{human speech} {raptor speech} {thoughts}

Barry's POV

I awoke to the sound of a car door being closed, I slowly opened my eyes, but as soon as I remembered the current situation I was in I snapped my eyes open. I look around and immediately notice that I'm in a cage that is made of metal bars. I also noticed that it was night and that surprised me since I could see perfectly well, not only did it surprise me but it also made me feel a bit scared of the change since It felt natural to be able to see in the night. "just the instincts, that make me feel like this is natural, just the instincts" I try to reassure my self with my thoughts, I hear another car door being closed and this time I look around not to see my surrounding but to try ad pinpoint the location of the noise.

"success!" I think as I find the culprit of the noises. The culprit was a male that had a name tag on his chest and what it read made me wish I weren't a raptor anymore. "why do I get all the bad luck why can't I get someone like Owen, heck I would even prefer Claire over Hoskins, he'll try to use me for a field test, damn it" I think in fear. "alright I'll take it from here boys! Pack up and get going" Hoskins yells.

I hear a few groans and whispers about how hard they worked on getting me this far. "wait- where's here" I think as I look around furiously to try and find out where I am, "" I shriek as I spot the raptor enclosure in front of me, I then spot people approaching me and that was when I started to go ballistic and freak out. As soon as I saw who the approaching humans were though I start to calm down; it was Owen and Claire. "meet me over at the gate in 5 I need to talk to the raptor alone so I can try to rename him and prep him to enter the enclosure" Owen says.

"new name huh, that's actually pretty smart, I didn't even think of getting a new name so I don't get called Barry all the time and let everyone know I'm a velociraptor," I think to myself. "rename you said rename why would he already have a name?" Claire asks confused. "Well you never know he could've had a name when he was in his old pack, if he had a pack that is" Owen says. "he couldn't of had a pack we checked the whole island for rogue dinosaurs when we first arrived here to build the park and we found no velociraptors or velociraptor packs during that search" Claire says.

"well you obviously didn't do a good job of looking if you missed a velociraptor, and even if he didn't have a pack he had to have parents that named him, so he probably already has a name, so just stop asking questions already," Owen says. "Fine but you only have 5 minutes," Claire says before turning around and walking away. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding "nice save Owen" I think in relief. I watch Owen as he watches Claire leave, as soon as Claire is out of sight Owen starts to walk towards me.

"what the flipping hell are we going to name you, "" I say, but remember the communication problem right away. "how about Alexander" I write, "you're entering a velociraptor pack not a roman empire" Owen says. "how about Surge?" Owen asks after a couple of seconds, I think about it for a couple of seconds and decided to keep the idea, after all, there's not a lot of ways to get teased because of that name, and it's short and simple. "I like it," I write in the ground, "then Surge it is, also I'm assuming you came here to ask the raptors, so how di-" Owen gets cut off by Claire walking over.

"times up we need to get him in the enclosure now," Claire says strictly. "Ok, give me one minute I just need to make sure the entrance is prepped for entering the enclosure once he's in the enclosure we'll start the introductory do you see that light over?" Owen asks gesturing to a white light on top of the power box. "yes, I do" Claire says. "don't press the green button when you see that light turn from white to red" Owen continues while pointing at the green button on the side of the cage out of my reach.

"button wait until the light turns from red to blue then press the green button" Owen finishes his instructions. "ok got" Claire says confidently. "ok since I don't believe that you do understand please repeat what I just said" Owen instructs. "umm press the green button when the light turns blue?" Claire guesses, trying not to let Owen know that she guessed.

"nice guess" Owen mocks. "ok I'm going to prepare the gate now see you later," Owen says right before walking off. "it's just you and me I guess," Claire says nervously. "" I say.

I stare at the green button in an attempt to figure out what it does. I see the white light turn red in my peripheral vision I turn to glare at it after about 10 seconds it turns blue I look at Claire and see her hesitate to press the button but then she places her hand on it with her palm flat she takes a deep breath then presses the button. All of a sudden, an alarm starts blaring and then the cage lurches forward causing me to stumble I look around and then start to panic. "I'm going to die; I'm so going to die" I keep repeating in my head.

As I get closer to the gate, I see Owen leaning against the fence with his arms crossed and a worried look on his face. I calm down at seeing Owen then give him a reassuring look or at least the velociraptor equivalent to a reassuring look. I turn back to look at the paddock with a feeling I thought I would never feel again; happiness. Against all odds of me surviving, I was happy; I was happy that I got to know such good friends.

And although I would never get to tell Owen I considered him family. Though now it wouldn't matter as I would probably die now. I look up and see several soldiers with guns that looked ready to shoot if anything went wrong seeing this made me confident. "maybe I won't die" I think.

I look back at the gate with newfound confidence, the cage keeps moving until I am right in the gates. The gate door closes behind me and then the cage door opens with a loud alarm like noise. I walk out of the cage then a blaring alarm starts up again and the paddock entrance starts to open and as soon as it fully opens the alarm stops and everything goes quiet. I look out into the enclosure and that's when I start to regret having done the experiment more than I had.

I walk into the enclosure after a couple of moments of standing within the safety of the cage, well as safe as it gets in a box that is open to an enclosure full of raptors. "" I hear a growl from somewhere within the trees. "" I hear another growl from somewhere near the other raptor. "" one of them growls.

"" I hear one growl. "" I hear a sarcastic chirp. "" a raptor asks. "" I say confidently.

"" a raptor question. "" I ask. "" a raptor says sarcastically. "" I ask.

"" a raptor says. "" I answer. "" I finish. "" one of them growls, and I curse silently under my breath, "why hadn't I thought of that, of course, they get patched up" I think then look up at the soldiers.

"and of course, they're only taser guns," I think. "" I hear someone growl, then a raptor emerges from the bushes, Delta. After delta emerges from the bushes two others emerge, "wait where's Blue?" I think. "" Delta growls before taking a step forward then another then one more, then she speeds up and is soon sprinting towards me.

As soon as she is within a couple of metres she pounces, and I was ready for it and I dart to the side. Delta lands on the ground where I was standing a few moments ago. She then pounces again and I go to dart to the side again but I then feel a heavyweight land on my shoulders, making me remember the other raptors but it was already too late. I fall over on to the ground and then feel a sharp pain in my tail giving me an idea.

I whip my tail as hard as I can, and I get rewarded with a yelp and then the weight is gone. I jump to my feet and glance up at the soldiers who were all now watching and then I glance at the gate and see Hoskins standing behind the gate with a smirk on his face. "he must've told the soldiers to not fire damn it" I think. I look back to face my opponent and before I can even react, I feel a raptor ram into my left side effectively knocking me off my feet.

I land on my side stunned and before I can get up I get pinned down by not one raptor but two I try to wriggle out of the tackle but I fail, I continue to try but to no prevail. I feel something grip my neck and then I feel nothing but agony as the pressure increases. "" I hear someone bellow then the weight is gone and so is the agony but not fully gone, as It is now a stinging pain, I stagger to my feet and look to see Blue pinning down delta and Echo and Charlie cowering in fear a couple of metres away from Blue and Delta. "" Blue yells, "" she yells again.

"" Delta stammers. "" Blue shouts, "" "" Blue cuts off Delta. "" Blue growls, "" Blue adds, "" Blue apologises, "" I say then realise I made a mistake. "" Blue asks, "" I answer.

"" Blue chirps apologetically. "" I ask. "" Blue says, "so they do think that Owen is the alpha" I think to myself. "" Blue asks, "" I stop in the middle of the sentence.

"" I correct, "" Blue asks curiously. "" I answer. ""