My name is Skipper. I'm a green velociraptor. And I have a yellow stripe on my body which I happen to be very proud of. I have been in captivity since creation in some prison. There were bars all around me and they were too narrow for me to squeeze through. I had 3 other raptors in the cage with me too. A red one, a blue one, and a yellow one. I didn't know their names or who they even are. Nor did I want to. I'm an extremely shy kind of raptor. 

I heard the sound of an elevator door opening, as two hoomans entered the room. One was really tall and had brown looking fur on his head, while the other human looked to be more shaved bald, with spots of white fur on his head here and there, and he was a lot fatter too. They started talking to one another, the fat one talking first. 

"Ethan, you've done wonderfully in all of the training exercises we've given you. You're ready to be a soldier for sure. But every soldier is also required to have a dinosaur for a partner."

"Yes, sir. But are they safe?"

"No, they're not. They are dangerous if you don't treat them correctly. Now come here."

They both walked towards the cage. I got really nervous and backed up into the back corner. I didn't trust hoomans. Not one bit. 

"These are our velociraptors. They've finally grow mature enough to have a soldier take good care of them so that they can fight alongside their soldiers. They are very intelligent. They can be trained to speak and hold a weapon."

The skinny one glanced around our cage. I was so nervous. "Please don't pick me...take my brothers, but not me!" I thought desperately. 

"I want this one, commander! That green one!"

Oh no! Why me? I am nothing special! I am nothing but shy and meek! I've never fought in a battle! I started to hiss angrily at the hooman in protest, only to be shushed by the fat one. 

"This one? Are you sure? This here is a cowardly one. This one is named Skipper."

"Well so was I when I first trained here. I want to give him a chance and see if this one and I have a lot in common." 

"Well...alright. C'mere you"

As the fat one opened the cage, I instantly leaped out and made a run for it! But the moment I got close to the open door, I suddenly felt an electric shock course through my neck! It shocked me so badly that I became paralyzed and fell to the ground. I then looked up to see the fat one looking down at me, holding what looked like a remote control. 

"Good thing I took emergency precautions. These shock collars work really well."

"Is it okay, commander?"

"Yeah, I just stunned it. This little guy has got to learn to behave."

He knelt down, reaching his hands towards me to pick me up. I wanted to run away, but I was still paralyzed. He picked me up and walked over to the skinny human. 

"Here you go, Ethan. Hold him for me. I'll put a leash on him for now until he learns to obey you and until you learn to keep him under control"

"Okay, thank you commander"

I continued to lay there, paralyzed in his arms. It felt like ages before the fat human came back with a leash. I looked at it and hissed. 

"You need to learn to behave. This leash is for your own good. Ethan is going to be your 'mama'. Okay?"

I sighed unhappily as the leash was put on me. Then I felt a stinging sensation in my shoulder and became mobile soon afterwards. The fat man was holding was looked like a big object with something small, black, and pointy at the end. 

"This serum is to make dinosaurs mobile again after being paralyzed. Now Ethan, put your raptor down and let it walk alongside you all the way back to your room. I'll let you two have some bonding time." 

"Okay, commander. Will do"

I looked down to the floor as I led away against my will by my new "mama", as the fat guy said. 

"Hey, I know our commander was a little rough, but I'm going to take good care of you. We'll grow into a combat team. Just you wait and see! Say, you really seem to skip a lot when walking. No wonder you're called Skipper!" 

I tried to speak back to him, but I couldn't quite form words with my mouth and tongue movements and voice yet. 

"I'll teach you how to speak. Can you say my name? My name's Ethan. EEEE-than"

"EE...EEE...EEEEEEE...."

I could speak the one vowel, but I had no idea how to move my lips and tongue to pronounce the rest of it. 

"That's a good start. You'll get there eventually. Now how about mama?"

"Mmm...mmmm...mmmm! Mmmma?!" 

"You're close. It's mama. But ma is close enough. You're learning fast"

I felt really embarrassed. I could barely speak at all. It's so hard to put vowels and consonants together to form words to speak to humans with! I can understand dinosaurs just fine. But humans? That's a whole 'nother story...

"Well, you and I have a long day. Let's take a little nap first before we start your combat training. What do you say?"

I looked puzzled, not knowing what a nap was. 

"You know...a quick rest? You know, sleeping?"

I nodded a little, understanding a little better. I then entered what had to be this hooman's room. There was a big bed and a desk with several gadgets, along with a closet full of projectile weapons. I watched as the hooman changed clothes, changing into a weird and soft looking suit. 

"What? They're my pajamas. I sleep in these" 

I snorted and hissed with laughter. Humans are so weird, having special external cloth and what not for sleeping in...

"What, are you making fun of me? As if animals like you would understand"

I frowned at him and felt a little upset. I didn't want to upset this hooman. Then he gave me a reassuring smile. 

"Hey, it's alright. Don't worry about it. Now you need a place to sleep"

The hooman got up to look in his closet, noticing what looked like a bed for pets. 

"So that's what this is for..."

He set the bed down and got it nice and ready. I looked at it curiously and skeptically. 

"This is where you'll sleep. You can't sleep in my bed. My bed is only for humans." 

I looked at the bed again, and then stared at him and whimpered and begged for him to sleep with him in his bed. It looked so comfy. And I was so nervous that I didn't want to sleep by myself. The hooman seemed to roll his eyes at me. 

"Okay, but just for this one night, okay? And we can't tell the commander about this." 

I jumped onto his bed happily and licked his cheeks. I couldn't believe it! I got to spend the night with my new "mama!". 

"H-hey, that tickles! Behave, boy!"

I stopped licking him and laid on top of him instead, nuzzling into him and keeping a grip on him using my claws. 

"Skipper, no. that hurts. Put your claws to the side of the bed." 

I whimpered in disappointment, doing as told. But then I purred happily and relaxed as he rubbed my head. 

"Goodnight Skipper. I'll see you in the morning..." 

And with that, we both dozed off. My life had really changed. Would it be for the better? What adventures would I get into? Only time would tell...