The Secret War

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The Secret War is a story that takes place far away from Antarctica, and far away from the CPFW's precise continuity. It is an adventure that takes place in a world far beyond our own, with things that our heroes don't quite understand. But, they must rally together against the forces of evil, or a helpless world will be destroyed...

Join us, shall you?

Prologue
Penquino's Log: September 5th, 2015

"All of these warnings are starting to worry me...

''"Miss Terry" has shown herself again. She's revealed herself to me numerous times since the beginning of summer, but each time ends with me having more questions than before she appeared.''

''Firstly, I don't know who or what she is, but I know she's not a normal penguin. My only guess is that she's a ghost, since I can slice right through her with a Keysaber... and I can't feel a connection to her through the force. I've looked for her in every database that I have access to, but she appears in none of them- EPF, SIA, CSIA, our incomplete Jedi Archives, and even the NRR! I haven't even been able to find any wild conspiracy theories related to her.''

Secondly, I don't understand why'' she keeps showing herself to me. Every time that she has appeared she's told me to prepare for my 'greatest challenge yet', but I just don't understand what she means. What kind of 'challenge' is coming my way, and why in the name of Benzin would this random ghostly creature keep telling me about it?!''

''I suppose I should stop talking about Miss Terry and her origins, and wait for more developments. Nobody else at the temple has ever seen this strange creature, and I'm pretty sure they think I'm going crazy...''

Hopefully the answers will reveal themselves soon enough, and I hope that I'm prepared when they do."

September 8th, 2015

Penquino was getting back to his home on the outskirts of Vonkouver, after a long day of work. He hopped off of his Hoverboard and put it in his inventory, before walking into his igloo to watch some re-runs of Who Wants to Be a Coin Codaire? A few minutes into the show, strange things started happening around Penquino's igloo. First, the TV shut off. Then, all of the lights in the igloo started going haywire, causing Penquino's puffles to run to their beds in fear. After a few more seconds, the lights all turned dim, leaving the igloo in utter silence.

Then, Miss Terry appeared in a flash of purple smoke, almost like it was Magic. That smoke soon surrounded the two, leaving nothing outside visible.

Miss Terry: "Are you afraid?"

Penquino: "No"

Miss Terry: "You will be, Penquino. You will be. The time has come to face your greatest challenge yet. Look into my eyes."

He did, but entered some form of paralysis before thinking it was a trap. The two floated through the smoke for what seemed like an eternity, and the mysterious cloud seemed to be never-ending. However, they exited onto the surface of an unknown platform in the middle of space, before appearing in front of a giant pair of glowing white eyes. Penquino was now completely immobilized, unconscious and completely at the will of Miss Terry. Now, the being to whom the eyes belonged to started to speak in a deep, celestial tone.

???: "This is the one? This fragile being? I have doubts that he'll succeed."

Miss Terry: "He is the one. He alone is the difference between existence, and destruction. I'd bet that he may surprise you. Put him to the test."

???: "I shall. Now let us begin."

With that, Penquino regained consciousness and was no longer paralyzed.

???: "Greetings, Erik von Penquino, Master Jedi."

Penquino: "Hi. Who... or what are you?"

???: "No doubt, I startle you. Let me assume a more familiar form."

The unknown being then transformed into a yellow puffle, with pointed hair and a brown director's hat.

???: "Think of me as one from... beyond. You can call me The Beyonder."

Beyonder: "My assistant, known to you as Miss Terry, and I, are beings who can take many forms. We have traveled very far and have seen many intriguing things, but none as interesting as a place we stumbled upon called Antarctica. Our research has revealed many things that we don't understand, the greatest being your concepts of "good" and "evil". You seem to be a representative of "good", so you have been chosen.

Penquino: "Chosen... for what?"

Miss Terry: "For the ultimate test of "good versus evil"."

Beyonder: "Yes, I wish to know which is stronger."

Penquino: "You can't do that. Plus, good is obviously stronger."

Beyonder: "But you're wrong. I intend to devise an "experiment"."

A small dust cloud appears and clears to show a planet.

Beyonder: "Behold, a planet somewhere in your galaxy; this place has found peace for centuries. Technology has rid it of starvation, pain and unhappiness, and it knows no concept of "evil". It is a place that penguins would call... Utopia. For my experiment, I will introduce "evil" to this unsuspecting world.

Penquino: "Why would you interfere with innocent lives? I won't allow it!"

Penquino lunged at the Beyonder with an activated Keysaber, only to be picked up and slammed back down by an unseen force.

Beyonder: "You cannot stop this, it has already been decided. Just as we discovered you, we've also scoured Antarctica for the "evil" we require.

More dust clouds appear and clear to show numerous scenes in real-time. After The Beyonder explains each scene, the character being focused on turns pitch black and disappears in a flash of light.


 * "Here we have one Herbert Percival Bear, Esquire. He uses a desire to live in a warmer place to justify his evil deeds. A good first choice."


 * "In this place, we shall find another villain. A tyrant, who equates power with happiness. He is so despised by his citizens, that they have hired assassins to kill him. Yes... I have use for this Kaiser, Swiss Ninja Hochstadt."


 * "Now, here is one who was raised into evil, and uses her overt power and fortune to wreak havoc."

Penquino: "Questisbak..."


 * "Next is a puffle that thinks his evil plans are justified by his high intelligence quotient, Doctor Aye-Que."


 * "I require only one more. One whose evil is so strong it transcends the boundaries of nature. Darktan Anator II."

Beyonder: "Now, I shall introduce these villains to our paradise planet."

Penquino: "But they'll destroy it! You can't!"

Penquino lunged at The Beyonder again, only to go straight through him, like a ghost.

Penquino: Terry, you can't let him do this!"

Miss Terry: "It is not for me to decide! Now look."

A cloud appears and shows the villains being teleported through space and onto the planet, with each one in a different area.

Beyonder: "Phase One is complete, now for Phase Two. I shall progress time by one of your 'Earth Years'."

All of a sudden, wind begins to pick up, and in the dust cloud Penquino can see the mystery planet spinning at a very fast pace, and slowly changing color from bright blue to a brownish-white color. The wind starts to die down, and the planet slows back to a halt.

Penquino starts to wonder exactly what he's up against.

Beyonder: "Look at what has happened. The "evil" ones have used this planet's advanced technology for their own gain. After stealing the new technology, they used their power to seize control. It is now a war-torn wasteland, rather than the peaceful paradise it once was."

Beyonder: "The result is, the beings that originally lived on this planet have been eliminated, or trampled under paw, flipper and feet.

Penquino: "... So you destroyed an entire planet just to prove that evil is bad?! For such a powerful creature, you're a few snowflakes short of a blizzard."

Miss Terry: "But you shall have the opportunity to change everything back to the way it once was!"

The Beyonder, Miss Terry, and Penquino are suddenly teleported into an abandoned building that looks like some sort of lab, with machines and computers scattered about.

Beyonder: "Yes... This is where "good" comes into play. This computer has a complete database of "good" creatures, and I have enabled this ray machine to bring seven of your choosing to aid you. It is your duty to lead them into a battle against evil, and win. Save this planet, and everything will return to the way it was.


 * Or... die trying."

Miss Terry: "Choose wisely, and good luck."

The Beyonder and Miss Terry teleported, nowhere to be seen.

Penquino: "TERRY! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!!


 * Come back... please... "

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The following is for research, future story elements/plot/plans, and chapters I haven't made public yet, either because I'm unsure about it or because I'm waiting to write more to show it off in the story.

---: RESEARCH/Notes :--- --


 * Distance around planet: 2,970 miles-4,780 km
 * Time to travel around at various speeds (hr:min)
 * 40 mph- 74:15
 * 60 mph- 49:30
 * 100 mph- 29:42

---: Characters :---


 * Beyonder
 * Miss Terry
 * Rebels


 * Penquino


 * Gary the Gadget Guy
 * Possibly mechas?


 * Tails6000
 * War cry: DO'H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * Sonic/Fast
 * Expert Slingshot marksman
 * "Hadouken" and "Super Hadouken" finisher moves


 * Speeddasher
 * Katana & Shurikans. Two special moves.
 * Heavy drinker.
 * Regeneration.


 * Hochstadt Gang members


 * Science Girl


 * Darktan II
 * Herbert
 * Swiss Ninja
 * Doctor
 * OP without the OP

---: Plot :--

Hoping to make it around 10 chapters, but it may be more or less

*Penquino is kidnapped/story introduction *Choosing heroes to transport
 * Prologue- Mysterious events
 * 1- Assembling the Team
 * 2
 * 3
 * 4
 * 5
 * 6
 * 7
 * 8
 * 9
 * 10


 * Plot ideas
 * You're a Jedi, Harry!
 * Bill Nye
 * Battle of Club Herbert
 * Shipyard?
 * New Snowzerland
 * End

--- STORY

Chapter 1: Assembling the team
Penquino: "This is just great... I'm in an old, desolate building, alone, on a random planet in the middle of nowhere, and I'm supposed to choose a team of heroes that can defeat five of Antarctica's most notorious villains..."

Penquino: "Not only does this team have to beat the villains on this planet, but once we're done with that, I'm taking the fight to The Beyonder... which means I need the best of the best. I guess there's no time to start like the present."

Penquino turns on the computer with the Hero Database.

Computer: "Hello. Who would you like to choose? "

Penquino: "Let's start with a friend of mine who was a big help to me in my PSA days, and is great with technology. Bring me Gary the Gadget Guy."

Computer: "Affirmative. "

Penquino: "Hm... I'm going to need a skilled warrior. Bring me Speeddasher."

Computer: "Affirmative. "

Penquino: "And Tails! I know he has some experience with Aye-Que, and his powers could come in handy against The Beyonder."

Computer: "As you wish. "

Penquino: "I also need someone that can defeat that crazy Kaiser... Computer, show me The Hochstadt Gang!

Computer: "Of course. Primary members of the Hochstadt Gang are:




 * Fisch Hochstadt
 * Twin brother of Swiss Ninja Hochstadt, this immortal penguin donning a Fish Costume is the noble and wise leader of the Hochstadt Gang. He is the keeper of the Amulet of Language, and is also the Water Sensei's apprentice. He is also a skilled Keysaber fighter.


 * Jock Hochstadt
 * A proud and courageous Viking Penguin, Jock is second-in-command of the Hochstadt Gang. In addition to his courage, he is known for his battle tactics, and being a fierce warrior.


 * Fuut-Ga
 * A very skilled Ninja, and one of the close apprentices of the Sensei.


 * Dave Hochstadt
 * Dave is a skilled EPF agent, and a useful member of the group. He is also a very good surfer.


 * Clovis Hochstadt
 * Though trained as a jester and chef, Clovis is much more than that. Considered to be third-in-command of the Gang, he is a Jedi-wannabe who is also very wise.


 * Piper J. Cub
 * Jock Hochstadt's fierce Red Puffle. He is an expert pilot, and is the Hochstadt Gang's weapons specialist.


 * Gottfried Hochstadt
 * Renowned as a courageous Alemanian Knight, Gottfried is also known as a good leader.


 * Bernard Hochstadt
 * Gottfried's brother, and the coach of Snowzerland's national soccer team. He is a good spy.


 * Leonardo di Tremezzo
 * A free-spirited Yellow Puffle that lives in Castilla and is the son of a gangster. He despises violence unless absolutely necessary, and is a very good artist.

Penquino: "That's more than I expected. Let's start with Fisch and Jock... A weapons specialist could be good too, so also bring Piper. How many slots are left?"

Computer: "Affirmative. One slot remaining. "

Penquino: "Well, if we're going to eat our last meals here, they might as well taste good. So, I pick Clovis. Bring everyone I've chosen."

Computer: "Seven heroes selected. Locating. Transporting now. "

Penquino stepped away from the platform and shielded his eyes from the bright flash that ensued. Once it subsided, the seven requested heroes stood before him, all a bit on edge. Gary pushed up his glasses and started rubbing his eyes, while the others started greeting each other.

Fisch: "Hey guys"

Piper: "Hey Fisch."

Jock: "Hi Tails, good to see you."

Tails: "Yeah. You too Speed?

Speed: "Apparently"

Clovis: "Hey G!"

Gary: "Hello Agent Clovis, and Agent Penquino."

Tails: "Pengwhonow?"

Penquno: "Hey everybody... I'm glad you all know each other. I'm Penquino-"

Jock: "That's good to know, but how did we get here?"

Penquino: "-That was me. I brought you all here using this machine.

Piper: "What gives? We were in the middle of something!"

Jock: "Who do you think you are, teleporting people without their permission?"

Fisch: "Let him answer, I'm sure he has a good reason..."

Penquino: "Sort of. It's a long story, but essentially we were all brought here by a mystical being who wants to play a sick game of 'good vs evil', and has placed the fate of whatever far-out planet we're on in our flippers."

Speed: "Alright I've heard enough. Send me back."

Penquino: "I can't do that. That being I spoke of only powered this machine to bring seven beings here."

Jock: "You said you brought us here... then that some being brought us here. Which is it? Are you the 'evil' we're supposed to stop?"

With that last sentence, Jock unsheathed his sword. Piper soon followed with a pair of pistols that he stores... somewhere?

Penquino: "No, no! I'm not your enemy. I'm actually supposed to... lead you."

Piper: "Ha! If you think we're going to blindly take orders from someone we just met, you're as crazy as you sound."

Clovis: "Come on guys, I'm sure we can settle this peacefully."

Speed: "You chicks can have fun, I'm outta here."

Penquino: "Wait! I don't know what the outside's like, what's out there, or if the atmosphere is even breathable."

Speed: "I can take care of myself. Don't try to stop me."

With that, everyone started heading towards the exit except Gary who had avoided the argument earlier and started to examine the various machines around the lab.

Once they found the exit of the large facility, everyone stood back and let Speed go first to see what the atmosphere is like. Nothing good or bad happened to him as he walked outside.

Penquino: "Well, that's a relief."

Fisch: "Yeah. It seems somewhat unlikely that a random planet would have a suitable atmosphere for us."

Tails: "I smell some Master magic."

The others joined Speed outside the facility and waddled for a bit, just observing their surroundings. It seemed desolate, extremely cold and very dim compared to Antarctica, like the moments before the moon is completely blocked by clouds. However, there were two celestial bodies in the sky, a small source of light, and a very large arch belonging to some body that seemed to take up half the sky. Fisch had taken out his keysaber to use as a light source.

Clovis: "This place is creepy and beautiful at the same time."

Piper: "Yeah, Leonardo would like it."

Once they waddled a few hundred meters from the facility, the ground started shaking viciously.

Penquino: "This could be an Earthquake, right?"

Jock: "Whatever it is, I don't like it."

Speed: "Look up ahead!"

Ahead of the group was a trio of ground-raised area moving rapidly towards them, though they were hard to see. The group got as prepared as they could for whatever was there, when the piles stopped but the ground continued shaking. Then suddenly, a giant worm-like creature easily surpassing the size of Antarctic monsters came out of the ground in front of the group and grabbed Jock with its mouth. Two similar creatures came out of the ground near the first.

Speed ran towards one of the worms, but it unleashed a green laser beam out of a gem on its forehead, forcing him to absorb it with his katanas. Penquino ran towards the same creature and jumped towards it, but was thrown off balance by the lack of Earth gravity. Once he compensated, he hit the side of the worm before launching himself towards the middle worm holding Jock, and igniting his keysaber to stab the beast. However, his keysaber had no effect on the worm's skin, and Penquino slowly fell back to the ground deflecting lasers. The group took up a defensive formation, with Penquino and Fisch deflecting and Speed and absorbing the lasers until he was also picked up by a worm.

Tails: "Speed!"

Penquino: "My keysaber had no effect on the worm's skin!"

Piper: "Neither did my bullets."

Clovis: "And we thought Antarctica had problems with global worming!

Jock: "I could use a little help up here!"

Fisch: "We know! Anyone have any ideas?"

Tails: "I could use my Hadouken attack against them, but I can only do that against one of them."

Penquino: "Fisch, try deflecting one of the lasers towards the worm holding Speed! If our weapons can't hurt them, maybe their own weapons can!"

Fisch and Penquino both deflected incoming lasers towards the two worms holding Speed and Jock, startling them and causing the heroes to be dropped.

Penquino: "Retreat- everybody back to the lab!"

Nobody had a problem with that suggestion, and after a few minutes of running for their lives they made it back to the facility.

Chapter 2: Attack of the Worms
Penquino: "Gary! There are laser firing worm-like creatures outside this place. I think we stalled them, but are there any defenses here we can use against them?"

Gary: "Yes, scanners indicated a dozen large creatures, and you are correct that you stalled them but they are still coming this way. Unfortunately, there are no functional defenses. That destroyed machine was once the power source for a shield large enough to protect the entire facility. I have no theories about what led to it's destruction, there are too many uncontrolled variables."

Fisch: "We need to get that shield up and hope it works."

Piper: "Are there any weapons I can repair?"

Penquino: "What's their ETA?"

Gary: "I estimate they'll be here in... fourteen minutes. Piper, there is a semi-automated turret system that was also damaged. I agree that the shield needs to be repaired as well, so I am coming up with ideas to repair the power source."

Penquino: "Good. Everyone focus on repairing the defense systems. I'm going to see if I can... delay the worms."

As everyone went off to frantically fix things, Penquino sat down in a far corner and started clearing his mind. He was no master at creature manipulation, but he could use it to calm his puffles down when they were frightened. This is just like that really, except on a much larger scale, and trying to reign in their wild behavior instead of calming a startled pet. But there was no time to doubt himself now. He cleared his thoughts, and began calling to the worms through the mysterious Force. At least that still existed in this place.

"It's alright. We're not here to hurt you, and we're not food."

Twenty minutes later the group had collected spare resources, but still had no way to power the machine. The worm creatures drew dangerously close. Penquino's attempts at calming the creatures would work for a time, before enraging them again.

Gary: "Great Gariwald, I have a feasible idea! Tails, you can move at high speeds, correct?"

Tails: "Yes"

Gary: "Quickly, you need socks or a similar material. I'll get a connection set up from the machine, then you can hold a wire and slide quickly over the carpet to power the shield off of static electricity!"

Tails: "Sure thing- wait... my inventory isn't working! Does anyone have any socks?"

After no responses, Gary spoke up.

Gary: "Speeddasher's Ninja Outfit could work."

Speed: "Oh no it won't. I'm not taking off my Ninja Outfit for Tails to run around in it and get it dirty. Find socks somewhere else."

Tails then dashed through the facility checking rooms, looking for socks, but whoever had been there brought their clothes with them. By the time he finished running through the facility, the worms had reached the perimeter of the building and began ramming it.

Tails: "There are no socks here, I need your Ninja Costume Speed!"

*BOOM*

Speed: "*sigh* Fine, but you're washing it afterwards. *BOOM* And if there's so much as a tear-"

*BOOM*

Tails: "Ok, ok, give it here!"

Speed made everyone turn around before taking off his outfit and giving it to Tails. As Speed continued to put the rest of his attire back on, and the worms continued to pound the building, everyone moved to one side of the room to give Tails room to run. He took the wire Gary gave him and ran (or slid) with it. Gary manned the computer.

Clovis: "Round and round *BOOM* and round he goes! *BOOM* When he'll stop, nobody knows!"

*BOOM*

Penquino: "Keep it up Tails *BOOM*, you're doing a good job!"

*BOOM*

Tails: "It feels like *BOOM* my feet are on fire!"

*BOOM*

Speed: "You'll know what fire really feels like *BOOM* if anything happens to my outfit!"

*BOOM*

Gary: "Jinkies! We've done it!" *BOOM*

Gary pressed a button, and a loud humming noise started before getting quieter a short time later. The worm ramming slows down before stopping completely.

Gary: "Scanners indicate that the creatures are leaving the premises, and the stored power should last long enough for us to properly repair the power source! Great job everyone!"

Tails slows down and stops before looking down and realizing he slid so fast that his feet were on fire.

Tails: "AHHHH! SOMEBODY GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!"

Fisch: "Hold still!"

Fisch made a ball of water and threw it right at Tails' feet, putting out the smoldering feet of the ninja costume. Tails began to take off the costume to cool down, meanwhile Speed had a look of disappointment on his face. Then, Piper and Jock came back into the lab.

Jock: "Hey! The ramming stopped and I heard a humming, I hope that's a good sign?"

Clovis: "Yeah, we did it! Tails used static electricity to power the shield, using Speed's ninja costume."

Piper: "Great! While you were doing that, Jock and I fixed the turret system. All it needs now is some power."

Gary: "Which I should be able to have operational within a few hours, with some help."

Penquino: "Clovis, want to see what kind of food we can whip up here? I think we all deserve a good meal, and it'll give me a chance to tell you all the full story of how we got here.

Clovis: "Sure! Whipped cream, anyone?"

Jock: "I think that's a story we all want to hear."

Penquino: "So... I brought you here and you know the rest. I know you still have a lot of questions, and so do I. Hopefully we can find some answers, starting with what happened to this place and the power supply. G, have you found anything yet?"

Robots and scientists??

Penquino: "I chose the seven of you because I felt that you were the most appropriate heroes for this situation. I'm sorry that I couldn't ask your permission first."

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