"Geez Clark, by the look on your face it looks as if I'm dragging you to a pit full of Kryptonite." Chloe sat in Clarks truck going through her papers on the Zoo research, she was doing a story for The Daily Planet on the wolf pack that had been through the last meteroshower in Smallville, the zoo had been destroyed a year ago and they were the only thing that remained. The story was to focus on how the animals had over come darkness and such, Chloe would have rather done the story on the murders occurring in Metropolis but this was as far as the basement would take her for now.
"I'm sorry, I just never really liked the zoo, not my thing."
"Well, I would be going buy myself but my car is dead, and Jimmy is out of town, so once again your my life saver. And isn't fun to be saving me in a non-violent and deathful way?" She smirked at him and got the same in return before returning to her papers. Clark sighed as he pulled the red truck into the very crowded Metropolis Zoo and parked it.
"Were here."
"I know,you can barely contain you excitement."
Clark and Chloe looked at all the caged as they passed them by.,Chloe was writing down everything the zookeeper had to say about the wolves as he lead them toward their pen.
"They were born in captivity and are extremely well behaved, they were even found protecting the injured zoo keeper in Smallville. Just wonderful animals that are completely misunderstood."
He was a red headed man that was mostly balding, his glasses were thick just like the layer of sweat that made him shine in a very unattractive way.He looked as if he ad been reduced to this job after years of in the field experiments and research,judging by the scars along his arms.
"Have any of these wolves suffered any trauma after the whole accident and transfer?"Chloe asked with real curiosity, she wanted to find out if they had in any way been affected my the meteors.
"They were more timid the first few years, but they are just fine now." He smiled as they approached the pen and waved at them casually.
"Heres your story."
Chloe and Clark observed them silently while the hustle and bustle of the crowd swarmed around them.The pack consisted of five timber wolves, all but one sporting a silvery mixed coat and the other completely white.
"Would you like to go in and see them?" he said politely.
"Sure!"Chloe said smiling, she could now get pictures to go with her story, Clark raised his eyebrows in surprise but shrugged and followed them in.
"The white one is the alpha female,her name is Lou,beautiful isn't she?"
Chloe snapped away while Clark hung in the back watching the zookeeper kneel by Lou for a photo opp.
"Clark, why don't you get in there to show that they are friendly to everyone?"Chloe said with a sarcastic smirk,he glared and tightened his lips. The zookeeper stepped away from the wolf and turned to Clark.
"She is real friendly, just don't do anything to upset her and you'll be just fine!"
"Umm, ok..." Clark approached the wolf whispering quietly and calmly to keep her still. She stared up at him with curiosity but wagged her tail all the same. He kneeled slowly next to her and rested a hand on her soft white fur, Clark was cheering up as he realized just how cool it was to be hanging out with this wolf. She put her muzzle under his other hand and then put it in her mouth. Clark was about to snap back when he realized it wasn't an aggressive manner, but protective.
"She must really like you kid, that is a sign of acceptance to the pack."The zookeeper seemed almost jealous, Clark looked in his eyes and saw it. He turned too Chloe and started talking more about the wolves.Clark felt a slight poke and looked to see the wolf still had his hand in-between its jaws, and it had ever so slightly broke the skin...