March 2014

A week passed since the hatch of the raptors and already Owen had became popular though the staff at Jurassic World. Pretty soon staff were making small talk even the guards nodded with respect to the newest employee.

"You're loving this." Barry said as a blonde staff member smirked at Owen.

Owen snapped his head towards his friend and scoffed.

"It's polite to smile back, alright?" The two chuckled at the joke as they walked towards the raptor enclosure.

The raptors were put on display for the public the morning after they hatched. Owen had no knowledge of his raptors being shown to the world as if they were circus clowns until he checked into work the next day and heard a scream. Apparently Blue had 'attacked' the staff member explaining what velociraptors can do when Blue bit into the employees hand. Bit ironic don't you think? Owen tried explaining why having the raptors on display were all kinds of wrong. He even said lines like, 'of course they're going to attack!' or 'what kind of dumb ass decides to handle dangerous animals without knowing how to work with them?' The whole day was chaotic and finally the park allowed Owen to bring the newborn dinos to their enclosure.

"Morning girls!" Owen yelled from a distance.

The pack had a great ear and were able to recognize Owen or Barry's voice within a mile away. It took the girls a couple of days getting used to Barry's presence. But no other employee were able to come in contact with these animals simply because well Owen wasn't a fan of people poking at his girls and also to train the raptors that the ones that should be important are their trainers. It would tie the bond closer and limit the chance of a stranger wanting to control the raptors. Of course that didn't stop other employees from asking Owen for a quick peek at these beautiful creatures.

Owen pressed the red button to have the door slide up and both the men walked into the enclosure.

Now the four raptors approached their guests, greeting them with song singing noises. Each day the girls got an inch taller which meant that soon these personal visits would come to an end. Next they would interact only outside of these huge metal doors. But, that's the damn policy the park gave Owen.

"You slept good, Delta?" Barry came closer towards the most greenish raptor.

Barry had developed a quick bond with the greenest raptor of the four and suggested to name the raptor. When Owen asked why, Barry said "There's a place in northern Egypt named Nile Delta. It is gorgeously green and makes a big impact to the locals. That is what she reminds me of." Owen didn't argue with his friend and agreed with the name. Not all of the raptors were named all at once. Each one had a different personality with odd colorings than the rest. Plus, Owen didn't want to make the mistake of giving a shitty name.

"Easy, girl." Owen knelt down to the pack.

The yellowish looking raptor approached Owen with Blue following right behind her. Owen reached his hand to pet the yellow one when Blue snapped at her sister. Owen snapped his fingers within a second causing the raptors to relax before the yellow raptor pranced at her sibling.

"What the fuck was that?" Owen asked.

"I'm not sure. That's the first."

Blue hadn't attacked anyone since her that incident with the staff member.

"Hey! Hey!" Owen snapped at Blue when she circled the yellow one hissing right after. The two dinosaurs stared at each other a few seconds until Owen whistled at them. Blue was the first to react and snapped her head up at the alpha.

"I mean it, calm your shit." Owen stared at Blue and snapped his fingers at the yellow one. "What did I just say?" Owen's voice got higher.

The trio continued looking at each other until finally the yellow one walked the opposite direction. Owen sighed and looked over at Blue shaking his head as he smiled.

"You're going to cause a lot of trouble." Blue tilted her head to the side looking at Owen as he spoke.

Owen sat on the ground and Barry followed shortly after.

"Soon we're going to have to name all of them. They're starting to recognize certain words." Barry said.

"Like what words?"

"They look at you different when you say 'shit'. Blue knows her name and so does Delta. We just need to name the smallest one and the yellow one over there." Barry nodded towards the yellowish raptor that ran into the bushes.

"Good point. Our next move is to name them." Owen nodded along.

"Lock it up!" Owen yelled at the workers.

It was the end of the day and spent hours working with the raptors. Barry came and went but Owen stayed until closing time. Most people called him crazy to be inside with four wild creatures without any weapons incase they were to turn on him. But he didn't really mind. He had faith that none of the four would randomly prance on him.

"Owen" Barry held a envelope walking over to his friend.

"What's up?" Owen took one last glance at his girls before he turned towards Barry.

"This is for you."

Owen grabbed the item, opened it up and sighed as he read the letter.

Mr. Grady,

Hey buddy, it's been a week since the hatch of the velociraptors and still haven't heard from you. No pressure but
any update will do. Last I heard one of them nearly took out an employees hand. I can already tell that she'll come in
handy. How tall are they? They haven't tried attacking you, right? Anyway, hope to hear from you soon. My cell number is 518-770-7180

-Hoskins

"Fuck" Owen said after he finished.

"What is it?" Barry asked.

"Nothing, it's nothing. Just a dumb fuck that's messing with me." Owen ripped the letter up.

"We better get going, the last ferry is leaving in under an hour."

Owen sighed. He hated that damn boat. Every damn day he had to stand in the middle of cranky ass people in a boat that took an hour to get back to his small ass apartment. It would be so much easier for him to interact with less people and be close enough to his girls that he could just walk over and check in on them whenever he wanted.

"Hey, you told me before that people lived on this island. Right?"

"Yes, but only workers do and it's very few that do..." Barry already didn't like the sound of this.

"How much do you think it would take to live here?"

Sorry for the short chapter and sorry for taking a long time to post. I moved and currently started a new job so excuse my tardiness. Hopefully the other chapters will get much longer. Thanks for reading!