Note: Sorry for the short chapter after havnt been updating so long. This is part one of the last chapter. I hope you like it anyway. After all the bloody scenes and pain, this will be a very cute and tender chapter. please review.
26. Forever Togheter
Skipper took a deep breath of the fresh air, it felt so refreshing after all the darkness. Tiredness took over the whole group, no one said a single word. But all of the sudden a flash of light appeared in front of them. The leader and his team clenched their eyes, because they were almost blinded by the bright ray. "Who´s there?" Skipper shouted, startled.
"Calm down, son. You won´t hurt an old lady, do you?" a familiar voice sounded as the light subsided. Granny Squirrel stepped in front of them. "You? Are you coming to give us a new, dangerously task?" the leader asked a little nervous. Suddenly he remembered what the prophecy before was about. "No, you don´t come for that, do you?" Skipper asked with pure fear in his voice now. He knew, that Mrs. Jenkins once said, that the would die, after defeating the darkness. He would return to the dead, where he came from.
The other team members looked confused at Skipper, because only Private, who was still sleeping and the leader himself knew about the prophecy. The old granny just stared at him for a while and watched how Skipper started trembling a little. "The prophecy said, that you´ll die after accomplishing your mission. You knew that from the beginning..." she whispered in a mysterious voice.
"No!" the team and the lemurs shouted at the same time. Skipper just looked down to the ground. "I knew it..." he said sadly, now looking at the unconscious Private in his wings. "No, Skipper you can´t just die now. That´s not fair!" Kowalski screamed and stepped betweeen the old lady and his leader, as he wanted to protect him from the grim reaper himself.
Mrs. Jenkins shighed. "I´m not here to take your life away, Skipper..." she mumbled, quietly but with a cheerful hint in her voice. "I´m not going to die?" Skipper asked surprised and raised his head. The squirrel shook her head. "No, the prophecy said that you´ll return to the state you have come to this world. But you aren´t mortal anymore. Destiny didn´t tell me, that you will become a vampire. You won´t die, for sure." she told him.
Skipper let out a relived shigh and watched, how the granny stepped closer to him and Private. "You have another task, my dear..." she whispered and stroked over Privates head. "You have a family to take care of, a son. Created from your own blood. You have friends. They love you with all of their hearts, you are blood bound now. You´ll belong togheter for all eternety." she explained.
A wide smile spread on Skippers face. "I know, they are my family. I would do anything for them. I would die for them" the leader said proudly. "Take good care of the little guy, he´s part of you now, since you had given your blood to him for saving his life. This bond is the strongest on earth. It´s the same bond, that you have with Rico, because he sacrificed his blood for you. So farewell, then" Mrs. Jenkins said and stepped back from them.
Another flash of light, and she disapeared into nowhere. Skipper felt Ricos flipper on his shoulder and Private´s moving in his wings. "I think we should go home now" the weapons expert said in his thoughts. "You´re right, soldier. We all should get some rest now" the leader said and the group made it´s way to the lair. Now they hadn´t to be careful anymore.
When they arrived at the hideout, Skipper noticed, that Private was groaning a little. It seemed like he was in pain. The leader almost forgot, that the transformation was a painfully process. "Its starting..." Skipper whispered nervously. Quickly they entered the room and the leader carried Private to the bed. He covered the little penguin with the blanked and turned to Rico. "Is there any way, we could stop the pain?" he asked, but Rico shook his head.
"No, I think he has to go through this like you and I had to. But we´re all with him, he knows that. He´ll be fine" Rico said an yawned. "I think we really should go to bed now, but there´s just one bed" Kowalski said, rubbing his eyes. "I think there´s enough room for all of you. Mort and I can sleep on our matress" Maurice said, smiling. Skipper nodded and laid down beside Private.
Rico and Kowalski joined them on the bed. The maniac also laid down beside Private and Kowalski laid down next to Skipper. All four had to snuggle toghether, to make themselves comfortable. Private woke up in the meantime. He shivered from pain. "S-Skipper, i-it hurts s-so bad" he whispered in a hoarse voice. "Shh, Private. It´ll be over soon. We are all here with you" Skipper whispered back and stroked his cheek. The little penguins tearfilled eyes looked into his leaders.
"You´ve saved my life. I don´t know, how I can even thank you" Private said a little sad. "Anything for you, son. You don´t have to thank me. I´m just glad, that I could save you" the leader answered and placed a soft kiss on Privates forehead. The little penguin smiled but soon he clenched his eyes from pain again. Suddenly he felt Ricos flipper on his stomach, rubbing comforting circles. "Don´t worry, Private. The pain will be gone soon" the weapons expert said in Privates thoughts. "At least we´re all toghether now" Private shighed and closed his eyes.
Skipper pulled him closer to his body and the little penguin snuggled his head on his chest. "Yes Private, we are all togheter and we will be forever, no matter what happens to us in the future." Skipper said. The leader smiled and even Kowalski snuggled himself on Skippers back, wrapping his flipper around him. Although he wouldn´t never admit it, the whole adventure brought them even closer togheter. Even if they would never have a normal life again, they were a family now, everyone was aware of that fact now.
The little penguin moaned quietly when he felt, that Rico cuddled up to him. "Sleep now, Private. Tomorrow you´ll face your new life, my little vampire" Skipper whispered and yawned. "Good night, everyone" Kowalski mumbled, almost asleep. "Night..." the rest of the team whispered back and soon Skipper, Rico and Kowalski fell into deep sleep.
Private, who still was in pain had some trouble at first. But feeling the close embrace of Skipper, Kowalski Rico made his pain more bearable, almost non existent. He pressed himself more closer to Skipper and buried his face into his leaders soft chest feathers.
Hearing the beating of his fathers heart calmed him down and distracted him, his eyes just shut from sheer tiredness and he fell asleep as well. No one knew, what the new day will bring to them, but all were sure, that they´ll overcome every task togheter now.