A/N: It's been two years since I started writing for this and recently my spark to continue semi returned? Sorry for being semi sporadic, I promise some of the slew of characters here get some more explanations on them and bits and pieces about who they are and how they are shortly.

In order to get to reach the Gyrospheres, they had to take the monorail. When the next train arrived, they boarded with everyone else that was waiting around for it. Gray sat by the window and Zach sat down beside him while Leah took the seat directly next to theirs. Behind them were some girls, chatting and glancing at Zach every now and then, giggling. She rolled her eyes, turning her attention to the outside and watching as they whizzed past some trees.

"Nice backpack." Someone said. She looked in front of her and found some girls giggling. For a moment she thought it was a compliment and she almost thanked them.

"What a weirdo!" The girl whispered to her friend, both bursting into a fit of giggles.

Leah looked down at her bag and sighed. It had dinosaurs covering it and essentially it was meant for a child. She liked it however, and enjoyed taking it on trips like this. She pulled it to her and hugged it to herself. Her face was hot with embarrassment, and she looked away from everyone else and looked outside, trying to ignore the two as they quietly teased her.

Zach looked away from the girls he had been talking to and over at Leah. He frowned and glanced at the girls that were sitting in front of her briefly before looking back at her and watching how she clutched the backpack to her chest, trying to hide it away from the world. She didn't seem bothered by it before, but it bothered him that someone felt the need to say stuff like that to her. He opened his mouth to ask if she was okay, only to stop when Gray spoke.

"If mom and dad get divorced, will one of us be with mom and the other be with dad?"

The question surprised Zach, catching him off guard. He looked at him with a frown. "What? Why would you say that?"

"'Cause they are."

"No, they're not getting divor- They're not getting divorced." Gray nodded and Zach sighed. "You haven't been around long enough. They've always been like that."

He sniffled. "They get mail from two different lawyers."

"That doesn't mean anything."

Gray whimpered. "I googled. They're divorce lawyers."

At this point he began to cry, and Zach had become frustrated. His parents had been struggling with their marriage the last two years. The fighting increased, disagreements always happened, and someone was always mad with one or the other. So yes, their parents marriage wasn't perfect. Neither was the world. He'd long since accepted it. "Okay, well it doesn't matter. I'll be gone in two years anyway. All my friends parents are divorced, and..." He paused, trying to find the words to say, only to be interrupted as a soft sob came from Gray. "Hey, knock it off." Gray shook his head and he scoffed. "You're gonna cry?"

Leah looked over and frowned at the scene playing out, having been listening in on the conversation. Gray was bawling his eyes out and Zach was quietly scolding him for doing so.

"Look, you're gonna get two of everything. Right? You're gonna get two birthday's, two Thanksgiving's, two-"

"I don't want two of everything." Gray sobbed, his body shaking.

"Ugh, please stop crying..." He groaned. "Look, it's not up to you. You're going to have to grow up eventually."

"Stop." Leah looked at him, her demeanor calm. Her voice was stern, but with a gentle undertone to it. As her eyes locked with Zach's, she could see the underlying hurt within them. He put on a brave face and an attitude that made it seem like he didn't care, but he did, deep down. She knelt down a bit and reached for Gray's hand, grabbing his attention. "Hey..." She whispered, smiling kindly when he sniffled. "I know it's hard, and it's going to be hard, but you'll be okay. You're very smart and I think you're strong."

"H-How do you know?" He asked, hiccuping. Leah massaged the back of his hand gently, rubbing soothing circles along it.

"Well, I don't." She smiled sheepishly. "But your parents, I'm sure they both love you very much. And they're always going to love you, even if they aren't married anymore. I know you'll be able to get through it. Marriage is just something on a piece of paper. Sometimes those papers don't last forever. But the love for the children that come from that marriage is an eternity." Leah reached up, wiping his tears away with her thumbs gently. She glanced up at Zach and smiled. "You can't be a kid forever, and you will have to grow up eventually. But you don't have to grow up today or tomorrow. You're only a kid once in your life. Use that time to be one. Right now, you're here to have fun, not think about the bad stuff. Okay?" She asked, looking back up at Gray.

He nodded, rubbing his eyes and giving her a tiny smile. "O-Okay..."

Zach mumbled a soft apology to Gray, but the latter either didn't hear him or he ignored it. Leah smiled slightly, sitting back down in her seat and smiling when Gray got up and moved over to sit with her, resting his head on her shoulder in comfortable silence. She felt Zach looking at her, but she chose to ignore it, running her fingers through Gray's hair soothingly, smiling as he muttered something.

"I think your backpack is cool..."

The compliment made her smile even more, and she let her head fall back against the headrest on her seat. She spared Zach a glance when she still felt him staring, frowning at him. He wasn't very good when it came to comforting someone, but perhaps it was because the issue Gray had brought up affected him too. He looked like he wanted to say something, but if he did, he either decided against it or forgot what it was, leaning back in his seat and sighing almost irritably.

Ten minutes later, the train came to a stop and they got off. Gray calmed down and the tension between him and Zach had more or less left, leaving Leah at peace. There was already a large line for the Gyrospheres, and for a moment Gray seemed unsure about it. "What if we never get to them?"

"VIP passes, dude." Zach reminded, holding his wrist up to remind the younger boy that they had them. "We won't have to wait long."

Leah nodded, fanning herself with her hand. It was so hot already, and the humidity only made it worse. She glanced at Zach. "How can you not be hot?"

He looked at her and smiled, mirth in his eyes. "I like to think I'm very hot." He laughed when she rolled her eyes.

"I meant like sweaty!"

Zach shrugged. "Dunno. I just really like this jacket."

"In hundred degree weather?"

It was his turn to roll his eyes. "It's not that hot."

As the line moved, Gray spewed all sorts of facts that Leah never even heard about, fascinating her to no end, even though Gray was mostly talking to Zach. He was too busy looking ahead of them to be paying attention to a word Gray said. There was a pretty girl with a group ahead of them waiting for her turn. She kept glancing back at Zach and smiling at him before looking away. Leah looked up at him and in the direction he was looking before looking back at him. She reached up, pushing his chin slightly. "You shouldn't let your mouth hang open like that, you might swallow a prehistoric bug or something."

He shot a glare at her and Gray snickered beside her.

She ignored him and looked at Gray, listening to what he had to say. He was currently explaining how it was much easier to bring back a dinosaur than when they first attempted it back in the nineties. For a boy of eleven, Leah was impressed with how smart he was. She was sure he had an IQ higher than anyone else she knew, even herself. She was smart, but not that smart. No, Gray was something of a little genius.

"What they didn't know at the time was that the soft tissue was perserved because the iron in the dinosaurs blood generates free radicals, and those are highly reactive. So the proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up a-and act as a natural preservative. DNA can survive millennia that way!"

"Wow!" Leah exclaimed, listening closely. "So, in reality they didn't really need to use dino blood?"

Gray nodded. "Mhm! So now, even if the amber mines dry up, they'd still have the bones and-"

"Shut up." Zach muttered, tapping Gray's shoulder.

He looked up at him and frowned, glancing over to see Zach was back to looking at those girls. Leah elbowed Zach, quietly telling him to not be so mean. However the teen ignored her, and Gray glared at him.

"What do you think's gonna happen from you just staring at them?"

Leah snorted and the girls ahead of them giggled, looking at Zach before they moved ahead to get inside the big sphere. Zach sighed beside them and looked down.

"Thanks man."

Gray grinned. "You're welcome."

The next sphere came up, a three seater just for them. Gray climbed in first, Zach followed him, and Leah climbed in after Zach. The seats weren't very comfy, but they weren't all that bad. She buckled up and looked up as the door slid down and closed. Gray was practically bouncing in his seat as they began to move down the track towards the open field. Leah looked around the sphere and noticed a control stick between Gray and Zach. So it really was like a free range safari. The field was huge, tree's here and there. Yet it was empty. There were no dinosaurs yet, and she looked around, trying to see if she could see any nearby, or at least the direction they were all in. Zach had taken control of the 'Hamster Ball' he had named, and a video started up on the small screen. Leah recognized the voice of Jimmy Fallon, looking over to watch. He was dressed up in a white lab coat and safety goggles. Behind him was a chalkboard with a drawing of the Gyrosphere on it.

"Hey there! I'm Jimmy Fallon. Welcome aboard the Gyrosphere, the amazing machine made possible by science."

Zach looked behind them and Gray stared at the screen with a bored expression as the comedian accidentally wrecked the whole lab table. As fascinating as it was to hear what the Gyrosphere was made of and what it kept them safe from, it was a boring demonstration and not very funny. Gray was growing impatient, looking every which way.

"Where are they?"

As they rounded a corner, the low bellow of a dinosaur could be heard, and Zach's eyes widened, jaw dropping a bit. "Oh, man."

Leah looked up and smiled brightly as they rode by a Triceratops. The large creature yawned, bellowing softly as she stood up, watching them roll by. "Wow..." She whispered, looking up as they rolled by an Apatosaurus. Some of the dinosaurs stopped to watch them, some walking by and staring into the ball curiously. Leah felt her eyes tear up a bit and she reached up to wipe them.

"Why are you crying?" Zach asked softly. Was she upset?

She laughed and looked up at him, rubbing her eyes. "They're beautiful." Her eyes welled up more and tears began to stream down her face as she looked back outside, wiping her eyes. "You never think that you'll get to see something like this ever, but when you do you really have a new appreciation for life." She pulled her phone out and snapped a picture of a nearby Stegosaurus.

Zach smiled, watching her curiously. She was different, but in a good way. They were all startled when the screen began to beep, the three looking over as a voice came on.

"Due to Technical difficulties, all our exhibits are now closed. Please disembark all rides and return to the resort."

They hadn't even been out ten minutes. Gray looked at the teens, disappointment in his eyes that they had to go back already. He sighed softly and looked down at his lap, playing with his fingers. Zach frowned, shaking his head.

"Come on. No, we can stay out a couple more minutes." He smiled at Gray reassuringly.

Gray frowned. "But they said they were closed."

"Aunt Claire gave us special wristbands. VIP, dude." He looked at Leah, hoping she would back him up.

"I really think we should go back. We might get in trouble." She muttered.

"Oh, come on. Live a little." Zach encouraged, grinning at her. She studied him for a moment. He was smiling at her and she couldn't help but smile at how he wanted to stay longer, not for him or her, but for Gray. He had been so excited to go, and when they finally got up close and personal with these magnificent creatures, they were expected to go back. Leah looked at Gray and smiled, reaching over and rubbing his arm.

"It won't hurt to stay out a bit longer. But only for a few more minutes." She looked at Zach sternly, making sure the message sank in.

Gray smiled at her and Zack nudged her playfully. "Now you're talking. Come on, it'll be fun." He grinned, pushing the stick forward and making the ball speed up.

Leah gripped the arm rests tightly, laughing as some of the dinosaurs ran alongside them. For a moment she was worried they would run into the ball, but they seemed to know better, keeping their distance. Gray hummed, taking some pictures as they slowed down, making a few comments here and there.

Zach's phone ringing caught Leah's attention. She watched him pull it from his pocket and bring it to his ear. "Hey, Claire...Yeah, I-I can't really hear you. We're in the hamster ball." He frowned. "Hello? Hello?"

Gray looked at him and then Leah. She smiled. "Must be bad reception in here."

Zach ended the call when it seemed to drop, looking at his phone. "No kidding."

"Is something wrong?" She looked at him. Their eyes locked for a moment and she felt her face heat up.

"No, everything's fine." He smiled, continuing to lead them further through the field. Gray was too busy looking out the window to really ask what was going on.

"Maybe we should head back now. We've been out here long enough I think." Leah said, shifting in her seat uncomfortably as she checked her phone. There was no service, and she hadn't missed any calls from anyone.

"Aw, come on." Zach said, steering them further down the field. "Don't be so lame."

"I'm not being lame, I'm being practical."

"Practical is boring in my book."

"And what book is that?"

"It's in the works. Not ready to give you a sneak peek." He winked, and she rolled her eyes.

The further they went, the fewer Dinosaurs there were. She stared out the glass to see if maybe there was something they hadn't seen yet roaming around, but she didn't see anything the stuck out. However, further into the field, she saw some movement. Whatever it was, it was too far off for her to identify what it was. It wasn't big, but more on the small side from where she was sitting, and it moved fast. It stopped for a moment, and another one appeared by it, followed by a third one, and then a fourth one. She blinked, brows knitting together. "What is that?"

"What's what?"

"That." She pointed. "Over there."

Zach leaned over and squinted as he looked. "I don't see anything."

"Me either." Gray said, looking in the direction as well.

Leah frowned and looked closer, realizing whatever she had seen was long gone. "That's weird..." She murmured, keeping her eyes locked on the area she had seen it in as Zack steered the sphere forward.

When Jurassic World first opened, there had been several AOC's every other day. It was something no one tended to really panic about because it was never really something serious. Usually a Pachy that shorted its implant and busted out, or a Triceratops rampaging. Jurassic World had never had anything bad exactly happen.

Nothing like a hybrid breaking out and into the park.

"I'm sorry, you said what broke out?"

"The Indominus Rex." Claire reiterated. Allison could see the panic in her eyes, and from the way she played with her shirt hem nervously.

"And what the hell is the Indominus Rex?"

"T-The uh, base genome is a Tyrannosaur. The rest is classified information."

Allison narrowed her eyes. Several months after she began to work for the park, there had been a work party to celebrate the anniversary of the park opening. She and several other colleagues had dinner with Henry Wu, the lead geneticist of Jurassic World. The mention of dinosaur hybrids had long been debated, and it was apparently something Wu intended to do eventually. Allison disagreed with it. Hybrids like that often died during infancy, or before they even hatched. Even if they did survive, they were often sickly or diseased, and had to be put down so they wouldn't spread it to any of the other animals. It was like wolf hybrids. Some states allowed them, but in most they weren't legal, and were often put down because they were a high risk. You could turn them into a house pet, but you would never be able to talk the wolf out of them. Much like with any wild animal.

"You don't even know what it's made up of? Claire." Allison said. "Putting something out there for the public to see when you don't even know what it's made up of isn't good. Especially if it's a first time thing."

"Well, we needed something to grab people's attention." The redhead defended, arms crossed over her chest. "So we gave the go ahead for Henry and his team to make them."

Sitting down towards the front was Katherine. She looked over at the two women. "Them? You mean there are more?"

"No, no! There was a whole clutch, but only two survived after hatching."

"And what of the sibling?"

Claire's lips were pressed into a tight line before she answered. "She ate it."

At this, Katherine stood up. "You've created something that's an unpredictable animal. When it killed the sibling you should have put it down. Something like that is a red flag."

"We couldn't afford to do that." She sighed.

"Yes, but can you afford to pay for all the lawsuits you'll be getting when the families of those ACU troops sue you?"

Allison's eyes widened. "You sent ACU after it? Claire!"

"We're doing everything we can to make sure it's contained. We have this under control, please." She sighed, growing frustrated.

"John Hammond thought he had control." Katherine murmured softly.

At this, everyone in the room glanced her way, almost stunned that she would bring the former owner and creator of the original park up so boldly. But there was truth to what she said. The reason Hammond's original park had failed was the idea that control was there when it indeed was not. Katherine could so vividly remember overhearing Sattler and Hammond's conversation in the dinning hall about his lack of control and the illusion of him believing he had it being the reason the park had failed.

"This is much different." Claire said, her voice soft. Her gaze was hard and it was noticeable a nerve had been touched.

"Yes, but John Hammond also didn't create a hybrid animal that knew where to rip out its tracking implant."

Allison groaned. "Jesus..."

Katherine was writing something down quickly, murmuring to herself. "It's intelligent. It can camouflage, sense thermal heat..." She whispered.

"Non-lethal's." Allison suggested, looking at Claire.

"Great, now you sound just like Mr. Grady."

"Owen knows what he's talking about." Allison frowned, glaring at her. "You don't work out in the field like we do, Claire. We deal with these animals on a daily basis, we've gone to school and studied all the things we know. Kat here has been studying animal behavior in carnivores for more than 3 years. You just run the park!"

It was silent for a moment, the tension between everyone almost suffocating. Eventually, Katherine cleared her throat.

"I do suggest you evacuate the park..."

"You know we'd never reopen. I told the same thing to Owen."

"Then the least you can do is make sure no one gets hurt! That's your job, isn't it!?" Katherine yelled, startling Claire. "Jurassic Park didn't have that advantage, but you do!" She pointed to the screen. Allison saw the live count had more than 21,000 people inside of the park. Should the animal come close to the main perimeter, casualties were bound to happen.

Claire studied the screen again. She had already closed everything north of the resort, and everyone was currently being evacuated back to the hotel. She frowned as she watched the screen, digging for her phone.

Katherine watched, irritated. While Claire had at least done something to make sure no casualties happened, she felt that it wasn't enough. Jurassic World never had AOC's that were carnivores before, and that was incredibly alarming to her. Had it been the T-Rex, she knew they would be able to recapture it and sedate it because it had been done before when it was recaptured for Jurassic World. Sedative dosages were exact each time.

With this creature, she had no idea how they would ever be able to recapture it if it could hide itself from the naked eye.

"Dr. Grant, would the sedative dosages for a Rex be the same for the Indominus?"

She looked up and saw Lowrey, one of the workers for the control room looking at her. "Uh, well not necessarily. See, with sedative dosages if you go over just the exact amount by a bit, you risk putting the animal into a coma. It's happened before with some animals. In this case, it might be best for the I-Rex. It's too unpredictable."

"Zara lost the boys."

Everyone looked up at Claire quietly, noting the panic in her voice. Allison's eyes widened. "Oh, god."

"What?"

"I-I left Owen's niece with the boys and the assistant."

Claire was on the phone again. "Zach? Oh thank god. Is Gray with you?" She paused, frowning. "Okay, Zach. Listen to me. I need you to come back to the hotel NOW. Wha...hello? Hello!?" She pulled her phone away and inhaled, hurrying over. "Are there any Gyrospheres left in the valley?"

Lowrey looked at her. "No, they're all accounted for. It's my job." He sighed as one popped up, shaking his head. "There's still one in the field."

A search and rescue was ordered, but there would be a delay. And they didn't have that kind of time.

"You listen to me! Make this your top priority!" When they told her it would still have to be delayed, she threw the ear piece down. "Fine, I'll do it myself."

As Claire rushed out of the room with Allison rushing out after her, Katherine's phone rang. Upon pulling it out to see who it was she grimaced, pressing answer and putting the phone to her ear.

"Hi, dad."

A/N: Next chapter soon! Sorry if this wasn't too entertaining!