A\N: Okay, we have slight Kico and no Julene. :] Thanks for the reviews! And apologies for Rico in the beginning. ;)
After the PHSM practice, Skipper told his men that he´ll be back in a few hours and left in Marlene´s direction.
"What do you think he´s doing there?" Private asked.
Rico grinned.
Kowalski shrugged. "I don´t know."
"Kissin?" Rico guessed.
Private made a face. "Ewwww!" Then he seemed to reconsider. "Awwww!"
Kowalski face-palmed. "I don´t think they´re kissing, guys!"
"Maibe somethin funner?" Kowalski picked up his empty cup and threw it at the weapon expert.
"Like playing chess?" Private innocently guessed.
"Yeah…like playing chess." Kowalski agreed and sent Rico a warning look.
Rico shrugged and sat back with a pad and a pencil. He started scraping away on the paper. Kowalski settled back and focused his work on his test tubes. His sky-blue eyes followed everywhere his thin, skilled flippers took them. He sat straight and stiff, not hunched over like the most people. A slight frown over a problem in his equations darkened his look.
That´s exactly how Rico drew him.
"These tubes here," Kowalski explained. "Are filled with Megufimuim 2.40. Not the usual, but a special kind." He poured the vial's contents into another bright green tube. Immediately, the mixture began sizzling and sparking deep blue.
"Annnnnd, what does this do exactly?" Becky asked.
"All different kinds of things."
"Like what?"
"Well, for example…" Kowalski studied the vial, then took a knife and slashed it across his right flipper. Everyone gasped.
"Not to worry, I have everything under control!" The genius reassured everyone. He wiped away some blood, then picked up the sizzling vial and poured its contents over his wound. And in front of everyone´s eyes…it closed.
"Wow!" Everyone gasped, crowding closer.
"I know right? I spent the entire night working on it!" Kowalski stated proudly. "Anyway, I´ve made another vial which has similar effects, but not quite. It also cleans out the wound and gives it a-" Gasps and small screams interrupted him. The scientist turned and saw everyone backing away from him. "What?" He raised his flippers. Then he let out a strangled yelp.
His right wing was a deep sparkling blue. Kowalski shrieked and began to rub it. Nothing happened. In fact, the blue kept on spreading.
"Kowalski!" AT jumped down onto the stage. "I´m sure that that´s not in the script!"
"I know that!" Kowalski replied, trying hard not the freak out as now his chest was glittering blue.
"How do you fix it?" Becky asked, slowly coming closer again.
"I have no idea!"
AT took a knife. "Maybe, if we cut-"
"You are NOT cutting off my wing!"
"No, I meant, if we cut open the wound again and try to wash it out, it might reverse the effects!"
A very azure Kowalski looked at her for a moment, before grabbing the knife. "I have a better idea!" He slashed the wound open and grabbed the other vial.
"Maybe, my other mixture can reverse the effects of the first one!" he announced, holding up a test tube that had was flashing red and black. Before anyone could stop him, he had poured it into his wound.
"KOWALSKI NO!" Everyone screamed at him. The genius gave them an I-told-you-so look as he returned back to his normal color. Expect for the feathers on his head. They all slowly stood up straight and were flashing red\black.
It looked ridiculous enough, but no one felt the urge to tell the genius that.
AT went back to her place and the scene could continue.
The smart penguin switched to something much safer: diagrams. After fifteen minutes of putting everyone to sleep, the door opened. Rico, Mort and the gorillas came in.
"We need to talk." Bada growled.
The brainiacs looked at each other.
"Do da pretty girl rock, rock, rock!" Julian sang as he and his brother skipped down the hall. No, Antonio didn´t skip actually.
Julian suddenly stopped in front of the door to the lab. He looked at Antonio then pulled him to the doorway.
Inside, Rico was talk to a penguin that looked strangely like the smarty penguin, but had some strange spikes on his head.
"I am smelling trouble, and it´s not just because Mort´s in that room." Sharpay muttered.
"They must be trying to figure out a way how to make sure Troy and Gabriella actually beat us out." Ryan started, then had a terrible thought. "The jocks rule most of the school, but if they get Troy into a musical, then they´ve conquered the entire student body!"
His sister continued the thought. "And if those science girls get Gabriella on the hook with Troy Bolton, then scholastic club goes from drooling to cooling!" The diva king straightened up. "Ryan, we need to be saving our show from peoples who aren´t knowing the difference between Tony Award and Tony Hawk!"
"Do you really think that that´s going to work?" Kowalski asked.
"Id´z tha only wai to save Troy an´ Gabriella from temselves." Rico said, shrugging, then added just to be sure, "So…ar we on?"
"Yeah."
"Good. So we stard tomorrow ten."
"Kay, the first thing!"
Rico signaled the others to follow him out. Bing could help but say, "Nice hairdo." To Kowalski then left. "Nice…what?" The penguin turned to the others, who were trying not to laugh. He quickly pulled a mirror out from behind a book and screamed.
A\N: Sorry, short chapter here. But I´ll try to update sooner. I was putting this on hold becuz I wanted to finish my Blue story. Anyway, how was the chapter? I wanted to approach the scenes a bit different. R&R ^^