Lol... now before you ask why its called what it's called... let me let you in on a little science lesson. *unrolls a really long scroll* Ahem... "This is a fiction, so science somehow doesn't matter!" *throws scroll to the side* OK, back to business. Now eppofangirlXD, you didn't miss anything. But you can call foreshadowing to another event in the story. So... I hope you don't find this chapter scary either. Because I might of went overboard... I scared myself writing it. XD But in this chapter, this is what makes them "The Penguins of NYC" XD. But its not called that anymore... Thanks eppofangirlXD, all credit for title still goes to her. ENJOY THE STORY! :D
Chapter 7: Penguin Hormones
"I think that the lab is under us," Kowalski said, feeling the floor. The boys were now hiding behind some crates.
"Just to make sure," Skipper said, grabbing a nickel and rolling it on the ground. The nickel rolled a bit before settling down. Underground, Blowhole smiled.
"They're above us!" Blowhole said, pushing a big red button. The ground opened up below the nickel and it fell in. The cage top of the cage opened and the nickel feel on top of Kaitlyn's head.
"Oy, a nickel!" Kaitlyn said, picking it up. She bit it, checking to see if it was real. She smiled, pocketing the nickel. Topside, the boy's eyes (except for Skipper's of course) were very wide.
"How come it didn't do that before?" Kowalski whined. Rico shook his head and Private whimpered a little.
"We have to go in," Skipper said, "But not that way."
"Skipper," Kowalski said, tapping the side of his head. Skipper smiled when Kowalski pointed out a stairs door.
"You don't see that every day," Skipper said, "We're going in." They filed towards the stairs door and looked at the knob. Instead of a knob, there was a keypad.
"Kowalski? Do you think you can hack into it?" Skipper asked. Rico nodded his head, but Kowalski looked unsure.
"I don't know, Skipper," Kowalski said.
"You can do it, Kowalski. You're the smartest person I know!" Private said. Kowalski blushed and looked at the keypad. He smiled and typed in a pretty good guess. Automatically, the door clicked open.
"Nice job Kowalski," Skipper whispered, "Let's go." The boys filed down the staircase into a high tech lab. The boys hid behind some lab equipment and looked over it. They could see a man in front of monitor, looking very frustrated.
"Where did they go?" he said, switching cameras frantically. He was too busy to notice that the penguins had snuck in using the stairs. He was busy fighting Kaitlyn for the nickel. He had won, much to Kaitlyn's horror.
Kaitlyn looked over and saw the boys hiding behind the lab equipment. Her eyes widened.
"Hey!" Kaitlyn shouted. Suddenly, she instantly regretted it. Blowhole looked over and saw the boys hiding behind the lab equipment. He pushed a button and instantly four claws came up and grabbed the boys.
"Well, well, well," Blowhole said, "We meet again, Skipper."
"You know that you deserve to be behind bars Blowhole," Skipper snarled as they were carried to the cage. Blowhole laughed as the top of the cage opened. They toppled in, Private on top of Kaitlyn.
"Peter? Mr. Kentsworth?" Kaitlyn said in disbelief.
"Not anymore," Kowalski said, "We're Kowalski and Private now."
"What the heck?" Kaitlyn said, "What happened, why did you change your names? …And you hair?"
"To hide from the cops," Blowhole sneered, "And now I can get rid of them for good." He took out a needle with. Skipper's eyes bulged out.
"NEEDLE!" he shrieked, running towards the bars and starting to pull on them. Blowhole took out five test tubes and put the needle in one of them. He smiled as he went towards Skipper.
"Time for your dose of death, Skipper," Blowhole laughed, forcefully grabbing Skipper and injecting the needle in Skipper's arm. Skipper screeched than suddenly, he dropped to the ground.
"What did you do to him?" Kowalski screamed.
"He's gonna be gone before you know it," Blowhole whispered, getting another test tube of the stuff. He walked towards Kowalski and injected the needle into his arm. Kowalski screamed, than he started to feel faint. He panted, trying to remain conscious. Soon he fell to his knees, than passed out.
Darkness… Kowalski was swimming in darkness… soon he would see a light and his life would be over. He would be dead. Who knew his life would be cut so short? What was the cause of this dramatic turn of events? Was he… waking up? Kowalski felt himself waking up. He opened his eyes. He felt… strange… like he wasn't himself. He looked at himself. He still had his hands… his legs…
What happened? Kowalski thought, Why do I suddenly have a craving for raw fish? He looked around him as his vision came back. Everything was still blurry though. He looked around for his glasses and found them… in some hair. Frantically (but quietly) he placed his hands on his hair and sighed quietly when he found out that it was still there. But… this wasn't right. He plucked a feather from it.
"What the…?" Kowalski whispered. He put on his glasses and looked at the feather.
"Guys?" Kowalski whispered, looking for any signs of Blowhole. He guessed that Blowhole left because he thought they were dead.
"Guys," Kowalski said a little louder. It took him a while to realize that the poison that Blowhole injected into them wasn't really poison at all.
"Huh?" Private murmured. Skipper was the first to fully wake up. Skipper rubbed his head and his eyes widened. He plucked out a feather and gasped.
"What the heck?" Skipper shouted.
"What's going on?" Private muttered. He sat up and looked around. Rico was just starting to stir just as Kaitlyn rose up. Kaitlyn's eyes widened as she looked at all the hair around her. Rico sat up and looked at everyone else. Than they all started to smile and giggle a little.
"I can't believe it. We're all alive! Or we're all dead…" Kaitlyn said.
"No we're not all dead," Kowalski assured her, "We have to get out of… what the?" Kowalski looked to see that he had better looking muscles.
"Am I… stronger?" Kowalski said.
"You have muscles," Skipper said, "Though they aren't as noticeable as Rico's." Kowalski looked at Rico. Rico muscles did look better. He was way more built than Skipper or Private or Kaitlyn for that matter. Kowalski suddenly thought of something.
"We're too big to fit through the bars," Kowalski said, "But if we use brute force, we can probably bend the bars and crawl through them."
"That only works in cartoons," Kaitlyn told him. Rico shook his head and grabbed two bars. He started to pull them apart. The cage started to creak and beads of sweat formed on Rico's face. Soon, the two bars split away from the cage. Kowalski and Kaitlyn looked in disbelief.
"Kowalski, is it normal that I have a craving for fish?" Private asked, tugging on Kowalski's shirt. Kowalski shook his head.
"What are we waiting for?" Kaitlyn said, "Let's get out of here, before Blowhole gets back!" The boys walked out of the cage, not aware that Blowhole and his minions were watching in the shadows.
"Should we go after them?" one of them asked.
"Let them go," Blowhole said, "We'll save them for another day. Did the cyborg clone of the girl break the law?"
"Done and done," the minion said. Blowhole did an evil laugh.
The boy's car pulled up to the small cottage. They were panting and shaking. They thought sneaking through the city was hard, but sneaking through the city while it was crawling police was impossible. But they managed and now they were home.
"Well, that was… interesting," Kaitlyn said, "But why do I have feathers for hair?"
"I'm gonna have to do some tests. With our hair and our… unfortunately," Kowalski said, holding up a needle, "Our blood." Skipper shuddered. Private gulped.
"So… what are we?" Skipper said, still shuddering a little.
"I don't know just yet," Kowalski said, "But it could be serious."
The boys and Kaitlyn filed into the house. Kowalski asked everyone to sit down while he took samples. It took a while (because of Skipper), but Kowalski managed to get samples from all four of them, including himself. After a few minutes, Kowalski came out of the kitchen.
"Well, the results are in…" Kowalski said.
"And?" Skipper said. Kowalski looked at them seriously.
"We're half penguin," Kowalski told him. Private widened his eyes.
"That explains the weird cravings for fish!" Private said.
"What about our new strength?" Skipper asked.
"I never saw a penguin as being very… strong. But I guess that part remains a mystery. Either way, we're not human anymore," Kowalski explained, "But this is an advantage for us. We can now be able to swim incredibly fast and well, we're super strong for some… strange reason and we have cravings for fish." Rico smiled wickedly.
"This is… awesome… in a strange way," Private said, "Will we get to regurgitate stuff?"
"I'm not sure…" Kowalski said, "But all I know is that we're not human anymore. What scares me is..." Skipper looked at Kowalski with wide eyes.
"What? What scares you?" Skipper asked.
"I don't know if this is life threatening… or not," Kowalski told them.
Just to let you know, Kaitlyn is Australian. So, OK, another question. Do you like the mutant power that I gave the boys? And does it make some sense that they are stronger? Wait that's two questions... I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Reviews help. It shows you care. You don't have to review if you don't to though... Thank you for the reviews though. Can I tell you a secret? I already have thirteen chapters written out. I'm sorry I'm making you wait though. I like to plan ahead :D Look out for Chapter 8!
