negative positions ➹ zach mitchell [DISCONTINUED]

• five •

• MEANWHILE IN THE CONTROL ROOM•

Owen Grady angrily walks into the control room from the elevator. The newest asset, the Indominus rex, had escaped from her paddock earlier. Owen was there to witness the entire thing, and he wasn’t too happy about it.

“I need to see a badge,” the security guard says. Owen walks past him. “Sir, I need to see a badge.”

“What the hell happened out there?” Owen asks angrily. The security guard hurries behind him. “Sir.” He grabs Owen.

“There are thermal cameras all over that paddock. She did not just disappear!” Owen shakes out of the guard’s grasp.

Claire looks uneasy from Owen’s current presence. “It must have been some kind of a technical malfunction.”

He clenches his jaw. “Were you not watching? She marked up that wall as a distraction. She wanted us to think she escaped.”

Claire shakes her head. “Hold on. We are talking about an animal here.”

“A highly intelligent animal.”

Vivian speaks up. “400 meters to the beacon.” Owen turns his attention to the screen.

The troopers all have stun guns. “You’re going after her with non-lethals.”

“We have 26 million dollars invested in that asset. We can’t just kill it,” Masrani explains.

Grady huffs. “Those men are going to die.”

“300 meters to the beacon.”

He looks at Masrani. “You need to call this mission off right now.”

“They’re right on top of it.”

“Call it off right now.” Owen’s tone was more demanding than the first time.

“You are not in control here,” Claire snaps.

Hamada picks something up off the ground. He shows it to the camera. “Blood’s not clotted yet. It’s close.”

“What is that?” Masrani asks.

”That’s her tracking implant,” Owen answers, walking in front of the screen. “She clawed it out.”

“How would it know to do that?” Claire questions in shock.

“She remembered where they put in.”

After a few short minutes of silence, there are trees heard rustling. The Indominus appears from a tree.

“It can camouflage!” The Indominus roars and there is soon shouting to be heard. Hamada has flatlined. Owen says nothing, keeping his eyes on the screen.

The Indomnius continues its killing spree. More people die. Louder screaming is heard. The sound of people flatlining fills the room. Once everyone has died and the Indominus has left, Owen turns towards them. “Evacuate the island.”

Claire’s eyes are still glued to the screen. “We’d never reopen.”

Owen points at the screen as he paces slowly. “You made a genetic hybrid, raised it in captivity. She is seeing all of this for the first time. She does not even know what she is. She will kill everything that moves.”

Masrani looks confused. “Do you think the animal is contemplating its own existence?”

“She is learning where she fits in the food chain, and I’m not sure you want her to figure that out. Now, Asset Containment can use live ammunition in an emergency situation. You have an M134 in your armory. Put it on a chopper, and smoke this thing!”

“We have families here. I’m not gonna turn this place into some kind of a warzone,” Claire deadpans, annoyed with Owen.

Owen’s face was emotionless. “You already have.”

• • •

• BACK IN THE GYROSPHERE •

Zach’s phone rings. He pulls it out of his pocket and looks at the caller ID before answering. “Hey, Claire.”

He talks for a couple of minutes before taking his phone away from his ear.

“What’s wrong?” Reagan asks. He shrugs.

"I don’t know. I couldn’t get any reception. I lost connection, I guess.” She nods and ignores the blood rushing to her face when she feels one of Zach’s hands on the small of her back and his thumb lightly rubbing her left hip.

“What happened here?” She looks to see what’s in front of them. “Dude. Off road.” Zach sounded genuinely excited for something that sounded awfully dangerous and risky.

“But, they told us to go back,” the young Mitchell protests quietly.

“I’m just worried you’re not getting the full Jurassic World experience.” Reagan and Gray look at him. He looks back, smirking. He then holds his finger to his lips, and moves them into the restricted area.

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