A/N: This chapter has a lot of science stuff at the beginning, but it's all relevant to tie everything together. Ahh... and... Look, lemurs! And rain! Hooray. Also, I just finished this WHOLE story! Yay! It's done, there are TWO more chapters after this one to look forward to. I'll post them in the coming up week. Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter, also, that was really nice, it made my day, ALL of you, seriously. I'm going to ask for more reviews. But I won't feel as bad this time if I don't get that many. Last chapter was hard to top! Also, I lied. Chapter three was the longest so far.

Chapter 5: Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)

As the day turned into night, the sky darkened. Not because it was night time, but because it was raining. Thunder could be heard across habitats, and all animals were indoors for the day, causing the zoo to be closed on a Monday (AKA, Funday). If something didn't happen soon, they would lose money. The rain went from drizzling to full on storm mode in the course of six hours, and so by three o'clock in the afternoon, the lemurs were watching the rain splash down from the only place they could find shelter—the penguin habitat. You can only imagine Skipper's face when they told him they had no where else to go.

That, and he owed them for the extra hours of work they put in as their doubles. Skipper let them come in reluctantly, firmly reminding them that everything (except the TV and a few snacks) was off limits. When he was positive they understood, he walked over to Kowalski, still working on Marlene's predicament. "How's it going, Kowalski? Did you find a cure yet?" The brilliant brain studied some things on his notepad before sighing loudly, probably for the tenth time that day. He was iffy on whether her problem was even CURABLE or not. He held up the test sample of blood he had collected from Marlene, and studied it. It was still red and purple, mixed together, and Skipper had to ask why that was.

"The doctors never got to finish injecting the serum," He said simply. "She needed more than the crabs and they didn't realize it at the time. So, now we get this lovely slurry of different colors, instead of just one purple or even blue. It indicates as well that the HumEx serum hasn't completely taken her over." That gave Skipper a ray of hope. Though, when he asked if that meant before-Marlene was still retrievable, Kowalski only shrugged. "I don't know, Skipper. We've seen her though. So she is in there." The scientist paced a little bit around the room, slightly annoying the lemurs, who were trying to watch their shows. "The serum didn't completely take her over," Kowalski repeated, "That's why there seems to be two Marlene's. One we know, and one who seems so child like, unstable, and different. They are different."

All of this was starting to boggle Skipper, and he didn't like it one bit. Kowalski, therefore, put it in simple, laments terms. It was as if there's a switch in Marlene's brain. Flip it up, you get Marlene. Flip it down... Well, let's just say that recently, it's been down a whole lot. Though that seemed to give Kowalski a little hope. "What we really need to do is find out a way to get rid of the HumEx cells inside of her. She's not all HumEx, which is why she's still normal, and not like the crabs." The crabs were fully conditioned to be human killing machines, mind and body taken over by the soldier-creating injections. Even though their mind control was destroyed, they had been harshly brainwashed... at least, so Kowalski believed when he analyzed one of the escaped HumEx. No matter how much they tried to convince it to be normal... all it wanted to do was...

It had to be put down.

Facts were all very interesting, but what about the levitating books? And the thoughts? When Kowalski asked his leader to elaborate, he spilled. Even about what Navi told him, when Marlene heard something the bear was sure she thought in her head.

"Sounds to me like Marlene is turning psycho." Julian said. Skipper glared, but in all fairness, the self-proclaimed king was on to something. Well, he was close, anyway. "I am?" He asked, very surprised before he regained his composure. "I mean... of course I am. The otter is psycho, and now, she must be do-ded away with."

Of course, no one was going to "do away" with Marlene. "What I meant to say was... Marlene's brain's been messed with... it's not impossible that she developed some... extra special skills. Telekinesis... telepathy..." Skipper scoffed at the notion. Of course it was impossible, it sounded down right science fiction-y. "Skipper, I built a space-ship out of a trash can, and got it up in the air." The leader didn't get the connection, and Kowalski rolled his eyes. It would be easier to try and treat Marlene than to have to explain this to the shorter bird. But they'd have to hurry.

Doctor Blowhole knew exactly where Marlene was. And Kowalski would bet anything he would soon be coming to retrieve her.

Marlene and Navi sat on the floor of their cave, watching the rain fall and talking of things from their past. Rather, talking of things from Navi's past, as Marlene firmly believed that she didn't have a past. On one topic, talking about the youngster's mother again, her friend turned to her with wide eyes, and it was clear that she was very sad right then. As Navi was about to stop telling her the story, Marlene suddenly asked her something that surprised her. "I've done bad things... haven't I?" The question itself was fairly basic. And the answer was... well, it was yes. Not like she did them on purpose though, it wasn't her fault she was now turning into something else. In the second and a half it took the polar bear to think these things, Marlene's face went from inquisitive to just plain distraught. And the half a second later, familiar thick tears began to fall down her face. What else could Navi do but wrap her arms around the otter and comfort her in any way possible? "I... Didn't mean to do anything bad it... It just happened." Her voice was squeaky and if Navi didn't know any better, she would think Marlene's nose was running all over her fur. "Why am I like this, Navi?"

If there were any way she could answer the question, any way at all, the less painful, the better, Navi would have. Her brain was drawing a blank at that point in time, and the only thing she did was make some weird noises that spared her having to answer. Looking down her front at the small otter, she finally thought of something to say. "Marlene--" Unfortunately, she was interrupted by a giant belching noise coming from the sewers below them. The otter in her arms squirmed a bit, before Roger poked his head out and yawned widely. You can only imagine the head of a giant sewer gator poking out, now it's mouth is wide open, and with no other thought in your head, you're bound to think... That thing's going to eat me.

And so, a very frightened Marlene ran, screaming, from her habitat, into the pouring down rain.

"What? What did I do?" A very confused and concerned Roger asked. Navi spared him one disgusted look while wiping snot and tears off of her fur, before running into the rain after her friend.

Marlene didn't get far, as there wasn't very far to get. She did manage to make it to what looked like a safe pen, which is where she stopped and tried to catch her breath. Unfortunately for her, it was Joey's pen, and he didn't like visitors in his area. Not one bit. He charged up to her, snarling and growling something fierce. She screamed again, and closed her eyes, not wanting to see the face so close. Of course, Joey wasn't going to hurt her, just ask her what she was doing there. He didn't hit girls. Marlene didn't know that, however, and, to add to the list of things she didn't know, she sent out a massive wave of energy. One that pushed Joey backwards hard enough to hit his own head against the wall, and knock him out, and one that reached all the way to the penguin habitat... and beyond.

"DOCTOR BLOWHOLE! DOCTOR BLOWHOLE!" One of the grunts rushed up to him in his tank and stole his attention away from the magazine he was reading at the time (Evil Weekly, or EW for short.) He spluttered and frowned, cursing the small hawk and making sure he had an important reason for being there. "Doctor... Ultima... It's time." Good reason. He smiled and let out an harsh cackle.

"Mine is unt evil laugh! Now... ve take ze helm. Release ze HumEx 2's, and prepare. It ist our time." The HumEx 2's were the second line of HumEx... the biggest ones, very trained on killing and obeying Doctor Blowhole. This time, nothing would go wrong. He had everything right where he wanted it. Soon, so very soon, he would have his revenge. Hundreds of HumEx were dispatched from Ellis Isle, which was where Blowhole's hideout was under. They charged the city streets, just as large as the average human... and more than twice as nasty.

People screamed at the sight of them, and for a good reason, too. They were hideous, misshapen, claws snapping and mouths foaming. No matter how fast they ran, though... they couldn't escape them.

So many people were injured that night... and even more lost their lives. Blowhole watched from a monitor in his underground layer, loving the chaos and destruction, and even more loving the lessening of humans. Hawkins appeared behind him, announcing that the helicopter was ready for his boarding. A small pulse of energy reached him, telling him that he was to go. It was finally time. This time, Skipper wouldn't win.

"SKIPPER!" Navi slipped through the top hole and landed with a plop onto the floor at Skipper's feet. He was about to climb up the ladder and find out what was going on with the weird winds. The other three penguins had headed out through the secret entrance.

The lead penguin was sincerely startled by Navi's sudden appearance, shouting out some strange cry. "BWAH!" Navi arched an eyebrow, but ignored it for the most part, and asked him if he had seen Marlene anywhere. "Marlene? I thought she was with you..." He said slowly. The polar bear quickly explained what happened, causing Skipper to sigh. "Hoover dam... And the energy pulses... those were probably her too." He deduced. A pretty accurate assumption, seeing as how Kowalski wasn't there. The bear just stared curiously, having missed the entire lecture given by the scientific penguin before. Then it was Skipper's turn to explain what they had found out. By the time he finished, Navi was squirming in her fur, and the other boys had just gotten back.

The television flickered, since it was still on, but receiving very poorly. "...Giant...mutated crabs... ev—they're everywhere!" The penguins and Navi turned slowly to face the television, and couldn't believe their eyes. HumEx. Hundreds of them. All bigger than any they'd ever seen before. And scarier too. "You're advised... Oh my g--!" The anchor woman jumped and ran away from the horrible sight in front of her, a HumEx had seized a human and was now... It was too horrid for words. "Advised... Advised t-to stay i-indoors... We need help... SOMEONE HELP!" She screamed as she, too, was grabbed, the camera focused on her and the HumEx, before it threw her off screen and charged after her, no telling what it was going to do.

No words were exchanged. Nothing could be said. The team knew what they had to do, and just as Skipper was about to tell everyone the plan, another sharp energy pulse shook the headquarters. It became apparent, they knew they had to find Marlene before she went through a complete mental break down. They got out and looked around, seeing that the rain had finally slowed down to a drizzle, and not seeing the serum inside headquarters, bubbling and starting to turn more and more purple and blue. Another powerful pulse, and another, then a third came from the kangaroo cages. Navi gasped, and rushed toward the habitat, the penguins surrounding her and keeping up the pace. And when they got there, they didn't fail to notice a large helicopter above them, coming in for a landing.. and containing the evil Doctor Blowhole.

Navi didn't stop to look at him, just tried to reach her otter friend. But, when she could finally see the female... it looked like it was too late. She sat, head bowed and eyes on the ground... every few seconds she would sniffle and hiccup or gasp, and a new wave of energy would burst from her very being. The bear walked up to her, but was hindered by a large hawk swooping onto her and scaring her just enough to get her to back off. She shouted, causing Marlene to look up. Big mistake. "It's time, my dear." Hawkins said, bringing her to a standing position by her shoulders. Skipper slid up to him, glaring menacingly.

"Think again, fly boy." He said, hoping that was as much of an insult as he meant it to be. The hawk only laughed and held Marlene closer to him, much to Skipper's outrage. "Let. Her. GO." Growling threats didn't seem to work, however, and the bigger bird frowned, pushing Marlene back and out of the way, so that she stumbled, but stood still.

The penguin couldn't help but thinking how much this guy was going to get it later. "You still don't understand, do you, Skipper? She doesn't belong to you anymore. You left Ultima, she's ours now." The other penguins looked around at each other questioningly. Ultima?

As always, Kowalski had the answer. "Ultima. Latin for 'best', 'ultimate', 'greatest'... The ultimate HumEx." He said, finally realizing what that meant. "But she--" Rico elbowed him, a serious look on his face. The hawk probably didn't know Marlene didn't have enough of the serum in her to be a real asset to them.

"Hmhmhm. Ah, finally figured it out, did you? Ser gut, jah." Blowhole had taken notable refuge in the penguins habitat, and was using a blow-horn to amplify his voice. "Vell? Vas are you vaiting for, bring zem to me!" Hawkins raised an arm and five smaller HumEx appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. They grabbed the penguins and Navi, and shoved them all into one cage, big enough to house them with barely enough moving room. A giant HumEx took them from there, and led them to its dolphin leader, Hawkins and Marlene following behind. A cautionary glance from Skipper saw Marlene's eyes looking down and unfocused, and she was being held too closely by that hawk... He felt his flipper curl into a fist, but he didn't say anything.

He looked back around, and all too soon it felt like, they were back at their own habitat, with an all to pleased smirk on his face. "Skipper, Skipper, Skipper... vhen vill you learn... I alvays vin. And now... I shall be taking ovah. ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!" He smiled at Marlene, whose eyes were still downcast. "Hawkins... let's... break in Ultima, shall ve?"

The bird looked over to the otter female, grinning malevolently. "Tchya... see, I don't really like the sound of that. It sounds waaay to bossy. Ultima," The otter looked up, and Skipper shrank back at the dedication in her eyes. And for that... bird-brain! "What do you think of the idea?" She frowned, and glared at Blowhole, extending a hand. The dolphin was confused, but that went away shortly, as he was lifted from the water, much to all the animal's shock. "I knew you wouldn't like it either. You see, Blow-hard... I did what you said long enough. I'm tired of being your untergebene. Maybe I'll try being in charge." He adorned a false shocked face and put his wing to his beak. "But wait... we can't have TWO animals in charge, now, can we, Ultima?"

Her eyes narrowed and she raised her hand higher. "It's getting very crowded in here." She squeezed her paw into a fist, and watched as Blowhole twisted and thrashed, making ghastly, awful noises. Private looked away and Navi shrank back, covering her eyes as Blowhole's spine was crushed. He fell onto the walkway, eyes glazed over, limp... dead. Marlene... No. She wasn't Marlene anymore. The test sample in the lab in the penguin's headquarters was blue... except for a speck of red, barely visible to the naked eye, still fighting against the invasive HumEx cells.

Up above, Ultima looked over to Hawkins, who was nodding in approval. "Very nice, Ultima. Not exactly my style, but... I wouldn't have changed a thing, darling." Skipper growled again, yelling threats to the hawk and what would happen if he touched her. That didn't stop her from wrapping her arms around his neck, and putting her head on his shoulder. The hawk just smiled and patted her on the head, and even Rico was beginning to feel angry. "Now, isn't this familiar? Maybe we should take a twelve second time out, eh, Skipper?" Skipper's eyes bulged and everyone looked over at him, confused. Not answering their confused glances, he swore to get Hawkins, no matter what. Of course, his evil enemy didn't pay attention to any of this. "Poor Skipper. Blowhole was right, you are a nuisance."

A feathered wing wrapped itself around Ultima's waist and she (to everyone's horror) grinned up at him. "I don't think there's enough havoc going on, my dear. What can we do... to change that?" She whipped a paw around, and a giant crunch told the zoo that the gates were open. "Yeah. That's a good option! LISTEN UP!" His voice echoed around the zoo, magnified somehow. "Anyone... who is tired of the humans and their infuriating reign... is free to leave the zoo, and come with us. Join us, and take over the world!" Several squawks, growls, roars and hisses told them that many of the more dangerous animals would join him, to his pleasure. "However... those of you who are more comfortable staying here, are free to. We won't force you to join in."

Private saw this as a ray of hope. "Well, that's nice of him, isn't it?"

Riding on a rhino, Hawkins started to leave the zoo, his newest project in his lap, being held closely to him, before he stopped just shy of the entrance. "Oh, but if you do stay... know that you will be crushed by the... Oh, I can't decide, sweetheart, which do you think, the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building?" Everyone gasped and made a mad dash for the exit, even before Ultima suggested that a woman's wrath is mightier. "What fun! The Statue of Liberty it is! I love how we think alike." He said, the rhino losing no time in leaving the zoo, and the four penguins and one polar bear, behind.

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A/N: As always, I'll ask you to review. Next chapter, what happens with Ultima? And the zoo? And where are the lemurs? And does Skipper finally tell his team about the kiss? Am I asking all these questions so you don't have to (pdragongirlj!)? ...maybe. And remember.... all your chocolate rain are belong to evolution of dance. Untergebene means underling in German.