(Ok so this is set in July 2013, the ngày is the 7th. Emma is now 15.)
Emma's eyes opened slowly, and she shuffled out of giường sleepily. The other penguins were already up, and playing cards at the cinder block table, and bởi the sounds of it, Rico was winning.
"Morning." Emma managed through a yawn, as she sat down tiếp theo to Kowalski and hugged him gently. He blushed and hugged her back. Rico made a grossed out noise and turned back to his cards.
"Morning lass, did bạn sleep well?" Ashley asked, kindly.
"Pretty well." Emma replied, sipping a glass of milk. "You?"
"Yup, and I was up bright and early for the special training sessions Skipper had made for me." He told the taller penguin, beaming happily. Ashley was eager to become the best agent ever, so Skipper was holding thêm sessions for him so he could catch up on what he missed before he arrived at the zoo.
"So anyone got any plans for today?" Tom asked curiously. Emma nodded, and her mind wandered a little. Just after giáng sinh last year, she had found a strange portal in the park, which surprisingly, lead to another planet in the Milky Way galaxy. This planet was called Rhonetooiene and was still a developing planet, as it had only about 30 different types of life on it. But it had one dominant race of animals, that looked suspiciously like purple penguins. These were called Equas and when Emma fell through the portal, she was lucky enough to meet the leader. She had become good Những người bạn with the leader in the five months that she had known her, and visited the planet many times, with Kowalski, Private Rico and Skipper. Ashley and Tom hadn't been yet, because they had to guard the HQ while the others were gone but they didn't mind. What was pretty strange was that they spoke English, just like the penguins did, and it was actually their native language too. And today, the planet leader, along with her sisters and her two friends, were coming for a tháng long visit to Earth. Rhonetooiene was a forest planet, with no cities whatsoever, so Emma had to warn them about the amount of cities and life on Earth. Emma thought about the past 5 months and smiled. She had learned so much, and has always wanted to go to another planet. She wondered what they'd think about Earth,and glanced at the clock excitedly. The time was 12pm.
I should go to the portal in a few minutes. Emma thought, getting up, and telling the others where she was going.
"Let's all go and greet them." Skipper suggested, getting up and heading towards the fishbowl.
"Me and Tom too?" Ashley asked, a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Sure, don't worry, they're really nice." Private reassured him. The penguins set off through the zoo, being careful to avoid the visiting humans. Emma stared into the sky wistfully and beamed. The ngày was warm, and the shining sun cast a golden glow throughout the city, creating a friendly, cheery atmosphere. As they strolled out of the zoo, and made their way across the park, Emma noticed what looked like 3 balls of fluff bounding towards them. As they got closer she recognised them. It was the chó con that she, Private and now Ashley visited sometimes. Well they weren't exactly chó con anymore. Izzy was now 8, Jack was 7 and cây anh túc, thuốc phiện was 6 and a half. But Jack and cây anh túc, thuốc phiện still acted like puppies, which made Emma smile.
"Hey guys." Emma said, as she petted their heads.
"Hi Emma, hi Ashley, hi Private!" cây anh túc, thuốc phiện squealed, licking Ashley's flipper brightly. Jack went over to Private and Private stroked his ears. Izzy came over after the others, and smiled at Emma.
"Hey Izzy." Emma greeted, patting her head.
"Hey Emma, we've got some great news." Izzy replied, sitting down on the lush green grass.
"Cool what is it?" Emma asked.
"Our dad's coming back!" Jack burst out in excitement.
"Seriously?" Private managed, his jaw dropping. Their dad had been gone for over 6 years because he wanted to travel the world.
"Yeah, though I'm still mad at him for leaving." A voice to their left said. Everyone turned and saw the chó con mum, Sarah, walking calmly over to them.
"Me too." Izzy agreed. They began to talk between themselves, and Skipper turned to Emma.
"We need to go to the portal." He reminded her. Emma nodded and looked down at the dogs.
"We'd tình yêu to stay and chat guys, but we're very busy right now." Emma told them, as politely as possible. "We'll come to visit bạn guys soon if that's alright?"
"Sure." Sarah agreed, before walking back to the bụi cây, cây bụi, tổng thống bush with her kids. The penguins moved on and eventually came to where the portal was. Emma pressed a secret button that blended in with the colours of the tree, and a small purple portal opened, and the penguins looked at it cautiously.
"Itillreaksmeout." (It still freaks me out) Rico remarked, staring into the purple abyss. The others nodded and they climbed in, disappearing in an instant.
The penguins stepped out of the portal, and found themselves in a vast, green forest. The trees grew so high, they couldn't see the sky above them. Insects whizzed around them, landing on their flippers, and flying off, and the plants glowed brightly, filling the forest with a luminous glow, in neon shades of green, purple, blue and pink. Ashley gazed in awe, and smiled as a little bug landed on his flipper. It had three red wings, one looking a little like a sail. It had little trái cam, màu da cam stripes on the wings, and the wing tips were yellow, like it's little body.
"That's a Fireflan." Emma told him, taking out a little book and looking at it carefully.
"What's that?" Tom asked, pointing at the book.
"An info book I'm making on the planet, so far I've got down all of the species of động vật and plants in it, and but I've still got thêm to learn." Emma explained. She turned to a page with a map on and she studied it.
"So where are we sis?" Skipper asked.
"Hmm, well the planet is separated into two very large continents, Engatine and Briphan, and we're on Briphan right now." Emma replied, pointing to the map.
"So where's that?" Private piped up. Emma turned back to the map, and was just about to answer when they heard a rustling in the bushes to their right. They immediately got into attack positions, and stared at the bush. It rustled even thêm and Rico hacked up a crowbar, and growled. He was about to pounce when Emma stopped him.
"Don't worry, it's them." Emma announced, smiling as 5 purple creatures emerged out of the bushes and began to walk over to them. There was 3 girls and 2 boys, all varying in height and hair colour. The tallest guy had blueish purple short hair, that stuck out a little. His eyes, beak and feet matched, but that was common in their species. The shorter boy had shaggy blonde hair and bright yellow eyes. The tallest girl had a purple flat head with a ponytail held up bởi a blue bow. The streak in her hair matched the bow. The middle height girl had a slightly rounder head, and had 3 yellowy, vàng streaks in her hair, which was held up in a bun. The shorter girl looked a little different. She had sliver hair which covered her right eye and three coloured streaks in her hair. One streak was purple, the other pinkish red,and the other pink. She had silver eyes which matched her hair, beak and feet. On her shoulder sat a little bug.
"Greetings penguins." The middle height girl said, smiling at them all. "Hmm, I don't think I know bạn two." She thought aloud, nodding at Ashley and Tom curiously.
"These are Ashley, and Tom, they stayed at our HQ, when we came to visit bạn guys." Emma explained.
"It's nice to meet bạn both, I'm Maya, the leader of the planet and these are my sisters, Sky." She began pointing towards the tall girl. "Ava." She continued nodding at the silver haired girl. "And these are our friends, Dustin." She said, looking towards the blonde. "And Michael." She finished nodding at the tallest boy. Ashley smiled at them all, and blushed a little when his eyes fell on Ava.
Woah.. she's really pretty... He thought, dragging his eyes away before she caught him staring.
"Urm, it's nice to meet all of you." Tom said, a little nervously. They smiled at the small penguins and Maya turned to Emma.
"So we need to tell bạn a few things before we go with you." She explained.
"Ok, what?" Emma asked, taking out a pencil.
"First, Ava has a little bug friend who will be coming along." Maya began.
"His names Jimmy, and he likes fruit." Ava chimed in brightly. The little bug on her shoulder waved cheerfully.
"Yes, and Sky likes to hunt, so what can we do about that?" Maya asked.
"Urm, well bạn can't exactly hunt anything in New York City..." Emma admitted.
"Aw..." Sky grumbled. "I'm still taking my spear with me though."
"Sure." Emma agreed.
"Oh, and one last thing, and this is important." Maya added.
"What is it?" Emma asked.
"We have this enemy, she's the ruler of a neighbouring planet, which has better technology than us." Maya began.
"What's her name?" Private asked.
"We don't know, but she's tried to attack our world many times." Maya replied sadly. She handed Emma a piece of paper.
"Ava drew that of the lady, and it's extremely accurate." Sky explained. Emma stared at the picture. The animal had the body of a penguin, but had màu hồng, hồng feathers, and lighter màu hồng, hồng feathers going across her body in pointy, horizontal streaks. Her eyes were màu hồng, hồng with darker màu hồng, hồng pupils, and she had a light màu hồng, hồng beak, with a tam giác of dark màu hồng, hồng above it.
"Do bạn think she'll try to follow bạn to earth?" Kowalski asked.
"Maybe, she has one of those spaceship things bạn told us about, and she kidnapped Dustin once." Maya answered, looking at the young blonde, who was staring at Maya, and turned away hastily when she turned around.
"We'll keep an eye out for her." Ashley promised. The others nodded and they turned back to the portal tree.
Bah, the HQ is going to be so crowded. Emma thought, feeling slightly annoyed. She was glad that her new Những người bạn were visiting, but there was going to be 12 of them in the HQ all together. Hmm, there is a spare room tiếp theo to the lab, they could sleep there. She remembered. Emma turned to Skipper and suggested this quietly. Skipper nodded and pressed the button on the tree.
"So is Earth nice?" Dustin asked curiously.
"Yupperdoodle." Rico replied, before tumbling into the portal. The others followed him and they made their way to Earth.
In Outer Space.
A colossal spaceship sat above the forest planet and inside a màu hồng, hồng figure stared down at a screen from atop a gigantic throne.
"Aha! They've gone through the wormhole, now let's set course for Earth, hoặc whatever those dreary động vật call it." The figure announced.
"Urm, your highness, may I ask, what is your plan?" A small figure asked nervously, staring up at the màu hồng, hồng creature.
"You'll have to wait and see!" The creature screeched. "Now how long will it take to get to Earth?" She wondered, pulling out a map. "Hmm, it's only on the other side of the galaxy, so a few days maybe?" She thought aloud.
"Yes, your majesty, urm, so do bạn need anything?" The smaller figure asked.
"Hmm, yes Carter, could bạn bring up that boy we found in that mudslide? I'm feeling a little peckish." She replied.
"Yes your highness." The smaller figure answered, scuttling off fearfully. The creature got out of her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and marched down the hall toward the glass window.
"Soon I, the great Tiatra, will rule, not only my trang chủ planet, Cyfaror, but Rhonetooiene, and Earth too!" She schemed aloud to herself, cackling wickedly.
As the động vật got back to Earth, the Equas stared up at the vast skyscrapers to their left and their eyes widened.
"Woah...... is that a building?" Dustin asked wonderingly.
"Yupperdoodle." Rico replied, belly sliding ahead towards the zoo. Skipper motioned for the others to follow and they caught up with the weapons expert rather quickly. As they approached the zoo, Skipper stopped abruptly, and Michael collided with him.
"Woah! Why did bạn stop?" Michael asked angrily. Skipper pointed towards a human who was walking out of the zoo. When the human passed, they made their way into the zoo, and hopped through the fishbowl, and into the chim cánh cụt HQ.
"Wow, this is awesome!" Ava marvelled walking up to the periscope curiously. She peered through it and cocked her head to the side. "What's this?" She asked, still looking through it.
"That's the periscope, it lets us see things that are going on outside." Ashley explained, a hint of shyness in his voice.
"Cool!" Ava remarked before stepping away from it and smiling brightly at Ashley. He smiled back, and tried not to blush.
"So where are we gonna be sleeping?" Maya asked, her eyes fixated on the bunk beds.
"Well we've got a spare room in here, that will easily fit bạn all in." Emma answered, going through the lab and opening a door within. The room was pretty plain, the floor was a murky brown, the walls a light grey. Emma went over to a control panel in the main part of the HQ and pressed a few buttons. A small lift popped out of the ground, making Ava shriek in surprise. Emma hopped in and the lift disappeared beneath the floor.
"Where did she go?" Sky asked curiously.
"Probably to get bạn guys some sleeping bags." Kowalski replied. The Equas gave him a blank stare and he looked thoughtful. "Urm, bạn sleep in them, and it's thêm comfy than the floor." He tried to explain.
"Urm, ok." Maya replied, feeling a little confused. A few giây later the lift popped up again, this time making Sky jump. Emma hopped out and rushed into the spare room and put the sleeping bags down. Tom looked at the sleeping bags curiously and turned to Emma.
"Hey that's my sleeping bag!" He realised, spying one with black and white footballs on.
"You have your bunk bạn don't need one." Emma told him sternly.
"And bạn can let our Những người bạn use it while they're here." Skipper added. Tom grumbled and stared at the floor.
"So is anyone hungry?" Private asked cheerfully. The Equa's nodded enthusiastically, and Private nodded to Rico, who began slicing through fruits at an incredible speed. Sky watched in wonder and held onto her spear.
I've gotta try that sometime. She thought.
"Tada!" Rico đã đưa ý kiến after a few seconds. All of the trái cây was now placed neatly in a big bowl, cut into tiny, bite size pieces.
"Impressive." Maya remarked, taking a piece out and nibbling it. "Wow, what is this?" She asked.
"Apple." Emma replied, taking piece for herself.
"Rico where did bạn get all this trái cây from?" Private asked.
"Urm....." Rico began.
"He probably took it from the lemurs." Skipper guessed shrugging his shoulders.
"So are we doing anything today?" Dustin asked.
"Well we thought it would be better just to settle in for your first day." Kowalski replied. Dustin nodded in understanding and he stared around the HQ.
"Should we have a look at our sleeping place?" Ava suggested. The other Equas nodded and they piled into the spare room. Emma and Ashley followed them.
"Does it matter which one of these, urm, sleeping bags we use?" Michael asked. Emma shook her head and the Equas started choosing their sleeping bags. Emma wandered out and stared up at the clock. It read 12:25pm. Her eyes widened and she ran up to Skipper.
"It's nearly time for training." She reminded him.
"Good point sis." Skipper replied, poking his head into the spare room and telling their guests where they were going.
"I think we should have a shorter training session today, so we don't leave these guys for too long." Private whispered to Skipper.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Tom agreed. Skipper rolled his eyes and nodded.
"So what are we doing in training today?" Ashley asked eagerly.
"You'll have to wait and see kiddo." Skipper replied mysteriously, as he climbed the ladder.
In Outer Space.
Tiatra sat upon her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and tapped her flipper impatiently. She stared around the empty bridge and sighed.
"It's so dull up here." She muttered to herself. "I need some entertainment." She pressed a button on her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and a little screen popped up in front of her. "Show me the Equa leaders." She ordered. The screen changed to the HQ, and she stared at the screen curiously. She di chuyển the little camera and caught sight of the Equas, who were struggling to open their sleeping bags. "Hehe primitive animals." She remarked. "Now hiển thị me their friends." She instructed. The screen changed to outside, where the penguins were learning some new moves, and running a little obstacle course. Tiatra watched wonderingly, and her eyes fell on Skipper. "He seems to be the leader." She realised. She went into deep thought and wondered how she'd be able to capture her enemies.
What dull feathers they have. She thought, her mind wandering.
"That's it!" She suddenly burst out, leaping out of her seat. She stared down at her flipper and concentrated hard. Her flipper tuned to a jet black. She turned it back to pink, and a devious smile crept onto her wicked face. "Who will suspect me, when they don't even know it's me?" She đã đưa ý kiến grinning to herself. She looked back at the screen, and she looked thoughtful again.
I'm going to need some information on them. She thought.
"CARTER!" She yelled, staring towards the door. The small màu hồng, hồng alien scuttled in and looked up fearfully at his queen.
"Yes your highness?" He asked worriedly.
"I want bạn to get as much information as possible on these creatures." She told him, pointing at the screen.
"But your highness with your shape-shifting powers wouldn't it be faster if you-" He stopped abruptly, as Tiatra's face grew dark, and her màu hồng, hồng pupils glowed angrily. "I'm on it." He squeaked before running out at high speed.
On Earth
"Ok, team, now that we have finished the obstacle course, we have one thêm bit of training before we go in." Skipper explained. "What is it kiddo?" He asked, noticing Ashley's raised flipper.
"What about the cute and cuddly routine?" He asked curiously.
"We'll let Kowalski's holograms do that today." Skipper replied simply. "So the last bit of training is just a simple arm hoặc flipper wrestling tournament." He began. "I'll be the referee and I'll also decide who versus who."
"Ooh, who will I face?" Tom asked, sounding excited for the first time in training.
"Hmm, I want bạn to face Ashley, Private can face Kowalski, and Rico can face Emma." Skipper decided. Emma looked at Rico, and grinned mischievously. He grinned back, and Skipper set up three little tables. Emma and Rico sat down at one, and Emma propped her flipper up on the table. Rico grasped her flipper and they turned to Skipper.
"Now?" Rico asked, eagerly. Skipper blew the whistle and watched over the games around him. Emma pushed her older brothers flipper with all the force inside her and he pushed back twice as strong, sending her flipper close to the bàn top. Emma waited till her flipper was nearly on the table, then mustered up all the strength inside her and pushed back quickly. Rico was took bởi surprise and his flipper was pushed to the table. Emma grinned cheekily at him, and Rico grumbled to himself.
"Well done sis." Skipper praised, his eyes still on the other games. In a few short phút the others finished and everyone gathered around Skipper. "So well done to Ashley, Emma and Kowalski, and the rest of you, try and do better tiếp theo time." Skipper said.
"Are we going back in now?" Private asked. Skipper nodded and the penguins climbed back into the HQ.
"What's that noise?" Kowalski wondered, looking towards his lab. They fell silent and heard a muffled sound coming from the spare room. Emma popped her head around, and covered her flipper to stop herself from laughing out loud.
"What is it?" Ashley questioned his eyes on the taller penguin.
"Go and see for yourself." Emma replied through giggles. The others went into the room, and their eyes widened in surprise. Their guests had got stuck in their sleeping bags, and Dustin's was over his head. He ran around frantically, and collided with the wall. The penguins rushed over to them, and tried to help them out. Private and Kowalski ran over to Dustin and unzipped the bag, being careful not to get his hair stuck in the zip. They pulled it off his head, and the blonde Equa pushed his shaggy hair out of his face.
"Thanks bạn two." Dustin đã đưa ý kiến gratefully. As the penguins helped the others out, Emma tried not to let her jaw drop.
"How did bạn get stuck in the sleeping bags?" She asked in bewilderment.
"I don't know, we just tried to pull this little metal thing to get out but it just came off." Ava explained, holding up her broken zip. Rico put a flipper to his forehead and exchanged an agonised look with Skipper.
"Urm, so how did bạn get your head stuck?" Ashley wondered, looking towards Dustin.
"I thought it was open at the bottom, so I tried to climb out." Dustin replied sheepishly. Tom forced back a giggle and tried to keep his mind occupied.
"Ok... urm, just give us a minute." Skipper said, rushing out of the HQ, and dragging the team with him. "You đã đưa ý kiến they were clueless about Earth, but I didn't think bạn meant this clueless." He hissed to Emma.
"Well they've never been here before and they live in a forest, they're bound to be clueless." Emma whispered.
"As weird as it sounds I think each one of us should keep an eye on one of them, to make sure they don't do anything silly." Skipper thought aloud.
"That does sound like a good idea." Kowalski agreed, stepping closer to Emma.
"Ok, so, Rico, keep an eye on Sky, Emma, watch Maya, Tom and me will watch Michael, Private and Kowalski I want bạn to keep an eye on Dustin, and Ashley, you've got Ava." Skipper decided.
Yes! Ashley thought triumphantly, feeling himself blush a little. They went back into the spare room, and explained how to use sleeping bags. The Equa's nodded in understanding, and stood up.
"So we're going to stay in here all day, what do bạn guys want to do?" Private asked cheerfully.
"Urm....." Sky began.
"Watch some Tv?" Tom suggested.
"Hmm, Tv.. I think Emma's mentioned that before..." Michael thought aloud.
"Is that the box with the moving pictures?" Maya asked.
"Yup." Emma confirmed.
"Well I'd like to watch that." Dustin exclaimed, walking into the main part of the HQ, and staring up at the Tv. The others agreed, except for Ava who wanted to draw. Emma got a piece of paper and an old pencil case from her drawstring bag, and passed them to Ava. Ava sat down near the Tv and looked at the zip in confusion.
"Urm how do bạn open this again?" She asked Ashley, who was sitting closest to her. Ashley showed her how to open it, and she smiled brightly at him. "Thanks." She said, looking up at him shyly.
"Your welcome." Ashley replied, his cheeks flushing. He got out his Sudoku book, and stared at the little boxes intently. Ava leaned over curiously, and cocked her head to the side.
"What's this?" She asked, pointing at the paper.
"Urm.. it's this game called Sudoku, bạn have to fill in the boxes with the numbers 1-9 but the same number can't be in the same box, row hoặc column." Ashley explained. "Some are really hard while others are easy."
"Could I help fill the boxes in?" Ava asked shyly. Ashley nodded and she scooted over, and took a pen from the pencil case. The two động vật began filling in the boxes.
Best ngày ever. Ashley thought, his tim, trái tim speeding up in his chest.
As the ngày rolled on, the penguins decided to put a few phim chiếu rạp on. As they put the first movie in, Emma couldn't help smile at the mesmerised looks of their guests as they stared up at the Tv in wonder. She cuddled up to Kowalski and he wrapped his flippers around her gently. Emma relaxed in his flippers and gazed up at him lovingly. He smiled warmly at her, and stroked her hair softly. A happy shiver went down Emma's spine and a fuzzy warmth spread through her whole body. She blushed and started to focus on the film. Rico had put on The Avengers, which was Emma's favourite film, so she smiled when the familiar opening came on screen. She glanced around the group, and her eyes widened in surprise, when she couldn't see Ashley hoặc Ava. She turned around, and a little smile tugged at her face. She tapped Kowalski on the shoulder and nodded towards the two animals, who were working on the Sudoku together, and smiling shyly.
"Aw, that's sweet." Kowalski remarked in a whisper. Emma nodded in response and turned back to the Tv. The Equa's sat in astonishment, their eyes not leaving the screen for even a second. As the film went on, Dustin began to fidget.
"Hey what's up?" Tom asked quietly.
"I need to go pee but I don't want to miss the film." He replied, sounding worried. Tom sighed and pressed the pause button, making the other Equa's jump.
"It.. it just stopped...." Sky stammered, staring up at it.
"Yes, we can stop it and it will start from this point again when we press the play button." Skipper explained. Their Những người bạn eyes widened in surprise.
"That's genius." Maya remarked. Rico nodded and Dustin got up from his ghế, chỗ ngồi and ran to the toilet. A few phút later, he came back, and Tom played the film again. As it neared the end, Emma glanced up at the clock, which now read 5pm.
Hmm, what else are we doing today? She wondered. About 20 một phút later the film finished and Skipper stood up.
"Can we watch another?" Michael asked a little hopefully.
"Um, sure ok." Skipper agreed. Emma and Kowalski exchanged a bored look, and Emma spoke up.
"Hey Skips can me and Kowalski go in the lab for a bit?" She questioned.
"Fine, just don't blow anything up." Skipper replied. Emma made an excited squeal and she rushed into the lab, closely followed bởi Kowalski. They shut the door, and Emma breathed a sigh of relief as she locked it.
"I get the idea that our Những người bạn are gonna want to watch lots of films today, and I don't think I could sit through another." Emma remarked.
"Same here." Kowalski agreed, glancing back at the silver lab door.
"And they're great people but I do just like some time just bạn and me." Emma added shyly. Kowalski smiled at her, and hugged the smaller chim cánh cụt lovingly. She hugged back, and rested her head on his chest feathers.
"So did bạn actually want to invent anything hoặc did bạn want to get away?" Kowalski asked, grinning a little.
"Hmm, I don't know." Emma admitted, letting out a small giggle. "What else would we invent?" She wondered.
"Hmmm...." Kowalski trailed off, staring around the lab. "What about a hover chair?" He suggested, beginning to chuckle.
"Hehe that sounds like fun." Emma commented, beaming at the taller penguin. "I'd actually like to try that."
"Ok, we'll do that then." Kowalski decided, taking Emma's flipper and waddling over to the workbench. The two penguins sat down beside it, and fell silent as they went into deep thought.
"Hmm, we'll need altitude sensing technology so it stays off the ground." Emma thought aloud.
"Yes and various other parts such as a control panel, a battery operated engine, and a lot of wires." Kowalski added.
"Yup, so where should we start?" Emma asked.
"Hmmmm.." Kowalski began.
"Should we just leave it for today?" Emma suggested.
"Hmm, yes, for some reason I'm not really in an inventing mood." Kowalski realised, feeling pretty surprised with himself.
"So what should we do instead?" Emma wondered, catching Kowalski's eye and smiling. Kowalski just smiled back, and stood up, holding both of Emma's flippers as he did. Emma blushed a little, and stood up. Kowalski stroked her face gently. Emma stepped closer, and nuzzled Kowalski's neck with her beak. It was Kowalski's turn to blush this time, and he wrapped his flippers around Emma's waist. Emma closed the gap between them, and kissed him. Kowalski's brain turned to mush, and he kissed back, all thought of their guests draining out of his head.
Meanwhile...
Carter ran up to his Queen and bowed nervously.
"What is it Carter?" Tiatra asked, looking irritated.
"W.. we should be arriving at Earth ahead of schedule, the l.. latest we will get there is tomorrow morning." Carter stammered. Tiatra began to smile, and she looked out into space.
"Have bạn got the info on our enemies friends?" She inquired sharply. Carter nodded and passed her a file. "You can leave now." She told him. Carter ran out, and Tiatra began looking over the file. She smiled evilly, and put the file down. "My plan is definatley going to work!" She announced triumphantly.
On Earth
The ngày was drawing to a close, and the động vật were about to head to bed. Emma and Kowalski had came out of the lab a few phút before, earning cheeky looks from Tom and Rico. Emma cast them a dark look, and got ready to hop into bed. Her eyes fell on Ava and Ashley who were still talking near the periscope.
"Ashley, Ava!" Skipper called. "It's giường time now." He told them. Ashley hid his disappointment and smiled at the young Equa.
"Urm, well goodnight Ava." He managed, blushing a little.
"Goodnight Ashley." She replied brightly, trying to hide her shyness. They both headed to their beds and caught each other's eyes one last time before Ava went into the spare room. Ashley climbed into his bed, and soon after the lights went out. He stared at the ceiling, and let out a little sigh. He had never even had a crush once in his life yet. (Due to the lack of females in the Edinburgh Zoo) but he was starting to think this might be his first. He became really shy around her, he blushed, and his tim, trái tim would beat faster, making him feel all giddy inside. He had only met her today, but Kowalski had told him once before that he fell for Emma when he first met her, so something might happen between the two of them. He smiled and closed his eyes, and thought about the day, before falling asleep.
Emma's eyes opened slowly, and she shuffled out of giường sleepily. The other penguins were already up, and playing cards at the cinder block table, and bởi the sounds of it, Rico was winning.
"Morning." Emma managed through a yawn, as she sat down tiếp theo to Kowalski and hugged him gently. He blushed and hugged her back. Rico made a grossed out noise and turned back to his cards.
"Morning lass, did bạn sleep well?" Ashley asked, kindly.
"Pretty well." Emma replied, sipping a glass of milk. "You?"
"Yup, and I was up bright and early for the special training sessions Skipper had made for me." He told the taller penguin, beaming happily. Ashley was eager to become the best agent ever, so Skipper was holding thêm sessions for him so he could catch up on what he missed before he arrived at the zoo.
"So anyone got any plans for today?" Tom asked curiously. Emma nodded, and her mind wandered a little. Just after giáng sinh last year, she had found a strange portal in the park, which surprisingly, lead to another planet in the Milky Way galaxy. This planet was called Rhonetooiene and was still a developing planet, as it had only about 30 different types of life on it. But it had one dominant race of animals, that looked suspiciously like purple penguins. These were called Equas and when Emma fell through the portal, she was lucky enough to meet the leader. She had become good Những người bạn with the leader in the five months that she had known her, and visited the planet many times, with Kowalski, Private Rico and Skipper. Ashley and Tom hadn't been yet, because they had to guard the HQ while the others were gone but they didn't mind. What was pretty strange was that they spoke English, just like the penguins did, and it was actually their native language too. And today, the planet leader, along with her sisters and her two friends, were coming for a tháng long visit to Earth. Rhonetooiene was a forest planet, with no cities whatsoever, so Emma had to warn them about the amount of cities and life on Earth. Emma thought about the past 5 months and smiled. She had learned so much, and has always wanted to go to another planet. She wondered what they'd think about Earth,and glanced at the clock excitedly. The time was 12pm.
I should go to the portal in a few minutes. Emma thought, getting up, and telling the others where she was going.
"Let's all go and greet them." Skipper suggested, getting up and heading towards the fishbowl.
"Me and Tom too?" Ashley asked, a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Sure, don't worry, they're really nice." Private reassured him. The penguins set off through the zoo, being careful to avoid the visiting humans. Emma stared into the sky wistfully and beamed. The ngày was warm, and the shining sun cast a golden glow throughout the city, creating a friendly, cheery atmosphere. As they strolled out of the zoo, and made their way across the park, Emma noticed what looked like 3 balls of fluff bounding towards them. As they got closer she recognised them. It was the chó con that she, Private and now Ashley visited sometimes. Well they weren't exactly chó con anymore. Izzy was now 8, Jack was 7 and cây anh túc, thuốc phiện was 6 and a half. But Jack and cây anh túc, thuốc phiện still acted like puppies, which made Emma smile.
"Hey guys." Emma said, as she petted their heads.
"Hi Emma, hi Ashley, hi Private!" cây anh túc, thuốc phiện squealed, licking Ashley's flipper brightly. Jack went over to Private and Private stroked his ears. Izzy came over after the others, and smiled at Emma.
"Hey Izzy." Emma greeted, patting her head.
"Hey Emma, we've got some great news." Izzy replied, sitting down on the lush green grass.
"Cool what is it?" Emma asked.
"Our dad's coming back!" Jack burst out in excitement.
"Seriously?" Private managed, his jaw dropping. Their dad had been gone for over 6 years because he wanted to travel the world.
"Yeah, though I'm still mad at him for leaving." A voice to their left said. Everyone turned and saw the chó con mum, Sarah, walking calmly over to them.
"Me too." Izzy agreed. They began to talk between themselves, and Skipper turned to Emma.
"We need to go to the portal." He reminded her. Emma nodded and looked down at the dogs.
"We'd tình yêu to stay and chat guys, but we're very busy right now." Emma told them, as politely as possible. "We'll come to visit bạn guys soon if that's alright?"
"Sure." Sarah agreed, before walking back to the bụi cây, cây bụi, tổng thống bush with her kids. The penguins moved on and eventually came to where the portal was. Emma pressed a secret button that blended in with the colours of the tree, and a small purple portal opened, and the penguins looked at it cautiously.
"Itillreaksmeout." (It still freaks me out) Rico remarked, staring into the purple abyss. The others nodded and they climbed in, disappearing in an instant.
The penguins stepped out of the portal, and found themselves in a vast, green forest. The trees grew so high, they couldn't see the sky above them. Insects whizzed around them, landing on their flippers, and flying off, and the plants glowed brightly, filling the forest with a luminous glow, in neon shades of green, purple, blue and pink. Ashley gazed in awe, and smiled as a little bug landed on his flipper. It had three red wings, one looking a little like a sail. It had little trái cam, màu da cam stripes on the wings, and the wing tips were yellow, like it's little body.
"That's a Fireflan." Emma told him, taking out a little book and looking at it carefully.
"What's that?" Tom asked, pointing at the book.
"An info book I'm making on the planet, so far I've got down all of the species of động vật and plants in it, and but I've still got thêm to learn." Emma explained. She turned to a page with a map on and she studied it.
"So where are we sis?" Skipper asked.
"Hmm, well the planet is separated into two very large continents, Engatine and Briphan, and we're on Briphan right now." Emma replied, pointing to the map.
"So where's that?" Private piped up. Emma turned back to the map, and was just about to answer when they heard a rustling in the bushes to their right. They immediately got into attack positions, and stared at the bush. It rustled even thêm and Rico hacked up a crowbar, and growled. He was about to pounce when Emma stopped him.
"Don't worry, it's them." Emma announced, smiling as 5 purple creatures emerged out of the bushes and began to walk over to them. There was 3 girls and 2 boys, all varying in height and hair colour. The tallest guy had blueish purple short hair, that stuck out a little. His eyes, beak and feet matched, but that was common in their species. The shorter boy had shaggy blonde hair and bright yellow eyes. The tallest girl had a purple flat head with a ponytail held up bởi a blue bow. The streak in her hair matched the bow. The middle height girl had a slightly rounder head, and had 3 yellowy, vàng streaks in her hair, which was held up in a bun. The shorter girl looked a little different. She had sliver hair which covered her right eye and three coloured streaks in her hair. One streak was purple, the other pinkish red,and the other pink. She had silver eyes which matched her hair, beak and feet. On her shoulder sat a little bug.
"Greetings penguins." The middle height girl said, smiling at them all. "Hmm, I don't think I know bạn two." She thought aloud, nodding at Ashley and Tom curiously.
"These are Ashley, and Tom, they stayed at our HQ, when we came to visit bạn guys." Emma explained.
"It's nice to meet bạn both, I'm Maya, the leader of the planet and these are my sisters, Sky." She began pointing towards the tall girl. "Ava." She continued nodding at the silver haired girl. "And these are our friends, Dustin." She said, looking towards the blonde. "And Michael." She finished nodding at the tallest boy. Ashley smiled at them all, and blushed a little when his eyes fell on Ava.
Woah.. she's really pretty... He thought, dragging his eyes away before she caught him staring.
"Urm, it's nice to meet all of you." Tom said, a little nervously. They smiled at the small penguins and Maya turned to Emma.
"So we need to tell bạn a few things before we go with you." She explained.
"Ok, what?" Emma asked, taking out a pencil.
"First, Ava has a little bug friend who will be coming along." Maya began.
"His names Jimmy, and he likes fruit." Ava chimed in brightly. The little bug on her shoulder waved cheerfully.
"Yes, and Sky likes to hunt, so what can we do about that?" Maya asked.
"Urm, well bạn can't exactly hunt anything in New York City..." Emma admitted.
"Aw..." Sky grumbled. "I'm still taking my spear with me though."
"Sure." Emma agreed.
"Oh, and one last thing, and this is important." Maya added.
"What is it?" Emma asked.
"We have this enemy, she's the ruler of a neighbouring planet, which has better technology than us." Maya began.
"What's her name?" Private asked.
"We don't know, but she's tried to attack our world many times." Maya replied sadly. She handed Emma a piece of paper.
"Ava drew that of the lady, and it's extremely accurate." Sky explained. Emma stared at the picture. The animal had the body of a penguin, but had màu hồng, hồng feathers, and lighter màu hồng, hồng feathers going across her body in pointy, horizontal streaks. Her eyes were màu hồng, hồng with darker màu hồng, hồng pupils, and she had a light màu hồng, hồng beak, with a tam giác of dark màu hồng, hồng above it.
"Do bạn think she'll try to follow bạn to earth?" Kowalski asked.
"Maybe, she has one of those spaceship things bạn told us about, and she kidnapped Dustin once." Maya answered, looking at the young blonde, who was staring at Maya, and turned away hastily when she turned around.
"We'll keep an eye out for her." Ashley promised. The others nodded and they turned back to the portal tree.
Bah, the HQ is going to be so crowded. Emma thought, feeling slightly annoyed. She was glad that her new Những người bạn were visiting, but there was going to be 12 of them in the HQ all together. Hmm, there is a spare room tiếp theo to the lab, they could sleep there. She remembered. Emma turned to Skipper and suggested this quietly. Skipper nodded and pressed the button on the tree.
"So is Earth nice?" Dustin asked curiously.
"Yupperdoodle." Rico replied, before tumbling into the portal. The others followed him and they made their way to Earth.
In Outer Space.
A colossal spaceship sat above the forest planet and inside a màu hồng, hồng figure stared down at a screen from atop a gigantic throne.
"Aha! They've gone through the wormhole, now let's set course for Earth, hoặc whatever those dreary động vật call it." The figure announced.
"Urm, your highness, may I ask, what is your plan?" A small figure asked nervously, staring up at the màu hồng, hồng creature.
"You'll have to wait and see!" The creature screeched. "Now how long will it take to get to Earth?" She wondered, pulling out a map. "Hmm, it's only on the other side of the galaxy, so a few days maybe?" She thought aloud.
"Yes, your majesty, urm, so do bạn need anything?" The smaller figure asked.
"Hmm, yes Carter, could bạn bring up that boy we found in that mudslide? I'm feeling a little peckish." She replied.
"Yes your highness." The smaller figure answered, scuttling off fearfully. The creature got out of her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and marched down the hall toward the glass window.
"Soon I, the great Tiatra, will rule, not only my trang chủ planet, Cyfaror, but Rhonetooiene, and Earth too!" She schemed aloud to herself, cackling wickedly.
As the động vật got back to Earth, the Equas stared up at the vast skyscrapers to their left and their eyes widened.
"Woah...... is that a building?" Dustin asked wonderingly.
"Yupperdoodle." Rico replied, belly sliding ahead towards the zoo. Skipper motioned for the others to follow and they caught up with the weapons expert rather quickly. As they approached the zoo, Skipper stopped abruptly, and Michael collided with him.
"Woah! Why did bạn stop?" Michael asked angrily. Skipper pointed towards a human who was walking out of the zoo. When the human passed, they made their way into the zoo, and hopped through the fishbowl, and into the chim cánh cụt HQ.
"Wow, this is awesome!" Ava marvelled walking up to the periscope curiously. She peered through it and cocked her head to the side. "What's this?" She asked, still looking through it.
"That's the periscope, it lets us see things that are going on outside." Ashley explained, a hint of shyness in his voice.
"Cool!" Ava remarked before stepping away from it and smiling brightly at Ashley. He smiled back, and tried not to blush.
"So where are we gonna be sleeping?" Maya asked, her eyes fixated on the bunk beds.
"Well we've got a spare room in here, that will easily fit bạn all in." Emma answered, going through the lab and opening a door within. The room was pretty plain, the floor was a murky brown, the walls a light grey. Emma went over to a control panel in the main part of the HQ and pressed a few buttons. A small lift popped out of the ground, making Ava shriek in surprise. Emma hopped in and the lift disappeared beneath the floor.
"Where did she go?" Sky asked curiously.
"Probably to get bạn guys some sleeping bags." Kowalski replied. The Equas gave him a blank stare and he looked thoughtful. "Urm, bạn sleep in them, and it's thêm comfy than the floor." He tried to explain.
"Urm, ok." Maya replied, feeling a little confused. A few giây later the lift popped up again, this time making Sky jump. Emma hopped out and rushed into the spare room and put the sleeping bags down. Tom looked at the sleeping bags curiously and turned to Emma.
"Hey that's my sleeping bag!" He realised, spying one with black and white footballs on.
"You have your bunk bạn don't need one." Emma told him sternly.
"And bạn can let our Những người bạn use it while they're here." Skipper added. Tom grumbled and stared at the floor.
"So is anyone hungry?" Private asked cheerfully. The Equa's nodded enthusiastically, and Private nodded to Rico, who began slicing through fruits at an incredible speed. Sky watched in wonder and held onto her spear.
I've gotta try that sometime. She thought.
"Tada!" Rico đã đưa ý kiến after a few seconds. All of the trái cây was now placed neatly in a big bowl, cut into tiny, bite size pieces.
"Impressive." Maya remarked, taking a piece out and nibbling it. "Wow, what is this?" She asked.
"Apple." Emma replied, taking piece for herself.
"Rico where did bạn get all this trái cây from?" Private asked.
"Urm....." Rico began.
"He probably took it from the lemurs." Skipper guessed shrugging his shoulders.
"So are we doing anything today?" Dustin asked.
"Well we thought it would be better just to settle in for your first day." Kowalski replied. Dustin nodded in understanding and he stared around the HQ.
"Should we have a look at our sleeping place?" Ava suggested. The other Equas nodded and they piled into the spare room. Emma and Ashley followed them.
"Does it matter which one of these, urm, sleeping bags we use?" Michael asked. Emma shook her head and the Equas started choosing their sleeping bags. Emma wandered out and stared up at the clock. It read 12:25pm. Her eyes widened and she ran up to Skipper.
"It's nearly time for training." She reminded him.
"Good point sis." Skipper replied, poking his head into the spare room and telling their guests where they were going.
"I think we should have a shorter training session today, so we don't leave these guys for too long." Private whispered to Skipper.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Tom agreed. Skipper rolled his eyes and nodded.
"So what are we doing in training today?" Ashley asked eagerly.
"You'll have to wait and see kiddo." Skipper replied mysteriously, as he climbed the ladder.
In Outer Space.
Tiatra sat upon her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and tapped her flipper impatiently. She stared around the empty bridge and sighed.
"It's so dull up here." She muttered to herself. "I need some entertainment." She pressed a button on her ngôi vua, ngai vàng and a little screen popped up in front of her. "Show me the Equa leaders." She ordered. The screen changed to the HQ, and she stared at the screen curiously. She di chuyển the little camera and caught sight of the Equas, who were struggling to open their sleeping bags. "Hehe primitive animals." She remarked. "Now hiển thị me their friends." She instructed. The screen changed to outside, where the penguins were learning some new moves, and running a little obstacle course. Tiatra watched wonderingly, and her eyes fell on Skipper. "He seems to be the leader." She realised. She went into deep thought and wondered how she'd be able to capture her enemies.
What dull feathers they have. She thought, her mind wandering.
"That's it!" She suddenly burst out, leaping out of her seat. She stared down at her flipper and concentrated hard. Her flipper tuned to a jet black. She turned it back to pink, and a devious smile crept onto her wicked face. "Who will suspect me, when they don't even know it's me?" She đã đưa ý kiến grinning to herself. She looked back at the screen, and she looked thoughtful again.
I'm going to need some information on them. She thought.
"CARTER!" She yelled, staring towards the door. The small màu hồng, hồng alien scuttled in and looked up fearfully at his queen.
"Yes your highness?" He asked worriedly.
"I want bạn to get as much information as possible on these creatures." She told him, pointing at the screen.
"But your highness with your shape-shifting powers wouldn't it be faster if you-" He stopped abruptly, as Tiatra's face grew dark, and her màu hồng, hồng pupils glowed angrily. "I'm on it." He squeaked before running out at high speed.
On Earth
"Ok, team, now that we have finished the obstacle course, we have one thêm bit of training before we go in." Skipper explained. "What is it kiddo?" He asked, noticing Ashley's raised flipper.
"What about the cute and cuddly routine?" He asked curiously.
"We'll let Kowalski's holograms do that today." Skipper replied simply. "So the last bit of training is just a simple arm hoặc flipper wrestling tournament." He began. "I'll be the referee and I'll also decide who versus who."
"Ooh, who will I face?" Tom asked, sounding excited for the first time in training.
"Hmm, I want bạn to face Ashley, Private can face Kowalski, and Rico can face Emma." Skipper decided. Emma looked at Rico, and grinned mischievously. He grinned back, and Skipper set up three little tables. Emma and Rico sat down at one, and Emma propped her flipper up on the table. Rico grasped her flipper and they turned to Skipper.
"Now?" Rico asked, eagerly. Skipper blew the whistle and watched over the games around him. Emma pushed her older brothers flipper with all the force inside her and he pushed back twice as strong, sending her flipper close to the bàn top. Emma waited till her flipper was nearly on the table, then mustered up all the strength inside her and pushed back quickly. Rico was took bởi surprise and his flipper was pushed to the table. Emma grinned cheekily at him, and Rico grumbled to himself.
"Well done sis." Skipper praised, his eyes still on the other games. In a few short phút the others finished and everyone gathered around Skipper. "So well done to Ashley, Emma and Kowalski, and the rest of you, try and do better tiếp theo time." Skipper said.
"Are we going back in now?" Private asked. Skipper nodded and the penguins climbed back into the HQ.
"What's that noise?" Kowalski wondered, looking towards his lab. They fell silent and heard a muffled sound coming from the spare room. Emma popped her head around, and covered her flipper to stop herself from laughing out loud.
"What is it?" Ashley questioned his eyes on the taller penguin.
"Go and see for yourself." Emma replied through giggles. The others went into the room, and their eyes widened in surprise. Their guests had got stuck in their sleeping bags, and Dustin's was over his head. He ran around frantically, and collided with the wall. The penguins rushed over to them, and tried to help them out. Private and Kowalski ran over to Dustin and unzipped the bag, being careful not to get his hair stuck in the zip. They pulled it off his head, and the blonde Equa pushed his shaggy hair out of his face.
"Thanks bạn two." Dustin đã đưa ý kiến gratefully. As the penguins helped the others out, Emma tried not to let her jaw drop.
"How did bạn get stuck in the sleeping bags?" She asked in bewilderment.
"I don't know, we just tried to pull this little metal thing to get out but it just came off." Ava explained, holding up her broken zip. Rico put a flipper to his forehead and exchanged an agonised look with Skipper.
"Urm, so how did bạn get your head stuck?" Ashley wondered, looking towards Dustin.
"I thought it was open at the bottom, so I tried to climb out." Dustin replied sheepishly. Tom forced back a giggle and tried to keep his mind occupied.
"Ok... urm, just give us a minute." Skipper said, rushing out of the HQ, and dragging the team with him. "You đã đưa ý kiến they were clueless about Earth, but I didn't think bạn meant this clueless." He hissed to Emma.
"Well they've never been here before and they live in a forest, they're bound to be clueless." Emma whispered.
"As weird as it sounds I think each one of us should keep an eye on one of them, to make sure they don't do anything silly." Skipper thought aloud.
"That does sound like a good idea." Kowalski agreed, stepping closer to Emma.
"Ok, so, Rico, keep an eye on Sky, Emma, watch Maya, Tom and me will watch Michael, Private and Kowalski I want bạn to keep an eye on Dustin, and Ashley, you've got Ava." Skipper decided.
Yes! Ashley thought triumphantly, feeling himself blush a little. They went back into the spare room, and explained how to use sleeping bags. The Equa's nodded in understanding, and stood up.
"So we're going to stay in here all day, what do bạn guys want to do?" Private asked cheerfully.
"Urm....." Sky began.
"Watch some Tv?" Tom suggested.
"Hmm, Tv.. I think Emma's mentioned that before..." Michael thought aloud.
"Is that the box with the moving pictures?" Maya asked.
"Yup." Emma confirmed.
"Well I'd like to watch that." Dustin exclaimed, walking into the main part of the HQ, and staring up at the Tv. The others agreed, except for Ava who wanted to draw. Emma got a piece of paper and an old pencil case from her drawstring bag, and passed them to Ava. Ava sat down near the Tv and looked at the zip in confusion.
"Urm how do bạn open this again?" She asked Ashley, who was sitting closest to her. Ashley showed her how to open it, and she smiled brightly at him. "Thanks." She said, looking up at him shyly.
"Your welcome." Ashley replied, his cheeks flushing. He got out his Sudoku book, and stared at the little boxes intently. Ava leaned over curiously, and cocked her head to the side.
"What's this?" She asked, pointing at the paper.
"Urm.. it's this game called Sudoku, bạn have to fill in the boxes with the numbers 1-9 but the same number can't be in the same box, row hoặc column." Ashley explained. "Some are really hard while others are easy."
"Could I help fill the boxes in?" Ava asked shyly. Ashley nodded and she scooted over, and took a pen from the pencil case. The two động vật began filling in the boxes.
Best ngày ever. Ashley thought, his tim, trái tim speeding up in his chest.
As the ngày rolled on, the penguins decided to put a few phim chiếu rạp on. As they put the first movie in, Emma couldn't help smile at the mesmerised looks of their guests as they stared up at the Tv in wonder. She cuddled up to Kowalski and he wrapped his flippers around her gently. Emma relaxed in his flippers and gazed up at him lovingly. He smiled warmly at her, and stroked her hair softly. A happy shiver went down Emma's spine and a fuzzy warmth spread through her whole body. She blushed and started to focus on the film. Rico had put on The Avengers, which was Emma's favourite film, so she smiled when the familiar opening came on screen. She glanced around the group, and her eyes widened in surprise, when she couldn't see Ashley hoặc Ava. She turned around, and a little smile tugged at her face. She tapped Kowalski on the shoulder and nodded towards the two animals, who were working on the Sudoku together, and smiling shyly.
"Aw, that's sweet." Kowalski remarked in a whisper. Emma nodded in response and turned back to the Tv. The Equa's sat in astonishment, their eyes not leaving the screen for even a second. As the film went on, Dustin began to fidget.
"Hey what's up?" Tom asked quietly.
"I need to go pee but I don't want to miss the film." He replied, sounding worried. Tom sighed and pressed the pause button, making the other Equa's jump.
"It.. it just stopped...." Sky stammered, staring up at it.
"Yes, we can stop it and it will start from this point again when we press the play button." Skipper explained. Their Những người bạn eyes widened in surprise.
"That's genius." Maya remarked. Rico nodded and Dustin got up from his ghế, chỗ ngồi and ran to the toilet. A few phút later, he came back, and Tom played the film again. As it neared the end, Emma glanced up at the clock, which now read 5pm.
Hmm, what else are we doing today? She wondered. About 20 một phút later the film finished and Skipper stood up.
"Can we watch another?" Michael asked a little hopefully.
"Um, sure ok." Skipper agreed. Emma and Kowalski exchanged a bored look, and Emma spoke up.
"Hey Skips can me and Kowalski go in the lab for a bit?" She questioned.
"Fine, just don't blow anything up." Skipper replied. Emma made an excited squeal and she rushed into the lab, closely followed bởi Kowalski. They shut the door, and Emma breathed a sigh of relief as she locked it.
"I get the idea that our Những người bạn are gonna want to watch lots of films today, and I don't think I could sit through another." Emma remarked.
"Same here." Kowalski agreed, glancing back at the silver lab door.
"And they're great people but I do just like some time just bạn and me." Emma added shyly. Kowalski smiled at her, and hugged the smaller chim cánh cụt lovingly. She hugged back, and rested her head on his chest feathers.
"So did bạn actually want to invent anything hoặc did bạn want to get away?" Kowalski asked, grinning a little.
"Hmm, I don't know." Emma admitted, letting out a small giggle. "What else would we invent?" She wondered.
"Hmmm...." Kowalski trailed off, staring around the lab. "What about a hover chair?" He suggested, beginning to chuckle.
"Hehe that sounds like fun." Emma commented, beaming at the taller penguin. "I'd actually like to try that."
"Ok, we'll do that then." Kowalski decided, taking Emma's flipper and waddling over to the workbench. The two penguins sat down beside it, and fell silent as they went into deep thought.
"Hmm, we'll need altitude sensing technology so it stays off the ground." Emma thought aloud.
"Yes and various other parts such as a control panel, a battery operated engine, and a lot of wires." Kowalski added.
"Yup, so where should we start?" Emma asked.
"Hmmmm.." Kowalski began.
"Should we just leave it for today?" Emma suggested.
"Hmm, yes, for some reason I'm not really in an inventing mood." Kowalski realised, feeling pretty surprised with himself.
"So what should we do instead?" Emma wondered, catching Kowalski's eye and smiling. Kowalski just smiled back, and stood up, holding both of Emma's flippers as he did. Emma blushed a little, and stood up. Kowalski stroked her face gently. Emma stepped closer, and nuzzled Kowalski's neck with her beak. It was Kowalski's turn to blush this time, and he wrapped his flippers around Emma's waist. Emma closed the gap between them, and kissed him. Kowalski's brain turned to mush, and he kissed back, all thought of their guests draining out of his head.
Meanwhile...
Carter ran up to his Queen and bowed nervously.
"What is it Carter?" Tiatra asked, looking irritated.
"W.. we should be arriving at Earth ahead of schedule, the l.. latest we will get there is tomorrow morning." Carter stammered. Tiatra began to smile, and she looked out into space.
"Have bạn got the info on our enemies friends?" She inquired sharply. Carter nodded and passed her a file. "You can leave now." She told him. Carter ran out, and Tiatra began looking over the file. She smiled evilly, and put the file down. "My plan is definatley going to work!" She announced triumphantly.
On Earth
The ngày was drawing to a close, and the động vật were about to head to bed. Emma and Kowalski had came out of the lab a few phút before, earning cheeky looks from Tom and Rico. Emma cast them a dark look, and got ready to hop into bed. Her eyes fell on Ava and Ashley who were still talking near the periscope.
"Ashley, Ava!" Skipper called. "It's giường time now." He told them. Ashley hid his disappointment and smiled at the young Equa.
"Urm, well goodnight Ava." He managed, blushing a little.
"Goodnight Ashley." She replied brightly, trying to hide her shyness. They both headed to their beds and caught each other's eyes one last time before Ava went into the spare room. Ashley climbed into his bed, and soon after the lights went out. He stared at the ceiling, and let out a little sigh. He had never even had a crush once in his life yet. (Due to the lack of females in the Edinburgh Zoo) but he was starting to think this might be his first. He became really shy around her, he blushed, and his tim, trái tim would beat faster, making him feel all giddy inside. He had only met her today, but Kowalski had told him once before that he fell for Emma when he first met her, so something might happen between the two of them. He smiled and closed his eyes, and thought about the day, before falling asleep.