Aqua (Jurassic World)

Chapter 20

Berilo and Kori lowered themselves to the ground in front of me, pleading with me to stay with them, or take them with me.

I placed a hand on each of their snouts.

"Thank you, my boys..." I murmured. A knot forming in my throat.

Berilo let out a rumbly purr and closed his eyes as I stroked his head, I placed a kiss between his nostrils, his warm breath fanning my cheeks and hair.

I turned to Kori and pushed my hand to give him a chin-rub. He reached out his tongue and licked my t-shirt. I was wearing a jacket and a t-shirt.

I thought for a moment before I took off my jacket and then my shirt, only wearing a bra, then placed my shirt between his teeth, I pulled my jacket back on and zipped it up.

Kori sucked on it just as he had done when he was younger and I smiled softly at him.

I turned to Berilo, hugging his snout tightly. Again wishing that my life could end at this perfect moment.

I wished I would never have to face a life without my boys. As if I had to act like I never knew them.

"I- I don't want to go," I hugged him tighter.

He sat back and held me to his chest in the embrace of a hug, I appreciated it this time as sobs wracked my body making my heart hurt.

"How could I live knowing you're here without me..." I murmured through tears and I felt Kori press his head against my back which only made my heart hurt.

I couldn't stay on Isla Nublar, it seemed as if every time someone tried to set up a park or experiment with dinosaurs things ended sourly.

I don't belong on this island with Berilo and Kori, that much I knew. I let my tears fall down his scales, noticing how they had nothing to grip onto or soak into.

"Never forget how much I love you," I tell them, sniffling back tears.

Kori understood and Berilo seemed to understand too.

Berilo set me back down and I gave him a scratch on the chin and used my other hand to stroke Kori between the nostrils. Both closed their eyes and purred.

I knew they loved me too.

I moved both hands to Kori and gave him a big hug on his snout and he let out a deeper purr. "I'll miss you, Kay."

I turned to Berilo, who was looking at me, his head tilted down so I stood on my tippy-toes and hugged him. "Goodbye, Bear..."

I didn't think I could handle any more hugging onto them and wishing that I'd never have to live without them.

I pulled away and both looked at me and stepped back.

My heart hurt, our goodbyes had been said, did their hearts hurt as much as mine did. Kori and Berilo marched off down the mainstreet. I noticed they both looked back when they were at the end.

I stood there. Tears clouded my eyes as I watched their silhouettes retreat.

I looked up at the sky, it was still dark, I pulled my phone out of my jacket pocket and saw the time was 12:00.

Midnight. Lucky me.

I followed Owen, Claire, Zack and Gray to where everyone was getting medical treatment and other things and I was surprised I had managed to stay unharmed, though sweaty and tired and sad.

I sat down by the entrance, my head against the door-frame as I looked out at the water, the ocean surrounding the island.

My mind is clouded by thoughts of Kori and Berilo.

I looked back inside and saw Claire and Owen talking, they both nodded at something and then they kissed.

Somehow a smirk found its way onto my lips. That was something I never expected, the tough, 'i'm the alpha' guy and the fragile park manager girl.

Before the last ferry left, Owen and I talked, he came and sat next to me. I said something first. "Will you miss your raptors?" I ask. I knew only one survived last night.

"A bit," he nods thoughtfully to himself. "She's better off here, it's for the best."

"But... we'll never be able to return," I reminded him and my heart ached at the thought.

"We can't do much else, unfortunately," he tells me and then stands up and walks away. I had to agree.

The last ferry left in the morning and I squeezed onto it with nothing but my phone and what I had been wearing the night before. I felt like I didn't need much else.

I moved to the back of the boat and looked out as the island seemed to grow smaller and smaller in the distance.

You know what they say. If you love something, set it free and maybe one day it will return. Maybe one day I will return.