Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched from atop a building...

Skipper felt the strange presence, and was constantly looking around him. He knew Rico felt it too, since the maniac was uncharacteristically quiet. He wasn't so sure about Private. The younger bird seemed completely uncharacteristic tonight.

Skipper once again looked along the haut, retour au début of the buildings around them, and finally, his sharp eyes cuaght a glimpse of a shadowy figure, running along the top.

Like a ninja...

His first thoughts were on Bandit, but why would she come? Then he remembered. Bandit used to train CC to be a ninja...

Clock Tower: Take 1

*BONG*

Private: "OW! MY EARHOLES!" *clenches side of head & falls off clock tower*

Director: "Private! I told toi it would be loud & to come prepared!"

Private: "What!?"

Director: "I a dit I told toi it would be loud & to come prepared!"

Private: "What do shrouds have to do with this?!"

Director: "NO! LOUD!"

Private: "What's loud?!"

Director: "The clock tower! I told toi to come prepared!"

Private: "THERE'S A ours ON THE CLOCK TOWER?!"

Director: *slaps forehead*

Clock Tower: Take 2

*BONG*

*penguins are shown on the clock tower & jumping off*

Skipper/Private/Rico: *land...

"Like Sleeping Beauty?" Private asked. "Maybe a Kiss from her true love'll-"
"Nonsense, Private," Skipper snapped, slapping him. "That's just a silly, old fairy tale, and no-one knows who her true l’amour is, anyway!"
"But, Skippah, I-"
"No buts, Private," Skipper warned. Private sighed, and wandered off.

"Its nearly zoo opening hours, Skipper," Kowalski commented, looking at the large clock on the zoo tower. "We should get back."
"What about CC?" Private whined, coming back.
"Alice won't noticed the absence of two penguins," Kowalski replied.
"What? Two?" Skipper asked.
"Yes," Kowalski replied. "Private's...

Arlene: Take 1

Marlene: "Hey, guys!"

*penguins turn to look at her*

Kowalski: "Great balls of fire!"

Marlene: "You will never believe this--"

Skipper: *drops wrench on foot* "OW! Stupid...wrench!" *looks at Marlene* "Uh, I mean...I'm fine. That didn't hurt at all..."

Marlene: "Really? I hadn't noticed..." *looks away*

Skipper: *clenches foot & begins hopping up & down*

Marlene: *looks back at him*

Skipper: *abruptly stops & begins whistling*

Marlene: T_T

Arlene: Take 2

Kowalski: "There is only one explanation for this...our zoo is now accueil to an Arctic mink!"

Marlene: "What?"

Kowalski: *starts...

..."STAY BACK!!" Skipper shouted, louder now. "STAY! BAAACCCKKK!!!" The figure had them cornered, and seemed ready to pounce...

The figure stopped, its flipper outstretched. Wait... Flipper?

Skipper approached the figure. Private followed close behind, feeling too exposed in the corner alone. Skipper stopped a couple feet from the figure, and held out his flipper. The shadow regurgitated a torch, and Skipper held the beam to shine on its face.

Rico's creppy and usettling smiled seemed warm and inviting to Private at the moment. He sighed with relief, and saw Skipper relax too.
"Rico!" Skipper and...

Last scene of It's About Time: Take 1

Kowalski: "...Eventually it will avaler, hirondelle the whole universe!"

Rico: *gets angry & throws chronotron into black hole*

*black hole closes*

Kowalski: "But...but that shouldn't have worked, it breaks all...it breaks all...uh, LINE PLEASE!"

Last scene of It's About Time: Take 2

*black hole closes*

Kowalski: "But...but that shouldn't have worked, it breaks all known rules of the universe!"

Skipper: "That's why we call Rico a maverick. He makes his own rules."

Rico: "K-k...Yea!"

Kowalski: "But...But...The uni...uni...ACHOO! Aw, crud."

Last scene of It's About...

Antarctica

Kowalski: "Private...How do toi feel?"

Private: "I...I don't know...I feel...weird..."

Kowalski: "Weird how?"

Private: "I...I don't really remember much of what went on in there..."

Kowalski: "What do toi remember?"

Private: "Um...I remember bits & pieces..."

Kowalski: "What do toi mean?"

Private: "There are a lot of things a bit fuzzy..."

Skipper: "Well, I'm sure it'll come back to you." *slaps on back*

Private: Hmmm, I'm sure there was something about my uncle...oh well, I'd remember if it were that important...

Skipper: "You know? We make a good team."

Kowalski: "Agreed. We handled that...

Underground Lair

Skipper: "Um...It's not working..."

Blowhole: "You think I don't know that!" *presses button frantically*

"I think your little contraption will be a little hard to operate without these!"

Blowhole: "Hey! Grab him! Get those wires!"

Skipper: *jumps out of chair & heads toward Kowalski & Rico to untie them* Thank toi for that long flashback Blowhole! Gave me just enough time to get the ropes around my flippers untied...

Minions: *tries to stop them, but Skipper & Private take them out*

Skipper: "I was beginning to think toi weren't going to follow through with that little...

Antarctica

Skipper: *looks at other penguins*

Kowalski/Rico: *shrugs*

*other penguins huddle in a group & begin whispering*

Skipper: "What do toi boys make of this?"

Kowalski: "I don't know, Skipper. It could very well be a trap."

Rico: "Uh-huh."

Skipper: "But...What if he really is telling the truth this time?"

Kowalski: "How can we be sure he's telling us the truth?"

Rico: "Kaboom?"

Skipper: "No kaboom."

Rico: "Awww."

Kowalski: "What should we do?"

Skipper: *sigh* "Well, I think we should help him."

Kowalski/Rico: "What?"

Skipper: "I don't know, it's something about him. I think he's telling the truth...

Underground Lair

12 Hours Earlier...

*captured par Blowhole's minions, Private once again sits in the presence of Dr. Blowhole...tied up in a chair*

Private: "Will toi just do whatever it is toi are gonna do to me?!"

Blowhole: "Oh...I do not intend to harm you, Private."

Private: "Then...what are toi gonna do to me?"

Blowhole: "Oh. I'm not going to do anything. You on the other hand are going to go after those penguins & bring them to me."

Private: "And why would I do that?"

Blowhole: "Because, Private, there is someone I want toi to meet..."

Private: "What are toi talking about?"

Blowhole: "It was...

Antarctica

Skipper: "I can't believe we fell for that cute & cuddly act Private put on."

Kowalski: "Yes, we fell for it like first an hatchlings."

Rico: *sadly* "Uh-huh."

Skipper: "So...Now that we're probably miles off course...where do we go from here?"

Kowalski: *looks at stars* "Well, according to the stars...we should find water...that way." *points in direction*

Skipper: "You got that from the stars?"

Kowalski: "Yeah. I spent some time studying the solar system, étoile, star charts, solar radiation--"

Skipper: "--In Americano please."

Kowalski: "I learned a lot of l’espace stuff."

Skipper: "Oh. Well...we...

Antarctica

*penguins pass a secluded pond*

Rico: "FISH!"

Skipper: "Exactamundo! Rico!"

*Rico & Kowalski dive in*

Skipper: "Don't worry Private, I'll bring up a seconde round for you."

Private: "Thanks."

Skipper: *salutes & dives in*

Private: Not much further now...just a little more...

Kowalski: *jumps out of water*

Rico: *jumps out after*

Skipper: *jumps out with poisson in hand* "Here toi go, young Private."

Private: "Oh, thanks." *begins eating*

Skipper: *goes & sits at the waters edge*

Private: *whispering* "Kowalski, what's his deal?"

Kowalski: "Oh. He does that sometimes. He goes to think about...

Antarctica

*Kowalski & Rico woke up in the middle of the suivant day*

Kowalski: *stomach rumbles* "Ugh. I'm soooo hungry..."

Rico: "Me too. C'mon. We should get moving."

*Kowalski & Rico begin waddling*

2 Hours Later...

Kowalski: *begins slowing down* "Hey...Rico..."

Rico: "Sup?"

Kowalski: "I know this place..."

Rico: *looks around* "Hey, me too."

Kowalski: "Is this...No...It couldn't be..."

Rico: "What?"

Kowalski: "I think this is our home...I think we made it back to where we live while it's not feeding season..."

Rico: "Hey, ya know...You're right..."

Kowalski: "That means...Rico! Are toi thinking...

Antarctica

Skipper: *practicing his regular morning self defense techniques*

(????): "I see you've learned a lot in the past 2 years..."

Skipper: *stops abruptly & looks around while in battle position* "Who was that?! Where are you?!"

(????): "Do not look so frightened. I mean toi no harm..."

Skipper: *looks frantically around but sees no one* "Where are you?! montrer yourself! I'm not afraid of you!"

(????): "Ah, Skipper. toi have so much anger. Just because your parents were taken from toi it doesn't mean toi should take it out on everyone else..."

Skipper: "WHERE ARE YOU!?"

(????): *taps Skipper's...

Antarctica

The Feeding Grounds...

Private: *sits isolated from the group, looking at the water, thinking*

I can't believe this happened. I Lost my Dad before I even knew him...Now my Mom is gone too. All I have left is Uncle Nigel. And he's gone most of the time. I wonder what happened to her--WAIT! I don't even want to know. Why? Why did toi have to go. Why couldn't toi have stayed. I wish toi were here. Oh, how I wish toi were here....

Steve: "Hey, Private. toi feel like playing?"

Private: "Sorry guys. I'm just not in the mood right now. Maybe later."

Jake: "Hey, sorry about your mom, dude. She...

Antarctica

*enter Susan to a sick Caleb bearing poisson soup, an egg is seen rapped in blankets suivant to Caleb*

Susan: "Here eat this. toi need to keep your strength up."

Caleb: "Susan, we both know I'm dying. I can feel it. My mother had the same symptoms. She was gone within 3 days."

Susan: "No. toi can't leave me. We have to raise our baby...It must have a father!"

Caleb: "I know toi will take good care of our son ou daughter. Why don't toi get your brother to help you?"

Susan: "He's gone all the time. I barely get to see him."

Caleb: "Susan, he can help toi during migration. That's about the only...

Antarctica

The Flock's Return

*hiding in an old abandoned home, the trio of penguins watch the penguins coming into the living grounds*

*all whispering*

Kowalski: "Hey! There's my parents! And...They're..."

Skipper: *looks* "Oh. I'm sorry, amigo."

*they see Kowalski's parents holding another hatchling*

Rico: "Hey! Therine!" (Translation: "Hey! There's mine!") *starts to go to them, but stops when Lithia & Jordan start laughing*

Kowalski: "I'm sorry, Rico. I know how toi feel."

Skipper: "Hey! Don't look so upset! There's gotta be another explanation for this...I'm sure they still mis--"

Kowalski:...

Antarctica

Private: *walking along with the migration, in the back, where he'd be unnoticed, where no one would pay attention to him* I've had slow a slow week. There hasn't been much trouble since the migration started. I guess that just makes my job easier. I--OW! What was that?" *feels a prick on the back of his neck...then reaches back & pulls a small dart from the back of his neck*

Private: "What th--whoa..." *his vision becomes blurred, the world tips back & forth & begins spinning...feeling dizzy, sleepy...he falls forward... unconscious*

1 heure Later...

Private: "Oooooh...Where...

Intervention
CC reached an old church. The steeple towered over her and the sound of the choir inside, seeped through the door which was ajar, just enough for her to slip inside. She hid behind one of the pews to avoid being spotted par the singers, although they were probably too preoccupied to notice. "Oh great, Kowalski's device must be broken. Why would it lead me here?" CC spoke to herself and folded her flippers in disappointment. She glanced around the church and caught sight of Bandit and MS stood on a wooden platform resting on three beams at the front of the church. "They're ok!" CC...

Face To Face
CC entered the room with Private. The others were preparing to set out. She handed the device to Kowalski who replied with “Oh, I was wondering where I put that”. He probably already KNEW where it was, but the chance of a little conversation with CC arose. “CC, toi don’t have to come if toi don’t want to. I understand it will be hard for toi to do, tracking down your friend…” He spoke with a degree of concern in his voice as well as sympathy which CC immediately picked up on but she took little notice. “It’s ok Kowalski, if I can convince Skipper, we may not even...