A.N.- This one's kind of short. And I wasn't able to put a song in this one; but I will put one in the next one...or at least I'll try harder to. XD

Chapter 4: The Chinstrap Sisters

(Private's POV)

I waddle in to the main room of the HQ from Kowalski's lab and see Skipper sitting at the table. I walk over to him. "Hello, Skippah." I say. He looks up at me from his coffee.

"Let me guess; you want another Manfredi and Johnson story?" Skipper says. I nod eagerly. Skipper sighs. "Didn't Kowalski just tell you one?"

"He did but I'd like to hear anothah." I give my best sad-puppy face.

"Fine. I'll tell you another; but afterwards you must go to bed."

"Deal."


-Story Part 1-

(Nobody's POV)

Kowalski had just joined the team. Skipper had now been Manfredi's and Johnson's commanding officer for two months. Manfredi is watching a documentary on the history of explosions. Johnson waddles over to him. "Hey, Manfredi." He says. Manfredi glances at him.

"What is it, Johnson? Can't you see I'm busy?" Manfredi asks. Johnson rolls his eyes.

"Yes, I see you're VERY busy, since watching TV is a very hard job." Johnson turns off the TV.

"Hey! I was watching that!"

"And now you're listening to me." Manfredi scowls.

"Okay, fine, what do you want?"

"Skipper's given us some leave time, so I was wondering if you wanted to go talk to those new girls that transferred here yesterday with me." Manfredi considers this for a second.

"Hmm…girls or TV explosions…okay, fine I'll go with you." Johnson nods and they both go to the door.

***A Few Minutes Later***

Johnson and Manfredi walk over to a new penguin habitat. "I wonder why they put the gals in a completely different habitat than us." Manfredi says thinking out loud. Johnson points at a sign on the habitat wall.

"Read much? It says here that they're Chinstrap penguins. We're Adelie penguins." Johnson states.

"Oh." Johnson shakes his head.

"Okay, let's go." Manfredi nods. They enter the habitat; inside they find two girls. They knock and the girls look at them.

"Um, hi?" says one of the girls; she has brown eyes. The other has pale blue eyes.

"Hey." Say Manfredi and Johnson waving.

"We just thought that…um…that since you girls were new here that we would…um…" says Johnson.

"Introduce ourselves and welcome you to the zoo." Manfredi says helping the stuttering Johnson. The girls giggle and Manfredi grins.

"Okay. I'm Annah." Says the brown-eyed one.

"And I'm Hanna." Says the one with blue eyes.

"We're twins." They say at the same time.

"Okay, I'm Johnson." Says Johnson.

"Manfredi." Says Manfredi. They all shake flippers.

"Well, it was nice to meet you…both of you, but Hanna and I really need to be leaving if we are going to grab some snow-cones before the guy leaves the park." Annah says. Hanna nods in agreement. They both try and walk around the boys.

"Wait, let us come with you; it can be dangerous out in the park." Johnson says blocking the girls' path.

"Yeah, it could be full of bears, or badgers, or dogs." Manfredi says.

"Oh my! That does sound a bit dangerous…maybe we should have a couple of strong, handsome guys to protect us, Annah." Says Hanna winking at her sister. Annah winks back.

"Alright, boys, I guess you can come with us." Annah says grinning. Johnson and Manfredi follow the girls out to the snow-cones.

"Johnson, this is probably the best idea you've ever had!" Manfredi whispers patting Johnson on the back.

"I'm glad I finally did something that meets your approval." Johnson replies rolling his eyes.

-End of Part 1 of Story-


(Skipper's POV)

I stop telling the story when I hear snoring. I look at where Private had been listening and find him fast asleep. I chuckle. As I said, one story is enough for a night. "We can finish the story tomorrow." I mutter putting the snoozing Private in his bunk.