Private raced through the night, chasing down the stranger as he tried to escape; but Private wouldn't let him, he needed to find out his secret.
"Wait!" He screamed after him, trying to get him to stop, but to no avail. He continued to pick up his pace as he watched the hooded man dart across the zoo grounds, maneuvering himself over any obstacles; Private did the same, making sure not to lose any sight of him.
They had ran for about 5 minutes when the stranger finally let up. He looked around, trying to figure out where to go from here, but Private had him cornered. The young penguin waddled closer, ignoring the sudden guilt he felt for chasing the stranger.
"Alright," He started. "Now you're going to tell me just who you are and why you know so much about me."
"Private, please." The stranger pleaded. "You won't like what you find out.."
The young penguin stopped, now just thinking of what secrets he could be unearthing. But he shook the thoughts away; he came here to find out who this man was, and he was going to see it through to the end.
"I don't care," He said, moving closer. "I'm going to find out who you are.." He was just inches away from the stranger, when he lifted his flippers to the hood, slowly lifting it up.
Despite the darkness of the night, Private could see all too well who the hooded man was. His eye grew wider than he though possible, and his body trembled with shock.
The now un-hooded man stood up, giving Private a sincere look.
"Private.." He whispered. "I can explain, please, just understand."
Private backed away, stumbling on his feet and falling to the ground.
"But..It-It can't be!" He said, mainly to himself.
"You..You can't be Skippa..!"
Sorry it's really short, I just thought I'd end at a cliffhanger:3 I just realized I really don't know how I'm going to end this story, so I'm sorry to say to the people who read this, that I might be taking a break from this story and starting a new one. But, I'm also deciding to continue with Soulless, my other story, because I've had some really good ideas for that one, so look out for that!:D