A\N: Hello, miss me? Srry…x)
´Come on, where are you?´ Skipper though desperately, sliding along the hallways. He couldn´t let the guards catch him, but he needed to slow down enough to peek into the doors and hallways. He called Private´s name a couple of times, but never got an answer. ´Maybe…he´s not capable of answering…´ The leader quickly shook those thoughts out of his head. "Stay positive!" He told himself, and willed himself to go faster.
Private watched Drakus carefully. There wasn´t much to observe, though. All he did was stare out the window. Blue shifted a few times, but even he knew better than to talk to his uncle. Drakus sensed the impatience of the younglings, but ignored them. ´It won´t be long…´ he thought.
Kowalski had much trouble going to sleep then. He took a swim to clear his mind, but even that didn´t help. All he thought about was that his family may be in trouble and he couldn´t do anything to help them. He paced around, trying not to think about his dream. That wasn´t what scared him, but the feeling that it was all too real. Rubbing his tired eyes, the penguin stepped into his lab and began tinkering around with a few samples from his last test.
Their determination was basically the only thing that kept them from collapsing. Even though Rico did have to grab their wing\paw and drag them along. "Keny! Witch way no´?" The maniac asked the puffin. They stopped to catch their breaths. Kenny inhaled deeply, than looked around. "This way. Drakus probably would´ve taken your friend there." "Come´n!" Rico slide ahead. "My early career as a chasing toy for dogs is what is probably still keeping me going." Max gasped, then followed.
Drakus turned around, facing the two children. "It is time." he said darkly. Blue stood up excited, while Private shrunk back into the chains.
Skipper was getting more frustrated and exhausted with each foot he slid. He had looked everywhere for Private, all the doors led to exactly the opposite of what he needs. It was even more tiring when you have an army chasing you AND a time limit. The leader gave up calling long ago. Private heard him alright, but he didn´t want to answer to a ghost. "Stop right there!" Skipper urged himself to move even faster, the soldiers were catching up. Though they had been running for quite some time now, they didn´t show any signs of exhaustion. Skipper was though, his breaths were getting shorter, but he had to find his soldier!
Experimenting, blowing things up, inventing something useful (more or less), watching TV, eating something, taking a swim, doing recon, strolling through the zoo, cleaning the HQ, lieing in his bunk, listening to music, training, ect. Kowalski had done it all, and sleep never came. Sure he was tired, but then again, he was wide awake again. It was like his body couldn´t make up its mind, wavering between exhausted and energetic. The penguin walked out, deciding to go for a walk.
"This is pointless!" Max complained. "We don´t even know which direction we´re going!" Kenny and Rico stopped and looked around. "I´ve only been on patrol for the outside, I´ve only been in the main rooms once." The puffin apologized. Rico waved it off and focused around them. Suddenly he began sniffing the ground, like a dog. The two others stared at him. "What´s he doing?" "He´s looking for a scent…" Max answered. Suddenly the weapon expert shot up. "Dis wai!" He said and began sliding. "How can you smell Private out in this mess of smells?" Max asked. He had slowly gotten used to all the different smell his fine cat nose picked up. A lot of the smells were rotting. Others had rotten long ago. It wasn´t pleasant. Rico just gave him a look over his shoulder. "He smelz like osean an tea."
"T-time for wh-what?" Private asked, trembling with every step Drakus took toward him. "Time for your execution, and Blue´s reward." The other replied calmly.
The nights in New York weren´t anything like this. Mostly there was the constant noise of the traffic and stuff, but tonight, it was peaceful and calm. Kowalski walked through the zoo. He was still pretty tired, but still wide-awake. He had calmed down. The night was beautiful, even though he couldn't see the moon, the stars still twinkled brightly, all in order, forming the constellations over the sky. A cool, refreshing breeze swept over the zoo. Most animals were asleep, others were munching on a late-night´s snack. It was perfect. Kowalski then started thinking about what the future walks would be like, with Marlene next to him.
Skipper crept into the last room. The hallway had just ended with an old, gnarly door with weird carvings. Skipper had thought for a moment he had found it, but when he opened the door, he saw it was probably just the attic. Boxes and rusty weapons were stacked. The leader groaned frustrated and turned to leave. He didn´t go anywhere. The small army was right there, blocking his exit.
A\N: R&R! [:+)