January 26, 2023
0623 Hours
Antarctica
It has been two days since the team crashed landed and being saved by a Sarah. The plan was: firstly, Sarah will contact Hans and lure Dr. Blowhole out. Second, Private and Rico are hiding near the meeting point for support. And third, Skipper's at the other side with a .50 caliber sniper rifle ready to shoot Dr. Blowhole. It was quiet though. But finally! Hans and Dr. Blowhole took the bait.
A smile spreads on Sarah's beak as she saw her mate walking towards her "Hans!"
"Sarah!" Hans runs up to Sarah and hugs her tightly "I thought I would never see you again!" he gives Sarah a peck to the cheek
She smiles and leans onto Hans' chest "I really really miss you, Hans. Rina also misses you."
The smile on Hans' face soon disappears "I'm sorry, Sarah." he pushes her to the ground and draws his pistol out "We know that you're helping them."
Dr. Blowhole rolls in with his sedgeway as he chuckled "Yes, I have contacts in the outside. That's why we know that your working with the peng-gyu-wins!"
Skipper quickly grabs his radio "Private! Rico! We're blown, grab Sarah and get out of there!"
"Sorry Skipper, but no can do." the voice was a bit dark and cold
Skipper looks into the sniper's scope and saw who has the radio "Parker!" Rico and Private are knocked out and tied to each other
The platypus gives the radio to Blowhole "You don't know this but," behind him were three cylinders that were glowing in bright red "this portion of the ice is being melted as we speak for a test and I don't want to be on top of this when it goes down. So you've got ten seconds to stand down and come quietly or face the guilt of losing your team here."
But Skipper gave no response, ten seconds to make a descision "Skipper! Don't hesitate, just take the shot!" it was Sarah, she knows that it has to end one way or another
He takes a deep breath and places his flipper tip on the trigger and aims his weapon "I'm sorry." he pulls the trigger five times and lets the bullets fly
It was a hit. But he didn't target Dr. Blowhole, he targeted the heating machines that's on top of the ice. The impact of that large round did something that Skipper didn't know. The place where Blowhole, Hans, Parker, Sarah, and his team is starting to crack. because of Skipper's decision the earth shook as he watched the ice drop to sea. It was huge! With all the commotion Sarah quickly ran towards the tied up penguins and rolls them to the sea to escape. Hans, Blowhole, and Parker also jumped to the sea to escape. The giant ice berg is now adrift, letting the waves carry it somewhere.
Skipper stands up and belly sled to the edge of the cliff. He stops and scans the ocean for any sign of his team. But he found no one. Skipper then tries his radio but no response. He kneels down and clutches the snow from the ground with his flippers and tries the radio one more time.
"Rico, Private, Sarah, anyone please report." Skipper pleaded
"Skipper." a voice catches his attention "Sarah here. I lost Private and Rico though."
Skipper gasped in horror over the radio "They're-"
"No!" Sarah cuts him off "They are not dead, I promise you that. Both of them woke up after we jumped off the cliff and I was able to cut their rope so they can escape."
Skipper sighs in relief "I just hope they're alright. Let's rendezvous at plane and hope that Sparky got that plane fixed."
"Roger that, Skipper."
1933 Hours
Sparky was about to finish up the wiring but a small amount of electricity electrocuted his flippers making it numb. It wasn't a good time either, he hears footsteps on the snow approaching him slowly. He grabs a Glock 19 pistol placed on top of a tool box beside him. He racks the slide to chamber a round and hides behind the supply boxes. The footsteps suddenly stops. Sparky takes a peak but was tackled by a puffin.
The puffin disarms him quickly and kicked the pistol away "Please! Please don't hurt me! I still want to live!"
The puffin kneels down and pats Sparky "Hey, it's me Sparky!"
Sparky opened his eyes and sees Sarah in front of him "You scared me half to death! What was that about?!"
She chuckles and helps Sparky up and dust off the snow on his feathers "Sorry 'bout that Sparky. I thought you guys should be ready for anything?"
Sparky sits down on the snow covered floor "I'm always in the air. Saving comrades by air and covering them from high above. I never really faced an enemy in flipper-to-flipper combat."
Another set of footsteps suddenly caught their attention, Sarah rolls foreward and grabs the Glock 19 she kicked before "Sparky, hide inside!" she whispers and positions herself at the same spot where Sparky was hiding earlier
She checks the chamber of the pistol and points it out from her cover, but she was disarmed with lighting speed and pushed to the ground "And this is why I don't let girls use guns. Even my wife." Sarah looks up and sees Skipper holding the pistol now
Sarah stands up and punches Skipper to the face "You're a jerk sometime you know?"
Skipper drops down on the floor and felt his cheeks swelling from the punch "I'm a guy and its in my DNA."
Sarah crosses her wings and rolls her eyes "Men."
Sparky come out from his hiding spot and sees only Skipper and Sarah "Where's Private and Rico?"
Skipper looks down and sighs "They got captured earlier and I help them escape, but they ended up in the ocean and went MIA." said Sarah
"So it's only us then?" Sparky asked
Skipper looks up and nods "Yup." he sits down on the snow covered floor and began rubbing his head trying get rid of his headache "What's the status of the plane."
Sparky sighs "The plane's not gonna be ready. But there is a hanger under the small outpost near Emperor Land. It's gonna take me a day to get there and check if it's flight worthy."
"Then it's settled." Skipper stands up and brushes off some snow on his feathers "We need to get there and secure the plane."
"Roger." Sarah acknowledges
The three of them took turns patrolling the outside of the plane. Even though it only has been a couple of days they're supplies are running low. Some weapons fell out as they crash landed into Antarctica, they only have two MP5s and three Glock 19s with three magazines each. But they look on the bright side, there may be some equipment near the hanger.
For some reason Skipper can't concentrate, the dream he had the other night was still hunting him. Who are those two? And why does that penguin look familiar? A lot of questions are still filling up his mind that he may lose his focus.
January 26, 2023
2256 Hours
Antarctic Central Command Surface Entrance
Hans was still a bit angry because Sarah, his mate, was helping his enemies. But he is also angry of himself for trying to kill his own mate. Never did he know that she was ordered to kill him. That night he was just outside the base trying to take his mind off Sarah, and that night he saw a familiar face that crash landed in front of him.
The puffin in front of him stands up from the snow and smiles "COUSIN!" the puffin has a Swedish accent and two long yellow ear tufts "Who would have thought I would see you here, ja?"
Hans puts his wing to his face and shakes his head in annoyance "Please don't tell me."
The puffin spreads his wings and wraps it around Hans "It's me! Your cousin Sven!" Hans gently pushes him away "How is life coming, cousin Hans?"
Hans tries not to scream, ever since they were small chicks Sven was the one who get all the females including Hans' childhood crush, Girtha "I have a mate who's probably mad right now, a chick who's angry with me, a job and an arch enemy."
Sven laughs and snorts with bubbles coming out from the crack on his beak "You still don't have the suave for the females, ja?" he hops in to the air and does a loop and land beside Hans "You know what?"
Hans crosses his wings and gives Sven a stern look "No! No I don't!"
Sven chuckles and slaps him on the back making him fall to the ground "What about you go to Adelie Land tomorrow afternoon? There are a lot of hotties there! That's what you want when we were little squirts. After my musical performance I'll introduce you to them."
His wings droop down and sighs "Maybe you're right, Sven. I need to lay off some steam."
Sven smiles and patted Hans' head "Okie dokey then. Tomorrow morning I will tell Lovelace, a good friend of mine, to give you a VIP treatment."
Hans gives Sven a nod of acknowledgement "I'll make sure to come tomorrow."
Both puffins looks up to the night sky "Well, I should be going then, I'll see you tomorrow." Sven flaps his and flies away
"Maybe a good dance and good song could calm me tomorrow." Hans whispered, he looks back up and walks back in to the base
To Be Continued...
The POM characters will not interact with the HF characters to much, sorry.