Kowalski attacked a lobster, slapping it first then tripping it when it tried to slash at him with it's claws, a second lobster rammed into him from behind, causing Kowalski to fall onto the other lobster, Kowalski flipped onto his back and flung the new lobster away from him then jumped to his feet just as Skipper had shown him.
Another lobster slammed into him, sending him flying farther into the room, away from Rico who was also battling the lobsters and doing a surprisingly good job, and Skipper who was taking on a few lobsters along with Blowhole who looked slightly unsure of whether or not to fight Skipper.
"Kowalski!" Manfredi yelled, Kowalski twisted his head around to see his two missing comrads locked behind a glass door. Both were banging on the door desperate to escape and help their friends.
Kowalski wasn't the only one who noticed them, Skipper saw them almost as soon as Kowalski did, but was a bit too preoccupied to help his comrades.
"Kowalski get them out of there!' his leader yelled before diving back into battle. Kowalski knocked a lobster away from the door and belly slid over.
On the door was a pad code, it must open the door he thought.
"Hurry Kowalski," Johnson urged him, he was bleeding from a scratch above his right eye.
"Ok, I'll randomly push buttons and hopefully it'll unlock," Kowalski said, he started punching in random combinations, surely one of them must work.
"Kowalski report!" Skipper yelled across to him.
"I am randomly pushing buttons and so far it's not working," Kowalski replied.
"Hurry," Manfredi said.
"Rico, keep those lobsters from Kowalski," Skipper instructed. Kowalski glanced back at his leader and saw he was dealing with Blowhole and several of the lobsters. Sudden respect flowed through him at the sight of his leader taking on so many enemies with little trouble.
"Access granted," the code pad said. Kowalski turned to the door and was flung backwards as it opened. Manfredi and Johnson raced out, yelled thanks and joined the battle.
Skipper's P.O.V
"You're out numbered Flippy, give up!" Skipper hissed, trying to keep the tears out of his eyes. He didn't want to fight this dolphin, and he couldn't stop himself from thinking about all the great times they had had together. This mission was worse than his very first mission where he had lost his best friend, Hans who had betrayed him and his mentor, Slade who had died.
"Just because I'm outnumber doesn't mean I can't win Skipper," Blowhole hissed, "I don't want to hurt you but you have to stay out of my way," Skipper knocked him off his scooter and ducked out of the way then spun around to knock a lobster away from him and the dolphin.
"You should've thought of that before you kidnapped my men," Skipper snarled softly, the feeling of betrayal was much stronger than it had been when he had first found out Blowhole had wanted to pursue revenge.
"I was only doing that to keep them out of the way," Blowhole growled, "And you disappeared for eight years Skipper, what did you think I was going to do?"
"Did you ever for one moment think of your sister, Doris?" Skipper said, he slapped the dolphin who slashed out at him with his tail.
"Retreat!" one of the lobsters yowled, and then it was just them and Blowhole.
"See, we win" Skipper sneered. Then to Skipper's surprise, Blowhole flung himself away from Skipper and leapt into a nearby pool of water. Skipper leapt in after him, chasing him, until he realized that it was pointless, there was an underwater tunnel that led out into the ocean. Skipper let him go and swam to the surface.
"Skipper, we found the bomb," Manfredi boasted, holding a small devise. Skipper looked at it and shook his head,
"That's a decoy Manfredi, he's hidden the real one some where else," Skipper shook his head, he knew from the looks of it, that it wasn't real. There was no ticking and no possible way to set it off without it being manual, and Blowhole wasn't suicidal.
"It's not real," Johnson and Manfredi looked closely at it, so did Kowalski.
"He's right, the only way to set it off would be to manually do it, and that would be certain death, plus it's too small to do that much damage, no this is a model of some type of firework," Kowalski exclaimed, for once he didn't look embarrassed when he had shown his intelligence.
"Good job Kowalski," Skipper praised him, "Now we just have to set it off to get rid of it and head home,"
"Ka-boom?" Rico asked, to everyone's surprise he threw up a box of matches and took a match out and lit it, "Ka-boom?" he repeated, his eyes shining with excitement and hope.
Skipper smiled, finally understanding what the penguin meant.
Rico's wild grin widened when Skipper answered him, "Yes Rico, Ka-boom". Manfredi handed him the device and Rico lit it and flung it at the entrance, which exploded and daylight shone into the basement of the building, giving them their exit.
"Not bad Rico," Kowalski said, impressed.
"Cool, he has the super power of power-vomiting," Johnson laughed as they headed out.
Kowalski's P.O.V
They excitedly talked till they reached their habitat, except for Skipper who occasionally said something but mostly just led the way home. Kowalski wondered if Skipper was ok, then he remembered Skipper saying when Kowalski had asked him, that Blowhole had once been his ally.
I wonder if he's upset with Blowhole, maybe I should go talk to him, Kowalski thought, hopefully I'll find a moment alone with him before we head out after Blowhole and his minions again.
"Hey Kowalski watch out," Skipper pulled him back.
"What?" Kowalski asked, then he saw what the others were looking at.
In front of them on their little island was a medium sized crate that said Live Animal, Be careful.
"Looks like we have a new comrade," Skipper said warily, his tone showing his paranoia.
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