JW2

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It was night by the time she reached home. Becca breathed in the familiar scent of her home as she walked through the door. She smiled at the row of pictures on the shelf by the door and slipped off her shoes. She removed her socks for good measure and remembered how much she'd loved the cold of hardwood floors on her tired feet.

"Hello?" she called out. She checked the garage for vehicles and determined that her family must be out. She sighed flopping down on the couch and dropped her bag to the floor.

She only relaxed for a moment when the sound of the back door clicking open caused her to bolt up.

She looked through the kitchen to where the glass door was slightly ajar. It was impossible to see through the glass with the inside light on. She held her breath and moved slowly to a standing position, ready to bolt out the front door if need be. She crept along the couch and moved towards the kitchen. 'Maybe it's the wind.' She thought to comfort herself even though her logical side wouldn't let her believe that.

Suddenly it burst open and in ran their golden retriever Max.

She laughed at her fear and bent down to see her childhood companion. "Hey puppy!" she coddled him.

"You know he's not a puppy any more right?" a voice called her attention to the back door once more. She smiled as her little brother came in and shut the door behind him.

"Brent!" she laughed "You scared me earlier."

He looked confused "When? Why are you even here?"

Her brother was 15 and had an attitude to match.

"When you just barely opened the door and left it like that. I can come home whenever I want, you know?" she scratched her dog's belly as he laid out on his side.

"Oh that. I thought I'd left my phone in the kennel right before coming in. I went back to get it, but I realized its charging right here." He pointed to the island in the kitchen where his phone lay.

She rolled her eyes. "Wow dependent on technology much?"

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Claire smiled as her husband talked about wanting to take their son out camping and Brent had asked if they would have signal and Wi-Fi. "He does spend a lot of time on his phone doesn't he?"

Owen looked over at her from the driver's seat. "And where do you think he learned that from?" She could tell when he was joking and rolled her eyes glancing at him. Breaking eye contact she looked towards their home. "Is that Becca's jeep?" She wondered out loud at the vehicle parked along the side of the house. "Why didn't she just park in the driveway?"

Owen's eyes flashed over to the jeep as he pulled up to the house. "Sure looks like hers."

Parking in the garage they made their way inside. "Becca?" called Claire as she entered. Rounding the corner she saw the two siblings looking at Brent's phone together.

"Mom!" She stood and rushed forward hugging her mother.

"Hey Becky." Her dad was the only person she ever allowed to call her Becky. Ever since she was little, others had tried but he'd been the only one she could tolerate.

"Hi Daddy." She hugged him and frowned when her mother asked why she hadn't told them she was coming home.

"We would have been here if…" Her mother stopped talking seeing the look on her daughter's face. "What is it honey?" Becca loved how smart her mother was.

"InGen came to my work today."

They sat on the couch together and Becca watched her parents exchange looks and saw her father's fists curl as she told the story.

"They have no right!" Her mother stood frustrated and pulled out her phone scrolling through her contacts.

Owen turned to his daughter. "Look Becky, your mother might not like this, but I give you full permission to use what I taught you against them if you need."

Her father had warned her over and over again as a young girl that men were dogs and couldn't be trusted, so he taught her to defend herself. She nodded. "I understand."

He smiled and reached out to mess up her bangs, something she hated and he knew it. "Don't be afraid to break bones ok?" He laughed as she scowled and fixed her hair.

Her mother's forceful tone could be heard as she talked on the phone with someone in the other room.

Standing up from the couch he kissed her crown and went off to calm down Claire.

"So what are we going to do?" Her little brother asked vaulting the couch to sit next to her.

She laid her head on his shoulder "What do you mean what are we going to do?" she inhaled and paused sitting up again. "Is my little brother wearing cologne? Do you have a crush Brenty?"

He groaned "Whatever, I'm old enough to wear it don't you think? Everyone else does at school."

She sniggered "So what's her name? Have you kissed her?"

Her brother stared at her unamused "Can we be serious for two seconds?"

She laughed and hugged him "I missed you. What were you going to say?"

He pulled up a website on his phone. "Look"

She released him as she looked at the content. Rumors of dinosaurs being brought on to the mainland from Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna.

She grabbed the phone and checked the credibility of the website. "Brent, this is a conspiracy website full of alien sightings and crap. You can't believe everything you read on the internet." She clicked the lock button and tossed it back to him.

He looked around "no" he whispered "My friend runs this website he only puts all that other stuff up to make it seem un-legit, but look at the design." He unlocked the screen once more handing it to her "Every time the title is blue that means something is real." She scrolled down and realized the titles of articles were in multiple colors and a few were blue like the one she had just read.

She squinted at him "Are you sure?"

He shrugged "Pretty much."

She stood from the couch "I can't take 'pretty much' as serious."

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"What if they come here Owen?" Claire had been trying to get information from her contacts on InGen plans, but was unsuccessful.

He shook his head "Then we tell them to leave."

She cocked her head "And what if they don't want to leave and they try to pull something like what they did to Becca?"

He stood and moved towards her taking her into his arms. "We can handle it Claire."

He felt her inhale and exhale slowly knowing she was unsure. He stood back and lifted her chin looking into her soft eyes. "Claire, if you can handle facing a t-rex you can handle facing them." She smiled and he leaned in closer claiming her lips. Pulling away gently he rubbed his nose against hers "We'll handle it."

Finding Becca in the kitchen and Brent watching tv in the front room, Claire knew that Owen would do anything to defend them. Sometimes that fact scared her, especially when it came to InGen. She remembered quite clearly how he had gone out with his raptor pack after their "convincing" him to.

She still had nightmares sometimes that he didn't make it that night. That the raptors turned on him and dragged him into the jungle to devour him. She would awake from those terrors in tears and hold tightly to him the rest of the night.

Some nights however there would also be another star in her dreams. A silent stealthy monster constantly hunting her and her family. It could camouflage and had wicked teeth and claws. The Indominus rex haunted her dreams with pale flesh and glowing eyes. Tonight was one of those nights. She hadn't had a nightmare in a long time, but she blamed recent events for bringing up old memories. She gasped awake looking around wildly, turning on her light and trying to wake Owen. He sat up almost as spooked as her. "What is it?" he asked looking at her panicked face.

"It was here Owen… The Indominus rex… It was here…" she said between breaths.

His forehead knit and his arms went around her. "Claire." He whispered softly into her hair. "It's gone now." She trembled against him and he smoothed his hand in small circles on her back, while the other wiped tears from her cheeks.

"It was my fault, it never should have happened, I should have never approved…"

He interrupted her. "Hey, hey, it's not your fault. And in the end it was you that saved the day." She looked at him silently.

He smiled reassuringly at her "If it weren't for that monster we never would have been together. As I recall, you 'never wanted a second date' am I right?" He chuckled.

She shook her head. "A lot of things have changed since then."

He laughed "Well I hope so. Wait, you're not just staying with me for survival are you?" he smirked "I mean I know that's what I said before, but I hope you would at least trust me now or even love me a little." He knew when his teasing could cheer her up and watched her relax as he spoke. "Cuz, let me tell you Mrs. Grady," he looked her right in the eyes "I fell in love with you a long time ago and I don't ever want to let you go."

She blinked and smiled. "Well I married you, had your children, I think I've figured out how to tolerate you by now."

He held a hand over his heart in mock hurt "Ouch, I think something broke."

She laughed and put her arms around his neck. "Mr. Grady, I fell in love with you a long time ago, and I don't plan on ever letting you go."

He kissed her sweetly and laid her down again, hovering over her he whispered "By the way, it's Owen."

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