Chapter 14 – Unforgettable moments

A/N: Here we are. The chapter that we all been waiting for, there were so many possibilities for this chapter but I chose this one. I hope you like it.

~PoM~

It all happened quickly. Weston slowly pulled his knife and backed away from Skipper. The penguin leader winced in pain as he fell down bleeding.

"S-Skippah!" Private cried with tears in his eyes as he rushed to his side and helped him sit. The cyborg penguin chuckled at them.

"You got what you deserve after standing against me. Now Dave, finish them" he ordered.

The muscular penguin with the scarred eye stared at the two for a while as if he was thinking and replied. "No."

"What? Do as I tell you!" Weston shouted.

"I won't." Dave said. "You told me that you're going to help us build a better world, but all I've seen you do is hurt people. I won't serve you anymore!" he walked away from him and stood next to the two "I'll help them." he finished. Skipper and Private were dumbfounded by this.

"Fine! Jack, take them out!" he ordered him.

All eyes fell on Jack who was looking confused between him and them. "Oh boy." he groaned and joined the group. "Guess he got you there buddy."

Weston scowled deeply at this. "You idiots! How dare you betray me?" he growled and tried to crush them with his metal flipper. With all the strength he had left Skipper charged again and kicked the cyborg to the face sending him crashing into the large keyboard and losing consciousness. After doing such move and bleeding so much, Skipper's body finally collapsed and slowly lost consciousness. Just then Kowalski and the others came after defeating the penguin army only to see Skipper's numb body.

"Skipper! No!" Marlene cried with tears and went to help him. "What happened to him?" she asked.

"Weston stabbed him." Private answered. Rico upchucked some bandages and helped Marlene closing his wound. Kowalski then noticed Dave and Jack standing next to them.

"It's okay Kowalski. They're with us now." Private said. The two penguins nodded to assure them. A deep voice suddenly spoke.

Self-destruct sequences initiated. T-minus four minutes until destruction

The ground began shaking violently and the walls crumbling down. "We have to get out of here!" Nigel said, he and Buck carried the wounded Skipper while Jack and Dave carried their ex-leader and escaped the base with everyone else before it was blown to bits.

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"Urgh…" Skipper groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. He looked around to see that he was inside the ship with his body tied with bandages.

"Skipper, you're awake!?" Marlene said joyfully and called out for everyone. All of the animals then burst into the room. He yelped in pain when Rico, Kowalski, and Private recklessly hugged him.

"Sorry Skippah." Private apologized sheepishly.

"What happened? How did I get here and how long have I been sleeping?" he asked.

"You've been out for four day, cupcake." Buck snickered.

"FOUR DAYS!?" Skipper muttered in shock. "How can that be!? What about Weston and the Weapon?" everyone laughed at his reaction.

"Calm down lad. The weapon was destroyed along with the base after it was self-destructed. As for Weston he's now in prison." Nigel explained.

Skipper sighed. "Well, that's a relief." He looked up to them and smiled. "I'm proud of you all. Thanks to you guys we stopped Weston and I'm here and alive right now."

Kowalski nodded and announced. "All right everyone; let's leave Skipper to get some rest." They all turned around and left the room.

"I can't wait to be getting back to my kingdom to tell all the zoo animals about my glorious victory." Julian added on his way out. Maurice rolled his eyes in response.

"Sure thing your majesty." He shrugged.

"Will you let me touch your feet now?" Mort asked.

"No!"

Skipper then noticed Private was still in the room and raised an eye brow. "Is something wrong Private?"

"Oh I just wanted to ask you something." He explained. "Why did you protect me when Weston tried to stab me?"

Skipper grinned. "I promised you didn't I? I told you that I won't let anything happen to you right?"

Private's eyes widen as he remembered and smiled. "Thank you Skippah."

"No problem" Skipper replied.

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Later that day, the sun was setting and ship slowly left the shore. Skipper pulled himself up and went outside. He then noticed Jack and Dave were still on the ship.

"You guys are coming too?" he asked them.

"Forget it pal, I'm not spendin' the rest of my life on that block of ice." Jack said and punched skipper playfully.

"We're sorry for fighting you and your friends back then. We thought we were serving the right cause, but I guess we were wrong." Dave explained. "Once we arrived at New York we'll leave to find a new home."

"It's okay. You're welcomed to come to our zoo whenever you like."

"We will." Dave nodded.

The penguin leader then walked to the edge of the ship and gazed to the shore as they departed. He was glad that everyone made out of there safe and the weapon was finally destroyed. He was glad that his mistakes have been undone.

"Feeling better?" Marlene asked as she came and stood next to him.

"Yeah, a little." He replied. Both of them stared at the horizon.

"Wow, I can't believe all what happened in those two weeks. I should go on adventures with you guys more often."

"Sure, but first you will have to go through a lot of hard training to catch up."

"Bring it on!" Marlene laughed. "On I just remembered. You wanted to tell me something right?" she asked.

Skipper stiffed. "This is it. It's now or never!" he thought. He took a deep breath and spoke.

"Marlene…..I love you." There he finally said it! He frowned and waited for her reaction, but to his surprise she smiled softly and replied.

"Me too."

The End

A/N: Yay! We finally finished it! I can't believe this fanfic took me half a year to make, but it was fun to write and I'm glad that many of you enjoyed it. :)

Please review!

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