After tumbling through the brush and almost being eaten alive, it was apparent the sonic deterrence was ineffective. I followed a trail that lead to Thorne's High Hide and found a pistol laying on the ground. It had not been fired. Now all I needed was a ride back to the boat. If only I could find that truck they had. Luckily those two brats had rigged the InGen network, so all I had to do was eavesdrop on their transmissions to find the Explorer. When I got there Sarah Harding had beaten me to it. The bitch! I should have dusted her on deck and -then- dumped her overboard. I'll find someone else to blame it on later. Too bad the Explored was surrounded by a pack of Tricyclo-plotz. LOL She tried climbing in from an overhanging tree branch but one of the dinos rammed the trunk and she fell to the ground and wound up underneath the truck. That's when I heard him. The Male Rex, he was charging down the trail straight at me. The Plotzos ran. I dove under the truck and began pushing. "Get the hell out of here!" What I hadn't anticipated was the bitch pushing BACK. Those legs, those cute little gams of hers, they were deadly! All those years of trekking through the African plain, she might have looked like Julianne Moore, but she kicked like a Colorado Mule deer! Swoosh, I flew out from under the truck. The Rex took me up in its mouth and shook the shit out of me, literally. The next thing I knew I was laying in the Rex nest and those little fuckers were gnawing on me. With my last breath of energy and sanity, I remembered the pistol, drew it from my belt and fired. The Male staggered back and spit. It tumbled, regained it balance, then took three giant steps toward me, and fell on the ground, it's stinking nose in my face. I took aim at the female, but before I could squeeze the trigger she pounced, faster than a snake CHOMP! My arm! She ate the gun! KRECK-AP! It went off anyway. She reared, and pulled away, taking my arm with her. She stumbled sideways, shaking her head, trying to spit out the cartridge. Then she bolted into the brush and disappeared. I never did find my arm. The fucking bitch! Oh well, at least I have lunch, and guess who's picking up the tab. InGen shit! What a bunch of crap. Nothing fucking works! I found a basement room protected by a steel door. It's about the only place even the Compys can't get into to.
Managed to stop the bleeding and cleaned out the wound with a bottle of alcohol I found intact in the pharmacy. It hurts like hell. It's safe to stay here for now. The fishing boat is long gone and there's no way in hell I'm sending a mayday call to the main land. If Martinez ever gets his hands on me, I'll wind up in jail, or worse! I surveyed the island using what was left of Lavine's equipment and some of this InGen crap. The Raptors know I'm still here, but I have a surprise for them I managed to find some toxic waste in the lab which can be applied to the tip of a hypodermic needle and shot through a blow dart. It doesn't kill them but it makes them delirious, like throzine for dinos, except they never recover. Stupid bastards. They now know better than to mess with me. I found a few eggs near the Raptor nest and have them stored and cataloged in case I ever get off this island. Pretty much set for weapons. Made a crossbow out of some old machine springs that shoots a bolt tipped with toxin. Works in seconds. I made three of them holding six rounds each. The arm has healed. I managed to make a basic hook using a robotic claw from the incubation factory. With further modification I think I can get it up to about 2000 pounds PSI. Gathered up what remained of the Rex eggs, and left a little marker of my own. If the Female is till alive, I want her know I'm looking for her. The Raptors are getting smarter. They came to the compound last night. I saw them approaching on the security cameras so I retreated back to the basement.
I have a lap top set up so I can see into the security room. The Raptors entered and surveyed the area, sniffing the door jams and keyboards. Then one of them looked at the security monitors and didn't move. He was watching the video images. It knew what it was looking at, it remembered "that" place. It called to the other Raptor. It ran outside. A few minutes elapsed, the Raptor kept watching. I was wondering what the hell they were doing when on the monitor, the other Raptor appeared. It stood looking into the camera calling! They discovered TV! "Boy are THEY going to be disappointed !" The Raptors continued testing the security system. After a series of commands and signals, the Alpha Raptor had sent the subordinate to every camera on the island. The next day I returned to the security center. I had made plans to disable the security system. Inside the foyer, all was quite. Then I heard a Raptor call. Before I could even think, five Raptors emerged from different hiding places around the building, and were approaching. I readied a cross bow and fired. One of the raptors caught the bolt in its chest, and reeled around backwards. It shook its head a few times then began wandering around in circles. The Alpha called to it. It didn't reply. I shot another bolt. It hit a second Raptor which repeated the same symptoms. Total brain damage! The other Raptors charged, I ran backwards shooting. Another hit. I fled out a side door and back to my room, the other Raptors in pursuit. I reached the Factory, down the stairs and to the boiler room door. A juvenile raptor had gained the lead and was almost upon me. An adult at the far end of the hall called for it to stop. The Juvenile in a frenzy of pride did not obey. It leaped into the air, it's talons exposed. I reached up with the mechanical claw, grabbed it around the neck and squeezed. CHANG-POP It's head popped off like an over ripe zit. SHHH Blood gushed out. I dropped the head, and pulled out another crossbow. TWANG! The Raptor at the end of the hall flinched and shook. It ran around in circles trying to get out, always running face first into the walls. It kept thrashing and biting. The other Raptors tried to subdue it, but it just went berserk. They began fighting with each other. I fired another bolt into the frenzy, then another and another. It was a sickening orgy of carnage. A churning ball of mutilation and flesh. Giggling, laughing uncontrollably, I fired another bolt into the mess. -THWAT- Ha ha ha ha haaa. (I am the villain after all!) Half the Raptors killed each other. The ones that remained fled. I guess there's some things even Raptors regard as ugly! That was the last time I had any trouble from them. They now know to stay the hell away from me. |