Chapter 13 – Final stand

A/N: Sorry for keeping you waiting here's chapter thirteen where the fight begins!

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After days of traveling in the sea, their ship finally reached Antarctica. The closer they got the colder it be became. When they arrived at the shore they decided to continue on foot because they didn't want to damage the ship. Skipper took a deep breath and let it out. He held onto his back bag and looked over to the group.

"Everyone's ready?" he asked, the other five penguins nodded. They carried all the necessary equipment they needed for the journey in in their back bags. He looked over to the lemurs and Marlene who wore some coats and scarves that the otter had made for them.

"So cold…" Mort shivered.

"Are you guys okay?" Skipper asked. He pretty much expected the four mammals wouldn't be able to handle the cold weather easily.

"Yeah, of course!" Marlene answered. She felt cold too though.

"Alright! Let's go!" he said as they climbed off the ship. The air around them was cold and there was a little sun light, but that's how Antarctica is in this time of year.

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Private walked in the middle of the group as they made their through the frozen wastelands. He kept holding his uncle's flipper as he looked around curiously. It's been a long time since the last time he has been here. Then he looked back to check on the four mammals behind. Marlene looked fine, and Maurice carried Mort in his own back bag so he wouldn't be separated from them and Julian kept complaining about the weather.

"Argh my royal booty is freezing!" he muttered while hugging himself for warmth.

"Skipper, where exactly is Weston's base?" asked Kowalski.

"Its few miles away from here. We'll get there in three hours." Skipper explained. Private noticed a look of concern on his face. Just how dangerous is this weapon? He thought.

"Skippah, what will happen when we confront Weston and his henchmen?" he asked.

The question caught him off guard. Skipper knew that they'll face Weston soon and he was determined to win the fight, but what really concerned him was his friends' safety. There is a chance that there might be some casualties after the battle. What if they lost someone during the fight? He quickly shook the thought away. He couldn't imagine losing one of his comrades and won't allow it to happen.

"Once we get there, we will break in, beat Weston and his gang, and destroy the weapon before he activates it." He looked back to the group and grinned to boost their confidence.

They all nodded.

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"Do you see anything?" Private asked as he hid behind a big rock with Skipper. They split up from the group to cover more ground. Skipper peeked from behind the rock to see two penguins guarding the base gate. He rubbed his chin thinking. Then an idea hit him.

"Private, I need you to go over there and distract those guards for me" he whispered to him.

"But Skippah, what if I got captured?" he asked nervously.

"Don't worry; I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." Skipper said, giving his best smile to assure that.

"….Okay," Private replied, uncertain.

While the two guards were chatting, Private slowly sneaked from behind the rock and walked towards them revealing himself to them.

"Hey, what are you doing here, kid?" the first penguin asked.

"Oh! Well, you see I was just walking by and I thought…." As he continued talking, Skipper took the chance of them both being distracted and knocked them out.

"Nice work, Private!" Skipper exclaimed. Then he motioned for the others to follow them. As soon as they stepped inside the gate slammed shut locking them inside.

"What the-"Buck muttered. Twenty penguins suddenly stood in front of them and took a fighting formation like what Skipper's team does.

"We're trapped!" Marlene said worried. She knew they were going to a battle but she never expected that they'll have to fight an army. She suddenly became nervous.

"We'll have to fight them back if we want to get to the main room!" Skipper took a fighting pose and so did everyone. Rico quickly upchucked three baseball bats for Marlene, Maurice, and Julian. Each one of them grabbed a bat and prepared himself for battle. The penguin army immediately charged at them. The four commandoes jumped in the air and did a swift kick knocking the first four soldiers out of the way. The rest clashed with them, and because they were outnumbered they tried separating the army to make it a fair fight. One penguin soldier charged at Skipper and threw a punch at him. Skipper blocked it and countered with low kick flipping the soldier off the ground. His teammates and the two agents kept pushing them back using every move they knew.

Marlene and the two lemurs however didn't go through any training and didn't know any moves. Julian was punched by a soldier sending him flying into the snow. Marlene gritted he teeth and swung her bat at him but avoided it and slapped it out of her hands. He tried to hit her again but she knelt down and elbowed him in the stomach allowing Julian to get back up and whacking him with his bat. One penguin was about to attack Maurice from behind when Mort suddenly jumped from Maurice's back bag and bit his flipper. The soldier yelped in pain as he tried to shake him off. Maurice then spun around and whacked him in the head.

"Thanks buddy" he said to Mort. The mouse lemur giggled and went back into the back bag. Suddenly, a loud humming noise echoed through the walls of the base, like the sound of an engine.

"It can't be!" Skipper muttered, he left the battle site and entered the base. Weston must have reached the weapon! He thought.

"Skippah!" Private cried and went after him.

"Private, wait!" Nigel was about to follow him but more soldiers got in his way. They needed to finish here so they could go after them.

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Skipper ran as fast as he could through passage way. "I must find and stop him before it's too late" Skipper thought. Moments later, he finally reached the main room. He opened the door and gazed around. There were giant screens and radars on every wall and in the center of the room the large cannon was. Its structure was entirely made metal and covered in blue and silver armor. Weston was staring at it with pride with his two henchmen Jack and Dave by his side.

"Stop!" he yelled as he stood behind them.

The cyborg turned around and smiled to see him. "Ah Skipper, I'm glad you've come all the way here to witness this moment. After all you've been a big help in achieving this."

Skipper scowled deeply. "What are you even planning to do with that thing?" he shouted.

"I'm going to use it to conquer and build a whole new world. No one will be able to stop me with the new power I have." He gestured to the cannon behind him.

"Like I'll let you!" Skipper went to attack him only to be stopped by Dave and Jack. He tried to fight them off but they overpowered him and pinned him to the metal ground. He struggled to break free but failed. Private suddenly came and knocked them both off Skipper with a quick round house.

"Private?"

"Skippah, I've come to help you!" Private said. Skipper was startled, but nodded and they began fighting the two penguins together. Weston grabbed a knife and was about to stab Private.

Time seem to move slowly.

Private closed his eyes as blade got closer to him, but when he opened his eyes he gasped in shock.

Because In front of him stood Skipper.

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A/N: So many things happened in one chapter. Weston has the weapon and Skipper got stabbed! Don't worry I'll update as soon as I can.

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