A Ratbird Named Edward, The Leader Of The Ratbirds, Was Leading The Ratbirds In A Dance.
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, And Private Jump From A Tree And Land, The Ratbirds Stop Dancing And Look At The Four Penguins In Front Of Them.
"Well, I'll Don't Give A Rat's...Thing," Skipper Said.
Edward Scoffed And Said, "Yeah, In Your Dreams! You're Penguins, How Did You Get Here?"
"We Flew Here On A Plane, Which Crashed On This Island," Kowalski Answered.
Skipper Nodded And Said, "Yes, We Have All The Parts We Need To Fix It, But We Need Help, Even Though You're Not Monkeys, We Still Request Your Services, We Could Use Your Opposable Thumbs."
"We Could Help You, But What's In It For Us If We Do?" Edward Asked Sternly.
Skipper Had A Serious Look On His Face And Said, "Kowalski, Give Me Options!"
Kowalski Pulled Out His Notebook And Started Writing And When He Was Finished, He Pointed To What He Drew And Said, "Skipper!"
Skipper Looked At It And Said, "Excelente! Engage!"
The Four Penguins Slide On Their Bellies In Different Directions And Start Karate-Chopping The Ratbirds In Their Necks, Knocking Them Out.
All Of The Ratbirds Were Unconscious, Except Edward, Who Looked At The Penguins With A Scared Expression On His Face.
"Are You Willing To Help Us Now?" Skipper Asked Strictly.
Edward Wasn't Sure Whether To Say "Yes" Or "No" And He Just Muttered Out Loud.
Skipper Was Angry And Yelled, "Rico!"
Rico Showed No Emotion As He Vomited Up A Match And A Stick Of Dynamite, He Lit The Fuse And Gave It To Edward.
Edward Panicked And Tied Two Ends Of The Cheesespider's Web To Two Large Tree Branches And Slingshot The Dynamite Into The Air And It Landed And Blew Up Somewhere.
"Okay! Okay! We'll Help You, Just Please Don't Hurt Us!" Edward Said As He Was Sweating.
"Good! Now Get Your Rodent Bird Friends And Follow Us To The Plane," Skipper Commanded.
Edward Did As Skipper Said And Chester Saw What They Did And He Was A Little Angry, He Felt Like These Penguins Were A Nuisance To His Plan To Try And Release Food Bar 8.0 Again, He Walked Away While A Lobster Was Nearby, Holding A Pair Of Binoculars.
The Lobster Saw Everything That Happened And Pulled Out A Walky-Talky And Said, "Dr. Blowhole, The Penguins Just Got A Bunch Of Ratbirds To Help Them.
Blowhole Was Angry As He Spoke Into A Computer That Allowed Him To Communicate With The Lobster And Said, "If Those Pen-Gu-Ins Use Those Worthless Rodents To Attack Us, My Plans Will Be Ruined!"
"But I Also Saw A Human With A White Pointy Beard That Looked Kinda Tough," The Lobster Replied.
"Is He A Threat To Us?" Blowhole Asked.
"I Don't Know, He Looked At Them Like He Didn't Like Them, He Could Be An Asset To Us," The Lobster Answered.
Blowhole Thought For A Moment And Said, "Keep An Eye On Him."
Next Morning
In The Lab Of Sparkswood, The Young Scientist, Flint Lockwood Woke Up And Yawned As He Stretched His Arms And Legs, He Turned Over To A Picture Frame Of His Deceased Mom, Fran Lockwood And Said, "Good Morning, Mom."
Flint Got Out Of His Bed And Went Into The Bathroom To Brush His Teeth.
"En-Woo?" Something Squeaked On The Ground.
Flint Looked Down And Saw The Strawberry, Barry On The Ground Tugging On His PJs And Kneeled Down To Him And Said, "Morning, Barry, Sorry I Can't Be With You Right Now, I Have To Tell Sam And The Gang Something."
The Strawberry Whined And Flint Put On His Lab Clothes And Picked Barry Up And Said, "Alright, You Can Come."
Flint Went Into The Lab With Barry On His Shoulder And Sat Down At His Desk.
"Morning, Flint!" Flint's Girlfriend, Sam Sparks Called As He Walked Up To Him.
"Saspa!" Barry Called As Sam Ruffled The Top Of His Head.
"Morning, Barry," Sam Said.
Flint Turned To Sam And Said In Concern, "Morning, Sam."
Sam Frowned And Asked, "What's Wrong, Flint?"
"Nothing, It's Just That Something Weird Is Happening This Week," Flint Answered.
"What Makes You Say That?" Sam Asked.
Flint Cleared His Throat And Explained, "Yesterday, While I Was Working On A New Invention, I Just Saw Chester V And Two Thinkquanauts Walk By Our Lab And Overheard Them Saying That They Just Saw A Lion, Zebra, Giraffe, And Hippo At The Lake And That Their Vehicle Got Stolen By Penguins."
"Well, That's Crazy, Last Night, I Saw Some Penguins Moving Through The Streets With All The Ratbirds Following Them," Sam Replied.
"And I Heard Steve And Barb Were With The Four Mammals," Flint Replied.
"What?! I Hope They Didn't Kill Them Or Something," Sam Said In Shock.
Flint Was Worried And Said, "Maybe They Did, Maybe They Didn't, But I Think Live Corp Is Up To Something Again, We Gotta Tell The Gang About This And Probably Find These Animals."
"But Flint, That's Crazy, What If The Lion Kills Us Or Something?" Sam Asked.
"Maybe It's Vegan, It Probably Won't Hurt Us, Call The Gang For Our Meeting," Flint Commanded.
"Okay," Sam Said As She Grabbed Her Phone As Barry Hopped Of Her Shoulder.
Flint Stared At The View Of The Foodimal Jungle And Thought To Himself, "I Wonder What Steve And Barb Are Doing Now."
Meanwhile At The Lake
Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, Steve, And Barb Go Back To The Lake And Start Drinking It And Gloria Hopped Into The Water As Steve Was Worried About That The FLDSMDFR Might Get Stolen Again And Asked, "Barb, Is It Okay If I Go Check On The FLDSMDFR?"
"Okay, Just Be Careful," Barb Answered.
Steve Went Out Of The Foodimal Jungle, Through The Breakfast Bog, And Into The Rock Candy Mountain To See That The FLDSMDFR Is Still There And Sighed.
He Suddenly Heard Some Voices And Followed Them, He Came To The Area Where The Plane Crashed With A Lot Of Live Corp Vehicles And Supplies Around It And He Saw The Penguins Giving Orders To The Ratbirds And The Chimps.
Skipper Used The Plane's Microphone And Said, "Alright, We Split Into Four Groups."
He Pointed At Some Of The Ratbirds And Some Of The Chimps And Said, "Group One, You're In Charge Of Dismantling The Cars."
He Pointed To Some More And Said, "Group Two, You're In Charge Of Repairing The Propulsion Systems."
He Pointed To Another Large Group Of Ratbirds And Chimps And Said, "You Three, You're In Charge Of Assembling The Landing Gear And The Main Structure Of The Plane."
He Pointed To Edward, Phil, And Mason And Said, "Group Four, You're In Charge Of Supervising When We're Not Around, Any Questions?"
All The Chimps And Ratbirds Don't Say Anything And Run And Fly Around And Get To Work.
Steve Was Confused About What Penguins Are Doing On An Island As Skipper Turned To Him And Asked, "You, Fellow Primate, Sprecken Ze English?"
Steve Was Still Confused And Answered, "Um, Yes."
"What Island Is This?" Skipper Asked.
"Swallow Falls, Atlanta," Steve Answered.
Skipper Was Surprised And Turned To The Others As He Said, "Hoover Dam! No Wonder There Was So Much Sardines!" He Grabbed A Sardine From A "Baby Brent Sardines" Can And Ate It.
"Anyway, What Are You Guys Doing Here?" Steve Asked.
Skipper Turned Back To Him And Said, "That's Classified!"
"Yeah, We're Trying To Fix The Plane So We Can Get Back To New York," Private Said.
Skipper Slapped Private And Said, "I Said It Was Classified, Private!"
Steve Was Surprised And Asked, "Private? Are You Guys Commandoes Or Something?"
"We Could Tell You Who We Are And What We Do, But Then, We'd Have To Kill You," Skipper Said.
Steve Gulped And Said, "Okay, Goodbye."
He Went Back To The Lake Where Barb Was Waiting For Him While Alex, Marty, And Melman Were Skipping Rocks, Gloria Swimming, And Julien, Maurice, And Mort Sliding Down A Wild Scallion's Neck And Into The Lake As It Was A Waterslide.
"Things Are Getting Weirder By Every Second," Steve Said To Barb.
"What Do You Mean By That?" Barb Asked.
Steve Cleared His Throat And Explained, "I Checked On The FLDSMDFR And It Wasn't Stolen By Live Corp Again, Thank Goodness To That, When I Suddenly Heard Voices, I Followed Them To Where The Plane Crashed And I Saw These Four Penguins Giving Orders To The Ratbirds And A Bunch Of Chimpanzees, I Asked Them What They Were Doing, But One Of Them Said That It Was "Classified" And That If They Told Me, They'd Have To Kill Me."
"Don't Worry, They Won't Hurt You," Gloria Called.
"Really? Because Those Penguins Seem Dangerous To Me," Steve Called Back.
Alex Turned To Steve And Said, "The Penguins Are Psychotic."
"From What Steve Just Said, I Think Those Penguins Mean Business," Barb Said.
"You Guys Can Believe What You Want, But They're Friendly," Marty Said.
Meanwhile
Flint And Sam Have Set Up A Meeting In Their Lab As Their Friends, Earl, Brent, And Manny Sit With Them.
"So, Flint Lockwood, Why Did You Call This Meeting?" Earl Asked.
"Guys, I Hate To Say This, But Chester V Is Back," Flint Said.
"WHAT?!" Earl Shouted.
"Uh-Oh!" Brent Said And Manny Said Nothing.
"How? That Cheesespider Ate Him A Week Ago When You Saved Us!" Earl Said.
"I Know, But Something Weird Happened, Yesterday, I Saw Him And His Two Goons Walk By The Lab And I Heard Them Say That They Saw A Lion, A Zebra, A Giraffe, And A Hippo At The Lake, Where We Came Across The Foodimals And That Their Vehicle Was Stolen By Penguins," Flint Explained.
"All Those Animals? On Our Island? That's Pretty Weird," Brent Said.
"And Steve And Barb Are With Them," Sam Replied.
Earl Stuck His Arm Up And Said, "Oh, No! No Lion Is Gonna Eat Our Primates Today!"
Flint Grabbed Earl's Arm And Stuck It Down And Said, "No, Earl! The Lion Is Probably Vegan."
"So What Do We Do?" Manny Asked.
Flint Sighed And Answered, "I Say We Should Look For These Animals."
"Are You Crazy, Flint Lockwood?! Did You Forget That There Was A Lion Out There?!" Earl Asked.
"The Lion Is Probably Vegan, Earl, It Probably Won't Eat Us, I Hope," Flint Answered.
"Also, Why Doesn't The Lion Try To Kill The Zebra? Or The Giraffe? Or The Hippo?" Brent Asked.
"Like I Said, It's Probably Vegan, But We're Not Gonna Talk About That Right Now, We Still Gotta Stop Chester Again, He's Probably Back To His Old Plan Of Releasing Food Bar 8.0," Flint Said.
While Flint And The Gang Talk About Stopping Chester Again, A Lobster Heard Them And Was Watching Them With Binoculars.
"Doc, Five Humans Are Gonna Come After Alex And The Gang And Stop The White-Bearded Human From His Plan," The Lobster Said Through His Walky-Talky.
Blowhole Pushed The Communication Button Again And Said, "What? We Can't Let Them Do That, They'll Ruin My Plans!"
"Should We Send Someone After Them?" The Lobster Asked.
Blowhole Thought For Moment And Said, "Yes, For Now, I Shall Release..." He Pushed A Button That Activated A Voice That Said, "CHROME CLAW!"
Blowhole Went To A Metal Door That Opened Up As He Said, "Hello, Tiny, Get Up."
A Giant Creature Got Up As Red Eyes Glow In The Dark As It Walked, Causing The Room The Rumble And Blowhole Said, "Rise And Shine! We Have Work To Do!"
Blowhole Was Up To No Good.