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Jet Pack Guy: Part 1

Some years ago, on a foreign island called Abarrane, there lived two penguins who ruled that island. They were known as Prince Elam and Queen Rachel, some of the last surviving members of the Kijani line. The couple was excited, for they now had a child! When the chick hatched from his egg, its father proudly declared that it was a boy. As Rachel cradled the little red chick in her arms, she began thinking of names for him.
Thaddeus? No...Thomas? No, that's not it...Tobias? Toby for short? Hmmm...I like it!
"Have you got a name picked out?" Elam asked.
Rachel nodded.
"Good," said Elam, "because the ceremony is starting!"
Rachel quickly went to the balcony of the palace and looked down. Not too far beneath her stood a variety of creatures. Dogs, cats, wolves, lions, griffons, phoenix, and many more. She spotted her sister Tiffany and Tiffany's daughter Valerie as well. Rachel sighed quietly. The Kijani's and the Saber's were the only remaining penguins on the island. Then she realized something. Her nephew wasn't there.
Of course Ahote wouldn't show up, she thought bitterly. He's been acting so strange, lately. I suppose it's because...
Rachel's thinking was interrupted when she felt Elam place a flipper on her shoulder. She decided to ignore her nephew's absence for the time being.
"Welcome, everyone!" Rachel said loudly enough for the crowd of animals to hear. "I am here to introduce you to your future prince. His name is Tobias!"
The crowd cheered loudly, which woke the newborn. He didn't cry, but he seemed rather startled.
"Don't worry," Rachel said softly. "I'm here."
The crowd went "Awww..." as Tobias yawned.

Years later...
"Bet you can't catch me, Valerie!" Tobias taunted playfully.
"Bet I can!" Valerie replied with a giggle. "Come on, Toby! You know I'm faster than you."
"I know," said Tobias, "but someday I'll beat you to that forest!"
"And how do you intend to do that?" Valerie asked, raising an eyebrow.
Tobias shrugged. "Maybe I'll find a way to fly," he said with a grin. "Race ya!" he added, suddenly taking off.
Valerie laughed. "Hey, wait for me!" she shouted, speeding off after her cousin.
The two were unaware of the young, red penguin who was watching them from behind a tree, like a wild animal watching his prey. For a young penguin, his intelligence was very unusually high, but he never let anyone know about that. It was better if no one knew of what he was capable of plotting. Or what he was about to do. As he watched his cousin, a smirk grew on his beak. He would soon take what was his.

"Hey, Toby!" came an unwelcome male voice.
Tobias tried not to groan. "What is it, Ahote?"
Ahote tried his best to look and sound horrified. "I saw something horrible just now!" he said. "It's something you need to see."
Tobias wasn't sure he trusted his cousin, but judging from the look on Ahote's face, it had to be something bad. Nothing could scare Ahote unless it was something really scary.
"Show me, then," said Tobias.
"Follow me," Ahote said, turning his back to Tobias and walking away. As he heard Tobias following him, he smirked. This was going to be easier than he had thought.

"We're here!" Ahote announced, almost forgetting to sound worried. "It's inside."
Tobias stared, wide-eyed. They were standing outside of the Prince's workshop, where he liked to go when he wasn't busy. Why would they be here? Unless...
"Dad!" Tobias exclaimed, rushing into the workshop.
Ahote followed him slowly, trying to hide his mean smile. Tobias screamed at the sight before him. His father lay motionless on the floor, badly beat up. A horseshoe lay next to him in the ground, covered in blood. Tobias realized with horror that someone had attacked his father.
"Dad, get up!" Tobias exclaimed, kneeling down by the lifeless body on the floor.
"He can't get up," Ahote said mockingly. "He's dead."
Tobias stared up at him with wide eyes, which were filling with tears.
"And I killed him," Ahote added with a cruel smile.
Tobias couldn't believe what he was hearing. Ahote was usually sadistic, but a murderer?
"Get away from me..." Tobias whimpered. He suddenly felt a sense of urgency and jumped to his feet. He kicked Ahote in the stomach and ran out of the door as fast as he could.
The dock#! Tobias thought. I can get on a boat and escape!
"Come here you!" an angry voice screamed behind him.
Tobias ran faster than he ever had in his life, not caring that it would exhaust him. When he finally reached the dock, he ran past the boat manager and jumped onto a boat.
"Untie the rope, Abisha!" Tobias exclaimed. "He's going to kill me!"
"Who-" Abisha began, but was interrupted by an enraged scream.
"Is that...Ahote?"
"Yes!" said Tobias. "He killed my dad! Please, untie the rope!"
Without hesitation, Abisha untied the boat, and Tobias turned on the engine. In no time, the boat began to speed away.
"Bless you, Toby!" Abisha called after him. Then he turned to the approaching figure, an anger burning in his eyes.
"Stop right there, Ahote!" he commanded.
Ahote put his flippers on his hips. "Yeah?" he said rudely.
"I've caught you red-flippered!" Abisha declared, grabbing Ahote's flipper tightly. Ahote struggled, but Abisha's grip was too strong.
Dang it! Ahote thought bitterly.

As the motorboat continued its seemingly random course, Tobias broke down in sobs. His father was dead, and now it looked like he wouldn't be returning home anytime soon-if ever again.
I knew Ahote wanted to be Prince, Tobias thought, but I never thought he'd take it this far.
Whether Tobias sat there weeping for hours or days, he didn't know. But as he began to run out of sobs, he noticed an island ahead of him. He squinted, and he realized that there was penguins...hundreds, maybe thousands...waddling around this strange place. As he drew closer, he could see them talking, laughing, having a good time. They seemed so...friendly.
I guess I'll stay here, Tobias thought. At least until I can go back home...if I ever can. But...with my father gone...
Tobias began to cry again, then he heard thunder. He looked up and saw storm clouds gathering in the sky. As lightning flashed, and the rain began to pour, the penguins on the island began to run for shelter. Tobias wrapped his flippers around himself and shivered, not just from the cold, but from the terror of being all alone in the middle of a raging storm.

A middle-aged penguin with blue feathers stood near his latest contraption, admiring his work. It was his new and improved version of the motor boat: the Boat 3000.
"Agent G!" a computerized voice called.
Startled, G turned towards the screen behind him. "Yes, Director?" he replied.
The voice continued, never leaving any hints as to whether it was male or female. "I have spotted a boat lost in the ocean. It is storming, and whoever is on that boat could get lost, even hurt. You're the only one still here, so I need you to go and rescue the poor fellow."
"Yes, Sir!" G replied. He turned back to the Boat 3000.
"Time to test you out," he said with a grin.

The Boat 3000 was working even better than G had expected. Even in this wretched storm, he could steer it quite well. Then, he saw what he was looking for just ahead. A small motor boat was being tossed around by the waves. This boat didn't look like any he'd ever seen, however. It was painted green, blue, and purple, and had a paw print on the front. It certainly wasn't from Club Penguin. He took off his soaked glasses and squinted. "Abarrane" was printed on the boat.
What's an Abarranian doing in Club Penguin? he wondered as he drove towards the boat.
"Is anyone there?" he called.

Tobias gasped. Someone had found him!
"I'm here!" he shouted as loud as he could.
Just then, a strange-looking motor boat came into view. It was white and had huge, red engines strapped to it. "Gary the Gadget Guy" was printed on the side. The driver of the boat was a grown penguin with blue feathers. He wore a white lab coat. His eyes were very small, more like two little black dots on his face. In his flipper he held a pair of glasses with small, round lenses.
"I'm coming!" the strange penguin called, driving quickly towards Tobias. Then he stood carefully and cautiously waddled to the front of his boat.
"You need to jump!" the older penguin said.
Tobias wasn't sure this was safe, but he didn't have any better ideas, so he went to the front of his boat and took his leap of faith. He soon found himself being taken back to shore, the older penguin wrapping a flipper around him.