" Meet the Sergeants, in 2023"
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Chapter 4
" Okay," Maddie and Max sighed as they watched Skipper leave through the fish bowl entrance. Their
father had not told them that story, before. Usually, whenever they asked him about their lost aunt, he
would always say it was classified. Now that he had finally come clean, the kids began gaining respect for
each other.
Meanwhile, Molly and Polly, who had just had their ears uncovered, turned toward their father. " Daddy,"
Molly chirped.
" What is," Polly tweeted.
" Going on," Molly peeped.
" Well, girls," Private half-whispered. " I don't know. But I do know that I need to go check on your Uncle
Skipper. Make sure he's okay. Be back in a jiff."
" Okay," the twins chanted. Private exited through the same place as well and climbed onto the platform.
The others remained in the room, baffle by what they had heard.
" Wow," Debra whistled, while she widened her eyes. " That was more than enough entertainment for
one day."
" That I can agree with you, Debs," Barbara groaned as she rolled her eyes.
" Uh-huh," Rico grunted as he nodded his head up and down.
Suddenly, the " Private's First Prize" door, which was on the other side of the room, flew open, showing
some figures who jumped out in sight. It was the lemur family, along with Mort and Maurice.
" What is with all of the racket," King Julien yelled as he and the other lemurs approached the group by
the television. " Oh, by the way, you have a birthday present on top of your platform thingy."
" Oh, the usual," Kowalski waddled over to the lemurs then whispered. " Maddie and Maxi got into a
huge fight, again."
" Again," Maurice squeaked. " That's the third time this week."
" Fourth by my count," July, the queen lemur, added. " This can't be healthy." While the adult animals
were talking, J.J. and London strutted over to the bunks. They looked exactly the same as they did when
they were little, only older and taller.
" Hey," J.J.'s voice cracked as he waved at the two. It was in the process of changing at the time.
" Hey," Maddie and Max moaned as they waved back.
" So, what are you in for this time," London raised an eyebrow then eye balled the young penguin. Little
did Max know, London had been crushing on him for three straight years now. Max shuddered a bit at
being gazed at then turned his attention to Maddie.
" I'll give you a hint," Maddie huffed. " It starts with an " F"."
" Another one," J.J. scoffed, while rolling his eyes as he put his paws on his hips. " How much time are
you doing?"
" Two weeks of being grounded, plus maintenance duty for both here and the otter habitat," Maxi
scoffed.
" Two weeks," London squealed. " Talk about torture."
" Well our fight was pretty bad," Max piped as he looked over at London. " And will you please stop
looking at me like that? You're giving me the creeps."
" But you're cute and cuddly," London whined.
" Then take a picture," Max glared at her. " It'll last longer."
" Okay," London shrugged then pulled out a digital camera from behind her back. She took a picture of
Max, blinding him, and stowed it away, behind her back, for safekeeping.
" I didn't mean that literally," Max groaned as he rubbed his eyes with his flippers.
" Oh," London widened her eyes then smiled. " Well at least I'll have something to admire, hug, and kiss
all day."
" Seriously, London," Max shivered. " Creepy."
" So," J.J. rumbled as he stared into Maddie's eyes. " Where's the skipper?"
" My Daddy," Maddie rang then pointed her thumb towards the fishbowl entrance. " He's outside. Why?"
" I guess he won't mind if I do this," J.J. smiled as he leaned in and kissed Maddie on the lips. Luckily, the
group over by the television was still drawn into their conversation. Otherwise, one of the adults would
have intervened by now.
" Eww," Max coughed as he covered his eyes with his flippers. " Gross."
" How romantic," London clasped her paws together and leaned on Maxi. Soon, J.J. pulled away from
Maddie whose eyebrows were raised from shock. It was both hers and J.J.'s very first kiss.
Both chuckled for a moment and seemed to like the feel of what happened. Maddie then reacted and
kissed J.J. back on the lips. She pulled apart from him and they looked deeply into each other's eyes.
While they were looking into each other's eyes, Skipper and Private were conversing outside, on the
platform, failing to notice the crate behind them. " Oh, come on, Skipper," Private urged as he patted his
brother on the back. " Chin up. Marlene will be back. Besides, if she was officially leaving, she would've
brought Maxi and Maddie with her."
" I know," Skipper sighed as he sat down at the edge of the platform, staring at the pool water. " But, it
makes me worried to have her travel out of state by herself and not hear from her for almost a month."
" Skipper," Private sat down off to the right of Skipper. " I know you miss her, as well as the rest of us,
but perhaps there's a reason why she hasn't called, yet.
" I don't know, Private," Skipper raised an eyebrow at his youngest brother. " The last time I talked to
her, she seemed a bit jumpy and grouchy, plus, she mentioned something about wanting to eat tree
bark."
" It is delicious and nutritious," Private shrugged, giggling then paused. " Skipper, if I didn't know any
better, I'd say that you don't trust Marlene, anymore."
" Private," Skipper's voice began to shake. " There are some things you still don't understand about me. I
was a jerk to Marlene and because I was such a jerk, she left without me apologizing to her."
" Skipper, I," Private stuttered. " I had no idea."
" No, you didn't," Skipper sniffed. " I'm going back inside to talk to the kids." He stood up and waddled to
the fishbowl entrance. Skipper slid the bowl over and hopped inside. Private followed him and slid the
bowl over the hole, not even noticing that the crate was opening by itself. Once it was opened, two
penguin chicks about Maxi's age came waddling out.
" Marshal," the female penguin with a british accent chirped. " Where are we?"
" I don't know, Elli," Marshal, who looked like a mini version of Skipper, gruffed as he looked around. " But
this place is huge." Meanwhile, after Skipper and Private came inside, they saw that the lemurs had come
over. Skipper saw King Julien's kids over by his own kids and waddled over to them. " Ahem," the lead
penguin coughed then put his flippers on his hips. J.J. and Maddie, who were still staring at each other,
snapped their heads toward Skipper. Max and London, who were doing the same thing as before, copied
the other two.
" Daddy," Maddie stumbled over her words. " When did you get back?"
" A minute ago," Skipper smirked then folded his flippers as he eyed her and J.J.. " So, who was winning
the staring contest?"
" Staring contest," Maxi raised his voice then put his flippers on his hips. " You're kidding, right?"
" It wasn't a staring contest," Private babbled as he strode over to the group.
" I hope so," London scoffed then received glares from J.J. and Maddie. " I mean, I hope not. I love
watching staring contests."
" Really," Skipper tilted his head to the side as he raised an eyebrow then looked at his kids. " Maddie?
Max? Can I speak to you alone?"
Uh, oh. This can't be good. Skipper knows too much . Coming up next in Chapter 5. Find out what Skipper's going to say to his kids. Please stay tuned and find out more.(For Ponytail30527:Sorry about your OCs having a small part in this chapter. I'm planning on increasing their appearance time, later on . Thank -you for reading this message.)