The Lost Dinosaur |2| Nublar Seven Series

Long Time no See

Hayden

The mercenaries pushed us to another set of metal doors, which opened to reveal an elevator. It was wide enough to fit Blue, Zia, me and four other huge guys. One floor up, the doors opened again. I found myself on the second-floor balcony, not that far from where they were holding Ben. The hallway led to a very well-lit room. A laboratory. The walls were all white, desks and fridges with weird vials in it decorated the place, along with some creepy X-ray pictures of dinosaur bones. It smelled like sanitizer, which unfortunately reminded me of a hospital. There were windows to the hallway outside, making the place look less claustrophobic. There was an incubator in the center with around a dozen elongated spherical eggs. Dinosaur eggs. And a particular bone was encased by a glass, red lights illuminated it as it sat on top of a table.

I glanced at Zia, who looked back with wide eyes. 'They're actually doing it again.'

We weren't alone, there were a few people wearing lab coats and looking busy. Looking through a microscope and working on a computer. We walked past all of them, eyes following us. We were led to the end of the lab, a Raptor sized cell stood beside two huge gas tanks with hazardous signs, including 'toxic' and 'flammable'. Pipes seemed to connect the tanks to the rest of the building.

The mercenaries were putting Blue in the cell as I heard footsteps approaching. With one look, a loud groan escaped my lips.

"Why am I not surprised?"

"Miss Simmons!" Dr. Wu opened a sly smile. "I heard you were around." He looked just as I remembered, just a few white hairs added to his black ones. As usual, he wore a black turtleneck, with a gray coat over it.

"We need to stop meeting like this, Doc." I forced myself to smile.

"However unfortunate, yes, but I'm glad that you and your friends made it out of the island." He shoved his hands inside his pockets, sounding hesitant. "You're looking better than last time."

'Ah, yes. Wu was the one that pulled on Hawkes' leash.' I raised a brow. "Do you want a thank you card?" I scoffed. "What the hell am I doing here anyways?"

Wu cleared his throat. "I- well... asked you to be brought up here, because Mr. Mills can be... passionate about his goals."

"How thoughtful." Zia said through a clenched jaw.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't let him fool you, he feels guilty for last time."

"While, yes, our previous situation got out of hand, but I've been told you are the reason Blue is here." He motioned to the unconscious dinosaur beside us.

"That's a stretch, Zia is the only reason Blue is alive."

"Ah, the paleoveterinarian. I believe a 'thank you' is in order." Wu nodded at Zia, looking genuinely grateful.

She snorted. "I don't give a flying fuck about a 'thank you' coming from you. If you think I saved Blue so you could get your hands on her... you're delusional. She's not at fault for one of your men shooting her. She was a dinosaur who needed help, so I did."

Wu remained unphased, just nodding. "We are lucky to have you around."

"I wish I could say the same, Dr. Wu. Wait, do you still go by that, or have you finally changed to Dr. Doom?" Zia grinned, while Wu's eyebrow twitched. "So, I gather you're still on your 'making dinosaurs business'. Is that for money? You're cloning dinosaurs to sell them? That's why you're auctioning all of the Nublar dinosaurs?"

I snorted. "He's not cloning dinosaurs. He's creating new ones." I paused, hoping Wu would correct it for me. "That's why you needed the Indominus sample and your research back. You want to make more hybrids."