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Jurassic Park IV: Extinction (Part16)
By Crisco
Roland leaned forward against the cage, "What are they going to do to us here?" he asked. Chris Conners looked up at Roland and shrugged.
"Thanks for your help." Roland said. Starring at Chris, who was weak and pale. He had a blank expression on his face, and a sleeping girls head on his lap.
"I'm sorry, im not usually like this, they havent fed us for days and i've been beaten 3 times." Chris then lifted his index finger to the violet bruise on his forehead, brushing away some sweaty hair. "The truth is, I really don't know what they have planned for us, I know Dodgson wont do anything to her,(he pointed to Jane)but the rest of our futures are not certain."
"How did you end up here?" Damon asked. He was laying on the back of the cage, Casey leaned on his shoulder, she was subconcious.
" I am....I was the...well what really did I do?.....Well Dodgson had some fancy name, but what I primarily did was be people's body gaurds... I ran security." He paused, thinking he had answered a question, he answered his own question but not the young black man's. "Well i was on a mission with a geneticist, and we had an attack, his last words were for me to tell his daughter,(he pointed to Jane) that he loved her, and i found out he meant me to find her in the compound, i thought i was going to have to make a call or something, but instead i ended up trying to escape with her and look where we are now."
"You're not allowed to leave this place?" Damon inquired.
"No, people come in, and noone comes out, this project is secretive, but legal. I don't know the specifics, well I don't know much about anything about this whole project, but I do know it pays very nicely."
"Why is it so F*ckin hot in here?" Casey said. Her eyes looked lazy, and she was droopy. Her hair was a little on the wet side, but still curly, she really didnt care how she looked. She hadnt had sleep in days and all she wanted was to be home in her bed, with her brother and father in the living room, drinking beers and watching TV. She didnt care if she had to do their dishes, make the beds, cook, clean, wash, all that didnt matter. She remembered what brought her to this island, and she felt a burst of new energy, her eyes propped up and she sat up in her cage. She wanted to find her family.
Malcolm woke up to Roland and the blonde guy talking. The girl was asleep and maybe it was better that way, he hated the idea of children on these islands, why couldnt there be an incident without them? Lex and Tim were here when he was first, then his own daughter, Kelly on Sorna, and now this girl, she looked a bit older than any of the other children... probably 12 or 13. She was asian and he concluded that she was probably related to one of the geneticists. He knew it was a crude stereotype, but he sensed he was right.
The door slammed open and two BioSyn gaurds followed Dodgson in. Dodgson had a stupid grin on his face and seem very pleased to meet Malcolm he walked to Ian and Rolands cage first.
"The famous Dr. Malcolm. I can't beleive John conned you into coming here."
Malcolm thought to himself: I can't belive it either. But he kept his thoughts inside, in no way did he want to agree with this psycho. He was better off keeping his mouth shut.
"It's a pleasure to meet you nonetheless. I beleive you've heard of me.
Malcolm couldnt keep quiet, he wanted questions answered. " Yea, your the son of a bitch who caused me a near death experience."
"That accident on this island was inevitable Ian, you know that, it's your own thought." Dodgson said, grinning.
Malcolm knew Lew was right. He did say that and he still meant it, but the man was still a greedy, dirty SOB, and Ian still was confused about things.
" I'm very interested as to why you're here..." Dodgson said, leaning towards the cage.
" Hammond wanted a team to research the island right before he died. The true mastermind of these islands, had a dying wish." Malcolm said, making sure not to look at Roland or Damon.
Damon, who had been listening cocked his head when he heard Malcolm say that. He wanted to blurt out, " We're here for his will!" But he knew why Malcolm kept quiet. Did the will even matter anymore? He hadn't thought about it in days. Hammond couldnt be too ill to not talk or write, could he? Was he in that bad of a condition? Damon hadn't even met Hammond, he didnt even care what the reason to coming to this island was, He knew of it and was extremely excited to get a chance to photograph these amazing animals. But he had lost his camera and probably was not going to find the will, so he felt screwed. His only "mission" now was to get his ass of the island, while he still had it.
Ian looked up at Dodgson, who wore a suit and tie. He had no beard or mustache, no facial hair. He was balding around the forehead and his face was a little wrinkled, but Dodgson was still in good shape. He was only 45, he was younger than Malcolm himself.
"How is all this legal?" Damon asked. He wanted to get off the topic of why they were here, and he was interested in how this huge facility was allowed to operate on a private island, quarintined by the government.
" When the Tyrannosaur was set loose in San Diego, from an expedition to Site B. the whole entire world was exposed to the islands, the creations. Hammond, still not wanting to harm his islands made a deal with the Costa Rican government that allowed them pretty much total reign over the island. Ofcourse, they were not allowed to tamper with the animals and buildings etc. but they aren't here to monitor us are they?" Dodgson said with an evil grin. He was very pleased to show them his cleverness. He had thought about his plans alone for awhile, trying to keep the rest of the people at the facility on task. He was enjoying opening himself to these people, because he knew they wouldnt tell anyone. He would make them not tell anyone.
"I still don't understand why YOU and your company are involved." Malcolm said.
" Well in that deal there are a lot of specifics, beleive me, i had to read it. And among those specifics it gives the right to the Costa Rican government, that if they feel the need to do so, they were allowed to send anyone to the island as long as they didnt harm the animals or take them off the island. We had followed these guidelines pretty well. We have not transported the creations off the premesis, but we have harmed some of them, only in self-defense ofcourse."
"Why would you be considered a research team?" Damon said.
"For the right price I could be considered the Queen of England." Dodgson said, chuckling to himself.
Chris had been listening intently. He was as much interested as the others, He knew from the start of this job it was a "no-questions" deal. Jane had waken up and even she was tuned in on the conversation. She was looking around at the people in the room. There was Chris, who she had just met a few days ago but she felt like she had known him for years. There was Dodgson whio she defenitely didnt know. She had a hard time grasping what emotion was behind his expressions. Dodgson was very odd and she tried not to look at him much. There was a handsome black man, probably in his mid twenties, and a hispanic women, very beautiful, who was probably in her mid-twenties as well. In the other cage there was a bald muscular man, who was probably in his forties and an even older man, who was tall, lanky, grey and black haired, and dressed in black.
"What's the catch, I know this facility here is not making you any money." Malcolm said glaring at Dodgson.
"That is something i'd not like to share with you at the moment." Dodgson said, looking at Roland.
"And who am i speaking too?" Dodgson asked.
"Roland Tembo, big-game hunter."
"I bet you havent been the one doing the hunting these past few days." Dodgson said, as he moved to the next cage, holding Damon and Casey.
"And you are...? Dodgson asked to Damon.
"Damon Black, photographer, part of Hammond's team."
Dodgson nodded, he knew why the other three were here but he didnt have a clue why the girl was here. She looked pretty young, probably twenties and she didnt carry any equipment.
"What brings you here?" he said smiling. It looked like an attempt to be charming.
Casey wasn't sure what he was doing with his face and she winced. This man was odd. "I am here to find my father and brother, they were shipwrecked here and i haven't seen them for two weeks.
Dodgson realized his charm was not working on this women. He was still smiling because he knew exactly where her family was, well at least her father. "I have an idea were your father might be."
"TELL ME!" Casey yelled, slamming her body against the cage. Dodgson, not realizing she couldnt get to him ran back like a kicked dog. He realized how submissive he looked and decided it was time to leave. He pointed to the gaurds to follow him and he left the room.
"BASTARD!" Casey yelled as he strided out of the room. Then she slammed her fist into the mesh wall of the cage, leaving a checkered inprint on her fist. Damon wanted to say something to console her, but he didnt know what to say. He wanted to tell her her family was safe, but he knew the chances of that were slim to none. He just hugged her. She was weak in his arms. She began to cry, slowly. She is not someone who cried once a month, for her it was more like once a year. But now, on this island, in this situation she didn't care. But she still hated being vulnerable, she especially didn't like it because she was a vulnerable women , that women part added a new stereotype of vulnerability that she loathed. She couldnt hold it in though, she let Damon hold her and she leaned on him. She was weak and tired and wanted to get her sorry ass off this island, and come to a conclusion about her father and brother.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM! The whole island shook with intensity. It caused everyone to fall to the ground and then pick themselves up.
"Volcano" Chris explained.
"We saw it on the way in. It didn't look very happy." Damon said looking at Chris.
Chris nodded. It had probably erupted, that was the loudest boom of all in the past few days.
Sarah Harding fell to the ground in the clearing after the island shook from the volcano, which was in plain sight. She looked to see it burst with lave, it had been smoking for quite some time now. The lave glowed brightly in the setting sun and the crys of dinosaurs fleeing were heard throughout the island.
"I need to get the Hell off this island. " She said aloud to herself.
Then Sarah heard hooting in the distance, and a rumble. On instinct, she quickly climbed up a tree.She waited there for minutes when a 30some of gallimimuses ran through the forest. Two raptors chased behind them. A baby gallimimus was at the back of the pack and a raptor leaped for the baby's vulnerable back. But the herd changed direction and the raptor was left clinging to the soft mossy ground. It screeched in frustration and turned, following the herd again. The show of predator-prey relationship looked like it had come right from the sahara. She had seen the exact same thing only with cheetahs and Gnus. The display only reminded her that the dinosaurs were all still just animals.
Sarah spent an hour in the tree. She wasn't in any danger, she just wanted the time to think, she really didnt have to pay much attention to anything up in the tree, because she felt safe. She thought about her and Ian's relationship. They were still friends, but was it anything more than that? They hadn't talked in months and she felt bad for not staying in California with him. But she wanted for him to go out of his way to find her. Ian was always like that, he came when he wasn't needed, and he didn't when he was. She knew he and his team were on the island, and she probably wouldve caught up with them, if she hadn't back tracked so much, she felt she was close to finding them, and she jumped off the tree, heading off into the foliage.
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1/29/2003 5:19:17 PM
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