Chapter 12
*Lab*
Scientists are hard at work...
Door Open
They looked up to see John leading a group into the lab before returning their attention to their work.
"A reminder; The boat for the mainland will be leaving at nineteen hundred hours"
The group looking around in awe as they descend the stairs with John at the front.
Footsteps...Footsteps...
"All personal be at the dock no later than eighteen forty-five. No expections"
John went and walks up a group of three....
A man holding a clipboard in his hand, a younger man and a woman.
"G'day Henry, Jane and Simon" John greets them.
"Good day, sir"
Simon notice a child among the group, "How old is she?" he questioned.
"I'm seven" Rosie stated with a smile.
They gather around a nest, "It's turning the eggs" Ellie noted, marveled as a robotic hand is doing that.
"I'm sorry sir, but she's too young to be in here" Henry told John.
"Nonense, Nonense, I'm sure Ms Grant will behave herself just fine" John assures them as Alan has his hand on his daughter shoulder.
"If Mr Hammond says it fine, then it's fine" Carol said to him.
"Okay" Henry replied nodding his head.
Crack...Crack...
"Oh, perfect timing. I was hoping they'd hatch before I had to go to the boat!" an happy Henry excitedly told John.
One of the eggs is shaking violently, "Guys! Why didn't you tell me?" John happily ask the three of them.
"I insist on being here when they're born" he stated, stepping forward as the man puts on some rubber gloves.
"Come on, come on, little one" John said, encouraged as the egg started to crack...crack...
"Very good" John said as crack...crack...
"Oh god..." Giggle
Henry went and use something to crack more of the shell of the egg.
Crack...Crack...
"Come on, come on, come..." John kept encouraging.
Then...
A head of a baby dinosaur pop its head out, "There you are. There!"
Hiss!...Giggle
Dinosaur began to gain its bearing, "Helps them trust me" John tells them.
"I've been present for the birth of every creature on this island!" he informed as he gently stroke the dinosaur head.
"Well, surely not the ones that have bred in the wild" Heather brought up.
"They can't breed in the wild. Population control is one of our security precautions" Jane stated.
"There's no authorised breeding in Jurassic Park" Henry tells them.
"Uh..."
John helping the baby dinosaur, fully removed from its egg and staring to clean up.
"Blood temperature seems like about high eighties, maybe" Alan observed out loud.
"Wu?" John asked as he turn to look at the Asian man and he checks his clipboard.
"Ninety-one" Henry corrected and Alan picks up the egg shell that the dinosaur wants in.
But it was snatched away by a robot arm, taking it away from the man.
"Homeothermic? It holds that temperature" Ellie said in shock.
"Yep" Simon replies with a nod of his head.
"That's incredible" Sara comment in amazement.
Laughing
"We control their chromo somes" Jane informed.
"It's really not that difficult" Henry stated.
"All vertebrate embryos are inheenty females anyway. They just require an extra hormone given at the right development stage to make them male. We simply deny them that" he explained.
"Wow" Jake breath out in amaze.
"That's impossible" Sara stated.
"John, the kind of control you've attempting here is, uh, it's not possible" Ian tells him.
"If there's one thing that the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life will not contained. Life breaks free. Expand to new places and crashes through barriers. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously..." Ian trailed off.
"But...uh, well, there it is" he finish saying.
"There it is" John simply repeated, looking irritated with a slight eye roll.
"You're implying that a group composed entirely out of females will...breed?" Henry asked, amused.
"No. I'm simply saying that life...uh, find a way" Ian states, defending himself as Alan takes another look at the baby dinosaur.
Holding the the baby in his gloved hands, "What species is this?" Alan questioned.
"It's a velociraptor" Simon announced.
Gasp!
"You bred raptors?" Heather asked, looking at the lab workers.
Shriek!
Footsteps...Footsteps...
"So these uh, ve-velociraptors" Ian started to say.
"They're the most intelligent hunters. In fact, they're pack hunters" Olivia informs him.
"Can we see the velociraptors? The fully grown ones?" Aaron ask John and the man nod his head.
"Yes, I'll lead you to them" John tells them.
"Excuse me, Mr Hammond..."
"I was wondering if I could stay here and take some photos of the lab, if that's okay with you" Heather said, requesting it.
"Why that sounds like a wonderful idea. The photos you take could be of use for me when this park is advertise. I would be very grateful for that" John tells her before turning to look at Henry.
"Dr Wu here will guide you around the lab, showing what we do here and gets some great shots" he stated.
"And you can catch up with the others later. Maybe around dinner time" John suggested.
"I will" Heather replied and John smiled before turning to the others.
"Well. Shall we continue on with the tour" he said to the group.
Footsteps
John leds the group away as Heather stays behind, "They're making a mistake" Olivia whispers out.
"I know what you mean" Ian agreed.
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