New Beginnings - Chapter 12 - A Very Blue End
Previously...
Gunshots rang throughout the theater. And so did the roar and rumbling of four dinosaurs rushing towards the men who dare threaten their family.
Prepared for the onslaught of bullets, Owen ducked, pushing his family down with him. Only when he heard the strangled cry of one of his dinosaurs did he look up.
The pack hadn't reached Wu's men in time. Owen could only watch in horror as one of the creatures—he identified as B—collapsed to the ground, blood seeping from the bullet wounds meant for his family. Wu was less than pleased. His eyes widened with rage.
"I specifically said to NOT HARM the assets!" he seethed. The pack hissed at Wu. They surrounded B, all screeching in distress around her limp form. Swallowing the lump in his throat, Owen slowly shuffled over to his girls, Claire following in silence.
"God, I'm so...sorry," Owen whispered as he fell next to B, cradling her massive head in his arms. He was losing another friend; it was like the Jurassic World incident all over again.
B meekly purred. She raised her head slightly, tapping Owen's forehead affectionately as if saying "It's okay."
Claire bit her lip, hugging Nicolas tighter. Her eyes stung a bit; watching her husband break hurt her deeply as well.
Wu's eyes glinted evilly, and felt his anger disperse, as he saw an opportunity arise. "Look what's happened because of you, Grady," he crooned. "But...if you never want this to happen again, just hand over the dinosaurs to me peacefully." After a slight pause, Owen stood up, and faced Wu, anger etched into all his features.
"Like hell I'd do that," he growled. He looked at his remaining dinosaurs. He wanted them to rip Wu limb from limb, to get the revenge they deserved. But he didn't want them to become exactly was he had warned them of.
Before he could command them to run, and leave him to destroy Wu, the doctor in question spoke, "Hm, well, your loss, Grady." Wu thought for a second, then made his mind up about something. "Please eliminate everything in sight. I have no more need for disobedient subjects. After all, these were prototypes; I can engineer better assets based off this, ah, experiment." Wu turned on his heel, and started to walk away as his firing squad raised their large weapons.
Owen felt no hesitation in running after the mad Doctor. But Wu's bodyguards began firing, forcing Owen to dive behind some theater seats, and Claire doing the same a few rows back. He desperately looked up, trying to make eye contact with his pack and work together to take down Wu and his men.
The girls were too distressed to help though. They still surrounded Beta's body, yapping emotionally. Meanwhile, Claire had found her way to Owen.
"What do we do?" she whispered, her tone full of panic. Owen opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off as a deafening CRASH sounded through the arena. The family peered over the tops of the seats.
Another dinosaur had barged through the theater doors. It was smaller than the new species, with orange eyes, and a blue stripe down its-
"Blue?!" Owen shouted, instantly recognizing her.
"This is the original island of Jurassic World…," Claire realized. The bodyguards began firing at Blue, but she was too quick, and maneuvered past their shots. She slammed into them, effectively knocking them out, then turned towards the new dinosaurs, screeching in attempts to communicate.
Owen and Claire rushed over to the newcomer. As they neared, something slipped off Blue's back.
"Barry?" Both Claire and Owen questioned as they watched their friend straighten before them.
"What are you doing here?!" Claire asked. Barry looked her in the eye.
"I read your note," he replied, his tone grave. "A park like this? I didn't trust. So I followed you here to make sure you were safe."
"Oh, Barry, I'm so sorry I made you go through all this…," Claire said, her voice heavy with guilt. Barry shook his head.
"I am glad I came. I couldn't just leave my best friend's wife and his kid to certain doom," he said while quickly clapping Owen on the shoulder and ruffling Nicolas' hair. He continued his explanation, "When things started going south, I was running around trying to find you, but came across Blue roaming around instead. Then, I just followed the only sounds in the abandoned park and got here."
"Well aren't we lucky?" Owen said while Blue nuzzled next to him. "I can't believe you found Blue." Barry nodded in agreement. He then began running towards the exit that Wu had fled through.
"Enough chit-chat. We have a doctor to catch," he said. Owen and Claire nodded, following him. The pack, with their new raptor leader, stomped quickly behind the team.
Off in the distance, the team could see the white coat of Dr. Wu running towards a helipad.
"Not this time," Owen growled. Suddenly, Blue nudged Owen as she ran alongside him, and lowered her head, beckoning him. He only nodded as he jumped on her back. The two sprinted ahead of the group, coming closer and closer to Wu.
Sensing the movement, Wu turned around, eyes widening at the sight of Owen and his raptor speeding towards him. He struggled to quicken his pace, in a futile attempt to outrun the pair. Owen felt his muscles tense with anticipation as he neared Wu.
Almost there, he thought. Just a few…
more…
seconds…
BAM!
A loud crack rang out as Blue slammed into the doctor. Upon impact, he collapsed to the ground. Owen slid off Blue's back, and furiously stomped towards the fallen Wu. Wu could only give a meager smile before Owen's fist collided with the side of his face. He blacked out immediately.
"Is he dead, my friend?" Barry asked as he and Claire approached. Owen shook his head.
"Son of bitch doesn't deserve that kind of gracious escape," he spat. "Better off rotting in jail." Claire and Barry nodded. Then, Blue made a noise, and Owen saw her motioning towards the thicket of forest nearby.
"Just like last time," Owen noted. Blue seemed to nod. He looked at his new pack surrounding the small raptor. "And you guys are going to follow her?" In response, the pack yapped happily. Owen nodded slowly. He pat each of them one last time. "Well, you better get going then." The dinosaurs let out a final screech, and disappeared into the jungle.
Over the next few hours, police, news, and everything of the sort swarmed the park. Thankfully, the group had been left alone in the central building for the time being.
Dr. Wu, tied up courtesy of Barry, had stirred awake, and was currently overlooking the park through a nearby window. Seeing this, Claire left Nicolas in Owen's arms while she made her way over to Wu. The slamming of her heels caused Wu to look up at her approaching. He smirked.
"Ms. Dearing," he greeted nonchalantly, and looked past her at Owen and Nicolas. "What a lovely family." His mockery was short-lived as Claire grabbed his head, forcing his attention towards her.
"Don't ever mess with my family again," she spat. She released his head, and turned back towards her family, taking a small step away, but stopped. She turned back around, and with all her might, slammed her heel into Wu's face. His head fell to the side as he went unconscious.
"And it's Mrs. Grady to you." Satisfied, Claire rejoined her awaiting family.
Barry, Owen, and Claire—with dear little Nicolas in her arms—stood on the destroyed Main Street, waiting for a ship to take them home, like they had so many years ago. Owen held Claire and Nicolas closely, with Barry placed his hand on Owen's shoulder.
"Looks like we're back to square one," Owen said.
"What are we going to do?" Claire asked. An old memory flared up in Owen's mind. His eyes travelled from Barry to Nicolas to Claire. He then wrapped one arm around Claire, and the other around Barry.
"We stick together. For survival."
~ The End ~
a/n: alright we made it to the end! get ready for some finishing notes:
first and foremost, i would like to thank each and every one of you: every read, favorite, follow, review. it really means a lot, especially seeing how i'm such a lousy uploader D: so from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU 3
now, secondly, i would like to apologize in full. i'm sorry that my updates are really spontaneous and that i take so goddamn long :c ((anger at myself!))
also, im sorry that the quality of the fic declined over time; im sure you all have experienced moving on from a fandom. so, basically, i stopped feeling for this fic, and lost the drive/purpose behind it. but i knew i had to finish it for you guys, so, im sorry the ending is really forced and is definitely not my best work as a result of that
So, again, I give my sincerest thanks to everyone for reading to the end. You all are truly amazing.
See you in the next adventure! c: