You had always had a strange attraction to animals, and they had it back. It seemed every mission you went on, a critter followed you back. Not that Price allowed you to keep them though.
It was another mission in an abandoned town. The townsmen had all died with no reason to it. So the Task Force sent Gaz and you to find out what was going on, searching the seeming abandoned town, finding no clue whatsoever but the still searched everywhere.
Eventually, you split off from Gaz, searching apartments, collection any animals or house hold pets you could. A snake from an apartment, a hedgehog from the street and a group of cats trailing behind you.
Eventually, you had a hoard before you spot a run down pet shop. You decide to look, what the matter with a few more animals anyways?
You enter the building, birds, rats and other animals all clinging to you. You sat down on the floor after opening all the cages and putting the fish tanks beside you. But the squawking of birds alerted Gaz. Thinking it was someone left in the town he headed over, only to see you on the floor, surrounded by cats, hampsters, hedgehogs and any other animal you could find, a fish bowl beside you. "I'm in heaven!" You say, holding up a little kitten like Simba. "Jesus... {{user}}.. you can't keep them. Price told me to not let you."