Thanx for the review! ^.^ Here's Chapter two!

Destiny Got Kiki's crate open after a few minutes of trying. She was strong. Skipper didn't think the guys could open the crate as fast as she did. He could of course. But surprisingly it still surprised him.

Kiki came out right away. She was tall. Not incredibly tall but taller than Destiny. She was a little shorter than Kowalski. Only by a tenth of an inch though. She had what looked to be glasses. And she had striking green eyes. They looked like they belonged to a cat. She was thin and looked shy for how she had acted a few minutes ago.

Kowalski thought she was beautiful.

"Oh um hi." She said shyly.

"Oh come on. You can't be intimidated by them." Destiny barked.

Kowalski thought that she had a perfect reason to be shy. She was new after all. Whoever said that you couldn't be shy when you are new?

"Sorry." Kiki apologized shamefully. She looked down at the ground. She didn't like being new. She hated how people always looked at you when you were new. How everyone stared. She didn't like being the center of attention. That was her weak point. She fell apart when she was put in the spotlight.

Skipper let his male instinct turn on for only a minute. Then he shook himself lose from it. Destiny was beautiful, and strong in both physical mental strength. But that might be a mask. Skipper had been fooled to many times to make that mistake again. Truthfully he wouldn't let his heart free if it would save his life. It had broken to many times in his life. He didn't know if he could put it back together if he broke it again. That and she still hadn't gained his trust.

"Look Kiki they aren't going to kill you." Destiny told her. She was obviously annoyed. Skipper could hear it in her voice.

Rico had drunk a whole 20 liter bottle of coke a cola that morning. He could feel his stomach rumbling. He burped and with it came the plasma blaster that Kowalski had made last month.

Kiki screamed. "You said they wouldn't kill us!" She said fearfully.

Kowalski turned around. "Rico. I've been looking for that." He said. He went over and picked it up.

Kiki hid behind Destiny, who rolled her eyes.
Skipper knew how she felt. Kowalski had the same fear problem. Or had the same fear problem. Skipper helped him get over that last year. He was glad that he did.

"I told you not to swallow my plasma converter ray" Kowalski told Rico. He did tell Rico not to eat it. "It could've killed you!"

The two people that you wanted to listen to were Kowalski and Skipper. They were unintentionally dangerous.

Kiki walked out from behind Destiny. "Wait, did you say plasma converter ray?"

"Well yes. I made it last month." Kowalski informed proudly.

"Really? I've been trying to make one of those for the past year." Kiki said in aw.

"Kiki! Do not get all giddy with him." Destiny barked. She didn't like what was happening. These boys weren't going to make them soft.

"But-"

"No buts! Now help me with the others." Destiny ordered.

"Yes ma'am" Kiki replied sadly. She like this guy. Whoever he was. He was nice. She didn't know what Destiny was worrying about.

"Ok. You girls do that." Skipper stated. He turned to leave.

"Where are you going?" Destiny ask forcefully.

"Why do you care?" Skipper asked. Mocking the question that she had asked him before.

"Nevermind." She mumbled.

Skipper went into the base. New comers. None of them were good. They always caused trouble. The guys followed him in.

"Skipper?" Kowalski asked.

"Hmm… what Kowalski?" Skipper was pacing. This Destiny seemed like a threat. She wasn't exactly a cheerful girl.

"What should we do?"

Skipper just stared at him. He had something that he could be doing. That he should be doing. Why was he asking?

"Well if I were you I would start cleaning." Skipper replied.

"Do I have to do that now?" Kowalski moaned.

"Yes you do. And quit moaning. It won't do you any good." Skipper replied.

Then the girls came in.

Kowalski stared at Kiki. Man was she beautiful.

"Go!" Skipper shouted.

Kowalski went off to start the long task of cleaning.

Destiny looked around. She was surprised. They really couldn't take them prisoner. From the looks of their little home here, the danger act was a bluf.

"So where do we start?" She asked.

"Where I tell you to." Skipper replied. She wasn't about to take over. Over his dead body.

"That won't work." Destiny stated, angrily. She wasn't about to be told what to do.

Skipper was looking through a box that had been thrown out by Kowalski. He found what he was looking for.

"No. you will listen to me. This is our house, you go by our rules." Skipper hissed. He shoved four blue blankets at her.

"What for?" She asked. Still annoyed.

"Where are you from?" Skipper asked.

"Florida." A different female said.

Destiny slapped the back of her head.

She was short. To tell you the truth she looked like a female version of Private. The only difference was her voice and eyes. They were slightly bigger than Private and were purple.

That was odd. Skipper had never seen purple eyes before.

"Ow! Sorry." She said. She almost sounded like she was about to cry.

"You're now in Manhattan. It's November. It gets cold up here." Skipper explained flatly. He didn't know why they thought he was heartless. No thank you or anything. So far this Destiny wasn't being very polite.

"Where is that exactly?" The small one asked.

"New York." Private informed happily. Skipper let it go because he had told them that they were in Manhattan.

"I've always wanted to go to New York!" The short one said excitedly.

"welcome to the city that never sleeps." Skipper said with fake patience. He didn't sleep much. Paranoia filled his dreams. Don't plan on getting any sleep the first week you're here."

"Don't sleep much anyway." Destiny stated.

"That makes two of us." Skipper replied.

The two of them had been at each other since the girls arrived. It was becoming annoying.

"So Skipper. Who are your friends?" Destiny asked impatiently.

"You first." Skipper countered.

"Fine, I'm Destiny, That's Kiki." She pointed to the tall penguin, "That's Cassy," She pointed to the shorter one. "And that is Nicky." She said pointing to a penguin that was taller that Cassy but shorter than Kiki. "Your turn."

"Fine," Skipper held true to his word but he didn't like it. "I am Skipper, that's Private." He said pointing at Private. He was catching what Kowalski threw out of the lab. "That's Rico." Skipper pointed to Rico. He was Playing with a bomb. Juggling three of the actually. "And Kowalski is in there." He pointed towards the lab.

"What is he doing?" Destiny asked. She sounded like she thought it was stupid.

"He's cleaning."

"That's always fun." Kiki said sarcastically.

"No it's not." Kowalski shouted from the lab.

Skipper almost laughed. He did feel bad for Kowalski. But he did tell Kowalski to clean the lab at least once a year.

"What time is it?" Cassy asked.

"Why is that important?" Nicky asked.

"It's not. I'm just curious." Cassy replied.

Nicky pulled a makeshift back pack off her back. It looked like a homemade back pack. It was brown and closed with a buckle. In other words, they made this by themselves.

She pulled out a watch. "It's 11:30." She informed.

"That's why I'm so tired," Cassy stated.

"you don't look tired to me." Kiki stated.

"She did sound a little tired." Nicky said.

"Is this important?" Destiny asked annoyed.

"probably not." Nicky replied casually. "Lighten up girl. It was just a side conversation. We're not mutes ya know."

Destiny wacked the back of her head. "Don't sass me!"

"JeezDe." Nicky said rubbing her head. "I was just saying. I think you need to rest" She didn't understand what the problem was. And she was a little annoyed at Destiny.

"Don't Jeez me!" Destiny commanded.

"Look De. You need to calm down." Kiki said.

She was rewarded with a slap to the back of her head. A hard slap. "DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! I DON'T NEED TO CALM DOWN! AND I DON'T NEED YOU GUYS TO MESS AROUND! IT'S WORTHLESS!"

"LOOK DESTINY IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU'RE IN SUCH A CRAPPY MOOD!" Kiki shouted. "TAKE THE TIME TO CALM DOW HUH!" And she jumped out of the HQ.

Destiny screamed. "How does she think that she can talk to me like that!" Destiny yelled.

Skipper Rico and Private were up in the ceiling of Kowalski's lab.

"They don't seem to be getting along Skipper." Private said.

"Not my problem Private. Not my problem." Skipper replied.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Kowalski asked.

"It's not our place Kowalski. When they start disrupting others it will be our problem." Skipper explained.

"Yup." Rico agreed. He wasn't a fan of chic problems.

"She was right De. I think you just need some sleep. That's all. I think you're just tired. We should go to sleep. We'll pick up where we left off tomorrow." Cassy said calmly. She was trying to calm Destiny down. She always got this way when she needed sleep.

"I'll go get Kiki." Rick said. Then she jumped out of the HQ.

Kiki was at the pond outside the zoo. She could still see the wall of the zoo. She sat by the water and played with it with her feet. Destiny always took her anger out on her. Kiki. And Kiki didn't know why. An easier target would be Nicky. She was a lot stronger than Kiki, and she could just shrug it off. Kiki always got upset. Maybe not always publicly. But she still felt bad inside. She still felt hurt.

She thought about the tall guy, Kowalski? He seemed smart. And he had made a plasma ray. She had to get the blueprints. She had blown herself up close to a hundred times trying to make one. He seemed nice too.

Then there was the other guy. Skipper. He and Destiny had sure been going at it. Destiny finally met her match. This guy at least understood what she was talking about. But what confused her was the black spots. They didn't look natural. Then she remembered that he was cleaning. Kowalski was. Maybe that's what they were doing earlier that day. They must have been cleaning out his inventions. and the Skipper fellow must've gotten shocked quite a few times. He didn't seem to mind. It didn't seem to bother him. He didn't look in pain. Maybe this has happened before? There's something to think about.

She looked at her reflection in the water. She had been crying. She didn't realize that she was crying. She didn't even know she started. I guess she really was hurt. She didn't like crying. Not because it made her look weak. Which it did. But because of the way it made her feel.

"Kiki." Nicky ran up to her. "I finally found you." Nicky said between gasps of air.

"Oh you were looking for me? I'm sorry." She didn't realize someone would come looking for her. She didn't think about going back. She looked up at Nicky. Nicky looked tired. She must've been running for a while.

Nicky stopped when She saw Kiki's face. She had been crying. "What's the matter Tiki?" She asked sympathetically. Tiki was Nicky's nickname forKiki.

"Nothing why do I look upset?" Kiki knew she looked upset. She knew she looked like she had been crying. She didn't mean to.

"No girl you just look like your eye's rained." Nicky said sarcastically.

"Sorry." Kiki said.

"Will you stop saying that? You don't have to be sorry for everything you do. Nicky explained.

Kiki stayed silent, looking out into the pond.

"Look. Destiny didn't mean to blow up at you."

"Oh yeah." Kiki started to cry, "Then why is it always me huh? Why doesn't she ever blow up at you, or or or Cassy huh? Why is it always me?" She cried.

"I don't know Tiki. I can't answer that one." Nicky replied softly. She didn't know why. And Kiki was right Destiny did always blow up at her. It wasn't fair.

"That's right. You can't." Kiki cried.

"You need sleep to. Shut down that over stuffed brain of yours." Nicky said trying her best to cheer Kiki up. "Come on Tiki. I'll make sure she doesn't blow up again." She promised.

"Ok. I guess I'll go." Kiki stated calming down a little.

They walked back to the habitat in silence. Nicky knew that talking would make things worse now. And Kiki was sick of being upset already.

They jumped into the HQ and came face to face with Destiny.

"Look y-" She stopped when she saw Kiki's face. But she already knew.

"I did it again didn't i?" She asked shamefully. She couldn't believe that she did it again.

"Maybe." Kiki said fighting back tears. She really did hate crying. But she knew when to let lose.

"Oh, Kay, I'm sorry. I guess I really do need sleep." She admitted

"I told you so." Cassy mumbled in an 'I told you so' kind of way.

"Yes Cassy I know you told me so." She replied. "Kay?"

"It's ok. I guess." Kiki said solemnly. It really did bother her. But she always forgave Destiny. It's always good to forgive and forget.

"No Kiki, it's not. I can't do that to you all the time. And yes I know I do it to you. Only you. I don't know why"

"De" Kiki said.

"It really isn't ok . I don't know why I can't control myself."

"De."

"It's really a bad thing. I'm sorry. I really don't mean to take it all out on you. It's not fair"

"Dee-ee"

"I know how it makes you feel too. And you really shouldn't. Well I shouldn't be making you feel that way. Anyway I am sorry and-"

"DE!" Kiki shouted. "I get it, you're sorry, enough." She laughed.

"Only you." Nicky said with a smile.

"I am sorry Kiki."

"Dee-e"

"No I'm not going to continue."

"Good"

"Can we sleep now?" Cassy moaned,

"Let me see." Destiny replied. She walked over to Kowalski's lab. Just in time to hear something blow up.

"Kowalski!" Skipper shouted. Being blown up wasn't his favorite pass time.

"Sorry Skipper. Should've told you not to touch that one." Kowalski coughed.

"You think?"

Then a bunch of other explosions went off.

"Kowalski." Skipper said dazed.

"Yes." Kowalski was also in a daze.

"Next time I tell you to do something. Do it." Skipper said

"Yes Skipper."

"Blada rada, boom boom." Rico said.

"Are there Kowalski?" Private asked. He was borderline unconscious.

"Hopefully not."

Then everything was silent.

Skipper jumped out of the Ceiling. He was charcoal black and had smoke rising from his body. He walked over to Destiny.

"Never let anyone fill a small space with unstable objects." He warned.

"I see." Destiny replied. She felt bad for the guy. He was a little dazed, but aother than that this seemed to be a regular routine.

"Where-"

"Over there." Skipper pointed to the wall on the opposite side of the romm that the boy's bunks were.

"Are they…" Destiny trailed off.

"Yes, they are unconscious." He replied. It was obvious. He wasn't giving anything away.

"I know how that feels. Kiki has had her own deadly explosions." She didn't mind telling him this. After Kiki came back she realized that she hadn't been acting very polite. I mean He did try to welcome her, them. And she could tell that he really wasn't in the mood. The saying 'don't judge a book by its' cover' came to her mind.

"I'm sorry about earlier today. It was nice of you to help." Destiny hated to say it. But he deserved it. And she believed that you had to give someone what they diserved. The thought made her stomach twist, because of what she did to Kiki. She had to stop doing that.

Skipper just looked at her for a minute. "Thanks. I guess." He replied. He didn't really feel like going after this one. But she seemed to have calmed down. That was a good thing.

He walked back into the lab.

"Where are you going?" Destiny asked, half knowing that he would tell her to back off.

"I can't leave them up there. There could be something else that has yet to blow up. Sorry but I think they've been blown up enough for one day no?" He replied. He went to go get them.

"Ok then." She didn't expect him to actually answer her. She went to the spot where he told her they could sleep. It was his home after all. She called the girls over. They were asleep in minutes. Destiny stayed up and watched Skipper drag the others to their bunks and push them in. Kowalski was on top, then Rico, ten Private. But he didn't lay down. He went back into the lab. That confused Destiny. Why would he go back there?

She got up and walked into the lab. It was black below the opening to the area above the lab but that was it. A few pieces of scrap metal were on the floor. She could hear him rustling around up in the ceiling. She jumped up to see what he was doing.

"What are you doing up here?" He demanded. He didn't like the fact that she came here. She wasn't supposed to be here. He thought that she might be looking for something to give them away to someone. What that something was and who that person was he didn't know.

"I was just looking to see what you were doing." She replied. Startled. She didn't know he was behind her. She had spun around and was now looking into his sapphire eyes. That was all she could see really. The rest of him blended with the charcoal colored interior of the area.

He stared back into her eyes. They were magenta colored. "Why?" he asked.

"I can't be curious?" She asked defensively.

Skipper thought about that. She could be curious. Just not up here. There was a lot of junk up here. It was just in a thousand little pieces now. Truthfully he was still looking for the bow. "You can." He replied. "But what are you up here for?"

"Didn't I just say that? I just wanted to see what you were doing. That's it."

"Ok."

"So, what are you doing." She asked board.

"I was going to look for something so if you don't mind."

"Fine." She was actually a little offended by this. He was being polite. But he wanted to say 'Get out of my way and go away' and she knew it. She left, angrily.

"Ok then." Skipper said confused. But he had other things to worry about. He stared to look for the bow.

Destiny went to sleep.

Skipper was up all night looking. Every invention up there blew up because there was nothing but scrap metal to look through. He started at the far corner and worked his way forward. By morning he was almost at the last corner of the space.

That's when She woke up.

By this time Skipper had been cut and scratched by the little pieces of metal. Be no mater haw bad it hurt he was going to find that bow. He sifted through the last corner. The cuts on his arms and legs were killing him. He almost couldn't take any more pain. But he kept going. And then he found it. It was in that last corner. Under the only invention that didn't explode. Well that could ruin your day. He carefully lifted the invention, whatever it was, and slid the Bow out from underneath.

He sighed. What a relief. He didn't need to blow up again.

But when he lowered the invention it clicked. Skipper heart stopped. He really didn't need this. He ran towards the exit and jumped down right before it blew up.

Skipper pressed a few spots on the wall and a secret storage compartment in the wall opened up. He placed the bow into it and then pushed it closed. It didn't even leave a seam in the wall.

Destiny walked into the lab. She gasped when she was him. She couldn't help it.