Chapter 3: Questions and Answers
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private were all standing before Marlene in her habitat.
"Ok, what kind of questions?" Marlene said, remembering how Rico tried to shoot her head off.
"Question one: Who would want your guitar?" Skipper asked.
He paced around like he usually did when giving orders, looking at his feet with his flippers behind his back. The stern look on his face was very serious. He was asking so many questions in his mind.
"Well there is… "Marlene's voice trailed off as she mumbled words they couldn't understand.
"What was that?" Private asked.
"My…" Marlene mumbled and trailed off again.
"Marlene? What are you trying to tell us?" Kowalski asked.
"Speak up! This could be dangerous!" Skipper yelled aggravated.
"My sister! Okay?" Marlene shouted in Skipper's face.
Skipper was surprised and fell over. When Marlene saw what nerve-racking she had caused her friends, she ran into the cave and cried. Skipper shook his head fast, trying to shake Marlene's harsh words from his mind. He stared into space as the moment replayed itself in his mind.
"Skippah?" Private tried to wake his leader from thought, "Skippah!" he cried once more.
"What? Oh, Private." He suddenly woke up, and looked at the boy. "I'll go talk to Marlene. She seems pretty hurt."
"Alright Skippah, but what should we do in the meantime?" Private asked, saluting.
Skipper thought for a moment, and then said, "Keep an eye out for intruders back at HQ. The last thing we need is a dangerous weapon robbery."
"We're on it, Skippah!" Private smiled as he saluted and went to his teammates.
Skipper slowly walked into the cave of the otter habitat and heard Marlene's "quiet sobbing".
"Marlene?" Skipper called. His voice echoed through the cave as did his small webbed feet hitting the hard ground.
Skipper finally got to Marlene she was crying on her pillow. When Marlene finally looked up, she turned her head and saw Skipper. She sat up and turned away, staring at the floor.
"Are you… Uh… You know, okay?" Skipper asked, trying to find the right words to say.
He hated sob-stories. He didn't do very well at cheering people up, only Rico, who was easily persuaded to smile at the sight of a dangerous weapon.
"So… A sister, huh?" Skipper tried to make small talk.
"Yeah, I guess you know my secret now." Marlene said sadly, looking to the side.
"It was a secret?" Skipper asked, "Why would you want to keep it a secret?"
"Because, she's… Evil!" Marlene cried.
"Oh, c'mon, don't you mean really mean?" Skipper said, "How could anyone related to you be evil?"
Marlene finally turned back around.
"No, she's really evil. She's my twin." Marlene explained, "That's why the paw print on the wall looked so much like mine. Mindy always wanted that guitar, she was jealous when mom gave it to me. Now, she's got what she wanted and it's done. Maybe she'll leave me alone."
Skipper listened to every word.
"So what does this 'evil twin' look like?" Skipper replied, trying to get the mystery talking over with. He wanted action.
"Well she-"Marlene was cut off when a cry for help came from the penguin habitat.
The two gasped at the noise. Skipper and Marlene quickly got there and asked what happened.
Kowalski quickly cried out "It was some otter that looked like Marlene! She came in, said 'I've come to borrow something and took off with Private!"
Skipper and Marlene looked at each other.
"And what did the mad-mammal look like?" Skipper asked.
"Well, she looked like Marlene except her fur was black instead of brown. She had an eye-patch and a scar over her left eye. She also had Marlene's foot marking on the opposite side Marlene does." Kowalski explained.
Skipper looked at Marlene as if to ask, "Is this who we're looking for?" She nodded.
"Skipper, what's going on?" Kowalski asked.
"That otter you saw looked like Marlene because… She's Marlene's twin!" Skipper replied.
Kowalski and Rico gasped in horror.
"Yes, it's true, she is my sister. But she's evil." Marlene said looking to the ground once again.
"And now she's got Private!" Kowalski said.
"Boys, it's time to get him back." Skipper said.
"But, we don't know where she is." the lieutenant replied.
"I might have an idea…" Marlene said meekly, rubbing her paw against her arm.
More suspense! Hooray! Don't worry, there's defiantly more coming! So remember to keep checking! ;D