Chapter 2

Third Energy

"how was your nap Regina?" Gail asked as he sat his gun down.

"Hmm.. You call it a nap, I call it hibernation," Regina laughed but then stopped when Gail glared. "Whats your problem?" Regina retorted.

Gaiil shrugged his shoulders and picked up his machne gun again. His Biceps flexing at the enormous weight of his gun, it was a gray color with a large scope good for small sniping range shots. He sat the large, and gruff, weapon down and laughed a little bit. But Regina didn't ask why because he probably wanted him to ask and then he would rip her head off and then really laugh.

The intercom crackled on ad it casued Rick to stir. "Please open drop door and prep. to drop," The driver said.

"Hey Rick! RICK!" Gail yelled to lazy to get out of his bench.

"Huh? What?" Rick was wide awake and alert along with Bart.

"Get ready to jump, Regina open the hoist door," Gail demanded.

"Wait are you sayinf we're going to jump out of this helicopter?" Bart's voice quavered.

Regina pushed the shutter unlock button and pulled the shutter open. "Yah.. and even in high turbulance, what are you... scared?" Regina mocked Bart.

"What.. Oh..pssh me scared?" Bart made a pitiful come-back.

"Hay rookie.. Don't get cocky, it's the last thing you or anybody needs in a hot sneak or battle," Gail scolded.

Regina scoffed at him as she put her mask on and helped Rick get up, his legs had gotten stiff. Rick quickly put on his mask as the intercom crackled

to life. "If you would please jump in 5..4..3..2..1," The intercom said. Gail started his stopwatch and jumped followed by, Rick, Bart, And alstly Regina. The

turbulance casued by heavy cloud cover casued Regina's parachute to flap and lose air. It casued Regina to lose her stomach when she dropped 300 fet in a split second. Finally after a few minutes she landed in the ocean, the turbulance must've knocked her off course! SHe felt the cool water running

through her hair, her parachute was catching the strong current and sucking her under! She quickly went under the water gasping for a breath. SHe went under and quickly shedded off her parachute and tried to go up but the current was to severe!

Her throat stung as she gasped for air, wthe cool water plunged down her throat and settled into her tiny air sacs in her lungs. She held her breath with what little breath she had, she took the time to picture her hiuse and going back into her nice warm bed and being able to get into a helicopter and return home and not die at the age 27. She wanted to have children with a man which woulmd become her husband, if she ever had the time to go on a sophisticated date in a dress and not in a SORT uniform. Her whole life flashed before her eyes, then she was back to the real world, drounding in the cold water. But then she felt a warm hand grasp her hand firmly. Somebody was pulling her up, Regina held onto life for a few more painstaking moments as her head broke the water her few moments of endeavoring to live were granted with life.

"Hey... Wake up," A teenage voice said.

Regina's eyes fluttered, then they slowly opened, Regina's head throbbed and she felt like she had to breathe. She couldn't she tried so hard until finally she coughed out a pint of murky water and then took a very much needed breath. Her throat stung as the air was pushed down but her head stopped throbbing and she could now see clearly. SHe stood up and looked at her surroundings they were on the island near Austrailia where Doctor Kirk had fled too. Regina felt a cool wind blowing her hair into her eyes. The island was very humid and it had quite the amount of foilage all around them but they were standing on a sandbar. Near them was a gate up on a plateau about 15 feet above them. Where the gate lead to was un-visisble thanks to the shear drop of the plateau they appeared to be on a mesa as it was looking down at the rushing ocean.

"Regina good to see your okay!" Rick broke the silence.

"Yah.. But what happened exactly?" Regina aimed the question at Rick but Bart answered.

"Yu were drounding.. But thanks to me you can be standing here right now," Bart said in a cock way.

"Hmmph.. Thanks," Regina sent several rude eyebrow gestures at Bart, but he pushed them off.

"Okay.. We're 20 minutes late as it is so lets get going, Rookie since this is you training you go first!!" Gail aimed his gun up a steep hill that lead to the gate.

Bart walked passed Gail wanting to say something rude but didn't dare. Gail got along with Bart pretty well, but he alwats sounds rude so only people like Rick, and Regina could tell he was okay with him. Rick could take him or leave him due to his cocky stunts and attitude he pulled not only just now but in the helicopter. Now as you proabably noticed.. Regina could take him and shoot him right then and now, she didn't know why she didn't like the guy, after all he did save her life. But all the same Regina proabably would never like this guy even when he finished his 6 months of on the job training and becasme a real SORT, Special, Operation, Rescue, Team.

Bart lead the way up the steep incline up to the top where it appeared a small chunk of the plateau had broken off making a smal slit just big enough for you to put one foot on at a time to get to the gate. If you fell you would be lucky to die. For if you didn't die you would be mamed.

"Well.. What do I do know?" Bart aske as he looked back at Gail who was nearly breathing down his shoulder.

"Cross the damn thing!" Gail said quite impatiently.

"Okay.. Okay sheesh!" Bart said but was clearly holding something back that he wouldn't want to say to Gail.

The trainee carefully eyed the situation and put one foot in fron tof his other but then dicovered that if he did it that way he would fall off balance,so he turned his feet so he was facing off the cliff and slid his right foot or the one on the ledge over and then slid his other where his right one was. He continued this as Gail did the same technique but a lot faster. Rick did the same yet agian but Regina did the technique Bart first tried but chickened. Then soon Bart opened the gate and swung his body in. Gail and the rest sophistcateidly walked in. Regina through Bart mean eyebrow gestures as she passed his limp body batching the breath which was knocked out of him by the fall.

"Hey rookie keep up!" Gail got him moving again as he jogged up to them.

There surroundings consisted of a alrge metal door fenced in withnwhat looked like electrical fence, but luckily the power was off. It was dark and about

6 feet away was where they entered. Gail tried to open the door but it was locked with a keyhole. They would be able to tell what the key looked like becuase it was a very large keyhole. Bart loked discouraged when the door didn't open. Regina felt that way to becuase the key could be anywhere and the keyhole looked to big for Rick to pick. Rick specialized in computers and hacking, he was also good at mechanics such as fixing brkin' things. Preferrably computer or mechanical devices things like that. He also was very good at unlocking doors iwth lockpicking and things like that. He was a very valuable asset to the team for nobody in SORT was as good as him in mechanics and such.

"Rick do you think you can pick it?" Gail motioned at the lock.

"I don't know.. But I can try," Rick shuffled through his packed pockets ands belt until he finally pulled out a little black case filled with small wires that looked like if you dropped them you would lose them forever. As Rick fumbled with them the rest decided to talk whie waiting.

"I don;t like the looks of things here!" Regina said as she put her hand on her hip and waved it.

"I know... But we must complete the mission no matter waht!" Gail cocked his gun as if a dinosaur was going to jump out of nowhere.

"Gail... You uurrgh! Never mind!" Rick began to lose his temper, him and Gail always argued and got into fights. Becuase Rick is more about lets just forget the mission and get out of here or lets save our own men and not worry about the scientist we're suppost to capture for the mission. Gail on the outher hand was completely different. HE didn't care if everybody he knew died he must complete the mission. It's like thats his life, or his passion. If

the mission doesn't get completed then he might as well splater his blood on the walls with a bullet to his head. In a very distinctive way he was cold and cruel but all the same he had a heart of gold. Where Rick was filled with warmness and heart but sometimes got a little overboard. Ad didn't have enough backbone to do what he knew was right. But he was very likeable.

"There!" Rick said triumphantley as the dor swung open. Regina patted him on the back and said, " Good job!"

Everybody entered the fenced in area and seen a large shutter that blocked the entrance, there was a camera that was severely damaged by impact. There were several humers parked neatly in rows. Everything looks okay but theres no guards, this si all to famialiar! Regina dreaded the thought of another third energy accident.

"Hey Rick you don't suppose.." Regina whispered in his ear but was intterupted by an answer.

"I hope not Regina!" Rick answered knowing exactly what she was thinking which was I hope this sin't another third energy incident.

"Hey.. Regina I need some help openeing this shutter!" Gail called.

Regina walked over and began pushing and shutter open as Rick watched Bart, he was walkeing toward some hummers. He tried to open the door but it was locked. Whatever was in there he really wanted becuase hebroke open the driver side window to get it! As Regina was pushing it up she yelled at the sound. "Wha the hell is that?"

"Oh it's just Bart fetching something out of the hummer!" Rick pointed out to the curious Regina.

Sooon the shutter swang open ust enough for them to slide through just as soon as it opened Bart returned with his prize he retreived from the hummer. It was a large and powerful pump action shotgun, it also came with a feload of shells which he stuffed in a pocket on his belt. Regina was about to got through the door but she heard something on the other side. It sounded like claws on hard floor, really hard and sharp claws.

"Hey Gail I hear something!" Regina pointed out.

Gail strained to listen but there wasn'r anything, not even a breeze could be heard rustling through the leaves. Then... All of a sudden... A RAPTOR

SHOVED IT'S HEAD THROUGH THE CRACK IN THE DOOR!!!! Gail, Rick, and, Regina all stood with a look of o my god this is not happening! And BArt had a look on his face like, way does this look familiar to you guys. The large reptile pushed and strained to get in but only dented the large metal doors slightly. Then the dismal was shattered by a loud BOOMAA!! Ands the raptors top JAw was nearly shot off with a splatter of blood which landed in Regina's hair.

"Oh my god!!" Rci yelled as he walked in circles.

"That did.. Ohh No." Rick went on.

"Shut up!" Gail yelled. "There's nothing we can do about it besides complete the mission!"

'Complete the mission!! are you crazy? Last time these things came this close," Rick held up his two fingers nearly closing them. "This close to killing

us and they did kill everybody else! BEcuase you wanted to COMPLETE the mission!!" Rick vented.

'What?.. OKay I'm afraid I'm missing something here!" Bart Retorted.

"Look.. W've been here and done this okay so shut the hell up!" Regina explained in a rude manner.

"Okay okay!" Bart put his hands up in defeat.

"But what was that?" BArt aimed the question at Gail.

"It's a dinosaur," Gail said.

Bart openend his mouth to say something but didn't. Gai without another word stepped over the obliterated Raptor and into the facility, the rest reluctantly followed. Inside there was blood smeered on the nearest wall probably from the raptor that Bart shot. It was a large hall, but all the doors seemed to be electronically locked. But there was a small computer planted in the wall by a door which was labeled "Main Office". Rick true to his nature looked at the computer.

"This computer seems like it was activated by some other place in tis facility like in that main office," He gestured toward the door.

"Whats it for?" Regina asked.

"Seems like you can use it to do quick things that may be needed like unlock a door or something, proabably something that doesn't involve very many security things to get into," Rick pounded on the keyboard but was definetly stuck in some security reasons.

"Wahts wrong?" Gail asked.

"I'm trying to bypass these codes but it's just... There got it now a little bit of this.. mhh.. And that.. and...Bingo!" Rick said as the door to the main office opened.

"We might have a few power troubles because I had to toy with the main power circutry, but it shouldn't be anything I can't fiz from one of the main computers," Rick stated before following Regina into the office.

Inside there were very few monitors and terminals that were actually running which was caused y power probalems but not from Rick's toying with the main curbuitry it was just there wasn't very much power, just like the last time! Rick sat near a monitor that had several windows up on it and was asking for ID this was proabably the main terminal. The whole place was ligned with monitors and terminals, the keyboards were cluttered with papers about new updates and such. BArt searched the area for equipment as Regian skimmed soe of the documents but none of them seemed like they woul,d be very helpful. The room wasn't lighted to well anyways so it was hard to read, it alos played tricks on your eyes becuase the lighting in the room was so uneven.

"Well now what?" BArt asked.

"Regina, you and I will go and investigate the ground level, Bart you only investigate the around this office don't stray to far leave the dirty work to the professioanals," Gail lectured.

BArt nodded in approval as Regina and Gail sat out through a different door then the one they came in at. Here there was another smaller hall with a small corner with a large window all around the room. It didn't light the room very much since it was dark outside so it could really use more power. There was a small door which was cracked slightly. around the corner there was a body of a guard. Gail crouched by the guard and watched as Regina walked

a few more paces up. She was looking at something outside.

"Waht are you looking at?" Gail asked.

"What/" Regina was starttled. "Oh.. Oh nothing, just looking at the dreary scenery, but there seems to be some kind of a generator or something out there!" Regina pointed out.

"Hmm.. Regina go investigate that room!" Gail motioned for the slightly cracked door.

Regina hap-hazzardley opened the door and down fell a body. Compy's scattered, they had been eating his torso.

"AEEHAHE!" Regina screamed.

Gail jumoed up with his gun aimed but then see it was just the body and went back to looking at the deaad body. Regina examined the half eaten body and noticed a keycard with a red stripe on it. She took it in case it would be needed. She carefully continued into the room and seen it was clear. There was a large mirror window on the far lef twall and a door to her left leading to the room where the mirror windowwas shielding. And one straight across to a different unknown room. Regina walked over to the door on her left and touched the handle it beeped and a small voice came on an intercom. "Fingerprint Data not in library!" A females voice said.

"Everything alright in there Regina!" Gails distant voice cried.

"Yah!" Regna responded.

She looked at the door handle, this loks just like a regular door handle but yet it is a fingerpri scanner! Regina shook her head at how tight the security was in this facility. Then her thoughts were shattered as a siren sounded.. EER EER EER!!!!! Regina ran to where Gail was and seen him looking around surprised.

'What did you do!?" Regina shouted over the siren.

Gail didn't answer he was busy looking at the wall a small aprt of it went up and then it retreated up into a small hole which also opened just like a flap. Then a small computer the size of a glasses holder ejected out. The intercom came on, "No detected card in security checkpoint, please slect option on key on keypanel." It repeated oer and over. Regia looked at the panel and it said.

1 Rescan

2 abort

3 Contact personnalt dueto false alarm or not closing.

Regina hit 2 for abort and the siren stopped as the wall regaied it's shape. Gail pushede the wall astonished on how amaizing that was, the wall felt and seemed just like a real wall. Regina laughed and walked toward the window.

"We have to get to that geberator I'm sure that would help give us more power," Regina inquired.

"Yes we can do that after we've investigated the ground level inside this facility," Gail stated.

Gail was about to mtion for Regina to follow but then was intterupted by the sound of glass shatter and Regina's moaning of her using her muscles. He turned around and aimed for the monster with his scope. But they were all moving around so much even with the top fo the lind close range weapon scope he couldn't aim.

"Gail.. Help!!" Regina yelled as she fought the monster back.

Gail shot just as the dinosaur moved he seen blood but he didn't know if it was the diosaurs, or Regina's.

A/N Thanks for reading, please Read and Review even if it's soething to criticize me by than say it like the guildlines say. Chapter 3 will be up shortly thank you for reading.