Aqua (Jurassic World)

Chapter 12

I was by the new enclosure, the helicopter flapping overhead as it lowered the net holding my boys into it. I opened the big gate and Claire closed it behind me.

As the net touched the ground, my boys were like liquid because they were so sedated. They had a leather belt around each of their snouts

I undid the net and the helicopter flew away. I lifted up Berlios head and placed it on my lap as I undid the belt. He let out a tired groan and I rubbed his snout then moved to Kori.

Part of me considered leaving the belt on but I did the same I did to Berilo. Lifting his big head onto my lap, his eyes half open as I undid the belt and slid it off.

"There we go," I murmur, giving him a pat on his snout.

I lay by them, as they snored softly, making sure they felt safe even when they were in their weakest.

They eventually woke up after an hour or two, Kori and Berilo stumbled a bit of fatigue still present in their minds and movements and it reminded me of when they had just hatched and they could barely walk.

I walked between them, a hand on each as a guiding source because I knew I definitely couldn't carry them.

We walked around the perimeter until we reached the water. The water wasn't too big of an issue for me since it was filtered and didn't have anything dangerous in it. However, I still didn't want to go in the water because it was so deep.

Berilo moved away from me and Kori and he took a sip from it, Kori did the same but he stayed by my side.

When they had drank for a few moments they both waded into the water. "Wait!" I called out, they were both still a bit wobbly.

Kori let out a chitter as if he knew what I was thinking and he and Berilo waded back to shore laying down half in the water. "Oh my boys," I tisk though I'm smiling.

I decide I have to stay until they get back to normal and lay leaning against Berilo who had already started to softly snore.

When they were back to normal I went home and began planning. Drawing on a design sheet a rough sketch of a saddle. The girth would have to be big if I wanted it to fit Berilo when he's fully grown. I also needed something like a rope or something that I could use to get up and down easily and that folds back into the saddle and of course everything would have to be waterproof.

When I had finished I had gotten all the dimensions and materials and where everything needed to go and the instructions. It was also well into the night.

I got up the next morning, fed my boys and gave them scratches and ordered the materials.

Kori and Berilo seemed a lot more agitated, I understood since they were both in a smaller more controlled enclosure than the one they had been in before. It had bigger walls and no clear view outside as everything was either one-sided glass or concrete.

I was probably one of the only things that had stayed the same for the two boys so they had grown extra clingy.

I was walking over to Kori to give him some pats when Berilo wrapped his claws around me and picked me up gently. I let out a gasp when my feet left the ground and squirmed slightly out of surprise but didn't want his grip to tighten so I went still. He sat down and held me to his chest.

I did not like being trapped. I gave him a moment to enjoy the hug though even if my heart rate was speeding up and I was growing a bit impatient.

He was only doing what I had done when he was a hatchling and what he had done after he and Kori had killed the ACU members.

"Let me down, boy," I squirmed and managed to climb down.

He let out a sigh of frustration and confusion and I went over to give Kori some pats. Kori nuzzled me and sucked on my shirt as he had when he was a baby, only now his head was as big as my body so my shirt was pulled up too far up my body and I tried to pull back but didn't for fear it would rip.

I decided instead I would rub his nose and he let out a low growl of satisfaction and let go of my shirt which was now wrinkled and dripping with dino-slobber and ripped in some places.

"What am I going to do with you two?" I sighed, shaking my head.

Berilo came over and nudged my chest gently so I fell back sitting and Berilo placed his head on my lap and Kori slid around to my back so I could lean against him.

I hadn't really noticed they had had another growth-spurt until now. When were they going to stop growing?

I could barely handle them now, they were only a little smaller (maybe a foot) than the T-rex.

"It'll be okay," I told myself, letting out a deep breath.

Now I just had to wait till Berilo got up and he was a LONG napper.