RaptorsRLife and Cat girl: Oh, you two are just awesome! And, I apologize a little for causing a bit of a tension between Alexis and Casey, but, every problem I introduce in this story, always get resolved!
Friendzone/Jurassic Flus/Emotional Strain
Oh the joy in all the world. It seemed like everything was getting a little hectic in Jurassic World. Claire and Owen were sick, and they weren't getting any better. Casey and Alexis have menacing tension and Ian and Olivia hope that the two can resolve it before Zach gets back, even though that's only two months from now. Ryan had found some stuff on Ortiz, but they couldn't find anything else because Ortiz knew how to hide his tracks. They now have reason to believe that Ortiz has someone on the inside working for him, and they're working hard to see who it is. Alice got a bit closer to Josiah because he had saved Dom from a falling tree. It showed Alice that Josiah was actually willing to risk his own life to keep the hatchling alive, and he had only known Dom for a short amount of time. Well, let's just see what happens from here...
It was now Tuesday, and it has been two days since Casey and Alexis began a tension between them. Ian and Olivia were thinking of many ways to get the two to talk to one another and just become friends. Alexis needed to friendzone Casey so that both he and she could be at peace. And, then maybe Alexis would believe in Casey's mysterious girlfriend. Ian and Olivia thought of one place that the two could go two to resolve the tension between them, but it would take a while to actually get the two over to where they needed to be. Before they put the plan into motion, Ian decided to visit his sick uncle and Claire to see how the two were holding up.
"How are you two holding up?" Ian asked as he kept his nose under his shirt.
"We're getting worse," said Owen, "You shouldn't be here Ian. You'll get sick."
"I don't get sick Owen. I'm immune to every sickness."
"Irony will bite you in the ass Ian."
"Whatever, I just wanted to check up on the both of you because I haven't seen you in a few days."
"That's so sweet," said Claire.
Ian smiled at her and then said, "So, mom wanted me to tell you that she wants to have a talk with you once you get better."
"About what?"
"Dad."
"Oh, well that conversation will go well then."
"Owen, don't do anything stupid okay?"
Owen stared at his nephew with his sick dead eyes and then said, "I won't punch him this time. I'll shoot him in the middle of the forehead."
"Owen, I've been able to talk with him over the last few days, and, he's the same, loving Dad that I knew since I was way younger."
"He left for his own reasons Owen, you just need to accept it," said Claire.
Owen turned to look at Claire and then said, "Uh, no offense Claire, but this is a family matter."
"Hey wait, I think Claire's opinion on the matter is important," defended Ian.
"Thank you. Now, what I think you and Ryan need, is some family therapy."
"Family therapy?" Ian asked, "Okay Claire, now I disapprove of your opinion."
"What? I think it'll be a benefit for all the Grady's and Vince. You can talk to one of our psychologists here."
"You have psychologists here?"
"We have them here in case any employees experience something traumatic. Ever since Alice's rampage, we hired nearly every kind of psychologist."
"Well, I'll look into it later."
Claire nodded her head at Ian and then jumped a bit when Owen sneezed loudly.
"Bless you," said Claire and Ian in unison.
Owen let out a grunt as a thank you and then grabbed a tissue and blew his nose.
"Yeah, you guys need some medicine," said Ian.
"Doc said we need rest," replied Owen.
"Yeah well, doctors aren't always right you know? Yes, you do need rest, but I do suggest that you take some medicine to help out."
"Ian, you're not a certified doctor."
"Yet."
"So, has your experience here at the park helped you form a career path?" Claire asked.
"Yeah. I've got two options. Work here in First Aid, or with Reggie as a vet."
"Well, have you asked him about an internship?"
"Yeah, he said I could actually start in the summer after the ten year celebration."
"Oh, well that sounds like fun."
"Yeah, well, we'll see about that."
Owen then let out another sneeze, this time, he didn't cover his mouth, and the germs flew onto Ian.
"Oh God! Owen! What the hell? Cover your freaking mouth when you sneeze!" said Ian as he got up and then walked away from Owen.
"I thought you said you didn't get sick Ian," mocked Owen.
Ian widened his eyes and then let out a huff at Owen before stepping out and leaving back to the park.
Claire smiled at Owen and then said, "Bless you."
Owen turned to look at Claire and smiled back and said, "Thank you."
Owen then leaned in to give Claire a kiss, until Claire's hand came between them.
"What the-"
"What? You really think I'm going to let you kiss me while we're both sick?" Claire asked.
Owen then pouted and slouched in his chair. He sure hated being sick.
"So, he changed his name, became CEO of a corrupt corporation, all for what?" Lowery asked Ryan and Jones.
"Your guess is as good as our Cruthers," replied Jones.
"Okay, so, I did some more research, and it turns out that Ortiz actually has a bit of a knack for using animals as weapons," said Ryan as he handed Jones a manila folder.
"He used to be involved in dog fights?"
"Yeah, but only for about a year. He then resorted to brainwashing animals and turning them into dangerous weapons."
"But, Josiah seems perfectly normal."
"Maybe he just made Josiah seem that way for now."
"What, you think Ortiz is waiting for the right moment to use Josiah?"
Ryan put his hand on his chin and thought about Lowery's question, as Jones answered, "Well, maybe he might not use Josiah to attack humans."
"He might use him to attack Alice," responded Ryan.
"Why?" Lowery asked.
"Maybe a motive of revenge is in order."
"Revenge?"
"Yeah, maybe Alice did something to his that made him want to kill her."
"The question is...what?"
Ryan and Jones looked at each other before looking at Lowery. This was just puzzling.
"Maybe Ortiz is giving us a clue with something," said Lowery.
Ryan and Jones arched an eyebrow and then Ryan asked, "What do you mean?"
"Like, maybe Josiah's name means something that can lead us to believe that Ortiz has something terrible planned for Josiah to do," responded Lowery as he began to type furiously.
Jones and Ryan were intrigued by Lowery's words and then watched as the geek typed on, until he found something.
"Okay, so, it turns out that Josiah is a biblical name," said Lowery.
"What does it mean?" Ryan asked.
"Fire of the Lord."
"Fire of the Lord? The hell does that mean?" asked Jones.
"Well, maybe its a symbolic thing. Like, Josiah could possibly be the Fire and the Lord would be-"
"Ortiz," finished Ryan.
The three men then looked at each other before Jones said, "I think that can hold up against him."
"We need something more concrete though," said Ryan.
"Like what? You've looked into his past, and he's done a lot of crazy crap! All the past illegal activity should be enough to pin him!"
"Well, it's actually not that simple. We need confirmation from Ortiz himself that he did all of this. Because, all of this info, could be corrupted by his inside man."
"Why?"
"He could have put false pictures, or other things."
"Okay, fine. How are you going to get it out of him?"
"Only time will tell Lowery."
Lowery turned to look at his screen and stared at the words on the screen. Fire of the Lord. What on Earth was Ortiz planning?
Josiah had just woken up from a delightful nap and walked around a bit. He spotted Alice and Dom sleeping and didn't want to wake them up at all. Josiah went to the viewing area and saw Lord standing in the viewing room. Josiah stood far from Lord and let out a low growl. Lord shouldn't be here right now.
"Josiah, how are you doing?" Ortiz asked in a calm tone.
Josiah just stared at Lord with his blazing Ruby eyes and then turned around to disappear into the brush.
Ortiz arched an eyebrow at Josiah and then asked himself, "What is going on with him?"
Josiah walked back to his nest and then lied down. He hated this conflict of emotions that he was having in his heart and mind. In such a short amount of time, Josiah had started to feel something toward Alice. Something deep. But, his evil side told him to stick with the plan. Josiah hated the plan. He didn't want to execute it at all, especially with Dom around. He was just a small little hatchling, and he didn't need to experience something like that.
Josiah felt a feeling inside of himself that was to be a kind of family with Alice and Dom. Be Dom's older brother, or be Alice's mate. Why was Josiah thinking these things?! Lord had taught his that he couldn't fall in love with the enemy! Josiah shook his head from all these thoughts as he looked up to the sky. Was he really going to through with Lord's plan?
Alice stirred from her sleep as she slowly cracked an eye open. She looked down at Dom and curled around him more. She was very happy that he was still alive and breathing. She was grateful that Josiah saved his life. Alice had to admit, though she barely knew Josiah, she could tell that he probably had a heart of gold under the rigid snow white scales and ruby red eyes.
Dom woke up from his sleep with a wide yawn and he then looked into one of his big sister's scarlet eyes and then let out a warm chitter. Alice responded with a greeting trill and nuzzled her little brother. Dom welcomed the nuzzle by nuzzling back. He loved a good nuzzle from Alice, and yet had to get one from Josiah. Dom knew that it would take some time before Josiah would see Dom as a younger sibling or so. Dom however, had the patience for it. He would wait for an eternity for Josiah to open up fully.
Dom got up to his feet and quickly ran off in search of the bigger male Indominus. Dom found him in a matter of seconds and then attacked Josiah's snout. Josiah snorted and then tried lightly shaking the hatchling off, but to no prevail. Josiah then gave Dom a gentle lick, before getting the hatchling off and slobbering him all over. Dom let out protesting barks as he tried squirming out of Josiah's grasp. Once Dom was out from Josiah's grasp, the hatchling ran over and jumped into the pond to get the slobber off, making Alice smile and making Josiah walk toward the pond. Josiah greeted Alice and she returned the greeting. The two watched as Dom surfaced and then went over and stood next to Alice while he wriggled his body of the cold water on his body.
Ian and Olivia were surprised that their plan was going well so far. They decided to take Alexis and Casey to the Bamboo Forest, the most Zen place in all of the park. Maybe the two could talk their differences out here, where they didn't permit yelling of any sort. Seriously, like, no yelling whatsoever. Ian and Olivia sat the two down on a bench and then went off a little bit ahead so that the two wouldn't be in the way when the other two talked. They were still at a good range where they could hear the other two however.
Casey just sat there, staring at the healthy bamboo that was growing around him. Alexis just texted Zach on her phone, and wouldn't look away from it whatsoever. Casey knew how this was going to go. He would have to speak first. He would have to apologize. He did raise his voice to Alexis now and said that she was an attention seeker. The teenager then let out a sigh as he said, "Alexis, I'm sorry."
Alexis continued to text as she listened to Casey intently.
"I'm sorry for raising my voice at you and for saying that you're an attention seeker," said Casey as he then turned to look at Alexis.
Alexis could feel the boy staring at him, and she didn't like it at all. Well, she liked it a little. She slowly put her phone down and away from her face as she slowly turned her gaze to Casey. She let out a slight discontent sigh as she said, "I'm sorry for not believing that you have a girlfriend."
"What?" Casey asked.
"You were right. I am having a bit of a hard time accepting the fact that you have a girlfriend."
"Do I sense a bit of jealousy from you Pitcher?"
"No, but, I kind of do like it when you pretend to hit on me."
Casey didn't know what to do at the moment. He didn't know whether to smile out of happiness in the fact that he was partially right, or just frown and stare at Alexis because of her strange confession.
"Uh, well, apology accepted...I guess," said Casey with an arched eyebrow.
"I accept your apology too Casey," said Alexis.
Ian and Olivia stared from afar and heard every word that was spoken.
"Okay, so, Alexis did like the attention that Casey was giving her, and she was having a hard time accepting the fact that Casey has a boyfriend?" Ian whispered.
"Oh my God," said Olivia.
"What?"
"Alexis is admitting that a guy was right about her for once."
Ian looked at Olivia with an arched eyebrow as he then watched on as Casey and Alexis talked.
"So, look, I'll tell you what. I had a crush on you Alexis," began Casey, "I really did. But, after seeing how devoted you are to this Zach guy, I don't think I should even mess around in that playing field. But, I can still hit on you every now and then because I like it when you're a bit annoyed by me. Makes me happy in a way."
"Yeah well, as much as I appreciate the friendly help," said Alexis, "How about you don't hit on me and we just be friends?"
"Aw, see, it's already starting again."
"What's already starting again?"
"Don't worry about it Pitcher. You just keep on moving forward."
Alexis scoffed at Casey and then said, "Unbelievable."
Casey smiled at her and then said, "Don't worry about it Babe. I knew we would talk things out."
Alexis looked at Casey and then said, "Don't call me Babe Casey!"
Casey then laughed at Alexis and she couldn't help but put a small smile on her face. They were back to their old shenanigans.
Olivia and Ian smiled at the two and then approached them.
"Well, I see that you two have talked things through," said Ian.
"Yeah, if you call talking things through play flirting on a girl who is taken," responded Alexis.
Casey looked at her and smiled.
"Yeah well, what say you two we go and hit Starbucks again?" Olivia asked.
The two of them agreed and then the four were off to the coffee shop.
"Man, we are so white," said Ian.
The other three just stared at him as they continued on. The hell was Ian talking about?
Owen was sleeping in his hammock, resting peacefully as the sounds of the world kept him in a tranquil state. Too bad that the moment was short lived. Owen felt gravity pull his towards the ground, and before he realized it, he fell face first, onto the ground. Owen groaned as he slowly got up and saw who it was that flipped him over.
"Sarah, what the hell?" he asked gruffly.
"I just wanted to check on my big brother and see how his girlfriend was doing, too," she replied.
"We're doing fine. Now, go away."
"Ah, ah, you aren't getting rid of me that easily."
"Where's Vince?"
"Please, you think he's going to come close to you, let alone when you have the flu?"
"Aren't you afraid you'll get sick, too?'
"Please, I don't get sick."
"Well, now I know where Ian get's it from."
"What?"
"Don't worry about it."
Sarah arched an eyebrow, but then shrugged her shoulders as she watched Owen slowly walk up the stairs and into his bungalow. Sarah followed her brother and then saw Claire snoring her sickness away. Sarah chuckled at seeing her boss like this. Owen then sat down on Claire, who let out a loud groan as the weight of her boyfriend seeped on her.
"Owen, what the hell are you doing?" she asked with a stuffy nose.
"We have a visitor," he replied.
Claire opened her eyes to see her assistant and then asked, "What do you want Sarah?"
"Two things. First, a picture of you asleep like that. And second, I came here to tell you that the next few months have all been booked. And the ten year celebration guest list has been made and each guest has confirmed to arrive."
Claire lightened up a bit at the good news.
"That's great. But, how does this help me with my sickness?" she asked Sarah.
Sarah smiled and then said, "It doesn't. But, I do know that you like knowing how your park is holding up, am I right?"
"Yeah, you are."
Sarah nodded her head and then told Owen, "Hey, listen, I want us to have a little therapy session."
"What? Claire, did you tell Sarah about this?" Owen asked.
"No, maybe Ian told her."
"Ian did tell me about it. I think it would be a good idea."
Owen stared at his sister and then saw that he really didn't have much of a choice, "Fine. But I'm only doing it because you're my sister and I love you."
"You on any medication?" Sarah asked.
"No, why?"
"You seem delusional, or even high, right now."
Claire snickered at that and then Owen shook his head. He really hated being sick...
A/N: Turtles! More about Ortiz has been revealed! And there's more to come! I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you come back for more! Review, if you want to, and stay tuned for more to come!
'Til Next Time!TM341
