Chapter twelve: I Love You

(Kowalski's POV)

"Kowalski!" Rune's voice shrieked.

Oh no!

I turned and saw the teen from before.

Oh, please, no!

He carried her away.

Not again!!

"RUNE!!!!!!!" I cried, sliding over where the boy once stood.

Rico flipped up, his face was already swallow. He must have been kicked in the face.

"Follow him! I'll get the others!" I told Rico.

"Ah-huh!" he said before sliding off.

As much as I hated to not follow Rune myself, Rico's lack of communication would not help Skipper and Private know what was going on.

"Kowalski!" I heard a voice shout. It was Skipper and all the others who came when they heard the scream no doubt.

"H-He took Rune!"

"He?"

"The wild teen from before! He kidnapped her! I sent Rico to follow them."

"Good work! Let's go!"

"Wait!" Julien shouted, "I...I must go too! She saved my live before... I must repay her!"

"Hell, I'll come too," Nicolie offered.

"What can we do?" Marlene asked.

"Get Alice's attention! Lead her to us," Skipper ordered, "Now, Kowalski, give me options! ...Kowalski?"

That's the last I heard. My body had reacted on its own and I was now out to track my girl. Please don't let her be hurt again!

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(Rune's POV)

"Neep!" I squealed as the human threw stuff at me.

"Ha! This is for biting me, bitch!" shouted the teen as he threw a glass bottle at me.

It crashed into the tree I was tied to. Glass broke every where, ripping at my skin and fur, leaving cuts and gasses. I screamed in pain and the human took pleasure from this.

"Look what I've got," the boy laughed, pulling out a yellow box.

I tried to unblur my vision to see what it was.

"It's rat poison," he told me with an evil grin, "And you're the rat!" He jammed the green poison down my throat and I felt the dry stuff crawl its way down to my stomach.

Just then, Kowalski came and jumped onto the human's back, followed by the team and even Nicolie and Julien! Rico hacked up a knife and threw it up the tree, cutting the rope.

"Nng!" I shouted as he caught me. My body had been beaten, cut and bruised from the boy's violence.

Rico gently sat me out of the way, then joined the fight.

I became dizzy and woozy. I felt sick.

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(Kowalski's POV)

I repeatedly punched the fainted boy in the face. Anger consumed me.

"Kowalski, that's enough," Skipper yelled, "Kowalski!"

I stopped, but only because I was out of breath. "W-Where's... Rune?" I asked between breaths.

Private pointed over to the tree and I gasped.

"R-Rune!" I shouted, running up to her.

She was bleeding from all over and she looked very sick and tortured. "K-Kowalski..." she muttered.

"It's...It's gonna be okay, Rune," I said, although it felt like a lie, "Please...don't die on my! Don't die, Runenaki! I love you!"

Rune's eyes sparkled and she smiled weakly. "You...said it...You love me..." she began to cough.

"No, no! You can't die! I know exactly how you feel about me, but you don't know how much I love you!" Tears flowed down my face. "I...I love your smile...your sweet, innocent smile. I love the way you talk to me like I'm a regular person. I love the way you walk, making me breathless. I love the feeling of our love and your touch and when you nuzzle my neck and I know that everything else doesn't matter! I love the way you always smell so good and I love your kiss, so please! Please, don't leave me here alone without you, Rune! I don't want to be alone!"

My love smiled widely. "That's... nice to hear... I love you too, Kowalski, with all my heart... Forever and aways..."

That's when Alice and three guards came. Everything happened so fast. They took Rune and returned us to the zoo.

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I spent weeks, months it seemed, for Rune's returnal... If she'd ever come back... God, I hope she comes back...

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Alice held the little lemur tightly in her arms as she walked past the penguins' habitat and saw that one of the penguins were depressed. As soon as he saw what Alice had, however, he squaked happily.

"Huh? Do... you want to see her?" she asked.

"Yes!" Kowalski shouted, hoping Alice would understand him.

A 2x4 fell on the land and Alice walked acros it and placed the lemur down.

"Rune!!!" Kowalski shouted, nuzzling Rune's neck.

"Kowalski! I've missed you so much!" she cried, wrapping her arms and tail around her love.

"Now aint this a strange site," Alice told herself.

"Aww! Look at the cute animal couple!" a teen girl with medium length red hair and glasses said with a wide smile.

In an instant, the habitat was surrounded.

"Huh... Maybe we should put those two together in their own habitat..."

Rune and Kowalski seemed to be in their own little world.

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," Kowalski whispered, placing his flipper on Rune's face.

"You don't need to protect me. I can handle myself," she teased.

Kowalski hugged her tight. "I love you..."

"I also love you," she said with a giggle.

END

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A/N: Wow, the very small scene fight sucked! XP So yeah, that's how this story ends! Before I write my next major story of PoM, I'm gonna write some one shots to show what else happened that wasn't in the story('cause is it just me, or is this story mostly KowalskixRune? Well, that's basically what the story was suppose to be about so...).

lolz! A teen girl with glasses and red hair! I wonder who that could be *starts to whistle* X3

Okay, pulling away from the subject for a bit, I watched the new episode of PoM yesterday and Kowalski had a crush on Officer X's van! It was funny cause the van got destroyed and it was like;

X: I loved that van!

Kowalski: *angry* We all loved that van!! Do you think you're the only one that's hurting?!?

lolz Wow. Kowalski has a strange taste in women! XD

Rune: Hey! I resent that!

Me: Sorry, Runey!

Rune: Ack! Not another one that calls me 'Runey'! Make it stop!! *runs away*

So, please review and tell me what you all think on this last chapter and/or over all!

You all rock and get a hug! ^^

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