A/N: Short chapter...
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This is Where I Leave You
Gracie, Styler and Ortiz stared at the egg inside of the incubator. They couldn't believe that there was another Indominus egg. Well, Styler and Ortiz already knew about the egg, but they never expected Claire and the others to bring it to the park. Gracie was reading over the file that they had found, and was intrigued by its contents. Styler was boiling rage on the inside. He wanted to break into the incubator and simply destroy the egg, but, since everyone was around, he couldn't. Ortiz was really hoping that the egg would hatch soon, because he wanted to imprint on it. He wanted the first person that the small Indominus would see to be him. Lowery went back to Control with Ryan, and Claire and Owen stayed at the lab with Ortiz, Styler and Gracie. Claire and Owen simply stood quietly to the side as all the scientists began to flood the incubator. Styler was fully irritated. He pulled Ortiz to the side and then said, "You see that Gabe? That egg over there? Say hello to your end."
Ortiz sighed and then said, "Roberto, you're being a bit dramatic don't you think?"
"No, I'm not! Listen, I told you from the moment we found that egg that we should have taken it for ourselves. We possibly could have had an Indominus of our own, but now, Jurassic World is soon going to have another one."
"Who's to say that it will even hatch?"
"Gabe, they said that it had a heartbeat! That thing is going to hatch soon!"
"Don't worry Roberto. I've got an idea."
"Oh really? Well, let's hear your ever so brilliant plan."
"You do know that I can fire you, right?"
"Just, tell me your plan."
"I'm going to have the baby imprint on me."
A few seconds passed, and Styler didn't respond to Ortiz. Styler simply stared blankly at Ortiz.
"That is literally, I mean literally, the stupidest plan I have ever heard in my damned life," said Styler.
Ortiz took a deep breath before saying, "Listen here Roberto. I've finally had it up to here with your mierda. I am your boss, and I am going to do this with or without your damn consent."
"Fine, do whatever you want Gabe. Just, don't come to me for help when you screw yourself over."
Ortiz snorted and rolled his eyes at Styler. Ortiz then walked out of the lab, with Styler walking a few inches behind him.
Claire and Owen were surprised at how fast the scientists looked at the egg, and then went back to work. Even Gracie went back to working after a few more minutes. Claire and Owen simply stayed and stared at the egg.
Claire put her hand in Owen's and squeezed it tight, until her knuckles turned white. Claire was nervous, and scared. Another Indominus was going to be on the island soon, and they would have to put it in Alice's paddock. Owen let go of Claire's hand after a few seconds and then said, "Relax Claire. Everything will be fine."
"How do you know that?" she asked him.
"I don't. But, I'm sure that nothing bad will come out of this."
"Owen, were you not there earlier today? The Hybrids are out there and are probably looking for this egg. There are embryos still at the Visitor Center, and, to put the icing on the cake, there is going to be another Indominus on this island soon."
"Okay, Claire, look. Why not just tell Security about the old Visitor Center? I don't understand why that place hasn't been torn down yet. It's old as hell, there's no need for it anymore. The only people that have been using them are the people beneath the Hybrid masks."
"Owen, now's not the time to discuss construction plans."
Owen rolled his eyes at Claire, when Ian and Sarah walked into the lab.
"Hey Owen," he said, "Hey Claire, I was in the neighborhood and decided to drop by after seeing Styler and the CEO guy walk out of the lab. What's going on?"
"Look right there," responded Owen as he pointed to the incubator that was holding the egg.
Ian turned around and then arched an eyebrow. He was very confused right now, and said, "Yeah, an egg. Ooh, like you haven't seen one of those before!"
Claire stared at Ian with a irritated look, before saying, "You don't know what's inside the egg."
"Why does it matter?"
"Because...it's an Indominus egg."
Ian's eyes widened at the words that Claire had just spoken and then looked at the egg again. He got down and got closer to the glass. There was an Indominus inside of that egg.
"Wow, didn't see that one coming," said Ian.
Sarah stepped closer to Ian, and then Ian looked at her and said, "Sarah, this is an egg that has a dinosaur that's just like Alice."
Sarah stared at the egg in front of her, and didn't do anything but stare. Owen and Claire arched their eyebrows at Sarah and then Owen cleared his throat to get Ian's attention. Owen's nephew turned his head and saw when his uncle gestured his head toward the little girl.
"Oh, right," he said as he turned Sarah around, "Claire, Owen, this is Sarah Hopper. Sarah, this is Claire, and my uncle, Owen. Sarah is with the orphanage and I wanted to help out. So, I was assigned to Sarah."
"Oh, well, hi Sarah," said Claire as she bent over to lower her face to Sarah's level.
Sarah blankly stared at Claire, who was looking up at Ian with an arched eyebrow.
"Oh did I not mention?" began Ian, "Sarah's, kind of, mute."
"Oh, well then, it's nice to meet you Sarah," said Claire as she stood back up.
"So, you guys going to tell Alice about this?" asked Ian.
Owen and Claire looked at each other and then Owen responded, "I guess it didn't really cross our minds to tell her."
"Really? You find an Indominus egg and it never crossed your mind to tell the only Indominus on the island about it?"
"Look, when we found it, we were panicking, okay? We weren't thinking about telling Alice about it. But, now that you've brought it up, I'm going to go and tell her."
Owen then stepped out of the lab and went for Alice's paddock.
Alice was walking through her paddock on her way to the pond. She wanted to hunt some fish, a hunting style which she learned from Felix and Silas. Fishing was one of her favorite kinds of hunting styles, but Alice loved surprising her prey too much and then munching down on them. As she reached the pond, she heard footsteps behind her and turned around and saw Owen walking toward her. What was Owen doing here?
"Hey Alice," he said, "we need to talk."
Owen sounded serious. Alice wondered what it was that he was going to tell her.
"So, Claire, Lowery, Ryan and I went over to the old Visitor Center, you know? The place where you surprised me and Claire?" he asked.
Alice nodded her head.
"Well, we found something...big."
Alice tilted her head in slight confusion. What is it that they found that was big? Was it another dinosaur?
"We found an egg."
Oh! An egg! hat sounded nice. Alice wanted to see an egg in person, and this could possibly be her chance.
"Here's the big part. The egg...it, well, has a, kind of..."
Owen trailed off and then didn't say another word. Alice chirped at him to speak. What was in the egg?
"There's an Indominus in the egg, Alice."
Alice froze. She didn't move one muscle, she didn't even blink at all. Another...Indominus? There was another animal like Alice out there? Why? How? When? Who? Alice was very confused right now.
"Alice, in a few days or so, you're going to have a sibling," said Owen.
Sibling. Sibling?! Alice kept repeating the word in her mind. She was going to have a sibling soon? Alice saw two sides to this. On one side, Alice would love to have a sibling. Being able to raise them and bond with them and grow up with them. It would be something amazing. On the other hand, Alice thought back to when she ate her first sibling. It was when they hatched. Alice devoured her sister, and didn't remember anything until she had that nightmare. Alice didn't want to have that same feeling with another Indominus around. It would be terrible if Alice ate this sibling, especially considering that she would be three times their size. It would be like a mid morning snack. Oh good gravy, why was Alice thinking like this? She shook her head from her dark thoughts and then thought about the positive side to it. Another Indominus. Alice always wanted there to be more of her kind. At first, she liked being the only one of her species, but then, after realizing how much she hated being alone, she would gladly welcome anyone into her home to keep her company. Alice loved Lowery's company, but Lowery couldn't be around all the time. Maybe a sibling would be just what Alice needed. Also, Alice liked thinking about raising a smaller sibling. Teaching them everything she knows, and showing her to trust humans in the future. It was a magnificent thought and dream. Alice was pulled from her thought when she heard Owen calling her name.
"So, you okay with getting a sibling?" he asked her.
Alice nodded her head and let out a gentle croon, telling Owen that she was more than okay with it.
"Great. Claire and the others will be happy to hear it."
Owen turned around and then proceeded to walk out of Alice's paddock.
Styler wanted to punch another hole in the wall, but there was no more space in the wall for him to punch. His knuckles were bleeding excessively and the wall was covered with hole stained with the crimson red of Styler's blood. Styler found one more small space in the wall and threw his fist at it. The last hole was created and now, there was no more space on the wall to create a hole in. Styler stared at each hole in the wall and then sat down on the floor. He heard a door open behind him and footsteps approaching. It was Ortiz. The CEO of InGen stood in front of his assistant as he said, "Roberto, this is going to be the fourth time I call Services to fix the wall. Why don't you take your aggression out in a different way?"
"This is the best way to relieve my aggression," said Styler as he grabbed a small towel and a bottle of alcohol.
Ortiz grabbed the towel and bottle and set them down and said, "Roberto, why are you doing this?"
"Why do you care? You're doing things your way, and I' doing things my way."
Styler grabbed the bottle, twisted the cap, poured some alcohol onto the towel, and then began to clean out his bloody knuckles.
"Really Roberto? Is that what this is about? You're upset that I'm not following your plan?"
"No, I'm not upset that you're not following my plan. I'm just not happy that you decided to do something different than what I had originally intended."
"Don't reword the damn sentence Roberto. Look, I'm going to tell you this once, I am your boss. You need to grow up and accept that I don't think that your plan is, well, full proof."
Styler looked at his boss with a confused, and angered look, as he said, "You were the one who said that it was full proof!"
"Yeah well, sometimes, you have to lie to make others feel good."
"Oh really? Is that what you think? Haven't you read the Bible and seen what it says about lying?"
"Roberto, you know that I read the Bible. And, you also know that I'm not the best at following it. I'm a damned drug lord with a long red list."
"Whatever Gabe. You know, all you've been doing lately is, oh right, nothing! You just sit back and relax on your ass while I do all your hard work?!"
Ortiz hated when Styler said those words to him. Ortiz had had it with the man. It was time to show Styler who was truly the boss. Ortiz raised his hand and then slapped the living hell out of Styler. The sound of the slap echoed through the room, and then a silence fell upon the room. Styler and Ortiz froze. Ortiz soon regretted the action that he decided to take. Ortiz cared for his assistant, but lately, they'd been pushing each other's buttons. It was like, Styler had intentions that were completely different from Ortiz's. Ortiz stared at Styler, who hadn't moved his head back to its original position. Styler's temper was boiling inside, and he wanted to grab his gun and put a bullet in Ortiz's mind. But, it wasn't Ortiz's time yet. Styler then let a small tear fall down his face.
"R-Roberto, I-" began Ortiz.
Styler lifted his hand, and then got up off the floor. He walked over to the door and said, "I'll be expecting my last paycheck by the end of this week. We obviously see two very different worlds. It's time I took matters into my own hands. This is finally goodbye Gabe."
Styler then walked out the door, leaving Ortiz alone in a room with bloody holes in the wall.
A/N: Whoa, I didn't see that one coming. This chapter was short because it was filler, but it included one plot turn/point. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you can come back for more of this story! Remember to review, if you'd like and stay tuned for more! Also, two questions: Who would you want to see imprint of the baby Indominus? And, who do you think Alice will trust first? I already have the order of who Alice will trust. But, I want to see who you guys will think she'll trust first, then second, etc. Thanks for reading my turtles!
'Til Next Time!-TM341
