Chapter 11


After stopping at the stock stores, the now repurposed vehicle building that held all the remaining food in the park with equipment from restaurants and hotels all keeping it preserved, Rexy began to head up her usual patrol route. It was one of the back roads the old park staff used to go up to the Control Center of the park. After the night of the Indominus Rexy had found this road leading up to the building. It gave her a perfect view of the entire main park with everyone within visible range.

It was even here where she spoke her first human word and had a conversation with Alex later. The memories of them just staying up here watching the sunset was always something both enjoyed. And now, the three of them, a triceratops, a T-Rex and a human sat together in a half circle with Terra gently resting across Alex's lap while he leaned back into Rexy's side.

"So… anything new as… of lately?" Alex asked rubbing a sweet spot on Terra's head who gladly leaned more into the touch.

"Not as much as you expected. Raven, Tracks, Terra and I have been maintaining everything for the time."

"Trying to… replace me already?"

Rexy chuckled. "No. But you do need to take it easy my hatchling. With your condition worsening… I want to make sure you can still take care of yourself and everyone."

He chuckled at her response. Shifting his body into a more suitable position against her he closed his eyes and let a calm breeze come by.

"But I am worried." He cocked a eye open. "Many flyers have gone over the water and spotted many human ships sailing nearby. I fear… that they may try again taking over."

Both Alex And Rexy frowned at the idea of their new life being destroyed like the island before. Those lucky to of survived the last clearing were beyond shocked that humans would go to such lengths to claim this land. And for every time they saw a ship or air vehicle come within eye shot of the beach the island would literally freeze; Waiting for what would happen next.

"We'll just have to work… it through when it… happens, Rexy. We've all worked… hard to get where we… are now. And nothing will stop… it."

The queen sighed in relief. His words were ones to keep her going for some time, but it didn't help much to loosen the in her stomach.

"Speaking of that…" Alex groaned at the sound of her tone suddenly changing. "I'm going to have Blue and the others keeping a closer eye on you from now on."

Alex nearly jumped from his spot but having a baby laying across his lap made him only sit straight up. "You're not trying… to pair me up… with someone again, are you?"

Rexy instantly froze, Alex cocked a brow, and Terra just couldn't hold back a giggle. Never in her life had the Queen of Nublar get caught in such a situation she didn't know how to get out.

*Sigh* "Yes," she confessed. "I have indeed been looking for a suitable mate for you."

It was Alex's turn to become the dumbfounded one. "Say what? Rexy, you know… that's not really possible… nor is it… suitable. I mean… I get you're looking out… for me. But something like… this, it just doesn't go… together."

"It does not hurt to try. You never know what it's would be. Anyone here would like you for what you alone have done.That and I'll eat them if they hurt you."

"What was that?"

"Nothing!" She almost yelled. Wanting the subject to change.

But now Alex was deep in the thought. He really wasn't the one to find love in his life the way she had interpret it. It was well over ten years since he talked remotely to a woman, being that's when his lung trouble began to really take off. And how that he spent two years of his life in this island, he's found this place to practically be home.

And he loved that. He loves Rexy like a mother how she did to him as a child. He loved how Terra saw him in her eyes as a father she never knew to look up to for support and comfort. And everyone else just followed in line of that. They all saw him as a guardian, giver and healer. Till this day the many who had survived the last incident couldn't thank him enough; and he liked that. But for something to love like a equal of his kind, that was harder to say the least.

"Just… try and not to be so… direct with it." He sighed pushing the thoughts to the side. "Because let's… face it. It's… never gonna happen."

I'm the back of her mind Rexy knew that too well. But if she told him that now everyone was compatible to be a possible suitor, he would most likely not be handle the sudden change like he did with their speech. But even still, it was hard trying to find someone who was worthy (in her part worthy) enough to be by his side. Most wouldn't think a forty year old dinosaur to be a matchmaker for a human on a island of only dinosaurs. Like being a overly sensitive mother would do to her child when she wanted grandchildren to spoil.

That's when the Raptors came into mind. The truth was tiny but it was there; when Alex first started taking care of them she began wondering how they would treat to the situation. She had only known the Beta of the group, and that she would seem like a possible candidate for him. And each interaction the two had further reinforced the idea.

But then the others came into play. Given how they functioned as a pack (she had Alex tell her about others from books since she couldn't read at the time.) they were perfect to protect him when she couldn't. Yet in the span of a week all of them showed changes that made her wonder.

They all show odd behavior around Alex, each of their changes happened when he was involved. 'In Charlie's case, thought of.', and yet they know to watch over him or have her destroy them. The gears in her head were turning so fast, smoke could be imagined coming out of her nostrils like a dragon.

Then it hit her. "Alex?" She asked getting a hmmm from him as a response. "I'll be back in some time. I have so important matters to attend to." Standing up from her position she brings over a large rock beside her. Alex carefully leans up so she could move it behind him as the warm surface went through his shirt. Swiftly Rexy spun around towards the road and marched off.

Alex dat there shaking his head. He could take a wild guess that she had someone in mind of becoming his next unfortunate suitor she hopes for to work.

Sitting back on the rock that Rexy kept up here for no real reason; Alex scanned over the horizon with the sun now reaching its peak over the island. Throughout the area hr could see many going about their business. Taking in some lush greens in the far fields, flyers circling over the resort enjoying the warmth on their wings. It was a picture perfect moment.

*Groan*

Or at least it was. Terra had gotten up off his lap and was handing towards the road.

"Hungry?" Looking back she gave a weak nod with sorrow in her eyes. She was pulling the puppy dog eyes on him. "I told you… to get something when… we were there…"

Ripping his back off the rock, Alex stumbles back to his feet. After being bedridden for a week his legs were still adjusting back into full swing. Heading over the two head off to the lower levels, walking down the spiral staircase that lead to the ground floor of the complex, swinging around the main building they started off down the hill. The incline (or decline, whatever you want to call it.) was steeper than one would think the workers who built it would try a better way of placing a road, the human and dinosaur carefully walked down having to break in a slight jog at the bottom.

"So, Terra," Alex asked as he headed in the direction he saw Rexy head down. "... what do you want… to eat today? I think we… still got some of… that strawberry… jam you like."

He waited for an answer. But found it odd she didn't respond on the dot about what could be considered her favorite food.

"Terra?" he looked back to see her frozen still. Walking over he tried getting her attention but to no effect.

"Terra, what's...wrong?"he got no response.

That's when he followed her gaze into the treeline ahead of them. Gazing into the thick jungle that surrounded them he tried to look for anything out of place. He had gotten use to having to find others who were looking for him or just playing a trick on him. Playing the predator and prey game.

But looking further back in the bush, his eyes fell upon a slight shift in movement. It was big, that's one thing he could tell, and was approaching them in a way that it wanted them to notice it was there. The shadow of its head could be seen looming over the ground as its size became too great for the canopy to conceal.

Large white rows of devilish teeth and red eyes focused on the two. Alex was surprised by the sudden appearance of a new Dino he never saw before. But Terra had; she was now hiding behind his legs shaking in complete fear.

Then, in a bright flash of white, the creature charged at the two.

"TERRA, RUN!" Alex yelled with his lung strength. The three horn didn't have to be told again before she booked it into the tree line. Alex following as close as he could as the monster roared charging after them.

Diving into the thick bush, Alex tried staying within eye range of Terra's back carving a small pathway with her own head and horns. Ducking under a fallen tree her frill rips across the bottom. Buckling from the loss of support, the massive log snaps in half like a twig that one half rolls down the path. The other half slumps down sinking into the soft soil. Weaving past the first piece, Alex runs up to the side of the second ducking around the corner.

Jumping over a small indent in the ground he fights against his aching lungs and leaps between two fallen trees. The trunks near the ground having been decaded over time made a inward overhang above a small clear patch of dirt. Having it he his only possible hiding spot from the creature, Alex ducks underneath trying to dig away any extra room to fit his body inside. Latching on the sides he pulls his legs in first; pressing down on the rioted material he lifts his torso up using his arms as a brace to keep him in place.

The heavy stomps of whatever was chasing them soon becoming more closer as he held on tightly. Listening closely as the sounds became more and more silent. Seconds turned to minutes for the human as he slowly stepped out of his hiding place. Looking around he tried to find what direction it had gone. He prayed that it didn't see Terra as a easy target or went towards the resort. He knew someone must of heard that roar. It wasn't like anything he's heard before being here. And if anything Rexy would come charging through any time now.

But right now his main focus was finding his little triceratops. He looked in the direction they had come from but found that her path had been covered back up by the dense vegetation.

"Ter...ra?" He whispered loud enough for at least her to hear. He couldn't really do it any louder, his lungs were moments away from making him collapse. Taking a few more steps out he puts his hands up his mouth preparing to give it his all.

*Indominus Roar*

"AHHH -" his head jolts violently back from the sudden force. Knocking him out cold instantly as he went looking limp. The white giant that now held him in its claw looked down at its catch. Looking over his body with satisfaction, it's arm turned so that he was now facing her directly.

Seeing its prey subdued, the dinosaur gave out one last roar before charging forward into the jungles away from the park.

Rexy, during the time was busy thinking over how to work out her new plan. Alex making her think of what she could do to finally get him somewhere.

She knew what everyone thought about this. And truth they tried following with her to see it happen but get shot down by something else. It really did start after the first year of getting human language down for everyone around; by then she still thought Alex as someone who needed 24/7 watch. But when she found how he was with Terra, like a father figure to her, and really did have no one else, she took it upon herself to find a suitable suitor.

And by that, she went around finding every dinosaur on the island, asked how they saw Alex and to spend time with him. While there would be progress, that it was slow progress, the time they spend would barely last two weeks. But that was before they started being able to turn human.

Since then she's tried the same people again hoping for a better turn out that always fell short. And it was just the same thing. But with the raptors now here, and already reaching a higher level than anyone else so far, she was already planning to at least make one of them go with him.

'If I can make just one of those little runner's warm him up some. Maybe he can live a more peaceful life like us-'

*Indominus Roar*

Rexy stopped dead in her tracks. Her thoughts cut short of conclusion.

That sound, it was one she dreaded since the human in white freed and lead her to battle.

She didn't wait, the direction it came from was to close to where Alex was. She took off, faster than when she used to hunt or have the joy in the wind blowing over her. Not bothering with the path she drove right into the treeline like a bulldozer leveling down a new log road straight to the command center. Getting halfway there she lets her nose guide her through a more dense area. The plant life becoming more wild than the well kept look that even now still was all over the park.

When Rexy finally arrived, the strong smell of another large person hit her like a freight train. Looking over sniffing the area, she tried to find the source. But what she got hit by was something else. It wasn't Alex. It wasn't even human. Not even another dino.

It was her…

She knew that smell from the monster that had ravaged the island years ago. And from the scent she got here, it had Alex. Her rage meter broke at this thought. To have her hatchling in or even near the clutches of that thing, she did know how she/it survived. But she knew that when she found it, there will be nothing left.

*Whimpering*

Rexy's head shot straight up. Her snout sweeping over the area for the possible source of the sound. But her hearing didn't fail her, it was Terra.

"Terra?" she took several steps towards her scent. Then, the sound of rock shifting made her look straight down to her feet. There in a large hollow log that was just barely holding its shape she could see the top of her frill and back sticking out of the top. Shaking as if in a earthquake, Rexy could hear the distant cries of a child.

"Terra…" she nuzzled the triceratops. Who in turned pushed herself deeper into the tree.

She was utterly traumatized.

With all her strength fueled by burning hatred, Rexy faced to the sky and let loose her most powerful roar she had, or any of the island's inhabitants ever heard.


Fun Fact: I originally pictured Terra as Cera from the land before time movies in the way of appearance. But looking through Jurassic World I got a better sense of what I was going to look for and made Terra.

So this is a bit of a sudden introduction of the Indominus, but some light will be shed on that next time.

And now for another vote, since the Indominus was already said to have human DNA in it/her, Should she, A. Be able to speak. B. Be able to transform into a anthro. C. Force on Alex (you know what I mean.) and/or D. Remain the same.

And isn't it strange that the raptors, most Blue, has more character development than any of the characters in the movie.

May not really my best chapter out of it all, but atleast it's a step closer to the story's purpose.