Chapter 10
Short but yet interesting chapter.
A couple of thousand miles away…
Florida USA
"You honestly can't be serious." A stern voice said through an entire sea shore home.
"Look, I know that this isn't really my smartest-"
"SMARTEST?! We were nearly EATEN!"
Clearing his now partially deaf ears, a gritty man in his thirties (I'm putting him there, I don't know what age they set Owen at so I'm making him on his thirties.) with a rough beard, survival vest and cargo shorts, back up from the now enraged women standing before him.
"Look, Claire, I only asked you if you wanted to get anything back from there. I mean they did say there hasn't been much activity for two years since we left and the place is still standing."
"Owen." The woman now identified as Claire took in a deep breath before looking at the man. "I haven't a good night for one night since we left that place. It's bad enough I have it stuck in my mind and going back is a living nightmare waiting to strike."
Owen couldn't agree more.
In one day, the place Owen has called home for years all a sudden went down the toilet all because of humanity trying to play god again failed just as bad as the first time. (Two if you count the San Diego incident.) When they got to the mainland, Claire got her nephews back to their parents while she stayed with him her in Florida. The home was actually a gift of forgiveness that, while many who were still here didn't agree with, they still took upon.
But after a month off the island, no word came to anyone about what to do with it. Most assumed that they would forget it again. Let the foundation of the original owner take full control over what happens next. Another was take back the island by force and try to restore it, but the general public and the Cost Erica government said flat out No.
This did leave Owen in a spot that he couldn't do anything in. His mind would always drift back to that night the Indominus had them right there and his girls defended them.
They saved him. Claire, Zach, and Gray from that… monster.
But his girls…
From what they had all to one night was destroyed by both that animal and unforgiving man. From watching Charlie vanish in a fire to Delta actually becoming cooked dinosaur. Echo, he didn't know about Echo. Last time he saw of her was when the Indominus bite down and threw her away.
And Blue. He knew deep down that his beta wouldn't abandon him even when it looked bleak. And watching her run off, calling out for her sisters truly broke his heart. It's not easy losing someone you work with, he knew that first hand while doing tours across seas. But to see those four gone before his eyes left a empty pit inside his chest. He thought of his waking up, getting dressed in his usual and ride on to the paddock.
It got to the point where he demanded, even threatened wanting to go back and save Blue and if the others were even remotely alive. He tried twice two years ago. Getting caught when word got out about his little adventure. And another last year, but this time he got close enough that through binoculars he could see the island. Then caught by the coast guard and jailed for a week.
Claire told him over and over that Blue would be fine without them. That she was raised enough to be strong and smart like a hunter should be.
Then there was a company called Ingen.
Many eyebrows raised when the higher ups, the people who actually cared about the people, animals and park in general said that they were calling up any Jurassic World employees to come back.
Now most would think, Why?
But Ingen gave a pretty good reason. One was to salvage the island, go through collecting any remaining personal or private property left behind that was in the need of retrieving. Many park guests who survived that day agreed so long as they don't have to go. Another was the welfare of the animals. Caretakers were called in to get any young dinos still alive and transport them to a location on the mainland before being shipped to a reservation where they'll permanently stay still their death or back to the second island.
When Owen got the call, him being the former caretaker of the raptor division, he instantly got information on when they were leaving and from where. Packing his bags with cloths for at least a 3 weeks and a gun case full of ammo that held his rifle from the night of the fight.
And now, we return to our regularly scheduled argument.
"Claire, I have to go back. At least this time we won't have the problem of getting killed."
"Oh yeah?" Claire puts her hands on her hips. "And how is this different."
"24 hour surveillance by air and sea. Nearly 200 armed forces and for the love of God, they're actually bringing a goddamn tank. A Tank, Claire."
Claire honesty didn't believe that a group like that would go back to Nublar. It had to be a step for Ingen just to try and reopen the park.
But she's been wrong before and Owen's proved it with too much evidence too many times. Thinking of every possible way this could end badly, she hangs her head sighing in defeat. Knowing that she definitely wouldn't win this one.
"...Just... try and Not to get eaten."
"Come on, Claire, what's the worse that could happen. All the dinosaurs all a suddenly mutate and talk?"
Claire then proceeded to lightly slap Owen on his face but quickly placed a kiss on the hit spot. "Bring me back something special."
"Promise." At that he grabbed his duffle bag and head out to the door. Not realizing what unimaginable this will happen.
Owen makes his first appearance! And he's planning something. What will happen to the island.
Not really a full blown chapter since I'm working on two stories of the same kind at the same time. Getting one going again while finishing the first part of the other.
Debating on how these two sides of the story will meet. Either by a sudden run in or rescue mission situation.
Next chapter: we get to see more of the shenanigans that will fall upon the Raptor Sisters as they try to understand their strange feelings.
EDIT: Fixed some words misspelled and a couple of tweaks.
