"I musssst sssay, ssssir. You've been very undersssstanding with thissss whole dissssasssster."
"Well, uh, of course!" The Administrator laughed nervously. "I've never had to deal with anything like this before."
"So let'sssss cut the ssssshit now that it'ssss jusssst me and you. Okay? You jusssst want the freaksssss to go away and your funding to ssssstay in placccce... right?"
The administrator looked shocked for a moment. "All right. If you're asking for honesty, let's be honest." He was suddenly stern and sighed heavily. "This is a public relations disaster and I want it to go away as quickly as possible so that the operations here can continue. I don't *want* to say what you just said, but yes. You're right."
"Thank you." The cobra nodded. "Ssso let'sss alssssoo assssk the obvioussss question. You don't think we're actually people, right?"
"I don't care." The administrator shrugged. "Not my problem. I will throw you some cash if you want, from my personal holdings, and you can go on your way. But no, you can't stay here and I can't have the public interacting with you. You're clearly smart. You knew that already, right?"
"I did." The cobra smirked. She rose from the desk and snapped to the Iguanas. "Get the others, we're getting out of here and into the world."
The two other reptiles smirked and nodded. They turned to leave the room without incident.
"I'll get my people out of your building right away. When can I expect money?"
"Uh, as soon as possible... I'll... I'll..."
The snake stood by the door and held something behind her back. She smirked. "Tell me, ssssince I'm not a persssson, how doessss an animal receive money?"
"Uh, cash, of course! I'll get cash!" The administrator began to sweat now. He knew he was busted.
The snake hiss-laughed and nodded. "Don't think for a ssssecond, sssir, that becausssse I was born today I don't know what'ssss going on. I ssssense every heat change in your poressss, the ssssweat on top of your balding head. I can feel your liesssss. Sssssensssse your ill intent. You fully planned to have ussss desssstroyed the moment we were taken in by thesssse animal control people, yessss? Do you think I didn't hear you talking outsssside the glassss before you came back in? I have no earssss. I can feel vibration. Like the vibration from voicessss outsssside a glasssss door."
The administrator began shaking.
"Ssssort of a pity all the copsssss and guyssss with gunssss are leaving right now. Well, for you."
The human began shaking violently. The snake smiled as she rounded his chair and stared directly into his eyes. She hmmmphed smugly at his absolute terror and produced the remote. She had already scanned him in.
She didn't even bother with any last words. She pressed the button and he screamed as he began to shrink and deform.
The chair smoldered slightly and a very startled garter snake sat in a pile of clothes. The Administrator hiss-screamed in a high pitched voice and tried to move. He managed to flail his limbless body and tumble onto the floor in distress. He had no idea how to slither.
The cobra picked him up coldly and dangled him in front of her vision. He squeaked and struggled desperately as his terrified eyes met hers. "From one sssssnake to another, my friend, never underesssstimate the one who ssseemssss nicccce."
She tossed him into the corner, eliciting a squeak-hiss of terror, and laughed as she exited the janitor's room.
"Now what, Boss?" John smiled with utter joy.
"What'ssss the sssssituation outssssside?" She hissed, not even taking a moment to relish her victory over a lying human out to destroy the reptiles. There was still work to do.
"Chick says the humans pulled out all their soldier guys. Like the ones in the weird patterns and the ones in black."
"Okay." The cobra smirked. "So we keep doing what Todd wanted. We bring the other animalssss up to our level. I have a ssssspecccial missssion for the crocdilesssss."