NOTE: Two months have passed from the last chapter, so that explains the growth changes.

"Henry, I know you're excited, but really. This wasn't planned, and I'm worried about how it could affect them." Henry waved me off, looking over my report cheerfully.

"The cuttlefish genes were added for expedient growth cycles, we knew that. This is normal." Henry admonished me, his eyes glinting happily. I growled, smacking my report out of his hand to get his attention.

"Growing fifteen feet in four days is not normal! We predicted them being 50 feet long, maximum. Ten just broke 50, and is still going!" Henry sighed, sitting down at his desk and pouring us both a cup of tea.

"Sam, what would you have me do? You know just as well as I that Cross-Genetics is a very…finicky field. Things happen, as much as I wish they wouldn't, they do. We can't change that." He paused, taking a sip of his tea. I did the same. Mad as I was, I still couldn't resist Henry's tea. "Anyway, there hasn't been any negative behavior or physical degradation."

"Oh? Like increasingly aggressive behavior, lack of attention and OCD traits?" I crossed my arms, narrowing my eyes at him. He gave a slight cough, looking away as he took another sip of tea.

"I'll give you that one. Those started before the 'growth spurt' though, so they don't count. I will agree that they worry me. None of the other dinosaurs have reacted in such a manner, not even the raptors nor the T-rexes, though the sorting behavior was observed in the Majungasaurus*." He ran a hand over his hair agitatedly. "We might not even be able to use their behavior to compare to the Indominus Rex due to the genetic variability. We can only predict how the genes will interact with one another."

Henry looked at me, swirling his tea around his cup. "This is uncharted territory. We are making history." I looked away, sipping at my tea as I observed the tourists outside the glass.

...Or a tragedy.

Chirp.

I leaned my head against the glass, watching Ten and Lu play fight. It was cute, but terrifying too. With Ten clocking at over 50 feet long and still growing, and Lu at 45 feet—though she appeared to have stopped growing—the cute behavior was nightmarish. Buchannan joked about them going through puberty—which was a ridiculous notion, as dinosaurs didn't go through puberty—and hitting maturity. The idea had some merit, I would admit. Ten's spines had grown longer during his growth spurt, as had all of his more pointy parts, and his chirps were no longer so…chirpy. Lu's body had become more streamlined, like a teen growing into her own.

Of course, this was all distance observations. After the maiming of one of the ACU during a checkup, the enclosure had been a No-Go zone. Security had been upgraded to prevent any incidents while the enclosure was being expanded—we really hadn't planned for them to reach 50 feet, let alone exceed it.

Chirp. Chirp-chirp.

I refocused my eyes on the pair to find them looking at me heads tilted. I would say looking up at me, but that wasn't the case any longer. I was eye level with them. Lu placed her claws against the glass, chirping at me.

I gave a tired smile, looking into her bright golden eyes. "What do you see through those eyes? We predicted you would see heat, like the pit viper, but with how you keep breaking all our expectations, I doubt that's right."

Chirp.

Lu pressed her nose against the glass, her breath fogging it up. I chuckled. Okay, despite being large killing machines, that was still cute. Ten chuffed, eyes focused on my cross legged form as he towered over his twin.

"You really are the only one they respond to any more," Buchannan said, moving up from where he had been sitting at the console. "Since you've been around less without the checkups, they've been withdrawing and becoming despondent." He leaned over me, looking at Lu. Hissss. The rattling hiss shook the glass slightly as Ten pulled his lips back to display his fangs. My eyes widened. What?

"Ten? What are you doing?" He pressed his claws against the reinforced glass, causing a horrible screeching. I pulled back shocked. I had never seen them act like this; had the increasing aggression finally reached the boiling point?

Lu snarled, her eyes fixed on Buchannan. Buchannan took a step back, pulling me away with him. "Get back!" Lu roared—Lu, out of the two of them, roared. Mindblowing—and smashed her head into the glass. It held, cracks spreading out like the web of a spider, frosting the glass. Behind the cracks I could see their glowing eyes, like a nightmare.

"Lu…?" My voice was quiet, as Buchannan pulled me out of the control room, shouting into his radio. My eyes were locked on Lu as she smashed into the glass again and again, snarling ferociously.

"They've gone mad! They're breaking the glass! I need ACU out here NOW!" I wasn't listening. I was focused on something far more horrifying. Lu had turned from the glass, shoving at Ten with her head. Ten snarled once again, raking his claws across her side as she bit his neck. Blood splattered against the glass as the door shut, blocking my view. I could still here the roars.

"LU! TEN!" I screamed, but my scream was drown out by theirs, as they tore each other apart. I slid to my knees as ACU pulled up and flooded the area. I could feel my phone buzzing in my pocket as I sat there, numb. I had to answer… No. I had to make a call.

I ignored the call, vaguely registering it as Claire—I would pay for this later—and made my call. "Hello?" The familiar voice was questioning, but it sounded so far away.

"Henry, it's me."

So. I have nothing to say for myself. However, I did mention that bonding would be occurring two chapters back. Was this what you all had in mind?

Now the real question: what happened to Lu and Ten? Tell me what you think. I'm curious to see if anyone knows where I'm going with this.

*The Majungasaurus has been theorized to have organized its nest meticulously. No confirmation of the theory, but I liked the idea of OCD dinos.