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Red One

Monday, the day that the Masrani rep was coming to see if the park was safe for reopening, even though they'd have to wait until after the InGen rep, who was coming on Thursday, gave a green light for it. Today, the rep was going to check every crack and crevice of the island for faults, but they would also take into consideration that the place was still being salvaged. Claire told Owen to continue to get closer to the Indominus, since she was they key in keeping the park up and running. All eyes were on her and Owen today, and they were going to be on them on Thursday as well. Owen was sure that they'd be fine though, especially now that the Indominus is doing her utmost best to communicate with him. She had just learned how to nod and shake her head. Owen wished that he knew sign languae. Maybe the human inside of the Indominus would be able to help her understand and copy it. But, he had to work with what he had. Body languae was going to be the key when speaking with her, just like how it is when people are having a normal conversation.

The Indominus was walking around her paddock as Owen and Claire watched her from the viewing area.

"How's she doing?" Claire asked as she continued to watch the hybrid.

"She's doing...better. She learned how to say 'yes' and 'no' through nodding and shaking her head," Owen replied.

"Really? I'm guessing that you'll be asking her a lot more questions then?

"Yeah. I want to know what made her do it."

"Do what?"

"Everything, Claire. I understand that she was raised in solitude, but there has to be more factors that added to her rampage."

"Well, when you figure out more, tell me, please. I'm curious to know as well."

"Okay."

"Well, I better get going. The rep will be here in about a half an hour and I'm supposed to meet them at Control."

"All right. See you later, Claire."

She gave a small smile and waved at him as she walked out of the viewing room to go to Control. Owen watched her as she left and then thought about his and her relationship. The day after the incident, he and Claire waited for Zach and Gray's parents to arrive. Once they did, Claire hugged her sister tightly and then they had a kind of reestablishment of their family relationship. She got closer to her nephews and she was happy when they said that they'd like to visit her if the park were to reopen, but as a family. Owen the told her that they should stick together for survival. She replied with a smile, but recently, they haven't had much time to spend with each other. They were both very busy. Claire had meetings and other things on her schedule, and Owen had to take care of his raptors and get closer to the Indominus, which wasn't an easy task, but it does seem like they've finally started somewhere.

Owen was snapped from his thoughts when he saw a scarlet eye staring at him through the viewing glass.

"What?" he asked.

The Indominus responded with a garble and a small chirp.

"What? Are you trying to give me relationship advice?"

Those words made the hybrid give a low growl, making Owen take back what he said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend."

The Indominus gave a small puff of air through her nose as a kind of apology. This was good. She was getting better at being social to humans, even if they couldn't understand her. She was doing her best to socialize with Owen, but sometimes her frustration of him not being able to understand would show up and she would walk away and knock down a tree to calm down. That was her way of relieving rage and stress, knocking down trees. She only knocked down a few, so it shows that she doesn't enrage as often as she used to. If she knocked down trees when she was in her rampage mode when she destroyed the park, then there would be no more trees, grass, dirt, etc. Basically, she would've brought down hellfire on the paddock. But, that's besides the point.

Owen watched as she got lost in thought once again and wondered what she would think about that made her doze off. Many things made the Indominus doze off in thought. Language barriers, curiosities, memories, thoughts of the future, she even got lost in thought when she would think of Owen and the bond that their working on forming. He was an acceptable human. He was the only one she, not trusted, more she just found a sort of respect for him right now. The trust would come later on. When? She could never guess when it would happen, but she hoped it would happen soon. And who knows what would happen to make her fully trust him. A life or death situation, a broken heart, fear, the list can go on forever. However, if there was one person that she wanted to trust, it was Owen, for now of course. She also wanted to trust Red One and start a new friendship with her rather than hate her for all eternity.

"So, today, someone important is coming today. You think you can behave until they leave?" Owen asked as he disturbed the Indominus from her thoughts.

The hybrid looked at Owen and nodded her head. Did she really have much of a choice other than to behave? This was her shot to show everyone that she could be friendly, so, obviously, she had to behave around everyone, important or not. She wasn't going to screw this up, not one bit. She'd be quiet, calm, and respectful when the time came, but when not in the presence of important people, like Owen, then she would be herself.

"Good. Now, I have a few questions to ask, of you don't mind," said Owen.

The hybrid retorted with a bored sigh, but compiled and listened to Owen's every question.

Claire took a few deep breaths as she was in the elevator heading to the Control room to meet the Masrani rep. She had to fully impress the rep so that they could get consent for reopening. She looked at herself through the reflective doors of the elevator and inspected herself to see if she looked sloppy. Once she checked all over, the elevator came to a stop and the doors began to open. Claire then put on a wide smile before saying her ever so famous line, "Welcome to Jurassic World." The Masrani rep was a woman. She was about the same height as Claire, had tanned skin, hot pink lips, hazel eyes, and curly, black hair. The woman was wearing a black blouse, black skirt, and black three inch heels. Claire thought that this woman was coming for a funeral, but then thought about how Simon Masrani died in the Incident, so that was probably the reason the woman was dressed the way she was.

"Hello Miss Dearing. My name is Jane Thomas and I'm here representing Masrani Global. I'm here to inspect all the paddocks, including the Indominus's, for any faults," she said with a warm smile.

"Okay. Where would you like to start?" asked Claire.

"I'd like to start with the Mosasaurus Paddock, if you don't mind."

"Not at all. This way please."

Jane nodded her head and followed Claire. Claire hoped that Owen was getting somewhere with the Indominus.

The Indominus was growing bored of Owen's questions. She didn't want to be interrogated. she just wanted to have simple talks with Owen. Right now, she just wanted to walk away and go rest. But, if this was the only way to get a little bit closer to Owen, then so be it.

"That's it for questions right now," said Owen.

The Indominus exhaled air through her nostrils and turned around to walk back into the brush, leaving Owen alone. Owen began to think about all the things that he learned about the Indominus. How misunderstood she was. All the fear blinded them from seeing what she really was, what she was really trying to do. All the time they thought that she was a damned monster that was on a crazed killing spree that was aiming for the guests of the park for food, but that's not what was going on at all. Owen felt bad for misunderstanding her. If he had known her true intentions, then he might've actually tried to help her. He actually might've tried to bond with her a little more so that she wouldn't have gone on a rampage. But, the damage was done and it wasn't like he could go back in time and try to fix things. He had to do his best now to get closer to this creature, and with what he knew now, he really wanted to bond deeply with her. This animal needed help. She needed someone there for her. She needed a friend, and Owen was going to be that friend. Owen was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the clicking of heels behind him. He turned around to see Claire and another woman standing next to her. He assumed that she was the Masrani rep. Claire and the woman approached Owen and the viewing glass.

"This here is Owen Grady. He's an animal behaviorist, raptor trainer, and the one who saved Jurassic World," said Claire.

"Oh, so you're the man that stopped the Indominus?" asked the woman.

"Uh, yeah, you could say that," replied Owen as he then stretched out his hand.

"Oh, right. I'm Jane Thomas, the rep from Masrani Global."

"Nice to meet you Jane."

"So, what can you tell me about her?"

"Well, I just started getting to know her more, but from what I know, she's misunderstood."

"How do you mean?"

"Well, she learned how to nod and shake her head, and that drove me to ask her many questions."

"Questions like what?"

"Well, she never really intended to hurt anyone. She was just scared and angry. She was trying to free the dinosaurs and visitors from InGen's grasp."

"Oh? Well, it's nice to see that you can think on your feet when it comes to telling me some sort of excuse to make me want to feel sympathy on her part. But, anyway, I'm not here for her. I'm here for the paddock."

"Wait, we're keeping her here?"

"Owen, please, understand that it'll just be for a few weeks. We'll either move her to another paddock location, or just expand it."

"Oh, all right."

"Well, from what I can see, this place is still in mint condition. The only thing to fix would be the big door that she broke."

"Great, so, is that all Jane?"

"Yes. My research here is done. I'll show this to the board and I'll call you on Friday as soon as I get any news."

"Why Friday?"

"Well, they still need to here from the InGen rep, who won't get here until Thursday."

"Oh."

"Well, if you both don't mind. I'll be heading out. I'll call you soon, Claire."

Claire nodded her head and gave another smile. Owen looked at her and then, once Jane was out of sight, said to her, "Is it always easy putting on a fake smile?"

"It helps people think that I have everything under control, when in reality, I don't," she responded.

"And, you like lying to those people?"

"Selling small, white lies to people helps enlist a small relationship so that they can see that we're doing fine and that we can use they're help."

"Whatever you say."

"Were you serious about what you said about the Indominus by the way?"

"Yeah I did. It surprised me that the lady didn't believe it."

"Well, it's because of the Indominus that her boss and friend is dead. So, it didn't really surprise me when she said that she didn't want to visit this paddock, but since it was her job, and the fact that I insisted, she had to come here."

"Is she going to be coming here often?"

"Why?"

"If she does, I don't think it'd be a good idea if she came by here. Remember, the Indominus can hear and understand what we're saying. If she hears a bunch of negative crap, then who knows how she'd react?"

"You bring up a good point."

"She's not a fan of Masrani or InGen right now. But, I'm sure that with time, she'll learn to like them at least a little bit."

"Well, for now, keep up the good work. If there's one piece of advice I can give you, it's: be patient, Owen. She may seem like she's not growing fonder of you, but I'm sure that she is."

"Wow, thanks, Claire. Where did that come from?"

"I don't know. I just want this park to reopen and for her to have a better life."

"Sucks that she really hates you, though."

"Thanks for reminding me."

"Anytime."

Claire stared through the viewing glass and tried to find the Indominus, but she couldn't see her. But, the Indominus could see her.

The Indominus stared at Red One and swallowed down a menacing growl, because she didn't want Red One to spot her. But, even if she did growl, Red One probably wouldn't be able to see her, since the Indominus was camouflaged within the brush. She heard what Red One had said and she couldn't explain what she felt in her heart. She felt...bad? Regretful? She couldn't figure it out. It was nice to hear that Red One wanted the best for her, but who's not to say that Red One is lying, right? Part of the hybrid wanted to walk out and attack Red One, but another part of her told her to walk out and try and communicate with Red One. But, why the sudden change of heart? Is this what humans felt like when they continually change their minds? Is this what they do each time they feel regret, remorse, or just sorry for someone else? The explanation wasn't clear enough for the Indominus, but that didn't stop her now. She decided to try her best to not hate Red One anymore, by stepping out into the open and acknowledging the fact that she'd have to get used to seeing Red One more often. The Indominus stepped out of the brush and got close to the viewing glass. Red One took a step back, followed by Owen. Owen still didn't trust the Indominus, but it was understandable why. She had just caused a massive catastrophe, so, it was easy to know that no one would be able to gain a big trust for a while. The Indominus learned that she needed patience if she wanted to see that big shot at redemption. The hybrid dinosaur stared only at Red One and never took her eyes off her when she moved closer to Owen. Red One was scared, and had every right to be. If only they could understand the Indominus, then that would make it a lot easier to tell Red One that she didn't have to be afraid, well she didn't have to be as afraid as she is now, but to still have some fear. After all, she was standing in the presence of the 'Untamable King.'

Claire was now standing behind Owen, afraid of what the Indominus might try to do to her. Owen stared at the hybrid, but knew that the snow white dinosaur was still looking at Claire.

"Claire, maybe, she's trying to get close to you right now," said Owen.

"What?" she asked.

"Maybe, she's decided to put her hatred away and try to accept you."

"Owen, as logical as that sounds, I'm still terrified of her."

Owen looked at the Indominus, who gave a chitter at Claire's words.

Red One's words hurt the Indominus a little bit. She was trying to talk with Red One, but Red One didn't want to talk to her because she was still scared of her. The Indominus didn't want to pressure Red One into trying to get closer, so she decided, maybe another day. She turned around and walked off into the brush, leaving Owen and, a still terrified, Red One.

"Claire, you've gotta try. If I'm getting closer to her, then you should, too," said Owen as he turned around to look at Claire.

"I know. It was silly of me to hide behind you. It's just, I don't know what her next move would be if I got too close to her," responded Claire.

"Claire, she's trying to get a shot at a kind of redemption, and one of the ways that leads up to that redemption, is through gaining a friendship with you."

"Really?"

"Yes. She's trying to keep all hatred aside and wants to get closer to you."

"How do you know all this?"

"I asked her a bunch of questions, especially ones pertaining to who she'd like to trust in this world."

"What did she say about me?"

"She didn't move her head. But, I'm pretty sure if she knew how, she probably would have shrugged at the question."

"Right, well, I got to get going again. I have to meet up with some lawyers and some representatives from a few corporations that sponsored us."

"Okay, have fun, Claire."

She rolled her eyes at him before leaving the viewing room. Owen looked out onto the paddock again and began to think.

The Indominus finally decided to put some hatred away and get closer to Claire. It's not happening too fast, right?

A/N: Guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you come back for more! Leave reviews, good or bad, and tell me what you think so far!

'Til Next Time!-TM341