Madagascar goes to Rio

Chapter 5

Mauro, the leader wearing the wrist watch and rings, was leading the marmosets in a dance. Skipper, Private, Kowalski, and Rico jumped from a tree and landed; the marmosets stopped dancing and looked at the four penguins in front of them.

Skipper: "Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!"

Mauro: "Yeah, in your dreams! You're penguins, how did you get here?"

Kowalski: "We flew here in a plane, which crashed in this jungle."

Skipper: "Yes, we have all the parts we need to fix it but we need help. We request your services; we could use your opposable thumbs."

Mauro: "We could help you, but what's in it for us if we do?"

Skipper had a serious look on his face and said, "Kowalski, give me options!"

Kowalski pulled out his note book 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 slid on their bellies in different directions and started karate chopping the marmosets in the necks, knocking them out. All of them were unconscious except Mauro who looked at the Penguins with a scared expression on his face.

Skipper: "Are you willing to help us now?"

Mauro wasn't sure whether to say "yes" or "no" and he just muttered out loud.

Skipper was angry and said, "Rico!"

Rico showed no emotion as he vomited up a match and a stick of dynamite. He lit the fuse and gave it to Mauro; Mauro panicked and tied to ends of a vine to two large tree branches and slingshot the dynamite into the air. The dynamite landed and blew up somewhere in Rio and they heard some guy yell, "My car!"

Mauro: "Okay, okay; we'll help you, just please don't hurt us!"

Skipper: "Good! Now round up your monkey friends and follow us to the plane."

Mauro did as Skipper said; meanwhile Nigel saw what they did and was angry. He felt these Penguins were a nuisance to his plans for revenge against Blu and all pretty birds. He flew 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 Marmosets to help them." Blowhole was angry as he spoke into a computer that allowed him to communicate with the lobster, "If those Pen-gu-ins use those worthless primates to attack us, my plans could be ruined." The lobster replied, "But I also saw an ugly cockatoo who looked pretty tough." Blowhole replied, "Is he a threat to us?" The lobster answered, "I don't know; he looked at them like he didn't like them, he could be an asset to us." Blowhole thought for a moment and said, "Keep an eye on him."

Later

Blu, Jewel, Leo, Abby, and Bryan were flying through the trees with Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria walking next to them. Blu had already told them about how he was from Minnesota and came to Rio and met Jewel, Rafael, Eva, Nico, Pedro, and Luiz.

Marty suddenly said, "So you couldn't fly?" Blu felt slightly embarrassed and said, "Yes, but when Jewel kissed me I felt so alive and suddenly I could fly." Gloria smiled and said, "That's a great story!" Melman agreed and said, "Yeah, I can relate to that."

Melman moved his head next to Gloria's and she smiled at him because she loved him. Blu, Jewel, and their chicks knew what this meant. Blu smiled to hide the fact that he thought it was weird.

Blu moved his head towards Jewel and wing next to his beak like a hand and whispered, "Do you find this is a weird relationship?" Jewel whispered, "Absolutely!" Blu quietly replied, "Good, I thought it might just be me."

Gloria and Melman turned to them and Melman said, "You guys think it's weird that we love each other like this, because we're different species, don't you." Blu had to be honest and said, "A little, but I'm not here to judge." The four larger mammals went to the pond and started drinking water and Gloria jumped into the water. Jewel noticed it was late in the day and that the sun was going down. She said, "We'd better get you kids back to the nest; it's not safe to be out late at night." Blu heard something and said to Jewel, "You go with the kids, I'm going to stay out for a little longer." Jewel, Leo, Bryan, and Abby turned to him and Jewel turned to him and Jewel asked, "You sure?" Blu nodded his head and she replied, "Okay, but be home in time for dinner."

Blu smiled and nodded his head; he kissed her on the cheek and flew into the jungle. He came to the area where the plane crashed with a lot of jeeps and supplies around it, and he saw the Penguins giving orders to the marmosets and the chimps.

Skipper used the plane's microphone and said, "Alright, we split into four groups." He pointed to some of the marmosets 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 marmosets and said, "Group three you're in charge of assembling the landing gear and main structure of the plane." He pointed to Mauro and Phil and Mason, the chimps, and said, "Group four you're in charge of supervising when we're not around. Any questions?"

None of them said anything and they ran around and got to work. Blu was confused about what penguins were doing in Brazil. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private turned to where they had a clear view of the city in the distance.

Skipper turned around and saw Blu and said, "You, fellow bird, sprecken ze English?" Blu still looked confused and said, "Uh yes." Skipper put his flipper at his side and said, "What city is this?" Blu answered, "Rio." Skipper was surprised and turned to the others saying, "Hoover Dam! No wonder there's been so much music!" Blu flew onto a branch they were standing on and said, "What are you guys doing here?" Skipper turned back to him and said, "That's classified!" Private said, "Yeah, we're trying to fix the plane so we can get back to New York." Skipper slapped him and said, "I just said it was classified Private!" Blu was surprised and said, "Private, what are you guys, commandoes?" Skipper said, "We could tell you who we are and what we do, but then we'd have to kill you." Blu gulped and said, "Okay, goodbye."

Blu flew away to his tree and had dinner with Jewel, Leo, Abby, and Bryan. Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman were lying on the ground under their tree; Julian, Maurice, and Mort were sleeping on a large tree branch on Nico and Pedro's tree.

Blu brought Jewel and the kids out on a tree branch in front of the hollow of their tree and said, "Things are getting weirder by every second." Jewel asked, "What makes you say that?" Blu pointed into the jungle and said, "I flew over to where their plane crashed and I saw these four penguins giving orders to the marmosets. I asked them what they were doing and who they were, but one of them said it was 'classified' and that if they told me they'd have to kill me." Leo, Abby, and Bryan started to shake in fear as Jewel held them to comfort them, suddenly Gloria looked up at them and yelled, "Don't worry they won't hurt you." Blu looked down and said, "Really, because those penguins seem dangerous to me." Alex looked up and said, "The Penguins are psychotic." Nico and Pedro flew out of their tree and Nico said, "I don't know, from what Blu just said I think those guys mean business!" Pedro nodded and said, "Yeah I think they take it to the next level!" Marty started to go to sleep and said, "You guys can believe what you want, but they're friendly."

Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria went to sleep and Nico and Pedro went back into their tree. Blu and Jewel lead Bryan, Leo, and Abby into the nest in the hollow and Blu looked around the jungle, feeling suspicious.

Jewel looked at him and said, "Don't worry Blu, I'm sure they're right and the Penguins won't try to hurt us." Blu started to lay down next to her in the nest and said, "It's not that; first the lobsters, then the guys from New York, then the lemurs, and now Penguins; what's next? Not only that, but I have the strange feeling that something big going on here; something bad."

Blu went to sleep with his wings wrapped around Jewel and Bryan, Leo, and Abby were sleeping together on the other side of the nest.

Meanwhile

Nigel was with the smugglers who were going to their hide out; suddenly Marcel saw the old lady with her handbag.

He had an idea and said, "Guys look! Easy money!" They walked up to the old lady and the chubby smuggler said, "Hello, we're just gonna take your…"

He reached for her handbag but she punched him in the face. The black smuggler was angry and tried to take it but she kicked him in the face yelling, "Buzz off!" Marcel ran to her and punched her in the face but she kicked him in the "batteries".

Old Lady: "Think you can just steal from an old woman!"

Nigel flew to her hissing loudly; she tried to hit him with her hand bag but he dodged it and flew into her face. She tried to pull him off but he kept scratching her with his talons. He knocked her down and took the handbag and flew to Marcel.

Marcel: "Nice work Nigel!"

Marcel and the other two smugglers walked through the doorway and into their hideout. Nigel was looking at the old lady, feeling good about hurting her, when suddenly heard a strange sound. He turned to look at the door and saw Marcel and the other smugglers fall backwards and were dragged into the building. He was shocked and saw all the birds they already captured flew out of the window, now free. Nigel quickly flew onto the roof and saw Skipper, Private, Kowalski, and Rico jump out of another window. He looked at them angrily.

Skipper: "Come on men; we still need to find that bulldog, Luiz, that those Brazilian monkeys were talking about."

Private: "Skipper, why do we need him anyway?"

Skipper: "Well Private; they said that he is a stray but has done things with heavy machinery like saws. Someone like that will definitely be useful to our mission to fix the plane."

Rico looked across the street to see some dog pew in an ally. He showed no emotion and nudged Skipper's shoulder and pointed to it. They slid on their bellies to the pew; little did they know one of Blowhole's lobsters was hiding in a pile of old newspapers, but was watching them.

Skipper: "Kowalski, analysis."

Kowalski sniffed the pew and said, "Garbage, toilet water, and old meat; that bulldog was here not long back."

Skipper: "Options!"

Kowalski: "I suggest we look for an abandoned garage where one could hide."

Skipper: "Excellent! Now we should find him, and maybe afterwards, see if that male Blue Macaw knows of anything going on here. I have a feeling that someone is watching us and that they're part of some wacked out conspiracy."

The Penguins started sliding on their bellies on the sidewalk; Nigel was furious and felt Blu had something to do with them. He flew towards the jungle hissing loudly; meanwhile the lobster pulled out a walky-talky and called Blowhole.

The lobster said, "Doc, the Penguins are trying to fix a plane, probably so they can get back to New York." Dr. Blowhole spoke into a computer and said, "Of course, them and their larger mammal friends do seek to return home. We should lay a trap for them." The lobster then said, "Yeah, and I saw them free a bunch of birds from a building the cockatoo was going in. I think he's helping smugglers smuggle birds illegally." Dr. Blowhole smiled evilly and said, "I like the sound of that. I'm beginning to think this cockatoo will make a terrific ally. Keep watching him!"

A half hour later

The Penguins were walking on the sidewalk with their backs against a wall. They found an empty garage with the door open; they walked in and looked around. Skipper suddenly saw Luiz sleeping and said, "Quadruped canine two-o-clock!" They walked up to Luiz and Skipper slapped him awake. He woke up and said, "Ow! Hey what are penguins doing here, and why did you slap me; I was having a great dream!" Skipper looked at him with a serious expression and said, "Listen canine, we know who you are and we need your skills with tools to help us fix a plane." Luiz was surprised and said, "I can't fix a plane by myself!" Kowalski said, "We have enlisted the aid of a group of marmosets; we just one more important ally to help us!" Luiz thought for a moment and said, "Alright I'll help." Skipper then replied, "Good, follow us to the plane. We start work at o-nine hundred hours!" Luiz said, "Nine hundred hours; that's weeks from now!" Skipper turned around with an annoyed expression and said, "It means nine-o-clock AM." Luiz replied, "Owe okay."