So now, the times has arrived, to meet the untamable king... The I -Rex!
Review replay:
lokiAU10 - Trust me, when that happens, they'll be nothing but chaos. And to be fair... you do have a good point, I'm kind of juggling between whether to do that or not.
WolfDragon - And that makes the I-Rex Drago Bludvist, or the Dark Alpha. But when you think about it, when your Sam and you know what the hybrid is truly like, and when your Dave and you assume it has a soft side. You do see the similarities...
Transformers'BABY - I know what you mean, I hate cannibalism all together. But it is something that happened and still does today with other animals.
DragonBreeder123 - It is kind of stupid making it that aggressive, but think of it. If you got to a zoo to see lions, you want to see them hunting, fighting doing stuff you see them doing in the wild, not lying doing nothing, I know that's the most common complaint zoos get today, animals doing nothing. If you have an animal that's always active, always wants to kill, then you'd be bringing in people in the thousands.
X Indominus Rex paddock...
Stepping out of Claire's car, Owen stared cautiously at towering paddock in front of him. Stone walls, it's the type of thing you'd expect to see with a prison rather than a paddock for an animal. Just then, both Owen and Claire caught sight of Dave emerging from the undergrowth with Sam holding on to him and Perry racing beside them. But while Dave and Perry seemed fine, Sam look like he was ready to explode.
"Sam, how come you-"
"Oh don't give me that rubbish." interrupted Sam in no good mood. "You didn't listen to me!"
"Sam, what happened to the sibling was a one off. We're making sure that doesn't happen again." assured Claire trying to calm Sam down.
"The sibling?" asked Owen confused. There was two hybrids? "What happened to the sibling?"
"She ate it." answered Dave much to Claire's shock.
"You told him?" questioned Claire.
"What made you think I wouldn't tell him?" wondered Sam.
"Look, dad. We haven't even seen the hybrid yet." reminded Dave. "Let's just save the argument for after we see her."
"Thank you, Dave." thanked Claire as she lead the group up to the observing area. "We've been pre-booking tickets for months now, the park needs a new attraction ever few years in order to reinvigorate the public interest, kind of like a space program. Cooperate felt genetic modification would up the wow factor."
"They're dinosaurs, wow enough." reminded Sam, he's seen plenty of people and kids amazed by a dinosaur alone. Hybrids, aren't the answer.
"Not according to our focus groups." Claire went on. "The Indominus Rex makes us relevant again."
"The Indominus Rex!" chuckled Owen in amusement.
"We need something that was both scary and easy to pronounce." explained Claire not amused at all. " You should hear a four year old try to say archaeornithomimus."
"You should hear YOU try to say it." muttered Dave trying to lighten the mood, to no avail.
Making their way up, everyone made their way to glass over looking the paddock. Although everyone had their attention on where the hybrid should be, the security man was fast asleep on his chair, leaving his sausage sandwich lying on the side... and Perry had caught the sight and smell of it.
But everyone else were too busy trying to find the hybrid instead of keeping an eye on Perry. Looking out, all they could see was a dense layer of plants and trees. But to both Dave and Owen, this paddock seemed far different from the raptor paddock. They hadn't even seen the I-Rex yet, and they can already see big issues.
If the I-Rex is meant to bigger than Rexy, than that means the paddock is far to small for it. More importantly, she doesn't have anything to communicate with. No other I-Rexes, no people, no dinosaurs, not even any insects. The whole place seemed more like a prison than a paddock.
"So, what is this thing made of?" asked Owen trying to find the hybrid.
"The base gene is that of a T-Rex." explained Claire trying to find the hybrid as well. "The rest is...uh...classified."
"You made a new dinosaur, and you don't even know what it is?" questioned Dave skeptically.
"That can only end well..." muttered Sam sarcastically.
"The lab delivers us finished assets, and we deliver them to the public." explained Cliare thinking about bringing the I-Rex out. "Can we drop some food please?"
Not wanting to wake the security man up or blow Perry's cover, Dave managed to find the switches for feeding.
"How long has the animal been in here?" wondered Sam not liking any of this.
"All its life." revealed Claire to Sam and Owen's shock.
"Never seen anything outside of these walls?" questioned Owen already seeing a problem.
"We can't exactly walk it." explained Claire bringing up how aggressive it is.
"And you feed her with that?" pointed Dave at the crane carrying a large chunk of meat straight in the middle of the paddock.
Mean while, Perry made her way quietly to the sausage sandwich. Each foot stepped carefully on the floor as she snapped up the sandwich right under the security man's nose.
"Is there a problem?" questioned Claire not sure why feeding styles matter.
"Animals raised alone in captivity, aren't always the most functional." explained Owen keeping his eye on the crane.
"They're often far more aggressive, and hard to socialize with other animals." added Sam.
"Owen's raptors are born in captivity." reminded Claire catching Owen and Dave's attention. "And Perry was raised alone before she came here."
"They're siblings." explained Owen. "They learn social skills, and I imprint on them when they're born. It's trust."
"And Perry had me for a pack, she saw me as her leader." added Dave as Perry can back finishing the sandwich. "The only positive relationship the hybrid has is with that crane."
"At least she knows that means food." muttered Sam quietly.
"So... she needs a friend?" wondered Claire now getting impatient with the hybrid. "Scheduled playdates, that sort of thing?"
"Not really..." admitted Owen. "If she's fully grown like Sam's says, then getting rid of those issues are gonna be very hard."
But now, Claire had lost all patients with the hybrid, even knocking on the window to draw it out.
"Where is it?" whispered Claire confused.
"Is it in the basement?" joked Owen treating this like a missing toy. "Or downstairs? Maybe it's in the wreck room."
But this didn't make sense at all for Claire. Normally, the I-Rex would attack the meat straight away. It's rather strange it the I-Rex hasn't gone for her food...Unless, it's not in there...
"It was just here, we were just here!" muttered Claire
Checking the thermal cameras, Claire was left completely confused, the I-Rex was gone. It didn't make sense to Claire, she was here with Mr Masarni a few hours ago, they both saw the I-Rex.
By now, the security man finally woke up, and also seemed as confused as Claire. But Owen and Perry had spotted something rather worrying, and when Dave spotted what they were looking at, he felt his hearts stop.
"Oh...shot." whispered Owen stunned by what he was seeing.
"It doesn't make any sense, these doors haven't been opened in weeks!" wondered the security man also looking for his sandwich.
"Claire, where is the hybrid?!" asked Sam growing concerned.
"She's in there! We saw her there!" admitted Claire starting to panic.
"Um, Claire? Were those claw marks always there?" called Dave catching Claire and Sam's attention.
Joining the three, Claire and Sam spotted what they were looking at, and were absolutely horrified.
"You think it-" shudder Claire starting to go pale at the thought of what it could have done...gotten out. "Oh god!"
"I'll gather ACU." ordered Sam instantly going into protective mode.
"Dad, there's no telling how long she's been out." reminded Dave thinking where the I-Rex could be. "She can be anywhere by now."
"She has a tracking implant in her back, I can track it from the control room." revealed Claire. "I can take you to gather ACU, Sam."
"On it." agreed Sam following Claire.
Looking back, Perry felt something bad about this. Right on the wall, a whole set of four fingered claw mark covered the wall.
X Few minutes later...
Thinking that it was safe to go in, Dave, Owen and Perry had gone into the paddock to take a closer look at the claw marks, along with the security man and a builder.
Rubbing his hand down the claw mark, Owen didn't know what to say. The claw marks went up higher than even Perry could jump, let alone climb.
"Almost forty feet high." guessed Owen looking up.
"You really think she could have climb out?" asked the security man in disbelief.
"Depends." admitted Owen.
"On what?"
"On what kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab."
"Something doesn't feel right." thought Dave for a second.
The claw marks stopped half way up the wall, if the I-Rex had climb out, there would claw marks to the very top. So why isn't there?
"What do you mean?" wondered Owen.
"They stop half way up." pointed out Dave as Perry began to consider a haunting realization. "Why would they do that?"
"Maybe she jumped up from there." suggested the builder.
"Or. Here." added Perry bringing a feeling of dread to everyone.
Turning around, everyone scanned the undergrowth, trying to find any signs of life. Coming into the paddock wasn't such a good idea after all...
"Paddock 11! Do you copy?!" screamed Vivian though Dave's walkie talkie.
"Here, Vivian." copied Dave. "What's wrong."
"IT'S IN THE CAGE! IT'S IN THERE WITH YOU!" yelled Vivian confirming everyone's fears
"GO!" ordered Owen straight away.
Everyone needed to get out. But while most of the group ran for the main exit on the other side of the paddock, the security man spotted movement within the undergrowth that the others couldn't see. Choosing not to be dino-food, the security man ran for the observing deck, while the others found the way blocked as the I-Rex lumbered into their path. Now at least, the could see what kind of hybrid it was.
Just like Sam had describe it, skin as pale as snow, eyes as red as blood. When Claire said it designed to be bigger than the T-Rex, she really wasn't joking, the hybrid easily dwarfed the group. It's long curved claws seem more like that from a person, and those eyes... eyes that scream only one word. Kill.
Despite being a velociraptor, Perry was only thinking one thing, run! Though she would gladly take own any dinosaur, for the first time in her life, this hybrid actually made her tremble with fear.
"RUN BACK!" ordered Dave leading the others away.
But sadly, to the hybrid, the builder was a slow and easily target. With one swipe of her claw, the I-Rex swiped up the builder, crunching bone and tearing limp from limp. Consumed with fear, Dave dared not look back at the fate of the builder, for one big reason. He didn't want to join him.
Looking on, the security man panicked as opened the door into the observatory, but in his panic he ended up opening the gate to the outside. Seeing a possible escape, all three made a run for the gate with the I-Rex gaining.
Just as the gate began to close again, Owen, Dave and Perry made it out. But the hybrid smashed through the gate, roaring and clawing as she tired to break through. Knowing they couldn't outrun it again, Owen hid under a lorry in an attempt to hide, and even Dave and Perry followed him under. Just in time, all three got under as the I-Rex smashed through, now free.
But instead of just running off into the jungle, the I-Rex stomped slowly around another lorry, sniffing out the scent of whimpering security man hiding behind it. Having finally caught his scent, the I-Rex flipped the lorry over like a toy as she kept her eye on the shocked and terrified security man. Knowing his was done for, the security man gave a annoyed look to the others through the broken window as the I-Rex snapped him up.
"The oil! cut the oil!" whispered Owen as Dave cut the oil cable open.
With oil now pouring on them, Dave, Owen and Perry wiped the oil all over them in an attempt to mask their scent. But while doing so may of covered their scent, it still didn't make them invisible from the I-Rexes line of sight...
Slowly, the I-Rex attempted to sniff out the group again. With her snout only meters away from them, all three stayed as still and quiet as possible. Even the slightest sweat will spell death for all of them.
"Ssssisterrr." hissed the I-Rex thinking it caught Perry's scent.
All three wanted to run, the I-Rex just talked! How it do that?!
But their experience told them to stay still as the I-Rex lost interest and stalked off into the jungle, now free to cause carnage to the island.
Safe at last, all three signed in relief, but now they had a bigger problem to worry about...
Ooooh! Yep, your probably wonder why they I-Rex can talk, well... that you'll find out soon enough.
Anyway keep the reviews up!