A\N: Back! (^.^)

Disclaimer: I do not own PoM, only the hiking song.

Skipper paced up and down in front of his remaining man who was standing attention. Rico looked worried but didn´t say anything. Skipper was thinking furiously. "We need something. Like a dog or sniffer who knows the scents of the city so good, that he\she could sniff out the lemurs. If they are lemurs." All of the sudden, the leader´s eyes brightened. "Of course!"

Blue pouted as Martha washed his face. "I hate cleaning." "That´s called hygiene." "I hate hygiene." Ted chuckled. "I did too as kid." "Ted, you´ll have to wash too." Ted´s face fell. "And still am hating it." Martha rolled her eyes, then looked over to Private. He was sitting very still, thinking hard. Private still felt the cold shudder that went down his back as Martha told him that he´s not going to survive. ´Skipper will find me.´ The small penguin thought. But then there was this little voice that nagged at him. ´What if Blue was right? What if Skipper really doesn´t want to find me?´

Skipper was sliding too fast for poor Rico to keep up. "Come on, Rico! Private´s counting on us!" "Comin´!" The two halted to a stop. "Now where to find…" Rico suddenly nudged the other. "Hey. Look here." The officer turned his head to see a sad sight. Animals locked up, whining or crying. Some were pressing their faces against the glass, hungrily looking for freedom. Others were licking at the bones from their former cellmates. ANIMAL POUND. And there in the corner, curled up to a scrawny, small ball was….Max?

Skipper frowned as he walked closer. Yes, it was their Extra-Terrestrial buddy. The birds waddled in, only to bump into someone else. Blood-breath; cold, hard eyes hidden behind black sunglasses. Rico gulped. "Officer X." Skipper had exactly two seconds to recognize the danger, think of options and react. He was too slow. A strong hand shot forward, slowly but mercilessly squeezing the air and life out of the leader.

Rico jumped forward, beak ready to peck but the other hand batted him away like a fly. Skipper watched his friend crash into the wall. Officer X smiled greedily as he walked to where Rico lay and put a foot on his chest, preventing escape. "So we meet again." Skipper could hear the delight of death in his voice.

Rotten air and smelling rivers guided the party through the sewers. Blue would often wrinkle his nose but when one of the others would complain about it, he would tell them to man\woman up. "This is adventure, guys. One of the greatest thing that exists." Private couldn´t help it. "Y´know, I just hope that the sewer rats aren´t here today." Blue turned around sharply. "S-sewer r-rats?"

"Yes, the deadliest creatures down here. They even feed on dead animals." Private didn´t tell them what kind of animals. Whenever they would find a chicken wing or piece of salami pizza, they would immediately gobble it up. "T-they do?" "Yes, why?" "Just curious. I just remembered something. Last Saturday there was a talk-show bout how unhealthy it was to take a walk in the sewers. Let´s go topside." Private smiled. How easy it was to fool him. Then again, Blue was younger than him. ´Great. I´m being kidnapped by a child who is younger than me!´ Private thought with disgust. Of himself.

"You animals don´t know how long I´ve been waiting for this. I´m going to throw a party over your spilled blood." "Oooooh! Can I come?" A voice sounded from a cage. "SHUT UP PETE!" X yelled. "okay." Officer X turned back to the guys. "Right here, right now." Skipper´s eyes widened as he felt his ribs crushing underneath the pressure. His eyes shut in pain. Officer X smiled, leaning closer, enjoying Skipper´s torment. Rico couldn´t watch it any longer. In a quick movement, he held a match in his flippers.

Officer X suddenly felt something hot through his shoe. He looked down realizing that his foot…was…on…fire. "!" He screamed, letting go of his victim. Rico helped Skipper to his feet. "Find Max." "Uh-huh!" The two separated. X´s fire raged on. Not on his foot but inside. "I´M GOING TO FIND YOU!" He yelled, turning cages over as he searched frantically for the penguins. Animals protested, earning a kick to shut them up. Max cowered in his cage. Who ever it was made the officer REALLY mad. All of the sudden, a shadow landed in front of him.

"NO! PLEASE DON´T HURT ME!" The frightful cat screamed, covering his head. "I´m not." That voice was familiar. Of course! The leader of that group of penguins. Max looked up. "Come on. We have not much time." Skipper opened the cage and yelled: "Rico, retreat!" Officer X growled as the maniac pecked at his burned foot before sliding under and around cages. Some animals had managed to get away from this prison. After the penguins and Max had disappeared out of sight, Officer X´s boss came in. "Whoa! What happened here?" "Penguins!" "You´re fired!"

"Oh we a bunch of happy hikers, bunch of happy hikers we are! We come from the city and fly to the sky. As a bunch of happy hikers we go, as a bunch of happy hikers we die. So listen to our singing, and sing along if you dare! We are bunch of happy hikers and we don´t care!" Ted´s voice rang out. Martha rolled her eyes.

Blue and Private had covered their hearing entrances. "Why can´t he just shut up?" Blue groaned. He looked at Private and his sly grin re-appeared on his face. "So, still think that Skipper´s going to rescue you?" "Yes." Was the simple answer. "Oh really?" "Yes." Blue frowned. "You don´t sound like it." "That´s because…never mind." "You are starting to doubt your own theory." "No." "You are too. You are just afraid to admit it to yourself." "I am not." "Why deny it? Nobody wants to be with a person who defends an murder." Private felt himself snap. Maybe it was because he couldn´t take the fact that Blue might be more right then possible. Or maybe because Kowalski could be dead and Private still had stuck to his killer. With a swift, graceful but strong movement he delivered a powerful karate-chop to the young lemur.

Blue fell with a yelp. "Blue!" Martha and Ted rushed to the side of the car. Blue was hanging on for dear life, but his grip was loosening, due to the hit. In last minute, he was pulled up again. "Are you okay honey?" Martha asked. Blue had other plans then to stay wrapped up in her arms. "YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!" Blue yelled into Private´s face. The penguin was startled when he fell, but now didn´t show a hint of regret in his face. "Get him out of my sight!" Blue shouted. He then turned on his heels and walked away.

Skipper, Rico and Max rounded the corner and jumped into a pile of garbage bags before relaxing. "That was a close one!" Skipper gasped. Max looked at them, his yellow eyes filled with the fear they had a few minutes ago. "Why did you guys do that?" Skipper smiled slightly, for the first time since Private had disappeared. "Once a friend, always one. But we need your help." "Speak up. After saving me from hell, there isn´t anything I couldn´t do for you." "We´re missing a soldier." Max frowned.

"Don´t you mean two?" "The other one´s back home. But Private, the little guy, has been kidnapped." Max´s face fell. "We need someone who can help us track him down. Are you up for the job?" Max suddenly ran out. "I think YES!" He yelled over his shoulder. There, passing in the middle of the street was the car. With the stolen penguin and three lemurs on it.

Blue frowned. He had a strange feeling. Like someone was there. Someone who shouldn´t be- "PRIVATE!" Blue whirled around. The flathead and the scarred penguin were hot on their tails. And a meager cat. Private turned his head at the sound. "SKIPPAH! HELP!" Ted clamped his paws over the boy´s beak.

Martha joined Blue at the edge. Skipper jumped up, desperately trying to get to his soldier. But, nobody knows what happened. Blue raised his hands, probably to defend himself from Skipper, and then there was a flash, commotion, honking, scrams, and a soft *thud*. Private opened his eyes, just in time to see his beloved leader…tumble underneath a car. "!"

A\N: I love cliffhangers! But I hate reading them. So that to get back at everyone who cliffhanged me! XD R&R! Or else you won´t know how this continues…..)XD ^^