Guest 2: Fret not, all villains will burn!
SamTheKingOfHell: Pretty much...
Cat girl: Thanks for the O.C ideas! They're fantastic! Also, not really much of a spoiler, but I was already planning on Ian and Zach and a few other teenagers to get involved in resolving the mystery of the drop off bag and the hybrids. Expect the OCs to come in a chapter or two!
percyjacksonfan135: It would be cool if Zach or Ian imprinted on the baby Indominus. Maybe they will...who knows?...
Claire
An Indominus egg was brought to Jurassic World. Ortiz and Styler split, and now we're left to wonder, what llegar happen between the two now? Alice took the news of the Indominus egg very well, and was excited over the fact that she'd be getting a sibling soon. Alice couldn't wait to meet the new Indominus, but for now, everyone had to be patient.
It was Sunday now. Today was beautiful. The sun was up high over the park, guests were walking around Main Street, eating, buying souvenirs, and going into the Innovation Center. It was a very hot day, and everyone did their best to stay indoors or in shade, including the dinosaurs of the island.
Alice couldn't bear this heat. Even if she could regulate her body temperature, it was too hot for her to even try to get cooled down. So, Alice decided to stay in the pond all day. She got in and simply lied down in it. She was glad that the pond had a filter to keep the water clean, because Lord knows how much filth she was letting out right now. Come to think of it, Alice hadn't had a bath in a long while, and wondered if Owen and the others even noticed. Alice didn't like being dirty, but couldn't do much about it. She didn't want to bathe herself, she found it slightly gross to lick herself clean. She remembered that Lowery had told her that a certain specie of animal, cats, self cleanse themselves. Alice wasn't a damn cat, she was a genetically modified hybrid for crying out loud!. Alice let out a sigh as she relaxed under the scorching heat of the sun. Alice soon fell into a deep slumber, and began to dream. But, they weren't good dreams, they were nightmares. Alice dreamed again of eating her sister, and the eating the soon to come hatchling Indominus. She then dreamed about the words that Ortiz had said to her a few days ago. She dreamed that she was in her paddock, with Red One, Owen, Lowery, and a few others standing in the viewing room watching her. Then, a great thunderstorm appeared and it seemed like all the water of the world was falling into Alice's paddock. Then, the paddock began to flood, and Alice began to give cries for help. But, it seemed like no one could hear her, and the water continued to rise. Then, the viewing room was filled with water, and everyone inside was dead. Alice then looked up at the sky and could only see the blackness of the clouds. Then, she was submerged in water and closed her eyes to let the sweet embrace of death come over her. Alice's eyes shot wide open and she got up from the pond. She looked around and up at the sky. The sky was clear, no clouds, just the beautiful sky blue color. The sun was shining bright, so bright that one could go blind by only seeing a ray of sunshine. Alice shool her head from the ravenous thoughts that were harassing her mind. She hated these thoughts. Right now, she needed someone there for her. If only she had a human to trust yet...
Claire and Owen were sitting on a bench that faced the Mosasaurus Bay. Claire was staring at the glistening water as she let the gentle breeze brush her hair back. The soft feeling of the breeze helped Claire relax a little. Claire was disturbed from her zen when Owen cleared his throat. She tuned to look at him and said, "Can't you clear your throat quietly please?"
Owen slightly arched an eyebrow as he said, "Uh, have you tried to clear your throat quietly? You always make noise."
"Well, could you at least try?"
"What's wrong, Claire? You've been quiet with me all day. You haven't spoken a word since this morning, and you seem really sad."
"I'm just, really stressed out right now."
"Really? Stress makes people quiet? I always thought stress made people rage."
"Owen, I'm just, going through a lot right now."
"Like what?"
"Well, since I'm the CEO of Masrani Global, I'm busy a lot of the time. I have nightmares of the Indominus Incident, and I keep thinking about Zara. It's hard for me right now."
"Come here Claire," said Owen as he wrapped his arms around Claire.
Claire placed her face on Owen's chest and relaxed her body a little as she reminisced in his embrace. Claire was grateful that Owen was there for her when she needed comfort. A month ago, Claire couldn't tolerate Owen, but now, he seemed to be a perfect guy for Claire. He was humble, sweet, dumb, and fun. Claire loved everything about Owen, but she loved his caring side the best. Even though the man may not show it, Owen cared a great deal about Claire, his friends and family, and his raptors, and even Alice. Alice was starting to grow more on everyone. Claire and the others were wondering when Alice would finally decide to push her doubts aside and trust someone. Alice didn't even trust herself at the moment, and Claire hoped that she would grow out of it and learn a lot from it.
"Thank you Owen," said the redhead as she pressed against Owen's chest to hear his heartbeat.
Owen was relaxed. His heartbeat was normal. Claire wondered how Owen could be relaxed most of the time. How wasn't he stressed out by working with raptors and Alice?
Owen let go of Claire and then stared deep into her light green eyes. He could see that she was stressed and then an idea sparked in his mind.
"Claire, why don't you go and talk to Rexy?" he asked her.
Claire looked at Owen and then replied, "No, this isn't s conversation I'd want to have with her."
"Claire, she's a T-Rex,you really think she even understands you?"
"I'd just rather not talk to her about this. I don't want her seeing me cry. I'd rather have her see me when I'm happy and in a good mood. If Rexy thinks one of her kids is sad, she'll do everything to figure out why."
"Then, if that's the case, why not try and talk to Alice?"
Claire froze and stared at Owen. Why should she talk to Alice? Did he not realize that Alice understood humans, so, Alice might get the wrong picture, even if Claire was poignant with the details of her situations?
"Owen, are you insane?" she asked him.
"No, I'm serious Claire," he replied, "just give it a shot."
"You do know she'll understand nearly everything I'll say to her right?"
"Yeah, but maybe she'll try saying something to you that she can relate to. You know, you're not the only one with situations right? Alice had it rough in her life, I think you talking with her can help your bond, and who knows, she might trust you first."
Claire thought about Owen's words and he had a point. Claire would love it if Alice trusted her. Claire trusted Alice already, and Alice had no idea. But, Owen was right. Alice had a rough life. So, maybe she could relate a little with Claire problems. Claire got up from the bench and then Owen got up.
"I think I'll go and talk to Alice," said Claire.
"That's the spirit," said Owen as he led Claire to Alice's paddock.
Alice was worried and disturbed by the continuous thoughts of eating her sibling and everyone around her dying. Alice did not like these thoughts at all. Alice was in a battle with her mind right now. There was two sides in Alice's mind right now. Her wild, evil, and tenacious side, and then there was her nice, calm, and trusting side. Alice always sided with her calm side, but recently, her wild side had decided to try and take over, and Alice would not allow it whatsoever. Alice didn't realize that she actually thought out loud, and she began to bark and chirp at her wild side, completely unaware that Owen and Red One were watching her.
"Seems like she's got problems of her own to deal with," said Claire as she turned around to leave the viewing room.
Owen stretched his arm out in front of her and said, "Claire! Don't you see? This is your chance to finally get closer to Alice. You can both talk about your problems to each other."
Claire pouted at Owen and then turned her head to look at the distraught Indominus, who was still chirping and barking loudly. Claire huffed air through her nose as she then said, "Fine."
"Good. I'll be outside of the room if you need me," said Owen as he turned around and left Claire alone in the room.
Claire looked through the glass and continued to stare at Alice. Alice kept fighting in her mind, and Claire was surprised that the hybrid hadn't realized her at all, even with Claire and Owen having an exchange of words that Alice probably could've heard.
Alice gave another chirp and then turned her head to the viewing room, and noticed Red One staring at her. What was Red One doing here at this time of day? Whenever she came by, it would be only on days when Alice had shows. Red One gave a small smile at Alice, and Alice walked closer to the glass and gave a soft croon at her, asking her what she was doing here.
"Hey sweetie," said Claire, "how are you?"
Alice gave a warble, telling Red One that she was having a rough time dealing with the disturbing thoughts in her head.
"Sounds like you've been dealing with some problems."
Alice nodded her head at Red One and then waited to hear what Red One had to say.
"You and me both."
Alice let out another warble, asking Red One what was wrong.
"I've been dealing with a lot lately. For starters, I recently became the CEO of Masrani Global, and now have a lot more responsibilities to handle than I used to as Operations Manager. My best friend, and assistant, Zara, died during the Incident when you let out the pterosaurs. And, to top it all off, I get nightmares of the whole Incident. I even had a nightmare where you were chasing me and then killed Owen and my nephews, and then you devoured me last. I woke up from that nightmare with tears streaming down my face and sweat covering my body. I really don't want to feel like this, but I hate the fact that I do. I don't want to be scared of you anymore Alice. I understand what you were going through when you broke out, because Owen told me of course. I'm sorry that we misunderstood you. I'm sorry that the scientists treated you like a beast. I'm sorry for saying you were just a damned animal rather than a feeling, living, breathing, and caring creature."
Alice gave a gentle croon when she heard Red One's voice breaking and small water droplets streaming down her cheeks.
"Can I ask you something?" Claire asked as she sniffled and wiped the tears from her face.
Alice nodded her head and awaited for Red One's question.
"Why did you eat your sister?"
Alice froze, and she felt time freeze around her as well. Red One's question was very unexpected, and quite serious. Alice didn't know how to respond, mostly because she didn't know why she ate her sister. It was when they just hatched, so obviously, Alice wasn't thinking clearly when she did it. Alice knew that she was really smart and that she remembered everything, so she had to remember possibly something as to why she did it. It wasn't that she wanted to be alone, Alice hated being alone. She would gladly welcome a sibling, like the one that was bound to hatch soon. Alice knew it wasn't out of jealousy. She didn't care whether she was going to be the only Indominus or not. What was the true reason for eating her sister when they hatched? Alice shrugged her shoulders to Red One's question.
"Well, whenever you figure out why, I'll be waiting for you to tell me. Alice, I know that you don't trust me, and I know that I'm not on your favorites list, but I just want to let you know, that, I would really like it if we could be friends, or even, best friends. I honestly would understand if you were to hate me for all your life. I treated you like damned animal. When I came to see you when you were younger, I didn't try bonding with you. I left you alone, and look at what happened for it."
Alice chirped at Red One, telling her that it wasn't her fault for the Incident. Alice was immediately saddened at hearing that Red One believed it was her own fault for causing the Incident. Alice broke out for different reasons: to free the captive dinosaurs, to save the innocents from InGen, and to stop InGen in general. It was never because of her strong hatred towards humans. Okay, so Alice hated humans, but it wasn't the key that drove her engine of rampage. Alice was mad at how they hid the world from her. She was mad because they didn't care for her, or even give her a proper caretaker, like Owen. She was mad that whenever Red One would come see her, nothing would happen between the two, but those weren't the reasons for her rampage. Alice was confused. She didn't know exactly what she was doing at the time. She realized her goals after she ambushed ACU. She wanted that long necked dinosaur to be alone. She wanted to free the flying dinosaurs, but didn't expect them to attack the innocents that she wanted to save. If she knew that they were going to do that, then she would never have broken into the Aviary. She wanted to free Zach and Gray from the gyrosphere because she thought they were trapped inside, which they were. She didn't like it when they ran away from her and then jumped off of the waterfall, and then made it seem like they drowned. She wanted the Blue One and her sisters' help in achieving her goal, but didn't expect Younger One to perish. She wanted to kill Owen and Red One that night, she really did. She didn't know what stopped her from doing so. She had Owen pinned down to the ground, and she could've crushed him by putting all her weight down on him. Alice wondered why she let her emotions stop her from doing so. But, then again, Alice was happy that she didn't do it, because now, her life was starting to go fine, and she hoped that it would get better in the future, especially once she learned to trust a few humans.
Trust. The one thing that Alice has wanted to do with Owen, Red One, Lowery, and others. Alice wanted someone to have her back all the time. She wanted someone tot turn to when she was sad. She wanted someone to show her affection towards when she was happy. She wanted someone to lean on to when she was feeling blue. She wanted to someone to cuddle up to when she fell asleep. Alice wanted a friend, a true friend, a best friend. But, Alice wanted the strong bonds to form in certain, yet different scenarios. A life or death situation, a heartfelt moment, a one on one with someone, the list goes on and on. It seemed like Alice was having her one to one scenario now with Red One. Was Alice going to trust Red One first? Red One was showing Alice that everyone has their problems, and she felt really bad for causing the death of Red One's best friend.
"I-I'm sorry Alice. Truly, for everything," said Red One as her voice again broke and more water droplets fell from her eyes.
Alice felt something. A weird feeling coming from her chest. Her heart was hurting, emotionally of course. Her stomach was in a knot right now. Alice was feeling...sad towards Red One. Red One was apologizing in full, and Alice could tell the Red One meant the words that she spoke. Alice then, without realizing that she even did it, let out a soft croon, telling Red One that she, finally, forgave her for everything. Alice then let out another croon, telling Red One that she was truly and deeply sorry for hating her and for causing the death of her friend. Alice was also telling Red One that she was going to try her best to fully stove off the hatred and like Red One more. Alice was also telling Red One that she hoped, in the future, to talk more with her and to increase their bond.
"I accept your apology Alice," said Red One as she gave a small smile, "And, I forgive you. Let's work out our problems, together."
Alice nodded her head at Red One and then slid the window open, and then stuck her head in and rested her head on the floor. She then moved her head closer to Red One, and gently pressed against Red One.
Claire spread her arms out and then let her tear fall onto Alice's snow white, yet dirty, scales.
"Thank you for hearing me out Alice," Claire said.
Alice let out a croon, telling Red One that she would listen to her concerns and issues anytime. Alice couldn't believe what was happening. It was pure irony. Alice nudged herself against Red One and then puffed air through her nose. It was nearly impossible to believe. Like mentioned before, it was pure irony. Alice the Indominus Rex, had finally just began to put all her trust into Red One. Red One was the first human Alice trusted. She couldn't believe it herself. Alice was pretty sure that Red One couldn't believe it either. It was the start of a better friendship that was already established. Alice and Red One were going to become best friends in the future. Alice had finally found her first trusted friend in Claire.
A/N: Whoo! You go Alice and Claire! Alice trusted Claire first! No one saw that one coming am I right? Everyone probably expected Owen, but I decided to change the formula. And, Alice finally called Claire by her name in her mind! Yes! Finally! It's been a long time coming, right guys? Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you come back for more! Review, if you'd like, and stay tuned!
'Til Next Time!-TM341
