As the early morning sun was casting its rays on Downtown Detroit, the streets were already busy with workers rushing to their factories, and kids on their way to school. The whole of Downtown was bustling with activity.

Meanwhile at the Rose Villa in Downtown, Detroit, the sun’s rays fell on top of Shawn’s lazy bum, warming and wakening him up. He opened his eyes, and looked at the clock as the minute and hour hand unite at 12.  He smiled and said out loud,

“What a coincidence, Rose and I are going to be united like that soon.”

His smile disappeared as soon as it dawned on him that the alarm had failed him again. He was supposed to meet his love Rose, and his boss Archy at the Zoo today at 10.  He knew she would be there on time right after her work.  He cussed his clock as he headed toward the shower. After a quick shower, he donned his favorite grey pinstripe suit, then checked himself in the mirror before leaving his room.  He grabbed a bottle of watermelon juice from the dining table, then rushed to his car.

Just as he reached his car, he realized that he had forgotten the package he bought.  He scurried back inside to grab the package.  Returning to his Model T, Shawn rushed to the Zoo.  En-route he bought some red roses for his love, and a bottle of the best Champagne for his boss.  As soon as he reached the Zoo, he parked his car then headed over to the ticket counter. He sees an old guy sitting behind the counter next to a young lady.

“Hey good afternoon! How are you today?”  

“Good afternoon indeed.  I'm good how are you sir?”

Shawn groans at the thought of what Rose is going to say for him being late.

“I m great.  I believe my love, a Miss Rose-Raje, has left me a ticket for me and my boss.”

The gentleman looked over to the young lady as she nods.  Pointing to the list of reserved tickets, she smiled as she reminded him of the bubbly young lady who was here a few moments ago.

“Aha Yes!  That beautiful girl, she was here when we threw the gates open at 9.  You better hurry up because you are already in trouble.”

The old gentleman laughed, and handed over the ticket to Shawn.  He noticed Rose had written on the ticket, “I love you Papi “.  He then looked up at the gentleman.

“Hey don’t let my boss know I was late.  He is the guy who will come with a camel named ‘Astro’.”

“You are in more trouble kid.  He is already there, too.”

“Damn! I'm screwed now.”

Shawn walked inside the zoo, and started searching for Rose, Archy and Astro.  Soon he asked a zoo attendant if she had seen them, and she points directs him towards them. He notices Rose and Archy talking excitedly pointing towards something. He smiled and understood what she was excited about.  Shawn stood there mesmerized, watching how beautiful Rose looked when she was laughing and excited, when suddenly he was lunging forward as something rammed his back. He turned around to find Astro standing there.  He gave Astro a hug, then put his hand around Astro neck, as they walked towards Rose and Archy. He crept behind Rose, then whispered softly.

“Hey baby.  You look so beautiful today.”

As Rose turned and glared at him with an arched eyebrow, Shawn gave her a hug, then offered Rose the flowers before shaking hands with his boss.  Shawn gave Archy the bottle of champagne with a smile as he spoke.

“Hey Archy.  How are you?”

After looking around the gate area once more looking for her fiancee, Rose agreed with her boss to get started touring the Zoo, and to meet her new baby camel.  She had a little more enthusiasm in her step today, and she just didn't bother hiding it.

"Oh look!  There are some beautiful giraffes Don Archy.  Aww look at the baby giraffe, isn't it adorable."

As they all stood there observing the giraffes, Rose wondered how far the camel exhibits were from here.  Smiling as the giraffes were running around playing.

"I am really excited to finally see Sasha.  I'm told camels are white when they are born, but her breed of camel is white anyways.  I called the other day, and the attendant that takes care of her, Lori, told me Sasha was already so playful and high spirited."

She pointed to the giraffes, and chuckled softly.  Rose didn't notice that Astro had scampered off away from them until a familiar voice had whispered in her ear.  Turning around to find her very loving, very sweet, very tardy fiancee, Rose had arched her eyebrows wondering why was Shawn-Raje late this time, but didn't bother to ask because she knew he most likely overslept.

She was about to scold him playfully until she saw the beautiful roses, and champagne.  

"Oh Papi!  You didn't have to bring roses and champagne here to the Zoo."

Leaning in, Rose whispered softly as a huge smile appeared.

"You know Astro will try and steal my roses to find a cutie to give 'em to.  I'm glad you made it here in time.  Don Archy, Astro and I were just observing the giraffes.  Aren't the adorable!"

She graciously took the roses from her fiancee, and shook a finger at Astro warning him these were under no circumstances for him to steal. Shawn gave Don Archy the champagne for safe keeping, then snagged his arm around Rose's waist asking if she was ready to go see her new little baby.

"Yes!  I've been waiting for weeks.  I am so excited to finally see her.  C'mon let's go!!!!"

Archy smiled at Rose-Raje, he could tell how excited she was by the look in her eyes, Archy lit a cigarette as the two stopped to watch the giraffes, it was a pleasant scene, Archy smiled as he noticed the baby giraffes playing around.

"I am sure you'd love her, Rose. Those creatures are adorable, you can tell how much I am attached with Astro already."

The two were interrupted as Shawn showed up, Archy waited as the two sharred a hug and finished greeting eachother then shook Shawn's hand. Archy laughed as Rose shook a finger at Astro regarding the roses, the disappointed look on Astro's face was priceless. Archy then pet him on the back and told him to guide the way to the camel cottages.

"Easy on yourself Rose, you will get your Sash today, don't get so excited or you might get a heart attack."

Archy laughed hard as they all followed Astro.

Walking trough the Zoo Appelsap is looking the something. So when a worker passes him by he takes the change just to ask him.

"he do you know where the Raccoon incloser is? " 

the worker sent Appelsap the right way and he got there fast. looking at the raccoons he new one thing RocketRaccoon is just a beast but he has i nice gun, but if he hasn't got it with him he can't get out of a cage. So Appelsap shot the lock lose and gave the gun back to rocket.

"Here you go bud. next time don't get caught . "

After a few days spent in Detroit on business, Jaci decided to take in a few of the sights, and since she had little Tommy with her, she figured the Zoo and Aquarium would be a good place to start.  So, they hurried down the street in search of their destination. 

Finally, after just a short journey, they saw the sign.  Jaci paid the entrance fee for her and Tommy and acquired a map, then they entered the gates. 

First, they wandered in to the aquarium area.  Tommy was in awe of the beautiful, colorful assortment of fish in all different sizes and shapes.  He laughed out loud in glee the way only a child can when the fish would swim up to the glass and look at him when he pressed his face up against it.  They were amazed at the size of the killer whales and the sharks.  Oh what big teeth they had!  Jaci had to keep a hold of Tommy near the dolphins out of fear that he would try to jump in to swim with them.

Next they moved on to the African exhibits. Tommy loved the lions and tigers, but held on tightly to Jaci's hand and stood back just a bit, a little bit afraid of the big, loud animals.  He jumped around trying to imitate the gorillas, more comfortable around them. 

The snake shed was much excitement for Tommy, not so much for Jaci.  She had stared down some of the biggest guys in the business, but she absolutely hated snakes...the only good one was a dead one.  She enjoyed the deer and bear much more.

They visited a few more exhibits then called it a day,and headed back to the hotel.

In an attempt to make some quick cash Ill stopped by the Zoo where he usually ran into some shady characters who were fiending for some goods. He walked in started to stroll around the areas where the more shady crowds hung out. Making a the rounds he didnt find anyone in need so he decided to check out the aquarium. On about his third trip around the zoo than aquarium he seen a familiar face and the face also seen Ill. They walked towards each other almost simultaneously and shook hands when they met. IllFated looked at him and said "Yo, yo, yo, havent seen you around in a while thought you moved." he than reached in his pocket grabbing a brick of heroin showing the fiend his merchandise.

"You got me figured out just what I needed." The fiend said as he reached into his pocket for some cash.

"You first." Said IllFated. Than the two made the exchange and split up. Ill walked out of the zoo to find his dealer so he could re-up.

While in the process of fully crystallizing into his human form, Ocknotyn ingested various hallucinogenic substances to take his mind off of this undertaking. While paying a visit to the Detroit Zoo and Aquarium, he stood in the jungle, amidst the the lions and gorillas, eating an apple and talking to a plant.

Mosquitos buzzed about, having a taste for the newly warm blood that coarses through Ocknotyn's veins. He blesses the beasts, feeding them steak. As he leaves the dangerous area unharmed his haram of concubines await his return, pickpocketing the policemen that patrolled the zoo.

When the ladies see him, they have to guide him to the exit due to his total loss of any sense of reality. He tips the door man on the way out, hollering about giant ducks with vampire teeth who work as attorneys for the federal government.

The group of exotic dressed people makes it to an unoccupied vehicle, where they lock Ocknotyn inside while he fights a 12 hour trip to wonderland...............

AliceLombari walks to the zoo and pays for her ticket.  She handed the guy her ticket and walked through zoo entrance.  She follows the sign to the Aquarium area.  "I wanna see the Dolphin show!"  Alice stops by the vendor and buys a box of popcorn before sitting down for the show.

Adorkable had always heard of the zoo and aquarium in Detroit but her mother never had the chance to take her. She gets a ticket and walks through the aquarium and watchs a shark eat a school of fish. She giggles as a little girl screams and starts to cry as her mother comforts her and explains to her how death is a part of life. Dork thinks to herself how true that really is in her own life. She wanders through the zoo and looks at the monkeys and the lions and realizes that the zoo really isn't as fun as she imagined. She decides to head out and work on doing some petty crimes to put a couple bucks in her pocket.

Finally arriving to the camel exhibit, Rose caught up with Astro as he stood by the fence searching for Sasha.  She could tell Astro was a bit excited, too, which only made Rose smile more.  She glanced back noticing Don Archy and Shawn-Raje had slowed down their pace, deep in conversation.  Rose turned her attention back to the exhibit, and barely controlled her excitement when she spotted the beautiful baby camel.

"Oh Astro! Look! There she is!!"

One of the zookeepers noticed Rose, and walked in her direction with a smile.

"You must be Rose.  Good morning.  I'm Robert.  Grace had mentioned you would be by today to pick up....Sasha I believe she said."

Robert had waved his hand towards the gate to indicate Rose could enter.  He waited until she walked to the gate before he unlatched the lock. When Astro tried entering behind her, Robert smiled allowing him inside the exhibit.  Rose shook her head at the familiarity Astro apparently had here.

"Yes.  Nice to meet you Robert."

Taking one more glance back to her companions, Rose saw they stopped at an exhibit still talking, so she went on inside with Astro on her heels. She headed right for the baby white camel.  So remarkable and innocent looking.  Sasha spotted Rose and Astro, then trotted over to them.

"Oh aren't you adorable!"

Rose placed her hand on Sasha's neck, and lightly caressed.  The softness of her fur just amazed Rose.   Rose was used to hearing the louder deeper nuzzing from Astro, but the soft sounds Sasha made were just so cute.

"Grace had mentioned I could take Sasha around the Zoo with us.  Do you think she will be alright, or does she need a harnness of some sort?"

"Yeah that'll be fine.  Grace said you would probably wanna take her as soon as you saw her."

Robert grinned before he turned to fetch a thin rope.  He proceeded to tie a loose 'collar' around Sasha's neck giving the other end of the rope to Rose.  Robert waited by the gate, allowing them all out of the exhibit, and on to explore the rest of the Zoo.  Astro trotted in his usual pace, and poor little Sasha struggled to keep up with her shorter legs, tugging Rose along at a slow jog.  She might just have to tie the rope to Astro.

After seeing the love of his life Rose-Raje start with Astro towards the camel exhibit, Shawn and Archy started walking towards it at a slower pace, conversing deeply about their work.

"Shawn, you seem to be too busy these days, I don't see you much in the HQ"

"I m sorry Archy, My work off late has made me travel a lot and I couldn't really make to the HQ. But going forward you will find me there disturbing you a lot"

Both laughed heartily at Shawn's comments.

"You are a Mafioso, so I believe in you. Don't disappoint me" 

"I will be there more boss, I will not disappoint you nor Rose"

Archy noticed Shawn kept looking back and forth at the giraffe exhibit. He was checking on both Rose and the giraffe exhibit. Once he saw Rose enter the camel exhibit, he then looked at the puzzled Archy.

"What happened Shawn, is everything alright ?"

"Yes Boss, everything is fine. But if you will excuse me for a couple of mins, I will join you at the camel exhibit"

Archy nodded and started walking towards the camel exhibit

"Ok, Don't keep us waiting for long"

Shawn nodded a yes, before taking off towards the Giraffe exhibit. As soon as he reached the exhibit, He saw the exhibit keeper, and greeted him.

"Hi There! "

Then Shawn stood there with a wide grin as the puzzled zoo keeper walked towards Shawn, not knowing who this young man was and what he wanted. 

"Hi! I am Shawn! How can I help you?"

Now its was Shawn's turn to be puzzled.

"Wow, this is interesting! I am Shawn too. Shawn Raje"

He extended his hand towards the now amused Zoo keeper Shawn, they both shook their hands laughing loudly,

"Wow this is awesome, I am Shawn Rogers, my wife is going to have a laugh when she learns about you"

"My to be wife is just around the corner at the camel exhibit"

"Are you Grace's Fiancee ?"

"No, I m the fiancee of Rose, the girl who is getting the baby camel today"

" Ah that is good, Congratulations Young Man!"

"Thanks a lot! I have a request"

"Tell me Shawn, I will see what i can do. Feels good calling someone by your name"

Both the Shawns started discussing, both excitedly and animatedly. Before long they shook hands and Shawn Raje started jogging towards the camel exhibit, while the zoo keeper Shawn went back to work in his exhibit. Soon He caught up on Archy, As he was about to enter the exhibit.

"Archy! Where is Rose?"

"She is inside, let's head inside now"

Shawn and Archy entered the exhibit, and noticed Rose taking her lovely Sasha for walk, Sasha leashed with a rope was walking slowly behind her, Astro was moving ahead of them and started to run towards Archy, wanting to be petted by him. Shawn waited for Rose and Sasha to come to him.

"Papi!!! I m so excited, doesnt she look so cute"

"She looks so cute Peaches" 

"Hello Sasha! Hello! Hello!"

Shawn tried talking with Sasha, but ended up making her move closer towards Rose and this made her giggle at a sheepish looking Shawn. Shawn then turned towards a laughing Rose and smiled. 

"I have got something for you"

"What is it Papi"

Shawn pulled out a beautiful pink dress for Sasha.

"Awww Papi, this looks so beautiful, but you didn't have to do that"

"Peaches, this is nothing, wait until I tell you about my meeting earlier"

"Now tell me what it is, don't keep me guessing, you know i hate it"

"I know sweetheart! Pretty soon you are getting baby giraffe" 

"OMG! OMG! OMG!"

Rose was so excited on hearing this. She cried happily as she hugged Shawn. And little Sasha nudged closer to Rose, reminding them of her presence. Rose let out a happy laugh hugging Sasha as well.

"I was speaking to the Zoo keeper, his name is also Shawn, He told me that a baby giraffe was born a couple of weeks ago in a nearby zoo in Black Bottom, and the baby is being sent to this zoo. Since there is already few baby giraffes here, the Zoo director wanted to see if anyone was interested in getting a baby giraffe. So I told him, I will be interested to get it, He said he will put in a word to the director and he says there wouldn't be any problems in getting the baby giraffe in next few weeks."

Rose pecked a kiss on Shawn's cheeks before she ran to Archy to show Sasha and tell him about what Shawn had did.Shawn Smiled at her and started to run towards them.

Archy was finishing the papers for Sasha with the zoo manager, he had everything ready and paid the fees to buy Sasha, he shook hands with the man before leaving his office, as he walked out to go find Rose, Shawn and Sasha, he found Rose running his way with Sasha and Shawn behind. Archy smiled at Rose

"Okay, everything is ready. I signed the papers and we can take her home with us now."

Archy noticed Sasha rubbing her face against Rose-Raje, he chuckled at the connection the two got already and pet Sasha on the head.

"Isn't she adorable? I think you two are getting used to each other pretty quickly."

only then, Rose reached into the page and pulled out a pink dress.

"Look what Shawn has bought her?"

Archy held the dress and laughed then winked at Shawn.

"That's so nice of him, that was one unique piece of clothing, it would look perfect on her. Let's try it on"

Archy then with the help of Rose put the dress on Sasha then they all took a few steps back to observe the magnificent dress on Sasha.

"It looks marvelous, thanks Shawn"

Rose whispered as she hugged shawn again. Archy thought to leave them enjoy the moment and go get a truck to take them all to the airport for the flight back to philly.

"Okay I'll meet you guys at the main gate in 15 minutes, need to get us a ride to the airport."

While out in Detroit IllFated had run into a dilemma, he was not able to find cheap drugs to push to the local fiends. He found himself traveling district to district and no luck. Getting angry as he was losing out on tons of cash he decided to take a stroll throught he Detroit Zoo.

He entered and went right to the monkey exhibit as the monkeys always gave him a good laugh. On the way to laugh at the monkeys he grabbed some roasted peanuts and kept on his way. As he got to monkeys there was a crowd Ill stood at the back slowly making his way to the front of the group as he cracked a few peanut shells tossing them on the ground. All the action started happening as he got up front, he watched as one monkey beat on its chest while another picked up its feces and threw it at another. Looking at his wrist watch he decided he had spent enough time in the Zoo and it was time to take another look on the street corner to see if he could find some better deals. He walked out onto the streets hoping to find a good deal.

Pchhh Pchhh Pchhh Flllllshshshshshsh.

The sounds were unnatural and possible a bit confusing to anyone who passed the bushes at the front of the Detroit Zoo and Aquarium, but no one dared to look just in case it was a rabid animal or disgruntled drunken man, but oh was it much, much worse. Sitting on a small patch of dirt and green bits, he fixed up his fake nose glasses and made sure his tie was put on properly. This was the ritual every time he wanted to hang out at the Zoo, lest he be considered a wild animal on the loose and forcefully thrown into a giant water exhibit. He would never forget the great escapades of 1918, the Bronx Zoo was never the same after that who ordeal.

"Oh, yes. You are one beautiful faux man. Yes you are, daddio.", human lingo was always hard for Sharky, but he tried his best to acclimate himself to their ways of speaking. Pulling out a rather old cigar which he found on a dead man he had partially eaten, he walked over to the front gate and handed the man his pass. 

"Welcome to the De-"

Sharky had no time for this mans silly spiel, he had some glorious as fuck animals to look at. It had always been a soft spot for the creature, looking at others of his kind stuck behind glass while he was walking among the people. Sometimes he'd even take off the fake mustache for a moment so they could see what he was, you probably couldn't tell through the water, but there were definitely tears involved.

"What to do, what to do... ooohhh balloons!"

Grabbing one of them from the man and running away gleefully before he paid was a great feeling to the Shark, he really stuck it to the big business that is balloonery. Now to find the aquarium, perhaps first he would stop to look at the polar bears, he once had a run in with a rather feisty bear in the spring of '22 and he had always meant to call her back, but well, you know, shit happens.

"Hey... mister... can I... can I have that balloon?"

It was a cute little girl standing there with no adult supervision, poor thing. Quickly opening up his mouth as wide as possible to allow her to see all of his many sharp teeth was such a great moment for the shark, as she jumped back and left the area as quickly as she had come. No one gets this balloon, no matter how young. Fucking kids. Sharky then took a seat on one of the many benches and waited to see if anything fun would come out of scaring the small child, but sadly no adults came to yell. It was always exciting when they tried to argue. Sigh.

For now he'd have to find his excitement another way... maybe the seal exhibit wasn't being watched closely. Yum.

As Archy headed off to sort their transport home, Rose turned to Shawn-Raje discussing the new baby giraffe.  She glanced back to Sasha spotting her cuddled up to Astro, so she asked if they could head to the giraffe exhibit to finalize details before leaving.

"Astro keep an eye on Sasha please.  We are going right over here to the giraffe exhibit for a moment."

As Shawn and Rose began walking off, she felt a sudden brush against her shoulder.  Looking back Sasha had quickly trotted over worried about being left behind.  She was just so adorable Rose thought.

"It's okay girl.  We will be right here.  Stay with Astro a moment while we go inside this gate."

The giraffe zookeeper opened the gate with a smile, and Rose was greeted by this other 'Shawn' her fiancee had met earlier.  The new baby giraffe wasn't here yet, but Rose wanted to get the business part completed before they left to go home.  She heard soft nuzzing sounds and grunts, so she turned towards Sasha and Astro, but they were not outside the fence where they had been.

"Shawn.  Do you see Astro and Sasha?  They were just right there!"

Shawn suggested Archy had returned, and they ran off to him, but Rose felt something was wrong.  Turning to the zookeeper, she excused herself with a promise to finalize the transaction as soon as possible.

"Shawn I don't see them anywhere.  Archy was going to wait for us at the gate anyways.  We need to find them.  Please!"

Marlo flew to Detroit to meet a new connection however the product was not to his standards so he walked away from the deal.  Marlo wants to sale the best product at the lowest price increasing the customer count on the corners that he already controls and then expanding into more profitable blocks. 

As he walks thru the zoo looking at the king of the jungle he shakes his head as he knows that everyday he has to stay two steps ahead of the law and those that wants his blocks.  The sad part is he knows that his life will end one of two ways death or prison and those options he hates.  Daily he searches for cops to put on his payroll and then he keeps up with his connection in the joint so that those under him are safe if they remain loyal and end up dead if the speak on his doings.

Looking at the might beast he thinks how sad they look as they know they do not get to roam or roar as they forefathers once did.  He looks at the kids with there parents and the joy on there faces as he things on his childhood.  He can't recall being at the zoo with his parents or any fun activity with them.  He recalls watching his dad shooting a young buck that thought he could cheat him.  He recalls his mom blasting at his father when she cough him with another woman. 

The only joy he can recall was that of his first fist fight that he won, then his first drug sale.  The thrill of beating the hell out of another person and making money is all he enjoys.  The facts are before him his life could have been a simple minded one but as lucky would have it his fate was sealed the moment his father met his mother and produced him.  He's a child of passion 5 funky minutes and the end results is a drug deal that run the his side of the innercity. 

He moves on looking at the apes and the monkeys and shakes his head that people believe that they came from them.  He thinks if that was the case why aren't they still evolving?  He laughs as the monkeys start throwing their shit at the people.  He thinks of the captions the monkeys are saying.  I'm locked up but your wearing my shit or here eat my shit you stupid humans.    He moved back to ensure he didn't step in it and that it doesn't land on him.

He's continues walking thru the zoo.

Archy had just got the papers ready and their transportation vehicle too, he got out of the car and lit a cigarette as he waited in front of the main gate for Rose and Shawn to show up with Astro and Sasha, he finished his cigarette but still there was no sign for any of them, he got worried, put off his cigarette and told the driver to wait for him. He walked back into the zoo, as he walked through the gate, he noticed Astro and Sasha standing at the lake, apparently the love birds have escaped Rose and Shawn's eyes to have some private time, Archy sneakily walked behind them, he coughed as he came close, that got their attention the two freaked out and turned to face him.

"What in heaven's name areyou two doing here? I bet Rose and Shawn are freaking out and looking for you everywhere"

Astro frowned at his fun spoiler friend and walked off with Sasha.

"You better be heading to Rose and Shawn now"

Astro just nodded his head and kept walking, not long has passed till they met with Rose and Shawn, Rose ran to Sasha as she saw them approach and hugged her tightly. Archy smiled and patted Rose on the back.

"The love birds were flirting at the lake, how romantice, eh?"

Archy chuckled and continued

"I got worried as you guys were late, so I came to check what was taking you too long to find them sitting around the swan lake, they looked so cute, you should've seen it Rose."

Archy looked at his pocket watch and remembered about the car waiting for him outside and the plane they are gonna miss.

"Come on guys, let's go. We are going to miss the plane this way"

Shawn-Raje and Rose were looking everywhere for Astro and Sasha, and finally decided to go find Godfather Archy.  Before they got to the gate, their Godfather was in sight accompanying to missing camels.  Soon as they heard that these missing lovebirds were okay, Rose breathed a sigh of relief.  It was quite easy to get so attached to these beautiful creatures.

"Oh thank you Godfather Archy!"

Rose turned a stern look towards the lovebirds, and arched her eyebrow.

"Astro! You big sneaker!  Do you have any idea how worried I have been?"

Hugging both the lovebirds, Rose was so glad her new baby camel was okay.

"Okay now as Godfather Archy has mentioned we need to get going or we are gonna miss the plane."

Rose hustled Shawn and everyone to get going.  The lovebirds slowed their pace behind Rose and Shawn, and Godfather Archy was up ahead heading towards the driver to inform him we were finally ready to get to the airport.  Rose and Shawn were deep in conversation as they walked, and discussed how blessed they were to have Astro and Sasha found, and the exciting news about the new baby giraffe.  

During the hurried walk towards the gate, Rose kept hearing the soft nuzzing sounds Astro and Sasha were making.  The deep rich tones from Astro to the soft more feminine sounds from Sasha were just all adorable, and almost sounded like a song.  Shawn was telling Rose more about the details of the baby giraffe, and Rose noticed the quietness behind them.  She turned around and frowned again.

"Oh my goodness!  Where are they now?"

Rose turned back to her Godfather up ahead by the car, and shouted to him they wandered off again.  She could see Godfather Archy shaking his head in frustration because we don't like to be late, and this was like dealing with children.

After they all three headed towards the Swan Lake area, Rose felt confident the lovebirds would be there again being their mischievous selves, but when they all three arrived at the lake, it was empty except for the swans.

"We are gonna be late, and miss the plane.  Where could they have gotten off to now?"

"God damn it! Where could they have gone this time?"

Archy got mad as they were getting too late for the flight, he turned to Rose and Shawn.

"Let's split and start searching for them, I'll go east, towards the camels home and check around the giraffes. Rose, you go check south where the aquarium is. Shawn, check north around the elephants and lions home. Then we should meet at western gate where the car is waiting in like 10 minutes, okay?."

The three agreed and each one walked in a separate way. Archy hurried as he walked by the monkeys cage towards the camels home, yelling Astro's and Sasha's names, but in vain, no one answered. Archy finally arrived to the camel's home door, he went to the guard.

"Hey man, have you seen my camel? Astro? The red one, also the white one we just bought is lost, have you seen any of them?"

The guard was sleeping in his seat, didn't reply but only shook his head, which pissed Archy off a lot, Archy slapped the man's hat off and pulled the guy from his collar getting him off his seat.

"I am talking to you here, I expect you to get the fuck up and talk to me with a little bit of respect before I dip this knife in your heart."

The guy freaked out as Archy pulled him up, he noticed Archy's face expressions and who he was, also noticed Archy's butterfly knife in his hand.

"{:ease don't hurt me. I am sorry, sir. I didn't know it was you.  No I haven't seen your camels since you took them to the manager's office."

Archy threw the man back in his seat 

"You'd better not really know, cos if I found otherwise, I will come back, find you and cut you in pieces, then feed you to the lions over there."

Archy wasn't happy to say the least, so he walked to his next stop at the lion's cage, the guard was watching what happened at the camel's home, once he saw Archy approaching, he took a few steps back and yelled in fright...

"Sir, I swear to god I haven't seen your camels either, please sir. I did nothing wrong."

Archy sighed at the old guard and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's okay, I believe you, no need to panic. That guy was just a little too disrespectful and pissed me off. He caught me on a bad time, that's all.. Thank you anyway"

With that, Archy took another round across the place as he headed to the western gate to meet with Rose-Raje and Shawn-Raje.

Just getting to Detroit the cops were already hot on his tail. Having an enormous load of drugs on him did not help with the growing paranoia Ill was experiencing.He thought the only way to get rid of some of this anxiety would be dropping this load ASAP. His mind was blurred from everything that was going on and couldn't think of what would be his best bet till he came up on the Detroit Zoo and Aquarium. He ducked in the aquarium ditching the cops that had been following him for what seemed like forever.

 Always having some kind of luck walking around the Zoo he began his journey. He walked past the Giraffes and than the monkeys which always was a laugh, as he exited to the polar bear exhibit sure enough a fiend came out of the shadows begging for Barbiturates. Ill grabbed him and brought him to a close by spot he knew of to make the deal go through.

"I need all the barbs that you got." said the fiend

"All I got is this cocaine that I got from Los Angeles. This shit will knock your socks off its 85% pure and I got to unload it now." Ill said beginning his sales pitch "Now I know you're looking for Barbs and you're looking for them cause everyone quit them once they got this cocaine so take what I got at a mere nine thousand a unit and you will be able to experience what everyone else is."

He didn't have much of a choice and forked over the money. The two split paths and Ill headed straight for the Federal Bank to get this wad of cash out of his pocket than next to the airport to get the hell out of Detroit and maybe the heat would leave as well.