Sorry for the wait… I got distracted by the full version of Touhou 15 and some other things… And also procrastination…

Chapter 2
Killing Machine

After finding out that the Indominus Rex had escaped from its confinement, Claire wasted no time in getting back into her car to drive to the theme park's control center. While doing so, she contacted the people there to tell them about this situation. "We have a confinement breach! The Indominus Rex has escaped from its confinement! Find out where she is right now using the tracking device implanted in her!"

Owen, the guard, and a park worker went into the Indominus Rex's enclosure to get a better look at the claw marks on the wall. Looking at the claw marks, the guard asked, "Did it really climb over the wall? I can't imagine it being able to do that…"

"Depends on what kind of dinosaur they created…" said Owen in response.

The control center wasted no time in getting to work to find out where the Indominus ran off to. In just a few seconds, they were able to find out where the dinosaur was.

"The Indominus is still inside its confinement," one of the workers told Claire.

"What are you talking about?! The Indominus clearly escaped!" said Claire in surprise.

"But I'm telling you that she is still in her confinement!" the worker insisted, and then a look of horror appeared on her face when she saw on a screen Owen and his group inside the enclosure. "Oh no… There are people in there!"

The control center worker's voice came out from the guard's communication device. "This is the control center speaking! Do you hear me?"

"Yes, I hear you," replied the guard. "What is it?"

"The dinosaur is in there with you! She hasn't gone anywhere! You must get out of there now!" the worker shouted out loud in panic.

Hearing this, all three men became shocked and wasted no time in heading for the exit as fast as they could. Almost as soon as they started running, they heard footsteps and leaves rustling. Something was after them…

A large bipedal dinosaur mostly covered up by the leaves of the trees as tall as it appeared and went after them. With a swing of its hand, it was able to catch the park worker, who screamed as he got lifted into the air.

Owen and the guard managed to make their way out of the door just as it was closing, but before it was able to close entirely, the dinosaur was able to stick its head into the opening and then forcefully push it open.

Owen threw himself underneath one of the jeeps parked outside, while the guard continued running for his life. Unfortunately for him, the dinosaur was not lacking in speed, so the guard ended up becoming its victim before he could run far.

In a desperate attempt to keep himself from being found by the dinosaur, Owen took out a knife and cut a tube underneath the jeep to make gasoline pour out and drench him. Using this method, he was able to cover up his scent with the gasoline, and when the dinosaur came to the jeep to sniff him out, it left after not being able to smell him.

Owen stayed underneath the jeep for about a minute. After no longer hearing the dinosaur's footstep, he got up from underneath the vehicle while breathing heavily.

The park's control center was in panic because of the Indominus Rex's escape. It was something that had to be dealt with as soon as possible, or else the tourists' lives would be in danger.

After successfully calming down everyone, Claire said, "We mustn't let the tourists know about this yet. Until things start to look really bad, we'll have to keep this a secret in order not to cause a widespread panic. We'll send in the containment unit to capture her alive."

Owen, who had arrived at the place, objected to what she said. "Alive?! That thing is a killing machine that will kill anything that moves, yet you still want to capture her alive?! Is having a park attraction like that and making money so important to you?!"

"Our scientists spent a lot of budget and time creating her, so I don't think they're going to take likely at their creation being killed," Claire told him. "For now, we'll try to capture her, but if things become worse, we will consider killing her."

"I don't think our containment unit has the capability to capture her," said Owen. "And how come we don't have anyone in this park who can deal with dinosaurs without fear? The kind of people who can still laugh when a T-Rex is standing right in front of them and ready to eat them!"

"Hiring those kinds of people is too expensive," said Claire. "Plus, she's just an animal. How hard can she be to deal with?"

"A very smart animal!" Owen told her. "She made us think she escaped so that we would open the door and allow her to get out! That's not the kind of intelligence you see in normal dinosaurs!"

Not wanting to argue with him anymore, Claire told the staff members to get the containment unit ready to capture the Indominus Rex.

Bowser took two of his children, Lemmy and Wendy, to a place where one could ride young dinosaurs. Yoshi, Lucario, and Greninja were also there.

"Move faster, my steed! I am your rider, so I demand that I be treated like a princess!" said Wendy as she rode a brontosaurus, which wasn't moving all that fast, despite the turtle hitting it with her heels.

"Don't treat it so harshly," a staff member in charge of the place told her. "You will spook it and make it run wildly!"

"That's what I want! For it to run fast!" Wendy told her. When she heard Lemmy's sound of excitement, she turned to him and saw him riding around relatively fast on a triceratops. "Not fair! He gets the fast one!"

"Hey dad!" a young girl shouted from nearby. "I'm riding on a dinosaur that is riding on another dinosaur!" Sure enough, she was sitting on top of Yoshi, who was riding a diplodicus.

Nearby, Bowser was sitting on an ankylosaurus, but because of his weight, the dinosaur was unable to move and was instead down on its belly. "Get moving! I thought your kind was supposed to be durable!" Bowser said to it.

"Sir, these rides aren't suited for adults…" a staff member told him.

Gunner, Duck, Hunt, Ness, and Lucas were riding a boat that went through a river traveling through a forest that had several plant-heating dinosaurs feeding at the river bank.

"Is it really safe…?" asked Lucas nervously while looking at the dinosaurs.

"Relax! Those are plant-eating dinosaurs, so they will never harm us, assuming we don't harm them," Ness told him.

Gunner looked at Duck swimming next to the boat and said to him, "Probably best not to stay in the water… You'll never know if there's anything in it that's dangerous…" Hearing this, Duck jumped back onto the boat in a hurry and then sighed with relief.

While Ness was looking at the dinosaurs, he noticed in the distance behind them some jeeps driving down the road, but he didn't give much thought about them.

Morton, Roy, Toon Link, and Young Link were watching a tyrannosaurus from inside a log-like passage that kept tourists safe from the meat-eating dinosaur outside. Because the window was one-sided, the dinosaur couldn't see them from its side, so the people behind it were safe.

An ox appeared on a platform that rose from underneath the ground, and a voice was broadcasted for the tourists to hear. "It is time for the tyrannosaurus's meal! Please enjoy the view, but please be warned that it may be a bit graphic, so viewer discretion is advised."

"All right! Chow time!" Roy said in excitement while watching the tyrannosaurus approach the ox, which seemed to be oblivious of his impending doom. Most of the people present also cheered for the tyrannosaurus, telling it to eat the ox fast.

The ox only realized that he was meeting his doom when the dinosaur picked him up using its massive mouth, and excited cheers filled the air when they saw this. "Is this really supposed to be exciting?" asked Young Link, not quite enjoying what he saw.

"You cheered when the shark got eaten by the mosasaurus," Toon Link reminded him.

"That was because the shark is dead," replied his twin brother. "Perhaps it has to do with the ox still being alive that I don't find it quite as exciting. In fact, I feel bad for him…"

"You have a point…" agreed Toon Link.

Young Link looked to the side and noticed a green-haired woman wearing a white sleeveless dress and a sunhat standing among the tourists, also watching the tyrannosaurus eat the ox. She also wore shades. He nudged Toon Link to get his attention. "That woman… She looks familiar…"

Toon Link looked at that woman and said, "Yeah, she looks like Palutena, Pit's boss."

The woman turned her head to them and then smiled while waving at them, and they waved back at her, a bit confused at why she would do so. "Didn't expect to see you here!" she said afterwards.

"You know us? Are you really… Goddess Palutena?" Young Link asked her.

"Who else would I be?" she replied with a smile. "It's me all right!"

"You are her? What are you doing here?" Toon Link asked her.

"Having fun like everyone else!" she replied.

"Does Pit know about this?" Young Link asked her.

"Nah, I came here on my own accord," she said. "Did he come along?"

"Nah, he didn't come," replied Toon Link. "He was feeling under the weather and told us to go on ahead and not miss the fun because of him."

"How considerate of him! That's Pit for you! I hope he gets well soon and get the chance to visit this place," said Palutena. "This place is fun! I'm sure he'll enjoy it!"

"IT CAN CAMOUFLAGE ITSELF!" shouted the leader of the containment unit sent to capture the Indominus Rex.

Each of the members in the unit had cameras with him so that the people at the control center could see what was happening. Everyone in the control center watched in horror as the dinosaur killed the entire unit in a short amount of time.

After the last member of the unit was dead, there was silence among everyone in the control center, and then Claire asked one of the control center workers, "What area is the Indominus closest to at the moment?"

"Judging from where the team met her when she clawed off her tracking implant, I'd say she's pretty close to the gyrosphere area," replied the worker.

"In that case, make an announcement for that place to be closed off at once!" Claire told him.

Ludwig, Iggy, Larry, and Bowser Jr. were traveling around a plain inside gyrospheres, looking at various kinds of plant-eating dinosaurs, mostly sauropods. The former two were together in one, while the latter two sat together inside another.

While Ludwig enjoyed the sight of the dinosaurs, Iggy was busy looking at the screen on the control panel that explained what the gyrosphere was and how it worked. Being the "scientist" among Bowser's children, it was obvious that something like this would intrigue him.

As the tourists were enjoying the sight and traveling alongside the dinosaurs, an announcement came from the control panels of their gyrospheres. "We are sorry to interrupt your leisure time by telling you that the gyrosphere section will now be closed due to technical issues. Everyone please return to the starting point as soon as possible. Thank you!"

"Awwww man…" grumbled Bowser Jr. "We didn't even travel around that long yet…"

"Hey, why don't we stick around a bit longer before returning?" Larry asked him. "I'm sure they won't notice us missing!"

"Sounds good!" said Bowser Jr. "Wouldn't hurt to stay around longer, would it? I don't see any technical issues with this thing. Plus, I can fix it. I have skills with machines, you know."

The duo agreed and thus ignored the announcement to spend more time in the gyrosphere. They kept on moving until they came to a gate with a sign saying that only staff members could go through. Thinking that there must be some cool stuff inside, they ignored the sign and rode the gyrosphere into the restricted area.

Behind the gate was a forest, and after a while of traveling within it, the duo came across some ankylosauruses. "Oh yeah! I knew it was right to come in here!" said Larry.

As the two watched the ankylosauruses happily, they suddenly felt the ground shaking. They looked around for the source and eventually saw a large foot coming down next to their gyrosphere. They watched in awe as a dinosaur resembling a T-Rex with longer than usual arms and spikes on its back walk in the direction of the ankylosauruses. It was the Indominus Rex.

The Indominus let out a roar that startled the ankylosauruses, so they ran for their lives. The Indominus gave chase until she caught up with one, and that ankylosaurus, left with no choice, fought back as hard as it could. Wanting to see the fight up close, Larry and Bowser Jr. excitedly moved their gyrosphere in their diection, but made sure to keep a safe distance from them in order to not get caught in their fight.

"Awesome! We even get to see dinosaurs fighting each other!" said Larry in excitement.

"This is even more fun than watching dinosaurs run around!" said Bowser Jr.

They cheered as the Indominus and the ankylosuaur fought each other. Eventually, the former managed to flip the latter on its back and then bit its neck hard to kill it. The two turtles cheered loudly when they saw the winner of the fight. Their cheering silenced, however, when the Indominus turned her head to them. "As exciting as that was, I think we should get out of here… now…" suggested Larry.

"I concur…" said Bowser Jr. in agreement.

They turned the gyrosphere around slowly to move away from the Indominus, but the dinosaur let out a roar before running at them and giving the vehicle a kick that sent it flying into a tree. The gyrosphere fell to the ground with a crack on its surface. "Oh no! This thing is busted!" cried Bowser. Jr. while trying in vain to make the gyrosphere move.

The two looked up to see the Indominus looking down at them, and the dinosaur brought down her foot to crush the gyrosphere. Even though the glass was hard, the dinosaur had enough strength to make it crack with each stomp. When it looked like the glass could no longer hold up, Larry pushed against the side hard to make a piece of the glass fall off so that they could slip out. The turtles ran for their lives as the Indominus ran after them.

"This was a bad idea!" cried Larry.

"I'm sorry for agreeing with you in the first place!" cried Bowser Jr.

Due to being turtles, they were not the fastest runners, so the Indominus had no problem catching up. They then withdrew into their shells and rolled forward on their sides. Using this method, they were able to outrun the Indominus.

The two made it out of the forest and popped back out of their shells before heading over to a cliff. Looking down, they saw a lake at the bottom, and when they looked back, they saw the Indominus coming out of the forest.

"Looks like we have no choice but to jump!" Larry told Bowser Jr. When the dinosaur came close to them, they jumped off the cliff and withdrew into their shells as they fell into the water below.

The Indominus looked down at the lake and growled in frustration that her prey ran off, and then she walked away to look for some other preys.

Larry and Bowser Jr. made it out of the water unharmed, and then they looked up at where they jumped off. "That was close… I thought we were done for…" said Bowser Jr.

"What do we do now?" asked Larry.

"I'm sure there's a way back to the main area of the park if we search hard enough," said Bowser Jr. "Let's just hope we don't run into anything like that dinosaur again…"

TO BE CONTINUED

In case you haven't read The Strike of the Overlord, it is mentioned there that only Bowser Jr. is Bowser's son by blood, while the other seven are adopted.