Chapter 1: AnimalHumans
(What seems to be a backyard of somebody's house is shown, it's daytime and you can hear a boy's voice and a dog's barking.)
Boy: "Here boy! Here boy!"
Dog: "Woof! Woof!"
Boy: "You want the stick? Go get it!"
Narrator: "Welcome, human..."
(The dog runs after the stick the boy threw, while running it's appearance seems to become more human-like, quickly transforming into a full-human, he catches it with his hands.)
Narrator: "To a world called AnimalHumans."
Boy: "Nice catch!"
Dog: "I try."
(From inside of the DogHuman's pocket, his cellphone seems to ring.)
Boy: "Oh, that's probably your boss. You should check it."
Dog: "Man, I can never catch a break." (Picks up the phone) "Hello?"
VOP: "A new human arrived in the city. I'd like you to do the daily tour around."
Dog: "Right, I'll be there." (Hangs up the phone)
Boy: "So you're leaving?"
Dog: "Oh yeah, another new human."
Boy: "Okay, have fun."
Dog: "It won't be hard!"
(He turns back into a full-on dog, running across the sidewalk and out into the city. It clips a little later on when the DogHuman arrives in the city and walks up to the new human, now back in his own human form.)
Dog: "Hey."
Human: "Huh? Hey. Are you my tour guide?"
Dog: "Ya, I'm gonna show you around and get you used to the basics of the AnimalHuman world, 'kay?"
Human: "Uh, sure. Let's go."
(The DogHuman and human start walking around the city.)
Dog: "Well, you see this whole place is just the regular city. Regular stuff, regular people, regular everything, really."
Human: "But aren't these people all animal hybrids, though?"
Dog: "Not all of them are. Some are humans."
Human: "Are you allowed to show off that you're an AnimalHuman in public?"
Dog: "Course you can. Look at that guy, he has a tiger's tail and he's just walking down the street all casual. No one really cares."
Human: "How can you tell when you're an AnimalHuman when you're in regular human form?"
Dog: "Ya can't."
Human: "I see...What else is in here?"
Dog: "Ooh! Look through this window here. You see those pets in there?"
Human: "Pets? They don't look like regular cats and dogs."
Dog: "Cause they're not. They're called APets. Specifically bred for us AnimalHumans."
Human: "Are there still regular pets too?"
Dog: "Of course there are."
(By the side of his eye, across the streets and in the distance, the DogHuman spots a large building.)
Dog: "Oh, you see that really huge building up there?"
Human: "That lookes dramatic. What is it?"
Dog: "It's the AnimalHuman Alliance. AHA for short, but that's probably the most important place in the city."
Human: "Why's that?"
Dog: "Because that's where all of the strongest, smartest, most dang skilled AnimalHumans go."
Human: "And do what?"
Dog: "They form teams and fight against what we call MonsterHumans."
Human: "Monsters?"
Dog: "No one knows what the heck they are. They just roam in forests, jungles, they even come to the city every now and then."
Human: "So it's not safe here?"
Dog: "Well, as long as you don't live around the edges of the city you'll never get attack by one. And even if you did, one of the AnimalHuman teams would show up and kill it before you know it."
Human: "Who started the AHA?"
(The DogHuman stares off at the AHA building, in deep thought, he replies.)
Dog: "I don't know. Nobody does. Not even the team leaders of the AHA and there's no closer to get than that. Nobody ever saw 'em, they just get reports and letters but it never lists a name, just 'the leader of the AnimalHuman Alliance'. But I really, really hope that one day I get to meet them."
(The introduction fades out into what appears to be a few weeks or so later.)
Voice: "Hey!"
(What appears to be three young men walking into one of the APet Daycare buildings.)
YM1: "Yo, how's my favorite worker today, bro?"
Khan: "Oh hey, guys."
YM2: "You're here awfully early."
YM3: "What's the rush?"
Khan: "It kind of helps to be here early in case something shows up. If no one's ever here and an injured APet shows up-"
YM2: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, we get it."
Khan: "Then why'd you ask?"
(One of the young men shrug, then all three of them walk behind the counter that Khan was sitting by. The three men look at each other and smile, pulling chairs towards Khan's.)
YM1: "So Khan..."
YM2: "We were wondering, maybe you..."
YM3: "Found yourself a girlfriend, eh?"
Khan: (Sighs) "Not yet."
YM2: "Oh, so you do want one?"
Khan: "That's not what I said."
YM1: "Okay, then what are you implying?"
Khan: "One would be nice, but I really don't think any girl in the world would be attracted to someone like me."
YM3: "Aw, of course they will! I mean, look at you-"
YM2: "Black hair, green eyes, fairly tall, honest guy, girls will totally dig you if you just put yourself out there, dude."
Khan: "Yeah, but I work at an APet Daycare."
YM2: "That has nothing to do with it. If you work and care about dogs, that means chicks!"
Khan: "I guess we'll find out then, huh?"
(One of the young men notice a young lady walk in through the doors of the daycare.)
YM1: "I guess we will."
(The outside of the AnimalHuman Alliance building is shown, then zooming in to show one of the team rooms.)
Bjorn: "Hm?"
(He lookes back to see one of his team members come in through the door.)
Crayton: "Hey there. What's up?"
Bjorn: "Nothing much. Where were you this morning?"
Crayton: "I had to get some work done with one of the team leaders."
Bjorn: "Oh, did you get in any trouble?"
Crayton: "No, that bird guy's a nice one."
Bjorn: "What was it about?"
(Crayton proceeds to talk but is now filing out some papers.)
Crayton: "A new member of the AHA. He wanted to join but they said he wasn't good enough, but he was persistent."
Bjorn: "Did he get the job?"
Crayton: "No, not yet. But they said they'd consider over the next month or so."
Bjorn: "What team was he joining?"
Crayton: "Ours."
Bjorn: "Oh? You think he's good enough?"
Crayton: "I'll admit, he wasn't that good. But with some training he could be good enough."
(Bjorn seemed to be lost in thought for a second.)
Bjorn: "You remember when we just started? We were pretty good, but nothing compared to the way we are now."
Crayton: "How long has it been since we joined? 10 years?"
Bjorn: "Somewhere around that time."
Crayton: "...And it's been even longer since our families disappeared, too."
(Bjorn clutches his fist.)
Bjorn: "That's why we joined after all. To stop those darned Monsters from hurting anyone else."
(It then clips to what appears to be an extremely tall building, it seems busy, crowded and rather noisy. It shows a man in his office with stacks of paper and computers on his desks, the man appears to be on the phone.)
Gabriel: "Sir, can't you just-"
VOP: "Be here in 10 minutes!"
P1: "Can you scan these for me?"
Gabriel: "Yeah, just- Sir, please, give me at least a half an hour!"
VOP: "Did you hear me clearly? I said 10 minutes!"
Gabriel: "But I-"
P2: "Sir, can you get the internet running on my computer again, it went down."
Gabriel: "In a minute, sir."
VOP: "How about 10 minutes, slacker?!"
Gabriel: "Sir, I beg you, please! I have so much work to do!"
VOP: "You heard me, be here!" (Hangs up the phone)
P3: "Can you sign this for me, sir?"
Gabriel: "Yeah, in just a second..."
(Gabriel proceeds to fall to the ground and soon enough passes out.)
P3: "Uh, I got a problem with one of my workers over here!"
(It then clips back to the AnimalHuman Alliance, what seems to be a large room with a long table in the center, though a fridge, a TV, Playstation
3 and several other object lay across the room.)
Mia: "I'm gonna die of boredom! Ugh!"
Robert: "Give yourself a break, will you? You just got finished two missions today already."
Mia: "But you know it's boring just to sit here and do nothing."
Robert: "Yeah, I guess..."
Mia: "So? Wouldn't that make you on my side?"
Robert: "In a way."
Mia: "What do you mean in a-- ah, forget it!"
(A strange tune starts to play from what appears to be somebody's cellphone.)
Austin: "Conner, is that yours?"
(Conner seems exhausted, asleep and does not respond to what Austin is saying.)
Austin: "Conner, your phone is ringing."
Conner: "H-huh?"
Austin: "Conner!"
Conner: "What? Yeah?"
Austin: "Your phone is ringing."
Conner: "Oh, darn, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
(Austin just looks at Conner, angry, as she the picks up her phone.)
Conner: "Yeah? Yeah. Seriously, again? Alright..."
Robert: "The deal?"
Conner: "More Monsters down by the lake, they came back."
Mia: "I so thought we killed those guys."
Robert: "I guess not. Diamond!"
(Diamond seems to be curled up on a bean bag, asleep.)
Robert: "Diamond, wake up! We got work!"
Diamond: "Oh geez, do all 5 of us need to go?"
Robert: "It's a lot easier when we do."
Diamond: "What's the problem anyway?"
Conner: "Monster by the lake..."
Diamond: "Oh come on! I thought we-"
Mia: "Killed 'em right? That's what I said."
Austin: "Well, no slacking off from any of you. As the team leaders of the AHA we need to deal with these threats."
(The other 4 appear to all shake their heads, becoming more serious, the 5 run out of the room. It then going over to show them arrive at that lake where the MonsterHumans have returned.)
Robert: "Here they are!"
(What appears to be a sort of Ox looking MonsterHuman turns over and roars the the team leaders.)
Mia: "Whoa, he looks mad."
Austin: "Figures."
Robert: "Let's take these guys out, come on!"
Conner: "How many are there? 6? We should split into groups."
Austin: "Right, me and Conner will fight this Ox one here and those two aside it, while you three fight the others, of course."
Diamond: "Fine by me."
Mia: "Let's go!"
Austin: "Right..."
(Austin closes his eyes, his body noticably becoming different. Brown hair starts to spread all over his body as whiskers start to grow out of his cheeks, pointy ears and claws growing as his teeth turn into canines, he opens his eyes as they now glow yellow like a wolve's.)
Conner: "Dramatic introduction..."
Austin: "I wanted to make it epic for the viewers."
Conner: "Eh..."
(Conner shrugs, however when shrugging sort of wings seem to rip through her sleeves, growing a rather long, fluffy tail and circle ears, several small whiskers coming out of her cheeks as her nose wiggles around, clearly clarifying she is a flying squirrel.)
Conner: "See? Could've been easier."
Austin: "Let's just get on with the show, shall we?"
Conner: "Right."
(Austin quickly turns into a full-on wolf, climbing up with of the Monster's arms, then turning back into a half-wolf, he uses his claws to slash the Monster across its face, as then Conner, gliding towards the Monster, does the small except on the opposite side of its face.)
Conner: "Think that got it?"
(Conner picks up Austin off of the Monster's shoulder and glides back down to the floor, the Monster then exploding.)
Austin: "I think so."
Conner: "Right, what about the others?"
(Another Monster smashes the ground behind them. Conner and Austin both turning into their full animal stages and dodging the attack.)
Austin: "There's one!"
Conner: "I can see..."
(Austin then runs underneath the Monster, reaching it's tail, he turns back into a half-wolf to use his hands, he grabs onto it's tail and swings himself onto its back.)
Austin: "Conner, mind distracting it?"
Conner: "No problem. Hey, Monster!"
(The Monster's attention is taken away from Austin and is now focused on Conner.)
Conner: "Hey, Monster! Hey! Man, I'm so terrible at making distractions...Hey, Monster!"
(Conner continues to shout at the Monster while Austin appears to be focusing on it's head.)
Austin: "Just like I thought. This Monster has one of the ORBS...Hey, Conner!"
Conner: "Ya?"
Austin: "This Monster has an ORB!"
Conner: "Oh really? Which one?"
Austin: "Looks like...The Ground ORB!"
Conner: "Cool, take it out."
Austin: "Right!"
(Austin sticks his claws into the Monster's head, the Monster roars as he takes out what appears to be a large brown orb out of its head. The Monster proceeds to roaring once more and then falls to the ground, Austin turning into a wolf and escaping the explosion.)
Conner: "Cool, what else can I say?"
Austin: "The leader's going to be very happy with out success. This is the first ORB anyone has ever collected."
Conner: "How could you tell it had it, though?"
Austin: "I've been researching ways to find out how to track an ORB, someone apparently knew and just took the advice and boom, it worked."
Conner: "Oh, what about the other one?"
(Austin seems to bounce the ORB off of his hand and direct it towards the last Monster, it blows straight through it and then zooms back to Austin's hand as it explodes.)
Austin: "What other one?"
Conner: "Heh, you think the others are finished?"
Austin: "There were 3 of them and only 2 of us, they should be."
Conner: "Our teamwork is the best, though."
Austin: "True, we could've finished long before them."
Conner: "Alright, enough bragging, let's go find out."
(Conner and Austin go over to check on the others who now appear to be finished as well.)
Mia: "Take that, stupid Monster!"
Conner: "Hey guys."
Robert: "Oh hey, you all done?"
Conner: "We wouldn't be here if not. Oh, look what we found."
Austin: "The Ground ORB."
Mia: "What?! Are you kidding?! You found one and we didn't?!"
Conner: "Yep, Austin tracked it."
Diamond: "You should be glad we finally got one."
Mia: "Yeah, but it's unbelieveable how they would end up with the Monster with the ORB and we wouldn't..."
Robert: "Either way it's great! The Master will be so happy!"
Conner: "If only we could see them face to face..."
(Conner, followed along by the others, look back at the AHA building, wonder who the leaer could be. It then clips over to the AHA team leaders walking back to the building, as they pass by the APet Daycare Khan walks outside and notices them.)
Khan: "Huh?"
Mia: "Ah, I can't wait until everybody sees this! Imagine the look on his face!"
Robert: "I know, right?"
(Khan considers walking up to one of them because he notices the strange ORB Austin in carrying, but reconsiders, however Conner seems to spot Khan looking at them.)
Conner: "Hmm?"
Khan: "Huh?"
Robert: "Conner, what's up?"
Conner: "Oh, it's nothing..."
(The team leaders walk passed the daycare.)
Khan: "Were they the team leaders of that AHA thing?"
(The team leaders arrive back at the AHA building, where Robert then sees Bjorn and Crayton walking down the hall.)
Robert: "Hey guys."
Bjorn: "Hm?"
Crayton: "Greetings, sir."
Robert: "Look what we found."
(Austin passes the ORB to Robert.)
Crayton: "An ORB?"
Bjorn: "That's incredible. This is the first ORB found since the alliance was originally created."
Robert: "Oh, look who's talking now Mr. Quiet, eh, Bjorn?"
Bjorn: "Oh? I just can't help but to be curious."
Mia: "Gotta wonder why the Master wants these ORBS anyway, right?"
Austin: "They hold a massive amount of power inside each one of them. That could be why."
Mia: "But why would they want power? They're the leader."
Conner: "Just because they're the leader that doesn't mean they have to be almighty powerful."
Mia: "Yeah, I know."
Robert: "I have a feeling that's not it though..."
Mia: "What else would they want them for?"
Bjorn: "You said you found this inside one of the MonsterHumans, correct?"
Austin: "Yes."
Bjorn: "Then maybe it's because they don't want the Monsters to have control over them."
Robert: "You think they formed a whole alliance just for that purpose? If it was easy enough for Conner and Austin to get one of the ORBS out of it just like that, shouldn't all it have to take is 2 or 3 people to get the job done?"
(Mia angrily face palms.)
Mia: "You know, if we could talk to the leader I'm sure they'd have all the answers we're looking for."
Robert: "If not even we know who they are, I doubt anyone does."
Crayton: "Really strange how the alliance just started one day. Before we knew it, we were in here making teams and hunting Monsters."
Bjorn: "Without even knowing who are leader was."
Crayton: "And to this day we still don't know."
Bjorn: "Sometimes I just feel like running through the whole building and busting down every door until I find them."
(Mia points a Bjorn.)
Mia: "I'm with this guy!"
Robert: "Even if, this building is huge, I doubt you could make it there in one go."
Mia: "Still...Ugh, I wanna meet the Master so bad!"
Conner: "Doesn't everyone?"
Robert: "I'm sure we'll get to meet them sooner or later."
Mia: "Maybe we can just search every building in the city until we find them."
Conner: "I think we know the whole city inside out by now."
Mia: "So what are you trying to say? When the alliance was formed they went inside and never, ever came back out since?"
Austin: "When have you ever seen the leader come in or out of this building? Never."
Mia: "Ahh! All of these questions are giving me a pounding headache!"
Diamon: "Then maybe we should call it a quits for now and keep it up in the morning, I am getting pretty tired."
Robert: "Fine by me."
(The next morning Khan appears to be on his way to the Apet Daycare when suddenly a young girl and her APet puppy run straight into him.)
Khan: "Oh I'm sorry, are you oaky?"
Girl: "Yeah, I'm fine, but I should be apologizing, I was the one running."
Khan: "It's no problem, really. Might I ask your name?"
Girl: "It's Sasha."
Khan: "My name's Khan."
(The girl's APet puppy barks at Khan, then leaping at him.)
Khan: "Uh, does he usually act like this?"
Sasha: "Only when he really likes somebody."
Khan: "So that would mean..."
Sasha: "I guess he likes you, Khan!"
Khan: "Maybe he smells all the other APets on me."
Sasha: "Oh? Do you work with animals or something?"
Khan: "Yeah, I work at the APet Daycare. I was just on my way there."
Sasha: "Oh, I'm probably gonna make you late, aren't I?"
Khan: "Not really, I always come really early, if anything you're just going to make me on time."
(Khan smiles, before Sasha could respond a giant BullMonster breaks through two of the buildings they were next to.)
Khan: "Whoa, what is that?!"
Sasha: "It looks like some sort of bull! But it's huge!"
Khan: "What would a...huge bull be doing here?"
Sasha: "Do you know how to fight, Khan?"
Khan: "Well, I...No! But even if I did, that thing's ten times my size, if I got close to it it'd eat me in one bite!"
(Sasha's APet puppy barks at the BullMonster, the Monster then roars as it progressivly gets closer to Khan and Sasha. Conner and Robert arrive at the incident on top of a nearby building.)
Conner: "There it is...and it's huge."
Robert: "You think you can handle it by yourself?"
Conner: "Of course."
Robert: "Then go for it."
(Conner transforms into a Flying SquirrelHuman and glides down to where Khan and Sasha are.)
Conner: "Hey."
Khan: "Y-you're...part..."
Conner: "Huh? Oh yeah, you're in the city of AnimalHumans, what's new?"
Khan: "It's just, I've never seen one in person before..."
Conner: "Hey, is this guy causing you trouble?"
Sasha: "You mean the bull? Of course he is!"
(Conner turns around to look at the bull who is right in front of her face, it roars.)
Conner: "Back up."
Khan: "Huh?"
Conner: "Run backwards, back up!"
(Khan and Sasha run and then watch from a distance as the BullMonster tries to ram at Conner, Conner defends herself by shoving her hands on its snout, slowing it down.)
Conner: "Er, nice evil monster..."
(The Monster roars and gets itself out of Conner's grip, stabbing the very point of its horn into her shirt.)
Conner: "This doesn't look good."
(The Monster swings its head upwards, Conner still stuck to its horn.)
Khan: "Ah, squirrel person!"
Conner: "You might wanna take cover!"
(The Monster slams Conner into the floor, causing a huge shock wave that blows up everything around it. Khan tried to call out to see if Conner's okay but the debres from the explosion cuts him off.)
Robert: "Hmm..."
Khan: "Squirrel person!"
Sasha: "Is she okay?!"
(Khan and Sasha consider running over the the hole Conner was just slammed into, however they notice the BullMonster is still after them as well.)
Sasha: "Uh, Khan..."
Khan: "I don't know what to say..."
(The Monster roars as it walks towards the two, however they then notice Conner on top of the Monster's head, she smiles and gives the 'peace' sign.)
Conner: "My name's Conner, stop calling me 'squirrel person'!"
(Khan and Sasha smile at this, however this catches the Monster's attention and it tries to shake Conner off of it's head.)
Khan: "Do you have a plan, Conner?"
Conner: "Well...this guy's a little bigger than the others...and Austin's not here to help...so..."
Sasha: "Is that a no?"
Conner: "No, it's a yes."
Sasha: "H-huh?"
(Conner then jumps onto the Monster's snout, pulling the Ground ORB out from a bag she was wearing around her waist.)
Khan: "That thing again?"
Sasha: "You know what that is?"
Khan: "Not really, but now that I think about it...I seen this girl before, she was with a few others, and one man had the orb thing on him."
Sasha: "Did he use it to kill a bull?"
Khan: "No, he didn't use it for anything. They were just walking by."
Conner: "Monster, say goodbye."
(Conner then places the ORB onto the Monster's head, causing a huge explosion. When the smoke from the exlosion clears up, the Monster is no where to be found and Conner stands there holding the ORB.)
Sasha: "What did she just do?"
Khan: "I think she used that orb thing to destroy the bull."
(Conner looks back at the two, transforming back into a regular human, walking over to them.)
Conner: "Are you okay?"
Khan: "Uh yeah, we're fine, thanks to you."
Sasha: "Yeah, thanks a whole bunch! That was amazing!"
Conner: "Aw you're gonna make be blush, that's not cool."
Khan: "But really, thanks! Conner, right?"
Conner: "Ya. What are your names?"
Khan: "My name's Khan."
Sasha: "And I'm Sasha."
Robert: "Hey, Conner!"
(Conner, Khan and Sasha look over to see Robert walking into the scene.)
Robert: "Good job, but why'd you have to wait to use the ORB? Wanted to scare the kids?"
Conner: "That wasn't why, I guess I just wanted to see what I could do without it."
Robert: "You could've done better than that."
Conner: "Yeah, but I got bored."
Khan: "Uh excuse me, do you know this man?"
Conner: "Yeah, he's Rob, another team leader of the AHA."
Khan: "So you are the team leaders!"
Conner: "Yeah, that's us."
Khan: "You walked by the daycare I work at last night, can you remember looking over at me, Conner?"
Conner: "Let me think...Oh yeah, that was you, I didn't realize."
(Robert and Sasha look over at each other.)
Robert & Sasha: "You know each other?"
Khan: "Not really, it was just that one night we noticed each other walking by."
Robert: "And you assume we were team leaders?"
Khan: "I seen the tags you wear, I thought I read 'AHA team leader' on one of them."
Conner: "I see. Do you guys know what that thing was?"
Sasha: "The bull? I guess we just assumed it was what it was: a giant bull."
Conner: "Technically, but those things are called MonsterHumans. They just go about and pretty much blow things up around forests, jungles, small towns, seas, sometimes even here in the city, obviously."
Khan: "Where do they come from?"
Robert: "That's what the team's been trying to figure out, we're not sure ourselves."
Sasha: "Do you know when they started attacking the city?"
Robert: "Around the same time the alliance was formed, I guess that's one of the reasons the Master made it."
Khan: "Master?"
Robert: "The leader of the AHA, that's what we call them."
(As they talked Conner was seemingly playing around with the ORB, Khan finally notices and asks.)
Khan: "Hey, what is that thing?"
Conner: Oh this? The Ground ORB, as we call it."
Khan: "What's it do?"
Conner: "Kick Monster butt, but besides that we really don't know."
Robert: "Yep, that's another thing we're trying to figure out."
Conner: "Austin knows most about them, but the information we gathered is that these ORBS were somehow placed inside of the Monsters and we were assigned to track the ORBS down and take them out of the Monsters who carried them."
Robert: "The alliance has been around for years and this is the first ORB we ever found."
Sasha: "You can use them to fight, right?"
Robert: "Yep, we found out how to use them pretty quickly. It's almost like controlling a toy car or something like that. You just point your hand where you want it to go and you can just fire, you can even set a pattern for it to zig-zag or something like that."
Sasha: "That's pretty cool!"
Robert: "Yeah, I know, right?"
(Conner holds the ORB out, moving her hand left, then right, then left, then right again, she lets go of the ORB and it travels in the directions
she set for it, then zooming back to her hand.)
Conner: "Cool, right? It's like the toy I always wanted when I was a kid..."
Khan: "Yeah, that's amazing. You said ORBS, that means there are more of these things?"
Robert: "Yep, this is just the one of Ground, there are still 4 others."
Sasha: "Do you know what the symbolize?"
Conner: "We're pretty sure there's one of Electric, Air, Fire and Water."
Khan: "And all of these are supposed to be inside of the Monsters?"
Robert: "Right."
Khan: "Where exactly did you find it?"
Robert: "It was by a lake, one of the Monsters there had it."
Khan: "Doesn't seem like there's any kinda elemental pattern to it, then."
Sasha: "I wish there was an easier way of finding them."
(Suddenly Sasha's APet puppy begins to bark at Khan.)
Khan: "Oh, does your dog have a name, Sasha?"
Sasha: "I named him Skippy."
Khan: "Skippy? Uh, is there a reason he's barking at me?"
Sasha: "He doesn't really bark at anyone, this is kind of an odd behavior for him."
Robert: "I know my dog always barks at me when he's trying to remind me of something I forgot about."
Khan: "Well, what would he be trying to...Oh gosh, my job!"
Sasha: "Oh yeah, that's right! You were on your way to the APet Daycare, right?"
Khan: "Yeah, I forgot all about it! I should really get going, now I'm gonna be late!"
(Khan begins to run to the daycare, looking back at them and waving.)
Khan: "I hope I can see you guys again soon! And thanks again, Conner!"
Conner: "No problem."
(It then shows Robert and Conner arrive back at the AHA building, meeting up with the rest of the team leaders in their room.)
Robert: "Hey, we're back."
Austin: "Greetings. You took care of the Monster?"
Conner: "Yeah, all done."
Mia: "What took you so long?"
Robert: "We ran into these kids along the way, they were being attacked by the Monster."
Mia: "You saved them, right?"
Robert: "Of course we did. They just made us take a little longer."
Austin: "Names?"
Conner: "Oh, they said their names were Khan and Sasha, right Rob?"
Robert: "Yeah, that's it."
Mia: "Were they humans?"
Conner: "I think so. They didn't mention anything about being AnimalHumans."
Mia: "Did they act weird around you? You know, 'cause you're AnimalHumans."
Robert: "At first, but they got used to it quickly."
(Conner plummets herself down into her bean bag, sighing.)
Conner: "I think I'm gonna go out for a bit..."
Mia: "You're kidding, right? You didn't even work that, that much today,"
Conner: "That's why I'm going out."
Mia: (Chuckles) "Do you know how weird you are, Conner?"
(Conner yawns, leaning over to her side.)
Conner: "Enough to know what reactions should be expected by now."
(It clips over to Khan running into the daycare, his three friends and a few other coworkers look over at him.)
YM1: "What took you so long?"
Khan: "Just a little held up."
YM2: "By what?"
Khan (Narration): "I'd say things changed a bit that day, but I guess I couldn't really tell."
YM3: "Yeah yeah, what could possibly have held you up, Khan? Mr. Early?"
Khan: "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Khan (Narration): "That was the first time I've ever encountered a MonsterHuman, which was different, but my friends still seemed so normal."
YM2: "I see what's going on here."
Khan (Narration): "My job was still the same, my friends could never change, AH City was still the way it was since I first got here."
YM3: "Ah-ha, you found a girlfriend!"
Khan: "No, that's not it..."
YM2: "Oh, it's not? You said we wouldn't believe you and that's pretty unbelievable!"
Khan (Narration): "That's when the thought sparked in my head: If nothing around me changed..."
Khan: "Trust me, that's not it."
YM1: "Ugh, when are you ever gonna change, Khan?"
Khan (Narration): "Maybe I'm the one who changed."
(It then goes over to show Gabriel who had just seemed to return from work. He walked in and weakly placed his suit cases down and took his jacket off.)
Gabriel: "I'm home."
GW: "My dear, what happened to you?"
Gabriel: "Boss beat me up. I was uh, 1 minute late for a meeting I had to attend."
K1: "Daddy, are you okay?"
Gabriel: "I'll be fine, little guy."
Gabriel (Narration): "On one side, life sucked, but on the other, life couldn't be better."
GW: "You should really rest."
Gabriel (Narration): "Work was living underworld, but time spent with my family was like visiting heaven."
K2: "Papa!"
Gabriel: "Hey there, girl."
GW: "I can set up dinner and put your suit cases away, please, rest."
Gabriel: "Okay okay, I'll sit down."
Gabriel (Narration): "I couldn't ask for a better set of kids or a nicer wife, but at the same time it felt like there was something wrong."
GW: "Can you keep an eye on your father for me, dear?"
K1: "Okay, mama. Daddy, stay put."
Gabriel: (Laughs)
Gabriel (Narration): "It almost felt like something was watching me, like something was right there behind me yet somehow I didn't notice it. Like something was putting this pressure on me...and it wasn't my boss for once."
(It then shows Sasha and her APet puppy walking down the streets of the city.)
Sasha: "Hey, hey Skippy, don't see the light? It's red!"
Skippy: "Woof, woof!"
Sasha: "Wait for it."
Sasha (Narration): "What was I waiting for, though? I just moved into the city and I least I thought I was ready to start a new life here."
Skippy: "Woof!"
Sasha: "Oh, how many times did the light turn green already?"
Sasha (Narration): "But what was distracting me? It wasn't guilt, but it was something similar. But why would I be feeling this way?"
Skippy: "Grr, woof!"
Sasha: "Don't bark at the other dogs, Skippy, you're making me look crazy."
Sasha (Narration): "I don't know what it is, but I don't think this will be the last time I feel it for some reason..."
(It then goes back to the AHA building inside of Bjorn and Crayton's room.)
Bjorn: "Crayton."
Crayton: "What?"
Bjorn: "When do you think the next mission will be?"
Crayton: "I don't know, hopefully soon."
Bjorn (Narration): "I feel like beating those Monsters into a pulp every day."
Crayton (Narration): "But is revenge the right way to go about this?"
Bjorn: "Yeah, the average is 2 missions each day of the week."
Bjorn (Narration): "The Monster who killed our family is long gone by now."
Crayton (Narration): "So what's the point in going around killing the rest of the species?"
Bjorn (Narration): "If a man killed your father, you wouldn't kill him, and then go around killing every person you see."
Crayton: "We only got one today."
Crayton (Narration): "But would it be worth it to stop?"
Bjorn (Narration): "Or was I just wasting my time here for years if I do quit?"
(Still in the AHA, however it shows the team leader's room.)
Robert: "You can't top my score, face it."
Mia: "I can too! Just wait!"
Robert: "Hey focus."
(Mia's ship is shot down in the video game, now viewing the game over screen.)
Mia: "Ahh! You cheated!"
Robert: "I did not cheat."
Robert (Narration): "Being a team leader's not easy, no."
Mia (Narration): "But that doesn't stop us from living our normal lives."
Austin: "Could you mature a little bit, at least?"
Mia: "Hey you shut up, whiskers! You're just mad because you can't play video games!"
Austin: "I am not."
Conner: "Wait, was that an insult on whiskers? I have whiskers, too."
Mia: "I'm aware."
Austin (Narration): "It's like babysitting little kids sometimes, I guess I'm used to it though."
Conner (Narration): "It tires me out, yeah, but in the same way it's refreshing to get back from a mission to hear they're arguing and complaining."
Mia: "Like you care anyway, right? You have no self esteem!"
Conner: "I have self esteem...it's just at it's current lowest."
(Mia face palms and grunts as Diamond appears to wake up)
Robert: "Good afternoon."
Diamond: "Man, I was asleep that long?"
Diamond (Narration): "And why am I not surprised I woke up to their traditional argument?"
Mia: "What's with all the lazy people in here? These are the team leaders? Lazy, low self esteem 5 hour cat nappers?"
Conner: "It's just because you took all the hype."
Mia: "Conner, do you wanna fight?!"
Robert (Narration): "We had a lot of rough adventures and times where we almost quit or stopped being friends."
Mia (Narration): "And believe it or not this is our friendship at it's closest."
Conner: "No."
Mia: "You little-"
Austin: "Hold that thought."
Austin (Narration): "What drew us to join the AHA in the first place? I don't know, but I'm glad we did."
Mia: "Geez, why do you need a big guard dog to cover you all the time?"
Conner: "Jealous."
Mia: "Jealous of what?! A big fluffy, wet nosed mutt?!"
Austin: "Ahem."
Conner (Narration): "If we didn't join, we would have never met each other."
Diamond: "Hey, what's with all the fighting? Why don't we just have a nice, long cat nap to settle everyone down?"
Robert: "Is it really a nap if it's that long?"
Diamond: "Uh..."
Diamond (Narration): "And if not for them, I wouldn't be who I am today."
Mia: "I'm going back to my video game and nothing stopping me, guys!"
(As she says this Conner's cellphone seems to ring again.)
Conner: "Oh, I think we got work. Let me check."
Mia: "Are you kidding?! I can't be at ease for five seconds?!"
Conner: "Be right there. Yeah, Monsters by the gates of AH City, let's go guys!"
Robert: "Heh, you almost seem excited Conner."
Conner: "Hardly possible."
(Austin throws a pillow at Diamond.)
Austin: "Diamond, did you fall asleep again? Come on..."
Diamond: "I'm awake, I was just...falling back asleep."
Mia: "Whatever! Let's just get this over with!"
Austin: "Alright, move out everyone!"
Cast: "Life is wild, but what do you expect? We're AnimalHumans."
(The logo appears once more, ending the first chapter of AnimalHumans.)