This is my first ever fanfic so sorry if its stupid/crappy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Penguins of Madagascar or any of its characters!
A Tale of Four Penguins
When the zoo has another blackout the penguins, Marlene, and the lemurs get stuck in the penguin's HQ, so to keep them from going insane the penguins tell the story of how they met.
Chapter 1
Story Tellers
"I am not understanding this game." Julien said out of frustration as he sat at a small table with Skipper, Private, Rico, Maurice, and Marlene playing poker.
"Just put something down already, Ringtail." Skipper replied angrily.
"Er…Mort! Come here!" Mort obediently came over at the lemur king's command. "I take your fishy fish and raise you a Mort." Julien said with a smile.
"I like being a bet!" Mort said happily.
Lightning lit up the sky and thunder seemed to make the Earth shake. BOOM! The power went out. The lights quickly came back on and everything seemed fine.
"What was that?" Marlene asked.
"Power out. We'll have to continue this game another day. We have to go make sure the zoo doesn't become total chaos." Skipper answered.
"Well, sir, you may want to finish up the game. The emergency lock-down system broke."
"What does that mean?" Private asked nervously.
"We're locked in here until we manage to fix it." Kowalski said.
"I knew it was gonna be one of those days…" Maurice said with a sigh.
"How long will that take?" Marlene asked worriedly.
"Four to eight hours." Kowalski said, inspecting the locked exits.
"Forty-eight hours?! I cannot be with you flightless birds for forty-eight hours!" Julien shrieked.
"No, four to eight hours." Skipper corrected.
"Still too long. You must fix it faster than that. I demand it." Julien ordered, his arms crossed.
"Not possible. Four hours is the very minimum." Kowalski told him bluntly.
"I am NOT playing that stupid game for four to eight hours!" Julien said crossly.
"Well maybe we could share stories to pass the time." Private suggested.
"We're penguins not story tellers, Private." Skipper told Private sternly. "We don't sit around telling fairytales for someone else's amusement."
"Maybe we could tell a true story. Like how we met!" Private suggested again.
"Ooh! Yes, that'd be very a moosing! I order you to tell us the story." Julien said excitedly.
"I believe you mean 'amusing', not 'a moosing'." Kowalski said quickly.
"Yeah, Skipper! That'd be fun!" Marlene added.
"It is declassified, sir…" Kowalski pointed out.
"You probably won't understand though."
"I do have my memory machine." Kowalski pointed out.
"Memory machine?" Marlene asked.
"It plays your memories on a projector for all to see. I will not take part in this." Skipper said stubbornly. Everyone looked at him with pleading eyes. Skipper sighed. "Fine."
Cliffhanger! Sorry about the crappy first chapter, I'm still working on keeping them all in character and so on. R and R!
