. Brianna continued to cry out of fear, flailing her arms about.
"Please!" she cried. "Please just let me go!"
Suddenly an enormous set of jaws exploded from the lagoon – it was the Mosasaurus! Like a crocodile after a bat in flight, the monstrous marine reptile's tail propelled her halfway out of the water. She clasped her jaws on the right wing of the Pteranodon holding Brianna. The flying reptile squawked in surprise as the Mosasaurus brought it and its human prey into the depths with a huge splash!
A/N: Poor Brianna! Let's hope she's alright! Gosh, let's hope all those tourists on Main Street are alright, considering they've not only got pterosaurs to deal with, but also a pair of T. rex! Is the park going to be able to reopen after these events unfold? I guess you'll have to wait and find out! As usual, be sure to favorite, follow and review the story and I'll publish another chapter real soon! Spare no expense!