I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING TO DO WITH JURASSIC PARK/WORLD, ONLY MY OWN CHARACTERS AND STORYLINES

Redhouseclan (Guest): Love it! I love jp fics where the indominus has a carer! Great job!

My Response: Aww thank you! I'm glad you like it so much, and I hope you continue to do so :)

It was official. Today, the Dinosaurs were half a year old and were definitely large enough to go in the paddock. Ahura gave a gentle, shaking sigh as she stood at the bottom of the stairs, beckoning the Dinosaurs down. They were all large and steady enough to do two steps at a time, making their carer let out another breath of air. Both Xue and Chiari were above her hips from yet another young growth spurt, Reider was at exactly hip level but immediately rubbed against Ahura when he sensed her discomfort. For some reason, Masrani and Claire were both too busy to show up to this, so Ahura was alone to do the proper release. It crossed her mind to simply lie that she had put her babies in the enclosure and then simply keep them at home, but she knew immediately it wouldn't work. For the first, they were far too large now to hide at any place in her house and the girls were white, not the best colour to hide from others. Secondly, all three of them had tracking chips in them so that their locations could be constantly checked. So, unless she could surgically remove the tracking chips and hide them in the bountiful forestry without anyone knowing, this would have to happen.

Walking further into the enclosure, Ahura heard them all following behind her obediently, whilst making confused little noises. This was the first time she had walked with them into the enclosure and the feeling coming off her only seemed to spell bad news, so naturally they were worried about what would be happening. They were familiar with this territory and it had been predominantly explored, but their Mother was nervous, and that made them very unsettled. Certainly, they would not be classed as 'clingy' any more, but they still relied heavily on Ahura for guidance and support; as they would for a long time in the future, so they didn't want their leader being uncertain. Perhaps she was just examining the surroundings for any danger they might have missed? It was possible, but they already had and she knew that, so why bother? Ahura gave a tiny, even shakier sigh as she ran her hands over the Dinosaurs again. "I'll come and see you all the time, okay? This is going to be your home now." She got head tilts in reply. They understood that this would now be their living space, they had known for awhile, but did this mean that Ahura would not be in here with them? This had not been taken into consideration and that made all of them frightened. Why wouldn't she be with them? "I'll stay for now, but I can't sleep in here." Chiari gave her a dry 'why not' look. "This place has been designed for you three, not with me in the picture to."

Xue hit her head gently against her Mother's elbow, growling slightly. She didn't want to go into this place if Ahura couldn't be with them all the time. What if Reider had night terrors again? What if there's a thunderstorm and Chiari needed her Mother's special song to calm her down? What if she simply just needed affection? What about wrestling? Admittedly, they were a little big for Ahura to wrestle with, but they were learning to control their strength, so surely she shouldn't be stopping now. It just didn't make any sense! Xue's eyes briefly caught the tip of the scar on Reider from the surgery and she immediately clasped her teeth around Ahura's arm lightly, applying slight pressure to keep her there but not enough to actually hurt her. How was Xue supposed to protect her family if their Alpha was away around 47% of the time? It was completely unacceptable! Xue tugged slightly and Ahura stumbled. "I have to stay in my own home, Xue." Another tug to make her come further into the environment. If they had to stay here, so did Ahura. Xue clamped down a little bit harder when Ahura tried to tug away. "Seriously? Stop it!" With a firm, louder voice, Xue let go swiftly out of fear with upset clear in her eyes. All she wanted was for Ahura to stay so everyone would be protected. One family member away could mean a lot of trouble. Ahura sighed gently and rubbed the tip of her snout. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled. I'm just as nervous as you are. If you don't like it here by yourselves, I'll see what I can do about getting somewhere for me to sleep close by, okay?" They all perked up at this suggestion, but as Chiari began to chitter about plans, Ahura gave them a sharp look. "You need to promise me that you'll do your best to like this place without me. I can't be by your sides all the time any more, as much as I want to." They all knew what a promise was, Reider had needed a longer explanation, but he had got it in the end. "One day, you'll all be so big that you won't need me at all." Chiari snorted at that. When would they not need their Mother? Granted, they would be very independent, but their Mother was very important to them and she was becoming their Alpha. They would always need her. Did she not realise that? Chiari rolled her eyes and Ahura gave a slight smile as Reider rubbed against her again, Xue nudging her in the back to go further into the enclosure. They were still very visible from the viewing platform they had come down from. Chiari gripped onto Ahura's arm like her sister had done to have more leverage and shook her head slightly: she wanted to wrestle. The other Dinosaurs moved a distance away to the nearest tree to observe from a safe distance whilst Ahura raised a brow, freeing her arm when it was let go. It wasn't really wrestling, but a simple game of Ahura dodging out of the way whilst whichever Dinosaur tried to get her pinned... So yeah, wrestling with less violence.

Chiari lunged forward and Ahura stepped to the side, rounding to face her immediately. Soon after, Chiari ducked under and managed to hit her head against Ahura's side, making her go down from the impact, whilst she giggled. "Okay, you win!" Chiari was clever, so had gotten far quicker and had obviously been practising. Ahura clutched her side where her ribs were starting to throb from the impact and figured Chiari must've hit harder than she intended. She tried to sit up, but had to lie back down from a sudden sharp pain. Chiari had definitely hit harder than she had intended. As she hadn't gotten to her feet yet, the Dinosaurs forgot everything else that had happened and focused on their now injured Mother: nosing her gently, but avoiding her ribs. Chiari whined in shame and upset, but was comforted by Ahura that this wasn't her fault in any way. Reider took over the comfort while Xue continued to look her mother over, grabbing the bottom of her shirt with her teeth and managing to pull it up slightly. Taking note of what she was doing, Ahura pulled it up until it got too painful and saw a forming bruise on her side. Pulling out her radio, she changed the channel on it and spoke slowly. "Hey, Doc. I need help."

"What is it?" Novine's voice came through after a few seconds of crackling. She let out a gentle sigh and winced at the pain in her ribs. Meanwhile, Xue was rubbing her longest claw on her right hand against the one on her left, angry upset filling her. She had failed to protect her family again. Of course, she understood it wasn't her older sister's fault, but she could've stopped this. Mother had been right to stop the wrestling; maybe they were too big for it now. They could still wrestle each other, naturally, but it just meant it was another thing they couldn't do with their beloved Mother and that hurt Xue. What if one day there was nothing they could do as a pack? Was that when Mother would abandon them to survive on their own? Xue didn't want that.

"I've been injured, see. Chiari and I were wrestling and she hit my ribs a little too rough." She gave Chiari the best smile she could, no part of her holding anything against the young Indominus.

"... You do realise I'm a Vet, don't you? I deal with Dinosaurs, not people, Ahura." Novine simply told her, but she could hear him writing the scenario down. Good old Novine, always on his top game.

"You've patched me up enough in my life, Novine. I trust you more than the Doctors at the Hospital, they scare me. Besides, if Doctors come in here then my babies will freak out. I don't want to see the end result of that, because either way, it won't be pretty." She told him bluntly and heard a sigh.

"You make fair points. I'll be there in ten minutes."

"You know where the enclosure is?" Ahura asked in surprise, but gasped when the pain got worse.

"I know everything." Novine went offline and Ahura's arm fell to her side. She tried to keep her breathing as regular as possible: deciding on going through Dinosaurs in the Triassic Period in alphabetical order to take her mind off the pain.

"Agnosphitys, Agrosaurus, Alwalkeria, Asylosaurus, Bilkanasaurus, Camelotia, Camposaurus, Caseosaurus, Chindesaurus, Chromogisaurus, Coelophysis..." This continued slowly and she got to end of the 'L' section, before Novine came down the stairs. "...Melanorosaurus, Meroktenos, Mussarus." She was on a roll right now. "Nambalia, Newtonsaurus, Pampadromaeus, Panphagia, Pantydraco, Pisanosaurus, Platosauravus, Plateosaurus, Procompsognathus, Protoavis, Pterospondylus..." Novine was five feet away from her. "Riojansaurus, Ruehleia, Sanjuansaurus..." Novine kneeled down and examined her ribs without a word, not wanting to break her streak. He tuned her out as he gently prodded her ribs, before running his fingers over them. "Thotobolosaurus, Unaysaurus, Velocipes, Zupaysaurus." She finally finished and grinned. "I. Am. Awesome."

"Yes, I'm sure." Novine frowned and she shifted. "I'll need to give you an X-Ray to be completely certain, but nothing seems to be broken. There may well be fractures though." Ahura nodded the best she could as he spoke. "Come on, let's get you up." He put an arm under her shoulder and another under her knees, lifting her up so she could then stand on her feet. "I can get you under the X-Ray machine at the clinic, since you're so opposed to the Hospital." As he went to walk away, they both saw the Dinosaurs immediately begin to follow. Like hell were they going to let Ahura out of their sight now. Ahura gave a smile and faced them.

"You can come as long as you all stay by my side. No wondering off. After this, you must stay in here." They all looked opposed to the ending, but would oblige anyway. If it meant they could ensure her safety that much longer, then they would.

"I came on my truck; they can all fit on the back." Novine ran his hand over Chiari's head as they passed him, racing up the stairs. "I'm guessing that it happens to be moving in day?" He questioned as he undid the back of his truck to make a ramp and the Dinosaurs jumped in one at a time, then he locked the back up as they all got settled. Reider rested his head on the edge as he observed the surroundings slowly and the girls rested their heads on his back. Ahura didn't answer until they were in the truck with their seat belts on, not wanting the thought to keep annoying her. She gave a small nod and crossed her arms loosely over her stomach as Novine opened up the window behind them so the Dinosaurs could check on their mother if they needed. Her ribs were starting really hurt and she was trying to ignore the pain the best she could, shifting to try to be more comfortable.

"Indeed it was. I know they're ready, but they don't want to be apart from me yet. The longest they've stayed in this place was about a week and a half, and then they stirred up an absolutely storm when they wanted to come home." Ahura explained and stopped herself from laughing at the memory. She remembered arriving and the noise being a little overwhelming. Ahura had been sure that they would manage to get out somehow if she hadn't come and got them. "Soooo... My ribs? What did you say about them? I wasn't really listening."

"As I said, I doubt they're broken. At most, they'll be fractured. They're at least bruised." Novine stopped the car and helped Ahura out gently. They walked to the back of the truck and brought down the ramp allowing the Dinosaurs to run off the vehicle. The three young reptilians stayed close to their Mother, all of them nuzzling her, as they entered the same X-Ray room that her children had been just months before and Ahura carefully lay down on the table. The Dinosaurs paced with impatience in the opposing room as Ahura closed her eyes when the photos were taken, trying her best to breathe normally through the pain. When she got given the 'okay' signal, Ahura climbed off the table slowly and wondered into the other room, staring at the X-Ray photos as they came through. "Fractured, as expected." Novine walked over to one of the cupboards and pulled out a few tablet boxes. "Take these when the pain gets too much, try your best to breathe and function normally, and lastly, actually rest properly for once. Do not work yourself to the rate you always do."

"Will I still see my babies every day?" This was Ahura's main concern, more than anything else, and like hell would she rest if she couldn't.

"As long as you're careful and don't push yourself too much, you'll be fine." Novine handed the medication over and then practically shooed her out. "Come on, the quicker these kids are in that enclosure, the better." They climbed back into the car, Ahura gently resting her hand against her ribs and breathing softly as they headed back towards the environment, her children suddenly not so keen to see it again. It didn't seem to take as long, not as many cars, and it took a damn lot of coaxing to get the Dinosaurs off the truck. Ahura was happy, until she heard Xue give a growl in her direction, practically storming up the stairs in front of everyone else, leading her siblings into the viewing room. Ahura took longer to get up the stairs, but managed fine and opened the glass door for them, sighing softly when Xue continued to blatantly ignore her.

"So it begins..." Ahura commented softly. "Six months of a basically perfect child, and now the rebellion starts. Of course." Whilst talking to herself, she noticed that Reider had stayed on the platform and was staring at her with expectance. He figured that Ahura would be coming down the stairs with them and had seen that Novine wasn't with her, so he would be her help now. She walked over as fast as she could, petting between the crests on his head as he placed himself the best he could under her arm and against her good side to slowly walk her down the stairs. At some points, he had to skip down a few steps because his legs didn't like moving in the tiny steps, but he kept his body against her the best he could. During this, Ahura had the time to fully take in how shiny his glossy brown scales had truly become, the sun reflecting off them perfectly, and the two thick black stripes seemed to blend in perfectly, not looking off or odd for some reason. His amber eyes glowed softly with care and concern for his mother, the same way she had been for him throughout his life, and refused to stray from her in the slightest until she was completely down the stairs. Ahura saw Chiari curled comfortably in the sun, sleeping soundly, but there was no sign of Xue anywhere. Pulling out her radio, she flicked it to the right channel and held down the button, her favourite part of the frequent ordeal. "Lowery, can you do me a favour?" Ahura had an idea, and if it worked, then Xue would most likely forgive her, plus showing herself.

"Depends, what is it?" Lowery's dry, sarcastic voice made her giggle slightly, running a hand over Reider's snout as he pushed ever-so-slightly on her good side. "Come on, tell me what you need, Hammond." He'd always called her by her last name. It was revenge for that she would only call him by his last name when he first arrived. She had stopped doing it for awhile to see if he would stop, but Lowery hadn't. Now, Ahura had every reason to return the jests. They were old friends, knowing each other for nearly ten years, so she felt this was okay. She thought Lowery was an awesome person and she was so excited when he started working at Jurassic World, but still couldn't stop teasing him.

"I need you to where one of my kids are, Cruthers. I know she's in here, but I need to know where. It seems she's upset with me." Ahura paused and everything was silent for a little bit, until Lowery's voice rang through again, awakening Chiari and Ahura heard the bushes behind her rustle. A smile creeped over her face as the rustling came closer and Chiari slowly rose.

"Not to worry you, Hammond-" He sounded slightly panicked. "But it's behind you!" Ahura whirled around to see Xue slow from the beginnings of a sprint, having forgotten all about the fact of Ahura leaving them in here. The object she was holding wasn't the shiny thing, but it projected voices too, and that was enough for both the Indominus girls.

"Thank you, Cruthers. Keep talking." Ahura continued casually, feeling Reider back away. Despite being naturally curious, he didn't like the talking boxes. They frightened him immensely. "Can you name all the Dinosaurs from the Triassic Period in alphabetical order like me?" If she set up a challenge, she knew Lowery couldn't refuse.

"No, but I can do it with the Cretaceous Period. Except, I'm really busy and-"

"Don't give me those lies, no you're not. You would've hung up otherwise." Ahura cut him off as she held out the radio at arm's length with the tips of her fingers. She guessed the cameras weren't activated yet in this paddock, only the chip tracking. Ahura remembered how to turn them on, and would do so after this. "Come on, pansy." Ahura knew that list was so damn long that it gave her plenty of time for them to attack the radio.

"Abydosaurus, Acanthopholis, Achelousaurus, Acheroraptor, Achillesaurus, Achillobator, Acristavus, Acrotholus, Adamantisaurus, Adasaurus, Adelolophus, Aegyptosaurus-" Ahura let go of the radio when Xue lunged out for it, catching it in her jaws and dropping it on the floor. Reider tucked into his mother's side and began nudging her towards the stairs again, figuring it would be better to leave while the Indominus girls were distracted.

"I'll be back tomorrow with your favourites, I promise." Ahura kissed between his crests, seeing him give her a I'm holding you to that look, before he turned away and joined his sisters around the radio. Now it had stopped projecting voices, he was interested in what it truly was. Ahura took a shaky breath and headed up the stairs as quickly as she could, resting her hand on her ribs and made sure that the door was completely locked with tears burning in her eyes. She felt like she was betraying them by doing this... Maybe taking them home that day was a bad idea after all. Turning on the cameras, she let out another shaky breath and made the mistake of looking back into the enclosure, seeing all three of them melding into the greenery, the ruined radio was in pieces on the floor. Whether they left it for a reason, or simply because they were bored of it, Ahura couldn't bring herself to think through. As she came down the stairs to the ground outside the enclosure, she saw a very familiar car waiting patiently, with its driver readjusting her sunglasses.

"Come on, you. Climb in." Maybelle waved her over from her seat and Ahura sped up the pace as well as she could manage, climbing in the comfortable car as carefully as her ribs would allow. Resting her head back, Ahura let a few tears fall down her face from the pain of leaving them on their own and Maybelle took hold of her hand. "You did the right thing, Ahura, and we're all proud of you."

"They aren't." She commented back, wiping the tears and looking at her friend who was focused on driving. "Where are we going?" Ahura asked and recieved a shrug.

"Where do you want to go?"

"To someone that'll understand what I'm going through right now." Ahura answered and saw the clogs turning in Maybelle's head. When she got the answer, the Vet turned her eyes to her friend with a 'are you sure' face.

"Wouldn't you rather... I don't know... Rest, or something?" Maybelle asked, but got a shaking head in reply. "Are you really sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. I'm sure I can rest there too, if it's needed." Ahura gave Maybelle a suspicious glance. "Why are you so against this? Do not lie, I will know."

"I'm not against it, I'm just not a big fan of the idea. Do not get me wrong, Owen's a damn great guy, but he has a way of charming our gender and I don't think either of you really want that." Ahura knew he was a 'damn good guy', she kept regular contact with him over the phone. Yet another reason why she sacrificed the radio. They'd been friends for about five months now, it wasn't like he was a complete stranger any more.

"..." Ahura was silent as she stared at her friend with an incredulous look, which faded into one of disbelief. "I am going over to a home which holds someone who can empathise with me. I am going to see someone for sympathy and comfort that no one else I currently know can provide... I am not going over there to get laid." Ahura told Maybelle bluntly, and held up a hand when she went to argue. "I know that you know where he lives. Just take me there, and know that I will not do anything remotely inappropriate." It dawned on Ahura, at this point, that Maybelle had no idea about her friendship with Owen. She didn't need to know at this point, right?

"Do me a deal, and I'll do it."

"I won't if you get me a new radio. The girls got it away from me."

"Okay, that'll do, I guess." Maybelle turned the car around in the direction of the Grady home. "By 'taking it away', you mean you gave it to them, right?"

"It was a peace offering, and it seemed to work. It was either that, or my phone. I'm not ready to give that up, soooo... The radio had to go." Ahura defended with a casual shrug. "Still, tomorrow, I need to bring beef with BBQ sauce, chicken nuggets and a large amount of watermelon... Just to make sure."

"... I am not getting paid enough for this."

Ahura took a gentle breath and knocked on the door, her arms at her sides, and heard shuffling from inside. In a few moments, the door opened and Owen gave a small smile. "Fancy seeing you all the way out here. Comin' in?" He asked and got a little nod in reply, moving out of the way so the small woman could enter the home. Despite what Ahura imagined, the house was even cleaner than hers with not even a single object out of place.

"Whoa..." She muttered quietly, pointing at the couch for silent permission to sit. After a confused nod, she slowly lowered herself and refrained from placing a hand on her ribs when they twinged. "This is..."

"Unexpected?" Owen asked and got a nod. Ahura made a note of how much nodding had been happening lately. She needed to use the words she was taught. "I get that every time." He gave a little chuckle. "Want something to drink?"

"Water, thanks."

"Oh-kay!" She laughed at the way he always said that word around her, but regretted it when her ribs rebelled against the action. She had no idea why he said it like that when she was around, but she enjoyed that he did. Their friendship was a little funny in her eyes, but she loved it that way."What are you doing so far out here, any way?"

"I need your company, because no one else I know can understand what I'm going through right now." Ahura had informed Owen on the move a week or so before, but they'd avoided the topic. She couldn't decide whether that was a good idea or not. Owen took a seat beside her at a comfortable distance and handed the glass of water over, noticing how Ahura took it with her weakest hand, which was her left hand.

"So today was the big day, huh?" Owen rhetorically asked, taking a sip of coffee. "As you're over here, I'm gonna assume you did it."

"You assumed right. The children I have raised in the comforts of my own home for nearly six complete months are now in a enclosure where they have never spent more than a week. In total, they've spent under a month in that place, how are they supposed to spend the rest of their lives in places like that?" Naturally, Ahura began to crack her knuckles out of habit. Owen put his hand over her interlocked fingers and shook his head.

"Do I need to go and get the jellyfish?" He asked lightly, but got a head shake in reply. "Good. You're doing that annoying thing you do. You know, that one thing where you over think stuff? They're Dinosaurs, you can't keep them bundled up forever, as much as we both want to."

"First of all, 'the jellyfish' has a name, it's Bartholomew. Secondly, I know I'm over thinking, but they aren't even a year old, Owen!"

"They'll be just fine, and you know they will. They couldn't fit in that house of yours forever." Owen watched her shift and place a hand on her ribs, finally, with a pained breath. "Injured?" He gave her a pointed look not to lie. Ahura gave a defeated sigh.

"Fractured ribs."

"Why are you here?!"

Aaaannnnd that's all for now, folks. Have no worries, there will be more very soon.

Obviously, not all the Triassic Dinosaurs are mentioned because Novine wasn't listening to Ahura.

If you feel you see any spelling mistakes, do not hesitate to let me know :)

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