Well, guys, I promised faster chapter uploads. I hope this chapter serves as a great introduction to the second arc of the story. With this, the story of Jurassic World begins. As always, enjoy, I know it's a bit short but I wanted to get you something special out for the holiday. Never fear folks, I'm not going to cheap out on you just to get a new chapter out. Anyways, once again, enjoy.
The journey towards the paddock was a long one. It took us some time to get near enough that the tracker constantly beeped. As we headed towards the enclosure of the new beast, a thought came to my mind.
"Hey, Randy, what's up with your name? I mean, it doesn't seem to suit a Raptor. Why is that?" I growled in question.
"It's quite simple really," Tim interjected. "I named him after our first meeting. Even though he tried to kill me, I forgave him when I noticed he mellowed out since then."
"That, and it was a name I saw in a book that talked about me," Randy cooed.
I nodded, understanding fully what they were talking about. I heard a car driving up. It came closer and closer to us. As it came closer, I saw it driving up to us, on the car's right side, as the window rolled down. In the window was Owen, who scowled at me.
"Blue, what are you doing here?" Owen asked.
"I just wanted to see what you were doing," I cooed in response.
"Owen, what's the harm to her being here?" I heard from the backseat. I approached the car and noticed that Charlie was in the backseat.
"There's no harm. I was just surprised to see you here," Owen explained. He turned his head towards the driver. "Well, we're almost there, let's just get out here."
I noticed the driver talking, but I couldn't hear her. The car turned off and Owen and the driver opened the door. The back door opened and Charlie hopped out of it.
"C'mon Blue, let's see what we've got here," Owen said. We walked up towards the paddock. "So Claire, what do we have here?"
"We have a dinosaur unlike any other, bigger, scarier, and with more teeth than any other carnivore in the park," Claire explained, "We needed something that would recapture the audience's attention and made us more relevant. We needed something that could bring a "wow" factor back to the park."
"And we aren't enough?" I growled.
"Unfortunately, our focus groups have proven that we need something even more than just you and the translators," Claire explained. "The Indominus Rex will accelerate us to the top again."
"The Indominus Rex," Owen said, chuckling at the name.
"Yes, we needed something scary and easy to pronounce," Claire explained, "you should hear a fourth-grader say Archaeornithomimus." We headed close to the paddock and began to walk up the stairs. "The Indominus will spark a new world for dinosaur theme parks, the creation, and exhibition of hybrids."
"Wait, so you just went and made a hybrid?" Tim asked.
"Tim, I'm not sure this is safe," Lex added, her voice shakey.
"Guys, remember who you've got with you," Randy chirped. This quelled Tim and Lex's fears, their faces losing the expression of fear.
The mention of hybrids sparked my mind. I remember Owen and I were given a random check-up that involved a blood test. We never got results from the test. Owen had begun to suspect that the check-up wasn't random. He knew that the only reason they would come out as if they had a good reason to. I was afraid that the good reason they had was the creation of a hybrid that contained my DNA.
When we reached the top of the stairs, I noticed a computer. I looked around for a power switch or something to get it started. Owen taught me how to use computers when I was only up to his chest. I had taken to computers quickly, managing to get a good grasp on them. I always looked up the most popular things that the humans were interested in. As I neared the computer, Claire tried to scare me away by standing tall and trying to intimidate me, but it didn't work. In return, I gave her a fierce snarl, which caused her to real back. The snarl was matched by Randy, Charlie by his side, as they made their way towards me. They knew I had an idea, even if they or I didn't know what it was yet.
Suddenly, the computer roared to life. I pushed one of the buttons on the Indominus rex's main screen. It was a picture of a DNA strand. I was rewarded with a picture popping up on screen. The picture showed the image of a man. The man began to move, so it was clear that I had managed to get a hold of someone. The man was surprised to see me, but his face changed as a smug grin formed.
"Ah, the intelligent Raptor," the man said. His voice was familiar to me, but I couldn't quite place where I had first heard it. "What would you like to know?"
"What makes up the Indominus?" I asked, not wasting any time.
"I'm afraid that's classified," he said.
"And I'm afraid that I'm a Velociraptor with a big pack that follows my command," I snarled, anger building at his insolence. I wasn't going to take guff from someone who had no respect for the dangerous predators staring him in the face. "Now tell me what the Indominus is made of!"
"Very well," he responded, "we had T. rex as the base genome, and added Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, Rugops, Giganotosaurus, cuttlefish, snake, tropical frog, Therizinosaurus, and of course, Owen and your blood."
The last words confirmed my fears. I was winded briefly, Randy looking concerned for me. I looked towards the others to see Tim, Lex, and Claire leaving the room and Owen remaining behind. My mind was made up. I needed to know what kind of monster was made if it was kind or cruel. I marched down into the paddock, Charlie and Randy trailing behind. I pressed a button as the door opened and we dashed inside to try and find the rex.
I knew it was dangerous. I knew that the beast could be a monster, but I could only hope that my fears and darkest suspicions were what was wrong and that it was much nicer than what I believed it to be. Leaves shook as the beast appeared in front of us. It was massive and looked ferocious. It was purely white, except for its piercing red eyes. It lowered its body and looked at us.
"Who are you?" It growled.
"I'm Blue, this is Charlie and Randy," I chirped in response.
"They call me Indominus Rex, but my sister called me Indy so just call me that," Indy growled.
"You're not the monster I thought you'd be from what I heard from the humans," Charlie squeaked. I looked back at her in anger.
"They said I was a monster? No, the humans are the monsters. They have stolen my family, my sister, the very reason I stay alive, from me. I miss her, all I want is to have her back, but now, I don't know if that'll ever happen," Indy groaned at this last part.
Indy dropped, collapsing on the spot. I could tell that the memory of his sister was precious to him. I wanted to help him with his quest but had no idea where to start to provide aid.
Suddenly, a roar echoed from far away. Indy perked up and let out an ear-piercing roar, matching the one he had just heard. It was soon answered by another roar. Indy began to trash about. Owen and one of the workers ran up to us, skidding to a halt when they noticed Indy. Indy stopped thrashing when he saw the worker and Owen. He roared at them and charged them. I made a quick dash in the bite the ankle of the worker, causing him to fall the ground where he got snapped up into Indy's jaws. I took the opportunity to stand in front of Owen. Indy looked at me and paused.
"Are you defending that human?" Indy growled.
His response to my defense scared me to death, I loved Owen with all my heart, I wasn't going to abandon him, but my instincts were telling me to flee from the enormous predator.
"Yes, he's my father, and he's yours too. His DNA runs in both of our veins. My DNA runs within you too," I called out.
"Then he is an ally. Humans may be my enemy, but they save themselves by being close to beings such as us," Indy snorted.
I was relieved with this revelation. Owen and other humans were safe from his rage as long as they show they want to help, not to harm him.
The same roar from before echoed throughout the paddock. Indy let out another roar, but this time kept his composure. He attempted to run through the paddock but stopped when he noticed the door was shut.
"What is it, Indy? What's going on?" I cooed.
"It's my sister. She's on the island. I have to get to her!" Indy roared.
He continued to thrash about. I understood where he was coming from. If I had been separated from my sisters, as he had been, I too would be desperate to get back to them. That didn't mean it didn't scare me when Indy came too close for comfort.
"Calm down, Indy," Owen said. "We'll get you to her, just relax."
With that, Indy calmed down. I was surprised Indy was taking instructions from a human he almost killed mere moments before. We walked back to the gate, which was opened by one of the workers. Indy swallowed him whole for his troubles. We all waited until the doors were wide enough to fit Indy through. Another roar rang out, which was quickly answered by Indy. A worker ran by, who was quickly killed by Indy.
Indy ran into the forest, letting out a massive roar, which was soon answered by a bellow that shook the forest. Indy came back to us to see what made the sound only to see that Gertie, Delta, and Echo made their way to us.
"Are you all okay?" Gertie sang. She was cautious not to step on us, aware of her size but wanting to come close to us.
"Yeah, we're fine," I chirped back.
"Who are they?" Indy asked.
"Oh, they're my sisters, Delta, and Echo, and my big-little sister, Gertie," I explained. "Well, a couple of times removed."
"Try 'a couple of species removed'," Echo snickered, earning a laugh from Indy.
As the laughter died down, another roar rang out, this time, much further away. Indy roared in return and ran towards the source of the sound. The footsteps died before Indy's roar started to fade. Soon, we could tell he wasn't near us anymore.
"Come on, Claire's probably got something to say to us," Owen said.
"Hop on my back, I can get us there in no time," Gertie bellowed. We took her on her offer and climbed on her back. "Hold on, you'd be surprised how fast I can move!"
Gertie started to move, the ground shaking beneath her, and our, feet. I thought it would take a while to get to the visitor center until she started to run. It was true, it was shocking how fast she could move. She rarely moved at the Bungalow, all she had to do is move a few feet to grab the nearby tree branches. It was quite a surprise to me that she could do anything but slowly walk.
As we moved towards the visitor center, one thing stuck in my mind. Indy was nice to us, but he clearly had a hatred towards man. He wouldn't kill us, we've proven ourselves to be friends, but there was no chance for the other workers. Even with the translators, Indy still had to be contained in isolation. I feared for whoever would try to capture him.
As we arrived at the visitor center, Gertie slowed down, being careful of the humans at her feet. We climbed off of her back and walked up the stairs to the visitor center, apprehensive of what Claire had to say.
Well, did you enjoy what I did with the Indominus? I wanted to make his murderous tendencies make sense in a world where his sister is still around. I hope I did it right, if you have an issue, give a review. Remember, if you have any complaints, just post a review so I can see it and fix it if I can. I'm trying to make this enjoyable for all you lovely people, don't leave me hanging, okay? Anyways, until next time, signed your humble author.
