Malfunction
When he thought he could relax, it was always like this. Just that he never thought it would escalate so quickly.

There was an intruder in the lab when the leopard was just finished heating his coffee. The intruder might be smart, but somehow the leopard was able to pinpoint it. He sighted that the camera near the eastern wing was blackened, but he has also noticed the camera at the western wing, near the research and development chamber were manipulated. It was kept replaying the same view over a few seconds and the leopard was able to see the transition.

Whoever this intruder must be smart enough to be able to hack or manipulate the cameras, which made the leopard needed to be cautious.

The leopard sneaked out to the research and development chamber silently. The door was already opened. Either if the intruder hacked the lock or was able to take one of the scientist’s fingerprint to open it, the leopard did not care. His only thought was that the intruder was indeed very smart.

As he peeked inside, it was dim-lighted but the leopard was able to see inside clearly. Most of the tables were left untouched, but he saw a moving shadow on the furthest table. The intruder was turning his back on him, seemed like to do something on the table. The leopard was unable to see it, but he knew that the intruder did not notice him. He entered prepared his taser and went in. He silently went as close as possible to the intruder, then he jumped forward.

The intruder was caught by surprise, but he had a moment to turn his head and dodged the leopard’s taser attack. The intruder was even able to kick his taser, throwing them off to the chamber depths and also hurting his wrist. However, the leopard was more than just using the taser. He hacked forward and able to pin the intruder on the ground. The intruder fought back by swinging and punching his hands everywhere, but they were as weak as cotton. Those punches did not even hurt him a bit. Finally, he was able to strangle the intruder on the wall.

“Oh, damn. What a nice stud you are.” the intruder said.

The leopard growled and pushed him tighter to the wall. "Silence! How dare you intrude on our base and manipulate our cameras! You might be smart, but you can't outwit me!"

"Tough and smart. I like it!" The leopard was barely able to see that the intruder was smirking. "Even though if you're smart, you should know that you're in danger, stud."

The leopard did not even budge. “Shut your crap or I’ll—“

A sudden “BEEP” surprised the leopard. When he was going to see the source of the sounds, a hard thing hit his head hard, throwing him to the ground as his vision spinning. “wha...!?”

As he went on his sense, he saw three ball-like robots with arms and tail were hovering and surrounding him. As far as the leopard knew, the drones were a prototype model made for guarding the inner hallway and subdue any intruder.

The leopard wondered how they were turned on, but he knew that they were on his side. He stood and pointed to the intruder. "I don't know how you guys can move, but that's the intruder! Get them— Huh!?”

Instead of turning to the intruder, the drones spun around him. One of them hovered over his arms and as it spun around him, his arms were pushed to his waist. The other two were spinning around his thighs and ankles and his legs were pulled together as well. He then noticed that their tail was pulling something out from inside leaving something so sticky and silvery on their trail.

“What in the damned whiskers ...” The leopard’s realization was too late as his arms, ankles, and thighs were wrapped several times by layers of silver tape. The drones spun so quickly in different directions that he was even able to stand with his legs all bound up.

“What the heck!?” the leopard glared at the intruder. “What have you done!?”

The intruder shrugged. “Nothing, really. The mechanism inside it would be broken if I hacked it, so I decided to just turn it on and use its system for my convenience.”

"What did you do!?" the leopard barked. He tried to wriggle out from his bindings, but they were all now taped tight. Half of his body was now covered by the silky tapes.

The intruder chuckled. "I said, I have just turned it on. though I realized that those drones are programmed to identify their owner and important people with the nametag they wore."

The leopard’s eyes instantly went to his bulgy chest. His nametag is nowhere. He looked again to the intruder, as he boasted his nametag on his palm.

“No way ...” The leopard realized the intruder was aiming for his nametag which was pinned on his chest all along.

“So you thought that I was trying to attack you carelessly? It seems that you’re not as smart as I thought. Well, if you want it, here. Take it by yourself.” The intruder stuck out his nametag.

“You fuckin’ intruder, Gimme back my nametag!“ The leopard forgot that his legs were all bound up, but this time, he lost his balance and fell off to the ground. When he looked at his body, he was terrified.

He was once have seen the process of mummifying in ancient Egypt and this was probably how it would felt like. Everything was wrapped up, his upper body, his waist, his legs ... all of them. The drones which were on his legs were now working on his toes. The one at his thigh seems to finish its job as it slows down, but the other one was now wrapping his neck. It would not be long until it might also cover his head.

The leopard knew that it was impossible to get his nametag back, so all he could think was to escape this predicament before it was too late. He looked to the door, but it was far on the other side of the room. He could feel his claws, but they were all now useless within the layers of sticky tapes. Cutting through them would need an hour, or maybe more.

His only thought was trying to find help. "H-HEL—MMPHH!!"

Unfortunately, the drone reached his mouth and taped it tight. It spun several times around his head until it was painfully tight, and was also wrapped around his muzzle. He could see the intruder freely examining the other tables even without looking. “Get ‘em boys. Wrap him nice and tight.”

“GHRMMPHH!!”

It was the last thing he could see as the drone spun around his eyes, turning the world dark. He did not know what else the drones did, but they were still spinning around him, tightening the already very tight wrappings. He struggled, kicked the ground, twisting his body, and wriggle aimlessly to find anything that was able to free him. He could feel that the drones finally stopped wrapping him, but he was sure that he would not be able to escape by himself. He was still able to hear the intruder was walking around him, probably still examining things that they wanted without taking even single care to the guard.

Oh ... God, how could this happen? He was one of the best in his class, breaking free from the ropes was easy, but this? He was not even able to wriggle his claws!

“Hlmmph!! Mfmphhh!!” The leopard cried out, despite he knew that nobody would hear him. Finally, he slumped down on his stomach. He breathed quickly and his muscles twitched. Beneath the thick layers of tapes, his body was very hot and sweaty because there was almost no air was able to make it to his body. He was glad that the drones did not wrap his nose up though, as his muzzle was stuck and blocked. There was nothing he could do other than shamelessly letting the intruder did their job and then left him wrapped, gagged, and blindfolded in the dark. Probably, he would wriggle around the lab to find a suitable place for him to stay while waiting for someone who would cut him out.

Suddenly, a pat on his butt surprised him. He turned back and growled even though he could see nothing.

“They packed my last stuff very nice,” the intruder said. The leopard then felt that he was lifted and put on the soft and blunt object, like a shoulder. What was he going to do?

“No worries, stud.” The intruder patted his ass again, which the leopard responded with another muffled growl. “You’ll love it more than your crappy job.”

Oh, shit.

The leopard was taken out, assuming the feel of the night air stroking his fur on the head. He was thrown to hard metal, heard a door being slammed and locked, then a sound of a car being turned on beneath afterward.

He kept struggling and cried, even after the car is started, and went somewhere that he would definitely not as pleased as being mummified like now.