Cheycartoongirl8- woah, okay I guess that would be a good reason to hate him-
Skipper: Well he shouldn't have brainwashed me first! It's his fault!
Me: Hey, beat it, you're not allowed to see reviews, only Nico and I can...and Private, but only cause he gives me the puppy dog eyes.
madagascarmaster- Um...you probably don't want to...I blame Skipper!

SkipperPrivate- LOL yeah, I'd probably be a mix of both. But it was just an awesome line that popped into my head that I just had to use it! XD

Shadow Effect Lock- So in otherwords...happily ever after? Sorry, can't give away any spoilers. But put it this way...it's not EXACTLY Happily ever after.

sweety kneul- Haha, thanks. I know, The line just popped into my head and it absolutely screamed 'Karen' So I just had to include it :)

A Beautiful Beast- Yeah, life can be pretty dull during the summer. But, here's an update now! Aww! really? (Heart) :D

Dinosaur-Fun- You're welcome! And I'm honoured to be the first then :)

TheSkySpiritsTalentShow- That, or you're just being Paranoid as usual. Yeah, and I agree with dad and Nico, it's best she doesn't know :) I don't want her to act like Thalia's mum...

Guest- lol guess it's a common thing for us on FF then huh? :)

Anonymoose- You're right, I got back on the 14th but since there was no internet, I had to start typing this chapter when I got back to my laptop. meaning I lost two weeks of writing time.

OKAY, now that that's finished. I'M BACK! Also, I'd like to apologise for the 'filler-ness' of the chapter, It's just that I'm hitting a block cause I'm worried that my KS3 results haven't come in yet...

But I'm still gonna try and update, so enjoy!

Skipper stopped his shouting once Karen and Private had disappeared from his sight, instead he turned to Blowhole. "What do you want with him?"

"Me?" Blowhole asked in mock innocence "I want nothing to do with your pathetic pen-gu-in son, it's Karen who asked 'specifically' to be the one to dispose of him" a knowing smile spread across Blowhole's face before he turned back to the computer monitors.

Skipper fought against the hold the lobster had on the chain of the cuffs, but they wouldn't release him.
He glared at the dolphin "We've stopped you before bottle nose, whatever your plan is, it won't stop that fact..." Skipper trailed off in confusion at Blowhole. Was he...laughing?

Blowhole turned back to face Skipper and sure enough, he was laughing as though at some untold joke. "Oh Skipper...what's different this time hm...You don't have Manfredie or Johnson to save you. And we all know why"

Anger spread through Skippers body like a wildfire. He spat the name with hate "Karen killed them!"

"Karen?" Blowhole wasn't smiling or laughing now, instead he looked confused and angry. "Karen didn't have the guts to kill them! It was I who shot your pen-gu-in team mate and it was I who sent the assassin to poison and kill the female"

"w-wha...but-" Skipper froze, the memory coming back to him. He hadn't seen who'd shot Johnson, he assumed it was Karen, but right after he was shot, Blowhole had revealed himself from behind Karen with his own gun...Blowhole killed Johnson...but Manfredie...
She had tried to warn him "'She...she wants Private...'" what had that meant if she wasn't talking about Karen?
"poison?" Skipper managed to push out through the confusion of the many thoughts running through his normally cool and collected mind.

"Yes, a poison of my own design. Driving the victim to the edge of their sanity before slowly killing them from the inside…an ingenious little idea, isn't it" Blowhole smirked at the captured penguin.

Skipper shook his head. This didn't add up, Manfredie died from blood loss due to her stomach wound, that much, Skipper was positive of. But then, what if she really had lost her mind when she warned him…no, Manfredie was calm, she knew where Johnson was when Skipper asked…she wasn't insane. It must have been Karen. Blowhole's story just didn't add up… He may have killed Johnson…but Manfredie and their chick…

"Now, I shall enjoy seeing the last member of your team perish!" Blowhole laughed, turning back to the computer screen on the wall and pressing a button on his segway panel. The screen blinked to life, showing the view of the dungeons from two different sides. One half of the screen was complete static while the other showed the entrance into the celled off area.

"Um boss, I think one of the camera's is broken?" One of the lobsters beside Skipper pointed out.

"I know it's broken you fool, go fix it!" Blowhole commanded, raising his fin to the door.

"Yes boss!" The lobster shouted fearfully before running over to the empty door.

Blowhole shook his head with a frown. "Incompetent fo-"

"Kowalski and Rico? They're alright?" A hopeful voice echoed down into the dungeons, being picked up by the camera's mic.

"Private…" Skipper whispered fearfully, then sighing in relief when he realised what his son said. That relief froze when he head Karen's voice.

"Shh. I told them to stay down here until I gave them the signal to leave…but the plan's changed slightly."

Plan? What plan?,Skipper thought, ignoring the look of rage and anger on Blowholes face.

"Plan, you mean…"

"Yes, I've been planning on helping you the whole time…ever since Blowhole caught on to your location and that you were our son. There was no way I was gonna let him hurt our baby"

"'our baby'…You love Skippah…you still do"

Skipper froze, straining himself to hear what she said next. There was a sigh before she continued.

"You're just like him…I can't hide anything from either of you. But…it doesn't matter, once you get out of here, he'll go back to hating me…that's the way it has to be"

Skipper absently shook his head. True, he'd hated her for years…but he thought that she had tried to kill their son and had killed his teammates…if she didn't, then why did he hate her? He caught back on to their conversation.

"No it doesn't…you could come back with us?" Skipper smiled at his son's naivety.

"Sorry sweetie…that's not possible…if everything goes to plan, I won't be going anywhere for a while"

"What do you mean?"

"Never mind" Finally the two came into view of the camera, Karen walked in with Private by her side. He noted the look of annoyance on Karen's face as she groaned. "I told you two to stay there for a reason you know, if I was a lobster than he'd have raised the alarm already!"

Blowhole's brow creased in confusion, unknowingly mimicking Skipper's.

Skipper almost laughed in relief when two familiar voices shouted "Private!" and the weapons expert and lieutenant came into view of the camera. He instantly checked the two other, noting that they seemed unharmed. Their feathers a little ruffled and dusty, but nothing major.

"Kowalski! Rico!" Private shouted. The relief in his voice clearly noticeable.

"You still have the keys?" Karen asked Kowalski who nodded in reply, holding out the keys to her. Karen walked up to him and took them, turning back to Private and unlocking his cuffs.

Private rubbed his sore flippers and then ran towards his comrades and threw his flippers around them, pulling them both into a hug.

Blowhole sneered when Karen threw the keys back to Kowalski. "There's a truck parked out the back, you guys need to get into it and get out" She ordered them, turning to leave through the door.

"What about you?" Private asked.

Karen paused in the doorway before looking up at the stairs.

"I have your idiot father to save."

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~Donakiko