The Dynamic Trio: An Unknown Enemy

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The Dynamic Trio: An Unknown Enemy is the next instalment in the series of events surrounding the Dynamic Trio, the Venturous Three and their allies as they embark on quests and misadventures to put a stop to Wikipenguino X and his sinister organization S.H.A.R.K.'s wrongdoings as they seek control of the Antarctican Continent. In previous encounters, Wikipenguino X and most of his notorious followers are successfully apprehended by the team and thrown behind bars in Owcatraz, one of Antarctica's most fortified, most terrible high security prisons. With the team's troubles over, they return to their normal, everyday lives as a new enemy rises from the shadows.

Prologue
About three weeks before, the notorious S.H.A.R.K. and their supreme leader Wikipenguino X had gone in search of a highly dangerous document known as File X, which in the wrong flippers could very well spell the doom of Antarctica. After being unsuccessful and having many of S.H.A.R.K.'s commanders and leaders arrested including the leader himself, their remnants had retreated back to the shadows in hopes of escaping the grasp of the Elite Penguin Force who were conducting several search operations to locate any S.H.A.R.K. escapees or remaining members. Leaderless and scattered around the Antarctican continent, the escapees were feeling hopeless.

One particularly large group of S.H.A.R.K. remnants were hiding in their former base, a cave concealed within the mountains of the Darktonian Realm.



S.H.A.R.K. Member: We're all doomed for sure! It's only a matter of time before they hunt as down one by one like they've been doing the past few weeks...

Sam Rudi X:

S.H.A.R.K. Member 2: He's right, we're all just sitting here with the inevitable threat of capture closing in on us. There's nothing we can do.

S.H.A.R.K. Member 3: We need to regroup somehow...How are we going to alert any other S.H.A.R.K. Members that may be out there?

Sam Rudi X:

Suddenly, the computer screens on the walls started flashing and changing to static. A loud buzzing, crackling sound could be heard as they did. The lights flashed on and off as well.

Sam Rudi X:

The S.H.A.R.K. Members took out their rifles, not knowing where to point them as the crackling continued. Then, all of a sudden, the screens turned to ones and zeroes before a dark, glitchy substance that seemed to be formed of some sort of wikicode-like computer code. It landed on the floor before manifesting itself into a penguin shape.

Sam Rudi X:

?????: I am your leader now. You will listen to ME!

Before any of them could say anything else, the penguin fired electricity out of his flippers, electrocuting all of them. After a few seconds he stopped, and the S.H.A.R.K. members seemed too afraid to oppose him.

Sam Rudi X:

?????: Good. I will promise you all greater rewards than your old leader could in return.

Sam Rudi X:

?????: Beakciudad is where we will strike. We will reassemble S.H.A.R.K. and bring the city to ruins. Now get to work!

Hundreds of thousands of kilometres away, across land and sea, in the city of Beaksledge, Tropicalis, a certain yellow feathered, propeller-capped ninja penguin was typing away at a computer. The sky outside was dark, cloudless and full of stars. After noticing something on the screen flashing red and emitting a short beep noise. After investigating this further, the penguin then picked up a phone and called someone. After a few moments, the person on the other end picked up.

Wikipenguino45: *yawn* Hello? Kenny, is that you?

Kenny Lagois: Yes, yes it is. Wikipenguino, I have some very important news.

Wikipenguino: Can't it wait until later? It's 3:00 AM...

Kenny: No, it has to be now. My computer's just received some news. I've been keeping track of any S.H.A.R.K.-related news. I haven't read the whole thing, but from what I've read so far, it doesn't take a genius to come to the conclusion that-

Wikipenguino: S.H.A.R.K. is back at it again...I knew this would happen...

Kenny: That's right. Apparently they attacked Beakciudad a few hours ago but retreated after police started beating them off.

Wikipenguino: What do we do, where do we meet?

Kenny: At the Tropicapolis International Airport. I'll see if we can get a private jet. Make sure to alert our old team. If we can get to Wikipenguino X in time, we might be able to call off any more attacks.

Wikipenguino: Okay, I'm on it!

Chapter 1: A New Enemy
A few hours later, Kenny, Wikipenguino, Falco, Cheddarbox and Wikipenguino's puffle Terry Van Furry were waiting outside a visiting room.

Falco: So let me get this straight...Wikipenguino X staged an attack in Beakciudad while he was locked up here in Owcatraz...?

Kenny: Must have been.

The guards then let the group into the visiting room. The room had a very dull appearance, and was mostly empty except for a table in the center with a few chairs surrounding it. A prisoner was already sat at the table.

Wikipenguino X:

Wikipenguino: You know full well why we're here.

Wikipenguino X:

Kenny: Beakciudad was attacked yesterday evening. Security footage revealed them to be S.H.A.R.K. agents.

Wikipenguino X:

Wikipenguino: We're asking you to tell them to stop with their shenanigans.

Wikipenguino X laughed.

Wikipenguino X:

Cheddar: Yeah, you. Who else? What, did a mysterious purple toothbrush from space brainwash your minions with a bar of soap to command the attack or something?

Wikipenguino X:

Wikipenguino: Yeah, well-wait, what? What do you mean you didn't do it?

Wikipenguino X:

Wikipenguino: He could be lying...maybe we could test him?

Wikipenguino X:

Cheddar: Yeah, tell that to the lie detector.

After going through numerous tests and interrogation methods, their results were revealed after about an hour.

Terry: According the the results, he doesn't seem to be lying. He seems to be telling the truth. The polka method of torture didn't seem to work, though.

Wikipenguino: Crumbs...If that's the case, then who could've commanded such a reckless assault?

Kenny: Perhaps one of his followers? They could've just taken control at any time.

Cheddar: Plus, they're not exactly the brightest bulbs we've ever seen.

Falco: Yeah, that's true.

Kenny: We'll figure all this out later. Now, we should fly to Dragonstone to get our other two members of the team.

The plane later landed in the rocky island of Dragonstone where the five had come to get William and Alayne from. The team settled themselves in the plane's office area.

Alayne: So this attack is Wikipenguino X's handiwork?

Wikipenguino: Not exactly...

Falco: See, we decided to pay our old friend a visit and he seemed to be telling the truth: he didn't do it.

William: Interesting. Then who did?

Terry: Most likely a minion, we're thinking. The most feasible explanation is that since they were leaderless, one of them just decided to seize power, throw caution to the winds and launch an attack out of vengeance.

Terry: How exactly are we going to take them on? We don't know a thing about this person.

Falco: Well it looks like we're just gonna have to adapt. Remember when we got pounced on by those ninja walri? Or Darktan? Or any other of those big bads we encountered on our missions? We knew nothing about how to defeat them, but we still managed to prevail in some way.

Cheddar: More like stay alive long enough until help came, heh heh.

William: Cheddar, that's not helping.

Cheddar: It wasn't intended to.

Wikipenguino: I guess Falco's right. You never know until you know. Looks like we'll just have to work with what we've got.

Falco: How about a trap?

Wikipenguino: That's what I was thinking. I remember Fanon City had a trap area prepared recently for S.H.A.R.K. members heading west-bound but never got to use it since they were captured. It could be of some use to us, I think. Plus, there are these S.H.A.R.K. communication frequencies that were interrogated out of one particular S.H.A.R.K. minion. That might serve a purpose, too. And I think I have an idea...

Meanwhile, deep in the Dorkuguese jungle, the S.H.A.R.K. agents who had previously attacked Beakciudad were now hiding a safe distance away from any civilization. One of the agents, Sam Rudi X noticed his communicator was flashing and pressed it.

Sam Rudi X:

Penguin: Hello? This is S.H.A.R.K. Agent #3421! Is anyone out there?

Sam Rudi X:

Penguin: Fanon City. Are there any other escapees with you?

Sam Rudi X:

Penguin: We're here in Fanon City. I'm sending our exact coordinates. We've been stuck here ever since. All of us have managed to evade capture ever since we escaped the attack a few weeks ago and meet up with the remaining remnants.

Sam Rudi X:

Penguin: Who is the leader?

Sam Rudi X:

Penguin: Err, it's nothing, sir. No reason at all, sorry to bother you.

The transmission then cut. Sam Rudi X waddled up to the penguin who had stormed their base and proclaimed themselves leader earlier.

Sam Rudi X:

?????: We'll go there. We'll need all the numbers we can get.

Sam Rudi X:

Meanwhile, in Fanon City, the team were now waiting in the local EPF Base. Falco was holding a S.H.A.R.K. communication device in his flippers.

Cheddar: Did they fall for it?

Falco: I think they did.

Cheddar: Good. Because I've got a bunch of experimental pranking items I'm just dying to use. They'll make perfect test subjects...

Wikipenguino: Fantabulous! We'll move into position in a few hours.

By the early afternoon, a few hours later, the team had moved into position and were at the site of the trap. An agent was standing on a rooftop looking out for any signs of unusual activity and spotted some penguins sneaking through some trees. He pulled out his spy phone.

Agent: They're coming!

Wikipenguino (on the phone): Okay, perfect.

The S.H.A.R.K. agents waddled up to the building. The leader waddled up to a fuse box and pressed his flipper to it.

Inside, the group were suddenly engulfed in darkness as the lights and power suddenly deactivated.

Cheddar: HEY! Who turned out the lights!?

Wikipenguino: What happened? This wasn't part of the plan...

Kenny pulled out his spy phone.

Kenny: What's going on out there?

Agent: Err-There appears to be a problem - Whoever's leading them has taken out the power grid somehow.

Kenny: Can you get it back on?

Agent: We're trying. It doesn't seem to be doing anything! I-

The audio started distorted itself.

Kenny: Agent? Agent! We're losing you!

Suddenly, the screen of Kenny's spy phone started acting strangely. So did everyone else's spy phones.

Falco: Huh...?

Wikipenguino: What in burnt pancakes-?

CLANG!

The door suddenly burst open and penguins armed with rifles that had flashlights attached to them rushed in. The group, unable to properly see were surrounded by the intruders.

?????: There you are. I had a feeling we'd meet.

Wikipenguino, still trying to shield his eyes from the blinding light suddenly saw something dark zip past the agents and seem to manifest into a penguin itself before him.

The penguin donned a dark grey hoodie and had the hood pulled over his head which concealed his face entirely. He also wore a hat which looked strikingly similar to the one Wikipenguino wore. For some reason, the penguin seemed to be rapidly changing positions exactly like a glitchy computer animation experiencing errors and skipping frames would. In fact, certain parts of himself seemed to be changing colours at an extremely fast pace. Even a few ones and zeroes were present among them.

Wikipenguino: Who...are you...?

The penguin waddled forwards and pulled off his hood before twisting his hat sideways. Now, he could be seen clearly. His hat was exactly like Wikipenguino's, with the exception of a red brim. He was a dark green penguin who wore grey face paint.

Wikipenguino: What...? Why do you look like me!?

?????: Because I am you. Except negative. Negative Wikipenguino.

Before any more questions could be asked, voices could be heard outside. An incredible amount of footsteps could be heard.

Negative Wikipenguino: Time to leave.

The S.H.A.R.K. soldiers turned off their lights and ran down another corridor, rushing wildly through the members of the team, jostling and knocking most of them over. Falco's flippers suddenly lit themselves and he started throwing fireballs at the fleeing minions. A few gun shots suddenly rang out but stopped quickly. EPF Agents came sprinting in from the entrance and found the agents.

Agent 1: You okay, agents?

Falco: Yeah, we're fine.

Agent 2: What happened in there?

Wikipenguino: I...I don't really know. We'll explain later.

Afterwards, back in Fanon City's EPF Base, the team were communicating with Agent Tux about their recent encounter with their strange new enemy.

Agent Tux: Interesting. You're sure you've never seen this Negative Wikipenguino before?

Wikipenguino: Positive. We didn't know about this guy until today.

Tux: Our files and records don't have any criminals that match his exact description. You say he's in S.H.A.R.K., correct?

Falco: Yeah, he's their new ringleader now.

Tux: It's possible he could've been in the organization for ages and only revealed himself recently. We believe there's still many things we haven't uncovered about them yet. Shadow Squadron, for example. We had no idea they had a secretly trained elite squad until the battle at Alderige.

Alayne: True, anything is possible.

Tux: There's a team of agents still searching for Negative, they'll alert us if anything. I'll see if we can keep looking for anything of use for your investigation. I'll check back later so we'll keep in touch until then. See you soon, agents.

Wikipenguino: Thanks, Tux. See you later!

The transmission then cut to static.

About a few hours later, the group were talking in a sitting area beside a coffee machine in the base when suddenly, Wikipenguino's spy phone rang.

Wikipenguino: Hello?

Tux: Wikipenguino?

Wikipenguino put it on loud speaker and set it in the middle of the table.

Wikipenguino: Yes, it's me.

Tux: Is the team with you?

Wikipenguino: Yes, yes, they are.

Tux: Excellent, I have all of you.

Falco: You found something?

Tux: Indeed. Negative and his troops were spotted fleeing from agents in Frostborough. They were last seen heading north towards Weddell.

Kenny: Have you managed to locate them?

Tux: Yes, we have. I believe the agents where you are have some sort of transport ready to take you there.

Alayne: Okay, we'll be ready.

Tux: Good luck, agents.

Tux ended the call as the agents got up to get outside. Cheddar however, quickly ran back and finished his drink in a few gulps before jogging back to the team.

Terry: Let's hope this goes better than last time.

Wikipenguino: Yeah, I'm really hoping so. If it doesn't, I'll be a slab of smoked salmon.

Some agents directed the group towards the roof. The sound of what seemed to be a helicopter could be heard which increased in volume as they ascended a staircase towards the top of the building. Then, one of the agents guiding them took a right turn as soon as they reached the top and opened a door. The sound of the helicopter increased exponentially as the door opened. Wind rushed inside the building while blowing against the group's faces as soon as the door was fully opened and they stepped outside.

?????: Hello agentsh!

Falco: Wait. Is that...!? No way, it can't be...

Already seated in the pilot's seat of the helicopter was a familiar white-feathered penguin wearing a helmet and visor and a grey suit with the EPF emblem gleaming on it in the sunlight.

Wikipenguino: Phil!

Phil Sye: Hey there! Itsh been a long time, eh?

Falco: Oh yeah, it's been a while.

Cheddar: Yeah. Wow Phil, you've grown. Last time I remember, you were about this tall!

Cheddar put his flippers together leaving a space in between only about a few centimetres.

Phil: Indeed, ha ha. Gary managed to reshize mahself back to normal.

Wikipenguino: Everyone, this is Phil. Phil Sye. We met back in March on an earlier mission.

Phil: Nysh to meet ya.

Phil shook flippers with William, Kenny and Alayne.

Phil: Anehway, letsh get goin'. Don't wanna be late now, do we?

The team got in the helicopter and strapped themselves in as it started to rise.

A few hours later, the sky had become a pleasant mix of blue, green yellow and red as the sun began to sink beyond the horizon and their helicopter fluttered across the sky. Below them, not too far behind was the bustling city centre of Frostborough and it's peaceful outskirts not that far ahead. Most of the group were watching the beautiful sunset as they slowly cruised through the air.

Wikipenguino: Whoa. This is one fantabulous sunset!

Phil: Yah, I hear the shunsets are fantashtic around da Weddell Sea area.

Falco: At least we have something to enjoy before our potentially perilous mission.

Terry: Let me see if I can get a picture of it...

After a few minutes of just staring out the window, Phil put the helicopter on autopilot and turned around to speak to them.

Phil: Alright, we'll shoon be near the shmall village of Ballymoote in the city's outskirts where I drop you guysh off.

Falco: Aw, man.

William: Everyone got the plan memorized?

Wikipenguino: Yep.

Cheddar: Uh huh.

Falco: By now, I remember it like the back of my flippers.

The helicopter landed in a quiet and vaguely empty shipping dock area. The helicopter rotors stopped spinning after half a minute as the group recited the plan and got ready.

Cheddar: Wow it's quiet around here. Minus us and the helicopter, I guess.

Terry: It probably won't be for long. I've got that dreaded feeling again.

The group waddled towards some EPF agents already present at the scene. They were all surrounding a two-floored warehouse.

Falco: I wonder why more than half the time, these villains hide in warehouses?

Wikipenguino: I guess because they're spacious, roomy and dark because darkness is usually a villain's best friend. I dunno, maybe our creator has something to do with it?

William: Who now?

Wikipenguino: Er, nevermind. Let's just commence the operation.

Inside the warehouse, Negative Wikipenguino was standing in front of a fuse box. He had one flipper resting on the box and seemed to be draining copious amounts of energy and power from the warehouse as the lights that were active seemed to be flickering excessively. His glitching also seemed to be more frequent, too.

A penguin, confused by all this, waddled up to him and addressed Negative Wikipenguino.

Penguin: Uh, sir? Those penguins have arrived.

Negative took his flipper off the box and turned around, smiling.

Negative: Excellent.

Back outside, the team started talking to the agents standing around the warehouse.

Agent: Oh, by the way agents, Dr. Infinity said he'd been experimenting with some ditto and...

The agent pulled out some small, pea-sized pellets from his shirt pocket. They were glowing ominously.

Wikipenguino: Fascinating...what are they for?

Agent: Use these as ammo for your Ditto Pistol. With luck, this should subdue Negative for a bit if you can hit him.

Wikipenguino: Okay, thanks!

Agent: Here, I also have some in bullet and liquid form if any of you use Ice Guns or Snowball Guns.

Cheddar: Heh heh, this'll make perfect ammo. Maybe I could coat it with itching powder for better effect...

Terry: Okay, great. Now that we have what we need-

Suddenly, a dark substance with glowing green ones and zeroes zipped out from what appeared to be nowhere and quickly formed into Negative Wikipenguino.

Alayne: Hey! It's him!

The agents attempted to fire at him but he seemed to teleport away from all their shots. Without warning, he teleported behind Wikipenguino, grabbed him and teleported.

Nobody said a word.

Cheddar: Oh, snap.

Wikipenguino, who had been suddenly engulfed in a strange, suffocating darkness by Negative suddenly reappeared inside the warehouse gasping for air.

Wikipenguino: What!? Hey! Where...!?

He noticed he was tied to a table. He saw his Ditto Pistol far out of his reach on the floor. S.H.A.R.K. agents were also surrounding him.

Negative: Hurry, we don't have much time. Secure every entrance.

Wikipenguino: Wh-What's gonna happen to me!?

Negative: Ah yes. It's time I do some explaining.

The S.H.A.R.K. soldiers meanwhile ran off to secure the place.

Negative: You see how I keep glitching? All this wikicode that keeps surrounding me, it's annoying. Someone once attempted to delete me, but thanks to my powers I barely survived. But ever since I've been incomplete, constantly distorted all the time. I want an upgrade. And what better way to do that than to merge with you? You see, with me and you combined, we'll be more powerful together. And I'll finally be rid of all this glitching.

Wikipenguino: You want us to merge into one penguin?

Negative: With the help of this machine, of course.

A penguin that Wikipenguino recognized to be Crash Test wheeled a terrifying looking machine towards him before pointing it's antennae at him.

Wikipenguino: Why do you think I'll merge with you? There's no way I'm doing that.

Negative: Unfortunately, I wasn't asking you. Crash, ready the machine.

Suddenly, Wikipenguino's spy phone which was still miraculously in his hoodie pocket, rang.

Kenny (on the phone): Wikipenguino! Where are you?

Wikipenguino: I'm in the warehouse!

Negative suddenly grabbed the spy phone out of his pocket. It started buzzing.

Kenny: We...*bzzz*...Warehouse?

The phone suddenly turned off. He put it somewhere far out of reach. As he was doing this, voices could be heard outside.

Negative: Looks like we don't have much time. Activate the machine.

Back outside the warehouse, the team and the rest of the agents were trying to breach through S.H.A.R.K.'s defences.

Kenny: Is there any way we can get in?

Agent: We're trying, but they seem to be defending the entrance quite well. They've barricaded themselves inside.

Kenny: Wait. I have an idea.

Kenny waddled up to Phil.

Kenny: The helicopter. Can you fly it over the warehouse?

Phil: Uh, yeah but why?

Kenny: I have an idea. I don't know if it'll work, but we'll just have to go with it. And we'll have to be quick, too.

Phil and Kenny ran into the helicopter as Kenny told him his plan. It lifted off the ground carefully for about a minute before travelling straight. As soon as it got close to the warehouse, it started to slow down.

Kenny: Okay, here goes nothing.

He grabbed a line from the helicopter and tied one end somewhere secure before throwing the other end outside. He then started climbing down it as they approached the roof of the warehouse. When they were finally above it and Kenny was a few feet from the ground, he leapt down with a loud thump on the roof as the helicopter continued forwards before accelerating and circling back to land on the ground.

Inside the warehouse's second floor, two minions were waddling around patrolling when one of them noticed something.

S.H.A.R.K. Minion 1: I could've sworn that window wasn't open a few seconds ago...

S.H.A.R.K. Minion 2: Nah, it's probably just your imagination.

Suddenly, something glided in through the open window.

S.H.A.R.K. Minion 1: Huh...?

They both waddled over to investigate. One of them picked it up. It was a card-jitsu card with a ice symbol on it.

Ice suddenly rose out of the ground, freezing them both. Kenny leapt in seconds later. He waddled silently down the stairs, hiding behind objects, leaping from wall to wall and causing distractions to avoid detection. He got to the ground floor where he saw the minions defending the warehouse entrance and Wikipenguino struggling to avoid the machine pointing directly at him.

Crash Test: Okay, ze masheen appearz to be workink. Stand over zere, and when I say go, teleport into zis laser.

The machine now sounded like it was charging up. Kenny sneaked behind some cargo containers and attempted to get Wikipenguino's attention. Negative and Crash meanwhile were too focused on the machine to notice.

Wikipenguino: Kenny!

Kenny: I'll see if I can set you free.

When Crash and Negative had their backs turned, Kenny waddled past them, pulled out a swiss army knife and got to work. After a minute of cutting, the final rope had been cut.

Kenny: I'll cause a distraction and see if I can draw them away from you. Wait there until I draw them away.

Crash: Okay! Ready? Three, two, one-

Kenny sprung over and forcefully punched Crash senseless and kicked the machine in mid-air, bringing it down with a deafening noise.

CRASH!

Negative: NOOOOOOO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

Kenny: I've thwarted your plan, that's what.

Furious, Negative fired bolts of electricity from his flippers. Kenny managed to dodge every single one of them while moving backwards at the same time.

Negative: I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!

Negative teleported around the place, firing electricity at the incredibly agile ninja who still evaded his attacks. Wikipenguino, meanwhile, quickly grabbed his ditto pistol.

Eventually, as Kenny was flipping and spinning through the air as Negative attempted to zap him with lightning, Kenny was hit mid-jump.

Kenny: Oof!

He collided with a wall and fell. Negative waddled over to him, with his flippers crackling with the blinding light of the electricity flowing around them.

Negative: You're going to pay for what you've done...

SPLAT!

Negative stopped waddling and turned around slowly to see Wikipenguino with his Ditto Pistol raised.

Negative: Ditto won't work on me.

Wikipenguino: Oh, that wasn't any kind of ditto.

Negative's glitching suddenly worsened as he himself seemed to be getting electrocuted.

Negative: NO! What's happening to me!? What did you put in that!?

After a couple more seconds, he unexpectedly collapsed, unconscious.

Wikipenguino ran over to help Kenny.

Kenny: Ouch...I'll be fine...What about the others?

?????: WOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

From out of nowhere, a S.H.A.R.K. agent came flying across the warehouse towards them before making contact with a nearby shipping container and crumpling on the cold, hard floor. A burn stretched from his chest to his stomach and was releasing small amounts of smoke.

Wikipenguino: Great fourth walls...what was that all about?

?????: Kenny! Wikipenguino!

They both turned to see Falco sprinting over towards them.

Falco: Boy, it's so great to see you both made it in one piece.

Wikipenguino: Yeah, you too.

Kenny: This penguin over here came hurtling through the air towards us. Was this your doing?

Kenny gestured at the S.H.A.R.K. minion with the burnt clothes who was now stirring.

Falco: Oh yeah. I think I may have over done it with him. Sorry if he hit or scared you. We and the agents managed to break past their defences eventually and now we're rounding up the S.H.A.R.K. agents before sending them off to imprisonment.

Wikipenguino: Speaking of which...

Wikipenguino moved aside to reveal the unconscious Negative Wikipenguino.

Falco: Awesome! You got him. That ditto must really work, eh?

Wikipenguino: Yeah. I'll be sure to thank my uncle once we get back to the base.

Chapter 2: The Great Escape
A jet cruised almost soundlessly through the night sky, using the clouds to mask it's journey. Onboard the jet were about a dozen penguins in dark tactical gear. Among these penguins, however, was a penguin-shaped robot constructed out of a reflective, silvery metal. A dark reddish-brown penguin armed with a rifle and donning a jet pack, cap with the words "obey" labelled on it and shades was also present.



The robot and the reddish brown penguin were talking with the person on the other end.

????? (hologram): Now, *cough* Negative Wikipenguino and most of what remains of S.H.A.R.K. was just captured a couple of days ago. As one of the last remaining commanders of our once great organization, I need our new leader to be broken free so we can start rebuilding S.H.A.R.K. I have managed to locate a very small number of Shadow Squadron escapees which are the penguins you see around you two.

The penguin the the hologram coughed again.

?????: I have hired you two bounty hunters and put you in charge alongside Sargent Wolfe here to command Shadow Squadron during the strike.

A dark green penguin stepped forwards from the group of Shadow Squadron members.

?????: You'll be leading a strike on the prison where Negative is currently being held. I don't care what plan you have in mind, all I care about is that Negative is free. I am expecting you both to do your job well, especially you, Oneshot.

Rektster Oneshot: m8, I won't let ya down.

?????: You will both be rewarded handsomely upon completing the task. Is that clear?

Rektster nodded.

The penguin in the hologram turned to address the robot.

?????: How about you, BONK-1?

BONK-1: Affirmative.

The robot then raised his robotic flipper in a salute.

?????: Good.

The penguin then erupted into a fit of coughing before cutting off the holographic transmission. The hologram promptly vanished.

Rektster: Alright bois, let's do this.

The penguins equipped themselves with jet packs hanging on the walls of the plane. The back of the plane opened up, and the sound of howling winds could be heard. A seemingly infinite layer of clouds shielded anything below the plane from view.

Rektster and BONK-1 both jumped out followed by Sergeant Wolfe. Lastly, the Shadow Squadron troops leapt out of the exit one by one.

About twenty seconds into falling freely down to the earth, each member ignited their jet pack with a loud rushing noise, aiming themselves straight for a tiny collection of dim lights on the ground below.

Down below, the area was barely lit except for the street lights used to illuminate the nearby road and within the prison's walls. A few security guards were patrolling the perimeter of the prison's grounds, occasionally shining their flashlights into any darker or unilluminated spots. The guards however, where completely unaware of the group of dark figures in the distance descending to the ground leaving behind a narrow trail of smoke.

Two guards were standing motionless on either side of the prison's entrance, armed with snowball rifles and staying watchful or alert for any sound or movement. Suddenly, they heard something stir and immediately raised their rifles, pointing them at the pitch-black darkness.

Guard 1: Who's there? Identify yourself!

Nothing responded to them, however.

Guard 2: It's probably just the wind-

HOOOOOOOOOOONK!

The loud blare of an airhorn startled both the guards, causing them both to jump and cover their ears.

Guard 1: Was that the prison alarm?

?????: PREPARE TO GET ONESHOT!!!

The last thing the two guards ever remembered before blacking out was a dark-red penguin leaping out of nowhere while doing a full spin in mid air before blasting them both in the head with a hard chunk of snow from his rifle.

Rektster: That was easy.

BONK: I calculate a 99.999999872% chance that your actions have alerted the prison security forces. They will most likely be coming to arrest us now.

Rektster: Nah m8, I'll just PWN those n00bs before they even get a chance. Alright bois, let's do this. Prepare the smoke grenades.

As expected, their presence had alerted the security guards who had started sounding the alarm. Sergeant Wolf then attached a bomb to the entrance of the prison and stood back.

The door then exploded before being deleted.

Rektster: NOW!

The Shadow Squadron members then pulled out miniature, cylindrical metal objects and tossed some of them around the place. After a few seconds, each of the objects either exploded or started expelling large clouds of smoke, shielding the squadron members from view and making nearby guards immediately start coughing.

The Squadron then progressed into the prison's inner walls as BONK activated his deletion laser gun installed in his metallic robot flipper and began deleting nearby obstacles and any doors or walls blocking the way. Rektster and the other squadron members fired at any incoming guards and deployed smokescreens to distract and hide.

Sergeant Wolfe: This should give them something else to worry about...

Wolfe then placed bombs on each nearby prison door while cautiously avoiding any security guards while both Shadow Squadron and the guards continuously fired at each other. After successfully planting the devices on each door, he scurried back to the team and pressed the detonator.

BOOM!

The doors then sprung open and penguins in prison jumpsuits started pouring out. Thanks to the distraction, the guards were becoming increasingly confused and distracted by the prisoners being freed.

BONK: I believe there is an 88.5% chance reinforcements will be called and will be arriving within under half an hour. 79% if the chaos continues. I advise you all to hurry. If I recall, Negative Wikipenguino and the captured S.H.A.R.K. members are being held in the basement levels.

Wolfe: Then there isn't time to waste.

The team hurried through the now ongoing riot, pushing, jostling shoving others out of their way. Eventually, after much struggling and fighting, they made their way to the bottom level. As soon as Rektster, Wolfe, BONK and all the remaining Squadron members were in, BONK sealed the door connecting the basement to the main corridor with a laser.

Wolfe: This must be the place.

The floor was completely empty. The basement floor however, was different. Prisoners were kept behind laser barriers in their cells.

BONK: I calculate a 18% chance that this may be a trap and a 82% chance the guards may have returned to reinforce the rest of the prison.

Rektster: Well m8, it's a chance we'll have to take.

Upon reaching the end of the corridor, they stood before a thick metal door with a high-voltage warning symbol on it, unlike any of the others. A metal panel with various buttons and a screen was present next to it.

BONK: Perhaps I can be of assistance here.

BONK's flipper opened up revealing some metal wires which extended and slid smoothly like snakes before attaching themselves to the panel. BONK's eyes glowing bright red and started flickering before the panel emitted a tiny "ding" and the door clicked. Wolfe pushed the door open to find Negative Wikipenguino handcuffed to a wall. The handcuff was glowing purple.

Negative: What!? Who are you? What's going on outside!? What do you want with me!?

Rektster: Relax m8, we're here to free ya.

BONK: Our client would also like to speak with you.

BONK then made a strange humming noise. His eyes glowed bright blue and his beak opened. A hologram of a penguin in a robotic suit then projected out of it.

????: *cough cough* You found him-? Ah. There he is...

Negative: And just who are you?

????: Lieutenant Drone, former member of S.H.A.R.K. I heard you became the new leader and upon hearing about your capture, hired these two to break you out.

Negative: You're a member of S.H.A.R.K.?

Drone: Yes. And I would like to join you.

Negative thought for a moment.

Negative: Fine. You can join.

Drone laughed manically.

Drone: Excellent. I'll be transmitting coordinates to my current location. It's safely hidden and we could meet up there if you like.

Negative: Alright, I'll come.

Drone: Great. Hope to see you soon, Supreme Leader.

Drone then burst into a fit of coughing before ending the transmission.

BONK's robot beak then closed and the hologram disappeared. He then waddled up to Negative and started cutting the wire connecting the handcuff to the wall.

Rektster: Alright bois, it's time we get outta here.

After freeing Negative, they walked back out into the hallway. Negative then put his hand on the wall. The laser barriers started flickering before deactivating. The captured S.H.A.R.K. prisoners inside immediately started escaping and saw Negative.

S.H.A.R.K. Member 1: Thanks, sir. How did you free yourself? And who are they?

Negative: That's not what matters. We need to escape now.

BONK: I have an escape procedure planned out that I believe will lead us out of the building. Follow me.

The Shadow Squadron members and prisoners followed BONK who used his laser once again to open the door and lead them out of the basement level. The entire prison was now in even more chaos then when it had started out. Luckily for them, nobody really seemed to care about their re-appearance and were too busy either escaping or fighting.

After the one big band of penguins made it out of the turmoil unfolding behind them, they started making a run for the woods where the plane from earlier was landing. Rektster however waddled out last at a much slower pace and put on his shades before pulling out a black remote and pressing the big red button in it's center.

KABOOM!

As Rektster waddled out of the prison grounds, the building suddenly exploded spectacularly into flames behind him as he ignited his jet pack and flew off back to the plane.

TBC

Chapter 3: Finding the Enemy
Meanwhile, the group had traveled to Puffholm, Sleetden, in the United Penguin Islands, where they planned to meet with the EPF base there. Reports had stated that a few remaining S.H.A.R.K. members were seeking refuge in the UPI.

In a hotel room in the city, Wikipenguino turned on the TV, where a PNN news report was broadcasting.

Wikipenguino: Guys! Come over here!

BREAKING NEWS: It has been confirmed that a breakout occurred at a prison in the United States of Antarctica last night. The guards have confirmed that many high security prisoners escaped, among them Negative Wikipenguino, the new leader of the terrorist organization known as S.H.A.R.K. If you do see Negative Wikipenguino, please report him to police. Do not engage him as he is considered heavily armed and dangerous.

The group stared in horror at the headline.

Kenny: WHAT?!

Falco: HE ESCAPED?!

William: What should we do guys?

Wkipenguino: We're going to have to fly back to Tropicalis tonight. That's the best place we can be right now, since we don't know where he is. In the meantime, we can do whatever we want until the time of our flight.

The group was now sitting at a Snowbucks in downtown Puffholm, discussing the recent escape of Negative Wikipenguino.

Cheddar: I can't believe all we did to catch him, and he escapes almost right after getting put in there.

Alayne: We need to catch him before he regroups S.H.A.R.K. and causes even more chaos.

Falco: The question is, where would be go?

Wikipenguino was sipping on his latte when on the corner of his eye, he noticed a suspicious looking penguin dressed in dark colors. Wikipenguino quickly pulled out his pistol and shot the penguin, right as the penguin prepared to pull out his pistol.

The penguins around them screamed and began running away, while the rest of the members began pulling out their weapons, with Cheddar pulling out a water balloon in one hand and a pistol in another. Soon enough, S.H.A.R.K. members began popping out of nowhere. Cheddar soon hit the first one in the face, revealing the water balloon to be filled with paint.

The group soon engaged in a gun battle with the S.H.A.R.K. members, as more began popping up. To the group's disbelief, a glitchy substance taking the form of a penguin began manifesting in front of them, revealing itself to be Negative Wikipenguino.

Falco: WHAT?! How did he get here?!

Negative Wikipenguino: Surprise!

The group began trying to hit Negative Wikipenguino, but to no avail.

Wikipenguino: We can't hit him! We all left our special ditto bullets back at the hotel!

However, bullets began coming from different directions, hitting many of the S.H.A.R.K. members. The group decided to duck.

S.H.A.R.K. Member: Uh oh. Boss we need to go NOW.

Negative: Fine!

The bullets were revealed to be coming from police and EPF, as more and more S.H.A.R.K members began to get hit. Negative Wikipenguino and the remaining S.H.A.R.K. members fled the scene. The police and EPF began cuffing the S.H.A.R.K. members lying on the ground.

EPF Agent: You guys okay?

Terry: Yeah.

Alayne: Just a bit shaken up.

Hours after their incident at the Snowbucks coffee shop, the group was finally on a plane back to Tropicalis.

William: I can't believe he would try to get us here.

Cheddar: How did he even find us? It's not like we told everyone where we were going. This was supposed to be a secret mission.

Wikipenguino: We'll sort it all out when we get to Tropicalis. There are a few people waiting to meet us there. I suggest you all get some rest. We'll be landing in a few hours, and we've all had a long day.

After flying for a few hours, the plane touched down at Declan Fortnight International Airport in Lagois City. The group members got out and piled into a limousine, which began driving towards the group's luxury apartment in the city.

The group arrived at their luxury apartment, which was located at a high end skyscraper in the downtown area, after a long drive through the city. They then piled out.

Wikipenguino: We're home!

Cheddar: Finally.

Wikipenguino: Get some sleep guys. We'll be meeting with the EPF first thing tomorrow morning, and chances are we'll be flying out again that evening.

The next morning the group woke up and walked towards the kitchen of their apartment, where they prepared to eat breakfast. As each of the group members grabbed their preferred meal, Wikipenguino began briefing them.

Wikipenguino: So we're going to meet with a couple EPF agents at their base at 8 for a few hours. If the meeting goes by fast, then we have some free time. At around maybe 12 we're going to meet with some Tropicalian and Antarctican officials who may be able to help us. At around 4 there's some people we should also meet at a high end restaurant in downtown. Depending on whether we get anything substantial, we might fly out tonight.

Kenny: Well that's a lot to do.

Alayne: Which is why we should get started. It's 7:30 and we should be at the base by eight.

The group hurried to put on their equipment, and walked out the door, where there was a limousine waiting for them down below. After a drive through the city, and some morning commute traffic, the group arrived at a small EPF base in the city. The EPF base looked like any building in the area, but Wikipenguino walked up to it and knocked. The camera then focused on his face, before the door unlocked. He then opened it and walked it.

The interior looked nothing like the exterior. It looked like any EPF base, and there were many high tech pieces of equipment in the building. The group soon came face to face with none other than Dr Infinity and a few EPF agents.

Wikipenguino: Uncle?

Dr Infinity: I heard that Negative Wikipenguino escaped, and how he tried to attack you guys in Sleetden, and that you guys came back to Tropicalis, so I came back here as fast as I could. I will try to help you find him. This way please.

The group followed Dr Infinity down below, where there was a large room with many EPF agents working, conversing, or meeting at a table. Dr Infinity gestured the group towards a smaller room below.

As they sat down with Dr Infinity and a few other EPF agents, an EPF agent turned on the TV. The EPF agents placed a couple files on the table.

EPF Agent: This is all the information on Negative Wikipenguino that he have. Since we don't know much about him, much of this is pure speculation.

The group then stared at the TV, which should pictures of Negative Wikipenguino's latest sightings. The EPF agent then clicked on an icon, which then showed photos of some S.H.A.R.K. members. Some of them had "[APPREHENDED]" on their photos.

Dr Infinity: You might recognize some of these people. Most of them were arrested, but some of them are still loose.

EPF Agent: We believe that finding these penguins will lead us to Negative Wikipenguino and the main S.H.A.R.K. branch.

Wikipenguino: So where should we go?

Dr Infinity reached for a file and opened it. He pointed to it.

Dr Infinity: He is certainly not going back to the Darktonian Realm, but a high ranking S.H.A.R.K. member was recently spotted in Malesia.

After a long meeting that discussed Negative Wikipenguino's whereabouts, the group finally headed out, their limousine waiting for them. In the limousine, Falco spoke as he reached for a bottle of expensive cream soda from Francterre.

Falco: So what we got from the meeting is that Negative Wikipenguino is probably in Malesia.

Wikipenguino: Yes, and he's currently staying in Kuala LOLPOUR, according to a report from a day ago.

Cheddar: So do we go to Malesia?

Wikipenguino: Well, we're about to meet some Tropicalian and Antarctican officials, and let's see what they have for us.

After another long meeting with some Tropicalian and Antarctican intelligence, the group received almost the same information, saying that a high ranking S.H.A.R.K. soldier with connections to Negative Wikipenguino was in Puffle'and.

Falco: So it looks like Dr Infinity wants us to go to Malesia, but according to other intelligence, he might be in Puffle'and.

Wikipenguino: Puffle'and might make sense, since it is closest to Sleetden.

Alayne: Possibly. But let's see what our meeting this evening will tell us.

The limousine drove towards the downtown area, towards the high end restaurants of Lagois City, where the city's most wealthy dined.

Waiter: Party of six?

Wikipenguino: No, actually there's a few more coming. Make that eight.

Waiter: Okay. Give me one moment please.

The waiter then gestured the group towards a large table. After the group waited for a few minutes, another waiter came and took the group's orders. Coincidentally, the people they were supposed to be meeting, who turned out to be a few representatives from the Hochstadt Gang, arrived at the same time, so the waiter took their orders as well.

Wikipenguino: What do you have to share with us?

One of the representatives pulled out a briefcase and opened it, revealing a few files. He pulled out one of the files and presented them to the group.

Representative 1: The Hochstadt Gang did its own research, and we discovered of another S.H.A.R.K. member, who also had connections to Negative Wikipenguino.

William: And where is he right now?

Representative 2: He's actually in the country right now, in Beakcuidad. We contacted Tropicalian intelligence and local police, who were able to apprehend him. They're transporting him here as we speak.

Alayne: When do they arrive?

Representative 2: At around eight. We're going to interrogate him.

Wikipenguino: Oh okay. Anything else?

Representative 1: We also learned of a minor S.H.A.R.K. cell that recently became active in Acadia.

Cheddar: Acadia?

Representative 2: Yes, Acadia. They're not going to do anything until they get orders, but we suggest you keep an eye on them.

They were interrupted by the arrival of their food, which had to be delivered by multiple waiters. The first representative reached for his cup of cream soda, and took a sip before continuing.

Representative 1: We have also received word of other S.H.A.R.K. units that have recently been active around Antarctica. We, and the EPF, suspect that they're planning something big. A war perhaps.

Kenny: A war?

Representative 2: Yes, that's what we suspect.

After a long conversation, it got closer to eight, so the representatives had to leave. The group also finished their expensive dinner and left as well. On their way out, a penguin bumped into Alayne, dropping a package on her.

Alayne: This must be from my father again. He really needs to find a better way to deliver packages though.

In the limousine the group opened the package. Inside were a few pieces of equipment for their missions, along with a couple packages about S.H.A.R.K. The group each reached for their respective pieces of equipment. Wikipenguino then opened the files.

Wikipenguino: Individual files for the top S.H.A.R.K. members, along with some information on the group itself and their latest whereabouts and plans.

Cheddar: This could help us trace them to Negative Wikipenguino!

Falco: Guys, check this out.

The group stared at the text that Falco pointed at.

Falco: It says that a lot of S.H.A.R.K. members are known for owning a variety of illegal businesses across Antarctica. In fact, it says here that a S.H.A.R.K. affiliated person recently rented out a property in Kuala LOLPOUR, Malesia.

William: Most of the evidence points to Malesia, doesn't it?

Wikipenguino: Yeah, Negative Wikipenguino was probably looking for a country that we didn't expect him to go to.

A few minutes later, the car arrived at a police station in Lagois City and the group got out.

Kenny: Is it me, or is this place a little... suspicious?

Alayne: Yeah, what's going on?

Falco: Weapons out guys. This could be a trap.

The group approached the police station and walked in, only to find the building dark.

Terry: This is really weird.

Using his telekinesis, Terry flipped on the lights, only to find a dozen unconscious police officers lying on the ground and the whole place in a mess.

Cheddar: What happened here?

A few minutes later, dozens of police officers had arrived. After checking the cameras, it was revealed that the S.H.A.R.K. soldier had indeed arrived, but was broken out by a group of penguins in masks.

About an hour later, the group was finally back at Declan Fortnight International Airport, ready to fly to Malesia.

Kenny: Wow it has been a long day hasn't it.

Falco: Yeah, a lot has happened.

Wikipenguino: I hope we finally catch Negative Wikipenguino once and for all.

After a few minutes, their plane arrived, and they boarded it to go to Malesia.

Flying for a few hours, their plane landed in Kuala LOLPOUR early in the morning. The group boarded their cars to go to their hotel, and after driving for a few minutes through the city, they arrived.

In their hotel room, Wikipenguino was giving another briefing to the group.

Wikipenguino: So Negative Wikipenguino is going to be meeting with a couple of S.H.A.R.K. members at a casino in the afternoon, so we'll be prepared to get them. After that we should be able to fly back once we get him.

Around 12 in the afternoon, the group, along with a couple EPF SWAT teams, agents, and local police, surrounded the casino.

EPF Agent: Okay, three, two, one, go!

Another EPF agent knocked down the back door and threw in a smoke grenade. A couple S.H.A.R.K. guards could be heard coughing.

Police Officer: Go, go, go, go!

EPF Agents and police officers poured into the casino, shooting or arresting most of the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers. Soon, the group also poured in through the back door and joined the fight. Cheddar threw another water balloon while the group shot at the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers and Terry jumped on the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers as well and began tackling them.

Wikipenguino: Negative Wikipenguino! Surrender now!

Negative: I'm okay.

Negative Wikipenguino teleported to the upstairs balcony, where he grabbed a gun from a fallen S.H.A.R.K. soldier and began shooting at the EPF agents and police below. He then lighted his keysaber and slashed at the EPF agents attempting to climb the stairs.

However, Falco pulled out a sniper rifle with a special ditto bullet and aimed at Negative Wikipenguino, who then threw a smoke grenade down below.

Falco: What?! *cough* I can't see anything. *cough*

Alayne: *cough* He's getting away!

Wikipenguino attempted to run up the stairs as soon as some of the smoke cleared, but by then Negative Wikipenguino disappeared.

Wikipenguino: He's gone again.

Chapter 4: Impending Doom
Once again, the group flew back to Tropicalis, disappointed at not being able to capture Negative Wikipenguino.

Kenny: Looks like he escaped again.

Falco: At least we captured most of his lieutenants.

Wikipenguino: But it's not of any use, is it? We take down one and ten others pop up.

William: Yeah.

Alayne: We'll just have to bide our time until the time is right.

Wikipenguino: Yeah, I guess that's all we can do right now.

Meanwhile, in Trans-Antarctica.

Negative Wikipenguino was sitting inside a building in the middle of Trans-Antarctica, surrounded by a couple S.H.A.R.K. guards.

Negative Wikipenguino: Send out a message to all the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers. Tell them to come here.

S.H.A.R.K. Soldier: Yes sir.

Negative Wikipenguino: All of Antarctica will cower in fear before us!

The group was now at an EPF base a different part of Tropicalis.

Alayne: Anything on Negative Wikipenguino?

EPF Agent: I can't seem to find anything.

Falco: Same here, he seems to have disappeared completely since Malesia.

Just then, the lights in the EPF base began to flicker and the computer screens went blank.

Cheddar: What's happening?

Negative Wikipenguino's distorted, glitchy image popped up on every screen inside the base.

Kenny: Negative Wikipenguino!

Negative Wikipenguino laughed.

Negative Wikipenguino: Tried looking for me didn't you? You know you can't resist me.

Falco: We'll get you in the end.

Negative Wikipenguino: Highly unlikely. Now, my friends, prepare to face the impending doom of S.H.A.R.K.!

Then, his face disappeared from the screens and the base went back to normal.

Cheddar: What was that all about?

Wikipenguino: Looks like he has declared war on us.

Deep in the howling mountains of Trans-Antarctica was the dreaded Hackzon Valley. Huge, thick storm clouds shielded the sun from view, casting a darkness over the valley. Thunder and lightning crackled above while wind and snow came from all directions. Glowing, green 1s and 0s of varying sizes moved at different speeds horizontally from every direction, lighting up the mountains with an eerie light. A group of dark figures trudged along a steep, snow covered hill.



Sam Rudi X:

Sam Rudi X suddenly jumped backwards in fear just in time to make way for a great, green, glowing number 0 cruising silently through the air.

Sam Rudi X:

Negative: Until we reach the top of this next mountain. From there, we'll be able to meet up with the rest of the rest of S.H.A.R.K., where we'll be able to plot our final attack. They won't even see it coming.

A quarter of an hour later, they reached the peak of the mountain where a large group of S.H.A.R.K. agents were already present at. In the center of them was one of S.H.A.R.K.'s major commanders, a penguin in a black, bulky robotic suit with claws for flippers, a lightbulb and electricity rods on the shoulders, a metal beak and a transparent dome-like helmet: Lieutenant Drone. Upon hearing their footsteps, he coughed before turning to them.

Drone: Ah yes, you must be Negative Wikipenguino. Pleasure to be working with you.

Negative: And you're Lieutenant Drone?

Drone: Yes. Follow us. We'll wait inside for everyone else, shall we?

Drone led the combined group of S.H.A.R.K. minions and agents down the other side of the mountain, evading more 1s and 0s before stopping at a snowbank. Drone then pressed something on his robotic arm. The massive snowbank suddenly started to vibrate before crumbling to reveal a large metal entrance. He pressed another button and the large doors slid slowly apart with a low humming sound, revealing light inside.

The S.H.A.R.K. members all waddled inside one by one. As soon as they were all inside, the door shut behind them.

Inside was a spacious room plated in steel. Large columns of the same material on the walls supported the tall ceiling. Huge ceiling lights lit up the entire space with a

Negative: I've formed a plan concerning Antarctica which concerns the Governance. If it goes as planned, their failure to notice will be their downfall.

Minion: What about those penguins that keep hunting us down?

Negative: We'll exact vengeance on them, too. They seem to like their traps, so why not beat them at their own game?

Drone: Hmmm...I like the sound of this plan...*cough*

Negative: Now get to work. Contact the others who are on their way and inform them of the plan.

Cheddar: Declared war...That's hilarious...

William: It's not funny Cheddar, we don't know what he's up to wherever he is!

The group was sitting around in the EPF base's meeting room, thinking of what to do in response to what Negative had said. William continued to argue with Cheddar, who was eating a cheese sandwich while Kenny, Wikipenguino, Terry, Alayne and Falco either looked at S.H.A.R.K. files displayed on holograms or lay still in their seats, trying to think of a solution. Some other EPF agents were also present inside the room, bringing in and examining documents and other data.

Kenny: Is it possible to scan for significant electrical signatures? Or possibly deletion particles?

EPF Agent: I'm afraid not, or at least not yet. I'll be sure to ask.

Alayne: Any news from S.H.A.R.K. then?

EPF Agent: Sadly not. We still have agents working to locate their whereabouts. I believe Agent Tux has some Special Intelligence agents on the case.

Wikipenguino: Hmmm...Maybe the S.H.A.R.K. communication networks will be of some use?

Terry: I highly doubt it. They will probably have abandoned it by now because of our trap.

Falco: It's still worth a shot. Let's try.

Wikipenguino, Falco, Terry and Alayne waddled into the main room of the base and from there, into the communications area where they seated themselves in front of a huge console. Each of them pulled out a pair of headphones from the drawers beside the console and plugged them into the console.

Terry punched in some characters into the console before confirming.

Console: Loading. Beginning transmission.

Wikipenguino: Okay...Let's see if this works.

Alayne repeatedly twisted a dial on her part of the console. The console only produced static noises until they got to the desired signal frequency.

Alayne: I think I hear something...

Falco: Yeah, me too...

Console: *bzzzt* All-*bzzt* S.H.A.R.K. members please report to Fishwow, East Pengolia. I repeat, all members please report to Fishwow, East Pengolia.

Alayne: Can we track the location that it's broadcasting from?

Wikipenguino and Terry were now tapping in something on a small touchscreen connected to the console.

Wikipenguino: No dice. Can't seem to track it.

Terry: They must be using some sort of cloak or computer proxy. Something seems to be interfering.

Falco: Well, at least we've got our location.

Wikipenguino: Right. To Fishwow it is, then.

Gusts of strong winds rushed through the streets of Fishwow, East Pengolia. A car drove along the outskirts of the city while its seven passengers looked carefully at their surroundings and checked various devices in their flippers.

Cheddar: Any sign of 'em?

Kenny: No signs of trouble so far.

Alayne: It should be around this street or the next one. That's what the coordinates from the console pointed to right before the transmission cut.

Wikipenguino: Okay, we should be nearing our location and-oh, pancakes. Looks like have a problem, guys.

Ahead of them was a squad of police officers blocking the road. Before William, who was driving the car, could brake, one of the officers turned their way and held out a flipper to stop them. William opened the driver's window.

Officer: Halt! You're not allowed entry through this road!

Falco: We're here on behalf of the EPF! Here!

Falco pulled out his EPF badge and showed it to him.

Officer: You'll need proper identification to enter this area. Do you have permission? Passport details? ID Cards?

Wikipenguino: Uh...yeah...no.

Officer: Then return to the main road, this place is off limits!

William put the car into reverse until they had returned to the main road.

William: *Sigh* Looks like we're going to have to find another way in.

Cheddar's face lit up with excitement.

William: And no, Cheddar, we're not going to be pranking our way in.

Cheddar: Oh, come on! It'll be fun!

Terry: Maybe my map says something?

Terry unfolded a large map of Fishwow he pulled out of his hammerspace and studied it with Kenny.

Kenny: According to this map, there's an alternative route we can take that might lead us there. Maybe we could try that?

Falco: We'd better hurry. Besides, I can't wait to give those criminals a piece of my own mind-

BOOM!

A parked car in front of them suddenly exploded into flames, forcing William to slow the car into an abrupt brake. Nearby penguins screamed and dived for cover.

Wikipenguino: Sweet Snowzer Cheese! What was that!?

Terry: Falco, was that you?

Falco: I didn't do anything!

William: Quick, get out of the car!

The group stumbled out of the car to check the damage.

Cheddar: Welp, somebody's going to need a new car...

Falco: Uh...guys!?

Their own car, as well as several other cars had their headlights flickering on and off. Several lampposts were doing the same. Suddenly, a bolt of electricity came out of nowhere, striking William in the chest. Civilians that were watching rushed off in all directions.

Alayne: WILLIAM!

Wikipenguino: Oh, pancakes...

Dozens of penguins in dark tactical suits leapt down from balconies and slid down from ropes anchored to building rooftops, all armed with rifles. Standing near the wreckage of the car, with two of the dark-suited penguins guarding him was Negative Wikipenguino. His flippers were crackling with electricity while he continuously vibrated and glitched.

Negative: Oops. Looks like you fell right into our trap.

Falco set his flippers alight.

Negative raised his right flipper. The S.H.A.R.K. agents readied their rifles.

Negative: You're outnumbered. Unless you'd like to see another one of your friends on the floor, do what's best for you and surrender.

Yells could be heard in the background. A loud police siren wailed.

Negative: Looks like we've got company. Take care of them.

Some S.H.A.R.K. agents beside Negative nodded and ran off in the direction of the yells.

Negative: As I was saying, surrender now, or die.

Penguin: FREEZE! PUT YOUR WEAPONS DOWN!

The officers from before who had blocked the group from entry down the restricted road were rushing in from a nearby alleyway. Several S.H.A.R.K. agents including Negative turned the officers' way and opened fire.

Cheddar, who couldn't seem to make up his mind and figure out what he would do, took advantage of the distraction and suddenly pulled out a water balloon and chucked it hard at a nearby S.H.A.R.K. soldier. Wikipenguino, who had raised his flippers halfway, about to admit defeat, promptly grabbed his ditto pistol and shot two S.H.A.R.K. agents with their rifles aimed at Alayne and William, who was stirring feebly. Falco conjured up a wall of fire and sent it into the largest group of minions nearby, knocking them off their feet, causing them yelp and lighting a few of them on fire.

Negative whirled around at the sound of the yelps to see nothing but chaos. S.H.A.R.K. agents desperately tried to retaliate, but were overpowered by the combined efforts of Falco's flame powers, Kenny's ninja tactics, Cheddar's unexpected pranks and Alayne and Wikipenguino's shots.

Negative: So they won't go down without a fight. Fine by me.

A backup team of police cars suddenly arrived at the scene and armoured officers started pouring out of them. One of pulled out a taser and fired it at Negative.

The sound of electricity sizzling through the taser could be heard, but it seemed to be completely ineffective on Negative. Negative turned around, with his flippers charged.

Negative: Oh, thanks for that.

He then blasted the entire police team with a powerful wave of lightning, damaging both police and civilian cars and shattering the windows of nearby stores and businesses. Even so, more police officers rushed into the scene from nearby alleyways and opened fire.

Sam Rudi X, one of the S.H.A.R.K. commanders who was failing to hit anything or anyone, pulled out his communicator.

Sam Rudi X:

Thirty seconds later, more dark-suited penguins dropped from the rooftops and opened fire down below. Two and a half more minutes of fighting and backup teams being called in to help either side continued until Negative was hit with one of Kenny's water card-jitsu cards, creating a pool of water that made Negative's powers spin out of control until he was suddenly electrocuted. An exhausted Sam Rudi X came to his aid.

Negative: This isn't going anywhere...Order a retreat.

Sam Rudi X:

Sam Rudi X yelled into his communicator. The remaining S.H.A.R.K. soldiers immediately started backing away and broke up into teams, each one captained by a lieutenant. Just as the officers rushed in to try and take them, each one pulled out a small device and pressed a button on it, creating a large glowing quadrilateral shape. Each team of agents rushed into the glowing shapes, seemingly vanishing before the bright gateways closed. The officers then looked around, puzzled, until they saw Negative.

Wikipenguino: There he is!

Officers pulled out pistols and started firing in their direction. Negative grabbed Sam Rudi X and suddenly teleported out of sight.

The police officers just stared, helpless for a few moments.

Officer: Well, they're both gone.

Officer 2: We'll have to get someone to keep an eye out if they return. Close off this area.

The policeman pulled out his communicator and said something into it, then turned in the direction of the other group of six penguins and one puffle.

Officer 2: But as for you penguins, you some have explaining...to...do?

He looked around the vicinity and realised that they had already vanished.

After a short walk through the streets and alleys of Fishwow, being pursued by some S.H.A.R.K. soldiers, the group arrived at the Antarctican embassy.

Guard: Hold on! Who are you guys?

Falco showed the guard his EPF badge.

Falco: We were here on a mission until we were ambushed. We're seeking shelter but we also need a way back.

Guard: Of course. The front desk can help you with that.

A long conversation with the front desk at the embassy and many phone calls later, the group was on a helicopter on their way back to the USA.

Cheddar: I can't believe Negative Wikipenguino ambushed us again. And we thought we had him this time.

Kenny: Well he always seems a step ahead of us.

William: We need to strike back. Hard.

Terry: I know, but how?

Alayne: We need to attack him at his base of operations. If we hit the central command and take it out S.H.A.R.K. won't be able to recover.

Wikipenguino: Precisely. I'll call in an EPF tactical team to aid us, but we need to find out where he is.

Chapter 5: Facing the Enemy
After a couple long helicopter rides later, the group arrived at a top secret EPF base in the Trans-Antarctic mountains.

Agent: Good morning to you all. The EPF sees S.H.A.R.K. as a credible threat and has now agreed to help you in this operation. From here we will find Negative Wikipenguino and apprehend him once and for all.

The agent led the group into the base, where he showed them to a large meeting room.

Agent: This will be where you will conduct your operations. Your offices are down the hall and to the right.

The group headed towards a large table, where there were many gadgets and files sitting on it.

Cheddar: Woah this is awesome!

Kenny: We have everything we need to get Negative Wikipenguino!

Wikipenguino: Except for his location, that is. We all need to monitor every call between every S.H.A.R.K. member.

A few days later the group was still sifting through files on Negative Wikipenguino and S.H.A.R.K.

Kenny: Negative Wikipenguino must keep himself really hidden. None of those S.H.A.R.K. members have been traced back to him yet.

Wikipenguino: Wait, guys, I think I found something!

The group rushed over the Wikipenguino's table, where a picture of Sam Rudi X beside a map shone on his computer.

Wikipenguino: So I was helping to monitor the calls between all the S.H.A.R.K. members, and I was able to track Sam Rudi X's location to a house in Newton Town. From that location I've been noticing a lot of calls between there and somewhere in Hackzon Valley. I wasn't able to do a complete trace, but at least we know his general location now.

Falco: I'll contact the Newton Town police. We'll take Sam Rudi X into questioning.

After a few hours of flying and a short drive through Newton Town, the group gathered outside a house in Newton Town, along with multiple police and SWAT units, and some EPF agents.

Wikipenguino: Remember, quickly find Sam Rudi X, but be careful.

An EPF agent kicked down the door and police, EPF agents, and the group began rushing in.

Kenny: Watch out!

A S.H.A.R.K. soldier began firing from upstairs, but fortunately everyone had ducked in time.

Alayne: Everyone okay?

All: Yeah.

William: Guys, we can't just sit here all day. Cover me!

As the group began firing all at once, joined by the EPF and police, William rushed up the stairs, and grabbed the S.H.A.R.K. soldier's gun. However, more S.H.A.R.K. soldiers were advancing.

William: Uh oh.

From behind William multiple gunshots rang out, and many of the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers fell or fled.

William: Thanks guys.

The group continued to advance through the house, arresting many of the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers or shooting those who resisted. They soon spotted Sam Rudi X, defended by two S.H.A.R.K. soldiers.

EPF Agent: Sam Rudi X, drop the weapon and put your hands where I can see them!

The S.H.A.R.K. soldiers attempted to fire, but were both shot. Sam Rudi X then jumped out the window down below.

Cheddar: Really?

The rest of the group jumped after him, except for Falco.

Falco: I'm going around!

The group was now chasing Sam Rudi X through multiple backyards, to the surprise of many residents.

Sam Rudi X jumped another fence, and soon the group was back on a street. Two police cars rushed towards him.

Sam Rudi X:

Sam Rudi X jumped back over the fence, but was pushed back by Falco.

Terry: Thanks Falco.

The group was back in the EPF base, standing in a holding cell with Sam Rudi X.

Alayne: Where's your master?

Sam Rudi X:

Kenny: You will tell us.

Sam Rudi X:

Falco: Okay, bring them in.

Two physically imposing EPF agents walked in.

Falco: If you're not going to tell us, you're going to tell them.

Falco turned to the EPF agents.

Falco: Call us back when he starts talking.

Sam Rudi X:

Sam Rudi X's screaming was soon drowned by the sound of loud polka music.

Wikipenguino: And now, we wait.

After a few minutes of waiting, one of the EPF agents stepped out.

EPF Agent: He's ready to start talking.

The group walked in to Sam Rudi X.

Wikipenguino: So, where is your master?

Sam Rudi X:

Falco punched Sam Rudi X in the face, and then the group walked out.

William: He's clearly not going to tell us anything.

Suddenly, an EPF agent walked up to them.

EPF Analyst: Guys, I think I found something.

The group walked over the a computer, where there was a map and a picture of a run down building amidst floating ones and zeros.

EPF Analyst: So I used satellite imagery and went over the general area over and over. I found a compound in Hackzon Valley where vehicles and people have been coming in and out for weeks.

Terry: Let's go then!

Wikipenguino: I'll notify the commander here. We'll gather a team and go out. Tonight we end this once and for all.

A few minutes later the group gathered in a meeting room with dozens of heavily geared EPF agents.

EPF Commander: Okay, we'll have to make this quick and discreet. We believe there could be around 100 to 200 S.H.A.R.K. soldiers in there, plus there's Negative Wikipenguino, who has deadly powers of his own. Additionally, there's only one way in and one way out, and trust me when I say the terrain is not on our side.

Falco: While there is only one way in and one way out, there are small secret passageways in the mountain that we can use.

EPF Commander: We're also going to land some distance away and walk to the base, as to not draw attention. Any questions? No? Okay, let's go!

The group and the EPF agents walked out of the base and onto one of the many helicopters waiting for them. In the helicopter they found someone familiar.

Wikipenguino: Tux?

Tux: That's me.

William: I didn't know you were coming?

Tux: EPF sent me down here to aid you guys in this operation. And I reckon you need all the firepower you can get.

After a few minutes, all the EPF were on the helicopters, and they soon took off afterwards, flying across the rough terrain of Trans-Antarctica.

Kenny: It better work this time.

Falco: It will. He escaped here because he couldn't go anywhere. I doubt he has an escape plan.

Alayne: Let's just hope we have enough manpower.

Flying for about an hour, the helicopter began to descend, and a few minutes later landed in a rocky clearing in the mountains.

EPF Commander: Team A with me, and Team B with Agent Tux!

The group and EPF agents walked for a few minutes, before reaching a tall mountain. They found a small opening and went through, reaching a narrow path. After some more walking, they were in sight of the base.

Tux: Okay, snipers, position yourselves at crucial points. The rest of us are going in.

On the radio the group and agents could hear the EPF commander.

EPF Commander: Okay, three, two, one, attack!

At the same time the EPF and the group began firing, taking down many S.H.A.R.K. soldiers, who were caught off guard.

S.H.A.R.K. Guard 1: What the.

S.H.A.R.K. Guard 2: *to the radio* We are under attack and need backup. Repeat, we are under attack and need backup. Over.

S.H.A.R.K. Guard 3: Everybody! Back to the base now! We need to regroup!

As more and more EPF began pouring in, the numbers of the S.H.A.R.K. guards on the outside began to decrease. Some tried to regroup and put up a resistance, but were outnumbered by the EPF agents. However, just then, the door to the base opened, and large numbers of S.H.A.R.K. soldiers poured out.

S.H.A.R.K. Lieutenant: Attack!

Emboldened by reinforcements, the original S.H.A.R.K. guards began to fight back, and many EPF agents began to fall.

Cheddar: Get back! We need a plan!

The group ducked behind some sand bags along with some other EPF agents.

Alayne: Anybody got a plan?

William: See that guard post? Take that and we'll be able to fire down on them. Agents, cover us!

The group charged towards the guard post, shooting or just shoving aside any S.H.A.R.K. soldiers who got in their way. They then reached the guard post, shooting the two S.H.A.R.K. soldiers guarding the outside.

Terry: On the count of three. One, two, three.

The group hurriedly climbed up the guard post and shot the three S.H.A.R.K. soldiers inside.

Falco: Now we start firing.

From their advantageous position, and with the help of the EPF agents, the group began to pick off the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers one by one, until they were forced to retreat back into the building.

Wikipenguino: *to the radio* We need backup. Over.

Falco: Hmmm...I wonder if this could be useful...

Falco picked up a crate full of a hazardous looking items. When the perfect moment came, Falco tossed it at some guards attempting to retake the building's entrance. He then threw a fireball at it, exploding the box and causing the guards to scatter.

Falco: Hey, that did something!

Kenny: Let's head down and proceed further while we still can.

The group climbed down the ladder while Tux and Team B started attacking the entrance. Suddenly, there was a loud crack followed by a shower of sparks and bright bolts of electricity. Negative Wikipenguino emerged from the building's entrance with his flippers sizzling with electricity.

Cheddar: Oh no-

Negative suddenly zapped several agents, forcing them to release their weapons and drop to the ground.

Negative: You're going to regret opposing me.

Tux: Team B! Switch weapon modes!

The air was suddenly filled with clicking noises as Tux's team of agents changed their weapons while others protected them. Kenny leapt down and across from obstacle to obstacle before attempting to punch Negative in the back. Just as Kenny was about to succeed, Negative dematerialized, forcing Kenny to turn to a landing position instead.

Negative: Oops. Too slow.

Negative suddenly manifested behind Kenny and bursts of lightning came out of his flippers, forcing Kenny to summon a shield of ice with a card-jitsu card.

Just as the shield of ice was about to break, Falco suddenly jumped forwards and blasted the bolts of electricity with a jet of flame.

Negative: Oh, I don't think so!

Negative created another bolt and flung it Falco's way. Before it could hit, Falco created a fireball that blocked most of the damage.

Falco: AH!

Falco was unexpectedly struck in the shoulder by another S.H.A.R.K. soldier and fell to his flippers. The soldier who had hit him was smiling widely and stepped forwards, preparing for the final shot.

Just as the soldier was aiming the barrel of his rifle directly at Falco's head, Alayne charged out of nowhere, punched him and shot him twice with her pistol.

Alayne: You alright?

Falco: Yeah, I'll be fine. It's just a scratch.

Meanwhile, the others were having a difficult time trying to capture Negative.

A bullet from one of the snipers narrowly missed him.

Negative: Fools!

Negative charged his flippers once more and electrocuted most of Team B.

Negative: You see how weak you are? You never learn to stop meddling in others business. This is what that gets you!

Tux, who was among the electrocuted agents, struggled and staggered back onto his feet. Negative kicked him over.

Negative: Oh, I'm going to enjoy punishing you-

Cheddar: SUPRISE!

A series of bright, colorful flashes and loud bangs suddenly rang out through the area immediately followed by clouds of confetti. Distracted and confused by this, Negative stared at Cheddar.

Negative: What was that and what did you do?

Cheddar: Nothing. I just made you look.

Negative suddenly noticed a small, flat metal object slide right under him. He attempted to teleport away, but it was already too late.

Negative: AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Sparkling white bolts of electricity suddenly erupted from the device and engulfed Negative, who's glitching seemed to have gone haywire and had no control over what was happening.

Suddenly, it stopped and he stumbled out, seemingly unharmed. The glitching however, continued and became more intense with every second. Negative looked fearful and stared at his flippers.

Negative: No...no, no, NO! WHAT'S HAPPENING!?

He looked at Kenny.

Negative: YOU! What did you do to me!?

Kenny: The device I threw at you? That's a disrupter. It's created an interference which is disabling your powers. Courtesy of the EPF's Weaponry Development Division.

Negative looked livid. He created an electric bolt with his flippers but was shocked when it wouldn't obey his commands and went elsewhere. He then tried teleporting, only to reappear back in the same place. Every attempt seemed to worsen the glitching.

Negative: No! Why isn't any of this working!? NOOOOOOOOOO!

Negative suddenly staggered backwards and collapsed on the floor, weak, unconscious and powerless. The glitching suddenly disappeared. Square and rectangular patches of different colors were visible all over Negative and his clothes.

Cheddar: Whoa, what happened to him? That disruptor thingy must really work...

Two agents from Team B marched forwards and handcuffed Negative. Meanwhile, Team A had managed to capture the rest of the S.H.A.R.K. soldiers still active.

Falco: Phew, that was exhausting.

William: So...I guess it's done, then?

Wikipenguino: Yep. Or, at least for now. Good job, team. And just in time too, it looks like backup has arrived!

Sure enough, the rumble of large vehicles and powerful engines could be heard not so far away.

Tux: Alright, let's start wrapping things up. Take Negative and the other captives to the transports. And be sure to pick up the pace.

Wikipenguino: Fantabulous! Y'know, I think this calls for a celebration...

Terry: Indeed. I agree.

Falco: Count me in. It's time we got out of this awful weather.

Epilogue
Sometime later, back at Newton Town, the group were celebrating their victory at a café.

Cheddar: Welp, that's another victory for us. Team Good Guys - 1, S.H.A.R.K. - 0.

Falco: So they won't be randomly attacking us any more?

Terry: Highly unlikely.

Wikipenguino: Yeah, with Negative behind bars they won't have a leader like before. We won't have to worry about him or his lackeys anytime soon.

Alayne: I don't think we'll have to worry about the rest of S.H.A.R.K., either. As of today, the EPF has made hundreds of arrests using the new S.H.A.R.K. communication channels they found. Almost all of them have been rounded up.

Kenny: Additionally, they're leaderless again, so if any of them are still at large, they'll most likely be clueless.

Wikipenguino: I think we've done pretty well these past few missions. We took on the Darktonian Realm, protected a dangerous document and now we've captured yet another one of my evil clones. Great teamwork, I'd say!

William: Great teamwork, indeed.

Cheddar: Yeah, what they said!

With that the group cheered and raised their drinks to teamwork.

Negative: GET ME OUT OF HERE! When I'm free, I'll make sure that you'll all pay for this-

Guard: Whatever.

The guard pressed a button next to Negative's cell, muting all sound that came from his cell. Negative was now in a large prison transport, being escorted by other vehicles to a top secret facility at an unknown location.

BANG

The car rocked slightly.

Guard 2: Did you just hear that?

Guard 1: I dunno, it was probably nothing serious.

Suddenly, screams and yells could be heard outside.

Guard 1: What the...

BANG!

The ceiling suddenly exploded in a bright flash of purple light. Both guards looked up in terror, noticing a penguin and a pair of huge wings before they were swallowed by the explosion.

Wikipenguino X sat staring at the wall of his cell in Owcatraz. It was a dark, stormy night outside with the waves still crashing furiously against the shore of Owcatraz.

Suddenly, the waves and the thunder seemed to quieten. In fact, everything became quiet. Too quiet. Then came the sound of footsteps.

Wikipenguino X smiled.

Wikipenguino X:

Darktan: I suggest you follow me before the guards notice us.