This is continuing straight on from the conversation in the previous chapter.

Kowalski POV

"What are your hobbies?" Marlene asked, quickly changing the depressing subject. "Can you play an instrument?"

"No, but I can play a little on the guitar, piano and I am teaching myself the flute." She smiled. "My hobbies… Well, I like drawing, singing, dancing, reading—"

"Wait, you can read?" Skipper interrupted.

"Yep, I can read words that humans read. That's basically all of my hobbies." I heard a beeping sound coming from her bag and she ran over. She took out a phone-like device and tapped the screen. "Chelsea m'dear! How are you?"

We all went over to her. I saw a female black and white penguin on the screen. "Wow. Looks like you've made some good friends. Hiya boys! Rawr. Which one's yours, Eve?" I saw a faint blush appear on Evelyn's face.

"Chelsea. There's a time and a place. Also, I think their all 'T'."

Chelsea moaned. "Aw. That really sucks. I think th—"

"Chelsea! We can talk about that another time. Now back to business. How's Minx?"

"She's an absolute angel. How's the Big Apple? I only just heard."

"It's very green and has clean air, I can say that. How's Solo? And Maple? And Lulu? And—"

"Don't even go there, Eve, too many penguins to talk about. How 'bout you introduce me to your friends? I think they wanna know who I am too."

Evelyn chuckled. "Okay then, Lover girl. It's basically like the Wonderbolts. This is Skipper; he's the head of this lot. This is Kowalski; he's the scientist. This is Rico; he's the weapons specialist. This is Marlene; she's newest recruit and only female on the team. This is Private; he's the youngest recruit and the most caring. Guys, and girl, this is Chelsea; my best friend and Lover girl at Hong Kong's Central Zoo, and before you ask, Lover Girl is her nickname because she's basically a player."

"Oi!" Chelsea's eyebrows furrowed. "I am not a player, I just have a tendency to dump lots of boys."

"Yeah. Almost all of them. Well, anyway, does Lamington have a message?"

Chelsea nodded. "He says that they won't be able to get you back here for a retry of the exam and he's really sorry. He didn't send you and none of the officers sent you. Do you know what happened?"

"No. I just woke up in the crate with my bag. I can't remember anything."

"Hey, it's okay. We're gonna get you back here ASAP. Oh, Here's Captain Lamington for you." Evelyn nodded and an emperor penguin came on the screen.

"Hello Evelyn."

"Hello Mr. Lamington, sir." Evelyn saluted the screen.

"Ah. Still wearing the gear I see. I am sorry that this has happened, Evelyn. I know you were so looking forward to graduating. We're going to get you out as soon as possible. But I see you have made some new friends. Hm… Skipper Delaney Noble! Is that you?"

"Yes sir. Team, meet Captain Lamington, My old general and head of the Zoo Guard force." Skipper said, introducing us to Captain Lamington

"Also, Evelyn's teacher. Skipper, I trust that you'll look after her. And I also understand that you knew her mother, is that correct?"

"Yes."

"Good. Skipper, she is much like Bellatrix, and can do the Bellatrix twist and Omega Boom. But she is not allowed practice them under no circumstances. Last time, she accidently did an Emerald Twisting Typhoon." I looked at Evelyn and she smiled at me sheepishly. She laughed nervously. "No mucking around and no slacking. Also, keep practicing your swimming; you know you can't swim well. Got that Evelyn?"

"Yes sir. Over and out." The screen went black and she put it away in her bag.

"Evelyn, what does 'T' mean?" Private asked. She knelt down to his height.

"Private, Private, Private. Let's just say I did you a favor. It would take me around an hour to teach you the alphabet of girl talk, at least another hour to teach you the art of girl conversation. And trust me, I had to teach my friend Lietta and after 3 years, she still has no idea how to speak girl." She stood up and I went up to her.

"What's an Emerald Twisting Typhoon?" I asked her. She smiled.

"Wait here. Hopefully I can show you." She ran over to Skipper and whispered something to him. He shook his head and she put on a very cute face. Skipper sighed, saying something and waving her away. She ran back to me, grinning madly. "Come on. He said I could show you." She grabbed my flipper and dragged me up the ladder to the platform. She gestured for me to sit in front of her. I quickly sat down, eager to see the performance.

She put up the bowling pin ninjas and first did an omega boom. I knew what it looked like since Skipper did it before but it looked more graceful when she did it. As she flipped, she kept in a tight ball and as soon as she reached the highest point she winked at me before coming down fast, the explosion forcing me to lean backwards. I blinked away the dust, as she got ready to do the Bellatrix Twist. She took a deep breath and spun around very fast. It got so fast that she was a blur. She did a double back flip twist out and landed perfectly on the rail of the habitat. I opened my beak in amazement and she jumped down. She raised an eyebrow at me and I closed my beak.

"That's the omega boom and the Bellatrix Twist." She smiled at me.

"Evelyn, why do you wear the eye patch and glove?" I asked her. She looked down.

"Yeah. Why do you?" I jumped at the voice and saw Skipper behind me.

"Um. I… Um… I…" She stuttered. Skipper took a step towards her. She shrunk back and I stood up.

"Skipper. I don't think it's a very good idea. If she doesn't want to, let's not force her." I reasoned with him. He shook his head.

"No, Kowalski. She seems really suspicious. Ever since she got here, she's been telling us unusual things."

"But Skipper—"

"No buts Kowalski. That's an order." I shut up quickly and shot Evelyn an apologetic look. She gave me a small nod in return. Skipper took another step and she stepped backwards, teetering on the edge of the platform. I wanted to help her but I knew if I stepped out of line again, I would get in bigger trouble. I knew Skipper was not looking at me so I quietly slipped into the pool and swam behind Evelyn.

"Skipper. Please. I can explain." She said.

"Why don't you just show me, then? Take of your glove and eyepatch."

"Skipper. No. I don't want to—" She took a step too far back and screamed as she fell into the water. I reacted quickly and grabbed her, holding her afloat. She held onto me very tightly, fearing that I'll let go.

"Evelyn, you okay?" I whispered to her. She nodded and took a deep breath. I swam her to the platform and let her get up. I jumped out of the water and stood next to her. She was very shaken but otherwise unhurt.

"Skipper, you want to see why I wear these, then here." She took hold of her eye patch and glove, and pulled…

HAHA! Cliffhanger.