A/N; Hey guys! So, I can't take credit for this. The story actually belongs to Spotlight92, but they discarded it, so I was given permission to adopt it. Plus, I'm redoing what I've already done, just cuz it's kinda a mess, so enjoy!

Disclaimer; I don't own PoM. Tom McGrath does. If I did, there wouldn't be a hiatus at the moment!

"Can he... You know, go back to his habitat?" Alice asked as she simply stared at the flat-headed penguin the vet was holding. The thing looked sick, and she flinched away when it coughed.

"No no no, I don't think this little guy can go back with the others. He might infect them too!" The vet laid the penguin in a matted cage and patted his head before locking it. "You're going to have to take him home instead."

"ME?!" Alice yelled in disbelief. "What about me? What if he infects ME?" She pointed at herself over dramatically like a prim Donna. "And why can't you take him? You're the doctor anyway!"

"You know my wife doesn't like me bringing work home." The vet retorted. "I even have to take a shower before I go home! And he won't be able to infect you. He's got a bird sickness, not a human sickness," The vet gave a fairly large red bag to the zookeeper.

"What's in here?"

"Just his medicine and 3 bowls of mashed tuna fish. Put 2 pills in the bowl before giving it to him. Make sure he eats at least 2 bowls with the medicine in it. He should be non-contagious by tomorrow." The vet took off his lab coat and threw on a long brown one.

"What if he doesn't eat the food?" The vet looked at Alice, a bit annoyed at all her questions. And she had an attitude to boot.

"Mash up the pills and put it in some water," The vet said, irritation obvious in his voice, as put on his hat and walked towards the exit. "Please take care of the little guy, Alice," The vet walked out, leaving her alone with the penguin.

Alice sighed. "I'll try," she murmured to herself with her arms folded. She hated the penguins. They were sneaky and she knew they were after her somehow. She eyed the cage warily before picking it up. The penguin inside's eyes immediately shot open from the sudden jolt and looked at her. His eyes went wide and he tried to sit up, but his head obviously hurt when he tried.

"Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you," She paused for dramatic effect. "Yet." The flat-headed penguin stared at her for a minute before he started squawking. She knew he was trying to call for help.

"Hey! You might as well stop. Your habitat is being quarantined since you probably infected the place with your germs" The penguin inside the cage looked at her in a 'what are you trying to say?' sort of way.

"I'm trying to say that your friends are on lock down," Alice smiled slyly at the sick creature that had wide eyes before picking up the cage and leaving the office.

As Skipper swayed slowly to the movement of the cage, he stared long and hard at Alice. He didn't know why she was taking him away in a cage, but he wanted out. Fast.

"Hey! Alice! Let me go!" He knew she couldn't understand him, but it was worth a shot, he guessed. Alice turned and stared at the cage angrily.

"Listen up, penguin, you better be quiet. I don't want to do this. It's my job! I'm not going to let you out, and that's final!" Alice scowled at him one more time before turning her attention back to walking. Skipper coughed and put a flipper on his head. He was about to lie back down in the surprisingly comfy cage when he saw the HQ wrapped in a big plastic bubble. The air pumped in and out with air filters.

"MEN! MEN! WE'VE BEEN COMPROMI-" Skipper launched into a coughing fit and finished to find that Alice was staring angrily at him again.

"Your friends are fine! Look, they're not dead or anything," Skipper looked closer and saw his team staring sadly in his direction. He saluted them and they saluted him back, before Kowalski started crying. Skipper half smiled and looked away from the habitat and looked Alice straight in the eye. "Now... Are you gonna be quiet?" Skipper nodded slowly. "Good," Alice started walking again, peeking back at Skipper from time to time as she did. Skipper lay on his side and closed his eyes as he sighed. He hated how fatigued he felt. If it was up to him, he'd be out of that cage by then. But his body was listening to the flu, not him. So he compromised by going asleep instead. He thought it was better than messing with Alice in his current state.

Alice sighed as she sat behind the wheel of her car, Skipper in the cage in the front passenger seat. She was stuck behind traffic.

She didn't even want the stupid bird in her home in the first place! She would rather relax in her home with something to drink, not be a nurse for this stupid sick penguin! However, because the stupid vet couldn't even do his stupid job because of his stupid wife, she had to take him to her home and do the vet's job for him. She just had terrible luck.

She didn't get it. She truly didn't! Was all the responsibility at the zoo hers? Why couldn't they get someone else to do this stupid job? She had enough on her plate as it was. It was all piling up, and soon, she knew that her world would come crashing down around her.

She just never realized how soon.

Gently going through traffic, she looked to her right and found that there had been an accident. Like always. Not really paying attention, she didn't worry too much as to what had happened or who was involved.

She was too busy thinking about going home to her boyfriend and what he'd say about the penguin. She just hoped he didn't react too badly.

Yes, it was true. She had started dating again, and had found the most amazing guy for her. He was a doctor too! He had moved in with her a couple months ago, and they were happy! She thought that feminine luck had been on her side.

As she pulled into her driveway, she saw a man in a suit looking at the house. She glared at the man. She wanted to know what exactly it was he wanted. As soon as she turned off the car, she stepped out of the car (Leaving the car door open) and demanded, "What do you think you're doing here? You don't have any right to-"

"Alice Mary Scheer?" the man interupted her rant with his question.

That got her. "How do you know my name?" A million thoughts raced through her head. None of them seemed logical enough to be true.

"I'm sorry to have to be the one telling you this, but..."

Skipper groaned as his eyes fluttered open. He couldn't remember what had happened. Not until he sneezed.

'Right.' Skipper thought. 'Alice took me somewhere.'

"This can't be!" He heard Alice screach out.

'And speaking of the devil.' Skipper thought, gently sitting up and peaking through the open door and seeing Alice with a man in black.

"I'm afraid so." The man said. "I need you to come with me."

"I can't!" Alice said. She had an excuse too. "I have a sick animal to tack care of! I can't leave him!" Was she ever glad for the penguin now.

The man sighed. "Fine, but call us when you can come." He handed her a card and left.

As soon as the man was out of sight, Alice banged her head against the car and shead some tears. Her terrible luck caused this whole day.

Her boyfriend died in that car crash she bypassed

A/N; So, whadda think? I'm in the middle of fixing up the other chapters too! Here's to hoping they'll be better!

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