This story takes place in 2007 and provides a backstory to Owen Grady (Jurassic World). It is canon to my story, Jurassic World: The New World and may not be 100% accurate to the film version. Part two of The New World will have direct references to Owen's imagined history in this story. It's 2007 and Owen Grady is a senior at Indiana University. He is juggling difficult classes, an internship/apprenticeship, a needy girlfriend, and his sick father. When a mysterious group approaches Owen with the animal behaviorist job opportunity of a lifetime, he turns them down, wanting to create his own path. But a family tragedy leads Owen to question the offer - and his future. Will Owen continue down his path, the one his father wanted for him, or will he try something new with this strange organization?