Chapter 8
As Akino and the badgers walked into the cave, Akino walked over to the sleeping bag and fopped down on it, breathing out a sigh of relaxation. He looked around the interior and noticed that the bunk beds were now adjacent to eachother and acted as a large bed, able to hold all three of them.
"Ahhh, its good to be back." Akino exhaled as Becky and Stacy flopped down on their beds.
"Hey Akino?" Becky called, getting the mini lupine's attention."Yes Becky?" Akino replied, lifting his head up."Y-you think... that you can... s-sleep... w-with us? Just for tonight." Becky requested, studdery and her face flushing a bright red tint.
"Yeah, s-sure." Akino said, getting up and walking over to the bed. Akino then flopped down right in between them, his face blushing also as he felt the warmth of both of the girls. The girls then wrapped their arms around his defined frame, indulging in his warmth and enjoying his presence.
As they continued to cuddle him, Akino continued to relax into the girls' embraces. After some moments, the three just continued to melt into the moment and entered a peaceful, relaxing sleep.
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The next morning, the early sun's rays made their way into the badger habitat.
The sunlight shined inside the cave of the badger habitat, revealing the two badgers cuddled up to the shrunken lupine. As they were relaxing, the zoo bells rang, instantly waking the two badgers. However, Akino was still soundly asleep. Not wanting to wake him up, Becky and Stacy gently swuirmed their way out of the bed.
Once out, the two headed to Marlene's habitat for some hangliding.
A few minutes after Becky and Stacy woke up, Akino woke up himself. He let out a nice, long yawn before stretching and walking out of the cave.
Being that they didn't have edible breakfast for him, he headed to the penguin habitat. He made it to the penguin habitat and swam to the center where he greeted the penguins.
"Morning, gentlemen. Mind sharing some fish? Bugs aren't exactly edible for me." Akino said as Rico nodded and slid him a small pile of fish. "Thanks. So Skipper, anything important we're doing today?" Akino asked, enjoying some the fish that Rico gave him.
"We've recieved word that today, the penguins, Marlene and the badgers will be moved to Hoboken Zoo while our habitats undergo maintainence." Kowalski explained. "What? Hoboken? That place is hell on the surface! How long are we gonna be there anyway?" Akino asked, not liking this one bit.
"At least a week, not including our ride there." Kowalski explained again. "So when do we ship out?" Akino asked, finishing his fish. "We head out... now." Kowalski said as a cage fell over them, trapping them. "That was quick." Akino said as Alice picked up the cage and carried them onto a truck. Their cage was put next to the one that contained Becky, Stacy, and Marlene.
"Take'em away!" Alice called as the back hatch closed and the truck drove off to Hoboken Zoo.
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The drive there was quiet. Nobody talked the entire time. Akino took this as an oppertunity to take a nap. He curled up in the corner of the cage and closed his eyes, allowing sleep to take over.
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Akino was woken up by a flipper shaking his shoulder.
"Akino, wake up, we're here." Private whispered as Akino stretched and yawned. Everyone felt a lurch, signaling that the truck had stopped. The hatch doors opened to reveal a zoo worker.
"Look tight, ladies and gentlemen." Akino said as the worker picked up both of the cages and walked through the zoo gates. "Stay sharp. Every enemy we faced is in this zoo. Stay on your toes." Skipper warned as they were carried to their temporary habitats.
The penguins were placed in a habitat with a rock formation at the center of a pool that has several caves that runs through it. It even has a channel that runs through the bottom. Downside is they have to share it with Hans.
Akino was placed in the fox exhibit, just next to the reptile house, where Savio's tank is inside the reptile house. Some of the foxes were up to twice as big as he was.
The badgers were put in their own habitat, next to Lulu's. They had it easy.
Lastly, Marlene was put in an otter habitat with otters, lucky, but sadly, with Rhonda. She thought it was bad at her habitat back at Central Park, but now she's in Rhonda's habitat, her dirty, disgusting habitat.
As Akino was thrown into his habitat, one thought came to his mind.
'This is a total clusterfuck.'
And there you have it. I'm terribly sorry for the lack of service. I've regained my motivation, at least for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and as always, have a nice day. Peace.