Animal

Please forgive any spelling errors, I wrote this on notepad and notepad's lack of spell check makes me angry!

Anywho, this is a strange one so I hope you all enjoy it. Please review....please?


Kara trotted down the main hall past men and women in expensive business clothes. She smiled at a few familiar faces but most on the ground floor she was a stranger to. She reached the private elevator and entered her code as the gold doors slid open silently. A smooth electronic female voice spoke to her.

"Good morning Kara, please select your floor."

She named the voice Matilda when she was a child, she smiled up at the camera watching her, she knew who was on the other side. A slender finger selected the thirteenth floor as the small round button lit up under her touch, the doors closing to obey her request.

"Excellent selection. Today's safety level for floor thirteen is blue, please be cautious when entering and exiting holding rooms or laboratories. An identification card will be needed to pass security for any and all rooms. Thank you."

Kara's brow furrowed, something must have happened at the Celestial portal. She evened her tone before she reached her floor, if something really had happened then she knew why her father had called on her. Something was extracted that they didn't expect. The doors dinged and slid open smoothly, letting her exit into a very different world than the ground floor. White coats were everywhere, fluttering out behind rushing doctors and scientists. This activity was normal, most of the men and women there would have no idea of a new extraction until it was presented to them for analysis. A man at the receptionist desk waved her over as she stepped away from the elevator.

"Gregory, do you know where my father is? He called for me but I heard the level today was blue so I'm sure he's moving about."

Gregory laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head. His long blond hair was a mess and hung loosely in his blue eyes.

"Yeah something is going on at the gate but no one is telling me anything. Only top clearance knows anything right now but it's causing quite the hype."

She sighed as he dug around his desk, papers flying everywhere in the process until he produced a plastic ID card on a thin red lanyard. She quickly slipped it around her neck.

"Your father is in meeting room 3! He just entered!"

Kara whipped around as she saw Davon poking his head out of the security room. She gave Gregory a smile and jogged towards Davon. The security room was small and dark, televisions flashed different angles of different rooms and hallways. Davon pointed out one of the higher screens as she watched men pile into a board room, her father holding the door for everyone to enter.

"I couldn't see what was extracted but it was pretty big and it caused a lot of commotion. A few people got injured even but not too bad."

Davon glanced at the open door to the small room and leaned in close to Kara, she could smell his cologne so strongly she wanted to cough. His aged eyes twinkled a little as he whispered to her.

"If I were you I'd do a little peeping before going into the meeting. I know it's something to the magnitude that even your father might not want to tell you. Be sneaky."

He winked at her and sat down in his chair as if he hadn't said anything at all, the light from the televisions played off his wrinkled skin. She smiled at him and left the quiet room, it was busy by the receptionists desk and the elevators but the security point to the second level clearance area was less crowded. She flashed her card as they buzzed open the lock down doors for her. She didn't really need the clearance card, the security and most of the employees knew who she was, but she guessed it helped. She darted down the hall past open windowed labs and a few holding rooms. She made a stop at the kennel, Evan smiled at her as he put Elle on the floor. The little creature mewed and trotted towards Kara as she knelt down to greet her.

"She did great with the tests, that's it for another year. Let me know if there's any changes."

Kara nodded as she looked over the little creature. Elle was the fifth of her kind to be extracted, she had been named an Evee. She was small and very cat-like, but three tails sprouted from where only one should be, and her ears were very long and wide with little tufts of fur at their points. She was a very fast little creature with amazing hearing and sense of smell and a stamina that was unheard of until she came along. Kara left the kennel with Elle in tow, the little creature loved her to death and rarely left her side. She passed through a level three security check and took a left to where the meeting rooms were. She paused when she heard voices, creeping up to the door and listening hard until she could hear the sound of her heart beat in her ears. Muffled voices reached her.

"I understand that this morning's extraction gave us something we weren't really expecting, but we have no right to destroy the creature and it would prove to be a great disadvantage if we did. We have no idea what it could offer us and we won't find out by destroying it."

"It's unmanageable Marco, the trained handlers that were prepared to detain whatever came out were badly injured. Once it was detained it refused to be subjected to any human contact. Every attempt we have made to gain trust has been thwarted by it's terrible aggression."

"I agree, and subjecting our scientists to such a dangerous creature is out of the question!"

"Francis, there is no need for shouting in my meeting room if you would please sit down."

Kara sighed and glanced down at Elle, she gazed up at her contently as always, her tails swishing lightly against the floor. Kara pushed open the door and walked in, every eye was on her as her father stood, a confused look on his face.

"I hope you don't mind sir, I called your daughter here on your behalf."

Roland, her teacher, smiled at her and waved her to a seat by him. Her father was looking angrily at Roland as she gave the man a confused look. Roland only gave her a warning side glance.

"Can you give me a reason why my daughter is here when I specifically asked you to keep her out of this?"

Roland stood and smiled at her father as she stared up at him.

"I have been teaching her for some time sir, she is a bright girl with a lot of talent. She has been training under me with the specimens for almost five years and has a vast amount of ability when it comes to animal behavior."

Her father pinched the bridge of his nose and let out an exasperated sigh.

"Why is she here Roland?"

Her teacher met each gaze of every man in the room as he spoke.

"Before we make a final decision on the specimen I would like to let your daughter to attempt a meeting."

Kara stared at her teacher in open shock as he laid a warm hand on her shoulder, without even looking at her he knew she was feeling unsteady. Elle hopped up into her lap to comfort her.

"That is absolutely out of the question."

Her father was practically growling at Roland who acted as cool and calm as ever.

"It isn't sir. I think she could succeed where our handlers have failed."

Her father sighed again as he shot daggers at her teacher.

"And what makes you think that?"

Roland smiled down at her, fear plain on her face as he spoke.

"Because I've seen her do it before. If it weren't for her, we never would have been able to tame the Evee's, and look at them now, it's practically a house cat. She did the same with the drudors, and the stubborn Kallin dogs. This is no different sir, and I know she can get through to this specimen. It must not be wasted."

There was a long silence where no one dared to breathe. Everyone was looking to Kara's father, except Kara, she stared openly at Roland as he sat beside her. Elle sat purring in her lap, the only sound in the room. After what seemed like an eternity her father let out a sigh and locked gazes with Roland.

"She gets one chance, if it even looks remotely bad I'm pulling her out. If she's successful we will keep the specimen, if not then it will be destroyed."

At those words the men stood and took their leave, Roland pulled her to her feet and walked her out, leaving her father there to fume. She felt bad for him, he was only trying to protect her but if Roland was right they didn't have much of a choice. Roland walked her towards his office and didn't speak until they were alone.

"I think you'll be very excited by what we found. I don't have any pictures to show you, I can only tell you what it appears to be."

"Thank you Roland for convincing my father to let me do this, I'm terrified, but I'm so excited."

He continued as if she hadn't said anything.

"It looks human, it has very human features but it's animalistic in nature. It doesn't appear to speak or have human intelligence, but because of it's human attributes destroying it is out of the question. You will have to approach this specimen in a different manner however."

Kara furrowed her brow.

"What do you mean?"

"The other specimen you tamed were smaller and less aggressive, they were not dominant in nature just scared at defensive. But this one is different, it appears to be dominant and that can be a problem. Because of your likeness in features it may confuse you for it's species and if that's the case you will have to introduce yourself as such, not as a dominant being."

Kara began to understand.

"That's why the other handlers got injured, they were trying to detain and pose dominance."

Roland led her into his office as the wheels began to turn in her head. She would have to make her scent strong without the hindrance of perfume or makeup or even soap. She would need to show skin and wear something tighter to let her body language show easily, and she would have to remove fear.

"Roland I need to use your shower, could you send someone up to my office to fetch a tank-top and some shorts?"

Roland smiled at her.

"Of course, but please hurry, the sooner we start this experiment the better."

Ok hope you enjoyed it