Chapter 25: Medical Supplies
"When is your brother coming back?" Mauve demanded of Jazlene and Rafa.
"Whenever he feels like it." Jazlene mumbled.
"Steady, steady." Isobel's voice could be heard from around the lion column.
Everyone peeked their heads around to take a look.
Mauve shrieked. "What is that thing?!"
"He's a falcon." Isobel explained. "He's hurt. It's my fault."
Mauve looked to Julien. "I thought you said she was being sarcastic!"
"I was not aiming for him." Isobel said sharply. She let Mikhailov rest against the side of the column.
"My ving, it ees definitely broken. You shattered the bone with that hit. Amazing!" Mikhailov sounded more impressed than upset. Isobel guessed he was delirious with the pain and the jolt of the fall.
"He is givin' me the heebie-dee-bajeebies!" Maurice said as he kept Mort close to his side.
Jazlene was quick on her feet, and she brought Isobel a cup filled with water. Isobel began sprinkling the water on the falcon's head, and brought the cup to his beak so he could drink some.
"We're going to need medical supplies from the penguins." Isobel told Julien.
"Like what?" He asked.
"Bandages, gauze, salves, stitches…" Isobel began listing things.
"Uh, okay, I will see what the smarty penguin has." Julien rushed off to the penguins'.
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When Julien arrived at the HQ, the penguins were working on little projects to put finishing touches on their place in time for their parents' arrivals.
"What is it, Ringtail?" Skipper couldn't decide where to hang his leadership award.
Julien looked around. "Well. Uhm, Isobel needs like, a lot of medical things."
"What for?" Skipper hung up his award, and then took it back down.
"She sortof kindof accidently completely by mistakenly might have broken a falcon's wing while shooting arrows." Julien said rather quickly.
That certainly got everyone's attention.
Private dropped his felt pen, Kowalski's pencil snapped in half mid-note taking, and Rico gagged up a pair of scissors.
"Aha, yes, I think I am needing those!" Julien pointed at Rico.
"She did what?" Skipper asked slowly.
"Well, you see, my step-mother is here – did not go so well – and Isobel was mad…It's such a long and funny story." Julien smiled sheepishly.
"Ugh." Skipper shook his head. "Yeah, we're gonna need to come along for this one. Rico! Gather everything we've got."
"Okay, I'm warning you." Julien cautioned. "He is terrifying! As big as a fossa!"
Skipper smirked. "I'm sure you're exaggerating, compadre. No falcon is that big."
"I swear it!" Julien nodded his head.
Skipper continued to smirk. "Uh-huh, yeah, what say you, Kowalski?"
Kowalski guffawed as he gathered up his own medical supplies. "It is impossible that any raptor capable of flight could be that monstrous. In other, non-scientific words; No way, Jose!"
Skipper nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Ringtail, you should know by now that we know just about all there is to know about birds."
"Ah, but you cannot fly, so what do you know about that?" Julien pointed out.
Skipper frowned. "Aside from that. Anyways, let's move out! We've got a brother to save."