Red Moon by Lina Ben
Hello, this is my second Penguins of Madagascar story! This is basically a Penguins of Madagascar High School AU. This is also the sequel to Red Dawn and I will recommend that you read Red Dawn before reading Red Moon.
I don't own Penguins of Madagascar, any song references, any pop culture references or any songs on Private's ipod.
There will be a few guest appearances of some celebrities, namely various bands in Red Moon. So yeah, I don't own them and any of their songs.
I don't own the Warriors book series by Erin Hunter and Family Guy by Seth McFarlane.
I don't own "Waking Up In Vegas" by Katy Perry, "Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 and "Starstruckk" by 3OH!3 and Katy Perry.
Chapter 1: Starstruckk
Now, L-O-V-E's just another word I never learned to pronounce
How, do I say I'm sorry cause the word is never gonna come out,
Now, L-O-V-E's just another word I never learned to pronounce.
~Starstruckk by 3OH!3 and Katy Perry
The sound of familiar music pounded through four teenage boys' ears to the rhythm of their quickening heart rates. They had just entered Paparazzi's Hut, one of the many all age's clubs/casinos in Las Vegas city. Now these four teens weren't any ordinary teens, they were The Penguin Elite Force which was also apart of a secret service called The Force. The shortest teen has short black hair with short bangs with ice blue eyes. His name is Percy "Private" Swimmer and he is the shortest out of his three friends. The second shortest teen's name is Seth "Skipper" Sarge and he has short black hair and bangs that frame his face with dark sapphire blue eyes. He is the leader of the group and despite his strict teachings he does have a soft spot for his team. The second tallest teen's name is Ricky "Rico" Knight and he has messy black hair stylized into a Mohawk and small green eyes. The tallest of the team, Kalen "Kowalski" Berg has short black slicked back hair and brown eyes.
Private jumped up and down excitedly in his spot. He couldn't believe it, he was actually in Las Vegas going to see 3OH!3 and Katy Perry live in concert. Skipper, who stood next to the excited teen carefully, placed his arm over Private's shoulders to keep the teen firmly on the ground. Private winced as his leader's arm pressed a little too firmly on his right shoulder. It still felt very sore and tender from his bullet graze. Precisely one week and one day ago Private was shot by a stay bullet when he was captured by and old enemy of Skipper's, Dr. Blowhole. He had been released from the hospital two days later and been given pain killers, which helped a bit. The last week before Autumn Break had been a very long week because Sam, the so called English teacher and the man that had captured Private had left because he had left the previous Friday. Skipper, Rico and Kowalski had rescued their team-mate and were escaping when Private was shot.
Now, however these teens were on a new assignment to tail teenage criminals in the all age's clubs of Las Vegas. This had remained a secret up until Skipper has told them all they were going which was the day before. Tonight, Skipper was going to let his team watch the concert so long as they all scouted the crowd for trouble or anything suspicious. At the moment Katy Perry was on stage singing her newest song "Waking Up in Vegas" to warm up the crowd for later.
'This is so exciting!' Private thought excitedly as the crowd cheered for the female singer. Private laughed and thought about texting Marlene but decided against it because he remembered that she and Rachel were visiting their family. It was the 15th of November and the first day of the Autumn Break and Private was excited for the coming week.
A few songs later, 3OH!3 had set up their equipment and were now playing their hit song "Don't Trust Me". It was a great song with a great beat that even made Skipper dance. Despite the four teen's fun and carefree exterior, secretly they were scanning the crowd for any trouble. However, nearby, something big was unfolding. In the dinner booths on the left side of the room, far away from the stage a deal was being made. Over at the bar, a teenage girl not much older than the four Force agents was ordering non-alcoholic drinks for the two teenage boys making the deal. Moving into the booth behind the two teenage boys, the four teens listened carefully while talking excitedly with each other about the bands playing to not draw suspicion to themselves. Fiddling with an all-access pass Marlene had gotten him online; Private pressed his knuckles together and drew them apart. This sign meant to separate and that is just what Private did.
"I need to go to the bathroom." Private said loudly, getting up and promptly leaving the area.
Flashing his all-access pass to the bodyguards, Private walked backstage to get pick up the team's bags. He walked a little slower past a door that said Katy Perry. There was quiet talking coming from the room so Private sped up to get his team-mates bags which also held their guns and various spy equipment. He arrived at the place where the bags were held and grabbed his team-mates. He walked back into the door quickly and just as soon as he left back stage Katy Perry onto the stage and got ready to play another song. She started playing "Hot N Cold" after Private arrived back at the booth his friends were in. The teenage girl at the bar had arrived back with drinks for the two teenagers that were sitting behind the four Force agents and was now giving the drinks to them. Private turned his head to glance at Katy Perry signing but was really looking at the girl. She had bleach blonde hair that reached her shoulders, she was wearing a light blue strapless top, a short chequered skirt, fishnet tights, black stilettos and she had the most unusual hazel coloured eyes. She was also wearing tonnes of make-up that made look older than younger.
'She doesn't look very pretty…' Private thought to himself, wrinkling his nose. He was so used to girls wearing clothes that suited them rather than clothes that didn't suit them at all.
When the teenage girl glanced at him, Private could have sworn that she had given him a smile. Shaking his head free of the strange thought, Private turned his head back to his friends and laughed at a joke that Skipper had just made. Kowalski placed a big bag of potato chips on the table and opened them noisily. While munching on their chips, Private reached into his pocket and pressed record on his tape recorder. The three behind the team were whispering angrily, arguing over the deal they were about to make. Soon enough, Katy Perry had finished singing "Hot N Cold" and was helping set up both her and 3OH!3's equipment to play their song. Over the cheering for the next song to play, Private starting listening to the conversation behind him.
"So, two grand or not?" The taller of the teenage boys asked. Private narrowed his eyes and pushed the volume on his tape recorder up higher.
The shorter male however wanted to haggle the price of what he was selling.
"Three grand, I won't go any lower." The shorter male grunted while the teenage girl murmured in agreement.
"Tell your bitch to get lost. She doesn't know who she is dealing with." The taller teen suddenly growled, making the teenage girl hiss in her defence. However this comment didn't phase the shorter male. When he spoke again his voice was as smooth as chocolate.
"Annie, get lost. You can't help me, not this time." The shorter teen murmured quietly, causing the girl to start crying.
"T-tonio, I-I t-thought you l-loved m-me!" The teenage girl wailed, her voice quivering slightly. By this time, 3OH!3 and Katy Perry had started singing "Starstruckk" and were getting to the chorus of the song.
"I never even learned to pronouse that word." The short teenage boy said smoothly, laughing softly as Katy Perry and 3OH!3 sang a similar line seconds after.
After he had said that, the girl had stood up and stormed off. When she reached the bar, a wave of wolf whistles flowed after her. The song went on for a while before, the short teenage boy's voice cut in.
"Fine, two grand it is." The boy said finally, giving up. Shaking hands, the shorter teen grabbed his drink and promptly left the booth. Waiting for the song to finish, the four Force agents crunched on their chips. With the concert over, the four friends picked up their bags and promptly walked out of Paparazzi's Hut and back to their hotel. The hotel Angel's Cloud was only a couple of blocks away and it was only 8:30 pm. Arriving at the hotel and taking the elevator to their shared suite, Private thought about that girl. How could that guy just kick her to the curb like that? That was just cruel and mean. Private flopped down onto his bed and laid there for a while just thinking before Skipper's voice cut through his thoughts like a knife through butter.
"Private, you got the tape recorder?" Skipper asked the smaller teen, his graze questioning. Private got up and reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the recorder. Nearby, one the other side of the room on Kowalski's bed, Rico and Kowalski had opened a briefcase that was filled with various spy gear. Kowalski gently took out his laser cutter that he had invented. It had been stolen once by Rhonda Seelo, an evil substitute teacher that was one of Dr. Blowhole's minions. Kowalski took out more spy equipment and Rico grabbed them off the bed and played with them.
"Buttons!" Rico yelled suddenly, startling the other three Force agents. Rico had grabbed what looked like four small buttons and was now peering at them suspiciously. Kowalski shook his head, laughing at his friend.
"Rico, they are button cameras." Kowalski chuckled softly, gently taking the four small buttons away from the scond tallest teen.
On the other side of the room, on Skipper's bed, Skipper and Private were listening to the tape on Kowalski's laptop. Private had managed to muffle the background music so that they could hear the conversation more clearly. They pressed their heads together, both listening to the same headphones. After they had listened to the tape, they closed their eyes thinking.
'Did these guys know we were tailing them?' Private asked himself, thinking the whole situation through. It just didn't add up. Why hadn't the tallest teen told the girl to leave earlier? While Rico and Kowalski experimented with the equipment Private wondered about the girl. She wasn't much older than the team and she just looked so out of place with the short teen. Breaking away from his thoughts, Private got up from his place on Skipper's bed and walked over to the Mimi-bar. Taking out a Mars Bar and a Coke, Private walked back to his bed and placed the drink and treat on the bedside table. He flopped back onto his bed again, still thinking about the girl.
An hour and a half passed by quickly as the four Force agents relaxed. Skipper had already sent the tape to The Force's New York Headquarters and was now watching Family Guy with Kowalski and Rico. Private wasn't really paying much attention. He was too bust reading his new Warriors Book to care. He was re-reading Sunrise for the fourth time because he was still confused with some of the characters. It got easier and clearer once he re-read the book. It was only their first night in Las Vegas but little did these four teens know, something big was going down and they were all in the midst of it.
It doesn't really matter, who you say you are [whistles]
Sing it out the windows, of your car [whistles]
Find another girl across the bar [whistles]
Cause L-O-V-E`s not what this was [whistles whistles]
~Starstruckk by 3OH!3 and Katy Perry
Thanks for reading, my friends! Did anyone see any references to the show?
I won't be able to work on Red Moon much because my relatives are coming for Christmas. I'll try to get out chapter 2 by next week.
Another Michael Jackson song will be the title and influence of the next chapter. See if you can guess what song it is!
See ya,
Lina Ben