Only So Many Places to Hide

                                    

                                          
We just sit there in the truck as the Arcadia continued on its voyage back to he mainland. We just sat there as we finally relax after hours of running, betrayal and decit. "What happened to Michaels?" Kenji asks me as everyone, including Claire and Owen look at me. I sigh in defeat. "I did what I had too do." I say simply as their eyes widen in realisation. "You ok....nephew?" Owen says to me as I shake my head. "Never killed a person before." I say with my head down, Yaz crosses the truck and sits beside me, she leans her head on my shoulder and hugs me comfortingly.
The voyage was long as I told everyone to get some sleep, I volunteered to keep watch just in case, Yaz had volunteered to stay up with me. "It's not your fault." She says to me as I chuckle. "I grab lbed him by the head and broke his neck.....that's sound pretty much like my fault." I say sarcastically. "Ryan." She says my name as I hang my head. "I could have done something....anything else but I chose to kill him and for what? Because he betrayed us, he's a mercenary, we don't have the greatest experience with mercenaries or people we can trust." I say as I wipe a tear away quickly. She just sits closer to me as I lean into her and let my tears fall. "It's ok....let it out." She yells me as I move closer to her. "I don't know what to feel?" I say to her as I sob, everything in my being is getting torn apart with indecision and guilt. "We everything......everything." She tells me as I let everything out. Everything that has happened on the island......even before, the not contacting, Mantah Corp, Nublar, the Scorpios even the Indominus, I just bottled everything because I needed to protect them. Now it's just........bottled too much. My eyes widen as I just realise something. "We forgot Zia." I say as Yaz eyes widen as well. "Uncle, wake up." I say as Owen jumps awake. "What?" He asks as he wipes sleep from his eyes. "Zia is on board with Blue, we have to find them." I say as he nods. He awakens Claire while myself and Yaz wake the others. We tell them that we need to find Zia and Blue. Claire, Owen, myself, Sammy and Franklin will go out and find Zia while Yaz and Kenji will stay with Ben, Darius and Brooklynn in the truck. Too many of us will draw attention. 
We had carefully snuck out of the truck, Owen had lead us through the maze of trucks and containers, narrowly avoiding any mercs that were patrolling around the ship. We hear a screech of pain as Owen moves the flap of fabric of a truck. "Oh my God! You guys are-." Zia shouts as Owen puts a finger on his mouth, quieting Zia. Claire, Franklin, myself and Sammy enter the truck. "Damn you have a set of lungs." I say as I step up to Blue. He eye trails me as I smile down at her. "Hello old friend." I say as I rub the underside of her jaw and neck. I see the bullet wound. "Damn bastards." I whisper in anger. "Who are these assholes?" Zia says. "Animal traffickers. Look how their treating them. Theyre not taking them to a sancty, they're going to sell them." Owen says as me and Sammy narrow out eyes in anger. Michaels was right. Money-makers. "Not Blue. They need her for something else." Zia says as she continues to apply pressure to the wound. "For what?" Sammy asks but Zia doesn't have an answer. "I-I don't know. But....she's hemorrhaging and I don't how the tools and they want her alive." Zia says as blue starts fidgeting in pain. "Easy....you're alright girl." Owen says as he gently caress the top of her head, the raptor starts to calm under the soft caress. "Sammy take over for Zia, keep pressure." I say as she nods and takes over. "I can't the bullet out without a blood transfusion. Which one of you know how to find a vein?" Zia asks. Both Sammy and Claire say yes at the same time. "Great. Franklin, can you take over for Sammy please?" Zia asks but Franklin starts shaking his head. "No, no, no, no, no." He says scared. "Franklin." Zia says harshly as he finally gives. He strolls over and takes over for Sammy just as a splatter of blood shoots out and lands on his face, he groans on discomfort as myself and Owen have guarded disgusted expressions. "Oh God, is it-is it on my mouth?" He asks as we shake out heads. "Nup." I say as Owen follow up. "You're all good."
I walk up to Claire. "You guys stay here with Blue. Owen can keep her calm and you can switch out with Franklin. Me and Sammy will get the blood." I say as she reluancetly nods. Zia walks up to us with a blood bag, a tube with a syringe at the end. "All the animals should be sedated. Look for any kind of tetauran." She says as I rub my eyes. "English please." She glares at me. "Look for carnivores with two or three fingers. No more than three. They're blood type should be close enough." She says as she groans. "I think that the perfect one is on board." She says as she looks at us funny. We both looked confused.