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CHAPTER 4!
Operation: Baby Poof
Chapter 4: Young enough
"Here we are boys. Coney Island." Skipper told his team.
"Designated location of both Sea Ville and Dr. Blowhole's lair." Kowalski added.
"Let's move!" Skipper gave the order and they slid toward the dolphin stage.
Raff panted, soaking wet on the floor just a few meters behind where they were.
"Urgh! *pant pant* Moving already!?" Raff walked slowly toward where the rest of the team headed.
He had a hard time hanging on to their submarine but it got harder when he lost his grip and ended up swimming toward it instead.
He was just in time to see then jump down a chute. He waited for 20 seconds before he jumped in too.
When he got in, there was a bucket on the floor and scattered fish was everywhere.
He smirked and grabbed a fish and swallowed it before looking down the hallway for the others.
Raff went to where he thought was where the others went but stopped when he heard voices from a door.
"Ah, Skipper. I was beginning to think you wouldn't make it." Blowhole's voice said.
Raff peered in through the door and saw a big room. Blowhole, Skipper and the rest of the team were there. Only that Blowhole was in his Segway and Skipper and the team were strapped to a metal wall.
Raff was behind the ray he saw on TV.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Skipper lied. (HAH! See what I did there? Reference: you guess!)
"Now, Skipper. You will watch as I fire this ray into the Atlantic Ocean and…. Y-you know what'll happen next." Blowhole pressed a button that raised the platform the ray was on front of him.
Without thinking, he got on the rising platform and hid himself there.
"HAH! Finally! There is absolutely nothing you can do to stop me, Skipper! THIS is actually HAPPENING!" Blowhole cackled.
"You'll never get away with this, Blowhole!" Private shouted.
"But I already have!" the dolphin laughed.
"NOPE." Rico said.
"What do you mean I haven't?" Blowhole narrowed his eyes.
Kowalski cleared his throat. "Um, Mr. Blowhole, perhaps you would like to see your little ray now?" he said with a smirk.
"What?" Blowhole was still confused and he looked up. "NO! NO!" He shouted as he saw wires, bolts and metal parts being thrown out of the platform.
"WHAT IS HAPPENING UP THERE!?" the dolphin pressed a button on his Segway again, bringing the platform down.
The ray was completely broken down with the wires nipped to pieces and the metal parts dented and some removed.
"Raff!?" the four penguins gasped when they saw the little one standing with the broken machine.
Blowhole growled. "YOU!" He rolled his Segway toward Raff, who quickly ran out of the platform.
Raff ran toward a wall, making sure that the dolphin was near him. He jumped and kicked the wall, pushing himself toward the dolphin on the Segway. He kicked the sea mammal off his vehicle and he landed with a thud on the floor.
"URGH!" Blowhole grunted in frustration. He couldn't get up. He was a sea mammal after all.
Raff pressed the biggest button on the Segway and it freed the rest of the team.
"Good job, Raff!" Skipper smiled. "Now, let's get out of here!" he ordered. And on his command, the five penguins slid out of the lair.
"I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS, RAFF!" Blowhole's voice called out.
"WOW! Who could've thought that Raff would be able to take on Dr. Blowhole!?" Kowalski exclaimed when they reached the penguin habitat in the zoo.
"That was pretty smart thinking there, Raff." Skipper added.
"Brilliant!" Private smiled.
"YAP!" Rico agreed.
"But then again… You didn't stay put like I ordered you to." Skipper raised his brow.
Raff looked at his feet.
"Oh, come on, Skippah! He saved us! If he stayed put, Dr. Blowhole might be ruler of the world now!" Private said, putting his flipper on Raff's shoulder. Oh, who am I kidding. Good job, Raff." Skipper congratulated. "RICO! Hawk up a few fish for our young hero."
Rico upchucked a pile of fish and handed it to Raff.
"Oh, Skipper. Please, I don't deserve all this!" Raff said, pushing the fish away.
"Of course you do! You saved our lives." Kowalski smiled.
Skipper laughed. "And at a very young age, you beat Dr. Blowhole!"
"Skipper, please note that Dr. Blowhole was defeated by a kid." Kowalski reminded. "Don't you find that a bit weird? I mean… we as grown ups have trouble with Blowhole… But Raff here…"
"That's because RICO and I taught him that move. He is one heck of a penguin." Skipper said. "And I am so proud of you, Raff."
Raff rushed to give Skipper a hug.
Skipper patted his head then he let go.
"C'mon! Let's eat!" Raff said, and everyone started gobbling all the fish up.
"Skippah…" Private said between bites. "Shouldn't we go and entertain the guests?"
"If our hero wants to." Skipper smiled at Raff, who nodded.
"Alright, let's go!" Skipper took the lead up the ladder and out the hatch.
Meanwhile…
"Lo-obsters!" Blowhole called his minions to his side.
The crustaceans pushed him up onto his Segway.
"Urgh! That trained ball of feathers! How could he have beaten me?" Blowhole wondered.
"Eh, maybe it's because he used your weakness against you, boss." A lobster guessed.
"And what would that be?"
"Eh, balance?" the lobster replied.
Blowhole snorted. "Skipper must've told him about me. Anywho, listen up… I want you and the others to upgrade the backup scooter. Meanwhile, I will formulate another ge-enius plan." He ordered.
"Aye, doc." The lobster saluted then crawled on to the others.
A few years later…
Skipper heard the loud cheers of the humans as they finished their famous cute-and-cuddly routine.
"Take a whiff of that, men. Fresh fish is on the way." Skipper said.
Kowalski and Private, who were still in the water, jumped out of the water and onto the platform.
"Here it comes!" Private quivered with excitement.
"FISH!" Rico said.
Then fish started flying toward them, flung by the humans.
There was another penguin, teen,just about the size of Private with a few orange feathers on the sides of his neck. His black head feathers were brushed back neatly, not covering his bright amber eyes and his charming half-grin.
He jumped up and caught two fish in his beak, doing a summersault before plummeting into the water.
The humans cheered even louder and more fish began falling into the penguin habitat.
The penguin jumped onto the platform and hurried to enjoy the fish.
"A bit hyper today are we, Raff?" Skipper smirked.
"Just trying to get as much fish as possible sir." The penguin addressed as Raff replied. "F-for the team…" Raff quickly added before Skipper could say anything.
"Right. Especially because Ted the Polar Bear might grab the chance for more chow. But I do feel pity for the poor fellow." Private commented.
"He'll have his fair share, Private." Kowalski reassured.
"Oh sure. Right." Private said between bites.
When Raff had his fill, he sat on the edge of the platform. Their previous audience scattered across the zoo, looking for more entertainment.
Raff glanced at the Fossa habitat. There. He thought.
His friend, preferring to be addressed as Foos, was grooming himself with a licked paw. His head fur was ruffled and his chest was fluffed up.
Raff waved a flipper at his friend. When Foos noticed this, he waved back with his paw.
"Raff!" Skipper called the cadet.
"Yes, sir? Do you need anything?" Raff asked.
"Help us carry the leftovers into the HQ." Skipper said, carrying a pile of fish in his flippers.
"That's a lot of left overs." Raff picked up a few and put them into a pile in his arms.
Rico swallowed some and jumped in the hatch.
Raff dropped the fishes in the hatch then looked at his chest. He looked at the fish-stained wooden necklace on his neck. He wiped it clean and then remembered something.
Raff jumped into the HQ, where Skipper was storing the fish in the refrigerator.
"Raffy, my boy, can you help me here?" Skipper said.
"Sure, Skipper." Raff helped Skipper push the fish inside and quickly close the refrigerator door before any of them toppled down.
"Eh, Skipper…" Raff said, circling his flipper on his necklace.
"Yes Raff?" Skipper took a sip from his fish coffee that Private had just handed him.
"I was wondering… When will I get to see my real parents and my real home?" Raff scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.
Skipper spat out all the coffee he sipped. "What!?" he exclaimed.
"I just wanted to go find my family. You did say you only found me washed up in a crate on the shore of a beach." Raff frowned.
"Yeah, so?"
"I want to know where I really came from."
"Raff, you belong here, with us, with me. We don't know how you got to that beach or who your parents are." Skipper explained.
"Um, Skipper. I think helping Raff find his parents is a great idea. It would give him a quick adventure plus, if we do find his parents, we can leave him with them and Raff will be safe." Kowalski pointed out.
"B-but…" Skipper stammered.
"Please, Skipper?" Raff begged.
Skipper face-flippered. "Urgh, fine. How could I say no to you, Raff…" he lightened up.
"Wh-when do we start?" Raff asked.
"Rico, do you have any traveling gear in there?" Skipper turned to the weapons expert, who nodded.
"Well then, the search starts now." Skipper said. "But first, Kowalski. Whip us a convincing cover for the mean time."
"Aye Skipper." Kowalski said, activating the hologram.
"Okay men. First, we should try to find any clues on where Raff is from." Skipper instructed.
"Skipper, I took the liberty of snapping a few photos of Raff's crate a few years ago." Kowalski took out his camera.
He skimmed through the extra curricular pictures of the beach and Skipper and Private playing with the beach ball. "Ah, here it is." He zoomed near the details of the shipping crate.
"Skipper, it was a shipping crate from Antarctica."
"Oh, so it was a child take by the humans…" Skipper guessed.
"Possibly…" Kowalski said.
"B-but guys…" Raff stammered.
"Alright. How are we going to get there?" The leader penguin asked.
Raff growled. "Guys, my par-"
"AH! OOH! GLUB GLUB GLUB! PSSHH!" Rico said, waving his flippers in the air.
"We could ride our submarine?" Private interpreted.
"UHUUH!" Rico nodded.
"That could work. Kowalski, is our sub ship-shape?" Skipper put his flippers on his hips.
"Skipper, I-" Raff tried.
"Affirmative, Skipper." Kowalski replied.
"Let's go. The sooner we move, the sooner we get there." Skipper then led the team to where the submarine was located.
"Right… Never mind." Raff murmured to himself.
TO BE CONTINUED…
There… This was kind of a rush chapter…
Not THAT short but really rushed by me…
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