I looked around the clearing. My eyes falling on a black and white form beside me. He was soaked in blood. I put a flipper on the penguin's chest. He was dead as doornail. I couldn't have been wrong. I'd kissed death before. I knew death when it was present in a body. And it was in this penguin's body. I shivered. Who had killed him? Then it hit me like a tidal wave. Where was Hans? Had he been shot too? I looked around. No one was there. I got to my feet and walked a distance. If Hans had been shot surely he wouldn't have gotton this far. Then another thought entered my mind. I froze. Was it possible..I shook the thought off in an instant. Hans was my friend. He wasn't a killer..was he? I looked over my shoulder. Something crashed in the bushes behind me. I turned around, my eyes growing wide. "Hans! You're okay!" I exclaimed. His wing flew over my beak, pinning it shut. "Shh!" he hissed. "The base probably heard that shot. They'll be here in no time!" He snapped in a loud whisper. I was about to ask, 'but why would we have to worry? we didn't kill the guy'. That's when I felt something pressed up against my side. It was cold..and sickenly familiar. My eyes turned slowly downward. Hans held a pistol to my side, his wing grasping the trigger. I swallowed a lump in my throat. What did Hans think he was DOING? Our eyes met. He must've seen the misunderstanding hurt in mine. I saw the feirce hatred in his. It was the same hatred I'd seen in his eyes the night I'd snapped at him. I should have known he'd hold a grudge. He was FAKING. Now he was going to kill me. My heart pounded. I wasn't scared though. It's hard to explain what goes through the mind of someone who knows they could die *snaps flipper* just like that. Whatever it was, it wasn't fear at all. Suddenly Hans thrust the barrel of the pistol into me, shoving me back. I landed on the ground, the back of my head hitting with a thud that sent pulsing pain through my temples. I rose up, shaking stars out of my head. "Tell anyone the truth 'Skipper'," Hans sneered, "-and you DIE". With that he vannished into the trees. I hurried back to the dead penguin. I knew who it was now. It was General Croft. My heart leapt into my throat. Hans had killed him. Suddenly someone crashed through the bushes. A familiar voice shouted, "Get your hands up where I can see them!" Leeland stood in the clearing.
Chase Scene: Take 1
Julien: "...Ah! A thief!
...
Keep dancing!"
Maurice: "But there's no music!"
Julien: "I'll pretend I did not hear that!"
Julien: "Come back you music hater!"
Skipper: "I don't hate music! I hate--"
*--trip*
Chase Scene: Take 2
Julien: "Come back you music hater!"
Skipper: "I don't hate music! I hate noise!"
Julien: *causes Skipper to slip on bananas, causing him to drop a battery which he intercepts*
*Jumps to get another, misses, swings on a pole back around, and retrieves a second battery*
2 minutes later...
Skipper: "Ha, lost him."
Julien: *swings in on snake...SMACK..."Oops. Sorry Skipper. Are you okay?"
Skipper: "I think I coughed up my spleen..."
Julien: "...Ah! A thief!
...
Keep dancing!"
Maurice: "But there's no music!"
Julien: "I'll pretend I did not hear that!"
Julien: "Come back you music hater!"
Skipper: "I don't hate music! I hate--"
*--trip*
Chase Scene: Take 2
Julien: "Come back you music hater!"
Skipper: "I don't hate music! I hate noise!"
Julien: *causes Skipper to slip on bananas, causing him to drop a battery which he intercepts*
*Jumps to get another, misses, swings on a pole back around, and retrieves a second battery*
2 minutes later...
Skipper: "Ha, lost him."
Julien: *swings in on snake...SMACK..."Oops. Sorry Skipper. Are you okay?"
Skipper: "I think I coughed up my spleen..."