Kat froze slightly, and growled in disgust. "That's..." he trailed
off, and looked over to Yukio, and Andromeda. He then sighed, and
remembered his mom hadn't wanted to leave the zoo. I wont
leave...it's safe here her words repeated in his mind.
Lucia swore. "I could have tried to get some of the others out
too." She growled, and then sighed and shook her head. No. No,
she couldn't have. She gave up and dropped her head.
Kanti clenched her fists and cleared the box off of the table. It
wasn't exactly loud, but to her, it sounded like an
explosion. She panted in fury, looking at the bits of spilled
medicine on the floor.
"Let's just get out of here" Kat said quietly, and looked at his
paws. He was still troubled by leaving his mom behind in the zoo.
She'd be in more danger if she came with us...without her human
form to keep her safe in towns...she'd be a walking target he
decided reluctantly.
Lucia leapt back and fell over, immediately flattening her ears and
covering her head with her paws. The sound reminded her of
something.. She just wasn't sure what.. She was starting to panic
at this point. Where have I heard that? She thought, keeping
her head covered.
Andromeda barked, and paced the room, [i]" Come on, let's leave
this wretches place behind. " She grabbed Yukio by the scruff as
she headed to the door, and looked back at the others, urging them
to follow.
Lucia uncovered her head and followed the others, albeit slowly.
Her ears remained flattened against her head as she tried to
remember where she'd heard the noise.. Still panicked, she nearly
ran into a wall before rightening herself and hurrying after them.
Andromeda glanced back at Lucia, concerned. " Focus! Kanti, stay
close to Lucia, " she shouted through gritted teeth, as she was
still holding onto Yukio. She loped down the service hallway with
the others in tow.
Kat glanced over to Andromeda, and shook his head. "I think
there's a vent that leads outside" he meowed. "Though it
goes into a few exhibits. The tigers, lions, and artic animals will
be hard to pass through their exhibits because the humans might be
looking for us" he said quickly. "It might be the only safe
way out...
Andromeda nodded her head, " Lead the way...", she said,
lowering her head before Kat. She looked back towards the others,
making sure Lucia wasn't straggling. I knew this wouldn't end
well,Andromeda thought.
Andromeda leaned against the wall-vent, letting Yukio crawl ahead
of her, than claws her way into the vent as well.
"Tight...Fit..", she huffed, as she followed Yukio and Kat
in front of her.
Yukio glanced over to Andromeda and followed Kat. "The vents are
wider a little ahead" Kat said kindly, and waited for the
others. "The tiger exhibit is first, we'll be going into the
tiger's forest behind the glass so if you don't want to be
spotted...don't stay near the glass, and hide" he warned.
Kanti transformed into a fox--almost reluctantly, since she knew
she'd be safer as a human in this instance--and jumped into the
vents last, clicking the vent cover back on and checking around
before following rather easily; being the smallest species did have
its perks.