Jake

Jake looked on at the cheetahs. "Three males and 7 females,"he said to her. He smiled as he waited for Portia's reply. "If you want you can pet one...they're tamed,"he added in a whisper.

Orian could smell the other felines. Looking to the one in cages like himself and the only one that wasn't he smiled. "Hi, i'm Orian. These are my siblings Maddie, Deception, and Sensal. The others Claire, Zane, Porcal, Rade, Fade, and Image are my cousins,"he said indicating each cat that was exploring their large, vast enclosure.

Portia

Portia smiled "Wow..." She reached in and put her hand out for them to rub against.

Nolie Hissed and backed away "Do I look like I care." She said mournfully "How can you be happy in these things... " She said frowning. "Humans are such bitchs. If their afraid of us why keep us?" She layed down and listened in case the other answered. truth was she was lonly...

Chita

Chita stood by leo and watched the new cheetahs. He immediatly started rubbing up and spraying the fence. He then heard the male cat talk and his fur bristled a bit. Chita, Alpha male cat of all of theseHe spoke. His tail flicked.Don't mind that female, she is new and doesn't understand her place He spoke.

Leo

Leo smiled at Portia's excitment. Absently minded he rubbed Chita's head without really realizing it.

"We understand Mr. Chita...We were always ruled by higher ranked cats so its no change for us,"Orian spoke back with a polite smile. He lowered his head and tail respectfully. Seeing Portia's hand he made to rub again the female purring.

"Greetings Chita, I'm Maddie and this is my sister Deception. Is there a lead female we should know about,"Spoke Maddie. Her tail layed on Deception's shoulder like she was guiding the female. Deception was looking off to Chita's right like she was blind. In truth she wasn't, but nobody knew that except Maddie. Deception was so good at pulling off for blindness, and so nobody knew the difference. Sure she would tell everyone when the time came, or until someone found out her secret...but for now everyone thought she was blind.

Chita

He watched and listened and purred as leo rubbed his head. He nodded to orian and then looked to the females.CHaka the white tigeressHe spoke.Though she doesn't even like the humans very muchHe spoke softly now scratching his head with his hind leg.

Chaka was prowling up and down her cage. Her mouth opened in a pant.

Portia

Portia smiled and pulled her hand out of the cage. "Their soft too" She giggled. She turned around and saw the albino female laying her cage. "She looks upset..." She said her face was blank of all expresions.

Nolie heard every thing hte cheetahs said. She hadn't gotten such a warm welcome. Of course she did attack him. She sat up still facing the wall. ...she doesn't like the humans very much She frowned "I can see why" she whispered under her breath. Before standing up and walking to the fron the cage. She sat down and smiled listening to the males talk. She was stuck here and didn't know how to get out. She would need someone on her side.

Leo

Leo nodded his head knowingly. Silently he glanced to Chaka silently. "I'm going to work her in the fence soon if you want to watch? I'll work with Chita first to show you what i'm trying to do, though so you can understand,"he said to Portia.

Leo made to bring Chita into a empty yet not big cage. It was enough to hold 1 human and two felines at a time. Leo took out a peice of meat and kept it in his hand. Silently he showed it to Chita to get the male's attention. "Come here, Chita,"he spoke softly, but firmly. If the king cheetah came than he was rewarded. Than Leo attepted to gently press his hands here and there on Chita's neck and shoulders. This was his way of reminding Chita who was in charge, but mostly to build trust between human and animal..

Maddie nodded her head. With that she lead her "blind" sibling away from the group to a secluded selection.

Chita

Chita rubbed up the fence until he felt Leo directing him to a cage. He growled slightly. But he went and sniffed around the place and then heard the word come and he came and grabbed the meat piece and ate it while just letting the human press against him though he would growl when the pressure was too much.

Chaka prowled her fangs bared as she let growls sound as she prowled.

Portia

Portia smiled and watched. She turned to Chaka as she growled. A low rumbling sound came from the tigress's vocals.

Leo

Leo was silent as he worked with Chita. His touch was light as a feather as he did so. He rewarded Chita with another peice of meat before allowing the king cheetah out of the place.

Deception had been watching Chita's little work out with curious eyes. However as soon as the male was let out of the cage she turned her attention back to her right as if she was staring at her sister, but blindly to her right.

Chita

Chita had Noticed Deception watching him and that only made him smile as he stood there and the eited and moved over to the females cage.Hello deceptioHe spoke.

Chaka growled and pace.

Portia

Portia smiled. "How long did it take for you to get Chita's trust?" She asked quietly...

Nolie sat by the entrance of the kennel. She wanted out so badly. "What did it take for you to be let out?" She yelled over to Chita.

Leo

Leo looked to Portia a slight smile on his face. "Awhile actually. He was the first one i started to bond with really. At first i was just talking to him and feeding him scraps of meat. Than we became friends trusting one another...Its taking longer with the others, but i think the new ones will be okay. They were born tamed,"he said to her.

Deception heard Chita's voice. Her gaze moved to his right as if pretending that where she thought he was. "Hello, Chita,"she said softly.

Maddie sat next to her "blind" sister. She knew the truth, but nobody else did. At least thats what she thought at the moment.

Orian and Sensal looked to Chaka curiously. "Is something wrong, Mrs. Chaka,"they asked politely to the pacing feline.

Rade and Fade sat togather chatting among themselves. Zane and Porcal slightly paced as if getting used to the new enclosure. Claire and Image just sat staring at the others silently.

Chita

He igored the female cheetah ad looked to Deception.I know your not blindHe mumbled ad tilted his head.

Chaka looked over and growled.yah, beig stuck in this damn cage and stupid two legger thinking he is my ower when ono oe ows me I am my own cat and I will break free of these stupid cagesShe growled

Portia

Portia simply smiled. That was the only reaction she had. She turned to the Albino cheetah. "What are you going to do with her?" She asked quietly.

Nolie looked at Portia and hissed. She was looking at her. She suddenly realized what was going on. She stopped and moved towards the cage rubbing against the bars and purring. No matter how much she hatted it she knew it was the only way out of this hell hole.

Portia turned to Leo "Is that normal?" She said an eyebrow raised.

Leo

Leo was silent at first. "No. I'm going to have her get used to her cage first than work her like Chita. It'll be a slow process. He answered her second question first.

Orian and Sensal watched her. "We might be able to help you with that later...once the humans go to sleep,"he said to the pacing feline. That was all they said before walking away talking quietly to one another.

Maddie got up and left. Deception didn't show shock on her face even though she was. "You going to give me away,"she asked him. Even though she wasn't directly lking at him she was out the corner of her eye.

Chita

Chita listened.Why act blind??he spoke.

Chaka snorted and kept pacing and charged teh fence once in a while