In the San Francisco prison, locked in one of the isolation cells, an ex agent sat down on his bed, looking at the ground in defeat even after all the time that had passed since he got arrested. All he can think of is what he'll do to the type of animals that got him arrested in the first place, without a reflection that leads to his arrest. His cell didn't even have a light, nor a window, he slept in total darkness, whilst other criminals actually had lights and some windows in their cells. But at the end of the day, he couldn't have cared less knowing he can't escape the prison even if he tried. And if he succeeded, his vengeance won't happen with the odds against him with society in San Francisco being the opposite of what he sees.
Then Officer Murphy entered the hall of cells, he walked down the hall while hitting the ex agent's cell with his baton, gently. "Buck Trout." He called to his attention. "You made bail."
Buck lifted his head up while turning to the police officer. "I made bail?" He spoked.
"Yes but there's still conditions for you to follow." He took out his key to unlock the cell door while taking out his hand cuffs. "We're having a meeting with the person who bailed you out."
Buck slowly got up as he turned around, allowing Murphy to handcuff him. Upon going through rooms in the building, he took him to the courtroom where the person who bailed him out, sat down in front of the judge. He turned to him, not giving him a smile but at the same time, he wouldn't do what he did considering the ex agent hadn't heard of him.
"Please sit down." Murphy ordered as Buck sat next to the person as Murphy stood next to the judge. "Do the honors."
The judge looked straight at Buck who he still isn't on best terms due to his crimes. "Buck Trout, I won't tolerate that you're getting released, but after talking to Barry Charles, we agreed to it, but you need to follow the conditions."
When Buck turned to Barry, he precisely stayed on topic. "What are the conditions?" He turned back to the judge.
"There's three conditions. First condition is that you're banned from San Francisco. Not only are you not allowed to step any feet close to the bears here, we're not allowing you to cause anymore crises."
"Trust me, he'll be in mental control." Barry replied.
"The second condition is you're not participating in any wildlife control program with the fake news you made."
"Just because we're protecting the animals in San Francisco, doesn't mean we're allowing other states to have the same problems." Murphy added.
Buck knew there's no way any wildlife company would hire him if they found out about his track record. "I'll distance myself to any wildlife control facilities, including zoos."
"The final condition is if you commit the same crimes like before, we're putting you into solitary confinement, permanently." The judge laid down the law. "We're also informing Barry that if he allows you to cause any crisis, he's also getting arrested."
"That will never happen." Barry smiled. "I'll make sure he doesn't harm any animal as long as I'm keeping an eye on him."
"You better because after weeks of discussing this, we won't hesitate for a second to lock you up." Murphy pointed at Barry.
"You may have the money to bail out a terrible criminal, but that doesn't mean he and you are off the hook." The judge added. "But to be fair…you didn't commit a crime and the company you work in…doesn't involve animals so, be smart about it."
"Don't worry, I'm more intelligent to keep animals from harm's way." Barry replied.
"Then with that, Buck Trout has been released." The judge hit his board with his gavel, as Murphy uncuffed Buck. Barry and Buck headed outside of the prison while he took the released prisoner to his private jet at the airport. Throughout the whole time upon driving to the airport, Buck didn't say a word when Barry bailed him out. He wasn't happy, but wasn't complaining either. He doesn't even know who Barry Charles is, especially why he's bailing him out. But every time he looked back at him, he smirked, awaiting the moment to talk to him.
They arrived at the airport as Barry offered him a hood to protect his identity from the public. If he doesn't have a private jet, someone will reorganize him inside the airport, especially no one's allowed to wear a hood when security's in charge. Upon arriving at the private jet, Barry invited Buck in as he entered last. He closed the jet door as Buck took off his hood with the windows closing off the light.
"I don't know how or why you're doing this for me, but this has to be important." Buck replied.
"Oh trust me." Barry smirked. "This is more important than you think." He ordered the pilot to start the plane as the plane began to move. "So how did you get into jail?"
"It was the bears…I tried to put them on lockdown under my control and…"
"They exposed you as a criminal who harms bears?"
"How did you know?"
"I saw it live on TV when it happened."
Buck remembered he was on international television when he got arrested, especially the huge rescue the bears did. "You know those bears?"
"One of them I've encountered twice. And I've heard that he and his brothers are going to Canada. Which is where we're going." The plane lifted itself off the ground, up in the air as it headed to Canada. Barry took Buck to the other room where he had three other people sitting by the table. One who's shaking in desperation, the other who has a golf hat on, and the final was a hunter who still takes pleasure in setting up traps. It took Buck by notice even if he doesn't know any of these people.
As Buck and Barry sat down by the table, the three looked at Buck who they also saw on TV. "Who are you people?" He spoked.
"I'm Dave." Dave replied. "I was once stranded on an island until Barry rescued me."
"When did you rescue him?"
"Last week during my travels over the world. He was on that island for far too long, he told me everything." Barry answered. "Let's just say cubs ruined his happily ever after."
"They took the love of my life away from me. No matter how long ago it was, I will never forget what they looked like." Dave clenched his fist on the table.
"I'm Norm." Norm introduced himself. "I have been planning on creating golf courses since…I love golf courses and there's a ton in Canada."
"He told me he planned on turning the forest in San Francisco into a golf course, but the ranger who lived there along with the other rangers from all over the world, stopped him." Barry filled in.
"I disguised myself as a ranger when Ranger Tabes left. Those bears knew I wasn't better than her, but it was never part of my goal."
"These bears have more enemies than I thought." Buck replied. "They've got into more trouble, outside of San Francisco."
"You have no idea." Barry said.
"I'm the yowie hunter, Courtney mate." Courtney crossed his arms with a grin on his face. "I've seen you being thrown in jail the moment it happened."
"I didn't look at you, nor the other prisoners." Buck said.
"I know you didn't, but I knew those bears were on your mind. Because I haven't gotten them off my mind, especially that Ranger of theirs."
"I made my employees bail him a week ago. We needed to keep our plan intact, without anyone in the way, including the bears."
"We're lucky they're busy with their flight to Canada, especially we've heard they could be heading to Toronto."
"Which we're not going to, Vancouver is where we're heading, more than forty hours away from Toronto on the road."
Buck wished he was closer to the city the bears are heading to, but the way Barry and the others are united in revenge as much as he does, he's not against the idea of heading to Vancouver. "Seems we all have something in common. Our enemies are the same bears, cubs to grow, it's like they once traveled around the world to stop anyone on their way." He commented.
"You don't even know how their teamwork would affect us." Dave responded.
"Especially with all their friends on their side, it's impossible to ruin their vacation if one of them interferes." Norm added.
"I knew that their Ranger would tell their closest friends about us." Courtney added.
"That is…if they're aware of us being in Canada, which they don't." Barry took the remote from the center on the table as he pressed the button to turn the TV screen on. It showed Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear in bear stack formation. "I may know Ice Bear the most, but I'm slowly getting to know who his brothers are."
"Panda has a girlfriend." Dave filled in.
"You mean…his girlfriend is a panda?" Buck replied.
"No."
Barry then clicked the button on the remote, revealing a photo of Panda kissing Amanda from Valentine's Day. "A human as a girlfriend." He spoked.
"How did society get this way?" Buck twitched his eye.
"The people who respect the bears more than us." He then pressed another button to turn to the next photo, revealing Grizz on the news, protecting his cave from being destroyed to turn it into a cellphone tower. "They once protected their home when they got the chance. You once took over their home right?"
"Yes. I had the upper hand all the while tracking down the bears."
"Seems it was a difficult mission for ya?"
"Mostly, it just took a long time when I captured them."
"It happens when they resist defeat." Barry then pressed the button again to reveal another photo. This time it's Ice Bear destroying all the robots from the HQ he got himself into. "And this bear is the definition of resisting defeat."
Buck remembered how much Ice Bear expressed when it captured him along with his brothers. "Getting on his angry side was something I had to learn the hard way."
"He's way smarter when I comforted him the second time." He then turned to the following photo, revealing Yana by Ice Bear's side. "I know for a fact she's coming since I've had history with her."
"We don't have photos of the other people who'll come along." Norm replied. "But if we see them with the bears, we need to prevent them from interfering with our plans."
"They will never accept us as friends of who we are." Courtney said.
"Nobody wants us to be their friends if they knew about the terrible things we did." Dave added. "But it's not like it'll stop us forming a revenge team."
"So you want me to join your crusade?" Buck responded. "For your information, I had everything when I was in control of wildlife."
"You mean all those bears you put in cages?" Barry asked.
"Yes, if I didn't underestimate them that led to all of the bears getting released, I would've just left them free. Even if they still wouldn't be able to enter Canada."
"Leaving them free would've solved your problems." Courtney responded. "But if there's one thing they should learn, it's what goes around, comes around."
"They've won against us, but we're still their problems." Dave replied. "And we're doing it the hard way."
Barry turned to the following photo, revealing the building he and his group are going to upon arrival to Vancouver. "This is the new HQ of my company. It has everything we need to put our plan into action."
"There's a few people, mostly creatures who'll be waiting for us there." Dave said. "Let's say, Panda's heart will be broken in pieces while…Canada will have another cub near Tornado."
"You have a bear?" Buck responded.
"Yes. She may not be a person, but she will when the bears meet her." Barry replied. "It'll be a surprise once we arrive at our HQ." He turned off the TV as he got up. "I would love to show more of our plan but it's still a work in progress."
"I still can't believe you bailed me out, but…I'm still new to this crusade."
"You'll get used to it, especially since you're just as intelligent as me."
"With him being a billionaire, anything is possible." Norm commented.
"This mate's way of vengeance is vicious." Courtney grinned.
"Indeed because of what happened to me," He took off his makeup, revealing the scar he got from his second encounter with Ice Bear. It took Buck by surprise, but not the others, since they saw Barry's true face when they met him for the first time. "I'll do anything more horrible to ruin all the goodwill they have in life."
Buck couldn't disagree, in fact the scar shows the vengeance in Barry, which slowly grew a sinister grin on his face. "When we arrive at HQ, I'll think of a strategy that'll involve one of their friends into our trap."
"Now that's the person I want vengeance out of."
The plane continued to fly higher up the sky, heading to Vancouver in two hours. Barry knows for a fact the more outlaws he recruits with their history of the bears, they will form the most heinous plan to ruin the bears and their friends. With Buck on their side, they know he's a bigger menace towards the bears more than them. He may not have a plan yet but once he sees the inside of HQ, he'll go back to his old ways like before, breaking all the conditions as long as he's hiding from the police in Canada. He'll make sure no one comes in his way.
