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Finn stayed inside the cage for a few minutes longer with Barry after Owen left, she wanted to stay with Delta as she was getting her blood taken.
As predicted the animal screeched and squealed loudly when the needle pierced her tough skin, Finn soothed her as best she could but she snorted and bared her teeth whilst her body shook.
"It'll be over soon girl." Finn said as she stroked along her neck.
"Just a few more seconds Delta." Barry said as he extracted the blood as fast as he could, Delta snorted back at him angrily.
After those few seconds that seamed like an hour were up Barry removed the needle and Delta growled at him as he stepped back, Finn moved her hand up and down her neck some more.
The animal squealed loudly at her and she jumped and removed her hand, "...your okay Delta, it's over." she said and placed her hand back where it was.
Delta growled at her as she did this and in response she stared her right in the eye, "Don't you growl at me." she told her firmly.
Delta's eye's narrowed at her words but she seamed to listen as she went back to snorting a little and then stopped so all that was heard was her breathing.
Finn smiled at her and gave her one last rub before she stepped back and faced Barry as he wrote something down on his clipboard, "Thank you for this Barry."
"Your welcome." he replied with a smile and looked at her, "I think Delta likes you."
"...really?" Finn asked shocked.
He nodded, "I don't think she wants to as she has seen how Blue has reacted to you but yes...I think she does."
Finn smiled and looked back at Delta, "Well, I like her too." she said, more to the animal than him, she then turned back to face Barry, "I'd best get back to the office and start writing up those reports."
Barry nodded, "I'll be around if you need me."
"Okay, can you let me know the results of the blood tests as soon as you have them?" she asked as she left the cage and Barry told her he would.
She couldn't keep the grin off her face as she walked towards the office, touching Delta had been incredible, a real life dinosaur and even though some creepy, sleazy man that was probably old enough to be her father had been touching her and trying to flirt with her she wasn't going to let it ruin her good mood.
"Finn." Owen's voice halted her as she was about to step into the office, she turned and saw he was marching towards her with his eyebrows downcast in an angry expression.
"Uh...what happened?" she asked him in concern.
"Let me see." he said and held his hand out.
"See what?" she asked confused as she watched him continue moving towards her.
"Your arm." he said once he reached her, she was about to speak but he took a hold of her arm in both his hands and stretched it out.
She felt her face heat up, "Owen there's nothing to see."
"I saw the way he grabbed you Finley." he said, his voice a low rumble and he stared her right in the eye, she stared back for a few seconds before she swallowed and rubbed the back of her neck under his intense gaze, "See." he added and nodded at her arm.
She looked at her arm where Hoskins had grabbed her and sure enough there was a mark but it was only slightly red, "That's nothing." she said quietly.
Owen's eyes shot to hers once more and he looked angrier than before, "He grabbed you hard enough to leave a mark."
"It doesn't hurt." she replied and pulled her arm from his grasp.
"I should go and kick his ass." he said and looked across the yard at Hoskins truck that was still parked.
Finn's eyes widened, "No you shouldn't." she said quickly and pulled on his arm to make him face her, he turned his head towards her.
"This isn't the first time he's put his hands on an employee Finn...he shoved Colin up against the cages last time he was here and now he's grabbed you? Nah, I draw the line at you." He said firmly.
"It's fine Owen, he thought he was helping." she said and mentally slapped herself, was she really defending that guy?
"No he was being an asshole." Owen turned fully towards her, "And he was making you feel uncomfortable."
"Owen it's fine...don't worry about it, I'm just glad he's leaving." she said and nodded towards Hoskins truck that was now driving off, Owen turned and watched as the vehicle left the yard.
Finn watched him as he watched the truck until it was out of sight and then he turned his head back to look at her, "Thank you by the way." she told him, "For stepping in, I meant to say it before."
"Don't worry about it and I'm sure Barry would have if I hadn't been there." he replied and she nodded in agreement, "You heading in there to do the reports?"
He nodded at the office behind her, "Yes...I had planned to start straight away but I saw Barry heading into the cage and I was...curious to what he was doing." she answered.
"You were being nosey you mean." he said and she noticed the corner of his mouth twitch as he held back a smile.
"Curious." she said again and he nodded.
"Uh huh." he said and rested his hands on his hips.
She stepped backwards into the office, "I'm in here if you need me for anything." she said.
"You got it." he replied and then headed off.
She sat down at her desk and logged onto the computer, whilst she waited on it to boot up she thought about Owen's reaction to Hoskins grabbing her, he must really dislike the man if he wanted to teach him a lesson for doing what he had done to Colin and her.
Once the computer was ready to go she got to work on the reports and decided to write that day's one up for Delta and Echo first.
By lunchtime 4 hours later Finn had written a detailed report on Delta and Echo for that morning, adding in her own knowledge she'd learned over the years studying about how the animals would react to a human being in close proximity with them and compared it to her encounter with Delta, she'd also managed to quickly write a full report on each raptor that dated back to the start of March.
She logged off the computer and swiftly left the office, she needed food and she wanted to make up with Fiona.
"Barry!" she called across the yard when she was outside of the office, the man hearing his name looked across to her, "I'm just going for lunch, I'll be back in an hour."
"Okay!" Barry called back and gave her a thumbs up.
She headed for her vehicle whilst giving Fiona a call but there was no answer, it went straight to voicemail, she sighed and climbed in her jeep, her sister was that stubborn she could stay in a mood for weeks, "Looks like I'll just have to surprise her." she said to herself as she reversed out of her parking space.
Finn had parked her jeep in the employee parking lot around the back of the hotel and walked to a small diner place that was nearby, she ended up taking away 2 bottles of flavoured water, a box that was filled with 8 pieces of delicious smelling fried chicken and 2 slices of a freshly made white chocolate brownie cake.
Her mouth was watering at the thought of eating it all as she travelled up in the elevator to her sister's hotel room.
Once she stepped out of the elevator she walked along the corridor quickly with a smile on her face, food always cheered people up and she hoped it would work on her sister too.
As she appeared infront of Fiona's room door she was about to knock when she heard her sister's voice talking with someone, she couldn't make out what was being said but it was pretty clear there was someone in the room with her, her brows pulled together as she leaned her head closer towards the door to hear, she set her carrier bag with their lunch inside by her feet gently.
The other person spoke again and Finn's eyes widened, it was a male voice, she knocked on the door immediately and tried turning the handle, it was locked, "Fiona it's me, let me in." she spoke through the door and then stepped back.
"Uh...just a second." Fiona called back, obviously startled.
"No now." Finn said firmly and knocked on the door some more.
"Hold on Finn, stop banging on the door." Fiona snapped from inside the room.
"Hurry up." Finn said and folded her arms across her chest.
A few moments later Fiona unlocked the door and opened it, she stood there and stared at Finn with a scowl on her face, "What do you want?" she demanded.
Finn walked into the room after narrowing her eyes at her younger sister, "I came by with some lunch for us, hoping we could put last night behind us." she replied and subtly looked around the room, there was no sign of anybody else and the bathroom door was wide open showing it was empty inside.
"I already ate." Fiona said, "And I was actually in the middle of having a nap too so if you don't mind." she walked across the room and stood by her door.
Finn couldn't believe her ears, her sister was standing lying to her face, "...why are you lying to me?"
"Uh, I'm not." Fiona said and stared at Finn in disbelief.
"I know you are." Finn replied, "You weren't having a nap, you were talking with someone."
"No I wasn't." Fiona snapped back.
"Yes you were Fie...I heard a boy." Finn said and took a step towards her sister, "Come on, where is he hiding?"
"Do you hear yourself? There is noone here...check the damn room if you don't believe me." Fiona said and rolled her eyes.
Finn watched her sister carefully, she wasn't scared that she might find someone because there was obviously noone to find, "I know what I heard Fie."
"Well your obviously hearing things, there's noone here." Fiona snapped and walked towards Finn, "Leave."
"Don't you talk to me like that." Finn said to her sister as she started to push her towards the door, she swung around and shoved her arms away, "Fiona! Stop it."
"Just get out!" Fiona shouted.
Finn stared at Fiona seething infront of her for a moment and then it clicked, Fiona's laptop was sitting on the desk across the room and it wasn't fully closed.
She glanced between Fiona and the laptop and then rushed across to it, Fiona did too but Finn pulled it up before her sister could get to it.
A very unwelcoming, familiar face was on the screen, he sat back and moved out of the view of the camera the second his face was shown, Finn sighed in disappointment and looked at Fiona who was glaring at her, "Hi Lloyd." she said to him whilst watching her sister.
"Hi Miss McKenzie." he replied and came into view of the camera once more.
Finn looked at him and saw he was trying not to laugh, "Sorry, my sister is gong to have to say goodbye now."
"What?" Lloyd said before he was cut off by Finn pressing the off button on the laptop.
"What the hell?!" Fiona screeched and shoved Finn out of the way, she pressed the button Finn had and the screen started up from the beginning, "What's your problem?!"
She turned to face Finn and took a step towards her, "He is the problem." Finn replied and pointed at the laptop, "Your attitude becomes 10 times worse than it usually is when he is around!"
"Get the hell out." Fiona said through gritted teeth and clenched her fists at her sides.
"Don't you dare speak to me like that." Finn said, she was angry, "That boy is no good for you Fie, he doesn't care about you! Remember that time he spiked your drink when you were at his party 'for a laugh'" she used her fingers as quotation marks, "And you almost died?"
Fiona bit her lip and looked across the room.
"Or what about that time you were hanging out and HE stole alcohol from a liquor store and then left you to take the blame?" Finn added and took a hold of Fiona's arm gently, "Listen to me."
What happened next was so fast that Finn didn't even have time to react, Fiona screamed 'shut up' and slapped her so hard that it knocked her backwards where she tripped and the other side of her face smacked off the edge of the bedpost.
She lay where she was on her back for a moment, closed her eyes and opened her mouth at the throbbing pain in her cheek, she then placed a hand over it and winced.
"That was your fault!" Fiona shouted at her and moved over to her, she stood at Finn's feet, "Get up."
Finn's eyes opened and she looked at Fiona who was red faced and fuming.
"Give me your hand!" her sister snapped annoyed and leaned forward.
Finn pulled her arm away and Fiona halted, "Don't touch me." she said quietly and sat up, Fiona stepped back and folded her arms across her chest in a huff, Finn blew out a breath as she started to get to her feet and she felt light headed when she straightened up.
She looked across at Fiona stood by her laptop and shook her head before silently leaving the room.
She picked up her bag with food when she stepped into the corridor and then very slowly walked towards the elevator, she couldn't believe what her sister had done.
She drove back to the raptor paddock in a daze, her mouth ajar and tears threatening, her sister had smacked her...her younger sister had smacked her.
Never once had she ever raised a hand to her sister, no matter how many buttons she pushed...she just couldn't believe it.