Ch: 41 What Part?
Alex stepped out of the train cart to see the other animals stepping out of their carts to see what had just happened. Marty, Melman, and Gloria ran to Alex first. "Alex what just happened?" asked his friends. Alex ignored them, followed by Gia, ran on all fours out of the cargo hold.
When they reached the upper deck they saw no one in sight, until they reached the bridge. At the main wheel they saw their youngest son steering the ship, with his siblings and Adora standing next to him. By the time the cubs realized that Alex and Gia were behind them, the whole circus had joined them. On their faces a look of slight surprise mixed with the demand for an explanation.
(A few minutes later)
AJ stood at the wheel of the boat all but alone in the bridge with Adora at his side. When he had explained about where the ship had been going, they did not believe they were telling the truth until Adora spoke up. Once the whole matter had been settled, most of the animals went to wander the sea now that all of the sailors and the captain were on life boats to Europe or Africa. Adora was the only one who stayed at the bridge with AJ. She was worried for him. He hadn't slept in three days and was a nervous mess. "AJ, I want to talk to you about something important." She asked. Without turning to face her he answered a little tiredly. "What is it il mio amore?" She paused for a moment, sighed, and said. "I know about Dr. Blowhole and what he did to you." He didn't turn to face her, but wide awake asked her. "Who told you." She then answered him with a calm voice. "Your siblings, I made zem tell me. I know you don't want to talk about zit but I just wanted to tell you zat I am sorry zat he did this to you." AJ looked down, turned auto pilot on, and turned to face her and said. "Zey told you most of the story but not the ending of what happened, did they?" "Zey told me you proved that the imposter who took your place was in imposter and you put him in Hoboken." She answered. "They left out the part of what happened next, after we threw the imposter in Hoboken." He said. "What part?" asked Adora with growing fear. He looked up at Adora with sad eyes and said. "The part where I lost it and tried to kill the penguins and my family."
