Chapter 9:
Skipper ran up to Raymond and kneeled down next to him. "Come on," Skipper said, "On your feet soldier!" But Raymond didn't move. Skipper became worried. He didn't want him to be dead. Skipper pushed Raymond a little, but he still didn't move. Then, Skipper pressed both of his flippers on Raymond's heart, to see if he could get it going again. "Come on…" Skipper said, getting desperate, "Come on." Skipper then realized this wasn't working.
"Don't you die on me!" Skipper said pressing on Raymond's heart harder. Skipper then got mad and slammed his flippers on Raymond's chest. "I DON'T WANT YOU DYING ON ME NOW! GET UP! YOU CAN'T ABANDON TANYA! GET UP!" Skipper yelled. Then, tears formed in Skippers eyes; he can't believe his good friend was dead…
Raymond was standing in a big black room. He looked around and saw nothing. Just then, he saw a bright light in front of him. It was far away, so Raymond started to walk to it. Before he could get to it, three silhouettes appeared before him. Raymond was able to recognize them. "…Vladimir, Viktor, Peter?" Raymond asked.
"Your mission is not over Comrade." Vladimir said.
"But, we defeated Dr. Blowhole." Raymond said.
"Not that mission. You shouldn't die now." Viktor said.
"Your right." Raymond said.
"We'll be okay. Thank you for avenging us." Vladimir said.
Raymond nodded to his team. He then walked away from the light and his old teamed smiled to him as he walked away…
Skipper sat there starring at the ground, thinking about how he will break this to everybody. Then all of sudden, he heard a cough. Skipper looked at Raymond's body and saw the Muscular Lemur coughing up blood. Skipper felt very happy that he wasn't dead. "Raymond," Skipper said relieved, "You're alive!"
"I know…" Raymond said weakly, "I'm Speztnaz…it takes more then pellets to bring me down…"
"I'm glad you're okay." Skipper said again.
"Yeah," Raymond replied, "So…is he dead?"
"Yeah…he's dead."
"Good…let's get out of here."
"I'm with you soldier." Then, Skipper walked up to Raymond and helped Raymond up. Raymond was shot in the knee, so he was leaning on Skipper for support. Then, the two of them walked out of the room…
They walked down the long hallway to the garage where the team was waiting. "Raymond…" Skipper said.
"Yeah?" Raymond said looking at Skipper.
"Thanks for taking that pellet for me. You stand tall soldier." Skipper said.
"It was the right thing to do at the moment."
"Great. Now tell me, why did you kiss Marlene?" Skipper asked his wounded companion.
"Don't bring that up again." Raymond replied.
"Come on. You can tell me." Skipper said to his friend smiling.
"Well…" Raymond began, "You see, I had this weird dream a while back. I was in a chapel, on my wedding day. And my bride ended up being Marlene." Raymond stopped for a moment from his wounds. Skipper was shocked to hear that.
"Anyway," Raymond continued, "I woke up, and she said we were dating. Then that turned out to be a dream. So, when I woke up from that dream, I thought that the dreams were a message of some sort. So to prove it, I went and…. you know."
"Wow," Skipper said, "So… what did you feel?"
"Nothing…nothing at all." Raymond said.
"Eggs and Bacon," Skipper said, "That's why you kissed her?"
"Pretty much."
"Wow…I'm…well, can't say I'd blame you." Skipper said to Raymond.
"Why would you say that?" Raymond asked.
"If I had a dream of marrying some girl other than Marlene, then I would kiss that girl, just to make sure." Skipper said.
"Seriously?" Raymond said, not knowing Skipper would understand.
"Of course I would, and next time that happens, tell me next time. Alright?" Skipper said looking at Raymond.
"Yeah," Raymond said, "Save some confusion." Then, the two continued to walk down the long hallway.
The two continued down the hall, when they heard the doors in front of them open. Raymond held up his air pistol (Which he holstered before getting shot) and pointed it at the door. When the doors open, he saw Marlene and Tanya run through the door. The two girls stopped when they saw Skipper and Raymond. They ran up to them happily, hugging them. "Raymond," Tanya said shocked, "What happened?"
"I let my guard down," Raymond said, "And I took a pellet for this penguin."
"Really? Come on, that can't be true." Marlene said, knowing Skipper wouldn't take a hit like that.
"Actually," Skipper said, "He's telling the truth. If I ever find myself starring down a barrel of a pistol with enemies all around me, knowing this is my final hour, I would be happy to have Raymond there to back me up."
"Ummm…" Tanya said, "Was that a compliment?"
"Yeah…" Marlene said, "He said almost the same thing to me when I thought my habitat was haunted."
"Yeah not to ruin the moment or anything," Raymond said, "But I was shot three times, and I would appreciate if we could get out of here, BEFORE I bleed to death."
"Right," Tanya said, pulling out her Walkie-talkie, "Reznov, we have two wounded soldiers, one in critical condition. We need a Med-evac!"
"Don't worry," Reznov said over the Walkie-talkie, "We have already arrived."
Then Tanya sighed in relief. "Okay," the Female lemur said putting the Walkie-Talkie away, "Let's go. I'll carry Raymond."
Then Skipper handed Raymond to Tanya, and Raymond leaned on her. Then, continued to walk toward the parking garage.
When the group got there, they saw everyone waiting for them. "Raymond," Erik said happily, "You're alive! Why I'm happier then a fruit bat at a fruit stand!"
"Yeah," Kyle said, "If you die, then I'll be alone with Erik."
Everyone else was congratulating the group. When Reznov and two other Russian Spetznaz lemurs walked up to them. "You did well now," Reznov said, and then turned to one of the lemurs, "Медик, позаботиться о раненых солдат!" The Lemurs nodded and one of them walked up to Raymond and picked him up. The other walked over to Kowalski with a first-aid kit.
"We move now," Reznov, said, "Soon, the hornet division will come in and clear out remaining guards." Everyone nodded and they walked in the helicopter. They carried Kowalski and Raymond on stretchers first, and then everyone else got on, and flew back to the Central Park Zoo.
Central Park Zoo:
The Helicopters landed in Central park, fortunately there were no humans around and the sound of cars and people blocked out the helicopters rotors, and everyone got out. Raymond had his waist wrapped in gauze, and had a cast over his arm and leg, while Kowalski had a cast around his leg also. Reznov waved to the group and the helicopter flew away.
"We should enter by sewer," Skipper said, "The zoos busy this time around."
"What time is it?" Erik asked.
Skipper starred at the sun, "About 1400 hours."
Erik looked at Skipper confused.
"He means 2 PM." Kelsi said to her boyfriend.
Erik nodded and they entered into the sewers using a sewer entrance near by (A/N- I used sewer entrance because I hate the word 'manhole'.)
When they entered, Raymond saw a big alligator in front of them. "Hi!" The alligator said.
"WHOA!" Raymond said surprised, "Who's this?"
"This is Roger," Skipper said, "He lives down here."
"Wow," Roger said starring at Kowalski's and Raymond's wounds, "What happened?"
"We got shot." Kowalski said.
"Oh no, that's terrible. Are you okay?" Roger asked concerned.
"We're fine," Raymond said, "By the way, I'm Raymond."
"I'm Roger." Roger said shaking Raymond's free hand, "You want some muffins?" Raymond starred at Roger for a while…
A while later, the group exited the sewers and entered the Penguin H.Q. Raymond walked out eating a muffin he got from Roger. "You know," Raymond said finishing the muffin and brushing the crumbs off of his fur, "Those muffins were pretty good."
"Yeah." Tanya said.
"Well," Skipper said to Raymond and Kowalski, "We can get rid of those casts now. Rico!" Then Rico regurgitated a hammer and smacked the cast, and the casts shattered. "Thanks Rico." Raymond and Kowalski said.
"Well," Tanya said, "We better get back to King Julien."
"Yeah," Darla said, "I need to see if Maurice is fine."
"I'm taking a nap." Kyle said.
"I gotta get out of the country before the feds find me." Kelsi said.
"And I gotta…leave for something." Erik said. Then, the group left. The only animals left were the penguins and Marlene.
Meanwhile, Raymond went to his room, avoiding King Julien and the rest of them. He was thinking about how to fix things with Tanya. He knew she forgave him, but he needed to make things right again. Then, King Julien busted in Raymond's room.
"Raymond," Julien said sing-song voice, "I'm throwing a crazy party tonight. And as your king, I hereby command you to come!"
"Sure." Raymond said nodding. Julien got excited and left. Raymond then came up with an idea. He went over to his desk and pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil and started to write something.