Skipper took the lead. Max and Rico were frantically running\sliding behind him. "We…are…not…going…to...make…it!" Max panted. Skipper guided them into a side corner where they stopped in front of a big gate with a gargoyle glaring down at them.
´This is the end! ´ Ted thought a he hugged Martha. "Martha? Ted?" Guzo´s surprised voice made everyone open their eyes. "Guzo!" Blue shouted happily, hugging the muscular otter. Guzo looked surprised. "Blue? What are you doing here?" Martha stepped forward. "We´re trying to get to Drakus." The minion turned his attention to Private. "And this is…?" "My hostage." Blue replied proudly. Private snorted, getting a look from the other. Guzo forgot about his original mission and lead the party through the town. "I have to say, you guys picked the best time to visit." He commented sarcastically. Ted shrugged. "It was Blue´s idea." "So?" Blue asked. "Never mind…" Martha said, then she and Ted began talking to Guzo. Blue looked at Private before shrugging and practicing his disappearing talent.
The Danes hesitated in front of the gate. "Should we really go in?" One asked. The leader of the mob glared at Skipper and his friends before shaking his head. "They´re as good as dead in there anyway." He shot one last look in their direction before walking away. "Wait, what if they come out?" One gull asked. His leader laughed. "Out? Look nobody had EVER managed to get out of this-this, you couldn´t even call it a place." After the Danes had left them alone, Rico went over to the gate. He tried to open it but no avail. "Iz loked." He said. Skipper frowned. But after trying to pick it, blow it open and climb over it, he had to admit defeat. "Then we´ll go forwards." The penguin said. "Maybe there´s anyone who had seen Blue or knows him."
Kowalski was feeling a lot better, even though Thomas often checked on him. The doctor obviously wasn´t really fond of his job. ´Just like Alice.´ Kowalski thought as he watched the grumpy man walk away. He touched the area where Blue had punched him. A tingly, kind of electricity feeling shot up him. The scientist shivered, frowning. He had never felt that before. Deciding to investigate, Kowalski waddled back to the fishbowl.
Marlene glared hard at the sheet of paper. The paint on her brush was drying, and still no idea came into her head. She dipped her brush in black again then decided to just start. So she made a shape that looks like a "V". The otter observed this before realizing that it looked like a flipper. What started out as a normal penguin waving to the crowd ended up as Kowalski, a rather cute smile on his handsome features as he held up a test tube of boiling liquid in it.
"Drakus could use some good news. He killed several minions already, and yells about everything. It´s a good thing Blue has shown up." Guzo nodded to the lemur who had been listening to the adult´s conversation for the last hour. Private too. He learned that something called "Luna parture" is happening right now. But it was pure nonsense. Martha said that during that time, the moon splits in half and at a certain area where it casts its light would melt, something like that. He never knew that these animals here were that superstitious. It would´ve been interesting for Kowalski to explore a different culture, if Drakus wasn´t an evil master. The boy dreaded to tell his friend the news about Skipper. Hopefully Rico was alright.
He was. They all were. Since the rescuers haven't arrived to the spooky section yet. But they´re getting close.
Suddenly the lemurs, otter and penguin came to an old lady who was sitting very still on a rock. "Greetings." Guzo said. The lady didn´t respond. The otter cleared his throat. Still no response or even movement from her. "Wait a minute." He walked over to face her. "Just like I thought." The woman looked quite normal from behind. But in truth was she already half-zombie. Her face was frozen with a horrifying grin and her half rotten eyes seemed to be living. Guzo stepped back. "This sign is very bad. We have to get to the castle quickly before the moon splits." He took the lead and now nobody talked anymore.
The zoo was closing, since a horrible storm had been predicted by the weather forecast. Kowalski was smiling and waving to the last visitors when all of the sudden, an excruciating wave of pain stung his gut. He gasped at the feeling. Something was definitely not right. All he gotten was a punch, from a child! He shouldn´t have these reactions. The slim penguin made his way painfully down the hatch. He dragged himself into his lab where, despite his throbbing middle. Clenching his beak, Kowalski began running tests.
Soon the area had become creepier. Even Skipper felt it. He also had this suspicion that someone was watching them. Suddenly, Max´s strangled scream filled the air. "What?" Skipper jumped around, seeing the cat staring at something with huge eyes. The two penguins followed his gaze, and for a second Skipper thought he had seen a carcass hanging from a gallows. But then he blinked and looked again. Nothing was there. As he turned toward his friends, it was apparent that they had seen it too. The leader glanced to the hill again. It was empty. "Okay, men, let´s just get moving."
The other group finally arrived at Drakus´ castle. It was just like Private expected it. Old, dark, sinister and covered with vines and other plants. Guzo led them to the entrance of the ominous fortress. What surprised them was that there were no guards. And no door. That explains why. "How do we get in?" Blue asked. Guzo pointed downwards. "Tunnel." He said simply. "Awesome!" The lemur began digging. "Um, Blue? What are you doing?" Guzo asked after watching him for a second. "Digging a tunnel. Guys, help me. You too, Private." The penguin got to his ´knees´ and also shuffled away some earth. "Blue, I don´t think Guzo meant that." The otter shook his head before clearing some vines. Behind it was a brick that was darker than the rest. He pulled it out a few inches before turning it. Blue and Private felt something move underneath their feet. They jumped back just in time to avoid tumbling down the dark shaft. Martha stepped forward, only to be greeted by a stanching smell of carcasses, old leaves and foul water. "I´m not going down there." She protested. Ted looked over the rim carefully, as if he was afraid that something might leap up and grab him. Guzo shrugged. "Then stay here. Remember, the parting is only a few hours away." Martha looked up at the moon, which was full and round. "F-fine, I´ll go." "You guys are too superstitious." Private commented as he followed the others own the tunnel. Blue shivered noticeably. "Cold?" Ted asked. "No, evil." Blue whispered.
Max had fainted, Rico was staring wide eyed and Skipper was completely speechless. They had just witnessed a corpse with all its parts separated build itself up again, and then walk away. Max came to after some minutes. Just about the same time the leader had found his voice again. "Keep moving, m-men. Don´t lose sight of the goal." Skipper bit his tongue as he took the lead of continuing forward. Rico followed him like hypnotized and Max was biting his claws off.
A\N: I hope nothing had sounded cheesy or anything. ^.^ R&R! Plz!