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Here's chapter 7, The Easter Egg Hunt, but it's not just about that, Dot's second part of her plan is about to be put into action, and near the end something... well you'll just have to read on and find out... ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own CP. Only my character Walle N Eva, other character's are owned by whoever plays them. There are a few references to Bellykid5's stories in this chapter just to let you know.
Chapter 7: Easter Egg Hunt
After the April Fool's party was over I got a call from Dot, "I've checked the old Aqua Grabber this week; the EPF power core's still inside, Herbert didn't take the bait. So this week we're going to try something a little more drastic. All agents report to HQ, G has your orders."
So me and my friends met up at the EPF HQ, and listened along with other agents to the orders G had for us all. "This time we're going to leave EPF tech out again, but this time I want you to go out-of-cover and make a loud commotion. Hopefully by the all the commotion, Herbert will be lured out of hiding." And with that G signed off.
"Wait G didn't tell us where the Field Op was." I realized.
"Well I guess we'll have to find it." Lenny sighed,
"Good idea, you and Tweak go and look for where we're supposed to put the EPF tech, while me and Eva discuss tack-tics, make sure you both go in your EPF suits." I stared in confusion as Prinsessrock pushed them both into the lift.
"Prinsessrock what was that for?" I asked once our two friends had gone,
"Well we needed someone to start looking." She just innocently smiled, making her way down the steps.
"Umm, ok." I agreed still a bit confused.
Suddenly my friend waved to a stranger sitting at the table "Hi!" she beamed, I sighed; sometimes my friend was a little too outgoing.
"Erm hello..." the black colored Tech and Tactical agent replied, she was wearing a black hoodie and matching shades.
"Hi I'm Agent Prinsessrock, this is my friend Agent Walle N Eva. Who are you?" I sighed again, as my friend sat down beside the dark coloured penguin.
"I'm Agent B, aka Bellykid5." The penguin replied.
"Hi Bellykid, nice to meet you. You heard about the new Field Op?"
"No I haven't." Bellykid lifted her shades up intrigued.
"We're supposed to go out-of-cover and hide some EPF equipment out in the open."
"Prinsessrock if you hid something that means that it can't be seen." I explained sitting down beside my friend.
"Anyway..." Prinsessrock was about to continue when suddenly the room went dark.
"What's going on?" I asked as the TV screen in front began to flicker, most of the agents in the HQ rushed to the free seats around the table.
"This is EXCITING!" Bellykid shouted whilst jumping up and down in her seat.
"Yeah I know!" Prinsessrock giggled clapping her hands.
'Ok, what is going on?' I thought, I'd never met someone as excited and hyper as Prinsessrock before.
"HEY LOOK!" Bellykid shouted again pointing at the green screen.
"It's a secret message!" Prinsessrock exclaimed excitedly.
"Guys shhhh, listen..." I shushed them both.
"Humph!" Bellykid said grouchily knocking her shades back down over her eyes.
A penguin at the other end of the table was discussing our next course of action for the Field Op, as the green screen revealed secret underground lifts at the Beach, Phoning Facility and Cove.
"I wonder if those really exist yet?" my friend whispered.
"Maybe..." I whispered back, as the penguins concluded their discussion.
"OK, I'm going to get changed into my EPF gear." Prinsessrock said as she got up from her chair,
"OK, I'll call Tweak and Lenny to see how their doing." I told her as she left.
Tweak and Lenny told me that they hadn't found the location of the Field Op yet, so I told them to return to HQ. As I put my phone back into my pocket, I noticed that Bellykid, who was sitting one chair space away from me, was looking rather unhappy.
"What's wrong?" I asked concerned moving over to sit next to her.
"You wouldn't understand..." she huffed.
"Oh it can't be that bad..." I put my flipper on her shoulder reassuringly
"HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Bellykid jumped out of her seat angrily.
"Umm, sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." I quickly apologized.
Suddenly Bellykid's anger disappeared, "Oh sorry... You see I, I have mood problems." She sadly explained.
"Oh. No worries." I smiled, "You want to help me and my friends with the Field Op."
Bellykid5's face lit up, "Yeah sure."
...
Me and my friends, including Bellykid, wearing our EPF gear, split into two groups, me and Bellykid going to the Town, while Prinsessrock, Tweak and Lenny went to the Plaza. I blew into my Puffle Whistle, calling the Elite Puffle Flare to my side.
"Cool an Elite Puffle." Bellykid smiled as we entered the Coffee Shop. We searched the shop from top to bottom, but we couldn't find where we were supposed to set up the EPF tech. Bellykid told me more about her mood disorder and that G had listed them like so...
January: Friendly
February: Sarcastic
July: Depressed
August: Hyper and Loud
September: Grouchy
October: Sinister
November: Serious
December: Suicidal.
I noticed that she was feeling more and more depressed as our search continued. As we searched the Night Club, I realized that Bellykid was going into July. 'Hope we find the Field Op soon.' I thought as I searched the speakers, remembering a Field Op I did there during the Halloween Party, when there was a shade-wearing pumpkin on the speaker. We went upstairs to the Dance Lounge; I noticed the broken arcade game in the corner and wondered if that was where we were to install the device. My suspicions were correct as G called telling us to install the EPF device inside it.
"Well you could have told us that before." Bellykid sulked.
"Oh hello Agent B, hmm yes I should have elaborated more on the location of the operation. Is Agent B alright?" G asked me cautiously.
"I think she's in July." I explained,
"Oh you know!" G sounded surprised.
"Long story G. Anyway we'd better get this installed, thanks for the info G." I replied quickly.
"Ok, good luck." G signed off.
Me and Bellykid quickly got the device installed, now we just needed to make a commotion outside to lure Herbert to it. We met my friends and some fellow agents outside in the Town, we started talking intently to each other, whilst Comm Agents pretended to scan the area for signals with their high-tech computers. It felt odd to be out-of-cover, but hopefully this would lure Herbert out of hiding.
"Maybe we should be a bit louder; Hebert could be on the other side of the island." Prinsessrock wondered, before I could reply,
Bellykid, who'd just gone into August, shouted at the top of her lungs, "HEY, WE'RE SETTING UP SOME SECRET EQUIPMENT HERE, I SURE HOPE NO ONE TRIES TO STEEL IT!".
"Well, I'm sure Herbert would have heard that, even if he was on Rockhopper Island!" I laughed covering my ears.
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A few days later and the Easter Egg hunt began, I met my four friends who'd been waiting, in the Coffee Shop.
"Sorry I'm late, my puffles were hungry, especially Mater." I apologised.
"Ok well we've got the first clue." Prinsessrock waved the piece of paper in her hand, "It says 'The first egg's hidden near shining gold, somewhere deep and dark and cold'..."
"The Hidden Lake!" I exclaimed.
"How'd you get it so quick? We've been thinking about it all the time we were waiting for you." Tweak gasped. "I like a good riddle or rhyme, I write them all the time!" I smiled.
We then ran into the Underground and to the Hidden Lake, and there on a rock beside the Aqua Grabber, lay a white egg with a golden star on it, and a piece of paper next to it.
Lenny grabbed the paper and began to read, "The next egg's found near works of art, Plus lots of books to make you smart!"
"Books?" Tweak thought aloud,
"Books..." I echoed, "Books! In the Book Room!"
We teleported ourselves to the Book Room, as no-one was watching, but the egg wasn't in plain sight, it took us a while to find it. Tweak eventually found the blue sea wave patterned egg and riddle behind the lampshade.
"The next egg's near a snowy shore. It's hidden well. You must explore." Tweak read.
"The Beach has a shore." Prinsessrock mumbled,
"Yes that's right it must be there." I agreed.
We teleported ourselves to the Beach, none of the penguins sitting on the chairs noticed us vanishing, since they had their beaks buried in their books. The third egg was hidden well, as the riddle said. I found the yellow egg, with a picture of a mine cart on it, and the fourth riddle half buried in the snow beside the sign pointing to the Dock.
"Now head towards a wooden shack. You're doing well, you're on the right track!" I read.
"Wooden shack? Track? Lenny looked at the picture on the yellow egg. "The Mine shack!" "Yeah you're right Lenny." I replied.
We went to the Mine shack and looked around the community garden, I looked up at the tree standing tall, when I noticed another egg in its branches, it was red with squiggly symbols on it.
"That's a bit high up, the fourth egg's up there." I pointed,
"How are we going to get it down?" Prinsessrock asked.
"We could throw snowballs at it to knock it down." Lenny told us.
So we threw snowballs at the egg, until it was knocked out of the tree and onto the ground.
"The next riddle is tied onto the egg." Prinsessrock untied the piece of paper and read the note aloud.
"Search now near a tall white chair, for watching waves. The egg is there." There was silence for a few seconds...
"Hey, watching waves rhymes with Catching waves!" I exclaimed,
"What's that got to do with it?" Tweak looked confused.
"At the Cove, there's a tall white lifeguard's chair where they watch the waves for penguins in distress." I explained.
"Oh ok, well to the Cove then." Lenny began to lead the way.
We arrived at the Cove and quickly found the purple egg, with a picture of a pink present on it, on top of the Surf Hut.
"How are we supposed to reach that egg?" I pondered, but we soon came up with a plan.
We managed to knock the egg down with a surfboard, along with a note; Tweak then read it out, "The next one's sure to make you smile. Just like you this egg's got style"
"Style? Hey the Gift Shop that's got style!" Prinsessrock exclaimed. "Yeah that's right!" I smiled.
Once at the shop, we noticed a strange shaped head on the wig shelf above the salon chairs. "Hey it's another egg!" Lenny pointed to the blue egg, with a picture of a Fluffy fish on the front.
Tweak giggled shyly, "That's one funny wig wearing fish."
I got onto the chair and grabbed the egg and note tied to it. "Ok this is the last but one." I said as I got down from the chair and read the note aloud, "The next egg's near a chair that lifts. You're getting close, you must be swift."
"A chair that lifts... Hey there's a chair on the ski lift at the Ski Village." Lenny remembered.
So off we went to the Ski Village, and found the stripy lilac colored egg, with a snowflake picture on it, on top of the ski lift. 'Hmm, maybe I could jump on the chairs to get it...' My thought was turned into action as I hopped onto the chair; grabbed the egg as I went past, and then jumped back off.
The last clue was read out by Lenny, "The last egg's near a big, bright light. You're almost done, the end's in sight."
"A bright light...The Beacon!" Tweak exclaimed and ran towards the Lighthouse, with us following behind.
We ran up the Lighthouse stairs and onto the Beacon balcony, "Where's the egg?" Prinsessrock asked. We looked around,
"The last one! We've found all 8 of them!" I shouted pointing to the green egg, with a light bulb picture on it, beside the beacon light.
We grabbed the last egg and rushed back to the Gift Shop to collect our prize.
The penguin at the till gave us some yellow bunny ears as a reward, she then sighed as we handed her the bag of eggs, "Guess I'll be putting these back again..." she turned to the door.
"Wait!" I called, she turned round, "Why don't we help you?"
The shop keeper smiled, "Yes that would be a help."
"Ok Prinsessrock you keep an eye on the shop while we put the eggs back."
"Ok." Prinsessrock smiled excitedly, she'd always wanted to work in the shop of style, this was going to be fun...
...
A few days later, I noticed someone odd and white waddling around the Town, "Herbert?!" I whispered surprised. I grabbed the white person and pinned him to the ground, "Heeey! What are you doing!" the muffled voice replied.
"Give it up Herb..." I stopped; white paint covered my flippers and front.
Herbert was covered in white paint, I let go of him in shook,
"Who's Herb?" The person got up and turned around, I gasped. It was a white penguin!
"Um... How, how are you white?" I stuttered.
"Oh, I just accidently spilt some white paint all over me, whilst I was painting my igloo." He explained (Hehe, igloos are usually white because they're made of snow!)
"Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone else. Anyway we'd better get clean up then." I apologised,
"Yes I was just going to the Gift Shop to do just that." he huffed as he waddled away. 'Don't see that everyday... I wonder if they'll ever release white as a new penguin colour?...' I thought to myself.
...
A while later I went alone to the Dock, penguins were forming a line, "Come on join us we're making an Easter Line!" a penguin called as everyone began to dance. Everyone smiled as the line grew and grew until it stretched across the whole of the Dock!
"EASTER!" Everyone chanted forming a Mexican wave along the line.
Suddenly the sky turned orange above us and fireballs fell in the distance, Fire Ninjas were changing the weather! Everyone gasped as the Fire Ninjas did their graceful fire dance in our Great Easter Line.
"IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!" a penguin further along the line cheered,
"No... IT'S THE EASTER COUNTDOWN!" another penguin sang.
Soon everyone was singing along to the songs penguins cheered. "WE ARE YOUNG!" a penguin wearing a gingerbread costume and globe hat on his head sang as we joined in.
"I WANT CANDY!" another yellow penguin wearing the yellow bunny ears sang a while later.
"I WANT CANDY!" we echoed in chorus.
"HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!" I beamed as the singing began to die down and everyone began to disperse.
...
I wondered where my friends had been, I checked the HQ and found my friends there.
"Where've you been?" I asked.
"We've been re-doing some old PSA missions in the VR Room, for practise." Tweak explained.
I remembered the PSA, it was the old secret organisation that the EPF took over after the popcorn 'accident', but I wasn't here to remember that now.
I smiled at my friends, "Well you'll never guess what I've been doing..." I told them all about the Great Easter Line made of dancing penguins that had been at the Dock.
Once I'd finished, we all smiled. What an Easter it had been...
Everything mentioned in this chapter apart form me meeting Bellykid5, actually happened, people hacked into CP during Easter, and got the white color before it was released last December, I met one of them, but they were later banned. There really was a Great Easter Line at the Dock, and some penguins really sang those lines from random songs! Ok next chapter's on Earth Day...
-Walle N Eva :)
