A/N: So like, Owen is doing almost nothing until the Velociraptors grow up enough to be put on display. So he needs something to do in the meantime, right? Well, I guess he'll be the man they send when they need someone somewhere. What could go wrong with that? Absolutely nothing. Well, assuming that he survives his Metriacanthosaurus encounter first.

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Time seemed to freeze for a split-second. Owen could distinctly see everything that was going on around him. Aaron, Ray, and Ron were all looking at the Metriacanthosaurus in shock. Ray's and Ron's expressions were more restrained than Aaron's though. They had been trained for situations like this, after all. Still, the sight of any dinosaur charging straight at you would make anyone freeze in fear. George was running with all of his might. The rain was slowing him down a bit, since it was making the grass slippery and visibility Hell. Fortunately, it seemed to be having the same effect on the Metriacanthosaurus. As the two of them came closer, they could better hear George screaming for help. This caused all of them to start moving again.

"So would this be a bad time to mention that I'm allergic to death?" Aaron yelled out as they all simultaneously started running away from the enraged Metriacanthosaurus. "Especially my own!"

"Will you just shut up!? God, you're worse than my wife." Ray decided to show his disgruntlement with Aaron by angrily firing at the Metriacanthosaurus while keeping pace with them. Unfortunately, the reduced visibility, falling rain, and unstable environment caused all of his shots to miss. He cursed angrily and turned away to focus on running instead.

Behind them, George was able to keep out of the way of the Metriacanthosaurus's jaws. It was hard to say if he could keep this up though. Already, he was panting and starting to slow down a bit. Ron had slowed down a bit too, most likely in order to try to give the Metriacanthosaurus another target to distract it. It was a noble idea. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be working at all though. The Metriacanthosaurus was completely focused on George.

"Into the forest!" Owen yelled to everyone. He couldn't tell if the others had heard him, so he decided to just run towards it. With luck, the rest would be able to figure out what he was going for. While in the forest, it would be harder for the Metriacanthosaurus to see them. Additionally, they could probably find a spot to hide or ambush the damn dinosaur. It was worth a shot, at least. Here, out in the open, they would definitely run out of stamina long before the Metriacanthosaurus would. Even if they managed to shoot it with a tranq, with how angry the Metriacanthosaurus was now, it may take time for the tranq to take effect. Time that could definitely be used to eat at least one of them. It would not be worth the risk.

The other's managed to figure out his plan, and were following him into the forest. George narrowly managed to dodge the Metriacanthosaurus again before disappearing into a bush. Within seconds, none of them could see the other again since they all entered in different spots. The trees were blocking their view, and they could only catch glimpses of the other as they kept running. The only sound any of them could hear was the rain and the heavy footsteps of the Metriacanthosaurus. Owen could swear that the Metriacanthosaurus was right behind him, but he didn't dare turn around to check. He kept running until he came across a fallen tree. Quickly, he jumped over it and sat down heavily. He waited a moment before swiftly peeking up and checking the view behind him. There was no Metriacanthosaurus in sight. That was good. There were also no teammates in sight. That was bad.

Owen crawled over to the end of the tree before peering out one more time. There was still nothing and no one in sight. Slowly, he got up and unlocked the safety on his rilfe. He started moving in the direction he figured the others had gone in. Since they had entered the forest in the shortest possible route that they could, they had to be somewhere to his left. That didn't help much, but at least he knew he'd be going in the right area, if not the exact direction. Still, he was pretty positive that they wouldn't be that hard to find. After all, a Metriacanthosaurus was chasing them. That would be hard to miss.

Grinning to himself, he couldn't help but compare the morbid mental image of the rest of the team trying to run away from the Metriacanthosaurus while avoiding the hazards of the forest. It was sort of like a messed-up version of the game Temple Run. After a moment, he decided to take this small moment of peace to call for back up.

"Hey! Control? Hellooooo. Anyone there?" Owen said into his walkie-talkie. It was a miracle that the thing had managed to stay tied to his waist. The group would have all worn the special helmets, but the rain would have messed with the visor. In the end, they had to go old school.

It took a minute for someone to respond.

"Owen? That you?" A familiar voice asked.

"Lowery?" Owen took a double-take at his walkie-talkie. He swore it was at the frequency the other squads were using.

"Yeah, it's me. Is everything ok?"

"It's just peachy," Owen said sarcastically. "George is probably going to be dinner for the Metriacanthosaurus soon."

"I think you mean breakfast," Lowery replied. "I mean, the sun is going to be up soon. So yeah, George will be breakfast for the Metria-whatever."

A loud smack was heard over the walkie-talkie.

"Ok, fine. Breakfast. Whatever. The point is, we could use some help over here. Could you send someone over?" Owen asked exasperatedly.

"I wish I could help you, but all of the other squads are busy right now," Lowery said apologetically. "There's still the dino-gator hunt going on over by the river. Then there are apparently still a few fliers out there. If they aren't taken down, they could do some damage. Their beaks are life knives, you know?"

"Yeah, I know," Owen rolled his eyes. "Fine… Well as soon as someone is free, send them over. I'm going to try to find the others. We got separated and are all now in the forest being hunted by the Metriacanthosaurus. I would have called them to check in, but then I may give away their position of they're hiding. That said, don't call us. At all."

"Roger that," Lowery said with a salute, not that Owen could see it. "Good luck then, Eagle One."

"Bite me." Owen said irritably.

"I'll leave that to the Metriacanthosaurus." Lowery shot back before hanging up.

Owen huffed and attached the walkie-talkie back to his belt before walking into the direction he felt that the others would be in. With some luck, maybe he would find them all alive before the Metriacanthosaurus could.

"How are they doing?" Claire asked once she had returned from checking in with the other team leaders of the park to see if everything was running smoothly now. There wasn't anything new going on, so the situation hadn't gotten any worse. She kept checking her iPhone every minute though to make sure that no one had sent in something new to report.

"It's almost under control," Vivian stated with an irritated side-glance at Lowery who was rubbing his cheek with a wounded expression on his face. "Ray's squad ran into a Metriacanthosaurus though. It's chasing them. We're still getting life signs from all of the members though. Their heartbeats are all elevated."

"Better elevated than dead." Lowery chimed in only to look back at his screen after a few people glared at him.

"Can we send back up?" Claire checked over the main screen to see the status of the other squads. It was a mess, there were lights all over the screen, and many were flickering. Some even seemed to be teleporting.

"Not really," Vivian pointed to some clusters. "Most of them are guarding the routes that lead to the main area. The others are by the river to make sure that none swim away and slip past. Of course, we still have some by the Aviary. There are still a few left out there and it shouldn't take them that long to finish up. Still, they have to guard the hole to make sure others don't escape. They have it bottlenecked. Other than that… Everyone else is too far away to get there in time to be helpful."

"Wonderful." Zara deadpanned while staring irately at the screen.

Claire and Vivian both glanced at her questioningly. Claire quickly turned back to check on the main screen while Vivian smirked knowingly. Zara noticed and sent a glare in her direction before turning to check on her phone again.

"I've almost fixed the issue with the main screen being so finicky," Lowery said, bringing Vivian's attention back to him. "The trackers will have to be fixed manually later though. I can't do anything with that here. Actually, I can't do anything with that out there either. I like the whole being in a room with no windows. It's kind of my habitat."

"Lowerly…" Vivian said lowly.

"All right, all right…" Lowery held up his hand in defeat. "Point taken. I'll shut up. Anyways, I need your help getting these systems started again. I'll take care of the power, after that I need you to see if you can do anything with the cameras. We probably won't get good picture, but maybe the sound will be decent of the rain dies down a bit."

"Ok," Vivian nodded in agreement. Under the circumstances, it was definitely the best option. "I'll get on it."

They both worked quickly and quietly, barely saying a word to each other unless they needed something. Around them, everyone was frantically working, trying to get rid of the system notifications and errors that were popping up. Even though the main crisis was over, there were a lot of residual problems that were getting in the way. A lot of people were crowded around the coffee machine, trying to get their fix before running back to their work stations again. All in all, it was actually somewhat a normal day at Jurassic World. Minus the thunder and the rain and the ACU/Security teams running around more than usual.

After a while, the noise in the room was reduced to nothing but the anxious typing of keys as everyone diligently worked on getting through the crisis. It was a welcome change the doom and gloom that was in the room before after Claire had left the first time to message the other team leaders. Of course, no one wanted to show their despair at the situation with her around. They would definitely be put down for it.

Zara leaned up against the wall as she kept her gaze fixed on the main screen. To be more specific, Owen's area on the main screen. The map was being especially glitch in that area. It was to be expected, since it was a forest area and that part of the park didn't have the best connection. Most people didn't bring their cell phones there because of that fact. Although, that was also because the noise from the phones would distract from nature and would irritate the dinosaurs. Understandably, it was the fact that it irritated the dinosaurs that mattered more to everyone.

Owen's heartbeat was a lot calmer than the other four members of the squad that he was in. George's was the highest, understandably. From what she had overheard, he was the one the Metriacanthosaurus found first. Hopefully he wouldn't die. It would mean more work for her if he did. She raised an eyebrow curiously when she saw that George's heartbeat was starting to slow down. That was probably a good sign. It meant that he had probably managed to escape somehow. The rest of the squad was calming down too. She tapped her fingers impatiently as she wondered if it was over or not. It was hard to tell if they had escaped or managed to tranquilize it.

"Lowery!" Zara shouted suddenly.

"Huh?!" Lowery jumped up and turned to look at Zara. "Yeah?"

"What's going on with Owen's squad?" Zara asked.

Vivian had the urge to ask if Zara meant Ray's squad, since he was actually the leader of the squad. But a glance at Zara's expression quickly changed her mind. It was definitely the bad time to say that. She wasn't oblivious to situations like Lowery is.

"Um…" Lowery turned and quickly changed to the right window before answering. "No message were received since the time Owen called in. Everyone's vitals are still good and calmed down. Maybe they're done? I can't be sure until one of them decides to call in."

"That's fine," Zara sighed. "Just keep Claire and I updated. That group is looking to be the last one to finish up."

"No problem." Lowery minimized the window and went back to working on the power.

Vivan turned back to her screen and continued to work while taking short glances at Zara in the reflection on her screen. After a while, she smiled triumphantly and turned to Lowery.

"I'm done," Vivian said proudly. "The cameras are back on like. The video is, of course, horrible. But it seems like the mics on them are ok."

"Really?" Lowery beamed at the good news. "Great! Let's turn them on and see if we can figure out what the situation is like over there."

"On it." Vivian turned up the volume on the computer before connecting to one of the cameras. Around the room, everyone quieted down as the sound of falling rain filled the room.

"Huh," Lowery looked over at the screen. It looked like an underwater shot with all the water on it. There weren't any recognizable shapes either. "It seems like nothing is there. Try connecting to another camera."

Vivian connected to another camera. This time, the sound of a distant roar filled the room. All at once, everyone looked up at the main screen. Aaron's, Owen's, Ray's, and Ron's heartbeats had sped up within a second.

"Ok," Lowery said shakily. "That MAY be bad… Let's try another."

Vivian nodded and quickly connected to the next camera. This time, the sound of loud voices filled the room.

"SHOOT THE WUDAMNED THING!"

"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"I'M RELOADING! COVER ME!"

"DOOODGE!"

"I SHOULD'VE SIGNED UP FOR THE PETTING ZOO PART OF THE PARK!"

A loud crash was heard that sounded like a tree breaking apart before the camera cut off.

Everyone in the room paled. Zara was trembling as she kept checking over the squad's vitals. Claire was on the phone and yelling frantically for backup to be sent to the forest area. All at once, everyone quickly got back to their work. They needed to clear this up as fast as they could.

Lowery turned to Vivian dismally. "I'm sure that they will be fine…"

Owen cursed as he moved behind a tree to dodge a swing of the Metriacanthosaurus's tail. Finally, just when everyone had managed to meet up once again, the Metriacanthosaurus ambushed them. It was supposed to be the other way around. Unfortunately, the Metriacanthosaurus had really good instincts. Fortunately, it didn't have human ingenuity. Although, Owen took a quick look at his teammates, it wasn't weighed down by incompetent packmates.

Ray and Ron had managed to get some shots in, but they hadn't taken effect yet. And it didn't look like it would anytime soon. Owen was sure that they had managed to hit it, it was almost impossible not to at this range. Still, the Metriacanthosaurus was still going strong. If anything, it seemed angrier. George had dropped his rifle at some point before they had met up with him. It had probably happened while he was running away. Owen supposed he couldn't entirely blame George for that. It was still annoying though. Hearing a noise behind him, he turned around and pointed his rifle at the potential enemy.

"Don't shoot don't shoot! It's me!" Aaron shouted with his hands up.

"What are you doing here?!" Owen whispered harshly. "Help shoot!"

"I did," Aaron replied. "But I'm out of ammo now…"

"What?!" Owen grabbed Aaron's rifle and tried to fire a shot at the ground. Nothing happened. "We each had like 15 darts to shoot!"

"Aaand I fired all of them at it." Aaron said proudly.

"Did you manage to hit it?" Owen asked before shaking his head. "Never mind, it would be out by now if you did."

"That's probably true." Aaron nodded glumly.

"Christ…" Owen turned back and quickly fired another dart at the Metriacanthosaurus. The rain was definitely wreaking havoc on his shots. He was aiming for the neck, but it was hard to tell if it hit. The darts were small, the dinosaur was large and sort of far away, and the rain and the wind were messing with his trajectory. He fired a few more darts while aiming at the Metriacanthosaurus's chest. This way, even if he didn't hit around the heart, he would definitely at least hit it. Even if it was running around trying to bite them, the huge chest was a soft spot and easy to hit.

Ron started running back around to get behind it while Ray motioned to George to get to the trees. George managed get into the foliage causing the Metriacanthosaurus to turn its attention on Ron. Its movement was sluggish as it turned though. Owen grinned victoriously. It was almost over.

The Metriacanthosaurus jumped forward with its mouth wide open before crashing into the ground. Ron jumped out of the way and narrowly dodged being crushed. He frantically crawled backwards until he hit a tree before leaning against it, panting heavily. Ray moved closer and shot the Metriacanthosaurus a few more times in its back.

"Seriously?" Owen asked as he walked up to Ray.

"Eh," Ray shrugged carelessly. "I like to be safe."

"That's fair," Owen holstered his rifle cautiously. "So yay… Go team! Let us never do this again."

"I agree…" George said exhaustively as he walked up to them.

Owen and Ray both turned to stare at him.

"What?" George asked before freezing in fear. "Is there something behind me?"

"Where the Hell did you go earlier?" Ray asked.

"Um… Just to the bushes. You know, taking care of business." George replied sheepishly.

"And what happened to your rifle?" Owen asked.

"I threw it at the Metriacanthosaurus while it was chasing me." George answered.

Ray took a deep breath before turning and walking over to Ron. His hand was tightly gripping his rifle.

"You may want to avoid him for a while." Aaron whispered to George.

George nodded in agreement.

"Next time, use your gun like a gun." Owen shook his head and turned to check on the Metriacanthosaurus. It was definitely down for the count. It's back slowly expanded with each deep breath it took. Owen stared at it admirably from a distance as he took in its appearance. It definitely wasn't as big as Rexy. It was still formidable though. Although, glancing over it, Owen couldn't see many tranq darts stuck to it. Some must have bounced off or didn't penetrate deep enough. Its hide certainly seemed quite thick. Shooting it with shaky hands while running for their lives in the rain was definitely the biggest factor though. Owen exhaled slowly before cautiously backing away from it and walking over the Ray and Ron.

"So what do we do now?" Owen asked them.

"Now we get the Hell back to base." Ron said as he slowly got up. He rubbed his shoulder in pain. Evidently, he had gotten hit by the Metriacanthosaurus at some point.

"Will you be ok?" Owen asked in concern.

"It's just a flesh wound," Ron waved Owen off. "It's no big deal. I've had worse."

Owen smirked. Typical soldier response. Suddenly he frowned.

"What's up?" Ray asked, noticing his sudden change in expression.

"It's nothing…" Owen sighed tiredly before looking back at the Metriacanthosaurus. "I just forgot that I still need do the job that I was actually hired for in like an hour…"

"Oh right," Ray winced sympathetically. "I forgot you're actually the Velociraptor trainer here. I can't imagine that you need to do too much considering how young they are though."

"I suppose that's why they sent me to help you today." Owen said.

"I'll see if I can get you off maybe," Ray offered. "Maybe you got hit badly or tripped on something."

"Let's go with I was hit badly," Owen said quickly. "That's a lot impressive than tripping over something."

"I'll let them know," Ray turned and started walking away. "Come on, we'll drop you off back at your bungalow. Then I'll turn in my report and see about getting you a day off."

One by one, they all slowly followed him. Behind them, the Metriacanthosaurus continued to sleep soundly. And behind the Metriacanthosaurus, a pair of pale dinosaurs were slowly following the squad silently.

EXTRA

Owen smiled as he finally found the lab. After landing in Jurassic World, an escort quickly brought him to the main building so that he could get situated. However, he decided to make a quick stop at the labs to see the dinosaurs that he would be working with. As he walked in, a stressed looking scientist looked up at him in both shock and relief.

"Thank you for coming today, Mr. Grady. My name is Frank Gordon." The scientist said in a rush as soon as Owen walked through the door.

"Please, call me Owen." Owen shook the man's hand, noting that it was overly sweaty. He subtly rubbed his pants against his pants when Frank turned around.

"Very well Owen," Frank motioned for Owen to follow him. "Please follow me."

They walked through the hallway, passing several doors until they finally reached one that seemed a lot bigger and thicker than the rest. Owen eyed it dubiously.

"Well…" Frank said quietly, as though whatever was inside could hear him. "I know you got contracted to work with Velociraptors here..."

"That's right," Owen nodded in agreement. "Something about seeing if they were trainable and whatnot."

"R-right," Frank scratched the back of his head nervously. "W-well you see Owen, there was a bit of a mix-up in the labs the day we worked on making the pack for you. And so the wrong pack was created."

"… What?" Owen was starting to feel uneasy. He couldn't be sure, but he could swear he could hear, and even feel, some heavy footsteps coming from behind the steel door.

"Maybe you should see for yourself?" Frank stepped up to the door and slid a panel so they could see inside.

A big, glaring eye looked at them for a split-second before Frank hastily slid it shut. A loud roar was heard, causing them both to take a step back. Luckily, the worst of the roar was muted by the reinforced door. The door still shook from the vibration though.

"So yeah… Congratulations, you're now the Alpha of a T-Rex pack." Frank said with a nervous smile while backing away slowly from the door.

Owen couldn't even begin to think of how to respond to this bewildering development.

A/N: Get it? Goddamned. Wudamned. No? I thought that it was clever…

Also, ha, Owen the T-Rex Alpha. That'd a great title for him.

I'm still wondering how to go about the next chapter. The way I see it, Owen deserves a day off after this escapade. Plus, he owes Zara lunch. And Zara owes Owen some yelling.

I was thinking about having Owen sent off to another area soon. You know, to help out. If there is any particular area you'd like, say so in the reviews. Just make sure it actually exists. Check the park map and see where you'd like him to go. Or just pick an area you saw in the movie, either way works.

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