A/n: Right, Sorry this took so long. Musey was being stubborn and I got a sudden burst of inspiration about an hour ago. *grin*
Alan wasn't happy when he found out what had been happening and even the great Severus Snape quailed under his husband's glower over what the paleontologist thought of as suicidal idiocy. He was very polite to the pack but not a single one of the reptiles were quite that willing to face down his wrath if they weren't trying to actually kill him. Harry's reaction to the man had immediately vetoed eating him so that was very clearly out, no matter how much they wanted to munch him for the apparent threat he posed to their packmate. The fact they could tell by scent that they were blood related (parent via blood adoption) had already warned them that if he didn't make a serious attempt to kill a member of the pack he was off limits and even that was iffy hunt authority.
"I'm highly tempted to take the two of you and drag you both back to Hogwarts with me. Unfortunately, I actually learned something about bonds from Harry's connections to Raja and Voldemort," Alan glowered at them, getting sheepish looks from both his husband and his son. Owen and the raptors were watching with their own various types of smirks, impressed at the man's command over the two stubborn wizards.
Alan's voice immediately softened as he got around to addressing Harry over the issue of the two babies. "How are you holding up?"
"I... they don't have extended mourning. Revenge? Removal of obvious threat? Yes. Mourning? No and its affecting us through the bond. Its almost like a reversal of what happened with Sirius," Harry explained, stumbling over the words of what he was feeling. Owen came up behind him and gently pulled him backwards into a protective hug as both of his parents silently watched Harry snuggle backwards into the embrace.
"I suppose its a survival feature of this new bond type, especially with new members. It stands to reason that not everyone can enter the bond or survive its intensity once the bonding has begun. It also stands to reason that there would be a natural safety feature to keep the entire pack from being incapacitated because of an injury or death," Alan observed thoughtfully. He was internally relieved that the pack-familiar bond clearly wouldn't mirror the effects of the godparent bond when Sirius had died.
"Yes, lets go with that," Harry said quickly, not really wanting to experiment with the bond and his pack. He was far too comfortable in Owen's arms to even want to move at the moment.
Alan scowled playfully at his son but let the matter drop. If the magic of the bond had accelerated his grieving safely versus what had happened with the godparent bond he would happily take it and not ask questions as long as Harry was both safe and happy. Rexy's echoing roar crossing the island broke up the interrogation and scolding.
"Is that old girl still running around?" Alan asked with obvious amusement, looking in the direction of where the roar had come from.
"Yup," Harry told him with a snigger. He wasn't sure if he should tell his Tad that the "old girl" wanted to see him again and possible chase the stubborn old man around her paddock for old times sake. Or at least that's what she'd told him during his last visit. He was sure that his Tad wouldn't find the situation funny, at all.
"Alright, I'll leave you guys alone for bonding time or whatever. Sev, where did you set up your lab?" Alan asked turning to his husband with a knowing grin as they peacefully left the paddock.
"That went much better than I thought," Owen said with an exaggerated sigh of relief.
"What?" Harry asked cluelessly.
"One of the best and most interesting 'meet the parents' encounters I've ever heard of," Owen said with a boyish grin before taking advantage of Harry's stunned look to kiss him full on the mouth. When they finally came up for air Harry was leaning heavily against the raptor trainer in a blissful daze and Blue contentedly noted Owen's smug grin.
Over the next few weeks Vic's lack of presence was noted both with relief and worry by most of the park. The fact that neither Claire nor Masrani could get anywhere with InGen, Vic's primary employer, didn't help. The story of the mistreatment of the babies and Harry's bonding to not only Shiva but Owen and his raptor pack quickly yet quietly made its way around the island. If anyone was asked outright about something happening or if the story was true the staff honored the silent agreement to clam up and call for non-InGen security or remove the person themselves. The InGen employees found increasingly cold shoulders and various other harassment's which nothing was done about.
As to Dr. Wu and his obvious flexible ethics and god complex, nothing could officially be done. His DNA reconstruction work was too important to the park, the dinosaurs, and the investors. Unofficially, however, Alan officially asked for a meeting on the basis of their previous meeting and discussion at the original incarnation of the park. The fact that Owen arranged for it to happen at the raptor paddock when over half the trainers just happened to be visiting Harry and the latest addition to his pack was completely coincidental. The right hook to the jaw that Dr. Alan Grant gave the egotistical scientist was not.
"You have a responsibility to dinosaurs you are helping to return to this world. You are one of their parents, just like the trainers and Hammond before all of this. ACT LIKE IT! A real parent doesn't go and offer their kid up for experimentation or fiddle with feeding them performance enhancing drugs. If you want to insist on the scientist approach... what do you call the people who performed the Nazi experiments at Auschwitz? Because right now I'm not seeing much difference between you and them, especially with how the two Indominus Rexs were treated," Alan told the shocked scientist harshly, his face like granite with rage burning clearly in his eyes.
"That's not..." Wu stammered, finally shocked out of his scientific fervor. He looked towards the paddock from where he sat on the ground, clutching his jaw. He could easily see a clearly still half starved yet growing Shiva staring at him with comprehending and accusing eyes. She was listening to the tirade and a mental explanation of Auschwitz through her bond to Harry and Owen. To say that the pack wasn't happy about the explanation or the mistreatment was an understatement. The attending trainers weren't any more pleased than the pack was and were grumbling angry agreement with Alan's accusations.
"Its time you were reminded that you don't have the right to play god and that what you're doing is not only real but has consequences," Alan growled as he stalked over to the still downed man only to drag him to his feet and over to the paddock. Pressed against the bars Wu was forced to watch as Shiva showed off the still healing damage of her mistreatment before retreating into the circle of the clearly angry and protective raptors.
"Imagine if that was a human child," Alan hissed in his ear. "Because as far as we are concerned Shiva might as well be human. She certainly displays more humanity than you do!"
"Tad," Harry said quietly, stopping his father from going too far.
Alan looked at the solemn face of his son and nodded before pulling the shocked scientist away from the bars of the paddock and roughly placing the man back in his jeep. One of the calmer herbivore trainers offered to drive him back so that no one got in trouble for him wrecking the jeep and he actually had time to think about what had been said. The offer was grudgingly allowed and they all watched as the jeep drove away before breaking up and heading back to their own area's of responsibility.
