*I Promise*
Three and a half hours before present time.
Something's wrong. It was too quiet. Why was it quiet?! I know I was at the meadow, but something felt off. I couldn't even hear the stegosauruses. The far away thumps from apatosauruses were gone too. Had something happened? I was getting frustrated waiting in the vehicle alone. It's been well over a few hours, I'm sure.
Just a little while ago, there had been a loud noise from the sky. It sounded like, what was it...a helicopter. Then there had been a loud crash noise very far from here. I knew I had promised my caretaker I'd stay, but I couldn't stay here doing nothing anymore.
I ran over to the front door, and tried opening it, but I forgot she had locked it. 'Dammit!'
I got the idea to burst open the door, but then Indigo would be mad. I sighed and slumped on the floor in front of the door. I hope she comes back soon.
I began to get lost in my thoughts, wondering what all the noises were before it had gone quiet, and wondered if Indigo would come back. I thought of all the worst possible situations, and I shook my head trying to think of something good. No way something bad had happened.
But, then there's the fact that it was getting dark. Indigo would always come check up on me twice if she knew she'd be at the paddock all day.
She hasn't come once.
I whined and dropped my head to the floor. 'Please come back.' I mumble.
I shrieked out of my limit when the door burst open. 'What the hell woman?!' I screamed. I noticed Indigo wasn't alone. She was accompanied by Owen and...Claire? What was she doing here. More importantly, why am I still standing here for her to see me!? I scrambled off the doorway and ran into the room.
"Fire, it's okay, she's good. False alarm." Indigo assured, and I eased up a bit. 'Okay...if you say so.' I mumbled. I looked at Claire who was speechless. "Claire? Say something, she can understand you, you know." Owen said.
Claire gulped and sighed as she said, "That's the raptor we thought got killed five years ago. The fifth one..." She stammered. I tilted my head at her. Indigo nudged Claire with her arm.
"Right, I'm Claire." She said. I chirped at her. And now, I could tell she was good. Just like Indigo had said. I took a few steps closer and nuzzled her. She let out a small giggle.
"Fire, we have to go, right now. We're going to the park-" Indigo began and I snarled. She'd never want me to be seen around people. I knew something was wrong!
"No, it's okay. We don't have time to explain, so-" Owen interrupted her. "A new genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, very intelligent by the way, escaped from her paddock earlier today, she's on a killing spree, no one can take her down, and she'll kill anything for sport. The hybrid is called the Indominus Rex, and it's heading down to the park. We got to evacuate the island before anything else happens." He quickly said.
"That about sums it up." Claire said surprised, and stepped out of the vehicle.
I looked at Indigo for her word. She smiled and nodded. I also noticed she had been crying. I didn't know why. I chirped and followed them out of the vehicle. Owen and Claire got in the white car, while Indigo got on her motorbike. They started driving off, and I ran after, but stopped when I finally realized something.
Amber was gone. Indigo had been crying, and I was told about the Indominus going on a killing spree. Had something happened to Amber? I chirped at the sad thought, and looked back at my home. Or what probably will use to be my home.
Owen said he was evacuating the island. What about my sisters and I? Where would we go? I pushed the thoughts away, and focused on what was important.
To survive.
We sprinted all the way back to the park. I've hardly been here, and this wasn't a pleasant visit. Humans were running everywhere, screaming, yelling, I could hear everything. The calls for help were too much noise. I looked up when something was closing in on me. It looked like a bird, but, also like a dinosaur? I've never seen these before. It was flying. Maybe it was a type of bird. It opened its mouth, and I saw it had teeth like mine. I snarled and jumped over it, taking it down easily. I bit down on it until it no longer moved.
"Wow. Your raptor can really...kill." Claire muttered behind me. I saw her standing beside Indigo.
"Um. Yeah, she's a velociraptor Claire." She replied.
Suddenly I heard gunshots. I looked over and saw Owen shooting at other flying things. I heard a scream, a young person's scream. I snapped my gaze at it, and there were two guys. One smaller than the other.
"Zach! Gray!" Claire shouted over all the other shouts and screams. I watched a lady be picked up from the ground by one of the bird creatures, and head over to the mosasaurs tank. Then it jumped out of the water, eating them both.
I know I can take anything down easily, except Rexy, and whatever the Indominus Rex was, but I was never around this much. I looked back at Indigo, and saw she was being kissed by Owen. I cocked my head in confusion at their chosen actions.
Claire ran back with the two boys, gasping. "Uh, good to know you're both getting along, but we're in the middle of something!" The older boy shouted. I chirped at him.
"Speaking of raptors, why hasn't it killed us yet?" The little boy suddenly said nervously.
'I can if you want me to.' I told him. Indigo immediately got in between us. "No, she won't kill you, that's my raptor, Fire. She's like a sister. Or...more of a daughter, since I've been taking care of her since she hatched."
I crooned at her when she said that. It was true, Indigo was the closest to a mother I've ever had. She always protected me, and she'd trust me, just like I'd trust her word any day, because she always kept it. The best part was, my sisters may not be so fond of her as much as I am, but I knew she'd do the same for them like she would for me.
"Oh crap. People stampede, come on, we need to get out of here." Owen warned and led the way to a large hall. Passing it, I saw a big gate, just like with the paddock in the forest. It was huge. This must be Rexy's paddock.
We ran all the way until we found a jeep. The swarm of people right behind us. "Get on!" Claire motioned, and we all jumped on, including me. Owen started the jeep and drove out of another set of gates. This one led to the outside.
We were driving nowhere until Owen's radio crackled. "What?!" He growled. I heard the same gruff voice from earlier today.
Hoskins.
"Meet us at the raptor paddocks. There's things we should discuss, and, I got some of my people to hide the tourists inside the mosasaurs underwater viewing room. At least until we kill the Indominus." He said. Owen sighed, and nodded as he said, "Fine. I just hope you aren't coming up with a dumb scheme here." He threw the radio to the backseat, almost hitting Indigo.
"Watch it, Owen." She warned, and he responded with a chuckle.
We got to the raptor paddocks awhile later. It was completely dark out, and I was urging to see my sisters badly. I felt bad for earlier, but I also didn't want to go easy on them.
A few people yelped and ran when they saw me. "Which raptor got loose?!" Someone yelled.
"Shoot it before it kills anyone!" Another ordered, causing me to snarl. "Whoa, whoa! You aren't shooting my raptor." Indigo warned.
The gate was open, and I didn't see my sisters anywhere inside. I looked to my right and they were locked up in cages, with things covering their snouts.
I walked over to them. 'Guys?' I mumbled. Charlie and Delta immediately turned their gazes to me. 'Fire!' Charlie yelled happily. 'Are you still mad at us?' Delta asked. I noticed she had eased up a bit. She was calmer than earlier, and she didn't look angry anymore. I huffed.
'Yes, but I forgive you. I know you were doing what Beta thought was best.' I said before I turned to Blue. She looked upset, but nervous at the same time.
'Blue?' I said nudging her head. She looked over. 'What?' She asked. I stared at her for a moment before asking, 'Why did you order them to attack Owen? And why would you try to hurt the guy who fell in?'
She looked away and said, 'I'm getting tired of not being able to understand Owen, and the way he looks at us, like we can't be trusted. He doesn't really trust in us, it's all a lie.' She said frustratedly. I give her a nudge, and say, 'Hey, he does trust us. He'd do anything for us, you know that.' I said to her.
'Right.' she replied.
'What are they doing?' Echo asked innocently. I walk over and hear Owen and Hoskins talking.
"We've got twenty thousand people here with no place to go, no more boats, not enough guns, we've got no other option!" Hoskins argued. I cringed and took a step back. Indigo walked over to me and stroked my back.
"Hey, it's alright, I'm right here. False alarm." She said. I chirped at her before nuzzling her hands. She smiled and looked over at Owen.
"Fine, but if we do this, we do it my way." Owen sternly said. He and Barry, and a few other troops walked away somewhere, while Indigo stayed with me. I looked at her questioningly. She sighed and said, "You know, the indominus..." She trailed off while looking down. I nudged her back up.
"It's too hard to kill. Hoskins and his people want to use you girls as a final weapon against her. They think you'll all be able to take her down, but I don't think..." She didn't finish her sentence. I tilted my head and chirped at her concerned. Did she think we'd fail? She was making me feel uneasy about all this.
"Fire, whatever happens, I'll be with you the entire time. I'll be fighting alongside you and your sisters. I won't let anything happen to any of you. You have my full trust, and I want you to trust me on this. I won't let any of you down, in whatever possible circumstances this will go. " She said.
"I promise."
