Fulfills Caesar's Challenge: Level One, Prompt 12: Family.
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A deafening silence dropped over the square. It was the silence of a theater after the curtain has fallen and the music has stopped, before the audience has let out its breath. Life seemed suspended between the unreality of what had happened and the impossibility of the fact that it was over. The antagonist was gone, dragged into the depths of the Mosasaurus enclosure by a deus ex machina that would never have been acceptable in fiction. They always did say truth was stranger.
Two players, however, were still on the stage. Owen watched, fearful for a moment that Rexy might decide to turn on Blue—or them—now that the bigger enemy was gone. But the two dinosaurs only stood there looking at each other, not communicating exactly, not like the raptors and the Indominus had, but still somehow understanding one another. Then the Tyrannosaurus turned away toward the park, and Blue—
Blue stopped. She turned her magnificent head, and Owen saw the streams of blood running down her neck. The alpha male instinct kicked in, that instinct he hadn't known he had until he'd connected with these creatures: the urge to protect and care for her. But as she met his eyes, he stopped himself short.
It's her choice, he told himself. She can survive those wounds without your help. You've failed as her alpha. You could have fought Hoskins on bringing them into this, but you didn't. Those wounds are because of you. Her sisters are dead because of you. And if she wants to come back and trust you anyway, then it's her choice.
Owen's lips pursed, but he didn't whistle. He wasn't going to command her anymore. He felt Claire's hand slide into his and was grateful for her support, but he never took his eyes off Blue.
Slowly, the raptor swung her head around and followed Rexy into the trees.
At long last, the audience let out its breath.