Penfold wasn't having any luck on finding Danger Mouse.
He searched through Europe, Asia, and Australia hoping that his friend would be there, having no idea who he is, where he was, or what to do next.
He imagines that an amnesiac Danger Mouse would be wandering around places, trying to figure out what to do.
He even asked a few people if they have seen a naked, male mouse with snow-white fur and one eye walking by.
The end results was that nobody in Europe, Asia and Australia have seen a naked, male mouse with snow-white fur and one eye gone by. It also appears that none of the other male mice with fur as white as Danger Mouse's are the ones Penfold is desperately looking for.
He checked Antarctica if Danger Mouse was there, but it was too cold for a naked mouse to be there, so Penfold called off the search in Antarctica, and went to see if his best friend is somewhere in North America and South America instead.
But like before, no one had seen a naked, male mouse with snow-white fur and one eye gone by.
Not even Jeopardy Mouse had seen him. She informed Penfold that she had seen the tragedy on the internet, and wanted to offer her condolences to the broken hamster.
Penfold was grateful for that as he decided to check out the last continent he haven't check yet.
Africa.
And now here he was, in the African jungles, hoping that his best friend would be there.
It was what appear to be his last resort.
This time, he going to put his faith in what he most believe in.
Trust his heart.
Let fate decide.
To guide what he sees.
Now to some people, the jungle can be a very dangerous place. It is very vibrant and lively, which can help mankind when they're foraging for food, but it can also be very deadly. There's poisonous plants everywhere in which eating the wrong kinds of plants either make you sick, or worse, lead you to your demise.
And don't even get me started on the animals. Trust me, they're worse than poisonous plants. There are many animals in the jungle that won't hesitant on killing others in order to survive.
But when Penfold enters the African jungles the first time, all he saw was a paradise untouched by man. Up in the many trees of the jungle, he saw a large band of wild gorillas, made up of mostly females, their young and a few younger males, resting for the night.
Within this world, the gorillas were blessed with life.
A simple life.
They live in peace.
Normally, Penfold would be frightened to be in the jungle. Even more so without Danger Mouse to keep him safe from harm.
But for some strange reason, Penfold wasn't afraid to be in the jungle.
It must be the hidden confidence growing inside him.
But as peaceful as the jungle was, danger's no stranger here.
It was nightfall in the jungle, and as Penfold was bust setting up camp for the night so that he can continue to search for Danger Mouse in the morning, he notices one of the baby gorillas waking up to see a frog hopping by.
And it was not far from the baby gorilla and its parents.
He knew the nature of children very well. Children are very curious. They love seeing and trying new things, and when they want something, they'll do anything to get it.
The same can apply to baby gorillas.
When the baby gorilla saw the frog hopping by, it gets itself out of its mother's arms and proceeds to follow the frog, away from its sleeping parents that know nothing about the situation.
But not far from where the other gorillas are, a rogue leopardess is on the hunt for food as do most predators do. She notices far from a distance the baby gorilla chasing the frog.
And it was slowly heading closer to her.
That's when the leopardess starts to fasten her pace.
And Penfold, hidden in the safety of his tent, knew that the end results wouldn't be too pretty.
The closer the baby gorilla and the frog are, the faster the leopardess' pace is to the point where the baby gorilla stops chasing the frog and notices the leopardess' presence.
Fear began to take over the baby gorilla.
And the leopardess growled a nasty growl.
The growl was more than enough to wake the baby gorilla's parents.
The parents quickly ran as fast as they could to the source of the growl while the baby gorilla is running for its life from the leopardess.
But it wasn't enough to escape the leopardess.
And both the father of the baby gorilla and Penfold saw the end results.
And they were horrified.
The father had to stop the mother from getting too close to the horrifying scene that is happening. But it didn't stop her from seeing it.
And she was devastated.
No words describe a mother's tears.
No words can heal a broken heart.
No words can forget this terrible tragedy.
But the leopardess wasn't done yet.
She had noticed Penfold's presence in the jungle.
Penfold knew what this means.
The leopardess is going for seconds.
The safety of his poorly-made tent isn't going to protect him from this rogue leopardess, so he does the next best thing he had in mind.
"Oh ick!"
Run.
The leopardess made her first move by attempting to tackle Penfold, but the hamster was quick enough to get out of the way, and began running through the thick jungles with his life.
Somewhere high up on the trees, a mysterious figure is carefully observing the entire scene. Penfold is being chased by a rogue leopardess.
Penfold had never ran that fast before, well expect for a few times he had to get away from the bad guys or escape an explosion set off by the bad guys.
This was entirely different.
He never felt scared for his life.
As he kept on running, he could see a wide gorge up ahead.
This is it.
This is the end.
He's going to get killed by a savage predator the minute he reaches the edge of the gorge, unless he is able to jump that far to safety.
He'll miss London.
He'll miss Professor Squawkencluck and her inventions.
He'll miss the other Danger agents in the British Secret Services.
He'll miss Colonel K mispronouncing his name as always.
He'll even miss that annoying narrator.
But most of all, he'll miss Danger Mouse, wherever he is.
And then, his instincts took over.
Without thinking, Penfold closed his eyes and make a jump for it. The leopardess had barely touch him when he made that jump.
When Penfold opened his eyes, he didn't find himself lying on the other side of the gorge.
Instead, he was… flying?
"I'm…" Penfold spoke, still shaken from what was going on. "I-I'm flying."
But that wasn't all.
Penfold had a strange feeling that something, or someone is the source behind this. He took the time to look up, and screamed.
Holding onto Penfold while swinging on a vine was a naked, male mouse with snow-white fur and a scar over his left eye.
Okay maybe not entirely naked. I mean, this fanfic is rated K+.
So, the mouse carrying Penfold is wearing a brown loincloth that is wrapped around his hips then.
But the sight of that feral mouse is not the only thing Penfold is scared off.
The leopardess is not giving up on attempting to eat him is what also scared Penfold to the point that he screamed louder than before.
The feral mouse lets go of the vine, which earned him another scream from Penfold. He landed on a nearby large tree branch just in time for him to catch a screaming Penfold falling towards him.
He did catch Penfold alright.
But Penfold is still scared of him.
"Put me down! Put me down!" Penfold cried as he tries to get out of the feral mouse's grip.
But as soon as Penfold frees himself, he saw the leopardess coming towards him.
"No, pick me up! Pick me up!" Penfold cried once more as he climbs onto the feral mouse who wasted no time to run from the leopardess.
He tried losing her when he made the fall to the leaves, but that didn't stop the leopardess.
And throughout the entire chase through the jungle, Penfold just wouldn't stop screaming.
At one point, the leopardess managed to come out in front of the duo and proceeds to tackle Penfold.
Penfold tries to defend himself while still hanging onto the feral mouse with his feet. It's probably not a good idea when he starts indirectly kicking the feral mouse in the face who is swinging from another vine.
But then, the hook in Penfold's backpack gets caught by another vine which forced Penfold to let go of the feral mouse. The leopardess wasted no time in going after the hamster.
The feral mouse sighed as he races back to where Penfold is and grabbed him before the leopardess could eat him.
The feral mouse swing harder on the vine with such enough force that he lets go of it again, and lands on the edges of the opening inside a large, old tree branch just in time to catch a screaming Penfold.
The leopardess is still hot on their trail. The feral mouse had no options but to go inside the opening with Penfold in his grasp. The leopardess followed soon after.
But the old tree branch couldn't handle that much weight that it began to crack. And at midway, Penfold, the feral mouse, and the leopardess fell through the huge cracks of the inside of the branch and began falling to what seems to be their doom.
Penfold kept on screaming.
The feral mouse wasted no time to grab onto the nearest vines he could find with his right hand and foot, like a gorilla.
The grip on the vine was slipping faster, and the feral mouse could feel some major vine burn in both his right hand and right foot. And Penfold screaming all the way doesn't exactly help.
All of that was worth it when the feral mouse's grip was strong enough for the vine to stretch and springing upwards, bringing Penfold and the feral mouse to the nearest tree branch to land on, just in time for them to see the leopardess fall to her death down before.
But it didn't stop there.
Branches began to crack and fall from above.
The feral mouse and Penfold had find another spot to get away from falling branches.
And they did.
But it was a short branch as they witness the falling branches.
The feral mouse look at the ground where he could see the leopardess having survived the fall, but then she got killed by the impact of the branches falling onto her.
That was the end of the savage beast.
Satisfied, the feral mouse looked behind him for the hamster.
Only, he wasn't behind him at all.