"Okay, so let's see, Jason, Sad-eyes, Savio, Hisser, Toby, Kowalski, Kitka, Cori, and Sahara all have the 'Virus'." Skipper counted. Rico and Private nodded.
"I'm so gonna try to win!" Private grinned.
"Growhla!" Rico replied.
"Surely the leader is going to win, it just works that way," Skipper said proudly. Private shrugged and Rico shook his head.
"Well, maybe you can screw up, and-" Private started, but Skipper squeezed his cheeks.
"A penguin never fails, unless they're Kowalski!" Skipper spat. Private nodded.
"But Skippah, sir, you have to remember this is just a game," Private replied. Skipper rubbed his head.
"But it's practice, and," Skipper thought about it for a moment.
"VIRUS!" Rico screeched, pointing behind Skipper.
"I know, it's the game we're playing," Skipper growled. Private's eyes widened.
"Look, Skippah, it's-" Private pointed at the thing behind Skipper too.
"Shh, I'm trying to think!" Skipper put a wing under his beak. "Hm…"
Suddenly, Hisser leapt forward, yowling. Skipper ducked, and Rico slid away, but Private didn't react fast enough and was caught. Hisser knocked him to the ground. Private screamed.
"He's just a boy!" Skipper wailed. Rico stood next to Skipper, gasping in horror. Hisser whipped around and glared at the Virus-free penguins. She stood up and a growl escaped her throat. "Okay, Bitsy, we can work things out…"
"Skippah!" Private shrieked. Hisser outstretched her claws and her gaze turned even more menacing. She hissed and jumped forward.
"RUN!" Skipper screamed. He and Rico sped away, leaving Hisser and Private in the dust.
Max appeared, and Hisser tagged him. He sighed.
Marlene hugged Antonio's arm as they crept along the habitat walls.
"I'm so excited! This game really gets your heart pumping, doesn't it?" Marlene queried. Antonio glanced down at her.
"Yes," he whispered. They were quiet for a second, and then they heard something moving around.
"I can hear something," she murmured. Antonio nodded. Before they could do anything, Kowalski leapt out of the darkness.
"HI-YA!" He yelled. Marlene screamed and ran the opposite way, but Kowalski hit Antonio. Marlene gasped.
"Antonio!" Marlene shrieked. Kowalski got up.
"Ya-ha! I got you! Yay! Yay, yay, yay! WOO-HOO!" Kowlaski danced around. Antonio stared at Marlene.
"I'm sorry, Marlene, but I'm going to get you!" Suddenly his gaze turned evil, and he got to his feet. Marlene screamed and sped away.
"Okay, so we've lost Mort, but who really cares, right? We still have Tasha!" King Julien kissed the girl lemur's hand. She giggled.
"Okay, King Julien, what do we do next?" Maurice asked. King Julien thought for a moment.
"Oh, we run when we see another animal." King Julien replied. They two other lemurs nodded.
"Hi guys!" A voice came. They looked over and saw Mort waving his tiny paw. The three lemurs let out blood-curdling screams and raced away.
"Run, like I said! Run away from Mort!" King Julien turned his head and expected to see Mort, but Kitka was gaining on them. "IT'S THE FALCON!" King Julien shrieked. Tasha ran faster, but Maurice was left behind. Kitka grabbed Maurice. Maurice screamed.
"She's got Maurice!" Tasha screamed. King Julien nodded.
"Yes, but at least I've got you!" King Julien wailed.
"Okay, so Maurice, Antonio, and Max have been captured," Skipper commented, "so that leaves, me, you, Marlene, Ring-tail and Tasha in the game." Rico clapped his wings together. "Now, we must stay really alert, as paranoid as possible, because you never know what's coming for you…" Skipper looked side to side, and Rico chuckled. "Antonio!" Skipper and Rico whipped around to see Antonio. He glared at them with a smirk on his face.
"Oh, hey, Skipper and Rico, enjoying the game so far?" Antonio queried.
"That's cute and naïve! Manfredi and Johnson were cute and naïve, and it got them killed!" Skipper spat. Antonio still stared at them with his penetrating green eyes.
"Anything else you want to tell me?" Antonio asked.
"Everything else is classified! Besides, I've told you too much already!" Skipper sneered. Antonio nodded.
"Well then, I guess I'll-" he turned to leave, "-GET YOU!" Antonio turned around and leapt at them. Skipper and Rico jumped aside, and Antonio hit the ground. Suddenly, Cori appeared. She grabbed Rico.
"Gotcha!" Cori bragged.
"Ah! Skipper!" Rico shrieked, terrified. Skipper glanced at Cori with Rico in her hands, then at Antonio getting up off the ground, then at Sahara, moving in.
"See ya later, suckas!" Skipper yelled at them, then jumped onto the fence of Joey's cage. Joey had waken up from all the noise and was staring at Skipper.
"Aye! Get out of me habitat!" Joey threw a fist at Skipper, but Skipper jumped over it and slid away.
"Okay, they're closing in on us!" King Julien shivered.
"Who?" Tasha asked, before Savio appeared and wrapped himself around Tasha.
"No! Tasha!" King Julien stretched him arm out, screaming.
"King Julien!" Tasha screamed back.
"You can get her if you want," Savio hissed.
"I can?" King Julien jumped forward the noticed the trick. "Hey, I know what you're doing! You want me to get tagged, but I won't! I never will! NO!" King Julien turned around and ran away, screaming.
Marlene watched as Hisser moved forward. Marlene screamed and ran away. Suddenly, she felt herself hit two other bodies. She fell to the ground and opened her eyes. There she saw King Julien and Skipper.
"Oh, thank goodness it's you! I'm being chased after, and… you haven't been tagged, have you?" They shook their heads. "Good!"
Suddenly, they saw all the animals who had been tagged moving in on them.
"This way!" Skipper slid on his belly, Marlene and King Julien following him. "Whoops," Skipper and the two others stopped dead in their tracks. They had reached a corner. They turned around and saw all the other animals. They all screamed, Marlene and King Julien hugged Skipper, and Skipper had his wings around both of them. They animals moved in, chuckling and grinning. "Wait a second," Skipper smiled and jumped into the air. He sailed over the animals. Marlene did it next, then King Julien, but Savio caught the lemur.
"Looks like you were a little late on that one!" Savio teased. "They've got Julien!" Marlene pointed at King Julien in Savio's grasp.
"Right… this way, Marlene!" Skipper pointed toward the penguin habitat. He started to run and Marlene followed him.
"Skipper, look out!" Marlene screeched. Skipper gasped as Sahara jumped forward and grabbed him. Skipper screamed.
"I failed!" Skipper cried. Marlene nodded solemnly.
"Looks like it's just the otter left," Savio commented. Marlene grinned nervously and raced away. Suddenly, Private tackled her.
"Marlene! I got Marlene!" Private jumped up in the air. Everyone cheered for Marlene.
"Hey, I won!" Marlene stood up to and smiled.
"Congratulations!" Everyone said. Marlene smiled.
"Listen up everyone! All of you did great, no one broke the rules. Lots of you almost made it to the end, but only one of us made it first! And that was me!" Marlene cheered. Everyone yelled in either disappointment or agreement. "And Mort is it for the next round!"
"I got 'Virus'!" Mort announced to the animals sitting next to him.
"Marlene, I decided I'll play games with you, as long as they aren't kiddie games, like Halabalou," Skipper said. Marlene smirked.
"So, who's ready for another round?"