A/N: Diabloraptors has been changed to Indominus Raptors, or I-Raptors for short due to the awesome but deadly power of the Indominus Rex. Also, I welcome encouragement or words of criticism, especially if it will make the story better. Right now, character development and happenings are either slow or fast-paced to match the fact that this was sitting on my computer for a while with no progress made until today. For this and the next chapter or so will all be the readying of the new park, and then a small time-skip to when the park is open without incident while the enemy plot starts to develop. I am trying to make this a long single story with prospects of a sequel, so hell any ideas are more than welcome. Also, thanks to James the vet, , JurassicWorld, Lost frost Wolf, Purple Dragon Ranger (I had a Power Rangers story I'm trying to work back up where the leader is literally the Purple Dragon Ranger, lmao), jahoney, tinieymm, and zombiedragon12for adding this story to your favorites and also KingsleyKnight, XC4Life, anoelles, jjmills53, and rclink15fas as well as most of my new favorites for adding this to your subscriptions. I hope for more to follow your lead.
Chapter One
Reunion
Blue could scent Owen, albeit very faintly, as she awoke the day Owen, Claire, and the two younger males landed back on Isla Nublar. After a short while, she had lost it, only for it to be back, stronger than before two hours later. A loud shrill noise sounded, a sound Blue recognized as the sound before the paddock door opened. The Velociraptor stood there, analyzing her environment as a figure stepped into the paddock in front of her.
"Hi, Blue. God, how I missed you." Owen said after several long, silent moments. Blue chirped as she walked over to the Alpha, tilting her head. "I know, girl. I know you miss the others. So do I. But, just be a little patient and you get to be a big sister to a slightly bigger Pack. Just remember to teach them the pecking order, alright?"
Blue didn't always know what her Stupid Alpha said, but she understood enough to know he was telling her there would be more Velociraptors around soon enough. She tilted her head down to let Owen pet her, a sign of greeting for their small Pack. Then, Blue scented two new scents, one which brought back memories of that terrible night, and one which she didn't recognize at all.
The Raptor stepped back as she saw the redhead that had been with Owen that night, as well as a new man with black hair, cut very short and hazel eyes that the Velociraptor saw power, like Owen's eyes did. She took a single, small step forward, tilted her head and chirped.
Claire and Owen slowly turned towards Nick, who just nodded. "Don't mind me. I'm an Alpha of another pack. You'll see them soon." Blue just chirped back.
Owen was beyond confused. "All she did is look at you and she knew you were respectful like I am to them. Like an Alpha. How, exactly, did you do that?"
The younger man waved it off. "I tamed a pack of wolves that had attacked the base I was at in the Midwest. I became their Alpha, and they protected the base ever since, welcomed into the very place they relentlessly attacked. I don't like to talk about them these days."
Owen nodded. He had had a similar situation back in the Navy. "Understood. Any idea when your Raptors are supposed to arrive so we can see whose Pack is better?" He asked the younger man cockily.
"Actually, I just came from the Lab. The eggs are going to hatch in a little while. The Head Geneticist told me if anyone I knew wanted to watch there would be a different room where you can still see them, but I'll be the one they imprint on."
"Huh." Owen said. "Lab isn't too far. I'll come by radio call. I need to stay with Blue for a minute. It's.. it's been a while."
Nick nodded. "Got it. I'll radio when they start." He turned to leave before turning back and nodding his head at Blue. "Another day, little lady." Blue chirped back.
Owen shook his head, amused at Nick's talent with Blue. "Well girl, let's see how he does with his own pack as you and I raise your new sisters. Deal?" He held out an Oreo to Blue.
Blue bit the edge of the cookie and took it from Owen, signaling she agreed.
In the Lab a few minutes later, Claire was looking over a Species Count sheet to see what they already had set up for the re-opening. She saw the old Rex and the three offspring that had sprung up out of nowhere. Blue was there as well as several upcoming additional Velociraptors. The remaining Apatosaurs and Brachiosaurs. A few remaining Triceratops and half the original Gallimimus herd. All the Ankylosaurs were accounted for, as well as the Stegosaurs. Hell, even some of the Pterasaurs were still around.
Then there were a few new additions. A couple of Dilophosaurs, A few Iguanodons, a Dimetrodon, and a Suchomimus. The last entry confused her, Claire had never heard of the species, even from Gray and his dinosaur rants. It read I-Raptor, and there was a count for seven, just as many Raptors as Owen was going to have to raise. She turned to a Geneticist standing nearby. "Doctor?" The scientist turned toward her. "What is an I-Raptor?"
"None of us know, actually. They're for the new Raptor guy. All we know is we had the embryos ready for development before they went and made them. No one has ever heard of any genus of Velociraptor starting with an 'I'. If you want to find out, we're going to have to monitor the new hatchlings closely."
Claire nodded. "I want every security measure in their nursery, just to be careful. New species are usually unpredictable. We can't have another Indominus running around." nodding, the scientist went back to his work as Claire went over to the hatchery, where she saw Nick standing by the pod containing his seven I-Raptor eggs.
"These are a new species." She told him, causing Nick to turn towards her, startled out of his own thoughts. "Something called an I-Raptor. None of the geneticists know what they are, and I've never heard the name or something like it from my nephew."
"The younger one, right? He looked like the dino fanatic." Claire nodded. "Well, I'm sure I haven't heard of them either, and I was the same way when I was a kid. I take it you're going to bump up security over these guys while they're in the nursery? Try to find out what they are and how dangerous they really are."
Claire nodded again. "You're a lot smarter than people probably give you credit for." She observed.
"Total nerd right here. I used to be able to speak Klingon perfectly. But, then came high school."
"We've all had that story. Alright, I'm going to go finalize some things I should have in my office. If you need anything, come up."
"Will do. Thanks, Ms. Dearing." Smiling, Claire left the incubation room.
Some Time Later...
Owen walked into the observation room. He had heard the confirmation of Nick's eggs hatching and he wondered why his own Raptors weren't already hatching. Nick sat in a chair next to the incubation pod, watching the first egg start to crack. A small, white three-digit hand popped out first, struggling against the eggshell around it for freedom. Owen laughed when the small hand managed to break the shell again, revealing a white and gold mottled body, followed by a head that Owen narrowed his eyes at. That looks like.. No, they wouldn't be that stupid. Not after what one big one did. He thought to himself as the infant Raptor finished breaking out, it's Velociraptor-shaped head turning instantly to Nick, who brought his hand slowly toward the small predator.
It's eyes burned orange-red, and the sickle-claw on it's foot clicked on the hard plastic under it as it sniffed at the foreign object in front of it. The imprinting took effect as it's head moved to nuzzle the inside of Nick's hand, making him smile. Nick picked up the top of the eggshell and saw a painted-on blue dot. "You're a boy, huh? Well, if you're going to be Beta, you need a good name. How does Dune sound to you?" The infant tilted his head and chirped. "Guess that's good then. Alright, little guy, come wait here while the rest of your family hatch." Nick placed the little Raptor on a second platform next to the one the eggs were on just as another egg cracked, revealing an uncharacteristic emerald green eye.
Nick saw the small pink dot on the egg's surface, signaling this one was a girl. Suddenly, a loud sneeze-like sound was heard as the egg seemed to explode out from the new infant, who was a slightly dark shade of pink, with a spiraling pattern of off-white. "Well, you're a pretty one, aren't you?" Nick asked as the imprinting once again took effect. "I think you'll be called Sakura." Claire entered the room as he said the new Raptors' name.
Claire instantly recognized the small features Owen had, and she covered her mouth. "No.. There's no way I-Raptor stands for that."
Owen raised his brow at her. "What are you talking about?"
"The I-Raptors, man." Came Lowery's voice as he entered the room. "I had a feeling they would be familiar, but what the Geneticists are doing before the park is even open is ridiculous."
"But, what exactly are you both talking about?" Owen asked again, getting slightly annoyed.
"Nick's new Raptors aren't Velociraptors like yours. These little guys are the smaller variant of our pretty big problem almost two years ago. They're Indominus Raptors. I-Raptor for short."
Owen looked at Lowery and Claire like they were crazy. "So, the seven raptors being born here right now are all Velociraptor-based Indominus Rexes?" Lowery nodded. "Goddamn it all! Now there's no way my Pack will win against his. Unless these guys don't show any of the special abilities the Rex had." He looked back at the incubation room where another I-Raptor was already hatched, with Nick petting it.
The third member of the Pack was a dark orange, like a tiger, with bold yellow cheetah-like spots. "Well, I know what your name is, little Naruto."
"Great, he's an anime nut." Owen slapped his own forehead. When he removed his hand from his face, he saw the fourth egg hatching. "Wait, these guys may not have camouflage. I mean, they're all different colors. I'm pretty sure the Indominus was white in order for flawless camouflage abilities."
"You could be right, but we won't know until they're older. Remember, these are Velociraptor-based. Oh, wow. The fourth one is black." Claire observed as the newest member of Nick's pack hatched.
Nick looked a little lost at the black raptor with bright orange striping along it's back. "Hello there, Ichigo. Finally, one that fits the name." He said as the infant rubbed his head against Nick's palm. Immediately after, the fifth egg cracked, this one a girl.
When the infant raptor had emerged, it was revealed to be emerald green with three curved stripes running along her back. "Jade," Nick stated. "Your name is Jade." Everyone in the other room could see that Nick was starting to tear.
The last two eggs, one girl and one boy both hatched at the same time. The boy was forest green with red spiral-like stripes running down its back and three red rings on its tail. The girl was a dull yellow with eggplant purple pinstripes running along it's back and lower belly. "Technically twins, huh? Alright, Talia and Talion." He pointed to the girl and boy respectively.
The Geneticist just outside the hatching chamber pressed a button on the intercom. "They have to stay here for a couple weeks. They should be grown enough by then." Nick gave the man a thumbs up as he continued bonding with the newly-hatched raptors.
Owen turned to Claire. "You think those little guys are going to be deadly when they get the go-ahead to leave the lab?"
"Probably, but that's the danger with raptors, isn't it? 'Highly intelligent animals', as you so elegantly put it." She smirked at him, earning a smirk back.
"True enough. Alright, I have to get back to Blue. I told her I'd be back quickly." Claire nodded when the geneticist came in.
"Actually, Owen, your eggs are about to hatch as well. You should probably go over to Incubation Two."
Owen sighed. "Guess I should." He walked off to the incubation room next to the one Nick was still in.
The Next Day...
Owen watched as Blue tried to control the seven smaller raptors, her new family. As of yet, she couldn't get any of them to stop just running around and curl around her for a midday nap. Owen called down to her. "Blue, you're the Beta, assert your role. Just don't kill any of them. They're still infants."
Blue looked up at him and chirped, not knowing why she had to watch the little ones when Owen should have like he did with Blue and her sisters. Owen laughed. "I know you can do it, girl. Just watch Carla, she's most like Delta." With that, he left the raptor paddock only to walk the short distance to where Nick's own pack would be stationed.
Owen still didn't understand why the two packs had to be next to each other, but he wouldn't question the already-constructed paddock. It was slightly bigger than his own raptors' but Nick's raptors apparently had an estimated maximum size a little over seven feet tall; one foot taller than the Velociraptors. Between the two paddocks there was also a small stretch of track, and even Claire had no idea why it connected the two paddocks. It seemed like trouble.
Owen wouldn't let it worry him, though. His Pack would be fine, especially if all the younger ones grew up with his little ones, once they got in their paddock. Owen clicked the radio on his vest. "Barry, you read me?"
"I'm here, Owen. What's wrong?" The South-African man answered over his own radio wherever we was.
"Nothing's wrong. Just wondering if you've seen the new kid? And not ours."
"Ah, Nick Eclipse? Yeah, he's playing with his raptors in the nursery. They're actually quite cute. Like what you had recorded from Blue and the girls' early days."
"Yeah. They are all related, probably comes with that fact. Alright, just wondering. Have you asked the doctors over there how long they really expect those brats to be able to go into their paddock? If they grow up together, the two Packs will trust each other. It might explain the track between them."
"I did, actually. They said they're growing enough where as long as they can run around, three more days, tops. Should be young enough to imprint trust. I mean, Nick already has Blue's trust."
"Yeah, true. Alright, thanks, Barry. Over and out." Owen hoped the two packs would be able to get along, and only have a friendly rivalry instead of a hostile one.
Another Week Later...
The I-Raptors had been in their enclosure for close to four days, and both Nick and Owen were surprised when Blue became the surrogate Raptor parent for both Packs. "It'll help them all get along, and your pack will trust Blue like she trusts you. Have you decided which of your little Pack?"
"Well, when they hatched I figured Dune, the white and gold one playing with Carla, would be the Beta. But, now I think Ichigo will be better. He's the biggest, and if he grows the fastest then it's a no-brainer he'll be the Beta."
Owen nodded. "Good thinking. Granted, Delta was a little bigger than Blue, only slightly. Blue was just the best behaved. Ichigo is the black and neon orange one, right?" Now Nick nodded. "He seems like Blue when she was little. I think you may be choosing right with him."
"Really? Thank god!" Owen looked at him, confused. "You're the man who showed that Raptors can be trained and loyal to a human. You're literally the expert on Velociraptors these days, even Alan Grant said it in a lecture last year."
"Wait, what? And he didn't bother to call me to speak for it? That old geezer, knowing my family for years and pulling that."
"Wait, hold up. You and Alan Grant actually know each other?" Nick was flabbergasted.
"Yeah. He scared me when I was a kid, told me about the ambush tactics of Velociraptors. All in response to my calling them 'six-foot turkeys'." Nick started laughing.
"That's great. You know, I hear he's supposed to be here for Opening day, even against his 'no force on heaven or earth' attitude for this island and Isla Sorna."
"Oh, really? Anyone else important we should know about?"
"Hmm, let's see. I heard mention of Ian Malcolm and Sarah Harding, still amazed those two aren't married. Lex and Tim Murphy, although I believe Tim's here more to be Rexy's handler. Oh, and an Eric Kirby. Apparently he survived on Isla Sorna for two months before his parents actually tricked Grant and a college intern of his to go to the island and find him. Fought a Spinosaurus, apparently the one we have on Main Street."
"Really? Wow, all big names. I recognize Tim and Lex, and Malcolm and Harding. So, everyone important from incidents pertaining to the two islands are coming for opening day, at least one of them staying longer. Sounds like a fun day. And only a few more months to go, once the batch of Petting Zoo critters grow to a big enough size to go out on the plains. So, which one of your little ones is the rascal?"
"Oh, that's Naruto. I didn't just name him for color association. He's a crazy little bastard, but he'll learn once they're older and Ichigo beats him up for stupidity. What about your new group?"
"That is probably gonna be Zeta, the runt of the litter. He'll want to prove he's just as strong and fast as the bigger ones. He'll probably end up succeeding but we'll see about that. Which one is your runt?"
"Little Sakura. She's stayed a good three inches shorter than the others so far. We'll see as she grows up."
Owen nodded as the baby Raptors played together down on the small track, watched by the two Handlers/Alphas. Nick took out his cell phone and tilted his head. "What's got you looking all confused?" Owen asked.
"We have more new staff arrivals. Apparently the two of us are supposed to meet them at the monorail station."
"That does sound a bit odd." Owen agreed. "Blue!" The oldest raptor looked up at Owen, all the hatchlings following suit. "We'll be back. Keep an eye on them all, please. When we get back, you can take our little ones back into the paddock. Understood?" Blue made a coughing sound while nodding her head, cuing Nick and Owen to make their way to the monorail station on Main Street.
On their way to the station, Owen turned to Nick. "So, did you change your last name to Eclipse? Just seems like an odd last name."
"No I didn't. It's actually a nickname. My real last name is Negron. I just like the sound of Eclipse better. What abut you and Claire? You're obviously somewhat of a thing, huh?" Nick asked back.
"Yeah, I guess so. I mean, after getting her nephews out of the park after the Indominus incident. By the way, you really think those Indominus Raptors you've got will be manageable once they're big enough?"
Nick held up his hand, which had several bandages on it and laughed. "Nope, but I wouldn't be a good Alpha if they were easy to train. All these were just little Sakura, too. Ichigo did the one on my leg."
"Is that why you're limping? Hah, I've had my fair share of those. Oddly, the new batch is much better behaved than the older group."
"Probably because Blue can really talk to them, tell them to behave around you. She loves you, I can tell."
Owen chuckled. "We talking about my raptors or Claire?"
Nick shrugged. "Maybe both."
Owen nodded. "How about you? Any ladies in your life?"
"There was one, she worked with me on the Midwest base. But, when the incident that caused me to get reassigned occurred, she told me she didn't want anything to do with me anymore."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Long time together?"
"Only about a year or so. Still, some of the best times of my life. And here's the monorail. Now, where's the car bringing us the newbies?"
"Probably still on it's way. Hell, their ferry may not have even docked yet. So, any idea as to where these newbies are going to be stationed?"
"Let me check." Nick took his phone out and hummed. "Well, there's a third member joining us, Ava is getting an assistant and three more Handlers for the other dinos. Also, Claire's new assistant."
Owen laughed. "I hope they're not as useless as Zara was. I liked her, sure, but getting grabbed first by a Pteranadon and then being eaten by the Mosasaur, not a good way to try to survive."
"True that. Granted if I got stuck in the Mosasaur enclosure I'd make sure to take it out with me. Afterlife, you know what I mean?"
"Call of Duty has been around for ages, of course I know what you mean. Oh, here comes the monorail."
The monorail ground to a halt in front of them, letting the doors open as the six new workers exited the car. Nick cleared his throat. "Welcome, ye of little faith, to Jurassic World. I am Lieutenant Nicholas 'Eclipse' Negron, and this is Owen Grady. We are the head raptor handlers. Now, please state your name and duty to the park."
The first person stepped up, a man in his late twenties by the look of him. "I'm Jason Cooms, the new assistant for you guys. It's an honor to be working with you both."
A woman in what seemed to be her early twenties, about Nick's age, stepped up next and removed her glasses. "Hello, Nick."
"Sarina.. I gotta go. Owen, you got this, right? I'm gonna go check on the raptors." Nick started walking off. "And to talk to Claire."
Owen watched as his younger handler walked off before looking back at the girl, now named Sarina. "Let me guess, his ex from the Midwest base?"
"Yes, that's me. I guess he's not over it, yet. I'm here to be the vet's assistant."
"Alright. Now, who are the new handlers? And for what dinos?"
Three of the four other people stepped up and introduced themselves as Lana Woodrow, the new Petting Zoo head, Ryan Powers the Triceratops handler and Andrew Fryer the head of the new Aviary. Last was Clara Rivers, Claire's new assistant. Knowing who the newcomers were, Owen lead them towards the park and to their own stations to report to whomever was supervising each.