A/N: hello, readers! Finally I continue this story! Sorry for the long update... Well, here it is, the seventh chapter! All the truth finally revealed here... My advice is, don't hate Brian too much. :)
Father's Love
Chapter 7: The Truth
"Now, Skipper..." said Thorn. "You have five seconds to put down your gun on the floor, or you'll see their death."
"Five..."
"Four..."
"Three..."
"Two..."
Skipper stared Brian sharply, still aiming his pistol. Brian stared back with no expression.
"...One,"
Two gunshot echoed in the shack.
Two gunshot echoed in the shack.
Chrome Claw and Thorn jumped away, released their hostages and landed on the ground. Kowalski and Rico slided to Skipper's side. Brian and Private waddled to join them with pistols in their flippers.
"Dad, you're my real dad, right? It's impossible if I couldn't notice that you're a poser," said Skipper.
"Of course, my son. I will explain everything, but we have something to do first." Brian replied.
Thorn and Chrome Claw already got on their feet again, without any wound.
"Our shot missed?" asked Private.
"No, Private. They just can't be shot." answered Brian. "Thorn changed his right eye with the robotic one, just like Blowhole's. But... well, he did the surgery very good and there's no mark from it. That eye can detect all kind of movements in front of him, even bullets."
Thorn laughed evilly. "You're in a big trouble, Brian. Very big trouble."
"Don't worry about me. I've sabotaged your radio, so it's only us here." Brian replied.
Thorn grinned. "To be honest, my old friend, I'm not surprised by your betrayal."
"Good. So you're ready to die," said Brian. "Kowalski, Rico, Private! You take care of Chrome Claw! Be careful, he's much stronger now!" Brian ordered. "Skipper and I will fight Thorn."
"Um, dad? How do we supposed to fight someone who can detect all kind of movements?" asked Skipper.
Brian chuckled. "But he's alone, isn't he? He won't be able to fight the best General ever and a legendary Captain at the same time,"
Skipper smiled.
"Enough talking, now FIGHT!" shouted Chrome Claw with a robotic tone.
Rico coughed a chainsaw and two gatling guns for his friends. Chrome Claw moved towards them. Kowalski and Private started to shot, but their bullets gave no effect to Chrome Claw.
"His body is covered by iron!" Kowalski said.
Chrome Claw came to Private and swang his claw.
"Oh crap," Kowalski jumped and pushed Private away. He got the punch and threw to the wall.
"Kowalski!" Private yelled.
Rico jumped and sawed Chrome Claw's foot. But his chainsaw unable to cut it. Chrome turned around and punched him. He jumped up, but another punch came from the other claw. He coughed a box to block it. Still, the punch is much stronger. The claw destroyed the box and came for him in no time. He blocked it with his flippers at the last moment, and threw away.
"Rico!" Skipper shouted.
"You're mine!"
"Not so fast, Thorn!" Brian shouted.
Skipper just turned when Brian pushed him. He landed on the ground. And then he realized that Thorn almost hit his face before his dad pushed him away.
"Concentrate, son!" said Brian, while fighting Thorn's rapid attack.
Skipper got up."Thanks, dad!"
Brian blocked another punch to his stomach and quickly hit Thorn's head. Skipper came to join his dad, but Thorn immediately caught Brian's flipper and smacked him down, then dodged Skipper's punch.
"Dad!" Skipper called. He tried to hit Thorn again but Thorn crouched and elbowed his stomach. Skipper waddled back and coughed some blood, but Thorn hasn't stopped yet. He jumped and kicked Skipper. Skipper dodged.
"Too slow,"
Thorn quickly punched Skipper's head, but Brian immediately jumped to Thorn and pinned him down. He tried to hit Thorn's right eye. Thorn parried it and hit Brian's head with his own head. Brian backed off, and then Thorn got up.
Skipper quickly punched him. Thorn parried it and kicked back. Skipper blocked it and hit his head. But he dodged and punched him hardly. Skipper, didn't able to block it, fell down.
Rico got up. His flippers were bleeding. He saw Kowalski still lie on the ground. Private was trying to get away from Chrome's attack. He took Kowalski's gattling gun and started to shoot Chrome Claw. He knew it wasn't useful, but he should get him away from Private. Chrome Claw turned and moved towards Rico. Rico coughed a grenade launcher and shot him. It successfully dented his body and also hampered his movement.
"Kowalski," Rico grunted, while keep shooting. "You - okay?"
Kowalski took a deep breath and tried to get up. "I'm... okay... just... a little bit dizzy..."
Private slided to Kowalski's side and helped him to stand up. Rico coughed two grenade launcher for them.
"Ah, yeah," said Kowalski.
Kowalski and Private started to shoot, but suddenly Rico gasped and stopped. His flippers were bleeding badly.
"Rico! You okay?" Private yelled.
Rico nodded his head, and then he coughed a small bomb. He threw it to Chrome Claw.
"I understand! Private keep him near to the bomb!" said Kowalski.
Private nodded. They both shot Chrome Claw back to his place everytime he tried to get away from the bomb.
Rico grinned as the bomb was beeping faster and faster. Chrome Claw growled, and then the bomb exploded. Kowalski, Rico and Private jumped away from the explotion. Iron pieces scatterred around them.
Thorn stepped on Skipper's stomach. "See? You and your daddy aren't match with me,"
"You idiot," Skipper replied.
"Watch your words, son," said Thorn.
"First, I'm not your son," said Skipper. "Second..."
Brian jumped to Thorn and pinned him down again. "Always watch your back, idiot,"
Brian locked Thorn's flippers. "Now, son!"
"I shouldn't let you go when we were in the sewwer, Thorn," said Skipper. With that, he broke Thorn's neck.
Rico - already with bandaged flippers, Kowalski - with bandaged head, and Private slided to them.
"Boys, you all okay?" Skipper asked.
"Yes, sir," Kowalski answered.
"Glad to hear that. I'm so sorry for my bad behavior before," said Brian. "Now, follow me! Our mission isn't completed yet! I'll explain things to you while in our way,"
Brian slided to the far corner of the shack and pushed a button and the wall. An elevator appeared. The others quickly slided into it with him, and then the elevator moved down.
"So... listen," said Brian. "I didn't lie to you all. I lied to Thorn and Blowhole. No one knew that I am Skipper's father, remember? So I told them that Skipper's father is one of the Generals that I killed,"
"But... Why did you work for Blowhole?" asked Skipper.
"Well, let me explain it from the beginning," answered Brian. "Everything I told you till I met you and Jack at our house for the last time, Skipper, was a truth. After we met there, I went to a small village and lived there for several years. But, after I heard the news of... my oldest son's death... I decided that I should do something... I made a long-term plan. I tried to find Blowhole, and then I worked for him, saying that I was the best General in the army. It wasn't so hard to make him trust me,"
The elevator stopped. Brian jumped to the ceiling and opened a way to the ventilation.
"Follow me," said Brian.
They slided through the ventilation as the elevator's door opened, with Brian lead their way.
"I worked for him, and quickly became his right-hand man, and waited for a really long time to get the perfect moment to take him down. While I also followed all news about Thorn. I heard that he tried to kidnap my grandson. It burned my heart. He's such a jerk. All I could do was, investigate more about him. A week later, I told some senior General about it and his illegal experiments, of course secretly and I hid my identity. Shortly, finally the President fired Thorn. I didn't hear any news about him since that. I still couldn't get the right moment to take Blowhole's organization down. He always guarded by a lot of lobsters with special force's skills, and his organization was too big."
They met a crossroad and turned to the right.
"Until he told me that you and your team ruined his base at Equador - here. I thought, 'this is the time!', but it seemed like he already anticipated my betrayal. So I could do nothing as he activated all security procedure. I was alone. I started to think that my plan wouldn't work, I wouldn't able to get away from Blowhole to meet you again,"
They met another crossroad and this time Brian lead them to the left.
"I had no choice. I couldn't get away from the organization alive - they were much more dangerous than Thorn's people. So I worked for Blowhole, hoping that I'll get another chance,"
"So... What brought you to our HQ?" Skipper asked.
"Blowhole had another plan to destroy the human beings, Skipper," Brian answered. "He wanted to make a mega nuclear. Of course I couldn't let him to do it. Suddenly, he told me that someone would help him, someone that I probably knew. So we met, and I was a little surprised to know that it was Thorn. He knew that I told the other Generals about his illegal experiments, he had a lot of information source. I was pretty sure that it was my second chance to defeat both my enemies. So I gave them an idea to kill Skipper first before the construction of the nuclear."
"Uh," Private whispered.
"Of course I won't ever want to kill my own son. It was just a tactic," Brian added. "My heart hurts a lot when I said that, Private. Especially because I work for a guy who killed my child,"
"So... What happened after it?" asked Kowalski.
"I told them that Skipper's father is one of the Generals that I killed, and I could pretend to be the best friend of him. Shortly, they sent me to your HQ with wounds around my body, so I could lie that Blowhole attacked me. But, when I got to your HQ, I told you the truth - half of the truth - instead of telling you that I was your dad's best friend. Of course, because actually I am your father. Those days around my family were my best days ever after,"
"But, why did you kidnap us when we were asleep?" asked Private.
"I need you all to defeat Thorn, Blowhole and their minions," answered Brian. "We need to sneak into this base without get detected. The security here is so unbreakable. Lobsters and penguins - who loyal to Thorn - guard every path of this base. Every important door has fingerprint detector. There are so many lasers inside the ventilation,"
"So...?"
"I brought you all here by kidnapping you and made Skipper come here to avoid Blowhole's suspicion. I couldn't tell you the plan because if one of us got interrogated, they'd use the truth potion - similar to Kowalski's, and then all our plan would be ruined. After it, I tried to take care of you all instead of Thorn or Blowhole in the prison. I'm so sorry for my violence there,"
"That's fine, Grandpa," Private replied.
They turned to the left. Slowly, the air became warmer inside the ventilation.
"I sabotaged Thorn's radio and all laser inside the ventilation. After it, as you know, we fought Thorn and Chrome Claw together and then here we are," Brian continued.
"And what are we doing here, dad? Why is it so hot here?" Skipper asked.
"You'll see it later," answered Brian.
The others quickly stared him. He chuckled.
"Don't worry, I won't bring you all to a trap," said him. "I'm just afraid of Blowhole. In my plan, he should be there and got killed with Thorn. But he sent his newest robot at the last second instead of fighting Skipper by himself. It makes me worried,"
They reached the end of the ventilation and jumped down into a wide room. There was only a big computer inside it.
"The warmth at the ventilation came from the nuclear room, not far from here. It didn't kill us, luckily, because they're just going to start the construction. This computer is the main server for this base, supposed to be in Thorn's control," Brian explained. "Kowalski, help me to shut down the electricity and stop all operations through this computer."
Kowalski and Brian started to type things on the keyboard, while the others were watching them.
Suddenly, Skipper's gut felt not good, just like something bad would happen. He started to worry. Minutes by minutes passed, and there was still no sign of Blowhole. Skipper knew that the evil dolphin isn't stupid, he must be already find out about Thorn's and Chrome Claw's death. But, where is he? What is he doing right now? What's wrong with his gut? Those questions made him nervous.
Suddenly, the computer, the lamp and the cooler in the room turned off. The whole base, which was located under the ground, became completely dark.
"Yeah! We did it!" Kowalski shouted.
"Good job, Lieutenant!" Brian replied. He hugged Kowalski, and then did a five with Private and Rico.
"We've deleted all data in the computer. It will reboot soon. And after the voltage turned on again, they will not able to build the mega nuclear anymore," Brian explained. "We'll finish our last task after the computer reboot, in case if something failed. We'll kill Blowhole."
Skipper hugged his dad tightly. "I'm really sorry, dad. I shouldn't hate you or say bad things to you. I'm sorry..."
Private smiled to hear that. Brian smiled too, and returned the hug.
"That's okay, son. I understand. That's alright," said Brian. "You always make me proud of you. You've mastered my move, huh?"
Suddenly the door opened and they all heard a gunshot. Warm liquid spread on Skipper's chest. And then the lamps in the base turned on again.
"That's okay, son..." Brian whispered. There was a shot at Brian's back. It was his blood which was covered Skipper's body.
"No..." Skipper whispered, holding his tears. He was still hugging his dad, but this time Brian didn't breath. "No... Dad... Please... Don't..."
Skipper stared the door. Blowhole stood there on his vehicle, with a grin and a pistol in his flipper.
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: PLEASE TELL ME HOW WAS IT ^^