The Lion And The Panther

The Duo No One Asked For

You guys are probably thinking it's the panther and lion.

WRONG!

It's the weirdest animal duo I've ever made in my life! You'll see, it's honestly funny. 😂

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The panther would be transported into a massive cage on the back of a large truck. Taurus seemed wary, pacing back and forth as if sensing danger. The truck makes its way through the busy streets towards a large, white building that has words in green saying, "Small World". But little do the humans know, she has plans of her own.

"Don't do it, they'll just capture you again." A macaw, whose cage was sitting on top of hers, said while picking his nails.

"Well, I can try at least." The panther grumbled and pawed the cage helplessly, she knew it was useless but at least she could try.

"Heh," He snorted, "Why not I guess." The macaw cackled crazily until getting quiet when he heard one of the humans bang against the wall of the truck from the driver's seat.

"Oh shut up Maverick, serves you right to be kept in a cage. At least this young panther is trying." An ostrich hissed at him, obviously irritated about something else.

"Thank you..." Taurus looked expectingly at her, waiting for her name to be said.

"Elma, been escaping with this guy for my whole life. Me and Maverick just escaped a week ago, but the humans found us today. This is our sixteenth break out." The ostrich explained so calmly, that this was just a daily thing for her now.

"Wow, I bet the humans are tired of you." The panther smiled, she usually was intimidating and hid in the shadows, but she couldn't help but laugh with the ostrich.

"Well," Elma cleared her throat and glanced up at the macaw, "If it wasn't for Maverick screaming about how the worms kept crawling around his talons then we wouldn't be in this darn cage. Especially with sunshine over here." She looked over to a window outside the truck, it was the only fresh air they got. But never mind that the ostrich was looking at the truck next to them, it seemed to carry only one animal.

"Leo." Taurus gasped and went to the edge of her cage. "He's so dead when we get to this whatever you call it." She snarled and barred her teeth at the other truck as it raced by.

"Woah, drama!" Maverick exclaimed with a naive voice. He looked down at the panther eagerly.

"Maverick!" Elma said but turned to the panther with a thin smile. "Pardon him, but, do you mind telling us what happened between you two?"

"Really? Oh, alright." The panther prepared herself to tell them this short story about how the lion didn't even give her time to explain bumping into him! She made him sound like a horrible monster based on her first interaction with him, although, he is pretty dreamy...AH! What was she thinking? He's a lion and she's a panther!

"Hmph, he should've given you time to explain. Lions, always trying to make sure they're on top." Elma hissed to herself, glaring at Leo with hatred. "At least you aren't like that, you panthers always like to stick to the shadows and rather stay assertive than aggressive. The first panther I ever met was quite extroverted though, he always loved talking about the strangest things." She added, and then shrugged, "Oh well, the lab is your new home I guess. Although, you don't seem quite panicked like the other newcomers."

"I've already lived here before, exactly one week. Hated it and escaped easily, bet the humans are going to upgrade my cage into an 'inescapable' one." Taurus sighed, but her fur stood when their cages banged against the walls of the truck suddenly.