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It was a quiet evening, and not too much was happening. Most of the exhibits were milling about aimlessly, and it was as good a time as any to take care of the washing. And that's exactly what Sacagawea did. But this night was different. There were things about this night. Strange, fluffy things.

From behind her, she heard a strange sounding noise, almost like some sort of word in a foreign language, and turned quickly to see three little creatures, what they were, she could not tell, but the looked like little bear cubs. They were bright yellow, with small, black eyes, and fluffy all over. They wore little blue clothing, and had strange goggle like things on their eyes. They stared up at the woman unfazed, and one of them even raised a little three fingered hand in a sort of wave, saying something she couldn't understand.

She slowly bent down, and within a moment's time the three little creatures were before her, scrambling into her lap and playing curiously with her hair. She smiled, and stroked one's head gently, admiring the soft, plush fur that covered them. They were quite curious for a time, before they began to tire, surrendering to sleep and huddling together in her lap. Then, came the small car horn.

The three creatures awakened, and before she could stop them, they were surrounding the little RC car, curiously picking it up and examining it. The frightened faces of the two men inside shown clearly through the windshield, and Sacagawea hurriedly took the car away, scolding the yellow creatures gently at their misbehavior. They wandered a few feet away to investigate one of the moose in the room, leaving Sacagawea with the two startled miniatures.

"Wha-what the heck are those...?" Jedediah asked, glancing nervously at the furry things that moved about, staring curiously at almost everything.

"I don't know," Sacagawea replied, carefully setting the car down. "They just came. And you woke them." She the last part with a slightly annoyed look, which caused the two to glance at their feet when they got out.

"We are very sorry, miss, for awakening these...creatures. We hope you will forgive our actions." Octavius said, head bowed and voice sincere. Jedediah rolled his eyes.

"With this much energy, I doubt they would've slept long anyways." He pointed out, watching as they threw around a small round rock.

One of them missed, and was hit in the head with it. It made a small, almost similar to screaming noise, and ran on short little legs to Sacagawea, who rubbed it's head and kissed it, before gently pushing it back over to the others. She watched as fondly as a mother watches her children, laughing when they did something funny, and scolding of the fun went to far.

Just then, upon hearing the sounds of unknown laughter, Teddy entered the room, staring with a mixture of confusion and amusement as the three creatures ran to him, standing and marveling up at him while speaking to each other in strange gibberish. He looked at Sacagawea, who was smiling at him and the little creatures that observed him curiously.

"I see you've had your hands full, my dear." He said, coming to stand beside her. "What are these...wonderful, little creatures?"

"Bear cubs," She replied, picking one up and cradling it as it played with her hair.

Teddy studied it for a moment. "I don't believe these are bear cubs...*

"Teddy? What's going on?" Came another voice from down the hall. The creature's attention turned to the Egyptian pharaoh as he entered, pausing to stare at them. "By Horus, what are those?"

"We don't know," Teddy said, picking up another as it wandered over.

Ahkmenrah picked up the third, smiling despite himself. They seemed so innocent and happy...everything he was not, ever since he'd heard the news of the evening. Which he had come to tell. "I came to tell you of terrible news," He said, the smile leaving his face as he put the creature down.

Teddy frowned, and Sacagawea stopped petting the creature she held to stare at him worriedly. "What's happened?" Teddy asked, concern in his eyes.

"Larry is missing," Ahkmenrah said, his voice solemn and forlorn. "We've been searching since dusk, but have seen no sign of him."

"That's not good." Teddy said, turning to Sacagawea. "We must find him at once."

"Indeed," Came Octavius' voice from below them. "Right after that creature puts Jedediah down."