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Imprint/Into the Mix

Alice had finally learned to trust Claire. The two had now moved up a level in their friendship and they hoped to improve it in the future. Claire now knew who to go to when she didn't feel like talking to Rexy, and to comfort when she was feeling sad.

It was now Monday, and today, the unexpected was about to happen. Just you all wait to see. Claire, Ryan, and Owen were in the lab, staring at the Indominus egg. They wondered when the hybrid would hatch from the egg and come into the world. Claire wondered if it was going to be friendly toward Alice. Owen wondered whether or not it would break out and destroy the park. Ryan wondered if he would get to name the baby when it hatched. Ian walked into the lab without Sarah. The orphanage that she was with decided to have fun at the Water Park today. Ian stepped next to Ryan and then looked at the three adults who were staring at the egg.

"Uh, you guys," he said to them, "what are you doing?"

"We're staring at the egg," replied Ryan.

"Gee, thanks Captain Obvious. Why are you staring at it?"

"We don't know," replied Owen.

"Well, it's not like the egg is going to hatch with you guys just staring at it, you know?"

"We're just thinking about different things. Like, is it a boy or a girl? What are we going to name him or her? Stuff like that," responded Claire.

"Well, I think the gender situation will have to wait on when it hatches though."

"Why do you say that? We have the file on the egg."

"And, what does it say?"

"It's a girl."

"Okay, sure."

"Explain yourself Ian."

"Well, if you were to ever read the writings of the infamous Dr. Alan Grant, then you would know that in the first park, Wu added frog DNA, and that gave the dinosaurs the ability to change sex in a single sex environment. Some of the girls changed to boys when they were younger and, thus, they could reproduce."

"So, you think that it might change into a boy?"

"Or, it might already be a boy."

"Wait, maybe that would explain Felix and Silas being boys," said Owen when the realization hit him.

"The Baryonyx and Suchomimus are boys?" Ian asked.

"Yeah. Their caretaker told us that they told him that they were boys when they hatched and so, he had to change their names from girl ones to boys ones rather quickly."

"Oh, well, then that just adds to the fact that this Indominus baby is a boy."

"We'll see when it hatches. But, for now, you guys are making the baby feel uncomfortable because you keep staring at it creepily."

"It can't see us, Ian," said Ryan.

"Yeah, and you better hope that it doesn't catch sight of you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because then that means that you'd have to imprint on it."

"Yeah, so?"

"Ryan, think of it like having a child. At first, it seems like fun and sunshine and rainbows, but then, when you actually live through raising them, you'll want to kill yourself."

"That is a very narrow minded and naïve way to look at it Ian," said Claire.

"Okay, so it's a little narrow minded, but you can't imprint of the baby."

"Why not?"

"Because, Owen has to do it."

"What?"

Claire, Ryan, and Ian turned their heads to look at Owen, who had a confused expression on his face.

"Owen," said Claire, "you're the Indominus caretaker. You need to imprint on the baby."

"Claire," began Owen, "sweet heart, you might hate me for saying this, and you have full right to when I say this: I don't want to imprint on the baby."

Silence fell upon the room, and everyone remained quiet for a few seconds. Ryan looked at his wrist, pretending like he had a watch and then began to softly whistle some random tune. Ian turned his head and scanned the lab, waiting for Owen or Claire to speak.

"Owen," began Claire as she gave Owen a menacing glare, "were are not going to have another argument over some kind of strange, stupid reason of yours. We saw what happened last time we had one of those. Alice broke the glass in her paddock, and Lowery locked us in the viewing room."

Ian looked at Ryan with an arched eyebrow, and Ryan shrugged because he had no idea of what the two were talking about.

"Well, you two seem to have problems to work out," interrupted Ian, "we'll worry about imprinting when the time comes."

"Let's hope it's not today," said Ryan.

"No!" yelled Ian.

"Ryan, shut up," said Owen.

Ryan was astonished by his brother and nephew's reactions and then asked, "What?"

"Uncle Ryan," replied Ian, "you're a jinxer."

"Jinxer?"

"Yeah. You jinx things at the worst times," said Owen.

"You guys are complete idiots. I'm not a jinxer. And, I'm just saying that I hope that the egg doesn't hatch today."

Owen and Ian stepped over to Ryan and then punched him in his shoulders.

"Hey! What the hell you guys?"

"As a jinxer, you need to learn to shut up."

Ryan scoffed and then rolled his eyes as he rubbed his shoulders. Zach and Gray then walked into the lab and greeted Claire with sad expressions on their faces.

"Hey, you two okay?" she asked them.

"Yeah," replied Gray with a sad voice, "It's just, we're going to be leaving back home by the end of the week."

"Oh, well, will you two be back?"

"We'll be back in summer," replied Zach.

"Then, hey, don't be sad about it. I know that it stinks that you'll be gone from here for a few months, but then, before you know it, you'll be right back here."

Zach and Gray saw that Claire had a point, and it lifted their spirits a little bit knowing and thinking about their return to the park in the summer. Gray then walked over to Ryan and Owen, while Ian walked over to Zach and the two stepped away from the group.

"So, I'll say that you're lucky that you get to get off of this island," said Ian, "but, it sucks that you have to leave."

"Eh, I'll be back," said Zach, "I'm not as sad about it as Gray is."

"Really? Even with your whole conflict of emotions?"

"I'll learn to handle it. And besides, you haven't really helped me out, thanks a lot."

"Don't even try that Zach. Look, since it's your last few days here, until the summer that is, I will dedicate myself to helping you out."

"All right then. But first, let me ask, who was the girl you met at the water park?"

"Who, the girl I rubbed lotion on?"

"Yeah."

"You saw that?"

"Well, it's not like you were in the most private place on the island."

"Very true. Well, her name is Olivia. We're meeting up later today."

"Oh, do you plan on possibly asking her out?"

"Maybe. But, if I'm going to be living here, I feel like I should aim toward someone who lives here as well."

"Makes sense, but have you ever tried a long distance relationship?"

"I'm just not that kind of person."

"Yeah, I think you're the person that needs help."

As Zach and Ian continued to talk, Gray had told Owen and Ryan everything he knew about dinosaurs. Gray was a very intelligent kid. Owen knew that Gray looked up to him, and Owen had to make sure that he maintained good character around the younger Mitchell brother so that he could grow and be very humble and kindred around his friends. Owen always asked Gray questions, like how big a certain dinosaur was, or how many teeth they had. He loved hearing all the knowledge that was stuffed inside of Gray's mind. Claire smiled at seeing her nephews enjoy themselves, even with them knowing that they would be gone by the end of the week. She hoped that in the future, Zach and Gray would study and come down to work at Jurassic World. She could picture Gray being a geneticist and Zach being an animal trainer, like for Felix and Silas, or maybe even Alice.

Ian and Zach walked over to the group and joined in on the conversation that Gray was having with Ryan and Owen. Ian walked over to Claire and then asked her, "You all right Claire?"

"Yeah, I'm just thinking about stuff," she replied.

"Oh, like what?"

"Just, the future. Like, Zach and Gray possibly working here when they're older."

"I thought she was going to say that she was thinking about the egg hatching," added Ryan as he stepped into the conversation.

Claire and Ian gave Ryan irritated glares and then said, "I'm not a jinxer!"

Ian looked around and then said, "Say, I just realized that we're missing one person here."

"Who?" asked Claire.

"Lowery."

"I'm right here," said Lowery as he walked into the lab with a bottle of water in his hand.

"Lowery what are you doing here?"

"I have a few minutes before getting back to Control."

"Wow," said Ryan, "the only thing missing now is-"

"Ryan, don't!" said Claire.

"Look, I'm not a jinxer!"

"Uh, guys," said Lowery.

"Even if you aren't, we still can't run the risk of you actually jinxing it."

"Guys!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at Lowery, who was pointing at the incubator holding the Indominus egg, They then turned to look at the egg, and there, on the eggshell, was one small crack. Everyone's eyes widened and then Ryan said, "Wow, I guess I am a jinxer."

"You see what you do when you don't keep your mouth shut Ryan?" asked Owen.

"Hey, look, don't try to pin this on me with your stupid jinxer crap!"

The two brothers began to argue, and then Claire stepped in to get them to stop, but they simply spoke over her. Zach and Gray just watched the argument, as Lowery and Ian stared at the cracked egg. Ian then realized something that they had spoken about earlier and began to speak.

"Guys," he said softly.

Owen and Ryan continued to argue, and Ian had to raise his voice.

"Guys," he said louder with slight irritation.

Again, the two brothers continued to argue.

"Guys!" yelled Ian.

"What?!" said both Ryan and Owen in unison.

"Look, you two can argue the jinxer crap later. Right now, what we all need to be worrying about is: Who is going to imprint on this baby?"

The question hit everyone like a speeding car and then everyone began to speak over each other.

"I think that Owen should do it," said Claire.

"Can I do it?" asked Gray.

"I'm with Claire in saying that Owen should do it," added Zach.

"I'm a jinxer, so I hope that Owen doesn't get to imprint on the baby," said Ryan.

Owen looked at everyone and then said, "I already said that I'm not going to do it."

"Owen, why not? You've already imprinted on four velociraptors. What would make imprinting on this baby any different?"

"Well, I just feel like somebody else should get the opportunity to do it. Like Claire."

Claire turned to look at Owen with a surprised face and then asked, "What?"

"Claire, I think that you should imprint on this baby."

"Why?"

"Well, Alice trusted you first! Why shouldn't you imprint on her sibling?"

"Because this can help the bond between you and Alice grow. She can learn to trust you through the bond that you and this baby would share."

"I'm not going to do it."

"Well, neither am I."

"All right look," said Ian, "we're obviously at a crossroads right now. We need to know who will imprint on this baby. We need to also find out a name. But, now that I'm actually looking around, I'd say we need to find a geneticist around here. Why is it that when this is happening no one is around?"

"So, how will we decide?"

"Let's flip a coin."

"There's only two sides and there are seven of us."

"It would be between Claire and I."

"What?"

Gray handed Owen a quarter and then Owen made a fist and placed the coin on his thumb.

"Call it," said Owen as he flipped the coin.

"Heads!" said Claire.

Owen caught the quarter and then opened his hand, revealing Tails.

"Let's decide a different way," said Owen as he tossed the quarter away.

"Hey!" said Gray as he went over to grab the quarter.

"What? No! You lost. You have to imprint on the baby," said Claire.

Lowery moved his head close to Ian's and then whispered, "If they're this fussy about a dinosaur baby right now, imagine how crazy they'll be when it's their own."

Ian chuckled at Lowery's words and then paid attention to Claire and Owen.

"Okay," said Ryan, "we'll do the nose game."

Owen and Claire looked at Ryan with arched eyebrows.

"What are you Ryan, five?" asked Owen.

"Why don't we just say that Lowery should do it?" asked Ian.

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea," said Claire.

"Wait, what?! Hey, I'm not ready to be a dad yet! I'm simply going to be the uncle of the baby."

"Why not Lowery? You hang out with Alice most of the time anyway."

"Yeah, but you have to remember that I hang out with her a lot through the speakers because I'm at Control all the time."

Another argument had begun, but this time, everyone except for Ian and Zach were involved in the argument. Gray was still searching for the quarter as the adults continued to argue. Ian was growing annoyed. He turned to look at the egg, to see that another crack had appeared, meaning that time was of the essence. Ian stayed quiet for a few minutes to see if they would stop arguing, but they didn't even lower their voices.

"All right you guys, shut up!" he said as he stepped up, "Now look. This isn't the best time for arguing whatsoever. We're all just a bunch of idiots going back and forth on who should imprint on the baby. I mean, you three are morons, you're a tech geek, you're a brain child, you're a conflicted teenager, and I'm a sarcastic and enthused teenager. We are not the best mix of people that this baby will be seeing for the first time when they enter the world. Now, listen to me. Imprinting is a very, and I mean very, important process when a baby, especially, if not specifically, when it comes to animals, is introduced to the world. Whoever that baby sees first, that person will be their opening to the world. They will be introduced through that person. It is also a trust factor. Since its a relationship based on, as Owen liked to put it, mutual respect, imprinting on this baby will create a trusting bond that no one else can ever have. This is an important thing, we can't screw this up. So, we are going to decide who will imprint on this baby by nominating two people and then voting. Sound good?"

Everyone looked at each other and then nodded their heads.

"All right, now, would anyone like to nominate someone?" asked Ian.

"Well, does it have to be someone who works here?" asked Lowery.

"I don't know, Claire what do you think?"

"Who did you have in mind Lowery," she asked.

"I would like to nominate, Ian."

"What?!"

"Well, you've been telling others to do it, why don't you give it a try?"

"No, see, I'm not ready for something like this. Nor do I want to do it."

"Who here says that Ian should do it?" asked Zach.

Everyone raised their hands, and Ian wanted the ground to open up and swallow him right now.

"All those who oppose?" Ian asked as he raised his hand.

No one else raised their hands, and Ian realized that he had lost.

"Well, I think we found the person who is going to imprint on this baby," said Lowery.

"No! I refuse to do this."

Ian walked to the other side of the incubator and the Owen asked, "Why did you go over there?"

"Well, once it breaks more of its shell, its eye will show up and then look at one of you. I'm in the clear."

"But," added Ryan, "what if its eyes are on that side?"

"Ryan, shut up!"

"You're in trouble now Ian. The Jinxer has just sentenced you."

"Look, like he said, it's simply a stupid thing. There's no such thing as jinxing. There's no way that it's going to see me first."

Then, after a few seconds, the egg cracked a bit more, but this time, an eye appeared. The eye was looking straight at a young man who seemed alone. Ian looked at the egg and realized that there was an eye looking at him. Ian felt like his life was over. He now had to imprint on the baby.

"Son of a bitch," he said in a irritated tone.

"What?" asked Claire.

"It's looking at me."

"What?"

Everyone walked over to Ian's side and saw that eye. Claire gasped and Gray tugged on Zach's arm and began to bounce in excitement. Alice's sibling was soon coming into the world.

"Well, Ian, looks like you're going to be a father," said Ryan jokingly.

Ian punched Ryan in the shoulder again and then said, "Whatever."

"You're going to need some help to clean the baby once it breaks out of its shell," said female voice.

Everyone turned their heads in the direction of where the voice came from and saw Gracie coming in.

"Gracie, where have you been all this time?" asked Ian.

"I was on my break, and I came back just in time, too," she replied.

"Well, if only you had come back sooner."

"Oh Ian, it'll be fine."

"No, it won't. My life has basically been set at this very moment. I'm going to become an animal behaviorist and become the new Indominus caretaker once Owen retires."

"What?"

"Ian," said Owen, "you're not going to become the Indominus caretaker. And, you don't have to become an animal behaviorist."

"This baby is going to be like my child, and you just expect me to leave it behind?"

"It is actually a boy," added Gracie.

"Really?"

"Yeah. We ran some tests, and they came back that this baby is a boy."

Gracie put on a pair of gloves and then handed a pair to Ian, who put them on quickly. The incubator was opened and then everyone surrounded the egg as the Indominus inside began to finally break through, as it kept its eye on Ian. Ian looked into the infant's eye and then said, "It's eye color is different from Alice's."

Claire then looked at the eye and said, "Oh yeah. Alice has scarlet colored eyes, but this little guy seems to have crimson eyes."

After a few minutes, the infant finally got out of the egg and then Gracie asked everyone except for Ian to clear out for a few moments. Ian stared at the infant as it slipped out of its shell. The infant looked like Alice. The protrusions were very small, and seemed like they wouldn't fully develop until it got older. The small hybrid was veiny and it had a few jagged and disorders teeth. The skin of the infant seemed slick and shiny, which proved a small problem for the infant when it tried to get up. The infant then fell down, and began to give small cries that sounded like dying cats. Ian didn't know what to do at this moment. The baby wasn't the cutest thing in the world. The noises it made were creepy and the way it looked, well, let's just say that even a strange, deformed animal seemed cute next to the infant. Ian watched as the infant tried getting up again, and was about to fall, until Ian actually took initiative and caught the small hybrid. Ian then watched as the infant seemed to try and walk away from his hands.

Who was this strange giant in front of the Infant? He had never seen something so big before. Well, it was the biggest thing he had ever seen so far. Why was this giant touching him? He knew how to stand! There was no need for support! The Infant then looked at the human more in detail. This was the first being he had ever seen in his life. It seemed like this being would be the only one that Infant can trust.

Ian gave a small smile at the infant as he slowly retracted his hand and watched as the small hybrid tried stepping forward, only to fall down and cry again. Ian stepped over to the baby and then picked it up to its feet and began hushing it, telling it that it would be all right. Ian then slowly picked up the baby in his arms and made sure that the infant was looking at him. The small hybrid began kicking its legs, demanding to be put down, but Ian held on tight.

"Shh, shh, it's all right," Ian said softly, "don't fight it little guy. Just relax."

The infant then, after a few minutes, stopped kicking and stared at Ian, who was now fully smiling. Ian began to rub the hybrid's head with his thumb, and the infant actually seemed to like it.

"Seems like you were ready for this," said Gracie as she wrote down information on a paper, "do you have a name for him yet?"

"Uh, not at the moment," said Ian.

"All right, well, for now, we'll just call him Dom."

"Okay."

Gracie walked over to a table and continued to write. Ian stared into Dom's big crimson eyes and smiled again.

"You know, you may not be the cutest thing I've seen, but you do have the most adorable eyes I've seen," said Ian as he continued rubbing Dom's head.

The Indominus egg finally hatched, and out came little baby Dom. Ryan was declared a jinxer, Zach and Gray were going to be heading back to the mainland by the end of the week, and Ian got the opportunity to imprint on Dom. Everything seemed to be going good for now, right?

A/N: Turtles! How are you guys doing? Welp, the egg hatched and you guys were introduced to Dom, whose name will change in a later chapter. I hope that you guys liked this chapter and I hope that you come back for more! Leave reviews and stay tuned for more of this story!

'Til Next Time!-TM341