" Kowalski Gone MIA: Missing in Action"
Thanks for the reviews everyone. They were awesome. BTW: For those wondering about Kowalski's age, I put it in penguin years, not human years. Sorry about the confusion. I meant to put that at the bottom of the first chapter in the author's note, but I forgot. Anyways. Here's the next chapter. Please enjoy. Warning: Chapter may be revised, again.
Chapter 2
" There it is," Private pointed at the zoo and aquarium, which was only a block away from the group. He
was looking around the area, when he spotted it out of the corner of his eye. It looked a lot like their zoo
back at home, except it was ran down. Apparently, it had been built long before the Central Park Zoo even
existed.
" Nice work, Private," Skipper waddled over to Private and high flippered him. After that, the group traveled
to the zoo and aquarium and stealthily waddled through the entrance. From there, Doris led them to the
dolphin habitat, where Dr. Blowhole was holding Kowalski captive.
When the group arrived at the habitat, they slipped into some nearby bushes, which were used as
decorations for when humans came to visit. The group poked their heads out of the bushes and gasped
quietly as they saw Kowalski. His flippers and legs were chained to the inside wall of the dolphin tank, with
his body mostly submerged in water. The only things that remained dry were the penguin's flippers and
head. Right behind Kowalski's head, almost touching the water, was a ten-thousand volt, electrical wire,
which would zap him if he so much as wiggled his toes. The wire was about two inches thick and was
bolted to the inside and outside of the tank. Skipper scanned the direction of where the wire was hooked
up to, until he spotted Dr. Blowhole. He was on a platform that was hanging on hinges, which were bolted
to the inside wall of the tank, just barely above the water. The whole platform also had a rubber cover on it
to keep the maniacal dolphin from getting shocked, while he was sitting in a medium sized, rectangular
tank, working on the same ray that he was planning on using to destroy the sun years ago. Skipper tapped
his beak a little then turned to the group to formulate a plan. After forming the plan, the otters and
penguins sneaked to the part of the tank with the wire hooked onto it, while Doris hopped onto the
platform to talk to her father. Luckily, for her, the tank was partially built into the ground, leaving nothing
but a three foot climb.
" Daddy," Doris chimed with a smile as she hopped onto the five foot long by five foot wide platform and
into the portable tank.
" Doris," Dr. Blowhole jumped as he turned around. " Nice to see you here. Why are you here, anyway?"
" What," Doris shrugged. " I can't come visit you and watch you destroy the sun and take over the world?"
Dr. Blowhole scoffed. " I thought you didn't want anything to do with this."
" I was only joking," Doris giggled.
" Oh, okay," Dr. Blowhole raised an eyebrow.
Meanwhile, after the electric wire was removed, Maddie, Rico, and Private were underwater trying to break
the ankle chains off of Kowalski by using hacksaws, while Marlene and Skipper were trying to break the
wrist chains by using laser pens. About several minutes later, the group got Kowalski free. Swiftly, the
rescue group stored the tools back inside of Rico's stomach and silently began tiptoeing out of the dolphin
habitat, along with Kowalski. Before they left the habitat, Skipper located the outlet, which was labled as
High Voltage, and unplugged Dr. Blowhole's ray, while he was still distracted by Doris, and cut the cord with
his beak. It was only about an eighth of an inch thick, so it only took one bite. He smirked as he chuckled to
himself then followed the group. Doris, who planned to stay behind, waited for Dr. Blowhole to fall asleep,
before sneaking out to meet the others.
While the others were leaving, Kowalski stopped dead in his tracks and waddled back toward the dolphins.
" Kowalski," Private peeped. " Where are you going?"
" To get my invention back," Kowalski uttered as he looked back then turned around to run.
" Are you insane," Skipper barked then rushed up in front of Kowalski, almost getting ran over in the
process. " Dr. Blowhole will apprehend you the minute he sees you?"
" So what if he does," Kowalski snapped as he stepped on a loose brick in the sidewalk. " Besides, I'd be
doing a favor...Whoa!" Suddenly, a hole opened up in the sidewalk and dropped the animals into a fifteen-
foot long by ten-foot wide metal cell, which was located inside one of the sewer tunnels. The animals all
moaned as they sat up and looked around.
" Zeke's Wagon Wheel Pancake," Skipper shouted then stood up. " How long has Dr. Blowhole been living
here?"
" Judging from the way his habitat is," Kowalski tapped his chin with one of his flippers as he observed his
surroundings. " I'd say six to nine weeks."
" Sixty-nine weeks," Private squeaked as he raised an eyebrow.
" No," Kowalski shook his head then stopped. " Six to nine weeks."
" Momma," Maddie stuttered as she hugged Marlene, who was still sitting down right next to her. " I don't
like this place. It's scary."
" I know, Maddie," Marlene spoke in a gentle, motherly tone as she patted the young otter on back. " I
know."
" Glad to see you're all comfortable," Dr. Blowhole hopped toward the group, with a gas mask on, and
stopped a few feet in front of the bars. " Twelve foot tall Prison cell in the sewer. Got it on sale. Do you
like?"
" Not particularly," Skipper growled as he gripped onto two of the bars with his flippers. " Aside from the
terrible smell, seeing your face takes the cake."
" Skipper," Dr. Blowhole bent down to look at the second shortest penguin in the eyes. The dolphin looked
a lot like Doris, only masculine, and had a glazed left eye, which indicated that he was partially blind. " Ice
to see you, again," he fake smiled at what he said. " You haven't aged a day."
" Unlike you," Skipper tilted his head, cockily. " Dr. Wrinkles."
" Don't get smart with me, Skipper," Dr. Blowhole hollered. " You don't know what I'm capable of."
" At least I know what you're not capable of," Skipper folded his flippers. " Winning a battle."
" That can change in a heart beat," Dr. Blowhole narrowed his eyes then looked over his shoulder. " Doris,
get your tail fin down here! Now! And bring that stupid little music box with you!"
Doris slowly hopped toward her father, while wearing a gas mask, too, and hesitatingly handed over the
music box. " Sorry guys," she whispered to the group. " I have to listen to him. He's my father."
" Finally," Dr. Blowhole cheered as he held up the music box above his head, in his flippers. " I have it. Now,
how does this blasted contraption work?" The dolphin shook the music box and hit it a couple of times with
one of his flippers. " I'll be back," Dr. Blowhole scowled then hopped toward the sewer tunnel, which led to
his habitat then barked. " Doris, come."
Doris turned to the group. " I'll be back to free you later," she whispered in a soft tone. " I promise."
" Promise," Kowalski roared as he glared at her. He stomped over to the bars and stood next to Skipper."
Promise," he huffed. " What makes you certain that I will believe that promise, huh? You caused me to
betray my team and drove me to quit my job, so I wouldn't have to deal with you and your father."
" Kowalski," Doris stuttered, taken aback. " I'm sorry. I had no idea that my father was going to pop up at
the zoo. If I had known that, I would have hidden the music box, right away."
" Yeah," Kowalski shouted as he turned around and folded his flippers. " Sure. Whatever. Say what you
want, but I'm not falling for it this time."
" But, Kowalski," Doris uttered with a gasped.
" No, buts," Kowalski hissed then waved one of his flippers at Doris. " Now be gone, hurtful porpoise. Be
gone."
" But," Doris choked under her breath as Kowalski refolded his flippers. Tears started forming in her brown
eyes then she turned around to leave. " I never meant to hurt you," she turned her head to glance at
Kowalski, again. He was in the same position as he was before. Doris turned her head back then left for the
dolphin habitat, through one of the tunnels.
After she had left, Kowalski sighed then tears began to fill his eyes. He whimpered as he sat down on the
cement-covered ground. Skipper observed Kowalski's condition, waddled over, and sat down in front of him.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group gathered in the right corner, toward the back of the cell, trying to remain
calm, while waiting for Skipper to give orders.
The lead penguin's face was full of concern and consideration as he stared at the tall intellect. " Don't look
at me like that," Kowalski glanced up as he let his tears stream down his face. " I know what you're about
to say. So don't bother saying it."
" Say what," Skipper raised an eyebrow.
" I told you so," Kowalski sniffled as he wiped his eyes with one of his flippers.
" Kowalski," Skipper stated in a brotherly tone as he laid a flipper on one of Kowalski's shoulder. " I'm not
going to say that to you. To be honest with you, what I was about to say was that you shouldn't have said
what you said to Doris. I could tell by the look in her eyes and the feeling in my gut that she's trustworthy
and the key to getting your invention back and getting us out of this place."
" Yeah," Kowalski scoffed as he rolled his eyes. " The key to getting us out of this place so we could get
killed."
" Okay," Skipper narrowed his eyes. " Now you're being stubborn and paranoid."
" Takes one to know one," Kowalski snarled.
" Look, Kowalski," Skipper groaned, trying to be patient. " Listen to me. Doris…is…not…deranged…like…her…
father…Okay? As a matter of fact, she's the one who told us you got kidnapped. She actually led us here to
help rescue you. If she was anything like her father, she would've tried to get rid of us, already."
" Skipper," Kowalski glared with fire in his eyes. " She's the daughter of your arch nemesis. Aren't you the
least bit worried that she might be like Dr. Blowhole in someway?"
" No," Skipper shook his head once.
" Who are you and what have you done with Skipper," Kowalski raised an eyebrow.
" I might ask you the same question," Skipper raised an eyebrow as he folded his flippers. " What have you
done with Kowalski?"
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Aww. Poor Kowalski and Doris. I want to cry for both of them. Oh, no. The penguins got captured by Dr. Blowhole. Anyways. Coming up next in Chapter 3. Catch what happens between Skipper and Kowalski. Please stay tuned and find out more. BTW: I apologize if any of the characters who are out of character. I still have a tendency of doing that every once in a while. Thank-you for reading this message.