Folks, this chapter took some time to prepare, and I will try to push them out often without straining myself for time. Just enjoy the story, and follow it due to the irregular, erratic schedule that will be inherent in this.

With that in mind, let's discuss the reviews, or review, I've gotten since this story has been put on the site. Electron97, you'll find that the first person perspective is my preferred perspective to write from as I find it awkward to write in the third person. Also, you'll find that the main characters do have some mammalian qualities while mostly being reptilian. As far as readability, I try my best.

I do appreciate your feedback. Remember, I can't improve if you don't tell me what needs improving. For this reason, Electron97 gets MVP status for their review. Anyways, with that out of the way, and with nothing left to talk about, let's get moving into the chapter before Blue gets hungry...


The next day, I woke up to see Owen gone. I called out to him, hoping that he could hear me. I was scared. I didn't want to be alone. The world was much bigger than I was. The last thing I wanted was to be lost in such a big world all alone. I cried out, desperate for him to hear me. There was no response. Worse, the sound of water falling seemed to be drowning me out. I cried out, trying to drown it out, but it wasn't working. My voice was too small to break above the sound of the water. After what seemed like an eternity, the sound of the water finally died down. My cries were easy to hear now. I could hear Owen saying something, but I couldn't hear what he said. I called out again, hoping to gain another response.

It succeeded. A door opened. It was a room I hadn't discovered yet. Owen came out, slightly wet and wearing a new set of clothes. I called out to him, and he turned towards me. I continued to cry as he approached. I wanted to see him, to stand tall, I wanted to be strong for him. I forced myself onto my legs, determined to stand. I didn't care how much it hurt me, I was going to stand tall, I was going to look Owen in the eyes. After all, that's what parents wanted most from their children, right? Parents want their children to grow up, so they can help their parents. I fought the pain back, finding the strength in my left leg to stand. Soon after, my right leg gained that strength as well. I looked at Owen, happy at my abilities. He, too, was happy as he smiled at me. He placed his hand on my head and rubbed it. I found my legs giving out from this. Still, I wasn't going to fall in front of Owen, I refused to fail in front of him. I wanted him to be proud of me. I wanted his praise. I wanted his approval. I wanted whatever it took to gain that special touch of his.

My legs buckled. I wasn't going to fall. Owen's petting ceased. I straightened up, wanting to stand, but not knowing if I could keep going. Owen started walking away. I cried out, afraid that he was leaving me. I didn't want him to go. But, instead, he went into a strange white box that was nearby. He took something red out. It appeared to be just a red mound. He opened a door by the box and pulled a half-sphere out of it. He placed the red mound into the half-sphere. He walked back to me. Suddenly, the smell of the mound came to me. It was meat. Specifically, red meat. I licked my lips, desperate to eat. I hadn't realized until then, but I was hungry. Owen placed the half-sphere at my feet, and I dug into the meat. I enjoyed every bite, especially since it was meat that Owen gave me. I hadn't noticed that Owen had left when he arrived with another half-sphere. This one had water in it. I took a moment to stop eating to drink the water. I lapped the water down, enjoying every lap. I knew that it was just water, but it was special since it was water that was given by Owen. I returned to the meat, chewing off pieces, tearing each piece off. The meat tasted better with every bite. The meat tasted better than whatever gruel the egg gave me. That was garbage compared to this.

I was right about leaving the egg. There was nothing for me there. Here, there was love, affection, attention, and great food to boot. The egg was a dark prison, certainly nothing for someone like me. As I polished off the rest of the food, I noticed Owen heading for the door. I knocked the bowl on the floor, causing it to shatter. I made my way down off the bed and walked as fast as I could to the door. I wasn't going to be with Owen, not for a second! I managed to get out the door before Owen shut it, pushing me forward a little. I squeaked at the impact of the door. Owen looked down at me and smiled.

"Now, Blue, you have to stay here," Owen instructed, "do you understand, stay here." He pointed to the ground.

I looked at the ground and then back up at Owen and nodded my head to show that I understood what he meant. Owen smiled and walked past me. He walked down the stairs and to the metal beast. I laid down on the porch, staring at Owen. He moved his hand and the beast roared. I wasn't afraid this time, though, as I knew that it was harmless at best, under Owen's control at worst. He turned the beast around and sped off into the trees. After a few seconds, I could no longer spot Owen or hear the beast. I called out, trying to see if he could hear me. I received no response. I called out again, but again, no response.

Hmm, I wonder if I could explore a little while he's gone, I thought.

I knew Owen wouldn't approve, but I was sure that a little bit of exploring couldn't hurt. I got back on my feet and hopped down the stairs. I looked back up at the stairs, and I noticed that I had gone a long way down to be where I was. I looked at the tree line behind the nest and started to move towards it. The trees were large and imposing. Each leaf seemed to be my size. I noticed that the tree line had a blockade of branches in the way of entering it. The only entrance was a small hole. I was smaller than the hole, so it didn't bother me.

I walked over a pit of rocks on my way into the trees. The rocks made it difficult for me to walk through them. I nearly tripped and fell after a larger rock slid from under me. I managed to walk past the rock cluster as two trees caught my attention. They seemed to be connected. One tree appeared to have weak bark. It seemed that a slight pressure would be enough to break it. The tree next to it had a hole in the center. Two branches led from them. They appeared to be connected as one large whole. There was a fallen tree next to it. Its roots uplifted and reaching near the second tree's set of branches. I could imagine playing with the three trees as a fun set. Next to the log was a set of rocks, as they got farther away, each rock got smaller until it was small enough that I could climb onto it. I didn't want to think about what might happen to cause me to use it, other than to play with it.

I continued further and further into the forest as I heard rustling in the bushes. I wasn't certain what was making it, but I didn't fear it either. I knew that I could easily make it back before trouble started. I was fully confident that Owen could protect me from whatever tried to attack me. I walked further until I walked to a cliff. I looked over the cliff to see water. The water stretched out for miles. It reminded me of the water near Owen's nest.

Suddenly, the rustling became much louder and much clearer. I looked towards the source of the rustling to see a much larger predator emerging from the bushes. It had a long snout and long arms. I wasn't sure what it was, but I could tell that I was certainly enough to be a meal for it. I hunkered down, scared to death of what it could do to me.

'Well, well, well. What do we have here,' the creature growled. What is one such as you doing this far out of the park?

'I wanted to explore, I wanted to see what was out here.' I squeaked, my fear was as clear as the sounds coming out of my mouth.

'Well, now you know. This here's my territory. Now beat it!'

The creature snarled as it showed its teeth. I backed away in fear. I didn't dare provoke the creature any further. I walked as far and as fast as my legs would allow. I could hear the creature behind me.

'I said leave my territory! Move it shrimp or I'll make an example of you!'

This did nothing to prevent me from being afraid. I wanted out of there as soon as possible, just to get away from that beast. I could hear the rustling increasing. I knew I had to show that I was making my way out of there. I saw the play trees just ahead of me. Upon reaching it, I leaped on the first rock and began to climb my way up into the trees.

'Hey! Those are my trees, runt! Get down from there before you do something you'll really regret!'' The creature snarled.

I ignored it as I leaped into the trees. I made short work of the distance across the first tree before leaping into the next.

'That's it! Get down here, runt! I'll tear you to pieces!' the creature roared.

I knew there was only one way out of this. I had to use the tree to my advantage. I leaped for the piece of falling bark. It buckled under my weight, just as I was hoping it would. I looked down to notice the jaws of the creature, open, waiting for me to fall into them. I wasn't going to be the easiest meal it would ever get, and I clung onto the bark. My full weight managed to pull the bark down even further before dislodging it from the tree. I took advantage of the size of the bark as I climbed onto the bark, using it as a platform. The bark crashed to the ground, with only the creature's body preventing it from breaking on impact. I could tell the creature was still alive, though.

I moved as fast as I could back to Owen's nest. I had to move slowly across the rocks, to not risk injury and end up food. Still, I used the rocks to my advantage. I kicked up each one, creating a dust storm of flying rocks. I looked back to see that it was working. The creature was being held back. I ran out of rocks and ran out of the trees. I tried to get back to the nest, but there was no way I could climb the stairs like Owen could. Instead, I hid under the stairs, where I could get in but the creature couldn't. It worked. The creature found the bottom of the stairs impenetrable. The creature paced back and forth.

'I have all day, little twerp. I can wait all day for you to come out. You've chosen your prison, but I will give you the chance to give yourself up when you want to,' it growled at me.

'I won't ever give up. You can't make me come out, and my dad's going to stop you from getting me! You'll see!" I snarled back.

"Blue!" Owen's voice came up. "Blue, can you hear me! Call out!" I did so, letting out the loudest call I could muster. "Blue, listen to me. That creature won't get you! I'll be back soon! Hold out until then! You'll be okay if you just stay there!"

I nodded, letting out a loud purr. I knew that the creature had lost. Owen was coming, and the beast would be scared away. I just had to wait patiently.

'Fine, little punk! You've won this round! I'll be back though! You haven't seen the last of me!" The sound of footsteps followed its growls as it walked back into the forest.

I breathed a sigh of relief as the sound of the beast returned. For once, the beast made me relieved. It was the sign that Owen had returned. I crawled out from under the stairs as I saw Owen pull up. He climbed off the beast as he walked up to me.

"Blue, are you hurt?" Owen asked. I shook my head. Despite the chase, I managed to make it through unscathed. "You're lucky to be alive, Blue. Herrerasaurs are dangerous." I tilted my head. I had never heard of Herrerasaurs before. "Let's go inside and I'll explain everything."

Owen opened his arms, and I leaped into them. He cradled me as he took me up the stairs and into our nest. He walked back to the rectangle shape and placed me on it. He went into the clothes room and changed his clothes. He returned to me, sitting down beside me.

"Look Blue," Owen said, "Herrerasaurs were part of the old park that was on the island." I tilted my head. "They were created by scientists, in the same way you were created, to house them for Jurassic Park, which was the first park before the one they created here." I rested my head on his leg, listening intently to what he had to say. "Unfortunately, when a scientist let the dinosaurs out, the Herrerasaurs escaped and split up. Now, there's a pack of them as well as a loner that you encountered." I looked up at him and squeaked.

'How do you know all this?' I squeaked.

"Because, Blue, I ran into him on my first day," Owen explained. I jumped back in fright. I didn't expect Owen to answer my question like he did. It was like he knew exactly what I asked. "Surprised? Well, don't be. The main scientist hooked me up with a special device." He pulled a device out of his pocket and showed it to me. "They connect to headphones that go in my ears. They translate animals sounds into English and allow them to communicate with me. It also works in that it silently releases my voice translated into dinosaur tongue. Long story short, I can talk to dinosaurs and they can talk to me."

I was amazed by this. Science seemed so amazing. Now, I could talk to Owen. This was great! The little device may be the greatest invention ever made by any human ever. At least, to me it is.

"Anyways, as I was saying," Owen continued, "I ran into him a few months when I was brought in to serve as Raptor trainer. Even though it'll be a lot of work, I know it'll be fun. The little freak tried to attack me, but a now-friend of mine saved me. Since then, I've always carried a gun in case the beast ever tries to attack me again."

'You're going to be training us?' I asked.

"Yes, Blue. You're going to be trained to hunt and kill to help others. Don't worry, I'll be with you every step of the way," Owen explained. "Anyway, I just got back from finalizing your names. Your name is Blue, and your sisters are Charlie, Delta, and Echo. I tried to name them Orchid, Lily, and Mocha, but Wu wanted more formal names. I barely stopped him from calling you Beta." He laughed, and I joined in too. It seemed like such a stupid name.

"Anyway, I'm clocking out early," Owen said, taking his shoes off. "You can join me if you want to." I did want to. After the day I had, I need some rest. Owen took off the device and put it on the floor.

Owen laid down like the night before, and I got into the same place as I had the night before. I knew that the day ahead of me was going to be fun. I could only predict what the future would be like with Owen being able to understand me.


Quite an interesting development, wouldn't you agree? I know this came out earlier than I gave the schedule for, but that's because school is being balanced in a way that I can do it this often. Anyways, thank all of you for reading this chapter. If you liked what you read and want to read more, favorite and follow it. If there's something missing, or even if you just want to say hi, review it. Remember, I can't improve it if you don't review it. Thank you guys, and I will see you again in the next chapter, humble as always, your author.