Chapter 1

King Freezo stared out the balcony. The bright sun reflecting off of the frozen land of the planet. He looked over as his wife, Sairona walked in. “Hello, my King.” She smiled that angelic grin.

“Welcome home, my Queen.”

King Freezo kissed her beak lovingly. Sairona looked at the nest. The 2 eggs sat there, still as ever. “This is so exciting!” Sairona managed to refrain from jumping up and down. Freezo couldn’t help but chuckle at her adorableness. “Dr. Sycamore says that there’s only 3 weeks left.” He said. Sairona choked back a squeal. Freezo loved how sweet and innocent his wife could be at times.

He went to the fridge, and pulled out a bottle of Angel’s Blood. “Shall we celebrate this achievement, dear?” He asked. He poured 2 glasses. Sairona walked over. “You’ve always been such a romantic.” She said sweetly.

“Really? You were my only ever wife!”

“And I’m glad to have that honor.”

She took a sip of the wine. “That’s good stuff.” She said.

“General Saganaw’s new recipe. Though if you ask me, it’s the exact same, just pricier.” Freezo added.

Sairona giggled. Then, a notification came up on the intercom. “Your highness, our spies have some bad news.” The operator said.

Freezo pressed to send button. “You could just say news. Every time my spies have a report, it’s always bad.”

He looked to his wife. “I… I’m sorry this wasn’t longer.”

Sairona clutched his hands. “It’s fine. This isn’t your fault.”

Freezo smiled. “You know, every time you smile, you look 20,000 years younger.” Sairona remarked. Freezo laughed.

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“What’s the situation?” Freezo asked.

“You should see this, your Imperial Majesty.” Simon said. He handed over a batch of photos. “The lavabirds are building a super weapon, my king.” Jason said. Freezo examined the photos. He clicked his beak a few times.

“Given the current status on the super weapon, it’ll be fully operational within 7 weeks.” General Johnston warned.

“Don’t tell me the odds.” Freezo snapped.

Big Man walked in. “My king, we’ve dealt with 6 tax evaders this week.”

“Good.” Freezo replied.

“How do you manage them all?” Simon asked.

“Oh, the Big Boys put a freeze on them for tax fraud.”

“You mean, freeze their bank accounts, right?”

“… Sure… If that’ll help you sleep at night.”

Freezo set the photos down. “General, how fast can you assemble Chirp Team 6?”

“Already down, my king.”

Admiral Silver walked in. His crutch clicking against the floor with each step. “Admiral, think you could send the Navy Chirps?”

“Aye. I figured ye would ask that. So I be havin’ them scoutin’ out the field.”

“Good.”

Freezo went to the map of the lavabird empire. “The Empire of Brimstone has done such of these horrid things for far too long. About time we deal with them.”

Admiral Silver hobbled over. “Me king, shall I set sail me hearty crew?”

“Negative. We’ll stick with covert operations for 3 days.”

General Johnston walked over. “Well, if anyone can get information fast than a crocodile can eat a zebra, it’s Allister.”

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Allister led Chirp Team 6 through the rough and narrow passageways. “This way.” He whispered.

They followed the mutilated bird through the magma hardened walls. They saw the super weapon. “Great Danes in the morning.” Allister muttered.

“Sir, what shall we do?” Officer Tristan asked.

“Give me my earpiece.” Allister ordered.

He was handed his earpiece, and listened in on the lavabird scientists and engineers.

“… this weapon will bring the freezebird empire to its knees!”

“Yes my Lord. The problem, is that we still haven’t found a suitable power source.”

“What?!”

“If I could just have more tim-“

“I’ve waited long enough!! And now you address an issue that should’ve been addressed months in advance?!”

Allister turned off his earpiece. “Well there’s some good news.” Just then, they heard a bloodcurdling scream. Allister looked at the result, and chuckled. “Stupid assistant.” He turned his earpiece back on.

“You! You’re in charge now. Bring me a power source! Whatever the cost!”

“Yes my Lord.”

The same voice seemed to have changed who he was talking with. “Find all the nuclear capable power we can! We need at least 26,000 volts.” Allister switched off his earpiece.

“What is it sir?” Samuel asked.

“Where do we keep all of our nuclear power generators?”

“Why?” Mark asked.

“They may be planning a heist.”

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