Okay, so this is practically just a random RP mess that I decided to make into a story..
I'm very active in my RP's lately that's why I'm not updating.
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LANI IS NOT MY OWN OC. SHE BELONGS TO THE ADMIN BEHIND THE ACCOUNT, O-LANI-O
Credit goes to me, and my friend in DeviantArt, o-Lani-o.
Search her if you want.
(SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL PENGUIN BTW... O/O)
A NEW PENGUIN IN THE ZOO
CHAPTER 1
Lani kept moving and moving through the park, exhausted, the hot sunbeam got through her feathers, which brought the female penguin to sweating. "... sooooo hoooot- ... why must that be so hot today!?" The turquoise green-eyed girl rested for a short time under a large tree, sighing, for cool down a bit. How long has it already been since Officer X was chasing after the poor little female, just wishing to be finally on a safe place, and trying to forget all the bad things.
Lani was hungry, and thirsty. Her eyes darted around the area in where she was, trying to find some place for rest, and maybe some Food as well. Then finally, her eyes caught the sight of a Zoo, not to far away, the Central Park Zoo.
"... Ohhhh thank Mother Nature! Finally a place that looks pretty appealing!" With new hope, the penguin didn't hesitate and began to rush through the area with a hush slide on her stomach.
Another penguin, taller than the rest known to live in the zoo, sat on top of the clock tower - his guard post for the day - and saw the female penguin coming.
"Woah woah woah, who's this?"
Kowalski narrowed his eyes and jumped down, right in front of the gate.
"Stop right there!" he ordered.
Lani kept sliding, like no one was standing between her and the Zoo, hoping she would find some food. But then, it happened. Someone else was blocking her way, and she kinda got frightened. Lani stood up and her eyes studying the appearence of him. A penguin.
"... uhm- .. hello there" The female spoke calm and friendly. There was no other way that this penguin just came from the Zoo.
"...And who are you, miss?"
".. I'm Lani, seriously not from here..." She said. " May I ask why are you standing like a 'bodyguard' of the Zoo in front of me?"
"You may call me Kowalski. I am one of the four penguin commandoes that reside here. It's our job to protect the zoo from threats and or strangers that may or may not be spies of our enemies... and you, ma'am, are a stranger... to me at least... state your business here, miss."
"... Penguin ... commandoes!?" Lani looked pretty confused "... Seriously, do I look like who wants to hurt, or spy on someone!?" She crossed her flippers " I'm just lost... and being chased by someone long time ago..." She sighed.
"Looks can be deceiving." Kowalski paused then eyed her features. "Th-then again. If you're being chased... I guess I could bring you in..." Kowalski said, putting a flipper on her shoulder and leading her in.
Lani slightly nodded, relieved that he let her in. She wasn't lying at all. But maybe she was not 'that' safe yet. The one who's chasing after her so Long could may near already, or not… who knows? "... Have you ever heard about someone who's called, Officer X? .." Lani kinda looked worried.
"Officer X? The animal control psycho? He's after us as well. But he only catches us if we're out of our habitat and or the zoo. We avoid him most of the time. Is he the one after you? If he is, best you blend in with us in the meantime, hm?"
"Well .. I really don't know what he wants from me .. maybe because of I'm Born in the captivity of him. Looks like he has a extreme condition to eliminate the penguins.." Lani slightly shivered about the thinking ".. I really don't want to think about this... it's just... crazy!"
"Yeah, like I said.. he's a psycho. Now c'mon. The guys are out and I was left to guard the zoo. So you can step into our HQ for a while." Kowalski said, flipping over the railings surrounding the penguin habitat, landing on the fake island then waiting for Lani to do the same.
Lani watched what he was doing. She wasn't really quiet sure about this "... Are you are sure about this? I don't want you, or both of us gettin in trouble if they get back.." The day was going pretty, pretty weird for the female. Slowly she jumped over the railing surrounding and landed onto the fake Island.
"I was watching the gate for their return until you came. I'm sure they're not back yet. And they'll be back after a long time. So you're welcome here." Kowalski said, pushing the fish bowl out of its place, revealing a hatch underneath it. "Ladies first!" the braniac said, extending a flipper toward the hatch.
She slightly giggled and slowly stepped onto the ladder. "Thank you" She looked at him with a slight smile before entering the HQ.
Kowalski jumped down after her, closing the hatch behind him.
"So what do you think? Do you think you'll be okay here?" he asked.
"I really hope so.." After Lani got onto the ground, she looked back at him. Their 'home' looked pretty safe, but was it safe enough? Lani looked around, kinda surprised about this new place "...nice place …and …not cleaned up…" She chuckled.
Kowalski rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, cleaning day is any day soon so we'll be cleaning soon I guess." he then headed towards a metal door in the side.
Lani watched him ".. uhm ... where are you going now?" She looked confused, and not quite sure about what to do now.
"I just remembered I had to fix some of our weapons and gadgetry. My lab's over here..." he paused. "Are you hungry? Or do you need anything?"
Her eyes kinda widened, but not in a frightened way "Did you said, Lab?" She crossed her flippers with a smirk "…tzz- .. that says all .. scientist!" Suddenly, her eyes widened again, her stomach begun to crying for Food.
"Well the lab's my thing. The others just do whatever they want... Ah, so you are hungry. Let me get you something to eat..." Kowalski then rushed to their refrigerator and grabbed a plate of fish. "How's this?"
Lani looked down at the plate of fish, and looked back up at him ".. yeah, it's good!" She slowly took the plate "Thanks.. that would fill my stomach again .." She smiled a bit, and put the plate onto the table and began to eat slowly.
Kowalski chuckled. "No need for politeness and manners, Lani. If you're really hungry, you can chow right down. I don't mind." Kowalski then grabbed a can of sardines from the refrigerator and gulped it down.
Her eyes kinda widened a Little "... okay ..." Suddenly, she took the plate and all fishes were making their way down through her throat with a gulp. She kinda sighed relieved "... that was good! My first real Food months ago..."
"Wait… you haven't had real food in months?"
"Yeah ... like fish and that stuff... Penguin Food .." She shrugged, kinda confused now about her saying. "My last good food was as was months ago… with Doris fishing in the ocean."
"D-Do-Doris!?" Kowalski looked at Lani, surprised.
Lani put her right flipper onto the table, leaning her head against it, and looked back at him "... you do know her? .."
"Of course I know her! But you know her!?" Kowalski jumped and grinned at her.
".. yeah .." Lani but didn't looked really happy about this ".. She is ... no... she was my best friend .." Lani looked down onto the table.
"W-was?"
".. yeah... was .." Lani slightly frowned. ".. I still can't believe what she just did. I mean .. we were like sisters! Going through big and small ya know? We did everything together, and we swore that NOTHING would rip us apart!" She sighed "…guess I thought wrong .. she began to replace me .."
"R-r-replace?"
Lani slowly took from nowhere out a Picture, and put in on the table ".. because of her! .." She frowned and looked away with closed eyes. Onto the Picture was Doris to see, with another dolphin Girl. ".. guess I wasn't good enough as friend for her..."
"I used to be friends with Doris too! Then when I asked her to be my girlfriend she just..." Kowalski sniffed. "Gave me the... 'let's just be friends' talk..."
She looked back at him, then back down "... I'm sorry for you.. but she never had told me something about you.." Lani looked confused. ".. I .. r-really hate her for this, but, I miss the old times with her the same time .."
"Nor did she tell me anything about you... I really want to make her see that I'm good enough for her but I always fail. I have received the same series of talks sixteen and a half times... I couldn't hear the rest over my sobbing... Wow... I can't believe you actually know Doris!"
"I guess I know what the Problem is.." She looked at him ".. Maybe because of you two are different species's. That wouldn't exactly work. Maybe that's from her sight. I don't know" Lani shrugged. ".. yeah, so either I've tried a lot of times to being having contact with her ... but always failed it ..."
"She's had a lot of boyfriends and so far none of them are the same species as she! She even had a manatee as a boyfriend! and an octopus! Am I any different!?" Kowalski said, sobbing into his flippers.
Lani blinked a couple of times "... maybe she doesn't like science? .. how I said I don't know!" She sighed.
"Nevermind that... D-do you like Science?" he asked.
"Sure I do!" Lani looked back at him "... but I'm not that smart enough for some random and difficult stuffs... let's just say I'm not a scientist like you" She shrugged.
Kowalski chuckled. "In that case. You wouldn't mind stepping into my lab and helping me with a few eh... simple things?"
She smiled "Of course!... I'd love to!" Lani slowly stood up, following into his lab.
Kowalski hurried to the table in the middle of the lab and examined his broken-down freeze ray. "Here… This doesn't look too hard to fix." he said, tossing it toward Lani.
Lani quickly caught it, putting it down onto the table ".. well .. lets see ..." At first she connect the Fiber-optic with the Electrical conductors, to get the energy of the freeze ray pistol. After she put the green cable, together with the black and blue one into the 3 free plugs to get the electricity.
"Impressive. But you might want to replace that wire over there." Kowalski grinned, pointing at the misplaced wire. "But other than that, you're doing just fine." he smiled at her.
"... oh ..." She looked down onto the wire which was on the wrong place. Embarrassed, Lani scratched her feathered neck with a smile ".. yeah I still have to deal with that science stuff.. but I'm glad about that I 'most of the wires' got them on the right place."
"You're doing just fine." Kowalski said before turning to his own work, repairing Rico's bazooka.
Soon Lani finished with her work. She took it into her flippers "Okay then! Let's test it Baby!" She intentionally pointed the freeze ray at the male comrade, but didn't shoot yet. "Say cheesecake, Kowalski!" She smirked.
"GAH! Not on me!" Kowalski shrieked ducking for cover.
Lani begun laughing, pointing the weapon away from him "... just kidding!" She smirked ".. Haha you should've seen your face! Hahah!"
"Hmph..." Kowalski grunted, crossing his flippers. "…But go ahead and test it on that trash bin over there. Kowalski said, pointing his beak at the trash bin.
"Okay.. as you wish." She smirked, and pointed the weapon at the trash bin. Slowly she pulled on the Trigger and a large, freezing blue laser came out from the gun. The trash bin quickly was frozen. "... Yes .. it works again .."
Kowalski nodded his head. "Go explore these weapons laid out here. See if you can fix them..."
"And what will you d-..." Suddenly, Lani heard something, even it wasn't loud yet. It definitely came from outside. A male voice talking, and only Kowalski knew who's voice it belonged to. Lani's eyes widdened "...oh d-dammit! ... i-is that y-your- ...?"
Kowalski gasped. "Sweet smoked salmon!" Kowalski gasped, slamming the door shut.
"Kowalski? Are you in there?" Skipper's voice said.
"Uuhh, yeah. I'm here. But uh, don't disturb me I am in the middle of something."
"Well can't we see it?"
"No! Eh, no... It's a uh, surprise."
"Alright then."
Kowalski then shot a concerned look at the female penguin with him.
Her eyes just blinked a couple of times, sharing the same worried Expression with him. ".. and what now!?" She whispered at the male penguin, and thought about what they could do.
Suddenly, a Idea popped into her mind how to get out of here without being seen by Kowalski's comrades, AND Kowalski's little 'problem'. "Hey Kowalski, can you invent a flipper bracelet which I can make me myself invisible for a short time? If I would get out of here I would place down the flipper bracelet on the ground beside the railings surrounding of your enclosure. You take it back from outside and could show it your comrades as the 'new invent of yours' for your missions!"
"That would take a long time... and a lot of dangerous tests... that may cause unusual noise that will trigger Skipper's extremely active paranoia... Options, Kowalski... OPTIONS!" Kowalski hissed to himself. He paused then eyed her. "Are you good in acting?" he asked.
Lani paused confused "... in which way of acting do you mean?"
"You're going to act like you're a new resident of the zoo. I know you from my past and you were my lab partner before. Don't do anything that might make my leader think you're a spy. Treat them like... like... commanders... generals... treat them with... respect... Can you do that?"
"... a you crazy? .. I can't do that! What is if they're gonna find out that's all just a really big lie!? Then we're gonna kicked on our rumps!" She looked at him worried "…I mean .. it's really not a bad idea, but, I can't play myself someone who I'm not .."
"I can hack into the zoo's computer and say there are five penguins in the zoo right now if you want..." Kowalski grabbed his smart phone and started punching buttons shown on the screen. "I am positive that they won't find out."
Lani looked pretty nervously about this, but she trusted him "... w-well ... i-if you mean? .." She looked around ".. how's about if I would be sent in a animal transport box as a new member of the Zoo? You could tell your comrades that you'll get a new comrade here, and I would appear in the transport box?"
"And how are you going to pull that off?"
"If you could get on Alice's Computer that she had wrote by 'herself' that a new penguin's going to join the Zoo, she would order the Transport"
"Alright, give me a minute..." Kowalski said, pressing a hidden button under the table.
The wall behind Lani flipped and out came Kowalski's hard drive. "How will you get into the box unnoticed?" he said while typing away.
Lani's eyes at first widdened about the hidden wall which just appeared. Then she sighed. "... well… I crack one side of the box, walk inside and repair it from inside… I know where these animal transport boxes are, but therefore I need to go into the city of course.."
"And how will you get out of here unnoticed?" Kowalski said, not taking his eyes off his work.
"... are you kidding me Kowalski!? ..." She groaned. ".. I'll wait until night if you all are gonna sleeping, then I'll sneak outside ... and let me guess .. it still doesn't makes sense to you uh?" She crossed her flippers with a little frown.
"I'm just making sure I know what you're doing." Kowalski chuckled a bit. "Well that sounds like a plan." he pressed the 'enter' button then spun around. "You are to be shipped here at precisely 0600am. I'll keep the guys away from my lab in the meantime."
"Well .. okay ..." Lani shrugged, hopefully his comrades wouldn't catch her until 0600.
"Light's out is at 1000pm. You can go out a few minutes from that. I'll be awake just in case." Kowalski looked at the wall clock that showed 0600pm. "You have to wait for more than an hour before you can leave."
She sighed ".. well .. better just a few hours than to wait a whole day..." She put a flipper onto the table and looked at the weapons.
"And.. try not to make any noise... I'll go stall them for a while..." Kowalski then pressed the button under the table again and the hard drive disappeared into the wall. Then he rushed out of the door, closing it behind him.
"Hey Kowalski." Skipper greeted. "Where's that surprise of yours?"
"And what is it anyway?" Private asked.
"Uhm, it's still coming. But I assure you, it will be a good surprise for both me and you."
"Uhhuh, yea right." Rico said, looking up from reading the monster truck magazine on his bunk.
"Promise!" Kowalski said, holding his flipper up.
"If you say so, Kowalski." Private then continued fluffing his Lunacorn's tail.
~~TIME SKIP~~
0959 hours...
"Okay boys, arm yourselves for light's out." Skipper said.
"Roger that, Skipper." Kowalski said, grabbing his night cap and lying on his bunk. The others did the same and were soon lying on their bunks, ready for lights out.
1000 hours, lights out...
- a voice said and all the lights were turned off automatically.
Kowalski waited until sets of snores from the three other penguins were heard before jumping out of his bunk.
He opened the door to his lab a bit and peeked in. "Lani?" he whispered.
The door opened slowly, but the female didn't heard something, because of she just fell asleep as well. As Kowalski called her Name, she jumped "WHA!? .. what the-!?" Her eyes widdened, and found herself onto a chair, and noticed her head was resting onto the table as she fell asleep. The penguin yawned ".. o-oh yeah .. r-right ..."
"Do you know where to go?" Kowalski asked, making sure.
"Guess..." Lani shrugged, and slowly stood up from the chair. She walked out of the lab, sneaking around and hoped she wouldn't wake up the others. The female slowly stepped onto the ladder and climped outside of the HQ.
The lieutenant poked his head out of the hatch. "I'll see you in the morning, Lani." Kowalski whispered with a smile.
Lani turned her head, looking back at the male penguin ".. I'm not quiet sure if it will be already morning Kowalski, it could take some days too" Lani explained, and turned back. She jumped away out from the fake Island, over the railings surrounding and landed outside of his enclosure. She moved her head for a last ime back to Kowalski, with a smile on her beak ".. thanks for all, Kowalski" With these words, she begun to sliding out from the Zoo.
"Days? No wait-!" Kowalski tried to call out but she had jumped away already. He sighed then watched the female penguin go. When she was out of sight, his eyes darted left and right. Maybe I should go follow her… he decided. Then he got on the island, closed the hatch and slid toward the direction of where Lani disappeared.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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