"Are we done after this?" Carmen asked.

"Kowalski said it goes around the entire zoo, we have a bit more to go." Carmen groaned.

"It's only been an hour and twenty-five minutes. You didn't really think this was going to be quick, did you?" Addie cocked an eyebrow.

"Let's just get this over with." Carmen said, stepping into Joey's territory.

"Where do you suppose the key is?"

"Allo, mates! Nice of ya to drop by." Said a thick Australian accented voice. The penguins looked up to see a huge kangaroo with a brass key sticking out from its pouch.

"Good evening!" Addie greeted.

"It was until your jibber-jabber woke me up." The kangaroo said irritably.

"Terribly sorry about that." Carmen said. "Hey, is it ok if we borrow that key of yours for a minute?"

"Hm…. No."

"Well why not, may I ask?" Carmen replied.

"Trespassers aren't exactly my favorite kind of visitors. Makes me mad!" Joey replied before giving the two a massive kick, and the duo flew straight into the wall on the opposite side.

"Glory be!" Carmen growled painfully.

"This will be harder than I thought." The penguins peeled off the wall and landed hard on the ground. Joey charged, and having nowhere else to go, Carmen and Addie ran up the tree in the center of the pen.

"So? What's the plan this time, genius?" Carmen asked, hanging on to a branch for dear life as Joey jabbed and kicked at the base of the tree.

"I… I don't know! How about helping me think once in a while?" Addie asked frantically. "The guys are insane if they think we can get the key!"

"They're insane if they think we can survive!" Carmen corrected.

"Ok, ok. I think I have an idea." Carmen looked at Addie with disbelief. How the heck does she come up with these plans so quickly?

"You distract Joey while I come in from a blind spot, and grab the key."

"Why do I have to distract that monstrosity?"

"He's not a monstrosity! He's just… very aggressive. And you're faster, stronger, and have more endurance than I do, so naturally, you have to hold him off!" Addie explained.

"You owe me big time." Carmen took a deep breath before letting jumping off the tree and landing on Joey's head.

"Hey! Mr. Bouncy!" She teased, making a ridiculous face that would easily upset a temperamental kangaroo.

"M'name's Joey!" Shouted the Kangaroo as he hopped from corner to corner of his pen, trying to shake Carmen off.

"Hurry up already! I can't hang on!" Carmen shouted.

"I can't! He won't stand still!"

"What? You can't catch a moving target?"

"Not when he's thrashing around!" Carmen jumped off, and pulled on Joey's tail. Joey immediately began chasing Carmen, who was just barely hanging on to his tail, to the point that she was about to puke her guts out.

"Hang on just a bit longer! I think he's getting dizzy!" But he wasn't. And Carmen eventually wobbled off, only to be kicked at a tree branch, which knocked the wind right out of her.

"One down." Joey stated, looking for Addie. He lowered his head and saw her reaching for the key in his pouch.

"Uh… hi!" Addie grinned sheepishly as she took the key and ran off screaming, Joey right behind her.

"Give me a break! I just wanted the key!"

"Get back here you little trouble-making dingo!" Addie, sliding on her belly, richoshed off from wall to wall and to the tree, and kept the pattern going until she eventually outran Joey.

"Carmen!" She chucked the key to Carmen, who caught it smoothly. She gave a big smile, waving the key in the air.

"Nice catch!" Addie, being distracted, wasn't watching where she was going, and crashed into a collection of boulders.

"My… head…"

"A lot more is going to hurt than just your head, mate!" Said Joey, lifting the petrified Addie, and drop-kicking her at Carmen with perfect aim, sending both to the ground at Joey's feet.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! We just want to open the crate with a clue inside, and we'll get out, I swear!" Carmen pledged.

"The crate? Why didn't you girls say so in the first place?" Joey asked.

"….what?"

"Yeah. That ugly thing's been blocking my view. Do ya mind taking the lil' bugga with you?"

"Ummm. Sure." Addie answered.

"You realize that we're going to need serious medical after this, right?" Carmen said.

"You didn't say anything 'bout taking the box. Those dang penguins put it in here and it's been irritatin' me all day!"

The sisters were shocked, stupefied, and all other synonyms with their mouth agape. These animals really are crazy, aren't they?

"Well, thanks for the crate!" Carmen and Addie said, dragging it out of the perimeter.

"No worries! Come by for a visit every now and then, y'hear me?" Joey said. "O, and welcome to the neighborhood!"

"Thanks! We will!" The said. Once they were out, Joey returned to sleep, and the sisters gave each other a look beyond word comprehension.

"That was…. Weird." They said in unison.

Meanwhile, the chimps, lemurs, a couple of flamingos, and Marlene were with the penguins watching the whole thing through the periscope and laughing 'till the water they were drinking squirted out their noses…er, nostrils and etc. Leave it to Joey to make a scene. Even Kowalski, and the somewhat horrified Private were chuckling at the unexpected twist of events.

"Ah, the bruises will heal. Anyway, open the crate! Where do we go next? Surely it'll be better than getting beaten to a pulp." Carmen said.

Up next was the gorilla exhibit, which was much easier. It was basically an arm wrestle for the key and the crate. Carmen won, and the clue led to the polar bear habitat. Another simple sneak-in-and-get-out situation. This led to the Alligator Lake, which was more annoying than anything. The gators wouldn't shut up. Though Addie found most of their life stories fascinating, Carmen felt that tea and cookies could wait until morning, or at least until after they caught some shut eye. Though both sisters believed it would be a long while before they could catch up on sleep. The next stage was the exotic birdcages, where Addie had a riddle contest with an ancient Macaw and his grand daughter. Later they visited the reptile house, where they learned that chameleons were actually friendly, but very aggressive when it came to inviting neighbors over for a house warming party, and a so called 'quick' game of hide-and-seek. After running errand after errand, the two were exhausted, and just wanted to go back to HQ and sleep for the next twelve hours.

"Ok… what does this clue say?" Carmen asked, dragging herself along the pavement.

"The note says, "No use looking where something is missing. Are you missing anything?" Addie read aloud.

"So then the next destination should have been the giraffe habitat, but Melman the giraffe went missing a while before, right? But what do they mean by, 'are you missing anything'?" Carmen asked. Addie took out her sketch of the zoo map, each destination with a check next to them.

"It means we're done. Let's go to sleep." Addie said with a weak smile.

"Finally!" Let's get going!" Just like that, it seemed Carmen got a second wind. Addie, however, collapsed with a soft snore.

"Come on, lazy pengy! Let's get out of here! We're on enemy territory!" Said Carmen before realizing her last statement sounded a lot like something Skipper would say.

"They're getting to me! MY SANITY IS GONE!! GAAAH!" She screamed.

"I'm…I'm coming" Addie said tiredly. "Just please stop screaming, or my head will explode." The two then dragged themselves to HQ.

Author's Note: Something weird I noticed is that in the episode, "Assault and Batteries", they show Joey with a pouch. Yet male kangaroos don't have pouches. Just a heads up. O, and hopefully the next chapter will be done by tomorrow, if not, it'll definitely be up this weekend! Yay!