Chapter 2
I cant believe it, I just left. Left my team, my soldiers...Kowalski. No! Kowalski was nothing to me anymore. "I'm a horrible leader" Skipper voiced his thoughts aloud. Where would he go? He had no one. His thoughts occupied his mind and he ended up in the park. Exhausted, he plopped down underneath a tree and stared up at the sky. He had always trained to be the best he could ,trusting nobody, but he made the worst mistake possible, he fell for Kowalski. Atear slid down his beak and he swiped it away angrily, stupid emotions. He had opened up to the scientist, told him things he could never admit to himself, and now here he was, heartbroken. Trusting people backfired and he promised himself he would never trust anybody again.
~~~meanwhile, at HQ~~~
"Hey, Skippah, Kowalski, we got you snow cones!" Private said happily, bounding into HQ. Rico regurgitated two rainbow snow cones and held them in his flippers, offering one to Kowalski.
"Um, no thanks Rico" Kowalski said nervously.
Rico shrugged as he swallowed the snow cone.
"Where's Skippah?" Private asked looking around.
Uh oh Kowalski thought as he took a deep breath. Just as he was about to speak, Private let out a squeal.
"The Lunacorns, they're on the telly, yayyyyy!" he said in his British accent.
Kowalski let out an involuntary sigh of relief, but Rico picked up right where Private left off.
"Skipper?" Rico mumbled in that garbled language of his.
"Oh go away Rico" Kowalski muttered, shooing Rico away with his flippers.
But Rico wouldn't give up "Skipper?" he asked more urgently.
"Shut up!" Kowalski whispered fiercely, clamping his flipper over Rico's beak.
Rico glared at the taller penguin and struggled out of his grip. "SKIPPER?" he shouted accusingly.
Private looked up from his TV show. "Rico's right, where's Skippah?"
Kowalski gulped, why did he have to tell them this? "Um, well, Private, actually, he's gone"
Private let out a whimper and looked up at the older penguins. His eyes filled with tears and he looked up at Kowalski. "YOU LIAR!" Private shouted, flippers flailing, tears streaming down his face. "Skippah would never leave us, he's Skippah, he doesn't quit! He wouldn't leave us..." Private cried.
Kowalski finally broke down "He left all of us Private, I was here, he left us! How could he?" The usually strong scientist sobbed.
Even Rico had tears in his eyes as he hugged Miss. Perky.
Private suddenly got up and waddled over to the exit. He climbed the ladder and took a breath of fresh air.
Rico noticed Private leaving "Where goin?"
"I'm going to find Skippah and bring him back, he must be hurt or lost or something because he wouldn't leave us, ever, and I'm going to prove Kowalski wrong for once" and with that Private ran away into the night to find his leader.