The Penguins of Madagascar-The Black and White Bandits

Chapter 5:The Red Squirrel

"Keep alert boys...the red squirrel could be lurking around anywhere, in fact, he could be one of us..." said Skipper in the Park. It was dark and hard to see, but Skipper had his super vision binoculars. "Kowalski, I'm sensing movement at co-ordinates..." said Skipper, but was interrupted by the sounding of a grenade going off near him. Kowalski and Rico were gone. "Show yourself, or are you too cowardly to do so?" asked Skipper uncertainly. "Big green?" asked Skipper. No response.

There was a flash of lightning, and Fred appeared. "Wow!" he greeted. "I know, right! Oh wait, that's how you greet people..." said Skipper, eyes rolling. "Follow me, raccoon, I have something to show you!" said Fred. "You talkin' to me?" questioned Skipper. "Yeah! Come, quickly, we're in grave danger!" said Fred. Fred pulled a branch, and a secret entrance to the tree opened. "Follow me," said Fred. Sleeping gas filled the holes, and Skipper passed out. When he woke up, he was in a room with Fred, Roger, Rico and Kowalski. But no Private. "W-Where am I?" asked Skipper. "Ahh, Skipper, you have finally arrived..." trailed off a voice. "The Red Squirrel?" asked Skipper. "No hey, it's a lunacorn!" said The Red Squirrel. No response. "Well, I expected Private to come out and say, 'Really, where?'...I miss the naïve young soldier!" said Skipper shamefully. "Skipper?" questioned Rico. "I'm here for you, soldier! Where are you?" asked Skipper. The lights turned on, and revealed the red squirrel, Kowalski, Rico and Roger trapped in a huge cage, but the bars weren't wide enough to escape. In a separate cage, there was a small figure of what appeared to be Private. "Private?" asked Skipper. "Sound all!" he shouted.

"Why'd you do it Red?" asked Skipper. "Why'd you penguin nap little Private?" he asked, sounding very terrified. "You see, your boy has something very valuable, that doesn't belong to him..."said The Red Squirrel. He poked Private. He made a squeaky sound. "What? It's a phoney? This hole time..."the squirrel muttered something under his breath.

"Good job Fred!" said Skipper. "Huh? It wasn't me...I work for The Red Possum! I'm evil!" said Fred. "I'm a squirrel! Why did you capture a stuffed toy?" asked the red squirrel angrily. "Release these useless penguins!" he shouted.

The penguins got back to the zoo, their HQ, and saw Roger off. A surprise was waiting for them in their HQ...