Traveling All of Antarctica/Chapter 8

Chapter 8:Swiss Ninja's Comeback
The Snowing 777 soon landed in Torona, and Gottfried, Sancho, Piper, S2, and Akbaboy had made it to the hotel. Swiss Ninja was sleeping on the floor of his hotel room near the wall, with a stethescope taped to the wall. The ruckus of the Hochstadt Gang settling in their new rooms woke him up.

Swiss:"Huh? Oh boy, I think they're here!"

Swiss placed the stethescope in his penguin ears...

murmuring sounds

Gottfried:"Good to see you again Clovis! We brought Sancho along this time and....." more murmuring

Clovis:"I was able to rent out 3 rooms for us......" murmuring

even more murmuring

Piper:"Well, where are we to next??"

Akbaboy:"According to the map, we have to go to Southern Ocean City, then the Happyface State........" murmuring

murmuring

Gottfried:"Yes, this is a nice city. Are there any nice restauraunts around here where we can have our dinner?"

Sancho:"Oh yes, plenty...there's one in...." More murmuring

Swiss:"ARG. I'm tired of trying to decipher what they're trying to say."

Swiss Ninja got up, and took a deep breath, and faced the wall. Swiss Ninja raised his flipper.

Swiss:"HAIIIIIIYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

BOOM

SN had obliterated the wall. The Hochstadt Gang looked at him in surprise and in shock.

Clovis:"AHHH! Some guy we don't know is attacking us!!"

Swiss:"Oops..."

Swiss ripped off his disguise and put his crown, Ninja Mask, and belt back on.

Hochstadt Gang:"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It's Swiss Ninja!"

Akbaboy:"So, you actually caught us this time?"

Swiss:"Yeah, and apparently I did it solo too!"

Clovis:"Phew. No Austin8310!"

Swiss:"Well, you got me!"

The Hochstadt Gang members laughed.

Swiss:"FACE MAH FURY!!!!!!!"

Swiss jumped up into the air and attacked Akbaboy, pinning him to the ground. Akbaboy threw him off, but then SN grabbed his feet, swung him around and Akbaboy flew across the room and crashed into Sancho. Gottfried took out his sword, and SN did the same. Clovis hid behind the couch, and S2 just stood there, pretending to act loyal to SN.

The swords of SN and Gottfried clinked and clinked.

Gottfried:"You can't beat a Master of the sword, Cousin!"

Swiss:"Haha! Then again you're wrong again! My fencing sword can defeat you're primitive Medieval sword."

clink clink click.....clink clink clink

Suddenly, SN redirected Gottfried's stike, and Gottfried lost grip of his sword. He tried to get his sword back by evading Swiss, but Swiss gave Gottfried the final blow.......on his foot.

Gottfried:"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Swiss Ninja grabbed Gottfried also and threw him on top of the two injured penguins Sancho and Akbaboy.

Akbaboy, Sancho, and Gottfried:"AAAAAAAK!"

Akbaboy:"Owwww....that armor is hard and painful....."

Swiss:"S2! Take care of these prisoners. You've got the handcuffs?"

S2:"Sure thing."

Swiss:"Good. I'm going back to the airport. My work here is done."

Swiss Ninja went back into his room, packed up quickly, and left.

No one dared to move unil he was gone. Clovis got out of his hiding spot, and both S2 and him began aiding the injured penguins.

Clovis:"Gottfried! Are you ok!"

Gottfried:"YOU COWARD! WHY DIDN'T YOU FIGHT?"

Clovis stuttered.

Gottfried:"I RISKED MY....."

S2:"Enough! Gottfried! Don't worry about that! How badly are you guys injured?"

Sancho:"Ow...well...not to bad...I only got hit by Akbaboy. No real bad damage."

Akbaboy:"I think I hurt my back.....it's not that serious though."

S2:"....and Gottfried?"

Gottfried:"ehh....."

S2:"Gottfried?"

Gottfried:"Not ok....."

Piper suddenly came into the room.

Piper:"Woah! What happened? I thought I heard a large explosion, but I wasn't sure if it was the TV or not!"

Piper stared at the gaping hole in the wall, and the three injured penguins.

Clovis:"SN attacked. He apparently disguised himself and found out what we were doing."

Piper:"Arg. Should have known. I would have taken care of him."

S2:"Not really. SN was clearly outnumbered. He beat us."

Gottfried:"Owwwww!!!! Remove the armor! It's hurting me!"

The Hochstadt Gang Members started removing Gottfried's armor.

S2:"Come on, Gottfried. Get up."

Gottfried:"Owwww! I....can't....I'm in a lot of pain...."

Clovis:"His foot isn't in good shape..."

Sancho sighed. "We will have to take him to Moon River Hospital. It's not to far from here. S2, can you call in an ambulance?"

S2:"Alright."

Gottfried woke up to find himself lying in a bed.....a hospital bed.

Gottfried:"Ugh...what happened?"

Clovis:"Hey, Doctor, he's awake!"

Gottfried:"Wha....?"

Doctor:"You're in the Hospital, Gottfried. SN attacked you, and you broke your left foot, both your arms, and injured your ribcage."

Gottfried looked down to see two casts on both his arms, a cast on his foot, and a bunch of linen wrapped around his ribcage.

Gottfried:"Aaaack...."

Doctor:"Please, Gottfried. Rest. You will need it."

Gottfried:"No! It can't be this way! My injuries have jeapordized the mission!"

S2:"No, no, Gottfried. We are still in one peace."

Gottfried:"So what will be done about me?"

Sancho:"Unfortunately, they're going to leave both you and I here until you recooperate.Now, as for medical expenses, there are none. Calada was a universal healthcare system."

Gottfried made a face.

Gottfried mumbled:"Fail fail fail...."

S2:"Looks like it's Piper, Clovis, and I, not counting Akbaboy since he's leaving once we reach FG."

Gottfried:"Fine. Please finish my journal for me then."

S2 took out Gottfried's journal. Sancho Monte Captio took out a pen and turned to the next blank page.

Gottfried:"OK.....write this down....."

An excerpt from Gottfried's Journal, which was his last two personal entries:

''Montrealm - A relatively wonderful town, actually. Sancho toured us around town, showing us all the amazing sights to be seen here, like the Notre-Dame Bascillica, a major Telenacle in the heart of the city, The Mont Royal, a very beautiful park home to many ponds and pathways.....and the Olympic Stadium that took about 30 years to make.

''Torona - We only looked a bit around Torona, but not much since I am seriously injured....I've broken both my arms, foot, and my ribcage, and I'm currently in the Torona General Hospital. The city itself is nice through, and they speak English here, not French.''

...

Thus, since a good friend, Sancho Monte Capito is writing this for me, I must bestow the honor of continuing writing this book to my cousin Clovis Hochstadt, who will finish my journey for me.

Sancho closed the journal.

Gottfried:"Clovis, come here."

Clovis timidly walked to Gottfried's bedside.

Clovis:"Hi Gottfried....I hope you feel better...."

Gottfried:"Thanks....here, Sancho, give Clovis the book. Clovis, I'm not going to be able to make the trip. You are the one who must write the journal for me."

Clovis:"Ok...I thought you were mad at me..."

Gottfried:"Hmmph. Well, I was. That doesn't matter anymore. We need to finish this, not looking back to the past all the time....but I do have advice for you. Courage.....Courage is what you need, Clovis. Facing your fears are the only way you are going to move forward in life."

Clovis:"What if I get hurt?"

Gottfried:"Then you get back up. Just don't give up."

Clovis nodded.

Gottfried:"You must be like Piper.....his courage is very strong. Except, don't develop a craving for risking your life or a tendecy to start a fight all the time..."

Piper:"Hey! I heard that!"

Clovis:"Heheh. ok."

The remaining Hochstadt Gang members made their final "Farewells", and left the hospital.

The four remaining Hochstadt Penguins soon took the ferry to Southern Ocean City.

Clovis:"Hmmmm....Where is it again? I can't see it...."

Piper carefully looked with his binoculars.

S2:"We're practically in the middle of nowhere!"

Piper:"Yet the captain says we're 'almost there'. Where is it????"

All of a sudden, the ferry got stuck into a bubble and soon sank to the bottom of Southern Ocean City.

Clovis, S2, Akbaboy and Piper:"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Captain:"We're here!"

The four Hochstadt Members were astonished at what they saw. The first thing that came to mind was the whirlpool bubble, which protected the city from being flooded by the ocean water. Then, it was the two impressive Ice Stalacites Towers, which are some of the tallest towers in all of Antarctica.

Clovis: O_O

S2:"Well, let's tour the place!"

Akbaboy:"Awesome!"

Piper took a picture of the city layout.

The Three took about four hours until they were finished.

Clovis:"Oh, I almost forgot! I need to write my experience in the Journal...."

S2:"You can do that on our Submarine trip to the Happyface State, Clovis."

The four boarded the passenger submarines heading for the Happyface State.

An Excerpt from the Gottfried-Clovis Journal:

''Wow. Southern Ocean City. It's underwater! The two Ice Stalacites are some of the tallest structures in all of Antarctica, and we were able to go to the top of it! We also went to the Northwest park, the Frigid Stadium, and the Iceberg Mall. It's a good place for a good view of the ocean too. You can see the fish swimming.....and the seaweed and coral.......as if it was behind glass....but really a bubble.''

The four Hochstadt Gang members soon arrived in a small town on the coast of the Happyface State late that night. Fuut Ga was still patiently waiting in his car for their arrival.

Piper, Clovis, S2, and Akbaboy:"Hi Fuut Ga!"

Fuut Ga:"Nice to see you all again boys. Hop in the car. There's an inn nearby.

Fuut Ga drove to a nearby inn, a relatively average sized building that was built during the High Penguin Confederacy. It was timber framed with windows that had shutters on it...

Innkeeper:"Oh please come in. We've got enough rooms for tonight...."

The five penguins walked inside and went to bed as soon as they got their rooms.

That next morning, the Four Hochstadt Gang members congregated in the Kitchen of the small Inn. The innkeeper gave everyone a cup of Hot Chocolate and Waffles for breakfast. The gang joyfully ate and soon was on the road again. The land of the Happyface State, or also called the land of the Mountain Spartans, was full of amazing Spartan farmland. Numerous O-Berry groves, Snossberry groves, and fields of Antarctic Wheat and oats lined the hills of the Happyface State. The Gang was only driving through the state in only one day, and didn't stop, since they planned to have lunch in Finestade Land. As they neared their destination though, they reached the mountains, which were also dotted with small Antarctic forests. Eventually, it became all forest, which was when a sign that said "Welcome to Eastsheild!" came up.

Fuut Ga:"Well, we've been driving for a couple hours already and we're already in Eastsheild. Clovis, don't forget to do your journal."

Akbaboy:"Good. Continue taking this road. It should take you straight to FG."

An Excerpt from the Gottfried-Clovis Journal:

''The Happyface State....it's culture is mainly influenced from the old nation of Poleland. It is home to several cities, and is also home to a lot of Farmland, Forest, and Mountains. I bet these mountains, as rugged as they are, are probably where the Mountain Spartans have originated from..... They seem very steep, hard to climb, and very rugged and rocky. Going over them is also very difficult, with lots of windy roads as well. The Mountain Spartans certainly fit their name well....''

Finally, the Hochstadt Gang reached Finestade Land.

User:Akbaboy, please fill in the tour here....

The four remaining Hochstadt Gang members finally drove out of FG after the long tour.

Piper:"Finally, Akbaboy isn't here!"

Clovis:"Aw come on Piper, Akbaboy's awesome! He is a nice guy."

Piper:"No, he's a hater."

S2:"Hater of what? Jo Momma?"

Piper:"NO!! Aviation!"

Fuut Ga:"Yeah. Nobody disagrees with Piper's beliefs in front of him."

Clovis:"Or else....."

Piper:"Yup! Just the way I like it!"

Fuut Ga:"OK. It's getting late already. We should be heading for my home here real soon."

They entered the Great Forest, where the secluded Castle was hidden. They soon drove for a while, unil it got dark. Fuut Ga finally turned into a large pasture in the forest that exposed the beautiful French Chateau, surrounded by a moat.

Fuut Ga:"Welcome, to the Ninja Chateau. Once the vacation home of the Senseis, now my home. There are plenty of rooms for each individual...."

Fuut Ga parked the car and led them inside, to find Leonardo the Puffle waiting for him at the door.

Leonardo:"I made dinner for everyone already. Just in time too..."

Everyone went inside the Chateau in time for dinner.....

Austin8310, Rex, Java Ghent and Johnathan Wolfhunter were all planning their attack on the diminishing Hochstadt Gang remnant back at Austin's home in West Pengolia.

Rex:"So, you're still working for that Swiss Joke of an Emperor?"

Austin:"Yeah, I am. He's not that bad, Rex. I heard he actually was able to score a victory against the gang in Torona, Calada!"

Johnathan:"Hey, who doesn't know that? Swiss Ninja's 'big and triumphal' arrival in Torona has already circulated the continent....I mean, how can you not notice a celebrity standing on top of a taxi?"

Java:"Yeah. The Boss told me himself he beat up that Knightly cousin of his."

Austin:"Got Fried?"

Java:"It's pronounced Gottfried. You know, sounds like I 'got freed'."

Johnathan:"Well, he didn't get freed from SN's fury."

Everyone chuckled.

Austin:"All right. We got all the sand bags.....so now lets make them into a wall and dig a really large trench."

Java:"Do you think we're going to have enough penguins to finish it before they get here?"

"I szhink vee vill!" said a penguin with a thick Osterreachan accent. It was the predecessor of Austin8310, the highly muscular Der Exterminator! He was standing with Swiss Ninja, who had brought along a whole regiment of RDA Troopers.

Swiss Ninja:"Hello Austin. Nice to see you again."

Austin:"Good to see you too, sir. Unfortunately, our progress is kinda slow right now....we still haven't built the barricades or dug up the trench yet. I hope we can still...."

Swiss:"Nevermind that, Austin. I think it's time we try some DIFFERENT tactics."

Austin:"Mmmhmmm. What do you have in mind?"

Swiss:"I have recently been researching warfare, and discovered this ancient High Penguin Confederacy fighting style, called Guerrilla Warfare."

Rex:"Errrr....Gorilla Warfare?? Pffft. What are we going to do, eat bananas and jump on the enemy with no mercy?"

Swiss:"No. I said Guerrilla Warfare, not gorilla warfare. Guerrilla Warfare is when you hide behind trees, bushes, and foliage, and make sneak attacks on the enemy. It's a complete different strategy than our basic Snoss tactics where we usually just fight in open fields and fire on each other."

Austin:"That does sound good, but there is barely any foliage around here except for some dried up branches of former bushes here and there."

Swiss:"Well, I know where we CAN get foliage."

Austin:"All right then....let's do it!"

The Hochstadt Gang had a hearty dinner that night, eating delicious salads freshly made from the garden and spiced fish that had a punch of flavor. The three remaining members slept well in their individual room that night, and woke up in the morning again to have a decent breakfast of waffles and pancakes, and the three Hochstadt Gang members Clovis, S2, and Piper were on the road again with Fuut Ga.

Fuut Ga continued to drive through the scenic forests and countryside of Eastshield. Piper had already fallen asleep by the time they had reached the city of Inland, where they needed to fuel their car.

Fuut Ga:"Welcome to the 4th most populous metropolis in all of Antarctica. It's only a little smaller than South Pole City itself."

Clovis:"It's....very industrial!"

Fuut Ga:"Yes, indeed. I suggest you should...."

Clovis:"...Write my journal since we're going into South Pole City soon. Got it."

S2:"It's true. It's only 40 miles away...."

Clovis then walked to the Magnetic Park, and sat down on a bench. He took out his journal once again, and began to write.

An excerpt from the Gottfried-Clovis Journal:

''Eastshield is the largest state/region I've ever seen in my life. It's very beautiful, with it's forests, countryside, and that amazing little nation of Finestade Land within the mountains. The state's capital, Inland, is only 40 miles away from South Pole City, and is only a little bit smaller than it. Inland is very prosperous, and much like SPC, it can act on it's own if needed. It's very industrial as well. We soon will be taking Highway 2 to see the grand city of South Pole City.''

Clovis closed his journal and looked up at the numerous poles at the park, marking where the magnetic south pole was from 1900-1954. He then got up and walked back up to rejoin his gang back at the Gas Station.