Chapter 2 – Old foes

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews guys. This chapter will have action in it and some old enemies from PoM series which I don't own.

~PoM~

"Rise and Shine, men" Skipper said calmly.

Upon hearing their leader's commanding voice; Kowalski, Rico, and Private jumped out of their bunks and saluted. "Morning Skipper" they replied and Skipper nodded.

"Good. Now let's have breakfast and be on our way" He walked to the table where some canned tuna was. He opened a can and ate the tuna in it while Rico just stuck his face into it.

"So…what exactly is our next mission Skippah?" Private asked as he munched his meal.

Skipper swallowed and glanced over to the scientist. "Kowalski, explain to the private" he commanded.

Kowalski took out his note pad and flipped through the pages. "According to what we have heard. A huge load of fresh salmon will arrive at the market this morning. If we managed to get there in time we'll be able to snatch ourselves some of it without getting anyone suspicious"

"And then we'll be swimming in all the fish you can dream of" Skipper concluded, rubbing his flippers together.

At the sound of that, Rico bounced in joy. "Wahoo, feesh!" the maniac cheered. Once they finished eating they clamped up the latter and stood on the fake, ice floe where their vision became clear to the zoo. Everything was quiet and still. The animals were sleeping in their habitats and sun had just peeked over the horizon, spreading a sliver, warm light over the dark city.

"Move out!" Skipper signaled his men. He jumped over the fence that surrounded their habitat followed by the others, then they belly-slid across the zoo quarters until they've reached a sewer hatch that was in the center of the zoo. Skipper opened the cover to let his team in, and then jumped down after them closing the hatch behind him.

The sewer is where they hid the zoo golf cart that they used to travel underground and carry back the heavy supplies from their missions. Rico drove the car while Kowalski read the sewer line map to locate where the market would be. After driving for twenty minutes they reached their destination and climbed up the latter to the surface and saw the market a block away.

"We're here"

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Inside the mart, the four penguins moved as stealthy as possible and looked out for any humans. Luckily, no one was around at the moment which allowed them to walk freely without worrying about being caught.

It didn't take long until they found the fish section where all the fish is kept. There were some crates, cans with fish pictures on them on shelves and a small box that was placed on the floor, but something didn't feel right, something about the small box made him feel uncomfortable.

"Stay sharp men. I get the feeling that there's…" Skipper began but Rico cut him off.

"FEESH!" he exclaimed and rushed to the box ahead, almost knocking them off balance.

"Rico, NO!" Skipper cried, knowing that it's a trap but it was too late. As soon as the maniac touched the box it exploded at him spreading a grey cloud of smoke. When the smoke cloud faded, the maniac ended up tied with a thick, strong rope. He struggled to get loose but the rope was too strong.

"A rope bomb, which can only mean…" the leader spun around and saw a dark figure move out of the shade and into the light. It was a black and white puffin with a colorful beak and brown eyes.

"Hello Skippah, long time no see" the puffin greeted with his Danish accent.

"Hans!" Skipper growled, clutching his flippers and beak. Hans was once a close friend to him in the past but after he betrayed him in Denmark he became one of his arch-enemies. Then another figure emerged out of the shade and stood next to the puffin. This time it was a lemur with brown fur and green eye balls.

"And don't forget about me, of course" the lemur added.

"Clemson's here too!?" Private gasped.

The penguin leader arched a brow "What are you two doing here?" he asked, angrily.

Hans smiled amusingly. "Well let's just say that we have some unfinished business with you and your team Skippah" he took a step forward and got into fight stance and so did the lemur.

Skipper glanced back at his teammates. Private and Kowalski looked determent and ready to fight but Rico however was in condition to fight since he was all tied up. After thinking for a while he came up with a plan "Kowalski, you help me fight the enemy. Private, you go and free Rico pronto!" he commanded and the two nodded. Private went to help his teammate, and Kowalski stood by his side and got into fighting stance.

Wasting no time, Hans charged at Skipper and tried to land a hit on him. Skipper avoided his attack and countered it with a punch to the face. The puffin stumbled back dazed from the strike. He picked up a fish from floor and threw it at Skipper's direction. Skipper caught the fish and charged at the Danish puffin, swinging with all his strength at him.

Kowalski clutched his flipper into a ball and threw a punch to Clemson. The lemur jumped back to avoid it and charged again. Kowalski jumped out of the way and knocked him off with a powerful roundhouse.

Private, however, looked around for anything he could use to cut the ropes with. He looked over to crate and saw a small box cutter was left on it. He smiled and fetched it, and then he used the box cutter to cut the ropes and free his friend.

"Hazzah!" Rico exclaimed when he finally was freed.

Skipper and Hans dueled with fish again. Skipper swung his fish one more time and knocked the puffin, sending him flying backwards. He looked back and smiled when his teammates came to assist him.

Clemson panicked, seeing that he was outnumbered and ran to his partner's side to help him stand up "I don't know if this is the right time to say this but I think we should really be you know, fleeing now" he said, nervously.

"'It's called retreating. There's a difference and yes it's time" Hans returned and glared at Skipper and his troop. "You might have won this time Skippah, but things will be different next time we'll meet" he promised and ran off.

"Yeah, what he said Clemson" Clemson added and ran after his partner.

Skipper returned his attention to his teammates. "Is everyone all right?" he asked. The trio nodded. Suddenly, the market's doors were opened and humans began entering.

Private panicked and looked up at his leader "What do we do Skippah?"

The leader didn't waist a second and began telling them what to do "Private, you and Kowalski must go and secure us an exit. Rico, I need you come with me and swallow as fish as you can!" he commanded and then they split up. Once Rico swallowed enough salmon he and Skipper joined with others and escaped the market before they get caught.

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Back to the zoo, the penguin troop jumped out of the sewer hatch and did a high five to celebrate their success.

"We did it Skippah!" Private chirped.

"We sure did young Private" the leader confirmed. "Well done men. Mission accomplished" he announced, proudly.

Kowalski however tapped his beak thoughtfully, "But I still don't understand. What were Hans and Clemson doing in the Market?" the scientist wondered.

Skipper shrugged. "Let's leave that for another time. Right now just be glad it's all over" the penguin spoke, too soon actually.

Maurice suddenly came running at their direction with a concern look on his face "There you guys are. I've been looking everywhere for you" the aye-aye told them.

The private looked confused at the lemur and asked "What's the matter Maurice?"

"It's King Julian. He's gone!"

A/N: I did a lot of research for this chapter and it turned out longer than I expected but it was really fun to write. I know you probably wondering what Hans and Clemson are doing in this story but that will be revealed in the future of this fanfic, but what do you think happened to King Julian?

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