✔︎ BAD OMENS, Zach Mitchell ¹

𝐨𝟗. 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇

RUSHING OUT OF THE NURSES OFFICE, Zach and Tate sent each other looks as they heard shouts and screams coming from the lab. The duo sprinted down the hallway, almost immediately running into Owen and Claire — the two who ruined the moment for them.

As the duo was still confused on what exactly was happening, the answer was that they were being chased by Charlie — who appeared behind Tate and Zach as they whipped around in horror. Hastily, the five sprinted down the hallway towards the exit, making it out safety.

With relief, Tate looked around for places to go and hide until morning came. But that relief came more anxiety as Echo appeared in front of them, Blue alongside her. Another roar was heard from behind the five, causing them to face Charlie, who broke out of the visitor center. The hungry raptors then began to circle them, making Tate step forward.

"Jesus Christ." She muttered as Echo and Blue walked towards her. A shaky breath escaped her lips, slowly reaching towards the raptors who stared deeply at her. "It's okay, guys. I know you're pissed off." She whispered; in the hopes she can grab the headsets off of them. "I am too." She faintly chuckled, rubbing the sides of their faces.

With success, Tate unbuckled the headsets from the raptors heads, just before the Indominus announced its presence with a roar. Tate tensed, her eyes franticly looking everywhere but behind her, where the four stared in horror. Echo, Blue and Charlie looked up to the indominus, who was chittering towards them.

Echo's head then turned back to Tate, along with Blue, who both stared at her. Little chatters were exchanged between them, as they rubbed their heads against her arms. A laugh of relief escaped her as the raptors roared back at the indominus. Not liking this, the larger Dinosaur smacked Blue into a pillar with her tail, making Tate gasp. She quickly jumped back into Zach's arms, who held her closely as the five watched the raptors go against the indominus' wishes. Looking towards Owen, Tate gave him a nod. Owen hastily looked back to the dinosaurs, letting out a whistle to signal them to attack.

Doing so, Gray, Claire, Tate and Zach sprinted towards a food stand, while Owen shot at the Indominus. The four crouched down behind the counter of the stand, breathing heavily.

"We need more." Gray told, earning Tate's attention.

"More what?"

"Teeth." Gray nodded. "We need more teeth."

Hesitantly, Claire and Tate exchanged a look, before the Grant girl shot up and grabbed a flare from the emergency med kit in the food stand. "I, uh, will be right back." Tate gave them smiles, as she attempted to jump over the counter — only to be stopped by Zach, who shook his head franticly.

"Don't go." He whispered. "Please, Tate."

A piece of Tate's heart shattered at this small gesture, giving Zach a look of sadness. She placed her hand of his cheek, making him lean into it. "I'll be right back. I promise." She knew she had been making many promises today, but so far, she has kept them all.

And with that, Tate sprinted towards Trix's pasture — dinosaur Tate could easily call one of her favorite's. She ignored the gun shots and snarls from the raptors and indominus, her only plan being to make it to Trix. Quickly, she grabbed out her walkie talkie.

"Wesley, are you still there?" She asked the communications center, her words rushed.

"I- it's Lowery, Tate. Wesley went home."

"Coward." She muttered but shook her
head — not trying to get off topic. "I need you to open paddock nine." Tate instructed into the walkie, as a gasp escaped Lowery.

"Paddock nine? Are you kidding! Tate, that's insane."

Standing in front of the large gate, she looked up to the camera that she knew Lowery was looking into. "Lowery, for the love of god, if you don't open this god damn gate now it'll really show how pathetic your life is. So now grow up and do something for once in your life!" She hissed harshly into the speaker.

"Why'd you have to make it personal?" He muttered, before doing as Tate said. Her eyes fell onto the now opening gate, her heart jumping at the heavy footsteps coming near her. Slowly, she lit the flare, waiting patiently for Trix to arrive. When she did, Tate slowly began to break into a sprint. Trix let out a large roar, following the blonde as she raced towards where the indominus was located. Once getting there, she threw the flare towards the dinosaur, who raced towards the T-rex, ready to fight.

Tate hurriedly rushed towards the four, trying her best to hide away from the fight that was happening. Tate watched in horror as the indominus beat Trix down, almost killing her — before Echo and Blue came out of nowhere, assisting Trix in this fight. A smile came onto Tate's lips as she jumped up, signaling the four to run towards her — hoping to escape safely.

They did so, all watching as the indominus got thrown into Bea's fence, with Trix, Blue and Echo, all cornering her. The five watched intensely as the Indominus was about to continue the fight, before Bea jumped into the air — her body falling enough onto the ground to catch the Indominus, and drag the dinosaur with her back into the water. A gasp left the groups mouths at the sight, all staring at each other in shock.

Trix left the five, along with Blue and Echo — who stared at Tate and Owen. The duo gave them the go to leave, choosing to let them be free. Tate knew they were in fact — wild animals, who didn't deserve to live in captivity for the rest of their lives. Whether this was the way Tate wanted them to live, they were still free. That's all she wanted.