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Brooklyn, Zach and Gray were watching the tablet screen in Claire's hand through the small window that parted the back of the van with the front. Brooklyn held Gray's hand to comfort the young boy while Zach kept his arm around the ravenette's waist for both his and her comfort. They watch as Owen rides his motorcycle alongside the hunting Raptors, the sight uneased Brooklyn who had a bad feeling swirling through the pit of her stomach. Her mind kept twisting and tormenting her about what the Indominus had said ─ had called her. Her exhaustion from the day seemed to blind her to the obvious answer that was sitting on the tip of her tongue awaiting for her to wake up and realise.

"Your boyfriends a badass," Zach commented bringing a smile to Claire's face, a light tinge of pink appearing on her cheeks that made Brooklyn grin. "I knew it..." Brooklyn teased making Claire roll her eyes and look at the Malcolm Prodigy. "This coming from the girl interested in my nephew," Claire teased back, both eighteen year olds blushed but Zach didn't hesitate to kiss Brooklyn's cheek. "Well, I'd be stupid not to be interested," Zach told his aunt who smiled at that, she felt a sense of relief that something really good came out of this horribly traumatic experience that was bound to torment and haunt the three for quite some time.

It wasn't much longer before the Raptors began to slow down, chirping to each other causing Owen to stop the men. "You know what? No, no, no. You guys are not watching this. Keep the window closed," Claire told them before closing the window, she didn't want them to see anything more traumatic after everything they had already been through. Brooklyn frowned deeply, she sighed before kissing the top of Gray's head followed by kissing Zach before jumping up and climbing out. She ignored both boys as they called for her, their day of fear had bonded them so much that both boys felt off balance without their third survivor. Brooklyn closed the doors and walked around to get in the passenger seat.

"Brooklyn," Claire muttered but she stopped herself from scolding the woman knowing her true concerns for her best friend and her animals. They watched the screen as the Indominus Rex approached and came face to face with the Raptors, the two began communicating causing Brooklyn's face to pale and her heart to drop into the pit of her stomach. "Oh my God..." Brooklyn breathed out catchimg Claire's attention who immediately felt concerned seeing the pale complexion of the young woman. "What? What is it?" Claire asked the woman. "She's part Raptor... that's why she questioned me as the Alpha..." Brooklyn told Claire whose own face paled. One of Masrani's demands was that their scientists didn't make anything with Raptor DNA as it put Brooklyn at risk, the same DNA altered her own.

The Raptors turned their heads from the Indominus to Owen, his face dropped at the realisation that they had a new Alpha which put both him and Brooklyn in immediate danger. The Raptors attack immediately, the men began shooting at the both the Raptors and the Indominus including Owen and Barry. One of the soldiers loads his weapon and shoots a small missile towards the Indominus, to which she falls, slightly wounded before she gets up and runs away leaving the Raptor pack to their new hunt. "Watch your six. Raptors got a new Alpha," Owen warned everyone, his own body on high alert knowing how his Raptors worked. The Raptors began attacking soldier, leaping from the jungle to kill them with no hesitation, the sight made Brooklyn and Claire feel sick.

Barry was running from Blue, he manages to slip into a hollow log as Blue pounces on it and begins to claw into it in an attempt to get to him. "No! No, Blue!" Barry called out hoping the Raptor would at least recognise the man who had treated her with nothing but kindness. "Blue!" Owen snaps out gaining the Raptors attention, she turns her head as Owen revs the engine of his bike taunting the Beta before he drove off; the blue Raptor follows behind him quickly. "My God," Claire breathed out without noticing the window had been opened. "Is everyone dead?" Gray innocently asked, his eyes wide in fear and concern. "No, no, no. Everyone is fine," Claire replied in a panic, she hid the screen of the tablet.

"Don't lie to him!" Zach snapped at his aunt as he held his little brother close, his eyes glancing at Brooklyn who seemed to be in a daze. "He's scared. It's okay to lie when people are scared," Claire told her eldest nephew with teary eyes. "I wanna go home," Gray whimpered sadly. "Sweetheart, you will, okay? I promise. Tomorrow you will be home, and your mother will never let me see you again," Claire reassured the boy, brushing her fingers through his hair. Suddenly, a man slapped his hand against the driver's side window causing blood to smear against it, "Get out of here! Go! They're coming!" Claire immediately turned the key bringing the vehicle to life as the man moved around to the back, opening the doors before moving to climb in.

"Just hold on back there!" Claire instructed her nephews as Charlie leapt onto the back of the man dragging him back. After successfully killing the man, Charlie then proceeded to chase down the van at the sight of Zach and Gray in the back now that the doors were swinging with the movement of the vehicle. Charlie manages to latch on to the back of the van, Gray and Zach fumble with Cow Prod Taser designed for the Dinosaurs before Gray manages to activate it and strike the Raptors chest. "Are you boys okay?" Claire called back having heard the commotion. "Did you see that? I can't wait to tell mom!" Gray exclaimed excitedly. "Please no, do not tell your mother about that, ever!" Claire pleaded, she already knew that Karen was going to be angry; she didn't need it to be worse.

The passenger window shattered as Echo broke through snapping at Brooklyn, the girl screamed out at the act before trying to shove her companion out of the window. The sharp, burning pain in her face caused Brooklyn to whimper as Echo's talons managed to claw at the woman's face. "ECHO! NO, PLEASE!" Brooklyn screamed out causing a whimper to leave Echo's throat as she backed out of the window and landed on the ground in a daze, shaking her head before disappearing into the jungle. Brooklyn looked up slowly into the rearview mirror to see blood pouring from the cut that sat at her hairline over her right eye to the top of her lip.

"Oh my god, oh my god..." Claire cried out seeing the amount of blood that covered Brooklyn's face, she reached cautiously to the floor and lifted a small bag, "There's some stuff in there. You need... to wipe it, clean it..." Brooklyn was barely listening to the older woman, her ears ringing as her body burned from the pain. But no matter her wounds, nothing felt more painful than the fact that her own companion that she raised had been the one to cause it. "Brooklyn?" Gray's broken and fearful tone pulled her out of her daze, she reached into the bag without looking at the Mitchell brothers as she didn't wish to scare them. She pulled out a white cloth and some liquid disinfectant of some kind, it had a red cross on it showing it was medical.

Brooklyn soaked the cloth in the disinfectant before taking a breath to steel herself, she quickly wiped the wound before she could talk herself out of it. A pained screamed ripped from her throat at the action causing Claire to flinch while Gray hid his face in Zach's shoulder, the older Mitchell clenched his fists and jaw. "Brooklyn..." Claire whispered. "I know, I know..." Brooklyn replied before doing it again and again until most of the blood was gone. At least it had been disinfected, the wound would be fine until they got the help they need. "Lyn?" Zach whispered, his heart clenched in pain seeing the tears falling down her cheeks. "I'm okay... I'm okay..." Brooklyn whimpered, she just wanted to get off the island and see her dad. "I want my dad..." Brooklyn whispered, the broken tone struck the hearts of the others.

The sound of Owen's motorcycle distracted the Mitchell brothers for a moment, they turned their heads to see him catching up to them. "Owen!" The brothers called out before the older Navy Seal rode up by the driver's side and called out, "We gotta get indoors. Follow me!" He pulled ahead of the van and Claire immediately followed his lead as she called Lowery. "Lowery, we're headed your way. Call in a chopper!" Claire ordered the man. "Lyn, you gotta stay awake, okay?" Zach called to his girl, she turned her head to him. "I'm trying... I just feel so tired," Brooklyn replied to him. "I know, baby, I know. But you gotta stay awake," Zach cooed as he reached through the window and brushed his fingers across her uninjured cheek.

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The van came to a stop and Owen approached it, Claire motioned him over to the passenger seat and he furrowed his brows but listened. His heart dropped into the pit of his stomach as the door opened revealing a pale and sweaty Brooklyn with a new wound that left her eye now slightly swollen. "What the hell happened?" Owen asked as he caught her when she stumbled, she whimpered from the pain that returned to her shoulder blade along with the searing pain shooting through her head. "Echo gave me a matching scar," Brooklyn muttered out sadly making Owen frown, he knew how strong their bond had been. "Let's get inside," Owen told them, he helped Brooklyn before passing her to Zach so he could lead the charge and keep them safe.

"You're gonna be okay, Lyn. You're gonna be just fine," Zach reassured the ravenette who seemed to look as though she hadn't slept in years. "I liked it... when you... called me... baby," Brooklyn told Zach as they walked up the stairs and into the Headquarters building where the main laboratories were. "Yeah?" Zach asked, he smirked slightly feeling that same flutter he felt when he kissed her. "Yeah," Brooklyn agreed as she melted more into his embrace, she tried to keep her focus on her steps as she didn't want to hold everyone back. "Come on, come on," Claire encouraged the younger ones of the group, her eyes watching Brooklyn for a moment before focusing on Gray. "They evacuated the lab. What are you doing?" Claire questioned as they looked inside seeing Hoskins.

"I'm afraid that's above your pay grade, honey," Hoskins told her before his eyes landed on Brooklyn's state, "Someone got on the bad side of her pets." Brooklyn managed a glare, the tightness of her skin bothered her wound but her loathing for Hoskins blocked out the pain. "Where's Henry?" Claire asked causing Brooklyn to perk up with realisation. "Masrani said no Raptor tampering... the Indominus learned about me from her creator... you ordered it!" Brooklyn snapped, her adrenaline kicked in as she moved to attack him but Zach held her back, she was already too injured. "Masrani is dead. And this wouldn't be an issue had you accepted your potential as a true Alpha and lead their charge," Hoskins snapped out at the woman whose glare had darkened so much her eyes seemed to replicate one of a Raptor.

"That's not a real dinosaur," Gray spoke up in the tense silence, his eyes locked on the hologram of the Indominus Rex but smaller than her current size. "No, it ain't, kid. But somebody's gotta make sure that this company has a future," Hoskins arrogantly stated despite the shock that he felt seeing the woman's eyes change unnaturally, "Imagine, that one, a fraction of the size, deadly, intelligent, able to hide from the most advanced military technology. A living weapon unlike anything we've ever seen. You see... Millions of years of evolution, what did we learn? Nature is the gift that just--" Hoskins is cut off when Charlie appears, snarling at the man. "Shit! Easy..." Hoskins cooed towards the predator, his hand up like he was calming a dog.

"Hey, Hoskins..." Brooklyn's voice was dark, animalistic in a way that Owen had only heard once before; when she faced Trixie the Rex for the first time. Hoskins glanced at her, the Raptor eyes she held sent a chill through his body as he spoke, "Call him off... tell the damn thing to back away." Brooklyn tsk'd him with a smirk as she stepped forward, "I'm not their Alpha, your creation is." Hoskins' face paled as Charlie pounced forward, snapping her jaws as Hoskins. "Go, go!" Owen called to the others as Brooklyn's eyes went back to normal, a new wave of energy washing over her allowing her to run alongside the others. They managed to get out of the building only to be cornered by Blue, Echo and then Charlie joined them making Brooklyn frown at Delta's lack of presence; she was admittedly terrified as the Indominus appeared.

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Rosemary Speaks. . .

Raptor DNA. . . What a crazy prospect!

Almost finished this book, how are y'all feeling about this chapter? Poor Brooklyn, huh?

Also, I like the pet name Baby. If you don't, that's fine. But my girl Brooklyn does, so hush up please. <3

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