Welcome to chapter 11. As usual *'s means notes, (P) means a perspective change, and italicized words means I'm quoting a character. Let's see how this goes, eh?

CHAPTER 11 – A Few Questions

"Are you guys ready?" I asked the five, covering my microphones. They all nodded, knowing that what we were about to do would change the world forever. "We're ready when you guys are," I said to the crowd. Suddenly, the crowd raised their hands, begging to ask questions. "Yes, you there," I said, pointing at someone.

"My first question is, who are all of you?" the first reporter asked. We all then said our names: "My name is Matthew," I said. "My name is Skipper," he said. "My name is Kowalski," he said. "My name is Rico," he said as best as he could. "My name is Private," he said. "My name is Marlene," she said.

"How are you all talking?" a different reporter asked. We all looked at Kowalski. "I truly do not know. The math against you being able to understand us is very high, yet we can," Kowalski answered. "Next question," I said. Again, all the reporters wanted to ask a question.

"Who was that dolphin and what did he want?" asked a 3rd one. Skipper answered this time. "That dolphin was Dr. Blowhole, my arch nemesis. How he specifically chose to end up here, we don't know. We do know he wanted to try to get to me through her," Skipper said, pointing at Marlene. "Why did he try to use you against Skipper?" someone asked of Marlene.

"Well, he must have been watching we were doing at our home and found out he could use me," Marlene answered. "What were you doing at your home?" someone asked. "We were getting married," Skipper and Marlene answered. Everyone was shocked at that statement, except for us, of course. "How is that possible?" someone asked. "Love transcends all differences," I said. * I think that made them quiet for a moment, before someone asked, "So where do you all live?"

"Well, I live nearby, but it's a bit of a different story for them," I said. "We all live at the Central Park Zoo in New York City, except not the one here," Private said. "What do you mean not the one here?" a reporter asked. "Well, we have come from an alternate universe, where some things are different, but much is the same," Kowalski answered.

"What do you mean alternate universe?" they all asked curiously. We all looked at each other, knowing what might happen next, and then I spoke up. "Well, they're technically from a television show." "How is that possible? You can't break the fourth wall," someone said.

"Well they did, thanks to Kowalski," I said. "How did you get involved anyway?" someone asked of me. We all looked at each other, then told the story from our perspectives. First of Kowalski's invention, then my discovery of them, then the reveal of the TV show, the snack run, the lab, the ensuing other stuff after, and of course, Skilene.

"Go ahead and search Skilene on your devices you have. There's a lot of it out on the Internet," I said. Everyone who was previously hanging on every word immediately took out their phones, tablets, etc. and searched it. They all gasped when they discovered it was a thing and was real. My phone was buzzing like mad in my pocket, so I turned on "Do Not Disturb" to make it stop, but not before noticing my mentions from social media had exploded, as did my email and texts. **

As I was putting my phone back, it amused me that all this was happening. Never did I think this kind of thing could ever happen, let alone them coming here in the first place. "So it is real? All of it?" one of the reporters finally asked. I AirPlayed the photos we had taken when this had first happened to the TV. ***

"Of course it's true," Skipper and Marlene said, before kissing for a little bit. It's always great to see them doing fun little things like that. This still shocked the audience, which amused all of us. "One final question," I said. Immediately, everyone who hadn't asked their question did the waving hands and shouting thing again. "You there," I said, pointing at our final reporter. "How are you all going to get home? Aren't you kind of stranded here without that invention that Kowalski made?" they asked.

"Luckily, we've got this now," I said, pointing to the Segway behind us. "It used to be Blowhole's and it's got a portal function, so that's how we'll get them home," I answered. "Thank you for your time today," I said wrapping up the press conference. "Ready guys?" I asked everyone. They all hopped on the Segway, so I guess they were.

"Where are you going?" one of the people near the front asked me. "To the wedding, which I invited him to," Marlene said. "That's right," Skipper said. "Great. Now let's go," I said. "We can't go?" someone again asked. "There's been enough damage already," Skipper and I replied. I activated the Portablizer and set it not to the HQ, but to my house for a quick stop, unbeknownst to the five for the time being. "Once again, thank you for your time," I said, before activating the Portablizer.

Once I turned it on, the six of us rode the Segway through the portal, leaving the once again shocked press behind. The Portal closed and we spent a few seconds waiting for the next one to appear. It did and we wound up on the driveway. "Hey, I thought we were going home?" they asked. "There's one thing we need to get first," I said, looking at Marlene.

That's the end of chapter 11. Time for some quick notes.

* I'm quoting that line from near the end of Madagascar 2 that Alex's father says.

** Seriously, this is one of the best phone features ever made. It makes your iPhone not vibrate, it doesn't light up, and it doesn't ring when you get a notification. It's like it didn't come in, even though it did.

*** One of the best technologies made by Apple. Just Google "AirPlay" and click on the first result.

BONUS: I would have used names of actual famous reporters, but due to the rules of FictionPress, I cannot.