A/N: Before we get started, just wanted to say that it made me happy seeing that you all enjoyed Rexy and Alice's meeting! Thanks so much for the support and love and other stuff!
War of the Roses/Sorna's Raptors/Dom and the Giant
It's been two weeks since Alice met Rexy. Dom had grown up to the height of two inches above Ian's knee. It was Dom's turn to finally meet Alice, and Ian was excited for the little guy. Today should run smoothly. But, before we move on, let's recap what happened the two weeks that you were gone. Besides Rexy and Alice meeting and getting along super well, another vandal attack happened, except Claire and the others were confused because instead of the remaining three, there were four of them again. None were caught sadly. Ortiz has been keeping himself on the down low because he didn't want to alarm anyone. He had called many people to see if they could find who was threatening him. The triceratops hybrid revealed themselves, or herself, in the form of Jane Thomas. Remember her? She was the Masrani representative that came to evaluate if the park was safe before reopening. She kidnapped Dom and was about to leave the island via helicopter at the helipad on the other side of the island that was used for the first park. She revealed that she and Reyes had been working with Hoskins' InGen in creating weaponized dinosaurs, and that Zara helped them out. But, that story didn't click in Lowery, Ian, and Claire's minds. Jane was killed and they retrieved Dom back. Ian and Olivia's relationship was growing, but they haven't shared a first kiss yet. Alexis and Zach texted each other everyday, and Zach would Skype Alexis on the weekends, and she was having a blast with this whole long distance relationship thing. She didn't expect them to manage so well. Claire had finally agreed to go with Owen to Isla Sorna and see the mysterious raptor trainer and their raptors. They had heard that Sorna's raptors were harder to train because they were more wild. Claire was just more nervous because she feared the apex predator of the island, the Spinosaurus. Let's just see how everything plays out.
It was now Saturday. Ian, Olivia, and Alexis were relaxing at Starbucks, but they had to get going soon, because Dom had to meet Alice today. Olivia and Ian were talking to each other while Alexis was texting Zach.
"Alexis," said Olivia, "don't you ever get tired of texting Zach?"
"I'm sorry, are you in a long distance relationship?" Alexis retorted.
"No."
"Then, you can't say anything to me about my relationship with Zach."
"Fair enough."
Ian chuckled at the girls' rambling at each other. They were the best of friends and it was very clear that they were.
Olivia looked up and saw a very familiar someone and then told Alexis, "Alexis, it's your number one fan."
Alexis looked at Olivia and said, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
"Crap."
Ian looked at Olivia and asked, "Whoa re you two talking about?"
"Alexis, Olivia, what's good ladies?" asked someone from behind, who then jumped over the couch and plopped right next to Alexis.
The person that was sitting next to Alexis was Casey Johnson. Casey stands at six feet and eight inches in height, has black, spiky hair, deep coffee brown eyes with golden flecks around the irises, and had light peach tan skin color. Casey was wearing a navy gray t-shirt underneath a black jacket, ripped blue jeans, and black combat boots.
"What do you want Casey?" asked Alexis.
"Nothing, just wanted to check up on my girl," he replied.
"Casey, how many times do I have to tell you, I'm not your girlfriend."
"For now."
"Never."
"Whatever you say Pitcher."
"I have a boyfriend now."
"Really? And, who is this imaginary friend?"
"His name is Zach and he is a very sweet, cute, and awesome guy."
"I'm sorry, I think you just described me but with a different name."
Ian chuckled at Casey's words. Ian could tell that Casey was joking around, acting kind of like a douche. But, the Alexis thing was very real.
"Uh, Alexis?" Ian asked as he then pointed to Casey.
"Oh, uh, Casey, this is Ian Grady, Olivia's boyfriend," she replied as she pointed to said Grady.
"Nice to meet you Casey," said Ian.
"Same here Ian," responded Casey.
"Casey, can you please just leave?" Alexis asked.
"Why? I haven't done anything wrong."
"You came here, that's enough."
"Alexis, stop being so grouchy. I was just kidding."
"Whatever."
Alexis went back to texting Zach and then Casey started getting to know Ian a bit more to pass the time by.
Claire was gripping Owen's arm very tightly as the helicopter would hit turbulence ever now and then. Claire and Owen were on their way to Isla Sorna to see the raptor trainer and their raptors before watching Alice and Dom meet for the first time.
"Claire, relax, we're almost there," said Owen.
"Owen, just, keep looking outside and don't pay any attention to me whatsoever," said Claire as she squeezed Owen's arm even tighter.
"Claire, let go! I can feel the blood circulation cutting off in my arm now!"
Claire let go of Owen and then wrapped her arms around herself as she then looked out the window and stared at the calm ocean.
They arrived at Isla Sorna in a few more minutes and then got off the plain and were greeted by Ortiz.
"Claire, Owen, how are you both doing?" he asked them.
"We're doing good, Ortiz," responded Owen.
"How's Alice?"
"She's doing fine," said Claire quickly, "can we get on with this as soon as possible please?"
"Claire, you have nothing to worry about. The Spinosaurus is on the other side of the island, last we heard from the Surveillance team."
"Well, that's a relief."
Ortiz led Owen and Claire to the facility and then brought them to a catwalk like railing that was about a story above the ground. This seemed familiar to Owen.
"Is this where they train the raptors?" he asked Ortiz.
"Why, yes it is, my dear Owen."
"So, where are they?"
"They went out on a Perimeter Check. They should be arriving shortly with their trainer."
"Who is their trainer anyway?"
"Oh, he's a good and humble man. It took him a long time to get them to finally see him as their Alpha, especially since his pack is all males."
"Really? There are males on this island?"
"Owen, have you not heard of Dr. Grant's expedition to this island?"
"I may have heard something, but I don't remember him saying anything about male raptors."
"Well, Mr. Grady, if you heard about it, then you should know that Grant mentioned that there were eggs, meaning that there had to be some form of males on the island, correct?"
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
The three then heard the paddock door open, and four velociraptors came in. Unlike Owen's girls, these males were very similar in looks. How could their trainer tell them apart?
"Ah, there's the man of the hour," said Ortiz as he pointed behind Claire and Owen.
Owen and Claire turned around, and Owen couldn't believe who it was.
It was a man who was roughly around Owen's height. The man had nice, lightly tanned skin, hazel eyes, and a nice, built body. This man was an old friend of Owen's.
"James?" Owen asked.
"Owen Grady," said the man as he approached them.
"Owen, who is that?"
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is James Cortez. You must be Claire Dearing," he said as he extended his hand toward her.
"Nice to meet you James," said Claire as she shook his hand.
"James! I can't believe it's you!" said Owen as he finally processed that it was his old time friend standing in front of him.
Claire arched an eyebrow as the two pulled each other into a firm hug.
"Claire, James is an old friend of mine from the Navy."
"Ah, that makes sense."
"So, you train these guys?"
"Yep, these four are my life."
"Well, that's sweet."
"Claire, please, you can't say a relationship between a man and his velociraptors is sweet."
Claire scoffed at Owen and then they followed James towards the middle of the railing.
"So, what are their names James?" Owen asked him.
"Well, the one over on the left is Silver, he's my Beta."
James pointed towards a raptor that had a slick, silver colored retractable claw, which helped James give him the name. Silver was the Beta. He hated it when his brothers fought, and really cared for James. Silver always wanted to make James proud, so, whenever James wasn't around, he would always make sure that his brothers were as calm as they could be.
"The one next to him is Raphael, he's the hothead of the pack."
James then pointed at a raptor with a very noticeable scar running over his right eye. Raphael was, as James said, a hothead. Much like the ninja turtle himself, Raphael always fought for Beta spot, which is what made James name him the name which he had now.
"Next up is Tito, he's the fun one."
James was now pointing to a velociraptor that had a scar on his left side and a slash on his snout. That was Tito. He had a fight with Raphael when they were young, and that resulted in the scars that he had now. Tito was the fun one of the pack. He loved playing around with his brothers, and enjoyed hunting, too.
"Finally, there's Enrique."
"Enrique? What made you name him that?"
"Because he reminds me of my little brother, Enrique."
"Oh."
James pointed to a raptor that had no distinct features on him, but that's exactly what was distinct about him! All his older brothers had something about them that helped James tell who was who, but, Enrique being a clean raptor, helped James recognize the baby of the pack.
"Nice pack James. I'm surprised that they haven't gone insane listening to your crazy ass all the time," said Owen as he patted James on the back.
"Very funny Owen. I've heard that it took you a while to get good with your girls, which would explain why you don't have a female for yourself right now."
"Uh, James, Claire' is that female."
James looked at Claire, who nodded slightly, and then turned back to Owen and asked, "Did you just bring her here to say that?"
"No, I'm serious."
"Well, my salutations to you Claire. I'm surprised you've kept up with this man up to this point and have maintained all mental sanity."
Claire chuckled at James' words and then the group got off of the railing and Ortiz left the three to talk about the raptors.
"So, you train them for research?" Owen asked.
"Well, that research ended a week ago. And, Ortiz wants to shut this place down now that the research is concluded. But, I told him that I didn't want to leave my boys behind."
"Aw, that's too bad. I wish that there was something that we could do."
Claire thought about it for a second and then couldn't believe what she was about to say next.
"Well, there might be something."
"Oh yeah?"
"Well, you see, we have an empty paddock on Isla Nublar that is pretty far away from the park. It was where Alice used to reside, but then we moved her into the Rex Kingdom."
"You think that my boys can live over there?"
"It's possible."
Owen pulled Claire to the side for a moment and then asked, "Who are you right now?"
"What? This man cares for those raptors, and I think it would be very sad if he got separated from them. We can use this opportunity to move them to Alice's old paddock."
"It's a good point, but think about what you're saying right now. You're going to bring another pack of raptors onto an island that already has raptors."
"Owen, don't freak out, okay? It's not like they'll break out and then go and find your girls and have babies."
"You know what? Fine, go ahead."
Claire and Owen stepped back over to James and Claire said, "Well, I'll bring it up to the board and then I can give you an answer in a day or so."
"Okay, thank you Claire."
"Anytime James."
Owen and James then began to catch up with each other while Claire made a call to the board to see if they could move James' raptors onto Isla Nublar.
Dom couldn't sit still and it irritated Ian to the highest degree. Ian brought Dom to the viewing room in Alice's paddock, where Lowery, Ryan, Claire, and Owen were waiting. It was time for Dom to meet Alice.
"All right, now Dom, you listen here and you listen good. Don't do anything stupid please," said Ian.
"Ian, he's a child, he'll do whatever comes to mind," said Lowery.
"She ready?"
"Yeah, let's take him down to the door," said Owen.
Owen led his nephew and Dom down stairs and then Owen opened the door and Dom walked into Alice's paddock.
Alice heard the door to her paddock open and then close. Dom must be in here already. Alice walked up to the edge of the brush, camouflaged and all and then set her sights on the small Indominus. Dom seemed adorable to Alice. He was small, for now. He seemed to be restless, and he seemed like he wanted to jump around everywhere. Alice then decided to step out of the brush and turned her scales back to their majestic snow white color. Dom stepped back upon seeing the giant in front of him, but then realized that the giant looked a lot like him. Alice lowered her head and then let out a welcoming trill to the little hybrid. Dom reacted by jumping onto her snout and then let out a few trills of his own as he tried biting down on Alice's snout. Alice's heart began to melt already, and she smiled at when Dom continued to nibble on Alice's snout. Alice gently shook Dom off her snout and then, when he was on the ground, she let out a small chirp, telling him that her name was Alice. Dom trilled back, telling her that his name was Dom. Alice then told Dom that this was going to be his new home, and that she was going to be looking after him, alongside Dom's human. Dom jumped in excitement at hearing that this was his new home and then blasted off into the brush to explore the paddock. Alice turned her head and then decided to follow Dom. She didn't want him getting lost or anything.
Dom was a good hider. Alice hadn't seen him in a few minutes, and she started to worry a little bit. Alice then decided to make this into a game of 'Hide-and-Seek.' Alice was the Seeker, and Dom was the hider. Alice had to find Dom quick, before the small Indominus moved around again. Alice was surprised that Dom was being very quiet, especially for a little hybrid who loved chirping and letting out long roars. Alice looked through the small clearing, around the pond, near her nest, and even the small hole in a tree where Gray once hid from Alice. It was going to take awhile before Alice found Dom.
Dom was intentionally hiding from Alice so that she could find him. Ian had told the small Indominus that Zach had told him that Alice loved a game called 'Hide-and-Seek.' Dom was intrigued by the game and actually started playing it with Ian in the lab. Now, he had a bigger playing field and a new contender. Dom was hiding in a bush that was near the viewing room of Alice's paddock. Dom had learned how to use his camouflage ability and turned his scales a lush green to blend in with the bush. Dom kept his breathing slow, and his temperature down. Dom was smart for a little guy. Imagine how much smarter he'll be in a month or two! Dom could then hear Alice's pounding steps getting louder and louder. She was close by. Dom could see Alice's foot step in front of him and then saw that Alice lowered her head and then began to sniff around. How could Dom be so stupid? He had a sensitive nose, and that meant that Alice had one, too! Alice's scarlet gaze met Dom's crimson one, and the male hybrid froze.
Alice put her snout into the bush and grabbed Dom by his tail and held him upside down. Dom began to squeal and squirm, but Alice carried him back to the clearing in front of the viewing room. She then set him down and nuzzled him lightly. Dom returned the affection and let out a warm chitter as he rubbed his head on Alice's snout. Dom was already very important to Alice, and she wouldn't dare let anything happen to him. Alice could now have the sibling that she had always wanted. Alice had fought off her Wild Side over the past two weeks, and that's why nothing bad happened during their meeting.
Dom was super happy. He finally had a big sister! Dom bounced around and then ran up Alice's tail and stood tall on her back and let out his strongest roar, making everyone in the viewing room smile widely. A sibling bond had just begun, and it was going to get stronger, with each passing day.
Casey Johnson came into the scene and has a crush on Alexis. Owen and Claire met James and his raptors and suggested using Alice's old paddock for them to live in. Dom and Alice met each other and hit it off fantastically! Those two were going to be the best of siblings! It's going great, right?
A/N: Turtles! I hope that you liked this chapter and I hope you enjoyed Alice meeting Dom! Next chapter is going to be a little short, but it's well worth it! Review, if you want, and stay tuned for more to come!
'Til Next Time-TM341
