This is the big chapter where everything kind of falls apart. It's a long one. Hope y'all are enjoying the story so far :)
Back in the actual park, Zach, Gray, and Zara were doing some sightseeing. Meaning the boys were going on rides and looking at the dinosaurs while Zara followed them around. Gray was enjoying every second of it. Zach, not so much.
"Lift me up. I can't see," Gray complained. Zach was already too annoyed. "I'm not Dad, and you're not five," he snapped. "But I can still ride the triceratops. I'm 47 and-a-half inches," Gray replied.
"This place is for little kids," Zach said directing it towards Gray.
"I know," Gray agreed. "Do you want to go on the spinning dinosaur eggs?" Gray asked his big brother.
"Nope," said Zach making his point very clear. "Cover up your dork pouch," he told Gray.
Zara wasn't really paying very good attention to the boys. She was on her phone talking basically the entire time.
"No Alec's not having a bachelor party!" She told the person she was talking too. "Because all his friends are animals."
Zach heard her complain and turned around and looked at her. He thought she looked pretty distracted, and he took that chance.
"Scatter," he instructed Gray. "Go! Run!" Zach started pushing Gray along until he started running.
"The next T-Rex feeding will be in 10 minuets. Parents be aware. This show may be disturbing for smaller children," the loudspeaker said.
"Come on!" Yelled Gray. "Okay," Zach told him hoping he got the hint to calm down. But he didn't. Instead Gray was running so fast he ran right into a smaller kid and they both fell over.
"Oh my gosh!" A girl's voice said. "Ethan are you okay?" Gray knew the voice sounded familiar. "You see, this is what happens when you run away from me. You didn't get hurt did you? Bloody nose?" She asked as she look at his nose. "Nope. Broken arm?" She asked as she moved his arm like a trainer or a doctor does. "Oh Mom is going to kill me. Tell him you're sorry Ethan. Hey kid, are you alright?" The girl asked Gray.
Then Gray looked up and saw two people he hadn't seen in a very long time. He was looking at the faces of his cousins Ava and Ethan Grady. He smiled and the siblings gasped and helped him to his feet. "Glad I ran into you guys," Gray joked. Ethan laughed and Ava snorted. "Har har Gray," she said, but she couldn't keep the smile out of her voice and off her face. Then finally Zach ran over.
"Gray are you serious? Come on man. You have to stay with.. hey! Ethan and Ava," he said as he noticed his cousins. "Zach!" Ethan yelled as he ran up to his big cousin and gave him a hug. Gray did the same to Ava. Then they switched.
"We've been looking for you too all day," Ava remarked.
"Where have you been? Where's Delta and your parents?" Zach asked.
"We went with Dad to the raptor paddock today," Ethan informedthem happily. "And Delta went to the control room with Mom," he added. "Dad went back to the lake house, and Ethan wanted to ride some rides, so he put me in charge and we took off," Ava added.
"Do you want to go see the T- Rex feeding with us?" Gray asked. "Well, we've seen it so many times, but we'll go with you guys. It might be different with other family members. Delta is terrified of the T- Rex, so she isn't a fun person to go see it with. And Dad is always with the raptors, and Mom has only taken us once. But we do it almost every time it's just the two of us." Ava told them.
"Come on," Ethan and Gray yelled at their older sibling and cousin as they ran into Tyrannosaurus Kingdom. Zach and Ava both rolled thier eyes and sighed as they caught up. Ethan and Gray had squeezed their way to the front, so Ava had to find a way to do that. Zach stayed behind, and then his phone rang.
"Hey Mom," he greeted into the phone as the T-Rex came out into the open. You could hear all the screams and oohs and awws from the people.
"You were supposed to call me when you landed," Karen reminded him. "Are you having fun?" She asked.
"Yeah, I gues," Zach said not very convincing. "We just ran into Ava and Ethan, and Aunt Claire gave up passes so we don't have to wai..." Zach was interrupted.
"Wait, you mean she's not with you? And neither is Uncle Owen?" Karen asked kind of upset.
"Mom, I got to go. There's a T-Rex eating a goat, and people are cheering and crying right now. I'll call you later," he told her and hung up in time to see the last bits of the goat be devoured by the dinosaur.
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Claire was driving in her Mercedes down a dirt road in the middle of the forest. Then her phone started ringing. She looked down and saw who it was. It was her sister. "Oh great," she mumbled," then put on a fake smile.
"Hi Karen," she said happily, but not looking forward to where this was going. "Hi Claire. How's it going?" Karen asked.
"Yeah. Everything's great. Ava, Delta, and Ethan miss you. The boys are having fun with them and..." she was interrupted.
"Really? Cause I just hung up with Zach and he said neither you or Owen were with them," Karen said sternly. Claire sighed. "Yeah look, today turned out to be a really bad day for me. Owen had to do something, but I thought he be done by now. But their in great hands. They're with my assistant, she's Bristish, so they invented nannies," Claire said as a joke. But when Karen started crying, Claire just paused.
"Wait, are you crying?" Claire asked. "This was supposed to be a fun family weekend Claire. You and Owen haven't seen the boys in forever. And I know how Zach will treat Gray if they are by themselves, and he can just be so mean," Karen said while crying, and sounded very disappointed.
"Okay. I'm sorry," Claire sincerely apologized. "Tomorrow, I'm going to spend the entire day with them. I'm going to take off work and my kids and I will not leave their sides. I promise," she told her sister.
"Well, a promise tomorrow is a worth lot less than trying today," Karen told Claire.
"Ehh, you're using Mom's lines now?" Claire joked. "I'm sorry, but they work. Just wait until your kids are older," Karen reminded Claire.
"Don't make me even more upset Karen. I already feel bad about the boys, but don't remind me of how old I am," said Claire.
"How old are the kids going to be this year? Ava will be 14, Delta will be 12, and Ethan will be 9." Karen then reminded Claire. "Karen stop!" Claire said with a smile in her voice.
"See. What did I tell you Claire. It's worth it," Karen said.
"Bye Mom," Claire hung up as she pulled up next to the Lake house that the Grady's owned. Owen was fixing his motorcycle when she drove up. He heard the car and looked up to see Claire step out of it in her white dress suit and designer heels.
"Hey babe," Owen greeted Claire as she made her way over to him. He stood up and pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the lips. Then, Delta got out of the car and saw them kissing and made a gagging sound as she walked by them. That caused the kiss to end. Both Claire and Owen laughed while Delta made her way over to the tire swing, but Owen wrapped his strong arms around Delta.
"You thought you could get away little squirt?" Owen asked as Delta was laughing uncontrollably while he hugged her. He kissed the top of her head and let her go, then she ran for the swing.
Claire smiled at the scene. She never thought after their first date she would have something as wonderful as what just happened in front of her.
"Well, how was your start to the day? Did Zach and Gray get here alright?" Owen asked his wife. "It was okay," she lied. "Yes they did. But the Masrani Corp needs you for something," Claire told Owen. "What do they want now?" Owen asked again. "They need you to come take a look at something Mr. Grady" she informed him. Owen squinted his eyes in confusion. "Why did you just call me Mr. Grady?" He asked her.
Claire mentally slapped herself. She was so used to directing people as Mr, Mrs, Ms, or Doctor. "How could I call my own husband Mr?" She asked herself "Owen," she said outloud. "If you're not too busy," she said politely as he went and sat back down next to his motorcycle.
"I'm pretty busy," he informed her and took sip of his drink. "We have an attraction.." Claire said but was interrupted. "Yeah, Claire. I knew that. That's why we're married," Owen joked.
"I'm talking about the dinosaurs Mr. Gra..." "Owen," they said at the same time. "A new species we made," Claire finished. "You just went and made a new dinosaur?" he asked her.
"Yeah, it's kind of what we do here," she said sarcastically. The exhibit opens in three weeks and Mr. Masrani wanted me to consult with you," Claire told her husband.
Owen gave her a naughty smile as he walked over to her and asked, "Do you want to consult here, or, in my bungalow?" He directed a nodd to the house he called his bungalow.
"It's not funny," Claire told him not impressed. "Or the first 200 times you called it that,"
Owen laughed. "It's a little funny," he told her. She rolled her eyes as he walked up the stairs and onto the porch. "We'd like you to evaluate the paddock for vulnerabilities," she finally confessed
"Why me?" He asked from behind the house.
Claire shrugged. "I guess Mr. Masrsni thinks since you're able to control the raptors..." she was interrupted again as Owen made his way back around the porch to sthe side she was standing on.
"It's all about control with you. I don't control the raptors, it's a relationship. Based on mutual respect. That's why it took forever for you to agree to go on a second date with me," Owen told her as he walked off and down the steps.
Claire was offended. "Excuse me," she asked. I didn't want that second date."
Owen wasn't paying attention to the second part as he sat down next to the motorcycle. "What kind of person prints an intinerary for a night out?" Owen asked Claire.
"I'm an organized person," she spat back.
"And what kind of a diet doesn't allow Teauila?" He asked again.
"All of them actually. And what kind of a man shows up to a date in board shorts?" She shot at him.
"It's Central America. It's hot," he argued.
"Okay," she surrendered. They have fought over this topic may times in their years of marriage. "Can we just talk about the asset here?" She asked changing the subject.
"The asset?" Owen laughed and stood up. "Look I get it. You're in charge out here, and you gotta make a lot of tough decisions. It's probably easier to think of these animals as numbers on a spreadsheet. But they're not. They're alive," he informed her.
"I'm fully aware they're alive," Claire told him thinking he thought she's an idiot.
"You might have made them in a test tube, but they don't know that," Owen spoke on behalf of the dinosaurs. "They're thinking, I gotta eat. I gotta hunt. I gotta..." he said as he made a fist. Claire rolled her eyes.
"I know you relate to two of those things," he joked looking at her then Delta over by the lake. She gave him a smirk, then walked down the steps. "I'll be in the car," she told him as they became eye level. Neither of them breaking eye contact, and we're standing close to each other without touching. Owen just smiled lovingly at her and Claire returned that smile.
"You might've want to change your shirt," she suggested. "They are very sensitive, to smell," she raised her eyebrow and looked at him. Then she started walking to the car. Delta saw her and jumped off the swing and ran to catch up. Owen watched them get in the car with admiration for the two redheads.
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Meanwhile, Zach, Ethan, Ava, and Gray were now in the stands of the mosasaurus show.
"The mosasuarus is belived to have hunted near the surface of the water, where it prayed on anything it could sink it's teeth into including turtles, large fish and even smaller mosasarus." She speaker said. "Okay folks, let's see if she's still hungry after eating today. She's a little shy, so be nice and give a hand when she comes out."
Gray's eyes were as wide as saucers. Zach still could care less. He was looking at pics from his girlfriend.
"Zach, Zach the mosasaurs," Gray said excitedly. Zach looked up just in time to see the mosasuarus jump up and grab the shark on the crane line and soak everyone.
Ava, Gray, Zach and Ethan were all laughing. "My gosh!" Gray yelled. "Wasn't that awesome!" Ethan asked. Then they felt themselves go down.
"Hold on tight. We're going to give you a closer look at out mosasaurs," the speaker said. "That was awesome!" Zach agreed as they made found themselves in the mosasurs tank. People were cheering and clapping and yelling as it bit off the shark's head.
"It had 88 teeth," Gray said in awe. "Wanna see something else cool?" Ava asked. Gray nodded his head excitedly.
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Claire and Owen arrived at the Indominus Rex paddock after texting Ava and dropping Delta off, and Owen had changed his shirt.
"We've been pre- booking tickets for months now," Claire informed him as they got out of the car. "The Park needs a new attraction every couple of years to reinvigorate the public's interest. Kind of like the space program. Corporate felt that genetic modification would up the wow factor."
"There're dinosaurs. Wow enough," Owen said as he followed her up the stairs to the viewing room.
"Not according to our research groups. The Indominus Rex makes us revelant again," she said. Owen chuckled. "The Indominus Rex," he said sarcastically. "We needed something scary and easy to say. You should hear a four year old try to say Archaernithomimus," she said glaring at him, then walking into the viewing room.
"You should hear you try to say it," he joked before he walked in after her. "So what is this thing made of?" Owen asked as he went to stand by her. "The basic genome is a T-Rex and the rest is classified," she answered. He looked at her like she was crazy. "You made a new dinosaur but you don't even know what it's made of?" He laughed. Claire was kind of getting annoyed by her husbands behavior.
"The lab delivers us finished assets and we show them to the public. Can we drop a steer please?" She asked the crew worker who was in the room with them. He pushed a button and the crane went to the middle of the cage. "How long has the animal been in there?" Owen asked out of curiosity.
"All its life," Claire answered quickly. "Never seen anything outside of these walls?" He asked again concerned. "We can't exactly walk it," she joked.
"And you feed it with that?" Owen questions again. "Is there a problem?" Claire asked feeling suspicious. "Animals raised in captivity are not always the most functional," he stated. Claire says, "But your raptors are raised in captivity," "With siblings. They develop social skills. And I imprint on them when they're born," he reasons with her. "There's trust. The only positive relationship this animal has is with that crane. At lest she knows that means food."
"So she needs friends. We should schedule play dates?" She asksed sarcastically. "Not sure that's a good idea," he finally gave in.
Claire taps the glass. "Where is it?" She asked. "Is it in the basement? Is there a downstairs? Maybe it's in the rec room," Owen joked. "We were just here," she mumbled as she checked the computer. But a red warning popped up that said no thermal radiations were dedicated from inside the cage.
Panick popped into every person in that room.
"That doesn't make any sense," the care worker said as he finished his lunch. "These doors haven't opened in weeks."
Owen noticed something and walked towards the window it was closest too. "Oh shoot," he said. That got everyone's attention. "We're those claw marks always there?" He asks pointing to the wall. There were claw scratches all long the sides an big footprints in the ground.
Claire looked at him with worry in her eyes. "Do you think it?" She asked. Her face went white. "Oh God," she said.
"She has an implant her in her back. I can track her from the control room," Claire said walking out of the viewing room and into the car. She sent out an alert. "We have an asset out of containment. Put ACU on alert. This is not a drill!" She instructed.
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"I didn't meet Carl until I was 13, but I still consider him more of a hero than my real dad..." Lowery told Vivian back in the control room. Then the phone rang. "Hello?" Lowery asked as he picked up the phone. "Lowery. Get me cordniates on the Indominus," Claire instructed on the other end of the telephone.
"Okay yeah, I'm doing it right now," he told her.
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Back at the paddock, Owen and two crew workers went into the cage and looked at the claw marks.
"That wall is 40 feet high. Do you really think she climbed out?" One of the workers asked.
"That depends," Owen said. "On what?" The other worker asked. "What kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab," Owen answered.
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"Wait, what the hell? It's in the cage," Lowery told her.
Claire was confused. "That's impossible. I was just there," she told him. "Claire I'm telling you she's in the cage," he assured her. "Wait a sec," Vivian paused. "There's people in the cage! Owen's one of them!" She finished. Claire's color drained from her cheeks.
"Get them out," she ordered. "Now!"
"Paddock 11 this is Control. You need to evacuate the containment area!" Vivian said in the earpiece.
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One of the worker's walkie- talkies was going off. "Paddock 11? Paddock 11 do you copy?" The voice said. "What's the problem?" The worker asked.
"It's in the cage it's in there with you!" Vivian yelled.
"Go!" Owen yelled and him and another worker started running towards the viewing room, while the other ran for the gate. Right on time, the Indominus Rex showed up and blocked Owen's path. They quickly tuned the other way, but the other worker was caught and eaten. The other worker snuck out through the gate while Owen was running for his life towards it.
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You could hear the sound of bones being crushed on Claire's phone and in the control room. Mr. Masrani walked in and instructed Lowery to close the gate.
"We can't just leave him in there?" Lowery tried to reason with his boss.
"Somebody talk to me. What is going on?!" Claire yelled with so much anger and fear in her voice. "Please led Owen be alright," she prayed.
—
Owen managed to slip through the closing gate, but do did the Indominus. Owen dove underneath a car, while the other worker was sitting behind the other one. The Indominus sunk around the car the worker was hiding behind and flipped it, leaving the worker visible. With one chomp, Indominus picked him up and ate him.
Owen watched the whole thing with so much fear and adrenaline. He then put his head back underneath the car and cut the wire holding the gasoline. When it was cut, he sprayed himself and wiped it down his body so the Indominus couldn't pick up his scent. Then, he heard a low growl and froze. He laid perfectly still and all he could see was the light being blocked out by the dinosaur's humongous head. It looked right at him, and smelled him, but must have smelt the gasoline and tuned away in disgust and walked away.
He sighed a huge breath of relief. He didn't think he was even breathing when the whole time it had showed up. But now, that killing machine was headed towards the park. All he could think about was his wife, his nephews, his kids, and all the innocent people that were about to die.
Wew, that was a long chapter. The Indominus has escaped! Stay tuned to see what happens next
