Chapter Nine:
Skipper screamed as he shook himself awake. What was with the nightmares all of a sudden? He`d never suffered with them before. The penguin thought about what Private had said to him the night before he left. Could the sinister dolphin outside the pet carrier really be working with… no, he was just a movie character, a made up being. Skipper settled himself against the wall of the cage, it was obvious he wasn't going to get anymore sleep that night. Would he ever get home to his brothers again? Skipper pondered this and thought of a great ally to his team.
"Oh where`s Classified and the north wind when I need them," Skipper moaned.
Touching down in Denmark, Private led his team to the jail. Just to find out that they were mere hours too late. Saddened at discovering yet another dead-end, Private ran to the little mermaid statue and cried. The little penguin dried his tears and looked at Skipper`s kitbag. He didn't even realize he had it with him. Private stood up and was about to cast the bag into the sea; thereby accepting the fact that Skipper was never coming home. Until something made him stop, he would never know why he did it but Private unzipped the bag and had a look at it`s contents. Aside from the usual commando/adventurer type equipment, Private found an open but untouched packet of cheesy dibbles and something he would never expect to find. An ornate, gilded locket. Private didn't mean to pry, but he opened the locket and got the shock of his life, the little trinket unfolded concertina style and revealed photographs of Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private himself. Marlene was waiting for Private a little way away and the little penguin hurried towards her.
"Marlene, look at what I found!" the little penguin exclaimed as he met up with his friend.
"What is it Private?" the otter asked curiously.
"It`s a locket, I found it in Skipper`s kitbag," Private replied, "and look," he prompted.
Marlene examined the locket, "why it`s the four of you," she gasped in surprise.
"I didn't even know Skipper had that," Kowalski revealed when he and Rico caught up.
Marlene undid the clasp on the locket chain and put it around Private`s neck, it slid right off. So Rico coughed up a small pouch, the otter slipped the locket inside and private wore the velvet purse around his neck.
" Now we just need to track Skipper`s movements," Kowalski deduced, "but how?" he wondered.
"I know!" Private exclaimed, "who at least tried to help you when I was kidnapped by Dave?" he asked.
"The North Wind!" Kowalski and rico exclaimed together.
"Wait, the who?" Marlene asked.
"Classified, Eva, Short Fuse and Corporal," Private clarified.
"And where exactly is their headquarters?" Eggy enquired.
"There`s a secret entrance to it in London zoo, England," Kowalski revealed.
Marlene and Eggy groaned in frustration as a flower mysteriously appeared in a nearby alleyway.
A/N: right chapter nine is history, i might revise when book is finished, but i don't know at the moment.
i chose London zoo as the location for a secret entrance to the north wind`s headquarters for a bit of a James bond-ish feel.
i own nothing.
penguins of Madagascar (c) dreamworks animation
rise of the guardians/the guardians of childhood (c) dreamworks animation/William Joyce