This is where things get interesting. Kylie wanted to go talk to Marlene, so she volunteered to take care of the otter habitat. Marla wanted to visit Mort, so she went to take care of the lemur habitat. Juliana wanted to teach Skipper more dance moves, so she went to the penguins habitat. Hallie took care of various animal habitats, and Alice gave tours to children. Meanwhile, Kylie was helping Marlene dust some objects and scrub the floor as Dexter snoozed in her purse. "What are your interests, Marlene?" Kylie questioned as she wiped away some dirt that Dexter must have tracked in. "Well, I like candy, clams, and fish. What do you like?" Marlene replied as she dusted her tea set. "Hmm, I like art, candy, animals, animation, and I'm fascinated with space." Kylie added. "Kowlaski's a nut for space too. He got really excited during the last lunar eclipse. Hey, have you heard about the 2012 nonsense?" Marlene asked. "Yeah, it's a big buzz now. My teacher thinks that the guy who carved the Mayan Calender got bored and stropped chiseling." Kylie stated. The two laughed. "Do you think it's true?" Marlene wondered. "It is possible, although NASA says that no asteroids or planetoids named Nibiru exist. But, usually when something bad happens, scientists and NASA don't want to scare the public, so they tell lies and keep things quiet. I sure hope it's not true, cause that means I'll only be fourteen when I die." Kylie exclaimed. Then, they started talking about how dinosaurs went extinct and Einsteins black hole theory until they heard screaming outside. They ran out, and noticed that four meteors were heading for the zoo, a blue one, a red one, an orange one, and a purple one. "OMG!!!! 2012 IS real, it happened early, and it happened quadruple times! Ahhhhh!!!" Kylie shreiked as she grabbed Marlene. All the screaming woke Dexter, and he didn't know where he was for a minute. "Ahh! I didn't poo in my dog crate! Oh, it was all a dream. Ahhhhh!" He screamed. Kylie ran past a trash can, and Dexter noticed that Max was hiding in there. "Kylie! We have to save my friend Max!" Dexter yellped. Kylie turned around, grabbed Max, stuffed him in her purse alongside Dexter, put Marlene on her shoulder, and ran. She ran past the penguin habitat, and Juliana threw her a penguin. It turned out to be Kowalski, who landed right on her head. Hallie ran by, blissfully unaware (I hesitate to say stupid) of what was going on. Juliana threw Rico at her, who landed in Hallie's arms. Then, Juliana ran past the lemur habitat. She hurled a penguin at Marla, who was running in circles and screaming. "Marla, take a penguin and stop screaming! Oh, and hand me a lemur!" Juliana bellowed through the cloud of screams. Marla caught the penguin, who turned out to be Private, and threw King Julien at Juliana and Maurice at Hallie as Kylie dashed by. Then, she grabbed Mort and ran after her three friends. Alice was trying to find Kylie and protect her, just as she had promised her sister, but when she found Kylie and her friends, the meteors were almost at ground level and were about to crash. Being a little clutzy, Kylie tripped and got clobbered by the red meteor, along with Max, Dexter, Kowalski, and Marlene. Alice fainted, and the blue meteor hit Juliana, Skipper, and King Julien. Hallie, who was now aware of the danger, got clobbered by the orange meteor as well as Maurice and Rico. Marla, as fate would tell, got hit by the purple meteor, taking Mort and Private with her. When Alice awoke, a crowd of people were standing around her, including Kylie, Juliana, Hallie, and Marla. The girls were slightly covered in ash, but other than that they looked fine. "Kylie! I thought you were dead! But what about the animals?" Alice cried as she hugged Kylie. "It turns out those meteors were very light rock. Juliana lifted the meteor off herself and then lifted them off the rest of us." Kylie explained. The animals looked slightly covered in ash, but were otherwise fine. Dexter waled up to Alice and barked, Max followed behind him and meowed. "Who's the little cat?" Alice asked. "His name is Max. I found him in a garbage can, so I saved him. Kinda. Can we please keep him? Please?" Kylie begged. Alice thought a moment. "Okay. But you have to give him a bath once we go back home. Okay?" Alice agreed. Kylie promised to wash him. After cleaning up the clobbered animals and returning them to their habitats, the girls drove off to Kylie's other home, where they would soon discover their newly gained abilities.