Battle cruiser near Bergen, Norway
5:00 A.M. Norwegian time
August 21st 2014
(Red one's POV)
My sensors detected an object exiting warp-drive, the specs of the object quickly popped up on the heads up display. The object was strange cross of a plane and a helicopter powered by monkeys, which could only mean one thing; the penguins. Parker was sitting in the pilot chair I turned to him and said, "Um…Parker…I would like to report that…" the platypus grabbed me by the eye stalks and said, "Blowhole doesn't pay me to listen to you ramble all day! Spit it out!" I cleared my throat and said, "Sir, The penguins' monkey powered super plane has been detected."
A smile appeared on his face, "bring us about red one! Time to show off the newest addition to the blowhole arsenal" he exclaimed. I grabbed the controls and ordered my fellow lobsters to man the battle stations as parker proudly said, "Next stop defeat penguins." He then turns to me a said, "Red one full speed to the penguins" I took the cruiser out of hover mode and rocketed at top speed toward the unexpecting penguins. This is going to be fun.
Forest clearing near Bergen
5:17A.M. Norwegian time
(Skipper's POV)
I had the pilot drop us off in a forest clearing and to be in the general area in case we needed a quick getaway. But I doubt we'll have to deal with a superhuman animal control officer who wants our heads on his or her wall. The last one we dealt with is now trapped on the lemur filled island of Madagascar. Not that we're going back there anytime soon; never again. Well then again Madagascar was way better than Antarctica (or was that Wisconsin) and in the words of private, "well that stunk".
Norway is the frozen wilderness we were looking for and plus its landscape is much more appealing then Antarctica. I heard (or rather I read in the tour book) that fishing is the principal industry here in Norway especially during the winter months when nothing grows. I also heard that lingonberries (or mountain cranberry) are great on fish like fresh (not aged in a shipwreck in the Lower New York Bay) Norwegian herring. I wonder if we have time to fish and head off to the food market before the boat leaves the port. I was deep in though about the itinerary for our Norwegian adventure when I spotted a strange aircraft out of the corner of my eye. Kowalski conformed my suspicions when he said, "Skipper I believe we are being followed from the air. Skipper it sounds like a high-speed…Battle cruiser… theirs no such thing." The "non-existent" battle cruiser then began to attack causing a surprised Kowalski to shout, "Ahh! It's a battle cruiser!"
I turn to the battle cruiser and shouted, "Blowhole! We can't even enjoy a vacation without you having another revenge plot!" A familiar laugh comes out of the cruiser's loudspeaker, "no you can't but, I'm not blowhole" Kowalski looks up at the cruiser and said, "Parker! You still work for blowhole." The cruiser landed and a ramp (sci-fi style) came down to meet the ground and Parker, Red one (Blowhole's most trusted lieutenant), and another lobster walked out. The Evil platypus looks all four of us in the eyes and said, "Yes, he did offer me enough gold to fill the titanic (is their enough gold on the planet to do that) and of course an entire large kingdom, Corona I think." "Corona?" I asked as he turns to me and sarcastically answered, "You know the kingdom from the 2012 Disney animated movie Tangled. That is after he conquers Arendelle of course."
"How Blowhole could conquer two kingdoms from Disney movies?" I asked. he answered by saying, "with a time engine of course." "But where would he get a time engine from?" Kowalski asked "none of your business," the platypus answered. "What is this?" I said, "Why are you telling us this" he doesn't answer me and with his two lobster crewmates he disappeared into the cruiser laughing evilly.
I turned to Rico and shouted, "Rico their planning something, get ready for anything!" Rico turns to me and said, "Ka-boom? Ka-boom?" I turn to him and said, "Rico make that extra Ka-boom". But before Rico could unleash our arsenal an ominous looking gun was lowered. The gun was about to fire but the super-plane appeared behind us. I quickly turn to the plane and shout, "Deploy banana gun!" the gun turret was lowered from the cabin of the plane and the gun tech began firing bananas at the cruiser. The Cruiser's weapons were quickly clogged up with bananas. But we didn't except two sub-machine guns to drop down aimed at the plane, "Get out of here" I shouted. The plane reentered warp-drive and we were left alone with the battle cruiser.
I look up toward the cruiser and motioned that we had surrendered. Parker's voice came onto the loudspeaker, "Now that you're finished I just like to introduce you to Blowholes new… Time Ray." I heard Kowalski shout behind me, "Oh come on now! Why do the bad guys always get the good stuff! I still want to know!" The ominous looking gun then powered up energy sparking off the barrel before a white beam shot out towards us, it was a direct hit. The world around us and the cruiser disappeared in a flash of white.
When the flash faded the battle cruiser was still hovering over us but it was not alone anymore. Above it was a giant aircraft that looked like an aircraft carrier with giant rotors attached to the sides of its hull. It had the words "Aerial base" on its underside. The battle cruiser rose in altitude before disappearing above Blowhole's Aerial base. We barely had time to think when a green tractor beam shot down from the ship sending us hurtling toward the cargo bay. We arrived on board and we got into defensive position but we weren't fast enough. The last thing we heard before Parker knocked us out was Blowhole saying, "I have finally defeated you pen-gu-wins."
(End of Chapter three)
