Chapter 1: Coma

Two gurneys were brought in to Boston University Hospital. One had Owen Grady and the other Claire Dearing.

"Miss? Do you know where you are?" a doctor asks Claire. She was lightheaded, but she felt a lot of pain in her chest.

"Where...? My chest..." she said and the paramedics cut open the shirt she was wearing. Claire had seatbelt burns and bruises on her chest.

"Get some antiseptic," a doctor orders a nurse.

"Where's...Owen...?" Claire asks.

"Your husband is in the next room," the doctor, a middle-aged man said.

That got Claire's attention and she tries to stand. "Ow!" she exclaims and the paramedics place her down on the gurney.

"She will need a full cat scan, as well as her husband," the middle-aged doctor orders the others.

"Owen...is not...my husband..." Claire manages to say.

"He's not? Well, that's my mistake," the doctor said and writes something on a clipboard.

"What happened?" Claire asks. All she could remember was a pair of headlights heading straight for her and Owen.

"An eighteen-wheeler lost control and crashed head-on into you. It's a miracle that both of you survived," the doctor answers.

In the other room, Owen was checked on, but no matter how loud the paramedics were shouting, Owen did not respond.

They checked his pupils, but they did not respond to light. They poked him, but he didn't respond to pain. They checked his reflexes and his limbs responded, but Owen just won't wake up.

"I'm afraid he's in a coma," a doctor said to the others. They took Owen to get a CT scan and their suspicions were confrimed. Owen was indeed in a coma.

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Meanwhile in the dinosaurs' afterlife, all of the Velociraptors were screeching and chirping along with some other dinosaurs.

"Blue takes the ball and rolls it down to score, but it's not good enough! Shadow steals it right under her nose!" Aurora shouts and some of the raptors screech in dismay.

The Velociraptors were playing their form of soccer, a game that Aurora introduced to them and it became a hit.

They used a real soccer ball, something that Aurora thought of, and the raptors used their muzzles to push it.

Aurora was sort of a referee, but was also part of Blue's team.

A few days had passed since the dinosaurs won against the human invaders and now they were having fun with soccer.

Shadow rolls the ball with her muzzle towards Silva, but then Charlie steals it. The crowd of dinosaurs screech as if they were cheering.

"Don't huddle it Charlie!" Aurora shouts, but the young raptor did not listen and Aurora has to whistle.

The raptors stop and Blue, Delta, and Echo growl at Charlie. 'You can't have the ball all to yourself! You need to pass it!' Delta chirps at her pack mate.

'I was trying to pass it to Echo, but Moriko was in the way,' Charlie replies.

"That's why you have to take risks. Besides, it's just a game," Aurora said to her team. "Silva gets the ball back," she adds, taking the soccer ball and giving it to Silva.

Aurora whistles to resume the game and Silva rolls the ball with her muzzle. She passes it to Ulyssa and then she scores at the goal.

The dinosaurs howler and screech. Blue and her team were dismayed by this, but it didn't last long.

"Okay, Ulyssa's team has two points and Blue's team still has two. Just one more point and one team wins," Aurora points out.

'No screw-ups,' Blue and Ulyssa say to their pack mates.

Blue and Shadow stand in the middle of the field, waiting for Aurora to whistle. She does and both beta raptors go for the ball.

Blue gets it first, rolling it away and passes it to Echo. "Echo has the ball, will she pass it?! She rolls it to Delta! Oh, but it's not good enough! Moriko steals it!" Aurora shouts out commentaries.

Moriko passes the ball to Silva and she then passes it to Ulyssa, but then Charlie jumps in to steal it.

However, the ball gets stuck in Charlie's teeth! 'Charlie, not again!' Echo screeches and Aurora calls for a time-out.

Aurora checks on the ball and begins to pull on it, trying to it out of Charlie's mouth. "Alright, we pull in opposite directions like before. Ready? Pull!" Aurora orders and they began to pull.

Finally, after a minute, the ball was out, and Aurora lands on her buttocks. "There," she said to the young raptor, who was adjusting her jaw.

Aurora disposes the ball and grabs another one. "Since Charlie tried to steal it, I think Blue's team gets it," Aurora said to both teams.

Ulyssa and her team groan in dismay as well as some of the dinosaurs in the audience. "Ready? GO!" Aurora shouts and Delta takes the ball.

She rolls it towards Ulyssa's team's goal, but she passes it to Echo, who then gives it to Blue.

The beta raptor gives the ball a great push with her muzzle and she scores! The dinosaurs shriek in applause and Aurora shouts, "Blue's team wins!"

As for their victory, Blue's team was awarded with sweet berries, including Charlie's favorite blackberries.

'You caused a lot more trouble,' Echo chirps at Charlie, 'You don't deserve a reward.'

"Now Echo, we all make mistakes and we learn from them," Aurora said, but Echo and Delta didn't agree to that.

'But Charlie made the same mistakes as before!' Delta screeches, but Blue growls at her.

'No fighting okay? Aurora has a point, so give Charlie another chance,' the beta raptor commands.

'What if she screws up again?' Echo chirps.

"She just needs some practice," Aurora answers and feeds Blue a handful of berries.

Then, Ulyssa comes into the circle and Aurora could tell that something was not right. 'I sense something, a newcomer,' Ulyssa chirps and Aurora and her pack could sense it, too.

'This one is unusual, it's as if this one is not completely dead,' Silva adds and the others snort in a reply.

"Shall we split up and find this newcomer?" Aurora asks and Ulyssa nods.

'Whoever it is, he or she should not be far,' Shadow chirps.

The two Velociraptor packs went off in different directions, Ulyssa's pack heading east and Blue's north.

Aurora locates her spear, which was decorated with colorful feathers. "If it is an intruder, don't show too much mercy," Aurora orders her pack and they went off.

From the author: What do you think?! The soccer match was just some silly thing I made up! Got to have some entertainment in the afterlife, especially for dinosaurs.

As for poor Owen, where will he end up? In both body and soul. Find out next time! Please leave reviews!