"It wasn't my fault!" Skipper screamed. He felt it behind his eyes and he knew it came out in his voice. He was on the brink of tears. But he was telling the truth. It wasn't his fault. He was the most shaken by it all. But he wasn't angry. He should be, but he wasn't.
"Don't lie to me Skipper!" Kowalski shouted. "You know what happened! He wouldn't be missing if it weren't for you!" Skipper lost a brother. Not only that but he was denying it. He wasn't owning up to his mistake. "Skipper-" He started to growl.
Skipper broke before Kowalski was able to finish. "I DIDIN"T WANT ANY OF THIS TO HAPPEN!" he shouted with a cracked voice. Tears began rolling down his cheeks. He took a shaky breath. "He wasn't supposed to follow me. He was supposed to stay with you and-and Rico. Not me. Rico was sick, he still is. I was going to the shack we saw earlier to see if anyone there could help. He followed close enough to see be but far enough that I wouldn't notice him. A few minutes down the path I heard something. When I turned around he was there. I tried Kowalski. I started to drag him back. Then they sabotaged us. They took him because he was the youngest. I tried to save him. I tried Kowalski you have to believe me I tried. I didn't get him." Skipper swallowed. "But I got something else. It's in the corner."
Kowalski turned and went to the corner of the room. Sure enough there was something there. It was small and roughly square in shape. It was a metallic grey color and had a single small button. He picked it up and examined it. It was no bigger than an ice cube tray and looked to be just a block of scrap metal. "This?" He slammed it down onto the table. "This is what you got? This is nothing!" he shouted frustrated. They couldn't do anything with this. This was just a block of scrap metal.
"No," Skipper said trying to calm himself down. "Press the button on the side."
Kowalski looked at Skipper skeptically, he didn't fully trust Skipper. But he obeyed and pressed the button. The box immediately popped open