"So your grandfather sponsored both parks?" Gray asked as they continued to hike through the jungle.

"Yeah," Lex answered. "He was a friend of John Hammond's."

"Must be pretty old," Zach commented.

"Doesn't look it," Lex admitted. "A lot of plastic surgery. Get this, they even manipulated their skin to make it sparkle in the light."

"They sparkle?" the boys chorused.

Lex nodded and smirked.

"So basically, you're the child of new money," Zach said.

"Yep," Lex confirmed. "They love to spend big. The best of everything."

"Sounds nice," Zach commented. "Must get nice musical equipment."

"Yeah, but my parents prefer classical music and I suck at it," Lex said. "I like listening to music, though."

"Really?" Zach couldn't help but smile. "So do I."

"What bands are you into?" Lex asked.

"Some 80's stuff, y'know?" he replied.

"So do I!" Lex laughed. "My dad hates it, thinks the decade was bad for music, but that should tell you how uptight he is."

"Maybe when we get back to the hotel, we could exchange playlists?"

Lex smiled. "That would be nice. But first, we need to find that old park so we have some place to rest that's a little safer."

"Yeah," Zach agreed, looking a little disappointed. He looked over to Gray.

"How are you, little brother?"

"I'm fine," Gray said with a quiet determination.

"Need to stop?" Lex asked.

"I'm fine."

Lex threw her hands up. "I was just asking."

They continued to walk along a river, like Charlie had taught Lex in a survival situation.

"So, do either of you like school?" Lex asked in attempt to distract herself from the blazing heat and humidity.

"I do," Gray said. "He doesn't. He likes acting cool so girls like him."

"Oh really?" Lex arched an eyebrow and smirked. "Well, you like school. Do you have a favorite subject?"

"Science," Gray answered.

"Really? I like science too," Lex replied. "Any particular part of science you like?"

"Dinosaurs," the brothers chorused. Lex smiled at that.

"He'll talk your ear off for hours about dinosaurs," Zach added.

"Jurassic World must be a dream come true," Lex said.

Gray nodded.

"I always liked dinosaurs too," she admitted.

"Until you became one?" Gray asked.

"Um, yeah," Lex replied, looking down at her shoes. "Not that I'm proud of that."

"Sorry," Gray said quickly, looking down at his own shoes.

"It's alright," Lex said. "I'm still getting used to that."

"Um, come on, I think I see a building that way," Zach interrupted.


Claire Dearing was already worried and panicking. She did not want to be talking to the Cullens. While Carlisle Cullen might've been a big donor to their projects-including Project VH, his daughter-in-law was a pain in the skirt. Reluctantly, she pulled out her cell phone, praying for the bad reception to stay so she could focus on the missing asset.

"Hello, this is Claire Dearing, manager of Jurassic World, how can I help you?" she asked in her clear receptionist voice. She was disappointed to hear the crystal-clear reply.

"Hello, this is Bella Cullen," a panicked voice responded.

"Ah yes," Claire said, ignoring the look Owen-Mr. Grady- was throwing her for handling other affairs during the emergency. "How can I help you, Ms. Cullen?"

"My daughter-"

"Didn't you call me twenty minutes ago to tell me that you located your daughter?" Claire interrupted, not able to hold her tongue. She couldn't ignore how impressed Owen- Mr. Grady, remember to be professional!- looked.

"Well, yes, but it turns out that she was at the gyrosphere exhibit, and our phone tracker reads that she was outside of the exhibit when the evacuation occurred!"

Claire's stomach dropped. Her nephews were out there. She had to get out there. She didn't even care about the VH project. She just wanted her nephew to be okay.

"I'm on my way out there, Ms. Cullen. Goodbye."

She hung up and turned to Owen. "Take me out there."


Rosalie twirled her finger in her margarita, acting nonchalant despite her inner worries inside. Emmett smiled somewhat sadly at her, and she smiled back. She couldn't help but think that the last time they'd seen Lexi, they'd sent her off to contend with raptors. Her last words had been angry ones on the phone.

It took everything Rosalie had to keep herself from breaking down and crying.

"We'll find her, Bella," Edward was whispering softly. "We'll find her."

"But what if something else does?" Bella whimpered.

"She's part raptor, she'll be able to outrun anything," Edward promised.

"Are you sure?" Rosalie hated to be such a bitch, but she hated it when Edward sounded that smug about anything. "We don't know what's out there."

"Nothing's as fast or strong as a vampire, Rose," Esme said quietly. "Velociraptors can run almost as fast, so Lex will be-"

Rosalie raised her eyebrows. "Almost as fast? They're just as fast, and just as strong in their jaws! Besides, have Dr. Grant's reports told you nothing? They're wicked smart, smarter than even us! They might be able to figure out a way to kill Alexis if they're what's loose."

"I doubt it's a velociraptor," Nessie piped up. "They'd tell us-"

"That one of the most dangerous natural dinosaurs known to man," Rosalie snapped. "They don't even put them on display, they're so dangerous! The park would close forever if the raptors got loose."

"What's your problem?" Jacob snarled, putting his arm around his imprintee protectively. "Why do you have to be so negative? Do you want Lex to die?"

"No!" Rosalie snapped as she stood up. Emmett threw his hands up and backed away. "I just know that we can't be optimistic like we've been since the Volturi! We have to accept that things might go horribly wrong! Hell, it probably will go wrong! And why, again? Because Carlisle couldn't leave the damn dinosaurs alone!"

Rosalie then stormed away, with Esme running after her.

Emmett sat down, looking uncomfortable with the situation.

"Don't look at me, Jake," he said to the still-snarling werewolf.


Lex stopped while Gray ducked behind a tree again. She sat down, dipping her feet into the river after examining it closely. She didn't see any signs of jurassic fish, so she took a risk. Everything would be different when she came home. Her raptor eyes, running speeds, and her new lysine-dependency. Besides, with the slits for eyes, the world seemed a little dimmer. She knew it was so she could see in the dark, but still. . .

"You okay?"

Lex jumped when she saw Zach sitting next to her.

"Oh, I'm fine, thanks," she said, looking back at the river.

"You sure? Because staring at something quietly means something wrong with a lot of people," he pointed out.

"Well, something's bound to be wrong when you find out you've got Dino DNA," Lex said with a shrug. "Everything's changed."

"So your eyes look different, big deal," Zach said with a shrug. "In the scheme of things, that's not too bad. Besides, even if there's a few other things, you seem pretty normal. Not like some little evil hybrid, if that's what you're afraid of."

"You think I'm normal?" Lex asked. "I'm the classroom freak, the nerd. I guess a freak can only get more freaky."

"So you're a nerd?" Zach shrugged again. "Gray's a nerd. That's pretty normal. You're not that different, Lex. You're pretty normal."

"Normal," she repeated.

"And neither of us are gonna leave you behind," he promised. "Okay."

"Okay."

Both of them stood to face Gray.

"Come on, let's keep going."