TITLE: Genesis

AUTHOR: Cheri (idleslov@sonicwave.net)

RATING: R

FANDOM: Jurassic Park

KEYWORDS: Jurassic Park, Angst, Torture, Alan/Ellie Romance

SPOILERS: Jurassic Park 3

FEEDBACK: Very Welcome :)

ARCHIVE: Anywhere just ask me first :)

SUMMARY: After escaping Isla Sorna, Alan along with Ellie face a new and dangerous threat

DISCLAIMER: Jurassic Park and the characters do not belong to me, they belong to Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg and others. I'm making no money off of this

NOTE: I only saw Jurassic Park 3 once so I don't remember Ellie’s married name or if they even said it. So I made up one for her

Chapter One

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Alan breathed a sigh of relief as he stumbled out of the trees towards the beach where the national guard had assembled to take them home. "Thank you Ellie!" He said under his breath. He couldn't believe that he had managed to survive again. As he stumbled onto the helicopter, he was relieved to see that Billy was still alive. He ran to him and kneeled down.

"Hi Doctor Grant" He said weakly.

Alan smiled at him. "We're going home!" He said as he felt the helicopter lift off. He looked out the window at Isla Sorna. It all looked so tranquil from the air. It was hard to believe that for the last few days Billy, the Kirbys and he had spent hell on earth there. Grant pursed his lips in anger. *Not to mention, more needless deaths and injuries.* He thought. When he left Isla Nublar eight years ago, he never imagined he'd have to go through it all again. He was glad Ellie wasn't along this time, he had had enough trouble keeping Billy and the Kirbys safe let alone her. He leaned back in his seat. It would be good to see Ellie again. He really missed her. He was looking forward to getting back home and forgetting all about these damn islands. At that moment he heard the pilots yell as three pterodactyls flew past them. He figured they were going to another nesting ground. He hoped wherever they decided to nest was unoccupied. As he watched the three dactyls soar into the clouds, he sighed and closed his eyes. At last he could really sleep.

As the helicopters flew into the skies a hand parted the foliage. A pair of eyes stared up at the tiny black dots flying towards the horizon. With a hiss, the eyes disappeared into the forest...

*********

"Alan!" Ellie flew out of her house and into Alan's arms. "Thank God! I was so worried about you!" She said as she hugged him tightly.

Alan laughed as he held her tightly. "Hey! I had plenty of experience, you know!" He said teasingly

. As Ellie opened the door, her two kids flew at Alan's legs and squeezed them as hard as they could. Alan grimaced and looked at Ellie. "Oh yeah, these two!" He said.

"C'mon kids leave the dinosaur man alone!" She said as she pried them off of his legs. "Let me get you something to eat" signaling towards the kitchen.

Grant smiled as he followed her. As he watched her walk into the kitchen, he stared at her butt. He had really missed her the past few days!

As he ate the grilled cheese Ellie had cooked, he glanced down at his scars and thanked God that he had live through another ordeal. When he became a paleontologist, he never imagined that one day he would have to outrun the real thing. As he munched on his sandwich, he breathed a sigh of relief, happy that he would never have to go back to the island.

************

In the darkness of the abandoned laboratory, a figure flipped through some files on the history of Jurassic Park. He smiled as he found the file he was looking for. Opening it up, he glanced through the information on Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler The figure grinned as he read through their personal statistics. Even after they had left Jurassic Park in 1993, the people who had worked at INGEN had kept updated files on them in the hopes of someday persuading them to come back and give their endorsement to a new improved park. The general consensus among the staff had been that John Hammond had jumped the gun and allowed people to see the park before everything had been fine tuned, checked and double checked. The figure shook his head. *As if the fools at INGEN could do any better!" He thought chuckling to himself. He grinned as he saw where they had penciled in the current address of Ellie Sattler. Under her phone number was the name of a small airport near Ellie that the INGEN techs could have called if they needed to schedule a flight out to meet her and Grant. The figure smiled. *Perfect!* he thought. *Just what I need to set my plan in motion!* Pushing aside a bunch of old papers and debris on the desk, he found the only phone that still worked and dialed the number besides Ellies address.

*************

"I'll get it!" Ellie said as she got up from the kitchen table. She picked up the phone as Grant continued to munch on his grilled cheese. "Hello?"

The figure cleared his throat. "Doctor Ellie Sattler?" he spoke in a raspy voice.

"Yes, but Sattler is my maiden name now. I'm married. It's Ellie Richards now."

"Oh, I'm so sorry..." The figure glanced down at the files. There was no record of her being married. Either they didn't record it, which was unlikely or the marriage happened after the lab had been deserted.

"I represent Doctor Hammond," He said. " Some of his archaeologists found a group of fossilized plants intact. They have no paleobotanists with them however, and he wishes you to fly to the site to lend them your expertise. All expenses paid, of course and you will be paid generously for your services in addition to that. He has offered to contact the airport nearest you and arrange the flight. He wants you to leave as soon as possible. Will you take the job?"

Ellie blinked in surprise. She glanced over at Alan who stopped chewing and looked back at her quizzically. "Who is it?" He mouthed.

Ellie held up her hand and turned her attention back to the phone. " I'm not sure that's a good idea, My husband is away on business and I don't want to leave my children alone."

The figure rolled his eyes *Children, too?" He thought.

"Um...Is there someone you could get to look after your children? It's very important that you come. Doctor Hammond has insisted on you. It will be a day, maximum, and you will be paid for your trouble. Are you sure there is no one to watch your children?"

Ellie looked at Alan, who had stopped eating altogether and was listening to the conversation.

"I might be able to get someone"

"Excellent!" The figure boomed. "I'll give you all the information you need then. The plane leaves at midnight." With a smirk, he gave Ellie the location of the airport and the flight number. After he had given her all the necessary information, he bid her goodbye and hung up. With a triumphant laugh, he dialed the number for the airport.

Ellie turned to Alan who smiled at her. Noticing the nervous look, he cleared his throat. "What's wrong?"

Ellie sighed "Can you do a huge favor for me?"

***********

Chapter 2

Ellie sighed as she looked out the plane window. She had hated to ask Alan to baby-sit her children. But, this

dig sounded important and she was anxious to get out in the field again after so long. Her husband had frowned on her being a paleobotanist. He thought it was unseemly for a woman to be digging around in the dirt all day. Ellie rolled her eyes. Mark was sweet, but very old fashioned. He pictured her more as a homemaker than a career woman. With Alan, it was different. He respected and admired her for wanting to get her hands dirty. But, for some reason, he had refused her when she finally proposed. Ellie pursed her lips. All these years Alan had never really said why he wouldn't marry her. She chalked it up to his unwillingness to have children, but she couldn't be sure. She had tried a couple of times to bring up the subject, but Alan just started talking about something else. After awhile she had just given up. Alan was stubborn and she knew no matter how much she begged, he would never tell her his reasons unless he wanted to.

Ellie sighed deeply. She still loved him deeply and she swore that sometimes when he thought she wasn't looking he got a look in his eyes that told her he still loved her just as deeply too. She thought that Alan felt threatened by Mark and that's why he would look away when she caught him looking at him. She sometimes caught Alan looking at Mark with a jealous look in his eyes that she had seen before whenever Ian would get too close to her. Ellie grinned. She loved that Alan cared enough to be that protective of her. She wondered if Mark would ever do the same.

She lay back in her seat and sighed. She wondered how long it would take to get to the site. The representative of Hammond had arranged everything for her, so really all she had to do was get on the plane. she yawned and blinked her eyes as her lids became heavy. Laying her head on her shoulder, she slipped into dreamland.

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Alan leaned back on the couch in Ellie's living room. He was exhausted from playing with the children. He had finally managed to get them fed and bathed and put into bed. Turning on the television, he settled in and relaxed. He admired Ellie even more now. He couldn't believe how much work went into taking care of the kids. Getting Lex and Tim through Jurassic Park was a walk in the park compared to her two little boys. Grant smiled. He hadn't thought of Lex and Tim in years, he wondered how they were doing.

Alan half closed his eyes and let the droning of the TV send him into a relaxed state. His mind drifted to Ellie. He hoped she was okay. He knew she was embarrassed to ask him to baby-sit the children, but he had seen the excitement in her eyes at being able to get out in the field again and he knew he couldn't deny her. He just wondered why she had to leave at Midnight. It seemed kinda odd that they could only get a flight that late at night.

At that moment, the phone in the kitchen rang jolting him out of sleepiness. Glancing at his watch, he saw that it was three in the morning. *Who the hell would be calling at this hour?* He thought. He walked to the phone and picked up the receiver. "Hello?"

"Grant?"

Alan blinked as he recognized the voice of John Hammond. What did he want? He prayed that nothing had happened to Ellie's airplane

"John?"

"I didn't know you would be there. I thought Ellie was married."

Alan pursed his lips "She is, but I agreed to watch her kids since her husband is out of town at the moment"

"Oh, I was just calling her to ask about you actually. I heard what happened on Isla Sorna and I wanted to know if she knew anything"

Alan blinked "At three in the morning?"

"I couldn't get to sleep" Hammond replied sheepishly. "I just wanted to talk to old friends. Where is she, by the way?"

Alan was taken aback "What do you mean, Where is she?. You sent her off to that dig site."

"Dig site? What dig site? I haven't talked to Ellie in five years."

Alan began to get a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"Someone called here earlier claiming that they represented you, and asked Ellie to go to one of your dig sites to look at some plant samples. Alan said slowly.

"Doctor Grant, I assure you. It wasn't any of my people. I have no dig sites going on at the moment." Hammond said in a worried tone. "Did they say where the site was?"

Alan shook his head " No, no...They told her that everything had been taken care of and all she had to do was show up." He fought to keep himself from puking. He wondered what the hell Ellie had gotten herself into.

"Doctor Grant, give me the name of the airport she left from, I'll make some calls and find out the destination of her plane. What time did the plane leave?"

"Midnight" Grant said.

"Okay, hang up and let me check. I'll get back to you!"

Grant nodded and hung up. He looked over at the emergency phone numbers and found Ellie's cell phone number. He dialed the number. No response. He figured Ellie had the cell turned off so she could sleep. Sighing, He walked to the kitchen table and sat down. He put his head in his hands and waited for Hammond to call.

************

It seemed like hours before the phone rang again. Alan quickly ran to the phone and picked it up.

"Grant" Hammond said grimly.

"Did you find out where she was going?"

"Aye, I think you better find someone else to baby-sit the kids, I think Ellie needs your help."

Grant was filled with dread "Why? What's wrong? Where is she going?"

Hammond pause and then spoke quietly.

"Isla Sorna"

Chapter 3

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Grant hung up the phone and stumbled to the kitchen chair. He felt all the blood drain from his face as he thought of Ellie going to Isla Sorna. He wondered who would put her in danger and for what purpose. He pictured her running through the jungle, screaming and being pursued by a huge spinosaur. He felt his stomach churn at the thought. Tears flowed from his eyes as he stumbled back to the emergency numbers. Finding the number for Ellie's parents, he dialed and waited for someone to answer the phone. Finally Ellie's mother answered the phone.

"Hello?" she said sleepily.

"Alan steeled himself for the anger to come. "Um...Hello, Mrs. Sattler. I need to ask you a favor!"

**********

Ellie yawned and stretched. The sun steamed into the airplane window as it rose above the horizon. She couldn't believe they were still airborne.

*How far is this site?* she thought.

She looked out the window and was surprised to see they were flying over the ocean. She stared out the window, confused. Was the site overseas?

She got up out of her seat and walked up to the cockpit. Knocking on the door, she heard a faint voice saying "Come in" Ellie walked in and noticed that there was only one person flying the plane. She wondered where the co-pilot was.

The pilot turned and looked at her. "Can I help you?"

"Yes, " Ellie said. "Where are we going?"

The pilot shrugged. "I'm not entirely sure, Ma'am"

Ellie was taken aback "Not sure? You don't know where I'm going?"

The pilot shook his head " All I was given was a set of coordinates. I was told to fly you there. Before I could ask the name of the location, they hung up. Anyway, We're almost there. I'm sure you can find someone to answer your questions as soon as we land." He pointed back towards the cabin "Now if you would be so kind as to sit back down and fasten your seatbelt, please?"

Ellie nodded, shut the door and walked back to her seat. She fastened her seatbelt and prepared for the landing. She wondered why all the secrecy? Was Hammond conducting a dig at a secret site? She hoped he wasn't trying to create another Jurassic Park and she had been sent to help. If that was what was happening, she wanted no part of it. She would just tell the pilot to fly her back and then she would give Hammond a piece of her mind, personally.

She felt the plane begin to lower and she braced herself for the first bump when the plane hit the ground. After a few minutes, she heard the thump as they landed on the ground. She looked out and noticed that there was jungle all around them. Ellie gulped. She had a feeling she was right about the site. She felt anger boiling to the surface. Hammond had tricked her! She thought he had quit for good after Lex and Tim were nearly killed. Apparently, the lure of money made him change his mind.

As the plane rolled to a stop, Ellie unbuckled her seat belt and walked to the door. She waited as the pilot unlocked it and they both stepped down onto the runway. Ellie looked around for any sign of life.

"Hello?" She called.

Ellie frowned as the only answer was the chirping of birds. She suddenly remembered her cell phone in her purse. She turned it on and dialed her house. She frowned as the phone rang and rang. *Where are you, Alan?* she thought. She disconnected and was surprised when the phone rang almost immediately.

"Hello?" she said.

"Ellie! Thank God, I finally got through!" Alan said.

"Alan? Where are you? I tried to call the house and no one answered!"

"I know! I'm on an airplane heading for you. Are you still in the air?"

"No, we just landed. Alan, I think Hammond tricked me. I'm on an island. I have a feeling he wants to build another park!"

"No Ellie! That's not it! Hammond called me last night. He has nothing to do with this. Someone called impersonating his assistant. Ellie....You're on Isla Sorna"

Ellie's eyes widened in fear. "Are you sure?" She said with a tremor in her voice. She began to scan the area for dinosaurs.

"Yes, I'm sure! Hammond checked the flight destination and someone worked out that the coordinates they gave the pilot are the coordinates for Isla Sorna."

Ellie closed her eyes in dread. She hoped that Alan wasn't too far away. "Alan, I'm scared" she admitted.

"Don't worry Ellie, just stay near the airplane. I think you'll be okay until we get there."

"I hope so, Al..." She jumped as she heard the pilot behind her gasp. She turned around and saw with horror that the pilot was sprawled out, unconscious, on the runway. A tranquilizer dart was sticking out of his neck. "Alan!" She said frantically into the phone "Alan, someone just shot the pilot with a tranquilizing dart. He's out cold! I...." Ellie shuddered as a dart shot out of the foliage and landed in the side of her neck. Falling to her knees, she felt the world around her going dark.

"Alan" She whispered as she sank into unconsciousness.

"Ellie? Ellie?" Grant said frantically. "Ellie? Are you okay?" All of a sudden, he heard a sound over the phone that he dreaded above all else. In the background, he could hear the distinct chirping of raptors. Then he heard a crunch as the cell went dead. *Oh God, NO!* He thought.

************

From the doorway of the lab, the figure watched as the raptors dragged Ellie towards a cage beside the building. He walked towards the cage and unlocked the door. The raptor dragged Ellie into the center of the cage and dropped her with a thud. The figure smiled as the raptor looked at him expectantly.

"This way, my pet!" He cooed.

The raptor obediently walked out of the cage and the figure closed the door and locked it. He stared for a moment at the unconscious form and with an evil chuckle, he walked back into the lab.

"Soon, the fun will begin!" He said to himself as the raptors took up positions around the building and the cage.

"All I need now is Doctor Grant and I can begin my experiments. I have a feeling he will be joining us shortly" His laugh roared through the jungle like a tidal wave before becoming silent once more.

***********

Ellie slowly opened her eyes. It took a moment for her to adjust to the daylight. When her vision finally cleared. She gasped in horror. She was in a cage beside a dull gray building. The worst part though, was there was a raptor at the door of the cage staring at her with a thoughtful expression on it's face. She looked around for the pilot, but he was nowhere to be seen. She hoped he wasn't dead. She hoped that Alan wasn't dead either. As she backed up to the back of the cage, the raptor tilted his head to the side and chirped quietly. She looked behind her and saw more raptors standing around the building. It looked to Ellie like they were standing guard. She shook her head.

*I must be dreaming!* She thought. *I can't be here on this island, in a cage surrounded by raptors. It has to be a nightmare* She pinched herself hard on the arm. Wincing at the pain, she realized that it was all too real. She was a prisoner on Isla Sorna being guarded by raptors. It sounded like something her and Alan would have thought of in their younger days when they teased each other with silly stories to ward off the boredom on long digs. But that was before Jurassic Park made it all a reality. Now, Alan was probably the only chance she had left to escape this hell.

As she wondered if there was anyway to distract the raptors long enough to unlock the cage door, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck. She reached behind to find another dart. *Oh God* Ellie thought weakly as she began to fall into unconsciousness again. Before the darkness completely overtook her, she thought she could make out somebody at the door of the building, watching her. With a sigh, she slipped into the blackness.

***********

As Ellie opened her eyes she noticed that she was strapped down to a lab table in an old abandoned lab. She tried to free herself from the straps but she couldn't even budge them.

"It's no use, my dear. I've tied them tight.” A voice said behind her. "Now all we have to do is wait for Doctor Grant to arrive and we can begin."

"Who are you?" Ellie said as bravely as she could. She tried to turn around and see behind her, but a strap was holding her neck down and she could only look to the sides.

"Since you cannot see me, I shall show you who I am!" The voice said as he stepped in front of the table.

Ellie’s eyes widened in horror as she saw that the voice belonged to a raptor. But the raptor was different than the other raptors, he was human-like. He grinned as Ellie's scream echoed through the lab...

Chapter 4

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Ellie's head throbbed as she came awake. She remembered fainting from the shock of seeing the raptor man. She noticed that her vision was still a bit blurred. She saw the vague outline of an IV in her arm and she surmised that it must be filled with some kind of narcotic to keep her from escaping. She had no idea how long she had been out but judging from the shadows in the lab and the dimming sunlight outside, she thought it had to be at least two hours, maybe more. She hoped that Alan hadn't been captured in that time. As far as she could tell from looking around she was all alone. Somewhere, behind her, she could hear the raptors chirping to one another. She wondered if she would become a snack for them eventually.

She turned her neck as she heard a door open and close. Through her drug induced haze, she could make out the raptor man fiddling with something at a desk. He turned briefly to her for a moment and she thought she could make out a sneer as he walked back through the door. The sound of the door slamming was like a sledgehammer on her head and she winced in pain. She began to think of all the people whom she loved. Mark, Her kids, Alan.... She feared she would never see them again.

Tears fell from her eyes as she listened to the incessant chattering of the raptors. Then, her ears perked up as she heard a different raptor call. It seemed like it was further away from the others. She wondered if other raptors were coming back to the lab after a day of hunting. But, judging from the skittish sounds of the raptors outside, this new raptor was a stranger to them. She breathed a sigh of relief as she heard them moving away to investigate the newcomer. At least they wouldn't be in the lab threatening her. She closed her eyes and listened as the raptors searched the bush, chittering in frustration.

her eyes fluttered open in terror as she heard someone moving by her side.

*Oh my God, It's come back* She thought

"Ellie?"

Ellie's eyes snapped open and she saw a blurry figure looking down on her.

"Alan?" Ellie said groggily

She heard Alan curse softly. She felt so sorry for him seeing her like this. She knew it was tearing him up inside with guilt for not being there for her. Her breath caught in her throat as she remembered the raptors and how agitated they had been. If they came in here...

"Alan, the raptors..." She began

Alan nodded and leaned down to Ellie's ear so she could make out what he was saying.

"I took care of them with my little raptor call."

Ellie's brow furrowed in confusion.

"Raptor call?" She said slowly.

She squinted as she watched Alan pulled a small white object out of his pocket. He brought it closer to her face so she could see it better.

"It's a replication of a raptors frontal lobe." He said softly in her ear." When you blow on it, it'll reproduce the sounds a raptor makes. that's how I was able to lure them away!" He grinned. "Billy and I made it."

Ellie nodded. She was so grateful that Alan had that with him. Maybe they had a chance of getting off the island after all. unless...

"Alan," Ellie said groggily. "There's a raptor man. he's somewhere in the building. You need to..."

Her eyes widened as she saw a dark form rising up behind Alan. She screamed in horror as she saw the raptor man hitting Alan with something. She sobbed as she heard Alan's body fall to the floor with a heavy thud.

She jerked her head as the raptor began to stroke her head.

"Don't cry, my dear." He hissed. "I'm not going to kill him, I have plans for both of you! You see, you and Doctor. Grant are going to help me create a master race of raptors. With your help, the raptor race will once again become the dominate species on this planet and your pitiful species will be reduced to slaves."

"I'll never help you!" Ellie spat out.

"Oh, I don't think you have a choice in the matter, my dear." The raptor man leaned in close to her face. "You see, I have you drugged so you cannot get away and even if you could, well...I don't think you would want Doctor Grant to suffer in any way, would you?"

Ellie's eyes widened and she began to shake her head back and forth as tears poured from her eyes.

The raptor man grinned smugly.

"I didn't think so" he said.

"But, Why us?" Ellie said between sobs.

"Why you?, Well...I need Doctor. Grant because of his expertise on raptors. You see, the scientists left detailed notes here but I need to know more. Doctor Grant is one of the leading authorities on raptors, you know. If I'm going to create the master race, I need to know all I can so there will be no mistakes."

"And me?" Ellie said softly

"You? why, my dear. You are going to supply the womb..."

Part 5

Ellie stared at him, too stunned to speak. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.

"You can't do this!" She cried. "You can't play..."

"GOD?" The raptor hissed. "Who are you to tell me not to play God? If it wasn't for your species wanting to tinker with the natural order of things, I wouldn't be here! So don't start preaching to me about playing God."

He leaned closer into Ellie's face.

"Perhaps if mankind had been smarter, you wouldn't be here in this lab strapped to a table..."

As Ellie watched the raptor walked over to some large tubes in the center of the room. In each tube was a dead embryo raptor. Each tube held a raptor more developed than the last one. Sensors were attached to each one at the head and neck. The raptor gestured to them...

"This is what INGEN was really working on. That stupid theme park was just a front for their real operation. Human/raptor hybrids. They wanted to try to combine the intelligence of raptors with the intelligence of humans...if you can call it intelligence...to create a super raptor!"

Ellie shook her head.

"But...why?" She said

"Slaves!" The raptor stared at her intently. "They wanted to create a genetically altered 'pet'. Something they could teach to serve man. They also wanted something they could perform their lab tests on as well." He beat his fist against one of the tubes. "We were meant to be nothing more than a slave race to a bunch of arrogant primates! If isn't enough for your kind to enslave and torture your own. You have to involve other species now too!"

He walked back to Ellie and stared down at her with his cold calculating eyes....

"And paleontologists like Doctor Grant....They go and dig up the bones of the dead and display them in museums like fair attractions. My ancestors....my raptor brothers and sisters, are nothing more than displays now to be gawked at by semi intelligent primates. And yet, if I were to go into your graveyards and dig up the bones of your dead and display them in museums, you would have a problem with that!"

The raptor narrowed his eyes....

"Well...mankind's brief, violent and insignificant reign is going to end soon. I am going to finish INGEN's work...only, the humans will be the ones who are going to be the slaves and the lab experiments."

He walked over to a desk in the corner and picked up a battered bible. He brought it back to Ellie and waved it in her face.

"Interesting reading, I must say." He hissed. "One of the scientists left it behind. Pretty ironic for him to have it, don't you think?"

He thumbed through it.

"Most of it is boring and long winded. It seems your species has a talent for stating things in a roundabout way.".

He turned the book around and showed Ellie a picture of Adam naming the animals.

This is what truly fascinated me though. The story of the first male and female humans. It's interesting that God chose to walk with your kind in the beginning. But even then you chose to ignore him, and you were denied paradise because your kind had the same problem it has now...you think you are better than God."

The raptor walked back over to the table and sat the bible down. He turned to face Ellie...

"The scientists never gave me a name. I guess they thought I wasn't important enough to warrent one. After reading through this bible though, I decided to call myself Adam, because after all I'm the first raptor of my kind in the world. And like Adam, I shall be fruitful and multiply!"

He walked to Ellie and stared at her torso.

"And you shall be Eve. The first mother of the new raptor race!"

Ellie felt her stomach turn in a knot at that. She was repulsed by the thought of a raptor embryo growing inside of her. She glanced off the side of the table to see that Alan was lying on the floor beside her, still out.

Adam noticed her staring over the edge and went around the table...

"Oh yes! I almost forgot about him. Thank you for reminding me my dear!"

He picked Alan up by the back of his shirt and began to drag him back into the lab.

"What are you going to do to him?" Ellie cried out.

Adam smiled at her.

"Don't worry about Doctor Grant. I'm only going to put him in a cage for the moment while I make the beginning preparations for the embryo transplant. "

Ellie watched as Adam dragged Alan out of the room. She closed her eyes and tried to hold back her tears. She wished that she had never came. Now she was going to be nothing more than an incubator. As she heard a far away cage door slam. She let the tears flow from her cheeks....

Part 6

Alan came to....

He saw that he had been dumped in a cage. He vaguely remembered being dragged away from Ellie and a fuzzy image of a door closing as the somebody stared at him before leaving him alone. He had passed out after that. Now that he could see clearly he saw that he was near the point where the raptor had attacked them before when he was here with the Kirbys. He listened as he heard someone in the main lab moving around. He hoped that Ellie was alright. Looking towards the door, he noticed it had a huge padlock on it. He scrambled to his feet and walked to the door. He began to examine the lock.

He studied it for a moment, thinking. Suddenly he got an idea. He figured out that it was the type that was opened with a key. He reached into his pants pocket and thanked God when he found his pocketknife. Pulling out the blade he positioned it against the back of the lock and began to push forward with all his might. He watched as the lock was flung upside down against the door and slammed back down against the door with a small clang. He froze and listened afraid someone would hear him and come to investigate. After a few moments he still heard nothing but the noise of the person in the lab. Satisfied he was okay, he began to work on the lock again. He muttered curses as each time the lock flew up he failed to grab it though the honeycombed openings of the cage door. After the forth attempt, he managed to grab it just in time. Holding it steady with the tips of his fingers, he stuck the blade into the keyhole and began to pick the lock. Glancing nervously towards the lab, he worked the blade around inside the lock. After about ten minutes, Grant sighed when he heard the faint click of the lock opening. With a triumphant grin, he used his fingers and the knife blade to work the lock off of the gate. As it hit the floor, Grant froze again and listened. But again, no sounds of anyone rushing to stop him.

Tiptoeing to the entrance, he pressed himself against the wall for a few minutes before tentatively looking around the corner. He saw that Ellie was still strapped to the lab table, a terrified look on her face as she watched....

Alan drew in his breath as he noticed the man moving around the lab. If you could call it a man. He stared with wide eyes as he saw that this being seemed to be a human/raptor hybrid.

*Oh my God, just what had those bastards at INGEN been doing?* he thought grimly

He looked around and spied a metal pipe lying up against the wall. Crouching down, he quickly scrambled to the pipe as the raptor man's back was turned. He reached the pipe just as he turned back around. Breathing a soft sigh of relief, he grabbed the metal pipe in one hand and began to advance slowly towards the beast who was busying himself studying charts and gathering together lab equipment. He looked over to see that Ellie hadn't seen him, her attention focused completely on the raptor man. He bided his time until he had turned with his back to Grant. Seeing his chance, he rushed out and slammed the metal pipe down on top of his head watching as the raptor man slumped to the ground unconscious.

He turned and ran to Ellie’s side. He smiled at her as she looked at him with a grateful look in her eyes.

"I was so scared for you, Alan." She said softly

"Same here, El" Grant said as he loosened the straps.

Helping Ellie to her feet, she steadied her as she stood up and swayed uneasily. After a few moments, she got her bearings and smiled at Grant to let him know she was alright.

Grant looked around and spied a bottle of whiskey sitting on one of the technicians desks. An idea came to him and he walked to the desk. Grabbing the bottle he pulled a handkerchief out of his back pocket and shoved it down the neck of the whiskey bottle leaving a little hanging out of the top. He ran towards the supply cabinet and opened it frantically searching. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found some matchbooks in among the supplies. Motioning Ellie towards the door. He lit the top of his Molotov cocktail and flung it at the far wall. He watched for a moment as a wall of flame erupted and then he ran towards the door pushing Ellie in front of him. Reaching the door, they paused as the saw there were still a few raptors on guard. Pulling out his raptor call, he quickly blew out the call for help. The raptors perked up at the sound and all of them hurried into the woods looking for the raptor who was in trouble. Grinning at Ellie, they ran out into the woods as the lab began to burn....

Part 7

Grant and Ellie ran through the dense jungle. They had been trying to find the way back to the runway and the airplanes. Grant had a vague idea in which direction they should be heading, but without a compass he couldn't be sure. The other problem was the jungle was filled with dinosaurs of every species. some with the ability to conceal themselves effectively in the brush. They ran as fast as they could wanting to put as much distance between them and the lab but at the same time they were trying to be aware of everything around them...

Suddenly they stopped and crouched low. They gulped as they felt an impact tremor beneath their feet. They got as low to the ground as they could as they saw a spinosaurus pass by in the clearing before them. Ellie had never seen one in person, she had only heard the stories from Alan. She couldn't believe the size of it. It was nearly the size of two tyrannosaurs. She tried to steady her breathing as the spinosaur paused to sniff the air. It seemed to sense them but judging from it's behavior, Ellie thought it was trying to determine for sure if they were there and how big a threat they were to it. Not that they posed any threat. She felt it could probably swallow them both whole in two big gulps. Her eyes widened as she saw it move closer to them, sniffing the ground now as well as the air. She began to breathe faster as the spinosaur got closer. She felt a squeeze on her hand and she looked over to see Alan putting a finger to his lips and winking at her. Ellie nodded and began to inhale and exhale softly trying to control her heart rate.

The spinosaur moved closer to them. It was now almost on top of them. Ellie watched as drool from it's mouth dripped on a fallen log in front of her. The spinosaur wasn't looking at them, instead, it was staring straight ahead back into the jungle. It grunted as if in thought trying to decide if it wanted to go in or not. It picked up it's foot ready to move ahead. Ellie's eyes widened as she saw that it was going to step right on them. Her body tensed preparing for the worse.

Suddenly the spinosaur jerked it's head around as a herd of gallimimusses ran across the clearing. The spinosaur put it's foot back down and with a roar spun around and ran after the herd as Ellie and Grant let out a gasp of air. They heard another roar and a squeal or pain as the spinosaur found a victim.

Cautiously, Ellie and Grant stood up and looked out at the clearing. The spinosaur was at the far end with his back to them, hungrily feeding on the gallimimus's carcass. Running as fast as they could without making any noise. Ellie and Grant ran across the clearing to the jungle on the other side. Half expecting to have the spinosaur notice them halfway across, they were relieved that he hadn't noticed them as he gorged himself on the gallimimus.

They quickly hurried away in case the spinosaur finished any time soon.

"Well Alan, I see you weren't kidding about it's size." Ellie said between breaths.

Alan chuckled and looked back at Ellie.

"You sound worried there, El" He teased.

"I'll just be glad to get back to the plane and get off this island." she said.

"I just hope my pilot is still alive. We'll need someone to pilot the plane." Grant said grimly.

"Hon, I'll pilot the plane myself if it means getting off this island!"

Alan nodded as they both paused to catch their breath. They noticed that they had stopped about 10 feet away from a stream. Walking to it, they both bent down and gulped in the cool refreshing water. As they were drinking they heard a huge boom. Looking up, they breathed a sigh of relief as they noticed a brachiosaurus pause to get a drink further downstream. Ellie and Grant watched in wonder. Even after all these years, a sight like this filled them with awe. The brachiosaur finished drinking and as it was raising it's head, it caught sight of Ellie and Grant. Pausing for a moment, it leaned it's neck over until it's head was directly above them. It stared at them curiously as Ellie and Grant rubbed it's snout. The brachiosaur gave a snort as it decided they were not a threat and it lifted it's head high into the sky and walked on. Ellie and Grant sat and watched it go smiling to themselves as they saw the head bob high above the treetops.

"Now why can't all the dinosaurs be like her?" Grant said pointing .

Ellie was about to reply when she caught sight of some pterodactyls flying far above them. They quickly ran back into the trees before they were spotted. Just as they reached the safety of the trees, the pterodactyls swooped down and landed at the stream in front of them. It seemed to be a family group with a male, female and baby. The male and female drank side by side as the baby walked behind them squawking to itself impatiently, eager to be flying again. As Ellie and Grant watched the baby walked over to where they were hiding and peeked in at them chirping curiously. Grant gritted his teeth as he saw the mother look over at the baby and squawk at it, commanding it to come to her. The baby ignored it's mother and instead hopped over into Ellies lap. Ellie held her breath as the baby tried to nip at her fingers. She watched as the mother began to walk over to their hiding place, squawking insistently. Just as it reached them, It gave one more loud squawk and the baby reluctantly left Ellie's lap to rejoin it's mother. They watched as the mother gave the baby a bop on the head with her beak for not listening to her and all three of them took to the skies again.

Ellie and Grant looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Jesus" Grant said. "What else could happen?"

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Adam opened his eyes and looked at the raptors gathered around him. He shook his head, dazed as the raptors chirped with concern. He looked over and saw with rage that the laboratory was now an inferno. He didn't know how he had made it out but he figured that one or more of the raptors had pulled him out. He hissed in rage as he noticed two sets of footprints imprinted in some mud near the jungle.

"So, they've escaped!" He said as he stood up. "Well, they aren't going to get off this island, that's for sure!"

He chirped out orders to the raptors around him ordering them to begin searching for them and to inform other raptors to join in the search. As he watched them run off into the jungle, Adam smiled....

"Let's see how far you get with the entire raptor population at your heels!" He chuckled as he ran into the jungle himself...

Part 8

For the better part of an hour, Grant and Ellie had been running through the jungle trying to avoid getting killed as they followed what they though was the correct direction to the airfield. Grant felt himself growing more confident as he thought he began to recognize certain oddly shaped trees that he had seen on the way to the laboratory...

"I don't think It'll be too much longer, El." He said as he looked back at her.

"Good, my legs are killing me." Ellie called back as she tried not to trip on the rocks and branches littering the jungle floor.

Grant chuckled. His smile vanished though as he thought about the pilot of the plane. He hoped he was still alive. He really didn't feel like trying to fly himself and crashing in a big fireball with Ellie didn't appeal to him especially after all they had gone through to reach the plane.

Suddenly Grant's stomach turned as they heard a familiar chirping. He and Ellie quickly fell to the ground as a raptor appeared out of the brush a few feet away. Grant and Ellie held their breath as four other raptors stepped out behind him. They began to fan out, searching all over. Grant looked at Ellie who was watching each raptor as they sniffed the air and turned over dead logs in their search...

"I'm gonna try something." He mouthed to her.

Ellie nodded and watched as Grant pulled the raptor call out of his pocket. Putting it to his lips, he sounded the signal for help trying to make it sound as though the call was coming from far away. He watched as all five raptors jerked their heads up and began to chirp to one another, confused. Grant sounded the call again trying to make it sound more urgent. All five raptors were now staring off into the jungle on Grant and Ellie’s right, torn between staying to search and going to help their comrade. Finally the lead raptor sounded a chirp to the other four and all of them hurried off into the jungle. Grant and Ellie both exhaled sharply and grinned at each other...

"Geez, How many close calls are we gonna have today?" Ellie asked.

"Hopefully, that was the last." Grant said as he got to his feet.

Helping Ellie to her feet. He stepped forward and looked to the right trying to determine if all the raptors had gone. After seeing the coast was clear, he motioned to Ellie and they quickly ran on...

Behind them, the five raptors stepped back out from their hiding places. They looked at one another and the lead raptor chirped an order to the raptor closest to him to go and get the others. After the raptor had gone the other raptors headed in the direction that Grant and Ellie had taken...

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Grant and Ellie breathed a sigh of relief as they stepped out of the jungle. Before them lay the airstrip with the plane still intact. Looking left and right, they approached cautiously. Once they reached the door of the airplane, Grant motioned Ellie to get behind him. Taking a deep breath, he flung open the door and heard a terrified scream. Looking inside, he saw the pilot hunched down on the floor of the plane holding a shotgun in front of him. Seeing who it was, he lowered the gun and breathed a sigh of relief...

"Oh...Doctor Grant, Thank God. Am I glad to see you!"

Grant grinned.

"Likewise!" He said. "Are you alright?"

The pilot nodded.

"Yes, I've been scared half to death though. There's been some dinosaurs that have come sniffing around the plane, so I've been keeping low so they won't see me. I've been living off the rations and the only time I go out is to take a quick piss and then I've jumped back in here." He looked at Grant with hope in his eyes. "Can we leave now?"

Grant nodded.

"Yup, Ellie and I are ready to go, believe me."

"Oh, you found her then?"

He smiled at Ellie as she appeared behind Grant and waved at him.

"Ma'am" The pilot greeted her politely.

"Well, Let's get a move on, then." Grant said

"I think not!"

Grant and Ellie turned as Adam emerged from the jungle. He grinned at their shocked faces.

"Thought you had gotten rid of me, Doctor Grant?" He hissed. "You didn't count on me being rescued, did you? I want you meet my family." He chirped shrilly and suddenly the jungle behind him was filled with the deafening sound of chirping. Grant and Ellie watched horrified as a multitude of raptors began pouring out onto the airstrip. Grant estimated that there was close to a hundred raptors all eyeing them hungrily.

"You ruined my plans, Doctor Grant. So, as consolation, I'm going to let my brothers and sister have a little feast."

He gave another shrill chirp and all the raptors began to slowly advance towards the plane. Grant quickly looked into the plane at the pilot whose eyes were bugged out at the sight of all the raptors...

"Give me the gun." he ordered.

The pilot threw him the gun and the bullets. Grant steadied the gun and fired into the throng of raptors. The gunshot thundered all around them as Grant watched three of the raptors fall to the ground, dead. As he quickly reloaded, the raptors around the three dead ones sniffed their bodies and stared at each other. They looked back at Adam unsure of what to do. Adam gave another shrill chirp and the raptors began to advance again. Grant again steadied the gun and fired. Two more raptors fell to the ground with agonized shrieks. The other raptors hesitated a little and then kept on coming. Grant quickly tried to reload but he knew it was a losing battle. The raptors were coming closer and closer and he knew there weren't enough bullets to kill them all. He felt Ellie grab his arm and huddle against him as the raptors began to ready themselves to strike...

Suddenly all the raptors stopped as a roar pierced the air. They all turned and looked to their right as two gigantic spinosaurusses emerged from the jungle, drawn by the gunshots and the scent of the raptors blood. The raptors began to run back into the jungle in a frenzy as the spinosaurusses ran after them. Taking advantage of the confusion, Grant and Ellie flung themselves through the open door and into the plane. Closing the door, they watched as Adam tried to keep the raptors from running off. He chirped and hissed at them, ordering them to stay put, but the raptors were too scared to obey....

"What are you doing?" He screamed in frustration. "Stay here! Attack them! Attack..."

Adam stopped in mid sentence. He looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened as he saw one of the spinosaurs standing over him. He had been so busy trying to stop the raptors he hadn't paid attention to it's approach. He screamed and tried to leap away but the spinosaur caught him in mid leap and shook him around in his mouth shattering every bone in his body...

Grant and Ellie watched as the spinosaurs carried away the body of Adam and another raptor into the jungle to feed in private. Grant nodded to the pilot who quickly started the plane and sped down the runway and up into the air away from Isla Sorna. Once they were well away from the island, Grant turned to Ellie and grinned.

"I think I've had enough of dinosaurs for awhile." He said.

Ellie nodded.

"The only dinosaur I want to see now is Barney." she said.

Grant chuckled as he leaned his head back and relaxed.

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Grant sighed as he thumbed through the morning paper. It had been two weeks since they had returned and he was glad to be back to his boring routine. He began to read an article when the phone rang. Dropping the paper, he crossed to the phone and picked up the receiver. He smiled when he heard Ellie's voice...

"Hey El, how're things at home?" He said lightly.

"Well...that's what I want to talk to you about." she said.

Grant frowned and sat down in a chair next to the phone.

"Why? Is something wrong? Is everyone alright?" He asked, worried.

"No, no...nothing like that. It's Mark. He and I have been having discussions and we've decided to get a divorce."

"A divorce?...why?"

Ellie sighed.

"We agreed it wasn't working out, Alan. He doesn't really want me having a career. He'd rather I just be content as a homemaker and I can't do that. I'd rather be out in the field doing some work than just staying at home all the time."

"Out in the field?...You mean like Jurassic Park?" Grant teased

Ellie laughed.

"No! Not that kind of fieldwork! Something dead would appeal to me more!"

Grant chuckled

"I agree with you on that, El"

Ellie swallowed.

"There's another reason, though."

Grant's brow furrowed.

"There is? What?"

"I...I love you, Alan. I want to be with you. Mark knows it and that's why he knows the marriage can't work." Ellie said.

Grant’s heart caught in his throat. He had never thought he'd hear those words from Ellie. But it was those three words he had been waiting a lifetime to hear. He swallowed hard before speaking...

"I love you too, El. I want to be with you too." he said softly

He smiled as he heard Ellie say "Oh, Thank God" under her breath. He cleared his throat again.

"Would you like to go to dinner tonight?"

"Alan, I'd love to!" Ellie said happily.

"Eight O’clock then.” Grant said.

"Yes, that'll be perfect. I'll see you then, Alan. Bye"

"Bye, El." Grant said as he hung up the phone.

He sighed to himself and went to lay out his best suit, humming happily as he envisioned Ellie and him setting out on the next big adventure...marriage.

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