Jurassic Park: The Game Warden's Story Chapter 10

Jurassic Park: The Game Warden's Story Chapter 10

The Velociraptor Paddock

About ten months after Rexy was released, it was time to release the Raptors. Muldoon got the crew, and they loaded the Raptors with little trouble. Muldoon went ahead of the crew to take a look at the Velociraptor paddock.

When he got to it, he saw it was high. It was similar in height to the Tyrannosaur paddock, and it had thicker poles supporting the fences than the Tyrannosaur paddock. Muldoon looked at where the Raptors would be put in through, and he got ready to direct the driver towards it.

Several minutes went by, and Muldoon checked his watch. The crew was five minutes late. Muldoon was getting worried about the crew. He knew what the Velociraptors were capable of from the incident where Bobby nearly died, and after five more minutes, he went to check.

He walked down the path, shotgun ready to be fired. He reached the holding pen after walking for a few minutes, and the crew was taking a break. Muldoon walked around the group and stood behind one of the men. He grabbed the man's shoulder and shook him violently. The man freaked out and dropped his chocolate bar, and the rest of the crew stood up and turned around.

When the man saw it was Muldoon, he asked, "What the hell are you doing?" "I was about to ask you the same damn thing." "Why's that Robert?" "You guys were ten minutes late. We need to get those Velociraptors to the paddock as soon as possible." "But it's our break time. Look, it's twelve." "Work first, then break you lazy bastards." "Our breaks are set to be from eleven forty to twelve thirty, you know that Robert." "So you're telling me that your guy's breaks take priority over your jobs? What if I told you that John has more important things to invest in than your paycheques? How do you like that?" "You wouldn't Robert." "But I would. Are you going to get to work, or are you going to miss next payday?"

The whole crew stood up and started finishing what they were doing while Muldoon walked back to the Raptor paddock. The whole crew started complaining about Muldoon once he was gone. Muldoon got to the paddock, and Hammond was waiting for him. "Robert! Your crew is twenty minutes late!" "I know, the lazy bastards think their breaks take priority over their jobs. I told them that you have things that take priority over their paycheques and they started working." "They're pay for this week will be lowered accordingly. Still though, twenty minutes is twenty minutes." "I know."

The crew arrived, and after the Raptors were locked in their paddocks, Hammond yelled at the men while Muldoon took his break. Muldoon took one of the Jeeps back to the visitor centre, and he was laughing as he left, Hammond's yelling at the crew pleasing him. "If only I was the boss. I could tell those lazy bums exactly what I think of their performance."