A\N: Has disgusting and creepy parts. ^.^
Ted pushed the gate open. Everyone jumped as a loud, screeching noise filled the air. "Talk about unoiled!" Ted muttered. Their ears were still ringing as the party made their way into the creepy fortress. Private was reminded of a human village. The houses were made out of mud, sticks and reeds covered the roof. There was a deafening silence, the air thick and stuffy, like before a humongous storm. Private had the feeling that eyes were watching them, even though no one was there.
Blue shivered before leading them through the village. Martha had grown up in this town, but she had never experienced something like this. It was like a ghost town. Literally. She thought she saw something. The blood froze in her veins when the lemur looked up to a hill. A dead, gory body was hanging from the gallows, birds feeding on its insides. There was a rat, nibbling at something Martha couldn´t make out, and she didn´t think she would like to. "T-Ted! Look!"
The other turned. "What? I don´t see anything." Now Blue and Private turned. "What did you see?" Seeing the two kids listening, Martha shook her head. "Nothing. Just my imagination, I guess." Taking one last glance at the empty hill, she urged them on.
"S-sir?" A small, timid voice rang out in the smothering air of evil and silence. "Th-they a-are h-e-e-er here." Not one signal that the master had heard. The small creature, a meager raccoon, tried to see what his lord is doing. "Excellent." Came the sudden voice. "They, um are not coming alone. It turns out that two penguins and a scrawny creature is chasing them down." "WHAT?" "I-i-i´m so so-so-sso-rsorry! I-I-I did-did-did-didn´t k-kn-" The last words couldn´t find an escape. Emotionless eyes watched the dead body drop to the floor.
"There is nothing worse than rivals. AND CHANGES IN MY PLAN! GUZO!" The door swung open and a big, muscular otter came in. "You called, sir?" "Yes. I want you to track down the trackers...AND GET RID OF THEM!" "Yes, sir."
Skipper and Max followed Rico´s super nostrils. The maniac could just barely sniff out their lost team member, but that was enough. "Come on, Rico! We´ve got to hurry!"
Marlene clutched the paint brush between her teeth, studying her picture. "Needs more red." She mumbled, starting to draw again. A lonesome leaf drifted to the ground. Then Julian´s head popped up from the tree. He was hanging upside down, into Marlene´s face, well back. "Hey, silly otter." Marlene let out a shriek by the sudden voice in her ear before spinning around and tripping over the can of paint. Julian gave her a sheepish smile as she stood up. "You are looking good in red." "What are you doing here?" "I came to tell you to stop." The lemur jumped out, following her to her pool, where the girl washed her fur clean. "Stop what?" "Stop pretending." "What?" "Everyone is seeing you making goggly eyes at the science penguin. Everyone is me, you know." Marlene blushed. "I did not!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" Julian moved closer to Marlene. "Then I will be bugging you till you admit it!" Just then Kowalski passed. "Marlene? Is everything alright?" "No, Julian is annoying me!" Julian looked at the penguin, then at the girl, before leaping away. "Don´t get naughty you two!" He yelled over his shoulder. "What does he mean?" Kowalski asked. Marlene hesitated. "Nothing."
Blue continued down the road. He didn´t seem at all phrased by all the spookiness that lured around them. But the others…they jumped by every noise. The wind swept past them. Private could´ve sworn it said something. At first he thought it was just his imagination, but the way Ted perked his ears and Martha clung to him, it wasn´t. Blue laughed as he turned around. "Oh come on, you nancy cats!" Private´s features slightly shifted.
"Blue, watch-!" The lemur had already crashed into something. "Out." Ted shook his head, before they rushed to Blue…and the pile of…things. Private bent over, only to rear back in horror. Staring right back at him was a century-year-old face. Not just a face, you could hardly call it that. The eyeballs were hanging out, the teeth dangling by bits of rotten flesh and other parts already eaten. The hair had dead maggots tangled up. Private let out a scream and jumped back. He covered his eyes so he couldn´t see the other things.
Blue´s happy-go-lucky attitude had also disappeared as he saw a limp arm laying in his lap, the fingers ripped apart or purple. He reared back too, blood draining his face. Then, something unspeakable happened. The dead corpse began piecing itself together. One by one. When it was all done, it staggered away. Private fainted. For a minute, they all just stood there, before Martha said, "Let´s just get to Drakus as fast as possible!" "Yeah…" Blue said, voice shaking like popcorn kernels popping.
Rico lifted his head. "I fond a troce!" Skipper and Max rushed over to him. Rico was just about to point out the way, till they heard, "STOP THEM!" A small army of penguins, mixed with other animals like puffins, gulls even otters were approaching the trio, fast. "Run!"
"Nobody knows us, nobody knows us! We are secret, we are secret! We are THE secret! So, do you know us?" Ted tried to lift everyone´s moods with his singing ´talent´. Private suddenly stopped. "I´m NOT going any further." Blue turned. "Oh yes you are." Private walked up to the blue lemur. "If you wanted to walk into the pit of doom, be my guest. But I´m not as stupid as you." "Stupid?" "Yes, stupid! Just look at this mess." Blue glared at the penguin. But before he could say his mind, they all saw a figure coming toward them. Martha screamed. Ted closed his eyes and the remaining two clutched each other in fear.
A\N: Are these chapters too short? And srry for the hold-up, been a lot going on at home and in school. I couldn´t continue the chapter, too angry right now. \: J