Jurassic Tale (Au)

Chapter 8: 1 minute

 Denis looked around, Ronald had returned, and Hammond was looking at the camera. He took his chances and opened a new tab. Then he started watching funny cat videos. Hammond started to hear some purring. He looked around. Then looked at Denis. It seemed to be coming from his direction. He then walked over slowly looked over to his screen. He peered over his shoulder. To see a cat video.

"DENIS!" Hammond shouted. "This is your 5th time watching cat videos!...I'm gonna have to put those 'parental controls' on you," Hammond joked. Ronald immediately started to snicker. Even Denis started to laugh a bit. "But seriously...Denis, I am gonna have to put you in denial of your monitor if you keep this up," Hammond responded, serious this time.

"You don't have to worry," Denis replied. "This will be the last time," Denis eagerly added. Hammond shook his head then returned. Denis scrolled down the video. Then he clicked a link. A black page appeared...then he smiled. A small live video from the mainland appeared. A man in a broad yellow raincoat stood near a small telephone booth near a huge vessel.

"You remember the plan don't you!?" The man shouted on the other end. Denis lowered the volume on his screen and put on headphones.

"I told you i'm fine...I can easily sneak into the "Room" and get some of the DNA from the cartridges," Denis whispered.

"It shouldn't take you longer than 5 minutes to get them..., The man continued.

"I can get them in 1," Denis showed off. The man sneered.

"Good, you better not be lying...the storm here is pretty bad,". Denis then started to get serious.

"1,000 for each embryo right?" Denis asked.

"Yes." The strange man replied. "You get 45,000 if you can get them of the island and in tact," the strange man added. Denis smiled once again.

"Got it...," Denis replied. He then shut off the page and the cat video.

"Hey Hammond! I'm going to go get some soda from one of the vending machines down the hall," Denis lied.

"Fine...but you gotta be back quick," Hammond warned.

"I'll be back...also I made a new program for the park security...it may have some bugs or glitches...if the power goes out or things start to lose power, just wait...it'll come back on," Denis added in. Hammond looked a bit skeptical, but brushed it off. Denis went back to his monitor and went to a program. There was a big red rectangular button that read "Activate" at the bottom. Denis scrolled down to it. Then licked it...He then brought out a stopwatch. It was set to 1:00...he then clicked the start button and ran right out the front doors.

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All of the gang were in the cars. Heavy pouring rain fell down the sides of the windows. Sans was resting to the soft sound of the rain trickling down. Undyne sat right next to him, drinking some of the water from the small cup. Frisk, in the front car, was reading a magazine. Muffet sat right next to her, reading each page with her.

"Ohh! I can't wait for that bakery to come out!" Muffet exclaimed with joy. She pointed to a page. Frisk turned to her and smiled. Papyrus was reading a small book he had brought with him. Monster kid was in the next seat scrummaging around the front pocket. The lawyer sat in front of him, he was reading some of the notes he had written. They were passing by the cage, until the two cars suddenly stopped. The momentum surprised Sans as he jumped. Undyne spat out her sip of water.

"What did I touch now," Sans asked, looking around.

"You were asleep...you didn't touch anything... the cars just stopped," Undyne replied, looking around. The magazine slipped right out of Frisk's hands. The momentum also caused Monster kid to fling back. His head smacked across the soft chair.

"Ow! Yo who did that?" Monster kid asked. Frisk just shrugged.

"I was over here with Frisk...don't look at me," Muffet alibied. Papyrus looked up from his book. He listened carefully.

"I think the power's out," Papyrus stated.

"Another inconvenience," the lawyer said writing down something. Papyrus looked back, the other car had stopped to. He began to worry for Sans.

"I'm going to the other car to check on Sans and Undyne, so please make sure that when I, the great Papyrus, am gone you don't cause any trouble for the pleasant lawyer here!" Papyrus asked of the kids. Frisk looked up at Papyrus, she smiled.

"Sure thing Ahuhuhu!" Muffet replied. The lawyer then turned around to look at the kids and Papyrus.

"Did someone say my name?" the lawyer asked them. Frisk shook her head, and he returned back to his seat.

"Very well then! I will be back sooner than you think," Papyrus stated. Frisk nodded. Papyrus slowly pulled the door handle. The rain started to rush down like a waterfall. Papyrus frowned. He covered his face with his scarf and then ran out. The rain was pouring down. Papyrus ran the rest of the way to the back of the car. He reached the front of the car when Sans noticed him. He nudged Undyne a bit, she looked to the window. Papyrus now rested at the side door. They both looked at each other then looked behind them. The door quickly opened and Papyrus came dashing in. He uncovered his scarf, which was filthy wet.

"This was a very special scarf, now I will have to, carefully, wash it once again when we get back" Papyrus moaned.

"We should probably worry more about the storm, Papyrus," Undyne stated. She started to smile as she continued to looked to the side windows.

"Right! I, the great papyrus, will be much more attentive to the storm!" Papyrus exclaimed. Undyne started to laugh a bit. That's when she heard something. It came from the T-rex pen. Undyne scanned the area, then returned to her seat...Meanwhile, back at the control center. Denis had just made it to the small cartridge room. He stood outside the door, a security camera was surveying the area.

"3...2...1," Denis counted down. As soon he counted one, the camera shut off. He immediately entered. He searched through his pocket until he came across it, the shaving cream bottle. He grabbed the bottom and twisted it. Then, a small compartment opened in front of him. He went to each cartridge and opened it slowly. Blue smoke fizzed out of each one. He went to the first compartment. He took some of the DNA viles there. Then he took some from the next. Then the next, and then finally the last one. He then closed each compartment. He looked down at his watch. He started to frown. He started booking it to exit. He then exited and ran down the hallway. Just as the camera system was supposed to come on...but it didn't. Down in the control center, something odd was going on. Arnold was looking at his monitor. It showed a map, but each section of the island was highlighted in yellow lines. Then too the right, a setting came on...Yellow= Power Outage.

"What on earth is going on!" Arnold shouted. He stuck another cigarette into his mouth.

"What' happening?" Hammond asked, slowly walking over to the monitors.

"The Island's main control energy system are malfunctioning...there's no power in almost all the sections of the park," Arnold explained. Ronald came dashing towards Arnold.

"The raptor fences haven't lost power have they?" Ronald deeply asked. Arnold then turned on a new blue code tab. He typed in a few codes. Then he squinted at the letters written on screen.

"No no...they're still on," Arnold replied. Ronald signed in relief. Hammond then got dead serious, he looked around at both of the two.

"What pen did the car's stop at?" Hammond asked.