Hey everyone! If you read this, please comment and give advice if you can. This is my first ever fan-fic, so let me know what you think!
Oh yeah, it's still in progress (sorry it's so long) so I'll try to add a chapter or two every day. Please enjoy!
Alice is seen talking on her phone (I hope this explains the scenario well enough).
"Hey, Jerry! Yeah, I got your email, and I already have it scheduled in my calendar. So tell me, why send her here in the first place? From the new zoo opening up a city over? So, she's the only one, then? Ah, that explains it, and they're not allowed to take any more from the wild, so that's our only option right? No, it's not that I'm opposed to breeding in captivity, it's just that the males we have here are…odd. Seriously, I can never keep up with them! Can't you try a different zoo? Too expensive? Are we seriously the closest zoo? Mhm…well, given the circumstances, I can't exactly refuse her delivery, can I? Hmm…maybe she'll be able to keep those guys in check. Ah ha ha! Yeah, that'd be something. Will you send someone to return her to her zoo later on in the week? Okay, sounds good. (giggles) See you later. Bye, hon!"
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Today couldn't have been any nicer. The weather was clear and the sun beamed down upon all the animals of the zoo, but there was a consistent, cooling breeze in the air that kept everyone at a nice temperature. It was a near perfect day, and what's more, the zoo was closed, so it was as peaceful and serene as ever. Not one animal gave any suspicion that any harm would occur on such a glorious morning, that is, not one animal except Skipper.
Skipper has his flippers clenched and rested on his hips, with his chest thrust out with confidence. Around him, his team was busy doing their morning warm-up before they knuckled down to serious training. He sniffed the air with anticipation.
"Hey, Skipper! Isn't today such a lovely day?" Private babbled cheerily as he panted, having just finished swimming his 20 laps and running his thirty.
"Why yes it is my fair-weathered friend, and I don't like the looks of it. Kowalski!"
Kowalski stood at attention; he had already regained his composure since he finished a good fifteen minutes before Private (he was a little short and chubby, but hey, he worked hard, and that's what counted in Skipper's book).
"Kowalski, I believe we're overdue for a current events check-up, am I right?" Skipper questioned with authority.
Kowalski flipped through his notes on the clipboard that was constantly at his side, and mused over them for a while.
"You're correct, Skipper. We haven't done a check-up in approximately two months, three weeks, five days, eighteen hours, forty-nine minutes-"
"Good sweet ginger, it's worse than I thought! My suspicions have been confirmed, boys, so let's move ou-Rico! What are you doing?" The curious penguin was busy chasing a pink butterfly drifting lazily upon the breeze. Rico gets distracted easily, but what he didn't get out of not finishing his warm-up, he got out of chasing the butterfly, for he was completely out of breath.
Rico smiled goofily and wheezed over to the rest of the group.
"Men, we've fallen behind on checking up on this zoo's events, so let's move with top speed and precision. Follow my lead!" And with that, all of the penguins leapt onto their bellies and they slid in single file through the bars of their habitat and out into the open areas of the zoo.