Hello readers, welcome back! Hopefully this chapter satisfies you until the next chapter, but for now, enjoy!
Ian was outside taking a nap. Blue was with Owen at a meeting in a museum. Maisie came running outside holding a small bucket. Ian woke up with a snap, and he knew what was coming.
Claire bought Maisie a new nail art kit and she was practicing on a mannequin for a week. Now, she was ready to do it for real.
"Ian! Can you help me out real quick?" Maisie asked as Ian screamed on the inside.
"Can I paint your claws?"
Ian felt his insides twist into a tight knot. He seen the nail polish slowly and painfully its victim, it was enough to strike fear into the deadliest of monsters. It's bright colors attracted its prey, and seems to lure some species to love the nail polish. Yet, it was just paint, and Maisie deserved to have some fun with him. She took him in despite her fear of his species. Ian decided he had to man-up. He stuck his claws out and sighed.
"Thank you, Ian!" Maisie exclaimed as she hugged him and began painting his claws.
It was painful for Ian, holding still and all. He felt like that blue hedgehog from Owen's video games.
"Gotta go fast," Ian whispered to himself.
It was 10 minutes until Maisie got the claws done. They were white with black tips. Maisie smiled up at him as Ian looked at his claws.
"Hmm, these aren't as bad as I thought," Ian thought as he turned his hands.
"See? They look good!" Maisie stated as she laughed.
Ian looked at the bucket with the nail polish. He snatched it out of Maisie's hand playfully and began to jog toward the lake.
"Ian!" Maisie yelled as she ran after him.
The two met up at the lake where Ian ran in circles around Maisie. She managed to grab his arm and dangled there for a while. Ian smirked as ran over to the dock and he hung her over the blue lake.
"Ian!" Maisie yelled, "Don't drop me! I can't swim!" Maisie yelled as Ian noticed the frightened tone in her voice and set her down.
"Grandpa never took me to a pool of any kind, so I never learned to swim," Maisie explained, "I don't want to drown so I stay away from lakes and rivers altogether. The only time I'll go near the water is if an adult is with me,"
Ian understood. He had a fear of the Triceratops ever since the first Indoraptor's death. He didn't want to go near those things ever in his life.
Blue suddenly ran out of the bushes with Owen following behind. Maisie went to hug Owen as Blue ran to Ian.
"What happened to your claws!?" Blue asked.
"Maisie happened. She wanted to paint them," Ian replied sheepishly.
"That's nice of you, softie,"
"Did you just call me softie!?"
Ian and Blue wrestled around until Owen went inside to go see Claire. Maisie stayed outside, so Blue and Ian went to play with her.
"Can I play to?" A voice asked as the T-rex emerged from the forest.
He was the young T-rex when Malcolm returned to the Lost World. His leg was healed, and he and Blue became friends after Jurassic World was destroyed. The cloned dinosaurs had the ability to speak among other species, so communication was much easier.
"Hey, pal! Long time no see!" Blue exclaimed as she hugged him.
Ian felt a raging fire in his heart as Blue continued her hug with the T-rex.
"What are you doing here?" Ian asked hiding his jealously.
"I came back from what apparently was Las Vegas," The T-rex replied looking proud of himself, "I won myself the $500,000 dollar jackpot!"
Blue look intrigued as Ian just muttered to himself.
"How did you win the jackpot anyway?" Ian asked while hiding his jealously.
"Sorry buddy, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,"
Ian snarled as the T-rex chuckled.
"I'm kidding, I just broke into a casino and snatched the money right off the table. The humans didn't dare and try to get it back,"
Ian knew that he wasn't mad at the T-rex, but the fact that Blue seemed more interested in the T-rex than him made Ian infuriated. She was as beautiful as a gem, with her golden eyes and aqua scales…
"What am I thinking!?" Ian said to himself, "I'm not in love with Blue! Am I?"
Ian pondered to himself as the T-rex kept talking.
"Well, I have to go. I have a engagement party to crash!" The T-rex said as he ran off.
Blue looked at the T-rex admiringly as he ran off. Ian felt his final fuse about to blow. Maisie watched Ian while trying not to laugh. His feelings for Blue were super obvious.
Blue then decided to go to sleep for the night and ran back to the pen. That left only Maisie and Ian with each other.
Ian scooped Maisie up and placed her on his back as they ran toward the hill behind the cabin.
"Why did you take me up here?" Maisie asked as Ian pointed toward the fiery sky.
The sun was slowly setting above the lake. The reflection created a long streak on the body of water, and the trees seemed to make a straight line that made a border between the lake and the sky.
Maisie stared in awe at the sight. She climbed off of Ian and sat by his side.
"Ian?" She asked as Ian turned his head.
"Do you like Blue, as more than a friend?"
Ian froze. He was about to say no, yet, he can't lie to her. The feeling had to come out eventually. He answered Maisie's question with a reluctant nod.
"Why did you save me from the accident?" She added, "You could've just let me drown there, or another species could've helped. Why did you show up?"
Ian was in the area when it happened. He saw her speeding down the hill. Ian didn't really have a reason why he saved her. It just happened. There was something about Maisie that made him know that she was safe to be around. Ever since that moment, she was the one thing he held dear to his heart. Blue, Owen, and Claire eventually came around, and his family was created.
Maisie leaned her head onto Ian, who was curled up on the soft grass. She looked at the sun.
"You won't let anything happen to me…won't you?" Maisie asked.
Ian smiled and nodded. Now that was a no-brainer.
Maisie closed her eyes and was at peace for once in her life. After a few minutes she was asleep.
Ian carefully slid out from under Maisie and scooped her up in his arms. He carefully walked down the hill and walked in the cabin. Yes he was tall, but he managed to get to Maisie's room and tuck her in.
"I promise you Maisie, as long as I live I will protect you and your family," He whispered as he curled up next to her.
Dr. Wu's Lab…
"Smith!" Dr. Wu yelled as Mr. Smith ran in nervously.
"Yes, sir?"
"How's the training?"
"Good, he learned to flip off his back quickly and how to recover from a head-butt," Mr. Smith replied, "However, he smashes concrete like nothing. He could be too dangerous to give to the military!"
"That's the point!" Dr. Wu exclaimed, "It doesn't eat its master, that's the bright side of things. The stegosaurus tail spikes are a major plus, and the Stygimoloch D.N.A gave the hybrid a thick skull,"
"Sir, this thing is probably deadlier than a bullet!"
"Trust me, Smith. It'll all work out in the end,"
"Last time you said that we were almost arrested an the mansion!"
Dr. Wu paused and turned face his assistant. A large crash was heard and Wu had a look of fear on his face. The Trikylosaurus came bursting through with computers on his horns like kabobs. He busted through the wall and wrecked more of the place.
"Attention staff! You must evacuate immediately! The Trikylosaurus has escaped and is destroying the building!"
"You knew this was going to happen, didn't you!?" Mr. Smith asked as Dr. Wu sighed.
"As an old friend said…Life will find a way,"
Oh no, this isn't good. What will happen next? Will the Trikylosaurus wreck havoc upon Earth? Find out in chapter 7! Beast boy and the Indoraptor are Beast mode!