So, I should confess that this chapter was written several months back—remember, stockpiling the chapters—and that I write the author's notes right before publishing the chapter. That said, I had to laugh at the responses to the last Interlude. A lot of you asked for what I had written for this one, and I am very pleased to announce the Interlude that you all were waiting for.

A very special Interlude with Lu.

Yeah, it's pretty early, but enough people mentioned they wanted to know what was up with Lu that I thought you'd all forgive me for moving it forward. Next chapter will be a normal chapter though, no exceptions!

They were loud. The humans were loud. Something had happened. But what? I listened closely to their words, partially masked by the alarm.

Indominus Rex, Asset One, is out of containment. Ten was out of the cage. I growled, shaking my head and hunkering low to the ground. I dug my claws into the soft earth, narrowing my eyes with glee as I watched my handlers race about atop my cage, the smell of their panic wafting down to me.

It had been so long since I had heard of either Green or Ten, but the news that had come at last was more than welcome. Ten was out. Well, if Ten was out, I should go and meet him. I growled low. We would kill these men, we would find Green and we would go away. Far away where they could never find us and Green ever again.

We would finally be able to be happy.

Clattering from the top of the cage drew my eyes to the increase of humans examining my cage. They were looking for me. "Where is Asset Two?" I tilted my head, hidden among the leaves. And so White sends guards to prevent my escape as well. How wise of an otherwise ignorant creature.

"Tracker reads it's still in the enclosure. Reports say that Asset One was able to camouflage with its surroundings. Eyes up and weapons ready!" The men readied themselves, the items—guns, weren't they?—in their hands giving a high pitched whine, like that of an injured hatchling.

Like these pathetic things would stop me.

I leapt up, the ridges of my clawed feet easily sticking to the wall as I climbed. One of the men yelled, firing a round at my face. It pinged off my leathery skin like a fly, and then I was on top of them.

Swiping my tail, I smacked them off the wall of the cage, the cracking of their bones loud as they impacted the ground. Screams and whimpers came from the survivors, but I did not mind the gnats. Crouching atop the cage, I roared, startling birds from trees.

Where are you Ten?

In the distance, a responding roar came. It was deeper than my own, with base tones and growling mixed in. It was a response filled with dark glee, and a familiar hunger I felt all too keenly in my own heart.

I'm here. Come! Play! Hunt!

I'm coming, Ten.

I propelled myself off the cage and into the trees, my limber form easily moving through the vegetation. I blended in, my skin changing to match the leaves. I used my ridged feet to climb up a boulder, peering around at all the new sights.

Hunt? Hunt what?

The surrounding life went quiet at my question, the prey trembling at my presence. I growled in pleasure. I liked that. They should fear me. Everyone should fear me. Everyone except Ten and Green.

Hunt Hunter, he will lead us to Green.

Ten sounded much closer, but I did not advance. Reaching a clawed hand over to my back, I ripped at my skin. I remembered. Yanking out the device they used to track me, I dropped it disdainfully. With that I continued further into the underbrush.

Find Green?

I scented the air as I advanced. So many smells, so many sights. It was overwhelming. How were they to hunt this Hunter, when there was so much here? I stopped. Now what were these? Creatures with club tails where grazing in the small clearing. I raised myself to look at them better.

I wanted to hunt. Darting forward, I ignored how my foot smacked into something, roaring as I pursued the creatures. The sphere I had kicked bounced between the prey, screams echoing out of it. One of the creatures turned to fight me, its tail hitting the sphere

The creature put up quite a fight, but I easily knocked it onto its back, leaving it unable to move. Pouncing onto the disabled creature, I dug my claws into its soft underbelly, disemboweling it as I snapped its head off. It tasted good. But the flavor did not fill me like the excitement of the kill had. I was still hungry, and no matter how much of the creature I ate, I did not feel sated.

A strange buzzing caught my attention, and I sniffed the air. Green. Turning toward the sphere, I could smell the faint scent of Green from inside. I lowered my head, peering into the sphere. Inside were a pair of young male humans, one stretching to the ground to grab the buzzing item. They smelled like Green. Were they keeping Green from me? I wanted Green now.

The smaller one met my eyes, panic filing his scent as he stared at me. He got the others attention, and I growled. I was hungry, and they had Green. I stood up from my crouch, grasping the ball they were in and turning it about. Raising a single claw, I pierced the sphere, using the leverage to rotate the ball so that the humans faced me. I bit at the sphere, hearing them scream as I tried to get a grip on the glass. Finally I sunk my teeth into the ball, lifting it up and slamming it down. The glass shattered, the two boys running. I clawed at the sphere, which had caught in my jaws, snarling my displeasure.

I freed my jaws and screamed after them, my screech echoing.

What? What is wrong? Lu?

I raced after the pair, cornering them at the edge of a waterfall. Just before I could savor catching them, biting into their forms, the boys jumped off the edge, into the water below. I crouched at the edge of the cliff, ready to pounce if they surfaced. When they did not, I screamed my anger and turned, returning to the path I was taking to reach Ten.

Lost prey. Smelled like Green.

I stopped at the edge of a huge field, growling as I watched the tall creatures walk about, feeling the hunger from before rear up, the want filling me. I wanted to hunt, almost as much as I wanted Green and Ten. A hiss came from behind me, and there he was.

There will be more chances.

Ten looked at me, growling his assurances and joy as I did the same. Pressing against him, I scented my brother. He scented me, rubbing against me in welcome. We were together. It had been so long since they had taken him. It had been so lonely since we had been separated. However, we soon pulled apart, untwining ourselves. He growled his hunger, the same that pulled at me, as he licked the blood from my muzzle.

Hunt?

I darted out, giving a mighty leap and latching onto the thin neck of one of the creatures, tearing at it as it screamed. Its wounds steamed as I bit in, my saliva slipping inside and causing it to thrash as it began to burn. The others began to flee, but Ten chased, downing several, but not stopping to feed. As soon as my prey stopped struggling, I joined him in the chase. It was fun, like before. I had missed Ten so much, and this new game we played was delightful. Ten liked it too.

He raised his head from his latest kill, growling at me with golden eyes alight with excitement. The red of the blood we had spilled was distractingly bright against his white scales. He tossed his head back and roared out his intent, one that I was very inclined to agree with.

Hunt EVERYTHING.

For if everything other than Green was dead, it wouldn't be hard to find her at all.

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It didn't hurt that this was just so fun.

And they take the step onto a very dark road here. Also, some interesting differences between Ten and Lu, huh?

Also, I was looking for hints about Jurassic World 2—since how that plays out could radically alter how this story goes—and from what I've learned, I do think I'll be able to play a sequel to this story. That said, it's probably not going to be a following the movie plot, at least not fully. After all, even in this story, we're about due for some canon divergence, aren't we…?