Excerpt:

CRASH!
“I told you! Don’t drop that!”
“Well, you try carrying it, then! Your job’s easy!”
“Do I need to remind you that what I’m carrying is the reason we’re here? If I drop this, we’re dead.”
“I know it’s important, but it’s still gotta be easier than carrying this hunk of over-priced metal.”
“Did you hear that?”
Both meerkats straightened instantly into alert posture. After a few seconds of silence, the meerkat balancing a large casket on its head spoke.
“I didn’t hear anything.”
“That’s because you were too busy grumbling to hear! Besides, you don’t have my sensitive hearing.” The second meerkat clutched a small package close to its chest. “Sh! There it is again!”
Both meerkats, dressed in a suspicious shade of black, stood completely still. After several minutes, the meerkat with the large casket bent over to set down its burden. “Whatever it was, I’m sure it’s nothing to-“
She never finished her sentence. A long dark shape hurtled into her, knocking her flat to the ground.
The second meerkat didn’t fare much better. Taking care to protect the package she held, she fumbled in her back pocket. She only barely had time to brandish a knife in front of her before a pair of strong arms grabbed her from behind. While the first pair of arms held her still, another pair reached around her and took the knife.
“Well, at least your knife’s of good quality. Unlike your burglering skills.” The hand holding the knife threw it away disdainfully. “Let’s see what that is, hm?” The arms tried, unsuccessfully, to take the package.
A sigh. “She’s being stubborn, and I can’t see what I’m doing. A little help, please?” The owner of the arms spoke.
“You’re the one with the amazing arms. What am I supposed to do?” A second voice spoke.
“Just hold her, so that I can see what I’m doing.”
The meerkat, who had been struggling all this time, stifled a squeak and became completely still. Smooth coils of muscle wrapped around her. A furry appendage crossed over her face, blocking out her view of the alley.
A pair of hands pried her fingers off of the package. A second pair pulled the package from her grasp.
“Now, what do we have here?” The first voice speculated.
There was a sharp intake of breath. “I think this is a little out of our leagues,” the second voice said. The coils around the meerkat squirmed uncomfortably.
“I suppose you’re right. This trinket is one we’ll have to return. The casket, however, is another matter.” The voice belonging to the arms said.
“Fine, we’ll take that. Now could you please tie this one up?” The coils around the meerkat shifted irritably.
“As you wish,” the first voice said sardonically.
The meerkat was relieved to feel the coils relax and release her. The relief was short-lived, since ropes were roughly tied around her arms and legs. She was then thrown roughly on top of her partner, who was also tied up.
“Now remember, children, stealing bad. Please try to behave from now on.”
“Cut that out! We’re going to be late.” The second voice said agitatedly.
“All right, all right,” the first voice replied. “Don’t get your pants in a twist.”
“I don’t HAVE pants, you moron,” the second voice snapped.
The two meerkats listened as the two voices got further and further away, arguing the whole time. When the voices had finally faded away completely, the meerkat on the bottom wiggled. With great difficulty, the meerkat on top rolled over, off of the other meerkat. They sat for a moment, in silence.
“I told you not to drop it,” one of them finally said.
“You’re the one who took this stupid mission on!” The other objected.
“Do you think I had a choice?”
There was a pause. Then, “No. I guess not.”
“So there.”
A few more minutes went by in silence.
“Now what?”