The six penguins didn't waste a second, and hopped into the car. With Rico at the wheel they would get there in no time. Rico put his foot down, and the car sped off into the city. Emma looked out of the car and up into the sky. It was early morning and the sun was barely over the horizon. Birds chirped in the distance but the city was strangely quiet. Fluffy white clouds dotted the landscape and Emma tried to make shapes out of them. She saw one that looked like a dragon and pointed it out to Kowalski, who was sitting next to her. He smiled warmly, and wrapped a flipper around Emma, making her blush.
"So when we get there, how are we going to save Ashley?" Private asked.
"Kaboom?" Rico suggested hopefully.
"Well stealth is the key." Skipper began. "If we go in there, guns blazing, and kabooming everything, then Blowhole might kill Ashley before we find him." He told them. Rico looked disappointed, and he grumbled something under his breath.
If he isn't already dead. Emma thought sadly. She mentally slapped herself, and told herself off quietly. Hey he's going to be ok. She told herself. We'll find him,then bring him back, and it'll all be ok.
"How are we going to get in?" Tom asked curiously. Kowalski whipped out some blueprints.
"We'll get in through this vent here, and then we can begin searching for him." He explained to the younger penguin. Tom nodded in understanding, and looked ahead.
"How long will it take to get there?" Emma asked, feeling slightly impatient.
"If Rico keeps going at this speed, it should take about 2 hours." Kowalski told her. Emma sighed and plugged her headphones in, and tried to lose herself in the music. The two hours dragged slowly, and they eventually entered New Jersey, and Kowalski pulled out a map.
"So where's Charnwood Street?" Emma asked, taking a closer look at the map, and turning her music off.
"About half a mile away." Kowalski replied. He then turned to Rico. "Rico, make a left at the next corner." Kowalski told him. Rico nodded and turned the corner. Kowalski gave him more instructions on where to go and in about 10 minutes, they reached a massive abandoned factory. It was a grubby dark grey, and felt unfriendly. Rico parked their car in a hidden spot, and hacked up six grappling guns. Skipper fired his at the roof, and the hook shot out of the gun and grasped onto the roof. He began climbing it, and the others did the same with theirs. As they reached the top, Kowalski pointed to the air vent, and they scurried into it.
"So where now?" Private asked, looking into the darkness ahead.
"Well this air vent should give us a good view of some of the key spots of the factory, so just look out for Ashley through the little grates, that are dotted in the vents." Kowalski explained, pointing to one. Emma peered through it and saw what looked like a computer room, Blowhole was sitting in there, a devious smile on his face. Emma took a closer look at one of the screens, and her stomach flipped.
"Guys, there's a camera in this vent, Blowhole knows we're here!" She gulped, her voice becoming urgent. Private and Tom looked scared, and Rico, and Skipper's face's became serious. The penguins slid down the vent as fast as they could, checking through the little grates every now and again. Suddenly, the floor disappeared beneath them, and they tumbled out of the vent. The lights around them switched off, and they heard a high pitched laugh in the distance. They got into fighting stance, and stared into the blackness, hoping to see some movement. They heard the laugh again, this time much closer, and they scooted closer to eachother.
"Show yourself Blowhole!" Skipper yelled angrily. A few of the lights turned on again, and Emma looked up. Blowhole was right in front of them.
"Well well well, peng-uu-ins, nice to see you again." Blowhole taunted, showing his sharp teeth. Skipper took no notice of this, and looked up at his foe bravely.
"Where's Ashley?" He demanded, his face dark with anger.
"Ashley's gone." Blowhole told them simply. Emma's stomach churned horribly, and her heart pounded at those words.
"What do you mean gone?" Kowalski asked, a nasty chill going down his spine. Blowhole just smiled, and the floor fell beneath them again. Blowhole remained at the top, and looked down at them. They were in what looked like an pit, or an arena. It was almost pitch black, and Emma tried to find Kowalski. She grasped his flipper, and huddled closer to him. A massive light flashed on in the middle of the arena like pit and Blowhole watched his little foes. Emma heard what sounded like a growl coming from a shadow, at the far end of the pit. She turned in that direction, and she froze in fear. There was a pair of glowing red eyes in the corner, and they began to move closer to the light. Emma's breathing sped up, and Kowalski watched her worriedly. "What's up Em?" He asked. She pointed a flipper in the direction of the eyes, unable to speak. The others followed it, and gulped at the eyes.
"W.. what is that?" Tom asked, nervously.
"Peng-uu-ins, meet Nightshadow." Blowhole announced. Nightshadow came out of the shadows and Emma gasped in horror. Nightshadow had glowing red eyes, feathers sticking out all over the place, massive cuts, and wounds all over his blood stained, blackish grey feathers, and cuts all over his face, beak, and eyes. Part of him was so badly wounded that you could actually see the bone. Emma looked at his feet and saw claws growing from them and from the flippers. She looked over the size and shape of Nightshadow, and a cold shiver ran through her entire body.
"A..... Ash?" Emma managed, her eyes wide with fear. "What did he do to you?" She asked, looking at him in shock. All she got in response was a growl. The penguins instinctively moved backwards, away from what used to be their friend. Skipper looked up at Blowhole, full of rage.
"You know, your friend was hard to break, he was a fighter." Blowhole remarked. "But he broke in the end, they all do." He added proudly.
"Change him back you freak!" Emma yelled feeling angry and scared all at the same time.
"Oh he can't be changed back, he'll be like that forever. Anyway, he only responds to my commands now." Blowhole told them smugly. He looked down at the former team member, and smiled evilly. "Nightshadow. Kill." He told him. Nightshadow smiled, blood dripping from his beak, and he began to stroll over to the team calmly. Skipper and Rico stood in front of the others, trying to protect them. They heard something from Blowhole, and they all looked up. "Kill the girl, and the tall one first." He instructed. Nightshadow's cold eyes fell on Emma and Kowalski, and Emma cowered. Her feet anchored to the ground, and she couldn't move. The others formed a circle around the two penguins, and Kowalski stepped in front of Emma protectively. Nightshadow charged at them, and flung Tom and Private to the other side of the room with ease. Emma's brain came out of panic mode, as she saw her little brother struggle to get up. She tried to run over to him, but Kowalski stopped her.
"Em if you go over there, Nightshadow will try to kill you and Tom might get hurt in the process." He told her.
"Good point." Emma sighed, turning her attention back to Nightshadow, who was being fended off by Skipper and Rico. Skipper now had a big gash down the side of his face, and Rico had just been hit where his scar was, making it reopen. Emma winced at this, and she and Kowalski got into battle stance, incase Nightshadow got through Skipper and Rico. Emma could barely watch, she had to help her brothers, but Kowalski wouldn't let her. Pat of her was angry at him for this, but she knew he only trying to keep her safe. Emma glanced over at Private and Tom to make sure they were ok. They were just getting up, and they were about to go over and help. Emma gestured for them to keep down, she couldn't bare to see them get hurt too. A few seconds later she saw Skipper fall to the ground, and Kowalski couldn't stop her this time, and she rushed to his side.
"E... Emma." He managed, looking up at her. Emma looked at his wounds with panic, and her mind went blank with fear. "It.. it's ok sis, they're only minor wounds, I'll be ok." He told her weakly. Emma doubted this, and she examined a large scratch that went across his chest. "If.. if Ashley's still alive, after what's h.. happened to him, then I know I'll be ok.." He told her. Emma knew this was true, but she still didn't want to leave him. But her attention got caught by Rico, who had just been flung against the wall. Skipper told her to go to him, before passing out, and Emma nodded, rushing over to Rico. Rico was already unconscious, but he was still breathing. Emma looked at his scar, and saw that it was larger now. Kowalski ran up to her, and lifted her face up from Rico, making her look at him.
"Em, we're the only ones still up." Kowalski told her gravely. Emma looked up and realised that Kowalski was right. Skipper and Rico were unconscious, and she had told Private and Tom to stay down. Nightshadow stared at them, growling as he began to make his way over to them. Kowalski stood in front of Emma protectively.
"Aww how sweet." Blowhole remarked mockingly.
"Kowalski, what are you doing?" Emma whispered to him, urgently.
"Trying to protect you." Kowalski answered simply.
"I don't want you to get hurt." She told him, trying to step around him. Unfortunately for Emma, Kowalski was a little stronger than her, so she didn't get very far.
"I don't want you to get hurt either." He whispered to her. Emma's heart skipped a beat at this, and she wrapped her flippers around him from behind.
"Just please don't go running in trying to attack him." Emma pleaded, hugging him tighter. He sighed and nodded. Nightshadow got even closer, and they eventually got cornered. They slid down to the floor, and Emma looked up at Nightshadow fearfully. Her eyes fell on Kowalski, who was watching her sadly. "Do.... do you think this is the end?" She asked him, tears forming at the back of her eyes.
"Maybe." Kowalski answered, looking a bit scared himself. Emma looked up at Nightshadow, and back at Kowalski. A wave of bravery swept over her.
"Well if it is, then so be it. My only dream has come true." She stated, hugging Kowalski lovingly.
"What was that?" Kowalski asked, looking curious.
"That we were together." She answered, squeezing his flippers. Kowalski's stomach filled with butterflies and he hugged Emma tightly, closing his eyes, a tear falling form one of them.
"I love you." He whispered to her, stroking her hair.
"I love you too." Emma whispered back, resting her head on his chest and listening to his heartbeat. They looked at eachother one last time, and closed there eyes, awaiting their fate.
"So when we get there, how are we going to save Ashley?" Private asked.
"Kaboom?" Rico suggested hopefully.
"Well stealth is the key." Skipper began. "If we go in there, guns blazing, and kabooming everything, then Blowhole might kill Ashley before we find him." He told them. Rico looked disappointed, and he grumbled something under his breath.
If he isn't already dead. Emma thought sadly. She mentally slapped herself, and told herself off quietly. Hey he's going to be ok. She told herself. We'll find him,then bring him back, and it'll all be ok.
"How are we going to get in?" Tom asked curiously. Kowalski whipped out some blueprints.
"We'll get in through this vent here, and then we can begin searching for him." He explained to the younger penguin. Tom nodded in understanding, and looked ahead.
"How long will it take to get there?" Emma asked, feeling slightly impatient.
"If Rico keeps going at this speed, it should take about 2 hours." Kowalski told her. Emma sighed and plugged her headphones in, and tried to lose herself in the music. The two hours dragged slowly, and they eventually entered New Jersey, and Kowalski pulled out a map.
"So where's Charnwood Street?" Emma asked, taking a closer look at the map, and turning her music off.
"About half a mile away." Kowalski replied. He then turned to Rico. "Rico, make a left at the next corner." Kowalski told him. Rico nodded and turned the corner. Kowalski gave him more instructions on where to go and in about 10 minutes, they reached a massive abandoned factory. It was a grubby dark grey, and felt unfriendly. Rico parked their car in a hidden spot, and hacked up six grappling guns. Skipper fired his at the roof, and the hook shot out of the gun and grasped onto the roof. He began climbing it, and the others did the same with theirs. As they reached the top, Kowalski pointed to the air vent, and they scurried into it.
"So where now?" Private asked, looking into the darkness ahead.
"Well this air vent should give us a good view of some of the key spots of the factory, so just look out for Ashley through the little grates, that are dotted in the vents." Kowalski explained, pointing to one. Emma peered through it and saw what looked like a computer room, Blowhole was sitting in there, a devious smile on his face. Emma took a closer look at one of the screens, and her stomach flipped.
"Guys, there's a camera in this vent, Blowhole knows we're here!" She gulped, her voice becoming urgent. Private and Tom looked scared, and Rico, and Skipper's face's became serious. The penguins slid down the vent as fast as they could, checking through the little grates every now and again. Suddenly, the floor disappeared beneath them, and they tumbled out of the vent. The lights around them switched off, and they heard a high pitched laugh in the distance. They got into fighting stance, and stared into the blackness, hoping to see some movement. They heard the laugh again, this time much closer, and they scooted closer to eachother.
"Show yourself Blowhole!" Skipper yelled angrily. A few of the lights turned on again, and Emma looked up. Blowhole was right in front of them.
"Well well well, peng-uu-ins, nice to see you again." Blowhole taunted, showing his sharp teeth. Skipper took no notice of this, and looked up at his foe bravely.
"Where's Ashley?" He demanded, his face dark with anger.
"Ashley's gone." Blowhole told them simply. Emma's stomach churned horribly, and her heart pounded at those words.
"What do you mean gone?" Kowalski asked, a nasty chill going down his spine. Blowhole just smiled, and the floor fell beneath them again. Blowhole remained at the top, and looked down at them. They were in what looked like an pit, or an arena. It was almost pitch black, and Emma tried to find Kowalski. She grasped his flipper, and huddled closer to him. A massive light flashed on in the middle of the arena like pit and Blowhole watched his little foes. Emma heard what sounded like a growl coming from a shadow, at the far end of the pit. She turned in that direction, and she froze in fear. There was a pair of glowing red eyes in the corner, and they began to move closer to the light. Emma's breathing sped up, and Kowalski watched her worriedly. "What's up Em?" He asked. She pointed a flipper in the direction of the eyes, unable to speak. The others followed it, and gulped at the eyes.
"W.. what is that?" Tom asked, nervously.
"Peng-uu-ins, meet Nightshadow." Blowhole announced. Nightshadow came out of the shadows and Emma gasped in horror. Nightshadow had glowing red eyes, feathers sticking out all over the place, massive cuts, and wounds all over his blood stained, blackish grey feathers, and cuts all over his face, beak, and eyes. Part of him was so badly wounded that you could actually see the bone. Emma looked at his feet and saw claws growing from them and from the flippers. She looked over the size and shape of Nightshadow, and a cold shiver ran through her entire body.
"A..... Ash?" Emma managed, her eyes wide with fear. "What did he do to you?" She asked, looking at him in shock. All she got in response was a growl. The penguins instinctively moved backwards, away from what used to be their friend. Skipper looked up at Blowhole, full of rage.
"You know, your friend was hard to break, he was a fighter." Blowhole remarked. "But he broke in the end, they all do." He added proudly.
"Change him back you freak!" Emma yelled feeling angry and scared all at the same time.
"Oh he can't be changed back, he'll be like that forever. Anyway, he only responds to my commands now." Blowhole told them smugly. He looked down at the former team member, and smiled evilly. "Nightshadow. Kill." He told him. Nightshadow smiled, blood dripping from his beak, and he began to stroll over to the team calmly. Skipper and Rico stood in front of the others, trying to protect them. They heard something from Blowhole, and they all looked up. "Kill the girl, and the tall one first." He instructed. Nightshadow's cold eyes fell on Emma and Kowalski, and Emma cowered. Her feet anchored to the ground, and she couldn't move. The others formed a circle around the two penguins, and Kowalski stepped in front of Emma protectively. Nightshadow charged at them, and flung Tom and Private to the other side of the room with ease. Emma's brain came out of panic mode, as she saw her little brother struggle to get up. She tried to run over to him, but Kowalski stopped her.
"Em if you go over there, Nightshadow will try to kill you and Tom might get hurt in the process." He told her.
"Good point." Emma sighed, turning her attention back to Nightshadow, who was being fended off by Skipper and Rico. Skipper now had a big gash down the side of his face, and Rico had just been hit where his scar was, making it reopen. Emma winced at this, and she and Kowalski got into battle stance, incase Nightshadow got through Skipper and Rico. Emma could barely watch, she had to help her brothers, but Kowalski wouldn't let her. Pat of her was angry at him for this, but she knew he only trying to keep her safe. Emma glanced over at Private and Tom to make sure they were ok. They were just getting up, and they were about to go over and help. Emma gestured for them to keep down, she couldn't bare to see them get hurt too. A few seconds later she saw Skipper fall to the ground, and Kowalski couldn't stop her this time, and she rushed to his side.
"E... Emma." He managed, looking up at her. Emma looked at his wounds with panic, and her mind went blank with fear. "It.. it's ok sis, they're only minor wounds, I'll be ok." He told her weakly. Emma doubted this, and she examined a large scratch that went across his chest. "If.. if Ashley's still alive, after what's h.. happened to him, then I know I'll be ok.." He told her. Emma knew this was true, but she still didn't want to leave him. But her attention got caught by Rico, who had just been flung against the wall. Skipper told her to go to him, before passing out, and Emma nodded, rushing over to Rico. Rico was already unconscious, but he was still breathing. Emma looked at his scar, and saw that it was larger now. Kowalski ran up to her, and lifted her face up from Rico, making her look at him.
"Em, we're the only ones still up." Kowalski told her gravely. Emma looked up and realised that Kowalski was right. Skipper and Rico were unconscious, and she had told Private and Tom to stay down. Nightshadow stared at them, growling as he began to make his way over to them. Kowalski stood in front of Emma protectively.
"Aww how sweet." Blowhole remarked mockingly.
"Kowalski, what are you doing?" Emma whispered to him, urgently.
"Trying to protect you." Kowalski answered simply.
"I don't want you to get hurt." She told him, trying to step around him. Unfortunately for Emma, Kowalski was a little stronger than her, so she didn't get very far.
"I don't want you to get hurt either." He whispered to her. Emma's heart skipped a beat at this, and she wrapped her flippers around him from behind.
"Just please don't go running in trying to attack him." Emma pleaded, hugging him tighter. He sighed and nodded. Nightshadow got even closer, and they eventually got cornered. They slid down to the floor, and Emma looked up at Nightshadow fearfully. Her eyes fell on Kowalski, who was watching her sadly. "Do.... do you think this is the end?" She asked him, tears forming at the back of her eyes.
"Maybe." Kowalski answered, looking a bit scared himself. Emma looked up at Nightshadow, and back at Kowalski. A wave of bravery swept over her.
"Well if it is, then so be it. My only dream has come true." She stated, hugging Kowalski lovingly.
"What was that?" Kowalski asked, looking curious.
"That we were together." She answered, squeezing his flippers. Kowalski's stomach filled with butterflies and he hugged Emma tightly, closing his eyes, a tear falling form one of them.
"I love you." He whispered to her, stroking her hair.
"I love you too." Emma whispered back, resting her head on his chest and listening to his heartbeat. They looked at eachother one last time, and closed there eyes, awaiting their fate.
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some of us have been talking of a secret language, and this is the key. i will write some sentences in the code, so you undersand iot. but heres an explanation
a=b when writing and "a" in code, write a "b" and vise-versa. capital leters, the same. as well as when you have to you, say shift + 6 = ^ then you'd post a shift + seven,which is &.
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translation: i m writing this in code. can you understand? i may take longer to write sentences, but once you get it, its easy!!!
plus the reporting ppl wont get it and could't report us!!! maybe im wrong. but some of us think we should!