A.N.- Here's chapter 8! Enjoy! :)

Chapter 8: Just Keep Swimming!

(Skipper's POV)

I hear a splash and turn quickly around and see that the cage had started to sink. I also see that Private isn't the only one in the said cage. "Skippah!" cried Private and the unknown penguin.

"Hold on, Private! Kowalski, options!" I turned to Kowalski.

"Uh.." Kowalski then whips out his abacus and starts making a calculation, he then whips out his clipboard. "Push random buttons on the control module?"

"Works for me." I say. The three of us then get to work pushing random buttons, but instead of slowing the cage's descent, it seems that we made it sink more quickly. I turn around and don't see the cage. "Agh! Everyone to the water! Rico! Rope cutters and lock pick stat!" We all jump into the water.

"Oh, baby that water's cold!" shouts Kowalski as he came up from his initial dive. "Nitrogen infused water to be exact!"

"No time for your sciency non-sense right now, Kowalski. Dive! Dive!" We all take a deep breath and dive deep into the freezing pool. We dive deeper and deeper and deeper always following the cage's chain, when finally we see the actual cage. We quicken our swimming speed and Rico finds the lock. I look over at the two penguins; they were both tied up to chairs and unconscious. I look back over at Rico to see that he had picked the lock. We swim in and start cutting the ropes. I then pick up Private and Rico picks up the other mystery penguin. I motion for us to get topside quickly. And we swim upwards really quickly; Rico was the first with the mystery penguin to break the surface. Kowalski came up gasping for air not too long after Rico. I surface with Private only moments after them.

"*Cough* Cough*, Kowalski, analysis!" I drag Private over beside the unknown penguin.

"On which?" Kowalski asks.

"Both."

"They should both be fine, but I won't really know until they wake up. She (Kowalski motions over at the unknown penguin) appears that she should be waking up at anytime."

"What about the Private?"

"I have no clue." Just then the female penguin starts to wake up.

"*Cough*Cough*Cough! Brrrrrr!" she shivers. Rico regurgitates a blanket and gives it to her. She takes it without a second look. "Thank you."

"Who are you?" Kowalski asks the unknown she-penguin.

"Wha-oh, hello. I'm Trixy, Private Trixy, to be exact. Oh, no, how's Private! He passed out after me; he should have woken up first." She then jumps up and runs over to the still sleeping Private. She then flips him over and starts to push up and down on his back.

"What are you-"I started then I stopped, because Private started to wake up and had started to cough up a lot of water. Kowalski rushes over to check Private for any lasting damage. He didn't appear to find any.

"Oh, thank goodness, you're alright!" says Trixy, " I was so worried!" She then gives Private a tight hug.

"Agh! Trixy! Can't breathe!" says Private.

"Oh, sorry!" Trixy then releases him from the hug.

"Private, good to see you awake, soldier." I walk over to Private and pat his back.

"Self-detuckt?" asks Rico.

"Agh! I completely forgot about the self-destruct!" squeals Kowalski as he runs over to the control module.

"Five Seconds until Self-Destruct!" says the control module. Trixy then gets up and runs over to the control module.

"Here move over a little, please!" she says to Kowalski, she then pulls a remote-looking device from behind her back. She then pushes a bunch of buttons and then pushed a button on the remote.

"Self-Destruct is Paused, Please Press Start to Continue." Says the control module.

"H-how did you DO that!" says Kowalski, surprised.

"I'll tell you that later, let's get out of here!" she says then she looks over at me. I realize that she's waiting for me to give the retreat order.

"Right! Everyone, to the car!" we all race out the door and jump into the car, Rico in the driver's seat, I in the shot gun seat, Kowalski in his normal seat, Private in the middle of the back seat, and Trixy in Private's normal seat. Trixy then pushes a button on the remote and Hans's secret lair explodes. We drive away as fast as the little zoo coup could go, it wasn't until we were about a mile away that we slowed down.