Chapter 2:
When Skipper left, Marlene kept thinking of what Raymond's going through. She was wondering if the kiss has something to do with his weird behavior. "Well," Marlene said, "I'm going home now. See you guys later." Then she left. "Kowalski," Private asked the tall penguin, "Why do you think Raymond's being like this?"

"I don't know," Kowalski said, "But maybe it has to do something with Dr. Blowhole." "What makes you think that?" Private asked.

"When we mentioned going after him, his attitude changed drastically."

"Max," Private asked the cat, "Do you know why is like that?"

"Nope," Max answered, "Not a clue. He only saved me. I didn't go with him after that."

"I'm sure he's got his reasons." Tanya said. Then they left it at that.

At the Lemur Habitat in Raymond's room, Skipper walked right in and saw the Muscular Lemur sitting on his bed looking down. "So," Skipper said, "Why won't you go on this mission?" "I have my reasons. You don't need to know." Raymond said.

"I think I do need to know." Skipper answered.

"It's classified."

"That doesn't matter. Just tell me. Friend to friend."

Raymond let out a big sigh and began his story. "After I had saved Max, my team and I went into the room where Dr. Blowhole was waiting. When we got there, a big fat Walrus was in the way, along with a female penguin. I know the female penguins name, it was Diana, and the Walrus on the other hand, I have no idea what her name was."

"Rhonda," Skipper said, "She came here and was in Marlene's habitat. She was gross. We shipped her to Hoboken, but stole one of Kowalski's inventions."

"Right," Raymond said, then continued his story, "Anyway, The two of them were guarding the way. I had Viktor and Peter take on Diana, while Vladimir and I fought Rhonda. That was the biggest mistake I've ever made."

"What happened?" Skipper said interested in his story.

"She bit Vladimir's head right off. Blood was everywhere. After that, Diana broke Peter's spine, but was killed by Viktor. Viktor tried to save me, but Rhonda crushed him with her flipper. Like a Cockroach." Skipper noticed tears forming in Raymond's eyes. Then, Raymond brushed back some of his fur over his face and revealed a big scar going across his eye. "This is from Rhonda. She let me live so I can suffer from the death of my comrades."

Hearing this tale shocked skipper, he lost a team to, but he didn't witness the whole thing happen. Then Raymond pulled out a picture from under his pillow and gave it to Skipper. "This is them," Raymond said, "They were not only by teammates, but they were my best friends."

"What did you do after that?" Skipper asked.

"I went back to my normal duties. Then was transferred to guard King Julien, but we didn't know he was sent to Manhattan. So, I jumped ship and here I am with Tanya."

"Unbelievable," Skipper said "I never thought of something like this to happen to a guy like you." Raymond nodded and took back the picture of his team. "Now answer this question. Why are you so weird around Marlene all of a sudden? You don't seem to look at her, or talk."

Raymond was about to begin, but then Private barged into Raymond's room. "SKIPPER!" Private yelled.

"What is it Private?" Skipper asked in his normal military tone.

"The Otter Habitat, it's been attacked. Marlene and Erik are gone!"

"What!" Raymond and Skipper said at the same time. Then, the two ran toward the Otter Habitat.

When they got there, they saw the place was ruined, like a tornado passed through there. Kowalski was analyzing the debris, Rico was freaking out about everything, Tanya was looking through the sewer, and Max was panicking. "They know where we are! Hide me!" Max said. "Calm down their Moon-cat." Skipper said.

"Moon-cat?" Raymond asked.

"Long story." Private said.

Raymond shrugged his shoulders and went to Kowalski to see what was wrong. "Well," Kowalski began, "The animals came in here at the sewer entrance, and dragged them through it as well. I'm surprised no one saw nor heard this."

"Is there anything in the sewer?" Raymond asked.

"I sent Tanya down there. She should be coming back now."

"Good let me know if you find anything."
"NOTE!" Rico grunted.

"What's that?" Skipper asked. Rico handed him the note and Skipper looked at it. It was a ransom letter from Dr. Blowhole. He began reading it:

Dear Skipper,

If you are reading this, that mean I've captured your girlfriend and her annoying bat friend. If you ever want to see them alive, I suggest you bring us Max. If you don't, well, you know how it goes. You have 48 hours.

Dr. Blowhole

P.S. Send Raymond my regards.

Skipper crumbled the letter in anger and turned to his team. "Boys," The lead penguin began, looks like we got us a rescue mission." Then Raymond turned around and got on his cell phone Kowalski made him a while ago. After his call, Raymond turned to Skipper. "No," The Muscular Lemur said, "We have ourselves a search-and-destroy mission. I notified my Sergeant and he told me to meet him with a team of eight people in Central Park Zoo in 24 hours. This is my mission now. So you will do what I say." Skipper wanted to disagree, but hearing his past made him submit to his orders. "Okay," Skipper began, "What are your orders, Captain?"

"That's Lieutenant." Raymond said.