Investing in the Future

Chapter Seven

For a Costa Rican hospital, it wasn't that bad, and he had enough visitors to keep him entertained. His favourite had to be Sarah Harding, Dr. Harding's daughter, she'd come down to see her father who had been waiting to return to the island before it had been closed down. With everyone stranded she had been spending time with the whole group, wanting to know what had happened. He liked her, she was his type, adventurous, smart, pretty...what more could you ask for? His leg was better off than expected, thanks to Harry and Nym, but it still hurt, and they were saying he might need a cane. He'd need to see a magical hospital once he got home to see if they could do more, he was too young to need a cane.

When someone knocked on his door, he hoped it was Sarah, instead, a man entered at his call, dressed in a conservative suit with brown hair and eyes, starting to head towards portly...not anyone he knew.

"Dr. Malcolm?"

"Yes..."

"Ted Tonks, Barrister for the Potter family," Ted introduced himself and Ian relaxed, this must be Nym's Dad. "How are you doing?"

"Better than I thought I would," Ian sat up more fully, "thanks to Harry and Nym, your daughter?"

"Our only," Ted agreed as he took a seat. "Harry has been very worried about all of you stuck here, especially you."

"It's not too bad, though I will be visiting a specialized hospital once home."

"How would you like a transfer to a private hospital in Miami?" Ted offered with a grin. "All medical care paid for, including transport."

"Why?"

Ted flicked his wand, setting wards up so they could speak in peace. "The plan is to have you transferred to our guestroom, my wife is a Healer and will see to your needs. While Harry had no part in the accident, his family is a major investor in iNGen and he wants to ensure everyone is looked after. He is attempting to purchase the islands for their protection and intends to do so magically as well as with technology."

"Heard the locals wanted to burn it all."

"Apparently they do but technically the animals are the property of iNGen and they have not given permission for their destruction. The government is wary of angering so many wealthy people. Instead everything's been turned off and all humans evacuated, leaving the animals to roam free," Ted explained, he had helped the iNGen lawyers with that work, to ensure the animals were left alone for now.

Ian lay back and considered what that could mean. With magical defences in place, it would keep the animals contained on the island..."Islands?"

"Ah, yes, apparently most of the breeding was actually done on a second island, Isla Sorna or Site B, part of the Las Cinco Muertes. Hurricane Clarissa did a good job of wiping things out over the last week from what the military has reported."

"Hit here hard enough, thought the hospital was going to go down," Ian admitted, it had been the worst storm he had ever been through. "I've had lawyers in here, threatening silence on what happened."

Ted nodded, "Understandable, iNGen doesn't want what happened to get out. It could bankrupt the company if they aren't careful, and honestly, the news of dinosaurs being back probably isn't something the non-magical world is ready for. Dennis Nedry has been charged with corporate espionage and officially listed as missing. Donald Gennaro has been listed as killed in an animal attack and there is already talk of his family suing iNGen, as are the family of Joffrey Brown whose death caused the inspection. Separate to those cases Harry has sent both families funds to help out."

Ian listened to Ted's explanation, he had planned to go public on what had happened, the iNGen goons' threats hadn't helped any...but what he said made sense. He knew there was no magic involved, he was actually very good at sensing magic even if he didn't have enough himself to be counted as magical. The same reasoning for magic hiding could be applied here and he sighed. "I'll keep quiet to the press," he finally agreed. "Do you know if the other kids are alright?" He'd been worried about all of them, but no one would tell him anything, he was relieved Harry and Nym were fine but what about the others, especially Tim, he was the youngest and may not deal too well with what had happened.