Alex was now a small penguin. "Guys, how do I look?" He asked. Private was shocked and Rico regurgitated a mirror and gave it to Alex. Alex liked the way he looked. "Look at me. I look good. Kowalski, you're a genius." Alex said. "Thanks." Kowalski said. "Skipper, how do I look? Too handsome for you?" Alex asked. "Eh you're fine." Skipper said. "Okay, boys. What should we do?" Alex asked. "Now you can be a secret agent." Kowalski said. Meanwhile, outside, Gloria, Marty, and Melmen were talking. "Guys, I have something to tell you." Gloria said. "Sure. What is it?" Melmen asked. "I miss Alex." Gloria said.
"Where is he?" Marty asked. "I'm not sure but I think those penguins have something to do with it." Gloria said. Kowalski left the HQ and walked over to Alex's friends. "Hey guys. Alex said that he wanted to be a penguin so I turned him into one." Kowalski said. "Why would you do such a thing?" Gloria asked. "Yeah. He's our friend." Marty said. Melmen started crying. "Now, I'll never get to see him again." He said. Marty grabbed a hold of Melmen and slapped him. "Get a hold of yourself!" Marty yelled. "I would like to know when we get to see him." Gloria said. "Hey! He wanted to be one! We tried to talk him out of it but he wouldn't listen!" Kowalski screamed. "Can we join him?" Gloria asked.
"You want to be a penguin too?" Kowalski asked. Skipper walked to Kowalski. "You turned our Alex into a penguin." Gloria said. "Kowalski did." Skipper said. "I'm sorry." Kowalski said. "It's okay with us. Right?" Gloria asked. Melmen was still crying. "We can change him back if you want us to." Kowalski said. Melmen slapped himself across his face with his hoof. "That's okay. Let him be a penguin." Melmen said. "Okay." Skipper said. "You can still talk to him." Kowalski said.
Gloria had her arms crossed. "Come on. We don't need him." She said. "But..." Marty couldn't finish his sentence. "NOW!" Gloria yelled. The three animals left with sad looks on their faces, especially Marty. "Oh crud." Kowalski said. "We need to turn our friend back into a lion." Skipper said. "No, boys. It's okay. I'd rather be like this. I like it." Alex said. "Me too." Private said. "Yep, yep." Rico said. "Leave Alex alone." Private said. "Yeah Skipper." Kowalski said. "Fine! I've got stuff to do anyway." Skipper said and he walked away. "I hope Alex doesn't take over my team." Skipper said to himself.
"Skipper, may I have a word with you, my friend?" Alex asked. "Okay. Did I do something wrong?" Skipper asked. "No you did not. I was wondering if I could bunk mate with you." Alex said. "Huh?" Skipper asked. At first, Skipper did not like that idea at all but he didn't want to make Alex upset so he allowed it. "I guess." Skipper said. Alex hugged him. Skipper did not like getting hugged, but he allowed it.
"Thank you, my friend. Thank you. Marty is so mean to me at night." Alex said. "Why is Marty against you?" Skipper asked. "From what I've heard, zebras are totally against lions." Alex said. "Yikes. Don't worry. I'm not." Skipper said. It is now ten o'clock at night. Skipper was asleep. Alex was also asleep. However, even though he was asleep, he was singing about meat in his sleep. "I love meat. Meat loves me. We are together, like fish and peas. Every night, I'm not always alone. Meat, I love you to the bone." Alex said. He was singing that line.
Skipper woke up. "Seriously? Meat? Now that's stuck in my head. I hate when silly songs are stuck in my head." He said. Alex was growling in his sleep. Private woke up and came in. "What's going on?" Private asked. "I can't sleep. Alex is growling in his sleep and he's singing about meat." Skipper said. "He can't help it. The king of New York City can't help it if he sings about meat. It's his thing." Private said. Alex began to wake up.
"Hey Skipper." He said. Skipper yawned. "Hey." Skipper said. "Listen. I'm sorry if I was talking about meat in my sleep. I am so hungry." Alex said. Rico walked in. "Hi." He said. Kowalski woke up. "Hey guys. What's up?" He asked. "I can't fall asleep." Skipper said. "I said that I was sorry. Kowalski, help me here." Alex said. "With what?" Kowalski asked. "Tell Skipper I can't help it if I was singing about meat in my sleep." Alex said. Kowalski looked at Skipper. "Skipper, Alex can't help it if he sings about meat in his sleep." Kowalski said.
Alex went back to sleep and he was still singing the same lines about meat. "I love meat. Meat loves me. We are together, like fish and peas. Every night, I'm not always alone. Meat, I love you to the bone." He sang. Skipper covered his ears. Rico regurgitated some ear muffs and gave them to Skipper as Alex was singing the song repeatedly. "Thank you Rico." Skipper said. He went back to his bunk and fell asleep. "I wish that someone would shut him up. In the nicest way possible." Private said. "Yup, yup." Rico said. "Well we can all put ear muffs on." Kowalski said.
"I'm okay with the singing. It reminds me of the song "I Love You" on that TV show that stars the purple dinosaur." Private said. The purple dinosaur was the only dinosaur that Private was not afraid of. "Private, that's a very young TV show. I'm okay with it too. What about you Rico?" Kowalski asked. Rico was not.
He regurgitated himself some ear muffs and placed them on his small penguin ears. Kowalski couldn't fall asleep. He was up. "Oh Rico. Okay, I'm up. What can we do?" Kowalski asked. "I don't know. Rico?" Private asked. Kowalski and Private looked at Rico. Rico had the ear muffs around his ears. Kowalski took off Rico's ear muffs. "Wake up! We're bored! Come on. Lets take a walk around the zoo at night." Kowalski said. Kowalski, Rico, and Private walked out of the HQ.
To Be Continued.
