Kowalski POV

There was nothing unusual about the morning after Skipper told Marlene that she was on the team. It was the same as any other. We learnt a whole new array of martial art moves for 1 hour and continued then on to swim for another hour. When we finished, we were exhausted but Skipper hadn't broken a sweat. We soon had free time so I decided to work on improving the quality of the television. But no sooner had I taken off the back of the television, he called us in for a mission.

"Okay, we have a new transfer from Hong Kong's Central Zoo coming in. There is no information on the transfer yet but we know it has already arrived. Since Alice is away, we'll have to introduce it to the zoo. The transfer is waiting in the entrance to the zoo so let's go." Skipper said and we followed him out of the HQ. Private was chatting to me as we walked to the entrance.

"What type of animal do you think it will be? I hope it's another otter. Or a monkey. Or a lemur, although Skipper wouldn't like it." Private asked me. I laughed at his joke. No way that Skipper would let another lemur stay here. In no time at all, we were at the entrance. There was a large wooden bow. A humming was heard from the inside until Skipper knocked on the wood.

A British female voice answered his knocking. "Hello? Who's there?"

"Don't worry. You'll be out in a minute." Skipper replied. He looked at Rico. "Rico, crowbar." Rico regurgitated the device and Skipper cracked open the box. It was dark on the inside. The figure crawled out of the box. It was a female chocolate brown penguin with an eye patch across her right eye and a long glove on her right flipper. She had an emerald eye and three small sliver spots on her right foot. She also had a scar on her left foot.

She shook out her feathers and smiled at Skipper. "Thanks. It's very cramped in there and very boring too. No light came in and it was very noisy, so yeah. Um, not to be rude or anything, but where in the name of sanity am I?" She asked.

"Welcome to Central Park Zoo. I'm Skipper; I am the head of the team. This is Kowalski; he's the scientist. This is Rico; he's the weapon specialist. This is Private; he's the youngest recruit. And finally, this is Marlene; she's the newest recruit and the only female on the team." Skipper replied, pointing to each of us in turn.

Evelyn grinned. "Well, I'm Evelyn or Eve, as my friends call me. I'm from Hong Kong's Central Zoo. Hello Skipper. You wouldn't remember me. But you'll remember my mother. Bellatrix Taylor."

"Um, who are you and who's your mother?" Skipper said. She hit her flipper against her head.

"Dios Mio! Her name was Bellatrix Taylor, or when you met her, Bella Le Mange. Do you remember her now?" He nodded then shook his head. She sighed and picked up a photo at the front of the crate. She gave it to Skipper. We all crowded around the photograph and saw that it was an old photo of Skipper and a brown penguin, both smiling at each other. They were both wearing military jackets. "This was taken when she came here. You two became best friends. But then she was transferred to Hong Kong. And then she had me."

"Ah. Bella. Now I remember. Oh, Evelyn! Nice to see you again!" He quickly gave her a hug. "How is Bellatrix? Good, I suppose?"

She looked very sad. "Um. She passed away after I had hatched." Skipper put his flipper on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry to hear that. Let's show you around th—"

"Who is the penguiny person? Ah! A pretty lady friend. My name is King Julien and I am the ruler of this zoo. This is Maurice and Mort, my assistants, but they aren't important." Julien interrupted and grabbed Evelyn's flipper, kissing it gently. She quickly pulled back her flipper.

"Uh, thanks. Nice to know." She looked at Mort and smiled sweetly. "Aw! Hello there, Mort. You are such a cute lemur. Well, actually a mouse lemur to be precise but still a lemur. We have a mouse lemur at home too. But she's not as cute as you." She crouched down and tickled Mort under the chin.

Mort giggled. "That tickles." He looked at Julien. "I like her. She's nice." Julien scowled at Evelyn.

"Thank you Mort. I like you too." She said and turned to us, picking up a small rucksack. "So, what are we standing here for, let's go!"

Skipper led us to the HQ and showed her around. After the half an hour-long tour, Skipper let us off for free time. I was working on the television and Evelyn was talking to Private and Marlene. I could briefly hear what they were saying.

"So what's it like in Hong Kong? Do people use horse drawn carriages? Do you all eat Chinese food? What about—"

Evelyn laughed. "What have you been hearing? Hong Kong is a little bit polluted but it's very beautiful there. We don't have horse drawn carriages, no; we have cars, buses, trains, trams, bikes, all the lot. No, we don't eat Chinese food, we have a whole load of different cuisines in Hong Kong, from Indian to British to Fast Food restaurants."

I didn't listen to the rest of the conversation and instead worked on the television. I quickly fitted in the quality enhancer and put the television back together. I switched it on television and the news came on. The quality was outstanding. I smiled and wrote down some notes on the television. I turned it off and placed my clipboard down, heading over to chat with Evelyn, Skipper, Rico, Private and Marlene.

"—Yeah, so Hong Kong isn't that bad." Evelyn finished.

I sat down next to Private. "So, what's your zoo like, Evelyn?" I asked.

"Well Kowalski, it's not much different to here. We have an aquarium, a dolphin exhibit, a lemur habitat, panda habitat, monkey habitat, elephant habitat, lion and tiger habitat, obviously a penguin habitat, a tortoise habitat, and that's about it." I nodded.

"Are you part of the zoo guard, like your mother was?" Skipper asked. She looked at him sheepishly.

"No. I'm still in training. I was supposed to have my final exam the day that I was transferred. It really sucks because now I have to do another 2 years of schooling." She sighed and rested her head on her flippers.