Another Penguin To The Zoo
Secrets and Decisions
"Skipper, I doubt she will do anything evil, first of all she is just a female penguin and second of all, she has just lost her family! Think clearly about this, Skipper, we all know that a penguin who lost one of their family wouldn't want to harm us," Kowalski said, as Private looked at him surprised. Private didn't expect Kowalski to be the one to agree with him, Kowalski almost never disagreed with Skipper- apart from when he was talking about experiments. Kowalski just turned around and muttered something.
" Rico should the penguin stay with us, what do you think?" Skipper asked.
"Uhuh, stay," he replied smiling. Even he couldn't say no to another penguin.
"Fine, my team says I should let you stay, and what is the point on arguing with my team? For once, you are allowed to stay with us," Skipper announced. He saw private jumping with joy. It made him feel much better. He just hope this penguin wouldn't bring Blowhole and the end of the world with her.
As they walked back to their HQ, the penguins scarcely talked, only to say "we're here" and to ask the penguin what her name was, but unfortunately, it only made the female penguin sob. Kowalski thought the dead penguin was probably her mother, but he didn't say anything. As the walked into the HQ, Skipper warned the female penguin, "do not go anywhere, except outside, or the main room, at least not without permission."
"Y-yes sir," she answered with a stammer, trembling so much, it seemed she was going to fall over any second now. Private, Skipper, Rico and Kowalski, made the new penguin a bed to sleep in and then they went off to mind their own business, stating that the new penguin was probably wanting time for herself. The female penguin decided she needed to get some sleep so she went to her bed. An hour later the penguin fell asleep.
{Nightmare...}
Her mother screamed in fright. As Lindsey looked at her mother, she knew that the evil creature was here. He gave out the laugh of a psychotic maniac, and leaped on Lindsey's father. With one cut from the knife, her beloved father dropped down dead.
Lindsey and her mother ran as fast as their webbed feet could carry them, but the evil creature was there first. He lit the wooden building aflame and as Lindsey was trapped in the fire, she knew that this might be the last minute of her life. Fortunately for her her mother found one bit of the building that was not on fire. They both ran, but her mother who had an injured leg, tripped. Lindsey was the only one to make it, she wanted to save her mother but she knew it was too late. She let out a scream and the creature sensing help would come, disappeared from sight.
The building was burnt to a cinder. Her mother was lying on the ground, dead, because of that creature, her father had a knife in his chest and several burns, but only the knife had caused the end of her fathers' life. She luckily survived, but she had a lot of painful burns and her heart was scarred for life.
{End of Nightmare}
Lindsey knew this was not just a nightmare - that was what had happened to her. She only woke up because of her crying, which brought her back to the present.
Strangely, it was Kowalski, who had first heard her cry and went to tell the rest of the team. As they went to her she said little. "I just had a bad dream... s-sorry if I disturbed you," she apologised, her poor excuse unfortunately not enough to discourage the penguins.
"Now that you are awake, could you at least tell us what your name is and by the way, that was not just a bad dream and my team know that," Skipper said, looking back at his team to support him. They nodded, feeling sorry for Lindsey, but knowing the truth shouldn't be hidden, if it is one that isn't comfortable to talk about.
"My name is Lindsey and... y-you were right it was not just a bad dream... It was a nightmare, about what happened," she answered. "Thanks for saving me, if-if you hadn't come... he would have..."
"Who are you talking about? What would he have done ?" Private asked, already scared of that killer.
"I-I don't know who he is but he was obviously after me and my family ... and I know why," Lindsey said as she gulped.
" You should tell us more, it would help us find the creature you're talking about," Kowalski encouraged her, looking at her. 'Who ever that creature was, me, Private, Skipper and Rico will get him,' Kowalski thought, determined.
'Murderer, go KABOOM,' Rico thought with a psycho smile.
'I hope we'll get that bad creature - murderers should go to prison!' Private thought.
As if Skipper had read their minds he said " Don't worry about him harming you anymore, when Rico smiles like he just smiled, it means that any enemy, will be destroyed and Rico wants to do it with dynamite!" Skipper laughed, as Rico looked at his leader with confusion. Lindsey just shivered at the thought and murmured, "I'll tell, but not now, okay?"
"OK."
