"Abby!" I called, barging into Abby's section of Toulouse's apartment, "I have this awesome idea.." I pulled back the curtain that we put up for her privacy and didn't see Abby anywhere. I pulled up the blankets and found a bunch of pillows lousily arranged in an attempt to look like her. "Oooook, this is so not funny. Abby?!" A groggy Toulouse waddled in rubbing his eyes, "What is the pwobwem? Wew is Abby?" "I.. I don't know, she's not here. She went somewhere.." A thought occurred to both Toulouse and I at the same time. "Satine!" "What is she thinking?" I asked frantically, "I mean, I like Satine and all, but she DOES have a major reason to be pissed right now, and who knows what she'll do to her!" "What can we do?!" Toulouse asked, looking to me for some guidance, "I can't fink under pwessuw, I panic!" "Um.. Um. Well, we can, er, I've got it! I have a plan! Ok, Toulouse- you go up into the elephant to talk to them, and I'll be below the ledge {as it's the only other way out} just in case things get out of hand." "Got it!" Toulouse replied, squaring his shoulders and determinedly marching off. I watched him for a minute before I went to go round up the things I might need, then head over. Damn, he's so adorable. ......................... I held in a cough as I perched beneath the balcony, listening. According to plan, I got some climbing stuff and clambered up the trunk. I couldn't hear anything yet, but I was sure Toulouse would get there soon. Unless he had already gotten there and I missed something extremely important. ..........................

Inside the elephant, Satine silently curled into a ball in the darkness, surrounded by two unconscious forms lashed together and muzzled. She rocked herself back and forth, muttering, "He got in my way, Christian, I have to get rid of her and then he can wake up, Christian.."