I happened to have a lot of time on my hands, today, so I wrote the first chapter of Duty Calls.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own CP and I don't own Skyrus. Skyrus belongs to my friend.

Enjoy my new fic! ;)

It had been nearly a week ever since I had fallen into the waters of Shark Bay…

The elevator whirred softly as I went down to the Command Room.

It wasn't for field-ops now.

This was an emergency.

Just two days ago, the EPF had checked on Herbert and had been shocked to find… nothing at all. For some reason, earlier that day G had called two agents down to the Command Room. I was one, and the other agent was called Skyrus.

I wondered why we had been called. Were we somehow supposed to deal with the fact that Herbert was gone? Were we supposed to partner up for a mission? I hardly even knew who this 'Skyrus' was. Or, were we called for some completely different reason? I sighed wearily as I entered the Command Room.

G was standing in the middle of the Command Room with a light blue penguin in a snowsuit. For some reason she looked vaguely familiar.

"Perfect," G turned around when he saw me. "Agent Waddle8438, this is Agent Skyrus, one of our senior agents. Agent S, you probably already know Agent Waddle; she was the one who discovered Klutzy's hideout. You two will be partners in this mission. Your orders: Go to Shark Bay and check on Klutzy's hideout. If it hasn't flooded due to the Expedition Party, there's a chance that Herbert or Klutzy could be there. If neither one of them are there, search the area. Then come back to report."

I stiffened at the thought of going back to Shark Bay. Skyrus, however, just whipped out her Spy Phone and signalled to G that we were going. In a flash, we were at that shark-infested place.

Skyrus turned to me. "Time for you to take over. Where's Klutzy's hideout, Agent Waddles?"

"It's Waddle…"

"Whatever. You know this place better than me. Where's Klutzy's hideout?"

I bit back a sharp reply and gestured toward the grove of trees. "His hideout is in an underground cave, over there. I found it the last time I came here."

"Good, then let's go." Skyrus responded.

A few minutes later, we were both leaning over the tunnel that led to the cave where Klutzy had his cave. The last time I had come, it had been completely deserted. Now, there were small tracks in the snow beside us.

"Crab tracks." I pointed out to Skyrus. She was already examining the snow where the tracks were.

"The tracks are somewhat fresh, too," Skyrus confirmed. "Looks like Klutzy left his hideout before we came."

"It never hurts to investigate, though. Should we go in?" I asked.

"We'd never fit if we went in together at the same time. I'll go first, and then I'll tell you when I'm through." Skyrus decided. She cautiously lowered herself into the tunnel before I could agree.

She's acting as if she's mission leader! I muttered to myself. Then guilt washed over me. She is a senior agent. Maybe she is mission leader.

"Okay, you can come down now," Skyrus called. I was getting ready to get down after her when something suddenly shoved me from behind. Before I could steady myself and see who unbalanced me, I tumbled into the tunnel in a flurry of feathers. Skyrus just managed to leap out of the way when I landed beak-first in the cave.

"Very dignified." she teased.

Huh! I thought. I scrambled to my feet and shoved my shades closer to my eyes so Skyrus wouldn't notice that I was embarrassed. "Something unbalanced me, that's all," I mumbled.

We searched the cave. Everything was the same as it was the last time I had been there, except the strange computer device was gone. In its place was a heap of wires. I went up to them. "Strange…" Skyrus waddled after me and bent down to look at them.

"Computer wires. Seems like a machine was somehow disconnected from the place." Skyrus observed thoughtfully.

"Well, it doesn't matter if they are computer wires or telephone wires or any other wires of the sort. Even though this place isn't flooded, neither Klutzy nor Herbert is here," I replied. "Let's get back up."

Skyrus narrowed her eyes at me. "Sure, getting up will be a good idea, but this time, you go first."

I just shrugged and pulled myself back through the tunnel. When I was half-way through the entrance, I noticed a flash of red near the cliffs that overhung Shark Bay. I froze. Is that Klutzy?

I started at the sound of Skyrus' voice. "Are you going to hang there all day, Waddles?" she called.

"It's Waddle," I shouted back down at her. "And no, I'm not going to hang here all day. For your information, I'm getting out right now." I got out and Skyrus emerged almost immediately.

"Where should we go now?" she asked.

I thought for a moment. "Well, the last time I was here, I saw Klutzy on that cliff," I answered, pointing towards the huge, snow-covered rocks. "Just now, I also saw something red near those cliffs, too."

"We'd better go then," Skyrus decided. Again that flash of annoyance grew stronger in me and then faded. She's a senior agent. Remember that, Waddle. I reminded myself. We set off towards the cliffs.

The one and only fact we didn't know was that the most dangerous villain in Club Penguin was watching us.