Chapter 3: What happened?
Rico rose from the water and above saw penguins looking in. He could hear their voices, and they were saying stuff such as, 'Wow, that was a great fall,' or, 'Is he okay?'. He reached up a flipper and someone grabbed onto him. He came up, soggy and all, and thanked the penguin.
"Thanks for that," Rico told the penguin.
"The name's Rocko." the penguin said.
"Oh, thank you, uh, Rocko." said Rico. "Well, I've uh, got to get going, there's an island to save..."
"Wait, wait," Rocko stopped Rico as he headed towards the door. Barista grabbed some barriers and blocked off the hole.
"Yeah?" Rico asked.
"I'm coming with you," Rocko said.
"What? Why...?" Rico asked. Was this guy crazy?
"I'm an EPF agent, too." Rocko said.
"You are?" "Yeah! I heard you're one of the only ones left to stop the Proto-Bot, so, I figured, 'why not help him if I also want to stop him'? You know?" "Yeah," Rico said, shocked. "Alright, where do we begin?" Rocko asked, as the two penguins exited the Coffee Shop.
"Well, you know, I was thinking the Tallest Mountain, because the Proto-Bot usually heads there, and we can figure out what he's up to by watching from the tallest point of the island. Then we can plan ahead, you know what I'm saying?" Rico gave input to their little mission.
"Sure, that sounds like a great place to start," Rocko said with an evil smile spread across his face. "Yeah, heh," Rico said, noticing the smile. "I guess so..."
"Ugh," Rico said, finally reaching the top. "Why again do you make ME carry all the junk up a moutain this high?"
"Because, uh, you know, you're uh, mission leader. And mission leader usually carries the stuff in my squad." Rocko said.
"Yes, but I'm Top Squad rank, and uh, you know what? Forget it, we're already up, so nevermind." Rico finally said, without arguing.
"Neat view, eh?" Rocko asked.
"Yeah, surely is." Rico said. He stood up for a moment and gazed out over the island. There, he could see fireworks at the Ice Berg, and the Migrator sailing away.
As Rico stared at the beautiful sight, Rocko opened up his backpacks Rico carried up. He reached in and found a pole.
"Heh heh," Rocko said. He walked up to Rico and SLAP! He hit Rico and Rico went over the edge.
"Where... where am I?" Rico's first words were. He felt moving below him. He was on a boat. He looked up and noticed some barrels. He got up and shook one and knew where he was - the Migrator. But how'd he get there? Rico waddled up onto Main Deck where he saw Yarr bouncing around with Rockhopper. "Arr, Yarr, don't be messin' with me while I be steerin' the ship. Ye know these thingies don't be comin' with a built in auterpilot, do ya?" Rockhopper said.
"Hey, Rockhopper." Rico said.
"Aye, hello there." Rockhopper said.
"Hey, uh, why am I on this boat?" Rico asked.
"Aye, that be a million coin question. I be sailin' the sea back to Rockhopper Island when suddenly a penguin be flyin' out of the sky and kersplatin' into the ocean. I sailed quickly over and grabbed ye. Ye know I'm big-hearted, so why on Club Penguin would I be lettin' ye stay there?" Rockhopper answered.
"Are you taking me back..." Rico paused. "...matey?" "Aye, yes, indeed. I can't be showin' ye me island, or everyone'd be wantin' tuh see such a thing. Ye understand?" Rockhopper replied.
"Yeah," Rico said. "Oh and uh, thanks." Rico smiled.
"Arrghhh." Rockhopper replied in a friendly voice.
"Thanks again!" Rico waved to Rockhopper who was sailing away on the Migrator. He dropped Rico off on the island of Club Penguin.
"Golly, what happened?" Rico asked, staring at the Lighthouse. It was full of dents, scratches and busted windows. "Oh no, the Command Room!" Rico yelled. He started to teleport there but then his spy phone had an error message: "CONNECTION LOST PLEASE CLICK TO LEARN MORE" "Ha ha very funny." Rico said, sarcastically, thinking it was a joke BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE TRIES TO LOG IN THERE'S AN ANNOYING CONNECTION MESSAGE! Anyways, back to the story, he tried again, but it said the same thing. He tapped, 'learn more' and it said, 'Disconnected connector'. "Of course," Rico said. "The Proto-Bot rumaged through the place and destroyed it. "Hey, I thought I got rid of you!" Rocko said, running up to Rico.
"Ha ha, guess what? Rico made a rebound..." Rico said.
"Ha ha, guess what? He's about to make a rebound to death." Rocko said.
"Huh?" Rico asked. Rocko pulled out a Snowball-Shooter 3000, invented by Herbert, Rico recognized.
"What'cha going to do with that? Kill me?" Rico asked, ready for a word battle.
"Exactly," Rocko said and started firing, but Rico's Tactical skills made him dodge the snowballs.
He started running towards the Dock. He saw some penguins talking. And then he saw some more penguins coming towards them. It was like a crowd, almost. "A crowd!" Rico said to himself. "Of course! I can get lost in the crowd." Rico ran through it and pulled out his map. Surely, that'd buy him some time. He tapped an igloo and immediately went to one on the map.
"Hi! Welcome to Puffle World!" said the owner of the igloo. "Uh, hi?" Rico asked. The only crowd there was a crowd of 20 puffles in hats such as pharaoh helmes, snowflake helmets, and you name it. One even had on a boot from a past You Decide in 2010. :S Rico pulled out his map and went to another igloo and immediately, a cage fell down onto him. There was Rocko, in all his glory, laughing manically. "Ha ha ha," Rocko said.
"Oh great, not YOU again." Rico moaned.
"Now I've got you trapped, and now I've got the chance to destroy the island." Rocko said. And then he pulled off his mask and his identity was revealed...
*Thanks all for the great feedback and reviews on the story. I will make more chapters of the story and more stories about the EPF, which I've made many of, in 2012. Expect Chapter 4 before 2012!*
