Daughter of Raptors: A Jurassic World Fanfic

Chapter 2: Meet Amari

Owen wanted to kill something.   

He continued to work on his bike, twisting several wires and adjusting this and that with his wrench, sitting on a overturned pail near his jungle bungalow. All he could think about was his raptors.  These were like his kids, he'd raised them since they hatched, and he had taken care of them before that.  Owen glanced up as he heard a SUV approaching, and judging by the pure white paint job, he knew exactly who it was.  The woman that was going to take his raptors away from him.  Unless I can find another trainer.  Who else is crazy enough to go into a pen with wild raptors?  He thought, knowing the answer.  No one.  No one would be crazy enough to talk to the raptors from fifty feet away, let along get in a pen with them.  The SUV parked, and sure enough, Claire Dearing stepped out of the SUV and walked towards him, clutching a clipboard, as she usually did, wearing her perfectly white uniform, which he hated, as always.  "What do they want now?"  He asked no one in particular.  Owen groaned inwardly, hoping that she wasn't going to ask him to come and take a look at something as she had before.  "Mr. Grady, I need you to come...take a look at something."  She says, and Owen just glares.  Nope.  Not that lucky.   Owen thinks, just glancing away from her and towards his work on the motorcycle as she approaches.  "Why do you keep calling me Mr. Grady?"  He asks, turning towards her for a moment, the ice in his eyes clearly visible.  She sighed.  "Owen,"  She said, rather awkwardly.  He continued to ignore her, saying "I'm really busy.  Can we do this another time?"  She sgihed again.  "Look, Mr. Grady, if this is about your raptors, it's out of my control.  Now please, will you just listen to me?"  Owen glanced her way again, but only for a moment.  Claire took a deep breath, saying "We have a new attraction,"  He stood, up, saying "That's not what you said the last time I saw you.  You said that my animals were monsters."  "I'm talking about the dinosaurs."  She says, completely ignoring his last comment.  "It's a new species we've made."  She said, and Owen just walked over to his bungalow.  "You just went and made a new dinosaur?  Don't you tink that's kinda messing with everything a bit more than you should?"  "No, because it's kinda what we do here. The exhibit opens to the public in a week and Mr. Masrani wanted me to consult with you."  He came close to her, twirling his wrench in his hands.  "Well, do you want to consult here, or in my bungalow?"  He asks, and she wrinkles her nose, saying "That's not funny, and no.  You're here to consult with her."  Claire says, and Owen glances back to see who she means.  A young, beautiful woman steps out of the SUV, dressed in a short, green dress, with long, beautiful light brown hair that fell around her shoulders.  She slowly walked over to Owen, clearly not shy, as she walked with a brisk purpose.  "This is Amari Cooper, and she'll be consulting with you on the new asset."  Owen looked her up and down, realizing Man, InGen sure has it good since I stopped sending in reports.  The young lady walked right up to him, pulling out her notebook.  "Well, Mr. Grady, we've been told to talk to you about inspecting the paddock for vulnerabilities.  Mr. Masrani thinks that you have....certain abilities with the dinosaurs."  Owen smiles.  "It's Owen, and dinosaurs aren't the only things I have ways with."  He gave her a wink, and she shuddered, whispering to Claire "Please tell me he's not always like this?"  Claire glanced at the young woman, whispering back "Unfortunately, yes, he is."  Amari shuddered again, her gaze showing that she was not happy with this arrangement.   Amari walked right up to Owen fearlessly, saying "I'd change your clothes if I were you.  I'll wait in the car and Miss Dearing can head back to the paddock while I wait."  Claire glances at Amari with worry, but Amari shakes her head.  Owen just smiles, and then runs to his bungalow as Claire starts to get into her car.     

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Amari's POV

I can't believe Claire.  

Why would she stick me with this nut?  Okay, a handsome one at that, but still, he thinks he knows everything.  "Well, I was in the Navy for..."  I drown out his voice, since all he's been talking about is himself and his raptors.  I sigh, clutching the steering wheel as he continues to talk.  We've been driving for about an hour, and I don't think that he's shut up.  He cracks a few jokes now and then, and sometimes, I have to smile.  No.  No, Amari.  This is business.  Keep your head in the game, you hear me girl?  I think, shaking my head slightly.  I see the paddock off in the distance, not too far away really.  I sigh, glancing skyward and muttering a silent Thank you to the heavens.  "And one time when Blue was little, she tried to eat my-"  "Oh look, we're here!"  I interrupt Owen, and he glances forward for once instead of looking at me.  The look on his face suggests that he forgot that we even had a purpose to driving out here.  I know that he's having problems, but Claire never told me what exactly.  I have a lot running through my mind, with these mysterious mechanical shortages and problems from the north end of the island that I have to take care of, and now Claire has stuck me with this guy.  Ai yi yi.  The mechanical problems are more like sabotage, and we all have no idea who the heck could even be in those areas on a normal basis.  I mean, it's on the north end of the island, where the original Jurassic Park was that the wires and main platforms have been sabotaged.  We keep a lot of our generators and stuff in that area, but no one lives around there and all of the dinosaurs are restricted away from that area.  I stop daydreaming as I park the car in front of the paddock, slowly stepping out and walking towards the stairs, Owen in tow.  All I know is that this new asset is more dangerous than our new saboteur.  

A/N

Hey everybody!  Introducing>......A NEW CHARACTER!!!  Now, as I explained, this is going to be an altered Jurassic World, the ending and such won't be the same.  And I'm adding a new ship to the mix, as you can plainly see.  Our main character will be introduced fairly soon, sorry about the delay in meeting her, but it's important to the story that you don't meet her right away.  It may be a few chapters before she comes in, I'm warning ya.  But I hope that ya'll enjoy my story!  :D