growl to the other lion. It was the type of motion you'd see in a gangster movie when the leader calls off his cronies at the last second wordlessly—and just like that the lioness stopped circling Finn and joined the other lion in front of Leo.
"Bloody. Hell." said Finn, "You really are fuckin Doctor Dolittle."
"Shut up, Finn."
The lion looked at Leo for a final moment, licked Leo's cheek, then turned around and walked towards the main entrance. The lioness followed quietly behind him. Finn, who just so happened to find a pair of discarded pants his size lying between the gorilla cage and big cat falls, changed out of his pissy clothes while Leo continued unlocking cages. A set of hippos in a water-filled area pretty much stayed put. Theirs wasn't a cage but an entire land mass separated by water from the main viewing area. Leo unlatched the door anyway though.
He made his way along the outer parameter unlocking cages as he went. There were gazelles, a pair of kangaroos. There was a den of otters in a watery pit and yes even a group of giraffes. Finn hadn't caught up yet and Leo was quietly thankful for that. He could just picture the lanky man trying to mount one of the large animals. Probably get himself killed.
Just past the crash site were a multitude of birds of varying species. Leo unlatched, unhinged, and unlocked the cages and the sky went dark with flying things for almost a full minute as they all scattered, squawking madly. That's when he saw Finn in the sky. He was still screaming when the dark figure let go of him. It had wings but was most definitely not a bird. In fact it looked very childlike. Leo would even swear it was wearing a Handy Manny t-shirt if he wasn't panicking at the fact that Finn was milliseconds away from... Jabari snatched Finn from the sky and dropped him safely atop the cotton candy cart. He winked at him and then took off towards the main entrance after the lions.
Relieved, Leo returned his attention to the sky. The colorful birds and ugly turkey vultures were long gone. All that remained were a pack of dark figures hovering above them, dark non-corporeal smoke fluttering about their shoulders like wings. One of them was wearing rainbow sneakers, he was sure of it.
The one in the Handy Manny t-shirt pointed at him and just like that two of the childlike things shot towards him through the sky. Leo shrieked raising his arms in front of his face trying to ward off whatever strange attack was about to befall him when, seemingly all at once, he heard the purr of an engine, the honking of a car horn, and the roar of a lion.
The dark childlike figure was snatched out of the air by the lion. Leo looked up at the sky where the other figures had been but they were nowhere in sight. When he looked towards the lion, the lion had only a mouthful of clothes, no monster, no kid, no body—Just clothes.
The car horn blared again. Finn was helping Leo up now and they were making their way back towards the entrance, "What about the animals?" shouted Leo as they ran.
"Fuck em," said Finn.
As they reached the entrance they saw the source of the car horn. A man in a Toyota Highlander was parked there, a lioness on the hood of his vehicle. Leo looked at the lioness; she nodded her head and leapt down. Jabari was at the entrance now. Leo nodded at the gorilla and tossed him the zookeeper’s key ring. He wasn't quite sure why but he felt like the gorilla would finish the job. He also decided that maybe hanging around the luckiest man on Earth wasn't such a bad idea after all.
The man ’s window came down with a low hum, "Danger. Danger. Danger. Danger." came from within in the voice of a smart phone GPS.
"Nevermind that for now," he said nodding to the GPS, "You guys get in." Leo and Finn obliged, "It's good to see someone in the flesh again. I'm Evan."
"Finn."
"Leo."
"Oh, so you're the tosser..."
Leo looked
"Bloody. Hell." said Finn, "You really are fuckin Doctor Dolittle."
"Shut up, Finn."
The lion looked at Leo for a final moment, licked Leo's cheek, then turned around and walked towards the main entrance. The lioness followed quietly behind him. Finn, who just so happened to find a pair of discarded pants his size lying between the gorilla cage and big cat falls, changed out of his pissy clothes while Leo continued unlocking cages. A set of hippos in a water-filled area pretty much stayed put. Theirs wasn't a cage but an entire land mass separated by water from the main viewing area. Leo unlatched the door anyway though.
He made his way along the outer parameter unlocking cages as he went. There were gazelles, a pair of kangaroos. There was a den of otters in a watery pit and yes even a group of giraffes. Finn hadn't caught up yet and Leo was quietly thankful for that. He could just picture the lanky man trying to mount one of the large animals. Probably get himself killed.
Just past the crash site were a multitude of birds of varying species. Leo unlatched, unhinged, and unlocked the cages and the sky went dark with flying things for almost a full minute as they all scattered, squawking madly. That's when he saw Finn in the sky. He was still screaming when the dark figure let go of him. It had wings but was most definitely not a bird. In fact it looked very childlike. Leo would even swear it was wearing a Handy Manny t-shirt if he wasn't panicking at the fact that Finn was milliseconds away from... Jabari snatched Finn from the sky and dropped him safely atop the cotton candy cart. He winked at him and then took off towards the main entrance after the lions.
Relieved, Leo returned his attention to the sky. The colorful birds and ugly turkey vultures were long gone. All that remained were a pack of dark figures hovering above them, dark non-corporeal smoke fluttering about their shoulders like wings. One of them was wearing rainbow sneakers, he was sure of it.
The one in the Handy Manny t-shirt pointed at him and just like that two of the childlike things shot towards him through the sky. Leo shrieked raising his arms in front of his face trying to ward off whatever strange attack was about to befall him when, seemingly all at once, he heard the purr of an engine, the honking of a car horn, and the roar of a lion.
The dark childlike figure was snatched out of the air by the lion. Leo looked up at the sky where the other figures had been but they were nowhere in sight. When he looked towards the lion, the lion had only a mouthful of clothes, no monster, no kid, no body—Just clothes.
The car horn blared again. Finn was helping Leo up now and they were making their way back towards the entrance, "What about the animals?" shouted Leo as they ran.
"Fuck em," said Finn.
As they reached the entrance they saw the source of the car horn. A man in a Toyota Highlander was parked there, a lioness on the hood of his vehicle. Leo looked at the lioness; she nodded her head and leapt down. Jabari was at the entrance now. Leo nodded at the gorilla and tossed him the zookeeper’s key ring. He wasn't quite sure why but he felt like the gorilla would finish the job. He also decided that maybe hanging around the luckiest man on Earth wasn't such a bad idea after all.
The man ’s window came down with a low hum, "Danger. Danger. Danger. Danger." came from within in the voice of a smart phone GPS.
"Nevermind that for now," he said nodding to the GPS, "You guys get in." Leo and Finn obliged, "It's good to see someone in the flesh again. I'm Evan."
"Finn."
"Leo."
"Oh, so you're the tosser..."
Leo looked
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