"These girls that you mentioned, you're talking about the raptors, right?" Cade asks from her spot on the bridge, next to Owen. Honestly, she doesn't know whether to be excited or terrified of them. She saw them eat earlier, in a way that's very similar to the wild animals she's seen in her many expeditions. However, seeing the velociraptors eat was like watching one of those National Geographic or Discovery Channel dinosaur documentaries that seem to come in every so often.

Except these aren't CGI lizards. These are real life, in the flesh, genetically restored and possibly modified, creatures of legend.

""Yep. And they should be coming in soon." Owen answered easily, his sunglasses resting on his face. Then a small pig, squealing in terror runs under the bridge and into a small, custom sized door.

"That's a cute raptor." She giggled teasingly, earning a sarcastic laugh from her new mentor. Not even a second later, four large velociraptors burst through the shrubbery, hissing and sniffing the air, looking for the already lost pig.

"Hey! Eyes on me!" Owen command and clicks a clicker in his hand. Instantly, they lift their heads and give the pair curious and slightly annoyed looks. They just lost a free meal! "Cade, these are my girls. Blue, Delta, Charlie, and Echo." He points to each of them as he names them off, then tosses and arm around her shoulders. "Girls, this is Cade. Friend, not food."

Blue cocks her head to the side, in an almost bird like fashion, and raises her head higher and snaps her jaws. Almost like she's... begging?

"Alright girls. Who wants a snack?" He asks, pulling his arm back and taking out a large paper bag and showing the insides to Cade, reveal four, stiff, dead rats. "Take one and toss it to one of them. Since they behaved, a reward is warranted. Gives them a reason to be good."

"Because nothing says 'reward' like dead rodents." She comments sarcastically, but reaches in the bag and pulls out a rat anyway. She turns to look at Owen. "This is disgusting. Completely gross. I've handled worse, but it's still revoting."

"Just toss it."

Nodding, she glances at Charlie, who is looking at her hand with hunger. "This is for you sweetie!" She tosses it in Charlie's direction, but Delta knocks her sister aside and snatches the rat out of the air. "Hey! Not yours, Delta! Not nice!" Cade scolds. Delta hisses back.

"Don't gives us that shit, Delta." Owen says. "Now back up and stop stealing. Go on! Stand back!" Delta let's out a low his and steps back, begrudgingly allowing the others to get treats that Owen decided to toss. The Owen clicks his clicker. "Okay! Heads up!" They lift their heads simultaneously. "And go!" They run off to they're personal enclosures.

"Well? What ya think?" Owen asks his 'protege'.

"That I got a lot to learn before I can lead like that." She chuckles in response. "You make it look almost easy."

"Nah. Just lucky today. They're normally rowdier."

"Maybe they wanted to make a good first impression?" She shrugs.

Owen scoffs. "The last new guy was hospitalized as a 'first impression'.

"Way to make me feel safe." She remarks. "Should I schedule therapy sessions in advance?"

"You'll be fine." He pats her shoulder. "And, to officially welcome you to the team, how about we go get some drinks? Tonight?"

She raises an eyebrow and shrugs. "I'll let you know."

"Alright. Now to get back to work. And your first task," He grabs her shoulders and tilts her body to face the empty paddock below. "is to clean that up." He points to a pile of what can only be dino feces.

She turns and gives him a small glare. "You're evil."

Owen smirks. "And you're on duty. He he. Duty." He chuckles at his little pun, like he's been waiting to use that joke for a while.

"Ha ha." Even though her laugh is sarcastic, the small smile on her face is genuine. She leaves the bridge and heads toward one of the work hands to get whatever she needs for her 'glorious' task. Owen went inside to get a much needed bottle of water. The sun is crucial.

A few minutes later, Owen is going over some new training techniques with the girls. Then a workhand runs in, panicky and out of breath. "Owen! The lock - the girls - th-the-"

"Calm down! What about the girls?" He asks, more than a bit worried. He really cares about his charges.

The young worker takes a few deep breaths. "The electronic lock on the cages short circuited. Probably still wet from the rain last night. Charlie and Echo are still locked up, but Blue and Delta are loose in the pen!"

"So? Just let them run around a little bit while you fix the lock. Let the others out if you want to he fair." Owen sighs. Does he have to figure everything out for these guys? He still has paperwork he needs to get caught up on.

"But - but -"

"But what?! What's the problem?!"

The worker whimpers under Owen's harsh and annoyed glare. "Th-The new girl is still in the pen..." He answers meekly. Owen's eyes widen and he nearly flies over the desk and out the door.

"Shit!" He yells, running as fast as he can with Barry and the kid barely matching his pace. How can he forget about her that quickly?! Stupid!

"Hey!" Owen yells at one of the members of the tech team. "I need you to somehow get in contact with Cade! Get her to come back before they find her!"

"Uh... too late... " Barry says, looking out the display window. "You're gonna need to see this." Owen walks up to the window and sees something that makes his heart stop.

Cade, kneeling on the ground, staring up with wide eyes at Blue, who has her snout barely inches away from from the stock still woman's nose. Delta was slowly circling the pair, clawing the ground in confusion and frustration. As though she doesn't know whether to attack or to stand down. Aggravated snarls would exit her mouth every so often, but Blue stayed still. Staring.

"Shit..."

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