Hey again! This chapter will have a sad moment, but it get's funny as it goes along. : )
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Well, on with the story. . . . .
Everyone woke up in the room as a loud beep echoed the room they were in. This time the room wasn't metaly or grey. It was cheery and happy. It looked like they were in an indoor children's playground with small colorful slides and paintings of smiley suns and stick figures covering the walls around them. No one felt like cheering.
Skipper looked around and noticed that he wasn't alone, but none of the kids were in there. Not Marshal, Peanut, Prince J.J., or any of the ducklings. They were all gone.
Carrie clawed her claws against the door and turned to the others. "This door has metal in the middle. Even if I could claw through, it would take too long."
"What do we do now Maurice?" King Julien asked his advisor. Maurice only shrugged. Then an intercom in the room turned on.
This time instead of a mysterious deep voice coming from an intercom at the top corner of the room, Dale's undisguised voice echoed the room. "Hello Skipper, sis."
Both Skipper and Doris growled at the intercom even though Dale couldn't see the death glare that they were giving the white megaphone on the ceiling. "Why'd you do it Dale?" Doris asked crossing her flippers across her chest with a harden expression in her usually cheery and playful voice.
Dale laughed, a kind of laugh that crazy people laugh that gives you shudders. "Sis, I can't believe you didn't see it coming!"
Neither can I Doris thought to herself. Kowalski noticed this and ran to her side and held her flipper.
"Where are Marshal and the others?" Skipper demanded crossing her flippers with a hard expression on his face.
Dale echoed another laugh again. "I'm confused Skipper. I didn't see you as a protective daddy type. You have changed. Falling for the simplest tricks, and falling in love." He said in a kind of taunting tone.
Does he know? Skipper asked himself thinking of Marlene. He looked over to the otter, who was glaring at the intercom like everyone else, and felt guilty. If she didn't know him, she and peanut would be safe at home right now.
"Yeah, the rescue program did a great job at fooling all of you too." Dale continued. Luckily, he didn't sound like he was laughing and choking on an eggshell at the same time on that comment.
"You, you're the rescue program?" Kowalski asked shocked as he held Doris's flipper. He was thankful that Athena wasn't here right now. This would've been so hard on her to learn that her real parents were dead.
"Yep, and my plan played out perfectly. It took a little while longer than expected because those parents hold on their kids tight in their death grip." He said with a small chuckle.
"You're sick!" Doris yelled at the top of her lungs. She felt horrified that her brother would do something like this, and she felt sick that they were related. Craziness must run in the male side of the family.
"And here's the best part." Dr. Blowhole continued.
"What are you talking about?" Skipper asked. Just then a door opened behind them revealing a group of upset looking kids.
"We-we're from a rescue program?" Elli stammered with tears in her eyes.
Everyone gasped. They heard everything.
"I'm adopted!" Athena yelled in shock. Well I guess it makes sense. Rico's dolly couldn't have given birth to Buttons. The thought of a plastic reproductive system laying an egg really kept me up at night. She thought to herself. (A/N- I just thought since Rico and his doll are practically married, that she's be Buttons's mom.)
"Mom?" Peanut said with tears rushing up to his usually happy light blue eyes as he hoped for this to be all some big mistake or a lie.
Marlene looked down. "I-it's true Peanut." She stammered with a few tears going up to her eyes as well as everyone else's.
Marshal's body filled with anger. He trusted his dad and loved him more than anything on earth and now to realize that he wasn't really his dad and that his real parents were dead. "You lied to me!" he yelled. He didn't know if it was tears of hurt or anger that came to his eyes. "All this time"
Skipper held up his flippers. "Now now Marshal. Let me explain." He started as he waddled up to the angry little penguin.
Marshal huffed. "I don't need any more of your lies daddy" he said before running down the hallway. He didn't know where, but he didn't feel like being around his so called dad right now. The worst part was, Marshal felt like a wimp. He cried and ran away all in one day. This made the whole cotton ball incident seen like Christmas morning!
Prince J.J. looked down at his brown furred arms. "I guess I do not have royalty in my blood after all." he said sadly.
Maurisa patted his back. "I'm sorry Prince J.J., but at least you haven't been raised as a servant your entire life." She said giving a small glare to Maurice, who was keeping his mouth shut like King Julien.
The two lemurs ran out the room with Haley and Doris right behind them. Elli, Athena, and Buttons gave a hurt look to who they thought were their parents with a small silence, and then they ran off too.
Eggy, Lucky, Nellie, and Lilly ran to their mother, who had her wings stretched out for them. They knew they were their moms. Eggy smiled as his mom embraced him and his brothers and sisters, but remembered the others. He turned around, but that's when he noticed all his friends were gone and running down the hallway.
The ducklings looked towards thier mom. She read their minds. "Go ahead." She said patting her babies' heads. She looked around at the others who looked like they had just been stabbed in the gut. "I'll comfort the others in here."
Eggy smiled. Only a real mother could read him like that. He, Lucky, Nellie, and Lilly went out into the hall.
In the hallway. . . . . . . .
"Marshal, Peanut wait!" Eggy called out to his friends as they ran down the hallway at least a good few yards in front of him. The others either didn't hear him or ignore him, because they just kept running.
After a while, they had to stop and catch their breath, so the ducklings caught up to them. "Marshal…I'm…sorry…dude." Eggy panted after running after them like that.
Marshal nodded with a few tears streaming down his face. "It's not your fault Eggy." He then pulled Eggy into a hug. "It's not your fault." He repeated.
Eggy was shocked at first, he never saw Marshal as vulnerable as this before, but he was his friend, so he returned the hug. "I know" he said.
Nellie ran over to Elizabeth and cried together. Haley joined them as well. Not long after that, every one of the kids had tears going down their faces. One good thing happened, their friendship strengthened.
Then a bad thing happened, the door closed on them, leaving the kids out in the hall all alone. Again.
"Mom!" all of the ducklings said at the same time, but it was too late. They couldn't open up that door. It looked like it needed a key of some sort. "Well this stinks." Lilly said after struggling at the door for a few minutes. The ducklings looked over to the other side of the hall and saw their friends crying still.
Before they could do anything, Athena stepped in. "Guys, what are we doing? Dr. Blowhole only wants us to get upset." She started trying to get the others to stop crying. The last thing that anyone needed right now was for Dr. Blowhole to win anything.
Peanut looked up at her. "No Athena, let's all cheer like those perky and annoying humans on T.V. that our parents are dead and we've been told a lie all our lives." He said sarcastically with a small role of the eyes.
Athena rolled her eyes too. "Guys, does it really matter that our parents gave birth to us or not?" she asked with a small shrug.
"Yeah, that's what makes them our parents." Marshal said calming down from crying.
"Fine, since people have to throw sarcasm in the situation" Athena said giving a small glare to Marshal and Peanut. "Answer a few of these questions."
"Wow Athena, after all this and you make a test for us. Nice." Peanut said sarcastically giving her a thumbs up.
Athena ignored him. "Okay, who took care of us?" she asked looking at the other animals, who were listening to her now.
"They did" everyone said a little silently.
Athena nodded and smiled that she was getting somewhere with this. "Who told us that they loved us and kissed our heads?" she asked again.
"They did." everyone said in a normal tone this time. Athena even detected a few smiles.
"Who said to do our best and wouldn't do anything to hurt us?" she asked again raising her voice a little bit herself.
"They did!" everyone said yelling now. Athena defiantly saw everyone smile.
"Who do we trust more than anyone?" Athena asked/yelled throwing one of her fluffy down feather flipper in the air.
"THEY DID!" Everyone hollered throwing their flippers or paws or wings in the air.
"And who…uh…spat pre chewed food in our mouths when we were hungry?" Athena said trying to think of something else.
Marshal, Buttons, and Elli smiled, but everyone else gave awkward looks and stayed quiet.
"Yeah, I'm crying again." Peanut said, but Athena stopped him.
"Okay, bad example, but you do get the point right?" Athena said standing next to the pup.
Everyone nodded and smiled.
A few moments later. . . . . . . .
After Athena's speech, everyone immediately forgave their "parents" and was now thinking of a plan to save them. Again.
"We need a plan that's bigger than anything we've ever done before." Marshal said as he paced around in front of the others. "I won't let my last words to my dad be what they were." He said closing his eyes at the memory.
"I have it in with the Sky Spirits; the ducklings say that the door needs to be opened with a special key." Prince J.J. started. "So I shall ask for them to grant us this special device to open the special door."
Maurisa rolled her eyes and sighed at her buddy's stupidity. "Can we get a key?" she asked. She believed in the sky spirits, but anyone fool, but Prince J.J., knew that they couldn't just send them a key like that.
Athena looked down sadly. "No, I can't duplicate the key without knowing what the original looked like."
Just then they heard a small yell.
"What the?" Athena said looking down the dark hallway. She saw a figure coming towards them.
"The feeeeeeeeeeeet!" the little yell sounded out.
Maurisa and Prince J.J. looked at each other. "No way!" they said in unison, but there it was. Mort was screaming about feet while he attacked what appeared to be the miniature version of King Kong. He was still on his head.
Everyone looked over to the two lemurs with confused looks on their faces. "You had to be there." They explained, or, sort of explained. Everyone just nodded.
"Don't you ever quit?" the monkey yelled as Mort continued his attack by covering the monkey's eyes so he couldn't see where he was going.
"I will touch the FEEEEEEET!" Mort hollered out like it was his life's goal. After a few minutes of the monkey and Mort running around the kids in circles, the muscular monkey collapsed completely worn out.
"Mort!" everyone exclaimed. (A/N- I know that in the last chapter Kowalski said "everyone" in the head count, but it seems like people always forget Mort for some strange reason, and then he comes in later to save the day. Just thought you should know.)
Mort looked up and smiled. "Penguins, Duckies, Otter, kitty cat, Prince J.J, Maurisa, Ariel!" he exclaimed with his usual smile and giggle. The kids then gave their big eyed mouse lemur.
Athena looked down and couldn't have smiled wider at what she found under the muscles of the monkey. "Hey guys, look!" everyone turned to see her holding a key, a key that would open the door and soon save the day.
Marshal smiled too and waddled over to her. "Well that was a lucky break." Marshal picked up the key and studied it.
Athena shook her head. "Luck doesn't have anything to do with it Marshal."
Marshal looked at her confused.
"That's our parents watching out for us." She said with a tear of joy rolling down her face. She turned towards everyone else. "Okay, now that we got the key, we should start thinking of a plan. Remember, it's better to be prepared. If Dr. Blowhole has the will to uh, you know, then he won't go merciful on us."
"Yeah, but what can we do? I'm sorry everyone, but we're only kids." Lilly reminded them.
Lucky smiled. "You know, he's the reason you missed fashion week."
"CHARGE!!!!" Lilly said running to the door with an angry look on her little yellow head.
Athena ran after her, but not to charge at Blowhole. "Lilly, are you mad? We can't just barge in there without any weapons or even a plan! Jeez, you really wanted to see that fashion week didn't you?" he asked out of breath from how fast Lilly was running towards the door. Finally, she caught her friend's wing. "No, not now! We need to be prepar-"
"Prepared shmared" Lilly cut her off while crossing her little wings stubbornly. "I missed one of the biggest fashion shows on earth." She whined.
Athena sighed. "1, that's what they saw about all the fashion shows, 2, you don't even wear clothes! Why do you watch them?"
"I like fashion. If I was a human, I'd design and wear cute outfits. Besides Chihuahua's get to wear cute little dresses, so why can't I?" Lilly whined more.
"Yeah, and they're put in tiny purses and carried around like fashion accessories." Athena said letting go of Lilly's little yellow wing. She knew a lot of things, but how the Chihuahuas did it, she would probably never know. "Can we at least come up with a plan first, then you can kill Dr. Blowhole."
Lilly smiled. "Deal" she said shaking Athena's flipper.
In the parent's "cell". . . . .
Everyone sat glumly in the room. Maddie was sitting next to Private and comforted him. "It's alright Private. Kids have temper tantrums and they need to cool off for a minute or two. Eggy has them all the time." She said. She tried not to tear up now that Eggy and the others were trapped in the hallway without her.
Private shook his head. "I've been a liar to her."
"No, you just didn't tell her the truth. No girl wants to be told that their mother is dead. Sadly I've gone down that road. There's a difference between telling the lying and keeping the truth hidden." She said rubbing the sad penguin's back with her wing.
Private really didn't see one, but he nodded. "I'm sorry about your mum Maddie." He said silently not looking up at her. He stared down at the coloring mat beneath him with pictures of rainbows and puppies.
"It's alright Private, she's watching out for me." She said with her wing still on his back. I never really thought that I'd meet a guy like Private, sweet, loving, and responsible. She thought to herself
Just then, they heard a click on the door and it started to creak open. Skipper and his team were in front of it in a second with their defensive stances. "Steady men" Skipper said not taking his eyes off of the door.
Who stepped in? Agent 7 did. "Hello Skipper" he said with his deep voice. Everyone, except Skipper, coward at the agent's crazy red eyes and scars, "I have a request from Dr. Blowhole." He continued. "Where are the plans?"
"Classified" Skipper said as he lowered his flippers.
Agent 7 smiled. "Skipper, Skipper, Skipper" he chanted as he shook his head. "I'd be horrified if anything happened to that boy of yours."
Skipper's heart stopped for a second. "What have you done with Marshal?" he hollered before running up to the penguin and grabbing him by the shoulders. "If you so much as touch him, it'll be the last thing you do!"
Agent 7 smiled. "I have strict orders from Dr. Blowhole, and unlike you Mr. run away, I intend to keep them. Now where are the plans to the sun destroyer-oof!" Agent 7 then fell over and behind him was Marshal with his flipper held up.
"MARSHAL!" Skipper yelled hugging his son.
"Dad, I'm so so sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you. It wasn't your fault." Marshal said as Skipper held him in a hug. "Can you ever forgive me?" he said looking up at his dad now with his little blue eyes, which had a few tears in them.
Skipper smiled. "All you had to do was say dad" he said before giving his son another big hug.
Awww! This has to be the saddest chapter in this story. Unless you think another one was sadder. I hope you all like this story so far and I hope that I can update ASAP. My best times to post have to be the weekens, you know how school can take loads of time with projects, homework, and other things.
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I also had a thought. I was thinking on letting people be like a guest star or something in the stories. You could be a human that stops by the zoo or an animal that's there for a day or two. If you want to be one, leave me a message or put it in a review! Do you want to give one of the boys or girls their first kiss or maybe be a new little trouble maker is added!
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