I apologize for the delay guys. My computer had a virus and we had to get it fixed. I'll be working a little faster to get my story done.

Disclaimer: I do not own Penguins of Madagascar.

(The apartment of Roy Perkins)

In an apartment building in the middle of manhatten, there came a knock on one man's door. The owner of the apartment, Roy Perkins, opened his eyes and he looked at the time.

"What the? Hey, it's 2:30 in the fucking morning. Who the hell would come here at 2:30 in the morning?" Roy said angrily and got up from his bed.

He turned on his bedroom light and walked into the hall and then he walked into the living room. He turned the living room light on and walked over to his front door. He looked through the peephole, but saw nobody outside. Cautiously he removed the chain from the door and slowly opened the door up. He looked down the left side of the hall and then down the right. Nobody was in the hall. He scratched his dark grey beard that he hadn't shaved off in weeks. What was going on here? Who had knocked?

He was about to close the door when his foot touched something on the floor. He looked down and he saw a box sitting on the ground. It was tied with string and an envelope was tied to the box. He bent down and picked the box up off the ground. He removed the envelope which easily slid off the box. He looked at the envelope and it read 'Please read'. The box itself said 'Don't open till christmas.' He opened the envelope and pulled a sheet of paper out. He unfolded it and began reading the paper.

Dear Mr. Perkins

If you are reading this, then you must head to The Central Park Zoo on the evening of December 25th. When you arrive you will recieve another envelope with further instructions. You can trust me or not, but if you do; you will be answered a serious question. If you wish to knowthe truth of your children you must come. Trust me or not, the choice is yours. I won't blame you if you don't come.

Signed,
A friend.

Roy thought hard about what the letter had told him. Could it be true? The truth about Samantha and David? He didn't know what to believe or whether he should believe the letter or not. He looked at the clock at saw that it was a quarter to three. He decided that whatever this was about, it could wait until morning. He just closed the apartment door, turned out the lights and returned to bed.

(Central Park Zoo. Penguin HQ. December 24th.)

Dave was the first to wake up that morning. He looked at the penguins and was at least glad that Private had stopped cowering and had eventually fallen asleep. Rico was still snoring and as he snored he kept yelling out, "Punish" and then he would chuckle like the maniac he was. Kowalski was just snoring as he usually did. And Skipper was just sleeping soundly.

Dave shook his head tiredly and stood up from his cot. He walked over to the penguins fridge and grabbed some fish and a juice box. He stuck a straw into the box and began drinking down the juice and took a bite of fish. Oh what he wouldn't give for a sip of coffee right now, but he would have to wait for the guys to wake first.

Private was the first penguin to wake up. Rico woke up shortly after and then Kowalski. But Skipper was still asleep. The other penguins and Dave all looked at Skipper and gave each other puzzled expressions.

"Umm... shouldn't Skippa be awake by now?" asked Private.

Kowalski looked at the the clock that read 6:30 A.M.

"Yes. He should have been awake an hour and a half ago. Normally he wakes up first and then wakes the rest of us. Why is he still asleep?" Kowalski asked himself.

"I don't know," grunted Rico.

Dave looked at Skipper and said, "Maybe he overtrained yesterday. I saw how hard you guys were working yesterday."

It was true that the guys had overexurted themselves the day before. Since three of the guys were going to go caroling that night, they had trained extra hard during the day. Not even Skipper could handle all that extra work.

Dave shrugged his shoulders, finished his juice box, and said, "Who knows guys? I'm going to head over to the otter habitat early. I'll see you fellas later."

The guys waved good-bye to Dave as he climbed out of the HQ through the fishbowl entrance. The guys turned back to Skipper as they heard him yawn and get out of his bunk. He opened his eyes and saw his men staring at him.

"What? What's going on boys?" Skipper asked.

"Nothing Skippa," said Private.

Rico and Kowalski just whistled casually.

Skipper rubbed the bottom of his beak and said, "Alright then. Carry on boys."

(Otter Habitat)

Dave crept into the otter cave, being sure that he didn't wake Danny, Sam, or Marlene. All three were still sound asleep. Dave smiled as he saw Danny all curled up to Sam and was clutching a little otter doll.

Dave's smile grew and he walked into the center of the cave. He grabbed an extra pillow from one of the little cubicle holes in the cave and then he fell alseep on the floor.

(Later)

Danny woke up with a yawn and spotted his Uncle Dave sleeping in the middle of the cave. Danny smiled and quickly and quietly went over to Dave and jumped onto his belly.

"Oof," Dave cried out.

"Morning Unky Dave," Danny said out loud.

Marlene and Sam woke with a start at the sound of Danny and Dave. What they saw made them both go "Aww." Danny and Dave were in the middle of the room with Danny sitting on Dave's belly.

Danny then began hopping up and down asking, "So what are we going to do today Unky Dave? I can't wait to see. So what are we going to do? Huh? Huh?"

Sam walked over to Danny and pulled him off of Dave.

"Well first off, you're grounded today young man. You know better than to run off on me. So no leaving the habitat today," Sam said to Danny.

"Aww! That's not fair," Danny whinned.

Dave looked at Danny and said, "Danny, you heard your mother. You ran off and worried her. You stay here today. Do you understand me?"

Danny crossed his arms, nodded, and said, "Yes sir."

Dave nodded and turned back to Sam and Marlene.

"I'll stay here and watch Danny today. You two should go hang out or something. I'll keep an eye on the little terror today," Dave said to the girls.

Sam looked back at Dave and asked, "Would you do that for me Dave?"

Dave nodded and said, "Yes. Now you ladies go have some fun. Okay?"

The girls nodded and walked out of the cave.

Dave walked over to Danny who was still pouting.

Dave patted Danny's little head, and said, "And you and I will have a little fun today partner."

Danny brightened up a little. He smiled and he wrapped his little arms around Dave's leg. Dave bent down and picked Danny up. Dave then returned the hug.

'Better me than Billy,' Dave thought and continued hugging his nephew.

(Badger Habitat)

Marlene and Sam had decided to go over to the badger habitat and visit with Becky and Stacey for a while. All four girls just sat and talked and ate pudding for a little while inside the bedger cave. Becky and Stacey talked about their old zoo, Marlene talked about California, and Sam talked about St. Louis. All went well for a while. That is until Becky asked a particular question.

"Hey Sam, I have another question," Becky said.

Sam looked at her and nodded.

"Well the very first time me and Stacey met Dave, we gave him a little scare and he kind of freaked out a little bit. Do you think you could tell us why?" Becky asked.

Sam stopped eating the pudding she held and turned back to Becky. She had a look of shock on her face.

"Oh. That would not be a good idea girls. That would not be a good idea at all," Sam said grimly.

"Why? What happened to him?" Marlene asked.

Becky and Stacey flattened their ears as Sam began her story.

"Just a few weeks before before Dave was discharged from the Army; he and a large number of others were sent on a search and destroy mission. They were to find the leader of an enemy organization in central Russia and kill him," Sam began.

"The I.R.F.F?" Marlene asked.

Sam nodded and continued.

"For the most part things were going. That is until Dave and his men were only a few kilometers from their target. That's wh-"

"What's a kilometer?" interrupted Stacey.

Sam sighed and said, "Well Stacey a kilometer is about five-eighthes of a mile. Now let me continue. Dave and his men were almost to their target when, out of nowhere, they were ambushed by the enemy. Many of the men and women were killed. Only Dave and a handful of others got away."

"That's horrible. What did Dave do after that?" asked Marlene.

"What else? He did his duty and continued the mission. Somehow they found the target and Dave stabbed him to death. But not before he stabbed Dave in the chest. We're all lucky it missed his heart and lungs. That's how he got his third purple heart and his Distinguished Services Cross. After he was released from the Army hospital, he was discharged from the Army all together."

"Wow," Marlene, Becky, and Stacey all said together.

Sam let out a little laugh and said, "Well that's not what Dave says. He prefers to ignore his last two medals."

"Why?" asked Becky.

"Too many painful memories. Both physical and mental. He almost died and a lot of his friends were killed. Including his captain. A man named Captain Wilson. He took a snipers bullet to the chest and died," Sam finished.

"No wonder Dave never talks about his last two medals. That sounded horrible," Marlene said.

"Yes it does," Sam said.

"Have you ever seen any action Sam? You know, like Dave?" asked Stacey.

"No girls. I have never been on the battlefeild. In fact I have never actually been in the Army," answered Sam.

Becky and Satcey's faces fell in disappointment. Sam merely smiled and took a sip of water from the cup right by her.

'But I've been near them,' Sam thought to herself.

Well there's chapter seven guys. Sorry for it's lateness, but my computer had a virus and for some reason our local library wouldn't read my flash drive.

Oh well. The next chapter is up so please read and review.