Chris walked out of the staff lobby/cafeteria was and almost had a heart attack as he came face to face with a horrifying figure. It had to be at least six inches taller then he was and had a fur covered muzzle full of teeth, dark eyes looked at him as he wore a torn T-shirt.
“Morning Chris.” It said in a happy voice before a pair of arms came up and lifted off the werewolf mask to show a normal human face.
“Damn Mike, what the hell?” inquired Chris
“Just thought I would give this suit a try before I have to wear it most of the night.” Said Mike “You ready for tonight? What area are you covering?”
“None.” Answered Chris as Mike raised an eyebrow. “None, the boss owed me so I am actually going as a guest.”
“Lucky SOB.” stated Mike “I heard some local big wigs are coming.”
“Who?” inquired Chris
“What’s his name…the QB of the pro team and his wife the one that used to be a super model.” Said Mike “The mayor, but he always comes and there are a couple of others.”
“Well, it should be good then.” Stated Chris “I better get going.”
“Alright.” said Mike as Chris pushed past him and headed out the door.
“Welcome to your Local Zoo.” said a voice over the load speaker as Chris walked through the central hub of the zoo where multiple different restaurants and stores where located. Already he could see a large part of what was normally an open space with tables was roped off as a massive tent was going up. “Tonight, the Zoo will close at 4pm for our annual Halloween charitable dinner and haunted tours. So please enjoy your day at your local Zoo.”
“Oh, I will.” Said Chris to himself as he moved across the hub, he could already see more then a few people gathered by the entrees. Some of the little kids were dressed in Halloween costumes, for while the Zoo would close at 4, the haunted tours with zoo staff members staring as different horrifying monsters like the wolf man outfit Mike was wearing would start sooner then that.
Overall, it was a normal enough day, he tended the animals and noticed some were acting slightly weird but calked it up to the maintenance team trying out the fog/smoke machines which would give a spooky element to the haunted zoo tonight.
Finally, it was 4pm and he went home, only to come back just before sundown. This time instead of a polo shirt and work pants. He wore a
suit with a red tie.
“I can’t believe you got us tickets.” Said his date, his girlfriend of five years Amber as she wore a sleeveless blue dress which made her look breathtaking to him.
“Wasn’t that hard.” Said Chris as they got out of the car. The car was nothing special and the valet would have told them to leave thinking they didn’t belong with all the rich people coming to the fundraiser, but they saw the Zoo employee sticker on the window and put two and two together. Parking is good but not fancy car next to a multi-million dollar sports car was kind of funny to see.
“Here we are.” Said Chris as he and Amber walked into the large tent full of some of the richest and most powerful people in their city. There where others like them, who had gotten tickets to the fundraiser but all eyes where on the VIPs like the mayor, the sports star and the super model.
“I feel so under dressed.” Said Amber, her long brown hair braided as she wore a backless dress which should her very good figure.
“Don’t be, you are the most beautiful women here.” Stated Chris as Amber rolled her eyes and looked at the super model only a few feet away. “Really, nice try.”
“I had to try.” Said Chris “Besides you settled for me, that makes you more beautiful in my eyes.”
“Same here.” Said Amber before she playfully looked at the star NFL QB near his super model wife. “God, he is more handsome in person then in his ads.”
“I should feel hurt, but I am not.” Countered Chris, he knew he wasn’t going to be that man’s equal just like Amber wasn’t going to be that walking goddess hatched to that QB’s arm. They both knew that, and they both knew that the other loved them as much as they loved the other and that was more than enough.
“So shall we do one of the tours?” inquired Chris
“What are they?” inquired Amber
“Your basic haunted house stuff, walk down marked path and every so often a monster will come out to “grab” you.” Stated Chris “They don’t touch you, but they do add theming and localized monsters depending on which area you go to. Werewolves in one area, or a Minotaur in another area, stuff like that. Our we can stay here for a while? What do you want to do?”