A\N: I suck at doing Marlene. But I´m trying. . ^\^

Private had joined the others again, even though he didn´t feel too good. Martha had finally stopped with her horror stories and Blue was fast asleep. Ted still snored like there was no tomorrow.

Searing pain shot through Skipper´s body as they were flung against the window and wall. The penguin had never felt so much pain. Rico was flailing around, trying to hold on to something. He finally did and the two others clung onto him for dear life. Then there was an ear-piercing noise and everything went black.

"Okay." Thomas said, stepping away from a very worn out penguin. "He´s done." Kowalski couldn´t help but to groan in relief. Thomas walked out while one of the workers picked the bird up. "Even the penguin is relieved." The others agreed with disgust to Thomas. Kowalski felt himself being carried out.

Marlene was waiting for the penguin. She decided to lift his spirits a little by the colorful decorations and soft music. Julian wanted to join in, but Marlene told him not to. "He needs rest and quiet." Julian pouted before stalking out and calling her a stone, claiming stones don´t party so that makes her a stone. He was having one of his stupid, nonsense days. The doctor placed Kowalski gently on the cold deck, before leaving. Marlene climbed up to meet him. "Kowalski!" The scientist looked up, smiling. "Marlene, what are you doing here?" "I decided to keep you company, since the others are gone." "I´d like that."

Throbbing hammers pounded into his skull. Rico tried to open an eye, but the light stung. He could hear noises of people shouting and a hysterical muttering. Rico forced himself to open both of his eyes now, trying to push himself up on his flippers. One was broken, the penguin noticed a little too late. The yelling came from his left. Skipper had his wings behind his back, held in place by two puffins. He was arguing with the head guard. "I have a boy out there who is being kidnapped by psychos!" The guard just waved his wing, dismissing him. The two holding Skipper tried to shove him into something that looked like a giant cage placed on a car suited for animals. Just then, a pair of wings forced the weapon expert up. "This one´s injured." "Just lock him up with the cat. We´ll treat him later." "Cat? That looks more like a…um…" "Exactly my words." Skipper placed a foot on the entrance of the car, unabling the guards to push him in. "Get in, Skipper!" "While my soldier is dying in the hospital and Private´s with a group of monsters? Over my dead body!" Then a gun was pushed into his face. "What was that about dead bodies?" A rather smug looking penguin watched Skipper groan in defeat as he got in. Rico wasn´t treated any gentler not even with his injuries. Max was no problem at all. He was the mutterer, eyes wide and body quivering. Then the vehicle lurched forward, beginning the long, bumpy ride.

The plane had finally stopped. Private never had been so grateful for the smoke-cleared fresh air. As he stepped out, he suddenly felt something very warm and familiar lean on his back. The Specialist turned, seeing the morning sun slowly rise from water of Denmark. It´s rays painted on the surface of the water and sky. The penguin could feel a smile lift his down spirits at the beautiful scene. That is, until he felt Martha steer him roughly toward the others. "Okay team, let´s go find our destiny!" Blue shouted, marching forward. The three walked behind him.

Skipper slowly woke up, seeing that the sun had risen. He watched the others sleep. "Well, look who´s up." A guard was standing by the door, keys hooked around his waist, and a can of beer in his right flipper. Skipper scowled at him before directing his attention to Max and Rico, who had woken up by the sun in their faces. "Alright, bring them out." The Dane´s leader said. Two penguins and three puffins appeared at the door. The penguins had guns, aimed at their prisoners. Max trotted out first, having no problem to behave. Rico and Skipper were next. They were about to go towards the gray building, when suddenly, "Hey if you guys don´t hurry up, Drakus is going to close down or something!" "Blue, Drakus doesn´t ´close down´." "It´s them!" Skipper forgot the others as he jumped out, looking around for Private frantically. He saw Blue walking backwards, talking to Martha, Ted and…. "Private!" The little bird didn´t look up. Martha tried to grab Blue all of the sudden, but the lemur had already crashed into a garbage can. "Ouch." "That´s what you get from walking backwards." Skipper tried to slide, but he was grabbed by a guard. "Not so fast!" The leader, being desperate, kicked his foot into the other´s face. Hard. He stumbled away, dazed. Rico got the hint and coughed up a phone cell. It landed on of the machine guns. With the puffin still holding it. Max decided to join too and drove out his claws, dragging them over his capturer´s chest. While Rico and Max were handling a few, Skipper fought fiercely, ignoring all kinds of pain. His dark blue eyes never left Private, who was still walking after the others. "Private! Soldier! Stop!" A sudden weight fell on top of him. A rather big penguin had jumped on top of the leader. Skipper threw him off and delivered a huge blow to what he was the chest. Big mistake. A sickening crack filled the air, making everyone stop. They all looked toward the heavy panting penguin, and the dead body next to him. Skipper had cracked the guard´s neck clear through. The officer glanced at the victim then slid off. Rico took that chance of shock to punch the rest who was in their way. But they weren´t a problem anymore. In less than a few seconds, Max and Rico were the only ones there. The trio had to get out of here before the whole army came. They joined with Skipper, who was standing at the edge of the road. "We lost them. Again." The leader said quietly.

"So, how was the surgery?" Marlene asked. "Don´t remind me." Kowalski groaned. He and the otter were having breakfast down in the HQ. "Was it really that bad?" "No, it was like dozen of knifes cutting into your body at the same time while drills drilling through your brain after some scrapples had left ugly marks in your liver." "Okay….so it was bad." "Affirmative." Marlene smiled, before offering him another sardine. "Gratitudes, but my digestive system is quite busy already." Marlene put the fish back. "Does it bother you how I talk?" The scientist suddenly asked. "No! Of course not. I was just thinking about how funny you sound. Also, I think it´s kind of cute." Kowalski´s face darkened. "Uh-huh." "What´s wrong?" "Nothing." Seeing the quirked eyebrow, the penguin sighed. "Everything. Doris said that once. Just to get me excited over nothing." Marlene decided to drop the subject, since it was quite known that it was a touchy one. "Sorry." "Don´t be. It wasn´t- you didn´t know." Kowalski grabbed Marlene´s paw. Suddenly she tensed and they both looked at each other for a second before he removed it. There was awkward silence for a second. Kowalski cleared his throat. "I guess that we should get going. We don´t want to waste the day at breakfast." Marlene chuckled kind of nervously. "Yeah." As the two stood, they failed to notice the lemur swimming in front of the window.

"We are here!" Blue exclaimed. They all looked up toward the black, rusty gate. Evil was floating around. Private shivered as he stared at the huge gargoyle in front of the gate. It´s deadly eyes glared at him making his feathers rise in a shiver. Even Martha frowned. Blue took a deep breath. "It smells like death in here." He said happily, even though his fear clearly gave away his act. "Let´s go in."

A\N: I will make the story creepier also death involved. Just warning. ^.^ Anyway, review! \§{