"That's how it is, huh?" Owen said to the raptors. He set down his rifle as much as Aria wanted to protest and walked towards the raptor in front of him. "Easy. Easy," he said gently. He put his arm out, and Aria half-expected for the raptor to chomp it off like the other had just minutes before. But to her surprise, the raptor allowed Owen to remove the headset that had been placed on her. "That's it."
Aria's heart skipped a beat as the raptor moved her head and looked straight at her. That must've been Blue. Aria met eyes with her and for some strange reason, she didn't feel all that scared.
That is…until the Indominus roared loudly and appeared at the end of Main Street. Aria began breathing shallowly and she felt Zach's hand around her tighten even more.
The Indominus approached them and began speaking what sounded like raptor talk. Blue looked at the Indominus and then back at Owen and Aria. Looked like Blue knew who she wanted to follow. Blue turned back around and screeched at the Indominus. The Indominus roared in anger at the change of allegiance and flung the raptor into a pillar where she lay motionless.
Aria's hand went to her mouth in surprise, sad that Blue was most likely dead.
The other two raptors screeched at the Indominus in anger for killing their beta. Owen, realizing that they were still faithful to him, looked from one to the other and then let out a whistle. On command, the two remaining raptors ran to the Indominus and leapt on her, scratching her back with their claws.
Meanwhile, Claire, Aria, Zach, and Gray all ran to the safety of a souvenir stand while Owen shot at the Indominus in an attempt to kill her.
"24…50," Gray whispered. "We need more."
"More what?" Claire asked in confusion.
"Teeth. We need more teeth."
A look of realization crossed her face. She stood up and grabbed a flare from the First-Aid box and a walkie-talkie off the wall. Then she turned back to the three of them.
"Okay, so, you just wait here. It's gonna be fine."
They all nodded, but no one really knew if it was going to be fine at all. Claire gave them one last hopeful look before hopping over the counter and sprinting to wherever it was she had in mind.
That woman could run really fast in high heels.
Aria looked at her hands and realized she was shaking. Whether it was from fear, exhaustion, or the fact that she hadn't had anything to eat in a really long time, she didn't know. Probably all three.
Over the counter, Aria saw one of the raptors get thrown onto an oven and burn up in a matter of seconds. As for the other raptor, she was willing to bet that the Indominus had killed her as well.
Owen suddenly hopped over the counter with his finger over his lips. Aria put her hand over her mouth as the Indominus's sharp teeth came into view.
Her head knocked into the stand and her arm shot through the wall. All three of the younger ones began screaming as Owen tried desperately to keep them away from the Indominus. He flung them to the opposite wall as far from the claw as they could go.
The claw began reaching for them as Aria clung onto Zach. Several times it came for them, threatening to take them away, but each time they managed to avoid the sharp claws. However on the last time, one of the claws managed to hook onto Gray's pouch around his waist. He began sliding towards the Indominus, but the other three held onto him as tightly as they could. Tears slid down Gray's cheeks, terrified for his life. Zach found the lock and unhooked Gray from the Indominus's hold.
Aria could feel her asthma flaring up again, but she tried to force it back as best she could, knowing this was the absolute worst time to have yet another attack.
Before the Indominus could try again, a T-Rex smashed through some dinosaur bones and roared at the Indominus. The four of them stood up and watched as the T-Rex and Indominus went at each other, biting and scratching each other's neck as each tried to gain the upper hand.
"Oh. More teeth," Aria mumbled.
The Indominus grabbed the T-Rex on the throat and smashed her into the souvenir stand. Owen wrapped himself protectively around them while Zach wrapped himself protectively around Aria.
"RUN!" Claire screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Go!" Owen cried, pushing them out of the hole made by the T-Rex's head. "Go, go!"
They all ran out of the souvenir stand right as it got smashed by the two fighting dinosaurs. They ran over to Claire who was hiding behind some rocks that had been put there for show. It was pretty much the only thing on Main Street still intact.
Both dinosaurs were covered in scratches and bite marks that were dripping blood. The T-Rex fell to the ground and the Indominus leaned over her.
This was it. Nothing could beat the Indominus Rex, and they were all going to die.
Just as the Indominus opened its mouth to finish off the T-Rex, the sound of a raptor's call was heard. Aria looked over to find Blue running towards the Indominus. She was alive!
Blue hopped onto the Indominus's back in such a way that she couldn't shake her off. Then the T-Rex got back up and plunged her teeth into the Indominus's neck.
The five people turned around and ran through the nearby gift shop. Blue was flung into the window right in front of them, but she took no notice of them and went back to her fight. They kept running until they made it to the entrance to the gift shop.
Aria watched as Main Street got absolutely destroyed by the dinosaur fight. Buildings were demolished and blood was everywhere. Aria was certain that not all of it was dinosaur blood.
The raptor and the T-Rex continued to unleash everything they could on the Indominus. Finally the T-Rex threw the Indominus towards the pool, knocking part of the railing loose. The Indominus stood back up and roared at her two enemies. But before anything else could happen, the Mosasaurus leapt out of the pool and sank its teeth into the Indominus's neck. The Mosasaurus took the Indominus back into the water with her, killing her for good.
The others watched in shock, Claire holding onto Gray, and Zach holding onto Aria.
The T-Rex looked at Blue for a second, as if thanking her for her help in defeating the Indominus. Then the T-Rex turned around and walked away.
Owen took a couple of small steps forward towards Blue. Blue looked at him, and Owen gently shook his head.
Blue then met Aria's eyes again. She had the same piercing glare that she had had when Aria had rested her hand on her head. Blue must've made a positive connection at that time because it felt like she trusted her just as much as she trusted Owen.
Did that make any sense? Not really. But neither had the rest of this entire day.
Blue turned around and ran off into the distance. The others walked to the middle of the destroyed Main Street.
Aria couldn't hold it back anymore. She collapsed onto the ground in labored breaths. And the worst part? She had lost her inhaler somewhere in all of the commotion and fighting for her life. Did she really survive all of that just to be killed by her asthma?
"Aria!" Zach screamed. The rest of the group ran to her and knelt beside her.
Owen put his ear next to her mouth and could not feel any air. "She's not breathing," he stated.