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Chapter 3

Meanwhile, the penguins were lounging in small deck chairs on their ice-flow, grateful for the day of rest. The zoo was closed, which meant that the animals were free do to as they pleased, and Skipper had dismissed his team from training, since he agreed that they needed a break.

The leader, wearing his sunglasses, reclined on the chair with a groan. He smiled, "I must admit, I was a little hesitant to give you boys a break at first, but this is just want we needed" he said.

Kowalski nodded, "Exceptionally so, sir" he answered. Rico simply babbled pleasantly in agreement.

Private, who was only able to be outside because he held a large, gothic, penguin-sized umbrella over him, agreed

All of a sudden, Marlene jumped into the habitat, "Hi guys!" she said cheerily.

Skipper glanced at her over his sunglasses, "Hey there dollface" he replied with a wink.

She giggled, blushing, before turning to Private. She gave a confused look, "Aren't you, you know, not allowed in the sun?" she asked, perplexed. The otter had only just gotten used to the small penguin's new state.

He smiled, "This is what Mina said she does when she has to go out into the sun, and she said that it would work for me to, if I could get an umbrella that was small enough" he explained.

Kowalski continued, "Fortunately, my shrink ray is still fully operational."

Marlene nodded, "Well, I just came to see how you guys are doing. I'll see you later" she said, before leaping out of the habitat.

Suddenly, King Julian appeared on the ice. "Hello silly penguins!" he said. The lemur noticed a bucket of food lying next to Skipper, and picked it up. He sorted through it, throwing the contents into the lead penguin's face as he did so. "Smelly fish, smelly fish, smelly fish, more smelly fish…"

Private, growing tired of him, knew what he had to do. He asked politely, "Julian?"

The Ring-Tailed lemur looked at him, "Yes?" he asked.

The small penguin took a deep breath, and then bared his fangs and made his blood red eyes glow slightly. As he did so, an animalistic growl came from deep in his chest.

Julian screamed, ears flat against his head, and then fainted. He had never gotten used to Private being a vampire, and often fainted when forced to see his fangs and new eyes.

Skipper laughed, while the small penguin relaxed, willing his eyes to cease their glowing, and closed his beak.

In between laughter, his superior said, "Let's….g-get him back to….his own habitat b-boys."

Kowalski did so, before returning to his friends. The scientist had only just sat back down in his chair, when Faith's voice came from not too far away, "Guys!" she called softly.

The half-breed ran over, and explained, "I need your help. Iris knows something about Mina, and she even knows her mum. I want to know what's going on. I feel like Mina's keeping something from me, but I don't know what."

As if on cue, the voice of the vampire came from behind her, "FAITH!" she screamed. Mina ran over at her vampire speed, tackling her best friend to the ground. The blonde's red eyes glowed from anger, and she snarled, "You killed her! You killed her and you didn't even tell me!" she cried.

Faith froze, "I…I had to" she whispered.

"Liar" Mina hissed in reply.

Private inquired, "What's all this about?"

The vampire replied, not taking her eyes off the half-breed. "This fucking bitch killed my mum" she snarled.

All of the penguins gasped. Some of the reactions were at the accusation, but most were at Mina's language. She had never spoken to Faith like that before.

The half-breed kept her voice to a whisper, pleading, "I swear…I had no choice."

The blonde vampire suddenly slapped her hard on the cheek, "Why did you do it? Why?" she demanded.

All of a sudden, Iris ran up to them, "Stop it! Stop!" she called frantically.

The vampire and half-breed did so, and both stood and turned to her. Iris stopped in front of them, and begged, "Mina, you've got to believe her. It wasn't her fault."

The blonde spat, "Who's was it? Yours? Is that why you've been so weird around me?"

She replied, "No. Faith was just trying to protect you, I promise. I was there too."

Mina scoffed, "So you both killed her?" she asked, enraged.

Iris objected, growing annoyed, "No! We were trying to save you!"

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean!" the vampire roared, fists clenched.

"We were doing our duty, and you should be thankful. Without Faith and I, you'd be long dead" Iris growled.

Faith, meanwhile, remained silent. She could still hear her friend's petrified scream, could still see the bloody dagger, could still see Iris lying limp on the floor, could still see her best friend's mother with a dangerous darkness in her eyes, and she could still taste Caroline's blood in her mouth.

With a shake of her head, she cleared the memories. There was no use remembering, because it was done. It was all done.

However, as she looked at Mina's face, heartbroken and betrayed, the half-breed couldn't help but wonder.

Was doing my duty worth it?