A\N: Last three chapters up! xDD
It had been harder going into Drakus´ place than out. Maybe because he wasn´t alive to stop them. They managed to get to the airport safely, no Dane stopped them. Private figured it was Blue´s doings, but he didn´t say anything.
On the way, Martha explained what had happened to Private. "Drakus wanted to suck everything useful out of him. His soul, his character, his strength. And according to the displays, Private had plenty of that."
"That´s one of the reasons he was so strong. He killed hundreds already."
"There´s one thing I don´t understand though." Skipper cut in. "When Blue punched Kowalski, he almost died."
Blue didn´t say anything to that.
The leader continued. "Why? He couldn´t have been strong enough to actually cause any severe damage."
Ted shrugged. "As you might´ve already guessed, we´re not normal."
"If I would´ve known that before marrying you!" Martha joked, getting a glare from her husband.
"Very funny…anyway, as I said before, Drakus has gathered the strength of many hostages, all he could get, which was a lot, so some of the strength passed on to Blue. That or Tchaikovsky is one weak penguin." "It´s Kowalski." Ted blinked and looked at Blue. "You punched TWO penguins?"
Blue opened his mouth to defend himself when Rico began pointing out the window. "New York City!"
Everyone rushed over to the window to take in the beautiful view of-
"Home!" Private said excitedly, leaning closer, pressing his beak against the glass.
Thankfully, the airport was way too busy to notice three lemurs, three penguins and a cat. They sneaked out the exit, onto a cab and hopped off the street opposite from the Central Park.
"I can see the zoo!" Private said excitedly, jumping up and down. Skipper signaled the others to stay back as he stepped out onto the street. Cars and trucks filed by in a seemingly endless line. Finally, though, the leader was able to spot a break in that line.
"Okay, team, follow me!" He commanded. Everyone scooted closer together. "And…now!" He took off sliding, his soldiers and friends right behind him. Max scampered ahead of everyone. He was used to busy streets. The penguins were also used to the streets with all their missions, it was the lemurs who were having trouble.
Ted came awfully close to a car, but Martha grabbed his paw and pulled him to the sidewalk before the wheels could crush him.
"I…hate…cars…" Ted panted, dropping onto the concrete.
"You´ll get used to them." Blue assured him, but the way his uncle scowled, it didn´t seem like it.
"Okay, stay close, everyone." Skipper told them. He turned around and saw Private standing there, looking at the zoo. The small penguin raises a flipper to his eyes, wiping away a few tears. His leader waddled up to him and put a comforting flipper on his shoulder.
"Sorry, Skippah…it´s just…we´re finally home…"
"Not yet, Private. We still have to cross over the park."
Private nodded and got in line behind the officer.
The party trotted on. Nothing could stop them now. All the trouble was over. Just something was wrong with the whole scene. The sun had stopped shining and black clouds were crowding up overhead, greedily swallowing up the sun´s rays and the clear blue sky.
Then it started to rain. First it came soft then grew stronger. Skipper started signaling with his flipper. To the trees!
He slid forward, only to crash into a dark shape. He looked up and his heart skidded to a stop.
"Well, well, look who we have here!" The figure smirked, his thirst for blood clearly showing.
He stepped around the group, as if trying to corner them.
Max whimpered and hid behind Rico.
Skipper glared at the silhouette. "How did you find us?" He demanded to know.
"First things first! My revenge." The dark shape drew a sharp knife from behind him and reached for Private.
A\N: Okay, I was going to see if anyone guessed who the figure is, but I already posted the other two chapters, so yeah. Read on!