Welcome to chapter 6. Do you like reading about the shenanigans the Pengotters got themselves into? I hope you do like reading this story. Anyway, the new chapter is here!

CHAPTER 6 – Never Getting Transferred

(P to Marlene in another month) "Good morning honey," I said to Annabelle after we woke up. "Good morning Mom," she said. I smiled. "It still feels great to hear you say that to me," I said. "It feels great to call you my Mom as well," Annabelle said. With that, we hugged and then headed over to the HQ.

When we got there, everyone was already up, too. "Good morning to you," I said. "Good morning Mom and Anna," Samuel said. "Good morning to you as well," Kowalski, Rico, and Private said. "Good morning honey," Skipper said and embraced me. "Good morning to you sweetie," Skipper said to Annabelle and kissed the top of her head, which made her giggle.

After a few minutes, the coffee machine was finally done. "You always know how to make a great cup of coffee Skipper," I said to him after drinking some. "Anything to make you happy," Skipper said to me. I kissed him in thanks.

After coffee was done, we all headed up to the platform for our morning training. We all did really well. Annabelle and Samuel were getting really good at it. They seemed to be enjoying the exercise and being out in the sun. "They certainly got that fun-having attitude from myself," I thought happily as I watched them.

After our training, we went back down into the HQ. Skipper and I were in the midst of playing chess with Annabelle and Samuel when Kowalski shouted "Eureka!" from his lab. * All of us filed into the lab, where Kowalski was standing next to the computer Matthew had gotten us. **

"What did you accomplish today Kowalski?" Private asked him. "I've finally cracked Alice's email password. Now we'll be able to see what animals might come in or go out before they reach the transfer system," Kowalski answered.

"Outstanding, Kowalski. Especially since Alice isn't here yet, we can see what she received overnight," Skipper said. "Who or what is being transferred?" I asked. We opened Alice's inbox and scrolled through it. Most emails were mundane, such as ads or spam, but one was marked as transfer request.

We clicked on that one and gasped as we were reading it. Someone from Copenhagen wanted Annabelle and I transferred there! "I don't want to be transferred!" Annabelle exclaimed, starting to sob. I immediately walked over to her and started to comfort her. "Annabelle, don't worry. I promise we won't get transferred. Skipper?" I asked my husband.

"Kowalski, options," Skipper ordered him. "This email was unread before we clicked it. I propose we delete it and mark the sender as spam to prevent further requests from coming in," Kowalski answered. "Do it," I said, still comforting Annabelle.

Kowalski did so and the email was gone. "See? We won't get transferred," I told Annabelle. She looked up from sobbing into my fur and smiled. "Thank you. I don't know what I'd do without my father or brother," she said.

"We don't know what we'd do without you two either," Skipper and Samuel said. We were going to go back to our habitats to get ready for the visitors in a little while, but the email dinged again. Once again, another transfer email came in! "Kowalski, I thought we blocked that sender!" Skipper shouted. "It's a different sender. That zoo must use multiple addresses," Kowalski said, as he deleted the email and blocked the sender.

"Could Blowhole be trying to tear us apart?" I asked. We went to the Seaville web site and miraculously Blowhole was still there, jumping through the Ring of Fire for the guests. "It's not Blowhole, I guess. Could it be the other world?" I asked. "Marlene, they still don't know about our children. And I'm sure Matthew doesn't either and if he did, he would not separate us," Skipper answered. "You're probably right. But how do we stop these?" I asked.

"I propose we all sit here in shifts, making sure no more emails come in. I also volunteer to be here for the first shift," Skipper said. "Won't Alice notice if you're missing?" Samuel asked. "She didn't notice I was missing for nearly a month and a half when I was pregnant with you two," I said to Samuel and Annabelle. "So it's settled then. We'll each do four hour shifts until this person stops," Skipper ordered. (P to 3rd person)

For the next week, everyone took different shifts at different hours, even at night. Every time an email was caught and deleted, it was a small victory against the forces that wanted to rip the family apart. Just in case anyone got wise of the emails somehow, Marlene and Annabelle temporarily moved into the HQ in case they might be suddenly transferred. But slowly and surely, as the week progressed, the emails were no longer coming in. (P back to Marlene)

"My shift is over Skipper. Still no emails," I said happily, coming out of the HQ. "It's been a full 24 hours since the last one. That means whoever was trying to get you and Annabelle transferred has finally given up," Skipper said smiling. "I'm so glad that crisis is over. I never want to be threatened with another transfer ever again," I said.

"I'll get Kowalski right on that in a minute," Skipper said. "What are you going to do first?" I asked curious. "This," Skipper said, suddenly kissing me. I started kissing him back and after what seemed like an eternity, we pulled apart. "I don't think I could ever live without you Marlene," Skipper said to me lovingly. "And I don't think I could ever live without you Skipper," I said to him, also lovingly.

With one more kiss, we dropped down below. "Kowalski, is there a way you can get so deep into the system to make it so none of us can ever get transferred unless we do it ourselves?" Skipper asked him. "There might be a way. I'll go look for one," Kowalski said, heading into the lab.

"Are we finally free of the threat?" Annabelle asked us. "Yes, honey. We're never going anywhere," I said happily. She and Samuel both ran over to us and in the process actually knocked us down. "I love you Mom and Dad," both our children said. "We love you too," Skipper and I said. (P to an hour later)

"Everyone, I've made it so that only we ourselves can transfer us to different zoos," Kowalski said, coming out of his lab. "Outstanding Kowalski," Skipper said. "Finally, we'll never have to go through this again," I said happily. "Am I sure glad that's over," Samuel and Annabelle said. "We sure are too," Skipper and I said, walking over and hugging our children again.

That's a wrap on this chapter. Yes, I also slightly hinted at this in Book 3. Thank goodness I was able to get them that computer back at the end of Book 2 or they would never have known. Time for two notes.

* The couple loves to play chess, so obviously they would teach their children.

** Man, am I glad I got them the computer. Referencing Book 2 with that bit.