Chapter 12

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In another room, Stella has been backing up and trying to ram herself free from the hanging cage, but she hits hard against the door, making the cage shake. She groaned from the pain and rubbed her now injured arm from ramming. "Kids! Red!" She tried to call out, but there was no one nearby to hear her crying for help. She pants heavily as she gets instant flashes of her past of being in a cage, alone, nobody there to help her. Her heartbeat went fast as she curls herself and her breath shaking.

As the father, kids and aunt struggle to free themselves from the toy chair, Red gets upset and said, "This is all my fault." "You think?" Jason ask sarcastically before Silver said, "Red, it's not your fault." Red denied and said, "No. It... It is my fault. Jason, you were right. I put myself before everyone else, especially you, your siblings, and your mom. I was afraid if I wasn't a hero anymore they'd all stop... They'd all stop liking me."

He turns to the kids and said, "Look, me and your mother... we never even got married when we had you three in our lives. But, you need to know that I never stopped loving your mother when she came into my life. I would never have come this far from being an outcast to a hero with her help and support." The kids looked at their father with shocked expressions, but they were touched by the rest before Jason asked, "So, you did all of this because you were afraid of not being liked anymore by everyone else?" "I... Yes." Red admitted. They looked at him for a few seconds until they hear Zeta's voice as she made an announcement to the other eagles, "My fellow eagles, who's tired of living in an icy wasteland?" The eagles yelled out, "We are!"

The others hid after their dance battle montage was cut off when Chuck tried to go save his sister, niece and nephews and broke the disguise when they listened to Zeta's announcement. "What's going on?" Dahlia whispered as Zeta continued, "Who is tired of sipping hot chocolate and getting brain freeze?" One guard yelled out himself after sipping his hot chocolate as Zeta continues, "Who's tired of frozen dinners? Who's tired of playing only Vanilla Ice, Ice-T and Ice Cube? Who wants to live worry-free under a beautiful tropical sun? Me! I wanna be hot!"

The eagles clamored as she said, "There's no turning back! The future we deserve is about to be ours! Glenn! Activate the weapon! Start the countdown." Glenn activated the machine as the timer starts in ten minutes as the others snuck past. Back in the room, Silver uses her braid to open the tube of the pool toy as it deflated, freeing herself as she helps the others with their. She got to Red after freeing the kids before they hear a familiar voice, "All right, stand back!"

"Wait, did you hear that too?" Silver asked as Lillie questioned, "Uncle Bomb?" An explosion occurred at the door, coincidentally freeing their hands and feet from ice. "Uncle Bomb and Chuck! Aunties!" The kids yelled as they hugged their uncles and aunts, Gale included as she stumbled back, taken by surprise from that before she lightly pats their heads. Lucas looks at the timer and asked, "Guys, why is that clock counting backwards?" They looked at the timer as Gary said, "We've only got 10 minutes." Gale then said, "It's now or never. Pig-kind and bird-kind are depending on us."

Everybody turned to Red as Miles ask, "What are we gonna do, dad?" "Well, I, uh..." Red muttered before he turned his gaze at Silver. He then said, "I think... in times like these, we need someone who can lead. We need a hero. You know what we need? We need Silver." They looked confused as Silver looks at Red with a smile before he asked, "Got any ideas?" "I've got a few, actually. But, we're short on one bird."

Silver reminded the group. They searched around the room for Stella until Gale finds a hidden door and opens it. She finds her old friend in a cage, her breath shaking and her eyes widen. She quickly plucks a feather off of herself and picks the lock with it. She opens the cage, went inside and ask, "Hey, Stella? Are you okay?" Stella wasn't responding as her panic attack was taking in. This reminded Gale of when she and Leonard kept Stella in the cage when they stole the eggs from the beginning and regretted betraying her friend. Without hesitating, she hugged her friend.

Stella's heartbeat began to slow down and was taking deep breaths. Exhaling deeply, Stella calmed down, looked at Gale with a soft smile and said, "Thanks, Gale." Gale returned the smile before she said, "Now, come on. We got a plan to save our islands."

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