- THE CAT AND THE CANARY

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Jurassic world lab
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Henry Wu entered from the back area of the lab and secured the door with a code.

"Due to technical difficulties, all our exhibits are now closed." The women on the P.A announced. The message was then repeated in Portuguese.

Henry Wu saw people in the tourist hallway and recognized Simon Masrani looking at him. Masrani was there alongside eleven people.

Henry smiled at the eleven, looking directly at the brunettes girl with curly hair and the man in the suit. He could definitely make something off of them. "Tea?" He asked as they entered his office. Each of them sat down, and Henry had brewed tea for the group.

"You know that I'm not at liberty to reveal the asset's genetic makeup. Modified animals are known to be unpredictable." Henry said

Katherine rolled her eyes

"It's killed people, Henry." Masrani told him.

Henry looked away from Masrani and the Mikaelson's "That's unfortunate..."

"Unfortunate, human lives were lost and all you have to say is unfortunate." Elijah stood up angered.

"What purpose could we have for a dinosaur that can camouflage?" Masrani asked.

"Cuttlefish genes were added to help her withstand an accelerated growth rate. Cuttlefish have chromatophores that allow the skin to change color." Henry explained.

Simon Masrani sat down across from Henry Wu

"It hid from thermal technology. Putting Owen Grady and his daughter and her fiancée at risk" Katherine told him.

He swallowed his tea quickly, surprised "Really?"

"How is that possible?" Klaus asked. Henry Wu stood up.

"Tree frogs can modulate their infrared output. We used strands from their DNA to adapt her to a tropical climate. But I never imagined..." a smile appeared on Henry's face. one of amazement.

"Who authorized you to do this?!" Masrani was clearly frustrated.

"You did. "Bigger." "Scarier." Um... "Cooler"" He laughed "I believe is the word that you used in your memo." His started to raise his voice. "You cannot have an animal with exaggerated predator features without the corresponding behavioral traits."

"What you're doing here... What you have done..." Masrani stood up. "The Board will shut down this park, seize your work, everything you've built. And Hammond won't be there to protect you this time!" Masrani yelled

"All of this exists because of me. If I don't innovate somebody else will." Katherine started to laugh. Before the fake smile on her face turned straight and became menacing.

Before anyone could stop her she held Henry up by his shirt against the wall. The veins appearing under her eyes and the teeth on display. Masts I couldn't see but Henry could.

"If you do anything to put Noora Grady and her family in danger, everything that I have allowed you to built will become futile when I kill you" Katherine let him go when Elijah put his hand on her shoulder, calming her down with a simple touch.

"You are to cease all activities here immediately." Elijah commanded as Masrani agreed.

"You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural. We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals." Once again henry raised his voice. "And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality. You asked for more teeth!"

"I NEVER ASKED FOR A MONSTER!" Amara I shouted surprising many, as these were louder than the others and hurt the supernatraul's hearing.

""Monster" is a relative term. To a canary, a cat is a monster. We're just used to being the cat." Kol and Klaus looked down deep in thought as they let that sink in.

Claire was in the lobby, nervously as she searched for Owen and Noora.

"Claire!" Owen calls out. She hurriedly walked towards him and his two sidekicks.

" I need you." Claire said with no context, Noora spit out her drink as Percy laughed and helped Noora.

" Uh, Okay.." Owen was confused.

"I need your help.My nephews, they're out in the Valley. Please, if anything happens to them..." Noora, and the two men understood what she meant. Owen lead a scared Claire away from the crowd

"How old?" Percy asked.

"The older one, he's um.. he's uh..high school age.
The younger one, he's...um He's a few years..."

"You don't know how old your nephews are?" Owen asked

"Dad" Noora warned and he understood. That hit close to home for Noora.

Noora had watched Claire worry but grew weak in the knees, her head throbbing as she gasped, her eyes white as she saw a scene.

"Go, go, go!"

"Shit!"

"Hold it together, man!"

"Drive! Drive! Go!" The small boy screamed.

The Indominus raced towards the Ankylosaurus, knocking the two boys around in the Gyrosphere. The dinosaurs knocked them around, running away. One fell, and The older boy held the younger ones hand, who was screaming and crying.

The fallen dinosaur stood, and bellowed towards her foe. The hybrid roared back, running toward the Ankylosaurus.

Meanwhile, The older boy grabbed the Gyrosphere's handle, and pulled it sideways. The herbivore bellowed again, and swung her dangerous tail, knocking both of the boys away. And, now, they were upside down. both dinosaurs are fighting.

Soon, the hyrbid snaped her foes neck.

As one of them whispered, Noora was brought back to reality, Percy had a hand on her cheek as she yawned, tired at the sudden revelation.

"Come on. Pick up, pick up, pick up." Claire and Owen didn't notice Noora's little scene. Noora then pulled Claire as they followed Owen, Percy trailed behind, making sure he had his gun on hand.

"Stay in the car." Owen and Noora get out of the Jurassic World G-Wagon, and walked towards a fatally injuried Apatosaurus. He kneeled down, placing a gentle hand on the dying dinosaur.

"Hey, hey. I know, I know. It's all right. All right, girl." Noora watched as her father said comforting words to the dying dinosaur. Noora had calmed down before proceeding to out her hand on dinosaur as well, she suddenly felt all it's pain, it's innocence and desperation to live.

Her heart broke, Noora let out a single tear.

"It's going to be okay, Love" the dinosaur felt at ease as she felt the two Grady's.

"What are they doing?" Claire asked.

"The dinosaur's looks injured, maybe there trying to give the dinosaur there last seconds of peace before it passes on" Claire was touched by the explanation, and followed Percy when he gets out of the car making his way towards Noora.

Claire gets out of the vehicle, walking towards the three of them, and kneeled down as well, placing a small hand on the dinosaur, she startled her by accident, and the Apatosaurus raised her head, bellowing, before lying down again. Percy joined in as well, smiling at the beautiful creature in front of him.

"Okay. Okay, okay. You're okay." Percy said, before Owen, and Percy stopped touching the dinosaur, letting Noora comfort the creature, as Claire watched still touching the animal.

Noora started to hum a beautiful song, one that Dahlia and Esther would sing to her. The animal slowly rested his eyes as Noora had rubbed the dinosaur gently. Noora's magic felt the pull of life, but unlike before, the dinosaur was at peace.

Claire looked up at the three of them. Owen looks stoic, but on the inside she could tell he was saddened, Noora was smiling in sorrow, and Percy had sighed before looking away. . Noora stood and so did Claire.

They all walked over to a hill, seeing many, uneaten dead Apatosaurus.

Claire gasps, as she placed both her hands over her mouth. Noora let a sob break out, as she watched in horror, the aura of death was strong here and she instantly felt the emotions these animals did in there last breath. It was overbearing as she fell to the ground in shock. Before she could feel the fall, Percy had caught her. Pulling her in for a hug.

"It didn't eat them. It's killing for sport." Claire nodded at Owen's conclusion.