Chapter One

"You guys ready for the big game?" Marlene asked as she hopped down into their HQ.

Skipper spun around, his blue and gold helmet almost falling off, his eyes narrowed, and flippers raised; ready to fight. "Hoover Damn, Marlene. Knock before you enter. I could have taken you out if you'd been one step closer."

Private smiled and shook his head, he'd long since gotten used to his leader's paranoia, as well as his readiness to fight at a minute's notice. Even on Game day.

"Yeah, I know, you're being paranoid, Skipper," Marlene rolled her eyes and walked over to them, the side of her face painted with the team's colors.

"Hey Private," she said as she passed him.

"Hey Marlene," Private replied, while Marlene stopped in front of Skipper, placing her paws on her hips.

"So whose ready for game day?' she asked cheerfully, glancing past Skipper at the TV, now turned onto the sports channel, with Rico glued to it, crunching down on the snacks for the game.

"Oh I know I am," Skipper said as if he hadn't just about attacked her; relaxing his posture, "I've got my fangear on, and the snacks are all ready—"

"Noe," Rico burped, and Private saw that he had eaten all of the snacks.

"Oh, Rico," Skipper glared angrily at the other penguin, flippers crossed across his chest in annoyance. Marlene stood beside him.

"I can go get them if you want Skipper," Private volunteered, after all he wouldn't see the game. It was nothing like actual football, which the others referred to as Soccer. Private didn't see the point in throwing around a misshapen ball for a couple of hours, though everyone else seemed to enjoy it. Except for the chimps that was.

"But you'll miss the game," Marlene said, sounding confused.

"He doesn't watch actual football," Skipper sighed, rolling his eyes. The older penguin tossed the bowl at him, "Just be sure to take Kowalski with you. I don't want him blowing anything up—"

Suddenly the channel changed, and Chuck Charles, the news anchor was on, talking about some insedent involving the animal control HQ in which some of the animals had escaped.

"Wait, is that Savio?" Private stared at the tv as it showed a big yellow boa, exactly like Savio, the snake who had tried to eat multiply zoo animals before being shipped elsewhere, "I thought he was still in Hoboken".

"Kowalski get out here," Skipper said, his expression unreadable.

Kowalski stepped out of the lab, annoyed, "What, I was this close to solving Pi to—is that Savio?" he stopped beside Rico, and stared at the tv.

According to Chuck Charles, he had last been seen swimming in the bay.

Skipper's voice drew Private's attention back to his leader, who was still standing beside Marlene, "Look's like we've got ourselves a new mission boys, let's go!"

I hope you guys will enjoy this new story. Sorry about the wait in getting it up.