Near sat alone in the car, wallowing. But, being Near, he soon realized how stupid her was being, so he stopped. "Well, why not listen to some music." He thought aloud, reaching over, and pushing the button to turn on the radio.
Soon a panicked voice filled the car. "We have conformation, the zoo tragedy that took place last night was done by three or more people! This is Takada, and I will continue to keep you updated on the story, so stay tuned to Vegas 108 am."
"… Zoo tragedy?" Near questioned, looking around at the police cars. "What did we do?" He thought, continuing to listen.
"Wait! We have just received an update! The panda will be okay! Doctors do not think the circumstances will affect it's life. Moppy the panda will be able to continue a normal, happy life here at his home zoo. I am Takada, thank you."
"Fuck." Near said, and hopped out of the car, running towards where he saw Matt and Mello hop the fence, "Guys…" Too late, they're already gone. "They better not get caught, Beyond won't be in there anyways." He sighed, and miserably waddled back to the car.
"Okay, so where are we headed?" Mello asked, sneaking around some cages.
"Well, people keep mentioning some panda, so, let's try there." Matt sighed.
"Pandas…" Mello thought aloud, looking around, "Bears are that way." He said pointing towards all the police.
"Fuck, the bears would be over there." Matt facepalmed.
"Well, all we need is a peek, right? Come on, it won't be too hard." Mello said, taking Matts hand and leading him behind a cage. "Look, the employees use little paths and such to get around, and they seem quite empty at this moment, so stop being a little princess and get your ass over there." He pointed up the path.
"Ugh, why do I put up with you?" Matt sighed to himself.
"Cause, if you didn't have me you'd probably end up dead in a ditch somewhere. Face it Matty, you need me." Mello stuck his tongue out.
"Oh really? I always thought it would be the other way around."
"…And what's that supposed to mean?" Mello raised a brow to Matts comment.
"Well… I mean, no offence, but, people DO often mistake you for a girl… And, like, I don't know, there are some pretty weird people out there…" Matt tried to talk his way out of Mello's questions.
The blonde stopped and gave Matt a death glare. "Oh, really? So, you're looking out for me?"
"Yes, wait, no I-I just. ugh." He slumped.
""No no, finish what you were saying." Mello stared him down.
"Well… I… I just, don't want you to get, hurt… Yeah." Matt nodded.
"Oh really? So you want to protect me?" Mello snickered, to which Matt nodded. "And, um, exactly what are you trying to protect me from?" His voice was now hard as a rock.
"… Umm, I…." Matt blushed.
"Hmm? Didn't hear you there." Mello pushed.
"I… I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT YOU WENT AND GOT YOUR ASS RAPED ONE DAY OKAY! IS THAT SO BAD!" Matt unintentionally yelled, his thoughts just kind of, came out.
"Hmm." Mello thought for a second, and then, "YOU FUCKING ASS HOLE! I CAN PROTECT MYSELF, I'M NOT SOME LITTLE FUCKING GIRL I COULD TAKE YOU! RIGHT HERE, LET'S GO! FIGHT ME! FIGHT ME BITCH!" Mello yelled running towards Matt to punch him, Matt, however, had experience with a pissed off Mello.
"Mello!" He yelled, and took hold of the blonde's thin arms before he had a chance to hit him. "Stop it, I'm sorry!" He pleaded.
"Oh really!" Mello said doubtfully, trying to shake his arms free.
"Yes! Look, I was just a little… Shaken up about last night! You see, anything could have happened, and I just want you to be safe."
Mello stopped trying to break free, and just looked at Matt. Mello was shorter than Matt, so he had to look up, but Matt could see the expression on the blondes face. It was the one he always got when the fights were over, kind of a mix between annoyed, but caring.
"HEY, WHO'S THERE?" An angry voice called from in front of the cage.
"Shit." Mello looked quickly at the police officer, trying to look around the bush to see them.
"Get down." Matt whispered, and grabbed Mello by the arm to pull him down.
"Let's go." Mello hushed, pulling Matt behind him as they ran.
"STOP!" The voice yelled.
"Shit, he's on us." Matt said, looking back.
"Here. Let's hide in the bush." Mello said pulling Matt into a bush by one of the cages."
The two heard footsteps running, getting closer, and closer, and then running farther away from them. "Good. He's gone." Mello sighed in relief, he turned to peer into the cage behind them. "Shit, look at all those police." He whispered to Matt.
"Why're they all looking into this cage? Shit, do they see us." He backed away.
"No, I don't think so." Mello looked out again. "But, there's some like, in the cage. Why?" He asked looking around. "Oh shit, what kind of poor species of bear is that! It looks so pathetic!" He said pointing.
"Wow, that looks… Kind of gross. It's all pink, and crusty." Matt commented, looking around. "…Fuck… Mello…" He said, looking scared.
"What?"
"That's a panda bear…" Matt face palmed again. "Fuck, we shaved a fucking panda!"
"Wait, we did that!" Mello pointed, then noticing bags of black and white hair. "Oh!" Mello sounded sad. "Oh, my, God! Why! He looks so, so, SO SAD!"
" I know, fuck, poor panda…" Matt let out, a moment of silence was shared between Mello and Matt, in respect for the poor panda's hair. Something surprising about Matt and Mello, they like animals, especially really cute furry ones. And they were utterly ashamed of their actions.
"Well… I doubt we're going to find out anything else…" Matt looked apologetically at the poor panda.
"Yeah, we should go…" Mello had the same look.
The two professionally hopped the fence, and walked back to the car in silence.
Near just looked at the two who got in the car silently. I was weird, did they have a fight, or, what? "Soooooo… How'd it go…?" Near asked.
Neither Mello nor Matt answered.
"… Okay then…" Near looked away, and went back to his seat in the back.
After a few minutes Mello spoke up. "Well… We fucked up a poor innocent panda."
"Yes, I know, I heard the radio report… But did we find anything about Beyond?"
Matt and Mello shook their heads in sync.
"Oh." Near looked around confused. "So, why're you guys so quiet?"
"Because we…" Mello trailed off.
"We…" Matt butted in.
"WE MESSED UP A POOR INNOCENT LITTLE PANDAS LIFE AND NOW NO GIRL PANDA IS GOING TO WANT TO MATE WITH HIM, AND HE'LL BE ALL LONELY, AND THEN THE ENTIRE PANDA SPECIES WILL DIE OUT AND IT'LL ALL BE OUR FAULTS!" Mello yelled.
"… Okay, you guys are over reacting… It's just one panda…" Near stated.
"FUCK YOU NEAR!" Mello yelled.
"… Well then, I'll leave you two to… mourn over the loss of a pandas… attractiveness…" Near said, and looked around confused again. "So, where are we going?"
"Back to the hotel." Matt said. "We don't have any other leads."
And off they went.