It's time for the fourth chapter. Oh, major crud biscuits. This'll be nuts.

CHAPTER 4 – Captured Again

(P to Marlene as the zoo is about to close) "That was a great day Mom," Annabelle said happily to me. "We did get a lot of popcorn sweetie. I think you really helped with that," I said to her, patting her head. She giggled. "I hope I did. I hope Aunt Emily and Uncle Matthew have a baby that looks like an Otter, like me, that they'll help us get popcorn too," Annabelle said to me.

"You really want them to have an Ottan that looks like an Otter, don't you? I can't say I blame you sweetie, I hope that's the case as well," I said. Annabelle laughed. "I knew you were probably thinking that Mom. I just never expected to hear you say that," she said.

I patted her head again. "You really did inherit your father's perception. Not as strong as his gut, but you did inherit something," I said to her happily. "Pengotters are still way cooler than Ottans," Annabelle said. "I imagine you two and your cousin will try to compete to see if that's the case," I said to her. Annabelle laughed again.

"We probably will Mom, as soon as our cousin is capable," she said. Now I laughed. "Those competitions will be fun to watch in a few months or so, after whenever your cousin is born," I said to her. Annabelle smiled again and hugged me. I hugged her back.

As we returned to waving at the last few visitors, my ears picked up a clicking sound. I knew instantly it was lobsters. But we couldn't get into a fighting stance, as that might attract attention.

"Do you hear that sweetie?" I asked Annabelle, whispering. "Yes, Mom. It sounds like lobsters. What can we do? If we get into our stances, that will be suspicious to Alice," Annabelle whispered to me.

The clicking noise stopped. "I don't know. I haven't been in this situation before. Even on the wedding day, there weren't any lobsters. And I don't remember what happened to you last year," I whispered. "Are we stuck?" Annabelle asked me, still whispering. "I think we are. We just need to hold out for a few minutes and remain on our guards," I whispered to her.

We both looked over to everyone on the top of the platform. They were all still waving like we were, but they also seemed to have picked up the noise of the lobsters. We all looked around, trying to spot any hidden somewhere, but couldn't see any.

Looking closer, Matthew wasn't above like everyone else. He was still on guard for Emily. I hoped that he heard the clicking as well. He didn't have a sixth sense for us, only Emily. He was her last line of defense, if it came to that.

While I turned my head, I saw Alice close up the zoo. We all immediately started to get into fighting stances, but right as we landed from our jumping into our stances, a knockout bomb hit Annabelle and I. We tried with all our mights to stay awake, but they kept coming, finally making us black out.

(P to Skipper, a bit earlier) "That was fun Dad," Samuel said to me. I smiled at him. "I'm glad you enjoyed it son. You really pulled off that corkscrew well, helping us get a lot of fish," I said to him. He looked proud. "Thanks Dad. That was really good fish," Samuel said happily.

"I agree with you. Alice needs to sell fish like that more often," I said to him. "I wonder if my new cousin will have the appearance of a Penguin, like me. Hopefully they would help us get more fish, too," Samuel said. "You really want your cousin to be a Penguin, don't you?" I asked him. Samuel chuckled. "Yes, Dad. And I think you want another Penguin to act cute and cuddly as well," he said.

"You did pick up some of my perception. Not my entire gut, but both you and your sister seem to be able to do that. And you're right. It would be good to have another Penguin to act cute and cuddly with us," I said. Samuel laughed. "I knew you might be thinking that, but I never thought you would admit to it," he said.

"That's one thing I'll declassify to you today," I said. I gave him a hug and he hugged back. We resumed waving to the visitors when I picked up the sound of lobsters clicking their claws. "Do you hear that too, Dad?" Samuel whispered to me. "I did. Do you?" I asked Private, Kowalski, and Rico. "Yes, Skipper, we do," Kowalski whispered. "What do we do Dad? If we get into our fighting stances, our cover will be blown," Samuel whispered.

"I know. This is a new situation, even for me. Even when your mother was kidnapped, there weren't any lobsters. The only one who showed up was Blowhole himself," I whispered to him. We all looked over at Marlene and Annabelle and even though they were also waving to the leaving guests, looked like they had heard some clicking as well in their habitat.

"Kowalski, tell me you have options," I whispered to him. "I'm trying to think of some now Skipper. I think we have to wait until the second after Alice closes the gates," he answered. "Get ready to defend Matthew and Emily," I ordered everyone, still whispering. They all nodded, as we still tried to keep up the ruse that we hadn't heard the lobsters. The hatch was currently closed, but not locked.

We all heard and then saw Alice close the gates from outside. We immediately got into our fighting stances. But as soon as we had done so, we were hit with knockout bombs. We all tried to stay awake. Everyone had fallen except me. I tried to crawl over to the hatch, but another round of knockout bombs hit me and I finished blacking out.

(P to Emily, also earlier) "I love that you can make it so that Alice doesn't question where we are," I said to Matthew, smiling. "I love that too honey. I can do anything here. I love that power," he said. I laughed. "With great power comes great responsibility," I said to him. He chuckled. "I'm guessing you were awake when we watched the original Superman a few months ago," Matthew said. *

"Oh, I was. I love using that line. Those writers sure were creative," I said to Matthew. "Yes, they certainly were. But they have nowhere near the ability I have," Matthew said to me. "Oh, I know honey. And that's another reason why I love you," I said to him. We kissed.

"Can I rub your belly?" Matthew asked me. I smiled. "Of course. It's your baby as well," I said happily to him. We kissed again. We stared lovingly into each other's eyes whilst he rubbed my belly. We were so happy we were finally going to have a child of our very own. Suddenly, the baby kicked, causing us to kiss yet again.

"I wonder if the baby does know you're here when you do that," I said to Matthew. "If it knew to be afraid of Blowhole, I'm certain it does. But do you want to test that?" Matthew asked me.

"Touch my belly all you want," I said to him with a smirk-smile combination. He placed a flipper on my belly and we felt another kick. He lifted it up and placed it on my belly again. The baby kicked again. We kept doing that for five minutes and every time he put his flipper on my belly, we felt a kick.

"You are one smart baby," I said to my belly. Mathew suddenly kissed me, and I totally accepted that. After we pulled apart, he began tickling me! "Ha, ha, ha, honey, stop, ha, ha, ha!" I exclaimed, bursting into laughter. "Oh, I know exactly where you're ticklish honey," he said, continuing to tickle me.

We continued doing that for a minute or two, before he stopped. "That was fun!" I exclaimed happily, before kissing him. "I'm glad you enjoyed that," Matthew said after we pulled apart.

Once again, Matthew had placed his flipper on my belly and the baby kicked again. "I've got another idea honey. Do you think the baby will know it's you if you're another species?" I asked him.

Without even asking if we wanted to test that, Matthew turned himself into an Otter and put his paw on my belly. Happily, the baby did kick! Matthew then turned himself into being human and the baby even recognized that!

"It knows you, no matter what species you are!" I exclaimed happily to Matthew after he returned to being a Penguin. "I'm glad for that. That means the baby is really smart," Matthew said, kissing me.

We stared at each other, happily sharing this moment. "I absolutely love you Emily," Matthew said to me. "And I absolutely love you Matthew," I said to him. We kissed, with probably one of the biggest ones since we had found out I was pregnant.

Suddenly, we heard something from up above. "What do you think that was honey?" I asked Matthew. "I don't know. But it sounded like an explosion. But that can't be right, as the zoo is still closing," he said. He walked over to the periscope and looked through it. As soon as he saw what was above, he jumped over to me in a fighting stance.

"What is it?" I asked, afraid. "That was a knockout bomb. Everyone's out for the count. Even Marlene and Anna are out," he told me. My belly started shaking again. "Blowhole's come back for me!" I exclaimed, afraid. "He will not get to you. I'll hold him off long enough until everyone else is back up," Matthew said determined to protect the baby and me.

My belly was still shaking. "Baby, it's alright. Your father will defend us. I know he will," I said to my belly, trying to calm the baby. "He has to," I thought to myself. Suddenly, a dozen lobsters came down the hatch and Matthew immediately started to take them out. After a minute, he did. My belly stopped shaking and I wasn't afraid anymore either.

"I told you he wouldn't get you," Matthew said to me. "Thank you so much," I said to him. But as he walked over for a kiss I was going to give him, a brick hit him in the head from the hatch. "Matthew!" I exclaimed, getting enough energy to get over to him. I quickly checked and thankfully, he was still alive and not bleeding. But he had a big bump on his head and was unconscious.

I got scared. I thought he had beaten all the lobsters. I lost my last line of defense. My belly began shaking nervously again. I hoped everyone else would come wake up and save us, but that didn't happen! Instead, more lobsters came down the hatch! I knew they immediately were trying to get to me. I knew I couldn't do much in my state, but I also knew I couldn't just do nothing.

I let my claws pop out and began claw-punching at any lobsters that came near me. My reflexes were a lot slower, since lots of my energy was going to the baby, so I never hit any of them! Suddenly, a light blue beam from above hit me and I floated up towards the hatch.

I desperately tried to grab at the rungs of the ladder, knowing if I left the HQ, the baby and I were doomed. Each time I managed to grab one, but the force of the beam eventually forced me out. I slipped off the last rung and saw the evening sky. "No!" I shouted, panicked. "Yes," Blowhole said evily to me as I came up.

Suddenly, the beam changed from light blue to red and I was in a cage that was attached to his floating pod. "Please! Let me go!" I pleaded with him. "Never," Blowhole said to me, pressing a button on a Segway in the pod. Suddenly in the sky, a Portal appeared!

I got even more scared, knowing if I went through that, Matthew wouldn't be able to call me back. I tried thrashing at the lock with my claws, but it wasn't working. "You think that's going to work? That lock is claw-proof, thanks to your sister," Blowhole said to me evily. I didn't care as I continued to thrash at the lock, as I desperately didn't want to be captured.

Suddenly, Blowhole and his pod began to rise up and I was pulled in my cage. My worst fear had been realized. We were going to Matthew's world. I was so afraid! My belly was absolutely shaking like mad! All I could do was hug my belly with the baby and hope we would be found before it was too late.

How dare you. How absolutely dare you. You really have no sense of decency, do you? Please rate and review this chapter. I've got only one note.

* I'm talking about the original Superman movie from the 1970's, not Man Of Steel from last year.