My name is Santiago, I own a zoo but its more of a animal protection place, I became friends with all the animals and they in turn became my friends, i understand them and they understand me. I went out shopping for food and medicine and various other things with my lion fang, he knew how to behave in public so the town let me take him out. when I noticed a girl who was only about 11 or 12 years old, covered in bandages and gauze, and her left eye was covered with bandages as well. "hey are you alright?" I asked her but she walked right past me with her hand over her left eye.

"Hey" I said grabbing her shoulder, but as soon as i did i felt a shock like we were bonded somehow. She screamed and ran into a nearby alley "whatthehellwasthat?" I thought as i stood there. Fang nudged me and made a small roar "I don't know"

Then i heard someone say "It came from over here!" then at least twenty men came out of nowhere and ran into the alley.

"I don't like this, Fang" i said turning to him "stay here, I'm going to see what's going on" he nodded and walked over to the wall and laid down. I climbed the two story building and got onto the roof when i heard her scream again, I looked down into the alley and saw that the men had cornered her

"Alright you freak now we will teach you a lesson" A man who was apparently leading the group said raising a knife about to strike her. I jumped off the roof and landed on him, making him fall and drop the knife.

"Hey who the fuck are you!?" one of the men said pointing a pipe at me. "This is none of your concern leave before you get hurt!" another man said

"It became my concern when you attacked her" I said picking up the knife backwards "I don't like it when people hurt girls" I said getting prepared for a fight.

"What you think you can beat us? Fine then We'll kick your ass along with hers!" and three men charged me with a bat, a knife, and a brick. I kicked the knife out of one guy's hand and sent it flying along with him, the man with the bat swung at me,I throw some dust into his face causing him to hit the man with the brick in the jaw. I slammed him into the wall and stabbed him in the hand pinning him to the wall, I walked to the middles of the alley and caught the knife as it fell down and pointed it toward the men

They backed up a few steps "Leave if you value your lives" I said pointing the knife at them. They were gone in 5 seconds, I looked at the girl and saw that she had fainted. I whistled and fang came around the corner "come on we can't leave her here" he let out a approval roar and walked over to me as i picked her up and set her on his back "try to be careful with her she's been through a lot"

"you'll regret doing this" the man i pinned into the wall said

"Shut up" I kicked him and knocked him out "come on lets go home" and we walked back to the zoo.

A HOUR LATER

We walked through the zoo entrance as Brutus the gorilla walked by "Brutus warn the others we may have unwelcome guests coming." He nodded and walked off, I looked at the girl and saw that the bandages were bloody "Damn Fang go get the monkeys she needs surgery" I said picking her up, he roared and run off.

I carried her to the operating room, where the monkey trio sling, cling, and ming were waiting "Come on" i said setting her on the table, we began by taking off the bandages and we saw that she was covered in cuts so for the next two hours we checked the wounds, cleaned them, and stitched them up. About halfway through she started to wake up "Shit anastasia now" I shouted and all three of them ran for it.

She started to panic and move "hey calm down it's alright" I said trying to calm her down "hurry the hell up!" i shouted to the trio as they brought it over, put it on her, and turned it on. She calmed down and soon was out again "damn that was too close" signed. We finished sewing her up after about an hour, we started to cover her stitches when i noticed that we hadn't taken off the bandages on her head. I carefully took them off and saw that he eye was gone, only a empty socket

I immediately covered my mouth in horror "What the hell am i supposed to do about this!?" I said as my mind was racing, when I remembered the various animals I gave cybernetics so they could continue their lives "can I do the same with her eye?" I told the trio about my plans and they approved so I began to put them into her eye. After about an hour or so i completed her cybernetic eye.

After I was finished I had Brutus carry her over to my house and put her in bed, after about an hour, Poko the raven reported several suspicious people watching the zoo outside I went inside and made some soup for the girl to eat when she woke up, I set it down next to her and took a seat next to a window.

"Where am I?" I heard her say, I turn and saw her looking at the bandages all over her body

"I see you awake" I said standing up

"Stay away from from me!" she shouted falling out of the bed

"Hey be careful I don't want to have to re stitch you up" I said

"Why did you stitch me up? so you can beat me up some more!?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I know you were sent from your boss to hurt me!" she yelled hiding behind the bed. "Just because I'm a freak!"

"I don't know what boss you're talking about but I would never hurt someone just because they were different"

"You weren't sent by The Don?" she asked

"So thats who!" I cracked my knuckles "I have unfinished business with him"

"You know him?" she asked

"Yes but please get back into bed and I will tell you about it" She climbed back into bed "He doesn't like that I run this zoo, I talk to the animals, and i refuse to do business"

"How come they haven't beat you up yet?" she asked

Just then the door opened "This is why" I said as Brutus walked in

"The gorilla?" she asked looking at him

"Not just Brutus, all the animals in the zoo. Not to change the subject but why did he call you a freak?"

She turned on her side "I can … do something others can't"

"What is it?"

"You'll just call me a freak as well" she said

"No I won't"

"Yes you will"

"No I won't, I've been called a freak for years, I don't think anything you can do will make me say you're a freak"

"Promise?"

"I promise"

she held her arm up, it went white and turned into a barrel, I said nothing for I was shocked at what just happened "Go on say it" she said crying

"Your... "I said

"I'm what?" she said still crying

she was prepared to hear the same you're a freak like always but was meet with a different response "Your awesome!" I said jumping from my chair

"What?" she said turning and looking at me

"Awesome. You're awesome I've never seen anyone do that. thats so cool!"

"You think i'm cool?" she asked

"Yeah what can you do with it any how?"

"Shoot" she said

"Shoot?" she pointed her arm at the wall and a purple thing came out and made a hole in the wall. "Thats so cool"

"You're the only person to say that to me" she smiled

"Don't your parents like that you can do that?"

Her smile disappeared and looked through the window "I don't have parents, I was found on the outside an orphanage when I was young"

"Oh then umm"

"what?"

"Why don't i adopt you?" i said smiling

She looked at me "I don't know" she said very nervous

"Why not? Everyone needs someone to love them" she turned looking at me "What?"

"No one's ever loved me they always treated me like a freak"

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