Piece By Piece

Zeta

Now that they had Brad's key card, the Harvey crew had gained access to the superweapon, and fumbled their way into the operation room.

“Haha, we're in!" Leonard announced, then took in his surroundings. “Oh my goodness gravy."

The inside of the superweapon was huge. At the heart of it was a giant air cannon that aimed upward so it would fire giant ice balls out through the volcano. And it was surrounded by armed eagle guards.

“I wanna see!" Chuck said, climbing up to Leonard. Unfortunately, Harvey began to lose balance, and slipped around in an odd fashion. He landed on his hip and Garry used his arm to hold him upright. Harvey turned his head and Chuck and Leonard noticed a guard glaring at them. It was the same guard from the base's entrance.

“Uh oh," Leonard muttered as the guard, Axel, clenched his fist. Chuck crawled back down to Harvey's feet. Axel put down his spear and... began to dance. When he finished, he pointed to Harvey.

“What's happening?" Bomb asked curiously.

“I think he's challenging us to a breakdance battle?" Leonard answered. Harvey began to bust a move and Courtney accidentally popped out from behind. She ran back in, hoping Axel wouldn't get suspicious.

“Oh, it's on!" he said enthusiastically, readjusting his hat. Suddenly, more guards joined in and danced along with Axel. Harvey just stood there as Leonard watched in amazement.

“What's happening?" Chuck called out.

“Looks like a little poppin' and lockin'," Leonard replied.

“What?" Confused, Chuck peeked out from Harvey's belly and noticed every single guard was moving to the rhythm... Well, not every guard. He spotted Hank with a short, chubby eagle with a fluffy head. She was wearing a coconut bra, grass skirt, and shoes made of ice. In Hank's muscular wings, he held two familiar female birds. One unconscious and the other struggling in his grip.

“Hey, handsome!" the chubby eagle cooed. Hank winked at her. “Take those two, and put em on ice."

Chuck gasped in shock. “They've got Red and my sister! We've gotta go!"

“But the superweapon!"

“That's my sister, mister! And I'm gonna save her!" Chuck began pedaling furiously, but he was moving too fast for the rest of the crew to catch up. Harvey was basically running in place.

“Chuck, slow down!" Leonard pleaded. “Slow down, stop!"

But he didn't listen. Chuck pedaled too fast, and in a matter of seconds, Harvey's skin ripped to shreds, exposing the team! They froze in fear due to being surrounded by guards, but they were all too busy dancing to notice.

The whole group silently agreed to go save the girls while they still could, and slowly used Harvey's legs, the only part of him that weren't ruined, to back out of the room.

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Red woke up feeling dizzy and unsure about what happened. Once her vision cleared up, she noticed she was in a dark room with pink lanterns and palm trees made of ice. Suddenly, Red noticed her wings and talons were frozen inside the cup holders of a pool raft in a frozen swimming pool! She struggled with all her might to break free, but couldn't.