Skipper had thought long and hard about his talk with Sara. Before Stefan made his visit Sara had said something about security. Stefan had prevented her from upgrading. Skipper wasn't comfortable with that. They needed a strong security system if they were going to be able to train and get organized without worrying about a sudden attack. Unit Nine was going to really heat things up starting tomorrow. That was the plan. Everyone agreed to it. Unit Nine was going to reconnect with the other units. They were all tired of being isolated. But that wasn't as important as security. Why not start off with something important?

Skipper sat up in his bunk. He had to talk to Sara again. He jumped down and walked out of the room, into the hallway. He walked down the corridor of sector 12, through the training areas, and stopped in front of The Generals double doors. He didn't know if he really wanted to wake her up in the middle of the night. She usually didn't take kindly to that. He couldn't waste time, though, so he reached for the door.

When his flipper was inches from the door, it flung open and an arm came out and yanked him inside.

Out of instinct he grabbed the arm and flipped the attacker over his shoulder. He thought someone had infiltrated the base and taken the General… He was wrong. He had flipped the General over his shoulder. He was shocked, first of all. The General never did things like that. She wasn't one for surprises, she was orderly. Not childish at all. Skipper just stared at her lying on the floor for a minute before his common sense came back and an apology escaped his beak.

"Skipper," Sara warned,

"Sorry," He responded quickly. "Wait no, discard that. Um why did you do that?" He asked changing the subject. Sara hated apologies.

Sara got up and picked up her spear. She stood in front of Skipper and explained. "The Global General contacted me a few minutes ago. Stefan informed him of our threat, and the Global isn't happy with us. He told me to back down, order the troops to obey." She paused. "He doesn't get it. He doesn't understand. Stefan has the Global eating out of his flippers, so he didn't believe a word I said. I asked him for help, for more troops, more privilege because our numbers were so," She paused again, "Small." Sara finished discouraged. "We need help Skipper. I don't know where to get it."

"We don't need help," Skipper replied confidently. "We have everything we need. We don't need troops or more privilege. What we need is a stronger defense. We need a better security system. Then we can worry about the rest." Skipper was positive that with a strong security they would be able to focus on so much more.

Sara laughed. "A stronger security system? Skipper we're not permitted to a stronger system. No one is going to give us one."

"Who said anything about asking for one? We'll make our own. And I know the perfect man for the job," Skipper replied calmly. He smiled at her.

Within the hour Kowalski had joined them in the Generals quarters.

"So all I'll need is wires and a lot of circuit boards and cameras. It doesn't matter how old or new they are, I can upgrade them, and sound receivers," Kowalski finished. It wasn't all that hard. It would only take a day and a half, two days tops. All he needed to do was run cables through the walls of the base, up to the base roof, and extending down into the basement (or weapons room). From there he'd just have to upgrade the cameras and attach them to the cables. He could even make some of them move if he wanted to. Every camera would have to be attached with a sound receiver to provide the ears of every room. The hardest part would be migrating the circuits and cables into the security room's mainframe. The rest was pretty simple, for Kowalski that is.

"Look in the weapons room. There should still be some left over," Sara instructed. "If you need more cameras I can put men on lookout duty and you can use and upgrade the ones we currently have."

"That would help," Kowalski replied respectfully. "I can start right away if you want," Kowalski offered. He wanted to start right away. He had been dying from lack of science. He desperately needed to fiddle with wires and circuit boards. Desperately.

"Please do," Sara responded.

Kowalski nodded and headed off to the weapons room, excited to be able to do something with science.

Skipper and Sara talked the rest of the night. She pulled George from his sleep to talk with him as well. They planned ahead, and discussed different tactics and war plans. Different defensive and offensive attacks and tactics. Over a time period of seven hours, Skipper, Sara, and George made plans for and offensive attack on not only Stefan, but the Global General too. They also planned ahead to what war plans they would present to Scythro. After the treaty was finalized they would have to start organizing offensive and defensive fronts, tactics, etc. They had to be prepared. By six o'clock in the morning they had planned a one day trip to Unit sixes base, and fifteen's base. Unit six was a sneaky unit, they used stealth, but weren't very fast. They relied upon their ghost-like ability to keep them out of harm's way. Unit six was one of the weaker units, in terms of muscle. If they weren't seen then they didn't have to fight, getting rid of the need for strength training. Whenever a war threat was posed, they would simply sneak into their enemy's base and kidnap whoever was in charge. Unit Six was housed in the Rockies. At the base of the mountain range were five sets of fifteen ventilation shafts, on each side of the mountain range. One hundred fifty in all. Unit fifteen liked the big guns, big boom, boom type tactics. They were the muscle boys (no joke the entire unit was guys, not a single female). They loved guns, bombs, crossbows, tanks, all of it. Not only that, but every soldier in the group was one of the strongest men in the circuit. Their name 'Muscle men' was no lie. They were strong, strong in muscle and strong willed. They were allowed to have opinions too. Unit Fifteen was also a very reliable unit, if you presented a just reason, they would help you with anything.

Sara didn't know Unit Six besides what she's heard from others, but she knew Unit fifteen. Marcadiso was the unit general. He was a tough guy, strong, determined, and strict. His men respected with such honor. They did everything he asked of them, because they knew that there was a good reason behind the task. But what most people didn't know was that Marcadiso had a soft side. The only ones who knew that were his men, and Sara. Sara had called upon his help many times before, and he has always come through for her. But this time things would be different. She hadn't spoken to Marcadiso in over three years. Unit Nine needed his help now more than ever. Their numbers were very few, their resources were hindered, and to top it all off their only help came from the towns that they were supposed to be protecting. The towns were only helping because they felt it was right, and because Unit Nine always came through for them. Sara just hoped Marcadiso would understand. She was afraid he would think of her as a liar. She didn't even want to think about Unit Six. Unit Six was just so secluded, the only units it communicated with were units Four and Five. No one really cared for those three Units.

Another plan they had made was to travel to Delivaria. They wanted to keep the town updated, and explain what they were planning to do. They wanted the Delivarians to be informed, so they weren't in the dark. Sara would talk to the Governor, Delihakei and explain everything and all plans they had. She would explain the third part, the treaty with Scythro, and what their other plans (concerning the Delivarian crops) were.

Once their discussion was done, Skipper and George went to the training area and completed the daily training. And so the week drew on, training continued as normal, Skipper told the guys about the walkie-talkie and they joined in the conversations, Skipper left the unit twice more that week just to look up at the night sky and get his thoughts organized.

Then the day came. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, Private, George, Reniku, and Sara suited up for the journey, and also to be ready should Scythro suddenly attack. Once ready they took an underground tunnel that led them to a huge, underground, cavern. In the middle of the cavern stood a confident, built Gentoo penguin. In his hand was a knife, a bow was strung on his back along with a quiver of arrows. He had six men with him. Each one had a bow and arrows, and duel swards. Half were holding swards, the other half had a readied bow at their side.

Sara continued forward until they were five feet from the man and his men. "Scythro," She said unemotionally.

"Sara," Scythro replied, mimicking her tone of voice.

And so the meeting began.