Chapter 6

 

 

 

Through the doorway stood a figure. Covered in mud from head to toe. It looked at the group in suspicion then turned away, heading back outside.

 

“You don’t think John has created Bigfoot also?” Malcolm asked quietly

 

Alan was about to make a remark when the creature returns carrying a backpack, it walked through the doorway and looked at the group again.

 

“What’s wrong?” the voice asked as it drops the backpack on the floor and began to clean the mud off it jacket.

 

“Sarah?” Malcolm asked disbelievingly.

 

“Yeah, who else?” Sarah said as she dropped to one knee and opened her backpack up. She takes out a small towel and stands up again. She looks at the group, who is still in a defensive position.

 

“I didn’t mean to scare you guys, I dropped my stuff outside before entering. I wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything deadly in here, well beside Ian that is, “ she stated as she started to clean her face. 

 

“How did you get here?” Ian asked as he stepped towards her.

 

“Hmm, I spoke to Hammond and he had some people fly me out here,” she stated.

 

“No, I meant how did you get here,” he stated as he waved his hands around the room.

 

“Oh your cell-phone has a GPS attach to it, basically the same thing you used to find me,” she stated as she walked over to the group.

 

“You must be the famous Alan Grant,” Sarah commented as she looked at him.

 

“Famous?” Alan asked.

 

“Unquestionably, especially in the field,” she said.

 

“Hmm, Sarah…hmm, why are you here? I distinctively remember telling you not to come,” Malcolm stated as he walked over to her.

 

“I figured you might have said something like that, but you also seem to forget that I don’t need you to tell me what to do,” Sarah stated as she pulled off her jacket and hung it on the back of one of the chairs.

 

“But…that’s my job. I’m your boyfriend that gives me the right to protect, etc,” Malcolm stammered.        

 

“Ian I love you dearly, but nothing bad is going to happen. We survived the last trip, we can survive this one,” Sarah commented softly as she sat down on the chair.   

 

“This isn’t a trip,” Alan stated under his breath.

 

“Pardon me?” Sarah asked.

 

“This isn’t a trip. We came here to rescue the kids. That was it, nothing more,” Alan stated.

 

“Then why are you still here?” Sarah questioned.   

 

“Because they agreed to help with the experiment,” Tim stated as he sat back down at the table.

 

“What experiment?” Sarah asked.     

 

“It’s not important,” Malcolm said as he walked over to the table.

 

“Why not?”

 

“Why not…hmm…well, because you are going back. You can’t stay here I won’t allow it,” Malcolm stated sternly.

 

“Slight problem, the helicopter left two hours ago. So I’m stuck here,” Sarah shot back.

 

“No, no, no. I’ll use the phone to call Hammond. We will fly you off this island,” Malcolm said to himself as he walked down the hallway towards the bedroom.

 

“Okay, since that is over. Who are all of you?” Sarah asked.

 

The group went around introducing themselves. To Alan personally he thought he had to be dreaming. It was bad enough that he had Ellie, Lex, Tim, and Malcolm somewhat to worry about, but now he had another person. After the introduction he walked over to the couch and lay down.

 

 

“Well, that’s just great, the phone doesn’t work here,” Malcolm said as he walked out of the hallway.

 

“So I guess you are stuck with me,” Sarah said with a grin.

 

“I think we should all get some sleep. We can deal with this situation in the morning,” Lex suggested as she looked around at the group.

 

 

 

Everyone nodded, except for Alan. Ellie walked over to the couch and looked at him. He was fast asleep. She smiled to herself and then signaled the group to go on.  After the group had left, Ellie study Alan’s features. He looked much more relaxed when he was asleep. In the light he even looked a little younger then he was. Ellie smiled to herself and sat down next to him. Pulling her feet up to the couch she laid down next to him, with her head on his shoulder. She slowly closed her eyes. This was much better then being with the rest of the group. As clouds had started to dissipate the group laid quietly asleep. In the bunks were Malcolm, Sarah, Lex, and Tim. On the couch in the front room were Alan and Ellie.    

 

 

Somewhere else on the island a helicopter was landing. When it had landed, a group of men with assault rifles had exited. Behind them was a man dress in a suit. He was perfectly groomed, from the hair right down to the polished shoes. He followed the men to a group of jeeps that were hidden behind some bushes.

 

“Sir, were do you wish to go,” on the men asked as they boarded the jeep.

 

“I want to go to the lab. Tell your men to have their weapons ready,” the person replied as he stepped into the jeep and sat down.

 

“Yes sir,” the man replied.

 

“Remember, you and your men will be paid if the mission is successful,” the person stated over the motor. The man nodded his head in understanding as the jeeps took off into the dark night.

 

 

Alan was awakened, not by Ellie or bad dreams rather by a very distant sound, it was a sound he couldn’t place his finger on but it didn’t seem to belong on the island, he knew that for sure. He opened his eyes slowly to find a pleasant sight in front of him. Right next t him was Ellie, she was fast asleep. To him, she looked like an angel. She was just as beautiful as the day he first met her. He didn’t want to wake her up just yet, she looked very happy and not to mention he was very comfortable. He slowly closed his eyes and started to drift back to sleep when he heard Malcolm yelling from down the hall.

 

“Doesn’t this thing ever work!” Malcolm exclaimed.  

 

“Don’t you ever shut up,” Alan said to himself.

 

“You realize the phone is useless. It can’t always pick up a signal and when it does it only works half decently,” Malcolm stated as he walked into the living room.

 

“Then why mess with it,” Ellie stated quietly as she lifted her head.                    

 

“Because, it is the only way to get Sarah off the island,” Malcolm said as he walked over to the pair.

 

“Do you realize that some people are trying to sleep,” Alan stated, but he didn’t move.

 

“Well, I’m sorry. You try sleeping on those damn bunks. Plus my girlfriend didn’t want to be with me. It seems as if she is still mad at me,” Malcolm stated as he walked away from the pair and headed back down the hallway.    

 

“Good morning by the way,” Alan said as he looked down at Ellie.

 

“Same to you. I hope you don’t mind,” Ellie said as she gestured to her lying next to him.

 

“No, but I’m not sure Mark would be too happy about it,” Alan said.

 

“Alan, about Mark,” Ellie started to explain, but was interrupted by the rest of the group entering.      

 

Ellie sighed silently to herself before detangling from Alan. She stretched her body then headed over to the kitchen table. Alan shook his head trying to rid himself of his sleep. He then got up and headed over to the door, he opened the door and was greeted by sudden warmth. The night rain had since vanished leaving behind only puddles. The sky was a light shade of blue and not a cloud could be seen from where he was standing. If the group were going to make it to the laboratory they would have to leave soon. Alan turned back towards the group who were looking for something to eat.

 

“I recommend you guys find something you can carry. We are going to leave in ten minutes,” Alan stated as he walked over to his backpack and swung it over his shoulder.

 

“Why?” Tim asked as he stuck his head out of the refrigerator.

 

“Because the sun is out, there’s no rain and I want to go to the lab and be back before dark. I’ll meet you guys outside,” Alan declared before walking out the door.

 

“You heard him, let’s get going,” Malcolm said after the group had stayed motionless for several minutes.

 

The group members each parted in their own way. They gather the items they would need, mostly paper work, food and some sort of weapon. After eight minutes or so the group exited the compound and met up with Alan who was looking towards a hill.

 

 

 

 

“The map said to go east. So I suggested we stay together in a line format. I’ll go first then Ellie, followed by Malcolm, Sarah, Lex and Tim. Don’t step out of line; I don’t want to lose anyone. If you see or hear anything tell me right away. Let’s get going, “ Alan said as he started walking on a torn path. The group followed his command and followed right behind him.    

 

An hour passed and the group found themselves not only knee deep in weeds, roots, and plants but also the sun was bearing down. If it weren’t for the shade provide by the trees the heat would have been much worst. The path had long disappeared and now with only a map and their memories the group kept an eye out for anything that closely resembled a building.

 

“Umm, Alan I hate to be a pain, but do you have any idea where we are?” Ellie asked as she caught up with him.

 

“Truthfully…no. This dumb map doesn’t help. It says signs are suppose to be in certain places, but those signs have disappeared or have been covered up with time. This was not what I had plan for the day,” Alan explained.

 

“What did you expect would happen? Did you think we would come out here walk for thirty minutes or so and come upon the lab? Alan the island has changed, we have to go on gut instinct. We will find the lab, it might take us another few hours but I know we will find it,’ Ellie said as she looked at Alan. Alan stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her. He gave he a genuine smile before grabbing her hand and giving it a squeeze. She smiled in return and was about to lean up and kiss him when Malcolm spoke up.

 

“Can we cut the romance, it is hot out here and we still haven’t found anything.” 

 

Alan let go Ellie’s hand and started back on his walk. Ellie cursed under her breath. It seemed as if fate was playing with their emotion. Every time she had the chance to kiss him or tell him about Mark someone or something happened. She made a pledge to herself right then that she would make sure to tell Alan about Mark before the end of the night, and if she was lucky she would get to kiss the man that she was still in love with.

 

“Don’t be mad at me, the kids are getting tried,” Malcolm said as he looked at Ellie.

 

“We are fine Dr. Malcolm, you are the one that needs help,” Tim said from far behind.

 

“I believe that’s what happens when you get old Tim, you start to blame other people for your own problems,” Lex commented with a smile.

 

“I’m not old,” Malcolm said sternly.

 

“Sure, whatever you say,” Lex replied back sarcastically.

 

“Just wait one day you will be my age,” Malcolm retorted.

 

“By then you should be dead,” Ellie quipped.

 

“Ha Ha,” Malcolm replied very sarcastically.

 

“You guys shut up, I think we are coming upon the lab,” Alan commanded.

 

The group broke through a clearing. In front of them was a small old gray building. When first built it would have probably been the most amazing building for miles. The rain, wind and sun had done its fair share of damage. Paint had chipped off and the window had darkened from dust. It looked as if it was one of those homes in a deserted area that has been left behind by it owners, the only difference was that this building had no graffiti.  The group made their way towards the building, as they came closer the signs of damage could be seen more clearly then before.

 

“Tim, Lex is this the place?” Alan asked as they got closer to the building.

 

“Yeah, but if you think it looks bad now, wait until you see the inside,” Lex stated as she looked at the building.

 

“Thanks for the warning,” Malcolm commented as he slowly followed Ellie towards the building door.

 

Alan reached the door and with a shaking hand he grab the handle and pushed down. The door made a crack and opened up to reveal a once spectacular lab, but now it was nothing. Papers were scattered across the floor and piles of years old dust covered them. Old test tubes disappeared in their trays and old chemical bottles were completely covered in dust or the label missing due to the moisture. As the group entered the lab they noticed that the last people to be here before the kids had left quickly. Notepads still laid out with pages open to experiments being created or tested.

 

“I was always taught to clean up my lab space before leaving,” Malcolm said as he walked over some paper work.

 

“Wow! You were taught sometime,” Alan said with an evil grin as he turned on his flashlight and pointed it towards Malcolm.

 

“I’m not even going to respond to that comment,” Malcolm declared as he shaded his eyes from the light.

 

“Alan the door is over this way,” Tim pointed out, as he shone his flashlight at a glass door.

 

“The door is suppose to open automatically, but due to no power we had to slide it open,” Lex indicated as she stood behind Alan.

 

Alan nodded and with the help of Malcolm the two slid the door open. The smell of some sort of burnt chemical greeted them as they entered the small room. Like the previous room this one had a lot of mess, but mostly looked to be cleaned up. Candles and flashlight lay among the tables. Alongside them were notebooks and computer paper. Unlike the other room the notebooks were closed and dust hadn’t gather on top of them. 

 

“We have some of the paper work over here, but I’m not sure if it is all here,” Tim cautioned.

 

“What do you mean?” Ellie asked.

 

“Well, when Lex and I left there were several other notebooks and even some models of the chemistry involved. As you can see none of the models are here and only two notebooks,” Tim informed.

 

“Do you think the workers could have taken them,” Ellie questioned.

 

“No they left after us,” Lex disclosed.

 

“No one else could have been in here,” Malcolm pointed out.

 

“I don’t think that is true. I believe we are not alone on this island and for that reason we should…” Alan began to say when the door opened up behind him.

 

Three men holding rifles walked in and surrounded the group. Another man entered with no weapon but a smirk was upon his face. Alan study his features in the dark, they looked familiar even though he couldn’t place were he had seen the man. The other men grabbed the groups’ flashlights and handed one to the guy. It was at this moment that Alan notice the man was in a suit, while the other three were dress in military types of uniform.

 

“What are your reason Dr. Grant,” the man replied.

 

“What are you talking about?” Alan questioned.

 

“That is sad, you can’t even remember what you said. You should get yourself examined, since old people tend to lose their memories with age,” the man insisted.

 

“He is not old,” Tim defended as he approached the man. With a nod one of the men with a rifle gave a hard hit to Tim’s stomach with the rifle’s blunt end. Tim fell to his knees, Ellie ran to join him. The riflemen looked toward the man for confirmation.

 

“Don’t you dare hit her,” Alan said as walked in front of Tim and Ellie.

 

“Aren’t we the protective type,” the man assessed.

 

“Who the hell are you?” Alan asked as he ignored the man’s comment.

 

“You don’t remember me Dr. Grant, we just spoke a few days ago,” the man disclosed.

 

“Radcliffe,” Alan concluded.

 

“Bingo, I didn’t think it would take you long to remember,” Radcliffe noted.

 

“What do you want?” Ellie asked as she and Tim got to their feet.

 

“Payment,” Radcliffe announced.

 

“What payment?” Malcolm questioned.

 

“The payment for all those years of working with Mr. Hammond. The old man owes me everything and I want my payment before he dies,” Radcliffe reported.

 

“He doesn’t owe you anything,” Lex accuses.

 

“Silly girl, your grandfather owes me his entire life. If it wasn’t for me your grandfather would even had come up with this idea and all those poor people wouldn’t have lost their lives to some dumb creation,” Radcliffe explained.

 

“This was his idea, not yours,” Tim shot back weakly

 

“Your grandfather lied to everyone son. And I plan to tell the world in the next few days. Fortunately for you six you will get to see it up close and personal. Gentlemen place these people in with the raptor, but keep that woman out,” Radcliffe informed everyone as he pointed to Ellie. 

 

The group was about to fight back when the “guards” pointed the rifles at them. One of them grabbed Ellie and started to pull her away, but with all her strength she wouldn’t let him take her. Ellie continued to move until she heard the sound of the rifle going off. One of the guards had shot his rifle in the air, which as he had hoped had caused the group to stop moving.

 

“Alan,” Ellie yelled as the guard began to take her in a different direction. Alan turned to face Ellie and started to walk over to her when a guard grabbed his shoulder. Alan screamed in pain and tired to focus on Ellie.

 

“I’ll save you,” Alan promised as he closed his eyes to pain.

 

When he opens them again he notice Ellie was gone and that he had a rifle pointed at him. Sighing to himself he turned around and followed the rest of the group towards the raptor room. Which he was hoping was only a joke. After a few seconds the group found themselves face to face with a metal door. Open of the guards took out a key and opened the door. He motioned the group in one by one. As Alan finally entered he heard the guard say, “Have a nice night.” His voice sent shivers down Alan’s spine. As the door closed and with the only light coming from a small window the group found themselves in a heap of trouble.

 

“What do we do know,” Lex asked as she tried to look at each person in the group.

 

“Find a way out,” Alan demanded. He was beyond mad; this trip was getting worse and worse. And now the ‘idiots’ had Ellie and to him that was the only reason to escape this room and island.

 

“Alan she is going to be okay. She is a tough women,” Malcolm reassured as he placed a hand on Alan’s shoulder.

 

“I hope you are right, until then find a way out,” Alan said as he walked over to door and started to look for any cracks or something that would open the door.

 

As the sun began to set the group found themselves sitting in the middle of the room nibbling on a piece of chocolate bar that Alan had placed in his backpack before leaving for the lab. The only person who wasn’t eating was Alan; he was against the door with a depressed look on his face. It was entirely his fault, everything from the beginning of the trip to Jurassic Park to now. No matter what people said, he felt responsible and now it was even worse; he was suppose to save the kids and leave the island not stay and try to solve an experiment. He couldn’t even begin to understand why he had agreed to go and now that Ellie was with man that had placed him this room he felt hopeless. His thoughts were interrupted as Tim came and sat down next to him.

 

“You’ll find her, I know you will,” Tim said as he offered Alan a piece of chocolate.

 

“Thanks, but it is still my fault that she is out there,” Alan said as he grabbed the piece of chocolate and took a bite.

 

“It wasn’t your fault, you did everything you could,” Tim reassured.

 

“No I didn’t. I should have fought back or something. I shouldn’t have let the men take her. I promised her a long time ago that no matter what would happen that I would be there to protect her. She means more to me than my own life and not being able to protect her now makes me feel as if I shouldn’t be living,” Alan explained.

 

“But, you’re just human,” Tim stated.

 

“Yeah, but I’m also the person who loves her and it is part of my job to protect her. No offense but I you don’t understand what I’m saying,” Alan replied as he finished his chocolate.

 

“I do understand I’ve been in love before. All I wanted to do was make sure she was safe and happy, no matter what the cost. I guess being in love can make you do strange things; I did when I was in love. I also know that Ellie is in love with you and no matter what she will survive just to make sure you do also,” Tim revealed.

 

“I sometimes forget you are an adult,” Alan commented with a laugh.

 

“Yeah, I had to grow up sometime,” Tim shot back with a grin. Alan shook his head and gave Tim a quick smile. Alan sighing to him got off the floor and walked over to the group and sat down. Tim followed in the same fashion.

 

“If what the guards say is true then we need to stay awake just in case. I suggest that we have two people awake at the same time or one. I personally think two is better that way if one falls asleep the other is still awake,” Malcolm suggested.

 

“I agree. And since you suggested it, then you and I will take the first shift. The rest of you get to a corner and get some sleep. We will wake someone else up in three hours,” Alan stated.

 

Tim, Lex, and Sarah nodded and headed over to a corner and lay down. As for Alan and Malcolm they stayed in the middle of the floor with the backpack in front of them. The backpack had a knife in it and that was the only protection they would have against any creatures. Alan could see the moon from inside the room and he prayed that Ellie would be safe.

 

Meanwhile, Ellie found herself in a small room that had a sink, bed, food, and other items. But she still felt trapped; she wished that she were with the group and especially Alan. She walked over to the small window and looked outside. She felt lost without Alan and she hoped he was okay. She looked up and noticed the moon; it was then that she prayed that Alan would survive.     

 

 

Author Note:

   

            Sorry about the delay, I’ve been busy with school and work. I hope you liked the chapter and please leave a review.