Zoo

Wild World

Lily was sitting in a helicopter with Bryan by her side. He smiled at his girlfriend and kissed her cheek, trying to comfort her. Lily had always been afraid of flying and heights. In front of Lily was an African American woman about her age with a messy ponytail in her hair. Ted sat beside her, smiling cheerfully at everyone. It was silent the entire chopper ride, until it was finally over. We landed on a helicopter landing spot where, about 30 yards away, was a building in the distance. By the helicopter spot was a black minivan waited. Ted hopped in the front seat with Bryan in the passenger's side. Lily smiled and waved her left hand at the woman sitting next to her.

The woman smiled. "Hi! My name is Tara!" Her teeth were very white, like she never ate sugar.

Lily smiled and told the nice woman her name. They talked on the car ride, Lily learning that Tara studied plants and animals. When Ted finally parked in a large parking lot, he told everyone to hop out and that we were at Wild World. When out of the car, Bryan held Lily's hand and followed everyone else.

Once in front of the zoo, Ted turned around and held both hands in the air. "Welcome to Wild World!"

There was an elephant trumpet in the distance. Suddenly, the metal gates opened Ted let everyone all in. Right after Lily stepped inside, she heard the gates close behind. She turned around to look. Tara then stopped in place, Lily walking into her. She turned back around and gasped.

The cages weren't like a normal zoo's cage. The cages were very large, as big as a house. And, no matter how everyone looked, they didn't find anything on the signs.

For and example, the first cage everyone saw was the beautiful one. Ted announced, "this one is a Mingcock! A very beautiful animal!"

Everyone looked in the cage, but didn't see anything. "Uh, where's the... thing?" Bryan asked, looking to Ted.

Ted smiled as something shadowy rose up from the ground in the back of the cage. "There. Look."

Lily stepped forwards and gasped. A creature that she had never heard of stood up. It had peacock feathers but flamingo legs and a flamingo body, but a peacock head. "Is this... a real animal?" Tara asked, looking up at Ted.

"It's not in the history books, but it's real!" Ted smiled and touched the cage glass, laughing.

Bryan smiled. "What is this thing?"

Ted smiled larger. "It's a Mingcock."

Suddenly, a blonde man walked up to Ted from a building. "Uh, Ted, the Octoshark?" Then he grabbed Ted's arm and the two ran. "You can come," he said to the others.

Everyone followed Ted and the man. He had a dark green shirt and dark green khaki's with brown, shiny shoes. When everyone entered the building, they were surprised to see that it had dim lighting, making in very dark. The man still dragged Ted around a corner until they approached a huge aquarium on the walls. The whole room's walls, even the room, was made of glass and had water between.

Then, another odd animal came swimming around in the water towards us. If looked like a shark, but the end of its body had dark octopus tentacles. It swam past us, not even noticing.

Then, the man turned around to face everyone and smiled a fake grin. "Hi! My name is Sheldon! I'm one of the Zoo Keepers here. I'll be with the Octoshark here most of the time while my twin is at the Wolfion and Slonkey."

Tanya turned to Ted and raised her eyebrows. "How did you do all of this?"

Soon, Lily saw many men and woman run around a white room in white coats. "This is the lab, the place where all of the animals here are engineered." Ted pointed to some lab people in the center of the room. "Shall we go?"

Bryan laughed, seeing all of the test tubes and eggs. "So none of these animals are real? They're just made from... DNA?"

A female scientist walked up to everyone. "Hello! My name is Bella, and I'll tell you about future animals!" She giggled cutely, a fake laugh. Lily did a half smile and Tara made an annoyed face. "Soon, we'll be making a Koanda (Kw-anda)-part panda and part koala, Moccagator-part alligator and part water moccasin, and for the people that like cool and freaky, Spockroach-part spider and part cockroach!"

Tara then stared at the crazy and energetic woman. "Is this safe?"

Bella smiled widely, showing white teeth. "Of course! Everything that Wild World does is perfectly safe!"

Ted then nodded. "Let's move on!"