Skipper's POV
"And, voila! What do you think? Huh?"
The boys and I were staring at Kowalski's latest threat to the city.
"Ok, Kowalski, I've no idea what it is, but I know two things for fact. It will have a long and unpronounceable name. Don't disappoint me. And at some point, it will be a threat to the immediate community. And Rico's looking forward to the explosion."
"Umm, sir, that's three things."
"And the sky's purple, Kowalski. I'm still you're commanding officer. Don't argue." He looked outside, rather deliberately.
"Well, Skipper, the sky is purple." I did look outside, and sure enough, the sky was stained purple. Thanks a lot, sunset.
"What did I say. Don't argue." Kowalski sighed.
"Well, now that you're interested again, this SuperSonic Penguin Launcher, or SS Penguin for short, won't pose a threat to society. Or at least, I don't think so." I smirked.
"Well, you haven't disappointed. Long name." He rolled his eyes at me. I laughed at him.
"Yes. The SS Penguin will launch us across the ground, allowing us to reach a top speed of around ... umm ... 250 kilometres per hour."
"Kowalski, speak American, man."
"Approximately 155 miles per hour." I was impressed.
"But I'll need someone to test it." I thought for a moment.
"Hmm, could be risky ... which is why Private'll do it." Private looked at me.
"What?"
... ... ... ... ... ...
Kowalski strapped Private into the launcher thing, with his intricate little system of knots and whatnot that were SUPPOSED to keep Private safe. See, I've already forgotten the name of the thing.
"All set to go, sir." Kowalski saluted me.
"Ooh, what is to be happening here?" Ringtail? Really? Of all the people that could show up. I prepared to fight the obnoxious freak.
"Get out of here, Ringtail. We don't have time for this." And no, he didn't leave.
"But as your king, I would like to be knowing what is going on." I smirked at him.
"And, fortunately, that information is classified." And that was that. Even if the lemurs still didn't leave. And as if we didn't have enough distractions...
"Hey guys." Really Marlene? Now, did she have to be here?
"Hey Marlene. Now why does everyone have to be here?" They all just looked at each other.
"Skipper. The SS Penguin's ready to go." I nodded.
"Fire at will." He pressed the button. The machine started rumbling, and smoke was pouring out of the top somewhere.
"Umm, Kowalski, is this normal?" He worriedly slid over to Private and tried to untangle him. The lemurs and Marlene bunched together. Rico came closer to me. It wasn't looking good.
"Uh oh." KABOOM! The whole thing went up in flames. Rico went in.
"KOWALSKI! PRIVATE!" I slid into it. Apparently it hadn't finished exploding. The last thing I saw was my team-mates flying over me.
"MARLENE!"
Then it went black.