iv. the laboratory

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AFTER ALAN HAD QUESTIONED HOW JOHN HAD CREATED THE DINOSAURS, JOHN SIMPLY ANSWERED 'I'LL SHOW YOU'

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AFTER ALAN HAD QUESTIONED HOW JOHN HAD CREATED THE DINOSAURS, JOHN SIMPLY ANSWERED 'I'LL SHOW YOU'. None of the scientists nor the chaotician were over the sight of the real-life dinosaurs, yet all were incredibly intrigued by John's aura of mystery.

After another short ride in the jeeps, they arrived at a large white cement building with a thatched roof that was modelled to appear like a modernised village hut.

John trotted up the steps, his six guests following him quickly. "The most advanced amusement park in the entire world, incorporating all the latest technologies. And I'm not talking just about rides. Everybody has rides. No, we've made living biological attractions so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet," John spoke.

"So, what are you thinking?" Ellie asked.

Alan laughed, yet it was more of a scoff. "That we're out of a job," Alna pointed to the four palaeontologists.

Ian laughed, running up the stairs to walk alongside Alan. "Don't you mean 'extinct'?"

Robyn snorted and Jimmy huffed. John led the ground into a small theatre room. In the front row sat in this order; Jimmy, Robyn, Ian, Ellie then Alan. While John and Gennaro sat behind them.

"Ah, here he comes," John spoke. "Well, here I come," The older man gestured towards the screen, just as the video began - a video John walking in front of the Jurassic Park logo.

"Hello," The video John welcomed.

"Say hello," The real-life John ordered.

"Hi," Robyn and Ellie hesitantly answered back. Ian chuckled, nudging Robyn's shoulder teasingly. John soon realised that he was supposed to interact with the video and began stumbling with the cue-cards in his pockets. The two John's did a small skit where the real-life John takes the video John's blood, then multiple versions of the old man popped onto the screen to show the miracle of cloning.

"Cloned from what?" Ian asked the four scientists quietly.

"Loy extractions never recreated an intact DNA strand," Alan commented.

"Not without massive sequence gaps," Ellie added.

Robyn leaned over Ian's shoulder. "Paleo-DNA. But from what source? Where did he get 100 million old dinosaur blood?"

After Gennaro shushed the front row, they turned back to the screen just in time for a cartoon to take over. 'Mr DNA' - a cartoon DNA strand began to explain how the Jurassic Park scientists took the blood from mosquitos that got stuck in tree sap billions of years ago. The character explained how they used the complete DNA of a frog to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur, thus making real-life dinosaurs. John presses a button causing the large metal brackets in front of them to fall down and lay just above their laps. The entire theatre swivelled to turn towards a grass window. Behind it was a live laboratory. However, the seats didn't stop.

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