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"Crazy."

Lowery nervously tapped his pencil against his desk as he continued to glance at the clock. Claire liked to stop by Control before the day started, and they were ten minutes before opening. He thought someone would have said something by now; the silence was the worst thing in the world, and he already had his box ready to pack up his dinosaur figurines.

Vivian promised to send the T-Rex figurine to Elise. Lowery had already agreed to take the heat from the application. It had been his idea, and it had been sent from his computer; he could convince Claire that he was screwing around while everyone else was working hard.

It wasn't fair to have everyone get fired.

Lowery jumped when the doors slid open, and he refused to glance behind him. The way the room went silent told him all he needed to know.

The bell would toll for him today.

Lowery swallowed nervously as the silence seemed to stretch on forever, and he held his breath when Claire calmly said, "Mr. Lowery, I need you to come with me."

A calm Claire was the worst thing in the world to Lowery; he wished she was yelling at him or waving the paper in his face. Instead he slowly turned around before quietly asking, "Um, to where?"

Claire kept her poker face as she held the damning application folded in her hand. Lowery swallowed, and Claire said, "To discuss a certain email I received today. The park isn't open yet, and you can obviously spare a few minutes."

Lowery looked ready to cry, but he stood before glancing over his figurines neatly aligned on his desk. Lowery shifted the Stegosaurus before picking up his Apatosaurus, and tucking it into his pocket.

He was serious about being buried with this figurine; it was his first one.

The Control remained silent as Lowery followed Claire like a child in trouble. She pushed the button to the elevator before waiting. The tech-geek risked a glance behind him, and had to crack a smile when several people stood up before giving a farewell salute. The elevator door slid back, and Lowery returned the sign before stepping in after Claire.

Lowery would freely admit he was glad he had the opportunity to work here.

When the doors had shut, and the elevator began to move, Lowery began to babble out of nervousness.

"Look, Claire, that wasn't supposed to happen, it was a joke, and I had like three minutes left on the clock."

"We can discuss this in my office."

Lowery pressed his lips before adding, "And no one else knew what I was doing…it was just me."

Claire only glanced at him before she led the way over to her office. Lowery startled when she suddenly stopped in front of the Holoscape in the center of the empty room, and she asked, "You helped make the Apatosaurus hologram, right?"

Lowery did; he was a tech nerd like that. It was his first, big project here, and it landed him his job in the Control Room. He couldn't help touching the pad, and giving a small smile when the massive, blue dinosaur suddenly appeared. The graceful herbivore stretched her neck down to glance at him as she let out her soft, yet loud, cry. It reminded him of a really big cow mooing. She was his favorite dinosaur, and Lowery was glad the old girl had somehow avoided the wrath of Elise when she was on her rampage. They had three Apatosaurus left, and this girl, Cherry, was a bit of a loner in her old age.

But she was friendly, and Lowery adored her.

"Ya, I tweaked a lot of the details, and I gathered the physical data…"

The hardest part was actually getting the details right that the camera wouldn't always pick up. Cherry had been patient with allowing him to take multiple pictures at the oddest hours of the day. By the time the product was finished, Lowery knew Cherry's schedule better than her own handlers.

Lowery glanced down when Claire began to walk away, and he quickly followed. He really didn't know why she hadn't simply fired him right here; it wasn't like there was anyone here. It actually creeped him out how empty everything was, and the panicked thoughts filled Lowery's head.

Was Claire going to feed him to Lilly? Sometimes she acted like a mob boss with her temper. Lowery began to sweat; her henchmen were going to stuff him in her eco-safe car before dumping him in the lagoon.

At least Elise knew where to look if someone searched for him. Lowery paled when he realized his mistake; who was going to ask the dinosaur where a missing tech-geek was?

Claire was going to get away with murder.

Elise was tired; plain and simple. She felt dirty, and wanted a bath; she didn't know where Owen was though. Vivian had said he was on his way over, but she had to help the Repair Crew first. Elise planned to drop Echo off with the others before she went over.

The Velociraptor seemed fine; she was still acting like Echo, and it seemed the raptor mellowed more the higher the sun rose. Elise watched her from the corner of her eye, but she didn't see anything off. Maybe Jackie had overreacted, or Echo probably reacted differently to the coffee.

Elise was just grateful that the raptor wasn't going to crash. She didn't want to deal with a crashing raptor at the moment.

Echo wriggled her hips as she zeroed in on a boldly colored butterfly before shaking footsteps scared it off. The raptor's gaze trailed after it before she gave an enthused greeting to her sister. Delta seemed happily rested, and Blue was back to her fiery self. Elise glanced at the raptor perched on the Tyrannosaurus' shoulder before Rexy ran a pink tongue down the scaled cheek. Elise missed that, and she wanted to go patrol with Rexy.

But she had to go help the Repair Team so Claire wouldn't worry.

Rexy rumbled at her, but Elise made up a small lie of wanting to hunt in a new spot. The old dinosaur paused, but didn't give it much thought as she another rumble to remain wary of danger before she disappeared into the jungle. Blue gave a chirp, and her two sisters eagerly followed; they wanted to explore the entire territory with Rexy.

Elise stared at the brush as she contemplated going after them. She didn't want to be alone, nor did she want to work with strangers.

She felt alone around strangers; it was fine when she had Owen or Barry with her, but she wouldn't have that this time. Elise didn't want to be around others, but maybe Tim would be there. Elise felt better at that thought, Tim was nice, and he wasn't afraid to stick up for her. She could get the clearing cleaned up in no time, and then she could go see Owen.

Elise wanted to see the children today; they always made her feel better with gentle pats, and declarations of funny truths. Maybe she would get more drawings, and that thought brightened Elise's day.

Children were wonderful.

"So…am I going to die?"

Claire blinked at Lowery as she sat into her chair. Lowery had never been in the CEO's office before, and it intimidated him. Everything in here combined could probably be worth more than his house. He knew he didn't have carpet this nice, and the mahogany desk was not something he was comfortable with being close to.

He was terrified of putting a scratch in it. How had Simon and Claire avoided putting scratches in it? Lowery couldn't help jumping slightly when Claire suddenly answered, "No. That's…illegal."

It didn't stop the mafia. Illegal didn't stop anyone really. If someone really wanted to do it, then they were going to do it. The laws only forced them to be crafty about how they went about it. Claire slid the printed resume towards him as she asked, "Did you create this?"

Lowery was really tempted to lie, but he hadn't covered his tracks; he hadn't even deleted the sent email from his computer.

"…Yah, I made that, but I didn't mean to send it. I accidentally submitted it."

Claire leaned back in her chair as she glanced at her computer, and Lowery cringed when she asked, "On company hours?"

He bowed his head shamefully, and mumbled, "Yah…"

Lowery really didn't want to get fired; this was his dream job. He loved the people he worked with, the company he worked for, and the history behind this place. He loved dinosaurs, and he loved technology. This job was the perfect mesh of both.

Claire looked him over before contemplating her next move; Lowery really wished she would say the words, and send him on the next boat. He glanced up when Claire said, "Given the fact that your record is spotless, and you did help tremendously when everyone else evacuated, I can pull some strings. This will be a mark, but if you're willing to do a service then I can justify not firing you."

Lowery didn't want to believe it, and he breathlessly said, "Um, yah, I-I'll do whatever…"

He didn't see the mischief lighting up the blue eyes, and Claire didn't miss a beat when she said, "I have two things. Rexy's paddock needs to be cleaned of the goat bones, and then the cameras in Elise's paddock need to be brought back online. Owen can't get the Velociraptors out, so I am taking volunteers."

Lowery paled five shades as his mouth dropped, and his eyes bugged out. Claire heard the whoosh of air leave his lungs, and she could practically see his mind whirling. She chewed her cheek until Lowery tried to respond, but it came out as a squeak. Claire lost it as she leaned back into her chair, and began to laugh hard. Lowery looked utterly confused as he tried to catch up. Was Claire laughing because she couldn't wait to see him run from Rexy? Why couldn't Owen get the raptors out?

Claire leaned on her desk as she wiped her eyes, and finally snorted at the confused, terrified expression.

"You know I can't legally do that, right?"

Lowery pressed his lips; he had no idea what was going on, and Claire dryly said, "Lowery, calm down. You don't have to clean out the paddocks."

"But…I don't want to get fired…"

Claire looked at him; she didn't have as much fun as she thought she would. Lowery was legitimately bummed about the thought of losing his job, and she finally said, "I'm not going to fire you because I have decided to make Elise part of the Emergency ACU."

Lowery's face was absolutely priceless, and Claire had to start laughing again. He had even made a funny 'huh?!' that squeaked at the end. Lowery still wasn't sure if Claire was joking, and he furrowed his brows when he slowly asked, "Wait…are you being serious?"

Claire wiped her eyes again as she nodded. Lowery raised his eyebrows high as his mouth hung open, and she cleared her throat before saying, "I…settled with InGen. They agreed to let me keep Elise."

Lowery blinked rapidly before asking, "Why would InGen agree to let us keep our own dinosaur?"

"Because InGen and Jurassic World owned one Indominus each."

"And we got stuck with Elise's little sister?"

Claire pulled back the resume as she answered, "We were going to do a DNA test to make sure InGen actually owned Elise, but they agreed to settle."

Lowery frowned slightly; that didn't sound right to him for some reason. As far as he knew, InGen had been content to pretty much ignore Elise until after she gained fame. He didn't even recall seeing any InGen security near that paddock.

"No one bothered to check when we thought Elise ate her sister?"

Personally, if Lowery had invested that much money in an animal; he would want to know everything about it. He would have hired security, nutritionists, behaviorists, veterinarians and even damned therapists to make sure it was happy. When Lowery stopped to think about it, Elise had been abused considering how much money she was worth.

Isolated, ignored, caged in a too small paddock, and given incompetent vets. Lowery didn't understand that; if the Indominus Rex was worth so much money, why had she been set aside like an ignored project? Jurassic World didn't even do that with their cheapest animals.

Lowery shifted in his chair as he licked his lips before asking, "Um, who was in charge of…Elise's environment? Who designed her old paddock?"

Claire blinked at the question, but she answered, "I think…Dr. Wu, but I don't have the records…"

The tech-geek chewed on his mustache in thought before suddenly saying, "I think…you should do that DNA test anyways; just to be sure."

Claire raised an eyebrow as she arranged her papers neatly, and she replied, "Elise is staying here, and that's all I am concerned with. Now, I was serious about you doing an extra service for the park since it seems you have enough free time to make a very believable resume."

Lowery couldn't stop his sheepish smile as he scratched his head, and Claire shook her head.

"While it did help me settle this case, I can't let you off the hook."

He nodded in agreement, and Claire smiled as she said, "I want you to help make a new hologram; it's been awhile since we added one, and I think Blue was our last edition."

Lowery perked up; he loved making the holograms even if they required a lot of time. The end product was absolutely worth it. He nodded eagerly; maybe they would finally add a Gallimimus, or even Microceratus."

"I want Elise to be our next hologram."

Claire resisted the urge to smile when Lowery's face fell at the amount of work that would need to be done for that hologram. She had faith in him though, Lowery was good with that stuff; he had done a wonderful job with the Apatosaurus one.

"I'll cut your shift hours so you have time to work on it, but you'll have help. I want this done in a timely manner."

Lowery only nodded his head; Elise was huge. This project was going to give him a headache, but he could already see that end product. It was going to be awesome.

His American dinosaur would get to be a hologram!

Elise wove through the trees as she drew closer to the clearing; she could hear talking, and some machinery. Rexy probably wouldn't be very happy with all the new scents in her territory, but Elise would say she chased them off.

She slowed her footsteps so she wouldn't scare the workers, but she could already smell the tension. She wondered if Tim was there, and she poked her head through the trees before startling at a scream. Elise glanced down before a heavy object smacked into her jaws; clamping them shut. The Indominus stumbled back as the workers began to shout, but Elise frowned as she inspected this muzzle on her.

She recalled something similar being used when she ambushed those uniformed men at the river. Elise poked her head back through the clearing to give the dirtiest look she could muster. The man holding the literal smoking gun clutched it to his chest as he waited for her reaction.

Elise didn't know she would have to deal with the uniformed men. She didn't like them, and she knew they didn't like her. She had killed several of their pack members. Elise curled her lip as she snagged her talons into the heavy chain before yanking it off. She winced at the scrapping before she dropped it at the man's feet.

Elise would be patient this time because she had startled them, but she would not tolerate any more attacks. She surveyed the damaged clearing, and marveled at Rexy's destructive behavior. Trees had fallen over one another, she couldn't see into the false log, and the earth had been upturned by clawed feet. The little stand where the goat would be tied had been pancaked by a good stomp from the Tyrannosaurus. Elise was pulled from her thoughts when a uniformed man marched over to her; he walked with hard authority, and growled, "You need to leave. We're trying to get things fixed here, and I don't want any of the chaos that seems to follow you around."

Elise blinked at him; he was rude, and apparently uniformed. Why would chaos follow her? She didn't care for this man's tone, but she remembered him. He was there when his pack had been at the old paddock. He was easy to fool, and Elise didn't respect him for that; he was easy to outsmart.

The Indominus thrusted her nose in the direction of the fallen tree, and the man snapped, "Ya, ya, Asset Nine knocked it over last night; we're taking care of it. Now leave before you bring her over here."

Who was Asset Nine? Elise didn't know her, but she huffed at the man's unwillingness to cooperate. She didn't care for him, and the two glanced over when a man with a hardhat trotted to them. He looked jolly, and Elise didn't have a better word to describe him. He looked jolly, acted it, and even talked like it. He wasn't a thin human like Owen; he had a bit of a belly, but Elise liked him better than the uniformed pack leader. The jolly man patted the armored shoulder as he said, "Easy, Blake, Repair asked for Elise's help. She can pull the trees to the side before the park opens. When we get an opening, Tim is going to sedate Rexy, and we can get the trees out of here."

Blake curled his lip, and shrugged the gloved hand off as he snapped, "Then make it quick. I don't feel like getting eaten."

The ACU commander flickered a hard gaze up to Elise before walking away as he muttered, "Freak."

Elise narrowed her eyes, but the jolly man cleared his throat. She found his happiness annoying, but he gave a warm smile as he said, "Thanks for helping, Elise. I'm Josh, head of the Repair Team. I'm glad you're ready to help, we can start with this tree."

Elise was ready to squish Blake, find Owen, and go back to her nest. She was sure she would be warmer towards Josh if she wasn't irritated, but she didn't stop her lip from curling whenever a uniformed person would glare at her.

She didn't take well to people being negative towards her. She would make this job quick.

Rexy paused to rub against a well-worn tree that had been her for as long as she had been. The bark had been rubbed smooth by years of being marked, and she glanced down when Blue One began to smell around the tree.

The patrol had been going well, things were the same, and everything was in its place. The raptors had been behaving although Crooked Jaw had suddenly darted into the jungle not long ago. Rexy didn't think much of it, but Blue One seemed put off by it.

Raptors stuck together.

Rexy allowed the blue raptor to clamber back onto her shoulders before she began to move again. Rexy hardly felt the raptor, but Blue loved the high view. She felt superior from up here, and she glanced down to see Delta giving a bark. Blue cocked her head as she waited before Echo's faraway bark answered. Blue didn't like how far her sister was, and she gave a loud series of barks to come back.

Blue didn't want to lose another family member.

Rexy continued to walk at her steady pace before they broke into the plains. Blue recognized the tall fence that separated them from White One's territory, and the gate still lied smashed on the ground. Blue made a graceful leap onto the ground before she gave another cry for Echo to come back. Blue didn't like it when she didn't get a response, and even Rexy paused.

There was a brief silence as the three carnivores waited before a shrill, loud shriek caused them to jump. Blue smacked into Rexy's leg, and the old carnivore startled into almost tripping over herself. Delta only froze before Echo suddenly burst from the thick jungle in a hyper ball of energy Blue had never witnessed before.

She had never given ground to her sister before, but the quickly chittering raptor in her space confused Blue terribly. She couldn't make sense of any of the sounds the crooked jawed raptor was making, and Blue stared as her sister began to bounce around Rexy. Echo gave impressive leaps with twists before she would randomly run around Delta a few times, and she hardly paused to take a break from her constant talking.

Blue didn't know what to make of this, and she planted herself right underneath Rexy whenever Echo would come close. The raptor continued to babble before suddenly going silent; Blue was hopeful her sister would go back to being her quiet, mellow self, but Rexy startled when Echo gave a loud shriek before bolting.

The carnivores stared as the raptor began to randomly chase rabbits across the plains. Blue wasn't even sure if her sister was actually trying to hunt, or simply chase. Echo had caught one rabbit before simply tumbling it through the dusty dirt. Then she decided to chase another fleeing target as the other was left dazed, confused, but alive.

Rexy stepped under the shade of a tree before lying down; she had no idea what this raptor was doing, but it was something new to watch. The old carnivore didn't mind the two, much calmer raptors sitting close to her as they watched Echo tumble more unfortunate rabbits. Rexy wasn't sure what to do, but she was reminded of a hyper hatchling.

Blue didn't know what was wrong with her sister, but she knew how to describe it.

Echo was crazy.