I DO NOT own anything regarding the Jurassic Park/World books/movies/games etc.
The only thing I own are the characters I have created, I DO NOT own any of the characters from Jurassic Park/World.
This is based more than a year before the Jurassic World Incident.
"Careful Fie." Finley told her sister as they walked along the dock among the throngs of people that had just departed the ship.
Fiona didn't reply, she was too busy texting on her phone, Finley spoke again and still received no answer so she wrapped a hand around Fiona's wrist.
"Stop." Fiona said immediately and pulled her arm away as if she'd just touched something hot, "What are you doing?"
"I said be careful." Finley replied, annoyed at her sister's tone, "Put the phone away and watch where your going." she added firmly after someone bumped into her and another stepped on her feet.
Fiona's answer was an irritated shake of her head and she continued with what she'd been doing.
Finely shook her own head in exasperation and continued walking with the other people along the dock.
Fiona's attitude had been the same since they left for the airport that morning and almost 12 hours later, most of them being travelling as well as the heat, Finley really couldn't be bothered with it.
Once they reached the end of the dock, Finley moved to the side so others could pass, Fiona continued texting, "Do you see anyone for us?" Finley asked as she looked around with a hand shielding her eyes from the sun.
Fiona made a noise that was of complete uninterest, Finley glanced at her and then said her name loudly.
"What?" Fiona snapped back.
"Don't take that tone with me Fiona, I'm warning you." Finley said sharply.
"Well what is it? I'm busy." Fiona replied and went back to texting, Finley grabbed her phone out of her hands and her head shot up, "Give me that." she said with a glare.
"Be useful." Finley said and shoved her hands away as they grabbed for the phone, "Look around and see if there is anyone stood with a card for us."
"A card? What kind card? Why would someone have a card for us?" Fiona asked with an angry expression on her face.
"What do you think? A card with our name on it." Finley replied as she looked around some more, Fiona let out an exaggerated sigh and walked away to the other side of the dock, she stood on a bench.
"Fiona." Finley hissed at her, "Get down, people have to sit there." she added as she watched her sister who looked through the crowd for a very brief second and then hopped down and came back.
"Didn't see anyone, give me my phone back." She said.
"No." Finley said, "Your attitude sucks."
Fiona moaned, "What's your problem?"
"Fie...I'm not in the mood for this." Finley said as she moved forward a little, "Wait here while I go ask that guy."
She moved towards one of the men that were guiding people in the direction of the monorail, "Excuse me." she said as she approached him.
"Yes?" the man replied with a smile.
"Hi I wonder if you can help me...I was told someone would be meeting me here, when I got off the ship." she said and offered him a smile back.
"Really? They aren't here?" he asked with furrowed brows and she shook her head, "What's your name?"
"Finley McKenzie." she said, "I'm an employee...or, I will be." she said after a beat with a shake of her head, "Whatever."
The man nodded at her with a smile, "Well I haven't seen anyone around with your name."
He looked around the people and she did too, "Yeah I haven't either, I was just wondering because they said in the email I was to wait as someone would be here...is it possible they are running late?"
"No, if someone was coming for you they would have been here before the ship arrived, So I apologize that there's noone here for you ma'am." the man said after he turned back to face her.
"Don't apologize, there's no need." she said with a tired smile.
"I suggest you try the hotel, if you get on the monorail it'll delivery you right there, check with reception when you get off." he replied and pointed to the monorail pods people were heading towards.
"Okay, I'll do that. Thank you." she said and the man nodded with a smile, she headed back to Fiona who was stood sulking with her arms folded across her chest, "Come on, we have to get on that thing and head to the hotel." she pointed to the monorail that led towards the park.
"Whatever, give me my phone." she said and Finley looked at her with raised eyebrows, "Please." she added with a roll of her eyes, Finley shook her head and then handed her the phone.
"You better drop that attitude." she told her sibling, "And you better answer me when I talk to you."
Fiona sighed and started texting again, Finley tightened her hold on her bag and headed for the monorail.
The view from the monorail as they sailed through the air was lovely, there was mountains of green all around them but once those huge doors with Jurassic World written above them opened, Finn's breath was blew away, the place was stunning, clear blue water all around along with the amazing scenery around it.
There were big fancy building up and around the place, monorail tracks that led further into the island and there was huge tipi styled building that she assumed from that map she'd been given to be the innovation centre across the park that was sitting infront of some of the most gorgeous scenery she'd ever seen, the island really was beautiful.
Once they departed the monorail they walked a little through the yard towards the hotel that was supposed to be right there once you leave the pod but in reality it was a little up the courtyard, the place was swarming with tourists, Finley looked around, there was shops and places to eat lined up up and down each side, her stomach rumbled at the smell of food cooking inside a steakhouse as they passed.
"That smells good." she said aloud, mostly to herself but to Fiona by her side, her sister as presumed didn't respond to her so she didn't bother saying anything else to her.
She continued towards the hotel, it was slow because there was so many people but they eventually got there.
It was very busy when they arrived inside the hotel, the place was huge, there were lots of family's everywhere and a bunch of kids were stood stunned around a very realistic hologram of a Brachiosaurus in the middle of the floor, Finley herself was amazed at the creature, "Wow." she said with a smile, "What do you think of that?" she asked Fiona.
Her sister looked up once and made a face, "I'm not a little kid."
Finley's smile disappeared, "I know your not."
Fiona went back to texting and started to walk towards the reception desk, "Come on, I want to get to our room."
Finley sighed and then followed her sister, there was a couple of people being helped as they approached the desk but they disappeared seconds later, "Hi there, welcome to Jurassic World." the woman behind the counter said with a warm smile.
"Hi." Finley replied, "I was directed here by one of the men at the dock."
"Right." the woman said, "Are you checking in?"
"Well I don't know." Finley said and laughed a little when the woman looked at her in a funny way, "I was told that I'd be met at the dock when I arrived and I'd be taking directly to my living quarters."
"Oh, your an employee?" the woman said.
"Yes." Finley said with a relieved smile, they were finally getting somewhere.
"What's your name?" the woman asked as she typed something on her computer and then press a button on the phone beside her, she put it to her ear.
"Finley McKenzie." she replied.
"Okay, if you give me just a second, I'll find out what's happening for you." the woman replied to her.
"Thank you." Finley said and turned to look at Fiona.
"How hard is it to hand over a key and say 'there's your room'?" Fiona said and sighed dramatically.
"Shh." Finley said to her and looked back at the woman who had heard what her sister said.
"Hi, Miss Dearing, it's Angela from the reception...I have a woman here, a new employee...Finley McKenzie." the receptionist said into the phone, she waited a second, "Yes...well she said noone was there."
Finley watched the receptionist as she talked to the woman on the other line, Fiona huffed beside her and pocketed her phone, she leaned on the desk, "What's taking so long?" she moaned.
"I don't know." Finley said to her in a polite but firm tone, "Be quiet."
Fiona pushed off the desk and walked towards a skeleton of a dinosaur that was on display submerged in sand, there were kids brushing the sand off of the bones like mini palaeontologists.
"Okay, I will do that, bye." the receptionist said, "Okay...Miss Dearing the park's operations manager is on her way here, she is going to take you to visit your workplace."
Fiona had made her way back over to stand beside Finley, "What about where we're staying?"
Finley elbowed Fiona, "Fie."
"What? Isn't that a reasonable question?" She snapped back at her sister and Finley rolled her eyes at Angela, she then got her phone back out of her pocket.
"About that." the woman said to them both, "Your room is ready so you can just head up whenever you want." she spoke to Fiona directly and then turned to Finley, "Your place...isn't."
"I beg your pardon? I don't understand." Finley said with furrowed brows.
"Well it was supposed to be ready for you coming, we were informed it would be so I apologize on behalf of our staff." Angela said.
"No not that." Finley said, "...we have separate rooms?"
"Yes you...um...you didn't know that?" Angela said, she looked slightly embarrassed.
"No." Finley said and glanced at Fiona, "I wasn't told that."
"I get my own room?" Fiona asked Angela with a smile, an actual smile, "Awesome."
"Yes all employees have separate living quarters from the guests." Angela said and looked at Fiona when she said guest, "Bungalows." she finished with a smile at Finley.
"No...I'm sorry, that can't work." Finley said, "She's 16 and I'm her guardian, there's noone else."
"Well...we can't permit guests in the employee quarters, you should have been told this." Angela stuttered a little.
"Well I wasn't." Finley said annoyed.
"Finn it's cool, I don't mind." Fiona said with a smile and looked at Angela, "Can I have my key?"
"Well I do mind, I'm sorry but...I don't feel comfortable with this." Finn told Angela.
"Um...well I'm really sorry." Angela said.
"Isn't there anything you can do?" Finn asked the receptionist.
"Finn." Fiona said and pulled on her arm to get her to face her, "It's fine, seriously, I'll be fine on my own."
"Fie, listen to me okay, you are under my care." Finn told her younger sister, "Your only 16."
"It's a hotel room, I think I'll be fine." Fiona said with a screwed up face.
"We can ask Miss Dearing about it when she gets here but I think she'll just tell you the same thing that I have." Angela said.
"Well I'll speak to her about it anyway." Finn said abruptly, she wasn't impressed at all.
The day was finally taking it's toll on her, travelling for hours upon hours, a teenager who had moaned about everything the entire time and now this, they hadn't given her any information about the separate living quarters in the email, they had just let her assume she and her sister would be in the same place.
"I have a form for you both to sign." Angela said hesitantly, "And an additional one for you." she added to Finn.
The sisters took the clipboard she offered them and Finn scanned the first sheet and then the other one, "Life insurance?"
"Yes." Angela said, "Because your an employee you have to sign another one, since you'll be more at risk."
"More at risk?" Fiona asked confused, "I thought you were here to do research and study and stuff?" she said to Finn.
"I am, field research." Finn said as she signed both forms.
"So...your going to be...like in there, with the dinosaurs?" Fiona said and Finn nodded.
"Yes, I told you this." Finn said.
"No you never." Fiona said and Finn nodded, "Well I can't remember."
"Probably because your head was in that." Finn said and pointed at her phone in her hand, Fiona just looked at her and then silently signed her form.
"Thank you." Angela said as she took the clipboards back, "You guys are welcome to have a seat whilst you wait on Miss Dearing if you like."
"Sure." Finn said and headed for the sofas across from the reception desk, she tossed a 'thanks' over her shoulder as she went.
The older McKenzie sister sighed when she sat down and rubbed her hands over her face, she felt very uncomfortable in her Jeans and t-shirt, it was too hot, she could feel the sweat on the back of her neck underneath her hair, "How long will we have to wait?" Fiona asked as she sat down beside her.
"I don't know." she replied with a tired sigh and waited for her sister to say something but she never, she was silent.
A few minutes passed by before a smartly dressed all in white woman with short flaming red hair walked towards them, Finn stood up expectantly, the woman offered her a brief smile, "Dr Finley McKenzie?"
"That's me." Finn answered and accepted the woman's hand for a shake, "Miss Dearing?"
"That's me." the woman said with a smile and a nod, "Welcome to Jurassic World Dr McKenzie, I hope your journey was well?" she spoke well and professionally.
"It was fine." Finn replied.
"Long." Fiona said from where she sat on the sofa.
Claire looked at Fiona on the couch, "It is long." she agreed with a smile, "I trust this is...Fiona McKenzie?" she asked Finn who nodded.
"That's me." Finn said in a sarcastically chipper voice, imitating the two women's welcome exchange.
Claire glanced at Finn, "She's not good with travelling." she offered as an apology.
"Don't worry about it." Claire said, "Now, I was told noone was at the dock to greet you? I am very sorry about that...there must have been a mix up of sorts, a confusion of days or something like that because here at Jurassic World we have nothing but the best interests of our guests and employees at heart and when we say something will be done, we make sure it is done so again, I am sorry about that."
"It doesn't matter, it's fine." Finn said, "I'm really more concerned about-"
"The living quarters yes." Claire cut her off, "There really isn't anything that can be done about this, we cannot allow guests of the park to live in staff facilities, no matter the relation I'm afraid." she finished with a smile.
"Well if that was pointed out to me before I got here which, it wasn't, I would have made other arrangements for her rather than bring her with me." Finn said in a similar tone and added a tight lipped smile at the end.
Claire gazed at her for a second and then clasped her hands infront of her, "I can assure you, she will be perfectly safe living in the room allocated to her inside the hotel...she'd be at more of a risk living with you."
"And where exactly is that?" Finn asked with her arms folded across her chest.
"It's a bungalow, outside of the resort grounds, you need to travel along the staff only maintenance road to get to it." Claire said adding emphasis to 'staff only', "Other bungalows are situated around the park near where the staff will be working and like yours they are further away from where the guests are staying, it depends on what the job title is."
"Why would she be further away?" Fiona asked, she stood and walked towards the two woman.
"Well for one the raptor paddock isn't yet open to the viewing public and it's situated at the edge of a cliff." Claire explained all while Finn stared at her open mouthed.
"Raptor paddock?" she asked.
"Yes...Velociraptor?" Claire said the full name slowly, "They are carnivores and-"
"I know what they are." Finn snapped at her and Claire just stared at her.
"Is there something wrong Dr McKenzie?" she asked with a smile and her head tilted to the side.
"You decided to leave that fact I'd be working with raptors out of the email too?" Finn asked harshly.
"No...I believe the email that was sent to you said you'd be working with various dinosaurs throughout the park." Claire said.
"No, it said various herbivores and possibly the tyrannosaur but mostly the herbivores." Finn replied quoting her a part of her email.
"Oh...well, now you know." Claire said casually, "Now if you'll follow me."
"Now I know? Oh that's alright then isn't it?" Finn said to Claire's back, the woman turned slowly.
"Dr McKenzie...your a palaeontologist...it is your job to study the dinosaurs, various dinosaurs and their behaviour, is it not? You didn't seam to mind about the tyrannosaur...why are the raptors any different?" Claire asked.
"The point is I wasn't informed about working with the Velociraptor's Miss Dearing." Finn replied.
"Well like I said...now you know." Claire said and Finn glanced away and bit her lip.
"Now...I'm sure you are both tired from your journey...Fiona, you can collect the key to your room and head up there if you wish or stay and have a look around, it's entirely up to you." Claire said to Fiona and then she looked at Finn, "Dr McKenzie...I will show you where you'll be staying and working...are you ready to go?"
Finn was tired, too tired to stand and argue with some woman she'd just met and it was pretty clear that things weren't going to change anytime soon, the best thing to do was just to agree and follow her.
"Yes...I'm ready." Finn said eventually.
"Excellent." Claire said with a satisfied smile, "Fiona, Angela will get you sorted." she gestured to the receptionist with her hand, "I won't keep your sister for too long, you'll see her at some point later I'm sure."
Finn and Fiona gave each other a look, "I'll see you once I'm done and we'll get food." Finn told her sister.
"Okay." Fiona said, "I'll see you soon."
Finn nodded and turned to Claire once she saw Fiona was speaking with the receptionist, "Okay then...lead the way."
Claire nodded and started heading towards a staff door at the back of the building, "This way."
Finn followed her through the door and down a hallway where there was an exit that led to a staff parking lot, she headed for a shiny silver Mercedes 450 Coupe, "Hop in."
"Nice car." Finn said casually as she climbed in the passenger seat, Claire flashed her a quick smile after she was seated beside her, she had really wanted to add, 'however a bit fancy for driving around in the jungle'.
Claire started the engine and took off within seconds, she drove away from the hotel towards a dirt road that led into the jungle, they arrived at a gate that said 'maintenance, staff only' not even a few minutes later.
She rolled her window down and stretched her arm out, she placed her palm flat on a device that had a small keypad, it beeped twice and the gate opened, she drove through.
"Fingerprint access?" Finn asked.
"Everyone gets a swipe card, the fingerprint is there in the case that they don't work." Claire said immediately as she stared at the road ahead, Finn nodded and looked out her passenger window figuring that was all the conversation they would probably be having.
"I'll take you to your bungalow first and then we'll visit the raptor paddock." Claire said after a long moment of silence.
Finn looked at her and nodded once, "Sounds like a plan."
Claire nodded and then said, "You can meet Mr Grady."
"Mr Grady?" Finn asked with a shrug.
"Owen Grady." Claire said and looked over at her, "He's trains the raptors...and he's in charge."
She looked back at the road and Finn looked back out the passenger window and thought about those words, he 'trains' the raptors.
Raptors were aggressive, man eating wild animals...what kind of idiot would think training them was possible?