Chapter 4:
"Your parents?" Marlene asked looking at the other two penguins in the room. Skipper's dad looked almost like him, but was taller and looked older. His mom was almost as tall as his dad, but had a female like figure.
"Yes Marlene," Skipper said, "My parents."
"We haven't seen you since you went off to military school." Skipper's Dad said.
"I know Commander." Skipper said.
"We aren't in duty. You can call me 'dad' now." Skipper's Dad said.
"Okay Commander… I mean Dad." Skipper said.
"This is Skipper?" Marlene's Dad said.
"Yes," Skipper said turning to Marlene's Dad, "I'm Skipper."
"You're the one dating my daughter?" Marlene's Dad said again.
"You're Dating a Otter?" Skipper's Dad said. Before anyone could answer any of these questions, Erik and Raymond walked in.
"Hey Marlene," Erik said, "Fabian needs us."
"Oh…right. Come on Skipper." Marlene said. Skipper nodded and Raymond, Erik, Marlene, and Skipper left the Penguin H.Q.
"So…" Skipper's Mom said to Marlene's dad, "If they're dating now, I wonder what their kids are going to look like."
"Okay," Fabian said, "We need to get all of this done today. So we should get into teams now."
"Ummm…" Raymond said, "Why don't we just go out to eat?"
"Please," Fabian said, "Would you tell Picasso how to paint?"
"Who's Picasso?" Raymond said confused.
"Alright," Fabian said, "Marlene, Tanya and I will show the quests around, While Skipper, Kyle, and Rico help decorate, and Raymond and Kowalski go out for food. And Private and Erik cook. Okay people! Let's go." Everyone nodded and went to work.
"Fabian," Raymond said to his gay cousin, "What should we get?"
"You get things you would find good for thanksgiving silly." Fabian said. Raymond scratched the back of his head in confusion.
"Well," Kowalski said, "I guess we could get turkey or something."
"Why not ham?" Raymond said. Then Kowalski and Raymond walked out of the entrance to the Central Park zoo.
"Okay," Private said, "Have you ever baked before?"
"Well," Erik said thinking, "I did make cereal. Does that count?"
"Ummm…No." Private said.
"Have you ever baked?" Erik asked the young penguin.
"I baked a cake once for King Julien." Private answered.
"Speaking of Kings, Where is Julien?" Erik asked.
"Julien's with his parents partying." Tanya answered.
"Ahhh…that makes as much sense as a snake with a slither in the desert." Erik said with his Southern accent.
"A what?" Private said.
"Never mind." Erik said.
Raymond and Kowalski were on there way out of the zoo, when Kelsi's sister, Samantha, jumped up from behind a park bench.
"Hey Raymond!" Samantha said.
"Oh…hey…uhh…. Samantha right?" Raymond said confused.
"That's right!" Samantha said.
"Right then." Raymond said.
"Who's this?" Kowalski said confused.
"Kelsi's Sister." Raymond answered.
"What'cha doing?" Samantha said.
"Kowalski and I are heading to the market to get some food for this thanksgiving dinner." Raymond answered.
"Can I come?"
"Sure…the more the merrier."
"Cool!" Then Samantha stood right next to Raymond. "Let's Go!" Samantha said. Raymond and Kowalski shrugged there shoulders and went on anyway.
While walking across Central Park, Samantha was staring at Raymond the entire way. She didn't really care that he was taken; she knew if things between Tanya and him didn't work out, she would be there for Raymond. Raymond knew she was watching him, but he didn't do anything about it. Of course, he found it kind of creepy that she had a big crush on him, but he knew she wouldn't pose much of a threat.
"Raymond," Kowalski said, "You really think Ham is better that Turkey?"
"Yes I do." Raymond said.
"Come on, everybody knows Turkey is the reason for Thanksgiving." Kowalski said in his matter-of-fact tone.
"Seriously Kowalski," Raymond said, "Everybody knows Ham is the king of meat."
"I agree with Raymond!" Samantha said.
"Wait. What? Only because you like him." Kowalski said to Samantha.
"Partly that," Samantha said, "But also because Ham is good."
"Oh well," Raymond said, "Why don't we just get both Turkey and Ham?"
"Right then," Kowalski said, "But Turkey is far better then Ham." Raymond would've said something, but he decided to leave it at that and the three of them continued to the Market.
While Raymond and Kowalski were debating on which meat is better, Marlene and Tanya were guiding everyone's parents around the zoo.
"Have any of you seen Samantha?" Kelsi said.
"I think she went with Raymond and Kowalski to the Market." Marlene said.
"Kelsi," Tanya said to the female bat, "That sister of yours is getting too close to my boyfriend."
"I know," Kelsi, said, "She does this kind of thing all the time."
"As least I don't have a sister." Marlene said. Then Marlene's Dad walked up to Marlene.
"Hey honey," Marlene's Dad said, "I just wasn't to let you know that I approve of your boyfriend…even if he is a penguin."
"Oh good," Marlene said relieved, "Wait. What's wrong with me dating a penguin?"
"Nothing at all," Marlene's dad said, "It's just that…well…your mother wants grandchildren and well…we aren't sure…. how that's going to work out…"
"What do you mean by that?" Marlene said confused.
"You know…. how will that…. well…" Marlene's Dad was trying to explain, but Marlene got the message. "Oh!" Marlene said blushing, "Don't worry. We'll probably adopt kids or something."
"Oh good!" Marlene's Dad said relieved, "For a second there, I thought we might end up having a weird penguin/otter creature."
"Do you want kids Tanya?" Marlene asked the female lemur.
"Yes. I want 24." Tanya answered. Marlene and her Dad looked at her weird.
"Just kidding," Tanya said, "I only want two." Then the otter and her dad laughed.
During that, Erik and Private were trying to figure out how to cook Pumpkin pie. They had the ingredients, but Private only knew how to cook cakes. When Private went to check Erik's progress, he saw that Erik put a pumpkin in a pie pan.
"Erik," Private said to the bat, "I think this pie is a little under done."
"What makes you say that," Erik said, "You said Pumpkin pie, so I made pumpkin pie."
"You put a pumpkin in a pie pan."
"Exactly!" Then Private slapped his forehead with his flipper. "When they say 'Pumpkin pie', they don't really mean it." Private said.
"Oh," Erik said, "That makes much more sense…SPY!" Then Private ignored his random outburst and started cooking.
About an hour later, Private saw Erik and he was standing in front of a Pumpkin pie. Private tasted it and he loved it. "Erik, this is amazing!"
"Yeah," Erik said, "I've cooked pies before."
"But you said you never baked before."
"I said I never baked before…you didn't say cooked."
"Isn't that the same thing?"
"I don't know. Is it?"
"I guess so." Private said. Then Erik saw the pie Private baked and tasted it, Erik turned green and fell on the ground out-cold. "I guess that the pie needs more work." Private said looking at the pie.
Meanwhile, Skipper, Kyle, and Rico were setting up decorations for the dinner. Skipper was standing on Kyle's head to reach a spot he couldn't normally reach. "Can you hurry up Skipper," Kyle said, "I'm getting a headache."
"Keep it together Soldier," Skipper said, "Rico!" Then Rico regurgitated up some tape and tossed it to Skipper and the lead penguin taped the paper decoration to the wall. Then Skipper hopped off of Kyle's head and landed near Rico.
"Finally," Kyle said, "Your not exactly light you know."
"That's muscles." Skipper said. Then Skipper looked around the place to see how they did. They covered almost the entire lemur habitat in some thanksgiving decorations.
"Is all of this really necessary?" Skipper asked.
"I guess so," Kyle said, "It's Fabian."
"Is Fabian really… you know… gay?" Skipper asked.
"Yeah." Kyle said.
"And you're okay with it?" Skipper asked.
"Yeah. He's our cousin. On Erik's side of the family."
"Right then," Skipper said then changed the subject, "So, now what do we do?"
"I don't know." Kyle said.
"Done!" Rico grunted. Then the three of them shrugged there shoulders and sat down at the table. "What about your parent Kyle?" Skipper asked.
"Parents," Kyle said, "My brothers and I were born from the sun and have sand in our veins."
Skipper looked at him weird. "It means they aren't right now important." Kyle said.
"Come on Kyle," Skipper said, "You can tell me."
"Well," Kyle began, "I not sure. You have to ask Erik or Raymond. But they won't say anything."
"Why?" Skipper asked.
"I don't know. Raymond says he was born from the sun and Erik lies," Kyle said, "but our Dad is a lemur and our Mom is a bat. Me, well, I was from a distant uncle."
"Well that makes sense." Skipper said. He wondered how they were brothers if they're from three different species. "Now what?" Rico grunted to his leaders.
Then Kyle noticed there was a tray of cookies on a table. "I guess we can eat these." The wolf said.
"But aren't these for the thanksgiving thing?" Skipper asked.
"They could always bake more." Kyle said. Then everyone shrugged and started eating.
Thanksgiving day: (thanksgiving didn't start already, I know it was a little confusing)
Everything was ready for thanksgiving. The decorations were perfect, the food was ready, and everybody was heading to the table.
"Mom, Dad," Skipper said, "I never actually expected you to come."
"Why would you expect that?" Skipper's mom said.
"You guys are always busy. I rarely see you." Skipper said.
"We wouldn't miss this," Skipper's Dad said, "Even is there is a war going on somewhere, where we are needed."
"Isn't there a war somewhere?" Raymond asked.
"Yes, but they have plenty of commanders to help."
"Right then, commander Ethan." Raymond said.
"How did you know my name and rank?" Skipper's Dad said.
"I'm Physic," Raymond said, "plus, your wife told me." Then Ethan looked at his wife, and she shrugged her shoulders.
"Now," King Julien said, "Let's get this dinner started!" Then everyone started eating.
After the feast, everyone was talking to there parents about things. Except Rico and Kyle, they fell asleep. "Well," Fabian said, "This party went very well. Don't you think?"
"I gotta hand it to you," Raymond said, "Looks like your ideas worked out very well."
Afterwards, everyone left to see the parade, and after that, the parents would leave the next day…
Side note: There's only one more chapter. Well, it's more of a epilogue really, but still. This chapter's very long. Anyway, I hope you had a happy thanksgiving and all that. SO see you. HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE SKULLBROTHERS!