Don't Be Such a Baby: Chapter 1
Sweet innocent Naïve Private…
Kind of what Private's nickname was in Skipper's eyes. Private was always looked at like he was so young. He had completed the whole Graveyard Eight thing. He had enjoyed the whole song and everything, but the best part was getting his promotion. Although nothing changed after that day… Skipper still treated him the same. Private looked to his side and saw Skipper enjoying his coffee, Rico was with his doll, and Kowalski… where was Kowalski? He must still be in his lab. Private got up and walked towards the door of Kowalski's lab. "Where are you going Private?" What am I his DAUGHTER? Private thought annoyed. "I'm just going to see Kowalski" Skipper nodded absent minded. If you don't care so much, then why do you bother asking? Private sighed, and opened the door of the lab. "Oh, hi Private." Kowalski was sitting at his lab table. "Um, Kowalski… why is there a piece of cheese on your table?" Private said eyeing the piece of cheese on the table. Kowalski smiled, "you see these little pellets?" Private sat at the table too and saw small brown pellet type objects on the table too. "One of them is inside the cheese. And this little guy." Kowalski raised up a mouse, is going to eat it." Private looked at the mouse suspiciously, "I got nothing else to do" The mouse said. Private nodded slowly, "what will it do?" Kowalski paused, "not sure…" The mouse took the piece of cheese and put it in its mouth. Nothing happened. "Depending on the body size it will take a different amount of time to take effect. The mouse is small so it shouldn't take long." The mouse shook its head. "It tastes really weird…" Private widened his eyes, "did it just get younger?" The mouse looked a bit younger… then it got younger, and younger… Private giggled, "it turns things into babies!" Kowalski picked up the little mouse. "WAAAAA!" Kowalski gave him another piece of cheese. The little creature didn't even have teeth so it just sucked on the cheese. Kowalski took it, and put it in a glass cage. Private squinted into the cage, "is that Jiggles?" Kowalski laughed nervously "uh… hehe… I can explain that…" Private smiled. "No need…" He paced a bit. "Is it… reversible?" Kowalski shook his head, "probably not. But now that I know what it does I should be able to make a cure really soon" Private smiled, "I'll… see you later Kowalski…" Private dashed out. Kowalski put his flippers on his hips and knelt down beside the cage. "You think he's hiding something guys?" Jiggles made a gurgling sound and the baby mouse giggled. "I don't understand that kid either…" Kowalski said smiling.
Private came out of Kowalski's lab, and turned on the TV. "How'd it go Private?" Skipper asked. Private smiled, "It went great! Kowalski's working on a new invention, it's nearly done. He said to keep it a secret for now, but I think it will help us a lot." Skipper smiled, and looked back at the newspaper. Private smiled. It's sure to help everyone. I believe it will help Skipper mostly to be exactly. Private smiled to himself, once he understands how it feels to be… Naïve… and INNOCENT… he'll understand how I feel every day…