Soon, they all arrived at the store after a very awkward bus ride. "Kowalski, why could we not have gone at night again?", Skipper asked as they entered the store while eyeing the other customers with suspicion. "Skipper, we have to do this for Private, he will have to eat something soon and we can't have him wrapped in his oversized clothes all day and night", Kowalski said while straightening his glasses. "I suppose so, but look at all these people. They could all be spies for what we know.", replied Skipper as he sent a menacing glare to some random guy walking down an aisle.
"Calm dow' we don' wanna get kicke' out already.", said Rico while putting a hand on Skipper's shoulder.
"You're right. I just have to calm down a bit. Alright boys, it's time for us to split up.", said skipper as they reached the middle of the store. "Kowalski, you're in charge of picking out food, Rico and I will look for clothes and other things."
"Aye Skipper", said Kowalski and Rico in unison.
Kowalski headed off to the other side of the store with a basket in hand, looking for food suitable for baby Private. 'Private at this age is still on a soft food diet. He won't start eating solid food until he is six months old, if he were a penguin we would have to regurgitate food for him. Eww. Baby food jars it is then and if he's going to be a human for the remainder of the time, he will need milk formulas.', Kowalski thought as he grabbed baby food from the shelf and placed it on his basket . He then spotted a set of blocks with words and numbers on the ground. 'I wonder if I could teach Private a thing or two while he is this age, i'm sure i'll have some time.' With that in mind Kowalski picked up the block set, a smirk was already forming on his face from thinking about Private learning from him.
Skipper and Rico with another basket in hand walked toward the baby clothes aisle. Skipper started scanning for any clothes that could fit Private and looked penguin-ish. Lucky for them, halloween had just passed and all the costume type onesies were still up. Soon Skipper found a penguin onesie, he looked at the tag to see if it was for five month olds. 'Five month old, it says. Private is still really small for it though, I guess it's better than nothing.', thought Skipper as he placed it in the basket, he then spotted a little military patterned onesie. Skipper picked it up and examined it. 'For a five month old, better yet my little soldier.' Skipper then placed it in the basket and headed off to find Rico when he realized he wasn't there.
Rico went off with a basket on his own to look for things to baby proof the HQ a bit. Being a weapons expert and demolitionist had its problems when you're dealing with something fragile and delicate. He didn't have much luck though, there wasn't much stuff for baby proofing, so that left Rico choosing to buy soft blankets, binkys, diapers, shampoo and oil. 'Anything to keep Pri' comfortable, healthy and safe. I still can't believe how he was in my arms first… he was so small and fragile and soft. I wish I could have kept him in my arms a bit longer… look at me being mushy and stuff.', thought Rico as he picked up a blanket with little dynamite patterns on it. 'Now this is what i'm talkin' bout'!' He then put the blanket in the basket and headed off to regroup with the others.
The three met up back in the middle of the store, each carrying their own basket of supplies. Kowalski had a few dozen jars of baby food, formula, bottles and the blocks in his basket. Rico had the dynamite blanket, binkies, diapers, shampoo and baby oil in his basket. Skipper had the penguin and military onesie, along with some pairs of clothes for them. "Seems like we have enough supplies for the month, sir.", said Kowalski.
"Affirmative. Rico, get the wallet ready, we are leaving.", said Skipper as he started walking off to the price counters. Luckily there wasn't a line so they were able to leave almost peacefully, except for those few "congratulations on new baby" complements from the cashier. With bags in hand they made their way over to the bus and left for the zoo. "Kowalski, write this down, from now on we go to the store at night", barked Skipper once they stepped off the bus, receiving strange looks from the other passengers.
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