Red Dawn by Lina Ben
Hello, this is my first Penguins of Madagascar story! This is basically a Penguins of Madagascar High School AU.
I don't own Penguins of Madagascar, any song references, any pop culture references or any songs on Private's ipod.
I don't own the Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer does.
I don't own "The Takeover, The Breaks Over" by Fall Out Boy.
Chapter 2: The Takeover, The Breaks Over
Wouldn't you rather be a widow than a divorcee?
Style your wake for fashion magazines.
Widow or a divorcee?
Don't pretend, d-d-d-don't pretend.
~ The Takeover, The Breaks Over by Fall Out Boy
The sun had barely risen when Skipper was roused from his sleep by loud dance music. Groaning in annoyance, the leader turned over and put his pillow over his ears hoping to block out the noise. There was a brief shuffle of sheets, and when Skipper peered out to Private's bed he saw that the smaller teen had woken up. Skipper growled and got up, getting changed into a black long sleeve t-shirt, white t-shirt, jeans, black converse shoes and black sunglasses. Private had also gotten dressed in a black t-shirt, a loose red tie, jeans and black converse. They both walked to the kitchen together and sat down at the breakfast table. Kowalski was making breakfast for them today. Cheerily, the taller teen handed Private a short stack of pancakes with pineapple juice and an apple and set bacon and eggs, toast and coffee in front of Skipper. Rico was already inhaling what looked like toast with scrambled eggs and Kowalski had apple pieces, orange juice and a raisins box. There was silence until the door opened and three teenage boys walked in.
"Hello Neighbours!" An oh-so-familiar shattered the comfortable silence around Private and his friends as they ate breakfast. 'Oh crap.' Private thought groaned to himself and stared at the source of the annoyingly accented voice. There stood an olive skinned teen with glossy grey hair that probably had many hair products in it. The teen was already wearing his school uniform even though the school year wasn't going to start until tomorrow. The teen also had brown eyes. Then a shrill giggle sounded, causing Skipper to choke on his morning coffee.
"Royal Pain, get out of here!" Skipper stood up after his brief couching fit and growled lowly at the uninvited guests. "Royal Pain" as dubbed by Skipper, is the teams neighbour and pain in the butt. His name is Kingsley Julien Tropic, but he prefers to be called King Julien. He is also the same age as the team. To the right of him was where the shrill giggle came from. It was a short 13 year old boy with short slightly curly brown-ginger hair and big brown eyes. The small teen was wearing a white button up shirt and jeans. His name is Mort Gilligan Tropic he is King Julien's cousin. To the left of the "Royal Pain" was a 17 year old with dark grey hair and bored light brown eyes. This was Maurice Coco Richards, a friend of the team. These three usually barged in unannounced, but there was a reason why the "Lemurs" as dubbed by Skipper were here.
"My loyal subjects, I am here to invite you to the most awesome party to rock "The Zoo". And you are all invited!" The self-proclaimed king yelled excitedly as the team stared in shock. They were never invited to any of King Julien's parties, so this was definitely a shock to them.
After saying yes to the party invite, Skipper decided to take the team shopping to buy party clothes. As Rico drove through the streets of New York, Private thought about random things as the music changed to something upbeat and fun. Kowalski was scribbling in his notebook in the front seat and Skipper was humming the music's tune and glancing out the window. When the team arrived at the Mall, Skipper dragged the team to random shops making Rico and Kowalski try on different clothes while he and Private waited outside the changing rooms. When Kowalski walked out of the changing room he was wearing and black t-shirt underneath a light blue button up shirt with dark blue jeans. Skipper's dark sapphire blue eyes roamed and examined Kowalski's attire before giving shaky thumbs up. Private's eyes narrowed as he glanced at his leader.
'Now that's strange…" Private thought as Rico walked out next. Rico was dressed in a black skin tight t-shirt, jeans and black sunglasses that hung of the tip of his nose. Private's cheeks reddened with warmth as he quickly glanced down.
'Rico looks awesome.' Private thought enviously and he was quickly shoved into the changing room by Skipper.
'Oh well, better get this over with.' Private rolled his eyes as he started to try on clothes. Private quickly changed into a very nice outfit of jeans, a white skin tight t-shirt, a pair of black sunglasses and a black leather jacket. Walking back out to let his friends see, Skipper grinned at him.
"Looking good, Private." He said with an almost smug smirk. Private blushed, Skipper had picked this outfit for him. Kowalski smiled slightly and Rico rolled his small green eyes.
After getting something to eat at the food court the team spotted their across the hall neighbour Marlene and her younger sister Rachel. The two sisters both had long brown hair had the same body frame, while Marlene had light blue eyes her sister had stormy grey eyes. Rachel was 13 years old and Marlene was the same age as the boys. Marlene was wearing her usual attire of a brown cardigan, white t-shirt and blue flats and jeans. Rachel was wearing a blue t-shirt with a butterfly print, jeans, purple flats and a denim vest. The girls were both sitting at a table together, reading books from the Twilight Series. Rachel was reading Twilight while her sister was reading New Moon. Private had indeed read the entire series with Kowalski and Skipper, but when Rico tried to read it he nearly threw up on the book. Skipper said what Rico had was "Mushy love sensitivity" and that it couldn't be cured. The four teens walked towards to two girls stealthily and hid behind them waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Boo!" The four teenage boys yelled at the same time, jumping up from behind to two girls and scaring them half to death. The two sisters jumped and screamed, before glancing behind them to find four teenage boys laughing hysterically.
"What the hell was that for?" Marlene yelled as the four teens continued laughing. Regaining his composure somewhat, Skipper chuckled.
"You were in a place of weakness so in turn we had a chance to strike." Skipper said smugly, as Rico gave a wide smile.
"Never let your guard down, Marlene." Private said, Skipper nodding happily.
"So did you two get invites to Julien's party tonight?" Kowalski asked the two sisters, his brown eyes gazing at the two girls.
"Did you?" Rico rasped, his question taking the other three by surprise. Rico hadn't really talked in so long, so this was definitely an improvement. Rico lost usage of his voice when he was 13 years old, when he and the team were testing a new kind of explosive. Skipper blamed himself for what had happened, but really it was everybody's fault. Over the years Rico has found he can talk again, but only in a few words at a time.
"Of course we're going. Julien invited everyone in the building." Marlene answered with a cheeky smile and a blush. It was common knowledge that Marlene had a crush on Skipper, except for the oblivious Skipper himself. He had no idea that she liked him, even though the two were pretty close.
"So, we'll see you at the party?" Private asked the two sisters.
"Yeah, we'll be annoying Julien." Marlene answered with a grin. The team then said goodbye and left the mall. As they got in the car, Private noticed that the song from before was playing again as if the song was telling him something.
It was just after sunset when the boys got into their party clothes that they bought earlier that day and left their apartment. They got into the lift and waited quietly as it took them down to the basement where the party was being held. Quickly heading out of the lift when it stopped, the boys thrust themselves into the unknown. The party had a typical party atmosphere of music, dancing, eating and drinking non-alcoholic drinks. Nearby, the four teens spotted their friends Rodger and Max, who were chatting with Doris Fisher and her younger sister Ariel. Rodger Night Crocer lived on the same floor as the team with Doris and Ariel and Max Cole Katt lived on the floor above them with Samantha and Hailey Simms. Kowalski blushed as he saw Doris, who was wearing a blue dress with leggings, a dolphin necklace and black flats. It was common knowledge within the team that Kowalski had a crush on Doris and whenever he talked about her Skipper would always whack him upside the head and call him an idiot for having a crush, and if it wasn't Skipper who told him Rico would glare angrily at the intellectual and whack him upside the head anyway. It was almost as if Rico was jealous of Kowalski for having the crush. As Private thought about it more and more he was actually starting to see something more dormant within the mute teen.
'Maybe Rico is jealous of Kowalski, because he likes Kowalski. Wait, what am I thinking? I'm a total idiot.' Private thought as the music faded and changed into a deep hypnotic song.
Songs later the party was starting to pick up and get more exciting. Even later the team was called into a circle and they all started playing 7 Minutes in Heaven.
"Apparently this game starts with the spinning of a bottle and then whoever the bottle lands on you have to take them to the closet and well…kiss them." Kowalski rambled nervously to Skipper as the leader glared at the bottle. Let's just say if looks could kill, that bottle would have been smashed into a million pieces and turned into sand.
"Okay, tall person it is your turn to do the spiny bottle." Julien said in his thick Madagascar accent and pointed to Kowalski. Kowalski gulped and blinked and gulped again as he took the bottle placed in on the ground and twisted it, making the bottle spin. After a few second the spinning bottle was beginning to lose momentum and finally coming to a stop in front of a gaping Rico. Private sent a worried glance towards Skipper, but Skipper had a dazed look of his face his eyes glassy and unfocused. Rico got up, and walked very slowly to Kowalski. The mere moments felt like hours to Private and Skipper and Rico took every step. When Rico was in front of Kowalski they both gripped each other's hands and disappeared into the closet.
The whole seven minutes felt like days to both Skipper and Private as they gazed at the locked closet, unable to look away. Then Kowalski and Rico walked out of the closet, Rico's eyes bright and tired while Kowalski glared at the ground. Skipper lets confusion and anger washes though his body as the two at down far away from the group.
"What is with the sad faces? Okay smaller person, it is being your turn." The glossy grey haired teen said with a cheeky grin and a wink. Private snatched the bottle out of Julien's hands in one fluid motion and set the bottle on the ground, twisting it and letting go, the bottle spinning rapidly. After a few moments the bottle came to a stop, pointing directly at Skipper. Quickly the leader got up and ran across the room, taking Private's hand and shoving them both in the closet. The closet itself had dim lighting, but a steady light came from a small light bulb a few metres over Skipper's head. In the light, Private could see the reddened cheeks of his leader and the glazed dark sapphire eyes.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry Private. I'm so very sorry." The usually calm and in control leader said with great shudders. Private glanced up to his leader and then he knew. Skipper was going to cry. Skipper hadn't cried since Rico lost his voice, but he sure as hell was crying now. As low sobs made his body shiver and shudder, Private wrapped his arms around Skipper's lean body and held his leader as he sobbed. Private knew why he was crying, it wasn't hard to guess. Skipper was finally crying over his ex-girlfriend, Lola Andrews, a transfer student from the small island of Hawaii. They had broken up months ago and it was very hard on the team. Skipper would often murmur her name in his dreams. Gently, Skipper embraced Private back and pressed a soft kiss on the smaller teen's forehead.
'Skipper kissed me. Skipper kissed me. What the hell do I do?' Private thought worriedly as the two of them walked out of the closet. Grabbing Kowalski and Rico the team left basement and walked up the stairs in silence. They couldn't use the lift because Alice always closed the lift after 10:00 pm. Finally arriving back at their apartment Skipper sat down on the couch and the other three sat with him.
"No-one ever speaks of this again, got me?" Skipper growled as the other three nodded quickly, not wanting to upset their leader further. After taking showers and getting dressed into their pyjamas, the team smiled at each other tenderly and then walked to their respective rooms. When Skipper finally fell asleep, he dreamed of his team and his life as if they were woven together like a spider web.
We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces.
We're dropped and well concealed in secret places, woah.
We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces.
We're dropped and well concealed in secret places.
~ The Takeover, The Breaks Over by Fall Out Boy
Thank you for reading chapter 2, my dear friends. Did anyone see the references to the show? I kinda gave Twilight and honourable mention because my friend loves the Twilight series. Please review and tell me what you think!
Samantha is a made up name for the female slasher and the series, just so you know.
From,
Lina Ben