Chapter 22
The three of them looked over to the door. Gray offered Zach his hand while he played with the sides of his jeans. He looked down to Gray's hand. Marlo looked down and grabbed hold of Gray's hand tightly, not caring about the eye roll Zach gave her before he rested his forehead against her back, wrapping his arms around her waist. Marlo gulped, hoping that when he pulled his head away that there wouldn't be blood on his forehead.
She also hoped that the Raptors didn't smell all the blood from her back while she was in the Paddock with Owen. That would only cause a big problem if something was to happen and Owen lost control of the four girls. Now wasn't the time for Marlo to be worrying, well, it was. But she knew that Owen had it all under control. Owen always has everything under control.
Claire walked around the side of the jeep. She took off her shirt, leaving her in just her grey tank top. She opened the side of the jeep and got into the driver's side. When the doors closed the three kids could hear the Raptors let out a roar. Each of them looked up and towards the back doors.
"Um..." Gray mumbled. "Nothing's getting in here, right?" Marlo squeezed his hand. Zach moved his head to look at Gray, hearing the worry in his voice. Gray looked over towards the sound of the Raptors while Zach stared at him.
"Hey." Zach got Gray's attention. Marlo could hear that in Zach's tone, he wasn't going to upset Gray, unlike the monorail ride. "Do you remember that ghost at the old house? Remember, the one in the garage? I protected you, right?" Marlo smiled to herself as Gray looked down at their hands.
"You made a battle axe out of a ruler and a paper plate." Gray looked back up to Zach. Zach smiled at him.
"Yeah." He looked down to the ground, his smile spreading just a bit wider. "See, nothing is gonna get you while I'm around, okay?" Zach moved his left arm from around Marlo's waist and placed it on Gray's back. Marlo thought that it was sweet that Zach had done that for Gray. Owen used to do things like that for Marlo when she was younger and he would leave for the Navy. Marlo frowned slightly, Owen still did things like that. But she wasn't sure for how much longer she would have him.
She was terrified of what was yet to come.
"But you're not always gonna be around." Gray looked back up to him. Marlo's heart broke at the sound of his voice.
"Yeah, well..." Zach started. "Hey..." He looked at Gray. "We're brothers, okay? We'll always be brothers, and we'll always come back to one another." Marlo gulped while Zach paused. "No matter what."
"No matter what?" Gray asked for reassurance.
"No matter what." Zach nodded. He brought his forehead to rest on Gray's head, his arm bringing his closer.
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Owen opened up the rag in his hand, the chunk that the Indominous Rex had clawed out, along with the tracking devise was inside, he lifted it up to the caged doors where the Raptors were being kept. He could hear the snorting and sniffing of each of them as he let them catch the scent. He lifted the clicker up and moved along to the next as the Raptor began to grow restless after picking the scent. He moved to the other Raptor door and lifted it up, holding the clicker in his hand.
In the control room, Lowery watched through the security camera, as Owen lifted the rag up. Hoskins leaned down, his hand on Lowery's shoulder, watching the screen as well. Lowery looked from his hand to his face, just like he did before as Hoskins nodded and grinned at the screen. "Awesome."
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Claire started up the large jeep, the fog lights and headlights up the front flicked on. Barry was in front on a quad-bike and Owen was up front on his motorbike, Owen glanced back at Barry who gave him and nod. Owen looked back to the front as he looked up to Leon, who nodded back
"Here we go." One of the workers down below said before the alarm started to go off, just as Leon looked down to the control in his hand. Leon clicked the control switch and the doors to the Raptors opened up, they immediately ran out with roars. Owen and Barry following directly behind them.
The Raptors ran through the dense jungle, weaving in and out of the trees. Grunting and roaring as the cameras on their heads recorded their every move. The four ran swiftly through the trees, over fallen trunks and under branches. Each began to pick up spread.
On the screen, Claire could see the night-vision images of the Raptors running, Claire watched in anticipation as Gray, Zach and Marlo slowly opened the screen window to see what Claire was watching.
The Raptors where followed closely behind by Owen, his motorbike keeping up with the four as they made their way in and out of the trees. Owen leaned forwards, his light shining on the Raptors in front of him. The Raptors sped up as Owen fell in line with them, running faster than they were before. Blue let out a roar as Owen looked over to her just before she picked up the pace again. Owen smirked before he looked forwards.
The four in the jeep watched as Echo's camera showed Owen in front of her. "Your boyfriend's a badass." Zach commented, making Claire smile shyly, her eyes glancing to the side before she looked back to the screen. Owen looked behind him and saw Barry and another jeep just behind him.
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Back in the control room, Hoskins, Lowery and Vivian were sitting around the screen with the Raptor camera images.
"Imagine if we had these puppies in Tora Bora." Hoskins leaned over to Lowery. Lowery looked over at him with his eyebrows furrowed. Lowery looked back to the screen just as Hoskins leaned over to talk to one of his men. "Are you recording this thing?" Hoskins took Lowery's cup and drank from the straw. Slurping on the drink, Lowery looking over in annoyance.
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Owen and Barry continued to follow the Raptors. Barry looked to the gps signal on the radio and looked back up. "They're slowing down." Owen lifted his vest, with the walkie talkie, and spoke up.
"They got something." Owen continued to follow them until they stopped in a clearing and roared. Owen slowed down and held his fist up to stop Barry and the other jeep, watching his Raptors. Men got out of the back of the jeep, their guns raised, as they followed the Raptors into the jungle more. They took position with their guns as Owen got off his motorbike, his gun raised as Barry and a few more men followed his lead.
Claire continued to watch the tablet, watching as the four cameras began to slow down in pace. Claire turned back and lifted her hand up to slide the window closed. Marlo went to stop her, knowing something was wrong. "You know what? No, no, no. You guys are not gonna watch this. Keep the window closed." All three of them protested.
"No, no, no, no," Zach spoke quickly as the window was closing.
"No, wait!" Gray spoke up.
"Claire!" Marlo groaned. Claire turned back to the screen.
Owen, Barry and the few men perched themselves behind a log, their guns raised up. The Raptors stood in a line looking out at the trees, screeching quietly as they looked about. They could all hear the sound of the Indominous Rex getting closer and closer, the sound of her roar echoed through the trees. All of the men stood with the guns facing the trees, their red markers waiting. One of the Raptors crouched down and made a sound towards the trees.
The Indominous Rex made her way to the clearing, the Raptors all looking at her. Owen was ready to take the shot. The Indominous Rex crouched down and roared at Blue who echoed the sound back, they continued to roar back and forth as Barry and Owen watched. "Something's wrong," Barry commented quietly. "They're communicating." The Indominous Rex roared again with Blue responding.
"I know why they wouldn't tell us what it's made of," Owen spoke calmly in realization.
"Why?" Barry glanced at him before looking back at the dinosaurs.
"That thing's part Raptor," Owen whispered as the Indominous Rex stood up and made a gravelling sound. The Raptors turned back around to the men, each looking at Owen.
Hoskins stood up from his seat, gritting through his teeth. "What's taking them so long?" He placed his walkie talkie up to his ear. "Light it up!"
"Engage!" One of the men yelled, and began shooting at the Indominous Rex. The other men followed in suit before she turned around with a roar, running back into the trees. One man shot a bazooka towards the Indominous Rex. The explosion sent her falling to the ground. Owen stood up.
"Oh my God," Claire whispered out in shock as she watched through the tablet.
The Indominous Rex stood up back, flipping over, shaking her head before she ran. The men still firing bullets at her as she roared. Owen moved around carefully, his gun still raised up high.
"Watch your six. Raptors got a new alpha." Owen called out as they all made their way forwards. The distant roars of the Indominous Rex echoed back to the men as they all continued to slowly make their way forwards. One of the raptors ran through, passed one of the men. One man breathing heavily as they all made their way through with their guns still raised high on alert.
One man turned and the camera showed one of the Raptors leaping out of the high grass, her jaws opened wide, straight towards the man as the camera glitch'd and cut off. Echo's camera showing another Raptor running passed. Men began to shoot wildly, yelling out. Another man was attacked as he shot out his bullets into open ground. The Raptor destroying the camera.
Delta's camera showed another Raptor running just as she attacked one of the men. His camera showing him being dragged away, her tail and his legs the only thing in view as the trees blur passed.
Hoskins took the walkie talkie away from his ear, staring at the screen in horror. The screens just showing the men being attacked and their faces before it glitches. Hoskins leaves the room.
Owen continued to walk through the tall grass. He heard the sound of one of the Raptors. He turned towards it and saw the tail disappear under the grass. Her head popped up as she looked to Owen. She tilted her head, making a sound at him. He lowered his gun before another bazooka flew towards her, sending Owen flying back. He looked up to see a fire in her spot.
Barry ran, following the sound of the screaming men yelling to get back. "To the vehicles now!" He stopped at one of the logs, with only a hand gun. "Fall back!" He watched as the men in the jeep drive off, as well as one of the men on his quad-bike. Barry sighed before turning back. He got up and ran again, the sound of a Raptor behind him. He dived into one of the logs as Blue jumped up over it, hoping to have caught him.
Blue jumped on the log, dust and dirt falling on to Barry's face as he held his gun and and closed his eyes as the dirt fell. Her claws digging into the top of the log as he yelled. Her snout mades it through the hole as Owen ran to his motorbike, starting it. He heard Barry and looked up. "No! No! Blue!" Blue looked her eye into the hole at Barry. Owen revved the handle of the motorbike, catching Blue's attention away from Barry, she looked up as he whistles at her. Owen turned the bike around, Blue running after him. Barry breathed out slowly.
Claire watched the three remaining screens, Blue followed Owen. "My God."
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