Guest 2: Someone is trying to kill Alice...
Cat girl: I wish that they would clean up before Alice can see the words, let's hope it happens in time! Also, Sasha will be featured in the next chapter!
Oceasia: Well, first, we have to remember, Alice can't read at the moment...
percyjacksonfan135: You're right, InGen should go away!
Something Poisonous is Brewing
Security was searching everywhere or the strangers that vandalized the viewing glass in Alice's paddock's viewing room. Reyes had gotten Owen some ice for his minor injury. Claire was furious with the red paint that was sprayed onto the glass. The teenagers had decided to join the sleuth in the mystery of the drop off bag. And, to top it all off, Claire and Owen were on a rocky road right now in their relationship. Let's all hope that these things can get resolved really soon.
It was still Monday and everyone was everywhere at the moment. Owen and Reyes were at Alice's paddock, Claire was on her way to Control with Sarah, Zach and Alexis were also on their way to Control, and Olivia and Ian were headed to Claire's room to find the drop off bag.
Ian and Olivia arrived at Claire's room, but they didn't have the key to get in.
"What do we do now?" asked Olivia.
"Well, there's something we can try, but I don't know if you're up for it," replied Ian.
"What?"
"Well, Claire's room is next to mine. So, what if we tried getting in through the balcony?"
"Ian, are you insane?"
"I knew you wouldn't be up to it. So, how about I get over to Claire's balcony and try to get in?"
"Okay."
Ian pulled out his room key and opened the door. They walked out onto the balcony and saw that Claire's balcony was fully in reach. They were only on the third story, which was still nerve wracking to Olivia.
"All right, if I get in, I'll open the door and let you in," said Ian.
"Okay, be careful," said Olivia.
Ian nodded his head and then slowly got over the railing and stood on the ledge. There was a pretty strong breeze blowing, which wasn't helpful to Ian whatsoever. Ian then decided to leap to Claire's balcony. So, he took a deep breath and then jumped across and grabbed onto the railing of Claire's balcony. Ian's foot slipped and he nearly fell, until he grabbed onto the railing with both hands and got his balance back. Ian let out a sigh of relief and then climbed over the railing and tried to open the door. To his surprise, and his and Olivia's luck, the door was open and he stepped in. He walked over to the door and let Olivia in. Claire's room was very organized, like she was. Her shoes were set up by color, the clothes in her closet were an inch apart. It was the strangest room they had ever seen, yet the most clean, too. They began searching all over for the bag, but they couldn't find it anywhere. They even checked the safe box inside of Claire's closet, but to no prevail.
"Where could it be?" Olivia asked.
Ian scanned the room and then noticed that there was one place that they didn't check. They didn't check under Claire's bed. Ian walked up to the bed and then crouched down and there it was. The drop off bag. Ian grabbed it and then placed it on the bed. He opened it and pulled out the paper files inside. Each paper contained different information on the different dinosaurs of the island, including the Indominus Rex.
"Bingo," said Ian as he pulled out his phone and began to take pictures of the files.
"All right, so, you want me to text Alexis that we found the bag?" asked Olivia.
"Yeah."
"So, is this it?"
"What are we missing?"
"What about the paper with numbers on it?"
"Where could it be?"
"Control."
"Then tell them to look for just the paper."
"On it."
Olivia pulled out her phone and texted Alexis.
Alexis and Zach arrived at Control and saw that Claire and Sarah arrived at the same time they did. Zach decided to use this opportunity to get inside. He and Alexis walked over to Claire and he said, "Hey Aunt Claire."
"Zach, hey! What are you doing here?" she asked him.
"I wanted to get a glimpse at Control. You did say that you would show me, remember?"
"Yeah, all right."
Zach and Alexis followed Claire and Sarah inside when Alexis felt her phone vibrate. She pulled it out and saw that she got a text from Olivia, which read, 'We found the bag. Look for the paper with numbers on it and then meet us at the coffee shop.' Alexis told Zach the message and he nodded his head. They entered the Control room and were surprised by all the technology that was in the room. Alexis and Zach walked over to Lowery's desk and Alexis saw that paper on the desk. She nudged Zach's elbow and gestured with her head. He looked down at the number paper and then thought of something ridiculous. Zach walked to the middle of the room and then said loudly, "Attention everyone!"
Everyone turned their head to look at Zach, and Alexis hadn't caught on to what he was trying to do. But, then it hit her. This was a distraction. Alexis then intentionally dropped her phone next to Lowery's desk, making Lowery turn his attention to her.
"Sorry, I dropped my phone," she said as she crouched down and placed her hand on Lowery's desk, with the paper right under her palm.
When she got up, she gripped the paper in her hand and then put it in her pocket as quickly as possible. She then gestured to Zach that she had the paper and that they could leave now.
"I have to use the bathroom," Zach said as he then quickly walked over Alexis, and the two left Control, without saying another word.
Everyone was confused and stared at the doors for a few seconds, until they went back to work.
Claire didn't know what had just happened with her nephew and then walked over to Lowery and said, "Anything Lowery?"
"The streakers were caught and we finally caught one of the spray paint guys," he replied.
"Well, at least there's some kind of good news."
"They were taken to Security's station and Reyes said that they want you to be present when they interrogate them."
"Right now?"
"Yeah."
"Ugh, fine. Sarah, you stay here, okay? I'll be back as soon as we're finished and we'll continue our business."
"Okay Claire," said Sarah as she grabbed a chair and sat next to Ryan.
Claire then left Control and headed for Security station.
Alice had finally woken up from her nap and decided to get a drink before walking around to hunt for food. She went to the pond and felt refreshed once she got the water in her system. She then walked deep into the brush and slowly approached the small clearing, which was filled with lots of prey. Alice then noticed that one of the animals was getting close to her and she then camouflaged to blend in with the green leaves of the trees and bushes of the brush. Once the prey got close enough, Alice jumped at it and killed it with one bite. Alice's bite for was strong enough to penetrate gyrospheres. Gyrospheres stop bullets, but they couldn't stop Alice. Alice devoured her meal in a few minutes and then wanted to see if anyone was in the viewing room. She got to the viewing glass and noticed it was stained with...blood? What was going on? Alice approached the stained glass and then sniffed it. There wasn't a scent at all, meaning that the blood had to be on the other side of the glass. Alice looked at the length of the blood and noticed that they seemed like orderly scribbles. Alice couldn't tell what the scribbles were, since she wasn't trained to read, let alone read backwards. Alice could see that there was no one inside of the viewing room at the moment and so she opened the window and poked her head into the room. She looked at the scribbles again and this time she could tell that the scribbles were words, but she didn't know what they said. All that she could see was her name. Did somebody want to creep Alice out or something? Was Owen or Claire playing a prank on her because of the hunting prank she pulled during one of her shows? See, what had happened was that when it was time for Alice to stick her head into the room so that guests could touch her, she tossed a dead cow inside, scaring the hell out of everyone. Alice really wished that she could laugh, because she probably would have died of it when pulling that prank. Alice then tried getting a good sniff at the blood on the glass, but it was a strange scent. One that tingled her nostrils. Alice didn't know what to make of this. Alice was very confused at the moment.
Zach and Alexis finally arrived at the coffee shop and met up with Ian and Olivia. Olivia and Alexis sat next to each other on the couch, and Zach and Ian sat in chairs that were sitting across from the couch. Ian pulled out his phone and then said, "Okay, so Olivia and I found the bag and took pictures of the paper files inside. Did you guys get a picture of the number paper?"
"Picture?" asked Alexis.
"Yeah a picture."
"Well, we didn't exactly get a picture of it."
Alexis pulled the small paper from her pocket and handed it to Olivia.
"You guys took the paper?!" she asked.
"Well yeah! I didn't get the memo that we had to take a picture," responded Alexis.
"Great," began Ian, "now they're going to realize that the paper is missing and will search everywhere for it. We need to take it back."
"What? Why?"
"Because they need this! Remember, we're solving this thing on our own, but in the end, it's the adults that'll piece it all together!"
"Okay fine! I'll take it back later."
Alexis pulled out her phone and took a picture of the paper. She then grabbed the paper and put it back in her pocket.
"Okay, so, let's get cracking," said Alexis.
"Well, these files don't exactly give much. It's just a bunch of information on the dinosaurs that are on the island," said Ian.
Olivia grabbed Ian's phone and looked at the Indominus file and noticed something peculiar.
"Say, somebody spell Indominus."
"Why?"
"Just, do it."
"I-N-D-O-M-I-N-U-S."
"Well if that's the case, then it looks like somebody made a spelling error."
"What?"
Ian grabbed his phone and saw the spelling error that Olivia was talking about.
"Indomines?"
"Sounds like you're saying it the same way," said Zach.
"Yeah, except that there is an E instead of a U after the second N."
"So, someone spelled the name wrong, it doesn't mean anything."
"It actually could mean something."
"Like what?"
"Maybe they were making a false file," responded Olivia.
"Maybe, but it's too hard to pin something solid."
"Seems like this is going to be harder than it seems."
Ian put his phone away and then asked Alexis for her phone. She unlocked it and then handed it to him. He opened up her photo gallery and tapped on the number paper picture.
"Okay, so, there are certain numbers circled in a certain order," he said.
"What could they be?" asked Alexis.
Olivia looked at the picture and then she got an idea.
"What if the numbers on the paper are related to numbers on a phone dial?" she asked.
Ian pulled out his phone again and pulled up the phone dial.
"There's no way this can be a phone number. There's nine circled numbers," he said.
Ian looked at the numbers on his phone and he realized the letters that were next to each number.
"Oh, wait. What if this is a message?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" asked Alexis.
"Well, see, there are letters next to the numbers on the phone dial. What if the circled numbers are meant to be a word or words?"
"Oh I get it."
"But, there must a good number of words that there can be," said Zach.
"Yeah, that is true."
"Okay, so, I'll try to find out what the words are, while one of you goes back to Control to return the paper."
"I'll stay with you Ian," said Alexis.
"Okay. Zach, Olivia, you two head up to Control and return the paper."
Olivia and Zach nodded their heads and before they departed, Alexis said, "Zach, make sure you go to the bathroom before you get up there."
Olivia arched an eyebrow and Zach shrugged his shoulders and then the two left for Control.
Claire had arrived at Security's station and she met with Reyes outside. They then went inside and went into a small room, that acted as a kind of interrogation room. The Painter was sitting in a chair, being as quiet as any human being could be. Owen was sitting across the table from the Painter and turned around when Claire and Reyes entered the room. Soon after a few minutes passed, Steven Jones, captain of Security, entered the room. Steven was a burly man. Standing at six feet and four inches, he has short, blond hair, sky blue eyes, a defined jawline and a built torso. Steven was a no joke kind of guy when it came to Security matters. Off the field, he was a great guy, but on the field, he's someone who you've never met before.
"So, anything yet?" asked the captain.
"Nothing sir," replied Reyes.
Captain Jones walked over to the Painter and then removed the hood and took off the mask, revealing a female. This female had solid green eyes and light pink lips. She also had pale skin and dirty blonde hair.
"Does she look familiar to any of you?" Jones asked.
Claire, Reyes and Owen looked at each other and then shook their heads.
"Well then, I guess a good question to start with is: Who are you?" Jones asked.
The girl simply stayed quiet and didn't budge either.
"Why did you spray paint on the viewing glass in the Indominus Paddock?" Jones asked.
Again, she remained silent.
"All right," said Reyes, "listen here girlie. This is going to go one of two ways: the hard way or the really hard way/ It's your choice."
The girl turned her eyes to look at Reyes, but she remained quiet the whole time. Reyes let out a sigh before saying, "The really hard way it is."
Reyes then stepped out of the room and the girl then looked at Jones with a slightly concerned look.
"I suggest you start talking before he gets back. He's going to go get his baby," said Jones.
The girl's eyes grew a little wide and then she looked at Owen and Claire. Her heart rate began to rise, her blood started to warm up, and her breathing started intensifying. Then, footsteps could be heard coming down the hallway.
"Sounds like he's found his baby," said Jones.
The girl remained quiet and listened to the approaching footsteps.
Then, Reyes stepped inside with a beautiful shotgun in his hands. The girl's eyes grew as wide as they could and her heart began racing. She felt a small bead of sweat roll down the side of her head. She swallowed deeply and then watched as Reyes loaded the shotgun with ammo. He then stepped up to her and made her stare down the barrel of the gun, and then she finally snapped.
"Okay, okay! I'll talk!" she said.
Reyes kept the gun close to her and the girl began to spill a little.
"We sprayed the glass because someone promised us a handsome amount of money if we vandalized the park a bit. So, we started with the Indominus Paddock."
"Who promised you that they would pay you?" asked Jones.
Before she could say anything else, the girl felt something wrong in her stomach. Her heart began pounding heavily and her blood began to burn. She then started coughing a lot. Jones stood up and Reyes moved the gun away from her and they watched to see if she would stop coughing.
"Are you choking?" Reyes asked.
The girl shook her head and then she dropped to her knees and soon after collapsed onto the floor as her body seemed to be having compulsive spasms. Jones got down and flipped her over, but it was already too late. There was foam around her mouth. She had been poisoned. Claire gasped and put her hands over her mouth as Owen got up from his chair and took Claire out of the room.
Owen led Claire outside so that she could get some fresh air. After a few minutes Claire said, "What happened in there?"
"Looks like somebody poisoned her," replied Owen.
"Who would do that?"
"You're guess is as good as mine Claire."
"Well, we need to get this resolved before anything else happens! If the other vandals are still out there, then they'll keep on vandalizing until they are caught."
"Even if we catch them, who's not to say that they won't end up like that girl?"
Claire thought about Owen's words before saying, "Do you think that she knew that she herself was poisoned?"
"What?"
"I'm saying, what if she was poisoned, yet she didn't know it."
"You're losing me Claire."
"Well, she said that someone promised that they would pay her a big amount of money."
"So, the person lied to them and had them poisoned?"
"Kind of."
"Look, we'll get into it later. Right now, we need to catch the other three vandals."
"Right, because if this keeps happening, I'm going to have to close down the park for a short amount of time until all matters are resolved."
"Let's hope it doesn't get to that."
Claire nodded her head and then made a phone call to Lowery.
The teens got more involved in the mystery of the drop off bag and seem to be onto something with the numbered paper. Alice saw bloody scribbles on the glass in the viewing room of her paddock. And, a vandal was poisoned and died in front of Claire, Owen, Reyes, and Jones. What the heck is going on around here?
A/N: Turtles! How's life treating you? So, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and remember to come back for more! Leave reviews if you'd like and stay tuned for much more to come!
'Til Next Time!-TM341
