Hope: Hello everyone! I find it strange my name is Hope, but that's really nothing that interests you anyway…

Title: What is Love?

Summary: Blowhole brings World War 3 to the penguins; will they be able to stop it? Meanwhile Kowalski brings Manfedi and Johnson back, and Private falls for a certain insane solider.

Main Conflict: World War 3 of course!

Secondary Conflict: Private and Rico's Relationship

Other Conflicts: Dolphins take control of most harbors of the world. China is under attack currently. New York is enemy territory. Kowalski is captured by Hans and Clemson

Theme: Three soldiers, Two lost souls, Two Broken Soldiers, One insane lover, one small boy.

Alone they are powerless… together they are invincible.

~ Power only comes with trust

Pairings: Private/Rico, and you have to figure out the other three! XD

Chapter 1: Calm before a storm
3rd person's pov

They say before there is a storm; there is always a calm day. Most would call this a mist… but was it a mist when it happened on World War 1? Or what about World War 2? Well our little favorite penguin squad is going to figure out how true that myth really is. They must gather all the units of the penguins around the world, and all the extra helpers, but truth be told when you enter a War few do come back alive. That is what will happen in this next 2 years, and they'll learn through heartache, pain, misery, and failure that no war or even a simple mission can be completed without trust. For trust built our land. Was it not trust that brings two people together that got us all here anyway? Simply trust, friendship, love, hope (XD), and pain are the five most powerful things in the world. Let us see how our penguin team learns to trust others, and share in comfort.

~ The Real Beginning

It was a cool crisp summer day. The wind was blowing calmly, and the water was rippling lightly. Three penguins lay on green covered lawn chairs with smoothies in flipper. "Boys this day is one of the most perfect yet!" the flat-headed one said to the other two. "Yeah Skippa! This is the best summer/vacation day ever!" the small one agreed. "Yeah!" the one with a Mohawk and scar said. "Boys why don't you two help me get Kowalski out here to enjoy this day?" Skipper asked as he stood up and stretched backward. "Okay" Private agreed. The three penguins went over to a distinct fishbowl, and slid it over to reveal a hidden entrance within the habitat.

The three penguins climbed down the ladder one by one. Skipper first, and Private last. Skipper walked over to a large metal door next to four bunks. He tried to open it, but it was clearly locked from the inside. He knocked on the door; trying to get the attention of the penguin inside. The door slowly opened by itself, and a penguin looked out at them. "Oh hey Skipper" the tall penguin said. "Kowalski why aren't you out enjoying a vacation day?" Skipper asked.

"Oh I am… I just got my jurnatorr ready in this last 2 ½ hours! Well I still need to test it…" Kowalski said with bright blue eyes that seemed to say- 'please let me finish!'. Skipper sighed, and said- "Well at least tell me what it does…". "Alright come on in!" Kowalski said excitedly, and the group came inside.

They saw a complexed looking device in the corner. There were several blue and red tubes going from the machine to two tables that seemed to be connected to the device. There were many glowing buttons and levers, and also there was white blankets on the table, but something seemed to be underneath them.

"What's under the blankets Kowalski?" Private asked with his shy tone. "Oh those are the test subjects… found them down at a rubble site. Anyway my device is going to bring these two dead penguins back to life… watch for yourself!" Kowalski said as he put his goggles down, and started to push certain buttons, and pull levers. Then suddenly the machine sparked to life, and green glowing energy went through the red and blue tubes, and into whatever was under the blanket.

Three minutes passed as they same method went through. Then the liquid stopped. For about 2 minutes it did nothing. The others thought it failed, but Kowalski shushed them. The machine then roared to life, and elecricty went through the tubes, and into the bodies under the blankets.

They heard a groan from under one of the blankets, and Kowalski shouted- "Eureka it works!". "Yeah but who are they?" Skipper asked. Then the other blanket was pushed off the penguin. The penguin sat up, and they got a visual. The penguin was tall, and he had a hat on that had a blue feather sticking out. The other blanket was pushed off the other as well.

The penguin sat up, and he was about Rico's size, and had a small scar trailing down from his eye, and he had a purple feather sticking out of a curled up hair-style. Skipper's memory suddenly clicked after 12 seconds of staring at the two. "Manfedi?! Johnson?!" Skipper said suddenly. The two penguins on the table looked over as he said the names.

"Skipper?" Johnson muttered. (P.S. Johnson is the tall penguin, and Manfedi is Rico's size). "It is you!" Skipper said surprised, and suddenly he hugged the two of them. "Skipper where are we? This isn't Kansas?" Johnson asked as he looked around the room. "No it's not… You guys were once dead; my lieutenant here brought you back to life" Skipper said while pointing to Kowalski. "So we really didn't survive Kansas like Davy said huh?" Johnson asked with a laugh. "Yeah I guess he was right…" Skipper muttered.

Kowalski, Rico, and Private looked to Manfedi. He was silent; just staring ahead to them without a signal emotion plastered on his face, even if he just learned he had been dead. They found it rather strange. "Um does he talk at all?" Private asked interrupting the conversation between the adults.

"Um no not really… he hasn't said a word ever since 9-11" Johnson answered. "Oh that's so sad…" Private said while looking down. "Well at least all I need to know is he's still alive… well err I guess realived" Johnson said as he stood up, and came over to the other male. He tried pulling his purple feather, but two flippers grabbed his, and a growl emitted from the other.

"He still never lets me touch that purple feather…" Johnson muttered as he turned to the group. "So what do we do now?" Johnson asked with a smile…

~ (Meanwhile at a dolphin's secret liar)

"How are the plans coming along?" a blue dolphin by the name of Dr. Blowhole asked. "The plans are all ready. The dolphins, puffins, lemurs, and falcons are all in place. The attack is ready to hit sir… should we proceed?" the lobster asked. "Perfect execute…" the screen suddenly turned half black, and Blowhole's eyes turned deep red- "Plan Z- World War 3…" he muttered as he laughed his strange dolphin evil laugh…

Hope: Almost forgot to mention this story will contain a lot of blood and language… cause come on its World War 3 man!

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