Own Nothing
Darcy scooted across the floor in her socks as she sang along to the Christmas music in the cottage as her two Raptor children chased after her. She laughed as Harley, the youngest fell on her tail and chirped up at her in mock pain. "Oh baby." Darcy looked down at her, hands on her hips. "That isn't how you dance." She smiled down at the Raptor.
"I like how you dance." Owen stated as he leaned against the wall as he watched her.
Darcy looked up and smiled at him. "Of course you do." She slid over to him, the two Raptors followed her nipping at their heels as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "It's Christmas."
"Already." He moaned. "But it was that last year." He wiggled his toes at the Raptor twins. "You still planning on going to your Dad's?"
"Hmmm…." She nuzzled into his neck. "..Yes…"
"You're hesitating again." Owen pulled away to look at her with a serious look. "You promised him that you will be there for Christmas."
"But that was before the twins and it's not we can leave them. And I don't think they'll be welcome in the Malcolm household." She scrunched her face.
He sighed as he picked her up and walked them over to the counter and sat her on it. "Listen woman." He stared her in the eyes. "You are going to you Dad's for Christmas. I will stay here with the girls. We will miss each other sure. But, you promised you will go way before you met me."
She sighed and leaned her head against the door to the cabinet as she stared at him. "Fine but I will be back in time for New Years. Because I want my New Year's kiss."
He smirked. "We can do that." He kissed her. "No go pack."
Darcy walked into the control room with the twin following her with their little Raptor chirps and calls. Lowery looked up and over before shrugging, Harley and Ivy were becoming a regular sight in the office lately. "How's my girls?" He asked as Darcy sat down next to him. He leaned down at fed them each a piece of dried meat that he kept in a container for them special.
"You're spoiling them." Darcy muttered. "You and T-n-T. They're going to be the most trustworthy of the pack I swear." Darcy rolled her eyes.
"Nah, they know who their Alphas are." Lowery stated. "When are you taken them down to see their sisters?" He eyed the girls once more as they chewed their meats before looking back at his computer.
"They're not big enough yet. Owen wants to wait until their at least a few weeks old." Darcy yawned, covering it with her mouth. "It's another late night again tonight."
"Trying to get all the paper work in before you leave?" He asked her.
She nodded. "I'm going to miss my girls." She looked down at her hand, still in its cast from when she broke it. "It's only for a week but I worry that it'll be too long for them. So I'm spending as much time as I can. Owen's will start training them in more commands when I'm gone and soon they'll have to learn the basic hunting skills the others learned." She looked down over at her girls. "You know when I first came here to run this Island, this is not what I imagine what I would be doing."
Lowery snorted. "Mother of Raptors does have a nice ring to it doesn't it?"
"Khaalsi, Mother of Raptors." Darcy laughed. "Can I get that on my business card, right under Batman?"
Lowery smiled at her as he looked through the camera feeds to check up on the dinosaurs. "So I heard S.H.I.E.L.D is back on their Island with some new recruits for their project."
Darcy nodded. "Agent Skye called and told me that they landed, but asked me to wait until after Christmas to come over. She wanted to get them settle first, they found a few of them and said that most of them wanted to help out on the Island once they come to terms with their powers. So that's good. And Dr. Smith said that we should have a new Gorilla baby by March if all goes wells and a few Lion cubs even sooner."
"So ER is a success so far." Lowery stated softly before alerting ACU that two Edmontosauruses shorted out their tracking units by butting heads.
Darcy snorted as she watched the screen. "Maybe we should look into different types of tracking units, see if we can find ones that won't short out so easily? I can ask Tony." She typed on her Tablet and pulled him up and hit dialed. She figured she would get F.R.I.D.A.Y in his voicemail over there but was pleasantly surprised he actually picked up.
"What is it my dear?" Tony answered. "Have you packed for you Dad's yet?" He wiggled his eye brows at her.
She scrunched her eyebrows at him. "God, what is with you and Owen? It's like you guys don't think I'll actually go."
He smirked over the screen. "Lover boy doesn't think so too? That's grand."
She sighed. "Tony, that isn't why I called. Is there a way we can make a tracking unit for the dinos." The Raptors twins chirped at her feet wanting to be held. Darcy looked down midsentence. "You want up?" She asked them before scooping one up before the other so they could see the screen. "Anyway." She continued as they chirped and scrawled at the screen. "The dinos, can we mix up the tracking unit so it doesn't short out each time they fight or rough house?"
He stared down at the Raptors in Darcy lap and tried to keep a straight face as Darcy just held them like they were children. "So I take it they hatched?"
She smiled with a light blushed and looked down at the twins. "Harley." She pointed to one and then the other. "Ivy." Ivy had light patching that looked like leaves on her back. "The third did not make it, her egg though is in my office, I kept it to remind me of what we tried to do." She looked back at Tony. "Owen's going to take care of the girls while I'm gone at Dad's and I'm going to miss them."
"You know what you show do?" Tony stated. "A Christmas card. To welcome the new Raptors."
"Tony." Darcy stared up at him in shock as Lowery laughed out right.
"No hear me out. The world doesn't know about the three Raptors that you rescued from Wu. So with Blue, take a picture with Owen and the twins and say Merry Christmas from Jurassic World. And watch the world flip shit." Tony now had a wild look in his eye.
"And While I'm at it, why don't I just make a calendar to show our growth." Darcy rolled her eyes. She stopped when she saw Tony smile with glee. "Tony no. Tony. Tony…Tony I'm calling Pepper."
"I'm already on it!" He shouted. "A Jurassic Year! 2016 Calendar. I love it! This is great!" He signed off.
"I can't believe this." Darcy whispered as she looked down at the twins.
"You walked right into that one." Lowery replied as he pulled off his glassed to wipe the tears from his eyes. "You tripped and fall on your face into it."
"I hate you." She groaned.
"What is this about us doing a calendar?" Owen asked her as he walked into her office to take over twin duty.
"Damn it Tony." She groaned. "How far has it spread?"
"The Whole Island is talking about it." He told her. He looked over to see the snoozing Raptors on her couch. "What month are we?"
She blinked as she stared up at him. "So you want to do this? You don't think its one of Tony's stupid ideas?"
"What you're doing, helping these animals, giving them hope, life and learning from them in an environment that doesn't hurt us or them. That is amazing and so if a calendar that shows the world what we're doing behind the scenes, shows us. Then it isn't stupid."
She tapped her pen on her desk as she thought about what he said. "Tony also said we show do a Christmas card of Blue and the Raptor Twins, because the world doesn't know about Arrow, Canary, and Robin."
"If we're doing a card, it's everyone. Or it'll be someone else's dinosaur." He stated as he turned to stare at her. "We're a family, a Pack. We're not excluding them because we rescued them."
She smiled as she felt her eyes watered up. "I have told you that I loved you lately?"
He smiled back at her as he walked over and leaned down and kissed her. "Not today you haven't."
"I love you."
"Love you." He kissed her again. Ivy chirped loudly at them. He sighed and looked over at them. "Nap time is over. It's time for me to feed them. See you later Mother of Raptor."
She rolled her eyes. "Remember I'm leaving tomorrow."
"So you have to pack tonight." He told her.
She sighed. "I will."
"Sure you will." He winked at her as he picked up the twins and carried them out.
"But I don't want to get up." Darcy groaned as Owen shook her awake after he came in from his night patrol with the girls.
"You're going to miss the ferry to the main land if you don't." He told her. He looked over to see the twins sleepy on his side of the bed. They always take over the emptiest spot, they're spoiled like that. He smirked down at Darcy again and leaned down at blew a raspberry in her neck.
"Oh my god Owen." She groaned as she rolled over and glared at him. "That was the least attractive thing you've ever done."
"I really doubt that." He lifted her up and carried her bridal style to the bathroom and placed her down and turned on the shower. "Get in. I'm throwing random shit in your bag because you didn't pack at all."
"But what if I don't like it." She complained as she got undressed.
"You're only going to be gone a week." He shot back as he left the bathroom to grab her bag. He set the bag on the bed, and gave the Raptor Twins an apology, before going to grab some clothes for Darcy. He grabbed two pairs of jeans, pair of shorts, because of Texas weather. Five shirts, two sweaters, jacket. The socks and underwear she would need. And an extra pair of shoes. "All you need is your brush and hygiene stuff." He told he through the door.
"Thank you." She shouted as she turned off the shower. She quickly dried off and came out of the bathroom and quickly changed. She opened the bag to look through and approved of his choices. "Okay." She smiled up at him, kissing his cheek. "I guess I'll keep you."
"How the hell do you keep this Island running?" He asked her.
"Its not that I don't want to go." She stated as she brushed her teeth and then packed it. "It's just that I don't want to leave." She brushed her hair and pulled it into a bun before packing her brush. She grabbed her phone and charger and put that into the bag to. "I'm leaving my tablet." She told him. "But you can reach my on my phone just as well and if anything happens let me know right away. T-n-T said they were staying here and they can run the place without me for a week and Lowery is staying. And you're here." She listed off.
"Darcy." He grabbed her by the shoulders. "We'll be okay. I've got the girls. Lowery is your eyes and Taylor and Tanner are both here." He pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "Now, grab something to eat from the kitchen real quick. I'll grab the twins and your bag and I'll be in the jeep." He pulled away and grabbed her bag and scooped up the sleeping Raptors and headed out. She sighed and walked into the kitchen and grabbed a banana and a protein bar and headed out before locking the door.
"So this is what you look like land locked." Ian smirked as he drove her from the airport.
"Dad, that isn't funny." Darcy sighed.
"I know sweetheart. I'm just glad to have you home for Christmas." Ian grabbed her hand. "So how is my future son in law?"
"He's good, he's home with the girls." Darcy smiled sadly as she looked down at her ring.
"Girls?" Ian asked her, he glanced at her carefully as he drove through the traffic.
"Yeah, we now have, gosh." Darcy blew out her cheeks. "Wow, six Raptors total. We have Blue, and now Arrow, Canary, Robin and the now the twins who just hatched a few weeks ago. Harley and Ivy. We were planning seven but one of the eggs didn't hatch. And the three we rescued from Wu's illegal operation, remember?"
"Yes, I remember. I just didn't think you had that many." He stated through gritted teeth. "Is there anything else I should know?"
"I think we might be doing a 2016 Calendar, I don't know the details yet. Tony wanted Owen and me to do a Christmas card to greet the world with the twins but I think it's too late for that." She shrugged. "So how's Sarah? Hey, do you think Sarah would want to take the pictures for us? For the calendar?"
"Darcy?" Ian grounded out through clenched teeth, his hand on the steering wheel tightly clenched. "That isn't funny."
"I'm not trying to be Dad." Darcy stated as she watched him. "It's a very serious question."
"I'm sorry that I didn't stop your Mother from coming to the Island." He sighed in defeat. "Could you at least wait to bring up going to the Island to after the presents?"
She smiled softly at her Dad. "Deal." She looked forward. "You." She smocked her lips as she sat comfortably in her seat. "I wasn't even mad at you. Mom's a bitch either way."
"I know." He stated. "I know. I married the woman didn't I?"
