Marlene The Super Spy
Chapter 9
It was 5 o'clock in the evening, the zoo was just getting ready to close since Alice one of the main zoo keeper's was at the exit. She was shouting at the visiter's telling them to get out since she wanted home some time that night. King Julien watched with anticipation as she locked the gate's. He grinned with much excitement as he could and yelled so loud that poor Maurice's ear drums almost burst.
"Hahahhah, okay Maurice let's get this party started, we can't be keeping the sky spirit's waiting any longer!" Julien cried as he jumped past the grey lemur and up to his throne where the boom box was located. He pushed the button and the music was blaring out it.
Mort danced along with the music, "yeah, I like dancing!"
Maurice sighed but he was rather excited himself, so he helped Julien get things ready until the other animals started to pile in.
Soon everyone was there including the penguins, Kowalski hung out with Doris in the water tank while Rico danced with his doll girlfriend. Skipper, Maurice and Mason stood at the bar of the lemur habitat watchng everyone. Marlene had told Skipper that she wasn't quite ready to go yet when he went to pick her up at 5 o'clock, so she told him she'd get him there.
Skipper was a little worried since it was already past six, "you alright there Skippah?" Asked Private as he jumped up onto the bar with mama duck.
Skipper lifted his head and greeted the two, "oh hey Private and mama duck, say whose watching the ducklings?" He asked curiously.
Mama duck waved her wing, "oh don't worry, there being taking care of by my good friend Antonio, he lives in Central park. Private was kind enough to ask me to come tonight, he thought I might need a little break from my duckling's there such a handful sometimes."
Skipper nodded in understanding, "so Skippah, where is Marlene? I thought she was coming with you," asked Private.
Skipper could feel himself heat up at the mention of Marlene, "uh, well she said she wasn't ready so she would come round a bit later."
"Well, hello shelia!" Came Joe's voice.
Marlene had entered the habitat she blushed slightly at how everyone was staring at her, she wore a light blue dress and a small flower, Skipper growled slightly but smiled as Marlene came over to him. Marlene blushed more as she approached the penguin.
"H-hey Skipper sorry I'm late," Marlene smiled bashfully.
Skipper smiled, "no worries Marlene, uh you look beautiful," he said while he could feel himself boiling up from the heat in his face.
Marlene giggled, "thanks skipper, I'm glad I had such good tastes."
Julien couldn't help but stare with his mouth wide open he joined Maurice as soon as Skipper left with Marlene as she had dragged the flat headed penguin onto the dance floor that Maurice had set up. "Wow, that otter has has never looked hotter, eh Maurice?"
Maurice rolled his eyes at the love struck lemur king, "I guess I have to agree with you, I've never seen her look like that before."
Julien sighed sadly, "to bad she likes the bossy penguin."
Maurice nodded, "yeeeeah."
Meanwhile on the dance floor Marlene danced herself away as Skipper watched in amazment he had know idea she could dance like that, "aren't you dancing Skipper?" Marlene asked as she paused in a slight moment of her dancing. She seemingly enjoyed the song that playing right now.
Skipper snapped out of his trance of watching the otter, "uh, actaully I don't do dancing and I also can't dance."
Marlene smiled and stopped, "why don't you just do what I do?"
Skipper could feels his cheeks burning, Private leaned towards Skipper as he danced,"what about that time you got Julien's groove, you danced well then?"
Skipper sighed, "that wasn't me dancing it was Julien groove stuck in me, making me dance."
"Still you danced quite well."
"I'll dance with ya shelia if the bird brain won't," came Joe's vocie with a grin on his face.
Skipper growled and placed a flipper on Marlene's shoulder, "as a matter of fact I will dance with Marlene, she is my date after all," Skipper narrowed his eyes at Joe who frowned.
Joe huffed and walked off further into the dance floor, Marlene smiled at Skipper "so shall we?"
Skipper gulped he looked nervous, "um, y-yeah."
Soon Marlene was off dancing and Skipper still hadn't moved, "come on Skipper just do what I do, you'll be fine."
Skipper shrugged and started to move he copied Marlene's exact moves and even pulled out a few of his own, he found himself actually enjoying himself. There was one fast song after another until Julien thought it would be a great idea to put on a slow song.
He laughed as most of the animals had left the dance floor since most of them didn't have any partners, only few remained including Skipper and Marlene. Marlene sighed as she was about to leave the floor when a flipper rested on her shoulders.
Glancing to the side she saw a smirking Skipper, "you still want to dance?" She questioned.
Skipper answered her by giving her his flipper for her paw to take and a smile on his face, he slipped his other flipper around her waist and his other on her left shoulder. "Why not, I haven't had this much fun in ages."
Marlene giggled and they continued to dance only closer than normal. Marlene couldn't help but feel butterflies in the pit of stomach, making her blushed as Skipper dipped a little as the music sped up a little. Soon she felt her head spinning and the memory of earlier on came back to her.
She made a sudden stop and gripped the side of he head startling Skipper as she fell to her knee's, "Marlene, are you alright?!" He asked in alarm.
The brown otter didn't say a word her eyes closed shut and Skipper swore he saw a tear trickle out, he bent down and was about to pull her back up when she pushed him away. Shocking him and everyone else who were watching. Marlene made a dash back to her habitat wihout another word. Leaving everyone totally speechless.
