Another Penguin to The Zoo
An Old, Penguin Enemy
[With Lindsey]
Lindsey woke up to see that she was in her bunk. It took a while before her sight adjusted and her body pained. She remembered that the last things she saw and felt were a dart and pain. She tried to look around but her neck ached and she was too weak to move anyway.
"Kowalski, Skippah, Rico she's waking up, she's alive!" Private whispered smiling like a little child on Christmas morning. Something told Lindsey that the penguins were happy she survived, which she couldn't say about the one who nearly killed her twice. She tried to turn around to see the others, this time managing to move her head slightly, before her head collapsed on the pillow below her head.
"Yeah, you know Lindsey, I estimate you might not be able to move at all, except from turning your head for the next couple of hours," Kowalski explained, stating the obvious (as per usual with Kowalski), "But fortunately for you the poison in the dart didn't have time to get from the dart fast enough, for the dart to be emptied, as the wolf cub pulled it out of your neck shortly after it hit you. Oh, and it also sent you a get well soon letter, soon after it arrived into it's zoo."
Lindsey just looked at him blankly, 'did he read my mind or what?'
"Seems you also lack in speech and you'll probably stay like that for the next twenty four hours."
'What?! The penguin will kill me if I don't say anything soon enough! I know he will.'
"Well, Lindsey, you survived another attack and so I name you officially part of our team," Skipper exclaimed. "As soon as you're in good condition, you'll act as a sort of spy - with protection of course, and your nickname will be Innocent, for a good reason of course!" he added, smiling.
Rico just said "yeah" and regurgitated confetti. Lindsey managed a small smile and fell asleep.
[No Particular Penguin]
Two hours later, when Lindsey was capable of movement, although not to much of it, the penguin started playing board games. Rico had chosen the game battleships, because they where about exploding the other sides ships and we all know that Rico is fond of explosions. Lindsey was the first to play against Rico and soon realised that Rico was very good at this game, beating everyone, everyone except Skipper. Skipper would have probably chosen 'Hot Potato' if Lindsey hadn't been injured, so luckily for the boys, they could rest for now. Kowalski went into his lab after the game 'Battle Ships', saying that he had something he needed to do and also muttering something about a medicine against very bad flues and fevers for penguins.
He came out of his lab with a bottle of something weird and green. He gave the thing to Lindsey telling her to swallow it whole. Surprisingly, both the bottle or the liquid inside it stayed still and didn't explode. As Lindsey took a sip from the bottle she realised she actually felt better.
"Wow," she spoke - she could speak again! "Thanks Kowalski," she continued feeling great now that she could speak again, and didn't feel ill. "And thanks Rico, Skipper, Private and White Paw for helping me!" She felt as happy as ever.
"Your welcome," Kowalski said and the others, except for the cub (who was now elsewhere), replied with a smile on their faces.
"First rule, penguins never sit on their bottoms and let the others die or be in pain," Skipper explained.
Suddenly Lindsey began feeling uncomfortable, "I, I have to tell you something, the animal that killed my family was the one who nearly killed me again. The animal was a penguin..."
"What?... How could a penguin kill another penguin?... Why would they?" Private said and felt like crying - he was used to being able to trust a penguin... any penguin, no matter what.