Chapter Seven:
The Next Day
Shenzi suddenly woke up from the sound of a slammed door. She looks out of the cage to see Shelly sitting down on the floor and leaning against the door. She brought a telephone and started dialing a number.
"Good morning" Ed smiled then started tapping Banzai on the head. "Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up"
Banzai started to growl in his sleep. He open one of his eyes and grabs hold of Ed's arm. "Tap my head one more time and you'll be walking around with one less arm" he said
Ed pulled away from him and just let out a small cry. Shenzi shook his head, she never realizes Banzai didn't have any patients. Already two days here and he's ready to kill the poor thing. She yawned and tried to get up, but her arm started to hurt again.
(Maybe I should stay off of it today) she thought
"Hello? Hi Amber, it's me, Shelly" Shelly said on the phone
"Hey, Shelly, how's Africa"
"So boring, when my father said we were going to move to a wonderful place I thought he was thinking of Hawaii, but no, we had to move clear across the other side of the world in the middle of no where"
"So, I take it you don't like it there"
"No, this is not a place for the average teenager, I miss the mall" she whined
"So how long are you going to stay there"
"Two years, that means I still got a year and a half to go"
"So what's it like to be out in the wild"
"Again boring, I mean what's the big deal about taking care of sick animals anyway, they're just gonna die later"
"I'm surprise you're the only one in your family who hates animals"
"I know that what's weird about it, my father thinks it's the whole family's life long dream to open an Animal Red Cross Center for sick and injured animals and to live out here desert waste land."
"So what do you do over there" Amber asked
"I go out with my dad once a week to find injured animals then bring them back here. My little sister on the other hand adopts them as her pets, like this little disgusting thing called a hyena, the damn thing drools everywhere and never stops crying. He's doing it right now as we speak. Hold on one minute" she covers the phone with her hand, "Ed, shut up!"
"Yes, Ed please shut up so I can get some sleep" Banzai said
"Why don't you both shut up" Shenzi said covering her ears again
"He's the one crying" Banzai shouted back
Shelly open the door "Molly, come feed your stupid pets!" she hollers then slammed the door again. More animals began to wake up and started crying themselves
Shelly sighs "listen Amber, I got to go, I need to feed these animals before they wake up my dad and he'll find out who's been making these long distance calls"
"Ok, cheer up, I'll be visiting you soon in two weeks"
"I know, I'll call you later" Shelly said then hung up the phone. She heard a knock on the door
"Shelly, the door is lock, open the door" Molly siad
Shelly open the door to see Molly holding three bottles of milk. They said nothing to each other and Shelly left the room.
"Food" Ed started to jump around in the cage.
Molly sat down next to the cage, when her older brother came in. "Be careful Molly, the other two pups might be a little aggressive" he said as he grabbed the cage that has the cheetah in it.
"I know, Alex, I'm just going to feed them" she said "do you need help"
Alex was trying to push the cage out of the room but with no luck. "I can get it"
The cheetah rolled his eyes and begin to growl "I think you should call daddy, he's getting mad"
"Trust me sis, I can handle a full-grown cheetah" he said till the cheetah tried to charge at him but only hits his head on the bars. He let out a loud roar of pain because of his leg. Alex, who fell to the floor from the sudden attack, got up "maybe I should go get dad" he said then ran out of the room
"Brothers are so stupid" Molly said as she open the cage.
"Please get him out of here" Banzai said believing she was here for Ed
Instead of grabbing Ed, the girl reaches into the back and grabbed Shenzi instead.
"Hey, where is she taking me" Shenzi said
"Shenzi" Banzai shouted "don't leave me here with this freak"
"Well, it's not like I have a choice Banzai" she said trying to break free from her grip as she was pulled out of her cage. Molly use her other hand to close Shenzi's mouth so she wouldn't bite her. She tried to get away but it wasn't easy when her arm was in terrible pain. The next thing Shenzi knew the girl took out of the room and enter a long hallway.
(Where is she taking me) she thought again.
They enter another room, where her father, mother and Alex were waiting. Molly places her on a cold, metal bed that laid in the middle of the room.
"Dad, what about the cheetah, his wound on his leg is getting worse."Alex said
"I know, but Molly wanted me to see if this little boy is alright" His father said"
"Hey, I'm a girl, you dumbass" Shenzi shouted but to the humans she was only growling
"Man, he's an aggressive one" Alex said
"That's because he's a girl, son" his mom said
"Oh"
A bright light was turned on, nearly blinding the small pup. The woman begins to check her eyes, teeth and fur. "She seems to be in perfect shape, I don't know how she got into the van"
"Shelly just said she found her past out under the boxes" Alex said
Shenzi grew nervous when the woman begins to check her nail, when she grabs her left arm another sharp pain went up her spine, she growls and bit her on the hand.
"Ow, well I see her wrist is broken" the women, grabbing a cloth to stop the bleeding.
"You ok, Donna" her husband asked.
"Yes, but she needs cast if she wants that wrist to heal up" she said.
"Ok, it not going to take that long" he said "Alex, you need to hold her while I put the cast on"
"You might want to give her something to relax, she bits hard" Donna said when she noticed the bite was deep.
Shenzi begins to panic when the human brought out a shot. "Hold her still, Alex"
Alex press Shenzi to the ground, but she was able to get free from his grip and bit him on the arm. Ignoring the pain in her wrist, she begins to limp to the edge of the metal bed till Alex grabbed hold of her again
"I'm not going out this way"Shenzi growl.
She felt a sting in the back of her neck and just laid there. "There, there girl, it will all be over soon." The man siad.
His voice and everything around her begin to get fogging, she felt the boy named Alex petting her. "Those . . . stupid . . . bastards" Shenzi said before falling asleep.
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"Where did they take her" Banzai begin to panic when he saw Molly coming back without Shenzi.
"I'm sorry, little ones, but your friend needed to get her injuries treated" Molly said giggling
"Why do you think is funny" Banzai shouted.
"Oh, I almost forgot about you, Mr. Skinny" Molly said "I bet you're really hungry"
Banzai felt ashamed, here he was trying to worry about Shenzi but his stomach overpowers him. Ed begins to whine even more.
"Don't worry my little Eddy, let me feed him first then you"
Molly closed the door then open up their cage to let them out for awhile. Ed begins to walk around, visiting the other animals in the room. Banzai growl when Molly tried to pet him "it's ok, I'm here to help you" she said holding a bottle of warm milk. Banzai's mouth begin to water, he walked a little closer to her, letting her pet him.
"Here drink this, it's warm milk with all the nutrition you need to get better" she said
She dragged Banzai over by his paws and made him lie down on her lap. Banzai begin to drink out of the bottle, slow at first just to see what it tasted like then wouldn't stop drinking it till his tummy was full.
"My, you must've been really hungry" she giggle a bit.
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Hours past when Shenzi woke up again and found herself in a small bed that was in the back of the room where they took her. Her arm was wrapped in a white, itchy cast, but the pain was gone. She looked at the humans who were taking care of the cheetah's leg as he slept.
"Cool, you're awake, I'm sure you want to go back to your friends, huh" Alex said
(I didn't know he had a twin) she said, she closed her eyes because she was seeing two of the same boy. After Alex fed her a bottle of milk, he carried her back in to the animal room and place her in her cage. Shenzi sat up and look around, flinch when Ed kept looking at her.
"You look awful" he laughs
Again she saw two of them and was too sick to hit any one of them. "You two Eds wouldn't happen to see Banzai around"
"Who's Banzai" he asked
"The guy with the weird eyebrows" She said.
Shenzi felt like she was going to throw up, everything around her was spinning (what the hell did they drugged me with). She thought as Ed pointed to the corner of the cage. Banzai was lying on her back with a very full belly. He was so full he couldn't breathe right.
"Are you ok" Ed asked
Shenzi felt the vomit coming but she holds it back and swallows it. She pushes Ed out of the way and walked over to Banzai. "I'm going to bed"
"What's your name again" he asked
"Call me Shenzi" she said then looks down at Banzai
"I drank too much milk" Banzai said "I can't move"
"I was drugged and got a cast on my arm"
"I think my stomach is going to explode, but I couldn't stop I was so hungry"
"Stop whining, your fat stomach makes a nice pillow" Shenzi siad resting her head on his stomach "it's nice and soft"
"Why are you guys going to bed, its still day light out side"
"No Ed, it's your mine playing tricks on you, it's really night time" Banzai joked
"It is, wow, my mine must be playing tricks on me" Ed said scratching his head. He laid down next to Shenzi, but she was too sick and tire to kick him away. Good night" he said then fell asleep.
"What an idiot" Banzai said...