This will be a small series that I thought about and I want to share it with you all. Enjoy! :)

It was the end of mating season for the penguins and a snow storm is days away. The females are gonna leave for a while to catch some fish for their mates and their future offspring. The males share one more kiss to their mates before they left. As time goes on, one female penguin never expected it. She laid another egg! She knew it was impossible for it to happen but is it really happening? She placed the egg between her legs and waddles but a thought came in to her mind. She could abandon the egg or take it home to it's father and sibling? She knows her kind's way. If a couple lays more than one they should set aside the other.

She then separates from the other females and stayed in a small snow cove for a while and made a makeshift nest using her feathers to keep the egg warm. But alas, the females are almost done and about to return to the nest. That penguin looks at the egg one more time and says, "I love you little one but mommy has to go for a while. Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise." She gives a small peck to the egg and belly slides to the small cave's entrance and returns to the other penguins. It was hard for her to leave that egg but she promised to her little one that she'll return.

(5 Hours Later)

June 12, 1980

0945 Hours (9:45 AM)

Antarctica

Operatives in the area: 1st Lt. Johnathan "Sharpy", 2nd Lt. Loryn "Spotty"

TF Icepick

Two penguins are watching from the top of a snow hill and inspects the sky for any skua in the area. These two penguins aren't any ordinary penguins but special penguins that are much advance and deadlier than an average one. 1st Lt. Sharpy, one of the greatest penguin snipers in the academy. And the second one is 2nd Lt. Spotty, a dedicated sniper second to Sharpy. The lovely couple does look like any other couple except for one thing. They don't have an offspring. They have a reputation for not laying any egg because Spotty was really infertile, but Sharpy still accepted her as his mate.

Spotty grabs a set of binoculars and checks the small cave and looks at her mate, "Sharpy, I don't think the mother's comin' back. We need to go in!" Her voice already has a tinge of panic and distress.

Sharpy sighs and pats his mate on the back. He senses that she wants to take care of the egg that her motherly instincts are kicking in. "Please Spotty. Let's just wait a bit more and we'll go into save the egg, all right? You're motherly instincts are kicking in again so please stay calm and I promise that this mission will be over before you know it." Said Sharpy. Spotty gave out a sigh of annoyance and doesn't want to argue anymore. She simply returned to her scope and scans for anything that may take the egg.

A couple more hours burns the clock and Spotty can feel the temperature decrease rapidly. She takes a peak on her mate and sees that his eyelids are already closed. This was her chance. She'll be back before he wakes up. Spotty stands up and slides on the slope of the hill where they are hiding. She pulls out her 1911 pistol as she enters the small cave. The egg, it was still there. Spotty extends her flipper and grabs the egg. She embraces it carefully and gives it a light peck, "you're safe now young one." She cherishes the moment, but a loud gunshot from outside destroys it. The female penguin rushed outside and sees his mate getting surrounded by three skuas.

"Spotty!" He yelled out gaining her attention, "Get out of here! Take the egg back to the base!" Sharpy rolls down as a skua dove attempting to grab him. "NOW!" He yelled once more.

Spotty has to choose, the egg or her mate. She looks behind her and belly slides away without looking back. Sharpy, who was now in the brink of his demise, is grabs and thrown to the air by the skuas. The magazine in his 1911 is already empty thus leaving him defenseless. He closes his eyes as the skuas tries to rip him apart limb from limb. But before he meets his creator, a silent whistle that came from bellow hits their target. Sharpy fell down on the cold surface as he bleeds from his wounds. A soft touch of a flipper of another penguin embraces him, "I would never leave you!" It was Spotty! Her eyes are covered with tears and her heart beat raised in fear. She wipes away the blood that's covering Sharpy's face and gives him a kiss, "please, don't leave me." She pleaded and pleaded as Sharpy faints. And just in time, the Antarctic Army's QRF arrives in the nick of time to rescue these penguins.

July 3, 1980

0451 Hours (4:51 AM)

Deep Snow Settlement 6, Antarctica

It has nearly been a month since the incident that almost took the life of her beloved mate. But it cost her career. 2nd Lt. Loryn "Spotty" was court marshaled for insubordination and the near death experience to her superior officer's death by leaving him alone. Loryn is going to be suspended for two years until further notice. But the court did need someone to take care of the egg so they agreed that Spotty will mother the egg.

Her mate was in a recovery state for weeks now that she hesitates to enter his room every time. But today is the day she enters the room to show him a surprise. She takes a deep breath and opens the door and waddles inside. Loryn finally sees him, her long injured mate is about to be fully recovered. "Spotty." Those were his first words after a while. What greeted Loryn wasn't an angry face or tone, but a beak smiling towards her and the voice that she loves to hear everyday. "I miss you so much, dear." He really wants to get up but his entire body ached.

Loryn quickly settles Sharpy down on his bed and chuckles softly a tear comes out from her eyes, "I-I missed you VERY much!" She snuggled her self on the soft downs on her mate's chest. "I'm sorry! I'm so so SORRY!" She shouted and shouted underneath those feathers.

As his body ached while feeling the tears of his mate he pats her back gently and lifts up her beak. He looked straight into her eyes and says, "No need to be sorry, it was my fault after all. Because of me sleeping on the job and not listening to you, that's what kept me out of sync during that day." As Sharpy smiles he hears light footsteps behind his mate.

It was a tiny fluffy feathered ball with a flat head and blue eyes. It snuggled up on Loryn's leg and asked, "Why you crying, mama?" Sharpy's eyes widened in joy as he saw the little bundle of joy. "Who he, mama?" The little penguin asked once more.

Loryn grabbed the little toddler and carries him to see Sharpy. The injured penguin gently holds onto the toddler penguin and says, "It looks like we got our wish, right? I'm your papa, kiddo. That's what you should call me, all right? Papa." The baby penguin nods. Sharpy looks up to his mate wondering what she named this wonderful boy, "what did you name him?"

"I was thinkin' Andrew, Lance, Mark, Capin," she pauses and a unique name come into her mind, "or Mumble! Yeah, that's a cute name."

Sharpy chuckles nervously because of the last name she suggested, "yeah, Mumble. Hm." He pauses. Sharpy has a long military history that started ever since the First Human Contact War. And the courageous bloodline was passed on from generation to generation up until Johnathan 'Sharpy' was born. In the past Skipper, Sharpy's father, was one of the greatest penguin soldiers that are ever made in military history. He died while saving his platoon under fire by German troops who tried to establish a base at Antarctica. Looking at this lad, reminds Sharpy of his father. "Skipper. Lets call him Skipper." Sharpy suggested.

"Skipper," Loryn whispered the name as she looks at the tiny bundle of joy. "He does look like a Skipper to me. So, sure! Skipper it is!" The three penguins cuddled each other as a sign for them to be a one whole family.

February 5, 1985

1230 Hours (12:30 PM)

Antarctic Military Academy

"Is that all you got, fancy pants?!" Skipper shouted before getting punched by another penguin in his age.

The flat headed penguin was being held by two other penguins, "come on, wise beak! Show us what you got!" The leader penguins shouted. He rolls his flipper into a fist and punches Skipper in the stomach. The two penguins that were holding him lets go and kicks the downed penguin, "you're not going to be as good as your parents!"

A tear comes down from Skipper's eyes and feels being rejected by his community, "I will be! I will be the best Antarctic Naval Special Operator you will ever see!" He shouted from the top of his lungs.

The penguin laughs and walks away, "that's the last thing that will happen!"

Skipper rolls both his flippers into a fist and punches the ground again and again, "that's enough!" A flipper stops Skipper's fist. The penguin leans down and embraces the young Skipper. "It's all right, son. Daddy's here." Sharpy patted his back and wipes away the tears on his eyes, "stop crying, son. You'll get to the top in no time. But for now, you're just a young Private. And a Private needs to work all the way to the top. Wherever you may be we will always be right here," Sharpy points at his son's chest.

The young penguin sniffs and wipes off his tears, "I will dad." Sharpy smiles and nods in approval.

But soon a loud alarm sounds and and before the father-and-son can know what's going on Spotty suddenly arrives with full gear. She kneels down and gives little Skipper a peck on the forehead, "sorry baby, but mommy and daddy are gonna be gone for a while." Spotty then faces Sharpy, "dear, we need to go now! We have a code red on area 3-0-5."

"Roger that." He stands up and gives one more hug to their son, "remember, we'll be with you every step of the way."

"Love you, kiddo." Said Spotty. She gives him a peck on the cheek and follows Sharpy.

Skipper was left alone to his temporary care taker. As day by day passes along he was always getting beaten up by his classmates without mercy. But he never saw it as his downfall, he saw as an opportunity. Each night he tries to remember every moves his bullies gives him and tries to know the pattern.

But then one day during a flipper-to-flipper combat exercise, "Private Skipper wins!" His bully lies on the floor with blood coming out of his beak and bruises that are everywhere on his body. Now his hunters became the prey.

As he came home to his apartment, an Antarctic Naval Operator was there. He waddled towards the young Skipper and kneels down. He gave him a pat on the shoulder and explains the news about his parents. Skipper leans on the wall and gently falls down to the ground. As tears began to drop from his sapphire eyes the penguin Marine comforts the young Skipper by saying, "c'mon lad. Man up, is this what your father would like to see? Is this what your mother want you to do?" Skipper shook his head, "then stand up, soldier! Soldiers don't cry. And I know that you want to be an Antarctic Naval Special Operator!" He looks up and sees the penguin smiling. From here on out this day will leave a scar in Skipper's life.

To Be Continued...

QRF stands for: Quick Reaction Force

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