Chapter 2: Dinositting

Jake was walking home to his trailer with two baby spinosaurus hatchlings in a crate. They continuously kicked around and squealed, making it clear they wanted out. "Don't worry, we're almost home," Jake said soothingly, though it didn't really help.

When Jake got inside, he headed straight for his bedroom and put they crate on his floor. "Here you go," he said, opening the crate to see two restless spino hatchlings squirming around inside on top of a pile of straw that had been used in their nest. Grimlock was roaring at him, obviously upset. It was obvious he was trying to sound intimidating, but it was more on the cute side.

Amelia was trying to look over the edge of the crate at her new home, but she was way too small. Jake chuckled and lifted her up so she could get a better look. He let her take in the new surroundings before setting her back down, Amelia squeaking to be lifted up again. "Let your brother have a turn," Jake chuckled before picking up an angry Grimlock, who bit him when he tried to pick the little guy up. "Hey, no biting," Jake barked, making Grimlock turn away pouting. Amelia was curled up at the edge of the crate shivering.

Jake felt terrible about yelling at them. "I'm sorry," he said apologetically, and reached out to rub Grimlock. The tiny spino shied away from the hand. "Ssshhh, ssshhh, it's okay," Jake soothed. Grimlock reached his snout out to Jake's hand. Jake rubbed Grimlock's gently snout, making Grimlock purr.

"There you go," Jake said, and he picked up Grimlock, letting him see the bedroom. When he put Grimlock back down, Grimlock started squeaking again. "When you get older I'll let you walk around the house," Jake said. As he turned to leave, he heard Amelia start squeaking like crazy. "What do want now," Jake said, turning back around. The little spino kept on squeaking until Jake walked back to the crate. "What is it," Jake asked again. Amelia hopped up and down with her mouth open, and Jake finally understood.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out the bag of meat. As soon as he did Grimlock began squeaking to. "You're both hungry, huh?" Jake fed them both until they fell asleep. "Gees, those two sure can eat," Jake told himself. He got up and decided to go get himself something to eat.

As Jake took out a steak and some vegetables he heard the spino hatchlings calling him from his room again. "Well, let's see what it is this time," he said to himself. He got back to his room to see the hatchlings screaming their heads off at him. "What do you want," he asked them. Not like they'd understand him anyway.

They just kept yapping at him and he pulled out the food bag, but when he tried to feed them they turned the food down. "If you're not hungry what do you want," he asked again. The hatchlings kept on squeaking at him. "What is it they could possibly want," Jake thought to himself. He thought for a moment and decided to reach into the box and lift the spinos onto his bed.

Dino POV

They crawled and rolled around in the new nest, mesmerized by this soft, comfortable environment. This was far better than the other nest! Grimlock bit into the new nest and started playing with it. Daddy suddenly yelled at him and pulled the new nest out of his mouth. Grimlock whimpered and looked him with begging eyes. Daddy was scary when he's mad.

Amelia, who was snuggling into the giant, soft, round things, buried herself into the nest even further. Daddy got sad and said something nice and rubbed Grimlock, just like las time. Grimlock nuzzled daddy's hand and joined Amelia on the big round things.

Amelia and Grimlock were getting sleepy again. When they were getting readyto go to sleep they noticed daddy leaving them. "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy," they both cried. They didn't want him to leave! Daddy came back in the room looking annoyed, but Grimlock and Amelia didn't care. They just wanted daddy to stay with them. They kept calling him until he finally sat down on the bed next to them.

The twins snuggled against him and he rubbed them gently. When he scratched them under the chin they purred and curled up against him, yawning widely and falling asleep. Grimlock and Amelia slept soundly next to their daddy.

Human POV

Jake had finally managed to get the hatchlings to go to sleep. "Man, these guys need a lot of attention," he told himself. Then he pointed a thumb at himself and grinned. "But it's nothing I couldn't handle! I trained six weeks for this, a couple spino hatchlings ain't nothin'!"

He was getting up to leave when he felt twelve tiny claws gripping his pants and looked down to see Grimlock and Amelia trying to hold onto him while sleeping. "Crap," he thought. "How am I going to get away from these two? I can't stand up without them noticing." He thought a moment about how he could possibly get up and not wake up his sleeping dinos.

He finally came up with something and picked them up, one in each hand, and laid them gently on the pillows. They started to wake up, but Jake shushed them and rubbed their heads. They purred and curled up together. Jake rubbed them until they were once again sound asleep.

He sighed and stood up, finally managing to get back to the kitchen to cook himself something to eat. The steak and vegetables had already thawed out and he just had to get the skillet, pot and seasonings.

After he had eaten dinner he went back to his room and put the hatchlings back in their crate, and they started squeaking again. "I'm sorry, but this is my bed and that is your bed," Jake said to the hatchlings. They just kept squeaking until Jake gave in and picked them back up. "I'm just warning you," he sighed, "I'm a rough sleeper." The hatchlings didn't respond and just curled up as close to him as they could possibly get. "If they're this needy when they're hatchlings, then this is going to be an exciting next few years." Jake just decided to deal with it. No way was he going back on Mr. Masrani's offer!

Two weeks later

Jake stood at one end of the kitchen while Grimlock and Amelia stood at the other, Owen holding a camera and recording everything they were doing. "Come on, come on," he urged. The two baby spinos tried to crawl toward him. When that didn't work they tried to stand on their hind legs, but they fell over. Amelia even made her nose bleed from falling over. She began crying and whimpering as Grimlock liked her face clean.

"Well, that' your cue," Owen said as he kept recording.

"Ha ha, very funny," Jake said as he looked at the phone. "Well, it's pretty obvious dinosaurs don't immediately know how to walk from instinct. Seems like they need to be taught like humans do," He said.

"No shit Sherlock. You think they're gonna be like, 'oh I want to walk over to the kitchen today', and just get up and walk without trouble? I had to spend so long training my raptors how to walk because they aren't meant to walk on all fours," Owen told him.

"Whatever," Jake replied. "And watch your language, I'm going to have to sensor that." He walked over to their side of the kitchen. "Don't worry Amelia, it's just a nose bleed," he said as he hugged her. Amelia purred and was set back on the floor. "Hmmm." Jake rubbed his chin. "Maybe you guys should start off with walking on all fours."

Jake got on his hands and knees. "Here, do what I'm doing, okay," he said as he patted his hands on the floor. Grimlock and Amelia crawled over to him on their bellies, making Owen chuckle. "No, no. You do it like this," he instructed as he got on his hands and feet. He went back to the other side of the kitchen, the new way of walking feeling strange to him. He turned back to the spino hatchlings. "Now you try."

Grimlcok looked over himself and tried to do the same, but he just tripped over his front limbs and faceplanted on the floor. His nose began bleeding as well and he growled, and Amelia licked his face clean, just as he did for her.

"That's cute," Jake said with a smile. Grimlock looked back at him and tried to walk to him again, but again he just fell over. Amelia tried next, standing on all fours. She stepped forward with her left hand and then with her right. After that she moved her left foot forward, followed by her right. "That's it," Jake exclaimed, Owen smiling in the background.

Amelia soon got a pattern down as she walked towards Jake, one step at a time. Jake reached out and pet her on the head when she reached him, making her purr. Grimlock was next, and he tried to do the same as Amelia, but ended up slipping and falling again. Jake sighed and Owen chuckled again.

It took Grimlock three more tries and Amelia walking back over to him until he finally managed to waddle over to Jake. Jake pet him on the head and congratulated him when he made it. Jake then turned to Owen and asked, "Did you record that?"

Owen put the phone down. "Yeah, I got it all," he answered. He then started posting the video on Jake's YouTube channel. "You really have quite a few subscribers. That video you posted a few days ago already has twelve-thousand likes," he said.

Jake grinned widely as he watched his two spino hatchlings walk around the house, Grimlock occasionally bumping into something and Amelia helping him back up. "Well, we're posting videos of exhibits and dinos in the park not available to the public yet. Masrani was nice enough to let me record the dinos and now I'm about to get way more subscribers than before. Also, I like making videos," Jake said. His eyes were still on his two hatchlings.

"For someone who hates being the spotlight you sure are fine with being popular," Owen said.

Jake turned to him. "It's social anxiety. I don't care about being popular, I just hate being in crowds. There's a difference," Jake replied. Owen just smiled and nodded his head.

Six weeks later

"Hey Owen," Jake called as he exited his car. He reached back inside his car and pulled out Grimlock and Amelia. "Are the girls ready to meet the twins?" Two trucks pulled up behind him and a camera crew stepped out of one while park staff stepped out the other.

Owen whistled and for foot long raptor chicks dashed out of his trailer. One was grey with a blue stripe with white outline going along both flanks from its shoulders to its tail tip. Another was a few shades of grey all over. Then there was another that was tan/orange with dark orange stripes on its back. The final and smallest one was green with the same stripes as the orange one.

"I think they are," Owen answered. The raptors quickly noticed the newcomers and were curious when they saw the spino waddling toward them. By now the spinos were the same size as the raptors, so they took a while sizing each other up.

Owen walked up behind the raptors as they inspected the spinos. "Girls," he said, making the raptors all look up at him. "These are friends, so play nice," he explained, motioning to the spinos as if they'd understand what he was saying. Surprisingly it worked; the raptors seemed to calm down a bit.

Owen turned back to Jake and the spinos. "I'll introduce the girls," he said. "This one is Blue, the big sister of the group," he pointed to the one with blue stripes, "Echo, the feisty one," he pointed to the orange one, "Delta, the somewhat calmer one of the group," he pointed to the grey one, "and Charlie, the little sister," he pointed to the green one. Each raptor lifted their heads at their name.

The spinos, on the other hand, were two complete opposites. As the raptors drew close, they huddled around Jake, Grimlock glaring at the raptors while Amelia tried to hide behind Jake. "Don't worry, they won't hurt you," he said. "At least I hope they won't."

Dino POV

Grimlock and Amelia were absolutely terrified of the new creatures, but while Amelia hid behind daddy, Grimlock stood his ground. He felt a feeling he hadn't felt before at the sight of these new creatures, his heartbeat increasing and his blood feeling like it was boiling.

Amelia, who was behind him, trembled in fear as she looked at these creatures. "What are they," she wondered as they got closer to her. "Daddy likes them, so does daddy's friend. He looks like their daddy." Amelia stepped from behind her daddy. But as soon as she did the orange one growled at her, she yelped and hid behind daddy. She heard daddy's friend getting mad at the orange one, but she didn't budge. "She is really scary," Amelia thought.

Her brother Grimlock, on the other hand, was angry at the orange raptor. "You don't scare my Amelia," he growled at the orange one (they understand each other since they make similar sounds). The raptor growled right back, but when Grimlock reared up on his hind legs and gave a furious roar the raptor shrunk back. It wasn't that menacing, but it was intimidating enough.

Daddy and his friend started stepping in the way, but when the blue striped raptor roared, "Leave my sister alone," and lunged forward snapping at him, he stepped forward in return. The two glared at each other as the world seemed to freeze, as if it were waiting for one of the two angry dinos to make a move.

Grimlock growled at blue and blue snarled right back. She felt something she hadn't felt before, knowing that the creature in front of her was a threat setting off her instincts. She barked to her sisters and Echo and delta followed her, but Charlie stayed behind. "Blue," she chirped nervously.

"What is it," Blue asked her little sister as she continued stalking toward the spinos, echo and Delta flanking the target. The spino backed up to prevent being flanked, but he couldn't leave his sister.

Charlie didn't want to oppose her big sister, but, "I don't think this is a good idea," she said. Blue stiffened and Charlie gulped nervously.

"Charlie," Blue growled at her little sister, "I'm trying to protect the pack." She motioned for Charlie to follow with her head.

Charlie was about to follow, but she stopped in her tracks. "But daddy wants us to be nice," she argued. Blue turned around to say something but stopped. "I don't want to make daddy mad," Charlie continued. Blue considered this for a moment.

"Wow, you screwed up, Blue," Echo snapped at her. Blue gave her a death glare that shook the others to the bone, but Echo bared her teeth in a menacing sneer.

"Like you would have done any different," Blue growled at her. Echo snarled at her and the two squared off, the spinos and humans staring in confusion. Why were the raptors, who were once preparing to attack the spino hatchlings, now turning on each other?

"Blue, Echo, stop it," Delta barked. It seemed that these guys really needed to work in coordination. "We're supposed to be a team." Delta was starting to get worried.

They argued until Blue finally got fed up. "Fine," she hissed in frustration. "You go and deal with them, Charlie. You're the nice one." Charlie smiled and started walking toward the spinos. "But if they try anything, I'll tear them apart," Blu warned, making Charlie flinch. Her sister could be so fierce at times. It was really scary for her and Delta, but Echo was always ready to stir up trouble.

Charlie slowly walked up to the spino hatchlings as Grimlock growled dangerously at her. "I don't want to hurt you," she said calmingly. Grimlock still growled at her, not seeming to care.

When he tried to make a move on her Blue and her sisters snarled warningly at him. He snarled right back. "Brother," Amelia suddenly piped in. Grimlock stopped snarling and looked back at her. "Don't do this, please," she begged. Grimlock thought for a moment and finally decided to give them a chance.

Charlie smiled and approached Amelia, prompting Grimlock to give her a warning growl, but Amelia snapped at him to shut him up. She wasn't putting up with his attitude right now. Charlie took this chance to introduce herself. "Hi, I'm Charlie," she chirped.

Amelia didn't know how to respond. She opened and closed her mouth, but no sound came out. Charlie gave a reassuring look and said, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. My sisters, on the other claw. . ." Amelia yelped shied away. "Oops, I'm sorry," Charlie apologized. "I didn't mean to scare you! I just get excited you know. Hehehe." Amelia was getting confused.

"Charlie, you're doing it again," Delta called. Echo snickered and Blue sighed.

"Oh, you're right," Charlie replied. "Sorry, I'm Charlie! Who are you?"

"A-A-Amelia," Amelia stuttered. She was so nervous that everyone could hear the fear in her voice.

"Don't worry," Charlie chirped kindly. "Hey, let's be friends! Can we? Can we? Can we?" She was bouncing up and down like a lunatic, but her sisters chuckled and Grimlock was confused.

"F-friends," Amelia asked, confused. "Me and you, friends?"

"What, are you really that stupid," Echo scoffed. Grimlock growled at her.

"Shut up, Echo," Blue snapped at her sister. Echo was about to retort when Delta shushed her.

Charlie was still bouncing. "Yeah! We can run and play and have fun together! So, what do you say," she chirped excitedly.

Amelia thought about it for a moment before smiling. "Sure," she answered.

Charlie leaped high in the air. "Yaay! I have a new friend! I have a new friend!" She ran around in circles, leaping high into the air. When she stopped she ran up to Amelia's face and asked, "Do you want to play with me?"

Amelia was shocked at first, but smiled happily. "Yes, I want to play," she answered. Charlie squealed with excitement and pounced on Amelia, followed by Amelia throwing her off and the two of them running in circles. It seemed the spinos and raptors had a chance of getting along.

One Week Later

Jake stepped into the swimming pool with his trunks. "Okay, come on guys," he called to the spino hatchlings. Grimlock and Amelia stood at the edge of the pool, occasionally tapping the surface of the water to watch the ripples spread across the pool.

"Come on girls," Owen called to his raptors. The raptors and spinos both had floaties, but it didn't mean that they were any more comfortable with swimming.

Finally, Grimlock took a deep breath and splashed into the water. He paddled furiously through the water, Amelia soon following behind. Charlie leaped into the pool's shallow end with Blue screeching at her to stop. Echo smirked deviously and jumped in after her. Delta actually listened for a moment, but when Blue hung her head in defeat, Delta leapt in afterwards. Blue growled in frustration, slowly stepping into the water, feeling the cool water swirl around her claws. She crouched down and jumped as far as she could.

Jake and Owen helped the hatchlings by nudging them along and showing them how to paddle. The hatchlings squealed with joy as they began splashing each other, and things went like this until Claire showed up. "You're supposed to be teaching the assets how to swim, not playing games," she scolded.

Owen turned to face her, still treading water. "I told you, they're not assets. And besides, what's wrong with having some bonding time." Blue splashed him from behind and he chuckled before splashing her back.

"Yeah Claire," Jake said as he popped up next to her. "Let's have some fun," he said with a devious smile. He then pulled Calire's arm and yanked her into the pool. Claire burst out of the water screaming with Owen and Jake laughing their asses off. What happened next included a lot of screaming and a soaked Claire chasing Owen and Jake with two angry spino hatchlings and four angry raptor hatchlings chasing her.

Over the next year Grimlock and Amelia rapidly grew, becoming the size of the trailer they lived in. They were also close friends with the raptors and quite fond of Owen. But little did they know, they were about to get a seventh sibling.