A/N: Intense, huh? I want to surprise my readers with something highly unexpected later on in the story. A huge plot twist I've had in mind for a long while. So stay tuned!
The baby Velociraptor looked up at her trainer with interest. She clicked and chirped, tail wagging. It was always an exciting thing for her each day after she was left alone overnight in the isolated Jurassic World nursery. Like a happy dog greeting its owner after they come home from work, Blue would run straight up to the animal behaviorist, screeching and chattering with excitement.
She loved Owen. Owen was her caretaker, her trainer, her Alpha. Why shouldn't she love him?
He always had a smile on his face when he saw her and her pack, Echo, Delta, and Charlie, running around the room they were kept in all the time, including when Owen was gone. She was very sad when Owen left, always crying loudly in sadness or despair, hoping the man would hear her, and come comfort her.
Sadly, Owen didn't come when she cried. Gradually, she stopped crying, and simply waited for her caretaker to come into the room to see her.
And when he did, he would bend down to her level, and she'd run up to him, crying out loudly in glee, before skidding to a halt in front of him.
A little, squeaky, shriek escaped her mouth, as a smile formed on his lips.
She acted like a giant puppy. A giant puppy with scales, talons, and needle-sharp teeth.
"Hey, girl. You miss me?" He asked, as he gently rubbed her under her chin.
The infant dinosaur purred, barely pawing the air in front of both of them.
Owen held out a small strip of bacon out to the little baby. She grew interested in it, her little tongue peeking out of her mouth to lick her lips. What was that? A treat for her?
She moved closer to Owen, squeaking and chirping. She wanted that treat very much.
Another scent reached her olfactory system. She bent her head down to look at a pack Owen had in front of him. She began to tug on it, interested.
"Hey..Blue. Eyes on me." Owen pulled the pack away.
She chattered loudly at him in protest, her tail whipping around. She got interested in the band around her wrist and started to chew on it, rolling over onto her back, tail wagging.
Owen rubbed her belly, chuckling.
She screeched loudly, biting at his leather wrist guard, which was fastened comfortably around his arm. She kicked her little legs out rapidly, almost as if she was throwing a temper tantrum because he was petting her.
Owen removed his hand, letting Blue scamper off to another part of the room, chattering and squealing.
She was an amusing little animal, who would soon grow into a dangerous man-eater. But , to him, she was too cute to be dangerous.
The baby Velociraptor ran back towards him, and pounced onto the little pack. She knocked it over, causing a little baggie of mini Oreos to tumble out in her sudden move.
She cocked her head, staring at the baggie. She sniffed it, tail swishing.
"Blue. Leave it. Leave it, Blue," Owen instructed.
The dinosaur stared at him, blinking. She tilted her head innocently, almost as if she was waiting for him to make a move. When he didn't do anything but stare her in the eye, she swooped her head down, grabbed the baggie in her teeth, and made a mad dash for the other side of the room to tear into the flimsy bag and reach the treats inside.
Owen stared at her in shock. The look she gave him. It was almost as if she were a defiant child, staring down a disciplining parent.
Something almost human-like was in her expression. And that was freaky as hell.
~***~yenruoJ s'eulB~***~
The helicopter with the dinosaur cage dangling from it slowly made its descent from the air.
Several mercenaries on land had the cage land on the bed of a long military vehicle, as the ropes were disconnected from the chopper, which made it easier to land. They were the mercenary team sent to the island to retrieve the last known Velociraptor on earth: Blue.
"Let's move, everyone!" Dan, the leader of the expedition, yelled. "We gotta isolate that raptor!"
The team of seven mercenaries climbed into three, different, military vehicles. The vehicles sped off from the North Dock, and towards the dense, tropical, forest.
They had to find that dinosaur. She was of great importance, and Mills desperately needed her. Alive. If they didn't bring the animal back in good condition, they wouldn't be paid. And they needed to be paid. As like every mercenary Mills hired, they were power-hungry and greedy, only wanting what benefitted them by exploiting the dinosaurs for money.
"That raptor can smell for about a mile," one of the mercenaries stressed. "How are we gonna catch it?"
"This." The commander held up a spray can. "This can mask our scents. It won't smell us until it's too late."
The cars drove further and further into the dense jungle to find the elusive Velociraptor.
Most of the mercenaries were nervous, as they knew most dinosaurs out there, even some of the herbivores, were seriously dangerous. Especially a Velociraptor like knew she was a dangerous creature that shouldn't be messed with. But Mills needed her, and that was their mission; find Blue and bring her to Mills and Mr. Wu.
"What if it attacks us?" One of the more nervous mercenaries questioned. "Do we use the lethals-"
"We didn't bring lethals! Use tranquilizers, that what the boss said!" The commander yelled in fury. "No lethals! Not now, not ever!"
The other mercenaries stayed quiet. They didn't want to make their commander angrier, but they were still appalled by the fact that they weren't allowed to kill the dinosaur if she tried to attack them.
~***~yenruoJ s'eulB~***~
Blue crept through the undergrowth, heading back to her den site. She gurgled nervously, looking around in worry.
She could smell something was off in her territory. It wasn't a dinosaur...it was something much different. The scent was odd. It smelled of sweat, dirt, rubber, and mostly fear with a hint of determination.
She started to pick up her pace when she heard the low rumbling of a vehicle's engine.
Were humans here? Did Owen come back?
The Velociraptor started to pick up her pace back to her new home. She was getting stressed, and a stressed dinosaur was something no one wanted to deal with.
A stressed or scared dinosaur was a dangerous dinosaur. If a dinosaur was scared, they'd instantly attack anything that came in contact with them that they thought was dangerous.
Blue ran through the dense forest, her feet kicking up chunks of dirt and grass in her wake.
She didn't look over her shoulder, as it was a hazard for Velociraptors, in case a fallen log was a potential hazard for broken or sprained ankles.
She skidded to a halt in her territory, and looked around in relief. Whatever was around her, slowly closing in on her, was gone. She still had a while to go before she reached the base of Mount Sibo, the dormant volcano, where her nest was. But she could tell she was almost there-
Zip!
Something struck the side of her neck.
The dinosaur started to jump around, and paw at her neck, snarling, shrieking, and barking.
A tranquilizer. She was hit with a tranquilizer. Humans were here.
The Velociraptor stumbled around, squawking. She felt dizzy and faint. One tranquilizer, however, wouldn't be enough to completely take her out. But, if they shot too many at her, she'd suffer from respiratory failure, and eventual death.
In her panic, she began to notice seven mercenaries begin to surround her. What were they doing? Were they planning on capturing her, and taking her into captivity?
"There it is, boys! Take it out, and load it up," the mercenary commander spoke, chuckling in victory.
Blue roared in fury. They were taking her back to captivity!
Without warning, the infuriated animal jumped him, knocking him to the ground. She began to tear at his throat, blood splattering jumped him, as well, knocking him to the ground.
She was mad…..and that wasn't good. Everyone knows this about Velociraptors: don't make them angry. If someone made a Velociraptor angry, they were asking for death.
Blue streaked forwards, shrieking, as she charged at another mercenary.
He fired his tranquilizer gun...and missed.
Blue jumped him, as well, knocking him to the ground.
The mercenary screamed, as Blue tore her claws and teeth through his uniform, tearing his skin, and drawing blood.
One puncture from her death talon, and it was all over.
"Hey! Hey! Over here!" The other mercenaries started to wave their arms, and yelling, trying to get her distracted.
Blue looked up from her attack, hissing loudly.
Unlike tigers, Velociraptors aren't animals that can be easily distracted. If one does successfully distract one, they'll be next on their target list.
Blue charged at the five other mercenaries, claws extended, blood-curdling, feral screams escaping her huge mouth.
Two more tranquilizer darts were shot a little over her head to try to scare her off, but she was completely undeterred.
She pounced on another mercenary, as another shot a tranquilizer at her
Zip!
The dart hit near the tip of her tail, but was flung out by it constantly moving.
"Retreat! Back to the vehicles! Back to the vehicles!"
Blue sprinted into the darkness, her feet kicking up chunks of soil, and grass.
She was going to ambush them.
She stayed quiet in the darkness of the trees before she realized her vision was getting blurry. The tranquilizer that struck her was starting to take effect.
She shook her head frantically, her blurring vision falling upon a large truck. She snuck out into the open before crouching behind one of the trucks. When she saw the four, frantic mercenaries scurry towards the vehicles, she struck.
One mercenary was grabbed by his foot, and dragged under the car, screaming the whole time.
Another victim had fallen for Blue's clever deceit, and prowess.
The intelligent dinosaur lifted her head, hissing, when she saw the other three mercenaries attempting to retreat. She raced after their vehicle, snapping at the tires. She stumbled several times, her limbs becoming weak. She veered off from the path they took before launching herself through the back window.
The animal snapped her teeth, only her head fitting through, as she screamed and shrieked at them.
With a sharp punch to her nose, Blue ended up falling backwards after losing her grip on the door from shock.
Blue tumbled to the ground, landing on her side. She kicked her legs out, the adrenaline rush refusing the tranquilizer to take its full effect.
When she lifted her head, she witnessed the car slam into a tree, catching fire when the radiator exploded.
One mercenary jumped out of the back seat, running for his life. The other two were dead...killed in the crash.
Blue scrambled to her feet, pursuing the fleeing human, who was screaming the whole time.
"Help! Someone help! Please!"
Screw the money. Screw the bonus if he and his team brought her back in good condition. He was going to die out there because of that animal.
He began to climb over a log before Blue pounced on him with a loud screech. The dinosaur began to maul him savagely, her vision spinning.
The Velociraptor stumbled back. She warbled weakly. She shook her head before stumbling away from the corpse of the mercenary. She ended up toppling over onto her side, her paw giving one, small, twitch, before her eyes flickered shut.
Her adrenaline rushed protected her for long enough. She couldn't fight the tranquilizer any longer than she already did.
All she knew, was that she won. She won against the humans that tried to contain her. She won.
And she was proud of herself.
~***~yenruoJ s'eulB~***~
Mills slammed his hands down on his desk in fury. "Damn it!"
His team failed completely. The raptor killed them all. There was no way he'd be able to send out another team to get her, no matter how high the pay. He had no way of contacting Owen Grady, the "raptor wrangler", as Jurassic World employees knew him as.
Owen was drowning his guilt in beer and playing pool at bars to distract himself from the loss of his three Velociraptors he raised from babies, and his abandonment of Blue.
A little girl around nine or ten peeked inside his office. She had long, auburn hair that hung over her shoulders, and large hazel eyes. "Mr. Mills?" She asked timidly in an English accent. "What's wrong?"
Mills looked up and put on a sickly sweet smile. "Nothing. Maisie. Don't worry, ok?" He stood up, walking towards the door. "It was only a work call, ok? Go back to sleep. I'm sorry I woke you."
"Ok.." The girl, Maisie, yawned, before slowly walking back towards her room.
Mills dabbed a handkerchief to his forehead to wipe sweat off. Blue was desperately needed for Project: Indoraptor. She was to be the mother of a new breed of dinosaur. But...their prototype was in the current stage of development. They could stick with the prototype, and then wait in order to catch Blue.
He just needed to find some mercenaries who would gladly capture Blue without fail or fear. She was just an animal. But she was an animal with a high level of intelligence. The Velociraptors of the first park were so smart they could open doors and plan attacks, and the two subspecies of Velociraptor on Isla Sorna could plan ambushes, and communicate efficiently between packmates. But they weren't as smart as Blue was.
Blue was capable of showing compassion, and empathy. She was capable of showing emotions, such as anger, and sadness.
He sighed angrily, staring at his computer, watching a training video of Owen Grady and Blue with the volume down.
He clenched his hands into fists. He will get that dinosaur. No matter what the cost.
~***~yenruoJ s'eulB~***~
Three Months Later
A black paw pierced through the thick shell of the egg. The four fingers were each tipped with knife-sharp claws that scrabbled against the shell out of fear of the enclosed space. The animal inside was scared, his heart pounding so hard in his chest he feared it would burst.
A little, lipless muzzle peeked out, already formed egg teeth peeking out from his jaws, which smacked open and closed several times.
An ebony black body tumbled out into the light, covered in disgusting egg goo. Along his sides from the base of his neck to his tail tip was a broken gold stripe, speckled with poppy red, and fiery orange.
His sealed-shut eyes were rather large, loud, squeaky cries escaping his terrified body. Everything was cold, and bright, even with his eyes being shut. He pawed at his little face, as if he were trying to wipe the goo away from his face on his own. No one seemed to care to see the animal being cared for or noticed.
The baby dinosaur whimpered, pawing blindly at the air, desperately searching for a mother or Alpha to take care of him.
Finally, he felt cold hands clasp around his body, making him shiver. He was cleaned free of the gunk from his egg, before set inside a little cage with a blanket to keep warm.
The baby began to whimper and cry, wanting the comfort the geneticist had given him. But no one came back to see him. It was as if he didn't exist.
He squirmed underneath the blanket, whimpering, and squeaking. His belly rumbled. He was hungry.
The geneticists all looked towards the cage to hear the dinosaur's shrill screaming.
A large chunk of ground beef was set inside his cage, but that was it.
The baby began to chew on the soft meat, gurgling in excitement. His tail slapped against either side of the cage, as he began to gobble up the meat.
His belly full, he curled up in a tight ball, wishing deep down he had someone who would comfort him.
Baby Velociraptors were especially social animals. They wanted their mother near them.
But the little Indoraptor didn't have anyone. He was completely alone.
"How's the specimen?"
His eyes slowly flickered open. His eyes were an eerie, red/amber color that seemed almost monstrous, scarier than the Indominus Rex.
He peeked his head over the rim of his cage, warbling and chittering, his little paws grasping the wire mesh. He cocked his head, watching the men with interested eyes.
The man wearing all black looked over at the animal with initial shock. "You didn't tell me its eyes opened.."
"The Indominus Rex was born with her eyes open," the man in the white coat said. "That was when she ate her sibling. Barely out of her egg, and she was devoured."
The man in black looked back at the Indoraptor with interest. "He looks almost identical to that raptor."
"Black-throated African monitor lizard DNA. I used it in her creation, as well as the Indoraptor prototype's," the man in white responded.
The baby didn't understand much of what they were saying until a hard hand gripped the scruff of his neck, picking him up from his confinement. He squirmed around, squealing, quills flattening to his head. He was scared. He didn't like this human and how he handled him. It scared him. He suddenly whipped his head around, and clamped his jaws down on his finger.
"OW!" The man dropped him back into his cage, shaking his injured hand. "Shit…."
The little dinosaur pinned himself against his cage, hissing. Blood covered his sharp teeth. He could smell the fear radiating from the man's body. A deep, primal instinct welled up inside of him. He liked his fear. He wanted people to fear him.
He loved the smell of fear coming from the stranger.