Site-B

by QuantumRex

Site B concerns the untold chaotic events that occurred on Isla Sorna prior to, during, and immediately following the original Jurassic Park disaster. Several of the dinosaur species have begun to breed on their own, and the velociraptors in particular are creating havoc. In the background a corporate scandal deeper than Dennis Nedry unfolds.

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CHAPTER 123

The velociraptor tumbled off of Hector, and he drew his pistol upon the beast again. The other raptor that had already been at the base of the steps stood by, and both hunters became frozen in the sights of his gun. There was a moment of fumbling as they calculated the options of which direction would be best to flee in.

Hector himself added to their confusion as his aim wavered in the wake of him being tackled down a flight of stairs. He squeezed at the trigger, but a fierce pain struck his index finger. Upon looking at it he saw that in the fall it had become twisted in the trigger guard and was now dislocated. He couldn't take the shot.

The two raptors observed him quizzically as they began to back away. They didn't seem to be certain whether or not he could fire the gun, but they appeared not to be taking the chance. Hector himself was wondering if the raptors had figured out the connection between pulling the trigger and the gun firing. Ultimately the hunters ducked around the corner of the building, and there was no sign of them again.

As the pouring rain began to taper Hector rolled onto his back. A glance at his stomach revealed that the tumble down the stairs opened up both of his wounds again.

"Shit." He rested his head on the wet concrete and looked up at the sky. The rain continued to subside, and the clouds flickered with a lightning that was growing in distance. "Maybe this is it, eh?"

That was when he spotted a small chicken sized dinosaur watching him from a nearby bush. He recognized the compsognathus at once. In moments there were more, and Hector knew there would be many more still if he hung around.

It was all so clear to him now, why the velociraptors had used coelophysis carcasses to lure in greater numbers of these tiny scavengers. They were there to clean up the stragglers.

Hector shook his head. "No. Not like this."

He looked up at the sky and, with a crack, popped his trigger finger back into place. Wincing he rolled onto his hands and knees and climbed to his feet. Holding a firm arm against his bleeding gut Hector staggered forward. As he watched the growing numbers of compsognathus congregate around him he thought perhaps that he was just fooling himself, but he wasn't one to go without a fight.

"Alright, you little bastards. It's just you, me, and the big jefe upstairs now."