Owen Grady rushed out of the Innovation Centre accompanied by Claire Dearing and her nephews. Shortly behind them, Delta pursued. Before they could get further, however, they were blocked by Blue and Echo who both appeared from out of nowhere. Delta creeped up from behind, completing the encirclement. The three raptors growled and chirped at each other.
"Nice of you to join the party, Delta" Echo joked.
"Hey, I've been here this entire time. You two were late." Delta replied, taking the harmless banter a bit too literally.
Blue took charge, "Cut the chatter you two, focus on the task at hand. Keep them surrounded. If one of them tries to escape then we kill them all before they scatter."
Echo grinned. "I guess this makes you the Alpha now, Blue!"
Owen put his hand out in an attempt to tame his wild raptors. "Blue, stand down." Slowly, he shuffled toward the ringleader keeping his hand out in front of him. The raptor growled as he approached.
Delta looked at Owen confused, then to Blue. "What are you doing? Kill him!" Echo turned to Delta, quieting her with a stare.
Ever so slowly, the human reached behind Blue's head, calming the animal. Suddenly, a deep, loud roar sounded as the Indominus, in all its terrible glory, stomped up to the velociraptor pack and their captives. It lowered its head to meet their level. The raptors exchanged glances.
"Well," Delta questioned, "what now?"
Blue looked to Owen before answering. "We defend our Alpha."
Echo agreed, "our true Alpha." Blue nodded. Delta remained silent.
The three raptors turned to face the Indominus. Blue stood protectively in front of Owen as she confronted the unnatural creation. "If you want to get to him you're going to have to go through me first."
The Indominus raised its head and stared at the defiant raptor mockingly. After a small moment of silence, it lauched Blue away. As she smashed into a solid, brick wall her vision blurred. Faintly, she heard Echo call her name. Then everything went dark.
With a gasp, Blue awoke from the nightmarish flashback. She was back in reality, inside the bright room with the egg still in its container to her side. Groaning, she slowly rose to her feet. A greasy slice of ham lay atop the egg. Seeing this, Blue's stomach let out a low grumble signalling that it was time to find food.
Outside it was once again a warm and bright morning. Blue didn't even try to locate a smell as she remembered the strange black capsules from the previous night. Lazily, she walked up to the closest one and peered in. To her surprise, it was completely empty. Quizzically, she moved onto another one. Empty. Picking up the pace, Blue ran across the street searching every single bin she saw. Each and every one contained nothing. Blue's stomach rumbled once again.
'I guess other scavengers came here in the night' she concluded, but it still unnerved her that any creature came so close to her as she slept defenceless. There were, of course, other places to find food. Hunting smaller, less dangerous prey, seeking the corpses of dead animals and searching around the park for human food were all possibilities. Considering that she was currently in a place built by humans, Blue decided that the latter would be the fastest and safest option, so she scurried off.
After running down several paths, Blue was away from the main street. There were still a few structures dotted around her but they were much less in numbers and spaced apart. She wasn't sure what each building held inside, so she chose the closest one to her. It was an undecorated, small building with a flat roof and no windows. Blue kicked the door open to reveal a single unlit room. It was completely disorganised, with power tools, brooms and empty bin bags among the clutter on the bare, concrete floor. Floating around were several metallic shelves holding more junk. Blue entered and began ransacking to find food. After only a few moments of searching she stopped dead in her tracks. A cold air moved into the room. From outside she heard a powerfull roar and heavy footsteps.
Blue crawled into a dark corner and stood unmoving. As the steps came closer, dust fell from the old ceiling while the walls shook. The light coming in from the doorway was blocked by a large shadow and the steps silenced. The last bits of dust glided down. Blue remained as still as a lifeless statue.
A huge snout blocked the entire doorway and took in a generous amount of air. It was battered and bruised. Sniffing around, it left before being replaced by a firey eye that scoured the tiny room. It looked from left to right, then back again several times. Unsatisfied with the outcome of its search, the eye left. Loud footsteps returned as the shadow departed, allowing light to enter the room. Blue released the breath she was holding. She shook her head. 'Surely not...'
It was. Looking outside, Blue saw the T-rex marching away towards the main street. It was visibly damaged but very much alive and unhindered by the injuries from the fall. That didn't bother Blue though, what worried her is that it was headed straight for the egg!
She followed the rex, sprinting from one hiding place into another, observing its movements. Eventually, they made it to the main street, and almost instantly the tyrannosaurus headed for the egg-building. Blue panicked. She leaped into plain sight, exposing herself. The T-rex didn't notice. It had caught the scent of the egg and was now determined to find the origin.
Needing to gain its attention, Blue rushed behind the dinosaur and bit its tail with force, leaving deep, bleeding holes. The large creature wailed in pain and turned to see the attacker. As soon as it saw Blue, it remembered her. In a vengefull rage, it charged after the velociraptor completely disregarding everything else. Blue raced away, successfully baiting the rex into chasing after her. The tyrannosaurus went berserk, smashing through walls, fences and anything else in its way.
Dodging the jaws of her pursuer, Blue darted over, under or around her obstacles, guiding the creature away from the main street. She saw a gate that lead into the thick forest and turned to run at it. The T-rex followed, still close behind. Soon, Blue made it through the gate and insantly disappeared into the bushes. After a few rustles, there was no sign of the raptor. The rex, still in its unparalleled rage, ploughed through the trees.
Blue hid low as she watched the tyrannosaurus dart off into the forest. Once she couldn't see it anymore, she emerged from the bushes not too far from the gate and re-entered the park.
Pleased with herself, Blue entered the white room. Inside it was a strange sight: a small lizard crowing as it gazed at the defenceless, tasty egg. Blue let out a roar, startling the pathetic animal. As it tried to scutter out of the doorway, the raptor impaled it with a large, talon-like claw on her foot. It wasn't exactly a banquet, but it was a meal nontheless. Blue sunk her teeth into it, craving the taste of blood once again.
Midway through a bite, Blue heard a small crack in the corner of the room. She opened her mouth, aborting the bite, and silently listened. Again, she heard a crack. Her face broke into a huge smile and she ran over to the egg. It was hatching. Almost bouncing with anticipation, she waited for the egg's content to reveal itself.
With a third crack a small claw broke free of the egg as it started to crumble apart. The claw widened the hole in the shell to uncover a tiny head with orange, reptilian eyes that were huge in comparison. The adorable baby cocked its head as it looked playfully at Blue. The adult raptor gasped in delight and helped destroy the remaining shell, allowing the child to crawl out into the world.
"Now, what shall we call you?" Blue asked. The little raptor simply squeaked. Blue looked at the label: "Zulu"