AN: The first chapter for the sequel of Contamination. Are you prepared?

Red walked, no ran, to Matilda's house. What he found was worse than anything they could ever imagine. The bottle, the symbol, the officer, were all pieces of a bigger puzzle. A huge puzzle. Something bigger than the pigs declaring war.

Red bust into the room startling his rat pack group of friends. "Bottle...symbol...officer...Judge...liar...big." He gasped between deep breaths. Speak when you can breathe.

Chuck walked over and put his hand on Red's shoulder. "Red, what is wrong?"

"We need to go somewhere private." Red said finally able to breathe.

"I know a place." Bomb whispered to them. "It is a cave very high up. I found it while rock climbing."

"You rock climb?" Chuck asked shocked.

"Yeah. It keeps me calm. I like going up to that cave to think."

I didn't know he could think. C! What? Red smiled. "Let's start climbing." Is that the best you got? "Shut up C!" He blushed and pointed out the door. "Let's get going."

The climb up the mountain was hard. Bomb was the only one who knew the wall like the back of his hand so it took them a lot longer then it should have to get to the top. When they got to the top they, except Bomb, was surprised to see a giant lake.

"Is that… the lake of wisdom?" Chuck asked shaking with anticipation.

"Yup." Bomb pointed to a piece of stone sticking out of the wall of the mountain. "That is where the cave is."

Red turned around to make sure everyone was still with them. Hal, Bubbles, Stella, Willow, Gale, Poppy, Dahlia, Matilda, and Luca. Yup, they were all here. He was surprised that the whole group actually followed them up the mountain. They could've just stayed in Matilda's home.

They walked around the lake, past an old tree, and up steep steps to the opening of the cave. "I think Mighty Eagle used to live here. If he existed that is." Bomb said leading them deep into the cave. He stopped halfway in the cave and leaned back against the wall. "Alright, this should be a good place. What's up Red?"

"Well, I walked out of my house to see a police officer standing by the water. When he saw me, he dropped something and ran."

"What did he drop?" Stella asked moving closer to him.

Red looked down at his hands wondering if he should show them. If something is going on, they are already apart of it. Show them. "This." He pulled out the bottle with the symbol and held it out to her. "This bottle has the same symbol from the letters the pigs sent."

"Are you sure it is from the two letters?" Bomb asked. "Are you completely sure?"

Red raised an eyebrow. "How do you there are two letters?"

Bomb rolled his eyes in reply. "You told us before."

"Yeah," Willow cut in shyly. "When you were explaining everything to us."

"Oh." Red blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry, I guess I'm just a bit jumpy."

Chuck smiled. "It's okay. We've been through a lot."

"I have a feeling," Red said looking down at the bottle. "That Judge Peckinpah has been lying to us."

They all agreed that the next morning, when the Judge is at court, they will break into his house and search it. They hoped to find some piece of evidence that leads to what was in the bottle.

That morning Red awoke to the sound of banging on his door. He looked at the time and frowned. It was to early for the plan. He got up out of bed and went downstairs to open the door. Who he found standing on his steps shocked him; Leonard. Leonard pushed past Red into the house and hid.

Red close the door and peeked out his window to see what the pig was hiding from. He saw two police officers walk back into the forest as if giving up on something.

"Are they gone?"

Red looked down at the pig curled up on the ground. "Yeah, they are."

Leonard sighed and got up. He dusted off himself and pulled his cloak tighter. "Did you not get my letter? I told you to meet me at the other side of the island."

Red frowned. "That police officer took the letter."

Leonard sighed. "Of course. The guy took the letter and those two guys waited for me to arrive."

Red shook his head. "Why did you want to meet me?"

"I needed to discuss an important matter with you."

"And that is…?"

Leonard sighed. "I need to show you something." He turned around and took off his cloak.

Red gasped. Leonard had six eyes in the shape of a star on his back. There were cracks in his skin connecting the eyes. It looked horrible. "Did.. did I cause this?" How? I thought we weren't contagious.

Leonard sighed. "When we got back to Piggy Island, I got deathly ill. I stayed in bed for a week. After that week I thought 'Hey I'm better.' but I wasn't. A horrible pain came from my back. It felt like I was being ripped apart. One morning I awoke to nothing. No pain. I was getting out of bed when Ross came in. He screamed. I had these eyes on me."

Red felt so horrible. He didn't mean for this. "I'm so sorry."

"I also know you lied about the village and the infections." Leonard said pulling his cloak back on. "I saw the village and all of the birds. They were so happy."

Red sighed. "We had to keep you from stealing our eggs."

Leonard smiled. "It's alright. You did it to save your village. I would do the same for my kingdom."

Red smiled. "Is that all?"

"I guess you can infect other species but not your own." Leonard paused. "That means I can't infect my pigs. At least I hope."

Red looked worried. "Did you… touch someone?"

Leonard turned around on the verge of tears. "I touched Ross. I don't want him to go through what I went through."

Red didn't know who Ross was but he could he was important to him. "Don't worry. I'm sure he will be fine."

Leonard sniffled. "Thank you."

Suddenly someone was knocking on the door. Leonard hid while Red went to open the door. He sighed seeing that it was Chuck.

Chuck stepped inside and closed the door. "Look. We went to his house. We couldn't search his place because he and these two officers showed up. They were talking about how someone got away."

Red grinned. "Hey Leonard! You can come out now!"

Leonard appeared from Red's kitchen holding an apple. "Sorry I found food and… Oh, hello." He awkwardly waves.

Chuck waves back shocked. "He was the one they were after?"

"Yeah. They didn't want him to tell me what I can do." Red said turning back to the pig. "It's okay, you can eat it."

"What you can do? What do you mean?"

Red sighed. "I infected him. I can only infect other species."

Chuck gasps. "That is messed up! Well, at least you can only infect the pigs and Mighty Eagle -if he was real that is."

"Isn't Mighty Eagle a bird?"

"He is the only bird who can fly. He may be a bird but he is made differently."

Man, he sounds like an infomercial. Red stifles a laugh. "Why are you telling me this?"

"You never know when it could come in handy." Chuck winks.

I told you he was gay. Whatever. It doesn't matter. "I think we have another meeting and this time we are doing it here. Go get the others Chuck."

Chuck ran away and in seconds came back. "They're on their way."