(Skipper's POV)
The Octopi threw us in a large circle filled with the rest of Penguin-kind. Dave himself ascended on the platform getting into his human disguise. "Showtime, everyone!" Dave shouted, "Big smiles for the Big Apple!" I jumped and grabbed the platform with my flippers, "Listen up Doris." "Skipper what are you doing," Elsa whispered. "You turn us into freaks, and then what?" I asked, "you think that's gonna make everyone love you?" "No," he said putting on his glasses, "but they'll despise you."
He knocked off the platform with his Tentacles sending me to the floor below. "Ahhh!" Kowalski and Rico slid into position to serve as a living landing pad. "And I'm sure going to love that!" he said as the platform ascended out of view. Where is The North Wind when you need it the most?
News broadcast…New York City.
"Breaking News! The Missing penguins have been found!" (crowd cheers) "Okay, According to my notes… genetic researcher, Dr. Octavius Brine has found the penguins and is bringing them here to New York's Battery Park." (More cheering) "The Penguins are coming Back! Oh, my gosh! Look!" (Camera pans to New York Bay)…
(Dave's POV)
The Sub speed towards the city with me on top of it giving the illusion that I was emerging from the bay. The citizens cheered and chanted penguins as the sub got closer. The sub stopped and raised out of the water as I pointed upward. Once the sub was at it's full height the "Tentacle" propellers slammed down on the pavement stabilizing the sub. I perform a acrobatic spin and landed on the deck. One of my minions threw me a mic from inside the sub and I spoke into it.
"Penguin lovers of the World! Guess who I found" I announced pausing to let the public cheer. "Penguins! Penguins!" the crowd shouted. "It wasn't easy…" I said, "but seeing the penguins get what they deserve will make it all worthwhile." "what a weird thing to say," a reporter said, "I'm so excited!" I changed the setting of the microphone and said, "Do it." One of my minions started pushing button on the Ray controls and got it into firing position.
Meanwhile…(Private's POV)
I ran to a window overlooking all the penguins who were waiting to be mutated. I instantly spotted the guys and started shouting, "Skipper! Skipper! Skipper! Rico! Elsa! Kowalski!" (Skipper's POV) "It's like I can still hear his little voice calling to us!" I said. "We're finished aren't we," Elsa said. "I wish that wasn't the truth but yes," I said, "We're finished." (Private's POV) "You have to get out of there! Move!" (Skipper's POV) "You have a great otter there! Moo!" "Why would he moo?" Elsa asked. "What are you asking me for? I'm not Private's little ghost." The gun pulsed with energy above us, "uh, oh," Rico replied. A yellow/green octopus pushed the fire button and the ray fired. I heard Private's ghost say, "Nooo!" before a bright light took away everything we were.
(Dave's POV)
"Are you ready?" I asked. "Yeah!" the crowd replied as a ramp appeared. I rolled down the side of the sub and slid down the ramp into the awaiting crowd. I pointed back at the sub and said, "Your new and improved Penguins!" The bay of the sub opened and to the crowd it looked like a mouth was opened and a thick green smoke hid the penguins mutations as they descended. "Penguins! Penguins!" the crowd cheered.
Yes it worked! The crowd continued to cheer as the smoke cleared revealing the mutated penguins. The crowd stopped cheering and looked in shocked confusion at the penguins, "Wha…" a man said. "Aw, the people love you," I said the scared crowd around me, "Just go give them a hug!" The penguins opened their mutated flippers and ran towards the crowd. That was when the pandemonium started the people climbing over each other to escape.
"Don't let them touch you!" After a few minutes I was on a pole with some other frightened people, "Oh, no. What's happening?" I said, "Nobody likes you anymore? Well, the fun and games are just beginning. Watch this, penguins! Someone call the Exterminators!" "Exterminate!" a Dalek shouted…Just kidding. The NYC pest control showed up after Battery Park was devoid of human life.
The pest control truck had giant vacuums on the front and instead of the usual dead cockroach in the logo a dead penguin was on the side. One of the trucks was missed but I quickly fixed that with a spray can and a stencil. "And when the exterminators take you away you never come back!" I threw a random penguin into the truck from the open top. I knocked on the side of the truck and all of the trucks started revving their engines. An exterminator with a riot mask on blew a whistle and the trucks drove towards the penguins. Exterminators riding on the sides of the trucks used wire nooses on any penguin not in the path of the vacuum tube.
(Private's POV)
I ran to the open doors to see what was happening. I look out over the park, "Oh,dear." I said, "Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!" The park was filled with mutant penguins being chased by NYC pest control being rounded up. "What do I do? What do I do?" I asked. The doors closed, "Crikey!" I shouted. I turn around to see three octopi slowly approaching me.
"Come on, then, you wanna go?" I asked, "You want some argy-bargy?" I then starting running towards them octopi had their eyes open wide preparing themselves for impact. I veered off at the last second and disappeared down an aisle of cages. The octopi veered off as well and looked around in confusion for me. They all turned when the ray started speeding towards them me at the controls. "Woo-hoo-hoo!" I shouted as they jumped out of the way. The ray burst thru the doors and landed on the ground I spun it until it crashed behind some trees.
"Uh-oh, missed one!" Dave shouted throwing a penguin towards an exterminator truck. He jumped and started walking away, "What a wonderful day in the park!" Let's see about that Dave. I emerged from my hiding spot and began looking for Skipper or anyone I recognized. "Skipper!" I shouted spotting him at a gift cart. "Bleh!" he said. A cat ran past and Skipper ran after it. "Wait!" I shouted. I used a truck to get to where Skipper was. "Hold on! What are you doing?" I asked as Skipper disappeared into a News van. "Skipper!"
"Huh?" he asked a cat in his mouth. "Don't eat that!" I shouted as Skipper ate the cat. "Skipper, listen! It's me, Private!" I said getting rid of my monster disguise. "I've got a plan, but I need your help. I need my Skipper." Skipper looked at me for a few minutes as if he was remembering something. Then his eyes returned to normal and he said, "Private?" "Yes!" I replied, "That's it!" "Private, you're alive!" he said as he hugged me. He laughed until he started coughing and throw up the cat. "Oh!" I said.
We found Kowalski with snake-like flippers and a big head on a garbage can. "Kowalski!" Skipper said, "You've got to get a grip!" Kowalski hissed and got closer. "Kowalski," I said, "Eva is worried about you." "She is?" he said dropping the can, "What did she say?" Kowalski got real close to me, "Did she say my name, specifically? I mean, were there tears?" He picked me up and shook me, "Details! Come on, tell me!"
Then something clicked, "Private! You're alive!" he said as he hugged me, "This feels a little awkward…but I'm happy." We found Elsa by a park bench unlike the rest of the penguins she was ice blue and her flippers looked like they were made of ice spikes. "Elsa!" I shouted. "Private?" she asked, "You're alive!" a trail of ice followed her as she approached us. "Now let's find Rico," Skipper said.
We found him at a Kabobs kart eating the product. "Rico! You need to listen to us," Skipper said. He burps fire out of his beak, "I guess you're kind of the same either way," Skipper said. "Private," Rico said as he flew towards us. While Rico hugged me a Exterminator truck approached, "Heads up!" Skipper shouted. We escaped but a one-eyed penguin wasn't so lucky. We watched from atop an umbrella, "Looks like we're back in business, boys," Skipper said, "And our business is saving penguin-kind." "We are back!" Elsa replied.
"Who's with me?" he asked. "You know I am," Elsa said. "Count me in," Kowalski added. "Let's do this!" "Yeah!" we all exclaim. We got into our trademark battle stance, "Let's create and feel momentum!" Kowalski said, "Sir, how long do we stand here like this?" "Until we've reached maximum coolness." A few seconds after that he said, "there it is." "Now all we need is a plan," Elsa said. "I've got one," I said. "Uh…huh?" Skipper said.
(End of chapter Fourteen)