The train car was darkened with the only light coming from the lights outside as the train rush passed. They moved past some burning buildings with the police and military forces holding the train line open a way out for those in the hot zone.
“Stay low.” Ordered Aaron as the train passed a line of tanks and other armored vehicles holding a defensive line on the outer edge of the city. The tanks where firing their main guns taking on a herd of elephant like creatures while attack helicopters joined the fight. Once pass the line the train picked up speed as it felt it was in the clear.
“Look at this.” Said Barbara as she pointed toward a TV which had been left on in the car, the volume was muted but the reporter was in the middle of down town reporting on the evacuation of the city and the military bombing the city. It then cut away to another city, Chicago and LA by the looks of it and the military fighting there, then to London, Paris, Tokyo and other cities around the world. The news banner said “Act of Bio terrorism?” then the banner said “Military currently holding isolation zones and expected to launch counter attacks to reclaim areas around dawn.”
“So this is worldwide.” Said Lindsay
“So it seems.” Confirmed Constance
“Who is there.” Said a voice from one of the containers as Constance jumped in surprise.
“Who are you?” inquired Lindsay
“Michael…are you caged up as well.” inquired the voice as Constance found a pull back slit on the metal crate. Inside she could just make out the image of a pig like man…no not pig the tusk where too big a warthog. Part of her instantly saw food but another part of her was angry that the humans would do this.
“No…we are free.” said Constance
“Great…free us.” stated Michael as Constance looked around, there had to be at least eight to ten other containers just like this one. If each of them held a creature then this was likely a shipment of samples being taken to some lab somewhere.
“Daddy they are going to eat us…” said a scared little voice in the container with the Michael that is when Constance noticed a smaller figure, a little warthog girl.
“Not today…we won’t.” said Constance as she looked at the rest of her pride. They had their basic needs to hunt and to kill to feed themselves but they still had enough of their human mind to want revenge on these humans for putting people like them in cages.
“There but for the grace of God go I.” stated Aaron as they all nodded their heads in agreement.
“Alright, we are going to let you out, but you will help us with the others.” Stated Aaron
“Not an issue.” Said Michael as Aaron and Barbara quickly found the thick metal locks holding it on and with a quick move broke the locks and opened the crate. With the door opened they where able to see the deep brown warthog man who looked like a body builder with a stretched-out face with large tusks. The little girl was hiding behind her father scared at the sight of four lions are of whom would normally eat them but not this day.
“Let’s get the others.” said Michael
“Wait…” said Lindsay as she looked at Michael “How did you transform your daughter into an intelligent creature?”
“Mommy…” started the girl before looking down in sadness.
“My wife gave her breast milk and that did the job.” Explained Michael “She was killed by the humans who captured us.”
“Well you are free now.” Said Constance as they went to each of the crates and made the same offer. No one attacks the others and we all escape. To their credit all the human minded ones accepted at once, only the more animal like creatures refused and that was because they had no communication skills.
In the end, there was 20 of them counting the four lions because like the warthogs the humans had stuck multiple ones into the same cages.
On top of the 2 warthogs and the 4 lions.
There was an alligator woman whom who had to be at least 16 feet long, so she stayed in her open cage ready to escape at any moment.
The was a bear woman with two cubs who wanted to get to her husband who was on the train she had seen him get onboard when they loaded her and their kids up.
A hawk man whom had his hands turned into wings and his feet where sharp talons, he didn’t speak much but had anger in his eyes.
There where a small wolf pack split up into two containers, a husband and wife and their three kids who wanted to get off the train.
In one of the containers they found a kangaroo couple who on top of being in the cage had their powerful legs restrained.
There was another container with a red jaguar woman in it who was more than comfortable with the lions who freed her.
In the largest container was a teenager who had been transformed into a rhino creature who had to weigh at least 2 tones or more and she was pissed.
The rest of the containers held more animal like creatures.
“So do we escape or do we escape and get revenge?” inquired Aaron kind of surprised that none of the people in the car attached to the car they where in had noticed them through the small window connecting the cars. Everyone seamed to be sleeping or just revealed to be out of harms way.