Cat girl: I'm sorry for changing Alexis a bit. I didn't mean for it to get this bad. Honestly, recently, I haven't been super focused on the teens part up until now. I apologize for any inconvenience. I do say that you should read the teens section of this chapter. I've done my best to get Alexis back to her old self, believe you me!

Hide and Seek/Three Words: One Meaning

It was now Monday, and Owen was very excited for today. It was the day that a beta test of Hide and Seek with Alice would be put into play. Only 50 people could participate, but Claire wouldn't let Owen play. But, Owen was his own man, so he would play the game anyway. But, he would have to sneak past her and Security to get in. James had already said that he was going to play, and Dom wanted in too, but, the game was meant for humans. Alice explained it to Dom and told him that he could play with Josiah while she was gone. Dom was fine with that and decided to let the humans try their best to be the best hiders in the world.

Ian and then other teens were hanging around in the viewing room of Alice's paddock as Dom chased butterflies and Alice and Josiah talked.

"So, you guys gonna try to play in the Hide and Seek beta later today?" Ian asked.

"You know it," replied Alexis, "I'm going to be the best hider ever."

"Whatever Pitcher. I'm going to be the best hider ever," said Casey confidently.

Olivia rolled her eyes and said, "Well, sorry to break it to you guys, but I'm going to win."

Ian looked at Olivia and said, "Olivia, you really think you're going to win?"

"Are you doubting that I'll win?"

"Well...yeah."

Olivia punched Ian in the arm, but didn't react to it.

"Did you just punch me?" Ian asked.

"I'm sorry but-"

"No, it's fine because...it didn't hurt."

Alexis stepped in and said, "Hey, Olivia can inflict pain when she wants to."

"Well I guess that she didn't this time then," said Ian with a smug smile.

"Well then, why don't I punch you for her?"

"If you think you can actually do something, go ahead and try."

Casey and Olivia took a step back and then waited for Alexis to do something.

"You do know that I can kick anyone's ass, right?" Alexis said.

Ian scoffed at her and then said, "I'd like to see you try Alexis."

"Ian, I wouldn't challenge her if I were you," said Olivia.

"I got to agree with Olivia on this one Ian," added Casey.

"You guys are ridiculous. It's Alexis you two. How much harm could she actually do?"

With that, Alexis kicked her leg up and hit Ian straight in the stomach and then tackled him to the ground. Alexis then began to beat the crap out of Ian.

Olivia and Casey watched as Alexis pounded her fists on Ian, as Ian just made sure he protected his face.

"We told you Ian," said Olivia as she took a picture of what was happening.

"You should have listened to us," said Casey.

After a few more seconds, Alexis got off of Ian, who didn't feel like getting up at the moment for two reasons. One: he was beaten up by a girl, and two: he couldn't move because he was in pain.

"Like I said, I can kick anyone's ass, including yours Ian," said Alexis as she brushed herself off.

"And that's why I love you Alexis," said Casey.

"Don't push it Casey or I'll kick your ass, too."

Casey lifted his hands up and took a step back and said, "Duly noted."

Alexis gave a single nod of her head and then turned to walk out of the door, followed by Olivia, who really wanted to show her best friend the pictures of her kicking her boyfriend's ass.

Ian then slowly got up with a grunt. Casey stepped forward and helped Ian up and asked, "You good?"

"I just got my ass kicked by Ronda Rousey's small clone. So, I'm not good. I think I've got three broken ribs, all my organs are out of place and I now greatly fear Alexis. I'm going to have nightmares about this."

Casey couldn't help but laugh and then said, "Ah, you get used to it."

"Wait, she's kicked your ass before?"

"Yeah, how else do you think I just playfully hit on her now with full on confidence? I fear her, but I'm not afraid of her beating me up."

Ian shook his head at Casey and then the two walked out of the room to find the girls.

"Alexis, don't you think you pushed it a bit?" Olivia asked.

"Maybe a little, but, that's how I am Olivia. I push things to the limit and beyond," replied Alexis.

"You could've killed him you know?"

"And I would have if he wasn't your boyfriend."

Olivia rolled her eyes at Alexis and then said, "It surprises me that Ian doesn't get your personality."

"He thinks I'm a preppy girl who shies away from fights!" said Alexis loudly.

"Well, I think now he knows that you can be a bit bitchy and kick anyone's ass."

Alexis put a small smile on her face at that and then watched as Ian limped over with Casey by his side.

"Alexis, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for saying that you couldn't hurt me and I just want you to know that I fear you greatly," said Ian.

"Ian, it's fine. You don't have to be afraid of me, but you should know better than to push my buttons. Or else-"

"You'll kick my ass I get it," finished Ian.

"Good. Now, what say you we go to Starbucks?"

"Sounds like a plan."

The four then went off to Starbucks. Ian now knew better than to push Alexis' buttons.

Owen walked into Alice's paddock, with Claire and James walking alongside him. They stopped at the window and opened it and watched at Dom jumped high to try and catch a butterfly. Alice turned her head and saw Owen and gave a warm croon at the three humans standing at the window.

"Hey Princess," greeted Owen.

Alice walked over to the window and then gently nudged Owen. Claire smiled and then asked, "You ready for today Alice?"

Alice nodded her head and then gave a chitter, telling her that she couldn't wait to find everyone. She was so excited!

"Well good. With your positive attitude, I'm pretty sure you'll win."

Alice liked Claire's words and then pointed at the laminated letters and Owen brought them over. Alice began to arrange them until they formed a question.

'Can Owen play'

Claire turned to look at Owen and then asked, "You told her to tell me this?"

"What? N-No, I swear to you that I didn't. I guess she just really wants me to play," responded Owen.

Claire put her hands on her hips and then let out a sigh.

"Bueno amor, you better hope that you find me first, because I am a very good hider," said James as he patted Alice's snout.

Alice snorted at James. He was a good hider, but challenging Alice was playful suicide. James would be the first one Alice would find.

'Ill find you frst'

"I'd like to see you try and find me first," taunted James.

Alice liked this man. He was challenging the most intelligent predator on the planet to a game that she had become a master finder at, besides Dom of course. Dom was a better seeker than Alice was. But, since he wasn't going to be doing anything during the time of the beta, Alice was the best seeker.

"James, you do know that you are challenging the most intelligent predator on the planet?" Owen asked.

"Yes, I know that amigo but I just feel like Alice won't be able to find me," replied James.

Alice roller her eyes and then lightly pushed James with her snout, accepting his challenge. She'd be sure to at least find the man, even if he was the last one.

Owen turned to look at Claire and then asked, "Claire, can I please be in the beta? This whole thing was my idea need I remind you. Please?"

Claire looked at Owen and then said, "Owen-"

"Come on Claire! There's no way I can cheat because I mean, come on it's Alice we're talking about here. And, I just really want to be in it."

"No, you just want to beat James."

Owen looked over at James and then said, "Yes, that is very true."

James scoffed at Owen and then Claire rolled her eyes with a faint smile as she said, "Well, you know what? Owen, you are your own man, do whatever you want."

"I know I'm my own man, but you are my boss you know? And, you're my girlfriend, so, a little consulting before making a decision is helpful," said Owen.

"Well, that's sweet I guess. Thanks for trying to talk with me before already making your decision."

Owen gave a single nod of his head and then said to James, "Well Cortez, you've got some competition on the playing field now."

"Let's see who gets found first."

"Loser gives the winner a hundred bucks."

"You sure you can spare that much money amigo?"

"Yes I can, thanks James."

"Well then, it's a bet."

James then firmly shook Owen's hand and then Claire scoffed and said, "Boys."

Owen and James looked over at Claire and then turned to look at Alice, who was just staring at them, watching them speak.

The day went by smoothly, until it was finally time for Hide and Seek to begin. The rules were simple: Guests, or hiders, would hide from Alice in a vast part of the Restricted Area and would have to evade from being spotted by her. If they were spotted, they were out. Most people took it as a kind of survivor simulation, like if Alice had still been on her rampage and they were hiding from her to stay alive. The way that Control could keep track of the players, were by bands which players put on their wrists that had tracking implants in them. The implants don't make sounds, so that Alice wouldn't be able to find hiders faster than normal. For today's beta, only fifty players were allowed, of those players were the four teens, Owen, Ryan, and James. All fifty hiders were waiting behind a white line that they would cross once the game started. Alice wasn't put in a cage or anything, she was just lying down as some of the hiders walked up to her and took pictures of or with her.

"You guys ready?" Owen asked them.

"You know I am," responded James.

"Same here," added Ryan.

"I don't get why you guys are even going to try and hide. I've already won this," said Ian with a smile.

Ryan rolled his eyes at his nephew and then said, "All right Dynamo, don't go around thinking you won. We all know that I'm going to win."

"No see, you guys have it all wrong, I'm going to win," said Alexis.

The guys turned to look at Alexis and then Ian added, "Right. Well, it's nice to see that believe that you'll win Alexis."

"No, I will win. I've got this down."

Olivia stepped up to Alexis and then said, "Okay Alexis, I think you've taken too much medicine or something, because you seem pretty high right now. We all know that I'm going to win."

That made Ian and Alexis laugh really hard.

"What, you guys think I won't win?" Olivia asked.

"No, it's just, we know you won't win," responded Alexis.

"Ian?"

"Sorry Olivia, but I'm kind of with Alexis on this one," replied Ian.

"Aw, come on you guys," interjected Casey, "Don't get the little lady's hopes down. We should all let her believe that she'll win."

Ian chuckled at that and Olivia looked at Casey and said, "You know what? We'll just wait and see what happens."

"Claire, you okay?" Lowery asked her as she began to bite her nails.

Claire and Lowery were watching all of this from the Control room. They would be able to see who Alice has found thanks to the tracking implants.

"Yeah, I'm just a bit nervous," responded Claire.

"Well, you have nothing to worry about Claire. Think of it as Alice finding lost guests."

"Oh, like a kind of Search and Rescue?"

"Yes exactly."

"Okay, yeah, I'll try looking at it that way."

"Good. Now, let's all watch because the game's about to start."

Everyone turned their attention to the main screen in the room and watched as all the hiders lined up.

Everyone was standing in a line, waiting for the signal to run and hide from Alice.

"All right folks," came Lowery's voice over speakers, "welcome to the beta test run of Hide and Seek with Alice the Indominus Rex. You guys should already know the rules. You hide from Alice, case and point. Whoever is found last is the winner. Alice has thirty minutes to find all of you. Just know, if you hide in the Oldivistor Center, you can only hide in the lobby and garage sections, all other parts of that place are off limits. Also, when you are found, your bracelet trackers will ping, meaning that we know that you lost, so don't try and stay in, that means you Owen."

Most of the hiders began to chuckle at that while Owen huffed and then, an alarm sounded. The hiders had to go and hide now. Everyone scattered into the Restricted Area as Alice watched them disappear into the thick jungle. Alice wasn't worried one bit. This would be a synch.

All the hiders had scattered and Lowery gave Alice the signal to go and find them. Alice got up and then began to walk forward into the jungle. Who did she want to find first before time was up?

Each of the teens were scattered around the Restricted Area while Owen and Ryan hid with each other and James was wherever he was.

Now it was a matter of waiting to see if Alice could find them or not.

"Owen," whispered Ryan, "Why did you have to hide in here?"

"What? You didn't have to follow me you know? You could have hid somewhere else," responded Owen.

The Grady brothers were hiding under a fallen log that had a pile of dino dung next to it. Owen hoped that if Alice used scent to find the hiders, then the pile of crap next to them would mask theirs.

"Oh God, I can taste it in my mouth!"

"Stop being such a baby Ryan. If you don't stop complaining, Alice will find us first," said Owen.

Ryan huffed and then said, "So, we have to wait here for half an hour?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, while we're waiting, let's just talk."

"Ryan, I love you, but I swear if you keep talking I will throw you into that pile of shit, got it?"

Ryan nodded his head and then shut his mouth. Talk about pushy.

James was hiding in a hollowed out log around the old Visitor Center and kept looking down at his watch with each passing minute. He was bored out of his mind. He really wanted to win, but he sure wished he had some company to talk to before being found. James got stiff when he heard booming footsteps nearby. Alice was close by. James really didn't want to get found now. He prayed Alice would walk away and not pay attention to his spot whatsoever. And, his prayers were heard as the booming footsteps faded. But, James jumped when someone else got into the log. It was Ian who jumped into the log.

"Ian, what are you doing here," James asked quietly.

"Sorry James, but Alice almost found me and I had to jump in here before she caught sight of me," responded Ian.

"You think she caught wind of you?"

"God, I hope not."

The two went silent for a few seconds and they couldn't here anything. Maybe Alice went off somewhere else.

"How many people has Alice found so far Lowery?" Claire asked.

"Well, it's only been ten minutes, and she's found twenty people already. None of them are the teens or Owen, James and Ryan," responded Lowery.

"Well, let's see if any of them are found next."

Olivia and Alexis were hiding in a dense patch of foliage inside of the old Visitor Center and waited to see if Alice would find them. Olivia looked at Alexis and then whispered, "How's Zach doing by the way?"

"He's doing good, thanks for asking," responded Alexis.

"Did he tell you when he was coming?"

"Yeah, between the last week of May or the first week of June. I can't wait to see him."

"Wow, you really love him don't you?"

"You have no idea."

Olivia smiled at Alexis and then turned her head to make sure that Alice wasn't quietly sneaking around.

"So, do you love Ian?" Alexis asked.

Olivia immediately turned her head to look Alexis straight into her eyes and then asked, "What?"

"Do you love Ian?"

"Yeah, of course, he's my boyfriend."

"Just because he's your boyfriend doesn't mean you love him Olivia."

"Well I do love him."

"But, you haven't even kissed yet. You really think that you both love each other and you haven't even smooched?"

"Alexis, first, it's none of your business on how my relationship with Ian goes, okay? Second, I'll tell you what, if I end up winning, I'll finally kiss Ian."

"What if you don't win?"

"Then I won't kiss him."

"Wow, I think if you really did love him, you'd kiss him regardless."

Olivia just stared at Alexis and then grabbed her phone and began to look at a few pictures she had of her and Ian together.

Casey was hiding near a stream. He was actually way up high in a tree. He was wearing camo clothes so he blended in with the environment. He was sure that Alice wouldn't find him, until Alice found him that is.

"Alice, how did you find me?" Casey asked.

Alice just chittered at Casey, telling him that camo doesn't work on her and that he should have put on a camo hat or something because his hair really stuck out.

"You know what? Whatever, I'll accept my defeat this time. Good job Alice."

Alice then helped Casey down and then proceeded to hunt down the rest of the hiders.

"Lowery, give me an update," said Claire.

"Twenty minutes have passed, forty-four hiders found, including Casey," responded Lowery.

"Wait, so the people who are left are Ian and the girls, and Owen, Ryan and James?"

"Yep."

"Oh boy, this ought to be good."

"You and Owen did what?" Ian asked as he held in laughter.

"We legitimately tricked a few FNGs to streak across the facility," responded James.

"Oh dear Lord, did you guys get in trouble for it afterwards?"

"Surprisingly, we didn't."

"Wow."

"What about you? Anything funny that you've done to someone?"

"Yeah."

"What?"

"I pushed Alexis' buttons until the girl kicked my ass to a pulp."

James did his best to stifle the laughter that wanted to escape. Ian got beaten up by a girl, let alone by Alexis.

"You're joking, right?" asked James.

"I wish I was," replied Ian.

The two then went silent as they heard booming footsteps approaching. The steps would get louder and louder with each second, until it went quiet. Ian looked at James and then turned his head around to a white scaled tail flick by. Alice had found them. But, she didn't know who was in the log. Ian began to slowly scoot out of the log and James just wondered what on Earth he was trying to do. Alice would obviously spot him if he went out of the log. But, Ian had the better idea. Once Ian was out of the log, James let out a terrifying scream as he was pulled out of the log. James was then hanging upside down as he stared at the ground. He looked over and saw Ian scurrying away.

"Alice, amor can you put me down please?" James asked.

Alice complied and placed James on the ground. James got up and dusted himself off.

"You scared the living hell out of me Alice. But, buen trabajo Alice."

Alice smiled at those words and James bracelet pinged. Alice then went in search of whoever else was with James in the log.

Owen and Ryan were sitting quietly until they were startled by Ian, who was nearly out of breath.

"Ian, what are you doing here?" Owen asked.

"Alice found James and I, but she nabbed James, and since my bracelet didn't ping, that meant that she hadn't truly found me," responded Ian.

"And you led her here?!" Ryan asked.

"No, but I do know that she was following me, but she turned in a different direction. I think she was heading towards the old Visitor Center."

"Who could be in there?"

"Alexis and Olivia."

"Oh no."

"God, what is that smell?!"

Ryan pointed over to the pile of dino crap on the ground, and Ian grimaced as he placed his nose under the collar of his shirt.

"Alexis, why don't we try moving somewhere else?" Olivia asked.

"And let Alice spot us in the open? No thank you," responded Alexis.

"But, what if she sees us or is close by?"

"Then one, our bracelets would have pinged, and two, we would be able to hear her footsteps."

Then, booming footsteps were heard and that made Olivia step away from Alexis and hide behind a pillar surrounded with tons of foliage. Then, Alice stepped in and barked at Alexis, making the girl jump and turn around.

"What?! No, Alice you weren't supposed to find me! Wait, am I the last one?" Alexis asked.

Alice shook her head.

"Damn it. Well, good job Alice."

Alice nodded her head and then exited the building. Before Alexis exited she said, "You're lucky Olivia."

Olivia didn't respond, but she smiled at those words and then watched as Alexis walked out.

"Why would you want to move?" Owen asked, "This is the perfect hiding spot."

"Well, I guess it's the pile of shit that is sitting next to us," replied Ryan.

"Sh! Guys, listen," said Ian.

Faint booming sounds were heard. Alice was getting close.

"We need to move," Ryan said.

"No, I'm telling you Alice won't be able to find us at all," said Owen.

Ian just moved a bit away from the two because a scenario popped into his head. What if Alice accidentally stepped on the pile of crap and spattered it onto Owen and Ryan?

Then, the scenario became reality. Alice stepped onto the pile of dung and it spattered onto Owen and Ryan, making the two groan in disgust.

"God! Alice!" Owen yelled.

Alice lowered her head and looked into Owen's eyes.

"What the hell Princess?" Owen asked.

Alice looked over at Ryan, who began to spit some of the crap out. Ryan then began to gag. He had shit in his mouth. Not the most wonderfully tasting thing in the world. Alice then looked over at Ian, who was clean; not a drop of crap on him.

"Hi Alice," he said with a wave of his hand.

Then, an alarm sounded. Time was up.

"Wait. does that mean that someone won?" Owen asked.

"Maybe Alice found everyone already," said Ryan.

Alice shook her head and lifted one of her talons.

"There's one person left," Ian said.

"But, who?" Owen asked.

She won. Olivia actually won. Even if it was a beta, she still had bragging rights to say that she beat an Indominus at a game of Hide and Seek. Everyone doubted her, but look at what happened. She walked out to the starting line and was congratulated by everyone who participated. Once she was congratulated by all her friends, she turned to look at Ian and then stepped forward and pressed her lips against his. Ian was taken aback a bit, but then kissed her back. Owen and Ryan smiled at seeing that their nephew was in a good relationship and Alexis smiled to see that she was a true woman of her word. Once Olivia and Ian separated, Olivia just rested herself in Ian's arms.

"What was that for?" Ian asked.

"I love you," Olivia said.

"Oh, well, I love you too Olivia."

Olivia smiled and then let out a victory yell. She had won and kissed her boyfriend, it was a very good day...

A/N: Turtles! What's good? Well, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you come back for more! Review, if you want to and stay tuned for more to come! Also, for those of you in the good ol' US of A, Happy early Thanksgiving! I hope that you enjoy it with your family! Much love to you guys!

'Til Next Time!-TM341