It's My Nature

Sequel to What Could Have Been

17 years after Nick's death

Nicholas Cutter, Nick Cutter's son, was now 16 years old and working at the ARC alongside his mum Jenny, Uncle Connor, Auntie Abby, Uncle James, Auntie Sarah, Uncle Danny and Uncle Ryan (Captain Becker). Abby and Connor had been married for 13 years and they had a boy called Stephen, who was still too young to work at the ARC. The team had never really gotten over Nick's death although Helen was killed by a raptor that didn't bring them any comfort but looking at Nicholas everyday give them some as he did look like Nick a little bit.

"An anomaly has just opened" Nicholas runs over to Connor. Connor had grown up so much since he married Abby and had Stephen. They were the perfect couple

"Where?" Connor got the location and the coordinates of the new anomaly. Nicholas was so much like his dad in every way including his manners and personality but he did, at least, have some of his mum's looks and a little bit of her personality

"Inside the ARC" Nicholas and Connor look at each other. How could an anomaly open inside the ARC?

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE BUILDING NOW!" Nicholas's Scottish accent was potent when he shouts. The team run out of Lester's office and look down at Connor and Nicholas

"What the hell is going on?" the doors burst open and T-Rex walks in. Nicholas and Connor stay absolutely still. The others try not to panic and stay still. The T-Rex reacts to movement so they would remain unaware that the team in there

"Everyone stay totally still" Nicholas notices the gun lying on his mum's desk. He makes a dash for it. The T-Rex goes for him

"NICK!" Nicholas looks up at his mum before grabbing the gun and firing three shots at the T-Rex. He knew they wouldn't be enough to kill it. He fires the remaining bullets. The T-Rex stumbled backwards. There were no more rounds on his mum's desk

"Get back in Uncle James's office and when I run out of this room you need to get out of the ARC and wait for me" his mum shakes her head. She knows that he ran a high chance of dying. She didn't want to lose him as well as his father. Abby pulls Jenny silently into Lester's office so it doesn't make the T-Rex aware someone had moved. As the team watched from Lester's office, Nicholas had spotted a way to run away from the T-Rex and out of the door allowing for the others to escape "Well here it goes" Nicholas makes a run for it narrowly missing the T-Rex's jaws. Jenny couldn't watch

"You always did say he was too much like his father" Jenny shoots a dirty look at Lester "It's true" Jenny couldn't deny she saw too much of Nick in Nicholas and she sometimes didn't like it but she was still proud of him. Once the T-Rex was out of earshot they ran out of the ARC through the secret door that Lester had installed after the problem with Leek and Helen.

Nicholas ran through the corridors of the ARC with a T-Rex on his tail. He had to lead it in the hanger that was adjacent to the main research room but it could only to be opened from the back.

"I need to go back to the gym" he continued to run until he slipped and went smashing into a wall. He felt he shoulder jolt out of place "Son of a bitch" he knew the T-Rex wouldn't be far behind him. He tried to get up without success. The T-Rex approached him. Nicholas knew it was make or break in that moment. He closed his eyes preparing himself until he heard a gun go off. The T-Rex crashed through the wall away from Nicholas. It had been sedated with a tranquilizer dart

"You are your mother's son" Nicholas looks around him, he couldn't see who had shot the T-Rex or who had just spoke

TBC...