Chapter 21-Escape From Golden Island
"COME ON!", Red yelled, "KEEP FIGHTING!"
The pigs were running back to their boats and the criminals were being chased back into the island. The birds cheered as the beach exploded, sand and water being strewn about. Chuck ran up and down the mountain, knocking down anyone in his path. Red and Bomb simply had to charge down the beach and the pigs immediately ran, knowing how dangerous they were.
On the ships, Terence, Hal, and Bubbles were destroying the boats that didn't get the memo yet. Cannonballs soared through the air, fire blazing from the cannons. As the trio ran across the deck of a wrecked ship slowly sinking, they saw one of the ships aiming at them, weapons pointed straight at them.
Hal, grabbing onto Terence's back, shrieked, "AIEEEE! CANNONS! TWELVE O' CLOCK!"
"Actually, I think it's nine, dude", Bubbles pointed out. Suddenly, the cannons fired straight at them, the pigs laughing in malice. Seeing the projectiles, Terence grabbed the two off of his back and dodged the cannonballs with ease, jumping as high as possible into the air as one of them soared below and slid under one of them as they flew above. Running at top speed, he leaped through the air towards the ship firing at them.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!", the two teens said in a feminine shriek. The large cardinal held tightly onto the teens as he placed Bubbles n Hal's wings.
Hal gulped nervously "Uhhh, what are we do-?"
Suddenly, Terence through them into the air, the duo rotating together at high speed screaming. They yelled in both fear and excitement as they spun above the ship, missing it completely and soaring upwards. Bubbles cheered as he gripped onto his friend's belly and watched the world spin around them. He saw the blues of the sky and the waves of the ocean spin around him and simply laughed with bravery and cheerfulness. Hal simply screamed, not because he was spinning (he was definitely used to that), but because he had absolutely no idea where he was going.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHITHINKI'MGONNAHURL,BRO!", the toucan shrieked.
"I KNOW! AWESOME, RIGHT!HAHAHAHA!", the oriole laughed. They quickly crashed into the mast of one of the boats, which thankfully didn't completely break off. The two held on for dear life on the broken pole.
Terence grinned as he clenched his fists and let his body soar towards the boat. The pigs looked up from the cannons and quickly stopped laughing, gulping in fear.
The mute crashed straight through the hull, the ship quickly collapsing in on itself, a large fiery explosion blasting through the wood as swine of all shapes and sizes flew into the air and landed into the water. The two teens noticed and gasped, worried about their friend.
"OH MY GOD!", Hal screamed.
Bubbles groaned, "3...2.."
Suddenly, out of the inferno of the destroyed ship, Terence somehow flew into the air. They looked closely and gasped when they realized how they were doing it.
Under his back, Matilda was propelling the larger bird into the air using her exploding powers to propel herself into the air. Terence looked around in confusion, surprised to see the white hen carrying him, laughing all the way.
"WOO-HOOOO!", she yelled, "BOOM BABY BOOM! LET'S DO THIS!"
Hal's jaw was wide open in shock while Bubbles merely grunted, "Hm. One second off."
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"AAARGGHH!", Silver yelled. She dashed around the beach, darting around the other birds fighting and aiming for any of the pigs still fighting. She thought it would be hard, fighting against the ones who she considered her people for her entire life. But honestly, not only was it easy, but it felt good. It felt good to pick up pigs and throw them at others, watching them tumble to the ground. It felt good to uppercut a few, launching them in the air and
finishing them off with a roundhouse. It felt good to run under their legs and kick them in the back and knock them down.
It felt good to be a bird.
"WOOHOO! WATCH OUT! COMING THROUGH!", she giggled, running at top speed, sand being strewn around her. She saw Bomb punching a few of the pigs on the beach and ran over to help.
"A little help here?!", Red yelled as some larger pigs grabbed his limbs and stretched him around angrily.
"Kind of hard to help when you need help yourselves", Red heard Bomb say.
"...What?!", Red asked in confusion.
"I'm in trouble, dude", Bomb matter-of-factly stated. Red turned and gave a surprised look as he saw his friend being held down by a group of the green swine. "Hey, buddy!", he waved to Red as though nothing was happening.
Suddenly, Silver jumped on top of the pigs' heads and proceeded to kick them around, grabbing one with her talons and throwing him at the pigs holding down Red. Unfortunately, the pig landed on Red as well.
"Oh my gosh!", Silver gasped, running over to the cardinal, who was under the pig's unconscious body, "Are you okay?"
Red grunted, "Well, outside of the pig's butt in my face right now, everything's pretty
peachy."
"Hey, where's Chuck and Matilda?", Bomb asked, holding two pigs in a chokehold.
Suddenly, a large explosion occurred behind them, the trio jumping in fear. They looked behind to see a ball of red and pink fire erupting from the ocean, large pieces of ships flying through the air, a yellow streak causing waves throughout the sea.
The group stood there in silence. "...Found them", Bomb muttered.
…
Terence and Matilda landed on the boat, malicious grins on their beaks. The pigs turned around, eyes widening in fear upon realizing what was about to happen.
"Awww! I always wanted a battleship!", Matilda smiled. She quickly jumped up and shot one of her fireballs at the piggy crew, knocking them into the air. She jumped off of Terence's shoulder and proceeded to slowly stroll down the deck, smiling all the way. Terence, however, proceeded to attack the pigs off-screen.
Matilda however acted like she didn't notice the violence, "Hm, you know I really love the 18th century look, aesthetic and all, but I feel like the coloring needs some improvement."
Suddenly, a dark red liquid splattered on the deck in front of her, coloring it red. Matilda paused and looked down, "...Perfect! Now, maybe we should rearrange some of the stuff here, maybe a crate there, few bodies over there. What do you think, Terry?"
A crate crashed onto the deck next to her, a few pigs being thrown behind her.
"Hmm, maybe they'd look better over there", Matilda decided.
Terence quickly darted behind her and was once again off-screen. He then through the pigs the other way, their screams ignored by Terence.
"OKAY! There we go! Now, we're talking!", Matilda cheered, "Okay, now where's the steering wheel?"
Suddenly, a pig was thrown behind Matilda, crashing into the ship's sails and letting it be filled with air, blowing the ship towards the beach.
"There we go!", Matilda cheered.
…
Chuck looked up to see Matilda steering the ship towards the beach, white flags flying instead of green ones. "That's the signal! IT'S GO TIME! BIRDS, LET'S GET ANGRY!"
The Blues revved up their engines and let their boats speed through the water, Chuck guiding them to the beach by running at top speed on the water. Mime, Peckinpah, Cyrus, and Officer Beakins held on to any of the birds they rescued from the water, holding on to the decks of their boats. Out of the water, Ortley emerged from the sea, now in the form of a great white shark, Aggie riding on her back.
"THIS! IS! AWESOOOME!", Aggie cheered, unleashing her laser eyes on whatever boats were still firing at her.
"I KNOW, RIGHT?! WOOOO!", Ortley cheered as she swam towards the beach. The birds evaded the sinking boats burning around them, fire scorching the water and pieces of the boat hanging from the remains of the ships.
"Heeere's CHUCKY!", Chuck laughed as he darted around the burning remains of the boats. He jumped over a burning mast and was able to grab onto a rope, swinging over the burning spikes of the wreck of a dungeon. He hopped across the wooden planks floating on the water at superspeed like a stone being skipped across a pond. Before the entire boats could crash down onto the ocean, he burst through the flames, screaming epically.
He dove into the water, watching as the flaming boats sunk into the ocean.
The canary resurfaced from the ocean,"*GASP!* *COUGH! COUGH!* WOO! That was awesome,right, guys?!" No response. "...Guys?" He began to worry. He looked over and saw the boats bursting into flames, right where his friends were.
"YAAA-HOOO!"
Chuck looked up to see the Blues' boats somehow jump into the air. He saw them use their boats as vehicles, riding across the ruins as if it were nothing. They were able to steer the boats, using the logs that the boats were made of to roll around while still keeping the boat together. Flames snatched at their vehicles but the birds were able to evade the fire by using their weight to help turn the boat. The three vehicles grouped together and drove up the mast of one of the boats. However, the boats were beginning to roll backwards.
"We don't have enough speed! We need to get off now!", Peckinpah ordered. The birds quickly hopped off the vehicles and jumped into the ocean, bracing themselves for impact.
"AIEEE!", Chuck shrieked. The birds dove into the ocean, submerging as quickly as possible. Chuck looked over, scared for his friends. Suddenly…
"LOOK OUT, TROUBLE! HERE COMES BUBBLES!"
Out of the water, Bubbles quickly expanded his body until all of the birds were on top of him, hanging up to him in surprise and happiness. The oriole laughed as he tried to balance himself on the water, "Now, who's the best? Bubbles the best!" He proceeded to do a short victory dance in the water.
Chuck paddled behind Bubbles as fast as possible, "Okay, guys! Let's blow this burning ice cube stand! WOO!" Using his speed, he paddled the large oriole towards the beach, sending waves all around him.
….
"Come on! COME ON! WE HAVE TO GO!", Poppy yelled. The group ran through the forest, in hopes of reaching their friends before it was too late. Poppy carried Stella in her wings. The pink bird was shivering in the parrot's wings, unable to speak or process what was happening.
She's dead….She's dead...Gale is dead.
Dahlia held on to the baby bird, running as fast as possible. Willow, recognizing the path, was able to lead them in the right direction.
"Come on! We need to go! NOW!", the pigeon screamed.
They eventually reached the beach and looked around. They saw a boat with white flags sailing towards the beach, none of the birds aiming for it. They watched the pigs run to the ocean, trying to evade the attack.
"Okay, we have to go help the others. We need to do this now! Come on!", Poppy ordered.
She put down Stella and ran off to help the others. The birds stopped upon noticing that their friend wasn't following them. They ran back and grabbed her. Poppy yelled, "Hey! Buddy! Come on! We gotta go!"
Stella looked down at her feet, staring off into space, silent tears falling down her cheeks, "I….I killed her….I...k-killed.."
"Hey, hey, you, you didn't kill Gale, okay? You didn't do anything. Stay calm", Poppy told her friend.
"I...I could've...I..I killed..", Stella muttered.
*SLAP!* Out of nowhere, Willow slapped Stella across her face. The pigeon had an unrecognizable look of fury on her face. Tears were rushing down her face, her feathers now messy from running through the forest.
"PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!", she screamed, "YOU NEED TO FORGET ABOUT HER AND FOCUS ON HELPING THE OTHERS! STOP BLAMING YOURSELF FOR THIS AND MOVE ON!"
Stella screamed, "I LET HER DIE! YOU THINK I'M JUST GONNA FEEL BETTER?! YOU THINK THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE?! MY BEST FRIEND IS DEAD AND I KILLED HER!"
"SHE WAS OUR FRIEND TOO so don't you DARE try to make yourself seem like the only one HURT BY THIS!", Willow screamed.
The two stared each other down, as though they were about to fight. Stella looked away after a minute and silently stared at the ground, tears flowing down. Willow frowned, "...Look, I'm sorry about Gale. But we can't just let the others die. What would Gale do now?"
Stella smiled a little, "Kick some piggy butt."
"Then, let's do just that", Willow smiled. The group ran off to the beach, prepared to join the fight. Poppy quickly used her tornado-like ability to grab some pigs and toss them into the air. Dahlia noticed a few pigs with a cannon and dashed over to them, using her phasing powers to phase into the cannon and blow it up once she became solid. Willow hung onto the baby bird as she rolled down the beach, juggling the chick in her wings, and knocked down whoever was in her path. Stella yelled in rage as she punched her way to a horde of pigs. As she knocked down a few of the pigs, unnoticed by her was a short hog with an axe behind her.
"AAARGH!", out of nowhere, Silver crashed onto the beach, landing on the hog with the axe. Stella turned around and gasped, "SILVER! YOU'RE HERE!"
"And you're spinning but you don't see me cheering", Silver said in a daze, a few bruises on her face from using the slingshot. Stella pulled the falcon up, "Come on! We have to help Red!"
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The boat sailed towards the beach, Red noticing it's white flag. "That's the signal. Everyone! HURRY UP! Let's move! GO GO GO!"
He and Bomb ran over to the boat as a ramp opened in front of the hull, Matilda, Terence, and the teens inside.
"Did someone say ship?", Hal said with a confident look on his face.
"Literally no one said ship, dude", Bubbles muttered.
"I was trying to sound cool!", Hal argued.
"Well, sorry for ruining your "cool" moment ,notice the hyphens", Red sarcastically said, "But we gotta get of this deathtrap. Get ready to head out! Where's Chuck?"
*ZOOM!* "Charles C. Chuckington Esquire, reporting for duty!", Chuck quickly appeared on top of Red's shoulder, smiling down at him. Red brushed the canary off, "Okay, birdbrain. I need you to cover us while Silver, you get everybody on board. Matilda, Hal, Bubbles, you guys prepare the ship. Make sure none of the other boats get near it. Terence, Bomb, come with me!" The large cardinal and the bullfinch ran after Red, who ran into the jungle.
"You heard the guy! Get the others!", Chuck told Silver before darting off to help his friends. Silver closer to where the other birds were still fighting off and shouted as loud as possible, waving to the birds, "EVERYONE! COME ON! WE'RE LEAVING!"
Once the birds were able to knock down the pigs that they were fighting, they quickly ran towards the ship, making sure that their families and friends were with them. The Blues quickly drove their vehicles onto the shore and got everyone off, who proceeded to run to the ship. Hal and Bubbles helped guide whoever was coming onto the ship as Aggie and Ortley picked up the large net of eggs, Cyrus and Peckinpah helping them.
Matilda was on deck, running to find the steering wheel to start up the boat's engine rather than rely on the boat's sails to move. "Okay, 'Tilda! This is it! We're almost home free! Just gotta get to the wheel and..WHAT THE-?!"
Rather than a simple wooden wheel, she saw a large,complicated dashboard with several blinking lights and levers covering it, buttons of all sizes covering it.
"Oh COME ON!", Matilda yelled.
….
"HEY! THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!", one of the pigs yelled. Many of them got up and charged after the birds when…
*ZOOM!* Suddenly, the pigs were in the air, right above the middle of the ocean. They screamed as they fell into the water. The other hogs looked around and saw what happened.
"Whoever wants to eat my dust first, step right up!", Chuck shouted, now standing on top of an unconscious pig.
"IT'S THE ZOOM-ZOOM MAN! RUN!", the pigs yelled, running into the jungle in fear of Chuck.
"SERIOUSLY?!", Chuck yelled, "HOW-?! You know what, whatever?" He ran off to stop any of the pigs still fighting as the boat filled up with avians of all types. The Blues ran onto the decks, parents included, to see what was going on. At the head of the deck, Matilda was reading a small manual.
"Okay, so which button do I press?", Matilda asked herself, not understanding the complex machine. "Errr...This one?" She pushed a small red button. Suddenly, the cannons erupted beneath her, cannonballs crashing into the beach at the back of the ship.
"..Okay, not that one. Umm...This one?" She pushed a larger button, which simply caused the boat's whistle to give a loud "toot" noise, scaring Matilda.
"RRRRRRR AAAAAAARGHHHHH!", Matilda screamed, clenching the manual in her hands and proceeding to use it to beat the dashboard, "WHY?! WON'T?! THIS?! STUPID?! THING?! WOOOORK?!"
She quickly stopped herself, "Okay, okay, deep breath! Deep BREATH! Now, what-?"
She was interrupted once a small, wooden steering wheel suddenly popped out from inside the dashboard, a small button reading "engine" in the center of it. Matilda, covered in sweat, growled, "ARE YOU-?! WHATEVER!"
"A-hem!" Matilda turned to see the Blues in the arms of their parents, clearly freaked out by Matilda. Their parents scowled at the white hen. Matilda sheepishly grinned, "Heh heh, buckle up, kids! Don't need to see dear old Matilda have a rage attack!"
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"Red, what are we doing out here! We gotta go now!", Bomb shouted. The three were running down a path of dirt, trees and rocks strewn all over the place in a chaotic fashion. It was as if something large crashed into the forest.
"Hey! You're the guy who said 'no birds left behind'!", Red retorted.
"What does that have anything to do with-WHOA!", the black bird gasped.
In front of them laid the unconscious body of the Mighty Eagle. The large bald eagle lay in the middle of a field, bruises and scratches all over his body. Dust covered his white feathers as his tongue was hanging out from his yellow beak.
Chuck quickly swooped through the trees and ran to the trio, "Hey, the pigs are gone, but we gotta go now-whu...what is this? WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!"
"Uh, how are we gonna get that guy up?", Bomb asked.
"Buddy", Red grabbed onto Bomb's shoulders, "For all the messed up stuff we just went through, I realize it now. I thought that doing everything alone would be better but it's only held me back. I get it now! If we're gonna get off this island, I'm gonna need all the help I can get! And that's where you three come in! You guys have been the best pals that I could ever ask for! And I know now that together, we can do anything! So, we can either leave this guy here or we can all get off of this island! NOW WHO'S WITH ME?!"
Bomb and Chuck cheered, jumping up and down yelling. Terence smiled, waving his arms happily. "LET'S DO THIS!", Red shouted. The happy four ran to the unconscious bird, finally ready to escape from this place. To go home. To be FREE!
Five Minutes Later…
"AAAARGHHH! PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT!", Red shouted.
The group was able to do literally nothing, not even able to lift up the large eagle. They stood there, trying their best to tug at the Eagle's legs and push him out of the forest to no avail. It looked so pathetic.
"Don't worry, guys!", Bomb said, "Power of friendship!"
"THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IS FREAKING USELESS, BOMB, AND YOU KNOW IT!", Chuck yelled, trying to hold up the eagle's head. Red and Terence were struggling to lift up the wings when suddenly, Terence let go of the wing and walked off, leaving Red to hold up the wing.
"WHAT THE-?! TERENCE, WHERE ARE YOU-ARGH!", Red was crushed by the giant wing and was stuck under it. Red muttered under the large appendage, "...Jerk."
Terence strolled over to the Eagle's head where Chuck was. "Hey, buddy! Sure could use a hand here!", Chuck pleaded, trying his best to get on Terence's good side. Terence simply pushed the canary out from under the head and let the Eagle's head crash to the ground. He slowly walked over and looked down at Mighty's unconscious face. With a glare on his face, Terence raised his hand into the air..AND SLAPPED MIGHTY EAGLE ACROSS THE FACE!
"AAARGH! WHAT THE HEY-NOW?!" The large bald eagle quickly got up in shock from the slap, lifting his body up, dust flying from his back. He rubbed his head, a massive sore now swelling on his face. The others backed away to avoid being crushed by the giant.
"What the-? How did I get here?!", he asked, "Last thing I remember was...THE PIGS! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS?!"
"Don't worry, they're fine!", Red assured, "Right now, we need to get off of this island. The boat's waiting for us at the beach. We need to move now!"
"Lead the way!", the eagle said. He quickly rose to his feet and proceeded to follow Red, heading towards the shore.
….
"Okay,come on! Come on! We gotta go!", Hal shouted to the birds still entering the boat. The last few hopped on before Hal and Bubbles ran inside. Stella and her friends waited inside, helping everyone else find seating.
"Come on, everybody! Get ready!", Dahlia shouted.
"Keep your wings and legs inside the battleship at all times!" Poppy yelled, "If you need assistance from a certain yellow parakeet, please ask the short owl instead!"
Willow seated down with the small baby bird in her hands, holding onto him tightly.
Stella noticed something was wrong and ran over to the two teens. "Guys, where's Red, Bomb, and Chuck?"
"They're still on the island!", Hal responded.
"What's taking them so long?! We gotta go now!", the pink bird shouted. That's when she noticed someone else was missing, "Wait. Have any of you seen Silver?!"
"The psycho falcon?!", Bubbles said, "Nope! Didn't see her crazy face inside!"
"Oh no", Stella whispered, "WAIT FOR ME! I'LL BE BACK!" She ran down the ramp and dashed around the beach, shouting for her friend, "SILVER! SILVER, WHERE ARE YOU?! SILVER?!"
*SHING!*
On her quivering throat was a gleaming white blade, glowing in the morning sun. Stella froze, her blue eyes widening larger than ever. Her mouth hung open, afraid of what was happening.
"You're not going anywhere", the Handsome Pig snarled, his voice raspy from the fight. His face was covered with bruises, his teeth chipped from the plane crash. Parts of his wig were scorched, some strands were even on fire.
In self-defense, Stella quickly elbowed the wigged pig and threw him over her shoulder, knocking him onto the ground. The knife skidded across the sand, the hog quickly trying to run towards it, only to have Stella grab him by the legs and throw him back. He landed on his back, disheveled from the fight.
"..Well, that was easy", Stella proceeded to walk off, trying to find Silver. Unnoticed by her, the Handsome Pig found a small axe next to him. Grabbing it in his hooves, he threw it at her, the axe gleaming in the sun. It was about to her right behind her head when…
"NOOOOOOOO!"
*SHINK!*
Stella gasped, turning around the see what happened. On the ground next to her was the body. The body of the one who saved her. The body of the person she sacrificed her life for her.
Silver lay on the ground...still.
"NO!", Stella gasped. She ran to the body, praying to God that her friend was okay. She already lost Gale, she wasn't gonna lose another friend. She picked her up, scared of what she might see, when..
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Stella jumped back. Silver was screaming, laying on the ground with fear in her eyes. In her hands was the axe that was just thrown at her. She caught it mid-air! She was panicking, "HOLY...JESUS! WHAT THE HECK JUST...WHAT?!"
Stella gasped, a smile quickly forming on her face, "SILVER! YOU'RE ALIVE!" She quickly picked up the short falcon, hugging her until Silver's face was blue, "Yeah, and I really hope to stay that way!"
Stella put her friend down, "COME ON! WE GOTTA GO!" They were about to run off when Silver stopped and slowly walked back, "Hang on, wait." She slowly walked to the Handsome Pig, standing above him.
"Ummm", the hog gulped, "You know, if I had to pick a favorite…"
He was suddenly kicked in the face by Silver, knocking him unconscious. Silver huffed, "And THAT was just for locking me in a dungeon. You don't even wanna see the silver beast unleashed, boy!"
"Silver, he's unconscious", Stella pointed out.
"Yeah, I know, but it looks cool!", Silver argued.
"We're the only ones here", the galah pointed out.
"Well, do you think it's cool?"
"Well...yeah, that was pretty frickin' cool", Stella chuckled, "But seriously, LET'S GO!"
The two quickly ran onto the boat, hearing the gears of the ship began to rev up. On the deck, Matilda was preparing to go, wondering where her friends where when…
"HOLD THE BOAT! HOLD THE FLOCKING BOAT!"
Matilda turned around to see Red, Bomb, Chuck, and Terence running out of the jungle and onto the shore, trying to catch the boat before it left. They quickly ran up the ramp, panting as they fell onto the floor, tired.
" *Huff* *Huff* Okay, let's go!", Red said, slowly standing up, "Also, you guys may wanna hold on."
The entire hull shifted, the birds feeling the boat shake out of nowhere. As the engines of the boat rumbled, steam pumping out of the iron pipes of the ship, the Mighty Eagle slowly landed onto the ship, making himself comfortable on the mast of the boat.
"ONWARDS, MOLLY! SET SAIL!", he shouted to Matilda. Matilda rolled her eyes. "Most wise and powerful guy can't get names right..go figure", she muttered to herself. She pushed the button on the steering wheel and held on tight.
The inside of the boat began to shake from the engines, the birds feeling the entire ship tremble. Red, Chuck, and Bomb quickly sat next to the Blues family and prepared for take off. The boat trembling caused Chuck to shake rapidly and for Bomb's stomach to start jiggling around. Terence simply stood on the ground, waiting patiently.
"HANG ON TO SOMETHING!", Red yelled to the others.
On the deck, Matilda yelled in glee, "START THIS BABY UP!" She pulled the lever on the dashboard, lights flickering on and the sound of gears filling the air.
The boat quickly lurched forward, Matilda setting it at full speed. The vessel pushed through muddy sand and water and slowly trudged into the sea, saltwater splashing around it. Matilda hung on tightly to the steering wheel while Mighty Eagle was nearly thrown off of the mast, screaming in fear.
Inside of the ship, the birds were thrown around, sliding around the floor and trying to stay sturdy. Bomb quickly rolled onto Chuck and Red crushing the duo, who gasped for air. The Blues hung onto the ropes from the seats above them, their parents being tossed around as well.
The net full of eggs hung from the ship's ceiling, violently tossing around. The lights flickered on and off,causing the room to be completely dark sometimes.
Poppy screamed, "I DON'T WANNA DIE!" and grabbed onto her friends, crushing them.
"If it makes you feel better, I can make it quick it!", Dahlia threatened, holding up her fist. The boat turned again, causing Poppy to begin to spin down the row of seats.
Right before she could crush Dahlia, the owl turned intangible and phased through the parakeet, who dragged Willow and Stella with her. Dahlia gave a smug look when the hatchling dropped from the seat above and hit her on the head, knocking the scientist out. The hatchling jumped out of the way when Poppy rolled back, crushing Dahlia now that she was tangible.
Terence stood in the middle of the room, not even being moved by the ship's shaking. As the ship tilted around, Hal and Bubbles screamed as they slid down the boat's floor, continuously sliding off-screen and on-screen while Terence calmly stood still.
"AAAAAAAaaaaa….aaaAAAAAAAAHHHHhhh…..aaaAAAAAAHHHHHHhhhhh...aaAAAAH!", the teens screamed as they moved in a cycle around the ship. Eventually, Terence just picked the two up.
Matilda tried to navigate where she was going when the ship suddenly hit a rock. Everyone inside jumped into the air, some of them hitting their heads on the rows above them. Silver was knocked out of her seat and rolled down the floor, screaming. She crashed into the ramp of the ship, causing it to fly open. Water sprayed everywhere as the ramp moved across the ocean. Silver nearly slid off of the ship until she grabbed onto the side of the door and pulled herself in, soaking wet.
"MATILDA! STOP THIS CRAZY THING!", Silver screamed. She tried to find a way to close the ramp to no avail. Seeing her in trouble, Stella finally got out of Poppy's grasp and ran to help. That's when the net snapped!
It quickly fell to the ground, landing right on Terence, which helped soften its fall a little. Terence tried to keep steady but he eventually lost balance, falling on his back. The boat's constant movement caused him to slide closer and closer to the open door and then be pulled away. Hal and Bubbles tried to keep the cardinal steady by holding onto his legs but it didn't work. One final turn was all it would take for him to go flying out the door.
Stella screamed, "COME ON! COME ON! HOW DOES THIS THING CLOSE?!" The two looked around and saw a small part of the wall look like it was carved into a square. Desperate, Silver touched the square part, causing the wood of the ship to part way and reveal a keyboard, which would open and close the ramp. The falcon quickly pressed it, shutting the ramp slowly.
Terence crashed into the wall but the eggs were still safe. Silver and Stella whistled in relief. "Whew! That was a close one", Silver said. She fell to the ground, tired.
Red got up, pushing Bomb off of him, "Jesus. Can't believe we actually made it! Haha!" The other birds sighed, thankful that they actually survived.
"Yeah, don't worry. You guys are safe now", Silver reassured, looking a little sullen. Stella noticed this and put her wing on her shoulder, "Hey. Couldn't have done it without you. You saved everyone. Including me." Silver smiled, happy to be with her new friends, "Yeah..Guess I did."
"Um, for the record, it was my plan", Red egotistically pointed out, interrupting their moment.
"Um, excuse me?!", Chuck said, darting around the room in a hyper manner, "I had to take down most of the boats! The planes! The pigs! I'm the hero! The big guy! Praise the Chuckster!"
"Now, now, let's not argue", Bomb said, "No reason to fight….Besides, let's not forget you wouldn't have gotten outta that sinking boat without me!"
"By accident, may I point out!", Chuck snarled. The two birds began to bicker, arguing which one of them was the hero. Red looked at the two and chuckled. They may have been idiots and they may have been weird (okay, understatement), but these two have been through heck for him and he wouldn't have it any other way.
"Guys. GUYS!", Red yelled, stopping the two's argument, "If you're done comparing tail feathers, I just wanted to say...thanks. For everything."
The two birds sat down and smiled. "Well, about time you thought of us", Chuck jokingly said. Bomb laughed and glomped the two in a big hug, surprising Red, "Um, buddy. I'd rather Matilda kill me than die hugging...oh, what the flock." He proceeded to hug Bomb back.
Stella looked up. "Hey, where did you go when we were about to leave?", she asked Silver. Silver looked at her and a sad look flashed on her face. She reached towards a bag hanging on her shoulder and pulled out something: a white eggshell.
"Oh", Stella whispered, "Is..is this-?"
"My eggshell from when I was a kid. Yeah", Silver answered, " I found it in the woods and...it's what helped me remember...my family...I..for years, I thought I was just some freak pig. Some nobody with no one to call a family. But, being with you guys..has been the happiest I've ever been in my whole life."
Stella smiled, happy to see the once cowardly and antagonistic falcon grow into a brave friend so quickly.
Silver looked around and noticed something, "Wait, where's Gale?"
Silence ensued. Everyone looked at Stella for an answer, now realizing that the diva wasn't among them. Dahlia, Poppy, and Willow looked at one another, saddened now that they remembered that not everyone made it. Stella...Stella simply sat there in silence. Tears were in her eyes and her lip began quivering a little.
"Gale….Gale didn't...she...the volcano...She's..", she broke down. She covered down, covering her face as she wept openly. Everything we've been through. All the chaos we caused, the messes we got into, she was there for her...now...now…
Stella's thoughts were interrupted when she felt the wings of someone else on her body. She opened her eyes to see her friends holding onto her, tears rolling down their eyes as they slowly rocked her back and forth. Silver was grabbing onto Stella, holding onto her in order to comfort her. Red, Chuck, and Bomb slowly got up and hugged Stella as well, knowing what it was like, to lose a friend. Even if they didn't like Gale that much, she was still one of them. Even Terence and the teens got in on the hug! Suddenly, the entire flock wrapped their arms around each other, rocking each other back in forth, mourning their friend. Stella looked around, wiping her tears, and felt..joy. Joy of being with her friends..no..her family. She felt as though everything would be just fine.
*KA-BOOM!* The entire boat shook everybody falling to the birds piled up on each other, crushed by one another, and struggled to get up.
"WHAT THE-?!" MATILDA!", Red angrily shouted. He turned to see the white hen coming down the stairs of the ship, fear in her eyes and ash all over her body.
"Red, we have a problem", she said.
….
The birds ran on deck to see what was going on. The Eagle was hiding behind the cabin when a cannonball suddenly flew overhead. The group ducked as another one missed them as well.
"WHAT THE-?!", Red shouted. He ran over to the side of the boat and looked over, his jaw dropping.
On the beach were the criminal pigs. Bruises and bumps covered their faces but that didn't stop them from laughing their injured heads off as they aimed at the boat. In their possession was a large black cannon, the Handsome Pig himself standing on top of it.
"If I can't get off this place, no one can! HAHAHAHAHA! Oh *COUGH!* COUGH* Sorry, bug in my throat, jeez. FIRE!"
The cannon was lit up and shot another cannonball at the boat, crashing through the mast of the ship. The giant pole slowly crashed into the ocean, water spraying everywhere.
"THIS IS IT! GAME OVER, BROS!", Chuck screamed, hugging onto Bomb's face.
The cannon aimed directly at them, preparing to take down the hull of the ship. The birds drew closer to one another, cringing in fear. Red shut his eyes in fear, standing in front of the others as if he could guard them from a freaking cannonball. Even he knew how pointless it would be.
*KA-BOOM!*
…..Red opened his eyes and slowly looked up. And that's when his world turned upside-down.
The beach was covered in black ash, pigs unconscious everywhere. The cannon was somehow now sticking out from the ground. The Handsome Pig was lying on the sand, face first and groaning in pain. What exactly stopped them? Well, Red simply had to turn to find out.
Farther away from the bird's boat, a small ship crowded with pigs had their cannons aimed at the criminals, the smoke coming from the cannons showing that they were the ones who saved the birds. The ship was filled to the brim with hogs, many sticking out of the windows and filling up the ship's deck. And at the front of the ship was the villainous boar himself…
"Leonard?"
Leonard stood at the front of the deck, smiling at his victory against the criminals. The king was covered with bruises and had a tooth missing, even missing his famous crown, but still managed to look as confident as ever. Next to him was Ross, now sporting a black eye, who was looking through a telescope to see if they hit their target.
Leonard noticed the birds and flashed a cocky grin at them. He walked closer to their boat and cupped his mouth to call out to the avians, "THAT WAS JUST FOR SAVING ME, REDDY! DON'T THINK THIS MAKES US BFFS OR WHATEVS!"
Red's stoic composure fell, completely surprised by what just happened. Leonard just saved us? Freaking Leonard saved us? It made no sense. The guy wanted to kill us. THe guy wanted to take our kids and kill 'em and yet,..this weirdo had a sense of..honor and helped us for saving him..
The King's boat slowly turned around and drifted off, the pigs snorting away with glee from stopping the criminals, even though they still technically lost to the birds. As the pigs' boat drifted away into the fog, the birds' ship simply stood still in shock. Everyone looked surprised. A pig just saved their lives and spared them. Their worst enemy...helped them.
"...Uh, am I taking crazy pills or did that just happen?", Chuck asked.
"I wish I could answer that, buddy, I wish I could answer that", Red said, still in shock.
After a few minutes of silence, the birds finally decided to go back below deck and start up the ship. Everyone slowly went back down until only Red's group and Stella's group were still on deck.
"..That was...odd", Dahlia whispered.
"Understatement, bro", Poppy said, "Matilda, crank it up!"
The white hen quickly started up the ship and sailed out into the fog, the island now small dot in the sea from their point of view. They did it.
They finally escaped.
One more to go, people! I promise! Just one more chapter!
So yeah, it was nice writing the fight scenes and comedy in this chapter, feeling much more like writing an actual Angry Birds sequel!
I hope you're still enjoying this fanfic! Please review and I'll see you at the last chapter in a few days! Later!