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Primal Prey: Prologue
By Strider_Aragorn
Dedicated to my inspiration, drucifer67
Primal Prey
Jurassic Park:
Part 1: Mainland
Prologue
Near Isla Nublar, 120 miles west of Costa Rica 1993
Enrico Rodriguez was a construction worker. He worked on an island, off the coast of South America. He was native to that part of the country, and knew how to live in the jungle, and how to avoid predators in the forests.
At the moment he was standing on the deck of a ship. His ship. He was vacationing in Costa Rica, and had decided to take his family out on a picnic on the nearest island. His long white ship streaked through the ocean, cutting a straight line beside a massive, green island.
He looked up as a helicopter soared overhead in the opposite direction, towards the coast of South America. Its rotors glistening in the light of the setting sun, it passed majestically over the boat. Enrico could make out tiny figures in the helicopter’s window.
His attention was then suddenly brought to a noise. It was the roar of an animal, and it sounded as if it was large. It was coming from the island to the boat’s left. It was a deep throaty scream of primal fury, which made Enrico shiver ever so slightly, despite the warmth of the sun.
Excited talking reached his ears. One of Enrico’s children approached him, holding out a can of some description.
“Father,” said the boy in Spanish, “I found this in the water. What is it?”
“I don’t know son,” replied Enrico. The can was caked in mud, and the label was peeled, but the nozzle on the top of the can was intact. He pressed it. White cream came out, and then the can stopped spurting out the foamy substance. Enrico smelled the substance. It was Shaving Cream.
He tried to get more out of the can, but it was empty. He frowned. It was freezing cold, and still felt heavy despite the fact that it was apparently empty. Enrico snorted and told his son to put it in one of the freezers on the boat.
Enrico decided that he would take it to the government tomorrow morning. Just then the mighty bellow reached his ears again. He sighed.
Enrico and his family had landed on the island. They had decided to go for a walk over a ridge before having their picnic. Ridges were to be found all along the island’s edge, making it difficult to get into the interior of the island.
The sun had now set. Enrico and his family were sitting on a hill, getting out their picnic things. Everyone was laughing and joking, setting up the picnic, and generally enjoying the rare family outing.
Then Enrico felt a slight tremor coursing through the ground. The others were still talking loudly. He scanned their surroundings; the ridge they had clambered over was standing ominously over them; a forest to their right harboured squawking birds; behind them, a valley stretched out.
The clouds shifted, and the moon came out. Enrico shivered as he felt the tremor again. He then dismissed it, and joined in with his wife and two children as they continued their merry-making.
Over the next ten minutes, Enrico felt the tremors a few times, but didn’t pay any heed, as he was having too much fun to notice. Then, it occurred again. Enrico felt the ground shake, and saw the wine in his glass vibrate, causing several concentric rings.
This time his whole family noticed. They all sat facing the forest, where the sound and vibration had come from. There was a strange snuffling sound coming from the forest. Abruptly, it stopped.
“Probably just a forest animal,” offered Enrico. The others agreed, and they continued eating, drinking and talking.
Then it happened. The forest exploded with movement. Something huge burst out of the trees, and moved with surprising speed to the picnicking family. The ground was shaking violently as Enrico stood up, getting his family to do the same, and ran for the ridge. He looked behind him and saw a huge set of jaws slam close, with a great snapping sound, just behind him. The jaws bellowed, the same sound Enrico had heard before he had landed on the island.
He and his family reached the ridge, and began the steep ascent up its green side. They heard the sound of their follower slowly die away, and then with a holler, the creature behind the Rodriguezes hit the ground. There was a huge crash and the ground shook, and Enrico fell to the ground.
He chanced a look behind him as he got back up. A massive mountain of grey flesh was lying on the ridge behind him. As he watched, the animal pulled two massive pillar-like legs under itself, and slowly rise. Then Enrico turned back to his waiting family and ran for the boat.
1/16/2003 1:34:32 AM
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