Emma soared into the sky, followed by Marlene in brightly coloured, remote control airplanes. As the airplanes climbed higher into the sky, Emma put her small headset on and turned to Marlene.

"Marlene, is your headset working?" She asked, clearly.

"Yep, can you see anything?" Marlene replied, as she slowed her climbing and hovered over New York, her light brown eyes fixed on the great green expanse that was Central Park.

"Wow, you can see everything from here!" Emma exclaimed, briefly forgetting about their mission, and staring around in delight. From here, you could see The Park, Liberty Island, Ellis Island and even The Empire State Building. It reminded Emma of when she used to play on a game with her brothers and when you climbed The Empire State Building, you could see the whole of New York. She was soon snapped out of her trance by Marlene shouting in her earhole.

"EMMA!" She yelled, making Emma jump in surprise and nearly lose control of the plane.

"Huh?" Emma answered sheepishly as she eventually regained balance.

"Can you see anything?" Marlene repeated, a hint of impatience in her voice.

"I'll check." Emma replied, whipping out the device and turning it on. She flew a little closer to the park, so that it was all in view and nothing else was on the scanner. She began to scan the first quarter of the park, staring down at it in deep concentration. Nothing. She sighed and moved the scanner to focus on the second quarter of the park. After a few seconds, the scanner made a negative sound and Emma sighed. Marlene looked at her questioningly, and she held up a flipper, signalling that it wasn't done yet. She pointed it towards the third quarter and waited hopefully. A small beeping sound rang through the air and Emma grinned. "Something in the third quarter." She told Marlene, as she swooped down towards Central Park. As they hovered above this quarter, Emma couldn't help but notice that it was a quieter part of the park, far away from the zoo. She began to scan again, hoping for a more precise location. The beeping sound rang again, but this time it was louder. Emma kept the scanner on and stared at the small red dot on it. She began to follow it, Marlene closely on her tail. They swooped further down and the beeping became louder and faster. Emma looked through the scanner and noticed a colossal spaceship, camouflaged in a secluded part of Central Park, only 200 meters away. Emma nodded to Marlene and they raced towards it.

We're coming everyone... Emma thought.

In The Ship.

Skipper stared out of the cage bars and sighed sadly, his eyes not seeming to focus on anything, rather staring into deep nothingness.

"You alright Skipper?" Kowalski asked, watching his leader in concern.

"Emma was right.." He mumbled, not really hearing Kowalski.

"What'd you say Skippah?" Private asked curiously.

"Emma was right." Skipper repeated louder. "She knew something was off about Tia- Tiatra, but I was too stubborn and love struck to see it." He explained regretfully. "She had a feeling that Tia was this alien in disguise, and I should have listened, because when she has a feeling, or a dream, which she did have, it's always right." He added. "And now Ashley's been hurt, Jimmy hasn't come back, and we're awaiting our doom."

"Don't worry Sir, Emma will find us." Ashley replied optimistically.

"What if she doesn't? What if something bad has happened to her?" Skipper argued. Ashley opened his beak to answer, but couldn't think of what to say, and closed it quickly. An eerie, melancholy silence fell over the cage and everyone stared at the floor.

I've failed as a leader..... Skipper thought, downcast thoughts, and feelings filling his head. A few minutes later, Ava heard a distinct clicking sound and she brightened immediately.

"Jimmy!" She exclaimed, smiling as the familiar little bug flew back into the cage and landed on her flipper. She petted his head gently and stared down at him. "Have you found anything out?" She asked. Jimmy started making a series of clicking and buzzing sounds and the others stared curiously as Ava nodded every now and again. After a while she turned to the others, who were staring at her expectantly. "There's a control room upstairs, just outside of this room, which has the button to free us, but Jimmy can't press it, because he's too small." Ava explained.

"Aw...." Dustin groaned, staring towards the door. "Is there anything else we need to know?" He asked.

"Yeah, there's tons of rooms in the ship, many that don't matter to us, but there's a long corridor that runs down the whole length of the ship. When you step out, and turn right, the exit is that way." Ava explained. "To the left of the corridor is the.. the torture room, and Tiatra's bedroom, along with the ships bridge." She added. "There's no guards, at all, and by the looks of it, there's only Tiatra, and, urm... her guard guy on board."

"So is there actually a way for us to get out right now?" Maya asked. Ava shook her head sadly, and Maya sighed. Suddenly, the lights went out again, and the animals jumped in surprise. Ava huddled closer to Ashley, and they heard the familiar, deep laugh coming from the shadows.

"Oh for pity's sake, why do you have to turn off the lights every time you walk in?" Sky asked, rolling her eyes. "Are you that worried about an 'good' entrance?" She added mockingly.

"No." Tiatra, replied, the lights still off. "I just love watching you jump." She explained, grinning deviously. The lights turned back on and she nodded to Carter who was up in the control room. Carter pressed a button, and they all got strapped to the cage bars again. (Except for Jimmy.) He then pressed another button, and the cage began to split and disperse, as it dropped all of them, in different places. Ava and Ashley were dropped on a tiny rock in the middle of the lava lake, Dustin and Maya were put on a conveyor belt, heading towards a giant saw, Sky, Michael and Rico were tied to a rope just above the saw and Private and Kowalski were being slowly lowered into a tub of acid, and Skipper was left in the cage.

"But.. but what about what y... you said...?" Ashley asked, stuttering nervously.

"Well that pesky girl penguin has found the ship and is now on board." Tiatra began. "Along with an otter. Anyway, I'm making sure that they're too late to save you all, then I'll kill them, and...." She trailed off, turning to Skipper. "I'm going to make you watch, and then kill you too." She decided gleefully. Skipper's face turned panicked and he stared around at his friends and family.

"Em... Emma's on board..?" Kowalski managed, his eyes widening in worry and fright. A thought struck Ava and she turned to Jimmy.

"Warn Emma, quickly." She whispered urgently. Jimmy nodded and flew off speedily towards the door. Tiatra didn't notice this and she nodded again to Carter who pressed another button and started up the machines, and made the lava lake rise slightly. The animals began to panic, their hearts pounding fearfully at the thought of this being their last moment in this world......