Among the Shadows of Death (a Jurassic Park fic)

Chapter 1

Note: Alexander is from higher Europe but lives and works in the US. The first few bits may seem a bit rushed, they are because it was intended (I got lazy lol) , also the hyphens are acting as signs for timeskips

 ~ Lixian

As an ornithologist, Alexander never really cared about looking and acting formal in media or just showing up in media at all. He was rather laid back and always wore a jacket of some sort. People thought that was inappropriate but weather can change at any moment so it's better to be prepared than getting totally drenched, it's mostly for comfort though.

It was when Alexander sat behind his desk checking some paperwork that his co-worker walked in informing him that there was a certain man requesting to speak to him. He sighed "Who is it?" "It's John Hammond himself" "Wuh- huh?? He's here? I ..just let him in already." The guy has been funding some of his research, no idea why baldy was interested in his studies of bird species. Just like his book that he wrote about the dinosaurs, they were of great interest to him. Hammond boosted and reviewed it which caused the book to have been sold for a great amount of times.

The door opened again revealing a little and balding man that just took his hat from his head. "Ah Mr. Corris, good afternoon!" Not my name but alright The guy had an amused but actually pretty creepy smile. "Hello, Hammond. How can I help you?" "Well you see, I need your opinion on a park that I'll be opening. The funds I gave you, their results helped my people immensely. As a thanks, and because I need your professional opinion, I invite you to my dinosaur park, Jurassic Park!"

"Dino- wait park? Why would you need my opinion about dinosaurs?" "Well because of your book of course!" 

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Waiting for his flight, Alexander realised that he actually doesn't like flying at all. "Shit" was all he could bring out when the chopper landed. He was greeted with that creepy smile from the old man and two people he didn't know. Or at least, one not personally. The guy in the suit gave him an awkward smile and patted the place on the bench between him and no one other than Ian Malcolm. Alex sat as ordered, wondering why he couldn't sit on the other side.

Sheesh, Ian looks even better than last time. They had met somewhere earlier in their lives but Alex didn't know if Malcolm had even remembered their interventions, the guy's busy trying to understand the world. Said man glanced at him in curiosity. Realisation hit his face and he immediately looked a bit more excited to be there. "Hey! Surprise seeing the famous ornithologist here! How've you been, Coronis? Found any new birds or something?" "What, you didn't read my most recent published research?" Alex asked jokingly. "But I've been good, thanks for asking Malcolm. You?" In reality, they were on a first name basis. Not that they really knew each other, it's just that lectures can be really boring when forced to go.

"Good, good." After some time chatting he said "Ah we're landing again, must mean that the last of the gang are there." The other two men were talking as if they were whispering, until Hammond confirmed Ian's statement. When landed, he hurried his way out of the vehicle. Ian and Alexander spent their time talking about their own discoveries.

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A man and woman entered the chopper, followed by Hammond. They appear to be thé Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant. "Alexander Coronis, ornithologist." He got some recognition after his introduction but he went silent quickly as he started to get nauseous from the ride. Looking out of the window past Ian's face, he saw the mathematician staring at him through the reflection.

"We're here!" Hammond basically yelled "The landing could get a bit rough!" Out of reflex, Alex grabbed to the nearest thing he could see and use as comfort. That just happened to be Ian's thigh..

The man saw the discomfort and tried to 'help' by placing his hand on the other's.

Only when the flying piece of metal finally stopped, did Alexander remove his hand and practically went, running outside, to get a gulp of that sweet feeling when his feet hit the ground. He looked Ian in the eyes and nodded at him, being thankful for the comfort he had given him. Ian just smiled/smirked, it was kind of vague.

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(I wasn't planning on writing this bit but here are their reactions on the brachiosaurus' entrance)

"You son of a bitch, you did it" Ian mumbled, while Alex kept staring in disbelief at the giant in front of them "He funded me for this?! Why would he have- what?" "Wait, you didn't know?" the guy in black looked shocked and also disgusted at Hammond's ways of doing "Not that they were real! I thought they would be some animatronic...things, something like that!"

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Notes: okay so that was the first chapter! I just realised how rushed it actually is haha. Might do something about that later, but for now I just want the fic to get out there. Thank you for reading!

~ Lixian

PS: I'm actually worried about the author's curse since I'll upload a lot of stuff in one go ...welp