Hello!

This is the sequel to my first story: 'Classified Retirement'.

I would suggest that you read that first, if you don't, this story won't make very much sense to you XD

I have not yet decided about if I put in any character death.

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Noise

Skipper knew that the scars of his past would never vanish from his body or his mind. And on one day, his body would finally give in and make him an old penguin. His body would tell him that he would grow to the limits of his powers. It would decide that he needed a rest.

His friends were looking at him in an expecting way. He raised his violin. The first touch of the fiddlestick upon the strings. It was like the melody carried all the joy of the world. They knew that one day life would part them. That was insurmountable.

They only had to make sure the days that they were together the best they would ever know. When they were together they would be unbeatable, until the moment they had to leave this world behind.

"Hold her a little bit higher. Yes, like that!" Skipper stood next to his little friend."Now let your fiddlestick run over the strings." An ear-piercing sound filled the room. "Good job Private! Let's try a C now. And keep her higher!" Skipper waddled away from his soldier.

The room was filled with the sound of crying strings. In fact, the room had been full of this so-called music for at least three hours. It was getting on his nerves. How could he possibly prevent his inventions from exploding if he couldn't think? Oh, wait now he was thinking too about his inventions as failures. All because of this noise. "You had to teach the boy to 'play' the violin?" The sarcasm dripped from his words. Skipper nodded. "Yes, it was his wish and it wouldn't hurt the boy if he got some cultural education." Kowalski could not believe it. "You call this education? You can't even call this noise, this is torture for the ones who have to listen to it!"

Skipper smiled again at his soldier. He wasn't that grumpy anymore. He had learnt that his friends were always behind him. Like a safety net. "I know that he will turn out to be a great player. You just have to listen carefully to hear his talent." Skipper grinned when he saw the astounded expression on Kowalski's face.

"Listen? LISTEN?! You want us deaf, don't you?" He felt his temper rise. Skipper could be so stubborn. "I'll be In my lab. Trying to invent something that keeps us from getting hearing loss." He turned away and waddled into his lab. Even through the thick door was the noise audible.

Skipper turned towards his weapons expert. "What do you think Rico, is the music bothering you?" Rico was cleaning his weapon arsenal. He was so occupied with it, that even Skipper couldn't get to him. Skipper grinned.

After a view hours, Kowalski cracked. How could he possibly survive this? Skipper had joined Private with his own violin. He had thought that it couldn't get any worse. Well, it could. He had grown an immense headache. He would do almost anything to make this stop. He stormed out of his lab, hoping that his idea would work.

"Skipper, what about a snow cone recovery mission?" Skipper smiled at his soldier. "Sure Kowalski, you can go solo." Kowalski looked baffled. "Solo? But what about…" Skipper rolled his eyes and sighed."Alright, ask Rico if he want to go with you."

It wasn't exactly what he had hoped for, but he would do almost everything to get out of that noise. He waddled towards Rico, lying in his bunk. "Rico, would you like to join me on a snow cone recovery mission?" The word snow cone was like a trigger to Rico. "SNOW CONES!" They made their way towards the exit. "Be careful guys!" Skipper yelled over the sound of the two violins.

He felt so happy, playing next to his leader. Still, he hadn't forgotten about the times he almost lost him. He still had nightmares about it. He was sure Skipper knew about them.

Skipper really enjoyed playing his violin with Private. "Let's do 'Don't Stop Believing' from Journey now!" The music filled the HQ once more. But this time was different. This time, the violins made their tones in a perfect harmony. They felt the music flowing through their body's.

It bonded them, they played like one.

So that's the first chapter.

I hope you like it!