Feathers and Fury- In which our heroine sets a hawk loose in the vet college

It was noon hour and Vivian was busy in the WEAMS ward (the wild and exotic animal ward at the vet college) trying to feed the wild birds. It was a thankless job and usually by the end of it, she was covered in bird poo and rotting chicks.

She got through feeding two of the Swainson's hawks and moved onto the third. His name was Jake. As she approached his cage, she could already hear him banging around in there like a maniac.

Slowly, Vivian opened the cage and reached in.

A flurry of feathers and squawking flew at her face. She screamed like a little girl and ducked.

Jake took his chance and darted out of his cage, wild and loose in the ward. Utter chaos ensued.

vivian: "BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"
jake: "SQUAAAAAAWK!"
vivian: "BLEEPITY BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP"
jake:"SQUAAAWWWWWWK! SQUAWWWWWK"
*FLAP FLAP FLAP CRASH BANG FLAP FLAP* Jake flew about the ward and Vivian closed the door just in time. Jake crashed into the door.
vivian:*YOU BLEEPING LITTLE BLEEP!!!!*

*FLap flap BANG!*

Jake lunged himself at the door again and then cowered in the corner of the room beside the deep freeze. he ruffled his feathers and cocked his head at our heroine and gave a low, meancing squawk.

"why you little . . .!" Vivian lunged.

Minutes later, covered head to toe in feathers and out of breath, vivian managed to corner Jake by the door and threw a towel over him. He seemed to have given up by then and merely growled at her from under the linty brown cotton.

She threw him back in his cage and sighed in relief. Two seconds later, one of the ward managers walked in the door. "Everything Ok in here?"

"Oh yeah, um, everything's fine."

"Good." He turned to leave. "By the way, you have feathers in your hair."

"umm, thanks. Must've been when I was, uh, cleaning the cages."

Vivian gave a meek smile and left the ward sheepishly, leaving a trail of feathers in her wake.