Welcome to chapter 13. As usual, *'s means notes, (P) means a perspective change, and italicized words means quotes from a character from earlier. Let's read.

CHAPTER 13 – Training

The day after the wedding, we all went to get snow cones in the park. These tasted way better than the ones back home. We were all sitting by the pond in the park, enjoying the beautiful day. "So how would you like to be an officially trained penguin?" Skipper suddenly asked me. "Really? You'd do that?" I asked. "Of course. You helped take down Blowhole without any official training. It's time for you to learn our moves in case this happens again," Skipper answered.

"I think I may have learned some very generic moves thanks to video games and watching you guys, so I'd love to learn more," I said. "We'll teach you everything we know, aside from Rico's regurgitation. None of us except him can do that," Kowalski said. "All of you tried?" I asked curiously. "Yes, and it wasn't fun at all," Marlene answered. I chuckled a bit, trying to imagine all of them trying to swallow things and regurgitate them.

"It went about as well as you're probably thinking," Private said. "Well, I don't know how well these moves will translate when I'm human again, but I might as well try," I said. "Let's get started," Skipper said. For the next few hours, they all took their turns teaching me how to properly punch, kick, fire rockets, and of course, high five in celebration. We practiced the punching and kicking on the trees in the park, since we didn't want to accidentally hurt each other.

"Now it's time to teach you the piece de resistance," Skipper said. "What is that?" I asked eagerly. "The corkscrew," Skipper answered. Suddenly, they all started belly sliding and running towards and then up a tree, spinning in the air and splashing down in the pond in corkscrew fashion. "That was truly awesome guys!" I exclaimed as they walked out of the water. "Thanks," they all said.

"So how long ago did Skipper teach you that move?" I asked. "Well, I taught the men a few days after our dealing with Blowhole and Parker over a year ago. I taught Marlene on one of our dates," Skipper answered. Suddenly Marlene kissed him. "And that's one of the many reasons why I love you," she said. We all looked happily at the two and then we got underway.

It took me a few tries to get the required speed, and that that point we started practicing by jumping into the water from the ground in the form. Finally, after half an hour, it was time. "Are you ready?" Skipper asked. "I was born ready," I answered. "Go!" Skipper shouted. I quickly started belly sliding towards and up a tree and kept my momentum going up. I was excited, but didn't let that distract me.

I leaped off the top of the tree towards the sky and started spinning. Gravity took over and I aligned myself towards the water, now corkscrewing. I hit the water and slowed myself down. I started swimming back towards the shore. I shook myself off when I reached land and waddled over to everyone. "How was that?" I asked. "Congratulations. You are now an official Penguin commando. I hereby make you an official part of our team," Skipper said. I smiled, beaming back at everyone.

"Thank you," I said, shaking flippers with Skipper. "So what's my official title?" I asked. "You helped bridge the divide between our universes, as well as helped all your people come to terms with our existence, so you can be our Chief Public Relations man. * I smiled. "Thanks, Skipper. I promise to do you guys proud on future missions we have together," I said.

With that, we all went back to the zoo, since it was getting pretty late. We were all having so much fun training that we didn't notice how dark it was getting until then. We all filed into the HQ, with Skipper carrying Marlene bridal style. It was a fun sight to see. "Thanks, Skipper," Marlene said after he put her down. "Anything to make you happy," Skipper replied and kissed her.

With that, we talked about how great the past few months had been for all of us. Everyone here had regained control of their lives, Skipper and Marlene had gotten married, and I met some of my favorite animals. We talked about everything for at least another two hours. We all started to get tired and were rubbing our eyes.

Suddenly, the lemur's boom box came on. "Now I know why you hate lemurs," I said to everyone. They all nodded, while we were covering our ears, trying to block out the sound. "Can I have an EMP bomb, Rico?" I asked loudly over the noise. He immediately regurgitated one and I popped out of the HQ with it. I tossed it in the direction of the boom box, where it exploded, knocking it out and came back inside.

Finally, it was quiet again. "I don't know why we hadn't thought of that before," Kowalski said. "Honestly, that was just a guess," I said. "A darn good one," Skipper said. Now that the noise was gone, it was time for Lights Out Protocol. "Goodnight, guys," Marlene said, leaving the HQ to her habitat. "Goodnight Marlene," we said. "Goodnight honey," Skipper said to her. She smiled and then went to her habitat.

"Rico, prepare a guest bed," Skipper said. After he did that, it was time to sleep. "You sure you don't mind me staying here?" I asked. "It's no trouble," Skipper said. "Well, goodnight then," I said. Shortly we fell asleep. (P to the morning)

Suddenly, the alarm woke us all up. "Morning guys," I said to the Penguins. "Good morning," they replied. "Hey, where's Skipper?" I asked, noticing his absence. "Please tell me he didn't go on another solo mission," I said, worrying for him and Marlene. "Let's look at the zoo security footage," Kowalski suggested.

Thanks for reading. Please rate and review. I'll see you in the next chapter. Time for the usual note.

* Is there a military term for this? I remember seeing one somewhere, but can't remember it. Please PM me or leave the term in the review if you know what it is.