Inevitable // Zach Mitchell // [2]

Chapter Four

We travel through the jungle for a couple of miles in the truck before Owen speaks up, "We should stop here and continue on foot, we don't wanna scare her off."

Wheatley nods, "Let's move out!"

I weave my way through Wheatley's men to stand beside my brother.

"Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and Dani is gonna follow close behind. Wheatley, you and your men hang back until I tell you otherwise." Owen commands.

Wheatley nods, "Understood."

"You'll be ready if we need you?" I ask Zia.

She gives me a thumbs up, "I was born ready dude."

Owen and I break away from the group to start tracking Blue. My nerves are in shreds. Every time I hear a noise, no matter how quiet it is, I jump.

When did I become such a wuss?

Owen, who is about 5 meters ahead of me, stops in his path and crouches down to investigate something on the ground. He silently calls me over to him and I crouch down to his level.

It's a footprint. Blue's footprint.

Owen produces his walkie talkie, "Wheatley I am on fresh sign, wait for my signal."

We move into a small clearing that has an upside down 'Jurassic Park' Jeep at the other side of where we are.

The bushes and grass near the Jeep start rustling and Owen very slowly starts moving toward it.

I hold my breath, I'm way more nervous than I thought I'd be.

"There you are." Owen whispers.

Right after he speaks, three Compsognathus' leap out of the bushes and run past us.

I exhale and turn around to watch them run away. Relieved that it wasn't Blue attacking us, or something worse.

All of a sudden, my ears are filled with the deafening sound of Blue's raptor scream.

I turn my whole body back around to face her as fast as I can. One of the most vital things to know about a velociraptor is that you should never have your back to them.

Owen slowly moves backwards toward me with his hands out in front of him to show Blue that he means no harm.

"Hey girl, you miss me?" He says calmly.

Blue jumps off of the truck. She looks so much bigger than I remember.

Owen takes some food he brought for her out of his inside jacket pocket, "I got something for you" he says and then throws it to her.

It hits Blue in the face and she does not look amused. Her eyes lock on my brother.

Owen starts clicking his clicker, "You know me." he whispers.

Blue starts to circle us and Owen puts a hand on my arm to move me around with him.

Blue then proceeds to lock eyes on me.

It feels like all the Oxygen has left my lungs. I can't breathe.

"You know her." Owen whispers again while obsessively clicking the clicker.

Blue starts to tilt her head. It sounds crazy but it's almost like there is recognition in her eyes. She's calming down. She remembers us!

My brother slowly starts to reach his hand out to stroke her face, "That's it" he coos.

Owen's hand is mere centimeters from her face when out of nowhere something hits Blue in her neck and she lets out another deafening scream. She spins around and her tail knocks my brother off his feet, causing him to fall flat on his back and take me down with him.