Club Penguin: EPF: Not Over Til It's Over

PART 2

The Rise of the Killer

In the first chapter of the epic second part of this series, we learned a lot. For starters, Rico has a secret thing underground in hidden mine caves. He grabbed every weapon he could and was ready to attack the Killer. But first, he had to attend a meeting with the Director. They discussed a plan that no one else could hear about…hell, even I had to blur it out with my annoying crap. But I'm not allowed to do that right now or I'll get fired, so, anyhow…Rico found all his weapons had been stolen when he returned to the squad's office. And that's where we left off.

"What do you mean they're gone?!" Barista shouted.

"Exactly that…they're gone. Someone came in…" Rico said.

"Who?!" Pizza Chef asked.

"Security cameras – now!" Jet Pack Guy ordered. He headed to the computer to receive the feed from the camera from just a few moments ago. As soon as he entered his EPF personnel ID, the power went out.

"Dammit!" Rico said. "One wrong move with those weapons and the entire population could be wiped out."

"Well," Pizza Chef said. "Don't you have more?"

"Hell no I don't!" Rico yelled. "Every weapon I had from the cave…"

"Well, we know one thing…" JPG said, getting up from the computer chair. "It had to be someone from the EPF…"

Barista looked at him blankly.

"Unless you have an official EPF Personnel Identification card, they couldn't have gotten in here…" JPG replied. They all exited the room and locked the door behind them.

"That is…" Rico gulped. "Unless they shoot the only penguin that was in here…" He pointed to a dead body on the ground. It was a penguin he saw that was working at the computer.

"R-R-Rick?!" Barista yelled. "He was one of my best customers…!"

Rico closed his eyes. "Clearly this killer is smarter than us."

"I know that," JPG said. "And better yet, they're winning."

"Well, what now?" asked Pizza Chef.

The Command Room went dead silent. Suddenly, they heard clicking and typing on a computer. It was coming from their office. They all looked at each other at once and ran towards the door. They attempted to open it.

"Where's the damn key?" asked Pizza Chef.

"Who locked the fricken door?!" Rico yelled.

"Me!" Barista said. "And why is that a problem?"

"Because you locked the keys in the room, dumbass." JPG replied.

"Battering ram?!" asked Pizza Chef.

"No," Rico paused. "I'm going to break the damn thing down – even if it's the last thing I ever do." He ran at the door and kicked it open with all his strength.

"Well?" JPG asked from the outside.

"Whoever the hell it was…" Rico paused. "Left."

"Dammit!" Pizza Chef said. "We almost had him!"

"If only you hadn't locked the keys in the room," JPG said.

"Sorr-eee." Barista replied. "I didn't think."

"That's okay," Rico said. "Because we wouldn't have been prepared anyways."

"But how the hell did they get out of there?" Pizza Chef asked.

"Good question…" Rico inspected the walls carefully as the others came in. "I honestly don't know. There's nothing here. It's like they vanished." Suddenly, the lights came back on.

"Whoever it was got away with the computer…" Barista said.

"And tons of our EPF database files…" JPG inspected the file cabinet.

A light bulb shattered in Rico's brain. "We need those files back."

"What? Why? They were nothing but junk…for the most part." JPG said.

"Because, I…uhh…" Rico stuttered. "I have a drawing for my puffles in there."

The other three looked at him like he was mentally insane.

"Bro…" Pizza Chef said. "Are you okay? You honestly don't seem like you are yourself."

"It's just…" Rico said. "This killer has my mind working weird. I – I am trying to…uhh…think about how to stop them every minute and every second of everyday."

"Well…" Barista said. "I can't argue with that."

"Now, are we going to go do 'the plan'?" asked Jet Pack Guy.

"Of course," Rico said. "Do we have everything we need?"

"Yes and no." Barista replied. "The intruder, which may have been the Killer, got our Gatling."

"That's not a problem," Rico paused. "I have another."

"They also got our net." Pizza Chef pointed out.

"There's more at the Beach." Rico reassured.

"So we're ready?" JPG asked.

"Yes." Rico said. "Let's go."

"Wait, where are we positioned?" asked Pizza Chef.

"The Dock." JPG said. "Wait there for us."

"Aren't you coming along?" asked Barista.

"Yes, of course," Rico said. "We need to get a few things. It'll take a second."

"What do we do if we happen to see anything?" asked Pizza Chef.

"Use your phones or your panic button." Rico replied. "Do you both have your guns?"

"Yeah," Pizza Chef held his up.

"Of course," Barista said.

"Alright, we'll be right there," Rico said.

"See you soon." Pizza Chef said. "Let's move…"

Let's not focus on Rico and JPG right now…in fact, let's focus on Barista and Pizza Chef…because there's an important part of the story that involves then to create a cliffhanger ending to the chapter. See? I'm foreshadowing.

"Do you think we'll find anything?" asked Barista as he pushed the elevator button.

"I hope. I want to end this killer's madness…" Pizza Chef said as they waited for the elevator to come.

"Well," Barista said. "Once this blows over, I can re-open the Coffee Shop."

"You don't have it open?" asked Pizza Chef.

"No…" Barista said as they stepped into the elevator. "I'm the only employee."

"Hmm…" Pizza Chef pushed the 'MAIN LEVEL' button. "Well, let's hurry and get this over with." The doors closed.

The music played and they waited to reach the main level.

"So wait a minute…" Pizza Chef broke the silence. "You're the only employee of the Coffee Shop?"

"Yes, I told you that before." Barista said. "And you have multiple employees for the Pizza Parlor."

"Yeah, I guess so…" Pizza Chef said. "Hey, do you hear that ticking noise?"

"Yeah, but isn't it always there?" Barista asked.

"Yeah, but it just…" Pizza Chef paused. "It just seems different…"

"Ah, I see…" Barista said.

"It sounds like it is some mystical object, waiting to ponder the earth…" Pizza Chef said. Barista looked at him weirdly.

"Okay…"

"Sorry, I'm just…" Pizza Chef.

"Actually…" Barista said. "It sounds like –"

It could be heard everywhere in the Command Room. Every office. No, it wasn't the sound of Barista's voice. It was the sound of an explosion. Not any explosion. The life-threatening explosion that blew up everything. Including the elevator that Barista and Pizza Chef were in.

So, how did you like this chapter? Hmm, there'll surely be more…and who knows what is to happen next?

Oh, by the way, the next few chapters get very interesting – especially chapters four and on. So stay tuned, penguins, it's going to be a WILD ride!

-Rico1206's narrator.