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Nice long chapter to make up for the short ones, and for my lack of updates. *slap* bad me
It didn't take very long for Reider to get better - two weeks at most - and he was soon back on his feet. All three females rejoiced at his progress, the Indominus children were all too happy to see their brother at his peak health again, being able to run and hunt as a family was always so much better. Today, they would actually be going to explore the pathway. Ahura was so excited to be able to show them, but also nervous - for many reasons. One, there would be a team following them to ensure that none of them tried anything. It made Ahura want to roll her eyes - like her kids would do anything aside play around. Secondly, there would be "experts" to observe their behaviour even further, but she knew they would have next to no idea on how the children (the girls, especially) would naturally behave. Thirdly, if this didn't go well, then not only would they not be able to do this again, but it would completely ruin the unofficial birthday, since the official one had been missed. Fourth, Owen would be there. Now this one had nothing to it. From what she knew, there was no reason for him to be there - unless he was observing their behaviour too, since he was a behaviour specialist, she supposed. "Urgh!" She let out the odd noise as she sat in the large trailer, her children soon joining her and making the trailer wobble under their increased weight. Once they were all comfortable, the truck took off and made Ahura frown at how bumpy this ride was. "On the other side, are you all excited? New adventure!" They all trilled and clicked in excitement, rubbing against their mother with content in their hearts. They had already been told this was a birthday present for the girls, but they only loosely knew what that meant: it was to celebrate their birth - that they knew - but why would they need to celebrate it? They didn't know, but they were getting a present, so they were willing to roll with it. All of their bodies rocked up when the trailer went over a particularly large bump, causing all four of the passengers to growl in annoyance. "WE ARE ALIVE BACK HERE, THANKS FOR ASKING!" The Dinosaurs at jumped at their mother's voice - it was the loudest they'd ever heard it, and it was very frightening. They all shared a look which said 'never let her get that angry with us' and tried their best to keep their jaws on her all the time, the bumpy ride making that hard.
Ahura noticed that Xue was starting to get agitated with the constant bumping around, jumping up and running to the end of the trailer that was closest to the truck before Ahura could stop her. "Xue!" The Dinosaur rammed into the trailer with a force of aggression Ahura had never witnessed from any of her children, hearing her daughter give a deep, menacing growl that promised a larger amount of violence if this pestilence continued. Damn this metal thing for making their Mother unhappy. She gave a second shove into the trailer and made her way back over, curling back down and resting her jaw on Ahura thigh, trilling softly for attention. With a shaky hand, she ran a hand over Xue's head, hearing her practically purr with happiness.
"What about when they get older? Larger?" She remember the pause most of all, Wu's voice sounding so loud in her head. "Scarier?" She shook her head in an almost violent manner, drawing the attention of her children who had concerned eyes. She gently smiled, cooing at them gently and getting the noise in return. They all nuzzled her so lightly - just like feathers - and Ahura couldn't help but make her smile bigger, they all looked so sweet and pure as they lay on her, just wanting to make sure they were near and everyone was okay. Thanks to Xue small show, the ride was far smoother and Ahura was very willingly to forget it ever happened. It was only Xue being uncomfortable and frightened, she had the right to act out on it - it was simply instinct. "I can never really be afraid of you, can I?" A lot of the time, Ahura still saw them as the sweet babies who only just spilled out of her hands, the ankle high little children who just wanted to run and live their lives. "Just children... My children."
Arriving at the pathway, the doors to the trailer were opened, Ahura stepped down from it with her hand out behind her; the signal for the Dinosaurs to stay in the trailer until she gave the 'come here, it's safe' whistle. They had started learning this when the girls were around four months old, so they were very well trained. Ahura came into view of the team, not even attempting to hide her surprise at the small amount of people: Maybelle, Owen's work partner Barry, a security team of eight people with their odd stun guns and weaponry, Claire in her crisp white clothes and Owen himself... Sighing, Ahura let out a whistle in a certain pattern: long, long, short, quiet, loud, long. All three Dinosaurs came rushing out, Xue in front, but she stopped in front of the driver's door for the truck. Giving the truck a good shove and a growl for good measure, she continued on her way as another car pulled up. 'Late arrival, how unpunctual.' Ahura thought with a smile, heading over to the others. "Good morn, fellow humans." She waved as she approached Maybelle, Owen and Barry. Maybelle gave her a hug quickly, but turned her attention to the needy Dinosaurs who were clearly attention hogs.
"Mooorrrnnning." Owen drawled, drinking coffee from his flask. She stuck out her tongue at him, managing a small smile.
"Good morning Ahura, how are you this morning? Are you ribs absolutely fine now?" Barry was a sweetheart. Her ribs had been fine for weeks, but he was always concerned about her.
"They're fine, thank you. You are such a dear!" Ahura pinched his cheek. "How are you?" She questioned, stepping back a few paces when Barry became the sole attention giver to her children, rolling her eyes with a grin.
"Very good!" Her children pushed against with need, but stayed gentle, all of them trilling happily at all the attention Barry always gave them. They were always desperate for the love they always got from their little family. "They like me~" Barry hummed happily as a car door slammed behind Ahura. Barry was always swelling with pride around his Dinosaur family, he had and would always be the same with the Raptors and Ahura's precious children.
"Don't be silly Barry, they love you, not just like you. You're like their jolly Uncle they can sweet talk into anything. Don't even try to deny it!" He rolled his eyes at her, a smile on his face, as Reider retreated to his Mother's side, but made sure to give Owen a loving rub with his snout.
"Uncle Barry... I like it!" He cried and the Indominus girls called in happiness, loud and almost piercing. "We have so much to catch up on. Your mother was very rude - not telling me about your baby months, no she didn't."
"I didn't know you."
"No excuse." He gave her a faux frowned, making her laugh again as Reider suddenly gave a quiet, nervous noise, making the girls stop their need for attention. Their brother was frightened, and that put them on edge.
"Girls.. Stay calm." Ahura warned lightly, turning around to see a jolly looking, overweight man approaching them. Reider was moved by his sisters so he was in between them and behind Ahura, no one would lay a hand on him if they could help it. They didn't care if Mother was not like them - a whole different type - Reider was still the most vulnerable in their eyes. Mother was Alpha, she could hold her own and was very fierce in her own right, but Reider was shy and sweet, he couldn't defend himself against things he was frightened off, he just wasn't that way inclined, or had yet to reach it. The Indominus girls didn't know, but it didn't matter what the reason was: Reider was the youngest and the most vulnerable. That was all they needed to know.
"Morning all!" The man waved as he walked over, a smile on his face. Ahura noticed he was graying slightly in his hair, but he didn't honestly look that much older than her or Owen.
"Hey Vic." Owen had a monotone voice, making Ahura raise an eyebrow. She took a step back so she was a bit closer to her children. They were apprehensive, this man seemed to have no wariness of them and he had made Reider frightened, so they were becoming very unsettled. If they started to gear up to attack, she had to be able to whirl around and calm them down. "What're you doing here?"
"I'm the head of security division in InGen, it's part of the job description for me to make sure that the deadliest of the Dinosaurs aren't gonna hurt anybody."Vic eyed the Dinosaurs with childlike glee, slight hunger and what looked like odd need as he got closer. "They're bigger than you said the other month, Miss. Claire. They're incredible." It was clear he was referring to her girls, and Ahura's temper threatened to flare. He was staring at them like he needed them, and to hell was that going to happen.
"They've just finished their first year, it's where they were bound to grow the most. Over the past month, they have shot up by a very considerable amount." Claire answered in her cool, crisp voice, but Ahura couldn't help but think she look ridiculous in her high heels and staying right beside the security team. Claire wasn't lying though. In a month, Xue and Chiari had gone from being at the bottom of her ribs to being around a foot taller than her* and nearly two feet longer than her, while Reider was now exactly the same height at their Mother, his snout was directly where her petite nose was. So, Reider was 5 foot 7 inches, whilst his sister were around 6 foot 7 inches. Yay for Ahura... Apparently, according to Novine, Reider's growth was actually quite normal for his DNA mix, but no one really knew how big the girls would get, not even Wu. He knew an estimate (which she hadn't been told), but that all depended if everything worked out correctly.
"Incredible." Vic looked over Ahura quickly. "Can I?" Before she could even respond, he kept going. Ahura could practically feel the mischief appear in Xue's eyes. She heard the snap of her jaws and saw Vic quickly retreat with his eyes wide. He didn't seem to understand that they had minds of their own.
"I don't think that was very wise. They're anxious - you just gave them a reason to dig into you. I'm sure you don't want that. After all, they're Dinosaurs. Killing things is part of the job description." Ahura couldn't help but mock his words, leaning her head back when Xue rested her powerful jaw on Ahura's shoulder, silently asking if their Mother was upset with her behaviour. Ahura ran a hand under her child's dangerous jaw, cooing in comforting tone, and nuzzled her daughter. Xue hadn't hurt the man physically, just gave him a warning and hurt his pride. There wasn't a need to punish for that - she was only following basic instinct of protection. Still, Ahura kept her worry tucked away as she continued to comfort her child. Xue was the largest sibling (despite being younger than Chiari) and had become very protective, acting on it a lot more since her size increase. She was determined to keep her family safe - she had been that way inclined even more since Reider's tumour was removed - even if it meant killing people. The thought terrified Ahura, but she ignored it. Her children wouldn't hurt - much less kill - anyone, would they?
"Monsters." The memory of those people, talking like couldn't hear, filled her brain for a moment. "That's all they'll be. Monsters."
"Alright, let's get this show on the road." Owen clapped his hands once, gaining everyone's attention and snapping Ahura out of her thoughts. She walked to the mouth of the forest, looking around at the surrounding and the pathway that was laid out. Her children were always right behind her, she could feel their snouts pressed into her back lightly, but they were looking around as well. "Remember the rules: don't run off where I can't see you and behave nicely, okay?" She asked in her soft, motherly tone, getting excited chirps in reply. "Off you go." She threw her arms out in front of her, the Dinosaurs rushing off in front of her ad she laughed at their eagerness. Pulling the radio from her hip, she held down the button and a familiar voice soon came through.
"What now, Hammond?" Lowery's voice came through the radio and she laughed as they all walked, keeping an eye at the Dinosaurs. They hadn't run very far at all, wanting to explore absolutely everything them came across, every single tree if they had to. This was new territory, it had to be thoroughly examined.
"Lovely to hear your voice to, Cruthers." Ahura giggled slightly. "You remember what I need you to do?"
"When you give the signal, play the bird sounds. I got it." Lowery drawled and she raised an eyebrow.
"Why do I need to give the signal? You should be watching."
"Because you know their behaviour better than anyone. You'll know the millisecond they need the soothing sound of a babbling brook accompanied by tropical birds."
"True." She nodded. "See ya later, Cruthers."
"Hopefully not soon, Hammond."
"Up yours." She commented with a laugh, putting the radio back on her hip with a smile, shaking her head. "Cheeky little shit. He's almost as bad as you." She told Owen with an off-hand tone, making him dramatically gasp.
"How dare you accuse me of such things? I am lovely to you."
"Says Mr. Let's-Not-Go-See-Or-Speak-To-Ahura-For-Weeks. Dick movvveee." She wiggled her hands as Owen rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah Owen, why was that?" Barry commented, looking both happy and pissed off. "Have you even got the guts to-"
"Shut it." Owen made a 'shut up' motion with his hand, Barry closing his mouth with an impish grin. "Look, I'm sorry about that, but I'mma wuss."
"About what, Owen Douchebag Grady?"
"Oh come on!"
"Nihehehe!" Ahura giggled like a child, taking off in a run away from the annoyed Owen, hearing Barry laugh in return.
"So when do you plan on telling her, Grady?" Barry asked when they were well out of earshot of Ahura and pretty much everyone. They were bringing up the rear, giving them time. "I've told what I'm gonna do if you don't."
"Kick my ass, I know." Owen punched Barry in the arm, watching Ahura dance around with the large Dinosaur babies, laughing freely.
"I'll kick your ass tonight if you don't." Barry commented and Owen gave him an incredulous look. "You tell her today, in my presence so I know you didn't chicken out, or I kick your ass tonight. I will play 'Kiss the Girl', I don't care."
"You better not. I'll kill ya." Owen punched him again for good measure. "I'll do it, I just need time."
"You have until tonight, Owen. I have given you plenty of time, and tonight is your deadline." Barry gave a knowing smile. "As I'm not blind, I know she wants you as much as you want her, so what's the hold up?"
"You nagging me." Owen moved his feet faster, but Barry kept up.
"Owen, listen to me." His shoulder was grabbed and he was stopped. "I'm being dead serious here. She's a damn lovely women who may be your best damn shot at happiness, but she's also not to wait around forever. If you don't tell her, someone else is gonna step up and take your place. Do you want that? I don't think so." Barry was wearing the 'mother stare'. "It's today, or never again."
Owen didn't reply. He continuously grumbled under his breath and sped up his pace to rejoin the group. Barry laughed under his breath, shaking his head, and jogging after his friend. Barry knew Owen would tell Ahura today, but there was no way in Hell that Barry was going to miss it.
"Come on Chiari, I know you can move faster than that!" Ahura cried with a laugh as her daughter sped passed her, the ground shaking slightly under the young Dinosaur. Both of the Indominus were n hot pursuit of their brother, but somehow he was faster. He'd always been faster. So apparently, having a foot on the male didn't mean anything, because they were still slower and far less agile. Reider was ducking in and out of the forestry, trilling happily as he did so, and still managed to stay a good distance away from his sisters. However, Ahura spotted that Reider was beginning to falter from all the pressure on his body and she called him over so he could rest his muscles in peace.
"I think he might need some kind of vitamins, you know." Maybelle told the mother from her left. Ahura gave a nod in agreement, running her hand between the crests on her son's head as his sisters came over, puffing slightly themselves, but they crooned over their brother for doing so well. It didn't matter how strong he appeared, Reider was still suffering to an extent from all his problems in earlier life. Ahura wondered when those ailments would leave her son, if they ever did. All they could do was help him as much as they could.
"It would be a wise idea, but he hates tablets, you know that."
"I do indeed, but he doesn't seem to mind injections that much, and it would only be needles that were small, after all." Reider's looked at Maybelle with slight disgust at the mention of needles, but did nothing else. "If that isn't the favourable option, we can just give it to him in his water or something. We can use that sugary substance that we use for babies who need vitamins."
"Why didn't you suggest that when he was a baby?" Ahura questioned with an incredulous expression, Reider now gently walking around slowly with his sister, all of them needing their energy back.
"Because it wasn't around then."
"Fair enough, but talk to Novine about that. He needs all the help he can get." Pulling the radio from her belt, Ahura gave the signal to Lowery, the twittering of different birds filling the air as they approached the lake in the forest, which is were the babbling brook came in. Ahura wanted to see which child would focus on what. Confusion came over the three for a moment, all of them stopping, before they chose their paths. Chiari isolated a bird call she particularly liked, beginning to try and imitate it, Xue began to try and find the water, while Reider simply ignored both and continued to stroll around, not interested in the sounds. He heard them all before. Then, a movement in the bushes caught his attention, hiding his body behind a tree and getting down as low as he needed. "Reider?" Ahura questioned, but the Dinosaur didn't move, just kept his eyes locked on the movement. Ahura made that cooing sound that usually made him come running, but he didn't even twitch a muscle. "Reider?" Her voice got a little louder, seeing his shoulders roll and his muscles tense. "Don't-" He took off from behind the tree, his jaws snapping tight around a moving body. His head shook, hitting the body against a nearby tree before dropping it, examining what he had killed with a lowered head and burning eyes.
He let out a happy call, his sisters snapping out of their trance from whatever distance they were away, both of them running to the call. Reider trilled happily as they showered him with affection, running their jaws all over him, before looking expectantly at Ahura, wondering why she wasn't looking at what he'd done. Swallowing thickly, Ahura moved into the forestry until she reached the three very proud Dinosaurs, looking down to see a limp, bloody, large hare. Ahura didn't even know they had hares on this island. It had been in Reider's territory, so he worked off his absolute pure instinct to protect it from any threats, no matter how small. Even small things can be dangerous in large numbers. 'It's instinct, this is normal. It was his first kill all by himself, he's seeking my approval as Alpha.' Ahura reminded herself, so used to playing Mother instead of Alpha, but she smiled anyway, allowing her son to rest his snout against her chest while she ran her hands all over his head, cooing to him to let him know she was proud of what he'd done. He had done his job of protecting what was his, so he definitely deserved it.
Soon, with one last rub of affection, the sisters went off to their directions again, leaving Reider to walk with the hare in his mouth and Ahura to still give the affection he craved. He wanted it from her more than his sisters, wanting to make absolutely sure that the Alpha was 100% proud of what he'd done, and Ahura was happy to give him all the praise and reassurance he needed. Over the mastering bird tweets of Chiari, Xue's calls of success reached them. She had found the lake. Reider sped away, wanting to give his sister the praise she had given him, while Ahura tried her best to run after them with all the speed she could possibly manage. Her lungs began to burn by the time she arrived, knowing everyone else were trying to stay hot on her heels. "Urgh!" Rolling onto the floor when she arrived, Ahura laughed when Reider dropped his hare in surprise. The sisters waltzed over, looking down at their red cheeked mother in confusion, watching as she stuck out her tongue. "My legs are a lot shorter than yours. You all took off without even thinking off me. Rude!" She threw her arms up before rolling onto her stomach, screaming into the grass. "Oh bleh!" She cried, rolling over and spitting out the mud that got into her mouth. "That's nasty!"
The sound of Owen splitting his sides laughing reached her ears, making Ahura turn her head with a deep, comical frown on her face, only making Owen fall on the floor from laughing so hard. Barry had stifled his laughter, opting to help Ahura up and then run around with her daughters. She stormed over to the other Alpha, kicking him lightly in his aching side with a whine. "Don't be mean to me! You've already hurt my feeling enough, Owen." She crossed her arms as his face went blank, glaring slightly at her. After a few tense beats, everyone else watched as his tongue slowly escaped his mouth, his arm shooting out before Ahura could register the movement and she fell to the floor again. "Oh it is on!" She threw water at him, making his eyes widen as he rolled out of the way of most of the attack.
"Oh no the hell you didn't!" Water was kicked in her direction, making Ahura run away in fear for her clothes dryness. They ran at least three laps around the lake, the girls decided that was a great game and beginning to chase each other. Maybelle and Barry sat beside Reider as he calmly ate the bits of the hare he wanted, lazily watching the buzzing scene.
"Men, I don't believe you'll be needed here." Claire told the security team. "I will return with you and Mr. Hoskins, and you may resume your normal duties. They'll listen to their mother, but no one else."
"Miss. Claire, don't you think I should stay a little longer?" Vic asked, still watching the Indominus children as they tackled each other to the ground, play wrestling to up their skill. "This could get dangerous."
"They do this all the time." Ahura's tired voice reached them, looking at the now soaked woman. Then again, Owen didn't look much better. "They'll be fine, a few small cuts at the most, you aren't needed here. You've done your observations, now leave so my children can stop being tense." The woman fell to the floor in a faux faint, simply lying there on the floor.
"Miss. Hammond is correct, Mr. Hoskins, so follow me." The security team seemed edgy to leave the dangerous animals alone with vulnerable people, but escorted Vic and Claire away anyway, not turning their backs to the Dinosaurs until they were completely out of sight. Ahura rolled onto her stomach again, propping herself up on her forearms as Owen joined her on the floor, punching her in the arm slightly.
"Heyyyyy no!" She slapped that back of his head with the same gentleness, watching the two opposing scenes before her. They watched in silence for a while, until a certain Little Mermaid song reached their ears, causing Ahura to be confused and Owen to look very angry at the two friends lying on the Allosaurus with impish grins. Well, it seemed that Maybelle wasn't very opposed any more.
"Ask her, douche, or I'll help kick your ass!" Maybelle yelled, looking very smug as Ahura slowly turned to face the embarrassed and angry Owen Grady. The girls seemed to like this song, so they stopped fighting and watched the animations on the small screen.
"Ask me what, Owen?" Ahura had a suspicious tone and Owen cleared his throat, avoiding eye contact.
"Remember when I told you I liked that woman? Well, I still haven't asked her out yet, especially because now I'm sure she'll say no because my best friend is being a giant dick!" The last part of his sentence was yelled, causing Barry to throw his head back with laughter. "And, I've been avoiding her because - like I said earlier - I'm a real wuss, and I'm nervous and scared, but I have to do it. If I don't, I might lose her."
"What does this have to do with me?" Ahura bit back any tears that threatened to appear. What the hell was doing? Why was he dragging it on and playing with her like this? Why didn't he just ask the other woman and get it over with so she could move on herself?
"Because..." Owen cleared his throat again as Barry played the song again, Maybelle also playing it on her phone - both at full volume. Waiting impatiently. "I honestly don't have a clue how you haven't figured it out yet, because you are real smart-"
"STOP THE DRIVEL AND GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" Maybelle yelled from the sidelines, causing the Dinosaurs to jump, and cautiously return to what they were doing, keeping their eyes on Maybelle in momentary fright.
"STOP HARASSING ME, WOMAN!" Owen yelled back before rolling his shoulders, looking at the confused woman beside him. "The reason I've been avoiding you and going on and on about this woman is because... That woman is you."
ENDING IT HERE BECAUSE I'M AN A-LEVEL DOUCHE!
*Indominus Rex was AROUND 40 feet height in the film (not yet fully grown) and around 3-4 years old. So, they would have to grow at around 7-10 feet every year to reach that. The growth will obviously not be very evenly placed, because bodies are like that, but that's why. Yay Maths!
Reider has been estimated to grow to roughly the size of a T-Rex, and it would take him about 6-7 years to get to that length (approx), if he grows at a rate of 5.7 feet a year. Yay, more Maths!
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Guest: OMG ANOTHER CHAPTER. *happy dance (P.S hard to type when LITERALLY dancing)* YAS! OMG REIEDER YOU SCARED ME, but the sisters are so sweet to him :* awwww.
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