Chapter 3 – Missing king
A/N: I heard they're making a fourth season of Penguins of Madagascar. I'm so excited. I hope it's true.
There will be some Skilene in this chapter and some others, I hope you like it.
~PoM~
"What do you mean Ringtail's gone?" Skipper asked in surprise.
"I'm telling you, I can't find him anywhere! I looked for him in your habitat as well but he wasn't there either "Maurice stated, a look of concern on his face.
"Wasn't he with you and Mort at the party last night?" Kowalski questioned, confused by the statement.
"Yeah he was, but when no one came to his party he got really mad and stormed out of his kingdom. I thought he was just going for a walk to calm himself down so I waited for him to come back, but he never did." the black lemur explained.
The penguin leader rubbed his chin in thought. "Where would Ringtail go to? No way will he leave the zoo because one party didn't go as planned. Something must have happened. I just know it I…" his thoughts were broken when he felt something pulling his flipper. He looked down and saw Mort looking up to him with big, watery eyes.
"Please help find King Julian" Mort whimpered. Skipper smiled lightly at him and patted his head.
"Don't worry Sad Eyes. We'll find Ringtail wherever he is and we'll bring him back" the penguin promised. This made the mouse lemur a bit calmer and released his flipper. Skipper then turned his attention to the other animals and said. "Listen up everyone. Ringtail is somewhere in this zoo. If we spread out one of us will surely find him."
"Aye-Aye Skippah!" His teammates saluted while Maurice and Mort nodded. All the animals split up and looked around.
Skipper's first guess was Marlene's habitat because it's one of the places that Julian often would go to beside the penguins'. Her home was a small, concrete cave surrounded by water.
He jumped over the red, brick wall and splashed into the pool that circled around her cave, then he got out of the water and ruffed his wet feathers dry. For some reason he hesitated to go inside at first but then shook his head and entered the tunnel entrance.
"Hey Marlene" Skipper greeted calmly. Marlene who was busy painting on her canvas turned to him and smiled.
"Oh hey Skipper. Can I help you with something?" she said cheerfully.
"Yeah have you seen Ringtail?" he asked while glaring around.
Marlene looked confused but answered. "Well yeah he did come to my habitat last night to invite me to his party but I told I can't come because I was too busy back then. Why, is something wrong?" she asked curiously.
"Yeah he's gone M.I.A" Skipper answered. "Maurice said he left his habitat last night and hasn't return yet" he explained to the otter.
Marlene gasped, closing her mouth with her paw. "That's terrible!" she responded. Skipper nodded in agreement.
"I know. Me and the others have already started searching for him but we had no luck yet" he said with his flippers on his hips.
"Can I help?" she offered.
"Sure" he returned. Then they left together to look for the missing king. They asked the chimps, the gorillas, the elephant, the kangaroo and the rhino but none of them knew where Julian was. Later they both sat on a bench to rest for a while.
"I hope Julian is all right, wherever he is right now" the otter said in concern.
"Me too" Skipper simply replied. He eyed her for a second and opened his beak to speak but hesitated. He had something for Marlene but never was able to tell her about it.
Private then came running to them, panting for breath. "Skippah, there you are" then he noticed Marlene with him "Oh hi Marlene!" he greeted.
"Hey Private, why the rush?" the otter questioned.
"Kowalski wants us to meet him in his lab. He says he has an invention that will help us find Julian" the rookie told them. Marlene's face lit with excitement. That was the best thing she heard all day.
"That's great Private!" she grabbed Skipper from his flipper and dragged him all the way to the penguin base. "C'mon Skipper let's go!" she exclaimed.
"Marlene, slow down!" Skipper muttered.
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When Skipper, Marlene, and Private arrived at the base, Rico and the lemurs were already there waiting for them along with Kowalski. He held a box-shaped device with a small screen on it.
"Good. We're all here" Kowalski announced. Marlene moved closer to get a better look at it "Is that the invention told us about?" she asked. Kowalski answered.
"Yes It's a DNA tracking device and with it I can trace anyone in anywhere just by getting a DNA sample from him" the scientist explained.
"So you're saying that all we need now to find King Julian is a DNA sample from him?" Maurice concluded. Kowalski nodded. The chubby lemur left the base and returned with Julian's favorite tail brush. Kowalski took some fur from it and put into his device, then a small green dot appeared in the screen that showed where the ring-tailed was but Kowalski however looked surprise by the results.
"That's strange. According to my invention Julian is somewhere in the city"
"Then that's where we're going" Skipper said, determent.
A/N: M.I.A means 'missing in action'
In the next chapter the penguin team will go to the city to search for their Julian. Review please it will help me a lot.