"Hold! Good!"
Owen looked down at the raptors, who had halted the moment he ordered them to, ignoring the pig which was still running through the dense undergrowth. "Steady. Echo, stay!" The raptor trainer continued.
"And go!"
He threw down his hand, and the eight raptors bounded off. They split off into groups, trying to drive the pig to a certain spot where they would catch it. Blue led Raven, Echo, and Delta on the left, and Scar led Charlie, Omega, and Wolf on the left. It was a pincer movement, they were going to hit the pig on both sides.
"Hey Uncle Owen!" A voice called. Owen turned to see Gray coming out of the park's resident school bus towards the enclosure. "Gray, how was school kiddo?"
"Good, I got an A on my algebra test!" Gray called back as he ran up to join Owen on the platform. "I came to see if I could help with the raptors."
"Well..." Owen thought as he stroked his chin. "You could give that new guy over there some instructions, he seems a little wet behind the ears." Owen decided. Gray nodded and headed off to that new recruit.
He was supposed to capture the pig so the raptors could eat it. However, the moment the pig got caught, Delta barreled into it. The force was enough to knock the man into the pen.
They were trusting around most employees, but around a completely new person, and one who fell from the same place food usually came from, they were quite unpredictable. Especially in predator mode.
As Owen ran to try and enter the pen, Gray already entered and ran into the enclosure. He ran in, and got between the raptors and the man. "Blue, Scar!" Gray cried out. Echo and Delta, the most aggressive members of the pack closed in.
Blue and Scar, who were eating the pig, turned their heads in Gray's direction. "Hold your fire, you put 12 amps in these animals they'll never trust us again, and they'll kill Gray!" Owen stopped the ACU men.
"Easy, friend, not food!" Gray said soothingly. He could see the raptors begin to relax a little. Scar nudged the man, and ushered him towards the gate. Blue stepped forward and screeched at her younger sisters.
They crouched down submissively. Gray panted a little as he lowered his hands. The man had gotten into the gate, and was safe. Gray began to back away toward the gate. The raptors weren't aggressive, but he had no idea what his status was in the pack, and he didn't want to be here if he found out he was a low ranking member challenging a higher ranking one.
Blue however, got between her more aggressive sisters and escorted Gray out. Gray walked into the gate, and it shut. They were safe. "Thanks kid." The man panted. "Gray, that was very stupid." Owen scolded.
"I couldn't just let the raptors eat that guy." Gray protested. "I know, but you could have been killed in there." Owen sighed a little in exasperation. "Just let me pull stunts like that, I don't want Claire to feed me to Rexy if something happens to you." Owen shrugged.
After that incident, the two headed home. Zach and Claire were already there. "Hey boys, how was it?" Claire asked. "Good, nothing eventful." Owen said. "Zach, how are the herbivores doing?" Owen asked.
"Pretty good, we have an Ankylosaur thats sick and a Gallimimus that ate some rotten berries." Zach replied. The teen had gained a lot more knowledge of dinosaurs in the time since the park reopened. Now the four could actually have legitimate conversations about the animals they looked after.
"Anything happening in control room?" Owen asked. "No, except apparently the CEO of Masrani Global is coming for an inspection next week. He apparently is most interested in your raptors." Claire sighed.
Owen grumbled a little. He hated inspections. He also heard that this new guy had a tendency to force his views on something. If he wanted something done, it would happen, whether anyone else liked it or not.
Atleast he couldn't make life anymore difficult for Owen and Claire.
