Chapter 1

-Aidan's POV-

I looked around the Central Park Zoo, trailing behind my cousin. Hannah had made us go to all the marine animals first, while I begged her to let us check out the tigers and wolves. "Just one carnivore! Please!" I begged, dragging my feet.

"Fine! After this last exhibit," She said, walking up to a fenced enclosure. I groan and walk over to stand by her side.

"The penguin exhibit? I studied penguins in first grade. I'm fine to let that be all. Unless they're blue penguins," I say, slouching on the fence, watching the four male penguins. Hannah read the sign and was scribbling in her notebook. Obsession much? I thought and sighed, blowing a strand of dark brown hair out of my face.

"Blue penguins?"

"YEAH! They are so kawaii!"

Hannah looked at me quizzically.

"Cute."

"What language?"

"Japanese," I replied smugly.

I looked at my watch, which I had decided to wear that day and said, "Hannah, the parks gonna close in twelve minutes. Ain't you done looking at four penguins waddle around a block of ice yet? It's not like they are gonna be the same penguins from the show and blow something up."

Hannah grinned. "What if they are!"

"That's absurd…ish. It's a show, Hannah."

"So….. Mythbusters is real!"

I laughed and jabbed her in her side. She yelped, losing her grip on her notebook. It tumbled into the exhibit, nearly landing on the smallest penguin. "AIDAN!"

"….Mep." I managed to say as she glared at me. "Uh… one minute till closing."

Her brown eyes widen "HOLY CRAP!" She begins over the fence and climbing down.

"Uh… Hannah... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

"Getting my notebook."

I stared at her. "Idioto." She loses her grip and falls. Into the water. In the exhibit. The lights were starting to turn off and I sighed. "Dios mio. Way to go, me primo."

"Oh, don't go Spanish on me!" She grumbled, swimming towards the ice thing in the center. She got up on it and wrung out her hair before reaching for her notebook.
She jerked back as a small black flipper slapped her hand. Another one grabbed the notebook.

"Nice going, Kowalski."

Hannah yelped, exclaiming, "WHAT THE CHEESE!" She was surrounded by the four penguins.

Wait… Kowalski? I thought to myself as I watched the scene below me develop.

"State your purpose. State your name." A short one said. Hannah was very confused.

"Skipper! This human has been collecting highly qualified info about aquatic animals!" The tall one, Kowalski, exclaimed.

The so called Skipper glared at Hannah. "Is that so…? Boys, I think we have a secret agent for Dr. Blowhole!" The other three penguins gasped, but quickly got ready to kick some Hannah butt.
In a blink of an eye Hannah was across the little land mass, huge red mark imprinted on her forehead.

"WOAH! Hold the phone. You don't beat up my cousin. That's my job." I jumped down into the exhibit, landing somewhat gracefully on the solid ground, in a defensive position. "Bring it on, flightless birds!"

LATER:

"Ow."

"Well… for the record, that was the most ninja thing ever."

"Thanks for boosting my confidence." I said sarcastically. We were tied up inside the exhibit. In this hidden H.Q thing the penguins made. The penguin called Kowalski was studying Hannah's notebook, while the two called Rico and Private guarded us. The one that thought Hannah, of all people, was a spy, which I guessed to be Skipper, paced while muttering to himself.

"Well… it's not like you didn't put up a good fight," Hannah said, trying to stay positive.

"I got beat by penguins the size of my foot."

Hannah went to lean her head on my shoulder tiredly when I growled, "Don't touch me. You're still wet." She pouted.

I glared over at Skipper. "Look, penguin. We aren't spies! The only reason Hannah has that notebook is because she is a marine animal geek."

"Hey!"

Whack!

Thanks to my bindings, Hannah's hit caused me to face-plant on the cement. "Oops." Hannah said innocently, trying not to laugh.

"Oh! Are you okay, miss?" Private asked worriedly, helping me up. "Yeah… thanks." I then turned to Hannah, frowning.

"As my cousin here was saying, I'm just very interested in marine animals. I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up." Skipper walked over to her and stared into her eyes, trying to tell if she was telling the truth.

I sighed and looked over at her. "Hannah?"

"Yes?"

"We are tied up by penguins. In Central Park Zoo. Stuck… and it's like midnight!"

"Uh…. Our parents are gonna kill us."

"You mean your parents. My mom's in Vermont still. She'll never know…. Right?"

Hannah shifted. "Can I get untied? I'm getting claustrophobic."

Skipper frowned than shrugged. "You swear you're not a spy?"

"I swear." Hannah said.

"Hmmm…. Fine." As they untied our hands, I stood and yelped, rubbing my head. "Careful. Low ceiling."

I grumbled. Private giggled and Hannah burst out laughing. I rubbed my wrists. "Meh."
I looked around "Well…. Can we leave?"

Skipper looked at Kowalski, who was watching Hannah. "Kowalski? Options."

I looked at her too and poked her. She kind of looked like me, but she was a bit taller. I had darker brown hair, but we both had some red highlights. But Hannah had blonde highlights too, and her eyes were dark brown, while mine changed from brown to hazel to green. I also was slightly skinnier and less muscular. She was tanner but I had tons of dark brown freckles all over me. I glanced back at the penguins. "Well?"

Skipper frowned, studying us. "I suppose." My cousin and I sighed in relief.

I stood, ducking to make sure not to hit my head. I walked towards what looked like an exit. "Goodbye, misses." I heard an English voice say, and giggled slightly.

I looked down to see Private hugging my leg. I knelt down and gave the penguin a gentle hug. "Bye, Private." I opened the exit and crawled out, followed by Hannah, who had reclaimed her notebook. We waved to the penguin and stood. I walked over and climbed back up, helping Hannah. "Well, this is certainly going on Facebook."

Translations:

Kawaii: (Japanese) Cute.

Idioto: (Spanish) Idiot.

Me Primo: (Spanish) My cousin.

Dios Mio: (Spanish) My God.

Note: My cousin and I switch back and forth through chapters. Chapter 1 was written by Aidan, editing is done by Hannah. Chapter 2 will be written by Hannah. Read and Review!