After training was over, you and Owen had some free time. You thought perhaps you were annoying him by spending so much time with him, but he could have left and gone off on his own any time he wanted. You were heading down to the TV room when you passed Sophia's office. She was on the phone. Owen kept walking until he realized you had stopped outside of the door. You listened intently to what she was saying. "Modified Dinosaurs are still the way to go, daddy. I'm sure of it." She was laughing, "Yes, daddy, I know it wrecked the park last time, but now we know how smart it is. If we breed another one- alright fine, how about if we use one of the old backup projects? Remember? You paid to see them. They're archived in our systems. Only you and I have access to the for now, of course.". You felt a hand tighten on your shoulder and looked up at Owen, who was grinding his teeth together. You grabbed his wrist and tugged him away from the door, "We need to see those files." You whispered, "Perhaps we can erase them?". Owen looked a little hesitant, "I don't know. Maybe we should just spread the word she's going to do this?" He suggested. You shook your head, "Then she'll know someone overheard her. Even if the staff can stop her, we'll lose our jobs. Trust me, I'll be the first person she blames. If we can delete the files from the systems, then perhaps she'll think it was just a system error?". Owen didn't look convinced, but he agreed to your plan anyway.
You both ended up sitting in your bedroom, Owen sitting at your table and you sitting cross-legged on your bed like a kid. "We need to plan this out if we're going to do it." Owen sighed. You nodded, "The first thing we need, is some kind of distraction." You told him, getting up to fetch a notepad and pen to write it down. "We could put Indigo and Sapphire outside of the room during lunch?" Owen suggested. You thought for a moment, "it's safer if we go during the night shift's lunch break. Sophia does room check during the day, but she never checks rooms in the night." You said, scribbling down a few things on the paper. You both sat there in silence for a moment. "She said only her and her father could access them, right?" Owen asked, "How can we get to them?". "We'll have to swipe her clearance card somehow. Maybe one of the raptors could help with that too?" You said, hoping it might work. He nodded and slid down in the chair a little. "Then we need to permanently delete the files." He stated. "Yes, I can do that easy enough." You told him. "Good. Then we'll need to make an escape." Owen said, fidgeting a little. "Of course. That part should be easy if we can get it done before the staff come back for lunch." You sighed. You both went over the details of your plan a little more before you decided to actually do it. "We should get some sleep and meet back here at 4." You told him. Owen nodded and got up, looking over the plan once more before he left the room.
At 4:15am you headed over to Owen's room, he hadn't shown up yet. You knocked quietly and he opened the door. He looked rather scruffy and he was only wearing pyjama pants. "Oh, right. I forgot." He yawned. Your face turned bright red and you turned around. "Go get dressed." You ordered. You heard him chuckle quietly and then the sound of cloth rustling. He tapped you on the shoulder when he was dressed. You both set off without another word. You opened the door to the raptor enclosure and positioned them outside the room. You both snuck inside and loaded up the computer system. "We forgot the card!" Owen whispered urgently. You had no time or way of getting it now. "I'll see what I can do." You whispered back. You spent ten minutes trying, but you managed to hack the system. Owen had to restrain his cry of relief when the files popped onto the screen. Before you deleted them you saved a copy to your pen drive to look at with Owen later. Then you made sure to permanently erase the files from all the systems. You both shut the system off and then got up to leave. You heard frantic voices outside shooing the raptors. There was no way out. You grabbed Owen's arm and pulled him into the cupboard where they kept the spare computer equipment. It was a tight fit so you and Owen were completely squashed. The worst part was it was so tight Owen's muscular build was crushing your chest a bit, making you a little short of breath. "Are you okay?" he whispered in your ear. "C-crushing my chest." You gasped quietly. He apologized and tried to push himself back a little, but it didn't help much. There was so little room you had to lean your head on his shoulder, lest it squash against the wall. Both of you had your arms squashed by your sides, though one of your hands was still tightly clamped around Owen's wrist, probably with fear of being discovered. The cupboard was also very hot because of the body heat you were both giving off. Owen seemed restless, despite his lack of movement. Eventually his chin was resting on top of your shoulder too, and he was quietly complaining of how his neck hurt.
Finally you heard everyone leave the room and you opened the door a tiny bit to make sure the room was empty. You both stumbled out of the cupboard and gasped a little. It was so hot in there you both had a sheen of sweat on your faces. Neither of you had time to think about anything other than escaping undetected. You both ran outside and down the corridor, managing to sneak past the night staff. You noticed they'd somehow convinced Sapphire and Indigo to go back to bed before you made it to the end of the employee living quarters. You both darted into Owen's room when you heard a door opening. "That. Was. Close." You panted, all but collapsing onto the floor. "They came back early." Owen growled, shaking his head. "At least nobody saw us." You pointed out. Owen nodded slowly and then gestured to his computer, "Should we look at the files now or later?" He asked. You were exhausted, so you had to think about it for a moment. In the end you tried to open the files but hey had corrupted during transfer. You cursed under your breath and sighed, "So much for knowing what they're up to." You muttered. Owen got up and walked to his bed, sitting down and covering his face with his hands before groaning. "I agreed to come back here if they didn't make any more genetically modified dinosaurs." He complained. "None of the staff here want to do it either, but it's Sophia. She's crazy." You explained, shaking your head rapidly. You paced around the room for a moment, "At least the files are gone now." Owen said suddenly. You nodded in agreement, "It'd take a lot of time to recreate them. I don't know if Sophia has the patience.". Owen yawned suddenly and you gave a small smile, "We should sleep, we're back on egg duty tomorrow." You said softly. Owen shrugged a little but he seemed to agree with you on that. You walked towards the door and turned to say goodnight to Owen, but he had already stripped down to his underwear and flopped on his bed, fast asleep. You shook your head a little and suppressed a smile. You opened the door and left, shutting it quietly behind you and returning to your own room. You slept through the night once more. The whole time, you dreamt of a certain raptor trainer sleeping across the hall.
