Ch.9: The Dead Genius
Inside Skipper's Tower, Kolwaski was nervous, gentley tugging at the shock collar that still encircled his throat. Just a few hours ago Evil Skipper had returned with his unconious counterpart along with a beaten resistance.
As Savio and Kitka guided most of the prisoners down towards the dungeon, the unconious Skipper was dragged upwards towards the lab. Seeing the smirk on the Evil Skipper's face, Kolwaski could tell that whatever the dark penguin had planned for his good side was going to be terrible.
"I have to put things right," thought Kolwaski, and immediately came up with a plan.
A few minutes later, Savio and Kitka returned from the dungeon, and went back to performing their regular tasks, giving Kolwaski a clear shot to the basement without fear of being caught.
He was just greatful that the other villians were occupied upstairs for a moment, as he traveled down into the dark.
The dungeon was a place Kolwaski never liked to be. It was dark and dank, and no animal survived there for very long.
"Hard to believe that this fortress once belonged to Blowhole," thought Kolwaski, as he continued to walk.
Finally hearing small sounds of life, Kolwaski ran over to one of the cells, and let out a sigh of relief once his eyes met the beaten forms of the remaining resistance.
Private and Rico had their backs slightly burned from the Blowhole-Bot's rays, but looked pyshically alright all the same. Marlene barely had any injuries at all, except for a few gashes in her arms where Kitka's claws had dug in.
The otter's eyes instantly lit up with hope when she saw Kolwaski standing by the cell door.
"Great, you're here!" said Marlene, rushing to the door to greet her friend " do you know where Skipper is? Is he alright?"
"He's been taken up to the lab" said Kolwaski " I can only imagine what his evil self is doing up there,"
"Then there's no time to lose" said Private, getting up " we have to act now. Kolwaski, can you unlock the lock?"
Following Private's command, Kolwaski immediately scanned the lock to cell door for anyway to break it open, when a sudden charge shocked through his entire being.
His shock collar had been set off, delievering massive amounts of pain. As Marlene, Private, and Rico gasped in surprise at Kolwaski, the sound of evil laughter soon directed their attention to a dark figure standing in the center of the hallway, a remote control in his hand.
"Hans!" Private growled " Stop this! Stop this now!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk" said the puffin, ignoring Private's pleas " I sent here to retrieve the prisoners for Emeperor Skipper, and here I find a traitor trying to set them free. Well Kolwaski, we all know the price for deception,"
"No don't please!" Kolwaski begged, but Han's just turned the shock collar level higher.
Kolwaski screamed as the pain increased, his tortued cries echoing through the hollow halls, before Hans finally turned the shock collar off, ant the brainiac penguin fell dead to the ground.
Tears welled up in the prisoners eyes as the they beheld the lifeless form of their friend.
"Hmph" said Hans, kicking the body aside " he may be the first to fall after your beloved leader. But don't worry my friends, you'll join them both soon enough,"
Meanwhile, the good Skipper had finally managed to make his way off the garbage barge and back on New York city, his mind racing with fury as he tried to come up with a stragety to teach his evil self a lesson.
Swinging from every ruined lamp post and street sign, Skipper soon found his way to the bottom of Skipper's Tower, just in time to see Savio and Kitka come out of the front entrance.
Quickly taking cover from behind a bush, Skipper carefully watched the two minions as they returned to their respected posts. Kitka landed ontop of the entrance of Skipper's Tower to remain guard, while Savio slithered back towards the arena to watch over the fights.
However, the sinister serpent only got halfway out of the area, before the familair sent of penguin caught his nose.
Slithering close to the bush Skipper was hiding in, Savio peeked his head inside, hungry for a snack. Instead all he got was big smack on the head from Skipper, blacking out to dreamland.
Putting Savio's extremely long body to work, Skipper made a lasso out of the unconious snake, and aimed it at Kitka. Frightened by the scaly prensence suddenly encircling her body, Kitka pulled her wings free of the bind, and started to flap upwards, dragging Savio's body along for the ride.
Latching on tight, Skipper rode Savio up as Kitka flew, and jumped off into an open window on the fifth floor. Smiling micheiviously as he heard Kitka crash outside, no longer able to handle Savio's weight.
"The evil me must be on the top floor" thought Skipper " then that's where I'll be too,"
Skipper was about to go out into the hallway when the sound of squeaky wheels suddenly stopped in his tracks. Hiding in the shadows, Skipper watched as the Blowhole-Bot slowly passed by pushing a gurney. And Skipper gasped in shock when he saw what body was on it.
"Kolwaski" said Skipper " oh no,"
The smart penguin lay silent and still, not a hint of breath leaving from his body. The fury Skipper felt for evil counterpart dwindled as his concern for his friends grew.
If Kolwaski was dead, then it woudn't be long before the others would be dead too.
"I can worry about revenge later" said Skipper " right now I have to save my friends,"
Meanwhile, on the top floor of Skipper's Tower, Marlene, Rico, and Private were all waiting nervously in fear, waiting for whatever torture Evil Skipper had in mind to unleash upon them. Hans stood outside guarding the door, making sure no one could disturb his master's work.
The evil penguin glared at three captives, smiling at the pure thought of gore. Pressing one of the buttons on the control panel, a strange, blue ball popped out of the cieling glowing with electric light.
"I've waited years for this day" growled Evil Skipper " now my subjects, give me your life!"