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Part 1

Chapter 20

The lights were out. Rojas cocked his head when he heard Whisper's scream.

"Something bad happened?" Mumble asked, hoping it didn't involve his daughter. His hopes were crushed.

"Whisper's hurt. I know screams of pain when I hear them." Rojas informed. He tried to determine the cause. Skua, alien...another seal or penguin? Well, whoever they are, they're dead!

Rojas slammed himself against the door. He'll find them in this dark building and rip them to shreds. Nobody hurts Whisper and gets away with it!

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"Whisper!" Leo exclaimed. The other skuas were about to leave their post, but Leo flared a wing at them. "Stay! We don't know if it will open again."

The skuas stayed put. Leo stuck his beak in the hole and probed it for Whisper. After a few moments, he made contact with the penguin's fluffy hide. Static gave him a slight shock and he pulled away.

Panting to ease the dull pain in his mouth, Leo reached in again. Ignoring the tiny electric currents going through his body, he carefully pulled Whisper out. His feathers stood on end, only going back to normal after he set the chick down.

"Whisper?" he muttered. Whisper didn't move. Not even the motion of breathing could be made out. Leo lowered his head, turned it to the side, and laid his ear on Whisper's chest.

He could hear the buzzing of stray electricity. It was too loud for him to hear whether or not her heart's beating.

Leo began to assume the worst.

Never has a dead penguin chick made him, or any other skua, fell horrible. Now it's different. For some reason he couldn't understand, seeing Whisper like this brought tears to his eyes.

"It's all my fault..." he muttered quietly. "She had her whole life to live, and now I've ruined it..."

"She's just a Flipper Boid." one of the other skuas told him. Leo was outraged by that comment.

"No she's not! She's a very special boid. More special dan anyting else in dis world." he told them. They scoffed.

"Special? How?"

Leo frowned. "She must have been special if Rojas kept her."

He turned his full attention back to Whisper as the other birds gasped and looked at eachother.

"Dat's da Flipper Boid Rojas told all skuas not to eat?" one questioned. Leo nodded sadly.

"Now she's gone. And it's all because of our stupid plan." Leo raged, wondering why it had to be her.

"Rojas is goin to kill us. What's da point of trying to escape now? We should go back into da room." ones suggested. The others nodded in agreement.

"No. We're escaping. Da lil one's sacrifice won't be a waste." Leo told them.

"Den let's get rid of da evidence. Dat way, Rojas won't know." Some of the seabirds drew closer to Whisper, a hungry look in their eyes. Leo turned to them and flared his wings.

"No! We're bringing her back to Rojas." he told them. They backed up again, shocked by what Leo said.

"Are you screwy? Rojas will rip us apart!"

"If we lie to him, da punishment will be much worse. Rojas knows everything dat is goin on and he'll find out what we did, one way or another."

The other skuas considered it, then nodded. Leo nodded back and picked Whisper up in his beak and placed her on his back. They flew into the hallway and towards a door.

"Don't attack us. We're setting youse free!" a skua yelled a message, then pushed the button. The room had fur seals. The skuas moved on as the seals cautiously poked through the doorway. More doors unlocked. A few petrels, some seals, a group of penguins.

It wasn't long before they came to Rojas' door. They repeated their message and opened the door.

Rojas charged and all the aniamsl scattered to a safe distance. Mumble dashed past Rojas. The seal snapped at him once, missed, and watched Mumble run to some fellow penguins. The leopard seal looked around at the crowd, growling and looking for signs of Whisper. He huffed.

"Which one of you tasty tidbits is Leo?" he asked. Everyone hesitated, looking among themselves.

Finally a skua spoke up as the other seabirds blocked Leo from view, not ready yet to give up their leader.

"He's one of us." the bird told Rojas. The seal looked at them and bared his teeth. The skuas backed up.

"Skuas...If you're the ones that hurt Whisper, then I'll hunt you all the way to extinction." Rojas threatened. The skuas gulped, and shifted nervously from foot to foot. Leo stepped forward, boldly facing Rojas, but staying very submissive.

"Rojas please accept our deepest apologies." Leo said, trying to be polite and not letting his defiant accent get in the way. He didn't meet Rojas' eyes.

"Your Leo?"

"Yes. I am."

"Where is she?" Leo didn't fail to notice that the hostile tone rose slightly. He cleared his throat and tried to hide his nervousness as he presented Whisper's body to Rojas. The seal was silent, staring at the chick.

"Everyting was my fault. Don't punish da other skuas for my mistake. But you should know that it was all by accident. I didn't mean for it to happen." Leo muttered sadly.

Mumble approached his daughter, eyes starting to water. "What happened to her?"

Leo looked at the floor. "She was knocking out da power. Everyting went great and then...I don't know how, but she was electricuted. I tried to save her, but it was too late."

Silence. Rojas placed his nose deep into Whisper's down and was greeted by a static shock. He fliched slightly, sniffed heavily, then looked at Leo.

"Are you sure she's dead?" he asked. Leo shrugged.

"No. But she didn't move at all and we just thought...we just guessed."

"Then you skuas better consider yourselves lucky. She's still alive. I can smell it." The birds cocked their heads.

"You can?"

"My nose can tell the difference between a live penguin and a dead one. Whisper's just unconsious."

Mumble and the skuas sighed in deep relief. Rojas smiled.

"Now let's get out of here."

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Preview:

The last chapter is coming next. The group goes to fight for freedom! And Whisper wakes up and generally the whole conclusion of things.