Tony stood excitedly on the deck of the ship as it sailed to an island in the Pacific Ocean. This was his first expedition to study the wildlife head on instead of in the zoo. He wanted to do this right studying animals in their natural environment, he brought along his friends Tim McGee a computer expert and of course there was Jimmy Palmer Tim's boyfriend. Then there was Abby Scrutio she was an expert in animal life as well as a huge Yaoi fangirl always saying how cute Tim and Jimmy were together not to mention she'd deliberately ask them personal questions about their love life just to see them blush. There was also Dr. Donald Mallard aka Ducky, who was of course the medical doctor in case something happens while they were on the island. Tony suspected it was because he needed a doctor according to the team he was "accident prone and got into danger a lot."

He heard a gasp he tuned his head Tim had snuck up on Jimmy while he was busy startling him. Abby jumped up and down at how cute they were together on a scale of one to ten they were according her a nine on the cuteness scale. Tony shook his head at them he wasn't jealous of their relationship he had plenty of meaningless relationships with women that never fully cut it for him. All asking too much of him, first there was Jeanne, that relationship only lasted a few months, then there was Paula, and Wendy who he almost ended up marrying before she broke of the engagement. He never understood why she broke their engagement. Oh well, it was all water under the bridge he was more married to his work. Even if he had married Wendy that marriage wouldn't have lasted long.

He looked over at Tim and Jimmy again he never had been with a man he didn't understand the appeal of being in a relationship with a man. He wasn't a sexist Tim was his best friend and all. One time he had asked Tim about it when they were drinking soon wishing he hadn't since Tim being drunk went into explicit detail of his sex life with Jimmy. He was just glad that Tim didn't pull out a video of the two of them having sex. It would be nice if he could find someone that was actually interested in the things he was into instead of pretend to be interested someone who shared his love of exploring and adventure to say the least. Tim and Jimmy's relationship seems to be strong as a rock nothing could break it. If only he could have something like that. Tony shook his head. "Forget it! Who needs commitment when I had this." He told himself. No one to worry about him if he didn't come home on time, nobody to complain about his drinking. Yea the bachelor life was best suited for him.

The ship finally landed on the island. Tony walked off the ship and was greeted by a man. "Tony! You made it great." The man said happily.

Tony smiled "It's nice to finally meet you Amarya. So, when do we get to explore the island?" Tony asked eagerly.

"Tomorrow Tony. Come I'll get your party settled in at the village for the night and then in the morning we will explore the island and have you study the animals and what not." Amarya said.

"Okay." Tony said with a sigh a little disappointed.

"Besides, it's not a good idea to be out here at night." Amarya said.

"Why is that?" Abby asked.

"Because of the creature that lurks out here is more dangerous than any carnivorous animal known to man." Amarya said.

"How can it be the most dangerous known to man?" Jimmy asked.

"Thirty years ago a woman by the name of Dr. Shannon something or another didn't head the villagers' warnings and she disappeared never to be seen again. However, twenty years ago a group of young children were busy herding there animals when they came across the skeleton of the woman along with the skeleton of a child. The creature killed the woman ripping the flesh from her body; some suspect the creature raped the woman before he devoured her. The child most suspect was the monster intended victim and they both perished by the creature."

"That's just creepy." Jimmy said.

"Say wouldn't it be neat if we could this creature in action?" Abby said.

Everyone turned and gave her a crazed look. "What? Think about it Tony if you caught the creature and showed it to the world you'll be famous and women will be eating out of your hands. You'd be one of the richest bachelors in the world." Abby said.

Tony couldn't help but laugh at that. "Abby, if you haven't already forgotten my father is already one of the richest men in the country if I wanted that life I'd have stayed home and took over my father's business."

"Well it was just a suggestion. I thought it would be neat." Abby said with a pout..

They made it to the small village where Amarya got them settled in for the night at the inn. "Do you think we can get a king size bed by chance Amarya?" Tim asked.

Tim was quickly elbowed in the gut as Jimmy began to blush. "I believe that can be arranged." Amarya said.

Tony shook his head he knew all too well those two wouldn't be having any sleep tonight and if his room was next to there's he wouldn't get any sleep either. They were soon shown to their rooms luckily; Tony's room wasn't anywhere near Tim and Jimmy's room.

His room wasn't anything fanciful just a plain ordinary bed and a wash basin on the nightstand. He went to the wash basin and washed his face before changing into just his boxers. He opened the window as he crawled into bed to sleep. He could hear the delicate sound of nature as it lulled him to sleep. Tomorrow he'd go out into the wilderness to study the animals on this island as well as the exotic plant life.