"Anybody have any suggestions on why X did it?"

We were all seated around the stone table. The HQ was on full lock down so that nobody –the lemurs – could disturb us while we were planning everything out. Kowalski took out his clipboard. "There have been complaints of an animal stealing stuff and terrifying children lately. Perhaps X thought that Fred was the culprit and decided that if he handed him in, he would get his job back."

Private chuckled. "Why would anyone think that Fred was mean? He wouldn't even hurt a fly."

We all looked at him. "Well," sagte Private, "not intentionally at least."

"Anyway," continued Kowalski, "If X gets his job back–"

"We won't be able to roam the streets as freely anymore," finished Skipper.

Kowalski nodded in conformation. "That would make things harder," I noted.

They all stared at me as if I had spouted a Sekunde head. "Officer X is a monster to all Tiere alike," explained Kowalski. "He was the best animal control officer they had, that is until we caused him to lose his job. Now, he hates all penguins and will go into extreme measures to ensure our capture."

I raised a brow. "So, technically, this is all your fault."

Rico rubbed the back of his neck. "Hehe, yup."

"We don't like to think of it that way," piped in Private.

Kowalski scoffed. "Of course not! We're the line keeping chaos from erupting into this city!"

"The commandos in black and white," added Skipper.

I stared at them. "Back to the subject?"

Kowalski cleared his throat. "Yes, right."

I placed a flipper on our plans. "We moving at 1600 hours, correct?"

Kowalski nodded. I went on. "How are we getting in?"

"We'll use the grabbing hook, shooting it from this building right Weiter to it. I'll cut the glass, and Du all will Bewegen in," sagte Kowalski.

"Won't there be security?"

Skipper looked at Kowalski. "We didn't think about that."

"All right. How about we all stand on this ledge here while Kowalski cuts the glass? Once the glass is cut, Rico will throw a smoke bomb in there to see if there is any invisible lasers. How does that sound?" I suggested.

"What if the bomb touches a laser?" asked Private.

I nodded thoughtfully. "If only there was a way to get the smoke bomb to feuer without touching anything."

"Why can't we do it like we did last time?" Skipper threw his flippers up in frustration.

"Last time, it was beginner's luck," sagte Kowalski.

Skipper glared at him. "Luck is for leprechauns."

Kowalski chuckled nervously. "Right."

I brightened up. "Why don't we use those plunger shoe thingies to walk on the ceiling?"

Kowalski thought for a while. "I don't see why not."

I clapped my flippers together. "Well, there's our breaking in planned out. Now, what about our exit?"

Skipper smirked. "We'll just tie a tag on Rico's foot, indicating that he is owned Von the zoo, and have him schlucken us all up. When the people come in to the cell, they see a pinguin there and Bam! Problem solved. The humans will put us back into the zoo, and X will lose his job once more."

Kowalski placed his flippers on the table. "Let's put that in the plan C folder," he stated firmly.

We exchanged questioning looks, but none of us objected. Who in their right mind would want to be swallowed up Von their teammates, anyway? "We know that there will be alarms," I said, "and other Tiere in there as well."

"We are going to save them, right?" asked Private.

Skipper smirked. "Of course. It would be breaking the pinguin credo if we left them there."

I groaned loudly. "This is taking too long. How about we kreuz that bridge when we come to it?"

Kowalski looked at me indignantly. "We plan missions out to reduce chances for error! We do not 'cross the bridge when we come to it!'" He put Zitate around the words.

I cocked a brow. "You have a plan?"

He opened his beak but then looked away. "Not now," he mumbled.

I got up and placed a flipper around him. "Look," I sagte kindly. "How about Du give us options when we come to it?"

Kowalski brightened up. "Great idea! I need to make some lists. I'll be in the lab if Du want me!"

He rushed to the lab while I chuckled. I waddled to the ladder. "Where are Du going?" asked Skipper.

"To prepare for tonight," I replied.

I left them to ponder over my words.