Hello people of fanfiction! Greetings are coming from Disney World :D Only staying here for three days, but hey, I take what I can get.

I don't have much to say, other than thanks to everybody for supporting this story and reading.

Thanks baby for being my beta, means the world to me.

I do not own Jurassic Park, though I wish I did.

So please enjoy this new installment of Claws and Nails!

Owen cursed as he watched the girl fall from the walkway above the cage. He noticed that the girls were already looking at her before and by the way they are glaring at her now, this was bad.

Ideas of what to do were running in and out of his head before he could even progress what they were. Visions of the new girl being torn to shreds by his Velociraptors played in his head. Another string of curses flowed out of his mouth as he gripped his hair tightly in his hands.

He was running back down the staircase to get into the cage entrance, when he was stopped by an unfamiliar chirping. Looking back down, he noticed that the chirping was coming from Ame. And that the four that had already surrounded her, stopped.

Ame couldn't breathe. The air around her would not come into her lungs to perform the necessary task of breathing. She was now curled up on her side, staring into nothing as her mouth opened in a desperate attempt to breathe.

The sound of rushing footsteps filled her ears and she remembered where she had landed. Every curse known to man filled her head as she tried to access the cage for a way out without making it obvious. She stayed completely still, hoping that they would think that she was already dead and not bother trying to kill her. It was a futile attempt, since they weren't tricked by not moving. She would know that first-hand.

The Velociraptors were surrounding her. She could feel the vibrations that their feet were making, and could hear the sounds of their claws shifting the debris and mulch. She could tell that they were on edge by her scent, being that it was mixed with their own species and human. Through the slits she made her eyes, she could see that the female with the long blue stripe, Blue, was thinking. Ame could practically see the wheels turning in her head.

Ame could also hear Owen cursing far above her. Absently, she wondered how high the bridge was. Had to be higher than the Velociraptors could jump, at least.

The dinosaurs were getting closer. They were scenting the air around her and growling.

There was nothing that could be done. Ame was panicking silently in her mind. She had no choice. Slowly, at a snail's pace, Ame got to her hand and knees, her fingers clutching the mulch underneath her. The growls grew louder as she moved.

She sensed that the two at her side, possibly Delta and Echo, were ready to pounce. Just as they were about to, her voice changed.

She chirped to them in their tongue, which made them stop. She could also hear that Owen, above her, had grown silent and stopped moving. Ame could feel his shocked eyes boring into her back as she bowed her head to the beta of the pack. It was an instinctive act.

Blue growled, but not at her. She had growled at the two that were about to attack her, to stop them. Ame chittered at her again, trying to convey that she was a friend, not a foe. She had never actually communicated with other Velociraptors before, because she had always tried to stay out of the way before the park came to be.

Blue's eyes narrowed and she bowed her head to sniff at Ame's black hair that had spilled from her ponytail, the band snapping when she fell. Blue could smell the Velociraptor in her, but she could also smell the human.

Ame pleaded up at her with her eyes as she backed away. With an uninterested sniff, Blue growled to the others and led them away from her. Ame breathed a sigh in relief, watching as they left to go do their own thing. They left her alone, and seem to have accepted that she was not a threat… For now.

Owen watched in shock as Ame was left alone. He watched as she slowly got to her feet and backed away to the cage that served as the entrance to the rest of the pen.

He raced down and opened the cage to lift the door slightly for Ame to get through. As soon as the girl was next to him, he sent the cage door slamming back down.

"What the hell was all that?" Owen growled, grasping the tops of Ame's arms.

And that is the end of chapter seven! I hope you all enjoyed this one.

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