The Mirror: Chapter 4
"But Skipper-"
"No "buts" Kowalski!" Skipper retorted. "You have got to get it through your head! There is no such thing as "evil reflections"!"
"I never said "evil reflections"!" Kowalski cut in.
"It doesn't matter!" Skipper continued, "why can't you just admit your mistake! Rico already fixed the wall, it's not like it's such a big deal!"
Kowalski took a deep breath. "Skipper, I don't care about the wall right now! You know what, just blame me for the wall… I don't care! But you have got to believe me! I am not making this up out of nowhere!"
Private watched the scene with his back turned to the TV. What's wrong with Kowalski? I would think he would have given up by now… The penguin thought.
"Kowalski, go get your head straight, I'm assigning you to recon duty" Skipper announced.
"But Skipper-"
"Kowalski!" Skipper snapped.
"fine…" Kowalski sighed. He left the HQ, and went to the top of the zoo entrance. He watched the small carousel spin for a while. I'm not crazy… Kowalski thought, this whole situation might be crazy… but I'm not… I know what I know… I'm just reacting to the information I was given….
. . .
Private snuck out of the HQ, and went off to go find Kowalski…
"Kowalski? " Private asked as he saw the older penguin sitting in front of the small carousel. The ledge was just wide enough for him to sit comfortably.
"Oh, hello Private…" Kowalski smiled weakly.
Private sat next to him. "Kowalski… are you ok?"
Kowalski looked at his younger teammate. "Private… I know you think I must be crazy"
Private sighed, "yeah… I'm sorry it's just…"
"this mirror thing… it's just…. I can't explain everything to you at once I…"
"Smarty Penguin!" Julien jumped towards them suddenly.
"Where did you come from?" Private asked.
"No time! Smarty penguin come with me!" Julien grabbed Kowalski's flipper and dragged him over to the penguin HQ. Finally getting Kowalski into his lab.
"Well that was… un-comfortable." Kowalski said, straightening his back. "I think you bent my spine"
Julien rolled his eyes and took out his mirror. Julien's reflection was already there even though Julien was facing Kowalski and the big mirror, and holding the mirror in front of him.
"But… if you're not…. You know… how is you're reflection showing if you're not looking in the mirror?... and where were you keeping that mirror?"
"Sheesh stop asking stupid questions!" Julien retorted.
His reflection gave Kowalski a disappointed look, and pointed behind Kowalski. "Why isn't that mirror destroyed? Why did you not listen to me!"
Kowalski let out an annoyed breath, "nobody believes me! And the mirror wasn't even my mirror in the first place, it's Skipper's! And if he doesn't believe me, then why would he let me smash the mirror!"
"Well you have to destroy it, trust me! I've spoke with your reflection before… he's… planned things… you have no idea what he has in store!"
Julien looked at his reflection and Kowalski fighting. But suddenly he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Kowalski wasn't facing the mirror so his reflection wasn't facing Julien at the time, but as Kowalski argued… Kowalski's reflection slowly turned his head. "uh… K- Kowalski?"
"Well it's not my fault! My whole team thinks I'm crazy, I have a half a mind to give up science for all this WEIRD stuff happening, how do I know if I should even believe you I mean-" Kowalski was cut short by Julien's reflection.
"Did you even think about what might happen if I'm right then? If you don't believe me?" the reflection argued.
"I've got a lot going on!"
"K- Kowalski…." Julien whimpered.
Suddenly Julien's reflection saw it too.
"What are you staring at?" Kowalski asked. But then he turned around.
His reflection was staring at him with a devilish grin on its face. It stepped through the glass slowly. The portal rippling as it was passed through.
Kowalski backed up one step, his foot trembling; despite him trying to maintain a stoic expression he was visually horrified.
The reflection's grin widened, and his eyes narrowed. "Hello Kowalski"