The Red Squirrel's Revenge

Chapter 4

Skipper stood in front of the mirror examing his reflection, he wore a bow tie round his neck. He seemed pretty pleased, "well, hello handsome," he chuckled to himself. Private Rico and Kowalski sat round the table with fish on their plates for dinner, Skipper turned round to his teammates with out streched arms, "well, boy's whatddya think?"

"You look postively dashing, sir." Priavte commented.

"Yes I must agree with Private, and the bow tie is a nice touch." Kowalski added.

After finishing his fish and swallowing it hole, Rico gave a wolf whistle, Skipper smiled, "thanks boy's that means a lot, Private what time is it?"

"Uh, almost five o'clock Skippah."

"Right well I guess I'll be off, wish me luck." Skipper waved as he slid over to the ladder and out the entrance, he made his way over to Marlene's after carefully avoiding Alice the zoo keeper as she was locking up for the night.

He jumped on his webbed feet just before going into the cave, he walked in and got the shock of his life, the place was trashed, there was a strange smell that seemed familier to him, "Marlene!" He called, but got no answer, "what could have possibly caused this?" He asked outloud and as he did an acorn rolled in from the entrance of the cave and hit the back of his feet, "hmm, what's this? An acorn but that would only mean...*gasp* the red squirrel has Marlene, but how and why?"

Skipper growled as he searched for more clues but was unable to find any, a small voice called out to him, "hey you!"

Skipper glanced up and spotted a sewer rat standing at the cave entrance, "sewer rats what have you done with Marlene?!" He demanded.

The rat chuckled, "we haven't done anything with her, our partner has her."

"Partner?!" Skipper rasied his eyeridge.

"Yes, I think you know who it is and if you want that otter back safe then you have to go to central park." He said before disappearing.

Skipper frowned and crushed the acorn in his flippers, he growled before sliding out and back to the HQ, the three penguins where having a card game, when Skipper jumped in, Kowalski was surprised to see him back so early, "Skipper, back so soon? Your date has only just started."

"Boy's we have a mission and that mission is to save Marlene, the red squirrel is back and he took her!" Skipper clenched his flippers and growled. The three penguins gasped.

"What, why would the red squirrel take Marlene?!" Asked Private.

"That's what I want to find out Private, come on men let's head to central park, that squirrel probably has another base located somewhere around there."

"Yes I have no doubt Skipper, and this should help us to locate it." Kowalski said while holding up a little device.

"Wow, pretty," Rico said while going to touch it.

"No, don't touch Rico this device is highly sensitive." Kowalski said as he held it up high.

"Awww!" Rico said disappointedly.

"Right, let's move men, there's no telling what danger Marlene might be in!" Skipper said as they all headed out the HQ and on towards the park.

Meanwhile deep inside a tree Marlene was locked in a cage she was out cold for while but soon her eyes fluttered open, all she could see was darkness. "Ugh, where am I?" She asked outlound she held her head as she pushed herself up and noticed that she was inside a cage.

"A cage, but how and why?" She narrowed her eyes and looked around her surroundings hoping for answer but got nothing. Until the lights switched on a door from the far side of the room and a certain red squirrel walked through followed by the king rat and two of his subjects.

"Ah, so we're awake, did you have a good nap my dear?" Red said while coming towards her.

Marlene stepped back as he came closer he looked so evil, "Red, what's going on, who are you really?"

"I am the red squirrel ememy of Skipper and the other penguins, I want nothing more than to destory them, hahahaha *cough* not so easy on the throat...Anyway with your help my dear I can acheive that!" Red said with an evil on his face.

Marlene narrowed her eyes, "I'm sorry Red, but I'm not helping and the penguins will stop you!"

"Who said you had a choice, King Rat bring in my mind control devise!" Red ordered.

"Uh, sure here you go."

"Hahhahahahah!" Red opened the cage and stepped right up to Marlene, she tried to back herself out but because of the bars she couldn't go anywhere, he foreced it down on her head and as soon as it touched her, her whole body shook, she didn't move for a minute or two but suddenly her eyes opened and they were bright red.

"Yes It works, hehe, let's test it out!" Red said while rubbing his paws together with glee.

"Marlene walk over there!" He said while ponting towards the king rat, he watched in amazment as she did just that.

"Excellent, now we just wait," He said grinning.

The penguins had reached the park and Kowalski was checking the tree's with his machine it took almost two hours before Kowalski found it, "yes I do beleive this is it!"

"Well, let's try Rico your up!" Skipper said signaling to Rico.

"Yeah, yeah," Rico spewed up a singal stick of dynomite, and sat it next to the bottom of the tree, it blew up in a matter of seconds making a bigger than the entrance into the tree. Skipper was the first to jump down quickly followed by Rico, Kowalsi and Private.

"Nice, work Rico and Kowalski, now keep an eye out for traps." The penguins were in a fighting stance when a familer voice called to them.

"Well, if isn't the flightless birds, long time no see!" It was king rat and all his subjects standing around him snickering at them.

"King rat, are you working for the red squirrel?" Asked Private with a confused experssion on his face. However he did earn himself a slap from Skipper, "ow!"

"Private no time for chit chat, we gotta take these rats down!"

"Oh, yeah well not before we take you down!" Yelled the king rat back.