A/N: Alright, Chapter Two down. This one is a bit of a letdown with action but I wanted to have some little comedy moments and then some seriousness because this story needs to be balanced and I'm trying with what I got.

Chapter Two

Ichigo, Down!

Tyrannosaur Paddock Viewing Area..

Claire Dearing stood looking out at Rexy's enclosure, looking at the mother and the three mysterious eggs that had appeared with her. She sighed. "Soon there will be four Tyrannosaurs, and you, old girl will have to raise them as you once raised Kingsley."

"Kingsley, huh? Nice name for a Rex." Came Nick's voice, startling Claire.

"Jeez, Nick. You scared me. Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be at the monorail with Owen?"

"Yeah, I was, until I saw just who you hired as Ava's assistant. You couldn't have told me my ex-girlfriend was being hired?"

Claire sighed again. "I didn't think things were bad between you both. Is it really that bad to work with your ex? Who knows, maybe things will work themselves out again."

"I really don't know. After we broke up was when the incident that reassigned me happened. Her new boyfriend was on base, and the pack I had adopted decided that they were going to turn on everyone. They were stopped, but not before they killed him and one of the upper officers on base. They sent me to a Reserve base to just help out and get my head cleared, but I never wanted to face her after that."

"Well, don't worry. You'll only have to deal with Sarina Rodriguez when needed. In fact, you'll both probably almost never see each other."

Now it was Nick's turn to sigh. "Alright. Guess I'll just have to live with it, anyway. So, who is Kingsley? Rexy's firstborn?"

"Yeah, actually. We had inseminated her shortly before the park first opened. We wanted a younger Rex because we know Rexy's getting up there. But, when Kingsley was still a young adolescent, he wandered into a tar pit we had made on the edge of Rexy's territory. The only reason we knew something had happened was when we found her huddled next to the tar pit with Kingsley's dead body half suspended in it. Right after that I altered her paddock to exclude the tar pit in a half-mile distance. She stayed away and I guess she forgot since the little one was so young. I just hope these new ones will survive well enough."

"You made this enclosure so much bigger that once Rexy dies, those three will just divide the territory. Well, I should go. I want to check back in on my raptors. Ichigo get's really rowdy with the others unless I mediate him." Nodding, Claire watched him leave the false log as Rexy turned her face up and looked right at Claire, giving her a look she knew all too well: That of a mother recognizing another. Sighing again, Claire rubbed her stomach and walked away, unsure how to handle Owen with the multiple types of news she wanted to tell him.

I-Raptor Paddock..

Nick walked into the paddock to Sakura running up to him and chirping as she rubbed her snout on his pant leg. "Hi, Sakura. How are the others doing?" He gently pet the little raptor's head as she ran around him in circles.

Nick saw most of the others snoozing in the patches of sunlight on the ground. With the exception of Naruto and Ichigo, who were circling one another in the center of the paddock. "Oh great, another supremacy battle between them. One of these days Naruto will get it in his head that Ichigo is just bigger and stronger than him. Or he'll turn the tables but only time will tell."

Suddenly, Nick was alerted to someone else in the paddock with him. Turning around, he found that Sarina had come in and, contrary to what Nick thought would happen, Sakura ran up to her and seemed to purr, rubbing the other girls' leg as she had with Nick. "Et tu, Sakura?" He said as Ichigo and Naruto finally realized others were in the paddock.

As they were unfamiliar with Sarina, Ichigo snapped at Naruto to back down and ran at Sarina. But, his senses found familiarity as he scented Nick on the woman. As such, he performed his favorite greeting with Nick and jumped right into her arms, nuzzling his neck into hers. "Even you, Ichigo?" Nick asked as the raptor ignored him.

"Ichigo, down!" Nick said sternly, the little raptor growling slightly as he jumped out of Sarina's arms.

"You have a way with any kind of animal, don't you?" Sarina asked Nick as he walked over to her and lead her back out of the paddock.

"Yeah, I guess I do. What brings you to my neck of the woods, ms. Vet's assistant?"

"I wanted to come and apologize."

"For what? If anything, I should be apologizing to you. My wolves killed your boyfriend. I'm to blame for ever getting them to listen to me back at base."

"It's not. They attacked him because they didn't know him, and our senior officer was only attacked because he tried to stop them instead of you."

"It doesn't help though, does it? The guilt will still be there."

"Not if you don't let it. Nick, I came to apologize because I made a mistake back then. I shouldn't have broken up with you over something as stupid as you going out to the bar that night. I partially accepted this job because Ms. Dearing told me you were here and I told her I wanted to make amends. Don't you see, Nick? I sent you those emails months ago trying to tell you I wanted you back. I.. I miss you just so much."

Nick sighed. "I don't know, Sarina. I mean, I have these guys to take care of and they won't be as docile as they are now forever. I wouldn't want to put you in harm's way. Again."

"So sweet, but I can handle myself. Plus, these two like me well enough." Sarina motioned where Ichigo and Sakura stood rooted to the ground by the gate, chirping happily at her.

"Yeah, but they won't always be this loveable. Remember, they are part high-speed killing machines."

"Whatever. So, just give it a chance. These guys won't mind if you spend a little of your time with me, I think. Tomorrow night, Jurassic Grill, meet you there at eight. Oh, and don't be late," Sarina laughed, walking away as Nick turned to the two infant raptors.

"You two couldn't be menacing for just a minute, huh?" Sakura let out a barking laugh as Ichigo just tilted his head and chirped before jumping onto the fence, grabbing onto the spaces between the bars. "Ichigo, down!" Ichigo jumped off and went back to the rest of the little ones resting in the sun, Sakura following soon behind.

Later that day, Owen was laying down in his hammock when Claire came up to the remodeled bungalow. "There you are, you lazy bum."

Owen shifted and looked at her. "Hey, beautiful. It's technically my day off, so why wouldn't I be at the house?"

"I don't know, maybe because you're young friend has some girl trouble, I thought the king of trouble would want to help him out."

"'King of trouble'? Huh, didn't think you'd come up with something like that. But, what brings you out here when you should be checking in on the lab to make sure they're not cooking up anything too dangerous?"

"The lab is fine. Henry did have a couple of ideas about new hybrids, but nothing too outlandish. He said he was done trying to do hybrid carnivores, at least until we know how dangerous the Indominus Raptors are. He showed me a cross between a Stegosaurus and Triceratops which I thought was interesting enough. And he wants to get corporate permission for a new aquarium space on the eastern shore of the island. Said there weren't enough sea-dwelling dinos in the park since it's just the Mosasaur and we can't put anything else in there with it."

"Well, that's interesting enough. Maybe we get a Megalodon next." Owen laughed. "But, that doesn't excuse that you're home early, so again: what's on your mind?"

Claire sighed. "I can never hide anything from you, can I?" She sat on the edge of the hammock as Owen sat himself up. "I wanted to talk to you about something important. I was watching Rexy with those new eggs of hers and Nick came around asking why I hired that new girl Sarina. I told him why and that maybe he should go talk to her. As he walked away, he gave me a look that told me he knew what was going on with me. Why I've been a little distant from you and whatever else. So, I decided I had to come talk to you.

"Do you remember when we had that talk, just before we came back to Nublar?"

Owen nodded. "Yeah, of course I do. That was our talk about having a family because Gray and Zach grew on me so much. Speaking of which, are they still at the visitor's center doing training?"

It was Claire's turn to nod. "Yeah, they should be out soon, though. But, yes, that exact talk. And it may happen sooner than we thought." She looked at Owen as the realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

"You mean... We're..?"

Claire smiled, nodding again. "Yes, Owen. We're going to have a baby. I.. I found out just a few days ago, the mandatory physical. That's why I got my new assistant here as quickly as possible. She's going to have to really help me when it's time."

"I can't believe it. I'm so happy about this Claire, but let's keep you away from the raptors for a bit. Blue may trust you, but add my baby into the mix it might set her off because I think she wants to have her own clutch."

"Aw, poor Blue. Well, I'm going to get some rest. Wake me up when it's time for dinner, and do not order pizza. We've had it for the last few days already."

"Sure, sure. Go rest, Claire. I'll wake you up for dinner." Stifling a yawn, Claire nodded and walked into the bungalow as Owen just smiled to himself.

North Boundary..

Nick stood just outside the Northern Gate, taking in the still-wild side of Isla Nublar. He saw the eye-shine of what he figured were the Troodon group he had been warned about when he had asked if it was alright to venture out of the Park boundary. "It's fine to do, just don't go too far. The spotlights are the only thing that keep the Troodon pack away from the gates. If you go out in the daytime, you should be just fine. They only hunt at night." Was what one of the InGen guards had told him at the time.

He breathed in the nighttime jungle air. "Can't stay away from the wilds, huh?" Came a familiar voice.

"Sarina. Are you stalking me, because that's the only way I can think that you know where I am and are able to follow me around like this."

"No, I don't have to stalk you. I have a tracking chip planted on you," Nick looked at her incredulously. "I'm kidding. I just asked someone if they knew where you were and they told me you liked to sit out here." Nick noticed the hint of a shorter person standing just inside the gate.

"Come on out, Gray. It's okay. I didn't think this one would get you to show her to my hideaway."

Gray Mitchell walked out int the light and smiled nervously. "She was very persuasive. And she said she only wanted to talk to you."

Nick laughed. "It's alright, Gray. I'm not yelling at you. Here, go over to the Carvel and get all three of us something, yeah?" He handed a twenty from his pocket to the teenager, who hurriedly ran back into the park.

Sarina giggled. "He's a cute kid. Loyal too. I had to tell him I wasn't trying to harm you just for him to tell me where you would be."

Nick grinned. "I know. He's a great kid. Claire is very proud of her younger nephew, not so much for having Owen and myself as role models."

"She has the right to worry about that kind of thing. What with you having your little quirks."

"Quirks, my dear, that you fell head over heels for. But, what did you really want to talk to me about? I thought you were waiting for tomorrow night?"

"I am. I just wanted to see if you were getting cold feet or something. I mean, it's happened before."

"I was told not to go to that funeral. The only thing I wanted to do that day was be there for you and our fellow Marines because the Sergeant was one of my friends too, and so was the Corporal. But, no matter what, I wanted to be there for you. But, General Howe called me and told me to stay away, that I shouldn't be around people that my 'outlandish methods' hurt."

"Well I didn't know that, Nick. After I called you that morning telling you where the funeral was going to be, I expected you to on your way and there at the graveyard by the time the funeral had started. It really hurt me that you never showed up. That was the most you ever hurt me, and even after all this time, I still want you back. My feelings for you never changed, Nick."

Nick sighed. "Then why did you break it off, huh? I was going to... ah, never mind. It doesn't matter now. What's done is done. Anything else you'd like to mention? Anything I might have done that I can maybe answer for you?"

Now, Sarina sighed. "Just one thing. And don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it sure as fuck does." Nick was stunned. Sarina rarely cursed, especially in front of him, and Nick could out-swear a sailor if he wanted to. "Was this ring meant to be for us to be engaged?"

Nick looked at Sarina's right hand and his eyes widened. There, on her ring finger, was the engagement ring he had bought for her so long ago, the gilded gold band with a large fourteen carat diamond ringed with rubies, emeralds and sapphires. Around that was a circular band of moonstone and mother-of-pearl. That ring had cost Nick everything he had saved for the three years prior to even meeting and dating Sarina. He had bought it and kept it until he had decided that she was the one he wanted to marry. He must have left it back in her room on the base the night she had broken their relationship off. "My God. Where did you even find it?"

"So it's true? This was supposed to be our engagement ring. I always knew you had good taste. Horrible when it came to dinner dates, but with everything else." Sarina was holding back tears. "I found this the night I returned to base from the funeral. It's part of the reason why I tried so hard to find you. I.. I never took it off, it's too precious to me even though I broke your heart. It acts as the physical reason why I wanted to get you back. I realized that you loved me more than enough for whatever problems I thought I had with you to go away. So, are we still on for tomorrow night?" She asked hopefully as Gray came back with a small Carvel bag.

Nick smiled. "Yeah, we're still on. Come on, let's all sit inside the park with these. I'd rather not have a run-in with the Troodon pack, lest they try to be bold and attack us." And with that, the trio walked back into the park, ice cream bowls in their hands as Nick closed the gates behind them.

Back in the I-raptor paddock, Ichigo jumped onto the fence again, having the time of his life jumping onto and off of it until he heard Owen's voice, who registered to him as an uncle figure. "Ichigo, down! Damnit you little rascal." Owen laughed before he walked over to the Velociraptor paddock and then back down to the bungalow to sleep after his nighttime rounds.

Next Time: Time skip to a couple of months later, where the raptors are all much bigger and the I-Raptors begin showing their abilities. Hope to see you next time.