Chapter 2 – Patriarch:

Author's Note:

It completely slipped my mind last chapter to introduce my OC, Samantha Bell (Sam for short). She's currently an apprentice for Dr. Wu but hopes to one day take a real geneticist position at Jurassic World. If you would like to know more about her, i.e.: a character description, then all you have to do is ask. Anyways, please enjoy the story.

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Three days have passed. Sam and Wu have been working on the human-Raptor hybrid diligently. Wu had promised Sam that he would not attempt to fuse Owen with the new DNA until he was sure it was going to work. Multiple attempts have been made, but the actual result remains theoretical. The genes are splicing nicely, but the affects Wu wishes to achieve aren't coming through.

Neither Sam nor Wu have slept at all. Wu was used to working for days straight, but Sam had always made an attempt to never go more than a day without sleep. Dark circles have begun to form under her eyes. Wu insisted that she take a day off to rest, but she refused. She is as committed as he is.

Wu leaned back in his chair in frustration. This challenge was definitely worthy. Nothing has ever been this difficult for him before. "I just don't understand why we can't get certain traits to appear," Wu grumbled. He sifted through the hundreds of papers that he had written on in the past three days. It was all theory crafting and notes on what was and what wasn't working. Although nothing has actually worked yet.

Sam looked up from one of the papers she was studying. She had just realized that she had been staring at the paper, dead-eyed, for the past ten minutes. "Perhaps it's time to accept that this is impossible," she said. She yawned, "Maybe if we stop now, we won't get arrested."

"No, Sam, this is possible. It all works out and the genes are splicing just fine," Wu argued. Perhaps the lack of sleep was getting to him as well.

"Only in theory," Sam reminded him. She picked up a different piece of paper and hoped that she won't zone out on this one too.

"I know, I've just never done this before."

Sam yawned again, "And even so, how do you expect this all to work? Are you just going to inject Owen with the supplemented blood and expect his body to accept it? I doubt that will work."

"One problem at a time, please," Wu moaned. He continued sifting through his papers, there had to be something he missed. There has to be a combination that he hasn't tried yet.

Suddenly, Sam lit up with an idea. "You have done this before, remember? You said that the Indominus had human DNA!"

"You're right, but that's different. I used human DNA to stabilize her, it was only a tiny amount."

"I know, but what if this just needs something to help it stabilize? I mean, everything is splicing together correctly, but what if we can't get the traits we want because it isn't stable enough… or something?" Sam said. She had tossed the papers that she was holding onto Wu's desk, some scattered onto the floor.

"That could work. T-Rex and Raptor DNA aren't actually that compatible but I was able to supplement that by adding more DNA, then stabilize it with human DNA. What if I just need another sample," Wu mused aloud. Sam mentally cheered for having her idea accepted. "But what will work?"

Sam thought for a minute, "What about T-Rex? Or Spinosaurus?"

Wu shook his head, "No those won't work. It'll have to be compatible with both humans and Raptors… Rex isn't compatible with humans and Spino isn't compatible with Raptors."

Sam shook her head vigorously, trying to clear it, "I'm going to go and get some coffee, do you want any?" Wu shook his head and she proceeded out of his office. It was late at night, so no one else was present in the lab. She only actually got a few feet from Wu's office before another idea hit her.

She all but ran back into his office and shouted, "What about the Indominus!" She grinned crazily, the lack of sleep was really starting to affect her.

"Why would that work? I mean she has both human and Raptor DNA, but there are so many others," Wu said. He crossed his arms.

"What if you isolate the Raptor and human components and then use that as a model to build our human-Raptor hybrid."

"That could work, but only theoretically. I'm not sure if we can isolate just human and Raptor, there's so many different signatures in her, it could be impossible."

"Well, we'd need a sample to find out." Sam wasn't willing to give up just yet.

"That's the thing, I doubt that the Indominus will just roll over and let me take a sample from her," Wu said, gritting his teeth.

"Or are you just scared of her?" Sam smiled tauntingly. She normally wouldn't dare taunt Wu, but she thought he was just being a baby. She was able to get the Raptor samples so he should be able to get the Indominus sample. She had never seen the Indominus before, so she had no idea how much worse than the Raptors she could be.

"Rightfully so! You've never even looked at the Indominus, she's terrifying. And not to mention cruel… and she probably doesn't care for me very much," Wu sighed.

"Why would that be?"

"The DNA that I used to stabilize her was my own," he admitted. It was a secret that he thought he would take to the grave. The Indominus Rex is technically his daughter.

"Woah, that makes her, like, your daughter or something." Sam thought for a minute, "But you abandoned her, didn't you? She's probably super pissed."

"Exactly. But I wonder if she actually remembers me."

"Well, there's only one way to find out, you'll have to go to her. Oh, and while you're there, be a lamb and get a DNA sample, will you?" Sam smirked at Wu's expression of disgust. Well he has nothing better to do, so he left the safety of his lab and drove to the Indominus paddock.

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Wu paced nervously outside of the paddock. Why is this bothering me so much? There's almost no chance she'll remember me, he thought. Why was he afraid of her anger? Perhaps it is because you know her behavior is directly your fault, a small voice in his head claimed. It was all his fault. If he had recognized InGen's inability to take care of their animals, Wu could have given the Indominus to someone who would have treated her right.

But he didn't. Wu wasn't afraid of her anger, she was going to be mad anyways. He was afraid of his own failure. This dinosaur is the closest thing he has to a daughter… and he failed to give her a good life. Now she is trapped in a small enclosure and hated by many of the staff. She'll never see the real world because she cannot be trusted. She was born alone and she'll die alone… and it was all Wu's fault.

Wu took a deep breath and entered the paddock's viewing room. The room was quite spacious, it could hold several dozen people comfortably. The windows were big, but the enclosure seemed so small for a beast fifty feet long. He could see the portion of the window where the Indominus tried to break the glass.

Wu realized that he actually knew very little about his creation. He knew that she was fifty feet long and white, he knew that she could camouflage and that she could hide her heat signature. But he didn't know anything about her. How does she behave around guests? Does she just hide in the bushes or does she poke out and terrify them?

Loud stomps herald her arrival. She burst from the bushes to gaze at him. She had been observing him since he walked into the room, but something was off about him. It wasn't just the fact that she could smell fear, she thought that she recognized him. So she needed a closer look.

Wu stepped back in surprise as the Indominus pressed her face into the glass. Crimson eyes regarded him for a moment before narrowing. She recognizes me! Wu realized. The Indominus reared back and let out a livid ROAR!

This is father! What is he doing here? the Indominus thought. She snapped her jaws together, trying to contain her rage. She knew that she couldn't break the glass, but she wanted so desperately to grab a hold of him. She was torn between tearing him apart for abandoning her or grabbing hold and never letting go.

"She doesn't like you very much," a voice said, causing Wu to jump. He spun around to see a man in his early thirties wearing a lab coat. This must be her handler.

"Who are you?" Wu asked.

The man raised an eyebrow, "You are the one responsible for creating her and you don't know anything about her? I am Dr. Gordon Freeman, I am her current handler."

"Doctor?"

"I have doctorates in psychology and animal behavior, I am the only one qualified to take care of the Indominus," he scratched the back of his neck. "I've gotten pretty good at reading her, but she hasn't made any progress."

"Progress?" Wu asked.

"I am supposed to be rehabilitating her, but she isn't cooperating." The Indominus let out a smug snort, to which Freeman responded with, "She knows that she will get a better life after rehabilitation, but she is so stubborn."

"Well… I came for a blood sample," Wu said.

"Not to finally meet the only creation of yours that understands that you created her? Well, have fun taking a sample from her," Freeman said, waving him away. He would be no help to the man who refused to acknowledge his own daughter.

Wu turned to the Indominus, "Look, I'm sorry about how they raised you, but I know that you are smarter than this. If you are refusing to be cooperative then it is your fault that you are stuck here, not mine. Now, please give your father a blood sample." Wu held up the empty needle he had brought.

The Indominus growled something causing Freeman to cut in, "I think she said that you had lost the right to call yourself father after her sister died. Wow, that's harsh."

"That's your problem, not mine. I had to put human DNA into you in order for you to even exist! If you do not wish to call me father, then you can call me God," Wu addressed the Indominus.

Freeman decided to put in his two cents, "I don't think you're going to get your sample. She's just too aggressive, and it takes a lot of tranquilizers to put her down. Unless she just rolls over for you…" the Indominus interrupted him with a low croon. Freeman looked at her incredulously, "Or maybe she will give it to you."

"Oh, that's a relief," Wu sighed.

But the Indominus started to make weird gestures with her hands. "She has a condition, though," Freeman translated.

"What is it?" Wu asked.

The Indominus pointed at Wu and then at herself. She did this several times. "I think she wants you to prove to her that you are worthy of being called a God… I think she wants you to go into the paddock and take the sample by force," Freeman translated.

"Are you sure that's what she said?" Wu asked, hopefully.

The Indominus nodded her head, "Yes. I don't think that this is a good idea. I don't think that having a DNA sample of her is important. I think that you should…." the Indominus interrupted him again with an agitated snap of her jaws. "Or maybe she wants you to decide what to do."

"Her DNA sample is imperative," Wu said. He turned around to walk away, "But I'm not stupid enough to go in there."

The Indominus let out a loud roar, "She called you a coward," Freeman said.

"That may be true," Wu said. He removed his lab coat and handed it to Freeman, "But I do really need that sample… I won't be a coward this one time." He must be insane, he entered the paddock. The only thing he brought with him was the empty needle.

The Indominus growled loudly as she approached him. Wu broke into a mad dash to get under her. If he could outmaneuver her, he might be able to find a vein in her leg. But it was not to be, the Indominus brought down one massive hand and pinned him to the ground. The breath was knocked out of him as the deadly claws were held dangerously close to his head. The Indominus roared in victory, but Wu wasn't done yet.

He kicked and struggled but to no avail. The Indominus' hand wasn't budging. But Wu didn't give up, he couldn't give up. The Indominus lowered her head to Wu's level to glare at him. "I know that to you it doesn't mean anything, but I am sorry. You deserve a much better life than this… but all you have to do is let Dr. Freeman help you."

The Indominus continued to glower at him before letting out a garbled sigh. She lifted Wu up to her chest and held him there. The Indominus was giving Wu a hug. Father, she crooned. Wu started to relax, she wasn't going to hurt him.

She lifted him up slightly higher so he could plunge the needle into her neck. She didn't even flinch as blood was drawn from her. She watched intently as he reentered the viewing room. "Why did she let me up?" Wu asked.

"I think she knows that you aren't to blame. I don't know…" he was interrupted as the Indominus tapped the glass and pointed at Wu. She then pointed at the ground, "I think she wants you to come and visit her more often."

"Oh, so she isn't mad at me anymore?"

"Perhaps… but if you could come by every now and then, that would actually be helpful. One of the first steps to recovery is forgiveness, if she is willing to forgive you then you need to make the commitment to help her. All she really needs is a parental figure, and I certainly cannot do it," Freeman shrugged.

Wu thought for a minute. He was an exceptionally busy man, which was why he never visited any of his creations before. With the new project he was working on, he may never have time for the Indominus. But… this project could very well be his last. "I just don't want to disappoint her. If I start showing up and then… something else comes up and I don't see her for a very long time, then what kind of damage are we looking at?"

Freeman frowned, "The damage would be irreversible. But, she won't make any recovery without you. Why don't you come to one of her shows, I'm not asking you to make a commitment, just make an effort." Wu nodded and left the viewing room, crimson eyes watching the entire way.

The Indominus growled at Dr. Freeman, "I'm not telling you… you'll just have to wait and see." He smirked as she rumbled in discontent. "Don't be like that, I know that you love a good surprise."

She let out an odd croon before walking off into the brush. Freeman readjusted his glasses, "I doubt that he could help you anyways."

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Wu and Sam began to analyze the DNA immediately. "Hey, I thought of a way you could get this to work," Sam commented as the analysis finished. Wu looked at her intently for the answer to his next problem, "What if you designed it like a virus instead. That way his blood doesn't have to accept it."

Wu typed a few things into his computer, "If I design it like a virus then his body could fight it off… and it could become contagious. We don't want that." It would be a thousand times worse if multiple people started to contract a strange dinosaur disease. Not only would he be put in prison, but Jurassic World would be shut down permanently.

"Then just don't make it contagious," Sam said. She sat down at a separate computer and began typing in a new sequence. "His body won't have any resistance to a foreign disease. He'll be infected no problem."

Wu grimaced as the he managed to isolate the Raptor and human DNA in the Indominus. "Well, you were right, I was able to pull apart the Indominus DNA and we should be able to make a model from this," Wu glared at her snarky smirk.

"Oh, look at this! The virus model fits perfectly," Sam turned her computer screen around to show Wu.

"Alright, it's decided. We'll set it up like a virus, and then we'll have it injected into him… how are we going to get him here without raising suspicion?" Wu said. He made a few adjustments to his model to reflect Sam's. Now all they had to do was actually splice the DNA and prepare it for injection.

"It depends, when will this be ready?"

"This will all be ready to go in a few hours."

"I'll get it injected into him. Don't forget about my second condition…" Sam said, rubbing her arm nervously.

Wu gritted his teeth, "I haven't forgotten, I just wanted to give you a chance to change your mind." Sam shook her head. "Well, in that case… I would like to go ahead and give you this." Wu pulled a few slips of paper from his desk and handed them to her, "I wanted to give these to you after the experiment was finished, but after all the work you put in for this I'm giving it to you early."

Sam took a single look at the papers and dropped them, "Are you sure? This is a big deal." She crouched down and picked up the scattered papers.

"You've earned it. Although I know your dissertation won't come in until next month, I just want you to be rewarded. You've done more work on this project that I have, and without you, I would still be sitting here trying to figure out why I couldn't get the fusion to show the traits I wanted," Wu said, patting her on the back. Wu rarely gave out praise, but Sam had gone above and beyond his expectations.

"I don't want to accept this if I'm just going to be going to prison," Sam chuckled weakly.

"You won't be. If we get caught, the only one going to jail will be me. I have no doubt that you will be able to fill my shoes and do a better job than I ever could. So, what do you say?"

A look of determination crossed Sam's face, "I accept. Now, let's get down to my second condition and get this injected into Owen." Wu smiled and the two began the complex process of spicing the DNAs. Sam had been officially offered a position as a Jurassic World geneticist, and now she was going to inject an illegal substance into Owen's bloodstream.

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So what do you all think? We still don't know exactly what Sam's second condition is, but you'll find out soon! I would just like to take a moment to talk about Dr. Freeman. No, he is not based on the Gordon Freeman from Half-Life (I had actually gotten the name from a random name generator and I just went with it, not thinking about how their names are the same). He is a psychologist and an animal behaviorist (like Owen) and is the only one capable of understanding the Indominus. If you want a character description, just ask. Don't worry your little hearts about the Indominus either, she'll be making another appearance. So Sam has gotten an official job, how exciting is that? Stay tuned to find out what happens next.