Cyrus Noble Chapter 25

We shortly found our way out of the building. We were walking around in the town. Let's see, bright sunny day, bright and tan people, palm trees, tourists. I'd say we're in California. I picked up a newspaper off the ground. The title at the top said, San Diego Post. Okay. So we're in San Diego. I looked at my guys and showed them the paper. "Check it out." Jazz looked at it and said, "Huh. Intruder calls nine-one-one for fear that Home-owner may have a gun." Viktor nodded behind her. "Wow." he said. I gave Jazz a look and she smiled. She then said, "Yeah. We're in San Diego. How did we get all the way here from Chicago?" Megan piped up, "That stuff must have been stronger than we thought." I looked over to the younger two. They've been quiet for a while. I saw why. They were both staring up at a big sign. It said, "San Diego Zoo. Free Kids Day!" There's was a date right under it. I knew by the newspaper earlier that it was today's date. The sign showed different animals; zebras, monkeys, lizards, some birds at the top. The biggest animal on the sign was a lion; big, prideful, and powerful. Sara turned to me with those big, adorable eyes. "Cyrus?" she said. I just about melted. I said, "You guys want to go to the zoo?" Magnet turned to me, and they both nodded. I dug into my jacket pocket and pulled out the wad of cash I........withdrew from the bank. I looked at the other guys. Viktor was smirking, knowing my decision. Megan looked hopeful, although she tried not to show it. Longarm looked confused, though I'm not sure why. Jazz had her eyebrow raised in question? I gave a big sigh. "Let's go to the zoo." I said. The kids cheered. We started to walk away to find where the zoo is, when I heard Longarm behind me. "Uh. Guys?" We turned to him. He asked, "What's a zoo?" Anyway, we made it to the zoo. The admissions lady said that Magnet, Sara, and (thankfully) Megan were able to get in free. The rest of us had to get in with the small price of 24.99. Very nice. The place was jammed pack. I felt like I was in a claustrophobic nightmare. The kids had a blast. When we made to the reptile section, Megan didn't want to go near the cases. Longarm slithered his arm over her shoulder and made a hissing sound. She yelped, and smacked him as he laughed. Nobody noticed that he was actually four feet away from her opposite shoulder, except a little four year old, who eyed him in amazement. We were back outside when Viktor stopped suddenly. He looked up and his face turned from a slight smirk, to a look of horror. Dare I ask? "What's up?" He turned to me. He shook his head. Then he snapped his look at a set of buildings in the distance, that's when I heard it. A low whirring sound, and it was only getting louder. I could tell that the other people started hearing it too. Magnet muttered something to himself. Probably a curse; or a lite curse, him being ten and all. I could see little dots appear in the distance. Then the dots became metal spheres. They had one big red eye; they had a little metal stub, which probably served as the hovering mechanism; they had guns on their sides. I'm only shooting in the dark here, but I'm guessing those shoot lasers too. Yippee. They started flying towards us. They found us! The robots, drones, whatever they are, started shooting at the crowd. Luckily, as soon as the first shots were fired, the people started freaking their ways out of the zoo and nobody was really hit. We scattered too, diving in all directions. We couldn't be left alone couldn't we? Is one day of fun too much to ask? I could feel my fangs piercing my lips slightly. My claws were about ready to pop out of my fingers. I was truely pissed. I got up from behind the hotdog stand and started running. I waved my hands like an idiot and screamed, "Hey! Yo! Fresh experiment right here! Come and get it!" All of the Drones changed their course and came right at me. I started running hard towards them. I jumped into the air only to be tackled by a drone. I held on tight. The wind slashed my face as I almost fell off, twice. I actually somehow found myself on top of it. I beat on it with my free hand. Useless. I fought to put my feet on its sides. I leaned to my right and that sent the thing spinning out of control. I could see ground coming up fast and let go. I fell into a bush and saw the Drone go down into a car. I realized that I was on the outside of the zoo. People were still running away. Some actually got their phones out and started filming. I started to get out of the bushes, when I heard a voice scream at me. "Freeze!" I looked up to see the police coming at me with their hands on their guns. The cop that yelled at me was female, and was leading the way. Oh please. I got more important things to deal with than these jokers. I use my claws to climb effortlessly over the wall.