Another Penguin To The Zoo
I'm Gonna Train Her
[With Lindsey]
The next day, Lindsey woke up to see the penguins training. Lindsey waddled out of the HQ, remembering that she did not know all their names, except from Rico and Kowalski's name. "Um... could I ask you something?" she asked Kowalski, seeing that Rico was too busy practising new fighting techniques. Kowalski nodded. "You see, I kind of don't know the other penguins' names, I know your name and that the penguin who's practising some moves is Rico, but what are the other two penguins called?"
"Well, the shortest penguin is Private and the taller one's Skipper, our leader, and I wouldn't ask anymore questions if I were you, okay?" Kowalski responded, with a small smile. Lindsey thought that their names weren't the kind of names an average penguin would have, but then again, these penguins were far from the average penguins, who live in Antarctica and rarely do anything special.
She went outside to greet the penguins and the rest of the animals. They all seemed very kind, but she still didn't feel very cheerful. Out of all the animals in the zoo, Marlene was probably the kindest and most welcoming of the lot, apart from Private. Marlene may have been very chatty, but at least, talking with her would stop Lindsey from thinking about her parents.
[With Skipper]
Skipper was waddling about in the HQ feeling rather uncomfortable. This was mainly because of Lindsey. Never did another penguin stay with them, yes a few visited, but none stayed. Having a penguin stay in their HQ , meant that Skipper had to be cautious for this could be a spy. If he was to let her stay here he would need to train her, to be sure that this all wasn't just a trick. He had learnt not to trust anyone new - especially new girls.
He went to find Lindsey, who was talking to Marlene. He smiled at Marlene and then he waddled up to Lindsey. "I have decided, what am going to do, I am going to train you, Lindsey," skipper exclaimed, looking at her with a serious face. She looked surprised and a little nervous.
"Okay," she replied. This surprised him. He never expect that a girl would not mind training with his group. He thought, she'd disagree with him, not that she would say "okay". He went to find the rest of his team and explained them what is going to happen. "What? You've told her you would train her, to be a commando penguin... you're not being serious, are you?" Kowalski asked in disbelief.
"I am not going to let her go with us on missions Kowalski, just train her," Skipper replied, which seemed like a much better idea.
"That's a great idea Skippah, at least she'll be able to learn a few moves that might help her, when she meets someone dangerous," Private said, cheerfully. Skipper looked at him, nodding. It might help her- if she's not an enemy, Skipper thought.
He decided that Lindsey's training will start the next morning.
[With No Specific Penguin]
The five penguins had a busy day explaining, laughing and for Kowalski, the busiest part of the day was experimenting. The day was coming to an end, so they all decided they would head inside and go to their bunks.
As they awoke the next morning the training began. It seemed that Lindsey was not that bad as Skipper thought and it also took the rest of the boys quite by surprise, but then it seemed to them, that since Lindsey was a penguin, the moves she was taught were very similar to things she did in her every day life. The boys were just going over what they had been taught at the start, so that they wouldn't confuse Lindsey.
The visitors came at 10 am and meant that Lindsey could have a rest from the 3 hour training. They all seemed quite happy at the fact that there was an extra penguin in the zoo, but Skipper and the others found it a bit odd when a little girl asked Alice, who just got a message yesterday about a new female penguin that was delivered to the zoo, whether the female penguin will have a baby with another of those penguins, Private found it a blushing matter as he turned pink under his feathers.
The next couple of day went much the same, but this time no one asked a question about Lindsey. The days went by peacefully, until about 2 months after Lindsey came into the zoo...