Kowalski's POV
"Run. Run for your life. Save yourself while you can. That's an order. If I don't get out of this alive, Kowalski's in charge."
Well, after Skipper said that, we ran. I grabbed Marlene and Julien, while Rico grabbed Mort and Maurice, then we went around the nearest corner and stopped.
"Umm, yeah, Kowalski, what are we doing?" I nearly slapped Marlene.
"We're going to see what they do to Skipper. If no one watches that, we've lost both him and Private forever. Do you want that?" I turned, and then thought maybe I'd been a bit harsh with that. Marlene was ghost white.
"But then ... then he'd never know ... that I"
"Never know that you what?" She ignored my question. Typical females.
"We just gotta save him." She peeped around the corner. "They're leaving the alleyway." With that, we edged out, hiding behind garbage cans and boxes, following the rather crazy girls. Oh, the tests I wish I could run on them.
They would've been quite easy to track if we'd continued. Yes, I'll admit that. However, there was nowhere to hide all of us on the deserted streets. It would've been a tactical error to continue. We stayed in the end of the alleyway. Marlene took this chance to question me. A pair of paws grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me violently.
"Uh, Kowalski, WHAT ARE WE DOING!? WE CAN'T GIVE UP ON SKIPPER!" I sighed, leaning against the wall in ... defeat.
"Marlene, look at the path. No hiding spots. Do you want to be captured as well?" Marlene thought for a second.
"You know, guys, where's Private?" I looked around. Stupid me, as stand in leader, I should have checked this. Julien stepped into the conversation.
"What, the littley penguin? I think those whackado ladies had him too." I put my head in my flippers at this. Galileo Galilei, how could one invention go so very wrong?
"Well, we may have to accept the fact ... that we may not ... ever see Private ... or Skipper ... or ... Private?" Private just walked into the alleyway like he hadn't just been captured by a bunch of insane humans. "How'd you get free?"
"It was quite easy, actually. That girl didn't have a very tight grip. I just wiggled out." I just nodded.
"But what are we gonna do? We'll never find Skipper." Private again surprised me.
"Yes we will. I know what building he's in. I can take us there." Maybe I don't show that much emotion usually, but in that moment I was so relieved that I hugged Private so hard. Then I released him and coughed kinda awkwardly.
"What I mean to say is, umm, thankyou, Private. Let's go! Which way?"