Note: Sorry that this chapter is so short. I had no time for a spelling check, but I hope you like it^^

Later that day...

After having lunch, the guys almost forgot about this little incident this morning. I decided to keep on training in the afternoon, mostly to distract myself from the fear I´ve developed. We trained like normal, the sun was shining and all of the animals followed their own usual buisness.

It was about 1800 hours, as we finished our training for today. Exhausted but cheerfully, the guys were looking forward for a nice, calm evening. Even I was so glad, that nothing weird had happened this afternoon. A little tired I laid down on the couch, while Private was switching on the TV.

Suddenly I got a nervous stinging in my stomach, but I didn´t pay any attention to it at first. But as a strange, crakling noise sounded from the TV, I noticed, that my guts were trying to warn me from danger. The feeling was so strong, and as the screen started to flick, I couldn´t bear that anymore. The pictures on the TV programm were oddly warped. "Hmmm, seems like the TV is broken" Kowalski said thoughtfully as he slapped the TV´s side.

The screen didn´t become clearer, so Private switched it off again. "Not the TV" he said sadly, because he knew, that he won´t be able to watch the Lunacorns again. "Na, we´ll fix it, right Kowalski?" I reassured him and put my flipper on the little soldiers back. I felt that behind my confidence, my voice was crackling a little, but no one noticed. I got the strange feeling, that I knew, why the TV wasn´t working properly.

"Yes, Private. I´ll look after it, right tomorrow" Kowalski answered and Privates sad expression turned into a bright smile. "Thank you" he said and all of his worries seemed to be vanished for now. "Uh, let´s play cards" I ordered and we all gathered around the table...

It was almost midnight, as we finally stopped playing poker. I yawned and sent the boys to the bunks. With heavy eyelids, I switched off the light and heard quiet snoring. Rico, Kowalski and Private were already asleep. I laid down in my bunk and pulled my blanket up to my neck. "I hope to get some sleep this night" I thought and closed my eyes...

I slept deeply, stuck in a nice, normal dream...

But suddenly a cold breezed crept underneath my warm blanket and I woke up instantly. Sleepy I rubbed my eyes and looked around, but I couldn´t see anything. Although my feeling told me, there was something wrong. Eerie silence had taken over the HQ, even the boys snoring couldn´t be heard.

I got up to look after something, that would explain my uneasy feeling. Quietly I sneaked into Kowalskis Lab, because I the feeling of danger was stronger here. I looked around, but I couldn´t see anything but darkness. Not a single sound reached my earholes and I was about going back to bed.

But suddenly the door behind me closed with a loud bang and my heart made a painful jump. "Who are you?" I shouted into the room, but no one answered, although I felt someone´s presence here. "Pull youself toghether, Skipper. No one is here..." I mumbled to myself, turning to the door again. But as I put my flipper on the handle I heard a scratching sound on the oposite wall.

It sounded ghastly and my feathers ruffled uncontrolable. The scratching became louder and then stopped suddenly. Now I just could hear my own breathing. I heard someone else gasping and startlet. A dark figure moved in the darkness. Desperated I searched the desk beside me for a torch. Fortunately I found one. I switched it on, but no one was in front of me, or somewhere else in the room.

But suddenly I felt someone standing behind me. Cautiously I turned around. My heart stopped beating for a second, when I saw a girl standing behind me. But not just a normal girl. She had long black hair, which covered her whole face and she wore a filthy white dress, where water was dripping off. Her bare arms looked white and puffed up skin looked like she was a drowned corpse. I backed away as she streched her arm after me. Stumbling I managed to press myself against the cold wall. She approached me with slow movements.

Step by step, the dead girl came closer. My heart seemed to explode and I couldn´t say anything. "Five Days..." she whispered and my mind faded into darkness...

With a loud scream I awoke in my bunk. My heart was still racing and I breathed convulsively. My body trembled and I couldn´t calm down. I looked around the HQ, but I couldn´t see anything. Just the quiet snoring of my friends sounded. "Just a dream, Skipper. It was just a stupid nightmare..." I told myself to calm down. But the fear still remained. I had no choice than trying to sleep. So I laid down again and closed my eyes, hoping that the nightmare wouldn´t return.