Chapter 4:

In the helicopter to Hoboken, Raymond was thinking of how his plan would work. But he thought of a new one. "Okay," Raymond said, "We will have 3 teams of 2, so Kowalski and Private will circle around back and go through the back door while Tanya and Rico go through the front door while Skipper and I go though the vents. Alright?" The team nodded. Skipper looked at his gear he got. He had an air rifle customized to look like an AK-74u, an air pistol customized to look like a Makarov with a silencer, and a ballistics knife. Skipper also noticed they had some flash bang grenades, a walkie-talkie, and a fragmentation grenade for if they're caught.

"Raymond," Skipper said, "When you said your Sergeant would come, you greeted him as captain. Why is that?"

"Well," Raymond said, "because when I saw him, I was hoping Sergeant Nikolai would come, but he has the cold, so I went with it."

Skipper nodded and looked out the window.

"When are we getting there?" Darla said over the Walkie-talkie.

"Our ETA is about 15 minutes." Raymond said.

"This is going to be awesome!!" Kyle said excited over his walkie-talkie.

Then, the helicopter made it over the Hoboken research facility. The second helicopter, which had Kyle and Darla in it, landed them near a tree. The helicopter with the other six people landed them on top of the building. Private looked down and saw it was a long drop. "Oh my," Private said, "What a long drop."

"Keep it together soldier." Skipper said to the young penguin.

"Okay," Raymond said, "Tanya, I want you and Rico to rappel down this side of the building, while Kowalski and Private rappel down the back of the building."

"What? Umm…" Private said stammering.

"Just don't look down Private." Raymond said patting Privates shoulder. Then Tanya went to the edge of the building, tied her rope around a vent shaft, and climbed down the side of the building. Rico did the same. Kowalski and Private began to rappel down the building as well.

"Will this work?" Skipper asked.

"I hope so." Raymond said. Then he got on his Walkie-talkie. "Tanya, are you in position?"

"Roger. I'm in position." Tanya said.

"This is Kowalski, We are in position." The tall penguin said over his Walkie-talkie.

"Kyle and Darla. We're ready to rock." Kyle said over his Walkie-talkie.

"Alright men," Skipper said, "Let's begin operation Surprise."

"Surprise?" Raymond said to Skipper.

"Yes. Surprise." Skipper answered. Then Raymond shrugged his shoulders and walked up to a vent and pried off the vent cover. "Remember," Raymond said reminding the lead penguin, "No shots fired unless they return fire." Skipper nodded and Raymond tied his rope around the vent shaft and climbed down the vent. Skipper did the same and followed him.

When they got there, Raymond quickly ran into one of the rooms to get out of the hallway. "We're in. Now wait for us to let you know when you guys can come in." Raymond said quietly over his walkie-talkie. Then a guard walked through the hallway they came from. "This ones mine." Raymond said quietly again. Then he pulled out his knife and walked very slowly to the guard. When he got behind him, the Muscular Lemur quickly gabbed the guard and stabbed him in the neck, killing him instantly. He then dragged the guard into the room Skipper was hiding in and put him in one of the cabinets inside the room.

"Wow," Skipper said, "Not bad."

"Thanks," Raymond said, "Now let's move." Then the group walked through he hallways.

Meanwhile, Tanya was waiting with Rico outside the front door. "Rico," Tanya said, "Do you think that Raymond is acting weird around Marlene?"

Rico nodded. Tanya smiled and said, "Penguin of few words are you?"

At he back of the building, Kowalski was getting impatient. "How long does it take to bypass a security system?"

"Don't Worry Kowalski," Private said, "I'm sure they'll be done soon."

During that, Kyle and Darla were sitting in a tree, watching the building with the air rifle customized to look like a Dragunov. "Thanks again for getting me up this tree with your backwoods magic." Kyle said to Darla.

"Your welcome." Darla said.

"So…your dating Maurice right?" Kyle said.
"Why yes I am." The Baboon said with her Southern accent.

Back in the hallway, Raymond and Skipper were trying to get to the security room so the others could get in. "Kyle," Skipper said over the walkie-talkie, "Can you see the security room?"

"Hold on." Kyle said over the walkie-talkie, "Where are you now?"

"Top floor. Middle window."

"Okay…umm…ah! It should be right next to you. But there's two guards in there."

"No problem. Out." Raymond said over the Walkie-talkie. Then the Lemur and Penguin walked to the room next door and positioned themselves on either side of the door. Raymond threw a flash bang grenade in and it blinded the two guards. Then Raymond and Skipper ran in and shot the two guards quietly. "Cool." Kyle said over the walkie-talkie.

When Raymond pressed a button, the alarms went off. "What happened?" Skipper said.

"I don't know." Raymond said.

"What do we do?" Private asked over the walkie-talkie.

"Nix that," Raymond said over the walkie-talkie, "Enter now, weapons free. Repeat, weapons free."

Then everyone entered and he heard shots being fired from Kyle into the building.

At the holding cell, Erik and Marlene heard the alarm. "That must be Skipper!" Marlene said happily. "Yes! We're saved." Erik said happily.

"I wouldn't say that." The Guard Otter said to the two happy prisoners.

"Why?" Marlene said.

"I just got orders to split you two up. So the otter goes with me."

"What!" Erik said. "NO! I'LL BE ALONE!"

" Don't worry," The Guard said, "They're sending another guard to watch you. So stop crying you big baby." Then the guard walked into the cell, grabbed Marlene and started to walk away with her. When the new guard came in, the guard turned out to be a female bat. "Erik?" She said.

"It's you!" Erik said recognizing the bat.

"You're probably mad at me right now aren't you?" She said.

Side Note: Just so you know, the Skiliene and Tanmond part are coming up soon. So don't worry. And for those who don't know, an AK-74u is the AK-47 (Assault rifle) but the butt of the gun was sawed off. A Dragunov is a Russian Sniper Rifle, and the Makarov is a Russian Pistol. Also, a Ballistic knife is a knife that has a button that shoots the blade out of the handle. And… that's it. Chapter 5 coming out very soon.