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How It All Began
Chapter 14: The Transfer
"There you go, Benjy. Just a few more hours in bed and you'll be completely well." Jessie told the young penguin. The door was slowly pushed open and both the penguins turned their attention to it.
It was Eloise. She was sobbing.
"Why ah you cryin' mum?" Benjamin asked.
Eloise closed the door gently and wiped the tears on her face. "It's nothing."
"It's anything but nothing, Eloise. Tell me what's wrong." Jessie insisted.
"It's… *sniff* James. H…he's one of the Deep Penetration Agents of Dr. B… Blowhole." Eloise stammered.
Jessie ducked her head. "*Sigh* He was a good agent. Very useful and smart. Everyone in the SMPF trusted him. Especially you, Eloise. You were his mate."
"I was j… just a cover! He never loved me!" Eloise growled.
"I know, I know." Jessie said, rubbing Eloise's back. "But there are things that you just have to leave in the past. It's done now, and there's nothing you can do to change it."
Eloise sighed. Then fixed her sad expression. "You're right." She said firmly. "C'mon Benjamin. Let's go back to our room."
"Eloise! Benjamin has to stay in bed for atlea…" Jessie hesitated when she saw the look in her face.
Her eyes turned red. "He's coming with me." She snarled.
Jessie flinched away and nodded, glancing at Benjamin.
Benjamin gulped and slowly walked toward his mother.
Eloise held on to his flipper and together they slid toward their room.
When they got to their room, Benjamin was put on the bed. "Mum?" He said, yawning.
"What do you want?" Eloise replied angrily.
Benjamin gave her a concerned look. Her eyes were still red. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Now stop fussing. You're just a kid." Eloise said, tucking him in bed.
"A kid who's your son. I care for you, mum." Benjamin said, trying to make her happy and make her eyes a calm blue again. But it didn't work. Her eyes remained red.
"That's… good to know, Benjy. Now get some rest. Jessie said that you'd be well in the morning." Eloise said, turning the light off.
"But what about you?" Benjy asked, tapping the space on the bed right beside him.
"Let's just say, I have lot's to think about." Eloise said, starting to close the door.
"Mum?" Benjamin said, drawing her attention. "Please don't stay upset." Benjamin said, smiling innocently.
For a second, her eyes turned blue then turned red again when she remembered what had happened a few minutes before. "*sigh* Good night Benjamin." She said, shutting the door.
Benjamin closed his eyes and allowed himself to fall into a deep sleep.
Some time the next morning…
"Paging Skipper, Hans, and Johnson. Please report to the main office immediately." Doc's voice was heard all over the HQ.
"What does she want now?" Skipper complained, motioning for his team to follow him as he slid toward the main office.
"I'm sending you to our secret agency in Denmark." Jessie told them when they got there.
"WHAT?!" Skipper exclaimed.
"It'll be fine. This agency takes care of little abandoned animals and sometimes recruits them. I'll email Agent Steph." Jessie said, typing on a computer.
"But you can't transfer us! This is our home! We belong here." Johnson pointed out.
"Understandable. However, Dr. Blowhole now knows your location and since you're his new arch nemesis, he'll be coming after you and your team. It is safer for you all to be in another location."
Then a ding was heard from the computer.
"Right…" Jessie mumbled. "Agent Steph (pronounced as stef) will be coming on a helicopter to fetch you guys. She'll be arriving sometime before lunch. I assume you'll have enough time to pack up."
"Uh… Agent… Steph?" Hans asked.
Doc cleared her throat. "Stephanie Shores. Head of the agency in Denmark. Call her Stephie, Stephanie or Step and she'll rip you apart." She chuckled.
Skipper scoffed. "I'd like to see her try." He challenged.
"Skipper, I believe you and your team have some work to do." Jessie said, tapping her foot on the floor.
"Uh right. C'mon men. Pack only what is necessary." He ordered before leading his team out of the room.
A few hours later, a helicopter landed on the rooftop of the SMPF building. A few penguins stood there to watch the team leave.
Skipper looked at the door of the helicopter, expecting a penguin to pop out but instead, a female hawk jumped out. Smoothing her feathers with her beak.
"That's Agent Steph. I know you were expecting a penguin, but… This is her." Doc whispered into Skipper's earhole.
"Good-bye son. We'll miss you." Angelica told her son.
"Bye mom. Bye dad." Johnson said, hugging his parents.
"Be safe, Skipper." Silvia said, hugging Skipper.
"I will." Skipper replied, pulling away gently before smiling at her.
Then the team neared the hawk near the helicopter.
"Greetings Antarctic dwellers. I'm Agent Steph. But Steph is fine." The hawk introduced.
"I hear your real name is Stephanie." Skipper smirked.
Steph growled. "Don't you dare call me Stephanie…"Then she sighed. "I'll take it easy on you, newbie... for now… Just don't get used to it."
Skipper scoffed and got on the helicopter. He saw another animal on board. It was a white tom with black patches.
"Howdy, mate. The name's Scratch. Good tah meet yah." The cat meowed. "And I reckon your name is Skipper?"
"How did you…"
"I'm one of Steph's teammates. She told me all 'bout yah." Scratch said.
"Okay…" Skipper said, buckling his seatbelt.
Johnson peeked through the window, waving good-bye to everyone as the helicopter flew up.
"Skippah? Vhy are vhe so… h… high up?" Hans said, looking through the window.
"Hah! A puffin? Afraid of heights?" Steph laughed in the pilot's seat.
"He can't fly… He never did until… er… this helicopter…" Johnson explained.
Steph scoffed. "That's what you get when you hang out with a bunch of flightless birds."
"And what about you? You're a hawk flying a helicopter… That doesn't make sense, does it?" Skipper smirked at his team, who laughed at Steph.
Steph scowled.
"Er… If I were you, I wouldn't do that…" Scratch stammered.
"And you're teammate's a cat! Hah!" Skipper said, laughing. "Bird and cat? What's up with that?"
Steph punched a button in the controls and flew near him, unbuckling his seat belt before pinning his against the chair. "Listen, Skipper. You don't seem to know who I am. I'm Agent Steph. Head of the agency you were transferred in. So now, you listen to me. Kapeesh?"
Skipper cocked his brow and smirked. "Alright, Agent Stephie."
"Grr… Hyyah!" Steph shrieked as she kicked Skipper out the open door.
Everyone except Scratch gasped.
"Don't worry your little feathahs, mates. She did that to me on mah first day too." Scratch told them. "She'll just let 'em fall a bit…"
"AAAHHH!" Skipper screamed as he fell.
"Then she'll jump down…" Scratch narrated as they watched the swift hawk jump out of the helicopter.
"And just at the last minute…"
Steph fell faster and faster after the falling penguin.
"OH SWEET MERCY HELP!" Skipper shouted, closing his eyes tightly. And just before he reached the water, a claw grabbed his body and brought him up.
"She'll save 'em." Scratch said, as Steph, holding the still-quivering Skipper flew in the helicopter.
Steph dropped Skipper on his chair and flew toward her seat.
"Let's just hope that taught you a lesson…" She mumbled, punching the button once again and taking hold of the wheel.
Skipper buckled his seatbelt, eyes still wide and beak still quivering.
Steph chuckled, making the helicopter go faster.
A few hours later, they arrived at the location of the secret agency.
"What is this place? It's just a lake." Johnson observed.
Steph laughed. "Newbies…" She mumbled, pulling out an I.D and dipping it in the water. Then suddenly, the water in the lake split, revealing a hatch in the middle.
Steph and Scratch walked toward it, glancing at the others. "Are yah comin'" Scratch asked, jumping down the hatch, using his claws to slow him down.
Hans gulped and walked toward them together with the team.
"I don't know… maybe it's - AAHH!" Johnson screamed as he and the others were pushed in the hole by the hawk.
"AAAHH! Why do I have to fall TWICE?" Skipper said,
Hans glanced up and saw Steph spreading out her wings and gliding down slowly.
He looked at his wings and spread them. He was immediately slowed down and was gliding down, giggling at the achievement.
Steph caught up to him and whispered, "Nice job, newbie. Next thing you know, you're really in the game."
Hans smiled and looked down.
Skipper and Johnson were on the floor, groaning and moaning. While Scratch was grooming himself.
When Hans and Steph landed, Steph laughed. "Soon you'll learn… C'mon. I'll show you around a bit." She said, opening a door.
All of them walked out the door. They saw a lot of animals. Cats, dogs, robins, and sparrows. Penguins too! They were helping them, feeding them, and curing them.
"This is the work room. This is where the agents take care of the animals." Steph explained, motioning them to follow her to the next room.
"This is the Monitory room." She said as she walked in the room with lots of monitors. "It's where we monitor the nests of birds, and other places in case some one needs help." She pointed to a monitor showing a white cat walking toward the lake. "STRAY CAT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Don't make it see us." She said to a microphone.
"Roger that, Steph." A voice replied. Then she pointed to another monitor showing the lake flowing. "That's the lake we went through. Looks like this cat doesn't need help. Unless it drowns in there." She mumbled.
"Now, here is where you and your team will be staying." Steph said, opening a door, revealing a bunch of beds and lamps in there.
"Alright! A bed! I AM TIRED!" Skipper said, plopping himself on one bed.
Steph rolled her eyes. "Alright. You can sleep. Your luggage will arrive later. Agent Genevieve will come and give it to you together with your lunch." She said before leading Scratch out the door.
"*yawn* I'm gonna catch some shut-eye boys." Skipper announced, curling up in his bed.
"Aye-aye, Skipper." Hans said, checking the drawers and testing the lamps.
Skipper then closed his eyes and sighed.
A few minutes later they heard a knock on the door. Johnson opened the door and saw a female chin-strapped penguin holding a tray of fish. "Hello. My name is Agent Genevieve. I'm looking for our new transfer… uh… Skipper?" she said.
"He's asleep. Steph told us you'd be coming. Come in." Johnson said, giving way for the penguin to pass
Genevieve placed the tray on the table and went out to fetch the bags.
"Skippah, our lunch is here." Hans whispered, nudging Skipper awake.
When Genevieve had finished her work and the team was already eating, she smiled. "We hope you'll enjoy your stay here... OH! And Agent Steph will be waiting for you in the Monitoring Room when you're done." Then she closed the door.
Johnson finished his meal and was already packing his backpack with the usual stuff.
"Okay, men. Let's go meet that hawk." Skipper ordered, sliding out and into the Monitoring Room.
"Greetings Team Penguin. I have a mission for you. It's small, but it'll help you adjust to the ways of this agency." Steph told them. "I need you to scout this perimeter. You'll do a recon there too. So you're staying overnight in that grassy plain." She said, pointing to a screen.
"Sounds easy enough." Skipper said, putting a flipper on his hip.
"Good luck!" Steph said, pushing a blue button that made the floor give way, and everyone but Steph, who was flying, fell.
The team was sent into the lake and they swam toward the surface. "That bird has got to tell us what she's gonna do before she does it." Skipper complained, helping Hans onto the shore.
Then they heard a rustling sound.
"What was that?" Johnson asked.
Hans spotted movement in one of the bushes nearby. He glanced at Skipper, who nodded.
Together, the team crept away from the rustling bush. They heard a twig snap and they spun around, only to see that they were facing nothing but a few weeds and grass.
Then suddenly Skipper felt something slam onto his body, with claws as sharp as thorns.
"Well, well, well… Hey guys, look! We've got ourselves another group of them flightless birds!" a female voice said.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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