Heh heh… sorry about that cliffhanger there. Actually, no, I'm not sorry. I love making you guys freak out like that! Yes, yes, I'm evil, I'm a terrible person, I lack a heart… I've heard it all before.

Blue found herself helpless, pinned to the ground, staring up into the scaly face of a fully-grown Utahraptor. The creature had one foot on her chest, and was pushing his nose directly up against her face. She couldn't even blink for fear.

"Blue…" Billy said slowly, his voice shaking. "Don't… move…"

"I've never seen it stop like that." Tim said. Blue could practically hear the frown in his voice. "They just… attack. Sometimes they surround you and inspect you but once they pin you… it's over."

Blue wondered how he could know something like that.

"Roland?" Billy asked.

"Dunno." Roland muttered. "It's not hurting her. Don't know what it's doing."

Blue stared up into the raptor's eyes. The dinosaur continued to stare at her.

Then it cocked its head.

Blue gasped. "Red?" She asked.

The raptor made what could have been a smile.

"Red? Good boy?" Blue asked.

The raptor bobbed its head.

"Red!" Blue cried. "Off, Red, off!"

Red hopped off of her. Blue scrambled to her feet, throwing her arms around the creature's neck. "Good boy, Red! Oh, I've missed you! I missed you every day! I love you, you're a good boy, Red! You're my good boy!"

The raptor nuzzled Blue happily, making content rumbling noises in his chest. Behind her, Billy and Tim gaped. Roland just nodded quietly, like he'd just received the answer to a question.

After a good minute or so of nuzzling and hugging and Blue telling Red how much she loved him and missed him and what a good boy he was, she pulled back and turned to the others.

"Boys, meet Red." Blue said, gesturing to the raptor. "He's my raptor."

"What the fuck?" Tim sputtered.

Blue looked up at Red. When she'd had to abandon him, he'd been about an inch shorter than she was, and had a tiny frame. Now he was about two feet taller, and a lot bulkier. "You're all grown up now, Red. You're a big boy now." She smiled, patting him on the back. She had to stand on tiptoes to put her arms around his neck now.

"How did… what… you…" Billy seemed at a loss for words.

Tim raised his gun. "I don't trust it. It's a killer."

Blue snapped her fingers.

She wasn't sure if Red would remember the gesture. She'd trained him to respond to both verbal and physical commands; a hand held up meant 'stop', while a clap meant 'roll over'. Her arm held up meant 'hold', and if she dropped her arm, it meant 'attack'.

Snapping her fingers meant 'leap'.

Red leapt forward, tackling Tim and pinning him just as he had pinned Blue moments before. The young man was so startled that he didn't have time to fire off the gun. The weapon fell to the ground.

"Holy shit!" Tim said shakily. "Did you just…?"

"Yes." Blue said sternly. She walked over so that she was standing right by Tim's head. "And I taught him a bunch of other commands as well. Red and I were both trapped in a raptor attack. I saved his life, and he saved mine. He attacked a pack of his own kind to keep me safe. So I will not, under any circumstances, see him harmed. You got it, wise guy?"

Tim nodded.

"Because if you don't, I'm sure Red's pretty hungry."

"That's enough." Roland said.

"Off." Blue commanded.

Red hopped off of Tim. The young man glared at the raptor, and Blue, before getting up and dusting himself off. "If you'd been what I went through, you wouldn't be so keen to play 'dino-whisperer'." He shot.

"And just what did you go through, Tim? I'm curious." Blue retorted. "Everyone else told their stories last night at the meeting. Billy just told us his. But I haven't heard a peep out of you. Why do you deserve to be here?"

"It's none of your business." Tim snapped.

"It's not?" Blue replied just as angrily. "You just threatened my raptor, you've been nothing but a thorn in my side this entire time, and we've all shared our horrible, scarring stories so what gives you the right to keep silent?" She stepped closer. "Why are you here, Tim?"

"Because my grandfather created this fucking place!" Tim shouted. "It's my responsibility to take care of it!"

Now it was Blue's turn to stare in shock. Billy and Roland also looked pretty surprised; in fact, Billy literally smacked his face with the palm of his hand.

"Of course… you look just like your sister." He groaned.

It clicked.

"Lex's maiden name is Murphy." Blue breathed. "You're Timmy – you're her brother. You went with her to Jurassic Park with Grant and Ellie and Ian."

Tim bowed mockingly. "One and the same."

Blue felt like an idiot for not having seen it before. Not only was Billy right about the physical similarities, but Tim Murphy? Timmy? The name should have tipped her off right away.

"Lex told you the story, I'm sure." Tim said. "I wanted to keep silent; trying to bury the past, I guess. I don't know. I loved dinosaurs before I came here, and I still loved them afterwards. This was started by my grandfather; he created this mess, and while he's not around anymore to fix it, I am. It's my responsibility to make sure that those bastards don't go screwing around with nature; 'cause if you try and do that, nature screws right back. And she's vicious."

Blue stared at him, and while she was still angry, she understood his distrust of Red. After what he must have been through, she was surprised he'd agreed to come back. If it weren't for Red, she would probably hate all raptors, too.

At least now she knew the truth. And, maybe, she respected Tim just a little. But only just.

As I have no idea what the actor who played Tim Murphy looks like as a young adult, you can just imagine the handsome blonde haired brown-eyed actor of your choice. Ah, the joys of imagination!