Prologue: I've Once Met a Dragon Fly

It was a quiet giorno in the central park zoo. Not a creature made noise. It was almost like a peaceful giorno in the zoo, where Kowalski and Rico weren't blowing things up, Skipper wasn't yelling at insects, and Private wasn't playing with his Lunicorns.

At Marlene's Habitat

"Gee. I wonder why it's so quiet. I would have heard noises da now. Maybe I should go visit the penguins" Marlene thought.

So Marlene grabbed a soda and headed towards the pinguino habitat. Nobody was on the outside. Marlene was worried that Alice may notice. She tried to sposta the Cibo bowl, but it seemed to be stuck. Maybe glued to the ground. Something wasn't right.

"Julien, do te know what happened to the penguins?" asked Marlene.

"I don't have the slightest clue of what happened. Now if te will be excusing me, I am going to try and pry Mort off of my foot." Julien replied.

"Some help he was." detto Marlene, frusterated.

Suddenly, a dragon fly flew da Marlene.

"Hey Otter, te lookin' for somethin'?" he said.

"I'm looking for my friends. Have te seen the penguins?" Marlene asked.

"Funny to mention, I was flyin' da and heard some noises. I think it was the pinguino habitat I flew da and noticed somebody glueing the Cibo bowl to a hole. Maybe he tried to fix it o somethin'. I didn't quite get who he was. o she. How the heck would I know." Explained the Dragon Fly.

"Maybe te could help me. Who are you, anyways?" Marlene curiously said.

"My name is Scouter Richie, but te could call me Scouter. o Richie. o Scrichie, I don't care. Which ever one ya like sister." detto Scouter.

"Okay, Scouter. My name's Marlene. We need to figure out another way to get in the pinguino lair. Maybe we can cook up a plan at my place at midnight. te in?" Marlene said.

"You bet. I hope this gets exciting." Scouter detto with joy.

Marlene waited all night, wondering if there was any hope in finding the penguins in their lair. If not, what would she do?