Jurassic World by David Lewman

Author:David Lewman [Lewman, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2018-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

I’m talking about man-made cataclysmic change.

—Dr. Ian Malcolm

Mills led Eversoll down a metal spiral staircase. The lower level was full of steel cages built into cement walls.

“The world’s superpowers have drones in the sky, underwater, and underground,” Mills said. “Their enemies have no choice but to respond. This animal is vicious, relentless, and expendable.”

As they walked down a long corridor, Eversoll felt nervous, despite the heavy bars on the cages. From one dark cage came a scraping sound.

“The proceeds of tomorrow’s sale will fund our final round of development,” Mills continued. “Once we’ve ironed out the character flaws, we’ll breed them for use in the field.”

“Character flaws?” Eversoll asked, looking concerned.

“Genetic design is trial and error,” Mills said with a slight shrug. “Mostly error.”

Through the bars, Eversoll could make out a shadowy animal in the dark cage. The animal was ten feet tall and sleek. Eversoll could hear it breathing quietly.

“Why’s it so dark in there?” Eversoll asked.

Mills smiled. “The light in the cell burned out. We used two tranquilizing darts to put the Indoraptor down. The technician went into the cage.” He paused and looked at Eversoll. “And that’s when we learned it takes three darts to put it down.”

A SHAFT OF LIGHT IN THE CAGE SHOWED THAT THE INDORAPTOr was using its long claw to toy with a human skull. That was the scraping sound he’d heard.

“But the really interesting part,” Mills continued, “is that when we reviewed the security tapes, we saw that the Indoraptor had purposely broken the light. It was hungry.”

A low growl came from inside the cage. The Indoraptor flicked the skull against the bars. Clink.

“Oh, I wouldn’t stand there,” Mills warned Eversoll. He looked down and saw that his feet were on a line of red tape. He quickly took a step back.

“We need to show this thing to the buyers,” Eversoll said, excited.

The Indoraptor growled.

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