Own Nothing
Ian picked up his phone "Are you hungry?" Darcy asked.
"Is that how you want to start this conversation?" He asked her.
"I just got back." She stated and sighed. "That's a lie."
"I'd say, I saw your helicopter land an hour ago." He replied. "What took you so long?"
"I had a video conference with Tony and Pepper and now I'm starving. I placed an order with the cafeteria downstairs of the Hotel. Can you go pick it up? You can get you something too and we can eat together."
He looked at the clock on his nightstand. "Darcy it's nine at night."
"I didn't say that I had healthy eating habits Dad. I haven't eaten since noon and I'm about to commit an act of cannibalism." She moaned.
He snorted and rolled his eyes. "Be there in twenty minutes." He hung up his phone and grabbed his coat. He pocketed his room key and walked out the door. He took the elevator to the cafeteria and placed his order and waited for both of them. Ten minutes later he walked out to the front desk to ask about getting a jeep.
"You heading up to see Darcy?" Owen asked as he walked into the hotel.
Ian turned and glared at the younger man. "I'm sure I can manage."
Owen gave him a smirk. "I'm sure." He nodded his head to the door. "Come on. I'll take you. Last time you were loose on the Park a T-Rex got out."
Ian sighed and thanked the front desk clerk and followed Owen out to the Jeep and got in. "So why are you out so late?"
"Checking on Blue. We're going to run scent drills tonight. Darcy's been hounding me about it. When I called her to tell her, she told me that you were heading over." Owen stated as he drove them to the control center. "I rather not have you in Blue's way."
"You just let the Raptor loose on the Park?" Ian asked him.
"Blue can follows orders, she trusts me and Darcy and I respect her enough." Owen growled. "This is a trial run, I haven't done this since the Indominus but Darcy wants me to try to use this as a bonding exercise with Blue. It's a pack thing."
Ian stared out the front window, jaw clench as Owen pulled around front of the control building. "Thank you." He got out of the car.
"When you want to leave, call one of the security to give you a ride." Owen stated. "And Dr. Malcolm, my feelings for Darcy." He sighed and scratched his head. "We don't know what we are to each other."
Ian gave him a look that made Owen almost want to go up against the Indominus again, almost. "My daughters are the world to me. Kelly and Darcy. So if you hurt her, I will end you. Because now I'm friends with Tony Stark. I have back up."
"I'm pretty sure Blue will get to me first." Owen replied.
Ian walked into her office and set the food onto the table next to Darcy's couch. "You know this is the first time I've seen you since you graduated."
"Which time?" Darcy asked as she worked on some paperwork. She took a sip of her coffee. "We had a fight one of the times."
He nodded as he sat down on the couch. "The couch is comfy." He frowned. "How often do you sleep in your office?"
"Not as often as you think." She replied as she signed off on the paper and set it aside. She rolled her neck around and stood up to sit down on the floor at the table. "I have a place." She opened her to-go box and took in the smell of her juicy burger with avocado. "E.R Island is doing great. Dr. Smith has his lab set up already and is getting his scientists and lab techs over there in the next few weeks." She took a bite and chewed for a few minutes. "Martinez needs more security over there. And I don't who I can get that can be trusted." She sighed and took a bite of her sweet potato fries.
"Aren't you connected with that S.H.I.E.L.D?" He asked her as he ate his chicken salad sandwich.
Darcy stared at her Dad and arched a brow. "Yeah." She leaned back and looked up into space thoughtful. She took another bite of her burger. "So what is this I hear of you harassing Owen?"
"I never got to pick on your boyfriends, Kelly brought hers home." Ian stated.
"I lived with mom." She smirked as she took a sip of her coffee. "But her and Frank never met most of them either." She finished her burger and picked at her fries. She blinked and stared at her Dad. "Did you just say boyfriend?"
Ian snorted and finished his sandwich. He shook his head and sat back on the couch. "I don't know what you two are playing at."
Darcy stared up at her Dad with a frown. "What are you talking about?"
Darcy woke up early the next morning for her run with Blue when she opened her office door to see a young woman standing there. "Hello." Darcy blinked.
"Are you normally in your office this early?" The woman asked her, her face plain but pretty, strong jaw and eyes light and filled with laughter. She reminded Darcy of Tyler.
"I slept here last night, paperwork. I'm going for a jog, then going home to change." Darcy replied as she stared at the woman. "Can I help you?"
"Oh." The woman blinked and stepped back and held out her hand. "I'm Taylor, Taylor McSmith, Tyler's twin. I'm your new assistant."
"My what?" Darcy blinked a few times. "Okay… come back here in a few hours. It's a bit early for all of this."
Taylor smiled lightly and nodded. "Of course, I have to get settle in first. Wake up Ty from his beauty sleep make him go on the tour with me." She laughed. "I'll be back later." She waved at Darcy and turned to leave. "Enjoy your run!"
Darcy smiled at the young woman before she closed her office door. She made her way downstairs to outside and did a quick stretch. She smiled at some of the security guards as they walked around, they were used to seeing Darcy this early. She walked outside to see Owen leaning against his motorcycle with Blue. "Hey there Veleco-Vader."
Owen snorted. "That's a new one."
Darcy wiggled her eyebrows at him as she stepped up to Blue and smiled brightly at the Raptor. "Did you have fun last night?" She asked Blue.
Blue chirped and stamped her feet. Darcy smiled and looked over at Owen. "Yeah, we had fun. It turned out great." Owen smiled at Darcy. "I'm going to catch a few hours of sleep before my shift starts."
"See you in a few hours." Darcy turned back to Blue and nodded. "You ready girl?" She watched as Blue chirped and nudged Owen before she took off running. Darcy waved goodbye and took off after the Raptor.
It was after eight-thirty when Darcy returned to her office, she had went home to change and shower and was back to start her day. She looked up from her tablet to see Tyler standing at her door with a cup of coffee and a small token of breakfast for her. He looked up and brightly smiled at her. "I'm sorry about my sister."
"I don't remember requesting an assistant Tyler." Darcy stated as she opened her office door and he followed her. "Tell me about her. I read her file. She was let go from her other job, she punched her boss."
He stiffened as he set her coffee and food down on her desk. "My sister, she's different." Tyler stared at Darcy dead on.
Darcy took the coffee and stared back at the younger man. "And you thought she would fit in here? With all the dinosaurs and creatures we are bringing back from the dead and almost dead?" She asked him. "The people who are intelligent but don't work well with others?"
He took a deep breath and looked out the window for a moment before looking back at her. "She was always different and she hid it for a long time and she wasn't happy about it. She was her true self with me and a few others. But when the marriage equality law was official, she tried to be herself and that's when the harassment's started." Tyler wiped his eyes. "She doesn't talk about it much. But I know that she loved her job as an office manager for her firm. But her boss was horrible."
Darcy sipped her coffee and stared at the younger man with interest. "What are you not telling me? Because this is more than her being gay. So what are you worried about?"
"She also goes by Tanner." He breathed.
"Non-binary." Darcy whispered.
Tyler nodded. "It's a bit more than that. She can change her sex. She's." He paused and took a deep breath. "Gifted. She can change other things about herself too, but she stick mostly to Taylor or Tanner."
Darcy nodded. She opened Taylor's file and looked at it again. "Does she prefer Taylor, or does he prefer Tanner?" She looked up at Tyler. "Do I need two contracts for them to sign?"
He let out a breath and smiled at her. "Thank you. Darcy thank you."
She rolled her eyes playfully. "Have her talk to the lawyers in a few hours after I finished with her stuff."
Around noon Taylor knocked softly on Darcy's door and Darcy looked up. "Come in Taylor." The younger girl opened the door and stepped quietly inside and bit her lip. "Did you sign all the paperwork?" Darcy asked her as she looked back down at her file that she was reading before.
"I'm so sorry, Ty told me that he didn't tell you, I assumed you knew." Taylor rushed out.
Darcy sighed and looked up at the younger girl and pushed up from her desk. "Come with me." She led her out of her office and down a floor. "No one is really allowed up to my office without some sort of permission, but I don't have someone to monitor that except for F.R.I.D.A.Y and as long as you're an employee and not HYDRA, she doesn't perceive you as a threat." Darcy pushed open the glass doors to an open floor plan. "This is your floor. You can do whatever you want to it." She walked over to the desk next the wall and unplugged a tablet and handed it to Taylor. "This is your tablet, keep it with you at all times. There is an app that'll allow us to send notes to each other, like chat in a way. You can see my calendar and everything. Questions?"
Taylor stared at the tablet and then the room wide eyed. "Who's F.R.I.D.A.Y?"
"I am Miss McSmith." The AI spoke through the ceiling. "I am Mr. Stark's artificial Intelligence and I am throughout all of his buildings and both Islands."
"Okay." Taylor whispered. "Why do I have the whole floor to myself, why not on the same with you?" She looked up at Darcy. "You have that open space up there."
Darcy nodded. "I want to convert that to conference rooms and meeting rooms. This whole building is being redone in most ways." She shrugged. "You are not going to be my assistant, well for now you are. But until I find someone else you have two jobs." She gave Taylor a look.
"But I thought." Taylor started. "What am I?"
"Operations Managers, for the Park. It's a lot for me to handle and so I need someone, you, to wave through all of the paperwork that I actually need to see. Hire those you see fit to help you. Separate them into quadrates. From Finances, Admin, Science, Medical for humans, Medical for the animals and HR." Darcy stepped further into the empty space. "However you want to do it. And I'll get the reports for everything weekly. New developments come to me." She smiled at Taylor. "F.R.I.D.A.Y can file it however you want it and we'll need a hard copy too."
"You're letting me set up everything?" Taylor asked her, her eyes blown wide as she stared up at Darcy. "Hire those I want?"
"They have to be vetted first and sign a lot of paperwork, I don't care if they're gifted." Darcy watched as Taylor stiffened. "These two islands are sanctuaries, for everyone who needs it." As the words came out an idea came to Darcy. "I'll leave you to it." She smiled at Taylor. "Just let F.R.I.D.A.Y know what you need." She gave Taylor a pat on the shoulder and walked back to her office.
She looked up at her door to see Owen standing there waiting for her with a cup of coffee. "Hey." She smiled at him. "Sleep well?" She opened the door to let them both in as she walked over to her desk.
"Yeah, hey about tonight?" He asked her.
"Can you give me five minutes, I have a train of thought." Darcy pleaded as she picked up the phone and dialed. "Maria Hill please." She waited. "Hey, I was wondering, if there was any chance that you knew who the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D was?" She paused and smiled. "Can you pass on a message that I have a proposal for them if they could please contact Dr. Darcy Lewis-Malcolm on Jurassic World? That would be great. Thanks." She hung up the phone and smiled up at Owen. "I think it just did something either really brilliant or really stupid."
"Would you like to tell me about it over dinner?" He asked her.
She blinked as she stared up at him. "Dinner?" She asked him.
"I promise that there will be plenty of tequila." He smirked at her.
"My Dad is still here." She stated.
"I know." He replied. "I'm not asking his permission to date you."
She leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. "Are asking for my permission?"
His eyes darkened as he stepped forward and leaned down to whisper in her ear, his breath hot on her neck. "From one Alpha to another. I'm telling you that I want to take you to dinner."
Her breath hitched. "F.R.I.D.A.Y. walls and doors please." The walls frosted over and the door locked. She could hear Owen chuckle in her ear. "Is that all you want? Mr. Grady?" She used his title and she could see him shiver and she remember his remark about woman in power. "Just dinner and some drinks?" She asked innocently. She turned and caught his dark blue eyes with her own. She ran her hands up his forearms and she listened to him growl. "It's a shame that I already have dinner plans with my Dad tonight."
"Dammit woman."
Darcy stared up at him before pulled her hands away, Owen reached out and grabbed them and pulled them to touch his shoulders. She blinked and startled for a moment before speaking. "You could join us. A friendly dinner, just the three of us."
"Believe me, there's nothing friendly about your family." He replied roughly as Darcy started to rake her hands up and down his shoulders.
She laughed. "And you haven't even met my Mother yet."
"God, I hope I don't." He leaned forward and crashed his lips to hers'. "God you drive my insane." He stated in between kisses.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He wrapped his arms around her waist and hoisted her up, he walked around to her couch and settled them on it gently. He laid her down on her back and his hands began to roam. "This is not what I had this couch in mind for." She stated as he moved down to her neck.
"I think it's perfect." He stated and she snorted.
"Miss Darcy, Mr. Owen, I am sorry to interrupt." F.R.I.D.A.Y spoke softly.
Owen groaned into the crook of Darcy's neck as he nipped it softly. She giggled as she played with his hair. "Yes?" She looked up at the ceiling.
"Dr. McSmith wanted me to inform you that he was successful in the creating and implanting the Raptor eggs. He has three of them in incubation as we speak."
Owen look at Darcy and frowned. "That was fast." Owen moved off of Darcy and helped her to sit up. "When did he put them in?" He asked the AI.
It was a few minutes later and still no reply, Darcy and Owen both frown before they stood up and made themselves presentable. Darcy unlocked her door and they quickly made their way to the lab where Tyler was monitoring the eggs. "Tyler." Darcy stated as she and Owen walked into the lab. "You did it." She smiled at him.
Tyler sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Yeah." He gave them a small smile. "I didn't want to tell you guys until I was sure that they were going to be stable. I lost one already." He looked down at his tablet. "It's been three weeks."
"Three weeks and you didn't say anything?" Owen stated as he stared down at the younger man.
"I'm not even sure the three that are left will make it Mr. Grady." Tyler state. "Dr. Wu took everything, we had to build from Echo's DNA. That helped a lot but I can't promise you that these Raptor eggs will be the ones. So I don't want to get your hopes up." He looked between the seething Owen and the sympathetic Darcy. "I know how much Blue means to both of you. I want to give you healthy sisters to give to her."
Owen felt the anger dissipate from him. "Thank you." He nodded at the incubator. "So three eggs?"
Tyler nodded. "We're watching them day and night to make sure nothing happens to them, that they remain healthy." He turned and smiled at Darcy. "Thank you for helping Taylor again."
"Thank me after I see that she does a good job." Darcy winked at him. She looked at her tablet. "I have a meeting with Martinez about E.R, Owen you coming or do you want to stay with your girls?" She smirked at him.
"No, I'll come." He gave one last look at the incubator and followed her out of the lab. "We're closer to a real pack now." He whispered to her.
She smiled at him and nudged him with her arm. "Don't count your eggs before they hatch Owen." She whispered. "Let's get lunch before I have to talk to Martinez."