W: okay this is the next edition. Thanks for reading so far.
Skipper: and don't forget to review! I order you!
W: you heard the man.
Word count: 669
Chapter 4: skipper and rico's guilt
3rd person's pov
Marlene trudged along her cave. She had been wondering something very important. Why were the penguins not coming out of their habitat? They hadn't come out ever since 2 days ago, when private was lost. They also have been treating Kowalski differently. Did he do something wrong.
The penguins never told the zoo how they lost private. They never said if he was dead or not. She decided that it was time to figure this out. She jumped out of her habitat heading straight for the penguins ice floe.
She jumped down their fishbowl entrance, but she was surprised in what she saw. In the corner of the room was skipper. He was huddled into a ball, and eating chocolate cookies. Rico was in his bunk with a frightened expression on his face.
"Skipper, rico, what happened" Marlene asked. "Marlene who let you…. Oh forget it" skipper said as he huddled into his ball again. This was all strange to Marlene. She had never seen them act like this before. "Skipper is everything okay" Marlene said bending over to meet his height.
"No Marlene I messed up" skipper said. This surprised Marlene. Skipper was actually admitting he was wrong. Rico came over and sat down beside them with a huff. Rico did not like to show he was worried, but at times like this he couldn't help it. His leader was in a ball crying to himself at night. He himself felt sad about it too, but he never showed it.
"What were you wrong about skipper" Marlene asked in the most comforting tone she could muster. "Everything" skipper muttered under his breath. She could see little tears start to fall from skipper's eyes. She put her paw up to his cheek, and wiped them off.
"What was the worst thing" Marlene re-tried. "I let Kowalski down" skipper said threw muffled sobs. "How" Marlene asked. She was getting even more confused. "He ran away" skipper said letting tears slide down even more. Marlene had never seen this skipper before. He seemed so broken; like dust would come and whisk him away.
"Why" Marlene asked. She looked up to rico noticing his saddened look. He had a couple tears go down his cheeks. "I and rico, we were only trying to protect him" skipper said looking at Marlene through his tear stained eyes.
"Why did he need protecting" Marlene asked curious for the answer. "A little while ago, we lost private you know that right" skipper asked Marlene. "Yeah" Marlene replied. "Well when we lost him he was in the woods with Kowalski" skipper continued.
"He got lost somewhere in those woods" skipper said. Marlene couldn't believe what she was hearing. Wasn't Kowalski's job to protect private? "Well I had a feeling that whatever took private didn't want him" skipper said. "So I tried protecting Kowalski because I thought the thing was after him" skipper said.
"But apparently I drove him away" skipper said looking down to the concrete ground. "How do you know he left" Marlene asked. "He left this note" skipper said handing her a sticky note.
Dear skipper,
Since you and rico cannot trust me anymore, I am leaving for good. So I am afraid this is goodbye.
Your old lieutenant,
Kowalski
Marlene read the note carefully. It makes since that it was signed that way. She looked to skipper and rico. She had a big smile show on her face. "Why are you smiling" skipper asked her. "This note doesn't say not to look for him" she said. Rico and skipper both looked at each other. Why haven't they thought of that? "And I have a hunch in where he might go" Marlene said.
W: that's it for now.
Kowalski: review!
W: yeah the penguins agree with me!