Second chapter today, I have all my stuff packed so I need something to take my mind off of things. Like the fact that this is my last Sunday in this time zone. Now I'm sad. And those of you who are, don't worry about the abundance of OC's because that will soon resolve itself. The only ones you have to worry about are Mark (Skipper's dad), Taralyn (Kowalski's sister), Eratothenis (who has kind of replaced Akela), Reicher (we meet her in this chapter) and Vixen (Grace's aunt). Freyo gets explained in this chapter. Don't worry, you already know him...

"They've been at it all morning." Marlene clamps her paws over her ears to drown out the sound of the fighting father and son.

Maurice sighs, "Well, I can safely say that I have found something more annoying then the all night parties."

"Maybe they just need to slug it out like grown men should." Becky smiles brightly.

"I would like to see that." Stacy perks up

"Any word from Grace today?" Maurice turns his attention to Kowalski, who hasn't touched his lunch.

"Wha- Oh- Uhm, no actually." the penguin shifted his weight uncomfortably. "Elouise, can you tell me why Mark and Skipper's relationship is so confrontational?"

"Well, they are just... Mark never had a good relationship with his father, so he tried to be the best parent he could. He just became overbearing." Elouise takes a sip of tea.

"Interesting."

"What about you, Kowalski?" Marlene chimes back in. "Did you have a good relationship with your dad?"

Kowalski gets quiet and shifts around again, "I never knew my dad actually. He died a few months after I was hatched."

"Well, no more parent talk." Maurice rolls his eyes. "At least the fighting has stopped."

"Yea, that's a plus." Marlene giggles.

Skipper storms into Marlene's cave, "I can't believe him!

_ Grace_

"Grace! Get up we have to move now!" Erato slams into Grace, dragging her to her feet.

"What's going on?"

"We are under attack." Erato was trying to be calm.

That was all Grace needed to hear and she goes into instant agent mode. After a quick survellience Grace realizes that the other animals have already gone.

Erato half drags Grace along. Finally, she snaps out of her confusion enough to notice the arrows. She recognises them immediatly. The red feathers on the end were a trademark, and they were heading right into his trap. Grace reacts before she thinks, she flings Erato to the ground.

"I know those arrows, we need to go back."

"You are crazy. If we go back-"

The clapping begins.

Grace shakes her head, "Erato, trust me."

"Well, Grace Rivera, nice to see you back in Denmark."

Grace flattens her ears and bares her teeth at the puffin. "Go away Hans."

"Down girl. I'm just trying to be 't you do the same?"

"Hospitality is not my strong point."

"I take it you know each other." Erato tilts his head slightly.

"You could say that. Or you could say that he is a liar, backstabber and a cheat." Grace shoots Hans a death glare.

"Temper, Gracie, temper."

Grace pins the bird to a tree. "I'm going to rip your insides out and string them around this forest, then parade your mangled corpse down the street and nail it to your mother's door, have I made myself clear?" (Wonderful thing to say on Mothers' day huh? Love you mom!)

Erato clears his throat, "Grace, may I remind you that-"

Hans lands a kick of Grace's nose, she stumbles back, shakes it off, but Hans is already gone.

"You good for nothing son of a bitch! I'll kill you!"

"Erato!" Taralyn stumbles through the bushes.

"Taralyn! Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, but Chev and the others, I tried to stop them-"

"What happened?" Erato says calmly.

"Chev was shot, the others ran off, I don't know where they went."

Grace freezes. Chev. Dead? She runs in the direction Taralyn came from and comes across Chev. He is laying half in the stream.

"Chev!" she is next to him is a second.

"Chica, you're safe. That's good." Grace can barely hear what he is saying. "Listen, Freyo, he went to the U.S. changed his name. I don't care what anyone says, I will never believe that he betrayed us. Kvela was meant for great things."

"You said that-"

"Grace, you can't hide anymore. You are Kvela. Aren't you?"

"Chev, I-"

"Your opinion doesn't matter, what matters is that you stop Vixen."

"I will. I promise."

"Good."

"Chev? Freyo. Is Eratothenis his son?"

"You aren't as dumb as you look, Chica." Chev smiles.

"Grace?" Erato's voice rings out, "Where are you?"

"Over here! I found him!"

Erato splashes into the stream about 30 yards away from Grace. He breaks into a run and slides to a stop. "Chev?"

The small horse doesn't answer.

"What did he know?" Taralyn looks between the wolves. "You know what they say, three can keep a secret if two of them are dead."

Grace freezes. That same message was written on the wall when-

"Let's move." Erato says, "We don't know how far they got. It will be light out soon. Almost there, Grace."

_Mark_

"It's not that I don't love him, it's just that he's so stubborn, and errogant." Mark said to his half-full beer. "You know what I mean?"

"Of course. He sounds like he doesn't want you around." the wolf bats her eyelashes.

"You know what, you actually get it. I mean, it's not my fault he can't get along with us."

"I seriously understand, I had a similar problem with my brother. We didn't exactly see eye-to-eye."

She stands to leave and stumbles. "Oh wow. I've had a little more to drink then I thought." she giggles.

"Where are you staying?" Mark asks.

"Central Park."

"Same here. I'll walk you there."

Mark follows the wolf out and down the sidewalk.

"I know a shortcut, Mark. It's just up here."

"How do you-"

The lights go out for the penguin.

Vixen smiles at Hans. "Perfect. You sure he won't wake up?"

"Don't doubt me. Now, we go after Skipper right?" Hans smiles.

"Actually, I have a different target. It's time to get a little science on the feild."

"What's Skipper's liutenant got to do with anything?" Hans tilts his head.

"Let's say, he is practically family."