"Polar Bear, Panther, Wolf! Get out of bed, Owl's got a mission for us!" The voice of our oh so gracious leader rang from the meeting room.

I groaned and rolled over to the side, throwing my right arm over my eyes. I think I'll tell you who we are before the leader gets to me. I'm Panther, the black girl in this group of misfits. Me, along with my twins, have created a rag tag team of... well, basically Robin Hoods... to as the legend go us. Steal from the rich and give to the poor.

Now, get this straight, we arent's really twins nor do we look alike. Polar Bear, Wolf, and... Let's call her Unicorn so I don't go mad, aren't really twins. It's just an inside joke that we've had ever since we met each other. We're orphans, so one day, Unicorn decided to bust us out along with Meerkat, Bobo the Streetperforming Monkey, Owl, Cheetah, Dolphin, Cat, Rabbit, Eagle, and Panda. We call each other by those names because those are our favorite animals to turn into. We have three choices, but we leave the other two for emergencies only.

And now Unicorn's banging on Wolf's door. Which means she'll be barging into mine and Polar Bear's room after yelling at Wolf. I still don't understand why never calls us last. We're always going on missions, which makes us want to sleep , Meerkat, and Panda are also part of the missions, but they don't have to train extra. And Cheetah, Eagle, and Rabbit are still too young to be stealing.

And now Unicorn's opened Wolfs' door and they're arguing. I sighed and got out of my bed. It had a red bed sheet, pink blanket, and a blue Digimon comforter. Don't judge me.

I walked over to our closet, picked out my mission clothes, and got dressed. It consisted of a red bandana, black long sleeved tight shirt, black pants with a hole so my tail could be seen, and black gloves. My black hair is completely short, with red highlights in it. The thing is completely spiky, but I have bangs that cover up to my eyebrows.

After I changed into my costume, I wakled into my room and found Polar Bear already dressed in a white short sleeved shirt, white camo pants, white gloves with black fingertips, and her usual black goggles. Her brown hair was pulled into a ponytail, a large piece of hair on her left side covering most of that side of face.

"Ready?" She asked in her usual cheery voice.

I glared at her, but sighed when she kept bouncing and smiling. I then nodded and wakled out of the room, Cub walking behind me. We called Polar Bear Cub or Baby 'cause she usually used that form or acted like a kid.

I love our hangout. Our rooms are on the third floor, where there was a balcony for the floor in front of our doors, letting people acces them only be the ladders or the slide. The balcony was only on the doors side, not being very easily accesed. The slide was swirly, with an opening on the second floor, and the last one on the first floor. The frist floor was the normal floor, having everything a normal family had. The second floor was much like the third, but the balcony sorrounded the whoel house. The second floor was used for the meeting room, training room, library, and study hall.

The first floor was every kids dream, with its' bright colored walls, funky blinds, bean bags, flat screens, video games, and more, the room was a kids heaven. There were bikes, motorcycles, toy cars, toys, paintings, and more of those things you saw with kids, making the house look more unruly. The big kids were usually never there because of training, school, or missions, so this was really the youngsters mess.

I jumped down to the second floor, Cub right behind me. We made our way to the meeting room, and I was starting to feel kinda hungry. It was much like the KND's (1) cartoon, only it was painted blue, we weren't living in a tree but a real building, and it wasn't made of random parts. This was all built by Owl and Meerkat. I sat down on the couch next to Meerkat, who was fiddling with his goggles.

Bobo was eating a candy bar, and gave me one. I nodded at him as thanks, then opened it. Wolf, Unicorn, Panda, Cat, and Dolphin all walked in, all of them clad in their costumes. Let me tell you another important fact: Each time we get ready for our missions, our animals ears, tails, and/or horns appear. Poking out of each of our heads were our animal ears. Well, for Unicorn it was a horn from her forehead and the horse ears.

They all sat down around the couch and Owl finally came in. She had tan skin, dirty blonde hair, and wise gray eyes behind hipster glasses. She wore a white shirt with a black and red checkered tie, a gauntlet on her right arm, gray pants, and gray boots. Two wings sprouted from her back, folded into themselves.

"We will be hitting the estate of John Wilains," She started, pressing a button on her gauntlet.

The photo of a fat and squatty man in a suit next to a blonde supermodel, both of them having forced smiles, appeared as a hologram. He was bald, short, and the had the face of a rat. I immediately was okay with the idea of stealing from him.

"He is married to a supermodel; gold digger;" She coughed in, making us laugh. "Wife, by the name of Cindy Wilain Auper, and has a daughter named Angela Wilains." The photo of a girl popped up.

Long curly blonde hair, flawless skin, around our age, and an ego we could feel in here. She would be beautiful if the dress she was wearing didn't look like a tight shirt and if she actually smiled.

"He is the main reason for the poor in Metropolis being really poor. Where Superman can't help, he can, and he decides to use the money for food, his 'girls'," She said in between air quotations. "And saving it in his own, personal safe." She smiled at the last one.

They just make it so easy now a days.

"What's the plan, Owl?" Unicorn asked, slapping Wolf's hand; which was about to poke her; away.

"Panther, Wolf, Cub, and Cheetah will be performing the distraction." She answered, looking at us straight in the eyes, an art that is impossible for me.

Before she continued, Cheetah jumped out of his hiding place and started celebrating. The older kids just stared at him, me included. Owl crossed her arms and glared at him, making the eight year old stop rejoicing.

"Cheetah! What are you doing here?" She scolded, making him look down in shame.

I sighed and got up, then walked over to Owl.

"Why is Cheetah coming with? I don't mind, but... You told us they're too young." I reminded her.

"Simple. He's been bothering me this whole time during missions, he'll be nind a few weeks, and he needs the practice." She answered, looking at me with those wise eyes.

I nodded slowly then walked back to my seat. Cheetah sat in between me and Wolf, head hanging in shame. I chuckled at him while Wolf patted his back.

"As I was going to say before the interruption," She continued, glaring at Cheetah, the looked at the rest of us. "Cub and Cheetah will be in their animal forms, Wolf and Panther will be normal. They will go to the Wilains home, telling about their newest inventions. While they are distracting the three, Meerkat, Bobo, Cat, and Panda will be at the safe. Meerkat will hack into the security system while Bobo is lookout. Unicorn, Panda, and Cat will then take the money, and all four will leave. Then, Wolf, Panther, and the kids will leave, coming back to the base a little after the four, as to not alert the three before hand." She told us the plan in a nut shell.

I smirked evilly at Cheetah, who was rubbing his hands evilly and smirking. The rest of them were also smiling, loving the plan.

"What are we waiting for? This is the easiest job yet." I told them smiling at them evilly.

"Before we go, the chant." Unicorn instructed.

None of us protested, already used to this procedure. We all huddled up and stuck our hands out as if we were some kind of sports team. "Somos familia, somos leales, somos Los Animales." (2) We chanted, then threw our arms up.

I love my family and will alway be loyal to them. Always.

1- if you don't know how it looks, you should be slapped.

2- This means "We are family, we are loyal, we are The Animals." Remember that name.

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