It's a Wild Wild Life

[iwasforgiven]

When: After a trip to California
Where: Central Park, New York.
Who: OTA

What:

The Rift has been active once again and Jack has taken a small group with him to of all places Central Park. It was nice to have localized activity above the HUB it was easier to find but it made the immortal uneasy.

Jack turned around with his Webley in one hand. He listened to his cheerleader under the HUB giving him and the others directions. The energy signal is a strange one that is leading him closer towards the Central Park zoo. It's a bright sunny day with families and tourists flocking over to see the exhibits.

"Hey, is anyone feeling a little strange?" Jack turns his head around and with an influx of people in the area he reholsters the gun. "Please, let's try not to cause anyone to panic." He tells the people with him and with a motion of his hand he gives a silent order to put the guns away. He pushes himself through the turn-style and he begins to make his way through the mass of people who are enjoying the warm weather.

'Careful Jack, you're getting closer to it's location. It's located in a far corner of the zoo grounds.' Toshiko says, through the commlink to everyone on the surface.

"I promise someone that we can do some guns a wavin," Jack jokes, but the matter is far from one as his hand slides into the pocket of his greatcoat when he pushes through a group of onlookers near a group of flamingos.

Comments

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

It was a nice day, it was a nice day to be at the zoo and The Doctor was going to take Donna out. "Oh, nothing wrong with a lovely spring day in old Central Park." He's got his hands in his pockets while he goes to give a curious Elephant who's ruffling his hair a pat on the trunk. "No, my hair does not have anything peanut related there old girl."

The zoo was a horrible place for The Doctor and he hated seeing anything denied its freedom. He was here for Donna's sake, she went through so much since their return to Earth. They're stuck. It's not exactly a bad place to be stuck at either. "Donna let's leave our friends here and let's have an ice cream in the shape of a bear."

[donna_noble]

[Donna grinned at that offer. She felt about the Zoo similar to the Doctor since, being put in stasis against her will wasn't much different from these animals.]

That sounds like a great idea. Banana for you, right? Chocolate for me, please.

[She offers his hand for him to take.]

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

[It's been nothing but peace ever since that dreadful day. The Doctor still feels guilty that he failed Donna but at the last moment he was able to make his way to free her.]

Then that ice cream better be monkey shaped. Things here have been quiet other than that fish who tried to nick a cricket ball from a kid. I can't say I mind this at all.

[He takes Donna's offered hand and he leads her to the concession stand that's selling animal shaped ice cream bars.]

Okay, maybe I do mind it. There's something always wrong with too much quiet because there's always something that goes wrong to break it.

[donna_noble]

Oh did you have to?

[She pokes him.]

Everytime you make it out that everything is great is the second things go wrong!

[But it's said playfully enough. She gets herself a Mickey Mouse shaped ice cream.]

[open-flame.livejournal.com]

"I always feel strange. I keep craving steak...rare as hell and I don't like my steak that way." Liz doesn't like the idea of guns a' blazin' in a crowd either but she'd can't deny something does feel very off. It's not just the general uncomfortable feeling she gets from being around things in cages. That hits a little too close to home considering part of her childhood was spent in a lab at the BPRD.

"Havin' fun down there, HB?" She asks her big demon buddy, who's stuck in the sewers for this one. Crowds and eight foot tall guys with tails? Not exactly a great combo.

"Fuckin' perfect. I discovered a new smell." Red snarked back over some static. "Ya find it yet, I wanna go home. That or shoot somethin', I ain't picky."

Liz just rolled her eyes before replying to Hellboy. "Promise you'll be the first to know in either case." She said before moving closer to their boss. "What is this thing anyway, Jack? This place is crowded as hell, we need to find it like...now."

[wanker4life.livejournal.com]

Owen scrunches up his nose at the mention of the steak cravings and the raw cravings. He's been feeling a bit of an ass today well more than normal. "You'll get worms if you eat a raw steak." He tells her and he grumbles at Jack's order to lower the gun. Then the smell of the zoo hits him dead on and he's going to complain. "This place smells like someone's ass."

He looks around and he listens to Tosh's directions. "Might want to ask him exactly what he found down there." He wants to head back home too and this is better than sulking around in Vegas watching tumbleweeds. The girls, booze and gambling were wonderful. He turns around to look at a chimp who's sprawled out on a rock. "Look, it's Captain Jack sunning himself!" Owen chimes in and he goes to follow behind Jack and he's expecting a retort from the immortal.

[iwasforgiven]

Jack points in the direction that they're to go in. "Aw, come on Red! I thought going underground was your thing." He motions them towards an another exhibit but the crowds are making it hard to navigate. He sent Ianto and Alisa out together to see if they can find whatever it is that they're to find.

"I'm not exactly sure what it is but it's giving out some type of energy reading. It's not moving so it's not alive. Well, I hope it's not alive." Jack's moving the scanner around and he listens to the bleeps. A peacock begins to follow the group. "How about seafood take-out tonight?" Jack asks at random and he's got his own cravings and a bit of fish is one of them. "I know of a place that has an amazing lobster stew."

[open-flame.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for that, Owen. Who made you an expert on meat? " Liz rolls her eyes and suddenly feels more nauseous than she did before at the idea of worms. She's noticed Owen's extra...Owenish today, but she pays it no mind. He's Owen, it's kinda what he does.

Down in the sewer, Red snorts, and shakes his head in spite of the fact no one will see him since he's the only one stuck in a maze of crap right now. "Ya think is smells up there..." The demon starts before bashing his head on a low opening. "Damn. Boss, hurry up an' find that thing and get me the hell outta here for I'm stuck wrestlin' a gator!"

Liz tries so hard to be all business with all three of the guys being extra crabby. "You guys, focus." Liz looks back at Owen when Jack suggests seafood. She still wants extra bloody steak, no idea why. "Am I even allowed to eat seafood?" She asks as she looks around the crowd of people before asking Jack, "If whatever it is was alive, there'd be more running, don't you think?"

[ofdrumsthesound.livejournal.com]

The Master is in the reptile exibit, waving at a snake. "These things are kinda beautiful. Them and the big cats remind me of me.

"Which animals remind you of you?"

[tenthdoc.livejournal.com]

"I'm thinking a monkey, it's the bananas." The Doctor's leaning outside of the Reptile Exhibit and he's here to keep an eye on the hungry Master. "You're very hypnotic Master." The Doctor's got a frozen banana in his hands and he munches on it.

He looks at a chameleon and he smiles at the slow moving reptile. "I think he's like me. He's a bit weird in the eye."

[ofdrumsthesound.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that works." He grins. "Reminds me of that planet with the people that have hands on the end their tails, remember them?"

[bluesuit_handy]

Andrew makes his way to the lion exhibit, Märet not far behind him, nattering on about something or other regarding Earth felines as they walk. He knows Märet already knows the same things he does, but he's slipped into parent mode and is trying to make sure the meta-meta stays engaged and gets some mental stimulation from their little trip to the zoo. He's still got the meta-meta on a leash, but he's discreetly observing to judge whether Märet would notice and kick up a fuss if he took it off and put it away. The meta-meta has been fairly clingy lately, and the leash wasn't actually Andrew's idea this time.

"Not far now - see, here's a good spot. D'you think they have any cubs in there this year?"

[bottled_drums]

Märet is silent as he steps up to the wall of the enclosure and looks in. He's paying attention and enjoying himself, but he doesn't feel like talking much today. He is definitely keeping an eye on Andrew, though, to make sure he's still holding on to his end of the leash.

[donna_noble]

Donna had started to walk in the direction of the Aviary when she noticed Andrew and Märet, "Doctor? I think we should go say hello to them... what do you think?"

[bbdoctor]

[BBDoc was off wandering on his own. Probably not the best idea, but since everyone's returned there's a certain freedom he feels he has. That, and Johnny's death is now a distant memory. Nearly forgotten, but for the few hands about that remind him.

He wanders over the look at the bears. He likes bears.]

[raggedy-doc.livejournal.com]

[Eleven wandered away from Amy and Rory who were busy watching a bunch of penguins. He comes over towards the little guy that reminds him of being him but much shorter.]

Bears? I like bears. Bears are pretty cool if you ask me with all the rawring.

[bbdoctor]

[BBDoc isn't impressed, sorry.]

Dat 'posed ta 'press me? Cause, I am you... sowta, you knowing?

[Silly Eleven, he's not really three :P]

[traken-master.livejournal.com]

Battling the Doctor across space and time offered the Master a myriad of pleasures, starting with the mental stimulation of fighting a worthy enemy. Of course, to get the full range of these pleasures, it was necessary for the Doctor to realize that the Master was out there, biding his time. The Master loved the thought that the Doctor knew the Master, at any given time, might be just around the corner, laying a trap. The Doctor being completely unaware of the Master's presence in the universe was intolerable.

The Master set his TARDIS down near the entrance to the zoo of Central park, disguising it as a large oak tree. He knew the Doctor would come back to Earth, probably sooner rather than later. The Master had used the scanners of his TARDIS to detect any activity that might attract the Doctor's attention. An unusual energy signal had led the Master to New York City. He just hoped one of the Doctors came to investigate. In the meantime, the Master wandered the zoo, keeping to the shadows and loosing himself in large crowds.

[ofdrumsthesound.livejournal.com]

Here, Master, have another Master. He is so totally humming this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uO5RKI-S8).

[traken-master.livejournal.com]

The Master leaned against a nearby tree, smirking.

"That's highly appropriate. The question is what is happening at the zoo? And, why a zoo, of all places?"

[prezstandsalone.livejournal.com]

Nathan didn't know what has brought him to the zoo today, he should still be hunting for his Doctor and Sylar. He has a feeling he is supposed to be here though and he wandered around happily watching the kids point at their favorite animals. He suddenly missed Claire and Peter with a passion.

Come on Petrelli focus find Sylar and the Doctor, then you can go home for a while, he thought to himself.

[enigmassweet.livejournal.com]

She split from Ianto whom was sent to go wander off with Patrick she's tickled to be on a mission. Alisa's got her gun back in her holster and there was no need to stir up any trouble here.

"You're telling me. The sparrows and squirrels are lacking a certain grace today." Alisa points to a pair of sparrows that miss their mark on a tree and the squirrel that's unable to keep it's balance on a wire. "I think they're spiking the nuts and the bread crumbs."

[captain-flyboy.livejournal.com]

"It's not just them....the people are acting strange too," The Captain said "This feels wrong....very, very wrong."

[fractured-mod.livejournal.com]

Once people get close they will notice that there's nothing but these little sparrows near the exhibit. When they cross that invisible line they will no longer feel themselves. The transformation is seemingly painless and they will become something more than a flock of birds.

The energy signal continues to pulsate from the building and it will take some effort to get down into the abandoned enclosure.

The Doctor's companions and enemies find themselves smaller, larger, with extra hair, feathers or even scales.


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