Story two: It's the Boogeyman, Skipper!

Rune has not always been that out going, brave lemur you know. Heck, she was a bit of a scardy lemur when she first came to the zoo. But when she was little, she had a major fear of the dark and a frightening monster known as the Boogeyman.

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"T-T-The Boogeyman?" Nicatia repeated, pulling her blanket half way up to her face. "W-W-Who's that?"

Manfredy and Johnson had the lights off and held a flash light to their faces. Their favorite thing to do was to spook the little lemur.

"He lives in the darkness under your bed," Johnson told her.

"He drinks and eats and feeds off severed heads," Manfredy rhymed.

"He comes out when the clock strikes one..."

"And that's when the Boogeyman has his fun!"

The door opened and a shadowy figure stood there.

Nicatia screamed.

"Hey?! What's going on?!" Skipper yelled.

The two trouble making penguins hid their flashlights behind their backs. "Nothing~!" the two sang.

Skipper looked over at the cowarding lemur child and sighed. "You guys! Nicatia's already deathly afraid of the dark! You shouldn't be scaring her more!"

"Na-uh! I'm not scared of the dark anymore," Nicatia argued, "Mr. Bonkers makes it all better!"

Skipper glanced at Nicatia's freaky clown nightlight that she called 'Mr. Bonkers'. "Right, Niccy..."

"But Mr. Bonkers can't save you from the Boogeyman!" Manfredy shouted, making Nicatia squeal.

Skipper slapped him upside the head. "That's enough! You're gonna give the poor girl a heart attack!" he snapped. Then, he turned to the little lemur that hid under her blanket. "Niccy, it's all right. There's no such thing as the Boogeyman."

Nicatia poked her head out of the blanket. "A-A-Are y-you... s-s-sure?"

"Positive."

Nicatia smiled. "Alright, Skippy. If you say so."

"Great, 'Skippy'," Johnson huffed. "Way to ruin the fun-Owch!"

Skipper had slapped him upside the head too.

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Despite Skipper's assurement, Nicatia found herself scared. To make matters worse, Mr. Bonkers was gone, Skipper was on patrol with Reef and it was 12:59.

I can't believe Skip and Reef have to be on patrol tonight of all nights! she thought bitterly, poking her head up.

Thunk, thunk!

She coward back under her blanket. And I know Johnson and Manfredy stole Mr. Bonkers! When I get my hands on them I'll-

Tap, tap, tap!

Nicatia gasped. It was one o' clock and something was tapping under her bed! "It's the Boogeyman!" she called. "M-Manfredy?" she called. "Johnson?"

The two penguins didn't move. They must have been sound to sleep.

"Boogey-woogey-woogey-woogey-wu! Boogey-woogey-woogey-woogey-wu!"

Nicatia's eyes widened as two very evil looking clown climbed out from under her bed.

"Boys and girls, it's nighty-night time," sang one clown, "Happy to the Clown has a nursery rhyme! It's about the Boogey-Woogeyman! Keep your lights on as long as you can!"

"Cause when it cuts off, so does your head," sang the other, "Boogey-Woogey-Woogey waits under your bed! With a straight shot up from the bottom-"

"Little Jimmy-Jimmy?"

"Urg! Gottem!"

Nicatia let out a blood curdling scream and tried running to the door, but the two clowns stopped her.

"Ladies and gentle! Introducing the incredible Boogeyman!" the first clown said.

"So, I heard you think there's no such thing as the Boogeyman," the other said, pulling out a knife.

Nicatia panicked. "Neep! Help!" she screamed before pushing past the two and fleeing out of H.Q. "Skipper! Skipper! It's the Boogeyman, Skipper!"

The two clowns burst out laughing before taking off their mask.

"Do you think we went too far this time?" Manfredy asked Johnson.

"Naw!" the two said at the same time before laughing again.

Just then, a scary green monster crawled out from under another bed. "Impersonating me? I'll have your head for that!"

"Aaaaahhhh!" the two shouted, "The REAL Boogeyman!!!!"

The Boogeyman chuckled as they ran off. He took off his mask. "That should teach them to not scare Niccy," Skipper said with a smirk before pulling the camera our from under the bed. "And I'm sure she'd want to see this!"

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"So that's what happened," Rune said after she and the penguins got finished watching the movie.

"Yep. Their faces were so funny!" Skipper said with his classic smile.

"Mr. Bonkers?" Kowalski questioned as Private giggled and Rico gave her a weird look.

"Hey! I was 6! ...But after that night, I was scared to death of Mr. Bonkers...," she admitted.

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A/N: Yes! That was actually pretty good, don't you think? Okay, the words in italic is lyrics from the song "Boogeyman"(I think that's what it's called) By the ICP(Insane Clown Posy). Now usually, I'd tell you all to check out the song, but this one...yeah... It has A LOT of cursing and isn't too good for tweens and teens.

Anyways, like I said before, if you have an idea or what to see how Nicatia/Rune and the gang will act to a certain situation, tell me so I can make a story. Don't worrsy; I'll give credit to EVERYONE! ^^