Lex and Tim's parents hummed peacefully as they drove off, they didn't seem to be angry with each other like their kids said they were, but they were probably just keeping up appearances because they had company.
"Here we are!" Mr. Murphy called as they were pulling up to a small building that looked like a museum.
"This is it?" Atticus asked.
"I'm sure it's a lot more exciting on the inside..." Mrs. Murphy encouraged.
"Come on, guys!" Lex told Cherry and Atticus as she and her brother unhooked their seat-belts.
"Well, alright." Atticus said.
"This better not be boring." Cherry mumbled.
Cherry and Atticus got out of the van with their new friends and glanced at the building that made Lex and Tim very excited.
They came inside, Lex and Tim rushed over as a man in a white shirt, white shorts, a sun hat, carrying a cane was coming down a set of stairs with a few people following after him.
"Grandpa!" Lex and Tim called.
"Kids!" the old man smiled to them, then came down to hug them as they ran for him.
Atticus and Cherry decided to come over to the old man to introduce themselves.
"Wait, careful with me!" the old man chuckled, sitting down with his grandchildren.
"We missed you!" Tim cooed.
"Me too," the old man smiled, then saw Cherry and Atticus. "Oh, did you bring friends with you?"
"Yeah, these are Atticus and Cherry," Tim introduced. "We hope it's all right that they come along."
"Well, you know what I always say," the old man chuckled. "The more the merrier."
"Hello, sir." Cherry and Atticus greeted, Atticus bowed as always to show his best manners.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both, my name is John Hammond." The old man introduced himself.
"We heard you have a theme park, but this looks more like a museum to me." Cherry said as she saw the enormous skeletons of dinosaurs all around them.
"Yeah, and sir, there is no way that dinosaurs are alive, they've been extinct for 65 million years." Atticus said.
"More non-believers, huh?" John chuckled. "Well, come with me and I'll take you to meet the dinosaurs up close!"
Cherry and Atticus looked doubtful, but then shrugged and went along with it. Tim and Lex spoke with their grandfather as they hadn't seen him in a while and were quite excited to see him.
"So sir, how long has it been since you've seen Tim and Lex?" Atticus asked.
"Oh, I've been pretty busy, so I haven't had time to really be with them..." John said as he took his guests and grandchildren outside to where colorful cars were riding up, he then warned the kids to stay back so they wouldn't get run over. "And where did you two come from?"
"We have no idea..." Cherry murmured.
"Yeah, we're not really sure." Atticus said.
John glanced at them and wondered about that answer, but he decided to end his questions there for right now.
"I just hope these dinosaurs aren't purple and start singing 'I Love You'.." Cherry shuddered.
The cars stopped in front of the people outside of the building.
"Cool vehicles." Atticus smiled.
Lex looked inside one of the windows with glee before going inside herself.
"They will be your transports." John told his guests.
"Who's our driver?" Cherry asked.
"No drivers," John replied. "They're electric. They run on this track in the middle of the roadway here."
"Cool, so they run by electricity." Atticus smiled.
"That's what I just said." John replied. "Totally non-polluting, top of the line."
Lex noticed a little screen that had a rex on the image with the words JURASSIC PARK. "It's an interactive CD-Rom!"
"Awesome!" Atticus smiled.
"You touch the right part of the screen and it talks about whatever you want." John told his granddaughter.
"Guess we're going for a ride..." Cherry said as John was saddling the others into the electric cars.
"Wahoo!" Atticus cheered.
John spoke to his adult guests and welcomed Cherry and Atticus to come aboard.
"Jurassic Park, huh?" Cherry looked at the seal on the cars.
"What a catchy name." Atticus said.
"This is gonna be so cool!" Tim beamed.
"Yeah!" Lex agreed.
"I have a feeling that this will be an adventure." Atticus smiled.
John went over to a center, climbing up the stairs.
"Must've forgotten something." Cherry guessed once she saw that.
Tim then walked over and decided to meet one of the adults. "I read your book."
The man with a hat and ascot who looked like an archaeologist nodded to him with a forced smile. "That's great..."
"Well, he doesn't seem to like to be followed." Atticus said before going to the front car.
Tim kept following the man.
"Ah, I remember when we were that age..." Cherry sighed. "A million questions, but never any answers..." she then narrowed her eyes. "I am never having kids."
"You never know what the future might do to you or me." Atticus said, getting in the front vehicle.
Cherry stuck her tongue out as she joined him.
"Do you really think dinosaurs turned into birds and that's where they went?" Tim pestered the author.
"This kid's questions are gonna go on for a while." Atticus said.
"The dinosaurs will be dead again by the time he finishes..." Cherry deadpanned.
"Let's just hope he stops with his questions." Atticus said.
Cherry and Atticus got into one car and adjusted in it.
"Guh..." Cherry grunted. "I don't know what it is, but getting inside a new car for the first time makes me feel nauseous."
"I hope you don't throw up." Atticus said.
"Let's hope so..." Cherry said weakly to him.
"Chatty kid, wasn't he?" Mo asked, interrupting the story while Junior drooled over his teething ring.
"Oh, you have no idea and to make matters worse, we were the unlucky ones to be the same vehicle with him and his sister and a lawyer." Atticus said.
"What's so bad about lawyer?" Mo asked.
"Vampires are real!" Cherry grew hysterically animated. "Lawyers are blood-sucking parasites! Oh, no, the humanity! Cats and dogs living together mass hysteria!"
Junior giggled to that, finding Cherry a little funny.
"This isn't a joke, kid!" Cherry put her hands to her face. "Run, Junior, they're going to eat everything you care about!"
"Basically some lawyers are evil and care about nobody but themselves and don't even care if some kids' lives are in danger as well." Atticus said.
Junior just giggled.
"Sorry, guys, I guess he's gonna be one when he grows up." Mo teased with a smirk.
"Yeah, I guess he is." Atticus said.
Junior fell onto his back and kicked his legs in the air.
"So, what were the dinosaurs like?" Mo asked.
"Well..." Cherry and Atticus looked to each other as they remembered.
The electric cars drove the owner and guests to visit the place known as Jurassic Park.
"Finally." Atticus smiled.
"Kinda weird to be in a car without a real driver..." Cherry said. "I should have one of these cars."
"I think everyone should have one of these cars." Atticus said.
Tim and Lex were very excited and surprised in a good way about the cars driving all by themselves. The adults smield at their excitement as they were going to meet these dinosaurs up close at last.
"Look!" Tim pointed as they were coming up to the front entrance of the park.
The cars came closer, but the doors opened up so the cars wouldn't crash against the front doors and they were now being brought into the theme park that had real live dinosaurs.
"Must be automatic." Atticus said.
"What have they got in there?" one of the men grumbled. "King Kong?"
The gate doors shut after the cars had driven through them and they were going through a jungle now.
"Wow." Atticus said.
'We are now using the voice of Richard Kiley for your expense,' a voice through the intercom announced as they were riding through the jungle. 'You'll see a herd of the first dinosaurs in our tour called Dilophosaurus.'
Everybody leaned over to one side of the car and looekd through the windows as they passed a tropical Stone Aged jungle to meet the dinosaurs.
"I hope they're active today." Atticus smiled.
'One of the earliest carnivores we now know Dilophosaurus is actually poisonous, spitting its venom at its prey, causing blindness and paralysis, allowing the carnivore to eat at its leisure,' the voice continued as the guests searched for the dinosaurs. 'This makes Dilophosaurus a beautiful, but deadly addition to Jurassic Park.'
"I don't see anything..." Cherry frowned.
"Must be hiding or trying to find some food or nesting." Atticus said as he tried to look for one as well.
"I guess that must be the reason." Tim said.
"Hmph..." Cherry leaned back and folded her arms. "So, what were you kids saying about real live dinosaurs?"
"There really are real live dinosaurs here." Tim said.
"Yeah, our grandfather told us himself and he never lies." Lex said.
"So where are they?" Atticus asked.
"I dunno..." Lex and Tim murmured as they only saw the plants that the dinosaurs lived among.
"Well, maybe they're all asleep like most of the animals of the zoo do." Tim said.
"Yeah, you're probably right." Atticus said.
The cars seemed to move slightly slow as they were going around, passing the first exhibit. Then suddenly, they stopped and were right next to an electric fence. Everybody looked out the window, hoping to actually see dinosaurs this time, but had no such luck.
"Must be waiting for it's next meal." Tim said.
"Which dinosaur is supposed to be here?" Atticus asked.
"The tyrannosaurus rex." Lex said.
"Maybe your grandfather made a comet that wiped them all out." Cherry smirked playfully.
The only response she got was silence.
"Really?" Cherry asked, annoyed.
"That was kinda dark..." Lex commented.
"I have a very black comedy sense of humor..." Cherry glanced back.
"It's true." Atticus said.
"So then, where's the tyrannosaurus rex?" Tim asked.
Lex merely shrugged.
"As tempting as it is to meet real live dinosaurs, I'm slowly and painfully dying of boredom..." Cherry yawned since they haven't spotted one dinosaur since she and Atticus joined this visit to Jurassic Park.
"Maybe it needs bait." Atticus said.
"Live bait..." Lex agreed.
Cherry sighed. "If I must..."
But then a goat was brought up from under the ground, showing that it was going to be the bait/food for the tyrannosaurus rex.
'We'll try to tempt the rex,' the voice told them. 'Keep watching the fence.'
The others did as the car told them too and they heard and saw a bleating goat.
"What's gonna happen to the goat?" Lex wondered.
"I guess he's gonna eat the goat." Cherry assumed.
"Excellent." Tim grinned, finally, some action.
"I suggest anyone who doesn't want to see the animal get eaten to, cover their eyes." Atticus said.
"What's the matter, kid?" the lawyer asked as he watched with them. "You never had lamb chops?"
"I happen to be a vegetarian." Lex defended.
"And I happen to hate animals being killed some by humans." Atticus said.
"Ah, grow up, it's the Circle of Life." the lawyer glanced at him.
The goat bleated as it looked around while the humans watched from the safety and comfort of the cars. Lex and Tim were getting bored and even the goat seemed to be bored as it lay down on its legs while chained up.
"Uh, I hate to be a stick in the mud, but I kinda hoped to see dinosaurs on a dinosaur tour..." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"I hate to say this, but you're right, this is boring!" Atticus said. "And it doesn't help that we have a lawyer with us."
The lawyer glanced at him sharply, taking high offense to that. The cars then started up again and drove them along.
"Yet another no show, I swear this theme park is more park and less theme and I seriously at least show one dinosaur." Atticus groaned.
"I vote we just bail and watch the Land Before Time on someone's TV." Cherry said with a small deadpan smirk.
"Wait, let's just wait and see if this next one will actually show." Atticus said.
"If it doesn't, then I'm going back to the train station." Cherry whispered to him.
The two adults in the other car were getting out of their car as it was moving.
"Looks like we just might see one." Atticus said as he saw the adults get out of their vehicle before following after them.
Cherry then left with the lawyer, Lex, and Tim. The park vehicles then stopped as the passengers got out from them.