Club Penguin: EPF: Outdone
Chapter 2:
In the previous chapter, the mystery unfolded where Rico and the squad discovered a new case involving theft. The three main suspects were easily Herbert, Henry and a newer penguin named Chill. Knowing who Chill was, Rico had explained to his team more about her and how she was friends with his…sister… *dun dun dun*. Rookie, totally in love, was the first to bring up the idea to have her join the squad for the case. Rico reluctantly accepted after a short while and she showed up several hours later…
Rookie fell over in his chair as the others just stared. Rico turned to the others, gave them a look and ran out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Inside, they all went up against the door wondering what the heck was going on.
"You finally managed to show up," Rico said, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah," Toasty said, rolling her eyes. This was typical – not just the eyeroll (which Toasty did way too often *especially when she knew she was wrong but didn't want to admit it!* but also the fact that when one did one thing, the other would do the same thing (unintentionally).)
"What the hell took you so long?" Rico questioned.
"Hey, does that seem like any of your business?" she asked.
"Look, before I officially hire you onto this case, first thing first is that I'm in charge and what I say goes! You're not here to outdo me like you always do,"
"Hey, chill the hell out," Toasty said. "I don't purposely try to outdo you!"
"Yes you do," Rico rolled his eyes.
"Whatever," Toasty rolled her eyes back.
"Stop that," Rico looked at her and was insinuating to stop rolling her eyes.
"Stop what?" she asked.
"Just…stop…breathing…" he said hesitating for some random word.
She slapped him in the face.
"Ay…" Rico said, slapping her in the shoulder.
This went on for several minutes before he eventually told her to cut it out.
"Alright, let's go," Toasty said. "It's time to put my senses to the test…"
"Oh great, you're going to fraud us, too!" Rico groaned.
"Whatever," Toasty said.
"Just don't be stupid like you always are," Rico rolled his eyes.
"Okay, whatever," she rolled her eyes back.
"Okay, stop that," Rico said.
"What?! What am I doing that is so bad that you…"
"Just…suck it," Rico said.
"You suck it, Rico,"
"Whatever, let's just…" Rico opened the door and the three agents inside fell to the floor.
"Ow, commander, couldn't you give us a forewarning?" asked Rookie, rubbing his elbow.
"What…?" Rico asked. "You guys were…?"
"What Rookie was trying to say was," JPG scanning the wall next to the door for something random. "W-why do you have…pins…on the corkboard that we can hurt ourselves with…?"
Rico rolled his eyes as well as, you guessed it, Toasty.
"Alright, let's get crackin' on this case," Rico said.
They all gathered around the table and sat down.
"Shouldn't we, perhaps, introduce ourselves?" JPG asked.
"Oh yes, well, I'll start," Rookie said, blushing. "I'm Rookie, the rookie agent as well as communication lead and uh yeah,"
"Oh yeah, I've heard about you before," Toasty said. She leaned towards Rico. "I think he likes me…" she whispered. Rico nodded.
"I'm Jet Pack Guy, hence the jet pack, I'm the tactical lead and I'm hardworking," JPG introduced.
"He's a bit too dull," Toasty whispered to Rico.
"I'm Dot, I'm the stealth lead and the disguise gal of the squad and I'm sure we'll develop a friendship…" Dot smiled.
"I like her," Toasty whispered.
"Stop whispering," Rookie came up and starting whispering.
"Alright, well, I'm Toasty, and as you should know," Toasty said putting emphasis on 'should'. "I am Rico's sister that you had no idea about because he thinks I'm annoying, stupid and stuff and doesn't want to be around me. And, I have a gifted ability…"
"It's called, 'being a jack-wagon," Rico murmured and smirked.
"No, it's called 'psychic'." She said.
Rookie's eyes lit up.
"PSYCHIC?! YOU CAN TOTALLY TELL US WHO THE THIEF IS, RIGHT?!"
"No, it doesn't work how you think it does," Toasty said. "I need a good feel of the case and what's going on,"
"Ah, that's it," Rico said, rolling his eyes.
"Whatever," Toasty rolled her eyes back.
"Why do you guys always roll your eyes consecutively?" asked Dot.
"It's a brother and a sister kind of thing," Rico said, quoting a song.
"Yeah, well, I hate it," JPG said. "It's weird,"
"Are you just sad that you don't have a sister?" Rookie said, defending the duo.
"No…" JPG said.
"Yeah right," Rookie smirked.
"Alright, so the suspects are Herbert, Henry and Chill…?" Toasty asked. "Huh…Chill, eh?"
"You're not mad?" JPG asked.
"What…?" Toasty asked. "Why would I be mad?"
"Because Chill is your friend…?" Dot asked.
"Oh no, she's just like this," Toasty said.
"Alright, well, we have suspicion that she could be the leader, so we need you to get to her," Rookie said.
"What about Herbert? Or that…hot…looking…I mean, weird guy Henry?" Toasty asked.
Rico made a weird face at her and then turned to the evidence. "After seeing what kind of stuff Henry does, it doesn't show to be him and there weren't any paw prints left at the crime scene,"
"Hmm, well, I'll get to her," Toasty paused. "Anything else you need me to do?"
"Wait, you're leaving? This quick? Don't we need to stick together; don't you need to use your psychic powers?" Rookie asked.
Toasty looked at Rico and he gave her a look that meant, 'stick around, my friend'. "Alright, yes, I do," she said.
"Great," JPG said. "Now where do we go from here?"
"Well, perhaps we form a plan…?" asked Rookie.
"Sure, let's get planning…" Rico said.
Still no cliffhangers, but that's the end of the chapter. When we get into the story more, there'll be some cliffhangers. Promise. But we're still at the humdrum now. :P