NOTE: Due to having to attend my college classes, this chapter is going to be a bit short this time if you guys would rather want me to continue updating this story daily. If you guys wanted me to write longer chapters as usual, updates on this will be slower than usual.
Also, a small Teen Titans reference (or quote in this case) hidden in this chapter.
Shortly after Penfold had left, Professor Squawkencluck has finally waken up from her needed nap. She sees Colonel K and Whitney watching the television to pass the time.
But where's Penfold?
"Where's Penfold?" Professor Squawkencluck asked Colonel K and Whitney who, upon hearing the professor's voice, stop watching the television.
"Great Scott! You're up, professor!" Colonel K cried in surprise. "So how's DM?"
"I've managed to remove all the glass shards off of his body and stop the bleeding." Professor Squawkencluck answered. "He should be fine in about a few hours or so."
Colonel K and Whitney sigh in relief. The most of their worries are now over. Danger Mouse is going to be okay.
That is, until Whitney notices a bandage wrapped around the professor's left arm, and the fact that she had her lab coat off the entire time. How did they not notice that?
"What happened to your arm?" Whitney asked Professor Squawkencluck.
"Oh this?" The professor looks at her left arm again. "Danger Mouse had already lost too much blood by the time I stopped the bleeding, so I decided to donate some of my blood to him."
"Professor, do you even know what blood type DM has?" Colonel K asked Professor Sqawkencluck an obvious question. "If I recalled one time, your blood type was AB positive, and we all know AB positive is a very rare blood type."
"I've already checked Danger Mouse's blood type, Colonel." Professor Squawkencluck replied. "His blood type is definitely AB positive."
"Thank goodness for that." Whitney said.
"So I ask you one more time." Professor Squawkencluck asked Whitney and Colonel K again. "Where's Penfold?"
Both Whitney and Colonel K exchanged looks. Ever since they started watching the television to pass the time, Penfold has been as quiet as a rock.
Come to think of it, they haven't seen him lately.
"The chap's must been wandering in the hallways, still worried about DM." Colonel K answered. "Can't blame him though."
Professor Squawkencluck wastes no time to leave Colonel K and Whitney alone in order to find Penfold. She ends up finding him in the middle of one of the hallways, down on his knees and crying heavily for what seemed like hours.
Can't say she blamed him though. Much like everyone else, he too was dead worried about Danger Mouse when Greenback had shot him at the Louvre in chapter 5. The small, innocent assistant had idolized Danger Mouse ever since he joined the team. Their relationship had grown from being a simple hero-sidekick relationship to that of best friends.
The thought of Danger Mouse being dead would devastate Penfold.
No.
Penfold is a sweet, innocent lad. She would not let Penfold be miserable all the time. Cor, even Danger Mouse wouldn't want him to be miserable for the rest of his life if he dies. He would want him to keep living his life.
He would want him to remain strong.
Even if he would not be there with him all the time.
"Penfold ..." She tries to speak to Penfold, her voice lowered.
"It's all my fault ..." Penfold whispered.
Professor Squawkencluck crouches down beside the weeping hamster and placed a hand onto his shoulder. "Penfold, you know this isn't your fault."
Penfold looks at the professor, still teary-eyed. "But it is! I'm just a useless assistant who can't even do anything right! Cor, I didn't even do anything to help save Danger Mouse when he got shot by Baron Greenback in chapter 5!" He went back to crying. "And now he's going to die because of me!"
"Penfold, look at me!" Penfold did what he was told and looked Professor Squawkencluck in the eyes. "You are not useless. It's not even your fault Danger Mouse is injured. If there's anyone to pin the blame on, it'd be Baron Greenback. When you saw Danger Mouse getting shot by that vile toad at the Louvre, you did everything you could to save him long enough for me to get to him on time. You informed his mother to keep him awake and try to stop the bleeding while you contacted me. Then I did everything I could to save him when we got back to HQ, and you informed Colonel K about it because he has the right to know what's going on."
Penfold sniffed as he finds himself crying less. "You really think so, professor?"
"Oh, Penfold." She spreads her arms out, allowing her and Penfold to embrace a hug.
"He was the best friend I ever had." Penfold muffled. "Is he going to be okay."
"He will be, Penfold." Professor Squawkencluck replied.
As the two embraced a slow hug in the middle of the hallway, neither of them notice Colonel K approaching them. Whitney was nowhere in sight.
"Ahem, I hate to interrupt the small moment, you two, but there's something you needed to know." Colonel K spoke to Professor Squawkencluck and Penfold who pulled themselves apart from their hug.
"Where's Whitney?" Penfold asked Colonel K.
"Whitney?" Professor Squawkencluck asked Penfold.
Penfold looks at the professor. "I'll explain later."
"She's at the infirmary checking on Danger Mouse, Penfold." Colonel K replied. "But that's not what I'm about to tell you."
"Then what is, Colonel?"
"It's DM." Colonel K continued as he slowly lets out a genuine smile. "He's awake."
