This chapter is a bit shorter than usual, but it really got a whole point down so... Here it is!
Glaria's ship wasn't quite as cozy as a Rockhopper, but it was very nice. Jason was sleeping on the table, the first time he was able to rest since the drive to Uncle Blobb's mansion, which provided him a lot of help. Zidgel, Midgel, and Kevin were also fast asleep. The only ones who weren't asleep were Fidgel and Glaria, who were trying to fly the ship and connect the tracing device Midgel was able to lock on Uncle Blobb's mansion to get a connecting order in case they needed to go there again.
They weren't on the ship for that long, It wasn't any more than ten minutes until they actually arrived to their location, but that was still long enough for the four crew members' slumber.
"Here we are," Glaria said as the ship approached an old decent cottage. Jason, Zidgel, Midgel, and Kevin woke up, almost all simultaneously rubbing their eyes. Grandmum's cottage looked like it had always been, but had aspects that were different. Jason could see that the place looked a little off, a little less joyful than normal. He couldn't see why, but he knew there was something wrong.
"Finally," Jason said. "We are making some progress." The door in the back of the ship sprang open, lowering a huge ramp-like exit from the ship. Glaria ran over to the exit and right beside it there were two cuffs. She stuck her tentacle-like hands into the cuffs, which started to light up the longer she held in them.
"There," she said. "That should keep the ship completely protected until we return." The ship glowed a bright blue color, that radiated off of the walls, making a barrier for the ship. Jason knew just by looking at the field that he shouldn't touch it, for it could provide a great pain.
"Let's move men!" Zidgel smirked as he began to walk out of the ship. His first flipper placed itself on the ramp with his eyes shut. He began to gracefully stroll off of the ship, having only about ten steps before tumbling over and finding himself on the ground, eyes wide open, and one of them twitching.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry," Glaria said. "I happen to have forgotten to tell you that the ship never has been able to reach the complete ground level of a planet before. It has a slight...hovering malfunction."
"Now you tell me..." Zidgel got up and cracked his back. The rest of the crew walked down the ramp and jumped once they hit the end of the door. First Midgel, then Kevin, then Jason, then Fidgel, and finally Glaria. The group of life forms began to enter Grandmum's cottage. Jason felt cold while approaching the cottage. It felt so safe before, but now he did not know what to make of it. The only thing that he had hopes for was that five intergalactic beings with crazy abilities stood at his aid.
Jason slowly opened the door, a creaking noise emerged and he shuddered. The inside of the house was dark and rather depressing. Once Jason turned on a light he witnessed that the entire house was destroyed on the inside. The T.V. Was busted, the kitchen door was knocked over, the shelves were all smashed. Jason saw that the passage to the attic was twice as large as it normally was.
"Oh no," Jason said. "The house..."
"I'm sorry Jason," Midgel said, but Jason held his hand to make sure Midgel or any of the other life forms didn't follow him. He ran up to the attic, it's light on contrasting the dark sunset. Jason wasn't sure what day it was, but he knew that it had been at least three days in all. He found the Rockhopper, surprisingly, under a curtain that was covered with Grandmum's copy of the Bible.
Jason opened it and noticed that Grandmum bookmarked a page with a taped note. It read:
"Pumpkin, I heard from Michelle what had happened this morning between you and her. I told her what could be the result of arguing for silly reasons, and I found this verse. Hopefully you can read it soon:"
The verse that was right above the page read:
Proverbs 15:1 – A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
"My gosh," Jason mumbled. He turned around to see that the penguins and Glaria had followed him after all. He got up and closed the Bible. "I see how to set things straight now." The penguins' eyes widened.
"How?" Fidgel asked.
"Zidgel, Midgel, you two have to stop arguing. You have worked together for years now, and you can't stop this grudge. Uncle Blobb used arguing to power his systems. The more people argued, the more powerful the machine got-"
"Rinse and repeat," Kevin said.
"Exactly! If people focus more on soft answers than harsh words, maybe the connection could get broken."
"But people need to argue as a part of life," Midgel exclaimed.
"Yes," said Jason. "But not when the reason is not in need of a greater good." The rest of the Penguins looked around, and finally Zidgel spoke up.
"So um...what do we do?"
"We have a ship," Jason said picking up the model Rockhopper. "We have a team. And I think that I have a plan." Midgel took a remote out of one of his pouches.
"Throw the ship. Now." Jason threw the ship into the air and right before it was about to be taken control by gravity, the ship sprang to life. Midgel controlled the Rockhopper through his control, which he used to open the sunroof. "Fidgel, do your thing."
"Right away." Fidgel took out some tweezers and reached into the Rockhopper. He brought out something that Jason could not recognize, until Fidgel tapped it and it grew into the Galeezle. He fired the Galeezle at himself and then found himself miniscule and inside of the ship. He got the rest of the penguins, also Jason and Glaria into the ship, as the sunroof closed and Midgel got ready in the pilot seat.
"I never thought I would be so happy to see the old ship again!" Zidgel exclaimed as he jumped into the captains chair. The seat belt came out and latched the great Captain Zidgel to the chair. Kevin slid into his seat and started to mess with his toy steering wheel.
"Where do we go?" Glaria asked.
"To Uncle Blobb's mansion," Midgel said, sending a back-flip into his pilot's chair. "I've already set a tracing code there when he tried to control us while we hid out in a school." Glaria groaned.
"Yes. But we were just there! I really don't want to have to go there again, less this be just traveling around back and forth. Jason took her left tentacle and turned her around to him.
"But now we have a lead. We can get into his base, find out how to interrupt his signal, and send a new broadcast to the world!"
"Fine, fine," she said. Midgel pushed his flipper into the ignition and pushed his chair into perfect range of the wheel.
"BONZIIIEEEEE!" he screamed. The ship then sent a pulse through the roof, blasting a hole large enough for the ship to exit. He stepped on the pedal and the ship emerged from the hole, growing to it's desired and original size.
"Midgel wait," Fidgel cried out. "I think I see something." He took a pair of binoculars off of a ledge on the ship and zoomed in on what where words that read out:
Conrad, you've proven yourself a worthy opponent, but your time in this world must come to an end. 50,000 miles east of your cottage there is a large mountain, and if you and your crew of misfit penguins don't arrive there by 1:00 a.m, consider your sister dead.
Fidgel gulped, his glasses wide open in fear and his mouth twitching from the left side. One arm hung by his side and the other dropped the binoculars, barely having any strength currently as a result of shock. "Um...Captain...maybe we should set course for um...a different location."
So, sadly we happen to be nearing a climax. I see approximately four chapters coming in the future (that are going to be longer than usual), but I don't know for sure.