A\N: Glad you like my story. xD
The whole room was dark. Private didn´t know if that was a good or bad thing. Maybe good, he didn´t really want to see the nasty surprises, or possibly the corpses around him. Maybe bad, since he couldn´t see what was coming toward him and couldn´t be prepared. He heard Drakus and Blue move around. "I have designed something special." The evil lord was saying. Blue followed him around everywhere, even if Drakus just took a step to the side. "Blue?" Drakus turned around, seeing his nephew standing there, ready. "So, what´s this special thing?" Blue asked eagerly. "And can we turn on the lights? It´s kinda dark here." "No, the lights must stay down. Or else it´ll ruin everything."
It was almost like in a horror movie. Skipper´s heart ached as it thumped against his chest. That´s not the movie-like part though. The scary part were the half-zombies at his heels. He had been looking for Drakus´ room, opening doors, sometimes even secret passages. Yeah, he almost fell through one after leaning on it. He opened another door with some weird carvings on them, and that´s when the ground started to rumble. Skipper stepped back, expecting the worst as he got into a fighting stance. Then some strange, creepy-looking figures started running up the stairs. Skipper tried to close it, but they burst through it before the lock could click in. The leader was forced onto his back by the power of the hit. After a moment of regaining himself, he looked up and saw half-zombies standing there. Not moving, just as if they would come back out of their stare by any slightest movements. It seemed like an eternity before Skipper finally moved, then they immediately snapped out of their stare and lunged at him. The penguin´s battle reflexes saved him as he sprang up seconds before the zombies came close and slid.
Max felt a sweatdrop rolling down on the side of his face, over his neck, then drip down, joining the many other drops. "Is the leader penguin here yet?" He asked, quivering a bit. "Not yet." Kenny said, not having expected anything else anyway.
"Okay." Blue stayed where he was, watching Drakus carefully. He didn´t really need lights, since he was a lemur and had magnificent eyesight in the dark too. Drakus pulled out some chains from a metal chest, then handed it to Blue. The young lemur understood quickly and headed over to Private. "Untie him of the ropes, then chain him up over there." Drakus instructed. His nephew walked over to the penguin, carefully untying him. As soon as the ropes fell off, however, the specialist jumped up and kicked Blue away. Private turned, sliding towards the door. Drakus spun around as he heard the commotions, quickly seeing the situation. He struck his hand out and made a fist around the shape of Private. The little penguin suddenly found himself immobile. Blue was back on his feet in no time, grabbing the chains and fastening them around Private. The hostage struggled desperately, but Drakus held him tight. Only after the chains had been secured around him, did Blue let Private go. The penguin squirmed for a few more minutes, before calming down, seeing it was hopeless.
For being zombies, they were darn fast. Skipper could just barely keep himself out of their grip. He rounded the corner, crashing into some blind guards. The leader jumped over them, leaving them in a pile as he continued to race down the hall. After some time, he realized that the zombies weren´t following him anymore. He slumped against the wall, his chest heaving up and down as he panted for the lost air. He then stood up a few moments later and walked down the seemingly endless corridor. There would be a corner, then it would continue, some walks had doors, some had barred windows, others were blank or filled with blood strains or scary pictures of figures that watched the penguin pass them. Finally, Skipper found a small door, with some strange signs on them, that could only mean electricity.
It was the control room, Max noticed when suddenly the lights turned off and the weapons pulled back into a small nook and stayed there. The cat collapsed on the floor, his muscles burning from standing still in that on position. Kenny carefully stepped in, tense and expecting the weapons to fire and end their life. Rico, however, didn´t have much worries for that and raced in over to Max. "Yu kay?" He asked, worriedly. Max stood up and nodded. "Come on." Kenny grabbed Rico´s flipper and pulled him and Max out. "We need to find Private and Skipper."
Silence filed the room as Martha anxiously waited for Drakus´ and Blue´s return. "The ´Luna Parture´ isn´t too far away." Ted informed the others. He was standing by the window, looking out. Guzo and Martha joined him, looking out. The moon seemed to get bigger. Guzo stood up. I need to turn off the electricity soon, so that-" His words drowned away as the whole room fell into pitch black darkness. "Seems like someone was faster." Ted commented after a few moments. "Something´s not right." The otter told them, kicking the door open and rushing out into the black hall.
Private was sat on a tall, skinny stool, made out of iron and had bronze carvings around the legs and on the seat. His wings were chained to two poles on the either side of the stool; Drakus had set some up and cuffed his flippers to them. Blue stood beside him all times. Drakus stepped back, studying his handiwork, before walking over to a shadowy corner (it was a large shadow). The lemur got behind something, his dark fur matching the black shadow, making him invisible. Even his red eyes didn´t glow or anything. It added the creepy effect to Drakus. The evil lord got behind something and began pushing. From the loud groans the hidden metal made, the machine must be heavy. However, as the other came in view, he was pushing a bronze square on wheels, only about as large as an officer desk. Private was the first to notice the rest of the machine as the shadow passed over him. He looked up and froze.
Skipper dusted off his flippers in satisfaction of finding the room. ´Now to get back to the others, and find Private.´ He thought, but froze when a loud siren sounded. It sounded like millions of people wailing, it´s haunted sound sending shivers down the penguin´s spine. Soon voices were heard. "Intruder Alert!"
Max, Kenny and Rico heard it too. "Skipper´s in trouble!" Kenny shouted, before half-flying and half-running through the weapon room to another door, where it led back to the main hallway. "This way!" The puffin ran ahead, then stopped abruptly around the corner. The others crashed into him, not having expected the sudden stop. "Wat´s wong?" Rico groaned, sitting up. Max elbowed him, pointing ahead, his eyes wide with horror. Rico followed his gaze and saw the aforementioned zombies standing there, ready to kill.
A\N: I know I mean, but I luv making cliffhangers. ^.^ xP