The alarm was blaring and the emergency red lights were
flashing in the Hamilton Research Centre. Everyone outside the maximum security
cage was in fear as they heard the
creature bending the metal bars of the cage.
“Someone
get me the tranquiliser. We don’ t know what it will do next. Let’s control the situation before it gets
too violent,” Professor Yackaranda commanded without taking his eyes off the creature.
In
an instant, the creature fell asleep as the tranquiliser took its effect. It
was sleeping peacefully and everyone adored it. Its fur was fuzzy and white as
snow, it had big, round and piercing icy blue eyes with a tiny triangular nose
with a short bushy tail. Its size was nothing more than a newborn baby. Like a
human, it snored gently and breathed rapidly. The Professor knew that it was
scared of them as they were afraid of it too. Just a few moments ago, it seemed
so deadey…
“Bibo!”
Professor Yackaranda announced, “That’s what we will name him. I’m taking him
home to study. Take him to the unbreakable glass cage.”
That
night, the Professor was reluctant to go to bed. The blood and tissue sample
results were not out yet. He was worried that Bibo was hungry or thirsty but he
knew that it would be risky to feed it. He went to bed with a heavy heart. His
assistant, Pandolfo, was on duty that night.
The
next morning, the Professor was horrified to see his lab in a topsy-turvy
state; there was shattered glass everywhere, broken machines, shrapnel,
bloodstains on the wall and floor. The glass cage was open and empty…
“What?!
Pandolfo! Bibo! Where are you guys?” and the Professor’s voice went silent as
he spotted Bibo in a corner of the
room under the table. He was chewing on a bone and his mouth was covered in
blood. The Professor gently carried Bibo and locked him again in the cage. He
was clueless about how it all happened.
The Professor had an idea and
decided to replay the footage of what happened last night in his closed circuit
television camera. What he saw sent a chill down his spine … he saw Pandolfo
mopping the floor and going closer towards Bibo, opening its cage and stroking
it gently. He carries it out of its cage and places it on the table counter.
Unexpectedly, Bibo opens his mouth wide to reveal four rows of razor-sharp
teeth. He starts salivating and attacks him brutally. Pandolfo has no time to
eve react as Bibo goes for his head first. In a flash, it ate him up and spat
out the bones.
Professor Yackaranda shook his
head in disbelief and called President Lucas, “Send me backup now… I can’t do
this alone.”
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