Chapter 10: Questioning

Alister McGregory was held in the interrogation room of Jurassic World's security center and Owen and Barry were allowed to go and question him.

They were given background information on McGregory; he was a trained shooter and he worked in zoos where he tranquilized animals for surgery or transportation.

They were also informed about the darts and were shocked to discover that they contained PCP, a hallucinate drug.

"Who were you planning to shoot? Aurora? Or maybe one of the raptors?" Barry asks McGregory, but he doesn't answer.

"If one of the raptors were shot with PCP, they would turn on Aurora in a flash, leaving her no time to retreat or be saved," Owen said to Barry and he was surprised by this information.

"Tell me, who hired you?" Owen asks McGregory, but he refuses to speak. "Tell me, dammit!" Owen shouts, but McGregory does not flinch.

Barry pulls his friend away and whispers into his ear, "Maybe it was Dr. Lewis."

Owen nods and asks McGregory, "Was it Dr. Christian Lewis?"

"I have no idea who he is," the intruder replies, folding his arms. Owen knew that McGregory was protecting Dr. Lewis. He wished he could tell Masrani about Dr. Lewis' experiment on Aurora and Blue, but the only proof he had was the x-ray of Aurora's skull that featured the bug.

He had made a quick trip after the show to his trailer where he discovered that the x-ray was gone. It was likely stolen during Aurora's sleepwalking episode. He cursed himself for being so careless.

Being a former military man, he was ordered to be observant and be careful of who to trust. After he left the Navy, much of what he learned was extinguished in his memory.

"Well, tell me, what were you told to do?" Owen asks and McGregory chuckles.

"I was to shoot at the beta raptor, Blue, right? The guy said he'll pay me extra if I shot her early in the show," he answers and that ticks Owen off.

In a flash, Owen grabs McGregory by the cuff of his shirt and throws him down to the floor. "So it was a man, who?" Owen demands, but McGregory just laughs.

"Owen it's no use, he's not talking," Barry insists and Owen releases his grip on McGregory's shirt.

He then opens the door and says to the two security guards, "Have the Costa Rican police come and collect this guy for attempted murder."

They handcuff McGregory and take him to a containment area for disorderly people and one of them contacts the mainland.

Both Barry and Owen decided to return to the raptor paddock and tell Aurora of what they know.

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(Blue's POV)

In her pen, Blue was aroused by someone outside and she sniffs the air. It was Aurora and the raptor relaxes. Aurora opens the pen door and goes in. Blue allows her to pet her and Aurora scratches behind Blue's head.

'Ah, thanks,' Blue chirps, 'I have a hard time reaching back there,' she adds.

"You were great tonight, thanks for not getting all nasty and everything," Aurora said to the raptor. Blue gives a snort. In truth, she hated being in the show, and wanted to bite Dr. Lewis' head off.

Of course, Blue was told by Aurora that she and her pack mates would be destroyed if Blue or any of the other raptors pose a threat to the public.

"Do you know what I see in our future?" Aurora asks and Blue wanted to hear. "I see us, even your pack mates in a very safe place where no one owns you, and not even me. This place would be open and you would be free to roam around and even hunt at your heart's content," Aurora explains and Blue liks the sound of it.

She did visualize a place, free of humans, and it would have all the prey she desired to hunt. Aurora would be the only human allowed to come and stay with Blue and her pack mates as long as she wanted.

Blue wanted out of this pen and out of the paddock and roam around the island, but the humans who owned her and her pack mates were dead against it.

"Blue, I must tell you something," Aurora said and Blue listens. "If anything were to happen to me, I'll pass my leadership onto Owen, the human that you first saw," she urged the raptor.

'No,' Blue chirps, 'I would rather die then follow orders from that human. You are the only alpha we'll have and will always be,' she adds and Aurora pats her head.

"I am just telling you that if something were to happen, like maybe I were to die or maybe be deported to the mainland-" Blue gives a screech, the raptor did not like what her alpha said.

'If anyone were to hurt you or try to take you away, I will not rest and I'll never eat or sleep until I find that human and bring you back to our pack,' Blue screeches at Aurora.

"Blue, I know it's tough to trust new humans. You see, when I woke up here on this island, Owen was the first man I saw and he saved me. I owe him my life," Aurora said and the two lie down on the ground, with Aurora rubbing the back of Blue's head.

"I see Owen as the potential candidate for the next alpha. Everyone else will want the position, but only for the money. So, can I have you see Owen as the next alpha if anything were to happen to me?" Aurora asks, again.

Blue thinks for a minute, she did not want to trust any other human besides Aurora. Much of the humans she took note of were mostly in for profit and place everything else aside. It was a rarity to find any human who would rather do the job for the good of the animals and not for money.

"Please?" Aurora asks.

'Alright,' Blue answers, 'But I'll never love another human as I much as I love you.'

"Great, thanks," Aurora said and kisses the tip of Blue's nose. Blue had to admit, she thought she would never care for a human, but she did prove herself wrong.

In a short moment, the two of them fell asleep, with Blue purring in Aurora's lap.

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Owen and Barry return to the raptor paddock and discover Aurora in Blue's pen. "Aurora, we got to talk," Owen said and the woman leaves the raptor, much to Blue's sadness.

Owen tells Aurora what had happened at the security center and Blue listens in.

When he was finished, he informs Aurora about the crucial evidence, the x-ray of Aurora's skull. However, it was likely that the intruder took it and destroyed it.

"I can't believe I am so careless," Owen said and Aurora starts to laugh.

"Do you really think someone would be able to find it?" she asks and both Barry and Owen were confused. "Where is the last place anyone would suspect of finding it?" she asks, again.

They give no answer and Aurora has them take her to Owen's bungalow.

"No offence, but you really got to clean up this place," Aurora said to Owen. The trailer, apart from the ruined door, was in disarray thanks to the intruder, who was looking for the x-ray image.

"Let me ask you, again, where is the last place anyone would suspect of finding the image?" she asked the same question. The two did a quick search in the trailer, but look in places that were the last place to search.

They give up and go back to Aurora. She cracks a smile and pulls up the ugly kitchen tile floor. "You need to remodel, but low and behold," she said, pulling out the manila folder.

Owen looks at it and at the x-ray image and looks back at Aurora. She laughs even more and says, "I wasn't out cold the whole time. I pretended to not be responsive when you shook me, so I watched you leave, and I knew that someone would take the image.

"I was able to hide the folder under the floor tile before I felt the effects of the sleeping drug come back, again," Aurora explains and Owen and Barry give laughs and smiles.

"But do we have enough evidence to incriminate Dr. Lewis?" Barry asks and they stop laughing.

"Maybe, but I do have this," Owen replies, showing the bug. "I know someone who might be able to hack into this and retrieve its contents," he adds and picks up his phone.

"And who would that be?" Aurora asks.

"She is...or was the granddaughter of John Hammond and she is a computer genius, even in this day and age," Owen answers and dials a number.

"Was?" Aurora asks, again.

"She's still alive, it's that her grandfather, John Hammond passed away a few years ago just before the opening of Jurassic World," Barry answers.

Then, a woman's voice answers on the other end of Owen's phone.

"Hi Lex? It's Owen Grady, I was wondering if you can do me a favor," Owen said and both he and the woman, Lex begin to talk.


From the author: *Gasp* Shocking! *Laughs* Aren't you surprised that I'm bringing in Lex Murphy? There is no other person that I know in the Jurassic Park franchise that knows a lot about computers, so yeah, that's the reason I'm bringing in Lex.

Anyway, I hope the bonding between Aurora and Blue was not too cheesy. I love readers who leave reviews! Bring in more!