Welcome to chapter 2! As usual, *'s means notes at the bottom and (P) means a perspective change from one character to another. Oh, and from here on out until I say so, everyone's in our world. So let's get to the story.

CHAPTER 2 – Four Lost Penguins

In a small alley in a big city, usually nothing ever goes on. Today, however, a portal opened up above a dumpster. 4 unconscious penguins were dropped into it. After about 10 minutes, they all started to wake up.

"Ooh, corn dog!" Rico said happily after seeing one, and then ate it. * "Status report, Kowalski," Skipper said. "We have entered that universe from last time Skipper," Kowalski said. "Yes, but we're in a different location, Kowalski. Give me the location!" Skipper said, frustrated with letting Marlene be taken from him.

"Give me a minute, Skipper. Let me look at nearby landmarks," Kowalski said. He poked his head out into the main street and saw many humans passing by, but luckily they were too busy talking to each other to notice Kowalski. After panning his head up and around, Kowalski returned to the other Penguins behind the dumpster.

"So where are we Kowalski?" Skipper asked. "Based on the building design, the palm trees, and that Hollywood sign out in the distance, I'd say we're in the Los Angeles of this universe," Kowalski replied. "Where's Marlene?" Skipper asked, concerned. "Unknown, Skipper. She could be anywhere in this or any dimension," Kowalski said. "Fish and chips man!" Skipper exclaimed.

Just then one of the video billboards nearby changed from moving advertisements to the news. There were subtitles at the bottom, since no sound was coming out. All four penguins saw the change and started reading and watching.

"This just in! Big news up north in San Francisco!" the newscaster was saying, since the Penguins were reading the subtitles. The camera changed from a news desk to a camera on the ground in downtown San Francisco. "Up above, there's a strange creature in a floating bubble. We have no clue what this is or how it got here, but it appeared from a portal-looking circle," the reporter said.

"Kowalski, is that Blowhole?" Private asked. "It appears so," Kowalski said. "Time to San Francisco from our present location?" Skipper asked. "By walking, it would take us nearly 6 days, not accounting for bathroom or food breaks. However, if we commandeer a car, it would take us five and a half hours to get there, plus more for food and bathroom breaks, not to mention getting gas for the car every so often," Kowalski said.

"Do we have our jet packs?" Skipper asked. "Rico, what do you have?" Kowalski asked the bird. Rico regurgitated a few smoke bombs, a few stink bombs, some knockout bombs, a dozen parachutes, his flamethrower, and his chainsaw. "That's it," Rico mumbled. "Kowalski, could we get the necessary parts for our jet packs?" Skipper asked, desperately hoping to cut their travel time down.

"Skipper, I've calculated our odds of being able to use parts from this universe and they are unfortunately at 0% due to different physics in this universe. Sorry," Kowalski said. "Men, find a vehicle great on gas mileage and speed," Skipper ordered. The Penguins quickly looked around for such as car. They found one in the form of a Toyota Prius **.

"Kowalski, how much fuel is in this car?" Skipper asked. "A full tank, Skipper," Kowalski replied. "Let's go!" Skipper commanded and off they went. (P to Skipper's thoughts)

"I always tell myself, expect the unexpected, yet I've failed in that today," I thought. "I let Marlene get separated from us. I hate that Bottlenose. He always finds ways to get down into what bothers me. If he wanted to play my heartstrings like a fiddle, he certainly found a way, by taking my soon-to-be wife. I hope she's all right. I've got to think of one heck of an apology," I continued thinking.

And that's the end of chapter 2. Please rate and review. See you in chapter 3! Time for notes.

* Reference to "Siege The Day" when the Penguins kept landing in the dumpster and Rico found a corndog each time.

** First car I could think of. Plus, it gets to nearly 50 miles to the gallon in some models.