Mort touching th eroyal feet in real life

Note: This chapter is not in Nathan's PoV. Read on and you'll see why.

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It had been a week since the mission with X. Private woke up first, much to his surprise. Stretching, he yawned and jumped down from his bed. As he looked around, Private felt as if something was missing. He looked around again and soon discovered what. "Everybody wake up! Nathan's gone!"

Wide awake, the other penguins flipped out of their bunks. "What?" asked Skipper.

Wordlessly, Private pointed to the empty bunk. Kowalski waddled over to it. He spied a note on the giường and picked it up. "He left a note."

"What does...

"Does anyone besides me feel an odd sense of déjà vu?" asked Kowalski.

"I do," đã đưa ý kiến Skipper.

Rico nodded vigorously. "Uh huh!"

"Just a little," noted Private.

"I take it you've all been here before," I said. "Turn left!"

Skipper turned left just in time. The rest of us followed. "Thanks for trusting me," I said.

"Instinct," replied Skipper. "Years of military ordering programmed me to obey a direct order on the first thought."

"Really?" đã đưa ý kiến Kowalski.

Skipper glanced back at him. "Don't even try it, hoặc I'll give bạn maintenance duty for a month."

He turned my gaze to me. "May I ask why bạn chose left?"...