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Fluttering her green eyes open, Ahura scanned the room quickly and fought the reaction to simply shoot up into a sitting position. The pain in her side warned of what would happen if she had ignored it, and Ahura very slowly moved her upper body so she was elevated, but not sitting. It took her awhile, but she realised that the room she was in Owen's bedroom and felt the pillows underneath the duvet that he had placed to prevent further damage to her ribs. She remembered being given the painkillers and then everything went dark, but Ahura supposed she either passed out or fell asleep. Seeing two paracetamol tablets, a glass of water and a note, Ahura rolled her eyes and took the pills, drinking the water with them. Rolling her shoulders, the woman unfolded the note and her face contorted into a dry look.

I slept on the couch because you needed the bed: You owe me.

I had to leave earlier to take care of the Squad, but you're welcome to take your time.

Ahura giggled lightly, knowing that Owen didn't expect anything more than a thank you from her, but Ahura wanted to repay him. He could've easily left her on the couch, not prepared morning painkillers and water or extended his hospitality more than absolutely necessary, but he had, and she was very grateful indeed. Swinging her legs over the edge of the bed and hopping off, Ahura made a point of making the bed perfectly before she wondered into the kitchen. "Seriously, Owen... 'The Squad'?" She said to the air, shaking her head. "That is one dorky move, but I approve." Searching through all the places where Owen would keep food, Ahura gave two cries of victory as she turned the oven on and placing all the chicken nuggets from the unopened bag on two trays. Taking a knife and a chopping board, she began to cut the large watermelon into small pieces while she waited for the oven to be ready. Halfway through, she stopped cutting and placed the nuggets inside the oven, setting the timer and continuing with her cutting. Ahura had to stop a few times due to the throbbing in her ribs, but she managed fine and placed the pieces into the large bowl she had found. Washing up the chopping board and knife, Ahura also placed the empty nugget bag into the trash and wiped down any surfaces that had become dirty. Remembering the empty glass from her water, Ahura speed walked into the bedroom to grab the glass and then washed that as well, making a point of putting them all away where she had found them. The oven dinged as the front door opened, Maybelle walking in and shutting it behind her. Ahura didn't look up from putting the nuggets in the largest container she had found and washed the trays as well, putting them away back in the proper cupboard where she had found them, turning the oven off. "Are you done now?" Maybelle asked softly and got a nod, Ahura placing the lid on the container and put the sealed over bowl on top of it. Ahura made a note of definitely apologising for stealing his food.

"Let's go!" Ahura speed walked outside, but stopped. "How will his door lock?" She asked sweetly, but Maybelle walked outside, pulling a coin from her pocket and putting it in the line that showed the lock in the handle. Turning the coin like Xue had with her claws, they heard the door click and Maybelle wiggled the handle, showing it was now locked properly.

"Like that." They climbed into the car and Ahura noticed the amazing smelling package in the back seat. "Kebab meat with barbecue sauce. I remember you saying that Xue favourite beef was from the Kebab shop. It wouldn't be fair for the food to get cold before they get to eat it, so I saved time."

"Thank you~" Ahura petted Maybelle's shoulder with a smile. "How did you know I'd be here?"

"Owen told me. He stopped by my building and told me that you'd passed out last night." Maybelle didn't explain further, but pulled a radio off her belt and attached it to her friend's. Ahura was amazed she could do these things while never taking her eyes off the road. "Your new radio, as promised." Maybelle seemed a bit irritated, but Ahura knew better than to ask her directly about what was bothering her.

"So... Had a good morning?" Ahura asked softly as they entered the forest roads that led to the Indominus-Allosaurus paddock. Maybelle made a 'tch' noise and rolled her eyes.

"Not really, no."

"Any particular reason?"

"I woke up at 5am to a call that there was an injured Pterosaur, so I had to get there as quickly as I could. Then, after we dealt with that, I went back home to shower and was half way through washing my hair when someone tried to call me out again. So, I had to wash my hair as fast as humanly possible, get dressed and settle for the wind drying my hair. After that, Owen runs into me, annoys me, tells me where you are, so I get food for a pissed Indominus and then come to pick you up." Maybelle gave a small smile and it was only then that Ahura realised that she wasn't wearing any make-up. Maybelle always looked better without it to Ahura, but she knew her friend didn't share her views.

"No one should be woken up at 5am, that's just barbaric." Ahura agreed with her friend, not liking that time at all. "And Owen can be irritating, granted, but how did he annoy you?"

"He wouldn't get out of my way and had a really impish, but proud smile on his face... Like he'd won the biggest prize at the fair." She shot Ahura a sideways scathing glare, but it only caused confusion as they pulled up at the enclosure. Ahura couldn't hear anything, and that worried her more than them causing noise. Maybelle grabbed the package from the back seat and climbed out of the car, Ahura waiting for her with a very confused look. As they walked, Maybelle seemed to notice the non-changing expression and rolled her eyes. "You, Ahura. You're the prize. How is that not obvious to you?" Maybelle asked with an incredulous tone, but Ahura stayed quiet. She knew Owen was seen (and was, frankly) a ladies man, but she couldn't bring herself to care about it. He was a nice guy and that's what mattered, besides there was no way he'd be interested in a woman who didn't have the most amazing track record in the world, was it? But no, he was a nice guy, a good companion and a great friend: that was what mattered to Ahura. However, right now, Owen's imp smile and Maybelle's rants were not her concern right now. Her silent children were her concern. Ahura practically ran into the observing room and opened the glass door, not locking it behind her as she balanced the food down the stairs. Maybelle followed was shutting the door as Ahura reached the bottom of the stairs, now slowly surveying the environment around her, her children could be anywhere. Her ribs made a protest, but the painkillers dulled the pain tremendously and Ahura could ignore it.

As she went to call out their names, a large amount of rustling came from the greenery in front of her, Reider soon burst out into the clearing and was in front of her faster than Ahura could blink. He stopped less than a foot from her, but edged closer as she put the food down, observing her to ensure she completely fine. Ever so gently, he ran the side of his face against her side with a quiet little croon, wanting assurance that she was completely fine. Ahura cooed down at the Allosaurus, getting on her knees to unwrap the small, breaded chicken treats and watching his eyes light up. He lifted his head up and let out a call for his sisters, before he allowed his mother to put a few in his mouth at once, the pieces being too small to get on his own. Soon enough, as Maybelle unboxed the kebab meat, the two Indominus's came bursting out through the bushes after their brother and ate their food as swiftly as possible. Afterwards, they sat on the floor, stretched out, and rubbed their jaws against their mother. To Xue, everything still wasn't forgiven, but she also knew that this situation wasn't their Mother's fault and that she definitely deserved their attention right now. As Ahura continued to coo at her children, petting them all the best she could while feeding Reider the last of the delectable nuggets. All three Dinosaurs made the indication that they had seen Maybelle beginning to leave, but did nothing to stop her, all they wanted was their Mother's affection right now, and nothing was going to interfere with that. At some point, they would try and give some sort of thanks to the Vet, but she simply wasn't important at this point in time. "You're all very lively this morning!" Ahura noted as Chiari got up and ran around in circles, stopping sometimes if she got too dizzy. "I'm guessing you all slept well?" Reider gave a quiet croon, resting his head on her thigh, and looked up at her the best he could. Reider had slept better than he thought he would, but he didn't sleep till the early hours of the morning because he was terrified of having night terrors again. He hadn't had any, but they still scared him immensely. He never had any idea of what was going on and no one could calm him down. Afterwards, he would be held, petted and given all the love in the world. That wouldn't happen now they were here. Still, all three of them would admit to liking the large space and didn't honestly mind staying here. After all, their Mother still came to see them bearing gifts of forgiveness despite being injured – they wanted her to rest – but they were all ecstatic she was here. Xue was very grateful for the fact that she finally got her hands on one of the talking devices – although she was a little upset when it stopped talking – and Reider hoped that his older sister wouldn't spy the new one on their Mother's hip.

Now that they had all established that their Mother was okay and happy to sit on the floor for now, they turned their attention to the Vet who had helped them all so many times and was still trying to silently slip away towards the stairs. Maybelle backed away considerably, and tried to make a break for the stairs when she thought that danger was about to ensue, but was stopped but Chiari getting on the steps before she did. She screeched slightly, her eyes darting for a split second as Ahura calmly packed everything away as the food was all eaten and was completely unfazed about what was happening. If anything, Ahura wanted to roll her eyes at Maybelle, surely she should be able to recognise when they were simple excited and friendly to when they're angry and defensive? They sure as hell didn't coo when they were angry... They all nuzzled into the Vet, being extremely gentle out of fear of Maybelle getting hurt too if they were too rough, and all continued to click happily when she finally relaxed, rubbing them all the best she could. "Xue." Ahura called out after a few minutes, the Indominus in question looking up from to her Mother. "Come here, please." Xue trotted over and Ahura swung an arm around the top of her neck, using the Dinosaur's strength to start to stand up without causing more damage to her ribs. Once the Indominus had caught on, Xue raised her head to pull the woman up the rest of the way and her siblings came over; Reider was softly checking their was no more damage while Chiari busied herself with gaining attention. The plan was that, if Ahura had injured herself further, then maybe giving the Indominus affection would take her mind off it.

"I really do have to go now." Maybelle commented as she picked up the empty containers and box, smiling at the scene before her. Ahura looked up and nodded, beaming back at her friend.

"I'll see you later, right? After all, Criminal Minds." Ahura reminded Maybelle, who nodded swiftly.

"Ah yes, my motivation not to kill anyone today. Thank you very much, darling." Maybelle headed up the stairs, stopping at the door to wave goodbye again. Ahura waved back the best she could, but the three Dinosaurs demanding attention didn't let her do it for long. As the Vet vanished, Ahura wondered deeper into the enclosure, her eyes travelling everywhere and found a large, dry log that she could happily perch on. Her children all rested against her, Reider managing to some how lie on the log quite comfortably and his head resting on her thigh. It was silent for a time, the birds in the trees chirping around them until Chiari stood up, taking an interest in the noise. She had obviously heard the birds before, but these ones in particular sounded sweeter to her ears. Ahura's eyes widened when Chiari let out a chirp, listening and waiting for the birds to make another noise. At first, Ahura thought that Chiari was trying to scare them off, but came to a quick realisation that the Indominus was simply trying to mimic the sound and she was getting closer each time she let the chirp noise slip from her mouth. Xue lazily watched her sister, happiness in her eyes, but she soon stood in front of her mother, batting gently at her jaw with sad eyes.

"Did you hurt your jaw, baby?" Ahura asked softly, opening her legs so Xue could come closer. The young Dinosaur shook her head and lowered her head, her claws now brushing against her front teeth. "Your teeth hurt?" Xue raised her head, before making a nodding, bounce sort of gesture. One of Ahura's hand gently brushed under her jaw, resting there and Xue opened her mouth, wanting her mother to find out why her teeth hurt so much. Once Ahura got over how impressive the mismatched teeth were, she moved her upper body slightly so she could see all of the jaw and quickly found the problem. All around, Ahura could see teeth beginning to break through her baby's gums and it was causing her a lot of pain. Xue was going through another round of teething, but this round was clearly bothering her more than the others. Every time the Indominus's would get considerably larger, some of their teeth would fall out and larger ones would grow in, as was expected with most creatures that had teeth. The main problem was that they only fell out and grew in a few at a time, and that never failed to irritate Xue. Ahura could see that most of the new teeth had grown in, but the sharpest ones were proving a painful problem. "Where does it hurt most, baby?" Ahura asked gently and moved her hands to different parts of the jaws to find out. When her hands touched where the canines would be on a human, Xue pulled away slightly. "There?" She got a little nod in reply, and so examined the teeth without touching them. Swiftly, Ahura began to see what the problem was. "They're serrated..." Ahura commented to herself, noticing the sharp serrations on the teeth, frowning. Xue closed her mouth and pressed her head into Ahura's chest, gaining a lot of affection as her brother slept on and her sister continued to mimic the birds, nearly perfect now. Ahura wondered if Chiari's had already grown in, as she wasn't showing any kind of tooth pain and was happy to continue playing 'copy the birds'. Why were their new teeth serrated? None of their teeth had been serrated before, and she was slightly worried this might be a side effect of the DNA combining. Not bothering with Dr. Wu - he never gave a straight answer - she pulled off her radio, changed the channel and soon had Dr. Novine's voice on the other end of the line. Reider woke up at the sound, Chiari suddenly lost all interest in practising her bird calls and Xue had her full attention on the voice. For once, she didn't want to investigate a talking device, because she had grown to adore this man's voice.

"Ahura, what can I do for you?"

"I have a concern." Her gentle, worried voice. Naturally, when she panicked, her voice sped up and began to crack."I'm sorry if you''re busy, but-"

"Ahura: stop talking. Pause. Take deep breaths. Calm down. Then talk again." Novine interrupted and Ahura did as she was told. It was no use her talking if Novine couldn't understand her, and sounding panicked would only worry the children. Once she had calmed down, she spoke again.

"Well, the Indominus's are teething again and I have a concern about it."

"What would that be?" She heard him take a seat and ran a hand between Reider's crests.

"I haven't checked Chiari yet, but some of Xue's front teeth are growing in with serrations down them. As this hasn't happened before, I'm just worried that something might've gone faulty. It's probably nothing, but I just want to make sure." As the children listened, they couldn't help feeling confused. Faulty? What did their mother mean? Was something wrong with them. Novine chuckled and broke the thought train, the children relaxing at the calm voice.

"You have nothing to worry about, Ahura. The fact they have some serrated thing is a good, natural thing. They're predators and they're getting larger. Larger predator, larger prey. The serrated teeth are a great asset for hunting and holding onto their prey." Ahura relaxed immensely, almost falling off the log she was so relieved. "It's all perfectly natural and normal. However-" Ahura tensed. "I have no doubt will be on the moody side until those teeth are fully grown in. Maybe that's why she was so mad at you for leaving them in the paddock, the teeth would've made a mass difference on her mood. We know this: we've seen her when she's teething a few times, but these ones are serrated are her gums aren't quite prepared for that."

"It would make a lot of sense, actually... No wonder she ate her kebab so slowly." The words slipped out her mouth faster than her brain could process, and almost cringed when she met with silence for a few beats.

"You feed her kebab meat?" Novine asked, a dangerous hint in his voice, and Ahura swallowed.

"I blame her genetics. Thanks for the help, but I think I should let you get back to work." Ahura hurried the sentence and heard him huff.

"Ahura, don't you dare-" She flicked the channel over and placed the radio back on her hip, knowing she would probably pay hell for that later, but she pushed it to the back of her mind.

"Come on, we'll head back now." She slowly stood, having three Dinosaurs for support and they all walked slowly towards the entrance to the paddock. Her ribs were starting to kill and she needed to rest. Not to mention find Owen and thank him for everything. As much as she desperately wanted to, she had to leave and rest. Clutching her ribs, she got out of the forest and immediately noticed Masrani in the viewing area. The Indominus's noticed as well, saying their farewells to the mother with as much affection a possible, before melting back into the forest. Neither of them wanted to deal with whatever he had to say and they'd had nearly enough of seeing him. They doubted that Ahura knew how much time he actually spent here, how closely they were watched or how everyone that saw them had that same, hungry glint in their eye. Reider, on the other hand, was going to support his mother however he could, even if that meant going up the stairs and staying to listen to Masrani. Getting under her arm Reider helped her up the stairs and stayed glued to her side as she walked though the door, being petted softly as his hot breath oddly helped to relax the pain in her ribs. Despite that he only reached her hips, he's lifted his head to try and support her the best he could on the stairs. He lowered his head to normal level he kept himself glued to his mother's side. "Mr. Masrani." She greeted calmly, despite her ribs screaming at her to get her ass home and rest.

"Ahura, I won't keep you long." Relief ran over her, but she kept one hand constantly petting between Reider's crests to make sure she knew exactly where he was. "As I couldn't come to yesterday to see them go into the paddock, I came today to make sure everything was going okay." He gave a sympathetic smile, before handing her a glass of water from the desk behind him where the camera watching man was sitting. She nodded her thanks and took two more of her pills, thankful that the pain would dim down soon. "I know this was very hard for you, and I'm sorry I couldn't be here to support you. How are they fitting in?"

"Xue's still sour slightly, but we've put that down mainly to her teething again, Chiari's fine and imitating birds... You can see how well Reider is." Ahura smiled slightly and Reider looked up at the mention of family member's names. Everything else was basically like garbles in his ears. He could usually understand his mother fine, but she was speaking quickly and his ears couldn't catch it well yet. Still, he could pretend he knew what was going on, he supposed. "They've adjusted well, they just aren't fond of how I'm not there, how I can't play with them so much - because of they're growing strength - and that I have to stay at home because of my ribs."

"Didn't one of the Indominus's cause that injury?" Masrani inquired softly, not wanting to get on the wrong side of the injured woman, especially not with a young, yet lethal Dinosaur by her side. Still, Masrani noticed how placid the Allosaurus was and couldn't help but quickly remember how Reider was when they had first met. It seemed the Allosaurus had a naturally sweet temperament, and Masrani couldn't decide if that was a good thing or a very bad thing.

"Yes, Chiari did. We were wrestling and she accidently whacked my ribs a bit too hard. Nothing to worry about, I just need plenty of rest and continue with the painkillers when it gets unbearable." Ahura opened the door to the paddock and Reider walked back in, Ahura leaning down to run her hand over his snout, cooing gently. He blew hot air onto her face gently before going down the steps and melting back into the forest where his sisters were waiting out of view. "I'm sorry sir, but I really must be going." Ahura told him gently and Masrani's eyes were peeled away from the enclosure.

"Of course. I'll stay a bit longer, I need to ensure everything works perfectly fine." He explained, his eyes back on the paddock and Ahura couldn't help but frown slightly. "They always hide away..."

"They're shy, sir. They don't like a lot of attention at this age. Especially from someone who watched the enclosure like a hawk." She patted Masrani's shoulder to wish him silent good luck, locked the entrance to the paddock door and left out of the observatory, heading down the stairs. She didn't have a ride, so Ahura figured that she could walk home, she was actually pretty close anyway. Deciding to go the forest route, she wondered through the thick woodland and reached her house in about 15 minutes, knowing the route well. As she unlocked the door, the sound of T-Rex roars filled the air and Ahura recognised instantly who it was. Ahura looked in the direction of the T-Rex paddock, her eyes glazed over slightly as memories filled her mind of growing up with the majestic animal they called Rexy. "I guess someone upset her..."

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