Chapter 2

He was a dolphin! At first I wanted to laugh but then I noticed the glare he shot me and I held my tounge. He rode on a small scooter with a strange looking control panel. He had a long scar over his right eye that was half covered by a silver headset over his eye. He looked really evil with that red glowing eye.

"What are you gonna do to me?" I looked up at him fearfully.

"Oh, I just want you for a slight experiment." Dr. Blowhole smirked at me. My table was tilted so I could see him better.

"You see young one, I am the world's greatest evil. I have created many inventions to take over New York City but they have been foiled by my enemies. This time, I have an invention that will not fail." Dr. Blowhole pressed a button on his control panel and a weird looking ray thing appeared, "You are my test subject. Behold! The Switchagizer!" I started to struggle as the Switchagizer began to turn a strange shade of green.

The dolphin let out a high pitched cackle as a beam of light shot my way. I screeched as it hit me. It burned! I shut my eyes tight and twisted as much as I could. I had to get away! I faintly heard Dr. Blowhole laughing as the ray continued to hurt me. Finally it stopped and I lay on the table, gasping for breath.

'Is it over?'

I cracked my eyes open and saw Dr. Blowhole smiling at me. I looked down and saw orange three-toed feet! I yelled as the cuffs on my hands and feet were retracted and I fell to the floor. I pushed myself up but saw black flippers replacing my hands! I shrieked and stood up, examining the flippers closely.

"What did you do to me?!" I glared at the now tall dolphin.

He smirked and picked me up roughly with his flipper, "Oh I just changed you into a worthless penguin. I hope you like your new form because you are going to stay that way for the rest of your life!" He dropped me and I landed in the hands of those manster crabs, "Take her to the zoo!" Blowhole ordered.

"What?!" I didn't get to say anymore as a pipe was swung at my small head.


"Where did she come from?"

"Kawalski analysis!"

"It appears that she has been knocked unconscious due to something heavy and she smells like saltwater and leopard seals."

"So, she came from Antarctica..."

"Affirmative. And it seems like she's regaining conciousness."

"Prepare yourselves men. We don't know if she's friend or foe."

I could hear voices and I was scared. They didn't sound like those crabs or Dr. Blowhole but he might be trying to trick me. The voices fell silent and I decided that the only way I would know if it was safe is if I opened my eyes.

I moaned and cracked open my eyes, immediately feeling a sharp pain coming from the back of my head. I cried out in pain and shut my eyes again. I felt something on my forehead and I heard a soothing voice, "Are you ok miss?"

"H-hurts..." I managed to croak out.

"You took a nasty hit to the head. Try not to move too much."

"K..." I relaxed a bit.. They weren't going to hurt me. I knew it.

"Would you mind telling us where you came from? And what happened to you?" Someone asked. It sounded more like an order to me than a request. He sounded a bit hostile.

"Y-you wouldn't b-believe me." I stuttered. I was weak from hunger and barely had the energy to say another word.

"Try me." The commanding voice came again.

I only managed to get one word out, "B-blowhole..." My head felt fuzzy as the world slipped away again.


As I regained concsiousness, I heard silence. I opened my eyes with no trouble this time and looked around. I was in a small cage. For a second I wondered why I was in a cage with a bandage on my head but then I remembered that I had been turned into a penguin by Dr. Blowhole, 'So this must be the zoo.'

I stood up on my stubby feet and waddled to the bars. I looked out of the cage and out the window. I saw the clear blue sky and sighed. Things would never be the same again since I was a penguin. I would forever be stuck in this zoo, stuck eating fish and swimming in a pool, showing off for children.

I heard a noise behind me and I turned around. In the doorway stood a tall woman with red hair. She wore a yellow and green uniform with a zoo keeper hat. On her shirt was a white nametag that said 'Alice.'

She walked in the room and picked up my cage, "Ok, time to go to your new home since you're all better." She said in an annoyed voice.

'She must go through a lot here.' I thought as she brought me outside. As daylight hit my eyes I looked around. All around me were habitats filled with animals. I saw a rhino habitat, an elephant, otter, and a kangaro habitat with an angry looking kangaro in it. I gaped at all the extrodinary animals. Being an orfine on the streets, I had never been in a zoo before. Soon a small habitat came into veiw. It had a small stone island in the middle and a water moat surrounded it, 'This must be the penguin habitat.' I thought as Alice took out a wooden plank. She placed it over the fence of the habitat and walked down it.

"Ok, here you go. Don't try to escape." Alice told me as she placed my cage down. I heard a quiet click as she unlocked it. I looked up ather gratefully and I thought I saw her smile a bit. She pushed me gently out of the cage and took it away. She looked back at me as she retreated back to the little office. I waved at her a bit and she walked away. I stopped waving and looked around. An empty food dish was placed on the stone platform and other then that, the habitat seemed desserted. I sighed and sat down.

"Now what?" I mumbled. All of a sudden there was a loud bang and I jumped up. I snapped around and gasped as I saw four penguins in front of me, "W-where did you come from?" I asked, startled.

"Classified! Who exactly are you?" The second shortest asked.

"Y-your that penguin I heard. You spoke to me! Where am I? What happened?" I put my hands, er flippers, up in defense and began to back away from the strange penguins.

The penguin stepped forward and pointed a flipper at me acusingly, "That's what we want to know! How do you know Dr. Blowhole?" He glared at me.

I flinched at the mention of the dolphin's name, "B-blowhole?! Is he here?!" I backed up another step, "Don't let him near me! I don't want him to experiment on me again! He's already done enough damage to me!" I shouted.

The smallest penguin stepped forward slowly as if trying to get near an injured animal, "Don't worry, Dr. Blowhole isn't here. There's nothing to be scared of." He came closer to me and I whimpered in fear. I began to panic as he reached out his flipper to me.

Flipper.

It was then I remebered the way Dr. Blowhole had picked me up and dropped me roughly. It was too much! I couldn't take it! I felt my breath quicken into shallow gasps and my heart beat faster. My eyes widened in fear and my feathers pricked at the mention of that dolphin's name. I backed up the last step and squawked in surprise as I felt air beneath my foot. I fell backwards into the cold water. I flapped my flippers around in panic. I didn't knwo how to swim! The. I felt someone grip me firmly and they yanked me up to the surface. I was dragged back onto the platform and I opened my eyes to see the small penguin.

He smiled sympathetically at me and I smiled a bit back, "What's your name?" He asked.

"My name's Sam."