A few months later.
Grant, Sattler and Malcolm stepped from the chopper, eyes straining from the tropical sun. They were greeted by John Hammond himself. “I’m so glad you could all join me once again. Together, we will ensure this dream, my dream, doesn’t die” he proclaimed with affable pomp guiding them toward a Jeep.
“We all know your vision, John. But the execution… It really needs work.” Ellie replied.
“I was reluctant to come back here, for obvious reasons” said Malcolm. “But then I realised that I was even more reluctant to stay away… because nature would take its course. As it always does.”
Indeed, Grant thought. His heart was in the dusty plains of Montana. But his mind had stayed on Isla Nublar. After all, how often does a paleontologist get the chance to study living dinosaurs?
“I felt the same. Still, there’s no denying this is the single most important place on Earth right now. Perhaps ever” said Ellie. “It all comes down to responsibility. The last time we were here, we were Hammonds guests, this time we’re more like partners. Now we have the knowledge and the means to make a change.”
“Yes… yes. Still, chaos, Dr. Sattler, chaos has me contemplating whether we can actually make things better, or just delay the inevitable?” remarked Malcolm.
“That’s precisely why I asked you all to take this journey again” said Hammond. “Had you been part of the process earlier, perhaps our first time around would have been different. A mistake I’m correcting.”
“We’re giving you a chance to prove it, John” said Grant.
“I’m going to prove it to you all. And Dr. Malcolm, I’m going to prove you wrong.”
Malcolm smirked. “First time for everything, I suppose.”
As the Jeep continued along the beaten track, Grant saw the tribal shape of the main gates looming ahead. The distant call of Brachiosaurs carried across the tropical prehistoric landscape, filling Grant once again with the same sense of wonder he felt the first time around. As the group passed under the great stone arch, Hammond, with his usual sense of grandeur, announced “Welcome back to Jurassic Park.”
