Fenris, or Henry Foss as he was known to his colleagues, was busy destroying an incredibly annoying Gnome Mage who had taken him by surprise outside Thrall's throne room in the Valley of Wisdom in Orgrimmar when the phone beside him rang and startled him.
He picked up the call on the second ring, "Foss" he answered as the Mage took advantage of his momentary pause in play to annihilate Henry's Tauren Druid.
"Henry, it's us. Open the bay doors."
Henry dropped the phone, jumped up and grabbed his tabletPC and started tapping in commands as he ran out of his lab and down through the Sanctuary's main holding area towards the loading bay, muttering as he went about the indignity of dying to a Gnome.
Ashley steered the Uhaul van up to the loading bay, at the rear of The Sanctuary and reversed it round so the back doors were up against the bay. She killed the engine and hopped out of the cab and around to the rear of the van. With a grin she popped the latches and threw up the shutters, light spilled into the container section and revealed a sight that reduced her to giggles. When Henry appeared beside her seconds later and peered in he burst out laughing too and the pair ended up leaning on each other and gasping for breath as fits of laughter racked them.
"Ashley, Henry, that's enough."
The two younger members of the Sanctuary team tried to stifle their laughter as Dr Helen Magnus' stern voice issued from the back of the container. Ashley looked again and saw her mother stand up and walk forwards, picking straw from her hair and brushing what looked like a strange glowing lichen from her clothes.
"Ashley, we need to talk about your driving."
"Actually, I think we need to get our new arrivals into the building, they look a little motion sick." "No kidding." came Will's voice from somewhere in the dark, he stepped forward into the light and Henry's renewed laughter hit him full force. He felt rather nauseous himself, having been right in the path of fire when the first of their passengers had gotten ill on the journey.
Ashley boosted herself up into the container of the truck as Will jumped out, "I'll meet you in the lab later," he called back over his shoulder as he trudged off to the bathroom, already knowing he'd have to get in with his clothes on to get rid of the worst of the vomit.
Ashley slipped behind her mother and walked slowly towards the first of the two abnormals, she crouched down, cooing towards them in their pens, "It's okay, come on, let's get you inside."
She reached out and took hold of the rope around its neck, and then opened the gate on the pen, leading the animal out. Magnus did the same with the other passenger and then mother and daughter led the animals out of the truck, down the ramp Henry had lowered, past Henry who stood on the loading bay platform.
With their silver-grey fur, velvety soft antlers, and, Henry would later swear, a hint of sparkles from their hooves, the two very special reindeer were led inside to live out the rest of their lives in comfort.