~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 15: Indo-Raptor Conclave Burial Ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/The towering, thundering tropical Jungle rose high in the frigid night air. Among the canopy, a host of natural plains-sprawling Dinosaurs nestled quietly into the long fields beyond. There was an unusual aura, a glow in the distance as the massive caves opened wide to a menagerie of different specimens. This land was quiet, it was a well-toned wilderness filled with every shape and size of creature. And right there beyond the plains, lied the Incan's Indo-Raptor Burial Grounds. It was an ancient tribe, lost to the frigid realities of time….much like the hidden Monorail. It dotted the large dusty paths in all directions, as it created a new hidden alcove far away from the most dense realities of daily living.*
/The camera pans out around the enclave, to post ahead a special overview of Isla Muerta at night. The dense rain drops down in long sheathes, extending deep into the wilderness ravines. And right at the edge of the tireless meadow, a flock of predators begins to gather near the trees. This herd of massive reptiles stalks a nearby Ankylosaurus habitat…and nobody there, especially passing travelers are ever pleased to meet them. It is a giant backdrop of untapped wonder and enchantment, set across the background of a jungle that time forgot. Across the largely untreaded path, lied the Indo-Raptor's Holy Burial Ground…which was where the ancient Incan tribes used to worship the beast atop a gilded peak. It was here, that the Indo-Raptor aka the Super Raptor was truly born….its long, surgical talons which glistened menacingly in the passage of the moonlight. The Incan Zumani tribes worshiped these long thought to be extinct animals, due to their tremendous hearing ability and special creams of the skin. A long time ago, humanity had left them here….atop the Isla Muerta, before it officially got unearthed. Now the experiments that brought these massive beasts to life, took place in cold open-air labs…where they were no longer confined to more temperate climates.*
*The shadow of history stalked nearby….Giving off a vibe and sense of wonder, as the Ancient Jungle began to play its symphony. Here was the Island of a Lost Paradise, a troubled world amidst the haunted gloom of Costa Rica…which gave rise to a new tribal tradition of Dinosaurs through the experiments unofficially conducted on Site C. It is true that Dinosaurs had been given their shot, and Nature selected them for extinction. It was an important realization to recognize….as a herd of Severo Therizinosaurus sauropods stalked the countryside nearby. Had it been forgotten? Humanity could learn a lot more from the Incans than they thought…..Especially when it came to their burial grounds of the Indo-Raptor. This was a sacred custom to them, as the eastern artifacts quietly mixed with the unassuming jungle. A tapestry of finely built civilization, from which time was its best remaining keeper. And within these structures, the ancient Incan Zumanis remarked how dangerous these beasts were….just like large Snakes from a bygone era…which forecasted their intent to get rid of these Raptors…as the ceremonies came to a close. Yet today, the same mistakes were made a new…this time with the revived Eli Mills helping Biosyn Genetics and Lewis Dodgson…..Bring them back to prominence, in order to step forth. In order to rule, just like the predators of Blackbeard's days. This was true….humans had learned little.*
/Cast in the cacophony of the wilderness, it pans out to show 2 travelers quietly making their way inland. Alan Grant and Billy Brennan are beginning to rise on the path which leads towards the Quetzalcoatlus cave, and in their eyes….a way to destroy the raptors here. Along the way, they have run into some truly terrifying interludes….especially the Spinosaurus and Carnotaurus….Yet on the whole, seem largely undeterred from stopping Wu and Dodgson. They understand there is no other way around it, Uxmal Canyon is a chilling reminder of that key question. Afterward, they must shut off the radar to ensure this Island stays lost and evacuate by Helicopter. As they step forward into the tall, sprawling white lab…..Dr. Grant looks on in concern. He examines the recording in the main terminal.*
Alan Grant: "What….What is this?" ((He turns on the display panel, as Mr. DNA's image quickly pops up.)) MR. DNA VOICE: "Greetings, Dr. Arnold. I see you have found our hidden home away from home….This right here is the prime viewing window for Dr. Wu's Observatory Labs! And just five hundred feet from here, you will find the Shipping Station for a very special specimen indeed. We spared no expense, as everything here is completely one hundred percent automated.
Notice over here to your right, Paddock 11….Which is the enclosure for Experiment DRS….Also known as the Viro Pterosaur. This lethal creature, can fly through the air….and also spit a very nasty form of venom toxin which paralyzes their prey and gives them Chron's disease on contact. For several years, we have been running proper experiments on these Pterosaurs to make it so they can also fly through water, as well as rock formations….And so far the test results are impressive! In just a few short months, Biosyn will have a fully functioning clone and shell from which to import their ageless miracle cure. The wonder of genetic replication and science, has made it so drilling for oil….Is a thing of the past, thanks to the Proto Refineries built into the silos underground at Isla Muerta. At Biosyn, you can only move forward." The brief recording closes.
Billy: "My god, Alan…..They're building an army the likes of which the world has never seen…"
Alan: "Not just an Army, Billy. (He inhales.) Leave it to Biosyn and Dodgson to always play God, and think the whole world needs their miracle ageless cures more than common sense."
Alan: "These people are beyond contemptible, going by these files I viewed….Including Amanda Kirby."
Billy: "You mean, she was one of the researchers?"
Alan: "She and Soyona Santos are field agents for Biosyn genetics…Leave it to Biosyn to simplify the problem. You don't need a theme park, you need managed specimens….aka monsters. Who are put under Biosyn's control, just to make the miracle cures work and take care of the wetworks."
Alan: "(Alan exhales.) This is why Mankind has no business continuing to exist alongside Dinosaurs…."
Billy: "That's sick….Which must mean, a lot of those trucks and the Motorcycle I saw up the road are all owned by Biosyn….I borrowed one just in case, Dr. Grant. I think we better shut this lab down, find Dr. Wu and blow the installation to kingdom come…"
Alan: "The problem is, how do we do that? That terminal on the second floor is alarming….You always make it sound so simple.."
Billy: "That's true….nothing about this is that straightforward."
Billy: "It looks like there's several samples lining the drawers…What are these?"
Billy: "Hmm…One of them says Dimorphodon..And the other one says Tarbosaurus…Think they were likely breeding some kind of special project…?'
Alan: "No, Billy….not a project….Projects. They were building a new creature we've never imagined…"
Billy: "Is that part of what hit the mainland?"
Alan: "Yeah, ask Ian…The Costa Rican authorities denied it, yet our associate Martin saw it up close. A literal monster escaped off the boats and transports that InGen was using…It destroyed a whole town."
Alan: "It took over the countryside in Costa Rica….Now that InGen no longer uses those routes, it's likely Biosyn is using it instead. That means they are trying to create a hybrid Dinosaur now…so vicious that no one would question this is all Biosyn this time.."
Billy: "I guess we're in trouble here unless we warn the others…Quick, let's get up to the lab doors on Floor 2. There's probably an answer somewhere inside of Wu's files…upstairs on Floor 3."
Alan: (He bypasses the password to the next screen.) 'Ah ah ah…Nice try. You didn't say the right password. There's a special code word for every new model. What's today's magic word?' "Damm it…Mr. DNA is blocking access. I see there's some kind of decompression chamber they activated 2 days ago…that's where the monster came out of the freeze room. Any ideas, Billy?"
Billy: "Well, looking by this data pad file this should be what we're looking for….Wait a second Dr. Grant, I've got it. Stand back….Just hit the key right here near the escape button. Mr. DNA's VOICE: "What is today's pass code?" Simple…The password is "ABRA CADABRA." Mr. DNA's VOICE: "Congratulations! Welcome back, Dr. Arnold." *Billy's eyes go wide in anticipation.*
Alan: "How did you know!?"
Billy: "Oh that's easy….Nedry and Wu were big fans of magicians. That's why nearly everything here in the lab, is set up like a Stage for the medieval convention."
Alan: "Genius…Alright, let's move into the lab's operating table quickly."
/The large spotlight flickers on…As the Lab's 2 main doors start to creak open, for the first time in more than 5 year. Ancient machines along with the CRAY XMP quantum computer…begin to whir and spin as they turn back on and ignite as if awakening from a vivid dream. Both Alan and Billy begin to enter the corridor, when suddenly the feel a chilly sensation in the air….2 Super Raptors are actively stalking them behind the crate…and won't let them so easily discover Site C's greatest secrets. *
/Camera pans out to large shot of Isla Muerta at night, near the shipping station run by Dr. Henry Wu. As he enters the main outpost, he types a group of messages across a long-flickering screen. It begins to turn dark, then glows with a violet-red silhouette where you can just make out the edges of the experiment. He has motioned for a scientist nearby named Dr. Clark, to support him with the vital aspects of this project. Dr. Kesh and Folfur prepare the instruments to back him up. Just then, the soft glow of the moonlight filters in and Wu barks out orders.*
Henry Wu: "I need the contents of this sample properly analyzed. Dr. Clark, turn on the recording and play it back. I wish to measure the test results as well…so please prepare the spectrometer. ((Wu motions to a large, rotating laser core machine which reads DNA and Dinosaurs as fast as an Eighth Grader reads the latest issue of Batman comic books.) Go ahead and proceed."
Dr. Clark: "Yes, Henry…of course." ((Suddenly a long, hollow recording in the darkness begins to play and you can just make out the video feed's subject matter….just barely on the high powered PC.))
"Nedry: Oh, hello…See? It's a stick…stick stupid! Here you want the stick? Go fetch. I got no food on me, I got nothing on me. ((Hoot hoot))….what do I gotta….ah no wonder you're extinct. I'm going to run you over when I come back down…..(nice boy.)"
"Nedry: "aaugh…what are you…..AAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGH! AWWWWwwww…..No, STOOOP! AAAAAUUUGHHHAAAA AHHHHH GGUUAAAAAAAAAAAGUAAA..! ((Roar….HSSSS…SPIIIT! SPIIT!) *Recording playback ends.
Henry Wu: "Good work, Clark….I always did wonder why Biosyn retrieved the footage of Nedry's death before InGen erased it from the archives. Those were his final moments, didn't know that they were recorded….Perhaps this has something to do with that ancient tribe of wild men who lived here as well as on Site B, being Isla Sorna…In any case, there's some reason Biosyn has this footage. (exhale)"
Dr. Clark: "That…you mean they were interested in him? What do you want me to do with this large, hollow rock here?"
Henry Wu: "Simple. Yes, they meaning Biosyn wanted Nedry for a reason. He had the cryo-can, but he also had some secret related to those mines which the man took to his grave. There's no other reason to keep this recording, what…just for novelty? Take the Violet Amber and begin the extraction sequence…"
Henry Wu: "Dr. Clark, we've run through the sequence a thousand times. (He inhales.) I want you to do it one more time."
Dr. Clark: "With due respect Henry, it didn't work back then. I doubt it'll work this time. If Nedry knew some kind of passcode related to the crystal room inside the Amber Mines, he didn't ever tell…."
Henry Wu: "They're all dead. (He exhales.) Run the extraction sequence….one, last, time."
/Doctor Clark shrugs, and begins to extract the proto-isotopes from the Violet colored Amber. It pulsates with an eerie, blue…purple shadow in the moonlight. Suddenly, the windows on the side of the CRAY XMP quantum computer hum and blare to life. A short recording plays. "…..and there we stared back in time into the screen, more than sixty-five thousand centuries….." The portal in the middle of the Lab suddenly begins to vibrate, with a massive, rainbow-like discoloration as it ripples and glows in the ice cold atmosphere. And right then an ancient, sage-like Tribal leader materializes out of nowhere…..right in front of their faces.*
Ancient Incan Deity Araxi: "WHO SO DARES TO AWAKEN THE ANOMOLY WITHIN…AND BEND THE THREADS OF TIME TO SERVE THEM? Who hath summoned me, as well as the Acsodan Raptors to answer their call? You wish to shape fate? Who are you?"
Henry Wu: "Incredible….This is amazing…..It opened up some kind of tear in time and space! He was summoned into our time, through the portal! ….It is true then, the DNA codes actually work.."
Dr. Clark: "Unbelievable…Splicing the DNA and running the Amber extraction actively opened up some kind of mistaken time portal this time…Wow…Is this part of the miracle elixir Biosyn wants?"
Henry Wu: "Quiet, Clark….Don't interrupt the birth pangs of discovery. Yes, Araxi…your people founded these ruins here…I don't want anything, I just want the ageless serum…Biosyn thinks you have it."
Ancient Incan Deity Araxi: "One must always ask in reverence. Do you seek eternal life? Or do you seek the Wisdom of the Ancients?"
Henry Wu: "Just eternal life…..so that we may never fall. A new era of true equality….just like the Dinosaurs. That's all Dodgson needs, nothing else."
Dr. Clark: "What are you doing, Henry?"
Ancient Incan Deity Araxi: "Very good…Your desires are in sync with our mission."
/All a sudden, the air gets frigid cold and Araxi begins to increase in size until he is almost like a ball of pure energy with human skin on the outside. Then out of nowhere, the temperature falls….something had gone wrong. Something was starting to create huge electric storms all across the lab…..And just as the air turned to Ice, the 4 Ascodan Velociraptors suddenly burst out. The walls tumbled down, and everything in the lab began to freeze solid just like a Cube of Ice. As everything…including Henry Wu's chair began to freeze into a solid block of ice, the spectrometer machine went haywire.*
/Finally, out of nowhere the machine explodes in a ray of radiation….And the 4 Hybrid Velociraptors, of the worst kind Biosyn had ever created….begin to hunt for their prey around the arena. Only there was something far more sinister about the project this time….these particular velociraptors were created by cloning DNA, yet their actual presence was far more ominous….as though they had been ripped back through time 50,000 plus centuries….due to the distortion anomaly Wu opened. *
Ascodan Velociraptor Leader: "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAWRR! SNAAAAAAAAARRLL! ROOOOAR! ((Suddenly, the Ascodan Velociraptor pack leader leaps up on top of the nearby lab examination table….and something highly frightening begins to happen. The area around the table's edge begins to whir with a strange sound, as air grows silent….as though the Velociraptors were no longer there. The beast starts to make a massive hissing sound, which ends in a shriek and blast of cold, sharp Ice shards. Each of the jagged Ice shards hurl across the room killing Bobby Kesh and Sandra Folfur, 2 of the main lab workers who run DNA testing and extraction. The massive beast then bows its head and aims for Clark and Henry Wu, intent on skewering them to pieces. It lets out a deep, menacing roar as the pair scramble for the operations table exactly 10 meters behind them….near the X-Ray machine.))
*Each part of the Icy tundra around the interior of the lab, turns Ice cold and stifling. There is a feeling of dread, as though you can hardly breathe…as Wu starts to crawl across the floor under the eastern table. Everything is silent…nothing but a distant whirring sound. The Ascodan Velociraptor suddenly materializes right on top of the table, as everyone witnesses its body turn into a solid block of Ice. It can control Ice, the technician winces in terror. The second Ascodan Velociraptor appears shortly behind him…dragging a huge, gnarled bloody claw which contains DNA of the third lab assistant. It appears these terrible beasts have an ability to turn into Ice at will, and freeze anything they touch….especially their victims. They freeze them with these horrifying Ice blasts that turn a person's skin to below zero temperature, and then they blow them apart with a high pitched shriek. Worse still, these monsters…as its quite clear nothing else describes these raptors besides horrific monsters...are Hybrids, which have the capacity to turn their body into water vapor for short bursts of time...which allows them to sneak up behind unsuspecting prey.*
Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief: "GRAAAAAAAAAWWR! HSSSSS! SHRRIIIEEEK! RAAAAAAAAAAAWWERRRR! RAAWG!" /Dr. Clark suddenly runs as fast as he can to the exit, near the west operating table. He trips over their transfusion machine and the extraction needles….flying into the table in the Northwest corner. Clark dives over the side, trying to navigate the darkened passage….when he watches a horrifying sight take place 4 meters to his right./
Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief: "GRAAAAAAAAWRRR! EKEEEEEEERARR! ROOOOOOARR!"
Ancient Incan Deity Araxi: "N-n-no! Stay away! Ahhhh…AHHHHHH!" *Suddenly the wall turns into a block of Ice and shatters, as the Ascodan Velociraptor Chief bites the entire shape of Deity Araxi….ripping his entire body in two. Clark shivers in dread as he sees the massive head of the Dinosaur…slowly begin to appear in air, as it materializes right in back of Araxi and freezes his entire corpse solid until everything turns to Ice. It then rips the body apart, as the Incan man's figure is torn to shreds and assuredly his very last gasps are heard….within the cold, frigid air inside the Lab's interior. Then, suddenly the air begins to twist into this strange lizard-shape as the outline of the Velociraptor now shows up in the water vapor…as it bites down hard into its meal, and holds the torn arm of the Incan man in its mouth exactly 4 feet away from Clark's face.*
Dr. Clark: "Oh my god, my god…..Wu, help me…..Henry where- …get me out of here!" ((Clark screams in abject horror, as the Icy hellish Velociraptor begins to chase him around the third operating table. Its massive frame suddenly freezes the Eastern side of the lab, causing all the equipment and remains of bodies in the chamber to turn to Ice. Just as it does so, an ominous shape…slowly stretches out from the silhouette of the X-Ray machine…..as Clark continues to watch it in silence. His jaw clenches wide open.))
Ascodan Velociraptor Pack Leader: "GRAAAAAAAAWRR! RAOOOOOARRRR! RAWWRRR!" ((The entire area where the Raptor Pack Leader is running begins to turn to a rigid, terrible frozen Ice…..as Clark sprints as fast as his legs will carry him down the hall to the Incubation center. He sees nothing…and then the massive shape suddenly liquifies right next to the surgery table in one of the most menacing poses he's ever seen. It begins to freeze him solid, when he runs near the closet and shuts the door…..Just as the Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Knight, sprints through the window on the opposite side. The entire interior of the room begins to freeze in solid Ice and as it does so, a massive foot with a talon plunges straight through Dr. Clark's chest from the other side….ripping his upper torso off.))
Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Knight: "GRAAAAAWIIRIOORR! RAAWWG ROAAAAAAAAAAR!" *It gives off a menacing stare, as it holds Clark's tattered remains in its jaws and paces out into the hall. The other Velociraptor Pack Leader stares right at Henry Wu….with a vengeful, quiet glare in its eye*
Henry Wu: "Oh my…..God…..They killed Clark, they killed them all….They killed our ticket to eternity too…(He exhales heavily.) The only eternity I'll stare down is eternal darkness, if I don't escape here.."
/Just then, Henry Wu begins crawling through the opening under each of the tables. He's trying to escape this Lab, and get as far to the other side of the wall as he can possibly get. He watches in silence….As an eerie, large foreboding eye suddenly appears in the Glass underneath the adjacent Laboratory desk which Biosyn uses for experiments. It flashes a menacing glare at Wu, turning into pure Ice and then water vapor…..then back to Ice again as the 2 horrific Ascodan Velociraptors begin their tribal dance to hunt and devour him before he leaves the room. In the back of the Eastern table, one witnesses a large blue sickle Claw of pure Ice appear on both sides….The Velociraptors are advancing, as Wu attempts to move around the outside edge of the table. Just then, he breaks out a large Propane powered tank….intent on burning everything down, as he hopes to ward the 2 monsters off.*
*The room grows silent, with an impatient feeling of loss. The large apex, Ascodan Velociraptor pack leader with its sickly blue outline…begins to turn the whole operating table to Ice. Dr. Wu blasts the propane tank at full steam, causing a large flamethrower to fly out across the desks. It burns with an intense aura, forcing the 2 Ascodan Raptor hunters to back off slightly for a time….then out of nowhere, the desk and the floors freeze. Dr. Henry Wu's own hands freeze, and he can no longer see his fingers. The silent air, grips tightly around each corner. Then out of nowhere the jaws come plunging out, as the Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief lifts Wu high in the air with his right arm….with Ice shooting off and freezing the floor…as his entire arm up to his wrist is viciously ripped off. Fate had found him….Dr. Wu had just lost part of his arm to the vicious, cunning hunter from beyond time. What sort of hellish reality awaited Wu, he thought? Just then, the sprinklers switched on and a massive sonic boom sound was heard…the Ascodan Velociraptor Pack Leader turned in anger, slashing at Wu…right before it began to run out of the room and took the other 3 vicious beasts with him. The sound was too much for the raptor, as Wu held his chiseled grisly arm stump and moved out to the corridor quickly….and sprawled himself onto the open elevator. He was heading to the dark room of the Wu Observatory Labs to tend to his wound….All Henry Wu knew right then, is he was alive. Fate had smiled on him one more time…and as long as he was breathing, he was determined to complete his horrific Dinosaur experiment.*
*Playing God hadn't taught Wu as many lessons as some might have hoped….yet he now knew just how awful reality could be. He had seen all his colleagues die in front of him, and the trauma much like the Violet Amber…was enough to shake a bit of sense into him. He didn't want to meet those Velociraptors again…he wanted out of here, collect the serum to leave Isla Muerta. Wu realized that whatever Ancient Magic Gods they had awoken, it would surely lead either to eternal life or their eternal ruin….And he didn't want to waste even a second here to find out. Dodgson wanted the miracle serum, so if he got it first along with the DNA codes...He could save his remaining friends at Biosyn. And more than that, he could leave this Island alive. At this moment, nothing mattered more to Dr. Wu.*
/Meanwhile, 10 kilometers from that hotspot….Anne Carter and Sara Harding, finally make their way into the ruined labs of Dr. Henry Wu which are no more than 4 kilometers from the Quetzalcoatlus nest. They see a passage that is dark, and foreboding. It seems to go on for a large distance, as it winds up further and further across the mountain's basin to the Ancient Indoraptor Burial Grounds….a place of extreme unwelcoming unease. These haunted burial grounds are where the Mayans and Incans, used to worship Indoraptor creatures like Gods and brought their terrible blight to our world. Although the Super Raptor aka Indoraptor is engineered by hybrid genetics, it also is a real reptile which existed here for centuries. This is why the Ancient Tribes have been secretly trying to stop mankind, especially people like Anne or Dr. Wu….from messing with their hidden artifacts. Time, after all is relative….and no one, especially not humanity should be given the opportunity to mess with time. As Malcolm would often say, "all things….relate to Chaos Theory, because no two times when a drop of water falls off a surface do they fall the same way…..They always roll off, or fall a different direction than the first time…." So it was this understanding that Dr. Harding had come to about it, and from here she had attempted to have it rub off on Anne Carter as well. Unfortunately for them, the Indoraptor Burial Grounds are considered a mummified holy site….Which means civilization itself, considers their territory to be sacred. Some would call this sort of talk out to be sacrilege, and they wouldn't be wrong….except native tribes and Indians also regarded these Burial Grounds to be treasured holy sites. And it was inside here, that life in its many incarnations somehow found a way….upon Isla Muerta one night.*
Sara Harding: "This is it….this is the road up the mountain which leads to the Quetzalcoatlus hunting nest. And right here, these are religious holy grounds….that celebrate some type of deity."
Anne Jones Carter: "They celebrate the Indoraptor here Sara, that is correct….And if we are to ever stop the DX virus, rescue Ian…and shut down this Island, this is where we will have to strategize our attack."
Sara Harding: "The original Indoraptor….was a Super Raptor you mean…who lived here?"
Anne Jones Carter: "Of course it lived here….Horrifying things resided here, after all this isn't Site A aka Nublar or Site B, Sorna…This is Site C, and almost nobody has ever been to Site C, Muerta. (She inhales.)
Anne Jones Carter: "All types of horrors reside here, Sara….And all types of wonders, that is guaranteed."
Sara Harding: "Then we better hurry…I get a feeling after what we saw with the Spino, the type of horrors that litter this Island are worse than any we have ever seen in history…Ian won't make it."
Anne Jones Carter: "(She stares into the ether.) This Island, Sara….This Island has been here for centuries Hammond says. Within his speeches, he records the fact that these tribes lived here long before humans. Long before you or me ever came to visit these jungles….or enjoy their fruits."
*Just then, the canopy opens up with a haunting musical score that quietly plays. In the distance, you can see the silhouette of a worship site….A worship site for none other than the Indoraptor, which stares menacingly from a statue's face nearby the main fire pit. A large, sprawling stone tablet sways eerily in the mid-day sun beneath a bent sepulcher. There is a harrowing presence about this mountain. Here, the Ancient people worshiped these Dinosaurs…particularly the Indoraptor, and from the sounds of it this was for no good purpose. The older carvings give off an ominous green glow, as though it was just yesterday when the initiates were still running ceremonies. Tribes would dance and move to the beat, within this haunted grove of generic indifference. Inside the main auditorium, you can see the ancient scrolls showing the haunted ambience of these deity worshiping spires. They each glow and hum with a tranquil, yet serene feeling of quiet contemplation…as though forgotten by history's rhythm.*
Anne Jones Carter: "There it is….Only eight shots left. (She points toward the towering, saintly Statue which appears to be of some type of Incan mausoleum. The Incan tribal warlord stands in the midnight air, showcasing a large shield and spear that points towards the Velociraptor carvings on the right.)) The path to unlock these burial grounds has to be over there…..Help me push in the levers to the Column. Come on Sara, we have to hurry now….this is likely the only way inside. Ian is likely in real danger."
Sara Harding: "I don't understand… (She gasps.) This is where they WORSHIPED these things? Many centuries ago, and now the fire hearth is still hot with those red coals….It is like they knew what these guys were…or that humans would one day try to bring them back."
Anne Jones Carter: "(She nods in tacit approval.) This is the most mysterious, wicked Island we have been to….It's no wonder that Costa Rica was very concerned, that their government were going outside limits of the law to track what was happening...Worse still, they didn't know what Isla Muerta was…"
Sara Harding: "…I guess that's why they call it death Island then…..This must be why Manta Corp and other companies went to the smaller sublet Islands, knowing this haven of chaos is out here. The deities who took over this place, saw a much higher…more efficient deity that might one day replace them…They were disturbed by the Indoraptor….I can't imagine they truly thought of them as equals."
Anne Jones Carter: "Perhaps….but they also helped write their species. (She inhales.) They respected the Indoraptor and Super Raptor as fellow tribal leaders might respect a God….The way they built their shrines, was to appease these Gods…rather than earn one of the many deity's Ire…"
Sara Harding: "Then that means…..the DX virus someone found…My god….it must be linked to the Indo-raptor…As though it would be part of its blood. They mixed and spliced the genes of these creatures so much, there's no way to recognize which one is an official monster or a dinosaur now… "
Anne Jones Carter: "Remember, even the slogan for the Indo Raptor….Is "Indo-Polynesian"….It is clearly Incan in origin, with a touch of Mayan cultist thrown in for kicks…Didn't you ever wonder about those stories in Indonesia? Or Polynesia?"
Sara Harding: "I don't follow….What about them? Indonesia?"
Anne Jones Carter: "Either they were all born under the same horror for this many decades….or the stories about Indonesia are true. And those walking white and red devils they talk about, are Raptors.."
Sara Harding: "…Now I get it…I've been to Kenya many times, yet never did I think those vicious predators would be part of our ancient historical records….I guess that explains the disappearing village."
Anne Jones Carter: "Oh yes…..It explains a whole lot. Their whole village, and lost city….were swallowed by the violence of the Velociraptors many years ago….and that's why the Volcano buried their secrets."
Anne Jones Carter: "Don't you get it, Sara? They didn't want anyone figuring out….what really caused those civilizations to vanish and ash storms to fill their lands…All the way out to Pompeii. Somehow, these Ancient tribes have always known of things like the Indoraptor….That's why it was kept a secret."
Sara Harding: "….And that's why Biosyn has been trying to engineer them since that time. They must be trying to build an armada, we have got to warn Ian soon….They will know what to do to stop this!"
Anne Jones Carter: "That's correct…for the most part. (She shoots off a spear weapon at the Bronze statue on the left.)(Suddenly the 2 Bronze Doors creak open…..allowing the pair inside the secret shrine of the Indoraptor worship hall.) The part you left out, is they also created Altars to these beasts…in an attempt to control the spread. The spread of their way of life, their technology…their Worship centers."
Sara Harding: "And in the midst of this ensuing chaos?"
Anne Jones Carter: "In the midst of it, they allowed places like Biosyn to run rampant. In the hopes that they might contain their spread. They made a major mistake, as companies like Biosyn don't care about the Dinosaurs….their only goal is to harvest their skin for miracle drugs…Oil, makeup and fuel."
Anne Jones Carter: "(She inhales.) That's all Biosyn cares about….they don't want any park, unlike InGen. They want to control these things…and if that means keeping some of them as an army, just to extract their genes for the new types of miracle drugs they'll create then that's all fine by them."
Sara Harding: "My god….They are nothing more than legal poachers. We need to stop Biosyn at all costs, given their far reach now…if all they want is more oil and fuel for their drugs that's the worst fate. Nothing could be a worst fate for humanity after what I saw…."
Anne Jones Carter: "They are a bit worse, Sara though I agree….Poachers care about the money. Biosyn doesn't even care about that, the only thing to matter to them is how many reptiles can be killed to fund their beneficial research…..a way to cure all illnesses, and become like Gods. Biosyn is heartless."
Sara Harding: "What about Isla Sorna….Nublar is gone, perhaps Biosyn hasn't violated Sorna yet?"
Anne Jones Carter: "It's too late for that now Sara…(She shoots off her cattle-prod and kills 2 Velociraptors as well as an Allosaurus.) We have to move now….inform Dr. Grant…They will all have an answer to stop these grave robbers, if we reach 'em in time…"
/Camera pans out, 2 kilometers away as Alan Grant and Billy Brennan make their way into the upper deck of Floor 3 inside Wu Observatory Labs. They see a lone terminal plugged in. Alan makes his way over to it cautiously and inserts a diskette. The screen roars up, and they see where to enter 2 passwords. The first one he types in is "EXOGENE." Billy stares at it and asks how he knows Biosyn's password so quickly? Alan informs him he got it when watching the unmarked video tape which he points to on the desk. The next password screen asks for the keyword used during studies. Then, shortly after Dr. Grant types in "REGENESIS." It opens to a new screen which shows the genome for a Tarbosaurus…as well as the Dimorphodon. Billy is shocked at how bad these guys are.*
/He watches on in abject frustration as a Red colored Amber followed by Violet Amber begin to hum to life. The Green Amber also glows with a phosphorous hue in the moonlight. Billy Brennan and Alan look upon the screen and type in a few commands, which brings up the brand new rare gene-splicing isotope screen. As Billy continues to watch the logo spin, he is fascinated by the design which pops up on the front display of the Gene builder.*
Billy: "It's doing something, Alan…. (He points to the door in back.) It is extracting data and blood from that Amber…Wow, this must be part of the sequence re-writer for that new type of Dimorphodon."
Alan Grant: "What makes you think it was a Dimorphodon, Billy? Are you getting that from the on-screen diagram…or just a guess."
Billy: "Yeah, this is what I mean Alan… (He points to the screen.) It is the way the spine sways to the right like that. It's very clear Dr. Wu was inventing some kind of hybrid….experimental monster….a type of Dimorphodon that's beyond anything we have ever seen."
Alan: "Good god, you are correct again… (Alan stares at the cylinder shaped room nearby which contains the creature.) (Suddenly the Amber they had unlocked with the machine spins out, and the flying reptile like thing begins to burst out of its cage.) There it is…..that's no normal Dinosaur.."
Billy: "No, it's a hybrid. A hybrid Dimorphodon which has genes of a Velociraptor and even Stegosaurus mixed in…..The thing is hideous, it looks like part of its head comes from a Stegosaur. (Alan looks on in disgust at the creature and the file on Tarbosaurus.) The rest of its body is crocodilian, taking a lot of its attributes straight from a Velociraptor…"
Riso Dimorphodon: "ROOOOOAARR! GRAAAAAAAAAWRRR! RAAWRRR!" (The massive Hybrid creature begins to break out and attacks Dr. Grant, who points towards the opening in the ceiling. It rushes and slashes a large cut in Dr. Grant's back, making it very tough to keep climbing up the narrow incline. It then bites Billy's hand nearly picking one of the fingers right off.)
Alan: "Billy! Shut the computer terminal down, I uploaded a scrambler to it. (Inhales.) It should melt most of what Biosyn stored on that machine…we got to get out of here now." /Alan wastes no time assisting Billy to climb inside the vent as they move outside to the cliff face. They are now shuffling through at a high rate of speed, to climb the outer veranda of this tall rock face. As they look down, the Hybrid Dimorphodon seems to be in pursuit relentlessly biting Billy's shoulder./
Riso Dimorphodon: "RAAAAAAAAWRR! GROAAARRR! ROOOOOOARR!" ((The massive beast struggles to contain its outrage, as it rips at the pair the faster they climb to the top. One massive claw on the right middle foot, then leaps out and tears part of Billy's arm apart. It leaves the area under his elbow torn open with a red gash as he struggles to apply gauze.))
/Then out of nowhere a roar is heard, as the Dimorphodon is instantly torn from its hidden crevice in the cliff's edge. A huge lumbering head rears up, as the hybrid Carnotaurus roars to life. It had somehow followed the trail…uncovering their private hiding spot. This startles Dr. Grant who instantly begins to bolt up the cliff-side, searching for a nearby vine for every step they take. It had come from nowhere.*
Zeno Carnotaurus: "ROOOOOOARR! GRAAWWRRR! RAWWGAORRR!" (Right then the Carnotaurus massive jaws come snapping down around the flying Dimorphodon's neck. It cuts the creature in two, with its massive dense incisor teeth. Then as if from a nightmare, the Carnotaurus suddenly begins climbing straight up the cliff after them….while Billy shimmies to the right to lose track of it…thinking it will leave if it can't read their scent. It is a very terrifying realization to Dr. Grant, when he sees that due to its hybrid nature….this has no effect on the Dinosaur. Right then Alan notices for the first time, they are climbing up a cliff to quickly escape from a large predator who can also climb up after them….and he shudders to admit the bad situation they've found themselves in.)
Alan: "Billy! Move as fast your knees will carry you…Don't you get it? That thing is a hybrid….It can climb up walls after us, it can even swim after us. We can't avoid it by normal methods…"
Billy: "I'm going as fast I can, Dr. Grant.. (He reaches for a ledge above.) I got an idea since we're almost to that Raptor shrine ahead…where the main lab is located for Quetzalcoatlus. You keep climbing, fast as you can to go up…."
Billy: "I'll distract that nasty creature…by burrowing inside the cave here. He can't follow us everywhere, especially not this cave that is full of eerie green light. (Inhale.) I'm going to try to trap it…it needs to be."
Zeno Carnotaurus: "RAAAAOOAARR! GRAAWRRR! RAWWWWWWWOOARRR!" (In an instant its large head smashes through the dirt of the rock wall, snapping its jaws inches away from Billy. It slashes at his right shin, causing Billy to begin to back off and hurl himself inside the cavern hole 7 meters up. As he moves in, the huge head of the enraged Carnotaurus is right behind him. It snaps and tears at his leg, destroying the enclosure they are climbing in. Billy rushes in and hides in the alcove, continuing to set off more than 7 explosive bombs inside the cave.)
Zeno Carnotaurus: "ROOOOOAAARR! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWGOORRR!" (The Dinosaur's massive jaws break apart this side of the cliff, as it attempts to chase Billy further inside the holes. The faster they run, the more it pulsates its large cavernous skull into the cave's inner sanctum. It seems as though there's no escape as Billy and Alan continue to climb as fast as they can up the outcropping.)
Alan: "Billy, look alive….That predator will soon have us both for today's main course if we don't move now. Trust me here, follow my lead." (Grant darts his eyes towards a large tunnel that appears above, filled with a pair of green vines and rushing water. They realize the climb is going to be worth the risk. As Billy and Alan both make their way into the tunnel, it begins to vibrate with inlets of water rippling out.)
Billy: "Alan hold back a moment….Watch out!"
Zeno Carnotaurus: "RAAWWRRR!" ((It begins to rip apart the cliffside, tearing it to pieces as it follows the pair deeper down the small hole.))
/Right then the Carnotaurus massive head zooms in on the ledge that Billy is climbing on, and snaps its jaws around his leg. He lets out a sharp yell, as Dr. Grant gets an idea and begins lighting a fire that slowly swirls around as it trails inside the cave. The Carnotaurus tries to bite directly onto Alan's neck, and just as it does he swerves to the right. Then, the explosive Billy had carried in his backpack ignites…as the pair of them leap straight up to avoid the fallout. The hybrid Dinosaur continues climbing inside the tunnel as water comes rushing in from the left & right, yet it can't keep its grip…and as it slips….suddenly its head gets stuck inside the gap which closes shut. The Carnotaurus shrieks in anger, as the rocks crumble under its head and it retreats to the opposite side of the cliff's edge. Alan and Billy climb up the peak of the mountain, as the Carnotaurus fades into the background.*
Alan: "That was close…." (He nods across at Billy.)
Billy: "Too close, Alan….Have we lost the trail of Henry Wu, what's our status?"
Alan: (He climbs to the top of the summit and looks over to the Indoraptor Burial Grounds. They had reached the summit, and Alan sees 2 familiar faces…Sara Harding and Anne Carter ahead.) "We made it Billy….Surely Wu can't have gotten far. Sara….Is that really you? I can't believe this place…..this place (He inhales.) is like a forgotten treasure. This is the forgotten Shrine of those Super Raptors…aka Indoraptor."
Sara Harding: "Alan….Alan Grant?! The man who wrote the book?…Wow, this is such an honor! Ian's told me so much about you….I've always wanted to meet you, in person I mean!"
Alan Grant: "Well, Sara….I heard you did quite a great job in Kenya as well. Billy and I, you know we've had our differences. (He exhales.) Apparently you were one of the only ones to discover how these animals truly hunt, especially the predators….and I just have to wonder what brought you out here!?"
Alan Grant: "You realize, we're here on the brink of one the greatest discoveries mankind has ever been a part of….yet in spite of that, I feel almost timid….just thinking about what we will do once we find out."
Billy Brennan: "Are you referring to the hunting behaviors, of these newer animals Dr. Grant? I mean, when you think about it…they aren't really that different from reptiles or birds.."
Billy: "Except of course, the way the Raptors look at you is more like a full course meal than a side dish.."
Sara Harding: "Except that Billy! Except for that, for sure….(Harding smiles.) Not to mention their parental habits…I had heard for years the T-Rex parenting was more academic, but after meeting one up close I tossed out my paper. They truly….particularly the Spinosaurus…have a very territorial way of dealing with things. I think most Dinosaurs are that way…..but especially the velociraptors.."
Anne Jones Carter: "That is certainly true Sara, that is without a doubt what I meant. Dr. Grant, I am very privileged to make your acquaintance. (She extends her right hand and gives his a firm, appreciative shake.) I have heard you learned a lot about these reptiles over the years….even their hunting detail.."
Alan: "I did Anne, that is undoubtedly true. However, maybe not anything that exciting. (He smirks.) All I can tell you, is that right now wouldn't be the best time to catch up….I think we're being hunted by a group of those Super Raptors right now…Five meters to your right, near the ridge…"
Sara Harding: "Well don't bet on it…I mean I have a few real key questions I'd love to ask you Alan! (she laughs.) But after finding out what happened to that Costa Rican hunting party….it can wait. I do need to ask you Dr. Grant, about what you learned in regards to DX….I feel I may have a key answer on this…"
Alan: "But you need more…clinical insight, is that right? Well I am ready to serve here. Especially myself and Ellie, who she is set to meet me here shortly near the ruins. She was to land in this area…(He inhales.) though they ran into a bit of turbulence…"
Billy: "That's something we've run into all the way along, Sara…..And Anne, I am grateful to meet you. Your beauty and smile certainly precede you, now I realize…..what a flower I was missing. I believe all those stories I heard, that I used to think must be myths...you truly did crash on Isla Sorna, didn't you!"
Anne Jones Carter: "I did indeed, Billy…so that's one thing we have in common I hear." (She blushes.)
Alan: "All I know is, we need to get moving now….the Carnotaurus that chased Billy and I, will definitely be back….And if that beast ever runs into the Spinosaurus, or whatever pet project Biosyn has out there….then forget it…We're all in for a ride here."
Sara Harding: "Well, the main reason I'm here is to rescue Ian...and his kids, too…But I also want to settle the whole DX virus issue. You know, kill 2 birds with 1 stone and all that…which we need to do."
Alan: "Yes, Sara I promise we'll get to that…for sure. But right now we need to get out of here…"
Anne Jones Carter: "I'm with you on that Alan. (She harnesses up and brings out her double Bola-Snare rifle.) I count around….3 raptors in this quiet grove…Worse still, they are hiding behind the Rocks…..spying on us…I agree we need to get indoors, quickly….Let's check and see what gas we got."
Billy: "How about this Bike here, Anne? Looks like it was left behind….With a little bit of Gas in the tank we should have enough to get out of here after destroying that raptor nest inside the shrine."
Sara Harding: "Fill it up….I say we move out, but this time….Let's make sure we stay around 10 feet away from those things the whole distance….I don't want a raptor to sneak up this time!"
Anne Jones Carter: "Hmm….this Motorcycle still runs. I got 7 shots left. Hop on, Billy. Let's get those beasts before they ever catch up to us!"
Alan: "Billy, be careful…..My concern here is the Super Raptors….Or Indoraptor in this case, is intent on getting rid of us. They don't setup a shrine here…. (He inhales.)…they certainly don't setup a whole shrine here and God knows what, if there isn't a purpose behind it…"
Sara Harding: "How many are there, Alan? 3? Or 5?"
Billy: "I'm there Anne, you know that. (He hops on back with Anne as the Motorbike begins to speed up.) What…What is that?!" ((Billy's face turns to horror.))
Alan: "….Oh god…..Run. Don't….turn…..your heads."
/Suddenly, the quiet jungle around the edge of this summit begins to ripple in and out. The 4 Ascodan Velociraptors materialize and appear, with one showing up as pure Ice that freezes a third of the screen 10 meters out. Their long, blue sinister tails quake in the hue of the evening Sun…..as the fierce beasts begin to descend upon our team of 4 intrepid explorers. Anne and Billy jet off on Bike number one, just as the Ascodan Velociraptor shows up out of nowhere on the right. Its massive jaws rip through the air, tearing off part of Billy's arm just as their Motorbike rips by.*
Ascodan Velociraptor Pack Leader: "GRAAAAAAAAWRR! RAWWWWRRR! REAAIIWWWRRAGG!" ((The Raptor shows up out of nowhere, showing up as nothing but water vapor that floats into the back of the Shrine's front entrance. Suddenly the thick blue silhouette begins to ripple much faster, as it reappears in front of Dr. Harding as she jumps straight onto Bike number two…with Alan joining her. The shrieking gets much louder and worse, as the Dinosaur runs in out of nowhere…nearly slicing Harding's leg right off. Massive spikes of Ice appear out of thin air, freezing the ground until the Bike starts skidding across the frozen chilly tundra. The Bike speeds up as Alan turns and shoots a double-barrel grenade gun straight at the massive beast, as the wheels of their transport nearly fly off in the cooldown. One grenade misses, and the second grenade nails the massive Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief in the face, forcing it to fly back into the base of the nearby rocky statue. As it claws its way to the back of the Motorcycle, Dr. Harding realizes its about to puncture her back and starts to speed up…past 35 MPH.))
Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief: "RROOOOOARR! HSSS! RAWWGWRRR!" ((The Blue, spiked Dinosaur attempts to tear Alan off the bike as it continues to jet down the road. Everything in the area, particularly the tires begins to freeze into solid Ice….as it does the Bike continues to skid. Alan gets an idea and accelerates into the Ice, forcing the Bike to triple down on the deadly slipper slope….which causes the Ascodan Raptor to try to freeze the air and bite his whole head off. It misses, and Alan flips around while driving like a maverick….to aim his triple rocket launcher directly at the Dinosaur. He fires 4 rocket flame shells into its face, knocking it finally off the Bike…as both Dr. Harding and Alan ride down the road towards the inner part of the Shrine. Debris flies off in all directions, as part of Harding's shoulder is torn up and trails blood all the way down. Meanwhile, the shocked Ascodan Velociraptor turns its head towards the road and shrieks loudly…trying to crumble the whole jungle road apart.))
Ascodan Velociraptor Warrior Chief: "RAAAAAAAAWRRR!" ((The raptor leaps straight up and rips into Alan's arm while he is running the Bike….but Alan kicks it off. It begins to freeze everything in the area, yet Alan with his arm heavily slashed…stands up, and shoots it off with 2 blasts of propane gas that ignites exploding all across the Bike. Finally, he aims the gun towards an Incan tiki statue near the Shrine's entrance…and fires, as the explosion activates a trap which suddenly hurls hundreds of fire arrows towards their Bike as Alan ducks and they rip through the Ascodan Velociraptor. As the explosion goes off, a large field of metal spikes switch on and fly straight through the wall…..as they slice the Velociraptor into pieces and instantly kill the Velociraptor Chief. Finally, Alan gasps…..finally one of the Raptors is dead. 1 down, 3 more to go…..And there is no escape, they will have to fight it out.))
Alan: "Good god, Harding…I'm driving like a maniac here! Load up that Bola Snare….There's another Velociraptor Hybrid up ahead, which is freezing the entire road! Shoot it with the flamethrower, hurry! Knock it over the cliff now!"
Sara Harding: "Geezuz….I can't believe the doctors created these things. They are like….horrible Raptor gods or something…."
Ascodan Velociraptor Knight: "RAAAAAAAAAAAWERR!" ((The next Velociraptor pops up out of nowhere, with Ice shards shooting everywhere. It slashes at Dr. Harding's shoulder as a massive spike juts straight through her left arm, leaving it covered in blood. These devilish Raptors are not normal, having acquired the horrid ability to turn into liquid Ice….and sneak up behind their prey, by freezing them first before they jump in for the kill. The Hybrid Ascodan Raptor has suddenly popped up in between the seats of their Motorbike, which luckily the pair are no longer on land or they would be dead. Alan looks at the terrifying creature, then shoots off 8 rounds of his cattle prod. Finally the horrific Dinosaur flies off in the back, where Harding kicks it into a large pillar. "Shoot the statue!" Alan shouts. She then fires 5 grenade blasts into the Incan statue, which hums with a chilling sound and suddenly opens: while ejecting more than a hundred jagged metal spikes across the gap. These spikes rip through the air killing the Ascodan Raptor instantly, as it falls to the ground like an Icicle…and shatters apart.))
/Meanwhile, 10 meters from there.*
Anne Jones Carter: "Billy….Watch out! It's right ahead….I am going to try to outrun it into the bridge, near the crevice…if I can make it past that gap on the Bike…." ((She speeds up, with the Ascodan Velociraptor Pack Leader staring at her through the trees….Its massive eye in a glare, as it shoots out these deadly sharp spikes of Ice that force her Bike to crash through several rocky pillars. Billy sees what she is doing and ducks…knowing how rough this will get.))
Ascodan Velociraptor Pack Leader: "RAAAAAAAAAWRR! RAWWWGGARRRR!" ((It slashes at Billy to nearly take out his whole right shoulder, as blood pours out. The Bike jets down the steep incline towards the cliff, as the Raptor slashes at both tires…taking the first tire completely out. Then it shoots off 10 waves of Ice shards, that splinter Billy's arm and nearly tear it off. The Bike is drenched in blood.))
Billy: "Ahhhhh! Anne, look out….Our Bike is dangerously close to the cliff's edge….(He ducks under the tree) We're going to lose momentum here….We're losing control…Wait…Anne wa—" ((Just then the Ascodan Raptor shoots out a giant torpedo of Ice, which rips the road to shreds. It nearly spears the Bike in half, causing half of its front switch-plate to fly off. Giant sheets of Ice fly off in all directions, as Billy aims the flame-launcher towards its face. Finally, a gushing pillar of water shoots off…nearly knocking Billy off and straight towards the cliff. As it does so, Billy fires the flame shells into the Ascodan Raptor Leader's mouth….hurling rocket after rocket inside while Anne speeds the Bike towards the statue. The entire arena begins to crumble beneath their feet….and large waves of Spikes begin to descend from the ceiling. They are inside a giant trap….and worse still, they're not going to die alone.)
Billy: "Oh geezuz that was close…Hold on.."
Anne Jones Carter: "Hold on to what? Here goes nothing…." ((She launches the flame bombs into the Ascodan Velociraptor Leader, who begins to tear the lower half of the Bike to pieces. Just as its about to kill her, the Spikes shoot off from the floor and split the Raptor in half…tearing it apart. They melt in the cool night air. 3 deadly raptors down, 1 to go. Anne was keeping score.))
Alan: "Look out behind you….There it is!" (Alan points to the large predator standing on the other side….Along with 4 new opponents, which appear to be the deadly Super Raptors. Each one of them encircles the pair closing in on them….as they prepare to tear the motorcade in half as result.)
Billy: "Well now….I'd say we're in trouble."
Sara Harding: "Oh, good….The Shrine is 10 meters ahead from us, and this is the welcoming party….Well guys, what are we to do now?" ((She stares over at Anne for reassurance.))
Anne Jones Carter: (She shoots off a double bola-snare, killing one of the Super Raptors instantly.) "We do what we've always done…..We improvise, and get ready to take names and ask questions later…"
/Fade to a chilly night scene on Isla Muerta, directly in front of the Indoraptor Burial Shrine. In folk lore, they call it Island of Death. They are 10 feet away from a volcano. And more importantly, they have about 7 powerful problems to be concerned with now…..if they are ever to reach the top.*
*To be continued.*
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