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"Hello?" -Phone or radio.

"{Alpha!}" -Dinosaur language.

Pulling up, Barry got out of jeep and grabbed the bags which contained various hunks of meat. As he walked up to the bungalow, he noticed that the hammock just outside under two trees swayed in a manner he knew was not due to the wind. "Now then, who is in there, hmm?" Blue's head popped out and gave a chirp at seeing him. "And it's my lovely Blueberry! Got something for you."

Her eyes on him, Blue gave another chirp as he pulled out a blue wrapped object. "{Oreo!}"

With a smile, Barry began to open it. "You know what this is, don't you my lovely Blueberry?" Another chirp caused him to laugh as Blue seemed to give him a cute look. "Just one moment, Blue." Holding up the large, double stuffed Oreo, Barry had to bite back another laugh as Blue focused on it with wide eyes. After giving him a glance, she got down and rolled onto her back as she folded her legs and arms in close before she gave him another chirp. "Okay, Blue, here you go then."

No matter how many times he had seen it, Barry still had to shake his head at the raptor's little "Ritual" when eating an Oreo. First, she would gently grab it and then bring it to her mouth. After which, she would lick around the sides of the cookie to get some of the cream. Then Blue would nibble bits and pieces of it. Finally, the raptor would slip it into her mouth and slowly mush it against the roof of her mouth, making a sound not unlike a purr. 'So good...'

His grin now large as he watched Blue enjoy her treat, Barry rubbed her head. Suddenly, Owen's voice drifted out from inside the building. "You better not be giving Blue an Oreo, Barry! She's had more then enough for the day!"

Both Blue and Barry shared a look before the human cleared his throat and shouted out. "Of course not, Owen!"

Meanwhile, Blue sunk out of sight into the hammock as she enjoyed her Oreo. 'Alpha will not get my delicious Oreo...'

That sight brought a smile to Barry's face before he walked into the bungalow with the bag full of meat. He glanced into the room with the recovering raptors and smiled at their chirps. "Hello there, my lovelies. Just bringing some food for you." Barry was met by chirps from each of them before he looked around and then tossed in some chunks of meat close enough for them to gobble up. Bringing his finger to his lips, he grinned as he watched them. "Shhh."

Owen's voice then drifted into the hallway. "Barry... tell me that you did not give them some more meat. It's not their meal time."

A rich chuckle came from the man as he continued to watch. "Of course not, Raptor Mom. Just saying hello to my favorite girls." Turning away, he headed for where he had heard the voice. "So, Claire told me that I'm going to need to take over your duties in the park for the foreseeable future until further notice?" Having walked into the kitchen, Barry stopped at the sight of the raptor at the table with a mug of juice. Recognizing it as a male raptor, Barry glanced around for Owen. "Well now, and who might you be? Owen, if you were thinking of bringing in a new Raptor or had found one, I wish that you would have told me. Especially a male unless you're considering having them breed... though it is a rather impressive specimen."

The raptor blinked slowly with what seemed like a deadpan look before it set down the mug. After a moment, it began to speak in Owen's voice in a dry tone. "Oh, you don't need to worry about that. Firstly, because they're like daughters to me and that is just sick. Two, I'm human even if I don't look like it at the moment. And three, and most important, I don't need Claire to try and kill me."

Several moments passed as Barry stared at the raptor in shock. Finally, he shook it off and blinked. "Owen... is that... you?"

While he sighed, Owen tried to drink some more juice and grimaced at how hard it was. "No, I'm just some other raptor that happens to sound like Owen."

Almost robotically, Barry dropped the meat off into a freezer there before he grabbed a bottle of beer. Then he walked over and sat down across from Owen and popped off the cap and took a swing. Relaxing some, he frowned a bit. "So... how did this happen?"

Groaning, Owen slumped in his seat best he could and laid his head down before placing his clawed hands over his eyes. "No clue... I just woke up like this."

For a moment, Barry sipped at his beer as he continued to think and calm down. "Well... now I can see why Claire wanted me to take over your more public duties..."

The former human just gave him a look before he snarked. "Really now?"

All Barry did was nod as he continued to sip his beer.

Having started on his second beer about an hour later, Barry raised an eyebrow as Owen finished his story. "So you really have no idea how this happened then, my friend?" At the headshake, Barry frowned for a moment as a thought occurred to him. "How is it that you didn't notice right when you woke up? I would have thought that your clothing no longer fitting would have been a clue."

As he rubbed a clawed hand over his head, Owen shook his head. "I've been really tired lately. Between caring for the girls, helping Claire when needed, and not getting enough sleep due to dreams..." Suddenly, Owen trailed off as he remembered something. "Come to think of it though, there was no clothes and I know that I went to bed with them. They must have disappeared when... this happened."

Slowly, Barry raised an eyebrow before he gestured at something. "Except for that amulet of your grandfather's."

That caught Owen off guard and he pushed his neck as far back as he could and tilted his head to see his collarbone. Sure enough, there was the amulet settled against his chest. "... What the hell? Everything else vanished except for this?" Reaching down, he grasped it and pulled. Only... nothing happened. "The fuck!?"

Now curious, Barry got up and walked around the table to where he could also grab the amulet and the two of them tried to pull it off until Owen started to yelp. "Well... unless someone glued that to you..."

Pupils narrowing into slits, Owen hissed a bit as protofeathers rose on his neck. "You think that this is responsible for me... being like this?!"

All Barry did was shrug as he went and sat back down. "You did say that your grandad said it was magical and helped one to understand animals. Not to mention him going out into the woods..." Taking a sip of his beer, he thought it over. "Didn't you put some blood from the girls inside the amulet, like your grandfather's stories said?"

Slightly freaked out, Owen threw up his hands. "I didn't think that his stories about this was actually true! Hell, magic isn't actually real!"

Barry just snorted and pointed at him in wry amusement. "Neither are talking raptors or people turning into dinosaurs. Besides, magic fits." Becoming thoughtful, Barry rubbed his chin. "You said that your grandfather used to go out into the woods with animals that he was training right? And if the same thing happened to him, it would explain why. So... that means that either there is something that allows for you to switch back, or there's a time limit."

Frowning, Owen got up and began to pace as he racked his brains trying to remember what he could have his grandfather. "He used to go out for at least a week, but never had issues training the same kind of animal again... I wish I had his journals though and notes that came with it."

Now with a frown, Barry leaned forward. "Lost them?"

However, Owen just shook his head. "All of his old journals and stuff is back in the States. I can ask for my mom to send me them, but it'll take a bit more then a week to get here anyways due to customs and just shipping them to the island."

While he leaned back some, Barry smiled as Blue trotted in having sensed Owen's emotional state and nuzzling him. "Well, you know what to do then." At the frown Owen gave him, Barry gave him a gesture with the beer bottle. "Call up your mom and have her send them. Might be worth it to talk with Claire and see what she can do to help speed up the process."

Thinking about it, Owen groaned as he put his head into his hands, careful not to harm himself with his claws. "Great... and she is likely to try and use video conferencing to make sure that I am okay..."

A moment later, he glared at Barry as the man started to laugh...

Blinking from where he had been typing into a computer he had set up in the raptor's room, Owen looked up at Charlie who watched him. "Hmm? What was that?"

The raptor shifted a bit on the collection of blankets and cushions that made up her "Nest" before she tilted her head to the side. "{Was wondering why Alpha's mate was gone so often. She should be with pack.}"

With a glance, Owen could see that the rest of the pack were wondering the same thing and they all leaned in toward him as he was deep in thought. 'Now how to say this in a way that they might understand...' After a few moments, he nodded. "You know how there are humans on the island who are different from the others right? That they stay here while others arrive on the island and leave later?"

Not quite sure where this was going, Blue nodded with a chirp. "{There are many Not-Prey that live on island.}"

Slowly, Owen nodded as the explanation came together in his head. "Okay, now imagine all those people as being one giant pack, bigger then our pack." All four pairs of eyes widened as they tried to imagine it. "Claire would be the Alpha of all the humans in that pack. She's even an Alpha above me."

Taken aback, Echo looked toward her sisters. "{She's Alpha's Alpha as well as being mate? She must be strong then to be Alpha to so many.}"

Blue gave the others a smug look as she had told her disbelieving sisters about what happened after the Indominus had knocked them out. "{See? I told you that Alpha's mate was strong and brave! Even Stern One followed her when she lead it to White One. Stern One said that she was her hatchling from other mother.}"

Now it was Owen's turn to double take at that. 'Wait, 'Stern One' followed Claire and said she was hers? But the only dinosaur that followed Claire was...' His pupils narrowed some in shock. 'Rexy... Rexy knows Claire and has claimed her as hers?!' However, the transformed human shook off his shock, though Owen resolved to talk with Claire later on. "Well, it's not just strength that means she's, er, Alpha over the humans in the island. But also because she's very smart and clever. But yeah, because she's so high up, she works a lot to keep the human pack running."

Her head bobbing, Echo tilted her muzzle a bit. "{Yes, can see why she not always here. Such a large pack means a lot of work coordinating it and must spend time away.}"

A cough caused them to focus their attention onto Owen. "Right, but the humans on the island are only a... hmm, how to put this..." For several seconds, Owen stared at the ceiling before he nodded. "While they're a pack, they're just a sub-pack of a even larger pack. One which Claire is more of a Beta in with other Betas and Alphas. Right now, some of those are giving her problems-"

Hissing, Blue spread her claws a bit. "{Then we support your mate and help her fight these other Alphas and Betas! Show them our strength!}"

Owen's eyes widened a bit before he held out his claws. "Whoa, calm down there Blue! That's not how humans operate. Besides, um... one of those issues has to do with how you attacked humans..."

With the closes to a confused expression, Delta turned toward him. "{We get her in trouble with Betas and Alphas? Because we attack Not-Prey under orders from Not-Alpha?}"

Slowly, Owen slowly nodded. "Yes, some of them thought that you were too dangerous to other humans, but Claire stood up to them. That got her in trouble, but everything is okay now. And that's only one reason."

Her eyes narrowed, Blue tried to puzzle out what she had been told. "{So... Mate is Alpha of Not-Prey pack here, but only Beta of larger pack. Because she protect our Pack, she nearly lose being Beta and Alpha? But she still Alpha here?}" There was a proud look on Owen's face after which Blue shared a look with her sister. "{Then she even better member of Pack then we know! She fight challengers who wish to hurt Pack and win.}"

If he had lips, Owen would be biting them as to not smile as the other raptors nodded in agreement with Blue. 'Well, at least now Claire won't need to worry much... Especially if I can convince them that if they don't hurt anyone else, it will only help her...'

As the rain beat against the windows and thunder rolled outside, the three wounded raptors watched the door and listened intently as the bungalow shook in the storm. Nervous, Charlie glanced at Echo. "{Do you think that Alpha, his Mate, and Blue are okay?}"

Not having heard anything since Claire's scream had woken them, Echo huffed. "{They're strong and Alpha would not let anything threaten mate or Blue.}" There was a slight note of unsureness in Echo's tone. Another bolt of lightning caused Echo to flinch. 'I hate sky booms...' For a moment, her mind drifted back to when she was a hatchling and their Alpha would hold them close during storms. Then yet another flinch crossed her body as she remembered how they had abandoned him when the White One spoke to them. "{They're fine...}"

A sound attracted their attention and they saw Owen walk in with a shivering Claire clinging to him, Blue on her other side. All three raptors could smell salt water as Claire made strange sounds. "It's okay, Claire. I'm right here for you and that monster is not coming back. Now just lay down next to me... That's it... I'm right here and I'm okay..."

Several minutes passed as the raptors watched before both Owen and Claire fell asleep. Once they were deeply asleep, Delta tilted her head and softly warbled. "{Where danger?}"

Blue was silent for a few moments as she puzzled out what she had heard best she could. "{No danger, Alpha's mate had bad sleep-run. In sleep-run, False-Alpha, the White One, returned and killed Alpha, hatchlings, and then Alpha's mate.}"

Confused, Charlie looked around. "{But what about Pack? Pack would be there and fight for Pack.}"

While she didn't say nothing, Blue's posture told them what they needed to know before Delta huffed. "{Not-Prey like Alpha's Mate have silly stupid sleep runs.}"

Puzzling over what she had heard, Echo tilted her head and gave a sort hiss. "{Still bad sleep-run..}" She then perked up a bit. "{Wait, pack can guard from bad sleep-runs!}"

Thoughtful, Blue considered the problem before she nodded. "{You right. Pack can guard Alpha's Mate from silly bad sleep-runs.}" Much to Blue's surprise, Echo slowly rose from her nest with a wince. "{What are you doing?!}"

With a hiss of her own, Echo tried to ignore the pain her bandaged burns caused with each movement. "{You need help moving others to guard Alpha and Mate. I able to help, so will.}"

After glaring at her defiant sister, and Echo not backing down, Blue grunted a bit before walking over to Charlie's nest. Echo reached her side and the two dragged it over to where it nearly touched the spot where Owen and Claire fitfully slept, careful not to wake them. They repeated the process with the other nests with Blue nearest to the door as she was not injured. That done, both Blue and Echo laid down in their nests and slowly drifted off to sleep as did Charlie and Delta...

Claire was awoken from a fitful slumber by a light from a nearby window striking her in the face. Not too longer after her mind realized that instead of the warm human body she had expected, there was scales. Her mind snapped into full wakefulness as her eyes opened to see a raptor beside her. Thankfully, her scream was cut off as she remembered why she was next to a raptor. "It wasn't a dream..."

One of the raptor's eyes opened as he gave her a smile. "Afraid not." He seemed to look at something which then caused Claire to realize there was a hot breath on the back of her neck. "Before you ask, it seems that the others moved last night."

Carefully, Claire turned her head to see Echo nearly pressed up against her as the raptor slept. "How... When...?"

As he frowned in thought, Owen shook his head. "Don't know, they must have done it last night after we fell asleep." Then he let out his breath in a soft hiss. "I would say that Blue moved them, but I can also see that some of the bandages on Echo are out of place, so Echo must have helped her move the nests."

That caused the human woman to blink as it registered. 'Nests?' Slowly, she got up one elbow and looked around. Sure enough, she could see that the raptor pack had positioned themselves as close to her and Owen as possible without touching them. "How?"

All Owen did was shake his head. "No clue, but they're in a protective position." Having spotted the befuddled expression on his girlfriend's face, Owen shook his head some. "It's what me and Barry termed it after having seen it in the pen as well as in video tapes of Sorna. Raptors will take this position to protect a member of their pack when needed."

Still puzzled, Claire just nodded while making a note to read a book on raptor behaviour that Owen had given her written by Dr. Alan Grant. 'Now how am I going to get up and out of here without waking them...'

Having heard yet another screech and the crash of something hitting the floor, Owen growled as he walked out of the room. "Dammit Blue! Cut that shit out!"

He entered a room to see Blue biting on of his boots before she met his glare with one of her own. "{Should be with pack! Why you leave Pack go alone to strange smelling place with only Barry, Alpha!? Pack could get in trouble and Pack injured and can't defend selves!}"

Even though he tried, Owen was unable to get a word in edgewise as Blue got up and began to run around, his boot in her mouth as she hissed. Finally he snapped and let out a string of sounds he knew that Blue used when angry at her sisters. In the silence that followed, Owen realized what those sounds meant as he could not understand them and narrowed his gaze at Blue. "... Where did you learn such language, Blue..."

Blue looked around with an innocent look. "{I not know what you are talking about, Alpha. Why you speak such foul language?}"

Despite being more then a little annoyed now that he knew what she kept screeching at her sisters, Owen took a breath and then slowly let it out as he had her attention. "Blue... Your sisters had to go to the vet's because they're still badly hurt and the vet will help them." At her disbelieving look, Owen placed his clawed hand across his muzzle. "How many times have you gotten hurt, Blue, and fell asleep before waking up with the smell of the vets on you? And each time, you have felt better."

Slowly, Blue nodded. "{Alpha is right... wait.}" She then gave him a glare as he remembered how he always fed her meat that made her sleepy, like he did with her sisters which let them be moved that morning. "{Alpha do bad trick on Pack!}"

The transformed human bit back another sigh. "Blue... would any of you have gone otherwise?"

Blinking, the raptor tilted her head and chirped. "{Silly, Alpha. If Alpha with us, we would have gone, no need for tricks.}" After that, she turned and huffed. "{Stupid Alpha.}"

As he bit back a groan, Owen walked over to the kitchen as he made sure that his tail did not knock anything down. Something which sounded easier then it actually was, even with how he had raptor-proofed the home when the Squad were all hatchlings. Having filled a bowl with some water, he set it down and began to drink. After a few moments, Owen was aware that Blue was watching him. "Something the matter, Blue?"

While she hopped from one foot to the other, Blue tilted her head. "{... Is Alpha feeling okay?}"

Despite everything, Owen felt all his annoyance with her vanish almost immediately as he nodded. "I'm okay, just a little down because of everything..."

Having noticed him look out the window, Blue's eyes sparkled as she thought of something. "{I know how to make Alpha feel better!}" She twisted around in some circles in excitement, not seeing Owen smile in amusement at her. A moment later, he stared at her with her next words. "{We go for run through trees! Maybe hunt even! Make Alpha feel much better!}"

Owen coughed into his claws in surprise. "I don't think that would be a great idea, Blue." At her confusion, he shook his head and gestured at himself. "I can't ride my motorcycle like this."

If anything, this made Blue even more confused. "{Silly Alpha, you don't need to be on metal creature. You True-Hunter now and can run with pack! I teach you how to hunt like you should now.}"

Part of him considered her offer as he had always wondered what it was like, but then shook it off. "I can't. What if someone sees me? The last thing that I want is for the ACU to try and shoot me." Hearing the phone ring, Owen got up and walked over to the phone. A moment later, he pushed a curious Blue away as he placed it on speaker having recognized the number. "Something happen, Barry?"

There was a moment of silence before the man's voice drifted through the speaker. "It's about Charlie, Owen. Vet's just checked her and... Well... You have to understand that this is kind of hard to say..."

With his stomach having felt like it dropped to his currently clawed feet, Owen barely noted that Blue had her full attention on the phone. "What happened Barry..." Only silence met him. "Barry, you better fucking tell me what is wrong with Charlie or I will come down there and you don't want me to do that."

Blue glanced down to watch as her Alpha's two sickle claws embedded themselves into the wood floor with twin thunks. Then a chuckle came over the phone as Barry answered. "Charlie is going to be just fine, Owen. Apparently she won't need those prosthetics after all as she's regenerating her leg and missing parts of her tail."

Relieved that nothing was wrong, the transformed human reached out and grabbed the edge of the counter. "You asshole, you had me worried..." Suddenly, what Barry had said hit. "Wait, did you just say that Charlie is regenerating her leg?!"

After he sighed, Barry grunted a bit. "Remember how Simon managed to survive the crash as he got out just before it exploded?" Unseen by him, Owen nodded as he remembered that. Everyone had thought he had died, but he had managed to escape moments before the helicopter had detonated and hit his head, knocking him out for a few hours and had been hidden behind some brush. "Him and Claire as well as Tim Hammond, the other majority stockholder, are ripping InGen a new one and forced them to open up the documents pertaining to the dinosaurs. InGen didn't like it, but the U.S. Government is also involved, heard that Tim called in some old favours with someone who had high connections. Long story short, they used green iguana DNA in Charlie. Those guys can lose a tail and it regrows after some time. In Charlie's case, it lets her, when combined with the rest of her genetics, to regrow limbs lost. The vets are saying it might take a year before she's back to normal though."

Slowly a smile grew on Owen's face before he laughed in happiness. He then turned to Blue and grabbed the surprised raptor into a hug. "You hear that, Blue! Charlie's leg is going to be just fine and she'll be able to run with the pack!"

Bobbing her head, Blue warbled as she hopped from one foot to another in a strange happy dance. "{Pack will all run again one day together!}"