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Warning: Some dark content/cruel scenes...
Demons of a "Demon"
Everything was going smoothly at Jurassic World. Alexis and Casey are back to their old selves again. Claire and Owen are still sick, but, they were finally allowed to get back to their normal jobs, but their friends were still very cautious about them. Josiah is starting to feel something about Alice deep inside of his heart. Is he developing feelings towards her? Ortiz is close to standing in boiling water. The others were starting to figure out more about him and his past. They are now trying to find out what he plans on doing with Dom and who his inside guy is.
It s now Thursday, and Owen was going to be able to see his girls again. It had been some time since he had seen them. Then, he would go and see Alice.
Owen couldn't be any happier to see his girls. He hadn't seen them in a few days, and he was feeling a little worried that they would panic about not seeing their Alpha and break out to search for him.
The raptors were worried about not seeing their Alpha, but Barry was a good substitute in the mean time. He would feed them their favorite snacks all the time. Sometimes, they even preferred Barry over Alpha.
Owen was going to walk into the paddock today to greet his girls. Reggie told him that they wouldn't get sick, so Owen took it as they'd be perfectly fine when they greeted him up close.
Owen walked into the paddock and was greeted by silence. There wasn't a sound nearby. There wasn't any movement. Owen whistled to his girls, but they didn't show up at first. After a few seconds, Owen's Beta jumped on him and tackled him down to the ground. Blue then let out a happy trill as she nuzzled her face all over Owen's face. Delta and Echo were excited to see Owen and did the same as Blue. Owen couldn't help but laugh at seeing his girls again. They were happy to see him and he was happy to see them.
Blue was so happy. Alpha was still alive! But, something was off about him. There was a certain smell on Alpha that had Blue a little puzzled.
"Okay girls, okay! Off please," commanded Owen as he gently pushed Blue off of him.
Owen got up to his feet and then ran his hand down Blue neck and said, "I'm a little sick girls. So, if you get sick, now you know why."
That would explain the strange aroma on Alpha.
Alice was walking around the paddock as she spotted Dom, who was trying to catch a butterfly. He chased it around and jumped up to bite it, but the little insect would fly up out of Dom's reach when he jumped to bite it. Alice smiled at seeing her brother trying so hard to catch the butterfly. Alice then walked around a bit more and spotted Josiah, who was resting near the pond. Alice walked over to him and lied down next to him and asked him what he was thinking about. Josiah responded by telling her that there were a lot of things going on through his mind. Alice asked him what was going on through his mind and Josiah responded by telling her that he was thinking about all the crap that went on when he was younger. Alice asked him if he could tell her what happened during his youth, and Josiah complied.
(Play Demons by Imagine Dragons if you want to...)
Josiah didn't have it easy at all during his childhood. As a hatchling, he was experimented on and tortured by Lord and his companions. Josiah remembered back to crying for a few days because of the pain that he had received. He hated Lord and everything he did to him. He remembered one time where he was placed into a ring with two other animals, a velociraptor and a small apatosaur. Josiah didn't mind either of the two. He was more wary of the raptor than the herbivore. Josiah actually tried becoming friends with the long necked dinosaur, but that friendship was short lived. A few days later, the velociraptor ate the apatosaur before Josiah's very eyes, and then tried killing Josiah as well. But, Josiah had ended up killing the velociraptor out of rage from killing his apatosaur friend. That had been the worse memory that Josiah had ever experienced. The fight had resulted in a scar that was on Josiah's snout. Josiah then remembered back to even when Lord had commanded him to kill a pack of velociraptor hatchlings, but he didn't want to whatsoever. But, Lord began to beat Josiah until he did as he was told. But, Josiah didn't listen at all. So, Josiah watched in agony as Lord killed off the whole pack. Hearing those pained screeches and seeing all the blood. It brought a feeling back to Josiah that he never wanted to feel again.
Alice couldn't believe what she was hearing right now. Josiah had been through so much, and, yet, he seemed like a bit more of a normal Indominus. He didn't show any signs of a pained childhood. He was good at covering up his darkened past.
Josiah went on to say that all the humans, including Lord, that trained Josiah were scum of the Earth. The first trainer, who Josiah named Glutton, tried killing Josiah after Josiah had bit his hand. The second trainer, who Josiah named Deceit, had tried seeming friendly, but ended up trying something much, I mean much worse.
Alice asked Josiah what it was that Deceit tried to do.
Josiah looked down at the ground with darkened eyes and remembered back to what Deceit had tried to do. Deceit was a mad man who wanted...Josiah didn't even want to think about it. Deceit wanted...pleasure from Josiah. Good thing that Josiah bit off something more vital to Deceit when he tried.
Josiah went on to talk about the other trainers he had. The fourth trainer, who Josiah had named Death, had always tried killing Josiah when he didn't listen to him, but Lord wouldn't let him. Josiah was grateful for that much. The fifth trainer, who Josiah had decided to name Brute, always beat Josiah every time he didn't listen to him. Josiah remembered one time, when he didn't listen to Brute when the human told him to do a simple command, and Brute struck him in the stomach. Josiah then remembered himself on the ground, and still getting beaten.
Josiah had many other trainers, but the others weren't as bad as the first few.
Alice asked him if there were any memories in particular that he hated remembering. Josiah then thought of one memory.
It was when Josiah was still a hatchling. Lord had brought in an animal that looked similar to him. It was yet another Indominus. Lord wanted the two to bond and get along. But, there was something wrong from the start. The other Indominus was a bit more wild than Josiah. The other Indominus was a bit bigger than Josiah, and tended to push him around. Then, Lord brought in yet another Indominus. This one was smaller than Josiah and the other one. The bigger Indominus would always push the two around and Josiah felt like it was his duty to keep the smaller one safe. Josiah and smaller Indominus got along fine. They were practically brothers. The bigger one however, was still a big bully to the two. Josiah always protected the smaller one, and that would kind of explain why he had the natural inclination to protect Dom from the falling tree. Josiah and his brother had the best of times, even with the terrible humans that came and went. They were the happiest of brothers, and Josiah couldn't picture his life without his smaller brother. Until that one day came along. Josiah and his brothers were a bit bigger than they used to be, about the height of a velociraptor. He and his brother were just having a normal day playing with each other. The bigger bully Indominus woke up that day on the wild side of the bed. The bully Indominus went crazy and began to try and fight the other two. Josiah protected his smaller brother by challenging the bully Indominus to a fight. The two began to fight and it was going great in Josiah's favor. But, the bully bit down on Josiah's neck and then tossed him down to the ground. Josiah couldn't get up in time and turned to look at the bully bite down hard on the neck of his smaller brother. Josiah was mortified. The smaller Indominus began to let out cries and wails of pain, until after a few seconds, a cracking sound was heard and the smaller Indominus' cries were no more. Josiah then watched on as the bully ate the smaller one in front of his very eyes. The blood. The cries. Josiah was traumatized. Josiah charged at the bully and then killed him quickly. Josiah then rested next to his smaller brother's remains for the next few days, not moving at all and fending off any humans who tried getting close. That was the day that changed Josiah forever.
Alice didn't know what to think or how even to respond to Josiah. She didn't expect him to say all these things about himself right now. They barely knew each other, but now Alice could say otherwise. She looked at Josiah, who now had a very saddened look on his face. Alice swore she could see a single tear coming from Josiah's eye, running down the side of his cheek. Alice then moved closer to Josiah and then put her head under his jaw. She lightly crooned at him, telling him that she was sorry that he went through all of that when he was younger and that he should just let it all out.
Josiah didn't know what to do right now. Alice was under his jaw and trying to comfort him, which he was grateful for. Josiah thanked her for trying to comfort her and then asked her if she had anything bad happen to her while being completely alone in her old paddock. Alice responded by telling him that she just hated being alone all of the time. She hated the silence. She hated the emptiness. She just hated it.
Josiah wasn't really surprised by Alice's answer. If he had been alone all his life he would have hated those things, too.
Alice wanted to know more about him, not to seem rude by making him think about dark times in his past. She kindly asked him if there was anything else.
If Josiah had eyebrows, he would lower them right now. Why did Alice want to know so much about him? Just because Josiah sheds a tear over something terrible from his past, now Alice wants to know everything? Josiah huffed and then, with Alice still under his jaw, told her a few more things.
Josiah told Alice about all the animals that Lord made him kill, and all the humans he made him silence because they were problematic.
Alice knew exactly who Josiah was talking about. He was talking about Ortiz. The man was insane. An insane religious fanatic that would do anything to get whatever he wanted or needed.
Josiah remembered one animal that Lord told him to kill. It was a small animal that humans called dogs. Well, at a small size, they were called puppies. The puppy was so innocent to Josiah, that he refused to hurt it. But, Lord manipulated Josiah by telling him that the puppy had something to do with smaller one's death, and that enraged Josiah and he killed the poor puppy.
Alice was getting a little irritated. Not because of Josiah, but because of Ortiz. The man had to be taken off of this planet before he could do anymore damage to anyone, or anything, else. Alice told Josiah that he needed to stop Ortiz, but Josiah said otherwise. Alice was very confused. How could Josiah vouch for a human who was so cruel to him when he was a hatchling? How could one try to defend a monster that scared them all their life? Maybe that was it. Maybe Josiah was actually still a little scared by Ortiz to betray him and not do what Ortiz had planned.
Josiah knew that Lord was a mad man who had to be wiped off the face of the Earth, but he was truly still scared of the human because he was so cruel and downright scary.
Josiah then went on to tell Alice one more thing about his childhood. Josiah had told Alice that Lord had always told him that Love was a deceptive emotion and that it always knew how to tear apart the hearts of those who fell for her seductive ways.
Alice was a bit surprised by this. She didn't know much about love, but she sure knew that it wasn't an evil emotion. Claire and Owen loved each other, but none exhibited a kind of hatred towards each other through love. Alice couldn't say anything because she didn't have any experience whatsoever about love. All she knew was that Ortiz was wrong about love. Alice asked Josiah why Ortiz told him that.
Josiah replied that Lord told him not to fall in love at all. Both Indominus didn't know love, but they knew that humans courted before fully realizing that they love each other. All animals knew were that in the world, there was a mate for everyone, and once they mated, well at least in some cases, they mated for life. Alice asked Josiah if he had ever been in love before. Josiah shook his head and then asked Alice if she had ever been in love. She said no, but in her mind, she was kind of starting to, and so was Josiah.
Both Indominus had human DNA, so it was a bit understandable if they were to exhibit or experience human emotions. They could cry, smile, if they practiced it enough they could laugh, the list goes on. They showed all expressions and aspects for every emotion, except for love. Love was the one thing that neither had experienced, at least in a courting relationship type manner. Alice could say that she loved Dom, but as a brother. Josiah could have said that he loved his smaller brother, but then again, as a brother. This was a different love that neither of the two had dealt with before.
Alice moved her head from under Josiah's jaw and then stared at him. This Indominus had been through so much worse, she felt kind of guilty about judging him as a threat when he first arrived.
Josiah was about to get up and walk away. He had said too much to Alice already. He just wanted to take a walk. But, before he could get up, Alice told him to sit still. Running from his problems wasn't going to help him out. Alice told the male Indominus that if he needed help with anything, then he should tell her and they could talk it through. She also suggested that Josiah learn to spell words with the laminated paper so that he could communicate better with Owen and the others, and Ortiz she assumed.
Josiah looked at Alice and simply looked into her scarlet eyes. She was determined to help him. He asked her why she was so willing to help and Alice told him that she didn't know. But, she had a kind of gut feeling that she just needed to help Josiah out.
Josiah was then taken aback by Alice's next move. She gently nuzzled her cheek up against his. Josiah didn't know what to do. He felt very awkward in this position. He didn't want to say anything rash, and he didn't want to do anything stupid. So, he just let Alice nuzzle herself up against him. Alice then looked at Josiah and smiled, and the male Indominus couldn't help but smile back at her.
Josiah chittered his thanks and after that, Dom appeared and began wrapped his arms on Josiah's snout. The older male snorted and then lightly shook the hatchling off. Alice then grabbed Dom and began to bathe him. Dom, being the boy he was, began to protest and squirm. This reminded him of when Josiah slobbered him all over. Dom finally got out of Alice's reach, but Alice got up and then went in pursuit of the hatchling Indominus.
Josiah watched as Alice and Dom disappeared and he was finally alone again. He liked the silence. He rested his head on the soil and then closed his eyes. He was grateful that Alice was so willing to help him out. Now, Josiah wanted to find out what the strange feeling in his chest was. Is it just a strange feeling, or is it...love...towards Alice?
(Stop the song here)
A/N: Turtles! How's life going? I know that this chapter got really dark and I apologize if it creeped you out a bit. But, I just wanted to show you guys where Josiah came from. Well, I hope that you liked this little dark, yet slightly insightful chapter! Review if you want to and remember to stay tuned for more to come!
'Til Next Time!-TM341
