A/N: Ok, here it is, within 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it as long as I wanted. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday shenanigans all around the household and all… So I guess this chapter counts as a breather. It's the morning after only.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Jurassic World or anything about it. I do love dinosaurs though.
'Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit…' Owen thought to himself the following morning as he paced around his bungalow. 'This sucks… What am I going to do now? Claire is going to kill me for this. Simon may even help her. Damn it.' He angrily shook his head and took a deep breath before going back to thinking of what he should do next. The honest thing to do would be to take them back to the lab. But if he did that, upper management may move them somewhere else, somewhere out of his reach. He could mention that he was willing to take care of them, but given the fact that no one had told him of their existence; it was safe to assume that it might not even matter. It would be even more against his favor if Henry and Vic had anything to do with it; Henry because he wasn't fond of Owen and Vic because he liked making Owen's life difficult. His best bet would be to get Simon to change how the Indominus Rex were being treated. But that meant he would have to talk to him face to face first. And with all of the meetings Simon had going on these days, it may take a while for them to meet.
Owen sighed again and turned to check on the girls. Frost and Gale were still on his bed. Only Frost was awake though. She watched him pace back and forth curiously while keeping a safe distance away from Gale. Owen could understand why. He couldn't sleep at all last night, and it wasn't just because of the fact that he had to keep watch to make sure that they didn't up and leave in the middle of the night or try to eat him. Gale was apparently a sleep biter. Every time he was about to fall asleep, Gale would open her jaws and nip at him. It was not a good night for him. He pitied Frost for having to sleep in the same area as Gale. He tried to get them to sleep on a makeshift nest he had made with blankets on the floor, but they kept jumping into his bed with him seconds later. In the end, he had decided to just let them do as they pleased.
Frost chittered a bit after seeing Owen stop moving. She moved to the edge of the bed, making to pounce down only to stop and stare down for a second before backing away. She looked up at Owen and then back down before making a soft sound that Owen assumed was meant to be a growl.
"Seriously Frost?" Owen chuckled at the scene before walking over. "You can jump on the bed but not jump off?"
Frost walked back up to the edge once Owen was closer and chittered up at him excitedly.
Owen reached down and picked her up, mindful to keep his fingers away from her mouth just in case. He needn't have bothered though since Frost wasn't a biter at all. Only Gale seemed to have a thing for biting everyone and everything, given the state of his arm and bed. Part of him wanted to get a muzzle for her, but he knew he would regret it down the line. Once the muzzle came off, and it would come off somehow, she would bite him first. Guaranteed.
Frost squirmed around and Owen started to absentmindedly pet her in an attempt to calm her down. It seemed to work. She stopped moving almost immediately. After a few more minutes of this, she even started to purr.
"Are you part cat too?" Owen joked. It could be true though for all he knew. Who knows what exactly they had decided to put into her. He had only seen the first page of the document detailing their attributes. A cat wouldn't be too farfetched. No, the only issue was that now he had to make sure that there wasn't anything dangerous to him or others in them. "I don't suppose you know if you're venomous or poisonous or something, do you?"
Frost continued to purr, not paying him any mind. Her tongue fell out of her mouth slightly, slowly licking Owen's arm.
"I suppose not…" Owen murmured, seeing the teeth marks on his arm under Frost. If they had been venomous, he probably would have died last night from Gale biting him so much. His eyes widened at the realization. "Shit!"
His sudden exclamation was loud enough to wake up Gale and startle Frost, causing her to start squirming again in his arms.
"Damn it," Owen muttered, trying to calm Frost down again. "There there… Everything's ok, Frost. You're fine. We're fine."
After seeing that Owen and Frost were up and moving, Gale slowly stood up and yawned loudly, for a small dinosaur, and moved to the edge of the bed before quickly jumping off and ran over towards Owen.
"Good morning, Gale," Owen smiled down at her and reached to pet her head. He had to maneuver his hand quickly to avoid her jaws and barely managed to pat her head before quickly bringing his hand back up and out of her reach. She kept her mouth open and circled around him slowly. "Are you hungry?"
Gale chirped a bit before noticing the empty pizza box from last night on the counter where Owen had left it to keep it out of Gale's mouth. Her pupils dilated slightly.
"Hold on, I'll go and get something for you." Owen set Frost down and walked over to the fridge. He frowned a bit after opening it. There really wasn't much he could feed them. Well, considering the fact that they were carnivorous dinosaurs that could survive storms and eating raw animals that they would chase down and kill, he figured that they could stomach pretty much anything. Still, anything alcoholic was definitely out. Pizza was an option, especially since Gale had apparently liked the box enough. He had to find out if they were true carnivores or omnivores. If so, he could give them fruits and stuff to tide them over sometimes. He would need to buy fruits first, since his place had none.
The sound of loud chewing reached his ears and he turned around in confusion only to swear under his breath at sight of what was going on.
Gale had managed to get onto the counter and started chewing on the pizza box again. Below her, Frost was staring up quizzically at the sight.
Owen wondered how she got up there until Frost kneeled briefly before leaping up onto the bar stool before swiftly jumping again onto the counter to walk over to eat the box as well. Owen couldn't help but note that she was keeping her distance from Gale, who had glared at her before opening her jaws wider to take a big bite out of the box. That prompted Owen into action.
"Now what did I tell you last night?" Owen walked over and grabbed the box, yanking it away from their gaping jaws before tossing it on top of the fridge. "That's not edible! Well, I guess it is technically, since you can eat it and swallow it… But it's not supposed to be eaten!"
Frost and Gale ignored him, instead focusing their attention on the box.
"Come on…" Owen said exasperatedly. Seeing that it would be a waste of time to reprimand them, he decided to just pull out the leftover pizza from the fridge and warm it up for all of them in the oven. After he placed it in, Frost and Gale jumped off of the counter and ran over towards the over to stare at it. They brought their noses closer and sniffed, backing away from the heat only to walk back forward due to the smell. This pattern repeated for a few more times as Owen watched them with a grin.
A beeping noise from his phone brought his and their attention towards it.
"It's alright, girls. It's just my phone." Owen said placidly after they had both started and backed away from the noise. He showed it to them before flipping it open to check the message. It was from Shun.
Grady-san, we had someone cancel their reservation today. If you can be here at noon, we will have seats for you and your girlfriend. -S
Owen looked at Frost and Gale and stared at them. They both continued to stare at the pizza in the oven. Owen looked back at his phone.
Thanks. I will try to be there. P.S. She is NOT my gf. –O
If you are not here, do not try to get another seat at my restaurant for a very long time, Grady-san. –S
Owen groaned out loud after reading that. This time, Frost and Gale didn't bother looking at him. They could probably tell that the pizza was almost ready. Owen had to envy how simple their lives were. Well, when one could ignore the fact that they were both genetically engineered hybrids designed to kill. He couldn't leave them alone. But he also couldn't lose the NOBU reservation, especially now that he needed to use that place as a way to get on Zara's good side. She was feeling down about something, and this would hopefully cheer her up. There was really only one thing that he could do.
We'll be there. –O
Very good. I'll see you later then Grady-san. –S
It's OWEN. –O
Shun didn't reply to Owen's last message, much to his dismay.
A beeping noise from his oven caused the Indominus Rex to growl. Owen walked over and opened the oven, causing Frost and Gale to back away from the heat coming out. He carefully pulled the pizza out and put a couple slices on some plates before carrying them all over to the couch. Frost and Gale hastily followed him and were about to jump up onto the couch before he set the plate down in-between them. Their attention quickly shifted to the slices of pizza.
"There you go," Owen said, somewhat proudly. "Bon Appétit, or whatever."
Owen watched them practically jump on the pizza before they started to devour it. He smiled slightly at the sight and leaned back to watch them as he slowly ate his own pizza. Sooner than he had expected, they had both finished eating. Luckily, it seemed as though they had over eaten since they were both now lying down on the floor, lazily licking any excess cheese off of their teeth.
After seeing that they were down for the count, Owen grabbed his phone again to shoot a quick text to Zara to let her know about the good news.
NOBU at noon? –O
It took almost 10 minutes for her to respond.
Are you serious? –Z
Owen quirked an eyebrow at that reply before shrugging it off. She had probably thought that he would have forgotten about it.
Yeah. Are you in? –O
I suppose so… I'll see you there. I'm really busy now though. ttyl –Z
"Well that's cool." Owen stared at his phone in confusion. Besides that first time that he and Zara had talked, that was without a doubt the shortest conversation that they had ever had. Noon couldn't come soon enough. Although… Owen peered down to double-check on the girls.
They hadn't moved an inch.
It was pretty safe to assume that he could get away with leaving them alone while he had lunch out. There were still a few hours before he needed to go. He got up and went to get his toolbox. First thing was first, he would need to dino proof his house for them as much as he could before he left.
EXTRA
"What're you doing, Owen?" Barry asked after seeing that Owen was scribbling on a piece of paper. While that wasn't a cause for concern, the fact that there were piles of papers next to him sort of was.
"Hm?" Owen looked up for a second before looking back down at the sheet in front of him. "Nothing much. I was just jotting down my ideas for the next idea meeting. You know, the one where all of the team leaders here at the park come together to come up with ideas to further Jurassic World."
"Yes, I know what you're talking about," Barry said patiently. "So all of these papers have your ideas on them?"
"Huh? Oh God no! These are all of the rules and regulations I came up with for my one idea." Owen said proudly.
"Is it better than your idea to make a TV show or a movie with the Raptor Squad?" Barry asked resignedly.
"Maybe." Owen shrugged.
"What is it?" Barry asked after seeing Owen starting to write again instead of answering.
"A new game that I like to call… Dinomon!" Owen held up his drawing of the new card game which featured him and Blue standing back to back with an angry looking T-Rex in the background.
A/N: So Owen is already stepping into the role of a parent for them. What a good guy he is.
The next chapter will detail the rest of the day. Hopefully nothing bad happens at NOBU's...
For the next EXTRA, is there another crossover you'd like to see? Unfortunately, I can only pick one…
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