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WARNING: Gore and Death begins near the end of this chapter.
Ch. 3 – Indominus Escapes!
A blueish four-toed paw stomps onto the ground and as we look up, we notice it is a baby Rumblehorn. The baby Rumblehorn emits a soft roar as he moves around slowly. On the back of the Rumblehorn is a saddle with a child under the age of six in the saddle. All around are other different species of baby or a little older than baby dragons in an outdoor pen. Next we see a Draconic World employee in a typical safari outfit with a floppy brim explorer's hat. In her arms is a baby Scuttleclaw that a few of the children allowed in the exhibit are petting slowly. Also inside the pen are baby Grapple Grounders with many of the children around them hugging them around their long necks. The few workers in the pen are struggling to keep the chaos a bit more organized and not a total mess. If Eugene Fitzherbert were here watching this, he'd make a comment about Chaos Theory and the unpredictability of nature[1].
Tadashi and Hiro are behind the wall of parents gazing into the pen to watch their children playing within the dragon petting zoo. Tadashi strains to see over some of the parents but still sees the dragons. "So Hiro, do you want to see? I know you're a bit short to see over these folks," Tadashi teases as Hiro walks nearby. Hiro does try to get on his toes to possibly see the dragons inside. "I don't need a boost," Hiro grumbles as he tries to push in between the adults. Tadashi grabs the back of Hiro's hoodie and pulls him back, "Don't be rude Hiro, you know Aunt Cass wouldn't like that if you aren't polite."
Hiro tries his best to shake off Tadashi's grip, complaining, "Yeah so, she isn't here is she." Tadashi sighs and lets go of his hoodie. "She may not be here, but you still need to show respect. Are you sure you don't want to go in there and look at the dragons up close? This park is more designed for people your age," Tadashi spoke softly to his brother. Hiro ignored his brother and moved away from him. He found a raised area and finally got to see inside the pen to see the dragons. "No, I'm good seeing them from here," Hiro bluntly said to his brother. Heather is nearby but she is not paying attention to the boys. Instead she is on the phone with a friend of hers. "Excuse me, I will not let my fiancée have a bachelor party. If I can't a bachelorette party, he can't have a bachelor party," she argued with her friend. Tadashi smirked and grabbed Hiro's arm, "Follow me, we're going to get away from our sitter. It's time to go out and have some fun." Heather turned and looked behind her just as the boys ran away from her quickly.
They two brothers actually laugh together for the first time in years as they got away from Heather. They bob and weave through the mall to get as far away from Heather and hide themselves at the same time. Once they got near the intersection in front of the Innovation Center, they stopped to catch their breath. "And here I thought you were the upstanding brother," Hiro comments and looks around the mall area with his brother. "I am, but sometimes it's better to go have fun," Tadashi teases as he rubs Hiro's head and messes up his hair. An announcement over the PA system stating, 'Red Death feeding is in 15 minutes. Come to the exhibit to see the giant Red Death in its grandeur. Parent please beware, this exhibit may be disturbing for young children.' The two brothers look at each other and smile before they both dash towards the Red Death exhibit. 'Interesting Fact, for first timers to the exhibit the Red Death, or 'Reddie' as her enclosure staff like to call her, is one of a handful of dragons surviving from the original park,' is heard over the PA system
Inside the Red Death exhibit, it has a setting of a typical Cretaceous era forest. One of the large 'trees' is setup like a fallen tree that spans the entire length of the exhibit. The tree has several areas where it is cut out with viewing windows. The viewing windows are made from Aluminum Oxide Nitride glass, to protect guests from the Red Death possibly hitting the viewing window. Outside in the exhibit, a flare falls down by a goat that is chained to a pole with the low roar of the Red Death being heard. The goat bleats as the flare lands near it with the thunderous sounds of a creature walking towards the area. Soon the Red Death shows up and finds the goat. Inside the tree a crowd is gathered near the glass to watch the feeding. Hiro comes rushing up and starts jumping up and down trying to watch the feeding. He may not like being here, but he can't just not watch something as cool as a dragon killing something. Tadashi hangs back not wanting to see the feeding, but instead looks at the massive creature itself.
The Red Death rears its head back as he then lurches downward to bites down and gets the goat in a single bite. The sickening sound of crunching bones could be heard when the Red Death chomps onto the goat. The crowd cheers as they watch the sight before them and Hiro silently says to himself, "Cool." Tadashi's cell phone began ringing and he takes it out of his pocket to see who was calling. He notices it was Aunt Cass and slide the phone to pick up the call. "Hello Aunt Cass," Tadashi says as he turns away from watching the feeding. "I think you forgot to call me when you arrived there Tadashi," Aunt Cass teases him as she has some down time at the café to call him. Tadashi cringes slightly and scrunches his shoulders, "Yea…I was kind of excited to be here and I completely forgot to call you. Sorry Aunt Cass." Cass smiled when she heard her nephew talk about being excited. "I guess I can forgive you this time young man, so how is your brother and my sister doing?" Cass asks as she leans on the back counter. "Hiro is doing great. I think he is starting to open up about being here. Aunt Astrid gave us passes to go around the park and get to the front of the lines," Tadashi calmly said to his Aunt. Hiro then comes over and looks up at his brother after he heard his name.
Cass wonders what Tadashi meant by that last part and asks him, "Wait, are you telling me that she isn't there with you boys?" Cass then thought, 'If she isn't there, she is going to so get an earful from me and I'm going to have to pull some of mom's phrases on her.' When she got the answer from Tadashi, she bid him goodbye and hung up. "Oh that's it Astrid, I'm going to give you a peace of my mind," Cass said above a whisper and moves into the back room, letting her employee watch the café. Astrid's phone rings while she drives out to Henry Haddock's home away from home on the island. She glances down and notices it is Cass. She bites her lower lip before she reaches down and picks up the call, "Hey Cass." "Hello Astrid, how's it going?" Cass asks seeing if she'll catch Astrid's mistake. "Yeah, everything is going great. Tadashi has grown up so much since I last saw him. Hiro is a spitfire of a young boy…" Astrid happily said until Cass interrupts her.
Cass curls her lips in a frown and gave a disappointing tone to her, "Really? Because I just got off the phone with Tadashi and he said that you weren't with them." Astrid sighs as Cass interrupts her and doesn't allow her to finish explaining. "If you'd let me finish Cass, I'd explain. Yes, I'm not with them. When we planned this months ago, I didn't know I would have to secure a sponsorship deal for our upcoming attraction," Astrid admits to her 'sister'[2]. She took a breath and continues to explain what is happening, "I have my assistant showing them around while I'm taking care of a few last things before I'll be with them tonight and the rest of their stay, I promise." Cass pouts and puckers her lips as she knew Astrid's probably going have a hard time keeping that promise because of how much she focuses on her job.
"We set this up because you wanted time with the boys. It's what their mother, your sister, would have wanted and it would be good for all three of you," Cass continues as tears begin to form in her eyes, "This is just as much a healing trip for them as it is for you. You took the job at Draconic World to prevent something like the first park and what happened to your Uncle Finn[3], but that will still not bring him back." Astrid hears the sobbing and sniffling from Cass and frowns that she is causing her sister to cry. Astrid somberly questions, "You're crying aren't you sis?" "You need to move on Astrid, just like the boys need to move on. So please, a promise tomorrow is worth a lot less than trying today," Cass finishes before sniffling with red eyes from crying.
Astrid then realized what Cass just said and deadpans, "Really? You're using mom's lines now?" Cass laughs as it cheers her up a little bit and realizes that she is becoming like their mother. "I really am aren't I, but someone has to with just the two of us. They work don't they?" Cass chastises Astrid, "Though you'll start using them when you have kids." Astrid huffs and rolls her eyes before answering, "Yea, if…" "It's when, not if sis because it's worth it. Even if the boys aren't my own kids, I'm glad to call them my boys and wish I had my own as well. I mean don't you have something going on with that Henry fellow?" Cass teases her sister knowing that the date didn't exactly go as 'planned' according to her. "Not going to comment Cass," Astrid scoffs before she teases her sister back again, "Bye MOM…" Cass chuckles and tells her sister 'bye' before hanging up the phone and returning to the now busy café. Astrid meanwhile bites her lower lip with concern from the words of her sister. 'I really do need to spend time with the boys,' she thought as she turned down the last trail to Mr. Haddock's residence.
Astrid pulls her Mercedes M-Class SUV towards an Airstream Trailer attached to a makeshift house near one of the small lakes on the island. This home away from home is where Henry Haddock resides while not working with the Night Furies. Just outside the home, Henry is sitting on a metal pail working on his 1974 Yamaha 360 Enduro bike that he brought with him to the job. He bought the bike while still in the service and fixed it up to run perfectly. He customized it after his accident so that he could shift from the handle bars if need be, but still has the clutch on the left foot area still. He exchanged the stock engine, 360cc, with a 425cc engine and had to change the frame slightly to fit the new engine. The gas tank is black in color with the Yamaha emblem on either side of it but on the top of the tank, it has his parents name and then 'NF TL' which he knew the meaning behind it and no one else.
Upon hearing the SUV pulling up, he turns his gaze away from his bike and looks at it coming to a stop. "What is she doing here? I've been minding my business since I got here, what do they want now? Henry said to himself as he watched Astrid step out of her car and put on a blue jacket to cover her arms from the insects that are flying around. Henry has removed the blue shirt and tactical vest from earlier and only has a beige undershirt, pants and boots on. Astrid casually strolls up to Henry and politely says as she walks, "Mr. Haddock, I need you to come and take a look at something." Henry sets his wrench down on the grass and looks at her with a look that says 'what the hell do you mean?' Henry shakes off her polite nature and asks, "Why are you calling me Mr. Haddock? I told you that you can just call me Henry." Astrid felt it is a bit awkward to call an employee that isn't really hers by their first name. It doesn't help the fact that the two actually went out on a date soon after he arrived to work at the park. "Okay, Henry…if you're not too busy," Astrid concedes as she nervously looks around at his home.
Henry looks away from her and answers, "I'm pretty busy." He then takes a drink from his glass cola bottle before Astrid talks about what they need him for.
"We have an attraction…"
"An attraction? That's not what you told me the last time you saw me," Henry chided as he stood up from the pail. His tone of voice laced with a bit of disgust recalling the 'disaster of a date' as she called it. Astrid stares blankly at him before correcting him, "I'm talking about the dragons Mr. Hadd…" "It's Henry, Mr. Haddock is my father," Henry interrupts her as he takes a couple steps towards her. The two are about four feet from each other, staring at each other. "We have a new species that we've made..." Astrid says as she starts swatting away a fly. Henry quickly reaches out and snags the fly out midair and crushes it in his hand. Astrid looks slightly amazed that he could catch the fly. Henry couldn't believe what he just heard, they made a new species. He recalls back to what his mother told him about the first park and how they thought they could control the dragons with their genetics. That turned out really well for them twenty-five years ago, but now they are doing it again and making a new species. A small scowl appears on his face before saying, "So you went out and just made a new dragon?" He turns away and moves to a small workbench to get another tool to work on his bike.
Astrid didn't like to be seeming berated by Henry and snidely replies, "Yeah…that's kind of what we do here. The exhibit opens to the public in three weeks and Mr. Jorgenson wanted me to consult with you." Henry couldn't help but smirk at her words. 'Good old Stephen realizing that my expertise may very well be need,' he thought before he sarcastically replied to her, "Would you like to consult here or in my humble abode?" Astrid sneers slightly and flatly responds, "That's not that funny." Henry chuckles and sharply says, "Yeah, it's a little funny." He twists a socket wrench in his hand and starts up the stairs to the wooden part of the house. Astrid is visibly starting to get flustered by this conversation and returns to the purpose of her visit.
"We'd like you to evaluate the paddock for any vulnerabilities," Astrid calmly says as she turns to look at Henry up on his porch area. Sharply and loudly Henry asked, "Why me?" He continues to walk around his porch to another storage area to check for some more tools. Astrid starts to walk up the stairs and somberly admits why Mr. Jorgenson wants his help, "I guess that Mr. Jorgenson thinks that since you able to control the Night Furies…" She stops at the top of the set of stairs as Henry comes from around the control and starts talking like he was Dr. Fitzherbert, "Therein lies your problem, you see it's all about control with you. I don't control the Night Furies. You can't control nature, you just need to have a relationship with it. That's how I work with the Night Furies, it's a relationship between us based on mutual respect." Henry pauses to look at her before blankly stating to her, "And that is why we never had a second date." He turns and moves down the stairs. Astrid gasps as he brought up their dating relationship while talking work, "Excuse me, I never wanted a second date. I mean anyone that is like…this." She then takes her right hand and waves it up and down his form as soon as he turned around. "Did you seriously just gesture to all of me?" His cockiness clearly coming out in this question before plopping down on the pail by his bike and continuing on a short tirade. "I mean seriously who prints out an itinerary for a date. It's supposed to be spontaneous, a chance to get to know each other and see how we act with one another. It's not structured and in the words of my family's dear friend Dr. Fitzherbert, 'You can't predict the unpredictable and thus trying to gain order from chaos will be a hopeless endeavor.'"
Astrid stomps her foot slightly on his porch, "I'm an organized person Mr. Haddock, even if you're not." She said chiding him. He bluntly states, "I am organized, just not on your kind of organized, but everything has a place and is in its place. But seriously though, what kind of diet doesn't include Tequila?" He turns his head up to her and see her reaction. She raises her arms in disgust that they are even continuing this conversation, "None of them actually." "Tell that to the locals, this is Costa Rica, milady." Henry chimes in sarcastically. Astrid rolls hers eyes and continues, "Though I do have to ask, what kind of man comes to a date in cargo shorts and not look a little more… proper."
Henry starts to work on his bike and internally face palms while listening to her, "We work on a Pacific Island off the Central American coast, our date was in San Jose, Costa Rica, along the Pacific Coast. We're near the equator, we have nearly 100% humidity even during the dry season, and it's still hot. I think shorts are allowed on a date in this region and if memory severs me right, our server called you the 'loco gringo'," his words again lacing themselves with cockiness and sarcasm. Astrid gives up trying to win this conversation and tries to return it to the topic at hand, "Can we please talk about the asset?" Now Henry was going to have fun with this. He is certainly going to try and make her blush this time. "Asset?" he says as he gets back up and grabs a rag from his back pocket. "Look I get it. You're in charge out here and you have to make a lot of tough decisions." He slowly wipes his hands as he focus on her beautiful sapphire colored eyes, "And it's much easier to think of these animals as numbers on a spreadsheet, but they're not, they are alive." He tucks his rag back into his back pocket and smugly looks at her with his crooked grin. Astrid looks at him puzzled by his words, "I'm fully aware they are alive, what's your point?"
Now he's got her, "They may have been born in a test-tube, but they don't know that. They're thinking, I got to hunt, I got to eat, I got to…" He never finishes his last phrase, but instead shows her. He raises his right arm with a clenched fist and slowly pumps it back and forth to simulate sex. She tilts her head slight to her left and rolls her eyes. "I mean, you can relate to at least one of those things right?" He calmly and sarcastically says to her with a giant smirk on his face. She gives him a look of 'Seriously?' before she calmly goes down the stairs and stands near him to speak to him, "I'll be in the car." She looks at his shirt with sweat stains in various place, "You might want to change your shirt. They're very sensitive to smell." She stares at him for a brief moment before she walks to her car and waits for him. "Who, my wing thinks they are smelling another Night Fury?" Hiccup asks rhetorically as he grabs his shirt and tactical vest from earlier and followers her, getting into the front passenger seat, "Or the staff because truth be told, a human male's sweat is actually an aphrodisiac."
The Bewilderbeast feeding show arena lay on the southwest corner of the lake that is the center area of the park. A large amphitheater around the area allowing around 5000 visitors to watch the Bewilderbeast feeding. Somewhere in the Amphitheater area, Tadashi and Hiro sit and wait for the show to happen. While they wait, one of the Draconic World employees talks about the Bewilderbeast.
"The Bewilderbeast, also known as the Sea King [4] by some scholars because they believe that the Bewilderbeast can exert some control on other dragons but that is unconfirmed from our Bewilderbeast. Some facts about the Bewilderbeast include that it would feed on large schools of fish, sharks, on rare occasions other aquatic reptiles such as turtles and other Aetus genus dragons during its reign which started in the late Cretaceous. More often, other Aetus genus or Tidal dragons would feed on the scraps of the Bewilderbeast as it swam through the ocean," the female announcer speaks to the crowd, "Now the Bewilderbeast is a voracious creature, feeding needing tons of food a day. We here for the show are feeding her bull sharks and not feeding her any endangered species. Sometimes though, we do feed her any beached whales that have died, but of course all efforts are made to return the whales to the ocean, unfortunately not all can be saved. So let's see if she's still hunger, it has been two hours since we last fed her." The announcer the presses a button to activate the feeding show, "Fun fact, our Bewilderbeast is the first and only Tidal dragon that we have ever created in Draconic World."
Above on a high tension wire running from the top of the amphitheater to a large structure between the ice home and the amphitheater. A large 12 foot bull shark is slowly moved into position over the water. Hiro is playing his game system he brought with him while Tadashi watches out for the Bewilderbeast. The shark stops and hangs in the air as a low roar could be heard coming from the ice structure. Tadashi's eyes widen and shakes his brother, "Hiro look…it's the Bewilderbeast." Tadashi says as a small wake forms with the dragon moving towards the surface. Hiro looks up just in time to see the Bewilderbeast breach the water and soar at least a hundred feet into the air. The white scales and massive spike mane on its head shine in the sunlight. Most of the shark enters into the jaws of the Bewilderbeast as it snaps its jaw onto the shark. Hiro gasps at the sight and Tadashi is shaking with excitement about what they're watching. Both throw up their arms as they knew what was about to happen.
The wire strains before the breakaway device lets the shark fall off the line. The Bewilderbeast crashes back into the water and creates a massive wave that soaks two thirds of the amphitheater seats on the right side. The brothers' laugh as they both got drenched by the wave. Tadashi shakes his brothers shoulder, "That was awesome wasn't it?" Hiro laughs and nods to answer his brother. The audience claps loudly as a loud mechanical noise is heard and all the sections of the amphitheater begin to lower. The announcer then tells the crowd, "Now hold on tight, we're going to give you a closer look at our Bewilderbeast."
Underneath the surface, part of the structure has 12' thick safety glass that holds back not just the water but the Bewilderbeast. The audience can now see the entire 130' long Bewilderbeast in all its glory. Its tail flicks the surface before following the rest of the body. The Bewilderbeast turns around in the pool to then snatch up the rest of shark that fell into the water. The audience is in complete awe at the spectacle, including the brothers. Tadashi has been clapping his hands since the audience started a while ago, but soon Hiro joins his brother. He has a smile plastered across his face and comments to his older brother, "Okay maybe this place is cool." "Is that so," Tadashi teases before he nudges his brother, "Then let's go see something else cool."
Astrid's Mercedes pulls up just outside the main gate of the Indominus Death paddock. The occupants exit the vehicle and Henry takes a quick look around the front of this paddock. Immediately on his mind is 'what dragon did they make to need a paddock that is larger than the Red Death?' Henry slowly walks towards the stairs near the front gate and listens to Astrid talk about the 'asset' and the parks problems. "We've been pre-booking tickets for months," Astrid begins as Henry gives her a look of concern at the quickness of this project. "The park needs a new attraction every few years in order to reinvigorate the public's interest, kind of like the space program," Astrid finishes as she starts up the stairs. Henry sarcastically comments, "Yea, but the shuttle part of space program is dead. What does that speak of the future of your park?"
Astrid ignores comment and continues explain the situation to him, "So corporate thought that genetic modification would up the 'wow' factor." Henry quickly comments, "Their dragons, if they aren't wow enough then I don't know what is. Why not bred more of the Aetus genus or a few from the Mysterium genus? I mean a Thunderdrum would really knock people's socks off or even a Zippleback which would spark a debate. Now a Foreverwing[5] would be a real show stopper and keep things rooted down to Earth. I mean seriously you have at least 50 species of dragons, you can't have bred them all," Henry asks knowing what is available to the park. Astrid ignores and they carry on.
"Not according to our focus groups. The Indominus Death makes us relevant again," Astrid finishes as she nears the door at the top of the stairs. Henry shakes his head and laughs, "The Indominus Death…seriously is that what you named it?" "We needed something scary and easy to pronounce," Astrid said as she turns and looks at Henry, "You should hear a four year old try to say Archeoignis morsmagnus[6]." Henry stares at her pronouncing the Indominus Death's real name and flatly says, "You should hear yourself." The duo then enters the observation room of the paddock.
Inside the room is the same security officer that was there before with the crown painted on his hardhat. He is a bit of an overweight man due to his excessive hunger for sugary candy and sweets. It's very fitting because his name is Midas Sweets [7]. Astrid returns to one of the two touch screens in the observation room while Henry moves near the other one but looks out into the confinement area. "So what is this thing made of?" Henry asks getting right to the point. "The base genome is a Great Death, the rest is…classified." Astrid calmly says as she brushes her braid back behind her head. "So does that mean you made a new dragon and don't know what it's made of or that you won't tell me because if it is the later; I do have the clearance since I was honorably discharged and my security clearance is valid and since you called me in, I think I have a 'need to know' about what that dragon is made of. So do you want to try that again?" Henry chides as he gazes back at Astrid for her reply.
"It means it's classified," Astrid reiterates. "So you have no idea. You're planning to unveil a hybrid dragon and you don't even know what all went into it. You should have called me before it even hatched," Henry harshly says as he slowly walks towards Astrid. Astrid returns the tone to Henry, "The lab delivers us finished assets and we unveil them to the public." Astrid then looks past Henry at Midas, "Drop a steer Midas and make sure you touch the console with a finger that isn't sticky." Astrid turns back to the window as Midas presses a button on the console. Henry now starts to press other important questions he's learned from both his mother and the military program he was involved with, "How long has the animal been in the paddock?" Astrid calmly replies, "All its life." Henry then notices the automated system bringing out a fully skinned Texas longhorn steer carcass, "It's never seen anything outside of these walls?" Astrid finally repays Henry with her own sarcasm, "We can't exactly put a collar and leash on it and take it for walks around the area." He is dumbfounded that she actually tried to make a sarcastic remark and smirks for her effort. "And this system is the only way you feed it?" He asks starting to put together the impact of all their work on this unseen dragon. The steer carcass is lowered closer to the tree line while no movement is seen or heard from the dragon.
All these questions really makes Astrid wonder what Henry could even be getting at, but instead of wondering, she plainly asks, "Is there a problem?" He turns and looks at her while putting his hands on his hips and then starts to list off some of the problems, "One the animal was raised in isolation. Animals raised like that are usually not the most functional." She interrupts him with a quick observation, "But your Night Furies are born in captivity." He moves towards her slowly and continues stating the problems he has and counters her point. "Yes, but with siblings so they can learn social skills. And when they were born, I was there so they could imprint on me as a member of the wing, in other words their father," He says as he stops a few feet from her and turns back to the inside of the paddock, "The only thing this dragon has for 'positive' relationship is that crane and at least she knows it means food."
Astrid feels herself about ready to boil over with the amount of attitude and sarcasm she is receiving from Henry. She mocks him with the idealist form of what he is suggesting, "So she needs a friend. Maybe we can setup play dates with Red Death we have already. Is that what you're suggesting Henry?" She moves towards the center of the room, trying to find the Indominus inside the pen. Henry sarcastically replies, "Yes Astrid, let's get the Red Death that knows who she is and knows that other dragons exist together with an unknown dragon that doesn't know who she is or how to interact with other dragons. That's probably not a good idea and it's a little late for anything to do any good at this point." She walks up and loudly raps the glass with a finger, softly asking "Where is it?" He looks out and comments, "Is it in the basement? There a downstairs, maybe it's in the rec room or something because it's all quiet out there, a little too quiet." Astrid is now annoyed and curious as to how a dragon could suddenly disappear. Flustered, she replies while she moves to another touch screen, "It was just here, we were just here and we saw it."
She moves to the console just near Henry and starts a thermal search of the paddock, while he moves over to where Astrid was just located. Alerts pop up on the main camera screens near Midas and Astrid starts to panic slightly as she looks at the screens. Plastering across the screens was the alert, "No Thermal Signatures Detected" with an annoying alarm to go along with it. Henry reaches the far side of the observation area and finds the possible explanation. Midas exclaims, "Oh Shit! That doesn't make any sense." He licks his fingers and quickly starts to touch the console to see if there may be any faults in the system. Finding nothing wrong, he rolls in his chair towards glass window commenting, "These doors haven't been opened in weeks. There is no way it got out."
Once Henry heard everything he chimes in while pointing at what he found, "Were those claw and talon marks always there?" Astrid turns in horror with what he just said and rushes over to see. She softly gasps and then asks him what he is implying, "You think it?" Henry nods as he looks over his shoulder at her and then returns his gaze to the series of claw and talon marks that start at the ground and work its way up towards the top of the paddock. There is clear markings for what would be claws from the four paws, but there were several outlying scratches as well. Henry didn't know what they were exactly but he knew that it wasn't anything good. She takes is a deep breath and proclaims, "Oh Thor! We have a way of tracking her. She has an implant in her shoulder that we can use to track her back at the command center," before dashing to the door and to her vehicle.
Astrid speeds down the dirt road back to the main park and the command center. She picks up her cellphone and dials the command center. Once Ted picks up the phone, Astrid practically screams at him, "We have an asset out of containment. I need ACU on high alert and ready to move at a moment's notice. This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill. I also need the coordinates of the Indominus, two minutes ago." Ted quickly pressings some keys on his workstation as Cami looks over hoping that everything is alright. She had heard Astrid's voice over the phone while she was at her workstation. Stephen comes towards Ted to listen more about what Astrid is saying. "Yeah, give me a second. It will be up shortly," Ted says.
At the Indominus Paddock, Midas and Henry enter the inside of the paddock. The sounds of cicadas and other insects can be heard as they walk towards the wall. Henry wants to inspect the claw marks and slowly walks over to it with Midas behind him. Another employee of the paddock is already staring up at the marks while scratching his head. Upon arrival, Henry reaches out and feels the scratches left behind by the Indominus. He turns his head upward to look at how high the scratches went. Midas cautiously asks "That wall is over seventy-five feet high, do you really think she could have climbed out?"
"Depends on what kind of dragon they created in the lab," Henry ominously replies back.
On the main screen a satellite image appears, it is zoomed into the Indominus paddock and a large red dot over the paddock. Everyone in the command center is perplexed by what they see. They know Astrid would not joke about this if she didn't believe it. Ted though doesn't just think this like the others, he expresses it, "What the hell? It's in the cage Astrid. Are you pulling something on us?"
Astrid takes in what Ted just said and blinks several times while continuing to speed to the command center. "No that's impossible. I was just there and the thermal sensors didn't detect it. Plus there were claw marks going up one of the walls to the top," she told the command center. Stephen grabs his chin and thinks about this dragon and how smart it could be now.
Ted reiterates, "She's in the cage, the tracker doesn't lie." Cami then looks at her workstation and pulls up the live feed from inside the paddock. Her eyes widen in horror as she notices three people 'inside' the pen before sending it to the main screen. She comes over and grabs the phone out of Ted's hands, "Astrid there are people inside the cage." Astrid's breathe hitches as the new information sends her into a panic. Her voice cracks and stutters as she gives out an order, "G-get them out of th-there now." She takes a moment to collect herself and then sharply repeats herself very clearly, "GET THEM OUT OF THERE NOW!"
Cami immediately returns to her desk and connects her headset to the entire communication system at the Indominus paddock. She then speaks as clearly as she can while not trying to panic, "Paddock 11, this is control. You need to evacuate the pen immediately. The Indominus is inside with you." Her words though don't come across clearly. The speakers have been partially damaged and the walkie system is partially shielded from the transmission briefly. The three barely understand anything the woman was saying as Midas reaches for the speaker on his shoulder. Henry turns around and looks at the doorway he came from a few minutes ago. Midas finally responds as Henry looks around with worry, "What is it control?"
"It's in the cage…It's in there with you," Cami finally gets across to the men. Henry quickly said, "GO!" All three men turn away from the wall and start moving to the door on Henry and Midas came from. The other employee and Henry continue sprinting towards the open door in the distance. Midas gets a few feet from the wall and realizes that he can't make it. He turns back and goes towards a keypad in the wall. The sound of large footsteps can be heard as the Indominus Death moves through the pen and cuts off Henry and the other person with him. In front of the two men is the Indominus, it looks very much like a Red Death except for a few major changes that are apparent. First instead of being a blueish green color, it is nearly all white with a few hints of brown and black towards the tips of the spikes on its face and over the body. It also has a single row of sharp spike around the back of its head, its eyes were a piercing color of green as they all stared at the men and on its chin there appears to be small hairy beards that are as white as the scales it has over its body.
Henry slowly looks up at the towering beast and notices something on the back that scares him even more. He notices that the Indominus has its wings, except that it doesn't have the membrane on the wing structure. 'What in the name of Odin did these people make,' he thought before turning around and sprinting for the door by the main gate. The other person by Henry turns slower and gets behind Henry to follow. The Indominus roars and starts forward slowly as it spreads its wings out. Henry glances over his shoulder and can't help but mentally freak out by what he sees the Indominus do with its wings. The wings bend and curl around the front of its face, taking the fingers of a wing and grasping the fleeing man behind him. The man screams as he is quickly brought into the opening jaws of the Indominus. It shuts its jaws, silencing the man and causing a spray of blood in the area.
Inside the control room and over the phone in Astrid's hand, the sound of the screaming employee before his death and then the sickening crunch of bone could be heard. Back at the paddock, Midas reaches the door console and puts his palm on the hand reader. He looks over his shoulder to see the dragon enthusiastically eating the other employee with Henry running full speed towards the door. He clumsily types in the code to unlock and open the door, but instead the code he enters is the main gate and not the small door to his right. Inside the control room, they watch as the paddock main gate starts to open. Stephen takes control, shouting, "Close the door!" Ted still with Astrid on the line, rebukes Stephen, "We can't lock them in there." "Just shut it now," Stephen says as he reaches over Ted and overrides the opening gate. Astrid screams over the phone, "What the Hel is happening, someone tell me now."
Henry continues his mad dash for the gate that is now closing. The Indominus resumes its run after the human in front of her and roars at the fleeing prey. Henry makes it through the gate and continues running as the sound of a straining hydraulic system could be heard. The construction works start running around the site, moving towards the back of the paddock, hoping that the dragon won't find them. The Indominus reached the gate in time, its head pokes through and starts to push the gate with one of its front paws. Henry slides beside a construction crane and then rolls underneath it. He lays flat on the gravel and watches as the gate fails and the Indominus slams the gate open.
Henry watches as the Indominus creeps out of the paddock, sniffing the air. Low guttural roars are heard from the Indominus as it stalks towards a pickup truck. Henry watches closely as he notices Midas at the front of the truck, pressing himself against the grill. Slowly the Indominus moves towards it as Midas peeks out from the side and looks at the gate. He only sees the tail of the Indominus as it stands on the opposite side of where he is looking. He takes out a necklace and kisses the small cupcake trinket on it, hoping that somehow he gets out of this. The Indominus takes its wing and lifts up the truck, sending it flipping over and over in the air towards the crane to reveal the human fully. The truck slams into the ground a couple dozen feet away from the crane and Henry turns away and covers himself slightly from possible debris.
Once the sounds of the truck dissipate, Henry turns his attention back to Midas through the crushed truck. Midas sits there with fear expressed over his face as the Indominus takes another step closer. Henry's eyes are transfixed on the scene as the Indominus snaps its head down and picks up Midas into the air. Midas screams as dozens of the teeth pierce into his body from above and below him. Tearing flesh causes Henry to roll onto his back under the crane, pull out his knife from his vest and start cutting the diesel line of the crane. As the Indominus continues to eat, Henry drenches himself in the foul smelling fuel to cover his scent and hopefully not smell as tasty to the dragon.
The sounds of the loud footsteps stops Henry from moving and he lets go of the fuel line. He stays perfectly still as the Indominus moves closer to where she last smelt the human. The Indominus relies heavily on its sense of smell, more so than the Great Deaths. As it came behind the crane, it lowers its head with more low and deep growls escaping from it. Her head slowly comes beside the crane, mere feet away from Henry. He slows his breathing as best he can to remain calm. He notices in his peripheral vision the maw of the Indominus and sees it blood staining the scales and teeth, alone with torn clothing from its first victims. The jaws move closer to the crane as it sniffs the air. Henry shifts slightly and closes his eyes as the Indominus sniffs the air. She gives out a soft roar of disgust as it smells the fuel and slowly stalks away from her former trap. The thunderous sounds of her stomping away gives Henry pause to know that he is still alive. After he watches the Indominus move into the forest, he exhales softly with the breath he was holding the entire time.
Author's Notes:
New Movie to Fan Fiction Characters: Fat Security Guard aka Midas Sweets = Candy King (Wreck-it Ralph)
New Dinosaurs to Dragons: Scuttleclaw = Gallimimus & Grapple Grounder = Brachiosaurus
Alright folks it's time to play "What Dragons are in the Indominus?" We already know that the base genome is a Red Death, but what are the other dragons in it. There are at least 4 other dragons in this hybrid. PM me with correct answers and when I have part of Ch. 4 done, I'll give you it as a treat for being right. Also no spoilers in reviews for those that haven't seen Jurassic World or know the dragons very well.
[1] Eugene Fitzherbert takes the role of Ian Malcolm from the first Jurassic Park movies. If you want to learn more about Eugene and the character, please go read Foxmorgorth's Draconic Park that is part of the collaborative effort between the two of us to bring the Jurassic Park/How to Train Your Dragon crossover fan fictions together and be able to read any of our stuff and understand it.
[2] Astrid Hofferson is the adopted sister of Cass Hamada and the Hamada family in general. She got adopted by the Hamada family after Astrid's parents died and her Uncle Finn died as well.
[3] If you want to know more about Uncle Finn's death, you will need to read Foxmorgorth's sequel to Draconic Park, called "A Tangled World: Draconic Park II" when it gets release.
[4] In How to Train Your Dragon 2, Valka calls the Great Bewilderbeast the King of Dragons. So I'm using that notation for the scholars in our universe to call the Bewilderbeast a Sea King as it is a Tidal Dragon and spends most of its time in the oceans. The scholars don't know that it does spend time on land as well, but since most of the skeletons that have been found were in dried sea areas, they assume that it sticks mainly to the water.
[5] Foreverwing is a Dragon from the Rise of Berk App game, it is a legendary Dragon like a Red/Green Death, Bewilderbeast or Screaming Death.
[6] Archeoignis morsmagnus is the Indominus Death name and let me break it down. Archeo- means New Order in latin, ignis means fire in latin, mors in latin means death and finally magnus means great in latin. This is of course a mix of our scientific name for the Great Death and the Indominus Rex name from the movie. Overall the name means New Order Great Fire Death.
[7] Midas Sweets name comes from a couple sources for who he represents. Midas was a king, in classical mythology, who was granted one wish by the god Dionysus. Greedy for riches, Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. So I'm using Midas as a surrogate for king here while Sweets is a last name I'm using to refer back to Candy. So Midas Sweets is the King Candy from Wreck-it Ralph.