Time Warp
"Alright, next order of business" Skipper cleared his throat, and looked over the crowd gathered around him; anticipating what he had to say, with a vigilant eye. " The Zooviener shop is not a hang out, it is our place of meeting- our city hall you could say".
Private whispered something inaudible to him, and he nodded "also, it has come to my attention that some of you have been wandering out of the zoo. Only penguins can leave, you must remain inside at all times, comprende?".
A collective groan spread throughout the group as they voiced their disapproval. The door swung open, everyone turned their attention to the front entrance; Julien strolled in like he normally did with Mort and Maurice in tow.
Skipper arched his eyebrow "Ring Tail, you're late" he stated firmly.
"Well, I have good reason to be" Julien defended, arms folded over his chest.
He decided to humour him "oh, and what's that?" he wondered with a raised eyebrow.
"I was trying out this latest dance craze, everyone's doing it" he answered with a crooked grin.
Marlene raised an eyebrow in confusion "dance craze, what kind of dance?" she asked.
His smile widened "I'm glad you asked" his eyes suddenly flashed a dark red, he put his arm around the otter, and started singing lowly.
He started calmly, sliding around one of the cardboard cut outs, and poking his head through the hole in it with a crazed smile, beckoning to her. A strange sensation overcame her, and she joined in, her eyes a different coloration of red.
"What are you doing?" Skipper demanded with bewilderment.
Julien continued in a higher, hyped pitch, gripping onto the barrel of plushes, and kicking his right leg wildly.
Everyone watched wide eyed at the scene unfolding before their eyes. Each wondering what had gotten into the lemur king, and if he had finally lost his mind.
Julien ran around the disturbed group, and took Marlene's paw in his with a skip. They threw their arms up in the air and sang together.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Mort stepped forward as if a spell had been cast over him, joining the dance he began singing along. They grabbed Kowalski and pulled him from the crowd, he stared into Julien's orbs, the blue colour in his eyes fading away. He pulled out his clipboard, and scrawled down something, and gestured to the steps written down on it.
He instructed them to jump to the left, they jumped to the left. Then step to the right, Julien and Marlene chorused along following the action. Kowalski placed his flippers on his hips, as did they.
"W-what's going on?" Private was baffled.
They pressed their knees together, Skipper frantically covered Private's eyes as they peformed the pelvic thrust.
Rico fought against the infectious rhythm, trying to remain still. His flippers flew back and forth from his body to the air, and back again. He struggled to hold them in place, unable to gain control of his feet he stepped forward, babbling furiously. His words were soon lost, and all that escaped his beak was the next line.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Marlene reached out for Becky, she shrieked and tried to run. She gripped onto her tail and haled her back. Becky struggled to look away, but she forced her to look into her blank eyes. She quickly sang her part unwillingly.
The remaining Zoosters slowly backed away, mortified at the absurd display. They attempted to get to the back door, but Julien slid in front of it preventing their escape, his eyes darkening to a blood red clouding over his pupils.
Marlene carried on with a sinister smile, exposing two small fangs. She grabbed Maurice by the wrist, and threw him onto the floor. He unwillingly joined the dance, crying out for help. His plea ended, and the next line flowed from his mouth.
Skipper rushed forward to help him, but was held back by Julien "I don't know what sick twisted thing you're doing, but you better stop it now!" he barked.
Julien ignored him, and continued singing with all of the others "let's do the time warp again".
Skipper shook his head lividly "no, you're not doing it ever again, you hear me!".
The choir pushed past him, and grabbed Private by the flippers. He tried to stay where he was by keeping his feet firmly in place. He was rapidly losing the battle as they pulled him forward. "Skippah, help!" he screamed.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Skipper grabbed hold of one of their arms- which happened to be Leonard's, and tried to pry it off of the struggling penguin. "Let him go!" he snarled.
The Zoosters haled Private back with just as much force sending Skipper tumbling to the floor. He groaned, and pushed himself to his feet. They danced around him, eyes glowing a haunting incarnadine. He rubbed his head and looked up, Stacy stood in front of him, she took a base ball cap, and planted it on her head. She started her verse, took it off and popped it back on, staring down at him with an unnerving grin.
"This is madness!" he exasperated "snap out of it!".
Kowalski leapt up on top on top of the counter still clutching his clipboard, he instructed they jump to the left, then step to the right.
They chanted, doing as commanded, he put his flippers on his hips. Everyone but Skipper put their knees together, and jerked their bodies back and forth.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Joey.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Roy.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Bing.
It was like they were all under some sort of spell, how he would break it he didn't know. Next Stacy began tap dancing, squealing and giggling she clicked her heels together and off the floor. She twirled around and around, until she fell down and got back up. She put her hat back on, and joined in again.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Bada.
"Let's do the time warp again".
Mason.
Kowalski dictated the steps, leading the new comers, everyone but Skipper sang along. He instructed to put their hands/paws on their hips, put their knees together and do the pelvic thrust.
"You're all insane!" Skipper hollered in bewilderment, not knowing what had come over the entire population of the Zoo.
They slowly cornered him, eyes glowing and undecipherable expressions.
"Let's do the time warp again" they sang lowly.
"Let's not" he said nervously, he backed against the wall until he could no more. He frantically looked around for a way out, there was none; they had him cornered.
"Let's do the time warp again" they grabbed hold of him, he struggled to fight back but they were too strong. They threw him onto the floor, he lifted his head, Marlene was staring down at him. He tried to look away but found he couldn't.
As he became entranced in the dark color his own eyes started to cloud over with the mist.
