Safe ➳ Zach Mitchell

➸Prologue

"Good girl, Delta." I cooed, gently running my hand down the velociraptor's nose. She was in her cage, her mouth clamped shut by the metal contraption, but even if her mouth wasn't locked shut, I knew she wouldn't hurt me. We've always had a bond, stronger than I have with any of the other dinosaurs, or even some humans. I've worked at Jurassic World since I was twelve years old, alongside my older brother, Owen Grady. He's top velociraptor trainer and I'm his assistant, since I'm only fifteen and not old enough for a higher job position.

After making a fuss of Delta for a few more minutes, I wondered over to my brother who was outside Blue's cage, one of the other raptors. Owen and Blue had a relationship just like me and Delta, they had a special bond, too.

"Honestly, why don't you just marry her?" I joked, hearing Owen say sweet things to Blue.

"Maybe I will." He retaliated.

"You'd have a better chance with her than any actual human girls." I smirked.

"Hey!" He laughed and so did I.

"Sophie!" Penny, the secretary that works in the small office located near the raptor cages called my name as she ran over to me, "Claire is on the phone in the office, she wants to speak to you." I assumed she was referring to Claire Dearing, the park's operations director. I nodded and made my way to the office, Owen following me, probably curious to find out what Claire wanted from his little sister.

"Hello?" I spoke into the phone.

"Josephine, hi," I cringed at the use of my full name but didn't say anything, "I have a job for you, how busy will you be over the next few days?"

"Well, that depends on how much child labour my brother decides to force upon me." I replied, smirking at my brother as we both know he doesn't make me do nearly as much work as I'm making out. In fact, working for Owen is probably one of the easiest things I'll ever have to do.

"Shut up." He chuckled, giving me a playful nudge.

"I'm joking, obviously," I assured Claire, "I probably won't be that busy, why? What's the job?"

"My nephews, Zach and Gray are coming to Jurassic World and I need you to be their tour guide." She told me.

"How old are they?" Was I going to be stuck babysitting some toddlers for the next few days?

"Uh, one must be around high school age by now, probably about your age, actually, and the other one... Elementary school? Maybe middle school?"

"Hang on, you don't even know how old your own nephews are? Wow, Claire, you sound like a wonderful aunt." I remarked sarcastically and I heard Owen snigger quietly.

"I don't have time for your backsass, Josephine," She snapped.

"It's Sophie." I snapped back.

"Look, will you please just do this for me?"

"Sure, I'll do it," I paused and smirked, "For a price."

I heard Claire sigh on the other end of the line, "Fine, whatever, I'll double your salary for the week." Wow, the was a lot more than I thought she was going to offer me.

"Sweet, when will they be here?"

"They're arriving tomorrow."

"I look forward to it." I grinned.