"Alright men. You know the drill. No fowl ups." Stronghold whispered.
"Yes sir." Skipper, Manfreddi , Johnson, and Hans replyed with salutes. Johnson and Skipper lifted the window pain while Manfreddi lowered Hans in by harness and rope.
The rope slipped throught Johnsons hand. Manfreddi caught it before Hans could hit the ground leaveing Skipper with the heavy window. Manfreddi was pulling Hans higher off the ground and Skipper was loseing his grip on the window. The window slipped from his flippers knocking Manfreddi in. Inside Manfreddi landed on Hans and the alarms went off. Johnson and Skipper shared an 'uh-oh' look before trying to pry open the window. Once they got it open Manfreddi threw up the rope, but they couldn't keep the widow open and pull up Hans and Manfreddi. The rope fell a again and Hans was knocked unconsious.
"Leave me! Get Hans out of here!" Manfreddi called trowing up the rope.
"But-."
"Get him back to base guys I think I can find a way out of this!"
Skipper stood over him looking conflicted. Johnson put a flipper on his shoulder. "Come on, lets get Hans and go, we'll be back for Manfreddi soon. I promise.
They hauled Hans out the window and made their way back to the base.
At the base Stronghold gave them a little talk, but seeing Hans had a concusion and they were all pretty burnt over loseing Johnson he sent Hans to the sick bay. He put Johnson and Skipper on recon, said the cool air would clear their heads.
Up on the watch tower Skipper was paceing. Johnson watched him with a concerned look.
"I can't belive it." Skipper said shakeing his head.
"What?" Johnson asked.
"Our first real mission and we blew it."
"We didn't blow it." Skipper glared at him. "Okay so we screwed up a little."
"A little? Manfreddi's been taken hostage! Doesen't that mean a thing to you!"
"Okay. Big time then, but we can learn from this."
"Great."
"Really!"
"Sure."
"We can!" He yelled. After a few seconds of Skipper sulking in scilence Johnson lost it. "Why can't you ever let anything go! Huh? What's the big deal with you! You never trust anyone. Maybe if Manfreddi and I hadn't been your friends they'd have locked you up by now. Locked you up with all the other paranoid jerks who don't have any friends." He took a deep breath. "You could be alone Skipper, but you're not." He gave a weak smirk. "We're here to stay. Me and Manfreddi. We were the first ones to ever see through your paranoia, and I'm glad we did. We make a great team. That Hans kid is great too. Just wait and see Skipper we'll fix this. This is Manfreddi we're talking about. He can take care of himself." He finished proudly. Skipper was gone. He looked around for his friend. "Skipper?" Skipper was long gone.