I'm way too excited about this for it to be normal- but I'm writing and publishing this anyway :) Oh, I know the age difference between Owen and Katie is big,but just go with it? I'm making him and Claire younger in this anyway…

This is a Zach/OC fic. Enjoy ;P


One: Kaitlin Grady

"Owen."

Owen Grady's face shot up and he grinned as he saw the seventeen year old girl in front of him. She had wavy, shoulder length light brown hair, bright but piercing hazel eyes and a slim figure clad in knee length denim shorts, a black vest and a crimson, black and blue flannel shirt.

"Kit-Kat," Owen grinned, standing from where he was fixing his bike and brushing his hands on hit shorts.

The girl rolled her eyes as she pulled him into hug, "It's Katie, or Kaitlin. Or Kate. I'm nearly eighteen, Owen, I don't think "Kit-Kat" fits me anymore… "

"Nice to see you too, Kit-Kat," Owen ignored her, hugging her back.

"I hate you," Kaitlin replied, her voice muffled as she spoke into Owen's shirt.

When they pulled back, Katie readjusted her flannel shirt and stepped away, squinting through the sunlight to see him. The duo started walking away, back towards the hut.

"So, what brings you here so early?" Owen asked.

"Missed you, it's been a few months and I thought I'd come visit," Katie shrugged before pausing, "And I wanted to see the girls again..."

Owen smirked, stopping, "Come on then. It's feeding time."


"Halt!"

At Owen's demand, the four Raptors stopped, looking up at the duo as Owen held up both hands, one with his clicker and one to keep them still.

"Okay, eyes on me," Owen ordered as he slowly started to shift, Katie edging slightly, "Blue- Blue!" Own pointed to the named Velociraptor, "Watch it! Charlie, Charlie hey!" Charlie shrieked at him and Owen frowned, "Don't give me that shit."

Katie grinned down at them, she loved them, and they were a pack- though Delta was her favourite. Holding up her own clicker, Katie clicked at Echo, "Yeah, I see you Echo! And you Delta!"

The two Raptors growled at her before shuffling slightly back to the pack. Owen nodded to her, "Good! And… we're moving."

The duo walked sideways along the catwalk, bringing the quartet of Raptors with them as they edged toward the food. As they reached the bucket Owen held his hand out, "Hold!"

"Good girls, that's good," Katie appraised the dinosaurs as they stopped below them.

Owen picked up a dead rat, holding it up and throwing it to Charlie, "See, Charlie? That's what you get!"

Katie rolled her eyes, "Echo!" the Raptor looked up as Katie chucked it and her teeth snapped shut with the food inside, she then pulled out another and clicked for Delta's attention, "Delta! This is yours, girl."

Delta's jaw slammed shut on the rat, jumping up to grab it before her tail swayed happily.

"Show off," Owen muttered before pulling out the largest rat and lifting it in front of Blue, "Blue! This one's for you."

As soon as all the Raptors had finished, Owen held his hand up again, "Hold! Eyes up! And… go!"

The four dinosaurs sped off like lightning, leaving the duo standing on the catwalk with a group of cheers from the onlookers.

"You're getting good out there, Kate," Owen nodded, ruffling her hair.

"Thanks, you're not too bad yourself," Katie grinned, nudging him.

"Katie!" she looked around to see Owen's friend, Barry, running towards her, "Good to see you, girl!"

"You too," Katie smiled before taking in a deep breath, "It's good to be back, I was away too long."

"Nah, Kate, school's important, too," Barry pointed out, ruffling her hair.

"Gah!" Katie exclaimed, instantly smoothing it down, "Why do you all keep screwing up my hair?! You know it easily frizzes!"

Owen snorted, "Okay, kiddo."

"I'm only a few years younger than you," Katie jabbed back, crossing her arms.

"Yeah. Like ten," Owen slung an arm over her shoulders, "And it doesn't matter- you'll always be my little sister."

Katie was about to retort when Vic Hoskins shoved his way onto the platform, grinning at them.

"Ah, Kaitlin, you're back," Vic stated, crossing his arms.

"Yup," Kaitlin grinned, "But don't worry, Vic, only for the summer- then I'm back to school! Yay!"

"You know, I was beginning to think I hired the wrong people," Vic nodded, "But you guys got 'em eating out of your palm, even you Kate."

"You came on a good day," Owen replied modestly, "It usually doesn't end as well."

"Not what you're reports say," Vic smirked.

"But it is what my face says," Katie illustrated, earning a glare from Owen.

Kaitlin had a long scar travelling from her cheek bone to her jaw where she hadn't gotten out of the way quick enough when Charlie got angry. It had been in their early ages, when they weren't so trained; Delta had scared her off though, hissing and snapping at Charlie until the other Raptor fled. Owen had blamed himself. And Katie doubted that he'd forgiven himself yet.

"Don't," Owen and Barry both said.

"Anyway, what do you need buddy?" Owen asked Vic.

"A field test," Vic stated, pleading in his voice.

Owen immediately turned and strode away, Katie on his heels as they strode off. Vic followed them, "I've just seen they can respond to command… we need to take your research and get it on the field."

"They're wild animals, Hoskins," Owen stated, him and his sister turning a corner and heading for the Velociraptors cages, "Trust us, you don't want them in a field."

"I just saw a bond, a real bond, between man- and woman- and beast," Vic replied quickly, stopping in front of the siblings.

"You're in our way," Katie said bluntly as she raised an eyebrow.

"Come on, guys," Vic answered enthusiastically.

Katie rolled her eyes and looked away, watching the nearby Raptors with her sharp eyes, she smiled slightly when Delta caught her and the Raptor tilted her head slightly.

Suddenly Owen grabbed her arm, pulling her after him as he walked past Vic. As they stopped at the other end of the catwalk, Barry approached again.

"Finally made some progress about deflecting what he says?" Barry inquired.

"Maybe," Owen shrugged.

"He wants to use the girls as weapons," Katie stated.

"Weapons?" Barry repeated, shocked.

The four of them started to walk down the platform, heading back towards the cages. Vic sighed, "Come on, guys, it's grown up time. Drones can't search tunnels and caves- and they're hackable, the minuet a real war breaks out all that tech, it's gonna go dark."
Katie scoffed as they turned again, almost at the cages, "Yeah, but that tech won't eat them if they forget to feed it."

"Look. Look at these creatures," Vic gestured to the Raptors, "They've got millions of years of instinct in their cells, instinct that we can programme. Their loyalty cannot be bought. These guys are gonna run straight into the enemies teeth and eat 'em."

Katie scoffed slightly at his expression and Barry laughed, whistling before walking off. Vic frowned, "What? What's so funny?"
"Well you come here and you only learn about these animals what you wanna know," Owen shrugged, "You made them and now you think you own them."

"We do own them," Vic stated, "Extinct species don't have rights."
Katie raised an eyebrow, "Except for the fact that they're not extinct anymore, are they?"

"Exactly, we're sitting on a gold mine," Hoskins continued, watching as the siblings each picked up a bucket of food and headed- finally- down to the cage.

Katie rolled her eyes as Hoskins went on about how their founder was using the Raptors to stock a petting zoo and Owen reply with how he doesn't make weapons.

Katie strode ahead as they finished their conversation, swinging open the metal door and walking into the cage, glancing back to make sure her brother was still following.

Owen walked in as well, slamming the door behind him and locking it so Vic couldn't follow. Katie busied herself with the bucket, not interesting in using the girls as weapons, ignoring Hoskins as he talked about "the pecking order".

Suddenly there was a shout as one of the workers failed to snatch up the pig and blue shot past, snagging the pig and pulling the worker in. He fell to the ground with a thump, landing on his back with a groan as the four Raptors snapped their heads around to look at him.

In a split second Owen was moving, running to the hatch and pressing the button to release the hatch before he crawled under the metal door as soon as there was a gap, pulling himself to his feet in the Velociraptors cage.

"Owen no!" Barry exclaimed running to the door, but it was too late, Owen was already in.

Katie looked in shock as she watched her brother stand in front of the four dinosaurs and she didn't even think before she dove under, running head first into the Raptors den.


So, first chapter :) Hope you liked it ;P