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Owen knew he was screwed. No, he knew he was about to screw things up. There was no way he wasn't going to screw things up.

Thunder screamed again, before heavy rain started pouring down like there was no tomorrow. Owen cursed and thunked his head back against the wall behind him.

He was trapped in the middle of a forest in the northern area of Isla Nublar. There was an I-Rex and Velociraptors on the loose. And an injured, nearly in heat, omega was sitting beside him. To make matters worse, the omega was only a teenager and Claire Dearing's nephew - Zach Mitchell.

Owen felt his alpha side roar at the light, sweet scent coming from the boy beside him. It took all his might to keep from moving closer to the poor kid. Owen tried to reason with himself, no, with his alpha instincts, that Zach was injured, barely conscious, and he was just a kid.

Like those Velociraptors, his alpha instincts snapped its jaw at him and protested.

Owen cursed himself, then he cursed everyone who had anything to do with bringing this teenage omega to Isla Nublar when the I-Rex decided to break out.

5 Days earlier

"Zach! Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, I am. I've packed everything. You should worry about Gray, Mom. Make sure he doesn't forget his underwear or his pajamas again."

Zach replied to his mother and quickly shut the door. It was three hours before he had to go on a trip, with his annoying little brother, to Isla Nublar. His mother wanted them to visit their Aunt Claire and spent some 'happy family time' with her.

Zach snorted at the thought. It's not like he didn't know about his mom and dad's arguments. He knew they were going to divorce. He just didn't know why they had to pretend they were still in love with each other, why they had to hide the truth from them. He's sixteen, he could handle the truth. Or maybe it was for Gray. Yeah, he wouldn't want Gray to know. Besides being a talkative brat, Grey was pretty fun to be with. Despite the moody face Zach usually showed Grey, he loved his brother.

Zach sighed and laid down on his bed. His hand fumbled with his pillow and pulled a small envelope out of it. He opened it and a small blister pack fell into his hand. Three packs were eaten, leaving only five. Zach screwed his eyes shut and put the blister pack into his pocket. If this hadn't happened, he might be more interested in going to Isla Nublar with Gray.

'This' happened four weeks ago. In the middle of the night, Zach woke up sweating all over with something leaking out of his ass. He knew what had happened. It was the sign of Pre-Heat, telling him that he was an omega.

Sex Ed told him that Pre-Heat would stop in two hours, while his real heat would hit in thirty-six hours. It gave Zach enough time to go to the drug store after school to buy a suppressant. And thanks to whoever created humans most omega's scents wouldn't be distinguishable from betas until they have their first heat. He wouldn't know what to do if his friends and his girlfriend found out, or worse, the alphas at school.

Zach hadn't told anyone yet that he turned out to be an omega. It really surprised and upset him. Zach and everyone he knew expected him to turn up as a beta. His personality wasn't like an omega nor an alpha. He didn't submit nor demand full control of anything. He had never felt too uncomfortable when he met a stranger, nor had he bared his teeth when he met someone he didn't like. Overall, he looked like a typical beta. His parents were also betas, so it's reasonable that he would turn out to be one. On average, omegas and alphas tend to be born from alpha-omega parents while betas are usually born from beta-beta parents. Of course there were alpha-beta, beta-omega, and even alpha-alpha and omega-omega couples, but they were not his concern.

The boy kept brooding on this matter. He didn't know how to tell his family and his friends, nor where he would find the courage to tell them. What was worse, he had to register what he had turned into. After that most people would just look at his id and judge what he is, not who he is.

Of course, this was not the 12th Century where female betas and male omegas were treated poorly and female omegas were treated even worse. Today, there were many omegas who succeeded in careers and politics. The newly elected senator of the state he lived in was an omega. The current president of his school was also an omega. However, in some careers, omegas were still underrated and unwelcome, such as in the military and in law enforcement. He still heard people being racist sometimes and making jokes about omegas. Omega Rights was still a controversial topic in many parts of the world.

"This would be easier if I just turned out to be a beta, or at least just developed a knot and became an alpha. It's all better than leaking," Zach murmured and decided to take a nap. There was nothing he could do right now, so he at least hoped this trip would end well. He was still too paranoid to enjoy anything.

His beta girlfriend was at his house twenty minutes before he had to go to the airport, but he didn't say goodbye with much heart. Thank God she took his parents' teasing as the excuse behind his turmoil. He also thanked God his parents took their teasing for why he looked annoyed all the way to the airport.

At Isla Nublar's Ferry Landing, Zach and Gray were greeted by their aunt's assistant - Zara. She was a Beta who seemed to have no interest in them at all. Zach just shrugged at her expression; while Gray was too excited to notice.

On the monorail to the park, his brother was so excited he wouldn't stop blabbing like he had been doing since he was on the boat. However, Zach paid no attention to his brother. And soon, when they're nearly at the Park, the view captured all of Gray's attention.

Their Aunt wanted them to wait at the resort, so they waited. Well, it's not like they had better things to do.

Gray went on with his complaining about how he wanted to see the whole park right now. Zach just rolled his eyes and kept his attention on his cell phone. Zara just huffed at them, and told them she would be back when it was almost 1 PM, and before she left she gave them their VIP tickets. Zach felt a bit sorry for her; and he would be sorrier if he didn't have turmoil in his mind. He knew that taking care of a super-excited-want-to-see-everything-right-now-Gray was pretty hard to handle, and he did nothing to help.

The boy sighed and kept browsing website after website. He reminded himself to say sorry to Zara and thank her for putting up with them after the trip was over.

Gray calmed down eventually. His brother decided to memorize the map of the island to kill time. Zach watched his brother, then turned his attention back to his cell phone, chatting with his friends and his girlfriend. Damn, he really wasn't in the mood to chat but he had nothing better to do.

Zara was back 10 minutes before 1 PM, and they finally started the trip. Gray was so excited he almost ran into people [which he did, twice] and Zara was clearly annoyed with him and Zach's lack of attention. However, in the end they made it to the Innovation Centre.

Aunt Claire turned out to be too busy for them today. Well, Zach wouldn't sweat the small stuff. She's the manager of this park, surly she must have more important matters to attend to. She didn't even properly remember their last meeting nearly ten years ago. At least, she promised them they would have dinner together - if that 2PM meeting with her didn't mean she would just ask if they're having fun and then just go on her way.

After that they went around the park. Their first visit was to the Gentle Giant Petting Zoo where children could ride a baby triceratops and pet many young dinosaurs. Gray was so excited while Zach was bored as hell. However, he was caring enough to tell Gray to cover his pack and made sure no one stole from his brother.

Zara was still on the phone while Zach felt like leaving this place. He knew this was a bad idea but when Zara wasn't watching, the boy told Zach they should go and they both made their escape quickly.

Zach added this to what he would apologize to Zara for after the end of this trip.

They went to the Mosasaurus Feeding Show after that. It spiked Zach's interest a bit. Well, it interested him a lot actually. And after that Zach and Gray went on to the Gyrosphere ride.

On the monorail, there was a pretty omega sitting behind them. So Zach chatted with her out of boredom.

"If they get a divorce, one of us will be with mom while the other will be with dad." Gray suddenly said in a monotone voice. It snapped Zach out of the conversation he was having. Fear gripped his heart. Did Gray know about their parents wanting to divorce?

"What? No they aren't. Why do you say that?" he snapped, and then tried to shrug Gray's sad face out of his mind and turn his attention back to the girl behind them. However, Gray wouldn't let him.

"Yes they are," Gray replied, his voice was sad.

"No, they're not." Zach said, trying to convince Gray it wasn't true. "They're not getting di… They're not getting divorced. Look, you haven't been around long enough. They have always been this way."

"They're getting mail from two different lawyers." Gray replied and Zach paled. He had known about this for a while, but didn't want to tell his brother, he thought Gray was too young to know.

"That doesn't mean anything." Zach still tried to look and sound confident in his words. And Gray replied to him with a shaking voice.

"I've googled; they're divorce specialist." Gray replied and it made Zach's heart drop. He had been keeping this from Gray, not wanting to upset his brother. However, it seemed like all his work was for nothing. Gray still found out, maybe even before him. Their parents had received tons of letters from their lawyers in the past few months. Yeah, Zach googled their names too, but he wasn't sure if he googled them before Gray.

"Alright whatever, you know what? It doesn't matter, okay, I'll be gone in two years anyway." Zach said, tried to look like he didn't care. "I mean, all my friends' parents are divorced and they…" He turned to see Gray had started crying.

"Hey, knock it off." Zach immediately said, out of panic more than anything, even with his face straight like he didn't care. Damn, sometimes he was too good at hiding his real feelings. Yeah, too good he could hear his own omega side screaming at the lost he was going to go through, losing his brother and one of his parents. Damn, why must omegas have such strong family instincts?

Gray shook his head and Zach felt like crying out of desperation and stress. He already had his own problems to sort out, now this.

"Are you going to keep crying?" He asked and Gray shook his head again. Great.

"Look, you're going to get two of everything, right?" Zach tried to cheer him up. "Two birthdays, two Thanksgivings, two…"

"I don't want two of everything." Gray spoke and the emotion in his eyes shut Zach up. Pure sadness and sorrow.

"Yeah, but it's not up to you." Zach replied, a bit harassed by his own inner turmoil. "And at this point you have to grow up."

Zach felt like a jerk after saying this. He turned away, in no mood to continue a conversation even when he could feel the omega's eyes on him from the seat behind them.

Zach was about to turn to Gray and apologise, when he saw his brother had occupied himself with the view of the field full with dinosaurs already, so he let it pass.

Why he did he have to be such a jerk to everyone?

They had to wait for the Gyrosphere ride longer than they thought, as there were many people wanting to have a closer look at the dinosaurs in the field. And Zach thanked God that Gray was back to his talkative self again after they got off of the monorail.

Despite their conversation on the monorail earlier, their Gyrosphere ride was fantastic. Zach was amazed by the dinosaurs; while Gray was beyond amazed. Zach was sure if his brother could get out of the Gyrosphere to walk beside them, he would.

They got back to the resort around 6:30 PM. Zara was already waiting for them there. Zach tried to tune out her lecturing; while Gray seemed to be losing himself in his memories of today's trip and didn't seem to hear her at all. Zach did give Zara a heartfelt apology after she finished her lecture, so did Gray. And their aunt's assistant seemed to be in a better mood after that.

Zara took them back to their room. She told them about the park on the way, places they haven't visited yet. She also told them their aunt would like to have dinner with them around 8 PM, if they could wait of course.

Hungry or not, Zach immediately told her they could wait. After a day full of being surrounded by people, Zach didn't feel like going to crowded places until tomorrow. He knew it was in an omega's nature to feel uncomfortable in crowded places or when surrounded by strangers, especially strange alphas. And he hated that the instinct had started effecting him so soon.

After talking with her boss through the phone, Zara informed them that Claire would meet them at the Hilton's restaurant at 8 PM. Zach was very glad because at 8 PM people would most likely be in their rooms.

Zara left to take care of other stuff after telling them she would be back around 7:45 PM. Gray started to complain about how hungry he was and Zach threw him a bag of potato chips, telling him they should spend time with their aunt before turning the TV on.

There were very few people in the restaurant when Zach and Gray arrived. Their aunt wasn't there yet, so Zara took them to the table and told them to order anything they wanted; their aunt would take care of the bill. She left after calling a waitress for them.

Zach felt like eating seafood today, so he ordered fish, while Gray went for pork and chicken. The waitress politely repeated their choices before she walked off to place their order; and the two siblings were left in silence.

Zach turned to look out the large window to his left. The table they sat at had a nice view of the artificial beach. It was kind of strange, thinking that you're technically swimming in the same water as the Mosasaurus. Despite the fact that there was a giant dinosaur living and swimming not so far away, the view of the beach was astonishing. So was the sky; clear and bright with stars.

"There's Aunt Claire!"

Gray suddenly called and Zach turned to where his brother was pointing. Their aunt was walking into the room with two men. The one on the left looked like he was in his mid-forties; while the one on the right looked younger and healthier. However, Zach knew from their scents that they were alphas, just like his aunt. And he immediately felt very uncomfortable and insecure.

"…alright, we will talk about it later Mr. Hoskins." Claire's voice was smooth, calm and professional as she and her companions walked into earshot. "And I'm sure Mr. Masrani will want to discuss this matter with you before you propose it at the conference."

"What?!" the younger man exclaimed, he clearly didn't agree with her. "Are you crazy? Why do you have to listen to his crazy project! Last time I checked, this is a park not a weapons factory."

"Who says we'll carry out the plan here Owen?" The older man spoke, his voice showing how pleased he was that their aunt had listened to him. "I've told you. It will happen eventually."

"Gentlemen, let's not jump to conclusions. Everything is up to Mr. Masrani." Claire said as she was nearly at the table. Gray smiled at her and she smiled back before turning to introduce them to her colleagues. "And these are my nephews, Zach and Gray. I'm so sorry to make you wait, loves. Today has been a very busy one."

"It's okay," Zach replied and Gray nodded. "It didn't feel so long."

"Yeah," Gray said, glancing Zach's way before he turned his attention back to the three adults. "Are they your co-workers?"

"Oh, yes," Claire nodded before quickly asking "do you mind if they eat with us?"

"Not at all," Gray said while Zach shook his head and tried to give his aunt a smile. Well, he did mind but that would be very rude, so he kept his discomfort to himself.

"Alright," their aunt smiled, clearly relieved that her nephews hadn't said no. "So, Zach, Gray, this is Mr. Hoskins, the head of security. And this is Mr. Grady, a dinosaur trainer."

"Hello," Gray said, smiling. "I'm Gray. Nice to meet you."

"Hi, I'm Zach." Zach said, feeling his shoulders stiffen. He had no problem with his aunt, her scent screamed family. And family meant safety. However, the other two alphas were different. The one on the left, the older and less healthy alpha, Mr. Hoskins, showed through both his posture, his scent and his eyes that he wanted full control of everything. A perfect example of a typical alpha that wanted both betas and omegas to submit to him. And Zach hated those kinds of people.

The one on the right, his aunt introduced as Mr. Grady, was very different. Zach didn't sense any demanding. This alpha looked relaxed, despite the fact that he had just argued with Claire and the other alpha seconds ago. He was looking at Gray with a calm smile on his lips.

A calm and undemanding alpha, even after an argument, is a good alpha, his omega side murmured and Zach agreed.

'This one might be okay.' Zach thought as he felt himself relax a bit. Suddenly, the alpha turned to look at Zach and he had to stop the urge to gasp. The alpha's eyes were a yellow-green, with a dark blue ring around the pupil. He felt like there was electricity flooding his skin. Also, the alpha's posture changed. Now he looked more like a predator observing his prey. Zach sensed that this alpha didn't want anything yet, but when he did, what he wanted would be hunted like prey.

Zach felt shivers run down his spine and he thanked who ever created humans that he hadn't had his first heat yet. If his scent had changed, the alpha would sense how scared and uncomfortable he was right now. Or did he already sense it? Zach didn't really know.

'Yeah, forget that former comment, none of these guys can be trusted.' Zach thought and tried to look as normal as possible. He pulled out of his thoughts in time to hear the alpha introduce himself.

"Hi kid, I'm Owen, Owen Grady." The alpha on the right said with a calm voice. His voice made Zach's heart skip a beat at how sexy it sounded, but he snapped himself out of it quickly. "I'm a trainer, and that man there is Hoskins. He is trying to turn my dinosaurs into weapons."

"Owen, please." Their aunt rolled her eyes, displeased. "No talking about work here, or I'll tell the security guards to kick you out."

"Whatever," Owen rolled his eyes back and dropped down on the chair beside Zach's. Claire sat down on the chair beside Gray and Hoskins sat on the chair between Owen and Claire. Zach gulped and discreetly tried to make as much distance as possible between him and Owen.

This was going to be a long night.