OK, so this is my first ever PoM fan fiction, so bare with me. I really wanted to write a story about Blowhole and the Penguins, so then I came up with this. I plan on making this the first of a series. Hopefully, this story doesn't fail. :)

THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR: THE APOCALYPSE UNFOLDS

By: DarkLightEternal549

PART ONE: The Corrupt Campaign

"The Zoo Heist"

Location: Central Park Zoo

Date: December 17, 2011; 10:47 P.M.

Character: Private

It was a cold, endless night in the streets of New York City as many citizens ran off to shop for Christmas presents. After all, Christmas was only in eight days.

No one happened to be visiting the Central Park Zoo; it was just too cold out! All of the animals just sat there in their habitats, waiting.

Then Alice walked out of her office, turning out the lights, closing the door, and clutching her keys. First she walked up to Boda and Bing, muttering to them something that only they could hear. Then she approached Marlene and did the same. In fact, she approached every animal in the zoo and repeated the process. All except for the Penguins.

Standing broadly outside of their lair were four sharp-looking penguins. On the left stood the short, young, feminine Private, who was freezing so hard that he was practically hugging himself. On the right stood the crazy maniac Rico, who was complaining about the cold to everyone else in his gibberish sort of way. Behind all of the penguins stood the very tall and intelligent Kowalski, who was busy trying to find a solution to when the zoo would close that night. And, finally, a brave, flat-headed Skipper stood in the front, commanding them to "just keep smiling and waving".

"Alright, listen up, penguins," said Alice as she approached their habitat with a look of annoyance on her face. "I'm closing up for the night. You little brats better not cause any trouble, do you hear me? Don't step out of those habitats, because I know you want to! The health department is coming in tomorrow to check on the habitats, and I don't want you screwing it up! So don't. Step. Out. Of that. Pin!"

The woman soon walked out of the zoo, locking the gate behind her.

"Well, S-ss-ss-kippah? What do we d-d-do now?" Asked Private as he shook away to chills.

"We go back into our stations, Private. A soldier never disobeys an order as important as that," explained Skipper. "Come on, boys."

Cheerfully to finally get back inside, the three penguins followed their leader into their underground lair. Kowalski settled by his working desk and began to pull out blueprints for a new invention. Rico sat down in the corner with his 'girlfriend'. Skipper walked over to the refrigerator at pulled out an iron mug and fish.

Private was the only one who didn't make a move to go do something of his liking. Instead, he walked up to Skipper. "Skippah?"

"Yes, Private?" Asked Skipper as he sipped on his mug.

"Do you think the cold will ever go away? I mean, this has to be the coldest winter ever," asked Private. "I think something might be wrong with the weather..."

"Kowalski? Options." Asked Skipper.

Kowalski lifted his head from the blueprints and pulled out a clipboard, immediately jotting down notes. "Either the sun is going out, the Earth has shifted drastically out of place, therefore discombobulating the climate and temperatures, or it is just a natural snow storm."

"See, young Private? There's nothing wrong here," said Skipper as he walked across the lair and reached his flipper into a cupboard. "Soldiers."

"Yes, Skipper?" Asked Kowalski, Rico, and Private as they stood in single-file line.

"Is anyone up for Operation: Double-dutch?" Asked Skipper as he held up a deck of cards for all of his men to see.

Meanwhile, as the penguins set off playing cards, two, cloaked men were roaming around outside the zoo gate. "Are you sure this is going to work, Doug?" Asked the bigger man.

"Shut up, Butch! Of course I'm sure! Now be quiet; I'm about to finish picking this lock..." Replied Doug as he grabbed hold of the lock on the gate and struck a needle into it.

Then it clicked.

"We're in," whispered Doug as he rushed off into the Central Park Zoo, Butch following in pursuit.

"Where's this Bali Mynah bird thing, Doug?" Asked Butch, tripping over his own two feet and quickly getting back.

"In the bird exhibit, knucklehead. Get up off your butt; you're going to alert the authorities!" Hissed Doug as he walked off down towards the bird house.

Butch nodded and followed his partner into the bird house.

"Peacock, parrot..." said Doug as he scanned the names of the birds. "Ah! Here it is: The Bali Mynah bird. Rarest of its species. We're gonna nab it, Butch."

"Where is it?" Asked Butch as he looked through the different habitats.

"Here..." Said Doug as he pointed at a small habitat in the back of the bird house. Within it perched a white bird with blue eyes and black wing tips. The Bali Mynah.

Doug stuck his hand in his pocket and withdrew a screwdriver. He handed it to Butch. "Unscrew the bolts, Butch. I'm going to go turn off the alarms..." And he left.

Butch gulped and held the screwdriver in his sweaty palm. Carefully, and quietly, he dug the tip into each bolt, removing each by hand. After five minutes, the window had been unscrewed.

It immediately collapsed to the ground, sending a surge of noise throughout the zoo.

Butch looked up and noticed the bird was watching him. With intent perseverance. "C-come here, pretty birdy!" He said as he gently raised his hand to snatch the Bali bird.

"Caw!" Cried the bird as it flew out of his grasp and toward the exit.

"N-n-no! Come back!" Cried Butch as he scrambled for the bird, only to fall smack down into the ground.

Butch looked up in horror, only to see his partner, Doug standing before him, clutching the crying bird by the leg.

"Shut up! You'll wake the whole neighborhood!" Hissed Doug.

"Sorry."

"Come on; we need to get disable the security cameras and destroy the footage," said Doug as he placed the bird in a small cage, handed it to Butch, and walked off toward the security office.

Butch sighed and carried the bird off toward the office.

All four penguins halted at the sound of a loud boom.

"What is it, Skippah?" Asked Private.

"I don't know, Private," said Skipper as he set his cards down. "Let's go, boys."

They all followed their leader out of their lair and out into the zoo.

Skipper stopped at the side of the security office. "Do you hear that, boys? Two voices... A fat man and a cunning crook!"

"What should we do, Skipper?" Asked Kowalski.

"Yeahghghh?" Asked Rico in his horrible, mispronouncing trademark.

"Is that a trick question, Kowalski? We fight!" Exclaimed Skipper. "Come on, boys."

Skipper and his followers busted down the door in one single kick. He flew through the air, kicking Butch to the ground. Kowalski and Private took on Doug, and Rico kept slapping Butch across the face.

"What the- Penguins?" Cried Doug as he smacked away Kowalski and Private. "Get them, Butch!"

"I'm trying!" Cried Butch as he attempted to stand up.

"Gah! Forget you!" Cried Doug as he snatched the cage from his overweight partner and fled out the building, running for a go cart just outside the office.

"Boys! Rico: Rope him!" Ordered Skipper.

Rico nodded, barfed up a rope, and tied the fat man.

All together, the four slid off down the path, catching up to the go cart extremely fast.

Doug looked in the side mirror, grasping the bird cage. "Blasted penguins!"

The go cart quickly swerved down the path, knocking down a light pole in the process.

But Skipper and the others had already gained up on the cart.

Rico threw himself up onto the hull of the cart, growling.

"Ah!" Cried Doug in disgust. Private popped up next to him, slapping him across the face.

Kowalski was busy writing down solutions to the problem.

Skipper pinned Doug to the chair, slapping him across the face multiple times.

Unable to see, and in physical pain, Doug lost control of the cart and crashed through several trees and light poles. The cart went flying through the gorilla habitat.

"No!" Cried Doug as he gained sight of the terrain ahead. Too late.

The cart went flying over a slope and through the sky, sending Doug flying out of the zoo in an non-logical sort of way. Strangely, he ended up crashing right into the back of a cop car.

The cage landed on the ground as well as Skipper and the others.

"Oh, thanks!" Said the Bali Mynah as he was released from the cage. "I owe you one."

"You don't have to owe us anything. It's all in the favor," said Skipper in a cocky sort of way.

"Oh, OK, then. Thanks anyway," said the bird as he flew back to his habitat.

Kowalski looked up from his clipboard. "Shall we go back to cards, Skipper?"

"You know the answer," said Skipper. "Job well done, boys. Job well done."

Private nodded and followed after his commander, Rico following behind. Kowalski was the last to leave.

"Smile and wave boys. Smile and wave..." Said Skipper as he disappeared into the following darkness.