Unpredictable

                   

We were quickly ushered into the two jeeps. Alan, Ian and I in the first and John, Ellie and Gennaro in the second.

The jeep started up with a rumble and I grinned, excited for whatever John had in store for us.

We drove through some sort of gate which two people closed and locked after we were through. On the wire fencing, it had a warning for 10,000 volts of electricity. That worried me slightly. What sort of "attractions" would warrant the need for 10,000 volts?

"Hey Alan, did we lock up the trailers before we left?" I asked, turning around to look at my uncle, dismissing my distressing thoughts.

"I think so... I'll call Dylan later to make sure, he has a key to yours doesn't he?" He asked.

"Yeah..." I trailed off.

"He only has one for if there's an emergency though," I added, seeing the look of disapproval on his face.

"Just be careful," he said with a sigh.

"Always," I replied with a smile. My hand instinctively went to play with the pendant hanging from my neck and I saw Ian looking at it.

"What?" I asked self consciously.

"Nothing. Nothing. I was just, uh, wondering where you got it," he pointed at the pendant. "Is-is all."

"Oh. This? My mother gave it to me the day before I went to go work in Montana with Alan. Brontosaurus was my favourite growing up so she thought it would be appropriate," I flashed him a smile to which he returned. We fell into silence again for a moment.

"So, Ian, what brings you here?" I asked curiously, eager to break the quiet.

"Same as you. I was invited. Also, I'd never, uh, miss a chance to, uh, rile the old man up. He doesn't like me very much," Ian chuckled.

"I gathered as much," I replied, turning back to Alan.

"Hey, uh, did you manage to find out the age of the Velociraptor before we left?"

"Oh, no. I didn't have the time," Alan answered.

"Velociraptor?" Ian inquired, leaning forward and eyes darting between the two of us curiously.

"Yeah. We dug up a raptor yesterday," I answered.

"I was thinking maybe adolescent?" I thought out loud.

"That's plausible," Alan looked thoughtful.

I didn't ask any more questions as it was obvious that he was thinking about something and didn't want to be disturbed.

As I was about to turn back around in my seat, Ian leaned forward and caught my attention once again.

"So, uh, miss Summers..." he trailed off, scratching at his chin.

"Yes?"

"Do you, uh, have a boyfriend?" He asked, cocky smirk back in place and black rimmed glasses pushed back.

"No. Why?" I asked, tilting my head slightly to the side and smiling crookedly at him.

"No, uh, reason," he replied, mischievous smile locked in place.

"What about you?" I asked.

"Me? No. I, uh, I don't have a boyfriend," I laughed loudly.

"Do you have," I laughed again. "A girlfriend or a wife then?"

"No, I haven't been in a relationship for a while. Hopefully that's, uh, that's about to change though," he squinted with a crooked grin as we passed an area where there were no trees and the sun was in our faces.

I nodded and turned back before he could ask any more questions.

Ian was different. I'd never met someone like him before. He was rugged but clean. They way he stuttered and repeated words was adorable. In fact, it made the way he spoke more individual and unique. I had originally thought that he spoke like that out of nervousness but I could tell now that it was just part of his boyish charm. His black curly hair along with the dark clothes gave him a rock star kind of vibe. He had an interesting accent. It wasn't unpleasant. It was more enthralling, it drew you in. I didn't notice before but he was wearing a necklace with a turquoise crystal as the pendant. It was the only item of clothing that he was wearing that wasn't black. His shirt was unbuttoned slightly, showing off his chest a little. I'd like to try to find someone who didn't think Ian Malcolm was attractive.

I became so amerced in my thoughts that I didn't notice the car stop. I also didn't notice that Alan had stood up and had discarded both his hat and sunglasses.

"Lyanna..." I vaguely heard someone say.

"Lyanna..." they said again.

"What?" I asked, coming to my senses and looking over at Alan.

That's when I heard a loud rumbling roar. I snapped my head around to see what Alan had been looking at.

"That's..." I trailed off, mouth wide open and thoughts running dry.

"Not possible," I reasoned, trying to rationalise what I was seeing. Maybe I had finally gone off the deep end. The heat back home must have done something to me.

Alan stumbled out of the car, myself not far behind him.

If I was mad though, why was Alan doing the exact same thing as me? Maybe he was bonkers too. He has been out there longer than me, so...

Alan and I staggered forward, looking at the giant animal in front of us.

"It's a dinosaur," Alan managed to say.

"Brachiosaurus," I squeaked.

No, it couldn't be real... but it couldn't be fake either. I had no idea what to think.

"We could rip up the rule book on cold-bloodedness. It doesn't apply," Alan laughed, having decided that this was the real deal.

"They're wrong," I heard Ellie say. I hadn't realised that she had joined us.

"This is a warm blooded creature," I said in awe, also deciding that I was not 100% mad and that this might actually be real.

"This thing doesn't live in a swamp," Ellie laughed delightedly.

"It's got a what? Twenty-five, twenty-seven-foot neck?" Alan marveled, looking straight up at the creature who was currently munching on the leaves of an enormously tall tree.

"The Brachiosaurus? Thirty," John said, walking up beside the three of us.

"How fast is it?" I asked quietly.

"Well, we clocked the T-Rex back to thirty-two miles an hour," John said thoughtfully.

"T-T-Rex?" I stuttered.

"That's right."

"You said you've got a T-Rex?" Ellie asked, stumbling to get the words out of her mouth.

"Say it again?" Alan grunted, both of his hands on John's shoulders.

"We've got a T-Rex," John laughed.

Alan began to wobble and I had to rush over to support him.

"Just. Just sit down there," I said, pulling him down to sit beside me.

"This is incredible," I said.

All of a sudden I heard a loud hornlike call and I looked over the lake.

There, wading through the water, was two more Brachiosaur's... and drinking from the shoreline was a herd of Parasaurolophus. I gave a breathy laugh, grabbing Alan's attention.

"They're moving in herds," I laughed, tears filling my eyes.

"They do move in herds," Alan said proudly.

"Doctor Grant, Doctor Sattler..." John started.

"My dear Doctor Summers...."

"Welcome to Jurassic Park."

Updated on the 25th of July, 2015.