Chapter Four
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
The next morning in Dr. Blowhole's Hoboken base, a stream of approvals and disapprovals could be heard coming from Dr. Blowhole.
" A catapult? No because then I wouldn't get to see him splatter on the ground, A quantum accelerator? No because that could kill me as well, a telekinetic helmet? That would do nicely, A shrink ray? that would be perfect!" Dr. Blowhole looked at many blue prints of Kowalski's inventions with consideration and discarded them until he had found the most appropriate ones to fulfill his vengeful plan.
"Let's see, how will I kill Skipper? I could shrink him, squish him with my segway and then bash him against the wall with the helmet.
No I have a better idea! I will bash him against the wall, then shrink him, then squish him. It's more belligerent don't you think so Kowalski?" Dr. Blowhole asked Kowalski's opinion.
"I agree, the latter is much more belligerent." Kowalski concurred.
"You are right, well now that I have chosen the instruments of death, you can start building them now. If you need any materials, ask the lobsters and they will retrieve it for you." Dr. Blowhole informed Kowalski.
"Aye aye Skip..." Dr. Blowhole glared at Kowalski stopping him in mid sentence.
"...I mean yes Dr. Blowhole, old habits die hard you know." Kowalski shrugged.
"Yes I can see that, try not to do it again."
Kowalski bent his head down and said nothing, he had already said too much and felt ashamed at disappointing his new boss.
"I'm going to have to start experimenting on the Inceptionator for memory removal, if Kowalski remembers an ardent memory or retains a fervent spirit he may try to rebel against the effects of the Inceptionator..." Dr. Blowhole murmured to himself and entered a private room in his lair to start experimenting on his Inceptionator.
Penguin headquarters, three days later
"Skipper have you noticed anything different about Kowalski lately?" Private asked Skipper one day.
"Hmmm lets see...tall, nerdy, uses big words. No I haven't noticed anything different." Skipper remarked.
"Well how about this huge pile of inventions, that actually work and hasn't threatened to destroy the world that he's made recently?" Private gestured to said pile.
"You make a good point Private, maybe Kowalski has finally gotten his big break. You owe me five salmons Rico." Skipper addressed Rico.
Rico growled, waddled over to Kowalski's clone and slapped him, he then climbed into his bunk and sulked.
"It's not my fault I'm so gifted." Kowalski's clone bragged.
"Your intelligence has improved but I can't say the same thing about your humility." Skipper chided Kowalski's clone and waddled away from him.
"So...Private, do you want me to watch the Lunacorns with you?" Kowalski's clone tried to break the awkwardness.
"I'd love to, but you never want to watch the Lunacorns with me. Why the sudden change? Are you feeling lonely since your clone... melted?"
"I didn't thi... I mean yes I do miss him, but now that I've made so many successful inventions I can afford to take a break and to spend more time with my crew members. Which is totally normal behaviour for... uh me." Kowalski's clone justified his choice.
Dr. Blowhole could not have known that when it came to acting Kowalski would sometimes over act and gives thing away to draw suspicion away from himself when in fact he did the total opposite. It was this enhancement of Kowalski's acting abilities in the clone that would ultimately put an end to Dr. Blowhole's plan.
"Yay!" Private cheered and hugged Kowalski and the two penguins went to watch the Lunacorns TV show.
After the episode ended, Kowalski's clone went to rest in his bunk while Private remained sitting on the ground next to the television.
"What a great time I had... it seemed too good to be true..." Private reflected, not knowing that his reflection was a reflection of the truth...
Thanks for reading my story and for all the review guys! I feel like this story is MY big break.
A virtual salmon to anyone who noticed a reference from one of my other stories :3