So here's chapter 3!

As you may have noticed, I have decided to put in the character death...

Please enjoy this chapter. :D

Chapter 3: Explosions Come Later

Rico looked proudly at his girlfriend, before pecking her on the cheek. She still smiled happily and her large blue eyes almost screamed 'Thank you!'. He hugged her and closed his eyes. They were meant for each other.

He knew it. He just knew it. And he blamed himself. It was his fault that his mission speeches were so long and boring . He couldn't blame his soldiers, he had to inform them, and he failed. Skipper looked at his friends, who were in the same cage as he was. "I'm sorry boys."

Private looked astonished at their leader. Why would Skipper apologize for what happened? It wasn't his fault. He looked at the evil puffin in front of their cage. He smiled diabolical and had a destruction button in his wing.

"With one push on this button, I can destroy your whole HQ. Your secrets, your cover, your home, nothing will ever be the same again." Hans laughed evilly, his Danish accent had been echoing through the chamber. Skipper looked angrily at his frenemy. "You wouldn't dare…" Hans laughed. "I wouldn't? Guess again!" His wing slowly moved towards the button, it took him minutes to get to the button. "How do you like this dramatic effect, Skipper?" His smile widened. His wing pushed the button. Skipper closed his eyes.

Nothing happened. "Damn it!" The evil puffin pushed the button several times, but it seemed broken. He threw the little device away and waddled towards a big control panel with a lot of different knobs and buttons. "Then we have to do this the old fashion way. " His wing was once again above a button, his evil smile was back on his face. Skipper closed his eyes tightly shut again. He didn't want to see the puffin finally destroying his life. He heard the puffin laugh and they could hear the explosion through the speakers.

The puffin threw a fish towards Skipper, who caught it instantly, before even opening his eyes. Hans opened the cage, but only far enough to let Skipper out. "Let's fish-fight!"

He should have known that the puffin wanted to fish-fight. It was their thing. "Are you prepared to lose? AGAIN?" He yelled at the puffin, but his frenemy only smiled at him. "Can't you see it, Skipper? I already won." Skipper threw himself into the battle a second later than Hans. The puffin was really good at fish-fighting, but Skipper was better. He had the puffin unarmed in minutes and he held his fish threatening above Hans's beak. But the puffin still smiled. "You may claim my life now Skipper, but never forget that I have ruined yours first!" His diabolic laugh made the penguin shiver.

Skipper threw his fish away and held the puffin to the floor with his flippers. "Who had said something about killing you?" Skipper's smile could be defined as almost as dangerously evil as the one the puffin had on his face moments ago. The puffin's eyes widened in shock. "You wouldn't, you couldn't." Skipper nodded. "I surely would and I surely can. You know it Hans, You've seen it before."

Private covered his eyes, he didn't want to see anymore of this fight. He still hated violence, fighting. "Skipper, is this really necessarily?" Kowalski asked the flat-headed penguin.

He had forgotten about the presence of his team, he had been totally caught in the moment. As if he was in Denmark again. "Rico, handcuffs ." He caught them without looking and although the wings of the puffin made it hard to lock it the right way, he was able to fetter Hans in seconds. Skipper pulled the puffin upon his feet and with one flipper upon Hans's shoulder, he waddled towards the cage and freed his friends.

"What are we going to do with him now, Skippah?" Private asked him. "We are turning him in. Just like we planned to do." The puffin didn't object. They moved out of the building and they waited outside for the penguins of the head quarters to arrive.

"Captain Skipper?" A penguin, only inches taller than Skipper, stood before them. His large sunglasses made it impossible to see his eyes. The penguin looked stern. Skipper waddled towards him. "Yes sir?" He saluted for the penguin and then took a few steps backwards. He really hated it when someone was looking down at him, and that was exactly what his superior was doing. "Can I have a word with you?" Skipper nodded and they waddled away from his team.

Kowalski wished that he was wrong. If their cover was blown, what would become of their team? He knew that they probably had to part, the head quarters would say that they had failed as a team. That Skipper had failed. The feeling of guilt took over him. Why hadn't they paid more attention to Skipper's operation briefing?

Rico looked at his two friends who were standing beside him. He couldn't understand why they were so worried. They weren't out of kabooms and they had captured the maniac puffin. He had to give it to them, the 'secret' lair hadn't self-exploded yet. He shrugged. Maybe the explosion would come later.

"You know that you've failed, captain Skipper?" Skipper nodded. "You know that it has caused to blow your cover?" He nodded again. "Then you also know that you have exposed secret info about the head quarters to the whole wide world?" He had enough of it. He was treated like a little baby who had to be punished for taking candy without permission. "Can we get over with it? If you want to fire me, fine, but do it now." He looked dominantly at the penguin in front of him. He had known the consequences for failing missions and blown covers for a long time. It wouldn't be the first time that they had to put them in court for something like that. He was glad that this time was different though, everybody had at least survived the mission.

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