the screen fades to reveal Snow. An enormous dinosaur foot comes down with a loud thud. However, we then tilt up to reveal the foot is actually that of an ordinary bird. It chirps, flaps its wings and flies away.
Karen Mitchell is in the driveway of a two-story suburban home loading luggage into the back of a Nissan minivan. She turns and yells up at the house.
Karen: Boys, let's do this!
In his room, Gray Mitchell is looking at slides of dinosaurs on his View Master toy. He sees an Allosaurus fighting a Triceratops, then two Ray Harryhausen-animated Ceratosaurs fighting in a scene from The Animal World. His room is filled with dinosaur and monster movie toys and posters. There's a knock on the door.
Karen: Gray?
She proceeds to enter the room.
Karen: Honey, what're you doin'? What is this here?
She takes the Viewmaster away from him.
Karen: Let's go. Come on, honey your flight's in two hours.
She begins counting his things.
Gray: Dane County Airport is thirty-six minutes away, sixty with traffic.
Karen: How many minutes to get your little butt in the van?
She smiles. Her son smiles back.
Karen: Hmm? How many of those?
She grabs his bag and they walk out together.
Karen: Feed the monster under your bed?
Gray: Yes.
Gray comes charging out the front door of the house a minute later and runs obliviously past his older brother Zach Mitchell and his girlfriend.
Girlfriend: Call me every day. And text me pics so I don't forget what you look like.
Karen comes out of the house.
Zach: I'll only be gone a week.
In the driver's seat of the van, Scott Mitchell, Gray and Zach's father, looks impatient and amused.
Scott: Zach, you're not goin' off to war, here. Please. Come on.
Zach and his girlfriend stare into one another's eyes.
Zach: I--
Girlfriend: I love you.
Zach: Will see you later.
She grins at his apparent inability to tell her he loves her.
Scott: Vamanos!
Zach: Bye. Okay.
Girlfriend: Bye.
Zach runs to the van as his father starts up the engine.
Karen: Comin' buddy?
Zach's girlfriend waves to him. Everyone except her gets into the van. Karen and Scott turn and look at their boys in the backseat, particularly the sullen Zach.
Karen: I know it hurts, sweetheart.
Scott: Are you gonna be okay?
Zach responds by putting his headphones on.
At Dane County Airport. "Merry Little Christmas" plays in the background. The Mitchells are saying goodbye to their sons at the gate to get on the plane. Karen is going over the plane ticket with Gray.
Karen: Everything right on there?
Gray nods.
Karen: I'm so jealous. You're gonna have so much fun.
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Jurassic Park: Hold on to your butts
FanfictionIt was supposed to be a normal boring summer vacation at Montana to bond with his Aunt Ellie Sattler. Until she dragged him along to a private remote island owned by a millionaire philanthropist who played God and had them pay the price.
