Chapter seven: Tally: Skipper
Tally's eyes were filled to the brim with excitement, she watched Skipper doing his training routine that he taught to his students. Tally clapped and squealed with delight as she saw Skipper do a backwards flip.
" My turn! My turn!" Tally ran towards Skipper and put her flippers out as if ready to fight.
" I'm not so sure Tally, your a little young" Skipper still smiled at her admiration.
Tally puffed out her cheeks in frustration, before Skipper's eyes she did a full backflip and even more moves then he expected that she could do. She then finished in a pose with her flippers above her head, Tally smiled a cheeky smile at Skipper, Skipper was stuck in bewilderment.
" Okay Tally, I want you to try this" Skipper had just finished putting up his bowling pin ninjas, they were all scattered all over the place. He wanted to see if Tally was learning what he had told her.
Tally's teal eyes looked at the "ninjas" she smiled and giggled, she turned towards Skipper, he nodded and she began. Tally ran toddled towards the first ninja and hit him with her flipper, he fell over. The rest of them pretty much did the same when she hit number 2 way too hard, like dominoes they all fell over. Skipper clapped and smiled Tally did the same.
" Okay good job soldier" Skipper patted Tally's head, she beamed and giggled. They walked back into the HQ. Kowalski and Ginger were sitting by the table playing a game of cards, it was immedatly stopped when Ginger smiled and walked over to hug Tally. Kowalski did the same and they both turned towards Skipper.
" She's perfect for the team, when she gets older that's all" Skipper saluted Tally, Tally mirrored him perfectly.
Kowalski smiled and hugged Tally even tighter, Ginger cuddled with her as well, Skipper looked towards Private who was sitting in a corner all alone, Skipper walked over to him and sat beside him.
" What's wrong Private?" Skipper asked him, Private looked at him and tried to smile.
" Oh it's nothing Skipper, I've just been thinking, about Tally is she the future generation of penguins?"
" Of coarse she is, why are you worrying?"
" Because if Tally is the new options girls then who is the leader or any of that?"
Skipper did have to pause, he did pose a good question.
" I guess we'll have to wait to have children of our own Private, I mean Tally was an accident and a good mistake as well" Skipper patted Private on the back, he returned towards Tally and her parents.
" So Skipper, how well is she?" Kowalski wanted to know, his flippers curled in excitement.
" She's perfect maybe even better then me" Skipper joked around and patted Tally's head. She smiled and giggled again.
After Tally had been put down for the night, the others decided to have a well deserved poker night, it made Ginger remember the first night that she met the penguins. They all played stomp the wambat again, Ginger won like she did the other time they played, instead of glaring Skipper smiled a kind, reassuring smile. They all had fun playing and Ginger smiled and looked at Tally who a sheepish, little smile appearing on her face.
Ginger smiled wider and returned to the game, she had won 3 fish and the others all won 1. When it was over Ginger looked out towards the moon, she had been wondering about one little thing, where was Marlene? She hadn't been over in a long, long time. Ginger let her eyes wonder towards Tally and Kowalski, he always cradled with his daughter. She would have enough time to visit her. Ginger walked up to the ladder and walked towards Marlene's exhbit.
As soon as she glided through the water, she heard something she hadn't expected to hear.
Crying.
