A/N: First of all...I'm so sorry for taking so long! I had a lot of stuff...But, anyway, good news! After voting and so on I'll be focusing on this story ONLY! Be happy! :D I'll be updating faster, I promise. Considering I love this story I'm creating since it's really the first I REALLY planned out and so on! Also, I've noticed that the messages to the reviewers are getting too long...I don't mind doing that but I think it irritates you guys. If you want me to continue the messages to the reviewers, then go ahead and say it in your review. XP
Oh, also, sorry of you notice there are a couple of mistakes or maybe it went too fast. Just tell me and I'll fix it, I'm a bit out of it today. XD
ADDING TO A/N! There's a new character named Marie. XP And, I say she's one heck of a character! But, I didn't create her...
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I do not own Penguins of Madagascar and/or characters. They belong to DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon.
I do not own Katherine and Marie the lemurs. She belongs to "The Crazy Moon Girl", or in her DeviantArt account, "Veki-san".
I do own this plot.
I do own any mention or small appearance of any other OCs.
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Chapter 4: The Letter
M and E have more secrets than you know, young ones. I can't say what they know...Yet. But, you can at least know what's happening in this chapter. Yes, I know, you want to know the identity of these two creatures. But, I can't reveal them just quite yet. You just have to wait and see.
The next chapter begins when the penguins go over to the otter's habitat, to see what M and E shall reveal then. It was still solemn's night and the lightning and thunder still crashed and barked from above. And, finally it started to drizzle...
"Skippah!" came Private's voice.
The penguins were already outside their habitat, and M and E were close behind them. The two mysterious creatures floated a bit above the ground to show they had no feet, or perhaps they were just ghosts. The penguins, M, and E were all headed towards the otter habitat, but Private's voice ceased their movement and turned towards the young British penguin.
"What is it?" frowned Skipper, wanting Private to hurry up.
Private frowned the same. "Shouldn't we gotten weapons? What if something or someone dangerous is at the habitat? Rico has his stomach empty, so we got nothing."
Skipper forgotten about Rico's stomach not containing anything. The maniac penguin had to cough up everything before bed, because they needed all the weapons to get clean. The weapons were all starting to stink up Rico's breath and the weapons themselves were not very clean, for the stomach acids got the best of them.
"You don't need no weapons. We are simply only showing you something." intruded M, as he now stood between Skipper and Private. M's face was not shown deep in his hood. All Private could see when he stares through the hood was blackness. As if no light could shed through, nor did it want to.
Skipper, being his paranoid self, thought of what Private said. But, if the enemy is there, or if M and E are trapping them, then they need to go back to H.Q. But, if Marlene is already taken away and they're on a time limit. They need to get there fast. Skipper took his chance of trusting M and E, besides, if they betrayed them. Skipper could surely take them down or hunt them down when needed. "We dont have time, soldier. We'll take our chances." with that said, Skipper slid off without them.
Rico and Kowalski quickly followed suit, while M and E followed after. Private watch them go, and with a sigh, he took off with them.
An aye-aye female lemur sat up from her bed. She had her eyes wide and glanced around. This female was named Marie. She lived in the sewers that used to belong to Roger the alligator. She decided to take his place of the room, since he lived in the zoo now. Now, she wasn't just some random lemur. Marie was the older sister of Maurice and the nanny of young Kathrine. She arrived long ago, when Katherine and Marlene stumble in the sewers, where they found Marie in them. There they all had an reunion, and Maurice was united with his sister once more. It was a happy day, and Marie grew onto the lives of the fellow zoo residents, just like Katherine. She views Katherine like a daughter and even says it so when meeting her. Marie's a special one too. She's a female shaman and can easily speak to the dead, one of her gifts. An outcast to her species, thinking she was just bad luck. She learned to cope with it and she lives her life expressionless.
Marie had a nice slender figure for her age, but her face held grim. Her paws were one of the wicked witches, and her nails appeared it could scratch your eyes out. Her fur was the color of a dark gray, while having a bit of a white fluff on her upper chest, also her tail matched her ever dark fur. Her ears were pulled down.
She grumbled to herself. "I sense unusual..." she got up and placed her animal skull on her head, she used this for a hat and wears it all the time. Next she grabbed her staffed.
Her staffed was a long and a bit crooked stick. On the tip held a small animal skull, which was tied with vines attached the the staff. "There's something in the air..." she whispered this to herself. She knew something was lurking, she could sense it. She took another glance around, before running off towards a direction of the sewers.
Heading towards Central Park Zoo.
Skipper up ahead was reaching the otter habitat fast and soon reached it in a matter of seconds. "Marlene!" he called as he quickly entered the cave. He glanced around and it was pitch black. He frowned and stayed cautious. Skipper quietly went around and listened to every drip of water of the cave, and realized that there ws no trace of the otter or was she in her home. His ear-holes was very content of its' surroundings and he was full concentration. He jumped when thunder clapped in the sky. He then went in fighting position and turned towards the cave entrance, when he heard a step from the entrance. He relaxed himself when he noticed it was just his team and the two creatures, E and M.
Rico glanced around and appeared confused, since Marlene wasnt here.
Kowalski immediately went in and searched for clues. Anything to find where Marlene went.
Private worried for Marlene, what if she were in grave danger?
Skipper glared at E and M. "You know where she is...Don't you?"
M answered. "We d-" he was cut off by Kowalski.
"I found something!" he went over and held a white envelope. He waved it a bit to show the white piece. Skipper snatched it away and opened it up. He groaned when realizing that it was in lettering of the English language, which he could not read. "We need the chimps."
"I read!" rasped out Rico.
E saw this and snatched the paper away from Skipper then handed it to Rico, who took it gladly. Private blinked at Rico. "You know how to read?"
"Uh-hu!" Rico then looked over the letter and gasped. "ELEEENAPTREDYLOWHOLE!"
Skipper frowned and held Rico by the shoulders and shook him a bit. "Slowly, man!
"Let me read it. Then Rico will say if I'm right or not." M intruded.
Rico heard him and nodded, then he gave the letter to M, while E read over M's shoulder. M read, "Dear, Pen-gu-ins. I have return for my revenge! But, instead of capturing Skipper's BFF, I captured his love, Marlene! And, this time, I shall have my revenge against YOU, Skipper! After years of rivalry and years of pain. I come to increase your pain ten-fold. Too bad you ended in such bad terms. You will never see her again, unless you kill yourself! Oh, Skipper, I'm going to have fun with her! I'll torture then KILL her! I found my ultimate revenge against you, Skipper! And, you can not find me for I can never be found! Same as Marlene! Next time, it'll be me killing YOU and torture! Until then, good day.
~Dr. Blowhole"
M finished reading and glanced at Rico to prove his innocence. Rico sadly nodded to show that M was correct. Skipper had wide eyes, then he was overwhelmed by great rage. "NO! WE HAVE TO SAVE HER!"
"Yes, we do! But, Bottle-nose didn't leave a trace! Besides the letter, but that won't help us find where Marlene is!" Kowalski reminded while his expression was written of serious and solemn.
Skipper glared at his intelligent soldier. "Kowalski, it's not like I don't know that! But, there must be a way."
"Wait." came Private when an idea struck. He turned to M and E, whom were silent and just observing the penguins and their reactions of the letter. They were so calming, as if they knew this was going to happen. The young penguins chose to ignore this...for now. "You two seemed to know that Marlene is missing...Do you know where she is then?"
"We do." answered E. "One of the reasons why we came here...And, the matter of the world."
"We didn't have time to ask this, but how does thie relate to the world's fate?" questioned Kowalski, now in all full attention on the creatures in front of him.
M intruded. "Dr. Blowhole is connected of world's end...The future is very grim. It all follows up on Marlene's capture...You see, when Dr. Blowhole captured Marlene. You and some others went looking for her, which you are about to do now. You reach her location, but Blowhole has already killed her by the time you got there. Once this happens, Blowhole makes his escape. Skipper falls into depression and Blowhole used this for his advantage. With careful planning, Blowhole destroyed the human race. Every single one of them, down to the last born. Animals are the only survivors. Private, you, and Rico tried to stop Blowhole but Skipper's leadership wasn't there and Private was killed before he had any attempts to save the human race. You and Rico are now on the run, while Skipper gave in when Blowhole took over. Animals are in suffering and the humans no longer exist nor mentioned...Blowhole fully had full power when he retrieved the scrolls from King Julien, then Blowhole killed him."
Kowalski had wide eyes when hearing this. Skipper was in disbelief, for he over-heard, then he responded. "No! That can't happen! Even if Marlene was...to die...I would never let Blowhole take over! Not by a long-shot!"
"But, you do." E reminded. "You can't help what you feel, Skipper."
"Scrolls!" Rico blurted out. "Wat o hem?"
Private over-heard this and turned to M and E for the answer. "Yes, what did you mean by the scrolls? And, Julien obtain them?"
"Perhaps they're the same scrolls we found in Julien's throne?" suggested Kowalski.
"Actually, yes. They are. Those scrolls are powerful and if they fall in the wrong hands...Chaos will issue." M responded. He let himself sway around the penguins a bit, but was still all the same.
Skipper frowned at M, and kept his ice-berg orbs on him. "You mean those scrolls that Ring-tail has is actually important? How did Ring-tail posses such papers then? Ring-tail of all animals!"
"We cannot answer that. You have to discover that from King Julien himself." E answered, but didn't circle the penguins like his comrade. He stayed still and calm.
M ceased circling and returned to E's side. "You would also need King Julien's help. He's the only one who could use the scrolls and know what he's doing."
"But, where do we need to go?" asked Private
"And, do we have to bring Ring-tail?" groaned Skipper.
M answered both. "Your destination is in South America, deep in its' forbidden jungles. The forbidden jungles rests in the deep under-ground of the continent, where new life takes place. Dr. Blowhole took a risk of creating a base down there. It holds the greatest danger yet, and is known for having unknown magic that is still pure and not controlled with. Think of it as another world of unknown species and elements. No humans have discovered the jungles, and I doubt they ever will. And, yes. Julien has to come. Those scrolls are needed and Julien will put up a strong fight to protect them, not to mention he knows how to use them...Though, that's what I believe and E. We need those scrolls for our safety."
Skipper sighed. He didn't trust them, but he knew that they were his last chance. They know more knowledge about this more than he. And, they knew what was going to happen in the future. Skipper's mission is to stop this threat and to save Marlene. Skipper then responded. "Fine, we'll follow your directions and commands. Just show us what we need to do."
"We were hoping for that answer." E replied.
Kowalski then questioned. "What do we need first?"
"We need King Julien, is the first phase..." came from M.
The clouds cried, which pour all over New York and continued on. It was still night, and many were sleeping, though some had to jump awake for they were getting soaking wet of the rain that was pouring down above them.
"Hurry! Under the standy thingy!"
"You mean the plat-form..."
"Yes, that!"
These were the voices of King Julien and Maurice. Mort was hopping around and sang out. "I'm singing in the rain!"
"Mort, shut up a little, okay?" snapped Julien. He went under the plat-form quickly that blocked the rain, though the winds were cold and brought trickles of water. Julien shivered a bit, while Katherine, Mort, and Maurice soon joined Julien.
Katherine rubbed her fur a bit to keep herself warm. But, she ceased when she heard a voice.
"Hello, daughter."
Katherine turned to see Marie in front of her, lightning clashed through th sky, and made Marie appear as if she were from the lightning. Of course, she wasn't. Marie was not drenched in water, though a bit damp, she wasn't in the rain for long as much as the other lemurs in front of her. Kathrine smiled at her nanny. "Marie, what're you doing here?"
Maurice over-heard and saw his sister. He smiled, though he blinked when he noticed that Marie held a more serious expression than usual. Marie answered Kathrine. "There's something here that is unusual."
"Eh, what?" blinked Julien.
Marie glared at him a bit before continuing. "There's a disturbance in this zoo...Something that doesn't belong..."
"Something that doesn't belong? What do you mean by that?" asked Maurice.
"She means by us."
The lemurs snapped towards the source to see the two mysterious creatures and the penguins. They were a bit outside of the plat-form, and was getting water on themselves. The penguins stepped more in to stay dry, but M and E stayed in their position.
Marie glared at E and M. "Yes, the source is coming from you...You're the disturbance."
M just nodded.
"Why're you here?" intruded the female warrior, Katherine. She got in battle position with two arms in front, while her legs were steady. She waited for any attacks, just to be safe. She relaxed though when Skipper spoke next.
"No need, Ray-tail...They're no enemies."
Katherine was a bit confused by this. Did Skipper know them from way back or something?
"Listen, the king demands to know why there are two black ghosties in my kingdom!" Julien spoke up as he took a step forward. But, quickly took two steps back when M snapped his head towards him. Julien now gulped in fear.
"You're needed, King Julien. You have the scrolls."
Julien frowned at this and his body tensed while the aura of protection surrounded him. "Why do you need to be needing them?"
E answered this, but more of a warming tone to his voice. "The scrolls will help the world and maybe even further...Not to mention, Marlene."
"Marlene? What about the otter?" questioned Katherine as she stepped up to E, with clear bravery. Though, secretly, she felt nervous of these two creatures in front of her.
The bolts in the sky clashed with the boom formed in the clouds, when E focused on the tensed Kathrine. He did respond. "She's kidnapped by Dr. Blowhole. And, his lair is in South America...We need to get there, kill Dr. Blowhole and save Marlene before her death is taken place."
"How do you know all this?" came in Maurice.
"They're from the future!" answered Private. "They say that Marlene's capture leads up to world's end..."
Marie, who stayed quiet from all this, tried to sense from M and E. But, their auras were neutral and impossible to tell. As if something was protecting them from her to sense their identity or anything about them for that matter. Marie was not comfortable with this, considering she can sense almost anything from the evil and good. But, this she cannot, which left her confused and paranoid. She heard Private's words and frowned. The future was not to be messed with and these two characters just waltz in without a care. Don't they know that traveling to the past is dangerous? Then again, the part of 'world's end' was probably why they're here.
"World's end?" blinked Mort. "You mean...Um...No more da feet?"
M sighed annoyed. "In a way, yes."
"NOO!" Mort shrieked in horror. No feet? That's just torture for the small mouse lemur!
Julien swallowed his fear and tried to appear a bit brave. "But...My scrolls...I need them? Can't you just take care of fishy-face without them?"
"No. We need those scrolls from protection of the great dangers of South America's forbidden jungles. And, you're needed sense you know how to use them." E explained.
Julien widen his eyes at this, then he smiled cockily with a tinge of nervous. "Of course! Eh...I'll help ya! After-all, how can the world be saved if not with me?"
"Exactly." M nodded.
The lemur king nodded again and felt extremely discourage. Katherine noticed this, but subsided it for now. There was more manners to appoint to. "If he goes, I'll go too."
E glanced at M for approval. M did approve, then E turned his attention to Katherine. "You may come."
"Same as your other lemur friends." M added. "Maurice, Mort, and Marie. You may join and of course the penguins are to join."
Skipper intruded. "Wait, all of them? But, Maurice or Mort could get hurt!"
"But, I'm not leaving my king's side! I'm coming." Maurice frowned and crossed his arms in confirmation.
Mort nodded. "Da feet need protecting!"
"I'll come...I can't trust you with my own daughter and brother." Marie intruded. No way was she going to just stay and hope for the best. She was going to come and do whatever it takes to return safe and with some answers.
Kowalski sighed. "So, everyone's coming?"
"It appears so." Private nodded.
Skipper sighed the same like Kowalski. "Yes...Seems like we just formed a strange team."
"Yup!" agreed Rico with a wild smile.
E and M observe all this and they were satisfied from all this. M then grasped everyone's attention.
"Prepare. We're leaving as soon as possible. Meet back here when done preparing." M then turned around for them to see his back only, as if he was in deep thought.
"No turning back now..."
The rain then stopped as the thunder and lightning faded away in an echo. The group was in silence. Wondering...
What's the fate the lies ahead?
Well, young ones...That's the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope to see you later. I'm sorry for taking so long to continue to reading this book. But, something got in the way...Don't worry, young ones, nothing major to worry about me. I mean, it's not serious. But, anyway, I hope you are still interest in this story. Or, if you want, I can read you something else for next time...No? Alright then. Well, it seems that your parents are coming for you, now stay out of trouble. And, don't talk to strangers! You don't know they could cause harm.
Also, I hope you're excited for the next! That just makes my heart warm. But, I'm just rambling now. You best be going...
Good-night, younglings.
