As Viola and Percy struggled to keep up with the rhino calf Manny continued towards the stacks of cages. A pair icy black eyes that would not have been out of place on the body of a Great White Shark scanned the cages and the beach that surrounded them. Momentarily he paused and turned to his other compatriots just in time to see the baby rhino turn and knock Viola off of her feet with a drunken charge, but this failed to receive any sort of reaction. The sounds of stirring animals caused the thug to not only pick up his pace, but to lift the back of his jacket slightly to allow for easier access towards his gun. He was almost on top of Kassy when the shrill cry caught his attention. Manny had just enough time to turn to face the sound and was met with a face full of feathers, talons, and a viciously hooked beak as the kestrel plowed into him gracelessly.

The thug cursed loudly out of surprise and struggled to grab the bird, being momentarily grateful for his ski-goggles as his eyes would have undoubtedly been gouged out. The bird gave yet another cry and back away from the grasping appendages, but not without leaving a long gash down the jacket's arms as it pulled back. Manny was pissed, so pissed in fact that he would have simply pulled out his gun and shot at the bird were it not for the fact that he didn't want to risk the sound being heard. "[i][b]Reece![/b][/i]" He hissed as the kestrel awkwardly began to circle him from just out of reach for another dive bomb, "[b][i]Were the fuck are you? Help me with this![/i][/b]".