The rats lead Skipper away on the steel cage. This time he knew better than to struggle, he might as well save his energy for what was coming. ‘Well,’ thinks Skipper ‘I guess that this is the moment of truth.’ The sound of footsteps and the repugnant smell went away after a while and a few moments later Skipper felt himself being lowered down again. The cover is pulled away; Skipper blinks in the sudden light as his eyes adjust. In front of him stood Kowalski, Rico, and Private, all seeming exceedingly happy. Skipper was back inside his lair. The rats climb back outside chuckling as they went. Kowalski steps up to Skipper slowly.
Kowalski: Hello Skipper. I realize that this might be a bit perplexing to te but I assure te we can clarify everything.
Skipper:And te will! Let me out of this cage. I trusted te lot and te got me locked up in the sewer! te know I can expect this out of… well, actually I didn’t expect it out of any of you, but that just makes this situation worse.
Private:If te calm down we’ll let te out and explain everything Skipper.
Kowalski: [Stepping Back] However te must first promise to not try to pulverize us.
Skipper:[Suspiciously] Agreed.
[Kowalski turns the lock to the correct combination and lets Skipper out.]
Skipper:Now what has been going on? The real on, not the fake on.
Rico:[Tongue lolling out]Buttons!
Private: What Rico said. If te come outside with us we’ll mostra you.
Skipper:[Crossing his arms]After you.
[Rico, Kowalski, and Private look at each other and smile. Skipper raises an eyebrow questioningly. They begin to climb up the ladder.]
Kowalski:You know we also wanted to blindfold te but we figured that that would be pushing our luck too far.
[Skipper looks around and gasps. Out of all of the possibilities that he had considered over this one was definitely not one]
Everyone: Suprise! Happy birthday Skipper!
[Balloons surrounded the habitat. Everyone form the zoo was there. Skipper was definetly suprised.]
Skipper:It’s my birthday?
Private: Luckily Kowalski reminded us all in time.
Skipper: te boys kidnapped me so that te could throw me a surprise birthday party? I’m touched. [Blinks back tears] I guess that I did train te well after all. [Turns to face them] But if te ever do that again te can bet your feathers that te won’t be living long enough to throw another party again.
Julien:Eh, excuse me, but I came here to boogey oogey [Turns on music] Oh, here. [claps hands] Although this party is not about me, the king , I am willing to mostra to te how nice I can be da presenting te with this present. [Morris hands Skipper a package]
Morris:Happy birthday Skipper!
[Skipper unwraps the present. Inside is a portrait of Julien]
Mort:Ohhh!
Skipper:…
Julien: te see Morris! He is speechless with the joy that my present has brought to him. I do that to others te know.
Everyone hands their present to Skipper who opens them in turn. He gets a cowboy hat from Private, a new flamethrower from Rico, a birdfeeder from the rats ( who seemed very amused about it,) a new coffee mug from Marlene, an automatic pesce dispenser from Kowalski, pesce from the flamingos, bananas from the monkeys, and so on. Once present time was over everyone goes over to unisciti Julien who was definetly the life of the dance floor]
Skipper:[Dancing] And to think that I believe te boys to have handed me over to the enemy and kidnapped the entire zoo.
Kowalski:[doing what he believed to be dancing] Well, technically we did hand te over to the enemy.
Private:[doing some impressive moves] But we did it out of a good cause, and te were never in any danger. We told the rats that all they had to do was keep te entertained for a while and they would be invited to the party.
Rico: [Doing the moonwalk] Agh!
Kowalski:[Still dancing badly] And the giorno that everyone was missing happened because they all went to get te your present while we persuaded the rats to let te stay with them. It was all part of the plan.
Skipper:[grooving] So there’s no national hide-and-seek-day?
Rico:[spinning on his head]Nah, ah!
Skipper:[Shaking it]No matter! This is the greatest thing anyone has done for me. Well, except for the kidnapping me and making me think you’d betrayed me.
Kowalski: [Almost falls]Don’t worry, it won’t happen again. However… Rico’s birthday is coming up.
Rico: [Stops mid-spin, gulps] Oh, boy.
Kowalski: Hello Skipper. I realize that this might be a bit perplexing to te but I assure te we can clarify everything.
Skipper:And te will! Let me out of this cage. I trusted te lot and te got me locked up in the sewer! te know I can expect this out of… well, actually I didn’t expect it out of any of you, but that just makes this situation worse.
Private:If te calm down we’ll let te out and explain everything Skipper.
Kowalski: [Stepping Back] However te must first promise to not try to pulverize us.
Skipper:[Suspiciously] Agreed.
[Kowalski turns the lock to the correct combination and lets Skipper out.]
Skipper:Now what has been going on? The real on, not the fake on.
Rico:[Tongue lolling out]Buttons!
Private: What Rico said. If te come outside with us we’ll mostra you.
Skipper:[Crossing his arms]After you.
[Rico, Kowalski, and Private look at each other and smile. Skipper raises an eyebrow questioningly. They begin to climb up the ladder.]
Kowalski:You know we also wanted to blindfold te but we figured that that would be pushing our luck too far.
[Skipper looks around and gasps. Out of all of the possibilities that he had considered over this one was definitely not one]
Everyone: Suprise! Happy birthday Skipper!
[Balloons surrounded the habitat. Everyone form the zoo was there. Skipper was definetly suprised.]
Skipper:It’s my birthday?
Private: Luckily Kowalski reminded us all in time.
Skipper: te boys kidnapped me so that te could throw me a surprise birthday party? I’m touched. [Blinks back tears] I guess that I did train te well after all. [Turns to face them] But if te ever do that again te can bet your feathers that te won’t be living long enough to throw another party again.
Julien:Eh, excuse me, but I came here to boogey oogey [Turns on music] Oh, here. [claps hands] Although this party is not about me, the king , I am willing to mostra to te how nice I can be da presenting te with this present. [Morris hands Skipper a package]
Morris:Happy birthday Skipper!
[Skipper unwraps the present. Inside is a portrait of Julien]
Mort:Ohhh!
Skipper:…
Julien: te see Morris! He is speechless with the joy that my present has brought to him. I do that to others te know.
Everyone hands their present to Skipper who opens them in turn. He gets a cowboy hat from Private, a new flamethrower from Rico, a birdfeeder from the rats ( who seemed very amused about it,) a new coffee mug from Marlene, an automatic pesce dispenser from Kowalski, pesce from the flamingos, bananas from the monkeys, and so on. Once present time was over everyone goes over to unisciti Julien who was definetly the life of the dance floor]
Skipper:[Dancing] And to think that I believe te boys to have handed me over to the enemy and kidnapped the entire zoo.
Kowalski:[doing what he believed to be dancing] Well, technically we did hand te over to the enemy.
Private:[doing some impressive moves] But we did it out of a good cause, and te were never in any danger. We told the rats that all they had to do was keep te entertained for a while and they would be invited to the party.
Rico: [Doing the moonwalk] Agh!
Kowalski:[Still dancing badly] And the giorno that everyone was missing happened because they all went to get te your present while we persuaded the rats to let te stay with them. It was all part of the plan.
Skipper:[grooving] So there’s no national hide-and-seek-day?
Rico:[spinning on his head]Nah, ah!
Skipper:[Shaking it]No matter! This is the greatest thing anyone has done for me. Well, except for the kidnapping me and making me think you’d betrayed me.
Kowalski: [Almost falls]Don’t worry, it won’t happen again. However… Rico’s birthday is coming up.
Rico: [Stops mid-spin, gulps] Oh, boy.
private: uh (wakes up) where are we skippah
pinkie: (pops out of nowhere) hi there my names pinkie
private: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
pinkie: oh i'm sorry
private: skippah skippah where are te (wimpers)
pinkie: ciao whats wrong
private: (crys) skippah
pinkie: (picks him up and brings him to twilights)
private: where am i (wimpers) skippah please come
twilight: who's skipper
private: skippah's m-my brother so are kowalski and rico (wimpers) i don't know where i am i'm scared
fluttershy: aww what a poor thing
meanwhile at the hq
skipper: ciao where's private (hears something)
tv: skippah's my brother so are kowalski and rico (wimpers) i don't know where i am i'm scared
they travel there
skipper: were here
private: (wimpers and gets taken to canterlot)
to be continued
pinkie: (pops out of nowhere) hi there my names pinkie
private: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
pinkie: oh i'm sorry
private: skippah skippah where are te (wimpers)
pinkie: ciao whats wrong
private: (crys) skippah
pinkie: (picks him up and brings him to twilights)
private: where am i (wimpers) skippah please come
twilight: who's skipper
private: skippah's m-my brother so are kowalski and rico (wimpers) i don't know where i am i'm scared
fluttershy: aww what a poor thing
meanwhile at the hq
skipper: ciao where's private (hears something)
tv: skippah's my brother so are kowalski and rico (wimpers) i don't know where i am i'm scared
they travel there
skipper: were here
private: (wimpers and gets taken to canterlot)
to be continued