Chapter 13

With Surly, the squirrel found himself being thrown into a metal cage before the door slammed shut in front of him. Surly shook his head to clear it before jumping towards the cage door and rattled it for a moment before he glared at the human that had captured him. Dr. Campbell was rushing around the room looking for things as he muttered something quietly to himself.

"This is it," Dr. Campbell said excitedly as he grabbed a journal from the shelf and a few pencils before he began to make his way out of the door "I need to write down my find and how I required it and then I must prepare the squirrel to show it to the public as soon as I can!"

Dr. Campbell then ran out of the room and shut the door behind him. Surly stared at the closed door for a moment before he slammed his right fist, very hard, against the door of the cage in frustration. He then turned and pressed his back against the walls of the cage before sliding down to the floor. Surly rested his arms against his knees as he leaned forward to think about the situation that he was now in.

'This is just great," Surly thought 'Once again, I am now in a cage being held captive by a human and instead of using a blowtorch on me, he's going to show me to a bunch of other humans like i'm some kind of freak or something.'

He tried to calm himself as he turned his gaze towards the window of the room, which was open so that the room wouldn't be so hot and stuffy for him. Surly began to think about his friends back at Liberty Park, but he was mostly thinking about Andie, Noah and Buddy. He had to find a way back to them so that he could keep his promise in protecting Noah from people who would want to abuse him. He also wanted to get back to Andie as soon as he could because he missed the red squirrel the most. He had come to terms with his feelings for Andie and realized that it was more then a crush that he was harboring for her... it was true love.

'If only I had gotten the chance to tell her that I love her.' Surly thought as he buried his head in his arms.

He didn't know how long he sat there in the cage but his silence was quickly broken when he heard the sound of flapping wings near the window. He quickly turned his head in time to see a small chickadee sitting on the window as it looked back at him curiously and flew into the room, landing next to the cage and said "Hey bub, what are you doing in the cage?"

"I'm stuck in this cage because the guy who caught me thinks i'm some sort of new species of squirrel, what with me having purple fur and all." Surly explained with a frown.

The chickadee looked at Surly with wide eyes for a second before he burst out laughing. Surly looked at the little bird in confusion and annoyance as he laughed and rolled around on the ground.

"You're pulling my leg!" The chickadee exclaimed as he slowly calmed himself down "There's no such thing as a purple squirrel. You must've dyed your fur that color so that you can gain some popularity to add a little excitement to your life."

"I did not!" Surly shouted as he stood up to glare at the bird in anger "I was born this way, besides, If I had dyed myself then the white part of my fur would be purple too!"

The chickadee soon stopped laughing as he sat up to look at Surly in surprise "You're serous?"

"Dead serious," Surly replied with a determined look on his face.

The chickadee quickly stood up and bowed his head in shame "Sorry, I didn't know. My name's Chris by the way, what's your name stranger?"

"I'm Surly," The squirrel replied before he began to soften a little bit "And i'm currently locked inside a cage in case you haven't noticed or just forgotten."

"I can see that," Chris said with a frown "Where do you come from?"

"I come from Liberty Park," Surly replied as a sad frown came over his face "And right now my friends are probably wondering where I am and are worried sick about me."

Chris frowned in through for a moment before an idea came knocking into his head.

"Hey, i'll help you out." Chris said with a smile on his beak.

Surly looked at the chickadee in surprise as he said "What do you mean?"

"I can lead your friends here and they'll be able to get you out of here lick-a-de-split," Chris said with a confident look on his face.

Surly through for a moment before smiling at the small bird in front of him before he walked over to the bars of his cage and said "Alright, but before you go, give my friends this message for me."

Chris listened carefully to Surly's message before nodding his head to confirm that he understood. The little bird then turned and flew out of the window as fast as his little wings could carry him. Surly watched Chris disappear from sight before he sat down and began to think about the rats and cats that had crashed the baby shower and chased him, along with his friends, out of the building.

'Why would those cats and rats work together to chase me and my friends out of that vet's house' He thought to himself 'They're pretty much natural enemies and don't get along with each other unless they have the same goal'

Surly then began to think about that Liam guy Noah had met and started to get a sinking suspicion that something wasn't right with that guy. Well, one way or another, Surly was going to get out of this cage and when he did, he'll be having a little talk with this Liam guy.