The night sky had never been darker. The usual stars that illuminated the darkness seemed to have been avoiding one large area in the sky, creating what looked like a nasty blotch. Rafael looked at the sky. It was strangely unsettling, but the toucan couldn't pin down the exact reason why. A strange, but faint noise echoed through the jungle. Rafael strained his ears. It sounded like an arguing mouse. Many arguing mice. Rafael squinted at the dark blotch in the sky. Was it... Moving? His question was soon answered. What seemed like a black patch in the sky seemed to disintegrate, revealing the stars behind. As the unknown thing separated, Rafael could vaguely see each of its parts. It seemed... To have wings. The squeaking noise got louder and more frequent. Rafael's pupils seemed to have shrunk as his whites dominated his eye. He turned around, noticing some stirring from the hollow. His kids and Eva had awoken to the irritating noise. He turned to look again, silently praying, hoping that it wasn't what it seemed. His fears only came true.

Blu rubbed his eye as he was shocked awake by the sound of what seemed like fighting and screaming. He patted his head in confusion, expecting it to be a dream, but the distant noises were still clearly present. Jewel flinched at a particularly loud sound, and soon got up as well.

"What is that?" She asked groggily, getting up from her position.

"I don't know," Blu replied, staring out the hollow.

He pushed open the newly installed door, which was more of a horizontal hatch, and didn't even come with a lock. He looked out, scanning the area for any signs of the cause of the noise. He turned deathly pale when he saw what seemed like a black tornado some distance away. Except it wasn't a tornado. Large groups of birds were escaping the area, but there was something else. Something charging into the area from above.

"What's going on?" Jewel asked, gaping at the scene.

A pop was heard as Carla, who was also rudely ripped from her dreams by the irritating sound, opened her room's hatch. Not too long after, Tiago and Bia were disturbed as well, and peeked out their rooms to see the problem. All three had frozen at the sight.

"Don't leave. I am going to go check on it," Jewel stated her intentions, and went to see the issue on her own. Blu hesitated. He was cautious of whatever caused it, but Jewel was already flying off, becoming a speck as she flew towards the fleeing residents.

"Dad, what is going on?" Bia couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, sweetie," Blu replied. "I don't know."

A sense of dread filled him as he replied. Something was wrong. Gravely wrong.

Rafael was in a panic. He rushed his kids and Eva to quickly pack up and get ready to go, looking as black objects invaded other hollows, already expelling other residents. One of the objects flew over, and landed heavily on the hollow entrance. Rafael took a few steps back as he and his family froze at the paralyzing sight. A giant bat, at least a head taller than Rafael, had landed.

"We may dispense with the pleasantries," the intruder said.

His voice was gruff, and deep, aptly sounding like a movie villain, with the looks of one too. His cheek had a jagged scar and his eyes seemed reddish in the dark. Sharp gangs glistened as he smirked.

"Out. Or I start attacking," he snarled.

Without warning, the kids rushed him, much to Rafael's shock.

"No! Stay back!" He snapped, but it was too late. With one well timed, powerful swipe, the bat swatted half a dozen of the kids away, and they hit a hollow wall. Before the rest could focus on their assault, he grabbed one of the young ones.

"Out," he snarled again, his grip on the toucan's neck tightening a little. The child gasped for air, but still managed a glare of defiance.

"Stop!" Rafael cried out. "Put him down. We will leave."

Eva, who was normally bossy and intimidating to many others, was stunned shocked at the bat and his battle skills. Nobody had done that to her kids before. And she could feel her anger slowly boil in defense. Rafael noticed it, and calmed her down before she could try anything rash. The bat gave a mocking laugh and dropped the toucan, who fell the the floor coughing and wheezing.

Scooping up the kids that were too dazed to function, the toucan family flew from the hollow, expelled from their home. Rafael gasped at the new sight. Bats were swarming the area, invading the residents. A scream made Rafael flinch, and he turned to see someone getting thrown out of his hollow by a bat.

"Daddy, what's happening?"

Rafael froze at his child's scared voice. He didn't know either. He hesitated as he tried to think of a suitable answer, but his mind was too numb with shock to think of anything smooth enough.

"Don't worry about it. We just need to find someplace to stay for now," he muttered, half of his mind against saying it.

As they fled from the commotion, Eva spotted a blue speck coming closer. It was Jewel.

"What is going on?" Jewel demanded to know. She saw the ghostly looks on most of the family, and the shivering kids, and she looked slightly apologetic for her aggressiveness.

"We need someplace to go for now. I really need to ask you for a serious favor," Rafael requested.

Jewel halted for a moment, expecting what was coming next. But it wasn't the time to act reluctant.

"Is there vacancies in your place?" Rafael asked.

Jewel nodded, "Enough for all of you."

Rafael and Eva thanked her gratefully. While the rest left for the blue macaw household, Rafael stayed with Jewel to explain the situation. In a shaky voice, he began.

"It's a hostile takeover. A tribe of bats are driving out all other species to capture the area for their own use," he said.

"Bats?" Jewel asked, a little confused. She was expecting the tiny little mammals that were about half her size.

"Large bats. Even taller than I am," Rafael added gravely.

Back at the hollow, Blu had brought all his and Jewel's brood to their room, and allowed the three extra rooms for the toucans.

"Okay, this is the last book," Blu wheezed, pushing the thickest of Bia's stack into the room. Bia was pulling from the front, and was frankly not helping much.

"Thanks," Bia panted as the book finally reached the corner, where some others already resided.

Blu stared out the entrance. The toucans were strangely quieter, and he didn't hear the usual buzz of noise at Rafael's. Worried, he went to check on his guests, only to get a shock of his life. The kids were all huddled together and shivering in each of the rooms, and Eva was scrambling around the three rooms trying to calm them.

Something bad must have happened. Something very bad.

The pang in his gut continued as he thought about the possible problems. Fire? Poachers? It was a protected area, poachers would have to get through a hell lot of effort just to start catching animals. He didn't see any smoke either. He could only guess. The strange idea that aliens landed there couldn't leave his head. There was something entering the pandemonium after all. The sight of Eva entering one of the rooms yet again snapped him from his thoughts.

"I will be gathering food. Any preferences?" Blu offered.

"Anything's fine. Thank you Blu," Eva was grateful as well.

Blu nodded, and took off to forage. 21 kids and 4 adults. It was going to be a hell of an amount he needed.