Welcome to the first chapter of Pengotter Pregnancy. Note: In order to fully understand this story, you must have read In Our World Books 1-3 first. Otherwise, you'll have no idea what's going on. Like every single story before it, the symbol rules in my bio apply, along with my update schedule. So let's start this new book!

CHAPTER 1 – Declassifying Some Secrets

A little over a week had passed since Skipper and Marlene had been married and gone on their honeymoon and returned home. Matthew had gone home as well. The zoo was starting to return to its normal pace of things. Down in the Penguin HQ, Skipper was just having his morning coffee when Marlene dropped down.

"Good morning honey," Skipper said. "Good morning honey," Marlene also said. The two kissed. "I love kissing your beak," Marlene said. Skipper blushed. "I love kissing you too," he said.

"So what is it you wanted to show me?" Marlene asked Skipper. "I feel that since you helped beat Blowhole, we're married, and uh," Skipper tried to say. "I know what you're getting at… matey," Marlene said. * They both blushed at what they had done on their honeymoon, as it was still surprising to them that they had figured out how to mate.

"Well yes, since you beat Blowhole, we're married, and mates, I feel there are more secrets I need to declassify, but only for you," Skipper said. "Hmm… I thought you declassified them all?" Marlene asked suspiciously. "I have no idea why I didn't before, but there are still a few. First of all, I'll tell you why I was formerly banned from Denmark," Skipper said. ** As he told Marlene, she grew wide-eyed and definitely was paying attention, seeing as Skipper had never told anyone before why he was banned from entering that country.

Skipper then finished his story. "Wow. Now I know why you still don't like Hans. He betrayed you," Marlene said. "Yes. But thanks to a mission the boys and I pulled off last year, I am free as a pretty songbird," Skipper said. "A cruise does sound like it would be fun to go on, but with all of the cruise ships failing lately, I think we should hold off on that for now," Marlene said.

"We could go on our own ship, but as you saw when we watched our show with Matthew all those months ago, that didn't work out," Skipper said. *** "I'm so glad those creators didn't transfer either of us away from each other. But I imagine there would have been a big uproar," Marlene said before kissing Skipper again.

"I guarantee it. So next I have to show you our elevator with its 13 secret levels," Skipper said. He walked over to the control panel and pressed the button for the correct level. It popped out of the ground. "How big is the HQ anyway? Last time I saw that drawing it didn't seem as big," Marlene said. ****

"Well, after Gus nearly breached the anti-matter fusion reactor core, which I'll also tell you we no longer have, we had to redo our layout in case it happened again. It took many nights of work to dig this out and carefully remove the anti-matter from its chamber," Skipper answered. "I knew that the reactor core was real. That also explains the digging noises I was still hearing even after Gus left," Marlene said.

"You heard that? I really thought we were being stealthy. All of us will have to work harder on stealth training," Skipper said. "Thank you for the training. It really helped against Blowhole. And I love that I can do the corkscrew now," Marlene said happily. "That was fun to teach everyone," Skipper said.

With that, they entered the elevator and proceeded down all the first 12 levels. "Skipper, I thought you said there were 13 levels. There's only 12 here," Marlene said, noting the absence of a button for level 13. "Press that panel," Skipper said, pointing to it. Marlene pressed the panel and a button for level 13 popped out and pressed the button. "So I guess this is ultra classified?" Marlene asked. "Yes. Only you me, the boys, and Ringtail know about it," Skipper answered.

"Julien? Oh, I remember, he got some invention of Kowalski's from there. That was good cotton candy," Marlene said, smiling at the memory of the cotton candy. ***** The elevator arrived at level 13. "So all of these are Kowalski's inventions? How much time does he spend inventing things?" Marlene asked. "Well, I guess when we were all affected by the Stopwatch, most of these came from then," Skipper answered. ******

"It took me two days to pick out every single piece of gum from my fur," Marlene said. "Well don't worry. If that ever happens again, which I guarantee it won't, I'll make sure Julien doesn't stick any gum to you or your habitat," Skipper answered. Marlene kissed and thanked him again.

They walked through the rows and rows of inventions, but making sure not to touch any of them. Finally, they got to one of Kowalski's newer inventions. "Marlene, this invention is perfectly safe for us to look at. And it was actually my idea," Skipper said. "What is it?" Marlene asked. "After we got Kowalski not to call it something unpronounceable, we all decided it should be called the GPS Locator. It is hooked up to GPS chips we all have inside of us," Skipper answered.

"How long have you all had them? Did it hurt to get them put in?" Marlene asked. "We've had them for nearly a year now. After the boys and I stopped Blowhole and Parker, we decided that in case any of us gets Mind Jacked like I did, we need to be able to find them. It didn't hurt at all, since we were all asleep during the procedure," Skipper said.

"After dealing with Blowhole two weeks ago, I think I should have one as well. Just to be on the safe side. I don't want to be completely lost without any memories and no way home. Even with us now having Blowhole's Segway, I think it's a good idea," Marlene said.

"I was going to ask you to get one as well, but I'm glad you want it too," Skipper said. "So before we go so I can get my chip, is there anything else that you need to declassify?" Marlene asked Skipper as they were going back up in the elevator. "Yes. You and only you can look at my classified files. Just try not to share anything with anybody," Skipper said. "Wow, that's some power you're giving me. I'll definitely not share any of them," Marlene said.

The elevator arrived back up at the top, where the rest of the Penguins had all returned. "Hello you two. What were you doing?" Kowalski asked the couple. Marlene and Skipper both looked each other before saying at the same exact time, "Classified."

Kowalski actually had a slight smile on his face, while writing another note about how much the two were beginning to get more like each other. "Well actually Kowalski, speaking of classified things, Skipper showed me that GPS Locator," Marlene said.

"He asked you to get one too, didn't he?" Kowalski asked. "Actually, she asked for one," Skipper answered. "Oh. Well, give me an hour to get another chip together and prepare for the operation," Kowalski said, before disappearing into his lab. (P to an hour later and to Skipper)

"Are you sure you still want to go through with this Marlene?" I asked my wife. "Yes, I'm certain of that. But how am I supposed to fall asleep if you're operating on me?" she asked. "Marlene, eat this," Kowalski answered, handing a pill to her. "Kowalski, that's the correct one right?" I asked my lieutenant. "Yes, this is the correct pill," he answered. Marlene took the pill from Kowalski and then asked, "What does this pill do?"

"It'll put you to sleep for a little while, allowing us to give you your GPS chip," Kowalski answered. Marlene swallowed the pill with a cup of water. "Rest easy Marlene. I'll be here with you every step of the way," I said, assuring her. We both blushed, remembering the time we had tried to get snow cones. "Thank you Skipper," Marlene said before kissing my beak. "I love having a wife like this," I thought to myself.

"Just start counting down from 60 to zero. It should help you fall asleep easier," Kowalski said. Marlene got to about 30 before dozing off, beginning to snore. Remembering the first time I heard her do that brought a smile to my face.

"Kowalski, if you do anything wrong at all, you're on permanent maintenance duty," I warned my lieutenant. "I assure you Skipper, I will do nothing wrong. I had to train you all to do it on me too," Kowalski assured me.

"Well ok. But I'm staying here," I said. "Very well," Kowalski said. Throughout the two hours it took to give Marlene her chip and turn it on, she continued doing her cute little snore, not waking up or feeling any pain. Finally, it was over.

"I am done Skipper. You may wake Marlene up now," Kowalski said, leaving after cleaning up. I kissed Marlene full on, waking her up. After a few seconds, she started kissing me back as well. We eventually pulled apart. "Welcome back Marlene," I said. "Good to be back. So how long did it take?" she asked.

"It took two hours. I was here for all two hours," I said. She looked into my eyes and saw that I was telling the truth. "Thank you for making sure Kowalski didn't do anything wrong. So now we can see where either of us are at any time," Marlene said happily. "Yes. But I assure you, if we go on any missions, you're definitely coming with us," I said. "Wanting to keep an eye on me at all times, aren't you?" she asked playfully.

We both laughed, knowing that was somewhat true. "Yes, but that's only 1% why. The other 99% is because we trained you and you beat Blowhole," I said. "I look forward to any missions over the next few months," she said. "As do I, but we'll stay here for now, since we have none coming up," I said. We all then went up top, where we trained for the day.

That's the end of the first chapter. Please review the chapter. Yes, I know there hasn't been anything specific about the pregnancy yet. Each month of Marlene's pregnancy (3 total) translates into 3 of ours respectively, since humans are pregnant for 9 months while Asian otters (that's Marlene's specific species) are only pregnant for 2 months. I know that math doesn't work, but I'll be explaining that later. So let's look at today's notes.

* I hope you read that in a pirate accent.

** Remember, Skipper used to be banned in Denmark because of Hans, as it was first revealed in "Huffin and Puffin."

*** Referencing "The Hoboken Surprise" where the Penguins wound up in Hoboken instead of going on a fishing trip.

**** Marlene saw the Penguins drawing of their full (at the time) HQ in "Work Order." I imagine they changed things around after Gus nearly breached the reactor core.

***** Referencing "King Julien For A Day" where Marlene really wanted some cotton candy after smelling some from the park.

****** Referencing "Time Out" where everyone was paused except for Kowalski and Julien.