Jurassic Park Page #25

Tim GASPS and comes to.

GRANT (cont'd)

Good boy, Tim. Good boy.

TIM:

Three. (Two, three).

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B121EXTJUNGLEDAY

ROBERT MULDOON creeps slowly through the jungle foliage,

tracking his prey. He ducks and walks through a hollow log, underneath

a fallen tree, following the RUSTLING sound up ahead of him.

He can see just a trace of the raptor's gray flesh as it movies

behind the bushes up ahead, staying camouflaged enough to deny him a

decent shot. Thinking he's got a moment, Muldoon extends the back

handle of the gun and clicks it into place. He prepares to take aim.

A snake slithers across a tree branch, past what looks like the

large iris of a flower.

The flower blinks.

It's the eye of the raptor. Muldoon sees it. He raises his

gun.

Instead of running away again, the raptor rises slowly out of

the brush, fully revealing itself to Muldoon, HISSING at him.

The corners of Muldoon's mouth twitch up into a smile. He draws

a bead on the animal.

His finger tenses on the trigger. Suddenly, his smile vanishes,

both eyes pop open, and a terrible thought sweeps across his face. His

eyes flick to the side - -

MULDOON:

Clever girl.

- - which is where the attack comes from. With a ROAR, another

raptor comes flashing out of nowhere and pounces on him. The gun

BLASTS, but wildly, and the raptor's claw SLASHES through Muldoon's

midsection.

Muldoon SCREAMS and falls back, the raptor locked on top of him,

all tooth and claw all of a sudden.

As the second raptor makes the kill, the first raptor strides

slowly forward and watches approvingly.

It throws its head back and SNARLS.

122INTVISITOR'S CENTERDAY

GRANT, TIM, and LEX come into the deserted visitor's center. A

large sign that says "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. . ." droops

overhead. Grant now carries Tim, who is weakened but conscious.

GRANT:

HELLO?!

But nobody answers.

123INTRESTAURANTDAY

GRANT, TIM, and LEX come into the restaurant. Grant carefully

sets Tim in a chair at one of the tables. Lex across from him.

GRANT:

I am gonna have to find the others and get you to a

doctor. Will you look after Tim, Lex?

LEX:

(scared as hell)

Yes.

Grant nods. He looks at Tim for a second.

GRANT:

Your hair's all standing up.

He gently rearranges Tim's hair, which is wild, all over this

head. Tim looks up at him weakly and manages a smile. Grant smiles

back.

GRANT (cont'd)

Big Tim, the human piece of toast.

Tim laughs. Grant pauses for a second, as if debating something

- -

GRANT (cont'd)

Be back soon, guys. I promise.

He leaves. As he goes across the lobby of the visitor's center

and outside, they can see his silhouette, moving through a translucent

mural that depicts dinosaurs in various natural settings. It's quiet

for a second as Lex and Tim just look at each other.

Tim goes across the room, to an all-you-can-eat table on the

other side, and quickly piles some food on a tray. He brings its back

to the table.

Lex digs in, munching on veggies, grabbing food with two hands.

Tim enjoys his food, too.

Lex comes up with a spoonful of lime Jell-O from a plastic

dinosaur egg cup - - but her hand freezes halfway to her mouth.

Tim looks up, and sees the expression on her face. She's

staring over his shoulder, eyes wide, the Jell-O quivering in her

shaking hands.

TIM:

What?

Tim turns around. Behind him, one of the silhouettes on the

mural is a raptor, in a hunting pose.

While they stare, the silhouette of a real raptor moves out from

behind it and creeps forward, in the lobby of the visitor's center.

124INTKITCHENDAY

LEX pulls the shiny metal door shut as quietly as she can. It

latches with a distinctive CLICK, but there's no lock.

She runs to a panel of lights switches and kills them all,

plunging the room into semidarkness. She helps TIM down an aisle and

they hide at the end, behind a counter, breathing hard.

A raptor's head pops into view, visible through the round window

in the middle of the restaurant door.

It just looks for a moment, its breath steaming up the window.

THROUGH THE WINDOW,

as the steam evaporates, the raptor can see a part of Tim that

is not entirely hidden by the counter.

IN THE KITCHEN,

TIM and LEX remain frozen in fear as the raptor first SNIFFS at

the bottom of the door, then THUMPS its head against it.

But the door doesn't budge.

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125EXT COMPOUNDDAY

GRANT walks quickly down the narrow path towards Hammond's

compound, eyes darting from side to side, not exactly sure where he's

going. From far off, he hears someone SHOUTING to him.

He turns. He sees ELLIE, standing outside the bunker. She's

waving to him, SHOUTING something too faint for him to hear.

He furrows his brow and walks towards her. She SHOUTS louder.

He walks faster. He's closer now, and he can finally make out where

she's shouting.

ELLIE:

Run!

Grant takes off running towards her, not even looking back. He

races up, and she runs into his arms.

ELLIE (cont'd)

Where are the kids?!

126INTBUNKERDAY

JOHN HAMMOND stands between GRANT and ELLIE in the bunker,

watching as Grant RACKS the bolts on a ten gauge shotgun.

GRANT:

(to Ellie)

It's just the two raptors, right? You're sure the third

one's contained?

ELLIE:

Yes, unless they figured out how to open doors.

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127INTKITCHENDAY

OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO THE KITCHEN,

the raptor stares down at the door handle, cocking its head

curiously. It SNARLS and bumps the door handle with its head, but that

doesn't do anything.

It reaches out, toward the handle, with one clawed hand.

IN THE KITCHEN,

Tim and Lex stare in shock as the door handle starts to turn.

The door opens. The first raptor stands in the doorway, draws

itself up to its full height, and looks around the kitchen.

Now, a second raptor joins it in the doorway. They move into

the room, brushing against each other. The first raptor SNAPS as the

second, as if to say "keep your distance."

Now the raptors split, taking two different aisles. Tim and Lex

crawl away, Tim awfully weak now, down a third aisle, around the other

side of the counter from the raptors, moving in the opposite direction.

As Tim and Lex pass the raptors, one of the raptor's tails SMACK

into some pots and pans, knocking them off the counter. They fall on

the kids, who manage to keep quiet.

The kids keep moving as one of the raptors dips down, looking

through an open cabinet to inspect the racket.

Tim and Lex reach the end of the aisle and round a corner - -

but Timmy's falling behind now, and he accidentally brushes against

some hanging kitchen utensils.

Both raptors turn. One jumps onto the counter, knocking more

kitchen stuff to the floor. A ladle CLATTERS to a stop, and the

strange metallic sounds confuse the raptors for a moment.

But then they move, in Tim's direction, SNIFFING, heading right

for him.

The raptor on the floor is just about to turn the corner to

where Tim sits, exposed and exhausted, but both the raptors suddenly

stop, hearing a CLICKING sound from the other end of the aisle.

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