Prologue: I've Once Met a Dragon Fly

It was a quiet día in the central park zoo. Not a creature made noise. It was almost like a peaceful día 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 por now. Maybe I should go visit the penguins" Marlene thought.

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

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

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

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

Suddenly, a dragon fly flew por Marlene.

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

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

"Funny to mention, I was flyin' por and heard some noises. I think it was the pingüino, pingüino de habitat I flew por and noticed somebody glueing the comida 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 tu could help me. Who are you, anyways?" Marlene curiously said.

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

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

"You bet. I hope this gets exciting." Scouter dicho 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?