Own Nothing
Gray looked out the window of the Quinn Jet cock pit as they neared their destination with wide eyes. He saw a familiar island off in the distance. "Zach. Zach!" He called back to his brother. He looked over his shoulder and waved at him and a hurried fashion. Zach looked up from his phone with a frown and got up from his seat and walked past Agent Skye and Director Coulson and up to Gray. "Look." Gray pointed to the islands.
Zach followed his gaze and took a step back and glared at the agents. "Where are we going?"
"To our secret base." Agent Skye stated as she walked up to them, to look at the cock pit to see the two Islands. "I promise, it isn't what you think." She rested her hand on Zach's shoulder and smiled reassuringly at him. "No dinosaurs where we're going."
Zach glanced down at her hand and blushed before he looked up at her and nodded. "Okay."
Skye nodded back and then walked back to Coulson to talk to him.
"You're too young for her." Gray stated as he continued to stare at the Islands get closer.
"Shut up." Zach whispered back and ignored as the pilot snorted.
Half an hour later they landed on one of the Islands and the boys were surprised to see their Aunt Claire waiting for them. "Hey Zach, Gray." She ran up and hugged them.
"Aunt Claire." Gray hugged her tightly as Zach stared at her in confusion.
He turned back to Skye and Director Coulson as they talked to the pilot. "You said no dinosaurs."
"Zach." Claire spoke up and he turned back to her. "There are no dinosaurs here, I promise." She looked over to Skye and Coulson who nodded. "Maybe we should go inside, get you guys settled." They grabbed their bags and followed her inside. "I have access to the underground facility for right now but when they start getting more of you here, I probably won't. It could get dangerous and I really just run everything top level. But you guys are my nephews." She smiled down at them. "And I'm not making the same mistake again, I want to be able to be with you as much as I can."
"What's going on Aunt Claire?" Zach asked as they walked to the elevator. Claire swiped a card and they got on. She put her hand on the pad and then pushed in a code, the doors closed and down they went. "Where are we? Isn't that Jurassic World over there?"
Claire took a deep breath and smiled lightly at them. "Gray is what Agent Skye called an InHuman." She nodded to her younger nephew.
Gray nodded as he looked down. "It was from the vitamins." He mumbled. "And all the stress from the Jurassic World incident with puberty, caused me to change."
Claire froze, she felt a cold chill running through her, she felt guilty that part of the reason that Gray was here was her fault. "Gray."
He looked up at her and smiled. "I can talk to animals." He beamed.
Zach rolled his eyes. "He wants to become a vet, he still doesn't know if he can do it to dinosaurs though."
"Oh well. Then it's a good thing you're here then." She let out the breath she was holding as the elevator doors finally opened after the long ride down. "This way." She led them down the industrial looking hallway. "There is at least two kitchens here, three communal living spaces, and six community bathrooms, three for each sex, the training rooms, and the med wings. Plus a few extra things" She looked at them to see their amazement. "Tony Stark packed a lot underneath the Island."
"Tony Stark did all of this?" Gray asked her, his voice raised in surprised.
She nodded. "It originally was supposed to be a secret Avengers base, but S.H.I.E.L.D took over and revamped it. To train and protect the InHumans and S.H.I.E.L.D agents. We in turn will use them to help us with security on the Island." She stopped at a door. "This will be your room." She opened the door and they walked in to see two twin beds and two desk. There was two closets in the walls and recess lighting and lamps on the desks. "You can decorate how you want, it's your room. Just let Agent Skye know what you want, within reason." She smiled at them. "Or your Aunt Claire can get it for you."
"You still haven't explained where we are." Zach stated as he tossed his bag on his claimed bed. He looked at her. "We did see the Jurassic World Island right?"
Claire pursed her lips and nodded. "Why don't you guys get settled in and then we'll take a tour up top and I'll explain everything. I promise."
Zach and Gray looked at each other and sighed. "Okay."
"Good, half an hour, I'll meet you by the elevator." She gave them another smile and closed the door behind her.
"Does Aunt Claire seem I don't know, happier to you?" Zach asked his little brother.
"I don't know." Gray shrugged. "Maybe she's seeing someone after Owen." He turned and unzipped his bag and started to unpack.
Half hour later Clair led the boys to the top surface. "Who's that?" Gray pointed to a woman talking to Director Coulson and Skye.
The woman was holding a tablet and a cup of coffee and laughing at something Skye said. She waved goodbye and walked over to Claire and the boys. "So we ready to go?" Darcy smiled. "You must be Zach and Gray." She shuffled her stuff around and held out her hand. "I'm Dr. Darcy Malcolm-Lewis. I run both Jurassic World and Earth Revival."
Zach and Gray nodded as they stared up at her dumbfounded. "You're the Dr. Malcom-Lewis?" Gray asked her with a squeaky voice. "Is it true that you're planning on bringing back animals from the endangered species list?" He shook her hand with gusto.
She smirked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Well, they're no Indominus Rex. But more like a Cecil." She turned to Zach. "Wanna see?"
"You just want to show us your top secret project?" Zach asked her forgoing the handshake as he looked at her skeptical.
She took her hand back and stared at him as she sized him up. Claire stood next to her trying to make stern faces at her nephew. "It's a good question." She gave Claire a reassuring smile before she turned back to Zach. "Your brother here, he's a bit different now, he's got a gift. He won't be able to fit in out there in the world, not until he can understand and control it. Many InHumans won't ever be able to live off this Island. And you Zach, made the brave decision to not abandon your brother when he would be scared and alone in this. Granted he didn't know his Aunt would be at the end of the tunnel of the ride." She shrugged as she took a sip of her coffee. "But hey, now you guys live on a tropical Island and get the best education and free college education for whatever you want to be for however long you're here for. You can still talk to your Mom. You just can't tell her you're here. That's the catch."
"Why?" Gray asked her.
"It's for protection." Claire spoke up. "HYDRA could be looking for you, or others like you. We have to keep everyone safe."
Zach and Gray looked at each other and nodded in understanding. "So what will I do, while Grays' learning how to control his powers?" He asked Darcy.
"Ah." She cheered with lifting up her coffee cup. "I'm glad you asked, so we set up a work/training program for people. So everyone can learn a skill set. So if you want to learn to become a doctor, or a security personal, so a trainer for the animals."
"Or a vet?" Gray asked excited.
Claire nodded with a smile. "When you're older."
"You can be trained." Darcy gave Zach a look. "And when the InHumans have proven that they can control their powers and not lash out in anyway. They can apply to come over and work in Jurassic World."
"So we could go over there?" Zach asked as he stared over the water.
Claire inhaled sharply and Darcy felt her tensed next to her. "Yes. But you have to be over twenty-one, and Gray needs to be in control of his powers." She gave them each a look. "Only staff is there now, so things are different, very different."
"Like what?" Gray asked her.
"For starters." Darcy took a deep breath. "Not only do we have Blue, but we rescued three raptors from Dr. Wu's illegal dino smuggling ring and we're expecting three more to hatch. That's seven Raptors going to be on that island."
"And Owen's the only Alpha." Zach stated.
"I'm the female Alpha." Darcy replied and the boys looked startled. "Things are different. You ready for the tour now?"
"Yeah." Zach stared at her in amazement. "Lead the way."
Darcy nodded and smiled at Claire who rolled her eyes at her. "Let's go." She walked beside Claire as the boys followed behind them.
"Don't tell me you're in love with her too." Gray whispered.
"Shut up." Zach stated as they followed the women to the first building.
"So." Lowry looked up at she walked into the control room after she landed back on her home turf. "How'd it go with the boys?"
"I think I have a fan." She smiled at him as she walked past him to refill her coffee cup with fresh coffee. "If this is decaf I will go Batman on your ass." She muttered under her breath. "F.R.I.D.A.Y only order regular for the Island."
"On it Miss." The AI replied.
"Hey! No!" Lowry shouted to the ceiling. "F.R.I.D.A.Y I thought we were bros! We were going to introduce Darcy to some nice alternatives to coffee."
"Hmm-mm." Darcy looked amused as she sat down and sipped her coffee. "Like what."
"Like Albanian tea. It's strong and caffeinated without the effects coffee has. Or Black tea. Green tea can keep you awake. If you need the kick." He pointed to the ceiling. "We, we were working on a whole list of alternatives for your health since your sick week."
She arched a brow and nodded as she listened to him ramble on. "I see. And I thank you for that."
"You're not going to give up coffee are you?" He asked her.
She let out a small laugh and set her cup on the counter and touched his arm. "Lowry, thank you for caring, it's sweet and I love it. But there's a reason for the coffee."
"It's for the nightmares isn't it?" He asked her. "I know, it get it."
"You do?" She asked unsure.
"Yeah, I mean, I wasn't out there where Claire, Owen and the boys were, in the thick of it. I was in here but I stayed until the end and I saw through it all and sometimes I still have nightmares Darce." He sighed and looked down at her hand. He set his other one on tops of hers'. "You have to talk to someone, sometimes telling them what's bothering you, can make them go away."
"It's not that simple." She whispered. "I've been having them ever since the first alien attack with Thor, over four years of aliens, kidnappings, battles, and now almost dying with the Raptors. I can't appear weak."
"And what happens when you're front of the Raptors and you faint from exhaustion and Owen isn't there to save you?" He asked her. "We're going to have seven Raptors and Batman needs to be on top of her game if she wants to survive."
Darcy nodded and sighed as she sat back in her chair. "You're right."
"I know I am. I'm always right." Lowry smirked as he turned back to his computer. "Now take your cup of coffee and get out of here."
"Hey Sam." Darcy walked up to him as he walked out of the hotel. "I was looking for you."
"Here I am, what's up?" He smiled at her.
"I know it's an odd request and if you don't have anything major going on back home, do you mind staying on while the others go back. I kind of need your help with something." She blushed as she looked at him.
He looked at her worried. "What's wrong?"
She sighed and shifted in her place before she nodded her head and they started to walk out to the beach to get away from the door. "So I drink a lot of coffee."
"I noticed, it's kind of a legend around here, you know people could use that as a way to get to you." He stated.
She snorted. "That's a good point." She pinched the bridge of her nose. "But the reason why I do it is why I'm asking you to stay. I can't sleep, like maybe I can get in one REM cycle a night if I'm lucky and maybe a few cat naps during the day. But I have these nightmares and I can't shake them." She shuddered. "And I've been having them for years, so they're nothing new. But now with all my new children." She gave him a smile. "I have to be at my best game. I can't be in front of them and just faint from exhaustion, they'll eat me."
"So you're coming to me."
"Lowry suggested I talk to someone, I could talk to Owen. He knows this life and he knows that I worked with you guys. But he doesn't know that life and you've worked with people with…"
"PTSD." Sam stated. "The nightmares are a form of that. Have they kept you from doing anything else?"
Darcy thought back in silence. "I don't know. There's several times I could've hesitated with Blue, but that could've been common sense you know?" She shrugged. "I could say I was made for this job with my Dad and then working with your guys but I don't know."
"You could talk to your Mom about this. She is a Psychologist too."
"She's a profile for the FBI Sam. She's have me profiled sixteen different way to Sunday and then do Owen and tell me how wrong we are for each other."
"Are you?" He asked her.
She smiled up at him. "It wasn't a normal relationship and most of it was because of Blue. But it's him Sam. God it's him. I can't even explain it. It's like finding a piece of myself I didn't know was missing and maybe it our Raptor children that brings us together."
"But is that the only thing you have in common?" He asked her. "You two were thrown together on this Island and told to work together, Blue made you work even closer. But what do you two even have in common? Do you like the same foods? Does he have the same beliefs as you, like the same TV shows, same movies? Have you found out who gets more obnoxious when drunk you or him?"
"Please stay." She smiled up at him. "Talk me out of my nightmares and be my big brother that I never had."
Sam smiled back at her. "No problem baby girl." He wrapped an arm around her and hugged her close. "I'll stay for as long as it takes."
"Thank you." She breathed into his shirt. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually getting really tired of coffee."
Sam busted out laughing. "Then we'll get started today."
Darcy leaned against the railing on the cat walk and looked down at her Raptors and smiled at them. They seemed happy to follow Blue around as she led them through the bushes. "Hey." She smiled as she heard Owen walk up. "Do you think they might be ready for the big enclosure yet?"
"I'm still working on training them but probably by the end of the week." He nodded as he leaned against the rail next to her. "How did the meet and greet go with Zach and Gray go?"
She laughed which caught the attention of the Raptors. They all looked up and the new ones ran closer to chirp happily at their human mom. Darcy smiled down at them. "Hi guys. Are you being good for Dad today?" She asked as Blue walked up and chirped up at her. Blue chirped in a series of noises and made a running motion with her legs. "Blue you want to go running tomorrow morning?" Darcy asked her. Blue nodded and chirped. Darcy looked at Owen who nodded. "Okay. Dad will let you out. But the others stay here, they're not ready yet." Blue nodded and chirped to the others in a series of commands before taking off. "I have a date for tomorrow." She looked at Owen.
"How about a date for tonight?" He asked her as he leaned in closer.
Darcy paused as she looked at him. "You know." She played with his shirt pocket. "That sounds like a good idea. Mr. Grady. I'd like to get to know you better."
He leaned in closer. "I'll tell you anything you like to know."
They were only a breath away from kissing, Darcy could feel his breath tickling her face. "Good because if I'm breaking my coffee addiction for the man I'm going to marry, you better not turn out to be an asshole." She leaned in to kiss him. She was deepening the kiss when Owen pulled away.
"Wait." He looked at her. "You're going to stop drinking coffee."
"Are you kidding me Grady?" She glared at him. "We were kissing."
"We'll get back to it, I promise." He stated. "Coffee."
She rolled her eyes. "Sam is staying on the Island to help me with the nightmares and with that I would slowly stopped drinking so much coffee." She looked away from him.
"You're getting help." Owen repeated.
"Because of the kids." She nodded. "I don't want to be there with them and something happen and I get eaten or something stupid and you couldn't save me. So for my health and for the kids."
"And for the future of our marriage."
She glared at him. "Yes and that. I'm hoping to get over the nightmares."
"I love you." He whispered. "I really do."
She softened her gaze and smiled. "I love you too. Even though I don't know much about you. Not your favorite color or food, TV shows, movies or how annoying you could be drunk."
"You can find out." He promised. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for another kiss. "Let's go home."
"I think you should do drill tonight." Darcy stated as they walked down from the cat walk. "Get the other Raptors used the sound of your bike and it's been too long since you've done it."
"I think we're about to have sex." He whispered in her ear.
"Hmm. Then you go afterwards." She replied as she walked to her jeep. "You're HOS Owen, you have a job to do." She pointed a finger at him and smiled smugly.
"God you're bossy." He smirked at her.
"You like it." She winked at him. She got into her jeep and closed the door before driving to her home.