Hi everyone! Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed yourselves while I was gone. Here's Chapter two of Herbert for President. But first, I would like to answer a few reviews:
Guest: luhp, huh? Sounds very interesting. Id love to hear the story someday. :)
Violetpiano: Well, wait no more! The chapter is right here and up! Enjoy :)
Jessie9095: Yes, there is an intruder in the building. Rookie! ;)
Princess Kokoro: Lol, the title is kind of funny though. I'll upload the book cover soon and it's pretty funny. :)
Now to recap! So we find out last time that the Club Penguin elections are coming up for the CP president. Lake Blue and her friends are taking the midnight shift to watch the EPF. When they heard a loud crash, they go outside to find Rookie on the ground while struggling to get the curtain off him. We needed off when Lake Blue suspected an intruder in the EPF.
"Why do you think that?" Mewcat asked, remaining calm.
"We heard a crash, remember?" Lake Blue reminded them. The two nodded back in response. "Well, when we came out, Rookie was on the floor with the curtain on top of him." She continued.
"And your point is?" Mewcat questioned.
"The curtain wouldn't create such a loud crash noise. So someone else must have broken into the building." Lake Blue finished.
"Herbert..." Jessie and Mewcat muttered in unison.
"Quick, he still might be here. Jessie, go search downstairs in the gadget room. Mewcat, search upstairs and the rooftops. I will search this floor. Keep your phones on hand, in case we need to contact each other." Lake Blue instructed. Jessie and Mewcat nodded and went their ways.
Lake Blue looked through every office in the EPF. Nothing suspicious. She then went to check the defence systems. One of the lights was flashing red, indicating that one of the defence mechanisms was disabled. The alarm.
"Lake Blue!" Mewcat called her as she waddled downstairs. "Look what I found. Watch this." She handed her a security tape. It showed a figure crashing through the wall of the gadget lab.
"Lake Blue! Mewcat!" Jessie called from downstairs, interrupting the footage. They immediately hurried downstairs to Jessie. She was standing at the entrance of the gadget room, pointing to something inside.
"Over there." She pointed.
Lake Blue looked to where she pointed. The voting machines for the election were gone!
"But Election Day is only four days away!" Lake Blue exclaimed worriedly.
The next morning, Lake Blue arrived at the EPF earlier than usual. Jessie and Mewcat arrived shortly after.
"Director!" Lake Blue called to the figure on the screen.
"What's the matter? Is there something wrong? You're here very early., the director asked.
"The machines are gone!" Jessie told her.
"What machines? Which ones?" The Director asked, concerned.
"GAAAAARYYYYYY!" A loud voice echoed across the room, interrupting the conversation.
"Rookie, no need to scream. What's the problem?" Gary told the green, out-of-breath penguin.
"There's...a hole...in...the gadget...room." Rookie huffed. "And the...vote machines... disappeared."
"What?!" The Director exclaimed. "Election Day is less than a week away!"
"What do we do?" Gary asked.
"Send some agents to go look for it. Ask some penguins if they saw anyone." The Director ordered.
"We'll do it!" Mewcat piped in. We were there during the robbery, so we can do it!"
"Okay, go ahead. Be resourceful, Be remarkable, and Be ready." The Director agreed.
"Let's go!" Lake Blue motioned to the door and took off with Jessie and Mewcat close behind.
"So this is what we can do. We can ask some citizens for any information they have, then meet up and exchange." Lake Blue suggested.
"Okay, I think we can cover more penguins if we all ask in the same area." Jessie added.
"Let's try the Ski Village first. They might have the most information." Mewcat finished and started asking citizens.
After about ten minutes, they regrouped.
"Any information?" Lake Blue asked the other two.
"Not really. It was kind of late at night. It was too dark to see as well." Jessie reported.
"Same here." Mewcat confirmed.
"So none of us got any information?" Lake Blue questioned.
"I don't think so. Most penguins don't go out that late. I don't think anyone else would have that much information." Mewcat analysed.
"I think we should tell Gary to try and figure out another way to get the vote down, because if we can't find the voting machines, then it would be disastrous." Lake Blue suggested. They nodded and headed back indoors.
Luckily, Gary had already figured out a way to vote. He was printing copies of paper and Rookie was holding a large stack of papers and was struggling to maintain his balance. Mewcat helped him by taking a third of his stack, lightening the load.
"Hi Gary. I see you're already printing off an alternative to the voting machines." Lake Blue greeted.
"Yes, but it will just take a little longer. That's all. They have to mark it on paper and put it in the designated boxes." Gary replied.
"We still haven't found any witnesses. Most of the penguins we in their igloos." Jessie reported.
"What's a witness?" Rookie asked, struggling with the papers.
"Moof." Jessie responded, and sent a smile to Lake Blue.
"Again? What does moof mean?" Rookie blurted out.
"I told you. You'll get it someday." Jessie told him. "Moof." She added.
"Huh...moof." Rookie muttered to himself.
"So will you send any field agents to go look for the voting machines?" Lake Blue asked.
"Not at the moment. All of our field agents are busy." Gary explained.
"Okay." Lake Blue responded. "Umm, I think we'll go for tonight." She told him.
"Sure. I'll see you all tomorrow." Gary waved.
Lake Blue was on her way to Cherry's igloo. She was really curious as to where the voting machines were. She knocked on the door.
"Oh hi, Lake Blue. Come on in." Cherry greeted after she opened the door. Lake Blue smiled gratefully as she stepped in.
"So what's up? Seems like you got something on your mind." Cherry asked.
"Didn't you hear? The voting machines have been stolen." Lake Blue explained.
"Huh? How? I thought the gadget room was locked tight." Cherry argued, concerned.
"Whoever did it disabled the alarm and busted the door open." Lake Blue reported.
"But there's only three days left!" Cherry protested. "What will we do?"
"Gary's printing off voting ballots for everyone. We're doing it the old fashioned way." Lake Blue explained.
"This is worrying. There's only one printer, a hundred thousand penguins, and only three days?" Cherry said worriedly.
"Don't worry. You concentrate on your campaign and we'll figure out a way to work things out." Lake Blue assured her, and left.
It was the night before the election, and the voting machines were still not found. Unfortunately, there still wasn't enough ballots. So Lake Blue, Jessie, and Mewcat were staying back for the night shift and continued printing copies.
"That's 80,000 ballots. We still need like 20,000 more." Mewcat analysed.
"Are you kidding me?" We're not going to finish!" Lake Blue exclaimed.
"We might if we stay up the whole night. But knowing Lake Blue, she's bound to fall asleep before midnight." Jessie joked.
Everyone was silent for a few minutes. The printer rumbled as it printed all the ballots.
Suddenly, a loud crash was heard downstairs.
"The gadget room!" Lake Blue jumped up and raced downstairs.
"Deja Vu." Mewcat added as she and Jessie followed closely behind.
When they arrived, the gadget room door was closed shut. Lake Blue unlocked it and opened the door. There was a large hole in the wall. Bits of metal lay scattered on the floor.
Lake Blue peered in and gasped.
"It's..." She trailed off.
What did I see? What is it? Leave your thoughts in the reviews. I'm wondering what you will all say. Although if you read the book summary you would probably guess it.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed! Have a great day! :)