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Into The Island Prologue & Chapter 1
By Kay_Turner
Into the Island
Part 1 of the Marine Trilogy
Prologue
The storm was pure out of hell. The waves reached 50 feet swells. The Tetalus was caught in the middle of it. It was transferring equipment from research labs on the Virgin Islands to military bases on the Florida Keys. Captain Natalius wiped the sweat off his brow. Sailors scorned this area for this was by Isla Sorna or known as Jurassic Park. He had to take this way by orders from the military. It was from the Pentagon too.
It has been 15 years since John Hammond died. Many came to his funeral including Ian Malcom, Alex Grant, and Natalius even went due to he was friends with sons of John. He was standing behind Alex and Ian during the funeral. They were talking of the Isla Sorna. Alex said, “I heard a few marines went onto the island but found nothing.”
“Yeah it was spooky. Where did they go?”
“They went no where. I have a feeling they as in the dinosaurs were avoiding them.”
“Avoiding?”
“Yeah. All they found were nests which they torched right away.”
“So what does that mean?”
“ALL they found were eggs. No skeletons. No dead bodies.”
“Spooky!”
“Yeah”
That wasn’t a very good thing to think about right now. Looking out the window he couldn’t see anything. A lightning flashed. The light showed the island. He was closer than he should be. It looked especially spooky all black and such. He started steering away from the island. He had to be careful there were shallow reefs around. Lightning illuminated the surroundings. He saw a rock right in front. He steered out of way. When lightning illuminated the sky, he saw the rock was still in front of him and getting CLOSER!! He grabbed the radio.
“May day!! May day!! Going to collide off Isla Sorna!! May day!!”
Suddenly the ship hit the rock or did the rock hit him. He ran for the life preserves and put it on. He looked out the window and whimpered it wasn’t a rock or that was some strange rock looking at him. He opened the door for the captain prayed to god and jumped into the freezing black water. He held on until something hit him in the head and he blacked out.
Ch. 1
Briefing
Location:
Florida Keys Marine Base
“Five buck says after five cups he pukes,” yelled some newbie private.
“I know Bubba I say fifty bucks he makes more than ten cups.” Said Jon “Mongoose” Smith. He was a practiced sniper of the 52nd special ops squads. He himself was a trained and practiced sniper. Bubba was part of his squad. That two hundred and forty eight pound black guy was known for his sturdiness and like for explosive weapons.
Mongoose knew Bubba for eight months. He also knew how many cups Bubba could down.
“Betting tables close in five minutes,” replied Jeff “Cobra” Waskins. Waskins was a man who knew his close combat weapons. His favorite weapon was a dagger that had a cobra head crafted into the head of the hilt. Its eyes were made crystals. Cobra was an addict for gambling. He came from a wealthy family. He wanted nothing to do with his family so he took his money and made a dagger from the most efficient and expensive material and gambled the rest away. Then he joined the marines. The gov allowed him to keep his dagger and trained him on how to use all sorts of close up weapons. He had his dagger right now stuck into the table its eyes glinting in the lighting.
“Alright folks. I think I’m about ready to down my cups.” Said Bubba. No one knew when he came but he was a veteran for sure. He was in the marines longer than most of the old guys some said. He refused to get promoted beyond what he was. He said he wouldn’t live long behind a desk. He wasn’t an alcoholic but he drank often. He favored weapons of the explosive sort. He especially liked C4 explosives and grenades. He had warm smile and no one known hated him. He grabbed a cup and yelled, “The tables are CLOSED!! Ready, Set Go!”
He swallowed down the cup. The crowd counted, “One!”
As he swallowed down the cups the crowd counted along. He got up to nine then he waved at the people and took two cups then swallowed one then the other simeltanously. The crowd roared approval for the feet. Bubba smiled. He didn’t even look drunk. Mongoose smiled, he had known this always happens after he gets to nine cups.
“Okay people I think I will pass my current all time record of twenty cups not tonight.” The crowd booed but Bubba waved his hands and silenced them. “I will sometime soon, so keep coming every day to this great bar. See ya!” Bubba walked to the door, kicked it open, and walked out into the night. Mongoose followed along with Cobra and the rest of the 52nd squad. Cobra passed Mongoose’s winnings to him. Mongoose smiled looking at the hundred dollar bill. "Another night of money making" he chuckled. Bubba laughed "Glad to be of service. Now lets go to bed." He stopped at the bunker's door and opened it. He let everyone in then closed the door behind him. It was dark in the room still. Shouldn't have someone turned on the light? He heard a movement to the left. "mongoose is that you?" he whispered. Suddenly he heard a swish. Clunk! Something hit him in the stomach. He gasped and cursed. "WHO IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" He said and punched at the dark shadow. The shadow flew across the room and slammed into a closet. Two other shadows went at Bubba. Bubba ducked,punched one of the guys in the nuts then took his head slammed into the other. Both fell down on the floor. Bubba picked up one shadows. "What happened to my comrades?" Suddenly pain lanced through and he blacked out.
He woke up in a chair. Light was flashing in his eyes. He looked to the left. There was mongoose and cobra. They were still unconscious. He turned looked forward as he heard the door opening. A guy in black uniform walked up to him. He smiled. "So you woke up. I'm sorry for the rough treatment."
"Yeah and pigs fly," Bubba mumbled back.
The guy in the blacksuit smiled. "I will brief you on a top secret mission."his smiled disappearred "You have friend named Natalius right?"
Bubba looked up in shock "What about him?"
"Well he was captaining a ship that came from Virgin Islands labratories. Off the coast of Isla Sorna he called in. We believe his crashed around there. His ship was carring very important material. Your squad is to recover the material and return with it. You shall go onto Isla Sorna and make sure that it is intact. The material you will retrieve is an hyperdonic freeze chamber. It can freeze specimens up to three thousand years if not tampered with. We shall also give you weapons and armor so you can deal with any native animals there. Also we will assign a new squad of recruits to join your squad."
"But..."
"Shut up NOW!! What I say goes got it?"
"yes sir."
"Once your friends wake up I will take you to meet your weapons, armor, and recruits. One other thing I'm coming with you." The guy turned around and walked out the door.
1/1/02 9:06:11 PM
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