Authors Note - This will be the last chapter for at least a week have some stuff to take care of. But i promise i will be back after that to update. Here is chapter three hope you like it and don't forget to leave me a review.
Aria was in the passenger seat she pulled her bag off her shoulder reaching inside, she pulled out a file. Owen leaned up seeing how concentrated Aria was just reading it.
"What's that?" Owen asked.
"Don't-know." Aria said plainly flipping through the page's shaking her head. "I think Vic slipped me the wrong file in my paperwork."
"Just throw it away." Owen shrugged.
She shook her head. "Can't do that i will just keep it for now seems important. But anyway Claire tell us more about this attraction." Aria put the paper's away as they pulled up to the Paddock.
"We've been pre-booking tickets for months." Claire said as they got out of the car and began walking. "The park needs a new attraction every few years. In order to reinvigorate the public's interest. Kind of like the space program, corporate felt genetic modification would up the wow factor." Claire finished.
Aria scoffed. "They're dinosaurs."
"Exactly wow enough." Owen said as they walked up the steps.
"Not according to our focus groups the Indominus rex makes us relevant again."
"The Indominus rex?" Owen repeated. "That name sound's so, so-"
"Stupid?" Aria asked plainly getting a nod from Owen.
Claire sighed. "We needed something scary and easy to pronounce. You should hear a four year old try to say Archaeornithomimus." She said as they continued to walk up the steps to the Paddock.
"You should hear you try to say it." Aria added as they walked in looking through the medium sized jungle Paddock. They looked through the glass along with Claire. One of the workers were sitting in a chair reading by the small TVs.
Owen looked through the glass. "So what's this thing made of?"
"The base genome is a T-rex the rest is classified."
Aria brow raised. "You made a new dinosaur but you don't even know what it is?"
"The lab delivers us finished assets, and we show them to the public. Can we drop a steer, please?" Claire asked as the Crane started moving.
"How long has the animal been in here?" Owen asked.
Claire shrugged. "All its life."
Owen looked over at her. "Never seen anything outside of these walls?"
"We can't exactly walk it." Claire rolled her eye's.
Aria looked at the glass confused she saw a tree move but nothing was there. That was beyond weird it wasn't a bird that's for sure. She just folded her arm's across her chest thinking it was nothing.
"And you feed it with that?" Aria pointed to the meat that was hanging from the crane.
"Is there a problem?" Claire asked.
"Animals raised in isolation aren't always the most functional." She shrugged slightly.
Claire turned to her. "You guys Raptors are born in captivity."
Owen nodded. "With siblings they learn social skills. and we imprinted on them when they're born."
"There's trust." Aria finished before walking next to Owen. "The only positive relationship this animal has is with that crane."
"At least she knows that means food." Owen pointed.
Claire nodded walking past the two as they continued to look through the glass. "So, she needs a friend. We should schedule play dates? That sort of thing?"
Aria looked at Owen who shook his head. "Probably not a good idea."
"Try bad idea." Aria scoffed.
"Where is it?" Claire tapped the glass.
"Is it in the basement?" Aria asked. "Or is there a downstairs?"
"Maybe it's in the rec room." Owen shrugged making her snicker.
"It was just here, we were just here." Claire said walking over to the pad.
Aria and Owen walked over to the end she pondered a dinosaur made from half T-rex the rest unknown. She wasn't really buying it why was the rest unknown after reading that file she had a bad feeling.
Owen took her hand intertwining his fingers with her's. "What's wrong?"
"I have to tell you about the file i was reading something in there freaked me out."
"What was it?" He looked at her out the corner of his eye she bit her lip. "Aria?" Her eye's caught something and pointed. Owen then looked and saw what she was pointing at.
An alarm sound soon went off making the worker finally move. "Oh, shit! That doesn't make any sense these doors haven't been opened in weeks."
"Um, Claire?" Aria spoke up making her turn around and walk over.
"Were those claw marks always there?" Owen pointed.
Claire shook her head. "Do you think it?" They gave her a look. "Oh, God..she has an implant in her back. I can track it from the control room." Claire said running out getting in the car and pulling off.
Aria shook her head Vic was one sneaky bastard was all she could think. She never trusted Vic at all but now she had every reason to. After they were done here they had to get back to the Raptors and she had to tell Owen.
"Hey, dude!" Aria called out to the guy who looked up at them. "Can we take a closer look inside?"
"Yeah sure." He nodded getting up.
Claire was driving she pulled out her phone dialing a number hoping he would pick up.
"Yeah, hello?"
"Lowery, get me coordinates on the Indominus." Claire quickly said.
"Okay, yeah i'm doing it right now."
Aria, Owen, and two of the worker's walked into the Indominus Paddock going near the gate. Owen ran his hand across the scratch mark Aria just stooped down not seeing any footprints.
"That wall is 40 feet high do you really think she could have climbed out?" One of them asked.
"It depends." Aria said standing up.
"On what?" He asked.
"What kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab." Owen said looking up.
"I don't see any prints though it really should be something here." Aria looked around hearing a tree rustle. Her head snapped up she definitely heard it but didn't see anything.
"Wait, what the hell? It's in the cage." Lowery said.
Claire drove shaking her head. "No, that's impossible i was just there."
"Claire, i'm telling you, she's in the cage."
"Wait a sec, there are people in there." Another voice said in the back
Claire took a deep breath. "Get them out of there now...now!" She yelled.
Aria walked over to Owen. "I need to talk to you about some-" She was interrupted by one of the guys walkie going off. They barley could make it out because static was in the way.
"Paddock 11, do you copy?" A female voice rung through.
The worker lifted it up from his shirt. "Yeah, what's the problem?"
"It's in the cage!"
"What did she say?" Aria asked.
"It's in there with you!" She yelled.
"Go!" Owen yelled grabbing Aria's hand as they ran to the door. Loud thumps echoed through the paddock one of the worker's turned back around. The three of them stopped in fear looking up at the huge dinosaur. Aria shook her head how the hell could she not have seen this thing. It was white with spikes on it's back you couldn't miss the thing.
"Holy..shit!" Aria's eye's widen swallowing the lump that was in her throat. She didn't know why she was afraid she been in Paddock with a T-rex for god sakes.
Aria and Owen quickly ran back not waisting any time. The worker went to run but was to late because the Indominus grabbed him before he could. Aria couldn't believe how terrified that dinosaur made her. Owen was right beside her as they where running for their lives. He saw the door was on it's way to closing he had to make sure Aria got out. The Indominus was right on there tail roaring as it chased them.
"Aria don't look back!" Owen yelled only because she would do that while running. He didn't need her falling or getting distracted.
"Trust me i won't!" She responded as the glate was halfway closed.
Both of them made it through the small crack but didn't stop running. The Indominus burst through the doors with a loud roar. Owen grabbed Aria as they ducked under a work truck before it could see them. They looked to see the other guy was hiding in front of the other truck. Owen felt shaking and looked down Aria's left hand was shaking. Even though her eye's didn't show it she was scared and he knew it. Without waisting time he grabbed her hand. Aria looked at him sending him a glance saying 'Thankyou.'
They then turned their attentions back to the worker who looked terrified. As it was stalking beside the other truck where he was. Aria just looked at him giving him a look saying 'Don't move.' The Indominus wacked away the car with no problem. It crashed near the one they where under making Owen grab Aria and hold her tight to him. The large dinosaur just grabbed him with her mouth eating him. He let out a scream making Aria grip on to Owen's shirt.
Owen then moved a bit taking her with him Aria was now under him as they where in the middle under the truck. His body pressed on top of her's she breathed heavy until the Indominus rex head was down by them. Owen put a hand over her mouth before pressing a finger to his lips. The dinosaur stayed there a little longer looking around. The animal snorted out a growl before stalking away in the tree's. Neither one moved until the loud footsteps faded.
Aria let out a sigh of relief Owen moved and looked out before nodding helping her from under the car. He pulled her in a tight hug sighing resting one hand on the back of her head.
"You okay?" He pulled away a bit putting both hands on each side of her face making her look up.
"T-that wasn't a dinosaur." Aria shook her head her left hand shaking again. Owen remembered it wasn't really her fault she did that.
"No, it wasn't but we are gonna find out why the hell they made something like that." He led her to the truck as they got in.
"I'm driving." Aria said seeing the key's where still in there, she started it up before driving off.
Aria took the other way back to the park she saw her bag was still in Claire's car. She needed that file but with this thing out. They had to focus on this animal before anything. She had to call Anna once they where done talking to Claire. Aria didn't have a problem with her it's just the woman forgot why this park was invited. And she had to be in control all the time and Aria wasn't a fan of control freaks
Meanwhile...
Anna sat next to Becca on the train heading over to another ride. She rested her cheek in the palm of her hand looking out the window. She unlocked her phone and started going through her pictures of her and her aunt. Anna smiled she missed the times they had and wanted to start over. After this ride she was going back to the hotel and call her.
"You guys been here before?" She heard Zach voice and turned around. He was flirting with two girls behind him. Gray just ignored looking out the window sad.
"Perv." Anna scoffed earning a laugh from Gray and Becca.
Zach stopped talking to them to look at her. "I'm not a perv."
"And hell isn't hot." She rolled her eye's before looking back out the window.
"If Mom and Dad get divorced, will one of us be with Mom and the other with Dad?" Gray asked making Anna look at him out the corner of her eye. She knew how it felt to go through that since she bounced from her farther and mother's house.
"What? Why would you say that?" Zach asked looking away from the girls.
"Because they are." Gray said leaning against the huge window.
"No, they're not...they're not getting divorced." Zach sighed out the last part. "Look, you haven't been around long enough they've always been that way."
"They get mail, from two different lawyers."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"I googled they're divorce lawyers." Gray looked at him.
Zach rolled his eyes. "All right, whatever you know what? It doesn't matter okay?" He said before shrugging. "I'm gonna be gone in two years anyway all my friends parents are divorced."
Anna looked back shooting him a glare basically saying 'Why would you say that'. She shook her head looking over at Gray who had tears in his eye's.
"Hey, knock it off...are you're gonna cry?" Zach asked. "Look, you're gonna get two of everything. Two birthdays, two Thanksgivings, two-"
"I don't want two of everything." Gray said now crying.
"Yeah, well, it's not up to you there's a point you have to grow up." Zach said plainly.
Anna shook her head turning around in her seat. "Forget what he said it happens you know but i heard the bravest get through it. If i can get through it i know you definitely can."
"Really?" Gray looked up her.
Anna gave him a warm smile and nodded. "Really now cheer up were supposed to be having fun remember?"
He nodded smiling as she whipped his tears with her tissue. "Okay." She winked before looking at Zach who looked down.
Meanwhile..
Aria and Owen walked off the elevator into the control room. They began walking over to were they saw Claire a guy stopped Owen.
"Sir, sir. I need to see a badge."
"What the hell happened out there?" Owen asked in angry tone as the mam was holding him back.
"Sir!"
Aria took her badge and palmed it in his face with a smack making everybody look at her shocked. "There see my badge now huh?"
She moved him out the way as they walked over to her. Aria's hair was still in a pony tail but some stands were out.
Lowery just looked at the scene. "Hey, Aria."
"Lowery." She nodded. "You got a lot of explaining to do." She said glaring at Claire.
"There are thermal cameras all over that paddock she did not just disappear!" Claire voice raised before she sighed. "It must have been some kind of a technical malfunction."
"Were you not watching?" Owen pointed to the computers.
"She marked up that wall as a distraction, she wanted us to think she escaped!" Aria slammed her hand down on the desk getting a bit fed up.
"Hold on we are talking about an animal here." Claire said now standing in front of Aria.
"Yeah, a highly intelligent animal." Aria shot back before Owen grabbed her pulling her down to look at the screen with him.
They watched the guys get out of the trucks looking around. Owen looked more closely seeing they didn't have any gun's. He could tell Aria saw by the change in her face expression. She clenched her fist by her side's so her hand wouldn't shake.
"You're going after her with non-lethals?" Owen looked back at Claire.
"We have $26 million invested in that asset." Mr. Masrani spoke up. "We can't just kill it."
Aria shook her head before whispering. "Those men are gonna die."
"Call this mission off right now." Owen said getting the same bad feeling Aria has.
"They're right on top of it." Lowery pointed.
"Call it off right now." Aria said this time but by her tone she wasn't asking.
"You are not in control here!" Claire yelled.
"Claire-" Owen began.
"No, Owen don't say a word let's shutup so we can watch Claire's brilliant plan." Aria sighed slightly folding her arm's across her chest. "Make sure you keep count of how many guys you loose sweetheart."
Claire just continued looking on at the screen as the guys got closer to the beeping. But they saw nothing he stooped down picking up a chunk that looked like a rock. The guy turned it around to see pink and white rocky kind of flesh. The device was sticking out of it still beeping.
"What is that?" Mr. Masrani asked.
"That's her tracking implant." Owen said walking over to get a better look. "She clawed it out."
"How would it know to do that?" Claire asked in disbelief.
"She remembered where they put it in." Aria plainly said before she saw the tree's moving on the screen. She turned to Claire giving her a stern look. "Did you tell them that it c-"
"It can camouflage!" The heard the man yell through the camera.
Aria's head whipped back around hearing screaming and yelling with tazer gun's going off. She saw they had name's on the board monitoring there heart beats. Some of them went flat-line and only a couple where still beating. The camera's soon got shut off from the attack the control room was now quiet.
"Evacuate the island." Owen said sternly.
Claire shook her head. "We'd never reopen."
"You made a genetic hybrid, raised it in captivity. She is seeing all of this for the first time. She does not even know what she is." He pointed out.
Aria shook her head. "She will kill everything that moves but yet your worried about image...Why does that last part not surprise me?" She looked over at Owen.
"Do you think the animal is contemplating its own existence?" Mr. Masrani asked Claire.
They all heard Aria groan. "Let me just tell you this she is learning where she fits in the food chain. And i'm not sure you want her to figure that out."
"Can't you communicate with it?" He asked looking at Aria.
Aria's brow raised. "What do i look like the dinosaur whisperer here? I train Raptors not half dinosaur unknown beast sorry but that's way above what i get paid."
Owen rested his hands on the table. "Listen, Asset Containment can use live ammunition in an emergency situation. You have an M134 in your armory. Put it on a chopper and smoke this thing!"
"We have families here i'm not gonna turn this place into some kind of a war zone." Claire glared at him.
"Isn't it a little late to pull that card?" Aria asked.
"Mr. Grady, and Ms. Mitchell if you're not gonna help. Then there's no reason for you two to be in here." Claire stated.
Aria took a deep breath. "Fine, you know what we are leaving deal with it yourself. Just know the next morning if we all even make it to then. It's on both of your head's you have hundreds of people to protect out there. But yet that so called dinosaur you made is worth more then people lives."
"I never said th-"
"You didn't have to your actions show everything. But we have better thing's to do anyway." Aria cursed walking off to the elevator.
Owen was following her but stopped in front of Mr. Masrani. "I would have a word with your people in the lab. That thing out there...that's no dinosaur." Saying that he walked away to the elevators.
They got on Aria pressed a button before leaning against the wall. Sighing she tried taking her hair out it's pony tail but her left hand was shaking again. She felt a hand on her head Owen gently took the pony tail holder out.
Aria shook her hair as it fell over shoulders. "Why do we work for them?"
He smirked leaning next to her. "Because we love what we do."
"That's true but that file i was reading it was Vic's but i don't think i was suppose to have it."
"Why?" He looked over at her and her gaze went straight to the floor. Owen leaned off the wall moving so he was in front of her. "What was in it Aria?"
"It was a file on InGen about our...Raptors."
"What about them?"
Aria shook her head. "I don't remember to much it's still in Claire's car. And after being chased it flew out of my mind but we have to get to them."
Owen sighed but he knew whatever it was, it wasn't good. He saw Aria shed a tear as she ran a hand through her hair. He cupped her cheek before leaning his forehead against her's.
"Stop worrying the girls are fine we are gonna get to Blue and the others. And were gonna get out of this i promise."
She nodded. "Okay."
The elevator bell dinged as they got off and began walking out. Aria pulled out her phone she saw people now gathering in the building. She guessed Claire was pulling everybody back from outside.
"Are you calling Leslie?" Owen nodded taking her hand as they began to walk through the crowd of people.
"Yeah." She nodded making sure to keep up with his pace.
Meanwhile...
Vic dialed a number as it rung three time's before somebody answered.
"What is it now?" A female answered.
"Got some bad news i lost one of the files you gave me earlier." He sighed.
"Son of a-Vic you idiot find it! For god sakes i tell you to do one thing one. How could you loose something like that. And it has the codes i need on that do you not know how much important information is on there huh? I swear a monkey could have did this and not loose it." The female voice continued to rant.
"This would be a bad time to tell you i think i put it in Aria Mitchell's paperwork by mistake." He said hopefully she would understand.
Something crashed in the background so he took that as his answer. The lady took a deep breath trying to calm down.
"Vic get that damn file back and make sure the other one's get sent to me when all of this is over."
What about Aria?"
"What about her? The voice asked plainly.
"What if she figures it out or her boyfriend not to mention Claire." He said but just heard her chuckle.
"Oh, Vic see about that you better pray they don't because i will be taking it out on you. Just get my file's and Wu over here when your stupid plan is over. Now goodbye i have a meeting to get back to."
Vic nodded. "Alright bye." He hung up the phone sighing. "That woman really needs to control her temper...must run in the family." He mumbled walking off.
Anna, Becca and the boys stood waiting for another hamster ball to come around. Since they where VIP and together they where getting the four seater one. Anna leaned against the gate listening to Gray talk seeing he knew a lot about animals.
"Okay i get that part but why is the soft tissue preserved?" Becca asked on the other side of him.
"The soft tissue is preserved because the iron in the dinosaur's blood generates free radicals. And those are highly reactive."
"Really?" Anna asked raising a brow.
He nodded. "Yeah the proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up and act as a natural preservative. DNA can survive for millennia that way. Even if the amber mines dry up, they'll still have bones-"
"Shut up." Zach said but kept his eye's on the girl's ahead.
Anna rolled her eye's. "The future player laddies and gentleman."
Gray smiled at her comment and looked at the girls before back at Zach. "What do you think's gonna happen from you just staring at them?"
The girls just giggled walking away getting into their ball. Zach sighed nodding. "Thanks, man."
"You're welcome." Gray nodded before him and Anna low fived each other.
There ball pulled up it was just the same just with two extra seats. Gray and Becca took the back seats, Zach and Anna took the front as they all buckled up. The ball started to move and take them to the fields.
Anna watched looking around not seeing any dinosaurs. She just shuffled in her seat a bit she heard Becca and gray laughing. She smiled leaning back playing with her charm bracelet.
"Were did you get that from?" Zach asked.
She shrugged. "Don't know my aunt got it for me i found it wrapped in a small box on my hotel bed."
"It's nice looks like it cost a lot."
"Yeah, you know Gray is a nice kid should treat him better." She whispered the last part.
"I'll work on it you should treat your aunt better to. And if you're wondering i heard you and Becca talking."
Anna smirked. "I'll work on it don't worry that one buddy."
"Where are they?" Gray asked disappointed.
They felt the ball slow down and looked at each other confused. "Due to technical difficulties all our exhibits are now closed. Please disembark all rides and return to the resort."
Anna rolled her eye's. "Typical oh well you can have fun in a hotel."
Becca nodded. "Ding dong ditch?"
"Since they're probably aren't any doorbells i was thinking more knock, knock-"
"Who's there?" Becca asked making Anna turn around and playfully glare at her.
"Come on, we can stay out a couple more minutes." Zach said.
"But they said it was closed." Gray said.
"Yeah, and i listen to Authority." Anna said.
Becca did a double take. "Since when?"
"Today i rather my aunt pick me up from my hotel and not in a little cell. You know the dark one's hard bed's and metal toilets." Anna said nervously making them all slowly turn their head's to look at her.
"It's a park Anna..not Alcatraz prison." Becca shook her head along with Gray.
"Aunt Claire and your aunt gave us special wristbands, right?" He asked as the three shared a look. "We're VIP, guys come on it'll be fun." He said moving the controller forward..
Aria pressed the end button. "She's not picking up what the hell could she possibly be doing!" Aria said pacing while calling again.
Owen looked on she was this close to snapping that was for sure. He saw Claire from a distance she spotted them and jogged over.
"Claire?" His brow raised.
"I need you..both of you." She said glancing at Aria who was on the phone.
He nodded. "Okay."
Aria walked over hanging up. "I called Anna but got nothing-" She stopped seeing Claire and sighed. "If your here to ask for help were busy right now. Besides you had thing's handled upstairs anyway."
"Listen, just hear me out please?" Claire asked she saw Owen and Aria have a conversation just with there eye's.
Aria groaned but pulled her over to a corner with Owen. "What is it?"
"My nephews, they're out in the Valley please, if anything happens to them-"
"How old are they?" Aria asked cutting her off.
"The older one, he's high school age." She said motioning her hands at there height. Aria brow raised at this while Owen shook his head. "The younger one, he's a few years-"
"You don't know how old your nephews are?" Owen finally asked she just gave him a look.
Aria shook her head. "That is sad but we will help."
"Seriously?"
"Stop acting like it's so shocking before i pretend i just lost my hearing." She said as Owen chuckled.
"Aria! Aria there you are!" Leslie ran over to her.
Aria felt a feeling of relief as she came over into the small circle. "About time why didn't you answer your phone? And where is Anna and Becca in the room?"
Leslie shook her head nervously. "I don't think so."
"What do you mean think?" Aria eye's turned to slits as she gave her a cold glare. She took a step now in her face just glaring making Leslie a bit scared. "Leslie where is my niece?" She asked in a threatening tone.
"I lost them earlier! I didn't mean to you said not to crowd her to much. I'm sorry Aria last time we got footage of them they where with two young boy's at the Gyrospheres."
"Zach, and Gray i did hear two female voices in the background." Claire breathed out.
Aria put both hands on her head shaking it. "No, no, no you have got to be joking. This is not happening i promised my brother i would take care of them!" She yelled before feeling two arm's wrap around her.
"Enough standing here let's go get them." He whispered in her ear.
"Yeah, let's go." She nodded whipping her face looking at Claire. "Come on prissy pants let's go."
Claire lips twitched in a smile before they all started to walk out. Aria stopped looking back at Leslie before walking back hugging her.
"I'm sorry but stay here where it's safe." Aria whispered before running off with Claire, and Owen..
Anna shook her head getting a bad feeling. "We should turn back."
Zach just continued as Gray shook his head. "No, no bad idea, bad idea." Gray repeated.
"Great idea." Zach corrected.
"What's great about this place let me know." Becca said looking at the tree's in front of them.
"No! We're gonna get arrested they'll shave our heads, and we're gonna have to make root beer in the toilet." Gray said.
Becca looked over at him. "Remind me to tell your aunt you watch to much cable."
"Look i see something." Anna pointed.
"What are you talking about?" Zach asked moving closer to her.
She blushed before shaking her head. "Hey, hey eye's on the path please." Anna pushed him back a bit he just smirked. "But there see."
Zach saw what she was talking about and finally saw them. He nodded stopping the ball so they could all see.
"You see? I told you." Zach pointed.
Anna brow raised. "I'm the one that told you"
"You're welcome." He shrugged making her glare. "But see up close and personal with four dinosauruses."
"Ankylosaurus." Anna corrected as her and Becca looked at them.
Gray sighed seeing something. "We shouldn't be here and there's five dinosaurs."
"Aren't you supposed to be a genius or something?" Zach turned to look at him before looking back up front. Anna saw something reflect on the glass making her look confused. "Look one, two, three..four."
Anna swallowed the lump in her throat as her heart started beating fast. "Um, Zach?"
"What?"
"Five." Anna pointed at the glass they all looked at it. The sun beamed down as they slowly turned around to see the Indominus rex. Oh my god." Anna whispered.
That was chapter three hope people liked it and trust me everything about InGen will make sense. Very, very later on in the story but don't forget to leave me a review and everything. But see everybody in a week! : )
Chapter Four - Daytime Nightmare & Aria Alone
