Marlene and Antonio lay under the moonlight. it had a been a rough day, lots of people. It was the last day of summer. Marlene sighed. She just needed a good sleep. Tomorrow there would only be a few people coming; about five or ten. School was starting for the kids. She felt Antonio shift beside her.

"Here comes Alice," Antonio yawned. Marlene glanced over at the zookeeper as she came strolling down the sidewalks.

"It's funny because she has no idea where you came from," Marlene giggled. Antonio let out a weak laugh. She didn't blame him. Everyone in the whole zoo was exhausted.

"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Marlene looked over at Alice again. She was talking into a walkie-talkie. "I know, we're shipping them out. Tomorrow! I don't know, check the zoo transfer papers! No, only the little ones are going. Besides the chimpanzees. All over the world is what I know. Okay, see ya." Alice turned off her walkie-talkie. "Gees," she growled. Marlene sat up. Antonio did too.

"Did you hear what she said?" Marlene wailed.

"Yes!" Antonio yelled.

"Do you know what that means? We're all being transferred to different zoos! All of us! We won't be able to see each other anymore... what if I have to get a new boyfriend? Oh no, no one can replace you, Antonio!" Marlene shrieked and leapt forward. She wrapped her arms around Antonio. He pried her off.

"Look, Marlene, maybe you're worked up about nothing. Maybe it's just to repair our habitats or something for a short period of time. Maybe we're even going to the same zoo." Antonio said. Marlene shook her head.

"No! I really doubt it, Antonio! I really do!" Marlene snapped. Antonio put his hands on her cheeks and stared into her brown eyes.

"Marlene, the best thing you can do is keep a positive attitude about this whole thing." Antonio explained. Marlene stepped back a half step. She sighed and nodded.

"We should tell the rest of the zoo too." Marlene added. Antonio nodded. "EVERYBODY!" Marlene screamed. Antonio fell down. "WE'RE BEING TRANSFERRED TOMORROW! ALL THE SMALL ANIMALS WILL BE TRANSFERRED!" Marlene jumped out of her habitat and raced around the zoo. Antonio sighed and followed her, but much more calmly. Suddenly, Hisser and Max appeared. Hisser stood in front of Marlene. The otter stopped and Hisser grasped her shoulders.

"Okay, Marlene, shut up for a second, okay?" Marlene stopped screaming. "Okay, okay... what's the problem? I was having a dream that Toby was getting hit by a car!" Hisser growled. Marlene raised and eyebrow. Right at the moment Hisser said that, Toby the ferret had appeared. He turned around and started to walk away.

"Wait!" Marlene ran up to him and grabbed his arms. Toby grinned.

"You're holding my hand..." Toby's voice trailed off. Marlene thumped Toby's forehead. "Ow!"

"Stay here!" Marlene told him. Toby shrugged. All the animals in the zoo started the gather around.

"Whatever you have to say, Marlene, let's discuss it in the shop." Skipper announced. Everyone walked over the the Zoovenir shop.

"Okay, so every small animal, except for the chimps and reptiles will be shipped out tomorrow!" Everyone gasped. "To other zoos!" Toby let out a cry.

"What if I never see you again?" Toby whimpered. Hisser let out a low growl.

"No one cares about you Toby, so just be quiet." Hisser teased. Toby crossed his arms.

"Must you always attack me with words?" Toby retorted.

"Want me to use rocks?" Hisser warned. Toby shook his head quickly.

"We still don't know where everyone is going, but we will try to find that out soon. Alice was talking about some zoo transfer papers," Marlene explained. Skipper jumped up next to her.

"We can retrieve those transfer papers for you if you'd like," Skipper said. Marlene nodded.

"Sure. But do you know if there's anyway you can stop this transfer...?" Marlene queried.

"No. We could try hiding, but then we would have to keep hiding. If we showed ourselves, Alice would snatch us up and ship us away." Kowalski explained. Marlene sighed. She would miss all of her friends. Even the ones who got on her nerves a lot. She tried not to cry. She would miss them all. There was a moment of silence as everyone thought of what might happen to them.

"Now listen, all of you might be overreacting," Antonio stood next to Marlene. "We might not be transferred at all. I mean, she's Alice. She usually never has a clue on what she's talking about. But if we do get transferred, it might only be for a few days, or weeks, or months. I really doubt it'll be forever! Maybe they're just fixing up our habitats. Besides, maybe we'll all go to the same zoo." Antonio objected. Everyone stared at him, as if they were deciding if they should believe him or not. Skipper rolled his eyes.

"How do you know?" Skipper sneered.

"I don't know, Skipper, I'm just saying." Antonio replied. Skipper turned to Kowalski.

"He might be right, Skipper." Kowalski said. Skipper stomped his foot. Antonio rolled his eyes.

"Okay, just keep a positive attitude, everyone! If we really are transferred forever. We can make new friends at out new zoos and have them help us get back here!" Cori the ring-tailed cat said. Everyone stared at her.

"We'll just get the papers and tell you all where you're going. Move out boys!" Skipper pointed his wing to the door and they all sped out.

The penguins leapt in through the window and landed at the floor of the office.

"Check everywhere," Skipper commanded. The penguins zoomed away.

Rico checked near the water, Private checked the desk folders, Kowalski checked the file cabinets, and Skipper checked a few folders lying on a table.

"Skipper, come here!" Skipper slid over to Kowalski. "I found the transfer papers." Skipper took the papers. He gasped.

"Oh no! That can't be! No, no, no..." Skipper wailed. Rico and Private waddled over to the other two penguins.

"What is it Skippah?" Private asked. Skipper put a flipper on Private's shoulder.

"You're going to... Hoboken!" Skipper wailed. Everyone gasped.

"Hoboken? That's has to be a mistake!" Kowalski ripped the papers from Skipper's wing and looked at it. He gasped, crumbled it up and started to cry. "It's true!" Rico grabbed the paper, uncrumbled it and stared at it too.

"Hoboken?" Rico grunted.

"He's just a boy!" Skipper screamed. Suddenly, they heard footsteps. "Alice!" he whispered. He pointed to Kowalski. "Take the papers!" Kowalski nodded and they all sped over to the Zoovenir shop.

"We've got the papers," Skipper held them up. "Kowalski, read it out loud!" Kowalski took the paper and started to read it.

"Skipper will be going to Milwaukee Zoo in Wisconsin, I will be going to San Diego Zoo in California, Rico will be going to Denver Zoo in Colorado, Private will be going to... ugh... Hoboken Zoo, New Jersey... Marlene will be going to ZooMontana in Montana, Julien will be going to National Zoological Gardens in South Africa, Maurice will be going to Paignton Zoo in England, Mort will be going to Honolulu Zoo in Hawaii, Antonio will be going to Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, Hisser will be going to Jijamata Udyaan Zoo in India, Tasha will be going to Naiba Zoo in Illinois, Toby will be going to Oakland Zoo in California, Sahara will be going to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., Jason will be going to Cherry Brook Zoo in Canada, and Cori will be going to Simon Bolivar Zoo in Costa Rica." Some of the animals started to chatter happily, but some of the animals started to growl madly.

"Okay! So we're leaving tomorrow. Now, I want Kitka, Savio, and Max to watch the zoo for us. Hopefully we'll all be returning soon, but until then, you guys have to watch over the zoo and make sure no one steals our places." They dipped their heads. Suddenly Kitka flew next to Skipper and hugged him tightly.

"I'll make sure no one steals your place," she said. "I'll miss you so much."

"I'll miss you too, Kitka," Skipper replied. They hugged again. Marlene and Antonio hugged.

"Promise you won't get another girlfriend?" Marlene told him. Antonio nodded.

"I promise. No one can ever replace you, Marlene." He smiled. "And you?"

"I won't get another boyfriend," Marlene sighed and they hugged again. Tasha wrapped her arms around King Julien.

"I'll miss you so much, King Julien!" Tasha the ruffed lemur whimpered.

"I know, me too! I'll miss myself too!" King Julien cried. Tasha glared at him. "And you too!" Tasha smiled and kept hugging him.

"But, King Julien, you can be king of your new zoo, and I'll be queen of mine." Tasha sniffled. King Julien nodded.

"Yeah..."

Max hugged Hisser. At that point, Hisser was having one of her nice moments and hugged him tightly back.

"Ugh, it's so hard to say good bye," Kowalski's voice trailed off.

"Well, we should all go to sleep. We've got a long day tomorrow." Skipper said. As they all left, Toby raced up to Marlene and hugged her. Marlene hugged him back.

"I'll miss you so much, Marlene!" Toby squealed.

"Me too," Marlene felt tears run down her cheeks. Skipper was right. It was going to be a long day tomorrow. Also depressing.

Marlene and Antonio curled up next to each other, holding each other's paws in theirs, knowing this was their last time together.

Marlene woke up. She blinked sleep from her eyes and stared at the crates coming. She sighed. Today was the day. She felt Antonio stir beside her. He sat up.

"Oh," he murmured. "The crates are here. I voluntad perder esta lugar."

Other animals were waking up too. The two otters watched as Alice stuffed the lemurs in their crates. Hisser was next, then Toby, then Cori, then Jason, then Sahara, then the penguins. She got the otters last. When they passed the penguins' HQ, they saw Kitka, Savio, and Max. They waved. Marlene waved back. Alice set her down, then slammed the crate shut.