Everyone stood in front of the mysterious crate that appeared in the lemur's exibit. Alice had opened it and left a few hours ago, but nothing had come out.

"Hello~!" Julien shouted, stupidly sticking his head inside. The next thing he and the others knew, Julien went flying into a tree.

Skipper snickered. "Who's ever in there, I like him already!"

"Maybe he's just shy," Private suggested.

"Good thinking, Private," Skipper praised as Private blushed slightly, "Kowlaski; Opions!"

Kowalski pulled out his trusty notebook and started to scribble some stuff down. " We can A; send someone to go in there or B; try to talk to this lemur."

Skipper crossed his flippers and smirked. "Okay. Rico, go 'talk' to the new guy!"

"Ah-hu!" Rico grunted, entering the crate.

The crate moved like there was a struggle. Then came a voice none of them had expected, "Eep! Lemme go! LEMME GO!!"

"Skippa...Why does that guy's voice sound...feminine?" Private asked.

His question was answered when Rico came out with a struggling female lemur in his arms. She had a rich brown fur color with black marks on her cheeks, the tip of her ears, her tighs, and her feet(not including her ringed tail) and she had a creamy white chest and belly. A red broken heart necklace dangled from her neck. The girl sung her elbow and hit Rico in the gut, making the mute penguin release her. She backed away, panic filled her eyes.

"W-Who are you guys? Where am I? What do you want with me!?" she shouted. Her eyes darted from one of them to the other. Finally, her eyes landed on Kowalski and she instently relaxed, but was still alarmed.

"We're not going to harm you," Kowalski told her, "You're at Central Park Zoo."

The lemur blinked. "What's a zoo? It sounds like someone snoring..."

"A zoo is a place where the people come to see animals, mainly because they have nothing better to do," Kowalski answered.

She tilted her head. "People?"

Skipper slapped his forehead. "The giant fur-less animals with hair on their heads."

The female lemur turned and observed the people and then let out a "Ooooh!" She turned to the others. "Scott calls 'the people' soulless monsters. So that's what they are really called? People?"

Skipper rolled his eyes and nodded. He glanced at her again. Something seems...awefully familar about this lemur gal...

"So, what's your name?" Private asked the lemur.

She turned, her dark blue eyes popping out form the yellow. Kowalksi blushed when he noticed this and he turned away.

"I'm Runenaki Mariea Catriena Unuki," she announced proudly, but as though she was only talking to the tallest penguin, "But you all can call me Rune!"

"Well, I'm Skipper," the leader said, examining 'Rune'. Yes...something is very, very

familar about her... Skipper continued, "And these are my men, Private, Rico, and Kowalski."

"Kowalski...," Rune repeated, her blue eyes sparkling.

Kowalski felt heated under his feathers, but ignored it.

"I'm Marlene," the otter said in a friendly voice.

"I'm Maurice, this is Mort and-"

"And I am the royal King Julien!" snapped the tallest lemur, "You kicked me in my money maker!"

"Well, you scared me," Rune snapped back, obviously getting over her fear. She snorted and crossed her arms. "But... I suppose I should apologize anyways.... Sorry... and sorry to you too, Rico. No hard feelings? Are you okay?"

Rico smiled slightly and nodded. "Ah-hu!"

"He's a penguin of few words," Kowalski spoke up again.

Rune nodded, showing her understanding and she began to wonder off, looking at the strange surroundings. She muttered something. To Skipper it sounded like she said; "...Doesn't look much like Russia..."

Skipper felt a jolt shot through him. He shook himself of this and stood straight up. " You mush be pretty strong to kick Ringtail across the exhibit," he pointed out finally, giving Rune a hard stare.

"Yeah, yeah. It's not big deal. I know a few moves," she muttered, examining every single thing around her, "When your mother is killed and you get thrown into military training, you tend to pick up a few useful moves."

Military?! Skipper thought.

"Aww! You poor thing!" Marlene said.

Rune's ears perked and she turned around. "Opps! Did i blurt out something of my life?"

They nodded.

Rune place her hand in front of her mouth and giggled a bit. "Sorry, sorry! Sometimes, when i space out, i blurt out things. In all honestly, I have no idea about my past. My memory was totally wiped out some time ago."

"Well, let's see some of these moves you have," Skipper urged.

Rune nodded and showed them. She did a back-flip, front-flip, side kick and many other moves.

Everyone's jaw dropped.

"How'd you like to join my team?" Skipper asked.

"Really!? That'll be great!" she shouted, eyes wide. Her true reason, though, for wanting to join was to be closer to Kowalski...She had been bitten and bitten hard by the love bug!

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A/N: Well? How ya like it so far? After this, most of the story shall be told in the other characters point of veiw, starting with Rune's POV first, of course. Remember to review! ;P