Life With The Penguins:
On The Fifth Day

No penguin left behind

Some Info:
Yeah! And the series lives on! Anyway, this is the fifth but not final (97 percent chance that there will never be a final) story. Includes special guests, well sorta, Manfredi and Johnson, plus, some that you've heard before but never seen or even know their names! Please read the last four FIRST before you read this! It will make more sense if you do.

Summary:
Two months after the reality-bending adventure, the place seemed to have gotten quieter, too quiet. But when two mysterious animals show up with a thirst for vengeance, the team will have to set off to find the only ones who can help them lift a curse set upon two fellow penguins. Will they be able to find the cure them before it's too late? Read on to find out!

Disclaimer:
I do not own The Penguins of Madagascar. It belongs to Tom McGrath, Eric Daniels, Dreamworks Animation and Nickelodeon. I only own my own OCs (i.e. Josh Everett, Nick Everett, etc.)

A/N: Welcome everybody to part 5 of the Life With The Penguins Series! I really have enjoyed this series and can tell it's my favourite one! So, I hope you all enjoy this magical chapter!

Introduction:
Unwelcomed Enemy

Today seemed like another normal day, since about two months ago, we had that crazy adventure that only I remember, in the alternate fate of this dimension. We never really realised how important the two of us were till that day. When Parker prevented us from ever arriving in this dimension, it changed a lot, so I'm pretty happy that we are here, knowing that everything was better this way.

Since that day, we hope everyday that nothing like that would happen again, because now, we were part of their family. On the bright side, Parker is trapped in time and Liv is now living with her cousin, Marlene, in her habitat, after we saved her from Malcom X. Who knew Liv was Marlene's cousin, except Liv herself of course. It was just a plain crazy Christmas I can say that.

Anywho, today was exceptionally boring, after our usual training. It was a Monday, which was usually Funday, but you know Skipper, training is more important. But today, even Skipper didn't know what to do. He just seemed to run out of training exercises to do, or just got tired of it. So, he decided to give us the rest of the day off.

We all did whatever we wanted for the rest of the day. Private, Emmy and Amy were watching the Lunacorns, Skipper was telling Chris some of his life stories, Carl and Brandon were with their dad making some homemade explosives, Kowalski was busy inventing in the lab, while Nick and Gem were having a nap. Me, I was just about to head over to the lemurs to meet up with Ernie and Julien.

"Uh guys? I'm just gonna go over to the lemurs habitat, alright?" Skipper nodded with losing eye contact with his son. Why was I heading to the lemurs habitat? Yeah, of course my best friend Ernie is there, but it was also because every Monday we do something we had planned called Music Monday. We got a whole week of it, and we were loving it.

On Tuesday, we have Thriller Tuesday, where we watch some horror movies we found in Alice's office (Never knew she had any). Next we have War-filled Wednesday, where we have a paintball war against the whole zoo (Skipper says it was a great idea). Then we have Trivia Thursday, Kowalski's favorite, where we play trivia till someone starts screaming. The rest are Free-running Friday, Role-play Saturday (It just rhymed) and Sweet and Sour Sunday.

"What up homies!" I yelled as I entered the lemur habitat. "Really? You want to act hip today?" asked Ernie, who was replacing a broken string on Julien's banjo. "What? Too much?" I asked as I sat beside him. "Nope, just...I don't know..." He continued on tuning the banjo, looking just as bored as me. Just as I was about to say something, a small, brown and furry figure randomly jumped at me.

"Hi Josh!" yelled the figure. "Gah! Mort!? What was that for you little furball..." I said. I peeled him off my right flipper and rubbed his head. "Why don't you go and annoy Julien instead, ok?" He nodded and did as I asked, cause soon after he left, we heard Julien kick him off into the distance. "Nice one..." Ernie commented, giving me a fist pound, which I returned.

All of a sudden, we heard yelling, coming from the penguin HQ. "That's Skipper! Come on, let's see what's going on!" Ernie and I immediately took off to the secret passage that led from the lemur habitat to the HQ, moving quickly and quietly. We then slowly opened the 'Private's 1st Prize' door to see two unknown penguins behind it. It front of them was the rest of the team.

"It's over Skipper! Tell us where those two hooligans are or else!" they both yelled. By the sound of those voices, the penguins were female. The other penguin, on our left, had a corked bottle of who-knows-what hidden behind her in her left flipper. It seemed to have a magical purplish-green glow to it. "I swear to you, they're dead!" Skipper yelled back.

"You don't want to tell us?! Fine! You asked for it!" Full of anger, the penguin holding the bottle threw it at Skipper, which Kowalski blocked. The liquid splashed on them both, but the glass cut Kowalski more than the rest. Ernie and I then tackled the two, me taking the one on our right, Ernie taking the left. The others joined in the tackle, but as soon as they started, they disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Blast! They've escaped! Darn smoke bombs..." I griped. When the smoke cleared, the two that were hit by the liquid were on the floor, writhing in pain and groaning in an unearthly manner. There was also some smoke that was being emitted from their now wet, purplish-green glowing feathers. "Oh my fishy herring! Get that liquid off them!" I yelled.

"Urgh! Everything...hurts...so...bad! Argh!" yelled Skipper. We didn't know what to do. Rico regurgitated a bucket of water and splashed the two. The liquid ran off, but they were still in pain. "What do we do! What do we do!" Private and Gem kept saying as they panicked around. The kids seemed to all be hiding in their room, as they peeking at the current scene.

"Calm down will you!" Nick yelled at the panicky penguins. "What happened just now!?" I asked. Nick explained that the two penguins from before just randomly barged in, demanding for Manfredi and Johnson. "What is it?" Private, who finally calmed down, asked Ernie, who was in deep thought. "I don't know, but what they did out there seemed like...black magic or something..." he said, his paw on his chin.

At this time, the two had passed out from all the pain. "Come to think of it, it did seem like it..." I tried thinking of how we can fix this. "Uh, if this is possibly black magic...then we need to ask Darla..." I suggested. Private looked at me confused. "Black magic? Are you serious? Now's not the time to be jumping to conclusions!" I then told Nick to go and get Darla.

Some of the kids came out of the room. "Will they be alright?" asked a sobbing Emmy. "I hope they will..." I assured. I then helped Rico mop away the liquid that was now all over the HQ floor. It smelt horrible, like rotten fish mixed with sewer sludge, and worst of all, the smell hasn't gone away yet, even when we finished mopping and clearing up the broken glass.

Just as we finished, Nick and Darla dropped in. "What kind of help do y'all need?" she asked. We pointed at the two unconscious penguins and she went and checked them. "Urgh, what is that stuff?" she commented as she took a whiff of the air around the two. Rico offered her a clothes peg and a gas mask, and ironically she took the gas mask.

She put it on and continued finding out what had caused the two to feel so much pain. The kids were all sobbing as they peeked out the room, except Emmy and Chris, who were outside with us. "Good golly, this is the work of black magic alright, but it's a very advanced kind compared to what I do..." she finally said after ten minutes of checking...whatever it is that she was checking for.

"So, can you help them?" asked Gem. As she said that, Nick, Ernie, Rico and I were helping in carrying the fallen penguins into the bunks. Darla shook her head. "I am not skilled enough to tackle this level of black magic, but I know a few who may be able to help..." she suggested. "Who?" She gave a small dramatic pause before answering. "Manfredi and Johnson of course..."

I choked in disbelief while the rest just yelled 'WHAT!' "Um, if you didn't know, they had already...moved on..." I replied, clearing my throat. That's when we heard Skipper shift. "They're not...dead..." he whispered in a frail voice. "Skipper!" Private ran to his leader. "Are you alright!? Please tell me you're alright!" he asked as he hugged him.

Chris did the same, the hugging him and all. "They're...not dead..." he whispered again, a bit louder this time. "What?" Nick asked, thinking she might have heard wrong. "I said...they're not dead..." He groaned a bit, holding his head. "What do you mean they're not dead? They're...alive?" I asked. He nodded weakly. "Manfredi and Johnson alive!?" grunted Rico.

"Well, where they are!?" Gem and I asked instantly. "Remember I said...that in Denmark...I got arrested?" he said, this time in a soft voice rather than a whisper. We nodded. "Well...they got...caught too. I...managed to escape...with their help. They're...still there...I'm sure of it...since we all...got a life sentence..." he said. "Where?" I then asked. "In the most...secure level...of the Danish Penitentiary..."

A/N: Manfredi and Johnson are alive! Well, you know if you read part 4's epilogue, but who can help us get there? Since Skipper can't bring us there, there is only one last person who could. R&R if you know who it is!