Unexpected delivery
by
Mastermindhunter
It was a normal day at the Central Park Zoo. Seeing as how it was a school day, not very many people were there to bother the animals. Marlene would just be spending the day sunbathing as she normally would. The lemurs were at their usual dancing and partying. The chimps played their usual game of checkers and/or chess. The four penguins were of course looking through the agenda for the day's scheduled duties. They figured just the normal routines. A few quick maintainances, and combat training.
The agenda surprisingly showed that a delivery truck would be dropping off a small package at their very own habitat. Skipper was excited, and got the men ready for whatever it was. Rico was hacking out his usual weapons ready for whatever was about to show up, in case it was dangerous, Skipper and Private were headed straight to the drop off zone to make sure it got there safely, and Kowalski was trying to think of whatever could have possibly been in the box. The inside of the penguins habitat was eerily quiet with just Rico and Kowalski inside. Kowalski was writing down many different theories on his notepad. One was the possibility of new material for the outside of their habitat. Another was just simply some Alaskan fish. He looked at the different possibilities, and sighed at his utter boredom.
"What do you think is in there Rico?"
Rico just shrugged, and let out a rumbled groan smiling with his tongue sticking out slightly.
"That's what I thought." He held a wing up to his forehead, then slowly drug it down his face. What was so important about the delivery that it had to stay in the habitat? Surely, Alice could put it in storage. He figured, he could wait to see it when it got there. Rico pointed up to the opening of the headquarters. A loud thud was heard at the top and, at this, Kowalski was curious, and jumped through the opening to find Alice putting a small crate in the center around the moat of water. It was splinterous, and heavy looking.
"Maybe of all of them, this little spud will be normal." Alice said dropping it onto the island. She stomped away. It wasn't until she left, that Marlene, and the lemurs were there in no time. Marlene was mesmerized by the box. Julian was of course getting awfully jealous of the penguins having something he didn't.
"Maurice! Why do I not get the crate of whatever it is that the penguins are getting?"
"Fish and chips, man! We don't even know what's inside!" Skipper snapped. The side of the box said FRAGILE.
The four of them looked at it from a distance. Rico smiled at the crate, laughing devilishly with a stick of dynamite ready. Kowalski just sneered at the crate. Private was looking at the others then took a step toward it without thinking twice.
"Whoa easy there Private. We don't know what this crate could possibly hold. It could hold anything, like a seal, or a killer whale, or a polar bear. We have to be on guard." Skipper held his wing in front of Private. The crate had a knocking sound coming from the inside. All four of them snapped to a defensive position. Private looked a little nervous. Skipper looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Understand my method?"
"I see, Skipper." He said, tilting his head.
"Actually skipper compared to all three of those mammals, I doubt any of those animals could even fit in a crate three times as big as this one, which I calculate could reduce our concern for safety by twenty-five percent." Kowalski tried to correct him with certainty in his stance.
"Can't you see that there is no such thing as a safe mystery."
"Well I know how we can find out." Juliane held Mort out in his hand.
"I like surprises" Mort sighed.
"Well I do not. So tell me what is in the box." He smushed Mort's face up to the box. Mort looked into the holes of the box.
"Ooh it has eyes."
"Eyes? Like a potato? It is a potato!" Julian cheered, ridiculously. Skipper raised an eyebrow. "What? Alice said it was a spud."
Skipper rolled his eyes, and locked his gaze on the box, keeping his wings up constantly just in case. He sneaked up towards the box. When he was within an inch of the box, he waved for them to go ahead, and approach it.
"Rico, crowbar me." Skipper said holding out his hand. Rico gagged a crowbar out into Skippers hand. He dug the crowbar into the side of the creaky box, and in one grunt, he opened the box up, to see what the box could hold. It was something nobody would have guessed. It was something alive. A penguin! A girl penguin! She was cowering in the corner. None of them went in at first.
"She looks a little frightened. Maybe I can clear things up a little with her." Marlene insisted to the penguins. They looked at each other for a decision, and waved their permission. She took a cautious step inside. The little penguin girl was watching the otters every move. "Umm hello. Welcome to the central park zoo. My name's Marlene. What's yours?"
The little penguin finally uncovered her face, and spoke. "Umm Patricia. Who was that mean person holding me? Will she be back?"
"That's Alice. I know she seems a little grumpy at times, but you just get used to her. She only comes in once in a while. Other than that, nobody will pick you up."
"Promise?" The little penguin held her wing out.
"I promise." Marlene shook the wing, and led her out of the box. That's when Julian picked her up, ignoring Marlene's promise of nobody picking her up.
"Look everybody! Look at the brand new potato." Julian held her up, showing everybody how clueless he was. He licked her cheek sickeningly. Marlene pulled Patricia out of Julian's grasp. "Yick that is one rotten potato."
"She is not a potato! She is a penguin."
Marlene put her down carefully, and tried to wipe off Julian's saliva from her cheek. She had the same blue colored eyes that the four other penguins had. She was shorter than private, making her the shortest penguin there. Her smile was dazzling. Marlene eventually got it off.
"Sorry about that. You have to excuse King Julian. He's an idiot." She shook her head.
"Hey that is royal idiot to you." He poked Marlene in the chest.
"That's okay. I had lemurs at my old zoo. They just have a lot of energy." She blinked her beautiful eyelashes at the lemurs. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Patricia."
"Hello potato. My name is King Julian. I'm the king of the lemurs." Patricia smirked.
"Charmed."
"Hello Ms. potato. My name is Mort. I'm one of the king's friends." he held his arms out for a hug. Patricia suddenly looked at the cute tiny lemur with a tight smile.
"Why look at you. Aren't you so adorable." She stroked Mort's chin. Mort blushed at the admiring gesture. She must have apparently liked Mort. Mort apparently also liked Patricia back. She turned away to look at the last lemur. "Hello, there."
"Name's Maurice. King's assistant."
"How do you do?"
She turned away from the three lemurs to the four penguins, who all had different expressions on their faces. She walked up to them, to shake wings. They all lined up to shake in an orderly manner. Private was the beginner on the left, then Skipper, followed by Rico and Kowalski. She shook with them warmly.
"Private." He smiled bubbly.
"Nice to meet you." She smiled.
"Skipper, head penguin."
"Nice to meet you."
"Rico" He said in husky jagged voice.
"Nice to meet you."
Next she walked up to Kowalski, who had a faint blush spreading across his cheeks. He'd never met a girl penguin before. She held her wing out, waiting for a handshake.
"Uh . . .umm . . . my name?" for an instant he'd actually forgotten what his name actually was. The only thing he remembered was it started with a K. Patricia nodded quietly with a smile. He smiled back at a loss for words.
'AHH! SAY SOMETHING YOU IMBECILE.! SHE'S LOOKING STRAIGHT AT YOU!' was the only thing rushing through his head.
"This is our genius, Kowalski. We're an elite force of penguins ready for any case thrown our way. Just us four. If you'd like, we could make you an agent. It's better than being stuck with the lemurs trust me." Skipper was quick to be friends. Rico hacked up a pen and some big group of papers that had a big red stamp on them that said CONFIDENTIAL. She held up her hand, in a respectable manner.
"No thank you. I don't think I'm cut out for that type of thing. I hope that doesn't mean that I'm not allowed in your habitat." she looked a little worried.
Skipper smiled."Of course it does. We'll have to kick you out of this place immediately. Quite possibly throw you into the polar bear exhibit." Kowalski was in a state of pure shock, and gasped.
"NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T!"
"Calm down Kowalski! It was just a joke! I wouldn't do that to a sweet young penguin like her."
"Oh, so does that mean that I can stay with you guys?" She smiled.
"Well I doubt that you could tell anybody about our plans, so of course you can stay." She was utterly grateful.
She gasped and hugged the four with a smile on her face. She reached into her crate, and grabbed a pillow, an even smaller box, and a beige blanket. Kowalski watched her go into their habitat. Marlene and the lemurs watched Kowalski with a confused expression. The penguins followed her inside. She looked around at it with a small smile.
"Wow this place is nice, and tidy." She glanced at the concrete structure with surprise. The ceiling was especially high, which she thought was cool. She took the box, and opened it up. Inside was a tiny circular hammock like bed. It was soft looking, and very sturdy. She found a hook, but couldn't reach. She asked if the others could reach. They agreed to it, and stood on each others shoulders. Kowalski was on the bottom followed by Rico. Skipper was holding private up so that he could loop the string. Eventually they got it hung, and Patricia put in the pillow, and blanket.
"Thanks boys." She smiled.
"Don't mention it." Private replied.
"Well, I don't want to get in the way of you guys, so I'm gunna look around the zoo." She climbed out of the interior, and then the three penguins looked at Kowalski like he had two heads.
Don't kill me. I just wanted to write a Penguins of Madagascar story. It's my first one considering how lame it is. If you hate it, I don't blame you. And for the record if anyone wants to see someone who doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, their name is Skipperbro1536. They have copied and Pasted the first chapter of my story, and have taken a few words out from it, to make it look like their own. I have reported them, though the people on Fan fiction still haven't taken the story down. I don't know what to do. If anyone thinks that what this person has done is wrong, then write him an e-mail, insisting that he take the chapter off his profile, or at least re write it, so it has none of my personal material. If you choose not to that is fine, but I believe it is wrong to steal, and not even tell the person that they copied or pasted. Thank you.