On to chapter 3 yay! I hope you enjoy it. Also, since on my summary I do not have enough room, I would like to say this late disclaimer: I do not own penguins of Madagascar! Except for my OC's :D (Sorry about that).
Performing a variety of tricks to entertain the humans was a part of their daily routine, however most of the chicks lost interest as the people stopped throwing fish. "I ain't working for free!" Roxy protested by kicking out one of her feet and pushing forward one of her flippers. Then she stood stock still and this made some of the crowd disperse. "We have to generate income for the zoo otherwise we will be shipped to..." Kowalski began to explain patiently, but Sadie interrupted, her interest piqued "Where?". "No one knows..." Kowalski answered ominously and Skipper added "It happened to Manfredi and Johnson once, they grew tired of being mere tools in a bigger organisation. They refused to earn their fish, so they got sent away and we never saw them again... To this day it still haunts me to imagine where they ended up!". Scout couldn't resist the urge to shout "Denmark!" and the chicks rolled about laughing. "Not funny Scout!" Skipper glared darkly at his son and moved towards him, making himself appear taller and Scout immediately backed off. "Sorry sir" Scout apologised as he saluted submissively. "You better be. Denmark puts the D in despair. Me and the Danes, as you know have a long, dark history... I can never return there" Skipper said as he eyes seemed to focus on a classified flashback. Sadie winked at the other chick and slyly said "Is that where you met mum?" Skipper spun to face his daughter and gave her a quick peck on her side to signal her to stop. She rubbed her side, but compared to other times when he had given her a slap for being incredibly cheeky or for insubordination, it was a mere tingling sensation. James attracted the most attention, due to his irresistible cuteness and he lapped it up. Rocky watched as James began to tap-dance, he giggled and whispered "Nancy cat". As James finished his dance routine, the remaining crowd threw a bucket load of fish at him. "Fish" the chicks chorused and they roughly pushed past James and gobbled up all of the contents of the bucket. Leaving nothing for James. However, he did not protest. Private felt sorry for his son and he marched over to the chicks, who were licking their beaks "You can't expect James to do all the work and then you eat all of the fish! It's not right! I'm ashamed of all of you, especially you Victoria he's your own brother" Private calmly scolded the chicks. Marie smiled and loudly said so James could hear "I'm sure we can live with it, besides James is happy with the current arrangement". Sadie touched Private's flipper and whispered "We are trying to encourage James to stand up for himself". Private did not think this was a valid excuse, he shook his head and said "You should try another way". Scout asked "Like what? He won't even try in training" as they turned to watch James as he pinched a few small sardines that the chicks had missed from the pile they had devoured. Skipper stated "He needs some motivation. Kowalski options" Kowalski quickly wrote down scribbles on to his notepad and flicked through them, before reading them out. "Option one: Have the other chicks bully him until he can stand it no longer and fights back!" upon hearing this Rocky let out a menacing laugh and he regurgitated a hammer. He began to sneak up behind James, but Private cried out in a blind panic "Too violent!" making Rocky stop and say "Oh man!" before throwing the hammer over the wall and a "My car!" could be heard. Kowalski continued "Option two: Give him the cold shoulder until he cries out against the injustice..." Kowalski hoped this idea would placate Private because it did not involve physically hurting James...only mentally. Private frowned and said "Too cruel! Next please". "Fine, option three: Send him to a desolate wilderness so he has no choice, but to toughen up in order to survive!" Private's eyes filled with terror and he resisted the urge to run and hold his son protectively. Kowalski sighed, losing his patience and he asked Private exasperatedly "Well what do you suggest?" as he placed his flippers on his hips. Private merely shrugged in response, only knowing it was not going to be any of Kowalski's ludicrous options!
Me: I hope you enjoyed this chapter and hooray for Manfredi and Johnson reference. Please bear with me as I think about how this will develop. I do have an idea though, so I hope to update soon!
Kowalski: Don't make promises you can't keep.
Me: Rude! How about you try coming up with a good quality option for a change?
Private: I have to agree with her there Kowalski.
Kowalski: That's absurd my options are the greatest!
Sadie: That is a matter of opinion...
James: What is everyone talking about?
All of us: Nothing!
Me: Anyway please feel free to review any good or bad criticisms are accepted :D
Marie: Again with the pointless symbols!
Sadie: Oh shut up Marie!
