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"Shall we begin? Who should I play with first?"
Cain smiled wickedly at the four penguins. They all shuddered at the coldness and utter sinister way he spoke. "Do you want to see what I could do? Maybe I should start with you Skipper? Remind you of what I could do and show your team how weak you actually are?!" he taunted him.
The penguin only growled at him.
Cain laughed at his reaction and how his entire team was shaking like chick because of fear. It made him feel powerful and he liked it.
"Computer: Shock collar"
All of a sudden electronic arms sprang out of nowhere and before they could react, the shock collars were placed on their necks.
"Before you try to Kowalski, though I know you'll still try, I would advise against taking it off. It is a shock collar after all. Every time you misbehave you'll feel a tiny shock. Here's an example."
He pulled out a remote which only had three buttons. Green, red and black. Cain pushed the red one.
Skipper felt a sudden shock on his neck that immediately increased. It was so damn painful! Private was close to tears by the time the shocking stopped.
"You bastard!" Skipper cursed. Rico charged at the bars and screamed some gibberish at the scientist. Cain smirked and pressed it again. This time the shock was only three seconds but more painful.
"Now, now, better put on your best behavior. I forgot to mention that the shock will affect every one of you. Guilt and responsibility will hold you in place!"
"Why are you doing this?" Private cried out.
"First and foremost is science. The second is a steady paycheck and security. Intelligence needs to be protected from brutes don't you think so, Kowalski?"
"I'm not looking for a 'why?' Cain," he said the name like a curse. "I'm looking for a 'how?'"
"How did you manage to join LEOPARD SEALS and how are you going to conduct your experiments?"
He needs to find a weakness. As lieutenant it is his duty to act as leader in case the captain cannot. Though Skipper may be with them, he's not really sure if he's in the right mental state right now.
"So many questions, don't worry about the experiments, I'm about to show you."
"What?" Skipper backed away. Images from his past haunted him.
"Yes, this time, I would like to experiment on the real power of fear. To the point where you are so afraid, you will be willing to do anything to escape. To a point where fear will be eradicated. As the saying goes. Fight fire with fire."
He ended it with a sinister chuckle.
"This is madness!" Kowalski yelled. What did that psycho doctor ate to make him think that fear can be eradicated by fear itself? The logic is topsy turvy. It was crazy talk!
"I suppose it is. Being a fellow scientist though, I can't help but be disappointed that you still haven't switched sides yet."
"What? Kowalski would never join the likes of you!" Private said
But the wheels on Kowalski's brain only started to turn. He could finally get the recognition he deserves. A good scientist just can't help a good experiment after all.
"Private, Private, just you wait little one. I could already see it in his face. He wants to experiment, to invent! Imagine it Kowalski the-"
"SHUT UP! you are not about to turn my men against each other!"
Skipper cut off Cain so violently, Kowalski snapped out of his daydream. How could such thought ever begin in his mind? These were his brothers, he could never betray them.
Seeing that Kowalski was broken off from his spell, Cain's temper flared. He could have really used someone as smart as him by his side. Oh well.
"Since you're feeling father brave Skipper, maybe I should start with you. I'll just get the information I want later. After all, maybe your team will break before you."
Skipper growled. The chain on his foot disappeared as a mechanical hand reached up and grabbed him by his stomach and dragged him outside the cell. The bars opened up for a few second then closed again.
The team watched in silent horror as their leader was strapped to an examination table a few feet away from them. They still had a clear view of him though.
"Maybe watching your so-called fearless leader quiver in fear will break your spirits."
He grabbed a syringe that had a very big needle on it. "NEEDLE!" Skipper yelled as he tried to escape his restraints.
"Yes Skipper, yell all you want. This is a drug I've made that will make you meet a few old friends" He said darkly.
Skipper flinched as the needle pierced his skin. The effect was instant. He relaxed and the last thing he saw was Cain's dark sinister smirk.
Skipper was back in their habitat in central park zoo. Kowalski locked himself in his lab while Private watched the Lunacorns on TV. Rico was in a corner brushing Miss Perky's hair.
He sat down in front of the table with a hot cup of joe when he heard footsteps approaching him He turned and nearly spit out the coffee he swallowed at the sight he saw.
Manfredi and Johnson.
"Hey Skipper!" Johnson greeted.
"We just wanted to know if you wanted a sandwich." Manfredi winked at him.
His eyes widened. That was a code for Operation: Smørrebrød or better known as Operation: open faced sandwich. After, that mission, everything fell apart.
"It waz all your fault you know." Hans said behind him.
No!
"Of course it iz. If it weren't for you those agents wouldn't be-"
Shut up!
He stood up, ready to call his team when he noticed they were nowhere in sight. He gulped.
"Everything was your fault."
No, it wasn't!
"Why can't you do anything right?"
I don't know!
He wanted to protest, to scream but he couldn't. Manfredi and Johnson's face no longer resembled the care-free faces of his long gone comrades. They had blood all over them and their faces were twisted in a scowl.
"After everything we did for you, you let us get killed!" Manfedi yelled.
I'm sorry
"We shouldn't even have saved you that fateful night. Sometimes I wonder why we even saved you back then.'
Maybe you shouldn't have.
"You're nothing but a failure!"
That was the voice of his father. He looked and saw him but he want as he remembered him. He had Blood all over him as well and to Skipper's horror, needles protruded from his black and white body.
"What are you staring at son? You don't look that good either."
He winced at the sarcasm and looked at himself. He screamed.
He was covered in needles as well.
"AH!"
Skipper gasped for breath. He was still strapped to the table and Cain as writing something on his clipboard and paused to smirk at him.
"Ten minutes of screaming and mumbling nonsense. I think you scared your team more than I scared you."
That was a huge understatement. As he looked at his team he slightly doubted his words. They were absolutely terrified.
He was released from the leather straps and the mechanical arm put him back in his cell. As soon as his feet hit the ground and the machine disappeared leaving his foot chained, his knees wobbled and he collapsed. Luckily, Rico caught him.
The psychopath mirrored his teammates' terrified eyes but skipper could care less about it right now. He tried to fight the weakness he felt but he couldn't.
"I'll decide who to play with next later. Good bye for now."
He was about to leave when a smirk appeared in his beak.
"I forgot that you mentioned a few names there as well. I think you weren't even aware of them in your dream. And something about a sandwich and a lot about needles." He chuckled and left the four penguins alone.
That arrogant bastard. What the deuce was he talking about? What did he say while he was out? Judging from their expressions, it couldn't have been anything good.
"Kowalski…What ha-happened?"
He cursed his dry throat.
"Skipper… what was Operation: Smørrebrød?"
His eyes widened. He couldn't have! Of all things he could have said.
"What really happened in Denmark Skippah?"
Murder!
AN: Was that a cliffy or what?! I know I'm giving more question than answers but what's life without a little mystery, right? How did I do? I know Denmark is a topic often used in fancies regarding Skipper's past, but I just couldn't resist.
BTW about Aeron Cain's name, here's the meaning of it
AERON: Welsh unisex form of Celtic Agrona, the name a goddess of war and death who was portrayed as a masculine figure in Welsh mythology, meaning "carnage, slaughter."
Cain: thefirstbornson of Adam and Eve,killedhisbrotherin jealous anger and spent therestof hislifeas awandererinexile.
I just felt that it worked so there it is! Thanks for all the reviews and to all that bothered to read my story.
Your obedient Friend,
E.M.
