Author note: I own nothing! Except for Jeff, Andrew, Daniel, Xandra, and Kaycee. Enjoy!
*Something Beyond Friendship*
-Dusk and The Underground
"So...you're taking me to The Underground. Ummm...exactly what is The Underground." Marlene was being dragged by her new roommates to The Underground.
"You're gonna love it Little Sheila. The place is off the charts." Jeff said with his Austrailan accent. When she first heard him she thought of Joey but after a few minutes of talking to him she came to see that Jeff was much more of a go with the flow kinda guy.
"It is quite nice and at midnight there is a beautiful rose garden that simply makes you cry. It is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen...well until I rested my eyes on you Mademoiselle." Andrew had a French accent and remended her of Pepe Le Pew from The Looney Tunes Show(new). He was quite the gentleman complementing her necklace and how it brought out her eyes. He was proper and didn't use contractions.
Both were a good head above her but that was the end of their similarities. Jeff has this golden blond fur that hangs in his face a bit while Andrew has stark and elegant black fur. Jeff has green eyes while Andrew has gray moonlike eyes. Also Jeff has a scar on his chest from where he wiped out one time.
Either way they got along just fine and were very friendly...a little to friendly. The two were flirting with her so much that she was sure that she looked like an otter-shaped tomatoe.
"That's really sweet Andrew." She was begining to get nervous around these two flirts. They were handsome and all but it didn't feel right. She kept thinkinmg about Skipper. She really wanted to see him.
"Oh careful now Andrew you're making her turn into a rose, and a very pretty one at that Little Shiela." Jeff winked at her.
Her face reddened making her look more and more like a blood red rose...Not really helping herself is she? "Guys really stop you're embarrasing me." She didn't know how long she'ld be able stand this without passing out.
"Sorry Little Shiela, but it can't be the first time that you've guys flirt with you now."
"Please Mademoiselle, except my sincerest apologies."Andrew actuallt kissed her paw.
"Easy does it Andrew. Don't need her kicking it on our watch do we now?" Jeff playfully punched Andrew's arm.
"Here we are Mademoiselle, hold on tight." they had brought to vending machine outside their habitat. Andrew quickly wrapped his arm around Marlene's waist, causing her her to blush even more. Andrew kicked the side of the machine seven times while Jeff placed a silver dollar in the slot. A panel opened up near the ground with a single silver button on it. Andrew pressed the button and suddenly they were sucked up ward-heading straight for the ceiling. They were going to crash!
Marlene screamed and closed her eyes thinking that she was going end up as a blot of brown on the ceiling, when something strange happened. Instead of crashing into the ceiling they went right through it. To Marlene it felt like diving into water head first. It was strange.
Once they were though-they were falling. How do we go up and start falling down? that was what Marlene began to scream in her mind. This is insane!
After falling for what felt like an hour they started to float downward. Andrew smirked, "See why told you hold on tight, Madamoiselle." He released her waist and grabbed hold of her paw while Jeff took her other paw.
"Easy does it Little Sheila. First time's always the most disorienting," he said as they landed on coal-black ground. Marlene felt her legs wobble. They were right that was disorienting.
"Easy does it, Little Sheila."
"Are you okay Mademoiselle?" "Yeah I'm fine, guys."
"Dudes!" Marlene suddenly heard a new voice yell out. Who ever it was obviously new both Jeff and Andrew. A door opened and reveiled a short Emperoir Penguin. He looked a little shorter than Private but the little yellow feathers on his head that would've reached the top of Julien's crown.
"Daniel! What's up bro!" Jeff high-fived the penguin that was apparently named Daniel.
"Greetings Daniel and has anything been troubling you mon ami." Andrew shook his friends hand and actually bowed a bit.
"Nothing much 'cept getting transfer from New York. Hey! Didn't y'all get a transfer too." Marlene now noticed that Daniel had a southern drawl to his voice.
"Oh right, pardon my rudeness. This is-" Daniel cut Andrew off.
"-Marlene. Your friend, Skipper, told me about you. He's waiting for in The Underground." Daniel pionted behind him to the elephant sized door.
"Let's go then Little Shiela. Sounds like your friend has been missing you."
"Oui. Right this way Mademoiselle." Andrew and Jeff began to guide her into The Underground.
When they went though the door Marlene was blinded by a bright light. When her eyes adjusted she was amazed. "Whoa!"
The Underground looked like a human city only it large enough for elephants to go through. There were animals in tiny cars, elephants giving lifts to people on their backs while giving tours, anmals in uniform as police officers and fire fighters. An ambulance passed by her. Some were walking on a sidewalk while other were waithing for taxis. It was amazing!
"Impressive isn't Little Shiela." Jeff lazily placed an arm around Marlene's shoulder.
"Marlene!" Marlene turned around trying to find the sorce of that voice. She found it in the crowd holding on to the flipper a young hatchling.
"Skipper!" Marlene broke from Jeff's grip and rushed toward Skipper literally crashing into him. He hadn't expected that and was tackle to the ground.
"Oof!" the little hatching was still standing looking at the two biwildered. "Skipper it's good to see you." Marlene was happy to see her friend and then blushed when she realised how close they were.
"Back at you Marlene, but was tackling me to the ground really necesary?" he looked up at her and noticed her blushing. He cocked his head to the side and then noticed why she was blushing: their heads were mere centimeters apart. He flushed.
"Okay you two love birds quit causing a scene in the middle of the street." Daneil and the others were holding in their laughter. Well the hatchling who seemed confused.
She waddled up to Skipper, who was now standing up, asked him,"Is she your girlfriend, cause if she is she's really pretty." THis caused both to blush and the others to burst out laughing. "My names Xandra, what's yours?" she was talking to Marlene.
"I'm Marlene." she shook the hatchlings flipper.
"Oooo that's a pretty necklace. Where did you get it?" Xandra was stairing at the necklace around Marlene's neck. She had nearly forgotten about it.
"Yeah Marlene where'd you get it?" Skipper asked now, curious as to where she recieved the trinket. She could feel some jealously raceing though him. He thinks that either Andrew or Jeff gave it to me!
"Oh, I found in my habitat in New York, before we were sent here."
"Well it looks good on you Marlene." Skipper's comment caused Marlene to blush even more than Jeff and Andrew did combined. "T-thanks," she mumbled.
"Anyway let's sho these two around now-" Jeff was interupted by a female voice.
"Hey who are the newbies?" a sugar glider jumped down from the top of a building gliding down infront of them. She was gray and black and had a pair of goggles resting on her head. She was also carrying a lead pipe around. She was around Marlene's age seemed intense.
"Greetings mon amie. Our guests are Marlene and Skipper and are from New York City. Marlene, Skipper this is Kaycee. She's the Techniction and mechanic of The Underground. Do not let yourselves be fooled by her size she is very tough. Just last week she took on a bull and great white shark at the same time." after Andrew introduced them Kaycee studdied them.
"So you two reign from New York City now?" They nodded their heads,"well then I've got one thing to say to you." She paused,"How's there? Are there any other mechanics/technictions there? Could any of them come of with this? Would animals there like an Underground of their own?" Kaycee began to bombard them with questions and not in a serious way either. In a fangirl sorta way.
"Okay now Kaycee let's not frighten them." Jeff picked her up which wasn't that hard since she was about Mort's size. She didn't like that either.
"Jeff put me down!" before he even had time to put her down she hit him with the pipe and started argueing with Daniel, Andrew, and Jeff.
Marlene and Skipper sighed. This would be an interesting month.
What did you think? R&R! Also little sheila means small girl, madamoiselle means miss and mon ami means my male friend and mon amie means my female friend.