Title: Polar Opposites
Summary: With Classified off tracking down the rouge SSA soldier, Corporal is deployed to go after a dangerous enemy. Skipper is sent on a sole mission in the same location his target: Hans the Puffin. But Corporal is revealed to be going after the same puffin resulting in the two having to work together. But Hans lures them into a trap and the pair find themselves at the mercy of a extremeist group of North Polers. And they find themselves in a race to stop a dangerous plot for the South pole.
Characters: Rouge Reindeer, Corporal, Skipper, Classified, Hans the Puffin, North Wind Director, Rockgut, Dr. Blowhole, Red One.
North Wind HQ, North Wind Island
08:00 Hours
(Corporal's POV)
"Classified incoming message from The Director," Eva said.
"Put him on the screen," Classified said.
The Director's outline appeared on the Screen and in a disguised voice said, "Agent Classified, not your real name."
"The Director, not your real name," Classified replied.
"Eva, Short Fuse you are dismissed," The Director said.
Eva and Short Fuse silently left the room without a complaint.
"Corporal standby for further instruction," The Director said.
"Ja," I said sitting down in a corner.
I zoned the two of them out after The Director said, " Agent Classified what do you know of the SSA."
I wasn't paying much attention but I did catch "Rouge Sasquatch" and "Captain Musky of the SSA's elite forces."
I started to pay attention when The Director said. "Correct. Your Mission if you chose to accept it is to track down this rouge SSA trooper and bring him to justice."
"Your Jet has been prepped," The Director said, "More information will be provided once you are under way."
"Agent Classified do you accept this mission," The Director said.
"I accept," Classified said.
"Good Luck Agent," The Director said.
Classified left the room as I gave The Director my full attention, "Now Corporal about your mission there is a dangerous criminal we need you to track down..."
Penguin HQ, New York
08:30 Hours
(Skipper's POV)
I look at the device that IPSA agent had given me this morning and placed it on the table. I looked around to make sure the team and/or Marlene weren't around. Kowalski, Private, and Rico should be on a snack restock mission but it can't hurt to be too careful. Luckily there are no more pesky lemurs that enter our base without authorization whenever they want. I look around and once I was certain that I won't be interrupted I activated the device.
Director Rockgut appeared on the device's screen, "Are you alone Cupcake?"
"Yes," I said.
"Then listen very carefully to what I have to say Candy Corn," Rockgut said.
Some Coordinates appeared on screen, "See those, That is your next destination, cupcake."
"Do you get that?" Rockgut said.
"Affirmative," I replied.
"Now here is your target," Rockgut said as a familiar mugshot appeared on the screen.
"Hans the Puffin," I said.
"You understand the mission?"
"Oh yes," I said with a smirk, "Where is the puffin now?"
"That is what you're going to find out," Rockgut said, "Now move out Dandy Dumpling!"
Rockgut signed off and the device said, "This message will now self destruct!"
I stuck the device on the Emergency Evacuation Launcher and launched it out of the habitat. I throw down a smoke bomb to cover me as I left the base. A few seconds later the device exploded taking out a car.
"My Car! Again!" a very unfortunate man said.
"Oops," I said as I made my exit.
Undisclosed location
09:00 Hours
A unmarked Blackhawk helicopter with blacked out windows touches down in a abandoned airport. The Helicopter stayed on the ground long enough for me slide the door open and jump out. A penguin inside slides the door shut and the helicopter quickly took off again. I didn't stop to see the helicopter fly away as I quickly ran between two abandoned hangers and towards the chain-link fence. I leaped over the fence and over to the other side. A condemned sign was posted on the other side of the fence.
"All right," I said, "I'm coming for ya Hans."
I stopped when a I heard a the loud roar of a jet engine. I ducked into cover in the forest bordering the fence as a distinct white jet flew over the treetops. The North Wind jet stopped over the airfield I just left as the engines flipped to their vertical position. The Jet slowly turned as it slowly hovered to the ground. The Jet landed with a soft thud as the engines cut off and flipped back to their horizontal position.
"Real stealthy North Wind," I said.
The Ramp on the back of the jet flipped open and Corporal walked out. He was decked out in North Wind battle armor and held a large white gun in his paws. The Polar bear then ran forward until he was in front of a chain-link gate. A stream of fire blasted out of his weapon and the gate was melted into nothing. Well actually basically nothing as matter can't be created or destroyed as Kowalski would say. I think I'm hanging out with Kowalski too much.
Corporal stepped through the hole and walked towards the forest. I slipped out of the vegetation and ran off towards the city. But I wasn't fast enough as the polar bear saw me and followed after me.
"Find your own way into the city!" I said as I rushed out of the forest into a public park.
Corporal ran quickly and cut me off, "Are you stalking me, yeah?"
"No," I said, "I'm hunting down a dangerous enemy."
"I'm hunting down a dangerous enemy too," Corporal said.
"I'm hunting," I said.
"Hans the Puffin!" We both said at the same time.
"What?" Corporal said.
"Swedish Meatballs!?" I said, "Is this a prank? Is Classified with you?"
"Classified is tracking down a SSA rouge in Oregon, yeah," Corporal said.
"SSA?" I said.
"Secret Sasquatch Army," Corporal said.
"I knew that," I said.
"Alright Friend from the North Pole," I said, "We're both after Hans the Puffin so it would be a sound strategy to work together..."
"...forstatt?" I said.
"Ja," Corporal replied.
"Good," I said, "Now The IPSA won't tell me where he is. Does the North Wind have this information?"
"Ja," Corporal replied.
"Excellent, utmerket, excelente," I said.
Corporal pulled out a gps tracker, "A team went ahead of me and bugged the lundefugl's vehicle," he said.
He held it up to me, "There he is."
"Okay we won't stay put for long. We need to move," I said, "la oss gå."
"Lead the way," I said.
"Follow me," Corporal said as he walked away, "he won't stay there for long, no."
"We may need to commandeer a vehicle," I said.
"I have one in mind," Corporal said as a tow truck drove past.
"I'll take the Driver," I said as the truck turned into a empty lot, "you take the wheel."
We quietly rushed towards the truck unware of a pair of binoculars sticking out of a bush. The binoculars tracked us as we snuck up on the truck The Binoculars lingered on me for a few seconds before being lowered revealing a reindeer.
"The time of reckoning is coming, South Polar," The reindeer sneered.
Undisclosed city
09:30 hours
The Tow Truck screeched to a halt in a parking lot next to a fancy red sports car. Corporal punched the door of the truck off it's hinges and jumped out. I jumped out after him as we approached the red car Corporal brought his tracker up to it and waiting for a beep to confirm the location.
"This is the place," Corporal said pointing to the building.
"Good," I said turning to look at the building, "So Hans has got to be in this office..."
"You have got to be kidding me," I said staring at The Danish Embassy.
"No," Corporal said, "I don't kid, yeah."
"Okay it's time to play a game of stay away from the Danish Security Agents," I said.
"Oh Sounds fun!" Corporal said.
"Corporal," I said, "I need The Muscle right now."
"Oh right," Corporal said hardening his expression.
"Let's go," I said.
"We must be forsiktig," Corporal said.
"I hope Hans is ready for us," I said.
Outside Danish Embassy, Undisclosed country
(Han's POV)
"I lured them to your trap," I said, "As agreed."
"Good," the reindeer said, "If my men don't get them the Danes will."
"Now about my payment," I said.
"I am a reindeer of my word," the deer replied.
"Give him his payment," he said.
A 1 pound sack of gold coins was tossed to me. I opened the bag and pulled out a gold coin and bit it with my beak. I feel hard solid gold and smirked before putting it back into the bag. I then closed the bag as the reindeer and his cronies left.
"Is the payment to your satisfaction?" The Reindeer asked.
"Ja," Hans said, "Wunderbar. Ausgezeichnet."
"You are welcome," the reindeer said.
"Danke," I said.
"Do svidaniya," the reindeer replied walking towards the door.
"Auf Wiedersehen," I said as the reindeer made his exit.
I picked up the bag of gold coins, "This was too easy," I said with a chuckle.
"I should have teamed with the North Polers a long time ago," I said turning to the door.
"Sayōnara, Skippsy," I said as I made my exit as well.
"I hope that Tow Truck didn't scratch my Mercedes," I said as I approached my parked sports car.
Inside the Danish Embassy
10:00 Hours
(Skipper's POV)
Corporal and I went down the hall searching while avoiding the Danish Security Agents. We were currently on the first floor searching room by room for the crafty puffin. I saw Hans slip into a elevator and watched it the led screen on the panel on the wall go up to the twentieth floor.
"Corporal I hope you ready to get your steps in," I said as walked towards a stairwell.
11:00 Hours
We exited the staircase on the 20th floor, Corporal followed me out. Corporal took a moment to catch his breath before composing himself and getting serious again. I'm glad that the polar bear actually likes me because I don't want to face his wrath.
"Okay where is that Puffin?" Corporal asked a fierce intensity in the usually jovial polar bear's eyes
"Let's find out shall we?" I said giving the polar bear a equally intense look.
"This is Great, no," Corporal temporary breaking out of his serious mindset.
"Keep your head in the game Corporal," I said, "Save the comedy for later."
"Right," Corporal said regaining his composure.
"Alright Hans," I said, "Show yourself!"
Corporal stood menacingly behind me as we entered a under construction floor. The scaffolding in the under construction rooms were partly obscured by walls of plastic sheeting. The sounds of far-off power tools and hammers echoed through the space. I saw a outline of a familiar puffin shape in one of the blocked off rooms. I pointed at the shadow as it disappeared and Corporal and I walked up to the plastic sheet.
Corporal pushed the sheet aside and we entered the room. We found ourselves in a vast open space, a purple tarp was on the floor and their was a ladder in the far corner. Loose wire hang from the light fixture and the walls were unpainted and their were several unfinished rooms that were yet to be drywalled. There was outlet boxes and exposed wires and pipes and the concrete floor was still visible in places. In one corner pieces of a previous demolition were still waiting to be removed. Left on a table in the center of the room was a blueprint of the new offices. I glanced into a unfinished wall and saw a thick layer of steel reinforced concrete inside. Probably some classified protection measures that they didn't want the public to know about. This is probably going to be a very important office block.
"Where are you Hans?" I asked as we stood in the center of the vast construction space.
"I'm afraid the Puffin isn't here," a hate-filled voice said.
"Who's there!" I said.
"Show yourself!" Corporal said.
"I don't show myself to a traitor polar bear!" the voice said.
"I don't respond well to threatening disembodied voices," I said, "Face me you coward!"
"Very well," A reindeer said as he emerged from behind some sheeting.
"North Polar," I said.
"South Polar," the Reindeer sneered.
"Neutral Third Party!" Corporal said.
"The Polar Bears are a bunch of traitors and cowards," The reindeer said.
"Which reindeer sent you? Prancer? Comet? Donner? Rudolph? Dasher!?"
"You thought one of the main nine sent me?" The Reindeer said, "There are groups of North Polars that the North Pole Alliance consider... Extreme. Rouges if you will. Those that don't bow down to the elf consul and hold no loyalty to non-polars."
"I'm guess your with some of these Extremists," I said.
"Correct," He replied, "The Name's Slasher."
"Thrasher is going to..."
He turned to the other reindeer, "DON'T SAY HIS NAME!"
"Thrasher," Corporal said.
"Leader of the Terrorist Cell... Death Antlers," I said.
"Terrorist?" Slasher said, "Well it's all a matter of perspective..."
"You attack innocents for your twisted extremist goals," I said.
"Innocents? Like you," Slasher said, "and doesn't your team needlessly destroy things on occasion all in the name of what? Saving the world?"
"Needlessly Destroy?" I said, "give me one example where we needlessly destroy?"
Slasher pulled out a tape recorder, "Let's blow this popsicle stand boys!"
"My Car!"
"I LOVED THAT VAN!"
"Now the hippies can be stopped!"
"Hot Potato? Is that what you maniacs call destroying someone's home!?"
"KING CRUSH!"
"Don't you see he is the destructo machine!"
"Need I continue?" Slasher asked.
"You're still a bunch of Terrorists," I said, "My team are the good guys?"
"There would be some who would disagree with you on that," Slasher said, "PIA For example views your team as a terrorist group. And Blowhole views you as nothing more than entertainment. And don't even get me started on what the Chinstraps Sisters think of you and your team!"
"I got the gist," I replied with a eyeroll, "Especially the time they tricked Manfredi and Johnson..."
"If I hear one more Manfredi and Johnson story I might just hurl," The leader himself said as more thugs entered.
"Now all this ruckus has attracted the Danish security authority here," Thrasher said.
"We'll be out of here in no time," I said.
"We seem to be outnumbered," Corporal said.
"Good," I said, "You take one half I'll take the other."
"Good idea," Corporal said as we stood back to back in our fighting stances.
"A Polar Bear and a Penguin?" Thrasher said, "now I seen everything."
"Why are you even working with him," Slasher said, "Your a North Polar!"
"No," Corporal said, "I'm on the side of justice."
"The North Wind will..."
"The North Wind is not aligned with any North Pole Terrorists," Corporal literally growled.
"And we definitely won't negotiate with you," I said.
"Who said anything about a negotiation," Thrasher said.
"What do you want anyway," I said.
"You," Thrasher said, "and then maybe your team!"
"NO!" I said as we got surrounded.
"We don't have time for this," Thrasher said, "knock them out!"
"This ain't my first..."
"Look Alive Skipper!" Hans said tossing a knock grenade at my feet.
"This is a new low even for you Puffin," I said.
Hans gave me a victorious smirk, "Hasta La vista Skipper," Hans replied as the knock out gas was released.
"This is going to be fun," A gas-mask wearing Thrasher said as Corporal and I passed out.
The North Pole
?:? Hours
(Corporal's POV)
I woke up tied up to a icicle in a ice cave with Skipper. We were surrounded by armed reindeer as Slasher and ten other entered the cave. Skipper regained consciousness and glared at all the reindeer. The Reindeer glared back and one of them walked up and hit Skipper in the back with the butt of his gun.
"Nice Place you got here," I said.
"It's a little spartan," Skipper snapped.
"Suitable for our purposes," Slasher said.
"And who are this guys?" Skipper said pointing to the ten newcomers.
"The Original Ten," Thrasher said as he entered the cave, "Santa abandoned them for the main nine."
"Really," I said, "There were nine in the night before Christmas."
"THAT POEM IS A LIE!" one of the "original" ten shouted.
"Now," Thrasher said, "Since your going to die in a moment you might as well know their names..."
"Cut to the chase," Skipper said, "what is your diabolical plan!"
"Well technically it isn't our plan," Slasher said.
"We just borrowed it," Thrasher said.
"I'm sure you'd recognize it," Slasher and as a very red hot drill head burrowed into the ice cave.
"You didn't," Skipper said eyes goes wide as he recognizes the device.
"Is that bad, no?" I said.
"Very bad," Skipper said, "They nabbed one of the components of The Ring of Fire!"
"Well," Thrasher said with a smirk, "Blowhole clearly isn't using it."
"Racer and Pacer," Slasher said, "Position the prisoners!"
"Wait? What!?" Skipper said as two reindeer dragged me and him in front of the scary drill.
"I don't want to die all melty," I said.
"This will end badly," Skipper said.
"Yes," Slasher said, "for you. Fearless! Peerless! Clear out our forces!"
With that two more reindeer rushed into the ice cave, "Clear the cave! Clear the cave!"
"Ready and Steady," Thrasher said, "turn up the heat!"
The drill started to glow bright red as the ice around us started to melt, "Oh no," I said.
"Feckless and Speckless," Slasher said as he and thrasher fled, "Activate the drill!"
Two reindeer flip a switch and then fled after their leader, "Bye bye!" one of them shouted.
Skipper immediately started to struggle out of his restraints as the drill inched closer. The cave got hotter and hotter as the ice around us melted and water started to pool at our feet. The ice ceiling above us was started to crack and more water drips down. The heat was intensifying as the drill was a super bright red the heat radiating into our bones.
Skipper broke free of his ropes and immediately untie me, "We need to move!"
"either we get shredded to a pulp or die of heat stroke," Skipper said.
And then the cave started to collapse, "Or we could get crashed, no?" I said.
"Yeah, we could get crashed," Skipper said.
A big chunk of ice crashed in front of us, "RUN!" Skipper screamed as a tsunami of melt water surged towards us.
We ran from the surge as the ceiling collapsed behind us. The red hot drill surged forwards water turning to steam on contact. And then there is a massive steam explosion accelerating the collapse of the ice cave. We ran towards the exit and fled from the ice cave just as it completely collapsed.
"Keep running!" Skipper said as the red hot drill burst out of the ice.
Suddenly the drill stopped and instantly cooled down, "What?" Skipper said.
"What or who stopped it?" I said.
"Do you really think I would let some upstarts destroy you with my own doomsday device without my permission Pen-gu-win?" Blowhole said as he appeared.
"Blowhole!?" Skipper said.
"What use is destroying the world if you arch dies before he can witness your ultimate victory!" Blowhole said.
Red One appeared, "and I thought you told me that nobody can access the Ring of Fire!?" Blowhole snapped.
"Um Doc, I have some bad news," Red One said with a gulp.
"What?" Blowhole said completely irate.
"The Ring of Fire is missing," Red One said.
"Seriously!?" Blowhole said.
"Well..." Blowhole said, "Where is it?"
"I have a feeling I know," Skipper said.
"How do you shut it down," I said.
"Oh, I'm going to tell you that am I?" Blowhole said sarcastically as he left.
Skipper held up The Space-Time Teleport, "All aboard the south polar express," he said hitting the teleport button.
Antarctica, magnetic south pole.
14:00 Hours(2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time)
(Skipper's POV)
We appeared in the middle of the Ring of Fire. It was clearly missing one of it's drills but other then that it was intact and currently melting the Antarctic. We need to shut this stolen villainous doomsday machine down.
"Alright big guy," I said turning to my Polar Bear comrade, "We just need to find where their controlling the device."
"There! Thick cables leading to that shed over there!" Corporal said pointing to it.
"Good eye," I said, "let's go."
We followed the cable to the shed and gave the polar bear a flipper gesture to break the door down. Corporal punched the door in and the two of us entered. The Reindeer inside the shed were completely caught off guard.
One reindeer hit a button on the control panel, "Ring of Fire increased beyond all reason!" a computer said.
"Kill them both," Thrasher said.
I jumped and then landed a Omega Boom knocking out most of the reindeer. Corporal took one punch and sent a reindeer flying into fifteen of his comrades knocking them all out. Slasher charged only to get punched off his feet by Corporal. We went up to Thrasher and blocked his escape.
"The Two of your won't be enough," Thrasher said.
"RING OF FIRE... SHUT DOWN IN PROGRESS,"
"What?" Thrasher said.
"Your right the two of us won't be enough to stop you," I said, "but he is."
"What?" Thrasher said.
"Lesson one," as me and Corporal left, "Don't steal from Dr. Blowhole."
"Wait no!" Thrasher said, "you can't leave me to him!"
But his begs from mercy fell on deaf ears as army of lobsters surrounded the shed. Dr. Blowhole himself rolled into the shed and stared down the reindeer.
"So... you're the one who's been stealing my stuff," Blowhole said with a sneer.
"Wait I can explain..."
"You have 5 seconds," Blowhole said.
"Well... uh..."
"4 seconds," Blowhole said.
"Well..."
"3! 2! 1! Zero!" Blowhole said, "Times up!"
Chromeclaw's metal claw smashes through the shed and crushes Thrasher.
"Nobody uses my doomsday machines," Blowhole said as he left.
North Wind Island
2 days later...
(Classified's POV)
"You what!?" I said glaring at Corporal.
"He said he failed to catch the puffin," The Director said from behind the screen concealing his identity.
"But we stopped a worst threat," Skipper said.
"What is he doing here?" The Director said, "can somebody call security..."
"I invited him here, yeah," Corporal said.
"What!?" The Director and I said.
"Hans escape but we did stop a dangerous group of North Polers," Skipper said.
"You only stopped the Death Antlers by using Blowhole's wrath!" The Director said.
"This Penguin has gotten on my last nerve," The Director said, "Captain Skipper of the IPSA your are hereby barred from entering North Wind HQ!"
"I hardly think that is necessary," I said.
"I could easily release the file with your real name," The Director said.
"Go ahead," I said, "But I'm not responsible if a certain file with your real name just so happens to be leaked."
"Is that a threat?" The Director said.
"Yes," I said, "Do we understand each other?"
"Ban order withdrawn," The Director as he quickly made his exit.
"Skipper, I would leave before I change my mind," I said.
"Fine," Skipper said as he left.
"Do not talk of this," I said pointing at Corporal.
"My lips are sealed, yeah," Corporal said.
"About what?" Eva said.
"Nothing important," Corporal and I said.
"Right," Eva said.
The End
(The North Wind theme plays)
Kowalski's Note: helpful translations
Ja: Norwegian/German for yes
Forstatt: Norwegian for Understood
utmerket: Norwegian for Excellent
excelente: Spanish for excellent
lundefugl: Norwegian for Puffin
la oss gå: Norwegian for Let's go
forsiktig: Norwegian for Careful
Wunderbar: German for Wonderful
Ausgezeichnet: German for Excellent
Danke: German for Thanks
Do svidaniya: Russian for Bye
Auf Wiedersehen: German for Goodbye
Sayōnara: Japanese for Goodbye
Hasta La vista: Spanish for Bye