Chapter 4

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Red walks through the village as his banner pictures were replaced with the truce banners, much to his sadness as he walks home. After a few minutes, Jason, Miles and Lillie walked home as Lillie was first to speak, "Jason, I think you really hurt dad's feelings." "His feelings? Oh please, he only cares about "protecting" Bird Island more. How low can he get?" Jason said as they headed inside the house, only to find their dad lying on the floor with a bowl of popcorn on top of his stomach as he listens to jazz music. The three watched with confused looks until Stella was last to arrive home as she asked her kids, "So, how'd it go with bonding time?" She looks at Red on the ground and let out an "Oh" from that.

Red puts some popcorn in his mouth, adds some salt and melted butter in his mouth before swallowing it, much to Stella's disturbance before the door knocked. "I got it!" Lillie said as she went to the door and opens it, revealing Gale and Leonard as he was first to speak, "Hello! Oh." He looks down to see Lillie, Miles, Jason, Stella and Red staring at them before they all screamed as Jason ran over and shut the door closed. "Ugh, look, I know we've had our differences." Gale started as Red barricaded the house and said, "Oh, like when you tried to help the pigs eat our young?" Leonard pokes his head through the window and said, "We come in peace."

Jason grabs a broom and hits him in the head with it, breaking the broom as Leonard muttered, "Ow" before Jason and Miles pushed his head back out as Gale continued, "Look, neither Leonard and I don't want to see your faces any more than you two want to see ours. We're all in danger!" "Yeah, from you two!" Jason yelled before Leonard intervened, "No, we have a truce. Didn't you get my note? It was on a balloon." Stella looked skeptical before she held up some rope and said, "Oh, yeah, that's right. You wanted to talk."

In a few seconds, she tied Leonard and Gale down as Gale objected, "This is not how a truce works." Stella tightens the rope and said, "Just say what you gotta say and get out!" Gale yelped and Leonard squealed before he answered, "Red, Stella, we've discovered that there's a third island, and they're plotting to destroy us all." The family was shocked as Jason, Miles and Lillie spoke in unison, "A third island?" Red looked skeptical before he said, "Give me one good reason why I should believe you." "Haven't either of you noticed any strange objects falling from the sky? Giant balls of ice?" Gale asked the family.

Jason, Miles, Lillie and Stella shook their heads no, but Red them remembers seeing one when he was riding a bike with Chuck and Bomb before he lies, "Nope, nothin'. Haven't seen anything." "Well, me and Gale have, and we'll show you the proof. Squeal Team Six!" Leonard called out as two pigs burst out through the ceiling, much to the family's shock as Red said, "What the...?" Another pig slides down the stairs with a plunger as Stella said, "Hey, hey, hey. Easy, easy. Stop. Everybody stop!"

Another pig pops out from the potted plant and another jumped through the family portrait as they formed around the family, one giving them some photos as Red takes them before the pigs headed out. They hear the toilet flush as the last pig walked out. The family looked at the photos of the third island, along with Eagles living there as Gale explained, "That image in your hand is Eagle Island, and those are eagles." "Whoa! So, Mighty Eagle isn't the only Eagle?" Lillie ask before Miles ask, "How did you get these?" "From a drone." Leonard answered, which made Red and Stella nervous before the pink bird ask, "And do you spy on us with it?"

"Yes." Gale said before Red ask, "So, when the kids aren't around, have you seen us...?" "Yes, and it's disgusting. Red, this is bigger than pranks. We need to set aside our differences and work together." Leonard said as Red looks at the old newspaper with the headline "Our Hero" before he muttered, "To save the world from being destroyed." Leonard and Gale get out of the ropes before Red said, "What we really need is a hero. I'm in."

"We are?" Stella question before Gale said, "Excellent! We'll have to get a team together." Red smiled and said, "Yes, we will. But, hey, I'm in charge." He held a hero label before Leonard takes it from him and said, "Actually, that position's been filled." Red takes back the label and said, "Yeah, by me." Jason groaned until Stella spoke, "That's great. We'll all help save the world."

Red was a bit shocked before he tried to refuse, "Uh, actually Stella, it's just gonna be me and a few others. And you guys are the only family I got, so-" Stella pats his shoulder before she whispers to him threatening, "You've been absent from EVERY events our kids grew up through your time as a hero, and I will NOT let this one slide. We're all going as a family. Understand?" Red looked terrified of her fury before he cleared his throat and said, "E-exactly! Family mission time." Lillie and Miles are happy, but Jason only folded his arms.

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