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*The Dare*
[Skipper's POV]
I wake the next morning like clockwork as always. I get up and bark at the boys to do the same, and get my ususal cup of fish coffee. I look thought the periscope to see when Alice will open up the zoo gates. Then it hits me...its Sunday, zoo closed. So no visiters or smile and wave routine to keep my mind off of what happened yesterday. After Marlene ran away we all left, no longer in a partying mood. It's safe to say that all of us felt like jerks. Curiosity getting the best of me I look of to Marlene's place. She's not there. If anything happened to her I'll never forgive myself.
"Skippa`... are you all right?" Private was nervous, as were all the boys. I could see them all steppig on egg shells for this morning.
"Yeah I'm all right. You all can have the day today men. You've earned it." the tone of my voice wasn't at all convincing. Telling them to have a day off also didn't help.
"Skipper are sure that you're...okay?" Kowalski said carefully as to not upset me anymore.
"I said that I'm fine! Really! What's with the third-degr-"
Bang-bang-bang-bang!
"What the duece?" The boys and I then went top in order find out why someone would be knocking so early in the day. It was Darla and her friends and I have to say that they didn't look to happy to see me. Obvilously word of the dare had gotten around to all the females of the zoo. Looks like I'm on thin ice with the gals now.
No...not thin ice...I'm already sunk!
"Skipper." She spat my name as though it was the name of a rapest or child-killer-with utter digust. "Y'all had best get going to the to the fountain now. Emergincy meeting in five. Mandatory for all y'all scum-sacks." With that Darla and her girls left.
"Skippa`, what do think the emergency meeting is about?" Marlene. I knew that is what this meeting about. Marlene. Simply that. Why else would Darla make sure that I knew about the emergincy meeting when its obvious that she wishes that I'd jump into the Hudson and float into the Atlantic.
"I have a guess...all us guys are going to be reprimanded by the gals for what we did to Marlene," I sighed. This would not end well. Well, at least not for me. The boys and I slid to the fountain. At that moment I loathed that our habitat was so close to the fountain. Within a few seconds we were there and it was already uncomfterable. Becky and Stacy were glaring at me as though I'd said some stereotype about badgers. Darla and her girls were- at the moment- arguing with Julien, but when she saw me she gave me the middle finger salute. I looked around to see that all the males looked guilty. All of them had their heads hanging. Marlene wasn't around. Where is she?
I looked around and saw that for some reason a small stage was set up along with a music player. Thats when Marlene came from out of the curtain. She looked...wow! She had immediatly turned the heads of all the guys in the zoo. All us males had our jaws dropped...some drooling. In my mind I kept think is this really Marlene.
She came out wearing this dark midnight blue/purple dress that had silver bits sown into the fabric to reseble stars. On her head was a bob-styled wig with a dark blood-red streak in it. She was also wearing a headband thing-the kind that look like tiaras- wrapped around her head. Her eyes...wow. I never noticed that they had an amber tint in them until now. The entire ensemble made her look like some unreal fantasy-like creature. An angel of the night.
Darla then tossed Marlene a mic, which she caught gracefully. Effortlessly.
She cleared her throat before spreaking into the mic. "Testing. Testing. Can everyone hear me? Good! Now then I'm sure all you guys have noticed some tension in the zoo since last night. Well I'm here to well get what I feel about that off my chest. Could Skipper please make his way to the stage?" She said my name with no emotion, as though I was nothing. I'd rather her have spit it out like Darla did earily. I made my way to the make-shift stage with a curious expression. The other guys looked at me with pity, the girls with disgust. Today wasn't my day!
When I hopped on the stage Marlene had a twisted smile on her face that didn't at all seem cute or naive. "Thanks for coming Skipper!" again with no emotion and with false happiness. "Now then I just wanted to show you how I felt about what you did to me yesterday! 'Kay! Hit it Antonio!" Antonio! Who's Antonio? The stage curtain opened revealing a male otter ,who I assume is Antonio, holding a guitar. He began to play it and a CD joined in with him.
"Marlene what's going on?" "Don't worry! I'm sure you'll hate it." Apparrently when looked to see who Antonio was she had switched from the mic she was holding to a headset that pop stars use.
That's when she began to sing.
Marlene: You had it all The day you told me Told me you want me I had it all But let you fool me Fool me completely Yeah, I was so stupid To give you all me attention 'Cause the way you played me Exposed your true intention
S-she was amazing! Who knew that Marlene could sing? None of us obviously. Everyone, the guys, had there jaws dropped open. She was dancing too. Very well I might say.
Marlene:
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me Yeah, one day I'll have you crawling like a centipede
When she said the next part she was facing me as though we were having a conversation and pointed to herself
Marlene:
You mess with me!
And mess with her!
At that second line she was pointing behind me. I turned to see Kitka and Lola! How in the world had she found them? Kitka was glaring at me and someone had drew a furrowed eyebrows on Lola. Just when day couldn't get worse she draggs my exes into it.
Marlene:
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve Yeah, one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me So watch you back 'Cause you don't know when or where I night get you I set the trap and when I'm done Then you'll know what I'v been through So oh mister player do you feel like then man now I bet you're nervous 'cause this song makes you freak out
She was correct about that. This song did make me nervous. It felytlike Marlene was speaking directly to me though this song.
Marlene:
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me Yeah, one day I'll have you crawling like a centipede You mess with me! And mess with her!
So I'll make sure that you get what you deserve Yeah, one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me
I had to fight to keep that part from coming true. My knees, if I have any, kept trying to give out on me. I wanted to beg on my knees for her.
Marlene:
I know I'm being bitter But I'm going to drive you under 'Cause you just don't Don't deserve a "happy ever after"
But what you did to me After you told You never felt that way It was only just a game
By now all the girls were on stage dancing with her, Kitka and Lola included. Some had been singing back-up apparently.
Girls:
You had it all
Marlene:
And one day!
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me
Girls: Beggin' on your knees for me
Marlene:
Yeah, one day I'll have you crawling like a centipede
Girls:
Crawling like a centpede
Marlene:
You mess with me!
And mess with her!
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve Yeah, one day you'll be beggin' on you knees for me
With that the music began to end, and she received a roar of applause from the residence of Central Park Zoo. When I looked around I noticed that other animals from the park outside the zoo walls had come in to watch Marlene's performance. Some of them I knew like Fred, Archie, Frankie, that creepy old woman squirrel, and that jealous boyfriend of Kitka's. Even the Rat King and the sewer rats were there, and I did not like the way he looked at Marlene. Truth be told I didn't like how any of the guys, excluding Private, Fred and Mort, were looking at her.
I was leaving when looked back over to the sound system. Where on earth did they get that?
[Else Where In New York Normal POV]
"Grandma! Are you okay what happened to you?" Andre had walked in the hotel he and his family had rented while they were in New York. When he walked in he found the room trashed and is crazy deluded grandmother on the floor curled into the featal position.
"An otter Andre! An otter attacked me and stole your equipment! Aaaaiiiiieeeeee! Otter!" she screamed when she saw the otter plushie her grandson was holding.
"Grandma, calm down. This is a stuffed animal that I bought for Cat. Now hold tight while I call Lane." he took out his cellphone and dialed his school guidance counselor.
R&R! Sorry for the odd format of the song. Doc manager hates me! Reveiw!