Elli Andrews, Akari Tenrou, Zachary Avagadro

Though Ellii wasn't running as fast as the other, that didn't stop her from receiving the same fate as the others.

While the girl slipped right pass the penguins, she tried to stop herself by falling back, which ended up with her landed on her bottom hard.

"그 상처! That's going to bruise later..." TT_TT

(그 상처! - That hurts!)

Zachary, after overshooting the group, kept running in a wide U-turn. He had nothing to stop himself with so stopping wasn't an option for him.

He slid he way back towards the penguins and quickly got used to the sliding.

Hey this is kind of fun!

Tenrou hits the ice, and yells out in surprise as he can see the little thieves just a few meters ahead.

~Geeez... I've got to catch them...~
*Tenrou helps the others to get up and starts running after the penguins, trying to catch them*

-Come to Tenrou, little penguins! I won't hurt you, just give me those machines, and you're free to gooooo!
~I seriously want to eat penguins for dinner~ *grumbles the martial artist.*

Ok, maybe sliding isn't taht fun after all. Zachary thought after finding himself on the ground.

Ellii slowly got up from the ice, stumbling a bit before successfully standing up. Turning, she saw the penguins flee with the machines, and gave a long sigh.

Chasing penguins is not fun, even if they are cute. Ellii thought, but even so, she ran after the penguins again, this time more carefully then before.

Tenrou runs at a high speed, trying to catch the penguings, using his spear as support, when needed.
~I can't believe I'm chasing penguins on my first mission... This is troublesome... Why would a penguin steal those things??~
-Let's try surrounding them... They shouldn't be able to get away... They are only penguins after all, aren't they???

"Instead of chasing them in one direction, why don't we surround them and block out all their escape paths?" Zachary shouted to the others. "Or we can use some bait to lure them away from the machines."

Hearing Zachary's and Tenrou's suggestions, Ellii grinned. "Hey! That's might actually work!" the small girl shouted.

With that, she started to shouted out a plan to the other finders. "Tenrou should get in front of them, and while both Zachary and I will take the sides. Let's be quick with this!"

Getting the others' approval, Tenrou answers:
-OK, I'm on it!
~Let's get all the machines, finish this mission, and go home... It's cold here~
*Tenrou tries getting in the way of the penguins, by running at full speed.*
-When we get back to HQ I'll eat grilled penguin for dinner...

Ellii sighed. "Well, we've got two of them, now all we need to do is get the rest. Should we leave these penguins for the scientists and follow the trail to go get the rest back?"

"Lets go before the trails disappear."

Zachary called over to the scientists. "Is there some kind of sledge that we can use?"

The pair of thieves is stopped, but they didn't have the keys. The group of finders and scientists have to find the other penguins.
-Geeez... Even if these lil' demons didn't have the keys, we just have to get the others... We only have to track them down, then we take our stuff back... And some scientists should go back to the tents, and make sure it's OK back there...
*Tenrou looks around, trying to find the trail of the penguins*
~PENGUINS. SHALL. DIE.~

Brilliant. Just brilliant. We came all the way to the south pole to hunt for penguins. Zachary thought while scanning the ground for the trails.

Ellii sighed, feeling slightly irritated. It was suppose to be a mission where they were looking after machines, but it was turning out to be a penguin case.

Maybe it wouldn't have happened if we were watching the machines in the first place...

The small group has been searching for the penguins for hours.
-We must take care of this in a few hours, else we might get in trouble... What do you think? Should we go back to the tents and rest or continue with the machine hunt?
~Seriously... We should do this ASAP... a storm would destroy the trails... Then the machines will be gone for good...~

"Yeah. Lets head back." Zachary agreed. We'll have to leave if there's nothing to work on.

Ellii voiced a question that was nagging at the back of her head. "If we fail to get the machines back, what would Supervisor Komui say? Does that mean we fail the second test?"

Tenrou looked puzzled. The little team has been looking for the machines for a long time, and out of the blue, they find one in the middle of nowhere.
-Hmmm... Guys, I say we send this back with one of the scientists...
~If I was chasing a tiger, or one of master Zhao's pupils, I'd say this is the oldest trap in the book... but these are only penguins... if they set me a trap, I'll kill them with these hands...I couldn't care less about the penguin population...~

Zachary rolled his eyes at the so called trap. There's obviously a hole right infront of the machine. But how can penguins dig a hole in the ice without any equipment?