Raptor and I (Rewritten) – Chapter 7

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AN: Thank you for all the reviews. Sorry for the long wait, I was busy with job applications,interviews, attachments and such. Also with going out… Sorry…

Sorin's Pov

"She seems to be fine, though a little pale that's all." Mother said diagnosed after examining my mate who collapsed in my nest.

"Maybe she fainted due to hunger. I do not remember ever seeing her eat." I suggested.

"That could be the reason." Mother agreed with me.

" I will leave her in your care while I go with some other to hunt." I said, getting to leave the nesting site with a pre-arranged hunting group. I wanted to quickly get food for both my pack and my mate, I am very sure everyone was starving. Along the way to look for suitable prey, I could not help but wonder when was the last time my mate ate?

"Those duck bills look yummy little bro. Can we get that?" Lucus asked, coming up to my side. I looked over the herd of duckbills in front of us from behind the dense vegetation that hid us from sight.

"Sure. We will go after that one at the back with an injured leg." I informed the rest of the hunting pack and signaled them to their respective hunting positions that we had used with the four-legged prey that the humans used to give us in captivity.

With a simple high-pitch, bird-like chirp, I signaled the start of the hunt and everyone moved with precision and experience. It only took us a short while and the targeted duckbill was brought done. The hunting pack and I ate our fill of the meal and headed back to the nests before our kill attracted any other large predators.

Rae's Pov

"Oh…. My head…" I groaned as I slowly got up from the pile of leaves underneath me. My legs felt weak, making me slip but before I could land on my butt, someone with claws caught me resulting in me screaming and pulling away from the support.

I landed hard on my tailbone, pain shot up my spine and tears rolled down my face. When the pain faded away, I looked up and saw that I was the centre of attention for the raptor pack. The raptor that had tried to help me cooed and offered me her hand. Cautiously, I took her hand and pulled myself.

The raptor gave a satisfied snort when she saw that I would not fall down again and walked off, leaving me alone to explore my surroundings. The first thing I noticed were the chicks that playing around. I was still quite shocked that the raptors were not all female and that they even managed to have chicks.

I was very curious of the chicks after all my job scope so far had nothing to do with chicks so I steppe out of the nest that I was in and went to sit near the chicks, keeping and eye out for any aggressive movements from the mothers that were in the area.

"Hey there little fellas. Come here." I cooed gently, patting the soft ground in front of me. The chicks chirped among themselves, shuffling nervously with none coming closer.

"It's okay. I won't hurt you all." I tried again, hoping that like Big One, they could understand what I was saying. After a few tense minutes, it seemed that none of the chicks were going to approach me when one of the bigger chicks stepped towards me, chirping and looking up at me.

"That's right little fella." I cheered, wriggling my fingers on the ground, tempting the chick to come a little closer so that I pat it. The chick was obviously interested in my fingers; it scampered forward and pounced on them. I laughed while reaching out my other hand to pat the chick.

I had always imagined that touching these old ancient reptiles and their skin would be cold but they are really warm and well scaly. The chick that I was petting seemed to enjoying it as it started to purr making all the other chicks run over to us and they climbed all over me.

As I played with the chicks, I wondered how on earth had they managed to become males, after all Hammond had said that all his dinos were genetically engineered to be female. If that was not the case, how do I tell which raptor was male or female. Does this apply only to the raptors or do all the dinos on this island also have both genders?

Tasha's Pov

I did not mean to scare my little brother's mate but I also did not want her to fall just after waking from her fainting spell. In the end, she did fall on her bottom so I offered her my arm to help her up. Once I was satisfied that she was able to stand by herself, I went to spend some time with mother.

"My new daughter seems to be very interested in the chicks." Mother commented suddenly during our conversation, causing me to turn and look at my new sister who was trying to approach the chicks. Unknown to her, she was currently the centre of attention of the pack, everyone was curious to see how our new alpha female is with chicks.

We all watched as she tried to call the chicks over but they were all scared and nervous of their new alpha female. She attempted a few more times to try to lure them over but none of them went over. Suddenly, I saw my eldest chick, Ruval, take a step forward than launching himself at her wringing, clawless fingers, making me chuckle. Ruval was the eldest chick and was always trying to be the big brother to all the other chicks.

Once the other chicks saw that there was nothing to be scared off, they all went running to join the fun. Soon, my sister was swarmed with them as they play wrestled.

"Aw… she's wonderful with the chicks." Mother cooed, watching the heart-warming scence.

"Yes, she is. I agreed.

Rae's Pov

The chicks were all play wrestling with one another or me, I did not really mind their little sharp teeth, the wolf cubs back at the sanctuary also played like this with me. I do not think we had played for a long time when a distinctive raptor call was heard and all the chicks clambered off me and ran back to their parents or parent. I sat up from the ground and looked around me wondering what was going on.

Suddenly, there was rustling in the vegetation around us before raptor after raptor emerged. I watched on as they went back to their families and stood before their hungry chicks with their jaws slack and throat moving. I recognized that position the same as birds that used as they regurgitated food for their mate or young.

I was busy watching everyone else as they ate and was too late to notice that Big One had came up beside me. I turned to look at her/him; I had to figure out who was what gender as soon as possible.

"NO! NO!..Stop! No! Oh crud." I shouted, when she/he offered me dinner, after that she/he sat down next to me and tilted its head towards the meal with a look that said 'dig in'. I was actually kind of confused, why did Big One offer me food? I was neither mate or chick, I was just a plain old human.

I looked around at the rest of the pack and saw that the parents were all sitting down beside their chicks as they ate, so putting myself in their place, it means that Big One thinks of me as a chick? Wow, I was really not expecting this but I guess beggars can't be choosy.

Unfortunately, as touched as I was, there was no way going to eat his regurgitated dinner, I mean who knows what kind of germs and bacteria is in there. It being on the ground was not helping it at all. Whatever little appetite, I had just killed itself. Now what was I going to do with this 'meal'?

Big One must have noticed that I was not touching the meal and nudged my thigh, pulling me out of my thoughts. I glanced at her/him, argh! I can't take it anymore, guy or girl, I am starting to confuse myself with all the he/she, she/he thinking.

"Say… Big One, you understand what I'm saying right? I asked, looking at Big One. She/he nodded in reply.

"Is that a yes?" I questioned and received another nod in return.

"Wow… as creepy as it is that you can understand me, it is also pretty cool." I muttered to myself. Big One just stared at me.

"Okay… Here it goes… Are you a girl?" I enquired. Big One shook its head violent in denial.

"So you are a boy? The alpha male?" I asked and he nodded vigorously. Well, that's one thing settled, now how was I going to tell the gender difference between the raptors? Unless… I just go about and asking them one by one, it would be tiring but I do not see any other choice.

Big One nipped at my thigh and jerked his head towards the forgotten meal. Sigh, what am I to do with that. I looked around, trying to see something, anything to get me out from eating the food. By this time, the chicks and rest of the adults have been fed and were all lazing around at their own nests however, I saw that the smallest chick was by himself at one corner.

I had seen this before with an abandoned or orphaned cub back at the sanctuary, by the looks of its situation, I strongly believe that it was orphaned. Since, it is an orphan, it could not have gotten a lot of food and would most likely still be hungry. I stood up and was prepared to walk over to the chick when a clawed hand grabbed my leg, stopping me in my tracks.

"Its okay Big One, I'm not going anywhere, I just want to go over there." I assured him, pointing at the lone chick. Big One hesitated for a while before letting go of my leg.

I realized that I was the centre of attention as I walked across the nesting area and went over to the orphan chick that looked up at me with surprise.

"I'm not going to hurt you little fella." I said, while bending down to pick it up. The chick struggled in my arms and called out for help but no one moved. I went back to where Big One was and placed the chick in front of the food. Big One growled and eyed the chick, causing it to struggle even more but I held it there.

"It's okay kiddo, eat up. You did not get to eat a lot just now didn't you. You must still be hungry." I cooed to the chick that was squirming, trying to get out of my grip as the growling from Big One got louder.

"Don't be mean Boy! Plus it is really not my cup to tea for dinner." I snapped at Big One, swatting at his muzzle. I understood pack hierarchy and all but I would not let a chick starve! Big One snorted in anger and stopped his growling, the chick feeling that there was no threat started to gobble down the food.

Now that the 'meal' was settled with, I can now try to find something to fill my own stomach, the question however is what is there that I could eat? I sat back down in front of Big One whom was curled around me like a humongous cat with the chick still eating in front of the two of us. Suddenly, it hit me that the open enclosures had fruit trees and there should be some fruits for harvest now.

I stood back up and started to explore the surrounding areas, scanning the trees for any fruits. I am not sure how far I had wandered off to when I spotted several red juicy apples hanging from a tree, less than a feet away. I dashed over to the said tree and started jumping up and down, trying to grab the fruits. Unfortunately, for me and my height, all I managed to grab was air.

Suddenly, a curious chirp sounded from behind me causing me to turn around and see Big One standing there, looking at me curiously.

"Hey there Boy." I greeted him before going back to the task of trying to get the apples. I was about to give up getting the apples when a clawed foot went past me and kicked the tree, making several of the fruits drop onto the ground.

"Thanks." I said, bending down to pick up the fallen fruits, glad that they were not really dirty. Together, Big One and I made our way back to the nesting area. Upon our return, we sat down as before except this time, I picked up the orphan chick that lazed after a full meal and placed it on my lap as I ate my apples.

Suddenly, a snout shoved the chick off my lap and it cried out as it hit the ground. I immediately stopped eating and cradled the chick back onto my lap where it fell right asleep.

"Now, that was not very nice." I glared at Big One who had the cheek to look innocently back.

"Oh, don't you dare look innocent. I know that it was you. Just leave the poor thing alone." I warned him before going back to my meal. In the background, I could hear a weird throaty clucking from a few raptors, were they laughing? The other raptors could understand me as well?

"Hey Big One, can the rest of your pack understand me?' I asked and he turned to face me, nodding. Was he just glaring at the other raptors?

" How did you guys learn our language?" I questioned, the thought just hitting me, " Wait, don't you dare answer! You can't speak my language right? Cause that would be serious shit!"

Big One stared at me for a second before shaking his head. Phew… I don't think I can handle it if they could speak human, I mean the fact that they could understand me was enough. I gobbled down all the apples and tossed the cores towards the edge of the nesting area, after doing that, I looked down at the chick on my lap and it was fast asleep.

"Big One, is this chick a boy?" I asked, wanting to know the gender of the chick. Big One replied with a nod and a throaty grunt.

"So that grunt means yes?" I prodded, mind racing, thinking that this was a good way for me to learn the raptor language. After all, is they could learn our language then I could learn theirs. Big One gave the same response.

"Awesome! I could learn your language like this. You will teach wouldn't you?" I pleaded Big One and he crooned in reply. I was just going to take that as a ' sure'.

"Thanks Big One." I said as I settled down and leaned on him with the little boy on my lap.

Sorin's Pov

I let out a thrill to inform the rest of the pack of return with food and watched as my brothers and sisters that participated in the hunt went to their own families to feed their partners and chicks. I was the last one to step back in the nest and stood above my mate to offer her share of dinner.

I heard her cry of protest at my offering but ignored it. She was my mate and I would provide for her. Once I was done, I tilted to her meal to signal to her that she could eat. When she did not move to eat, I nudged her thigh motioning her to quickly eat but she still did not touch the food.

Suddenly she asked if I understood what she was saying and nodded in reply, she then went on to ask if I was girl, making me shake my head in denial. She then asked if I was the alpha male and I nodded quickly, extremely happy that the misunderstanding that I was female is finally out of the way.

I nipped her gently since she still has not touched her food and I did not want her to starve. Instead of eating, she got up and tried to move away. Why was my mate making it so difficult to feed her? So I grabbed one of her legs, preventing her from taking another step but then she said that she just wanted to go over to where Marron was.

I did not know what she wanted with Marron but I let her go to see what she would do. In fact, everyone was now watching her as she went to sleepy Marron and carried him after assuring him that she would not hurt him. Marron however was still scared and called for help but everyone was more interested in seeing what his or her new alpha female wanted with the orphan chick of the pack. She walked back to me with the squirming chic and placed him on the ground in front of her meal. I started to growl in warning, realizing her intention. The food was for her and not the chick!

Little Marron despite his young age, understood pack behaviour and tried to run away at my growl but my mate held him still in the spot as my growling increased. I did not expect my mate to scold me and hit on the snout, saying that the meat was not her cup of tea. What is tea? I will just take it as she did not like the meat was I giving her. Oh well, since she was not going to eat the meat, I suppose the chick could have it.

My mate sat down with me before she suddenly got up again. What on earth is she up to? She is like a chick, never being able to sit still. I watched she started to wander off to the edges of the nesting area, looking up at the trees the whole time.

"That was interesting…. But what is she going to eat?" my mother said.

"Maybe she eats those icky green things!" Lucas offered.

"It's called grass, you overgrown dumbo." Lynn answered.

"It's icky, so it does not need a name." Lucas shot back, with a glare.

"Does that mean that we can call you overgrown dumbo because you are one?" Lynn glared back. I sighed and rolled my eyes. When are the two of them ever going to grow up?

"She got you there, little bro." Lexus laughed.

"I agree. Hey little brother, where did your human go?" Tama asked, making me turn my attention back to my human that had vanished from sight. I quickly stood up, cursing my lack of attention and angry that my mate has decided to run away again.

I ran after her only to find her just further down from the nesting sight, jumping up and down underneath a tree. I chirped my curiosity and she turned around to greet me before going back to her mad jumping, making me take a closer look at the tree. I realized that my mate wanted the red balls that hung from the branches of the tree but could not quite reach them.

My mate was pretty upset that the could not get the red balls so I helped her by giving the tree a hard kick, resulting in several of the red balls to drop onto the ground. My mate cried in thanks as she picked them up. I have not idea what my mate would want with those red balls, maybe they were toys? Anyhow, after she got her red balls, the two of us went back to the nest.

She sat back down in the nest and carried the sleepy Marron who had finished all the meat given to him and placed him on her lap before starting to eat the red balls. So those red balls were food? I had to remember that for the next time, I went to hunt for food. Everything now was sort of perfect, I had my mate after all this years of knowing her and my pack were free from the captivity. Well, except for the fact that she placed Marron on her lap, why did she do that, he is not her chick.

Settling behind her, I pushed Marron off her lap, the boy had no right to be there. He fell of her lap and cried out, jerked out of his sleep. My mate was not amused by my antics and cradled the chick back onto her lap before turning to yell at me but I gave her an innocent look that she did not buy. As she scolded me, I heard my three brother sniggering in the background, making me turn and glare at them.

When I turned back, my mate had resumed her consumption of the red balls and we just sat in silence. Not long after, my mate asked me if the rest of the pack could understand her like I could and I replied with both a visual and vocal answer, thinking that at least this way, she could learn my language as well. She then wanted to know how we learnt our language making me think how to answer her when she said that she did not want to hear the answer to that. Such a fickle –minded human. She then exclaimed that by this method, she could learn how to speak raptor and wondered if I was willing to teach her. I chirped a sure and she thanked me before leaning on me and resting along with the rest of the pack.