Adam started to cry softly, and Mary Lou walked away from him in a huff. "Don't be such a baby." Adam's small nub quickly disappeared back into his cloaca. Evelyn walked over to him and began to comfort him.
"There, there, "she said softly, as she comforted him. "It'll be okay. I'm here for you and we'll get through this together."
"What's his problem? I think it's great; I've always wanted to see what one of these felt like from the other side, " she said, as she slowly rubbed her short shaft.
"Put that thing away! Can't you see we have other problems right now?" yelled Evelyn.
Mary Lou's shaft quickly disappeared into her cloaca like a shot. "Yeah, I guess you're right. We need to get out of here now."
"No, I was talking about him. We need to use the shampoo to get him back to normal! "said Evelyn sharply.
"What! We don't have time for any more of your experiments with your magic 'shampoo'! We need to leave before it's too late. We've already wasted too much time. It's not my fault you shrank your mate's dick!" yelled Mary Lou.
Evelyn ran up to Mary Lou in a furious rage, ready to attack. Mary Lou raised her hands up like claws, and prepared to defend herself.
"No, she' right, " said Adam softly. Both girls stopped fighting, and turned to look at him as he spoke. "It's 4 o'clock, " said Adam pointing to the clock. "The next shift will be here in less than 2 hours. We need to leave before they get here and see us. "
Evelyn walked back towards Adam. "Adam, you don't know what you're saying. " She took his hands in hers, and looked him in the face. "We should just wait for them to get here. We can just explain everything, like we did for you, and I'm sure they can help us. Let's just wait here, together."
Adam looked horrified. "No, I don't want anyone to see me like .......this. And I certainly don't want to stay here. What happens if they can't fix us? Do you want to spend the rest of your life as some kind of experiment? They may not even want to change us back. I mean, think of all the years of funding and notoriety some scientist could get by studying us."
Evelyn looked down at the ground, sadly. Adam lifted her head with his hand, and looked into her face. "Listen, Evelyn, I know how you feel. You feel guilty because of what happened to me, and you want to make up for it. Maybe even to punish yourself a little. But please don't. I don't blame you for any of this. I know I didn't choose to let you use the shampoo on me, but I should have. I love you - more than you can ever know - and I am the one who should be ashamed - ashamed because I was too cowardly to risk everything to help someone I love."
Evelyn was the one who now began to cry. "Oh, Adam, you have nothing to be ashamed of. I....I love you , " she said, and kissed him passionately.
Mary Lou was a little touched herself. She had never known any animal to show this much concern for their mate. In the wild, a mate was more of a luxury than a necessity. If they were an inconvenience or slowed you down, you cut them lose and moved on. But these two seemed determine to stay by each other's side, regardless of how useful their partner was. Mary Lou was actually beginning to feel a little jealous. After all, now that he had changed, Adam wasn't half bad looking. And he seemed really nice. Actually, Evelyn was starting to look pretty good, too. She was smart, and good in a stressful situation. She would make a good mate. Mary Lou quickly realized what she had been thinking, and was disgusted. Being this human was having a disturbing effect on her.
:"Okay, okay. Break it up. It seems like we're all in agreement then. We leave now, and take some of your 'shampoo' with us. Once we're safe you can play with it all you want, " said Mary Lou.
Evelyn and Adam broke apart from their long kiss with a smile. "Okay. Let's get started. First we need to find something to disguise ourselves."
The trio looked through the cabinets, and found the raingear that the zoo staff used. It was a long raincoat that stretched almost to the ground, with an attached hood that they could use to hide their faces. Covering their feet was more of a problem. Their feet were shaped like human feet with long nails, but they were still tall and there feet were long, and none of the rain boots could fit them.
"We'll just have to wing it. Stay far away from any people, and hope the coats are long enough to cover our feet from a distance. If anyone asks, they're just part of a costume or something, "said Evelyn.
"What's a 'costume'? " asked Mary Lou.
"Never mind, it doesn't matter. Just remember to tell them it's a costume, " said Evelyn. She straightened her coat, and dropped the hood over her head, "Okay. Everybody ready? Let's go, " she said as they left the employee building, and headed out into the slowly brightening light of dawn.