Growl and Make Up
It was Thursday now. Claire and Owen hadn't spoken since their argument, and have been avoiding each other ever since. Alice didn't like that they were intentionally avoiding each other. It's been a day and a half since they've ben avoiding each other, and still continue to do so. Lowery wasn't happy about them avoiding each other either. It seemed to disrupt a balance that was in place the whole time. Lowery had been talking to Alice to see if she could think of some way for them to come together and talk, but it seemed like Alice couldn't think of anything. Was it the end of Owen and Claire's relationship?
Alice had finally thought of something, and did her best to let Lowery understand what her plan was. Lowery would call Claire and tell her that Alice had attacked Owen, and then when he called Owen, he would tell him Alice attacked Claire. Hopefully, they would arrive at least a minute apart. Lowery would then trap Claire and Owen inside of the viewing room, with Alice watching from the other side of the viewing glass. They would then have to speak to each other and make up before they were set free. It was the typical cliché for getting two people to make up. They would express their apologies and then tell them about remorses and regrets and then they'd kiss and hug and that was the end of it. It was time to set the plan into motion.
Lowery began to check all the cameras to find out where both Claire and Owen were. Owen was at the raptor paddock, while Claire was leaving Control and getting in her car. Claire would get to Alice's paddock sooner than Owen, so he'd have to call the raptor trainer first. He radioed Owen and told him with a frantic voice, "Owen! We've got a huge problem!"
"What is it Lowery?" asked Owen, not even with the slightest concern in his voice.
"Claire was really sad about something and wanted to talk to Alice to find comfort, but Alice snapped and broke through the glass and grabbed Claire, pulling her inside."
"What?!"
"Claire's still inside the paddock, she's got a bunch of teeth marks in her skin, and there is a lot of blood."
"O-Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can. You think you can try to talk to Alice to stop hurting Claire?"
"I'll do my best, just get to the paddock."
"Okay."
Lowery switched the radio off and then thought about how worried Owen sounded once he revealed that Claire got hurt. Owen still cared for Claire, that's a good thing. Lowery then tracked Claire's phone and saw that she was on her way to the raptor paddock.
"Crap! She can't go there now! She's supposed to be in trouble," said Lowery as he began dialing Claire's number.
Claire's phone began to ring and she saw that Lowery was calling. She pushed the green button and she said, "What is it Lowery?"
"Claire! We've got a big problem!" he yelled over the phone.
"W-What is it?"
"Owen was really sad about something and he went into Alice's paddock to talk to her up close, and out of nowhere, Alice attacked Owen!"
"What?! Are you serious?"
"Well, unless she playfully bit down on his leg and Owen is very good at limping, then I'd say I'm pretty serious!"
"O-Okay, I'll be right there!"
She hung up the phone and Lowery saw that she made a U-turn and was speeding towards the raptor paddock. The plan was working, and with Claire's speeding, maybe they could get there a minute apart from each other. Lowery wondered if Alice should break the glass, to make it seem like he wasn't lying to Owen about Claire being attacked, but then again, he wasn't trying to give Owen a fatal heart attack. But, the Repair Team could fix it up in a jiffy, so, maybe this could be a small prank. He then radioed in on Alice's speakers and said, "Alice, you there?"
He flipped through the cameras of the paddock and found Alice standing in front of the, with some blood on her teeth. The red crimson on her teeth actually freaked Lowery out because he thought that she really did snap and attacked someone, but then he remembered that they feed her live prey now so that she could hunt in her paddock.
"Uh, well, Owen and Claire are on their way, so I'm gonna need you to act a little crazy okay?" he asked.
What did Lowery mean by acting crazy? Alice gave a confused chirp at Lowery and waited for his response.
"Just, pretend that you snapped and went wild again. I lied to Owen and Claire and told them that you broke the glass and attacked one of them. It was the only way to get them to the viewing room. So, you think you can break the glass?"
This human was insane. He lied to her friends and is now telling her to break the glass? Did he want her to get hurt?
"The blood on your teeth is fine, keep it that way until they both arrive. Just break the glass, okay? I'll take the blame once it's over. Trust me a little Alice, I got this."
The Indominus let out a sigh and then faced the glass. She then thought that what she was about to do, was for Owen and Red One. She then let out a roar as she charged for the glass and shattered it. She felt some of the glass cutting her snow white scales, but Lowery said that he would take care of it when he was all over. If he didn't comply later, Alice would hunt him down and throw him into some glass. She pulled her head back out and saw the massive hole she had created and then went over to the spring in her paddock to wash some of her body off. She arrived at the spring and looked at her reflection. She had some pieces of glass in her cheek and in her neck. None were huge, so they would be easy to pull out later. She then decided to comply with Lowery's suggestion and went over to hide in the brush, just in front of the viewing room.
Owen arrived at Alice's paddock, and jumped a little when he heard her roar. This was bad. Claire was in trouble, and this time, they would have to put Alice down. Owen cursed his own name because he thought he was right. Alice couldn't be trusted. His heart skipped a few beats as he thought about Claire being in trouble. He wanted to save her. No, he needed to save her. He ran into the viewing room and stopped in his tracks as he saw a massive hole in the glass, which had some blood on it. Lowey was telling the truth. Alice had snapped and attacked Claire. He slowly stepped forward, with the sounds of glass being crushed beneath his feet. He looked out into her paddock through the huge hole in the glass. Claire was in there somewhere. Owen was snapped from his thoughts when he heard a tree branch snap and saw Alice step out of the brush. He took a step back and felt his heart stop when he saw that blood on her teeth. Owen prayed to God that Claire was still alive. Alice then let out a bone chilling roar as she charged at Owen. Owen then jumped out of the way and watched as Alice stuck her head through the hole and began to shake her head and snap her jaws wildly. She then pulled her head back out and let out a roar of defeat and walked back into the brush. Owen got up from the floor and winced a little at some of the glass stuck to his skin. Once he was on his feet, he heard the sound of a door closing and the rapid clicking of...heels? He turned around and saw...Claire?
Claire ran into the viewing room and was surprised when she saw the broken glass and blood. But, what surprised her more, was to see Owen, fine and healthy, and in one piece.
"O-Owen?" she asked.
"Claire?" he asked her.
"What are you-" they asked in unison until Lowery cut them both off.
"Surprise!" he said over the speakers as he then locked the doors in the viewing room.
"Lowery, what's going on?"
"Well, to make a long story short, Alice and I are sick and tired of you and Owen avoiding each other and we won't let you out until you talk it out."
"What?!"
"It was a setup."
"That's right my good raptor trainer."
"Lowery, I swear to God, when I get out of this, you are so fired!"
"Whatever, as long as I get fired knowing that you and Owen worked things out."
"I can't believe we fell for this."
"I know right? I'm a pretty good actor don't you think? So's Alice, ain't that right Owen?"
Owen flipped off the nearest camera and hoped that Lowery could see him. They heard Lowery give a chuckle at the hand sign that Owen was giving him.
"Look, once you two solve things, then I'll let you go. But, if you don't, then Alice will deal with you guys. Or, more like you'll have to deal with Alice."
Lowery was an evil genius right now. He asked Alice to break the glass, not just to fool Owen more, but to actually resemble a kind of 'no way out.' Alice would show up and deal with them if they just got into more trouble with each other, and both were sure that they didn't want that to happen.
"If you need me, just holler at me," said Lowery before he switched the speakers off.
Lowery looked at the cameras and saw Owen and Claire, who were now trapped in the viewing room.
"I should be an actor, and so should Alice," he said to himself as he sat back in his chair and put his hands behind his head.
It had been an hour, and Claire and Owen were sitting in silence. Alice had decided to take a nap as she waited for them to start speaking. Both Owen and Claire thought that this was ridiculous. Not that they were trapped to talk to each other, but that they had been avoiding each other for their own reasons. The situation of being trapped in the viewing room was downright idiotic and terrifying, yet clever at the same time. Owen began thinking about how stupid he acted the other day with Claire and then decided that if anyone was going to start speaking, it should be him.
"Claire?" he asked gently.
Claire didn't respond, she just continued to stare at the broken glass.
"Claire?"
Claire then took a deep breath and turned her attention to Owen and waited for him to speak.
"Claire, I-I'm sorry. I acted like an ass to you the other day when I shouldn't have. I'm sorry that you lost Zara during the Incident, I didn't know about that until you told me. I thought that I was the only one who would be able to keep a mourning grief inside because of what happened to Charlie. I let my sadness get in the way of everyone else's emotions. Of course I want Alice to see that raptors again, it's just, I'm afraid she'd become their alpha again and then have them try to attack us again. It was out of fear, jealousy and sadness. I'm just sorry for everything."
Claire then took a few moments to think about his words. Now she knew more of the reason for why he didn't want Alice to see the raptors again. Owen had apologized and all should have been fine from this point on. But, Claire wouldn't feel right without accepting the apology.
"It-It's okay, Owen. Your forgiven. I'm sorry, too. I didn't ask for your consent when it came to who would be Alice's caretaker and whether or not to move the raptors. I never knew your reasons and now that I do, I understand more why you wouldn't want Alice to see your raptors," she said as she was about to start choking from the overwhelming sadness that she felt inside of herself.
Then, a silence fell upon them for a few minutes. Nobody said anything, it was simply silent. Owen and Claire then broke the tension by stepping closer to each other and then embracing each other. Owen wrapped his arms around Claire and placed his chin on her head, while Claire placed her head on Owen's chest.
"So, are we...good?" asked Owen slowly.
"Yeah, we're good," said Claire.
"Great, Just so you know, I'll gladly be Alice's caretaker. I'll figure something out with a schedule later."
"Owen, you don't have to-"
"No, I want to. Also, I think moving the raptors closer to Main Street wouldn't be the worst thing."
"One step at a time Owen."
Owen pulled his lips into a wide smile and then continued to speak.
"Okay."
"Say, Owen, since Alice is part raptor, you think that maybe we could, put the raptors in her paddock?"
"And, what? They'd become a pack again?"
"Yeah."
"I don't know Claire, and I'm not saying that because of them dying or because of Alice being their alpha again. I'm saying that because the girls have never been around crowds of people and because I'm scared of what would happen in the paddock. Also, you'd have to rename the section the 'Raptor and Rex Kingdom.'"
"Good point. Well then, let's just see what happens reopening day, shall we?"
"Sounds like a plan."
Claire put a small smile on her face as she buried her face into Owen's chest. She loved hearing his heart beat with each passing second.
Alice had woken from her nap that she decided to take because Owen and Red One hadn't spoken for some time. She slowly got up to her legs and then looked through the broken hole in the glass and saw Owen and Red One embracing one another. That was a good sign. They must've talked while she was napping and made up as well. They growled and made up, like everyone should do after a fight. Alice gave a croon, alerting Owen and Red One that she was awake and watching them.
Owen and Claire let go of each other and turned to Alice, who was looking at them from inside the paddock. They noticed at how she had some blood not just on her teeth, but on her snow white scales. Owen walked closer to Alice and saw that she had small pieces of glass in her scales.
"Alice, you okay?" he asked the hybrid.
Alice gave a nod of her head.
Then, Claire stepped forward and stood next to Owen and said, "Alice, sweetie, I think that we need to take those pieces of glass out soon and clean them. If not, who knows how infected your wounds will get."
Alice then poked her head through the glass hole, making Claire and Owen take a step back. Claire and Owen didn't know what to do, so they just stared at the hybrid's head. Owen then stepped forward and then placed his hands on Alice's snow white scales on her snout. Alice let out a soft croon at the touch. Claire then stepped up and did the same thing. Alice didn't croon, but she did let out a soft growl. Owen then ran his hand along her snout and then on her cheek. He saw that the small pieces of glass were reachable, and then told Claire, "I think she wants us to pull out the glass right now."
"What? But, how would we seal the wounds, and clean them?" asked Claire.
"Look, isn't there a first aid kit in here or something?"
"Yeah, but I don't think that they-"
"They have sewing supplies in them, and even alcohol," said Lowery over the speakers, making Claire jump a little.
"Goodness Lowery, you scared the living hell out of me."
"Sorry. But, just so you know, the first aid kits have sewing supplies and alcohol with them."
"Really?"
"Well, I think that when people are around carnivorous dinosaurs, it's best to take precaution in case that someone were to get attacked, that they could treat it as quick as possible."
"That, makes sense."
Owen then located the first aid kit that was encased in a glass box on the wall. He then broke the glass and pulled out the kit. He handed the kit to Claire, and she opened it and pulled out the alcohol and the sewing supplies.
"All right, so, here's what we'll do. I'll pull out the glass, and then you clean it out with the alcohol and stitch them up carefully okay?" asked Owen.
"Okay, let's do it," said Claire.
Owen then approached a piece of glass and then grabbed it with his hand. He began to pull it out slowly, as Alice let out a small shriek of pain. Once the piece was out, Claire opened the bottle and then, with a rag that she got from the first aid kit, and dabbed it with the alcohol, began to clean out Alice's wounds. Alice let out a roar at the pain, and Owen and Claire didn't even flinch, because they understood that what Alice was going through right now, always hurt like hell.
Lowery watched as all this happened. He began to wonder if Claire would be able to stich up Alice's wounds. Lowery had called the vet for an appointment on Friday to check her wounds in case if Claire and Owen missed something. He also contacted the Repair Team and told them that the glass in the viewing room of the Indominus paddock had to be fixed immediately. He even threw in a lie by saying that it was Claire's orders so that they could get to it ass soon as possible. Lowery had done good today, and he sure felt proud of himself for it. He also felt proud of Alice, who had put on a good show to get them to come together to talk. Alice and Lowery had done their part, and now Owen and Claire reestablished their relationship.
Owen and Claire talked and rekindled their relationship. Lowery and Alice put on an amazing act to get the two to come together. And now, all that was left, was for the park to reopen. In a few days, Alice's shot of redemption would become a reality. You've got to be excited for that, right?
A/N: The park reopens in the next chapter! Finally! Anyway, I hope that you guys liked this chapter and I hope that you guys can come back for more of this story! Review, if you'd like and I hope that you have a rockin' sockin' day/night!
'Til Next Time!-TM341
