Emma stared into the surrounding darkness, and took a deep breath, looking out for the slightest movements, অথবা noises. To her left, Skipper was still chained up.
"Sis, a little help here?" He whispered. Emma nodded and used the ছুরি to unscrew the bolts, letting the chains slip free.
"Skips, go to the control room and turn the lights back on." Emma instructed.
"Hey, first I'm the leader, and secondly, I'm not leaving আপনি দ্বারা yourself when some crazy psycho lady is trying to kill you." He replied sharply.
"Skips, Marlene and Ashley were up there, and now Tiatra's right hand man is, something might of happened to them." Emma told him. A flash of worry crossed Skipper's face, and he nodded, racing off towards where he thought the door was. Emma stepped around cautiously, her worry-stricken, navy blue eyes on the alert. The familiar laugh rang out again, and Emma clenched her flippers. She moved towards the উৎস of the laugh and made out a tall, dark পরাকাষ্ঠা figure, standing proudly about 2 meters in front of her.
"You stand no chance." Tiatra boasted, her flippers on her hips. "You and your বন্ধু are doomed."
"We'll see about that." Emma shot back, jumping at Tiatra, and tackling her roughly. Tiatra kicked the ছুরি out of her flippers, and smirked. Emma growled irritably, and started dishing out all of the moves Skipper ever taught her, even before Tiatra arrived. Tiatra punched and kicked back just as forcefully, and managed to push Emma off her. Emma sprang up, and ran for her knife. Just as she was about to reach it, she felt a sharp pain in her back, making her stop dead. She turned her head, and saw Tiatra grinning evilly at her, digging a sharp ছুরি deeply into her back. Tiatra twisted the ছুরি then pulled it out. Emma dropped to the floor, and her vision began to blur. She stared up at the pinkish blob that she guessed was Tiatra, and felt her eyelids beginning to droop. The ছুরি was still on the floor beside her, and she picked it up slowly. Tiatra laughed and looked down at her in amusement.
"Pfft, what can আপনি expect to do now, আপনি weak little creature?" She taunted. Emma looked at Tiatra's feet and noticed a silver, lightning shaped scar on her right foot. Emma looked back up at the tyrant and smiled.
"This." She answered, plunging the ছুরি into the scar. Tiatra shrieked, and হারিয়ে গেছে her balance, as she fell to the floor. Emma pushed the ছুরি even more, so it stuck out the other end of the villain's foot. Silver blood escaped from the wound, and Tiatra began to crawl away, towards the control room. Emma knew that it probably wasn't going to be fatal for the villain, but it would hopefully slow her down long enough for the others to find her. Emma tried to get up, but the pain was so intense that she couldn't ভালুক to move. She lay there for what might have been hours, seconds, she didn't know, and part of her didn't care. Thinking started to hurt, and she focused entirely on staying awake. She managed to turn her head slightly, and things began to blacken as a white and black blob with a mohawk ran over to her urgently. Emma smiled weakly, and found herself unable to stop her eyes from closing. Then everything went black.
Meanwhile, Skipper climbed the stairs towards the control room, and burst in. Ashley and Marlene were gagged in the corner of the room, and Skipper let out a small sigh of relief. He sneaked up behind Carter, and slapped the back of his neck, making him fall unconscious. He then ran over to the bound animals, and untied them.
"Thank goodness your here sir!" Ashley exclaimed. "We were starting to-" Ashley trailed off, as he sniffed the air.
"What is it kiddo?" Skipper asked.
"Something's wrong..." Ashley muttered and his green eyes widened. "Turn the lights on." He said. Marlene nodded and she pressed the button, lighting up the hall below them again. Ashley stared down and saw Tiatra crawling away, near the door. Marlene pointed towards the group, who were now together, and crowding around something.
"What are they doing, Tiatra's over there, shouldn't they be stopping her?" Marlene thought aloud. Ashley sniffed the air and his jaw nearly dropped.
"I.. I think I know why t.. they aren't..." He stammered.
"Why?" Marlene asked.
"I can smell blood, not Tiatra's but someone else's, I'm not sure who's...." He explained, tiptoeing, and trying to see over the crowd. Skipper head-counted the crowd, and his expression turned panicked.
"Emma." He realised, practically flying out of the room and down the stairs. Ashley and Marlene exchanged worried glances, and went to follow.
"What about that guy?" Marlene said, pointing to Carter. Ashley tied him up, then went after Skipper. As they ran down, they saw Tiatra crawling across the floor, and Ashley stood in front of her.
"You're not going anywhere lassie." He ব্যক্ত firmly, crossing his flippers, and looking down at her sternly.
"Pfft, like আপনি could stop me." Tiatra replied mockingly. Strange gargling sounds echoed through the hall, and she turned into a tiny insect. She began to fly away, but Ashley caught her in a jar and screwed the শীর্ষ on. Tiatra made an angry buzzing sound. Because of her wound, she didn't have the energy to change again, for a while. Ashley held the jar carefully in his flippers and walked over to the crowd worriedly, the smell of blood intensifying. He peeped over Private and his হৃদয় skipped a beat in his chest. Kowalski, Skipper and Rico were sat down পরবর্তি to Emma, trying to stop the blood from escaping from her body. Tears were flooding Kowalski's eyes as he shook her gently.
"Please wake up Em.." He whispered, pushing the hair out of her face softly, and staring down at her sadly.
Kowalski put his head to Emma's chest, hoping to hear a heartbeat. After a few agonizing seconds, a weak 'thump' entered Kowalski's earhole and he sighed with relief.
"Is... is she ok..?" Ashley whimpered, his big green eyes wide with worry.
"She's alive, but her pulse is weak." Kowalski explained. "Rico, do আপনি have a first aid kit?" He asked, a slight tone of urgency in his voice. Rico nodded and threw up a big red and white box, which landed neatly in Kowalski's flippers.
"What do we need to do?" Maya asked.
"We need to stop the bleeding in her back, and she's হারিয়ে গেছে quite a bit of blood, so she's gonna need some." Kowalski replied. A thought struck him and he stared at Emma.
Would her body support other blood types, since hers is extremely rare? He wondered, remembering what Emma told him once about her blood type. It was slight different from the normal ones, it was EE negative, something that barely even existed anymore. Oh wait, she ব্যক্ত that though her blood type is compatible when giving other people her blood, her body can only tolerate EE negative and AB negative. He remembered suddenly. And she ব্যক্ত that AB blood acts as a temporary replacement, while her body makes আরো EE blood. He added.
"What blood type is she?" Ava asked curiously.
"AB negative." Skipper replied, looking towards Kowalski who had the same. Kowalski nodded and, with Rico's and the first aid kit's help, transferred some of his blood into Emma. They then quickly stitched up her back.
"How long until she wakes up?" Dustin asked, taking a step closer.
"It could be anything from a few মিনিট to a we-" Kowalski trailed off as Emma's eyes opened slowly. She groaned slightly and rubbed her back, where the stitches were, as she sat up. Kowalski's eyes lit up with joy and he hugged the shorter পেংগুইন tightly, stroking her hair feathers gently as he did. Emma hugged back, momentarily forgetting where she was, as she relaxed in Kowalski's flippers. Her mind snapped back to reality and she pulled away, looking around at all of her friends.
"Where's Tiatra?" She asked sharply, almost jumping off the floor.
"Right here Emma, in this...." Ashley began, staring into the jar in confusion. "She.. she was right here..."
"Well where is she now?" Michael asked, looking around nervously. Ashley shrugged helplessly and started to look around the room. Marlene saw a shadow flicker off to the right and her light brown eyes fell on the source.
"There she is!" She exclaimed, pointing towards a পরাকাষ্ঠা and white pigeon, which was pecking the ground with it's beak. পরবর্তি to it was a small open window.
"If she goes through there, we might lose her forever.." Private pointed out. Emma picked up the knife, which was left carelessly on the floor. She clenched it in her flippers and drew her arm back. She released the ছুরি and it sailed through the air, hitting Tiatra directly in her stomach. The villain squawked in pain and fell to the floor, changing back to her own form. Emma smiled slightly in satisfaction and began to walk over. As she did, Tiatra groaned and sat up, clutching her side. She winced in pain as she pulled out the ছুরি and her dark পরাকাষ্ঠা eyes turned to Emma.
"You!" She began, pointing a flipper towards the penguin. "You've just made yourself a powerful enemy, and I swear, as long as I live, I will not rest until আপনি are destroyed!" She rasped her expression dark with pure anger and hate. She looked up at the control room, and a creepy smile edged onto her face. She nodded and the lights went out. The sound of feet padding against the ground echoed through the hall, and when the lights were back on, Tiatra had vanished. Suddenly, a loud alarm sounded, and the lights around the room flashed red.
Self destruct in 1 minute! It warned, screeching at a horribly high pitch. The জন্তু জানোয়ার exchanged a look of panic, before dashing towards the exit. They slid down the corridors, and various things blew up around them, one nearly sending Rico flying through the air. They made it into the park, and ran faster than thought possible. Behind them, a deafening boom rang in their earholes, and they all fell to the floor.
"Oh my goodness, look up there!" Sky exclaimed, pointing to the sky. A small ship was zooming away at high speed, only visible for a second, as it disappeared behind a cloud. The মেঘ passed and the ship was nowhere to be seen.
"Hatdowedonow?" (What do we do now?) Rico asked.
"I don't know Rico, I just don't know.." Emma replied helplessly, staring into the bright blue sky.
The জন্তু জানোয়ার made their way back to the HQ in silence, wondering what to do. Emma kept scratching her back, causing Kowalski to poke her flipper. She looked towards him.
"I'd strongly advise not scratching it." He told her, taking her flipper and holding it gently.
"But it's itchy." Emma protested, beginning to scratch with her other flipper. Kowalski stopped her and Emma sighed.
"You should only need these stitches in for about a week, then আপনি can take them out." He began. "But scratching will just irritate it." He explained. Emma grumbled under her breath, and Kowalski watched her with curiousity. "Are আপনি alright?" He asked, lifting her face up so she looked directly at him.
"I guess I'm just annoyed about letting Tiatra get away..." Emma replied.
"C'mon, bad guys get away most of the time, it's very common Em." Kowalski reassured her.
"Yes, but she's from another planet, who knows what technology she has, and who knows when she will be back." Emma argued.
"Well when she comes back, then we'll be ready." Kowalski told her firmly. "Hey if it makes আপনি feel better, we can finish the Hover Chair tonight."
"Ok." Emma agreed, brightening a little at this. The জন্তু জানোয়ার reached the পেংগুইন habitat, and hopped into the HQ. Tom was pacing from one end of the room to the other, his big brown eyes wide with worry. He looked towards the fishbowl, and his face broke into a smile, and he ran over to Skipper, hugging him tightly.
"I thought আপনি guys weren't going to make it back!" He exclaimed. "What happened?" He asked. Skipper patted his head and turned to Private.
"Private, explain everything to Tom." He ordered, heading to the cinder-block টেবিল and plopping down on it. He sighed heavily, and buried his face in his flippers.
"Is he alright?" Michael asked, nodding towards the downcast penguin.
"Probably not." Emma replied, watching her brother sadly.
"Is there anything we can do to help him?" Sky asked helpfully. Emma shook her head, her eyes still on him.
"Well, I'm extremely tired, I think I'll head bed." Michael decided. Sky, Tom, Rico and Private nodded in agreement, and headed to their beds.
"Well I think I'm up for a wee walk." Ashley remarked brightly. "Do আপনি wanna come lass?" He asked Ava shyly. Ava nodded and the two জন্তু জানোয়ার strolled out of the HQ, holding eachother's flippers. Emma caught Kowalski's eye and smiled.
"I'm gonna sit outside for a while." Maya decided. She caught Dustin looking at her, and she smiled. "Wanna come as well Dustin?" She asked. Dustin managed a small nod, and the equas climbed the ladder and disappeared through the fishbowl. Marlene sat over দ্বারা the periscope, and started listening to music, using the phone and headphones Emma had প্রদত্ত her as a বড়দিন present. Emma looked towards Kowalski, who quickly got the message and went into the lab. Emma then walked over to Skipper and sat down beside him.
"Hey Skips." Emma said, smiling at him. Skipper looked up and managed a weak smile back. "Skips." Emma began, putting a flipper on his shoulder and forcing him to look at her. "This is not your fault, আপনি had no idea-"
"But আপনি did." Skipper interrupted. "You knew, আপনি tried to warn me, but I was too stubborn to listen, too stupidly প্রণয় struck..."
"Skips, we all make mistakes at one time অথবা another, and প্রণয় is a powerful thing. If আপনি told me Kowalski was evil, and he actually was, I wouldn't believe আপনি for a second." Emma pointed out, smiling sympathetically at her older brother.
"I know, but my mistake nearly got আপনি and the others killed." Skipper argued. "And Tiatra got away."
"Well we'll stop her পরবর্তি time Skips. And don't beat yourself up over this, it's not. Your. Fault." Emma told him clearly, tapping the টেবিল every time she paused.
"I guess so..." Skipper agreed reluctantly.
"And trust me Skips, there's better girls in this world than Tiatra." Emma told him brightly. Emma watched his eyes fall on Marlene for a second, and she hid a grin. Skipper nodded and smiled genuinely for the first time that evening. She patted his shoulder, then disappeared into the lab. Skipper smiled to himself and went to sit with Marlene, who smiled brightly at him. Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad দিন after all....
Meanwhile outside, Maya stared into the slowly darkening sky, হারিয়ে গেছে in deep thought. Whilst she and Dustin were on the conveyor belt, heading towards the saw, Dustin ব্যক্ত that he really needed to tell her something, just incase they didn't make it. But the machine stopped before he opened his mouth, and he still hadn't told her what he was going to say. Part of her thought she already knew but she wanted to be sure.
"Dustin.." She began, taking a deep breath. "What were আপনি going to tell me when we were on the conveyor belt?" She asked bravely. Dustin looked towards the floor shyly, and back up at Maya, not looking her in the eye for আরো than a second.
"Urm..." He began uncertainly, his eyes dropping to the floor again. Maya scooted over so their bodies were only inches apart. Dustin blushed and looked as if he was thinking something over carefully. "I- I've got kinda..... a- a....crush on you...." Dustin stammered, his eyes not leaving the floor. Maya blushed and smiled at this. She lifted up Dustin's face gently, and looked directly into his bright yellow eyes. Dustin's হৃদয় skipped a beat as the young leader kissed him softly. His thoughts turned to mush, and he stroked her cheek lightly, as he kissed her back. A few সেকেন্ড later they pulled away and got হারিয়ে গেছে in eachother's eyes for a moment.
"I've got a crush on আপনি too." Maya admitted, blushing a little. Dustin smiled and outstretched his flippers, letting Maya cuddle up in them. She smiled warmly at him, and stared into the sky, her হৃদয় beating faster then it ever had before.
In the park.
Ashley and Ava strolled slowly beside the shimmering lake, flipper in flipper, as the sun began to set. They sat down on a springy patch if grass, and Ashley turned to the young equa.
"Lass, what are we gonna do when আপনি have to go back to your planet?" He asked an edge of worry in his voice.
"I'll visit আপনি two অথবা three times every week, and hopefully, if Skipper lets me, stay the night." Ava promised, hugging Ashley tightly.
"I wish আপনি could সরানো to the zoo." Ashley ব্যক্ত wistfully.
"That would be amazing." Ava agreed, smiling up at Ashley. "Maybe one day, Maya will let me."
"I hope so lass, these past few weeks have been the most amazing of my life." Ashley admitted, blushing a little.
"Same here." Ava replied hugging him a little tighter. The time they would be apart would hurt a bit, but they were both strong enough to endure that bit of pain, and knowing someone out there loves them was good enough for them. They stared into the sky, completely forgetting about Tiatra, and just enjoying the setting sun, which cast beautiful rays of স্বর্ণ around the park, and filled the summer sky with shades of pink, কমলা and gold.
"Sis, a little help here?" He whispered. Emma nodded and used the ছুরি to unscrew the bolts, letting the chains slip free.
"Skips, go to the control room and turn the lights back on." Emma instructed.
"Hey, first I'm the leader, and secondly, I'm not leaving আপনি দ্বারা yourself when some crazy psycho lady is trying to kill you." He replied sharply.
"Skips, Marlene and Ashley were up there, and now Tiatra's right hand man is, something might of happened to them." Emma told him. A flash of worry crossed Skipper's face, and he nodded, racing off towards where he thought the door was. Emma stepped around cautiously, her worry-stricken, navy blue eyes on the alert. The familiar laugh rang out again, and Emma clenched her flippers. She moved towards the উৎস of the laugh and made out a tall, dark পরাকাষ্ঠা figure, standing proudly about 2 meters in front of her.
"You stand no chance." Tiatra boasted, her flippers on her hips. "You and your বন্ধু are doomed."
"We'll see about that." Emma shot back, jumping at Tiatra, and tackling her roughly. Tiatra kicked the ছুরি out of her flippers, and smirked. Emma growled irritably, and started dishing out all of the moves Skipper ever taught her, even before Tiatra arrived. Tiatra punched and kicked back just as forcefully, and managed to push Emma off her. Emma sprang up, and ran for her knife. Just as she was about to reach it, she felt a sharp pain in her back, making her stop dead. She turned her head, and saw Tiatra grinning evilly at her, digging a sharp ছুরি deeply into her back. Tiatra twisted the ছুরি then pulled it out. Emma dropped to the floor, and her vision began to blur. She stared up at the pinkish blob that she guessed was Tiatra, and felt her eyelids beginning to droop. The ছুরি was still on the floor beside her, and she picked it up slowly. Tiatra laughed and looked down at her in amusement.
"Pfft, what can আপনি expect to do now, আপনি weak little creature?" She taunted. Emma looked at Tiatra's feet and noticed a silver, lightning shaped scar on her right foot. Emma looked back up at the tyrant and smiled.
"This." She answered, plunging the ছুরি into the scar. Tiatra shrieked, and হারিয়ে গেছে her balance, as she fell to the floor. Emma pushed the ছুরি even more, so it stuck out the other end of the villain's foot. Silver blood escaped from the wound, and Tiatra began to crawl away, towards the control room. Emma knew that it probably wasn't going to be fatal for the villain, but it would hopefully slow her down long enough for the others to find her. Emma tried to get up, but the pain was so intense that she couldn't ভালুক to move. She lay there for what might have been hours, seconds, she didn't know, and part of her didn't care. Thinking started to hurt, and she focused entirely on staying awake. She managed to turn her head slightly, and things began to blacken as a white and black blob with a mohawk ran over to her urgently. Emma smiled weakly, and found herself unable to stop her eyes from closing. Then everything went black.
Meanwhile, Skipper climbed the stairs towards the control room, and burst in. Ashley and Marlene were gagged in the corner of the room, and Skipper let out a small sigh of relief. He sneaked up behind Carter, and slapped the back of his neck, making him fall unconscious. He then ran over to the bound animals, and untied them.
"Thank goodness your here sir!" Ashley exclaimed. "We were starting to-" Ashley trailed off, as he sniffed the air.
"What is it kiddo?" Skipper asked.
"Something's wrong..." Ashley muttered and his green eyes widened. "Turn the lights on." He said. Marlene nodded and she pressed the button, lighting up the hall below them again. Ashley stared down and saw Tiatra crawling away, near the door. Marlene pointed towards the group, who were now together, and crowding around something.
"What are they doing, Tiatra's over there, shouldn't they be stopping her?" Marlene thought aloud. Ashley sniffed the air and his jaw nearly dropped.
"I.. I think I know why t.. they aren't..." He stammered.
"Why?" Marlene asked.
"I can smell blood, not Tiatra's but someone else's, I'm not sure who's...." He explained, tiptoeing, and trying to see over the crowd. Skipper head-counted the crowd, and his expression turned panicked.
"Emma." He realised, practically flying out of the room and down the stairs. Ashley and Marlene exchanged worried glances, and went to follow.
"What about that guy?" Marlene said, pointing to Carter. Ashley tied him up, then went after Skipper. As they ran down, they saw Tiatra crawling across the floor, and Ashley stood in front of her.
"You're not going anywhere lassie." He ব্যক্ত firmly, crossing his flippers, and looking down at her sternly.
"Pfft, like আপনি could stop me." Tiatra replied mockingly. Strange gargling sounds echoed through the hall, and she turned into a tiny insect. She began to fly away, but Ashley caught her in a jar and screwed the শীর্ষ on. Tiatra made an angry buzzing sound. Because of her wound, she didn't have the energy to change again, for a while. Ashley held the jar carefully in his flippers and walked over to the crowd worriedly, the smell of blood intensifying. He peeped over Private and his হৃদয় skipped a beat in his chest. Kowalski, Skipper and Rico were sat down পরবর্তি to Emma, trying to stop the blood from escaping from her body. Tears were flooding Kowalski's eyes as he shook her gently.
"Please wake up Em.." He whispered, pushing the hair out of her face softly, and staring down at her sadly.
Kowalski put his head to Emma's chest, hoping to hear a heartbeat. After a few agonizing seconds, a weak 'thump' entered Kowalski's earhole and he sighed with relief.
"Is... is she ok..?" Ashley whimpered, his big green eyes wide with worry.
"She's alive, but her pulse is weak." Kowalski explained. "Rico, do আপনি have a first aid kit?" He asked, a slight tone of urgency in his voice. Rico nodded and threw up a big red and white box, which landed neatly in Kowalski's flippers.
"What do we need to do?" Maya asked.
"We need to stop the bleeding in her back, and she's হারিয়ে গেছে quite a bit of blood, so she's gonna need some." Kowalski replied. A thought struck him and he stared at Emma.
Would her body support other blood types, since hers is extremely rare? He wondered, remembering what Emma told him once about her blood type. It was slight different from the normal ones, it was EE negative, something that barely even existed anymore. Oh wait, she ব্যক্ত that though her blood type is compatible when giving other people her blood, her body can only tolerate EE negative and AB negative. He remembered suddenly. And she ব্যক্ত that AB blood acts as a temporary replacement, while her body makes আরো EE blood. He added.
"What blood type is she?" Ava asked curiously.
"AB negative." Skipper replied, looking towards Kowalski who had the same. Kowalski nodded and, with Rico's and the first aid kit's help, transferred some of his blood into Emma. They then quickly stitched up her back.
"How long until she wakes up?" Dustin asked, taking a step closer.
"It could be anything from a few মিনিট to a we-" Kowalski trailed off as Emma's eyes opened slowly. She groaned slightly and rubbed her back, where the stitches were, as she sat up. Kowalski's eyes lit up with joy and he hugged the shorter পেংগুইন tightly, stroking her hair feathers gently as he did. Emma hugged back, momentarily forgetting where she was, as she relaxed in Kowalski's flippers. Her mind snapped back to reality and she pulled away, looking around at all of her friends.
"Where's Tiatra?" She asked sharply, almost jumping off the floor.
"Right here Emma, in this...." Ashley began, staring into the jar in confusion. "She.. she was right here..."
"Well where is she now?" Michael asked, looking around nervously. Ashley shrugged helplessly and started to look around the room. Marlene saw a shadow flicker off to the right and her light brown eyes fell on the source.
"There she is!" She exclaimed, pointing towards a পরাকাষ্ঠা and white pigeon, which was pecking the ground with it's beak. পরবর্তি to it was a small open window.
"If she goes through there, we might lose her forever.." Private pointed out. Emma picked up the knife, which was left carelessly on the floor. She clenched it in her flippers and drew her arm back. She released the ছুরি and it sailed through the air, hitting Tiatra directly in her stomach. The villain squawked in pain and fell to the floor, changing back to her own form. Emma smiled slightly in satisfaction and began to walk over. As she did, Tiatra groaned and sat up, clutching her side. She winced in pain as she pulled out the ছুরি and her dark পরাকাষ্ঠা eyes turned to Emma.
"You!" She began, pointing a flipper towards the penguin. "You've just made yourself a powerful enemy, and I swear, as long as I live, I will not rest until আপনি are destroyed!" She rasped her expression dark with pure anger and hate. She looked up at the control room, and a creepy smile edged onto her face. She nodded and the lights went out. The sound of feet padding against the ground echoed through the hall, and when the lights were back on, Tiatra had vanished. Suddenly, a loud alarm sounded, and the lights around the room flashed red.
Self destruct in 1 minute! It warned, screeching at a horribly high pitch. The জন্তু জানোয়ার exchanged a look of panic, before dashing towards the exit. They slid down the corridors, and various things blew up around them, one nearly sending Rico flying through the air. They made it into the park, and ran faster than thought possible. Behind them, a deafening boom rang in their earholes, and they all fell to the floor.
"Oh my goodness, look up there!" Sky exclaimed, pointing to the sky. A small ship was zooming away at high speed, only visible for a second, as it disappeared behind a cloud. The মেঘ passed and the ship was nowhere to be seen.
"Hatdowedonow?" (What do we do now?) Rico asked.
"I don't know Rico, I just don't know.." Emma replied helplessly, staring into the bright blue sky.
The জন্তু জানোয়ার made their way back to the HQ in silence, wondering what to do. Emma kept scratching her back, causing Kowalski to poke her flipper. She looked towards him.
"I'd strongly advise not scratching it." He told her, taking her flipper and holding it gently.
"But it's itchy." Emma protested, beginning to scratch with her other flipper. Kowalski stopped her and Emma sighed.
"You should only need these stitches in for about a week, then আপনি can take them out." He began. "But scratching will just irritate it." He explained. Emma grumbled under her breath, and Kowalski watched her with curiousity. "Are আপনি alright?" He asked, lifting her face up so she looked directly at him.
"I guess I'm just annoyed about letting Tiatra get away..." Emma replied.
"C'mon, bad guys get away most of the time, it's very common Em." Kowalski reassured her.
"Yes, but she's from another planet, who knows what technology she has, and who knows when she will be back." Emma argued.
"Well when she comes back, then we'll be ready." Kowalski told her firmly. "Hey if it makes আপনি feel better, we can finish the Hover Chair tonight."
"Ok." Emma agreed, brightening a little at this. The জন্তু জানোয়ার reached the পেংগুইন habitat, and hopped into the HQ. Tom was pacing from one end of the room to the other, his big brown eyes wide with worry. He looked towards the fishbowl, and his face broke into a smile, and he ran over to Skipper, hugging him tightly.
"I thought আপনি guys weren't going to make it back!" He exclaimed. "What happened?" He asked. Skipper patted his head and turned to Private.
"Private, explain everything to Tom." He ordered, heading to the cinder-block টেবিল and plopping down on it. He sighed heavily, and buried his face in his flippers.
"Is he alright?" Michael asked, nodding towards the downcast penguin.
"Probably not." Emma replied, watching her brother sadly.
"Is there anything we can do to help him?" Sky asked helpfully. Emma shook her head, her eyes still on him.
"Well, I'm extremely tired, I think I'll head bed." Michael decided. Sky, Tom, Rico and Private nodded in agreement, and headed to their beds.
"Well I think I'm up for a wee walk." Ashley remarked brightly. "Do আপনি wanna come lass?" He asked Ava shyly. Ava nodded and the two জন্তু জানোয়ার strolled out of the HQ, holding eachother's flippers. Emma caught Kowalski's eye and smiled.
"I'm gonna sit outside for a while." Maya decided. She caught Dustin looking at her, and she smiled. "Wanna come as well Dustin?" She asked. Dustin managed a small nod, and the equas climbed the ladder and disappeared through the fishbowl. Marlene sat over দ্বারা the periscope, and started listening to music, using the phone and headphones Emma had প্রদত্ত her as a বড়দিন present. Emma looked towards Kowalski, who quickly got the message and went into the lab. Emma then walked over to Skipper and sat down beside him.
"Hey Skips." Emma said, smiling at him. Skipper looked up and managed a weak smile back. "Skips." Emma began, putting a flipper on his shoulder and forcing him to look at her. "This is not your fault, আপনি had no idea-"
"But আপনি did." Skipper interrupted. "You knew, আপনি tried to warn me, but I was too stubborn to listen, too stupidly প্রণয় struck..."
"Skips, we all make mistakes at one time অথবা another, and প্রণয় is a powerful thing. If আপনি told me Kowalski was evil, and he actually was, I wouldn't believe আপনি for a second." Emma pointed out, smiling sympathetically at her older brother.
"I know, but my mistake nearly got আপনি and the others killed." Skipper argued. "And Tiatra got away."
"Well we'll stop her পরবর্তি time Skips. And don't beat yourself up over this, it's not. Your. Fault." Emma told him clearly, tapping the টেবিল every time she paused.
"I guess so..." Skipper agreed reluctantly.
"And trust me Skips, there's better girls in this world than Tiatra." Emma told him brightly. Emma watched his eyes fall on Marlene for a second, and she hid a grin. Skipper nodded and smiled genuinely for the first time that evening. She patted his shoulder, then disappeared into the lab. Skipper smiled to himself and went to sit with Marlene, who smiled brightly at him. Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad দিন after all....
Meanwhile outside, Maya stared into the slowly darkening sky, হারিয়ে গেছে in deep thought. Whilst she and Dustin were on the conveyor belt, heading towards the saw, Dustin ব্যক্ত that he really needed to tell her something, just incase they didn't make it. But the machine stopped before he opened his mouth, and he still hadn't told her what he was going to say. Part of her thought she already knew but she wanted to be sure.
"Dustin.." She began, taking a deep breath. "What were আপনি going to tell me when we were on the conveyor belt?" She asked bravely. Dustin looked towards the floor shyly, and back up at Maya, not looking her in the eye for আরো than a second.
"Urm..." He began uncertainly, his eyes dropping to the floor again. Maya scooted over so their bodies were only inches apart. Dustin blushed and looked as if he was thinking something over carefully. "I- I've got kinda..... a- a....crush on you...." Dustin stammered, his eyes not leaving the floor. Maya blushed and smiled at this. She lifted up Dustin's face gently, and looked directly into his bright yellow eyes. Dustin's হৃদয় skipped a beat as the young leader kissed him softly. His thoughts turned to mush, and he stroked her cheek lightly, as he kissed her back. A few সেকেন্ড later they pulled away and got হারিয়ে গেছে in eachother's eyes for a moment.
"I've got a crush on আপনি too." Maya admitted, blushing a little. Dustin smiled and outstretched his flippers, letting Maya cuddle up in them. She smiled warmly at him, and stared into the sky, her হৃদয় beating faster then it ever had before.
In the park.
Ashley and Ava strolled slowly beside the shimmering lake, flipper in flipper, as the sun began to set. They sat down on a springy patch if grass, and Ashley turned to the young equa.
"Lass, what are we gonna do when আপনি have to go back to your planet?" He asked an edge of worry in his voice.
"I'll visit আপনি two অথবা three times every week, and hopefully, if Skipper lets me, stay the night." Ava promised, hugging Ashley tightly.
"I wish আপনি could সরানো to the zoo." Ashley ব্যক্ত wistfully.
"That would be amazing." Ava agreed, smiling up at Ashley. "Maybe one day, Maya will let me."
"I hope so lass, these past few weeks have been the most amazing of my life." Ashley admitted, blushing a little.
"Same here." Ava replied hugging him a little tighter. The time they would be apart would hurt a bit, but they were both strong enough to endure that bit of pain, and knowing someone out there loves them was good enough for them. They stared into the sky, completely forgetting about Tiatra, and just enjoying the setting sun, which cast beautiful rays of স্বর্ণ around the park, and filled the summer sky with shades of pink, কমলা and gold.