I could no longer see Owen. Each one of the raptors were focused on something I couldn't see through the trees.
"Look at your Alpha!" I whispered to the screen. I wanted to see where he was. None of the four raptors listened to my plea.
"Holy, shit!" I gasped when the Indominus made her appearance in front of them.
"Mom?" Maisie's voice was muffled behind the closed window.
"It's ok, sweetie." I lied.
"I want to see daddy." The window slowly began to open and I threw my hand up to keep it closed.
"I can see him," I lied again. "He's fine."
The motion on the screen caught my attention. I wasn't lying. Each one of the raptors had their sight dead set on Owen. He was stationed behind a fallen tree trunk, rifle in hand. He had aim on the Indominus.
What were they doing? I decided to keep my thoughts to myself. Owen looked panicked. Something was wrong.
"ENGAGE!" Hoskins' voice was loud, causing me to jump.
No! No! Owen! I bit my knuckle to keep from screaming out loud.
The raptors weren't helping to kill the Indominus. They were working with her. The four of them turned on the men shooting at the Indominus.
Tears streamed down my cheeks like waterfalls. I made sure to keep them silent. I was forced to watch as each raptor chose a man to kill. The fear in their eyes pleading with the raptor standing above them. Was it wrong I was thankful at this moment? None of the faces looking into the camera was Owen.
I found myself slowly trying to move forward, planning out our next step without Owen. There was no way he was coming back to us. Not with an Indominus Rex and four Raptors on the hunt just feet from where he was. How was I going to explain this to our eight-year-old daughter? How was I supposed to raise her without her father? Owen and I were a team, we may be as incompatible as they come, but we know how to work together. Every aspect of life that I lack, Owen makes up for and vise-versa. In our case, opposites truly attract. Owen has always played the part as my rock. The only thing that keeps my level headed with all my corporate stuff I have to handle. I wasn't sure I knew how to breathe without him. As the strong-willed and independent person everyone thinks I am, I would never admit it out loud, but Owen is the one that stands as my base. The one that keeps me standing tall.
My thoughts trailed off when one of the raptors had Owen in their sight. She was focused on his face.
Please leave him alone. I begged to myself.
I jumped, my back slamming into the back of the seat the scream slipped from my lips. Something happened. The raptor that was starring at Owen was gone. The screen was blank.
Before full panic took over another raptor had Owen in his sight. He was back on his motorcycle. He gave a whistle and the raptors quickly followed him.
"Is everyone dead?" Gray asked, I jumped slightly forgetting they were back there.
"No," I was quick to lie. "Everyone is fine."
"Don't lie to him." Zach snapped at me.
"He's scared! It's ok to lie when someone is scared!" I yelled back.
Maisie was silent between them. Tears silently streaming down her face.
"I want to go home." Gray whimpered.
I reached for him, trying my best to keep him calm.
"Oh, sweetheart, you will. Tomorrow you will be home and your mother will never let me see you again."
A bloody hand slammed against my window. It was Doug.
I screamed as loud as I could, suddenly panic took over.
"Get out of here! Go!" He yelled at me.
I threw the laptop to the floor and with shaky hands I started the truck.
There was commotion in the back. "They're coming!" He yelled from the back. I glanced in the side mirror and saw the doors open.
"No!" I yelled, seeing a tail swing around the back.
I threw the truck in drive and took off as fast as the truck would let me go.
Thankfully the raptor stayed behind. My heart broke as she took Doug with her. I couldn't focus on that. The three kids in the back were my one and only priority right now.
I could still see the doors swinging as I drove. "Just hold on back there!" I yelled, banging on the window.
Maisie's screams filled my ears, but it brought me some comfort. I couldn't see her, but as long as I could hear her I knew she was ok.
There was a blur out my window and I turned to see what it was just as the raptor smashed through, snapping at me.
I let out another loud scream, terrified I was going to be yanked from the truck. She couldn't hang on though and fell.
My breathing came in short gasps. It was hard to catch my breath as panic ripped through me. I knew there were only three raptors left, and two of them were attacking us. Wherever the third one was I was sure she was close. Ready to attack at any moment. My eyes scanned the road, looking for the next attack.
One of them caught speed, and ran up beside the truck. Thinking quickly, I swerved and pushed her into a tree.
"Yes," I hissed when we left her behind us.
"Mommy!" Maisie screamed so loud my ears rang.
I wanted to pull over. I glanced in the side mirror and realized why she was screaming. The second raptor was right at the back of the truck.
"No!" I yelled, feeling completely helpless. If I stopped I wouldn't have enough time to get out and help them. Driving on was my only option. Hoping she would lose her balance and fall out. The kids were inches from me, but I could do nothing to help them.
"That!" Maisie yelled.
"Turn it on!" Gray pleaded.
"I don't know how." Zack responded.
I wish I knew what they were doing. There were weapons back there and I was sure Maisie knew how to use some of them.
Owen had taught her how to use some of them. He wanted her prepared whenever she went to the raptor paddock with him. Though at the time I was against it. Seeing a taser that was bigger than her in her hands sent a wave of panic through me. Now I thanked Owen over and over again.
The kids continued fumbling with something in the back. "Right here!" Maisie informed them. "Get her!" She screamed. "You have to touch her with it. It'll shock her. Do it!" She instructed.
"I got it!" Zach yelled.
There was silence behind me.
I banged the wall behind me. "You guys ok?"
"Hey!" Zach opened the window. "Did you see that?"
"I can't wait to tell, mom!" Gray cheered.
"Oh, please no. Don't tell your mother about that ever." I pleaded. I was having a hard time handling the fact that they took on a raptor on their own. My sister would die if she found out.
"I'm going to tell dad!" Maisie's face appeared in the window. Her smile stretched from ear to ear.
Unlike my sister, Owen would celebrate with them. I rolled my eyes at the vision of Maisie excitedly reenacting the scene for Owen as he hung on every word.
Maisie's scream of delight snapped me out of my thought. "Daddy! It's daddy!"
I glanced in the mirror and sure enough Owen was behind us. My shoulders finally relaxed and my muscles ached from being tight for so long.
"You guys ok?" I heard him yell.
"Yes!" The three of them said at the same time. They cheered and yelled for him.
I heard him speed up and saw him coming up the side of the truck.
"We've got to get inside. Follow me." He said and took off, placing himself in front of the truck. I focused on his back as he drove. I refused to look away from him. He was alive and we were together again.