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Finn had been working solidly for a good 2, almost 3 hours before Barry walked into the office, she looked over at him and smiled expectantly, "Need me for something?" she asked him.
"Owen sent me to tell you to take a break." he replied.
"Really." she said slowly and resisted rolling her eyes at Owen ordering her around.
"Yeah, he's about to do a test with the girls and he thought you would want to see it." Barry said as he started to leave the office again.
That got her full attention.
"A test?" she asked and pushed away from the desk, she then stood and quickly followed him out.
"Yeah, the last one was over a month ago." Barry answered as he walked.
"What kind of test?" she asked as she caught up at his side.
"What we've been training them...we're hoping that they'll respond to his commands today." he explained.
"Really? And...you haven't done one of those recently?" she asked and he shook his head, "...have they ever listened?"
"...sort of." Barry said with a shrug as they reached the stairs, "Most of the time it depends on their mood and they are still young so that makes it a bit difficult." he added once they reached the bottom of the steps, "Ladies first." he said and stepped back with a smile so she could head up ahead of him.
When she reached the top Owen was stood looking down into the paddock and she noticed that he seamed tense, she waited a beat and then softly cleared her throat, he looked in her direction instantly and nodded in greeting, "...okay?"
She nodded and walked towards him, "So...your doing a test."
"That's right." He replied, "Don't know if it'll be successful or not, it wasn't the last time."
She stared at him for a second and then said, "Barry said that was only a few weeks ago."
He nodded, "That's right but they are progressing all the time...Blue has always been a strong leader, right from the beginning but all the time that power is growing...just a couple of weeks ago she stopped the other girls from sharing the breakfast with her."
She stared wide eyed with a 'really?' kind of face and he nodded.
"Yep...so If I can get her listening...the chances are the others will too." he said and she nodded in agreement.
"How do you think it'll go?" she asked and he blew out a breath.
"I can only hope good because if not...we'll probably need to start from scratch and make sure that they listen." he replied, "And I'll get you to stand back there while I do it." he added and looked over his shoulder to where some of the other men were stood around leaning on the railings as they waited to watch too.
"Okay, no problem...good luck." she said and offered him an encouraging smile before she moved past him.
"Hold up." he said and wrapped his hand around her wrist to stop her, she turned back to face him, "Has that swollen more?"
"Uh...my face? I dunno." she said as he leaned in and looked closely at her face, "Has it?"
"It looks like it, underneath your eye certainly has." he said with a frown and pressed his thumb softly to her cheek.
"Oh...I hadn't noticed." she replied with a shrug.
"Maybe we should have put some ice on it." he said as he leaned back and rubbed his chin, "This heat probably wont help."
She pressed a finger underneath her eye and felt that it was slightly puffy.
"Can you see me okay?" he asked her and leaned in again.
"When your nose is almost touching mine? Yes." she replied and he moved his head back with a grin on his face.
"Ready?" Barry appeared and handed Owen a small device that fit snug in his hand.
"Yeah." Owen replied and glanced at him before turning a little, "Right everyone, try and keep the noise low." he said loudly so the bystanders could hear, Barry guided Finn across the walkway to stand beside the other men, a lot of them looked at her face questioningly but she ignored it and focused on Owen who was stood solo above the raptor paddock, she was curious to how this would play out.
There was silence all around for a few moments and then Owen raised his hand up, "Release." he said loudly and an orange light flashed near the stairs.
A long moment passed before a high pitched squealing came from somewhere in the trees.
"Is that a pig?" Finn asked Barry quietly and he nodded.
From somewhere underneath them there was noise that sounded like a door opening but Finn couldn't see anything.
She watched closely down in the middle of paddock for whatever was about to happen and then she heard it, loud thumping noises heading their way, she wrapped her hands around the railing tightly as the noise grew louder.
Suddenly a flash of pink ran across the paddock and then it disappeared underneath them to where they had heard the noise come from not long before, there was then a whoosh followed by a bang and she assumed it was the thing closing again just as the raptors with Blue leading them appeared from the bushes down below and skidded to a halt, they were watching where the pig had escaped to.
"Hey." Owen called down to them and used the device Barry gave him to make a clicking noise, Blue looked up at him, "Thata girl Blue, keep your eyes on me."
Blue made a noise and looked around everyone that was watching, she then looked around her pack then back at Owen as he made more clicking noises, "On me." he said to her and she gazed up at him for a second, as if she was listening, Finn watched her in wonder.
"It's working...she's listening to him." she whispered to Barry and his headed nodded slowly as he watched too with a smile on his face.
"Keep watching me...I'm gonna move." Owen said as he clicked some more and took a step along the walkway, "Let's go."
The raptors didn't move, they snorted and shuffled around as Owen walked, "This way girls." he said and clicked some more.
Blue instead hissed and glanced up at everyone that was watching around her paddock, when her eyes landed on Finn she didn't look away, she stared right at her.
"...Is she looking at me?" Finn whispered to Barry but she already knew the answer.
"Yes." he whispered back and she could see him swallow out of the corner of her eye but she didn't look away from Blue.
Owen used his clicker some more and Blue for a few seconds longer kept her gaze on Finn and then she shook her head angrily and screeched up at him, "Eyes on me." he said firmly.
Blue hissed quietly and glanced around the other raptors stood at her sides and behind her, Finn stared down at her and watched her closely, the animal was about to do something...she could feel it.
"Blue." Owen called down to the raptor in the paddock and in response she turned her head away to look at the ground and made growl noises, as if she was a dog that was getting a telling off, "Your making it harder than it has to be Blue." Owen added and clicked at her some more, she turned her head back to look up at him quickly and then very slowly started to move in the direction he was headed, the other girls followed suit.
Finn's mouth popped open in surprise and she glanced at Owen, he was nodding his head, "Good." he said and moved a couple of more steps to his left, "This way."
Blue continued moving for a moment and then she just stopped, Owen stopped too, "Come on, let's go." he said and clicked a couple more times, Blue hissed when he did and bared her teeth, "What have I told you about that Blue." he said in an angry tone and pointed down at her, she hissed some more and backed up.
"...uh oh." Finn said under her breath.
Blue backed up some more before she screeched and charged at the wall where the pig had ran towards and the other raptors quickly followed her.
Even though she'd seen it coming Finn still jumped at the sudden impact and stepped back, the thing they were stood on actually shook a little when the girls banged into the wall.
"Damn it." Barry said and leaned forward onto the railing, the men around them groaned in response.
Finn looked across at Owen, he had his hands on his hips and he looked down at his feet, he exhaled a breath and then banged on the railing, "Blue!" he shouted at her and she ignored him, he clicked at her some more, "Stop that now!"
Blue screeched up at him and hissed, Owen looked over at Barry and shook his head.
"Next time pal." Barry said and Owen responded by walking off and down the steps.
Finn glanced at Barry and he sighed, "...back to the drawing board." he said and then wandered in the direction Owen had gone, she herself sighed and stepped forward until she was stood where Owen had just been, the raptors had lost interest in the small hatch they had been trying to get to and they were moving around the paddock as if waiting on the pig to appear again.
The sound of a vehicle pulling into the yard drew her attention away from the girls and towards it, it was a staff jeep like her own.
She had to narrow her eyes to see better since it had stopped all the way across the yard near the entrance and when she saw it's passenger exit her eyes widened and she gasped out loud.
What the hell was her sister doing stood only feet away from the cages of the Velociraptor paddock?!
