Chapter 14 : Torvosaurus rex

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Two grey Mercedes cars parked in front of the Allosaurus enclosure. The inspection group exited the vehicles. Dr. Wu caught them up.

« This temporary enclosure is impressive. » Hamada said. « 10-meter tall concrete walls prevent the dinosaurs from escaping the enclosure. The only armored door and a small technical door allow people to get into there. We have a surveillance room with a guard inside and four other ones in watchtowers. Moreover we are miles away from the park. And the glass is bulletproof. » Claire explained. « I know. I want to know if animal welfare laws are respected or not. » Hamada replied. « Yes for sure. This way please. » Wu said.

The group headed to the western side of the building – which was accessible via the inside and led to the observation room. A Jurassic World Ranger welcomed them. « Mike – this is Takahashi Hamada – the UNO inspector. », « Mr. Hamada. ».

The interior of the enclosure was mainly a wooded area. « How are the animals Mike ? », « They're sick and very angry today. ».

After entering the enclosure – Hamada saw three grey carnivores in the enclosure. They were around 8 meters long and 3 meters high and had three-fingered strong arms.

« You bred Torvosauruses – right ? », « You got it. ». The Torvosauruses growled in anger. « Are they angry because of the DX ? », « Yes indeed, Wu said. This is why we made the security rules even stricter. », « I thought they were four. Where is the fourth one ? ». Just then the fourth Torvosaurus appears in front of the group.

« How can they disappear ? » Hamada asked. « They can camouflage. Like an octopus. » Claire answered.

The dinosaur stared at them angrily through the glass and even displayed its teeth.

« The design of the glass is inspired from US Navy plane cockpits. It will resist if they attack. », « Can they conceal naturally or is it a genetical modification ? », « John Lange's theories. », « We filled the DNA gaps with octopus DNA to upgrade them. », « Just think about the marketing ! We could have customers and children will be scared ! », « No ! Parents will have nightmares ! ».

« There are claw marks on the wall. Why ? » Hamada asked. « The DX makes them nervous. So they claw the wall that way. » Wu answered. After technical and health-related conversation – Hamada started a new one. « I heard that US Pentagon, and US 11th Fleet and USAMRIID, and WHO as well as UNO say that they found a mutated version of the bacteria named Echartalia Ecoli. And one of your employees died. ». « Manolo Dominguez's death is very sad. We gave his family money and a blessing letter. Felipe Gonzalez – Manolo Rodriguez and Ernesto Sanchez resigned. Because the other employees threatened to resign as well – we put compies in the enclosure to clean it. ».

« We also feed the animals with animal meals. Because they were fed with live animals – the dinosaurs of the first park became maneaters. Many people got targeted by these animals. » Wu explained. « For example Hammond's grandchildren – Tim and Lex Murphy. », « Animal meals reduce their aggresive temper. » Masrani said. « Anyway, Wu said. We never fead them sheep meals and until now we always found a cure for the animals. It's the first time a normally benign bacteria mutates. The employees were sick all time long and so we all decided to build this enclosure far away from the park. Because the disease can affect men. ».

Hamada had only one hope : a cure to be quickly found. He knew that if the park was managed by people who favored safety rather than the investment – they would have ordered the dinosaurs to be shot and burnt. If an incident occured – Hamada would inform the world and even allow the US 11th Fleet to perform airstrikes. After a long conversation about finding a cure to the disease named DX – the group left the room as the Allosauruses angrily shaked and growled. Claire was even allowed by Masrani himself to give her nephews a helicopter ride. « I will inspect the Dilophosaurus Dome – Masrani's Golf and this man named Owen Grady tomorrow. And we will have to investigate the appearance of animals – dubbed Huppia and Chuppacabra by Costa Ricans – which are described to look like lizards. » Hamada said.

In the meantime – an F/A18 crashed on the USS Lexington two hours after Murphy – Nolan and their men got transfered to the carrier. The pilot – André Dixon got killed. He leaves a wife and a son as well as an infant girl.

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