As they walked through the forest, pushing leaves out of the way and trying to maneuver around the trees, Ross spots footprints. He tells everyone and they inspect them closely. After that, one pig says, "Do you reckon it's a beast?"
"Nonsense." Gale shrugs. "The footprints are not that small."
"Wait, I think it's the birds and pigs that are trying to stop you." Victor says. Then they all look ahead to where they lead. Gale points ahead and says, "Follow them. We will take them out from there." All of them look down at the tracks while walking.
After minutes of following the tracks, Victor looks up and sees all of them still asleep. Gale shows an evil smile and says, "Grab the ropes. We will tie them up and then take them with us."
"Take them with us? Why?" Victor asks.
"So they can see that they have failed at stopping me. Then when we get the egg, we turn them all into gold so they can't escape."
They grab rope and slowly tie everyone's hands behind their backs. By the time they were done, the hatchlings are the first to wake up and then they wake everyone else up. They find out that they have their hands tied behind their backs. Then Red looks around, sees Mighty Eagle asleep and yells, "Hey, you were supposed to keep watch last night!"
"I'm sorry Red, you know how I am." Mighty Eagle replies with guilt. "I tend to fall asleep when I am not doing anything."
"Well if you hadn't fallen asleep, we wouldn't be tied up right now!" Red snapped.
"Guys, why do I have the feeling that we are surrounded?" Bomb says.
"Because you are!" Gale says as she comes out from behind a bush.
"How'd you know we were here?" Zeta asks.
"Thanks to Ross, I can finish my mission. And prove to everyone that they were wrong about me."
"Ross, how could you!" Leonard shouts.
"I'm sorry Leonard." Ross says. "But I'm loyal to the crown. And this is also payback for demoting me as your assistant and replacing me with Courtney. So, not sorry! Ha!"
"Gale, you don't have to do this." Red says. "I was just like you. Angry at everyone. I felt hated by everyone around me. It didn't work for me. I was wrong. I became good and saved the eggs. You can change too. Let go of the hate. It's not worth risking someone's life here."
"Listen to him Gale." Stella says. "Please. Don't do this. We don't hate you. Me, Poppy, Willow, and Dahlia, we all are your friends."
"It's too late." Gale shrugs. "I've already made up my mind. And you will help me find what I'm looking for. Whether you like it or not."
"What if we don't?" asks Chuck.
"You don't have a choice banana bird." Gale replies. Chuck was offended and tried to attack but Silver told him to calm down.
While they were all arguing, the hatchlings snuck out of there and were not caught. Poppy notices they were missing and asks, "Where are the hatchlings?"
Everyone looks around and they can't find them. "Oh no. It was my responsibility to watch them." Red says frustrated. "What am I going to tell Matilda and Terence? And all the other parents?"
"Forget about them." Gale said. "We are wasting our time over kids. Let's go."
They begin to follow Gale and the pigs walked beside each of those tied up to make sure they didn't escape.