(It is August 2nd 2012, Emma and Kowalski have been going out for 1 năm and a half, and Emma, Rico and Skipper's younger brother Tom, was transferred to the zoo 1 tháng ago. Emma has also started watching an Adult hiển thị called True Blood, which is about vampires.)
Emma sat at the the table, eating her breakfast. Kowalski was sitting tiếp theo to her, his flipper on her shoulder. Emma smiled up at him as she ate. Meanwhile Skipper, Private, and Rico were playing Stomp The Wombat. Emma watched in amusement, at the cards stuck on their heads. Tom was watching football on the Tv, which annoyed Emma.
"Hey Tom, y'know, we were watching something." Emma told him, eyeing up the remote.
"So?" Tom answered back, snappishly. Emma rolled her eyes and grabbed the remote. "Hey!" Tom protested looking angry.
"I was up first, and I was watching something, and then bạn turned it over when I went toilet so don't give me that!" Emma argued, as she changed the channel to Criminal Minds. Tom muttered something under his breath, and stormed off to his bunk. Emma growled quietly, and started watching Tv. Why was her little brother such a pain in the neck? Her older brothers were much nicer and hardly ever argued with her. Well they were thêm mature, Tom was 2 years younger than Emma, and he was still a kid. He may be a complete pain, but he was still her brother and she loved him. She looked over at him. He had brown eyes, and a flat head, like Skipper and Rico, and he had very short hair feathers on his head, like Rico's but they were all over his head. He was about Private's height.
"Hey, just ignore him Em." Kowalski told her comfortingly.
"Yeah, that's what I usually do." Emma replied, finishing her breakfast. Suddenly, she heard a little buzzing sound from her bag. She took out her phone, and it was ringing. The caller ID đã đưa ý kiến it was her mum. When Tom got transferred to the zoo, she was able to get in touch with her parents again, which delighted her, since she hadn't heard from them since she left Hoboken. Now they were living at the Bronx Zoo, and had a happy life. Emma answered the call. "Hey mum." She said, beaming cheerfully.
"Hey sweetie, I've got some news for you." Her mum said.
"What is it?" Emma asked curiously.
"Your half brother and half sister are going to visit bạn at your zoo." Her mum told her.
"Wow, that's amazing, I haven't seen them in 6 years." Emma remarked, feeling excited. "When are they coming?"
"In two days time." Her mum answered. "Oh I've gotta go, its feeding time here, talk to bạn later, and tell your brothers I đã đưa ý kiến hello." She đã đưa ý kiến before hanging up. Emma looked at the phone in surprise. That had to be the quickest call she had ever got from her mum.
"Who are coming sis?" Skipper asked, looking up from his cards.
"Chris and Sam." She answered excitedly.
"eally?" (Really?) Rico asked, looking astonished. Rico and Skipper hadn't seen them in 11 years. Chris and Sam, were their older brother and sisters from their dad's trước đó marriage. Chris was the oldest and Sam was 2 years younger.
"How old are they now?" Skipper wondered.
"I think Chris should be 21 and Sam should be 18." Emma answered after a few giây of thinking.
"So what are they like?" Private asked.
"Well Chris is smart, but he's a bit lazy, and Sam, isn't as smart and she's lazy, but she's sweet." Emma replied, a ball of excitement sitting in her stomach. She was closer to Sam, and they both used to stay up until about 2am every night just talking. Emma smiled at this memory and she put her phone back in her bag.
"They sound nice." Kowalski remarked, stroking Emma's hair. Emma blushed and a shiver went down her spine. Even after all this time, she still got happy chills when Kowalski did something like that.
"Yeah, they are nice." Emma confirmed. She looked over at Skipper. "Hey what are we doing in training today?" She asked.
"You'll have to wait and see sis." Skipper replied mysteriously.
"Do I have to do training aswell?" Tom asked, looking annoyed.
"Tom, I get bạn don't want to do it, which is why you're only learning basic training, like attacking and self defence, don't worry, your training is nearly complete away, you've just got a few thêm sessions, then bạn don't have to do it anymore." Emma told him. Tom brightened at this.
"How many sessions left?" He asked, looking cheerful.
"2 I think." Skipper answered.
"Awesome!" Tom cheered, looking gleeful. Skipper put a flipper to his forehead, and he looked back at his cards. A few phút later Marlene came running in.
"Hey Marlene, what's up?" Emma asked.
"There a thùng in the đang tải bay, I think it's got a new transfer in!" Marlene busted out excitedly, panting for air.
"Lets investigate." Skipper decided, climbing the ladder, and taking the card off his head. "Oh, it was an ace." He remarked, dropping it on the floor, and ordering the team to follow him. The 6 penguins slid to the đang tải bay, followed bởi Marlene and saw a small thùng in the middle of it. They walked over to it, taking bets on what it might be.
"Latapus!" (Platypus!) Rico exclaimed hopefully.
"Hmmm, con rái cá, rái cá maybe?" Emma thought aloud.
"Ooh I hope so." Marlene commented, looking excited.
"It might be a penguin." Private suggested, and Tom nodded his head at this.
"Or a Chameleon?" Kowalski added.
"Ugh, it might be another lemur." Skipper groaned.
"Well lets find out." Emma said. Rico hacked up a crowbar, and passed it to her. She opened the crate, and inside was a short, big eyed penguin.
The little chim cánh cụt stood up, and looked at everyone nervously, his big green eyes scanning everyone in the crowd. He edged his way out of the box, a little rucksack on his back.
Aw the poor guy looks terrified. Emma thought. She stepped forward, and smiled at the little penguin.
"You must be the new transfer here, it's nice to meet you, I'm Emma, and these are Skipper, Rico, Private, Kowalski, Tom, and Marlene." Emma greeted brightly, gesturing to each of the animals.
"H...hi I'm Ashley." He said, in a sweet Scottish accent. Emma realised that he was about Tom's height.
"Well Ashley you'll tình yêu it here, the động vật are friendly, the habitats, are nice, and the thực phẩm is yummy." Marlene told him reassuringly.
"Really?" He asked, looking less worried.
"Sure, do bạn want to have a tour around the zoo." Private asked him, cheerfully.
"Okay." Ashley agreed looking excited. They lead him out of the đang tải bay, and Emma couldn't help smile. Ashley was really sweet, he reminded her of a sweeter version of Tom, hoặc Private. He seemed a little gullible too. They showed him the habitats, and the other zoo places, like the Zoovenir shop, Alice's office, and the snowcone stand. "Ooh, I remember these!" Ashley exclaimed, taking out a snowcone, and passing them to people.
Aw that was nice of him. Emma thought, taking her snowcone. Ashley got one for himself, and they headed to the HQ. As they went, Skipper explained their elite chim cánh cụt team, the underground HQ, and who was related to who, out of the team. Ashley nodded in understanding and followed Skipper into the habitat. They opened up the fishbowl, and showed Ashley around the underground HQ.
"It's a real nice habitat." He marvelled, peeping into the lab curiously.
"Yup." Rico agreed.
"Her, urm, Skipper, since we have a new transfer today, can we skip training?" Tom asked hopefully.
"Ugh, fine whatever." Skipper answered, looking frustrated.
"What's training like?" Ashley asked wonderingly.
"Well it can be hard sometimes, but it pays off when bạn become a really skilled fighter." Kowalski replied.
"That sounds cool!" Ashley commented, looking excited.
Pfft I thought the same thing when I moved here. Tom thought, trying not to smirk.
"So what do we do for fun around here?" Ashley asked.
"Well, we watch Tv, get snowcones, draw, listen to music, and we've all got our own little hobbies." Emma answered cheerfully.
"That sounds like fun." Ashley replied, pulling his rucksack off, and taking a Sudoku book, and a pencil out.
"Ooh, bạn like Sudoku puzzles?" Emma asked, excitedly.
"Yep, ever since I was a wee little lad." Ashley answered cheerfully.
"Me too." Emma said, smiling as she took her Sudoku book out of her drawstring bag. The two of them sat down ,and started there Sudoku puzzles. Kowalski sat down tiếp theo to Emma, and got his notepad out, and started doodling on it. The others went back to doing their everyday hobbies, and Kowalski wrapped a flipper around Emma, making them both blush. Emma chatted with Ashley as they looked at the grid of numbers. Emma learnt a lot about him in this time. Apparently, Ashley, was born and raised in Scotland, and lived in the Edinburgh zoo. But the zoo became to crowded and they had to ship some of the động vật to other zoos across the globe. Ashley had to leave his parents, but he was still in touch with them. He won cutest animal at the zoo 10 years in a row. Emma also found out that he adored chocolate, and called himself a chocoholic, and she chuckled at that bit of info. He also didn't like cá (though he did like Sô cô la dipped fish), and that he liked telling jokes, doing puzzles, and helping people. They sat there talking for a few hours, and suddenly, at about 3pm, Julien came crashing through the fishbowl.
"Ugh, why are bạn here Ringtail?" Skipper asked, exasperatedly.
"Becuase my Boomy Box has gone!" Julien told him. "Be finding it now, silly penguin!" He added, poking Skipper.
"Well maybe if bạn asked nicely, he'd be happy to help you." Ashley piped up. Julien looked at him like he was nuts.
"Who's the new silly billy penguin?" He asked Skipper. Julien then turned to Ashley and looked down at him. "I will not ask nicely because I am the king, see?" He explained, pointing to his crown. Ashley looked at Emma in confusion.
"Who's the nutty lad?" Ashley whispered.
"I'll tell bạn later, just go along with it." Emma whispered back.
"Ok team, lets get to work finding the Ringtail's âm nhạc box, commence Operation: âm nhạc Mystery!" Skipper ordered, heading for the ladder.
The team followed Skipper up the ladder, and Ashley stood there awkwardly.
"Urm, should I come along too?" He asked, questioningly.
"Sure kid, bạn learn thêm from experience anyway." Skipper answered, as he got out of the HQ. Ashley followed them, and slid over to the vong linh, vượn cáo habitat.
"So where was your âm nhạc box last?" Emma asked, scanning the habitat for clues. It looked pretty ordinary, nothing seemed out of place.
"It's a boomy box." Julien corrected.
"I left it near the Tiki bar, and we woke up today and it was gone." Maurice answered.
"So this is being your fault Maurice!" Julien said, looking annoyed. Maurice just rolled his eyes, and turned back to the penguins.
"Lets chẻ, phân chia, split up and tìm kiếm for clues." Skipper ordered, heading towards the bouncy. Emma headed for the Tiki bar, Ashley on her heels.
"Urm, what should I do?" He asked, looking confused.
"Well bạn could see if there are any strange footprints in the habitat." Emma suggested. Ashley smiled in response, and rushed off. Emma began looking around, lifting up stools, and checking the bamboo like umbrella. Everything seemed normal. She sighed, and turned to check another bit. As she did she noticed something in he corner of her eye. She looked at the ladder, which led to the throne, and she noticed scuff marks on it. She stepped closer, and stared at the marks thêm carefully. She measured the marks and did a few calculations in her head.
A vong linh, vượn cáo couldn't have made these marks. She realised.
"Guys, I think I've got something!" She called to the others. The team ran over, looking excited.
"Athavyouound?" (What have bạn found?) Rico asked.
"These marks couldn't have been made bởi a Lemur." Emma told them, pointing towards the marks.
"Well what could have?" Private asked.
"Hmmm, Chimp, giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó maybe..." Emma answered thoughtfully. Kowalski nodded.
"Or a Koala." Kowalski added.
"So we have 3 suspects." Tom remarked.
"Technically 6." Emma corrected.
"I don't think Phil, Mason, hoặc Leonard would have took the âm nhạc box." Private thought aloud.
"Boomy box." Julien corrected again. Skipper shot a dark look at him. Ashley turned around suddenly, and ran over to the Throne.
"What is it Ash?" Emma asked, following him. She saw Ashley picking up a bit of fur.
"This is giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó fur." He announced, holding it up.
"How do bạn know?" Maurice asked.
"I have a really good sense of smell." Ashley explained.
"Well it seems that the baboons are doing a bit of thieving." Skipper commented, his eyes falling on the giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó habitat.
"Or maybe they just don't like Julien." Private suggested thinking back to the time when they took Julien's groove.
"Oh I wonder why?" Skipper đã đưa ý kiến sarcastically. Emma put her flipper over her beak, to try and stop herself laughing. A muffled noise came from her, and Rico laughed out loud.
"How daring of you, I am the king!" Julien argued angrily.
"Hey, we're helping bạn get bạn Mus- er Boomy Box, so bạn could be a little grateful." Private piped up. Julien ignored him and turned to Skipper.
"You better get my Boomy Box back before 10 of the clocks, that's our party time." He told Skipper. "Or we will be making our own music." Emma's eyes widened as she had a flashback to the time they made there own music, and it sounded like a cat in a blender. Julien then walked off, ordering Maurice to prepare his royal sponge bath.
"He's nuttier than a vegetarion eating Haggis." Ashley remarked. Private and Tom shot him a confused look.
"It's a Scottish food." He told them, and their faces cleared.
"Ok team, lets head to the giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó habitat." Skipper announced.
"Well what should we say?" Private asked wonderingly.
"Who đã đưa ý kiến we're going to say anything?" Skipper replied slyly. He smirked at Rico who coughed two smoke bombs, and held them in his flippers.
"Kaboom?" He asked.
"Yes Rico." Kowalski told him, also grinning slightly.
"Woohoo!" Rico cheered. The penguins headed to the baboon's habitat. Surely enough they were dancing to the âm nhạc on the Boomy Box. Rico threw down the smoke bombs and the penguins slid over to the Box, and grabbed it.
"Someone's taking the box!" One of the baboons screeched. As the penguins were running off, the baboons grabbed one of them and dragged them back into the billowing smoke.
They hauled the Boomy Box out of the habitat, and Emma looked around suspiciously.
"Urm, where's Tom?" She wondered, feeling a little worried. She peeped over into the habitat, to see that the baboons were questioning him.
"Where did bạn take the box?" Darla asked, in her Texas accent.
"We don't like being robbed." One of the others said. Ashley looked at Emma in shock.
"But they just lấy trộm, đánh cắp from the vong linh, vượn cáo lad, they should have known something like this would happen." He whispered to her. Emma nodded in response and kept watching.
"Now tell us, where is the box?" Darla ordered, a demanding look in her eyes. Tom cowered, and looked up fearfully at the bigger animal. He has a flashback to when the động vật threatened to hurt him at Hoboken because of Emma's abilities. Emma clenched her flippers, and growled. No one scared her little brother, and got away with it. She went to go in but Ashley stopped her.
"I think I can get them to stop." He told her, trying to calm her down.
"Go on then." Emma sighed. Ashley walked into the habitat, and spoke up.
"Urm, xin chào there." He called to the baboons. They turned around and frowned at him, stepping in front of Tom. "Don't worry, I just want to talk." He reassured them. The baboons looked suspicious. Ashley took a deep breath, and stepped closer. "Now I know bạn want the Box back don't you." He questioned.
"Yes." Darla confirmed.
"But is it yours?" Ashley asked. Darla faltered and fell silent.
"No." She eventually answered.
"So why did bạn take it from the Lemurs?" Ashley asked, taking another step closer to Tom.
"Because that annoying vong linh, vượn cáo skunk bombed us, and we barely got a sorry for it, and recently he threw a trái cây into our habitat for the fun of it." One of the other baboons replied.
"Ok, that was wrong of him, and bạn lasses should get a proper apology, but that doesn't give bạn a right to steal from him, that is just stooping down to his level, and does that make bạn any better than him?" Ashley reasoned. The baboons looked sheepish and shook their heads.
"Remember two wrongs don't make a right, and scaring another member of the zoo, someone who hasn't done anything wrong to bạn isn't really good either." He continued nodding towards Tom. The baboons looked a bit ashamed of themselves, and they stood out of the way, so Tom could go, and he rushed out of the habitat almost as quick as a cheetah. He ran over to the others, telling them that he didn't like baboons anymore.
"Sorry about all of this, we just wanted to get back at the annoying Lemur." Darla explained.
"It's ok, bạn just went a bit overboard, it can happen to anyone." Ashley told them sympathetically, before following Tom out of the habitat.
"Wow, that was awesome Ash!" Emma exclaimed grinning at him.
I think I would have preferred to see Emma go crazy and teach them a lesson. Skipper thought, smirking.
"Thanks Emma." Ashley replied, beaming cheerfully.
"Thanks for getting me out of there." Tom đã đưa ý kiến to Ashley, after Kowalski whispered something to him. Emma and Kowalski's eyes met and they smiled. Tom wasn't really good at remembering to thank people.
"Anytime." Ashley said, smiling at Tom. The penguins went back to the vong linh, vượn cáo habitat, carrying the Boomy Box with them. As they put it down, Mort ran up to them.
"Ooh, bạn found the Boomy Box? Yaay!" He cheered. "Thank bạn penguins!" He squealed hugging Private's ankles. Emma smiled at this. She had always thought that Mort was positively adorable, though most people found him annoying. Julien came back, looking drenched from head to tail. Emma's eyes widened and she edged closer to Kowalski.
"Why are bạn silly penguins, looking so weird?" Julien asked. Maurice handed him a towel, and Emma remembered him saying something about a sponge bath. Julien dried himself and all of his lông, lông thú puffed up. Private, Emma, Tom, and Rico all burst out laughing and the others were giggling too. Julien looked down at himself and screeched. "Maurice! Why is my lông, lông thú so poofy, and fluffy, and poofy?!" He yelled, trying to flatten his fur, his face stricken with horror.
"Ugh, it's because it's drying, it happened last time aswell." Maurice sighed.
"Oh right." Julien realised.
"Urm, so anyway, we brought your Boomy Box back." Kowalski told them, trying not to smile.
"Good, now we can get on with the partying!" Julien announced. "Maurice! Carry the Boomy Box!" He ordered, turning away from the penguins, and walking away. Ashley looked completely bewildered.
"He didn't even say thank you!" He exclaimed, looking annoyed.
"Trust me Ash, you'll get used to that." Emma told him.
"I guess so." He replied, smiling again, the penguins slid back over to the HQ, and hopped into the fishbowl. Emma looked at the bunks and remembered that Ashley would need a place to sleep. She pressed the blue button on the wall, being sure not to press the red one. She got a nasty bonk on the head from a hammer when she last pressed it. Another bunk opened up, and Emma showed it to Ashley, telling him that this would be his bed. "That looks cosy." He marvelled, picking up the cái gối, gối and squeezing it. Emma grinned at him, and glanced at the time, which was 3:45pm. She still had some time before the movie marathon, that Skipper had organised for today.
"Hey Kowalski, should we go and work on the serum?" She asked, a hopeful glint in her eye.
"Sure Em." He answered, smiling warmly, and taking her flipper as they walked into the lab. They were working on making some thêm truth serum, since Private eat all of the last one.
Emma got out the beakers, and the Bunsen burners, whilst Kowalski got the chemicals and goggles. They placed them on the workbench, and started to pour certain chemicals into the beakers. Emma put some âm nhạc on, and filled a beaker with hot water. She poured the water into the chemicals and added a few different things to the beaker of chemicals and turned the Bunsen burner on below it. As she was setting it up, Kowalski took her bởi surprise and wrapped his flippers around her waist, and cuddled her. Her tim, trái tim leaped in her chest, and she smiled, looking at him lovingly. He nuzzled her neck, and her stomach filled with butterflies.
"Urm.. so." She began, losing her train of thought, as her mind fogged up with sweet little thoughts. "So we need to turn the Bunsen burner off when steam comes from the mixture right?"
"Right." Kowalski confirmed, stroking her hair.
"So what shall we do whilst we're waiting?" She asked, turning around, and facing him. Kowalski just smiled, and he turned the âm nhạc on her phone up, and took her flippers. He began to slow dance with her around the room. Emma blushed and smiled back at him. "But I'm a terrible dancer..." She began.
"Not to me, bạn aren't." Kowalski told her affectionately. Emma blushed harder and looked up at the taller penguin.
"Y'know, you're the sweetest, most romantic guy that's ever lived." She said, smiling shyly at him. It was Kowalski's turn to blush this time. She danced around with him, a lovely slow song in the background.
Let the world stop turning, Let the sun stop burning, let them tell bạn love's not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, the only dream that mattered had come true. In this life, I was loved bởi you. Emma wrapped her flippers around Kowalski and rested her head on his chest. He ran a flipper down her neck, making her shiver with happiness. Emma looked up at him, and kissed him, stroking his cheek with her flipper. He kissed back and ran his flippers through her hair and all the way down her back. They pulled away a few phút later, and Kowalski looked up, and saw steam coming from the beaker.
"Oops, I wonder how long that's been steaming for?" He wondered. Emma giggled, and turned the Bunsen burner off.
"So what do we need to do with the mixture now?" She asked, looking at the strange, reddish liquid. It seemed a bit thêm runny, than usual.
"Now we've got to leave it to cool for about half an hour, then we need to combine it with the mixture we prepared yesterday." Kowalski explained.
"How long will that take?" Emma wondered, as she put the Bunsen burner away.
"Well, when we pour it in, we have to stir it together, then heat the mixture again, then leave it to cool for about an hour. After that it should be ready." He answered squeezing Emma's flipper.
"I think I know what we can do for half an hour." Emma said, giving him a small Kiss on the beak. Kowalski grinned and kissed her back. The ngày rolled on, though the sky didn't change. That was one of Emma's favourite things about summer, the long days, and short nights. They eventually finished heating the entire mixture.
"Hey, do bạn want to go for a walk through the park, whilst the mixture is cooling?" Kowalski asked.
"Sure." Emma agreed cheerfully. She held his flipper and they walked out of the lab, telling Skipper where they were going before hopping out of the fishbowl.
The two penguins strolled out into the park, holding eachother's flipper lovingly. Emma leaned her head on Kowalski's shoulder as they walked, and they reached their favourite spot bởi the lake. It was thêm hidden than the other parts, but bạn could see the whole park from it. To the left there was a large willow tree, it's swooping branches brushing the floor lightly, it's dark green leaves glistening in the sun. Emma stroked one of the leaves carefully. If felt smooth and soft in her flippers. Her and Kowalski sat down on the soft, springy grass, Emma still leaning against his shoulder. The sun was slightly lower in the sky, but it shined on like it was midday. The birds were whistling in the trees, the squirrels were gathering acorns, and there were no bugs around whatsoever. In Emma's eyes, the world was perfect.
"This was an amazing idea Kowalski." Emma said, smiling up at him, and squeezing his flipper. Kowalski blushed and squeezed hers back. They began to đám mây gaze, and Emma noticed one in the shape of Rico. She pointed it out to Kowalski giggling at the same time.
"Hehe that does look like Rico." Kowalski agreed, stroking Emma's hair.
"Hey, do bạn want to draw for a bit?" She asked, getting her drawstring bag out of nowhere.
"Sure." Kowalski agreed. Emma passed him his little sketch book, that Emma gave him, and she got her own out, along with a pencil case. They lied down on their stomachs, and Kowalski put his left flipper around Emma, and began to draw with his right. Emma blushed and put her right flipper around him, and began drawing with her left. They sat there for many hours as the sky started to get a little darker, and it filled with shades of màu hồng, hồng orange, and gold. Emma looked up, and she saw the sun was beginning to set. She stopped drawing and watched it contently. Kowalski looked up, and smiled at her. He scooted closer to the shorter penguin, and watched the sun as it slowly began to disappear over the horizon. Emma sighed happily and cuddled as close to Kowalski as possible. About half an giờ later the sun disappeared fully, and the stars began to twinkle in the blackening sky.
"Do bạn think we should go back now?" Emma asked, reluctantly.
"Nah, Skipper won't be mad." Kowalski replied casually.
"But we've got the movie marathon today." Emma reminded him, nuzzling his neck.
"Oh yeah." Kowalski remembered, looking disappointed. The two penguins gathered their things, and got up, heading back towards the zoo. Emma looked up at the stars and her face brightened.
"Ooh, I can see the Big Dipper constellation." She exclaimed, pointing towards the constellation shaped like a saucepan. Kowalski was used to her calling it that, though he still found it slightly odd, since he just called it the frying pan, hoặc the saucepan. Emma smiled up at it. "That will always be my favourite one, though Orion is my một giây favourite." She thought aloud, her eye catching the familiar constellation. They almost reached the zoo, when Emma found her wishing star, which was called Sirius. Ever since she had started dating Kowalski, she hadn't used it once, but she still watched it every night before she went to sleep. They eventually reached the chim cánh cụt habitat, and hopped through the bowl. Skipper turned around, and noticed them.
"Finally back I see." He remarked, smirking at them.
"Yup, so are we about to put the phim chiếu rạp on?" Emma asked, changing the subject.
"Yep, we're watching some of the Harry Potter films." Private told them cheerfully.
"Awesome." Emma commented, sitting down on her stomach tiếp theo to the Tv, as Rico put the dvd in.
"I like Harry Potter." Ashley đã đưa ý kiến excitedly. He sat down on Emma's left, and Kowalski was on her right. The others sat down, and Rico pressed the play button. Emma quickly realised that Rico had put the first one on. She glanced at the clock, which read 10pm. Emma guessed that they would only get to watch one, before everyone headed bed. A thought struck her an she turned to Kowalski.
"What about the mixture?" She asked him, remembering the serum in the lab.
"It should be fine." Kowalski reassured her. "We'll check it tomorrow."
"Ok." Emma agreed, turning her attention back to the screen. As they watched, the penguins giggled at some parts, Private covered his eyes when the characters saw Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, but they had a great time. It was about 12:30 when they all shuffled to bed, pulling the green blankets over their heads, and falling asleep instantly. Except for Ashley. The new cadet stared up at the ceiling of his bunk, too excited to sleep. He had a wonderful ngày today, he met some new friends, he was in a lovely zoo, and he was going to learn how to fight like a pro. He eventually got tired, and fell into a happy slumber.
Emma sat at the the table, eating her breakfast. Kowalski was sitting tiếp theo to her, his flipper on her shoulder. Emma smiled up at him as she ate. Meanwhile Skipper, Private, and Rico were playing Stomp The Wombat. Emma watched in amusement, at the cards stuck on their heads. Tom was watching football on the Tv, which annoyed Emma.
"Hey Tom, y'know, we were watching something." Emma told him, eyeing up the remote.
"So?" Tom answered back, snappishly. Emma rolled her eyes and grabbed the remote. "Hey!" Tom protested looking angry.
"I was up first, and I was watching something, and then bạn turned it over when I went toilet so don't give me that!" Emma argued, as she changed the channel to Criminal Minds. Tom muttered something under his breath, and stormed off to his bunk. Emma growled quietly, and started watching Tv. Why was her little brother such a pain in the neck? Her older brothers were much nicer and hardly ever argued with her. Well they were thêm mature, Tom was 2 years younger than Emma, and he was still a kid. He may be a complete pain, but he was still her brother and she loved him. She looked over at him. He had brown eyes, and a flat head, like Skipper and Rico, and he had very short hair feathers on his head, like Rico's but they were all over his head. He was about Private's height.
"Hey, just ignore him Em." Kowalski told her comfortingly.
"Yeah, that's what I usually do." Emma replied, finishing her breakfast. Suddenly, she heard a little buzzing sound from her bag. She took out her phone, and it was ringing. The caller ID đã đưa ý kiến it was her mum. When Tom got transferred to the zoo, she was able to get in touch with her parents again, which delighted her, since she hadn't heard from them since she left Hoboken. Now they were living at the Bronx Zoo, and had a happy life. Emma answered the call. "Hey mum." She said, beaming cheerfully.
"Hey sweetie, I've got some news for you." Her mum said.
"What is it?" Emma asked curiously.
"Your half brother and half sister are going to visit bạn at your zoo." Her mum told her.
"Wow, that's amazing, I haven't seen them in 6 years." Emma remarked, feeling excited. "When are they coming?"
"In two days time." Her mum answered. "Oh I've gotta go, its feeding time here, talk to bạn later, and tell your brothers I đã đưa ý kiến hello." She đã đưa ý kiến before hanging up. Emma looked at the phone in surprise. That had to be the quickest call she had ever got from her mum.
"Who are coming sis?" Skipper asked, looking up from his cards.
"Chris and Sam." She answered excitedly.
"eally?" (Really?) Rico asked, looking astonished. Rico and Skipper hadn't seen them in 11 years. Chris and Sam, were their older brother and sisters from their dad's trước đó marriage. Chris was the oldest and Sam was 2 years younger.
"How old are they now?" Skipper wondered.
"I think Chris should be 21 and Sam should be 18." Emma answered after a few giây of thinking.
"So what are they like?" Private asked.
"Well Chris is smart, but he's a bit lazy, and Sam, isn't as smart and she's lazy, but she's sweet." Emma replied, a ball of excitement sitting in her stomach. She was closer to Sam, and they both used to stay up until about 2am every night just talking. Emma smiled at this memory and she put her phone back in her bag.
"They sound nice." Kowalski remarked, stroking Emma's hair. Emma blushed and a shiver went down her spine. Even after all this time, she still got happy chills when Kowalski did something like that.
"Yeah, they are nice." Emma confirmed. She looked over at Skipper. "Hey what are we doing in training today?" She asked.
"You'll have to wait and see sis." Skipper replied mysteriously.
"Do I have to do training aswell?" Tom asked, looking annoyed.
"Tom, I get bạn don't want to do it, which is why you're only learning basic training, like attacking and self defence, don't worry, your training is nearly complete away, you've just got a few thêm sessions, then bạn don't have to do it anymore." Emma told him. Tom brightened at this.
"How many sessions left?" He asked, looking cheerful.
"2 I think." Skipper answered.
"Awesome!" Tom cheered, looking gleeful. Skipper put a flipper to his forehead, and he looked back at his cards. A few phút later Marlene came running in.
"Hey Marlene, what's up?" Emma asked.
"There a thùng in the đang tải bay, I think it's got a new transfer in!" Marlene busted out excitedly, panting for air.
"Lets investigate." Skipper decided, climbing the ladder, and taking the card off his head. "Oh, it was an ace." He remarked, dropping it on the floor, and ordering the team to follow him. The 6 penguins slid to the đang tải bay, followed bởi Marlene and saw a small thùng in the middle of it. They walked over to it, taking bets on what it might be.
"Latapus!" (Platypus!) Rico exclaimed hopefully.
"Hmmm, con rái cá, rái cá maybe?" Emma thought aloud.
"Ooh I hope so." Marlene commented, looking excited.
"It might be a penguin." Private suggested, and Tom nodded his head at this.
"Or a Chameleon?" Kowalski added.
"Ugh, it might be another lemur." Skipper groaned.
"Well lets find out." Emma said. Rico hacked up a crowbar, and passed it to her. She opened the crate, and inside was a short, big eyed penguin.
The little chim cánh cụt stood up, and looked at everyone nervously, his big green eyes scanning everyone in the crowd. He edged his way out of the box, a little rucksack on his back.
Aw the poor guy looks terrified. Emma thought. She stepped forward, and smiled at the little penguin.
"You must be the new transfer here, it's nice to meet you, I'm Emma, and these are Skipper, Rico, Private, Kowalski, Tom, and Marlene." Emma greeted brightly, gesturing to each of the animals.
"H...hi I'm Ashley." He said, in a sweet Scottish accent. Emma realised that he was about Tom's height.
"Well Ashley you'll tình yêu it here, the động vật are friendly, the habitats, are nice, and the thực phẩm is yummy." Marlene told him reassuringly.
"Really?" He asked, looking less worried.
"Sure, do bạn want to have a tour around the zoo." Private asked him, cheerfully.
"Okay." Ashley agreed looking excited. They lead him out of the đang tải bay, and Emma couldn't help smile. Ashley was really sweet, he reminded her of a sweeter version of Tom, hoặc Private. He seemed a little gullible too. They showed him the habitats, and the other zoo places, like the Zoovenir shop, Alice's office, and the snowcone stand. "Ooh, I remember these!" Ashley exclaimed, taking out a snowcone, and passing them to people.
Aw that was nice of him. Emma thought, taking her snowcone. Ashley got one for himself, and they headed to the HQ. As they went, Skipper explained their elite chim cánh cụt team, the underground HQ, and who was related to who, out of the team. Ashley nodded in understanding and followed Skipper into the habitat. They opened up the fishbowl, and showed Ashley around the underground HQ.
"It's a real nice habitat." He marvelled, peeping into the lab curiously.
"Yup." Rico agreed.
"Her, urm, Skipper, since we have a new transfer today, can we skip training?" Tom asked hopefully.
"Ugh, fine whatever." Skipper answered, looking frustrated.
"What's training like?" Ashley asked wonderingly.
"Well it can be hard sometimes, but it pays off when bạn become a really skilled fighter." Kowalski replied.
"That sounds cool!" Ashley commented, looking excited.
Pfft I thought the same thing when I moved here. Tom thought, trying not to smirk.
"So what do we do for fun around here?" Ashley asked.
"Well, we watch Tv, get snowcones, draw, listen to music, and we've all got our own little hobbies." Emma answered cheerfully.
"That sounds like fun." Ashley replied, pulling his rucksack off, and taking a Sudoku book, and a pencil out.
"Ooh, bạn like Sudoku puzzles?" Emma asked, excitedly.
"Yep, ever since I was a wee little lad." Ashley answered cheerfully.
"Me too." Emma said, smiling as she took her Sudoku book out of her drawstring bag. The two of them sat down ,and started there Sudoku puzzles. Kowalski sat down tiếp theo to Emma, and got his notepad out, and started doodling on it. The others went back to doing their everyday hobbies, and Kowalski wrapped a flipper around Emma, making them both blush. Emma chatted with Ashley as they looked at the grid of numbers. Emma learnt a lot about him in this time. Apparently, Ashley, was born and raised in Scotland, and lived in the Edinburgh zoo. But the zoo became to crowded and they had to ship some of the động vật to other zoos across the globe. Ashley had to leave his parents, but he was still in touch with them. He won cutest animal at the zoo 10 years in a row. Emma also found out that he adored chocolate, and called himself a chocoholic, and she chuckled at that bit of info. He also didn't like cá (though he did like Sô cô la dipped fish), and that he liked telling jokes, doing puzzles, and helping people. They sat there talking for a few hours, and suddenly, at about 3pm, Julien came crashing through the fishbowl.
"Ugh, why are bạn here Ringtail?" Skipper asked, exasperatedly.
"Becuase my Boomy Box has gone!" Julien told him. "Be finding it now, silly penguin!" He added, poking Skipper.
"Well maybe if bạn asked nicely, he'd be happy to help you." Ashley piped up. Julien looked at him like he was nuts.
"Who's the new silly billy penguin?" He asked Skipper. Julien then turned to Ashley and looked down at him. "I will not ask nicely because I am the king, see?" He explained, pointing to his crown. Ashley looked at Emma in confusion.
"Who's the nutty lad?" Ashley whispered.
"I'll tell bạn later, just go along with it." Emma whispered back.
"Ok team, lets get to work finding the Ringtail's âm nhạc box, commence Operation: âm nhạc Mystery!" Skipper ordered, heading for the ladder.
The team followed Skipper up the ladder, and Ashley stood there awkwardly.
"Urm, should I come along too?" He asked, questioningly.
"Sure kid, bạn learn thêm from experience anyway." Skipper answered, as he got out of the HQ. Ashley followed them, and slid over to the vong linh, vượn cáo habitat.
"So where was your âm nhạc box last?" Emma asked, scanning the habitat for clues. It looked pretty ordinary, nothing seemed out of place.
"It's a boomy box." Julien corrected.
"I left it near the Tiki bar, and we woke up today and it was gone." Maurice answered.
"So this is being your fault Maurice!" Julien said, looking annoyed. Maurice just rolled his eyes, and turned back to the penguins.
"Lets chẻ, phân chia, split up and tìm kiếm for clues." Skipper ordered, heading towards the bouncy. Emma headed for the Tiki bar, Ashley on her heels.
"Urm, what should I do?" He asked, looking confused.
"Well bạn could see if there are any strange footprints in the habitat." Emma suggested. Ashley smiled in response, and rushed off. Emma began looking around, lifting up stools, and checking the bamboo like umbrella. Everything seemed normal. She sighed, and turned to check another bit. As she did she noticed something in he corner of her eye. She looked at the ladder, which led to the throne, and she noticed scuff marks on it. She stepped closer, and stared at the marks thêm carefully. She measured the marks and did a few calculations in her head.
A vong linh, vượn cáo couldn't have made these marks. She realised.
"Guys, I think I've got something!" She called to the others. The team ran over, looking excited.
"Athavyouound?" (What have bạn found?) Rico asked.
"These marks couldn't have been made bởi a Lemur." Emma told them, pointing towards the marks.
"Well what could have?" Private asked.
"Hmmm, Chimp, giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó maybe..." Emma answered thoughtfully. Kowalski nodded.
"Or a Koala." Kowalski added.
"So we have 3 suspects." Tom remarked.
"Technically 6." Emma corrected.
"I don't think Phil, Mason, hoặc Leonard would have took the âm nhạc box." Private thought aloud.
"Boomy box." Julien corrected again. Skipper shot a dark look at him. Ashley turned around suddenly, and ran over to the Throne.
"What is it Ash?" Emma asked, following him. She saw Ashley picking up a bit of fur.
"This is giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó fur." He announced, holding it up.
"How do bạn know?" Maurice asked.
"I have a really good sense of smell." Ashley explained.
"Well it seems that the baboons are doing a bit of thieving." Skipper commented, his eyes falling on the giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó habitat.
"Or maybe they just don't like Julien." Private suggested thinking back to the time when they took Julien's groove.
"Oh I wonder why?" Skipper đã đưa ý kiến sarcastically. Emma put her flipper over her beak, to try and stop herself laughing. A muffled noise came from her, and Rico laughed out loud.
"How daring of you, I am the king!" Julien argued angrily.
"Hey, we're helping bạn get bạn Mus- er Boomy Box, so bạn could be a little grateful." Private piped up. Julien ignored him and turned to Skipper.
"You better get my Boomy Box back before 10 of the clocks, that's our party time." He told Skipper. "Or we will be making our own music." Emma's eyes widened as she had a flashback to the time they made there own music, and it sounded like a cat in a blender. Julien then walked off, ordering Maurice to prepare his royal sponge bath.
"He's nuttier than a vegetarion eating Haggis." Ashley remarked. Private and Tom shot him a confused look.
"It's a Scottish food." He told them, and their faces cleared.
"Ok team, lets head to the giống vượn phi châu, khỉ đầu chó habitat." Skipper announced.
"Well what should we say?" Private asked wonderingly.
"Who đã đưa ý kiến we're going to say anything?" Skipper replied slyly. He smirked at Rico who coughed two smoke bombs, and held them in his flippers.
"Kaboom?" He asked.
"Yes Rico." Kowalski told him, also grinning slightly.
"Woohoo!" Rico cheered. The penguins headed to the baboon's habitat. Surely enough they were dancing to the âm nhạc on the Boomy Box. Rico threw down the smoke bombs and the penguins slid over to the Box, and grabbed it.
"Someone's taking the box!" One of the baboons screeched. As the penguins were running off, the baboons grabbed one of them and dragged them back into the billowing smoke.
They hauled the Boomy Box out of the habitat, and Emma looked around suspiciously.
"Urm, where's Tom?" She wondered, feeling a little worried. She peeped over into the habitat, to see that the baboons were questioning him.
"Where did bạn take the box?" Darla asked, in her Texas accent.
"We don't like being robbed." One of the others said. Ashley looked at Emma in shock.
"But they just lấy trộm, đánh cắp from the vong linh, vượn cáo lad, they should have known something like this would happen." He whispered to her. Emma nodded in response and kept watching.
"Now tell us, where is the box?" Darla ordered, a demanding look in her eyes. Tom cowered, and looked up fearfully at the bigger animal. He has a flashback to when the động vật threatened to hurt him at Hoboken because of Emma's abilities. Emma clenched her flippers, and growled. No one scared her little brother, and got away with it. She went to go in but Ashley stopped her.
"I think I can get them to stop." He told her, trying to calm her down.
"Go on then." Emma sighed. Ashley walked into the habitat, and spoke up.
"Urm, xin chào there." He called to the baboons. They turned around and frowned at him, stepping in front of Tom. "Don't worry, I just want to talk." He reassured them. The baboons looked suspicious. Ashley took a deep breath, and stepped closer. "Now I know bạn want the Box back don't you." He questioned.
"Yes." Darla confirmed.
"But is it yours?" Ashley asked. Darla faltered and fell silent.
"No." She eventually answered.
"So why did bạn take it from the Lemurs?" Ashley asked, taking another step closer to Tom.
"Because that annoying vong linh, vượn cáo skunk bombed us, and we barely got a sorry for it, and recently he threw a trái cây into our habitat for the fun of it." One of the other baboons replied.
"Ok, that was wrong of him, and bạn lasses should get a proper apology, but that doesn't give bạn a right to steal from him, that is just stooping down to his level, and does that make bạn any better than him?" Ashley reasoned. The baboons looked sheepish and shook their heads.
"Remember two wrongs don't make a right, and scaring another member of the zoo, someone who hasn't done anything wrong to bạn isn't really good either." He continued nodding towards Tom. The baboons looked a bit ashamed of themselves, and they stood out of the way, so Tom could go, and he rushed out of the habitat almost as quick as a cheetah. He ran over to the others, telling them that he didn't like baboons anymore.
"Sorry about all of this, we just wanted to get back at the annoying Lemur." Darla explained.
"It's ok, bạn just went a bit overboard, it can happen to anyone." Ashley told them sympathetically, before following Tom out of the habitat.
"Wow, that was awesome Ash!" Emma exclaimed grinning at him.
I think I would have preferred to see Emma go crazy and teach them a lesson. Skipper thought, smirking.
"Thanks Emma." Ashley replied, beaming cheerfully.
"Thanks for getting me out of there." Tom đã đưa ý kiến to Ashley, after Kowalski whispered something to him. Emma and Kowalski's eyes met and they smiled. Tom wasn't really good at remembering to thank people.
"Anytime." Ashley said, smiling at Tom. The penguins went back to the vong linh, vượn cáo habitat, carrying the Boomy Box with them. As they put it down, Mort ran up to them.
"Ooh, bạn found the Boomy Box? Yaay!" He cheered. "Thank bạn penguins!" He squealed hugging Private's ankles. Emma smiled at this. She had always thought that Mort was positively adorable, though most people found him annoying. Julien came back, looking drenched from head to tail. Emma's eyes widened and she edged closer to Kowalski.
"Why are bạn silly penguins, looking so weird?" Julien asked. Maurice handed him a towel, and Emma remembered him saying something about a sponge bath. Julien dried himself and all of his lông, lông thú puffed up. Private, Emma, Tom, and Rico all burst out laughing and the others were giggling too. Julien looked down at himself and screeched. "Maurice! Why is my lông, lông thú so poofy, and fluffy, and poofy?!" He yelled, trying to flatten his fur, his face stricken with horror.
"Ugh, it's because it's drying, it happened last time aswell." Maurice sighed.
"Oh right." Julien realised.
"Urm, so anyway, we brought your Boomy Box back." Kowalski told them, trying not to smile.
"Good, now we can get on with the partying!" Julien announced. "Maurice! Carry the Boomy Box!" He ordered, turning away from the penguins, and walking away. Ashley looked completely bewildered.
"He didn't even say thank you!" He exclaimed, looking annoyed.
"Trust me Ash, you'll get used to that." Emma told him.
"I guess so." He replied, smiling again, the penguins slid back over to the HQ, and hopped into the fishbowl. Emma looked at the bunks and remembered that Ashley would need a place to sleep. She pressed the blue button on the wall, being sure not to press the red one. She got a nasty bonk on the head from a hammer when she last pressed it. Another bunk opened up, and Emma showed it to Ashley, telling him that this would be his bed. "That looks cosy." He marvelled, picking up the cái gối, gối and squeezing it. Emma grinned at him, and glanced at the time, which was 3:45pm. She still had some time before the movie marathon, that Skipper had organised for today.
"Hey Kowalski, should we go and work on the serum?" She asked, a hopeful glint in her eye.
"Sure Em." He answered, smiling warmly, and taking her flipper as they walked into the lab. They were working on making some thêm truth serum, since Private eat all of the last one.
Emma got out the beakers, and the Bunsen burners, whilst Kowalski got the chemicals and goggles. They placed them on the workbench, and started to pour certain chemicals into the beakers. Emma put some âm nhạc on, and filled a beaker with hot water. She poured the water into the chemicals and added a few different things to the beaker of chemicals and turned the Bunsen burner on below it. As she was setting it up, Kowalski took her bởi surprise and wrapped his flippers around her waist, and cuddled her. Her tim, trái tim leaped in her chest, and she smiled, looking at him lovingly. He nuzzled her neck, and her stomach filled with butterflies.
"Urm.. so." She began, losing her train of thought, as her mind fogged up with sweet little thoughts. "So we need to turn the Bunsen burner off when steam comes from the mixture right?"
"Right." Kowalski confirmed, stroking her hair.
"So what shall we do whilst we're waiting?" She asked, turning around, and facing him. Kowalski just smiled, and he turned the âm nhạc on her phone up, and took her flippers. He began to slow dance with her around the room. Emma blushed and smiled back at him. "But I'm a terrible dancer..." She began.
"Not to me, bạn aren't." Kowalski told her affectionately. Emma blushed harder and looked up at the taller penguin.
"Y'know, you're the sweetest, most romantic guy that's ever lived." She said, smiling shyly at him. It was Kowalski's turn to blush this time. She danced around with him, a lovely slow song in the background.
Let the world stop turning, Let the sun stop burning, let them tell bạn love's not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, the only dream that mattered had come true. In this life, I was loved bởi you. Emma wrapped her flippers around Kowalski and rested her head on his chest. He ran a flipper down her neck, making her shiver with happiness. Emma looked up at him, and kissed him, stroking his cheek with her flipper. He kissed back and ran his flippers through her hair and all the way down her back. They pulled away a few phút later, and Kowalski looked up, and saw steam coming from the beaker.
"Oops, I wonder how long that's been steaming for?" He wondered. Emma giggled, and turned the Bunsen burner off.
"So what do we need to do with the mixture now?" She asked, looking at the strange, reddish liquid. It seemed a bit thêm runny, than usual.
"Now we've got to leave it to cool for about half an hour, then we need to combine it with the mixture we prepared yesterday." Kowalski explained.
"How long will that take?" Emma wondered, as she put the Bunsen burner away.
"Well, when we pour it in, we have to stir it together, then heat the mixture again, then leave it to cool for about an hour. After that it should be ready." He answered squeezing Emma's flipper.
"I think I know what we can do for half an hour." Emma said, giving him a small Kiss on the beak. Kowalski grinned and kissed her back. The ngày rolled on, though the sky didn't change. That was one of Emma's favourite things about summer, the long days, and short nights. They eventually finished heating the entire mixture.
"Hey, do bạn want to go for a walk through the park, whilst the mixture is cooling?" Kowalski asked.
"Sure." Emma agreed cheerfully. She held his flipper and they walked out of the lab, telling Skipper where they were going before hopping out of the fishbowl.
The two penguins strolled out into the park, holding eachother's flipper lovingly. Emma leaned her head on Kowalski's shoulder as they walked, and they reached their favourite spot bởi the lake. It was thêm hidden than the other parts, but bạn could see the whole park from it. To the left there was a large willow tree, it's swooping branches brushing the floor lightly, it's dark green leaves glistening in the sun. Emma stroked one of the leaves carefully. If felt smooth and soft in her flippers. Her and Kowalski sat down on the soft, springy grass, Emma still leaning against his shoulder. The sun was slightly lower in the sky, but it shined on like it was midday. The birds were whistling in the trees, the squirrels were gathering acorns, and there were no bugs around whatsoever. In Emma's eyes, the world was perfect.
"This was an amazing idea Kowalski." Emma said, smiling up at him, and squeezing his flipper. Kowalski blushed and squeezed hers back. They began to đám mây gaze, and Emma noticed one in the shape of Rico. She pointed it out to Kowalski giggling at the same time.
"Hehe that does look like Rico." Kowalski agreed, stroking Emma's hair.
"Hey, do bạn want to draw for a bit?" She asked, getting her drawstring bag out of nowhere.
"Sure." Kowalski agreed. Emma passed him his little sketch book, that Emma gave him, and she got her own out, along with a pencil case. They lied down on their stomachs, and Kowalski put his left flipper around Emma, and began to draw with his right. Emma blushed and put her right flipper around him, and began drawing with her left. They sat there for many hours as the sky started to get a little darker, and it filled with shades of màu hồng, hồng orange, and gold. Emma looked up, and she saw the sun was beginning to set. She stopped drawing and watched it contently. Kowalski looked up, and smiled at her. He scooted closer to the shorter penguin, and watched the sun as it slowly began to disappear over the horizon. Emma sighed happily and cuddled as close to Kowalski as possible. About half an giờ later the sun disappeared fully, and the stars began to twinkle in the blackening sky.
"Do bạn think we should go back now?" Emma asked, reluctantly.
"Nah, Skipper won't be mad." Kowalski replied casually.
"But we've got the movie marathon today." Emma reminded him, nuzzling his neck.
"Oh yeah." Kowalski remembered, looking disappointed. The two penguins gathered their things, and got up, heading back towards the zoo. Emma looked up at the stars and her face brightened.
"Ooh, I can see the Big Dipper constellation." She exclaimed, pointing towards the constellation shaped like a saucepan. Kowalski was used to her calling it that, though he still found it slightly odd, since he just called it the frying pan, hoặc the saucepan. Emma smiled up at it. "That will always be my favourite one, though Orion is my một giây favourite." She thought aloud, her eye catching the familiar constellation. They almost reached the zoo, when Emma found her wishing star, which was called Sirius. Ever since she had started dating Kowalski, she hadn't used it once, but she still watched it every night before she went to sleep. They eventually reached the chim cánh cụt habitat, and hopped through the bowl. Skipper turned around, and noticed them.
"Finally back I see." He remarked, smirking at them.
"Yup, so are we about to put the phim chiếu rạp on?" Emma asked, changing the subject.
"Yep, we're watching some of the Harry Potter films." Private told them cheerfully.
"Awesome." Emma commented, sitting down on her stomach tiếp theo to the Tv, as Rico put the dvd in.
"I like Harry Potter." Ashley đã đưa ý kiến excitedly. He sat down on Emma's left, and Kowalski was on her right. The others sat down, and Rico pressed the play button. Emma quickly realised that Rico had put the first one on. She glanced at the clock, which read 10pm. Emma guessed that they would only get to watch one, before everyone headed bed. A thought struck her an she turned to Kowalski.
"What about the mixture?" She asked him, remembering the serum in the lab.
"It should be fine." Kowalski reassured her. "We'll check it tomorrow."
"Ok." Emma agreed, turning her attention back to the screen. As they watched, the penguins giggled at some parts, Private covered his eyes when the characters saw Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, but they had a great time. It was about 12:30 when they all shuffled to bed, pulling the green blankets over their heads, and falling asleep instantly. Except for Ashley. The new cadet stared up at the ceiling of his bunk, too excited to sleep. He had a wonderful ngày today, he met some new friends, he was in a lovely zoo, and he was going to learn how to fight like a pro. He eventually got tired, and fell into a happy slumber.