Another Penguin To The Zoo

Chapter 17

Premonitions and Celebrations

Lindsey was resting in her bunk back at the HQ. It had been four days since the day she bet Hades and she still felt tired. She had hated the war, but at least she got her revenge. It felt great to beat someone who terrorised you all your life, although sometimes you didn't know they did.

"Hello lady penguin," Julian greeted her as he leaped out of nowhere. He had a huge grin on his face and his eyes were filled with joy. "I hear you have defeated that arrogant, evil penguin maniac. Great job."

"Hi Julian, thanks," she replied calmly, smiling as she did so. Julian may be annoying sometimes, but he could be kind and full of praise at other times.

"You know what, I have decided that I will create a party to celebrate this good news!" Julian exclaimed excitedly, raising his arms into the air with confidence. He then looked at Maurice and Mort, who were trying to keep up with their king. Lindsey just nodded and smiled, though she thought that dancing wasn't such a good idea. "Well then I think the party will be tomorrow, I need to take care of my royal coat today," Julian informed, as Lindsey laughed softly. She secretly thought it was funny how Julian thought he ruled all the animals. Julian then walked off with his two royal subjects, Maurice and Mort, following him.

Lindsey decided to come out of the HQ to meet the visitors who crowded round the penguin exhibit, waiting for all the penguins to come out. "The girl penguins out again, yay!" one little kid cheered, smiling as she back-flipped into the cold, blue water which surrounded the artificial island. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private joined her as they did tricks and dances. They tried some gymnastic stances, perfecting them... well most of them at least. They even tried doing a pyramid and standing on each other to create as tall a tower as possible. Then they jumped out and into the water and did series of little dances. Skipper and Rico danced to 'Move it, Move it', making the children in the audience giggle so much they nearly fell over.

Next up was Private who did a several cute poses, making the adults awe at him. He swam in the water really fast and the jumped out like a rocket out from the atmosphere of the earth and the went back down doing several twists as he fell. He ended his solo performance with the usual 'smile and wave' act.

The grand finale was presented by Kowalski and Lindsey. The two of them dived down into the water swimming side by side, but then they separated and went off in opposite directions. "Why are the two penguins separate now?" a girl asked as she looked at the two penguins. But Kowalski and Lindsey knew what they had to do. They followed what their heart told them. Kowalski and Lindsey picked up speed till they were directly opposite each other and then they leaped out of the water and went so high up it looked totally unreal. "Wow!" that same girl gasped, as she opened her mouth in surprise. Kowalski headed in Lindsey's direction and she headed in his direction. As the two finally met, they made a love heart in the air - don't ask how, penguins just can - and then fell back down. Kowalski landed faster, landing in the water and then quickly went onto the island. He stepped into the middle and caught a falling Lindsey.

"Awe, " the crowd said. Lindsey smiled, thinking this was the craziest and coolest idea she and Kowalski ever had. They followed that by a waltz dance.

In the HQ Lindsey told the boys about ring tails invitation to his party. "Can we go... please?" she pleaded with puppy eyes. Skipper groaned. He hated ring tails party, but for the fish they got today, he decided to do it.

"Okay, but only this once... just as long you don't ask me to 'congaga' with him," he muttered.

"What's "congaga"? And thanks," Lindsey asked, her eyes sparkling. Skipper looked at her. She seemed like Private, naive and cute. It was hard to deny something to those two, especially when whatever they did was could not explode. He looked at Kowalski. The lieutenant seemed to be bothered about something and from the look on Rico's face, Kowalski was bothered about something mushy. Rico seemed to know how a person felt and when they are bothered about something. Skipper decided to get ready for the party. He prepared anything that might be of some use. He took a smoke bomb, a chainsaw and spying accessories. Everything was ready.

The next night...

The penguins were there. They stood in the lemur exhibit each thinking about his business and no one else's. Skipper who had a bow tie and a top hat, just like the other boys, was looking around the exhibit trying to 'pin-point' the nearest emergency exit. He hated the thought of dancing "congaga" with ring tail, but then, they might not dance conga. He looked at Lindsey. She was wearing a summer hat and a necklace and seemed rather clean. It must have taken ages, Skipper thought. Lindsey was like a daughter to him, although she wasn't the right age to be his daughter and most would probably view her more like his younger sister. If ring tail annoyed her, he would be ready to attack. Suddenly the "congaga" music went on. "Fish and chips man!" Skipper cursed his luck, as his second biggest nightmare became true.

Surprisingly, the dance didn't seem as bad as last time. Skipper saw Kowalski as he looked at Lindsey. The scientists' expression didn't change. Except maybe his eyes. They sparkled brightly and Kowalski seemed to just look at Lindsey. Skipper hoped Kowalski won't get himself into 'love trouble'.

Lindsey was having a great time. The place was filled with dancers, each one seemed to be good at dancing and a couple of animals asked her if she'd care for a dance. The atmosphere seemed friendly, except from the time when Skippers' face filled with anger as the "congaga" song started. She had occasionally spotted Kowalski who seemed to be evading the dance floor. She caught a glance of Private as he danced his cute dances and she could have promised that she had seen Rico dance with a couple of ladies, including Miss Perky. Mostly, she saw Julian. He would always be looking out for a dance with the ladies. Marlene was one of the ladies there and Julian would occasionally ask her for a dance, or Marlene.

Kowalski avoided the dance floor like the plague. When he went anywhere near it, it was to see Lindsey. Something pulled him to her. Something invisible and untouchable. He remembered when he held Lindsey in his flippers. He knew what he was doing. He still felt slightly mushy inside. As she danced with ring tail he saw her blue eyes sparkle. He would have loved to dance with her, but he was afraid. Not of her of course. Of himself. He was afraid that it would go to far, that he would hurt himself and her, if he made one move closer.

Rico didn't quite know how he felt. He knew how the others felt, but not how he felt. He liked dance but he missed doing missions and playing hot potato. He had asked Lindsey for a dance. It was simple to dance with her. He felt like she was his sister and siblings understand each other. But the other female... dancing with them was harder. Even Miss Perky seem to be a little more complicated that night. Women.

He also saw Kowalski, but for the love of explosions, he couldn't understand why Kowalski felt mushy, yet afraid. Surprisingly, one of the only thing he actually hated about this party was the bow tie. It was uncomfortable and itchy, but it was better than some things.

Private, well he was having a fun time. Being the jolly penguin he was, he didn't mind most things, especially if they weren't dangerous. He loved the presence of sweets on the stalls in the exhibit and the fact that everyone was jolly.

The five penguins disappeared from the lemur exhibit. It was midnight and Skipper hated go to sleep too late. "Lights out men... and lady," Skipper commanded.

As she slipped into her subconsciousness, Lindsey had an odd dream...

Lindsey's Dream

A crate appeared in the lemur habitat. The five penguins decided to see who is in there. Skipper and Kowalski stood beside the crate. Kowalski analysed everything and then said,"I think this may be a female ring-tailed lemur." As soon as he said that, Julian ran to the crate.

Out came a beautiful ring-tailed lemur. She was a pale, silver-grey colour, with a white tummy, paws and parts of her face were also gently dabbed in white. She had striking, emerald green eyes and looked extremely cute. By the look on his face, Julian took a liking to her straight away. She didn't seem to mind him either, giving him a shy smile.

A couple of days later, those two love doves were king and queen and for Julian it was the greatest part of his life.

End of dream...

Lindsey felt that this was a premonition. Still, she continued sleeping and hoped that Julien would find the lemur of his dreams soon. After all, everyone had to move on some day.

Me: "Hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry for making the dream short."

Lindsey: "It was my dream anyway ... I get to pick how long my dream is."

Me: " I guess that you are right." *Admits.*

Lindsey: "See you all in the next chapter!" *She exclaims, waving enthusiastically at the readers.*