<strong>Lady Beatrice -- Private Cages</strong><br/><br/>And they were off once again.  Smytthe in the lead as fast as Lady Beatrice could walk. It wasn’t fast enough. She stopped at every blinking corner. Peered and poked and had a fine look at everything as they went along.<br/><br/>Humphrey hand his fingers buried deep in one trouser pocket frantically stroking his lucky rabbit’s foot. They had just past the over head sign of the cages. He was glad it had been turned off and blended in nicely with the archway.  But he knew it was there.<br/><br/>Cages lined one side of the corridor and doors with locks lined the other. Empty cages, which was a relief to Throckbottle as he watched Smytthe almost leap out ahead and take off on a dead run.  He followed the man with eyes wide as Smytthe shrank to dwarf size from the distance he was to the rest of the tour.<br/><br/>It was then that Humphrey realized Security was heading for the private cages. His stomach knotted. He pulled out the rabbit’s foot and bits of fur floated out of his pocket. The sodden thing looked mangy with clumps of fur missing where his thumb had rubbed. He shoved it back in his pocket and considered the brown lunch bag in his back pocket.<br/><br/>Impending doom approaching even as he stopped suddenly. He turned to see why and realized he had been keeping in step with Lady Beatrice, as had Lily.<br/><br/>Lady Beatrice had seen the cages, watched Security dash off ahead. She grabbed lily and stopped abruptly. Reaching into her purse and she removed one white glove.<br/><br/>She cleared her throat as she slipped the glove on her hand.  This place required a thorough inspection of the strictest kind.<br/><br/><br/>Once satisfied that she was quite prepared to perform such an inspection she took that next step. Bringing Lily with her as she made her way toward Security Officer Smytthe destination. She was a force about to be reckoned with.<br/><br/>“PpPsssstt!”<br/><br/>“Pppsssssttt!!”<br/><br/>“Oye!!”<br/><br/>“A-you!!!   Snake people!” Smytthe Security Officer whispered in hushed tones with one eye on the slow approaching thunder storm.<br/><br/><br/>“Wake up, but not the friggin snake!”<br/><br/>