Disclaimer: I don't own Happy Feet or any of it's characters. Look at link in profile for the leopard seal clip in the movie if you feel you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Regular Note: Really the links are there, along with part of the skua scene...if you're interested.

I initially never owned the soup Ramen, but my sister insisted that I name a character after it...God! I'm hungry!!!

Part 1

Chapter 16

"Mom!" Ramen yelled, still having a shocked look on his face. The female nodded. "Like...Mom, Mom?!"

The adult seal smiled and nodded.

"Mother?!...Mommy?!"

The other seal laughed softly and nodded a third time. Ramen paused. Then laughed, taking his 'mother' by surprise. The pup laughed and laughed so hard, his sides began to hurt. He wiped away the tears, brought on by the outburst.

"Great joke! I almost believed you for a second..." He let out a few more chuckles. The female gave him a serious look. Ramen frowned in disbelief. "Oh my flipper...you're not kidding are you?"

She shook her head. Ramen passed out. His mother laid beside her pup and groomed him.

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Mumble watched, high on his iceblock, as Rojas tried to keep a trio of aliens at bay. The aliens ran out of the way whenever the leopard seal charged.

A pointy thing embedded itself in Rojas' back. The seal reconized it immediatly and tried to get it out.. But it was beyond his reach.

Mumble fidgetted, wondering if he should help Rojas. Already he can think of a number of reasons why he should just stand there and do absolutely nothing:

Rojas tried to eat him, threatened him mulitple times, and egg-napped his daughter. Plus, Rojas is a penguin's worst enemy.

However, he won't be able to live it down if something bad were to happen to the seal. Mumble had to help. Simply because it was the right thing to do.

Having made his decision, Mumble jumped down and ran up to Rojas. He pulled out the pointy thing and dropped it before making a dash back up his iceblock.

Rojas took a moment to rest before trying again to defend himself. However, the pointy thing wasn't removed in time and the seal unwillingly fell into a deep slumber.

Mumble stared as the aliens gathered and actually cleaned Rojas' wounds. They only wanted to help. He felt bad for wanting to ruin it for them.

But his look of amazement turned to one of horror. They had some other pointy thing with a stirng attached to it. He winced as they stitched up the gashes.

The entiere thing last for a few hours. Their job done, they left.

Another hour past before Mumble gained enough confidence to get down from his safe haven. He cautiosly approached the seal, stopping in front of him.

"Rojas? Are you awake?" Mumble asked. No response. With a relieved sigh, he made a big mistake. He turned his back on the predator.

In an instant, Rojas snapped his eyes open and lunged at Mumble, who couldn't react fast enough. The powerful jaws closed on him.

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"I want to see my Daddy again." Whisper said to the alien carrying her around. She already kinda like this one because it was the only one that showed her Rojas.

The alien cooed and petted her. Whisper giggled.

"I like you too. But I really want to see my Daddy again."

They entered A dark room that suddenly became lighted when the alien walked in. Whisper smiled and wagged her tail.

"Nice trick. Can I try?" she asked. The alien, as always, didn't respond. It only put her in an visible box with some breathing holes on the side of it.

Whisper tried to get out, but the alien had closed her in. There was another invisible box beside hers and it was much bigger. Another alien came in, carrying something inside a cloth.

It put the unknown thing in the other box. The thing was uncovered, revealing a skua.

Whisper forgot what Rojas said about trying to run away and slowly backed off, trying to get away from the predator. The skua looked at her and smiled menacingly.

The baby penguin tried to run back to her alien, only to collide into the invisible wall. She looked back at the skua, who lunged at her.

"Daddy! Help!" Whisper screamed as loud as she could manage to muster. The seabird crashed into the invisible wall between them with a sqwauk.

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Rojas released Mumble, much to the penguin's surprise. Mumble rushed back up his iceblock, happy to be alive.

The seal didn't seem to care about losing his prey. He was intent on listening to something. Mumble tried to listen too, but he couldn't hear anything.

It was a different story for Rojas. He could hear someone yelling for help in the next room beyond the door. He instantly reconized the voice.

"Whisper." he muttered. He moved to the door and began looking for weak points.

"Whisper? What's wrong with her?" Mumble asked in concern. The last thing he wanted was for Whisper to be in-

"She's in trouble" Rojas said, finishing Mumble's worry. Having found no weak points in the door, he moved to the water to search the invisible wall, ignoring the pain from the stitches.

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"Daddy!" Whisper continued to call. The skua laughed.

"You 'daddy' isn't coming. As soon as I break dis ding, it's over for youse." he said. Whisper cried as she tried to get as far away from the other bird as possible. The skua pecked hard on the invisible wall.

Not a scratch. However, Whisper still didn't feel safe and tried to get out. She turned back to her alien friend.

"Get my out of here! Please!" she pleaded. The alien didn't respond. Why didn't it? Can't it see that she's in distress?

"Doncha know anyting, Flipper Boid? Dey can't understand youse. So don't count on dem to help." the skua told her.

"And how do you know?!" Whisper asked, watching as the aliens left the room, leaving her alone with this predator.

"Cause I already tried when they killed my mate and chicks!" Whisper was stunned as the skua turned away and sat down sulkingly. She looked at the other bird. He seemed so sad. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

She moved closer, even to an uncomfortable distance, as far as the invisible wall would allow her. She sat down.

"It's okay. Don't be sad." she tried to comfort. The skua huffed, but didn't move.

"I don't need you pity. Just mind your own business..." he muttered. Whisper stood up.

"Okay." she said as she wandered to the farthest corner and waited for something to happen.

Thanks for reviewing guys and thanks for the previous chapter's title, Padme4000. You were a big help!

Preview:

Ramen wakes up. Rojas tries to comfort himself concerning Whisper's safty. And Whisper attempts to make a new friend.