Club Penguin: EPF: Outdone

Chapter 1

So yeah, this is my new story. Don't expect the title to stay that way for long…because I really couldn't think of a good title and that's the best I could come up with. I apologize for the story being just a few hours, I guess, late. The title was my major problem, but I had help from someone that knows who they are…

So enjoy this story…I'm needy.

What started out as the average day on the island for many was…the normal day for agent Rico1206 (Rico), leader of Squad No. 1 (Top Squad) in the Elite Penguin Force. It had only been 5 days since he had been broken up with the love of his life, Dot, one of the agents in the squad. It had also been 6 days since he 'died' and was brought back to life by Dr. Fishgerald. It had been several days since Rico killed the Killer and the events of The Killer Trilogy had ended. It was over, done with and was hopefully never to be brought up again.

It was 6am. Normally, Rico wouldn't be up until 10, but he had the same nightmare as he had been having for three days straight. It wasn't about him not returning to the EPF; it was about Barista, Pizza Chef, Frost, Gary – all the agents that died (whether they were good or bad). But that was off his mind now.

Rico had all the furniture he used to have in his igloo replaced. After it had exploded, everything was damaged and the EPF insurance company replaced it all with new ones. He had all of the same furniture, which was good.

He waddled over to his fridge, expecting to find tons of food. He groaned as he opened the door.

"Where the heck did all the food go?" Rico asked. Then he remembered the last 5 days. He had eaten all of it because he had been starving. But yet – he was still as skinny as a guy named Bob.

He was going to resort to eating Puffle O's for about the third or fourth time. He didn't have any puffles as they ran away in the explosion so they wouldn't mind. But he remembered from the past few times he did that. They always ended with the hose in his mouth. He didn't want to try that.

He thought about going to get some coffee from the Coffee Shop but it was closed until further notice as they were in dire need of someone new since the death of Barista.

"And since Rock's igloo store is closed," Rico said. "Where do I get food?"

He thought about it suddenly got full. He didn't need food. He went several days without it and one day wouldn't kill him. Well, actually, a day could kill him but today wasn't that day. He grabbed his spy gadget out of his pocket and looked at the messages left from the other agents of his squad.

There was one from Rookie telling everyone in the squad he had no idea how to text and that he needed help. Rico gave the text a stupid look and then continued to scroll through. The only one that caught his attention was from the Director. It read:

"If you all could get down here, I have a case ready for you that we need to look into…"

Rico didn't have anything better to do, so he headed for the phoning facility and down to the Command Room.

About five minutes later, at the Command Room.

Rico waddled down the crowded halls of the Command Room.

"Geez, penguins, scoot the hell over." Rico murmured as the novice agents blocked his path. He headed for his squad's office but there was a note on it redirecting him back to the Director's office. Okay then…Rico thought. I guess they're waiting for me. He waddled to the Director's office and knocked before entering.

"Come in," the Director said.

Rico waddled through and was greeted by his squad.

"I'm here, sorry that I'm rather later, I was busy doing…nothing…" Rico stopped short. "Yeah, nothing…"

"Alright, well, the Director has been informing us that we have a new case to work on," Rookie informed. "And besides that, I need to figure out how to text."

Rico, still confused at Rookie's inability, and ability, to text, sat down. "Alright, Director, what're we going to solve next?"

"There have been numerous reports of 'stolen items' from around the island. We've easily gathered a list of top suspects and I'm sure you'll have no problem figuring out the criminal…" the Director informed.

Rico knew instantly who the top suspects would be. "Who are they?" he asked.

"Henry, the island's top thief, is at the top. After him is Herbert, which you've all been in the front seat of all of his work and then we have a particularly new thief who is on the rise, 'Chill' is their name…"

Rico's eyes lit up. "Chill….as in… Wind Chill?"

"Yes, why?" the Director asked.

Rico looked at the others. They instantly knew what he was thinking.

"Uh, well, uh, can I talk to the others…privately in our office for a second?" Rico squeaked out.

"Uh, sure…" the Director said. "There will be no need to come back here; I will just use the screen in there to communicate like I am now…"

"Got'cha…" Rico said. The Director went off-screen as Rico and the others headed for the door.

"Am I the only one who is lost here?" Rookie asked as he followed the others.

"You don't know who Chill is?" Jet Pack Guy asked.

"I know the name but I can't remember much about her," Rookie said.

Rico grabbed the key out of his pocket and unlocked the door to their office. He opened it and the four agents entered.

Dot was the last to enter so she shut the door behind her and locked it.

"Chill…" Rico said.

"Chill, isn't she the one that…"

"Yes, yes, she is the one who once worked with us and was a fraud," Rico said.

"Yes, but why are you so worried?" Dot asked.

"Chill…Chill isn't just a fraud…" Rico gulped. "She's…she's…"

"She's what?" Jet Pack Guy asked.

"She's also my…sister's…best…friend…" Rico admitted.

The others were in shock.

"Boss, since when did you have a sister?!" Jet Pack Guy asked, trying to recover from the shock they went through.

"Wow," Dot said. "That's…"

"WHAT'S HER NAME?! IS SHE HOT?!" Rookie interrupted, excitedly.

The others stared at him in shock. There was an awkward silence.

"I uh…I mean um…what – what is her…uh…" he slid into a chair trying to become unnoticed.

"Anyhow…" Rico said trying to break the silence. "She's been my sister since forever. I never told you about this because,"

"Great, now she can help us," Rookie was the first to say. It was evident that he had affection towards her.

"Her name is Toasty," Rico interrupted. "She's Chill's best friends. She's not like me, that's for sure. But here's the sad thing – she's my…" He struggled to get the word out. "My twwwwwwoooo…" He couldn't say the word.

"Twoooo?" Rookie said, going along.

"Rookie, shut up." Jet Pack Guy said.

"Twwwwooooiinnnnnnnnneeeeee. Twine." Rico said.

"Twine? May I ask, what's a twine?" Dot replied.

"Like, the world's biggest ball of twine?" Rookie asked.

Rico gave him a look that told him to shut up.

"Guys, I think what he is trying to tell us here is that his sister is not just his sister but his…twinnnn…" Jet Pack Guy said, putting emphasis on the word 'twin'.

"Don't….ever…say that…again…" Rico said. "She isn't like me in any way! She's always surrounded by penguins. She's popular. She works for the EPF…"

"Great, she'll be fine helping us get information on Chill!" Rookie said.

"Rookie, what is it with you and Toasty?!" Rico asked.

"Nothing, but I think –"

"What I think Rookie is trying to say here is," JPG said, trying to defend him. "We could use Toasty for…help. She could help us get information on Chill and stuff."

Rico looked fine on the outside. But on the inside, he was all "SLIPPINTAXIGRAPEVINEURGHNO."

"I…I think we can…" Rico said. "I think we can handle this…?!" Rico said, trailing off.

"Chief, she could help us a lot. We'd be able to set up a trap to catch her and everything…" Dot said.

"But…" Rico said, reluctantly. "Hey – there's two other suspects…Herbert and Henry…let's maybe…do some work on them. Y'know, because Henry is good at this…"

"Boss, I see what you mean, but it doesn't hurt to have a little bit of help…" JPG said.

"I just…" Rico said. He didn't want to admit the real reason as to why he didn't want her to join. But without a good reason, he had to accept. "Fine, y'know what, whatever…yes…"

"YEAAAASSSHHHH…!" Rookie was the loudest and only one to cheer.

"Rookie, calm down," JPG rolled his eyes under his glasses.

"Well, I guess we should just settle this with the Director…" Jet Pack Guy said, pushing his sunglasses onto his face.

Suddenly, a text came through from the Director on their phones. It read:

"Whoever this thief is…they just got away with the equipment to talk to you all…"

"Great," Jet Pack Guy said. "Now what…?"

"Wait, guys – the thief may be here still…" Dot headed for the door.

"Are you crazy, Dot?" Rookie asked.

"No, she's not crazy, but I don't think we're going to catch the thief right this second, they could be anywhere in here…" Rico said.

"Then what now?" JPG said.

"Here's what is next," Rookie said as he pressed the 'send' button on his gadget. He held it up. There was a text on the screen to Toasty.

"Wait, how did you get her num…" Rico's common sense kicked in and he felt his pocket. "ROOKIE GIMME MY PHONE BACK…!"

"Sorry…" Rookie handed Rico's phone back to Rico.

"Crap you, we were going to wait to get Toasty…!" Rico said looking at the text. He gulped.

"Why? Don't we need her now?" Rookie asked.

Rico facepalmed. "Urgh," he said. "Just…" He put his phone in his pocket.

"Well, now what?" Dot asked.

"I have no idea," he said as he slouched back in his chair.

"Let's go eat," JPG said.

"Wait, we have to stay here and wait for…"

"Rookie, cool it. We know you're in love with her but," Rico rolled his eyes. "Whatever,"

"Alright, so what's next?" JPG asked.

"Let's just wait…" Rico said as he got a text from Toasty. It read:

"You're alive…I'll be there soon…"

Rico read the text and Rookie suddenly got excited.

"Alright, let's just chill here…" Dot said.

And they did. For the next hour, they stayed there. They used their laptops, used the office TV, texted, did random things and such. Two hours later they were ready to give up.

"Where is she?" Rookie asked.

"This is the kind of thing she always does," Rico rolled his eyes. "She's always late to meetings and such,"

"Will she ever get here?!" Dot asked.

"Probably not," Rico said. "It's only nine in the morning. I was surprised to learn she was up at 7. She's never up at that time,"

"Well," Jet Pack Guy got out of his chair. "I'm leaving…"

"So am I," Rico said.

"But guys," Rookie said.

"Rookie, look, she's never gonna –"

Suddenly, a knock at the door interrupted Dot. Rico looked at the others. They were silently volunteering him to open the door since; after all, it was his sister. He didn't want to but he ended up doing so. He waddled over to the door and opened it. On the other side was none other than Toasty…Rico's sister.

So that ends chapter one. I bet ch'all never knew I had a sister, and if you did, I'm not even sure you knew I would ever put her in my stories. Well, I did, just to make things interesting. So yeah. Chapter 2 will be here soon.