Welcome to the 10th chapter of this story! I hope you like this 2nd book. As usual, *'s means notes at the bottom, a (P) means a perspective change from one character or scene to another, and italicized words means I'm quoting a character. Let's read.

CHAPTER 10 – A Reunion

Turning our heads towards the sound, we realized someone was standing there, along with a crowd behind them. "How'd we do what?" I asked. "How did you take down that Dolphin?" the person asked. "Give us a minute," I said.

Marlene and I huddled. * "Do you think we should tell them?" I asked. "I think we should, since it'll be all over your news forever. But let's wait until Skipper and the guys get here," Marlene said. "How far away do you think they are?" I asked. "I don't think they are far. I can feel it," Marlene said. "Did you pick that up from Skipper as well?" I asked. Marlene just shrugged and we turned back towards the person.

"We'd like to tell you, but we need permission from our commanding officer first," I said. "Who is that? Are you from the army?" the person asked. "Sort of," Marlene answered. "I never thought animals could talk, until today," the person said, walking back to the crowd. (P to Skipper)

"How far are we away from San Francisco, Kowalski?" I asked. "We're in San Francisco, we just need to get downtown, which should take five minutes," Kowalski answered. "Where is everybody going?" Private asked, looking out the window. Outside, we could all see many humans walking in one direction.

"Analysis, Kowalski," I said. "It seems the humans are heading to the same place, probably due to an event," Kowalski said. "Let's go there too," I said. We drove around a few corners and saw a very large crowd forming around something. As we got closer, I saw it was the human Matthew, Blowhole's Segway, and… Marlene? My heart skipped a beat seeing her for the first time in hours, obviously safe.

Realizing what must've happened, I spoke to my men. "Men, I think those two defeated Blowhole by themselves. Remind me to promote them." They all looked happy, knowing those two had defeated our archenemy. I felt happy myself, knowing Marlene had kept her head cool under all this pressure and that she had learned well. (P to myself)

I noticed a car coming towards us, a Prius, in fact. Peering at the steering wheel, I could see a small black and white figure. "Marlene, I think that might be them," I said. Her expression turned into pure joy and love, knowing Skipper was finally here.

The doors on the car opened, and sure enough, it was the Penguins. "Marlene!" Skipper shouted and started running towards her. "Skipper!" Marlene shouted and also started running towards him. They met in the middle of where I was standing and the crowd. They both kissed, happy to be back together again. "Aww," the rest of the Penguins and I said.

All the other people looked extremely confused. "A penguin and an otter?" someone asked, confused. "How is that possible?" another person asked. Seeing this as a prime time to speak up, I motioned for the other Penguins to help me guard the two. We got around them and I said protectively, "If you've got a problem with that, then you'll have to go through me." "And me," Private said. "Myself included," Kowalski said. "Me too," Rico mumbled.

Suddenly Skipper and Marlene both realized they were being stared at, but still backed off slowly. "Hello sir," I said to Skipper and saluted. "Hello, soldier. How'd you two stop Blowhole?" Skipper asked. "We want to know that as well," someone said, coming up with a camera and microphone, obviously a reporter. "Huddle," I said to the five, away from the camera.

"Do you think we should tell them, Skipper? No matter what happens, they'll still have a record of today," I explained. "Seeing as how badly Blowhole has damaged your dimension, I say we should," Kowalski said. "What do you think Marlene?" Skipper asked. "I think we owe everyone an explanation, considering what happened. Unless you've got a stopwatch, amnesia mist, and a way to quickly delete all records of this off the Internet, we're stuck," Marlene said.

"Seems like we have no choice, since we lack all those today. But I'd like to do it in a proper way, at a press conference, like any commanding officer should," Skipper said. "Luckily, I know the perfect place for that," I said. To the crowd, I said, "If you could all follow us to Moscone, we'd be happy to explain what happened." The six of us got on the Segway and started heading there, with the crowd in tow.

We got onto one of the stages and found microphones for all of us, that way everyone could hear. I think we all felt a bit nervous, considering the bombshells we were about to drop onto the planet. After all the various news companies got the cameras, personal microphones, and other stuff in place, it was time to start.

Chapter 10 is a little short, I know. At least Skipper and Marlene are finally back together again. The next chapter will be longer. Please rate and review this chapter. I've only got one note today.

* I'm referencing every episode ever where anyone got into a group and discussed a plan, such as in "Crown Fools" when Marlene helped the Penguins come up with a plan to get Julien's crown or "Best Laid Plantains" when the Penguins were agreeing on who stole the ape's plantains.