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Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: Utahraptor

In front of Vincent were 5 7-foot-tall raptors, the sight made Vincent step back. "They are Utahraptors, quite big aren't they," said a confident tone. The voice came from Shinji which caused Vincent to ask what he was doing down there. "The name is not Shinji, it is just a working alias, the real name is Toshiro" explained Toshiro. Vincent just nodded to his comment before he looked at the Utah Raptors. He finally got a good look at them. The 7-foot raptors had yellow-like eyes that were currently locked looking at him with a curious gaze. Specifically, two raptors had black and white plumage while the other had different colors. One just had a white feather, the other had a grey color for its feathers and the last raptor had a mixed color for its feathers with the head and front legs having white feathers. It had a black snout and had brown feathers covering its body. The basement door swung open to reveal Jason with two bags in hand while wearing a disappointing facial expression. Jason motioned to Toshiro to turn on the lights which showed how big this room was. It was surprisingly tidy and had a table to the right of the wall, packs of open meat trays were piled up in the garbage bin. 

Also, there was a long freezer on the left side of the room where the raptor food was most likely being stored. The three sat down at the table where Jason broke the silence by telling Vincent he should know why a dinosaur was there. "Well you know your dad was a skilled pharmacist," proclaimed Jason. "Don't you think that necessary, Let's not drag this out and just explain why and what happened" interjected Toshiro as he interrupted Jason. "So how about I give you the abridged version so you're up to date, is that okay with you Jason," exclaims Toshiro as he smiles and grins at Jason. Jason nodded in response as he passed a container to Vincent. "What this," asked Vincent which caused Jason to remind him that he went on a food run. Vincent thanked Jason as he opened the container to see a nice steaming poutine. Toshiro asked Vincent if he wanted to eat first or eat and listen, Vincent said he would eat and listen. "Excellent, I guess this story starts right after your mother's death. Your father was depressed one night, so he drank his sorrows away with alcohol with our friend Timothy who drank too. Unfortunately, they soon got into a car crash which caused Timothy to lose his hand but don't worry your dad was fine. After that, your dad became obsessed with restoring life, so a machine that could restore limbs was made. Of course, it didn't work at first as it took a whole year for any valuable progress to have been made. On one fateful night after a failed test, your father and Jason here got drunk, that is when your dad decided to test his machine on a Baryonyx skeleton in this mansion before passing out. The next day, something strange happened, the skeleton had turned into an egg and hatched. Your father decided to test it again on another skeleton, this time it was a Dilphosaurus. Soon after, he decided to make 5 Utahraptor using a different method: using the restored DNA of a skeleton that wasn't fully restored and infusing it into a chicken embryo. He used another machine to do this, and it took 11 attempts to be successfully done. After he cloned the 5 Utah raptors we told his dad to stop what he was doing and surprisingly he agreed. He decided not to kill the raptors and the Dilphosaurus, and just let them live out their days on his property but the Dilphosaurus was sent to Timothy's property. As of now, only the 5 Utah raptors are alive while the others passed away" explained Toshiro. Toshiro asked if Vincent had any questions but Vincent shook his head from the question. Still in shock, Vincent remembered the polar bear incident and asked Toshiro about it. Toshiro said that the Utahraptor has been escaping outside lately and most likely started hunting polar bears. Toshiro then reassured Vincent with a smug face that the issue was solved. Jason finally cut in and told Vincent not to tell anyone about this, he also stated no raptors killed anyone. Toshiro chuckled and muttered something under his breath which caused both Jason and Vincent to look at him. "What so funny Toshiro," asked Jason sternly, "Well I agree with no Utahraptor-related death having occurred" explained Toshiro. "I'm just shocked that you of all people are defending his father after everything put you and everyone through just because he felt like playing god," asked Toshiro curiously. "That's pretty rich coming from you, we gave you an out to keep it a secret only but you decided to become more involved," said Jason. "Also if you cared about the event, why didn't you tell Vincent about that event" asked Jason. "Oh poor sweet naive Jason, it wouldn't mean anything if I were to say it and by the way, I had nothing to do with it because if I did. I would ensure her death was slow, perhaps with Komodo dragons said Toshiro. Vincent asked if everything was fine but Toshiro said they don't get along with each other. Toshiro explained the recent fence modifications will prevent them from escaping as he turn to leave. He told Vincent that after eating he should get back to his job. Just as he was about to go, his head popped in again and asked Vincent a question. The question was how long you can survive without oxygen, Vincent said about 4- 6 minutes and Vincent thanked him before leaving. Vincent asked Jason about Toshiro's behavior and he explained that he was a sociopath but a harmless one. He only acts like this with us but will act like a normal person when with strangers. They resume eating their food before going upstairs with the Utah raptors watching closely from their cages.