A/N: Okay guys, I understand that you all are going through a lot right now since hearing of Alice's passing but believe me you guys, I didn't enjoy doing it either. Why I did it? Because I love watching and hearing you guys weep and get sad! I am totally kidding with that. I am not a ruthless writer. I would never want to see you guys in pain. But, this particular incident had to happen. Believe me my turtles, your master knows what he is doing...

The Fire that Consumed the Lord

Owen, Claire and Lowery arrived at Alice's paddock a moment too late. They entered and saw Security with their guns pointed at Ortiz. Jones walked up to Claire and asked if they could shoot him. Claire denied the order and then said to wait. Jones then ordered the men to lower their weapons and then all the Security left the room, leaving the three alone with Ortiz.

"I can already see the fire," said Ortiz.

"Ortiz," Owen said with disgust in his voice.

Ortiz turned around with a big menacing smile on his face and then said, "Ah, Owen, Claire, and Lowery. Are you here to mourn the destruction of the Scarlet Heart?"

"What Scarlet heart?" Claire asked.

"He means Alice," said Lowery, "she has scarlet eyes."

"Someone knows how to catch on quickly."

"Why are here you here Ortiz?"

"To finally get what I've wanted for so long."

"And what would that be?"

"Oh please, you really think that I'd tell you my plan?"

"You're the one who's caused Jurassic World all this crap over the months. The vandals, the hybrids, Zara, and now this."

"Yes, I'll admit to that. But, none of those will compare to this."

Then, Josiah stepped out of the brush, with a bloody snout and some wounds on his legs and neck. Owen, Lowery and Claire all stared at Josiah in shock. What did Ortiz make Josiah do?

Claire stepped up to the viewing glass and then opened the window and asked Josiah, "What did you do?"

Josiah stared at Claire and then snapped his jaws at her, making her back away from the glass.

Owen looked at Ortiz and asked, "What'd you make Josiah do Ortiz?"

"The Fire consumed the Scarlet Heart and the Crimson Pearl," he replied.

"What?"

Lowery understood what Ortiz meant and then widened his eyes when it hit him. Lowery then got very mad and then said, "He made Josiah kill Alice and Dom."

Claire gasped and then looked at Ortiz and walked up to him and slapped him. Ortiz simply chuckled at that and then said, "Music to my ears."

Owen walked over to Ortiz and pushed him up against the wall and said, "I'm going to kill you."

"For what? Serving justice?"

"Justice?! What justice?"

"If you wouldn't mind putting me down, then I'll tell you."

Owen then did as Ortiz said and backed up a little.

"You all don't understand what's going on do you?"

"Well, we know enough about you to nearly piece a puzzle together," said Lowery.

"Speak Lowery."

"You're real name is Eduardo Gonzalez, you got rid of the real Gabriel Ortiz to rise through to buy out InGen so that you could get an easier way to get to the island. You hired the hybrids, vandals, and Zara to try and throw us off and distract us from your true intentions. You intentionally brought up Josiah up and out of the blue and then had him brought here. Then, you made him kiss up and pretend to fall in love with Alice and become a good friend to Dom so that they wouldn't be able to tell if something was going on. And now you're here, watching as your nightmare becomes a reality."

Ortiz was impressed to say the least.

"Wow, Mr. Cruthers, I believe you've hit everything on the bat so far. But now, since I know I won't be able to get myself out of this one, I can tell you why," said Ortiz.

Ortiz looked out the glass and looked at Josiah and the blood he was covered in. Ortiz then began to speak, "There was a family that came to visit on the day of the Indominus Incident. It was a vacation that had been planned by the family for a few years. There was a father, mother, two girls, and a boy. The oldest girl was seventeen, her sister fifteen, and their brother was only around six to seven years old. The day was going all good for the family, until all guests were gathered in Main Street. Then, all hell broke loose when the pterosaurs flew down and attacked all the guests, including the family. The pterosaurs went away with the daughters and the young boy was critically injured. The mother was tackled by a pteranodon and pecked to death. The father and son then waited for the boats to arrive. While they were waiting, the young boy's injuries were too critical, and the boy died within a few more minutes, leaving the father completely alone. The father, fueled with anger, hatred, and rage, demanded true justice for what had happened. The father then worked for months on a plan to get rid of the Devil that killed his family."

Ortiz stopped speaking. His eyes began to water, making Owen and Claire look at each other for a second.

"All of this," began Lowery, "was a revenge plot?"

"Yes. Justice for my family."

"Justice? Ortiz, how can you justify Alice's actions by killing her?" Owen asked.

"I lost my family that day. How could I stand idly and let the days go by with that putrid beast of a hybrid regaining 'innocence?'"

"You weren't the only person who lost someone that day Ortiz!" yelled Claire, "Many people lost someone close to them."

"And my deepest condolences reach out to them, but they are also stupid fools for not taking action."

"Taking action? Ortiz if most people in the world acted out of revenge, then humanity probably wouldn't exist at the moment."

"Miss Dearing, I'm simply doing the world a favor and ridding it of the demonic monster that you all see as some kind of holy angel."

"Ortiz, you are a sick bastard. why would you torment Josiah into doing something like this?"

Ortiz turned his head to look at Josiah, who simply stared back at Ortiz.

"Oh please," he began saying, "you think it matters what I did to him to get where he is now?"

"You tortured an innocent creature to do your bidding. Didn't you stop to think about how he felt?"

"How he felt? Please, if he's anything like Alice, then I simply brought the monster inside out of him."

Josiah understood that. Lord tortured him all his life, it would only make sense that Lord was trying that.

"I just showed Josiah the worst things in life. I gave him tones of friends that he ended up killing anyway."

That wasn't true, Josiah always wanted new friends, but Lord always ended up killing them.

"That beast wasn't easy to maintain. He always tried escaping."

Who wouldn't want to escape from that hellhole? Josiah just wanted a bit of freedom.

"I just raised a monster to fulfill my wishes."

Owen felt sick listening to Ortiz spout this garbage. Owen clenched his fist and then said, "It's over Ortiz."

"I already know that," said Ortiz as he moved in front of the window.

Big mistake.

"You know," began Ortiz, "all of this that I've done ahs taught me something. Revenge is simply-"

Ortiz couldn't finish his sentence because in a blink of an eye, snow scaled jaws clamped down on the man, killing him. A bit of blood spurt out onto Claire, who gave a small scream. Owen, Claire and Lowery simply stared at the bloodied snout that had just killed Ortiz. Josiah had just eaten his master. The Fire had consumed the Lord.

Claire dropped to her knees when the sudden realization that it was all over finally hit her. Owen went over to her and said, "Claire, you okay?"

"Well, I'm covered in blood, but it's all over, so, yeah, I am okay," she replied quietly.

Owen gave a light scoff at that and then sat down next to Claire and let out a long sigh.

Lowery walked up to the glass and watched as Josiah crunched up Ortiz.

"Did you really kill Alice and Dom, Josiah?" Lowery asked.

Josiah stopped crunching and stared at Lowery and then continued on crunching.

Reggie then came in, along with the teens and Tim, and walked up to the window. Ian and Olivia walked over to Claire and Owen to check if they were fine.

"What happened?" Reggie asked.

"Ortiz was here," replied Lowery.

"Well, where is he?"

"Let's just say that the Fire consumed the Lord."

Reggie and the others except for Owen and Claire arched an eyebrow. The realization hit them at different times.

"Oh," said Reggie.

Ian looked at Claire, who had blood on her and then asked, "You okay Claire?"

"Yeah, this isn't my blood," she responded.

Ian then opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. Then, he spoke, "Oh, well, that's...gross."

Josiah finished crunching on the foul human he had just consumed and then turned to look at the brush.

Owen looked at Josiah and saw that the larger male Indominus was staring at the brush.

"What's he staring at?" Owen asked.

Claire and Ian looked over at Josiah and then Claire said, "You think?"

"Maybe," replied Owen.

"What's going on?" Ian asked.

"Ortiz had Josiah kill Alice and Dom."

Ian paled at that and then prayed that Alice and Dom were actually all right. If Alexis was right, then Josiah truly didn't hurt Dom, but only hurt Alice a bit.

"Everyone! Quiet!" commanded Reggie.

Everyone fell silent and then low, rumbling could be heard.

Then, the Scarlet Heart stepped out of the brush. It was Alice. Owen and Claire felt waves of relief come over them when they saw that she was still alive, but she was covered in blood and had many wounds.

"Dear God," said Reggie, "Alice, come here. I need to clean those and seal them up now."

Alice then looked at everyone in the viewing room and then turned to see Josiah. Josiah only turned his head away from Alice's view, making Alice then approach him. Alice then without a heads up put her head underneath Josiah's jaw and then nuzzled his chest. Josiah didn't understand. How could she be doing this after what he had just done to her? Why was she doing this after what he had just done to her? Was Alice that loving that she would still love Josiah even for the worst of his crimes?

Alice didn't care at the moment. She saw the remorse in Josiah's eyes when he attacked her. She knew what he truly felt in his heart.

"Alice," said Reggie, "Please, I don't want any of those gashes getting infected."

Alice then looked over at Reggie and then walked over to the window and stuck her head in.

"I'll start with the ones on your face," Reggie began, "then later I'm going to have to go inside the paddock to check your other wounds."

Alice only gave a puff of air in response.

Ian then asked Alice, "Hey Alice, where's Dom?"

Alice didn't know where the hatchling was. She hoped that Josiah didn't hurt him physically. She knew that Dom would be a bit scared of Josiah for roaring at him like that.

Then, a white flash scurried up Alice's back and then tackled Ian.

Ian began to laugh as Dom nuzzled his face.

"Dom! Dom, I'm happy to see you, too!" said Ian as he tried getting Dom off.

Claire put a small smile on her face as she watched Reggie clean Alice up. Lowery walked over to Owen and Claire and said, "Well, you two, I guess it's really over now."

"Yep," said Owen.

"All of this for revenge," said Claire, "it's unbelievable."

"A man corrupted by his own malicious intentions. Defeated by his own intentions."

"Oh the irony," said Lowery.

Ian, along with Dom, went over to Owen, Claire and Lowery and then asked, "So, what's the final piece of the puzzle Lowery?"

"Ortiz did it out of revenge because Alice's rampage caused the death of his family."

"Ah, a typical motive."

"Yeah, and he raised Josiah to come and kill Alice when the time was right."

Ian then turned to look at Dom and patted his head.

"Well, thankfully, Josiah was given just enough time to fall in love with Alice and to find a great friend in Dom," he said.

"You're right about that," responded Lowery.

Owen looked over at Alice and then got up and walked over to her. Alice turned her gaze to the human and then let out a sigh of air. Owen put his hands on his hips and said, "Are you okay Princess?"

Alice let out a low rumble in response.

"I'll take that as a yes."

Owen then looked over at Josiah, who was standing a good distance from the viewing room and from Alice.

"As much as I'd like to hate Josiah for doing this to you Alice, I can't help but feel more sad for him."

Alice acknowledged that question by puffing air through her nostrils. She didn't hate Dom. She really didn't. He was the true victim in Ortiz's dilemma. An abused Indominus Rex who wasn't given any kind of love as a hatchling. And Alice thought she had it hard being alone and neglected as a youngling. She now appreciated more being alone most of her life.

"I'm gonna talk to him," said Owen as he walked over to the door to head down into the paddock.

Alice didn't even try to stop Owen. She knew that Owen could talk to Josiah in a calm manner.

Owen walked into the paddock and saw Josiah, still staring at Alice and the viewing room. The larger male Indominus looked down at the human who was approaching him and then took a step back. He knew he would get scorned and hated for doing what he did. But, Owen didn't look angry or scornful whatsoever.

"Are you all right Josiah?" Owen asked.

Josiah couldn't be more confused. Why was Owen asking about how he was? Owen should be yelling and kicking Josiah for doing such a terrible thing! Josiah gave a warble, asking Owen why he asked that question.

"I just want to know how you're doing."

How he was feeling? Wasn't it plainly obvious? Josiah was feeling terrible for what he did! He nearly killed his love and put an innocent hatchling in danger!

"Listen, I'm going to be honest with you. If you ever do that to Alice again, I will make sure that we bury you deeper than six feet, got it?" Owen asked in a more menacing tone.

Josiah nodded his head. He wanted Owen to be more like that.

"You knew what you were doing Josiah. You had a physical altercation with Alice, but you knew that the damage you gave her wasn't enough to kill her, am I right?"

Josiah blinked at Owen. Why would Owen think such a thing? Stage the near death of Alice? That sounded like a terrible idea!

"Josiah, eyes on me. You and Alice knew that this was going to happen. So, that's why you don't have that many injuries. We both know what Alice is capable of when it comes to fighting and surviving. You and her planned this. You had to injure her and make her seem dead in case if Ortiz wanted to check for proof that she was truly gone. That's why when Alice saw you, she put her head under your jaw rather than try to scare you away. But, I don't think scaring Dom was part of it, wasn't it?"

Owen was...smart for a velociraptor trainer. Josiah thought that there was no point in keeping up a kind of act anymore since it was all over. Josiah nodded his head and Owen gave a light chuckle.

"You two are very smart for nearly giving Claire, Lowery and I heart attacks."

Josiah wanted to smile at that, but instead he just rumbled at Owen. Josiah wanted to make sure that Alice was fine before thinking of anything else. He also wanted to make sure that Dom wouldn't be scared around him either. He had a wrong to make right. But, he would deal with it later. Right now, he was focused on Alice's condition.

Owen patted Josiah's leg as he said, "She'll be fine Josiah."

Josiah nodded his head at that. Owen was right. Alice would be fine.

"And, since I know that you two are more or less mates, as a kind of adoptive father, I've got to say this. If you ever, excluding this whole thing right now, hurt Alice, or even Dom, in anyway whatsoever, I will hunt you down."

Josiah again nodded his head at Owen's words. Nothing like a protective father giving the typical threat to his daughter's boyfriend.

"And, take care of her when I'm not around, okay?"

Josiah nodded his head again and then looked over to Alice and saw Reggie still cleaning out some of the wounds on her head. Everything was fine. Everyone was safe. Everything was about to be perfect.

A/N: You see my turtles? I knew what I was doing! I made you cry and grieve even though there was nothing to truly cry and grieve over. But, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter! Review if you want to and please stay tuned for more to come!

'Til Next Time!-TM341

P.S.-Next chapter is the finale! It's sad to say but it's true! But, fret not, I will make sure this story closes out on a good note.