The gang slowly directed their attention to what Ham was pointing at, and their eyes widened when what it was became clear. It was a massive wild boar...one that could easily be described as an innocent animal that was minding it's own business out on the beach. Or, if one was in the Wither Team's shoes right now, the boar would most definitely be described as food. "I'm not the only one who's seeing that, right?" Ham asked, as the others shook their heads. "No, Ham...that's definitely a source of food standing right there." Eden said, hungrily licking her lips. "It's like I died and went to Heaven."
"But how do we catch it?" Cloud asked. "I heard that those things are really dangerous, especially in this dimension. If we don't die, we'd at least end up badly injured." Petra started to stand up a bit, crouching to avoid alerting the boar. "Well, we're practically half dead already...and this might be our last chance at getting food. So I think we should give it our all." She said. The others began to crouch as well. "You're right, Petra." Eden said. "If you can build up enough adrenaline to chase me around this beach, there's no doubt that you'd be great at catching this boar." Petra gave the tigress a single nod of gratitude. "Cloud, stay back where the boar can't get you. Everyone else, follow my lead." With Petra in front, everyone moved towards the large swine...forming a circle around it while it was still distracted, so it couldn't get away. "If we stay quiet, maybe we can surprise it." Petra said. They slowly began to close the circle...and by the looks of it, they could potentially succeed at a stealthy kill. That's what was thought, until Wither Sickness sneezed somewhere nearby...causing the boat to immediately realize that it was being threatened. And that...was when the fiasco started. The boar rammed right through Witherstorm, now aggravated and ready to either fight to defend itself...or make a run for the jungle. As Eden and Ham helped Witherstorm get back on his feet, Petra ran after the raging swine...jumping in front of it and blocking it's path to the jungle. The others soon returned to her aid, once again forming a circle around the boar. But the wild pig just wasn't having it, as it decided to go as far as tackling Ham...stomping down hard on the tabby cat's chest to disorientate him. "Oh, come on! Why me?" Ham gasped, as he proceeded to wrestle with the boar. The rest of the gang immediately came to his rescue, and dog piled onto the boar to keep it down for long enough until it's neck would somehow become exposed...and that would be when Eden could finish it with a single bite. Unfortunately, that plan didn't really last long...or succeed. The boar managed to free itself from the Wither Team's grasp, bucking and spitting as it dashed to one end to the beach. Petra jumped out of the pile of fur and skin that was her teammates, and ran after the boar again...before she soon stood face to face with it. It snorted, and scraped it's hoof on the sand...much like a bull would do before charging. "C'mon! You want some of this?" Petra taunted. And with that, the boar was off...quickly tackling Petra as soon as she ran towards it. For a good minute, the two wrestled violently...kicking up clouds of sand and dust into the air. Until Petra managed to expose the massive pig's neck. "Kill it!!!" She ordered loudly. Eden quickly sprang into action, immediately dashing in as fast as her weak legs could carry her...before forcefully clamping her jaw down on the boar's neck. It kicked and thrashed with a great amount of strength, but no amount of struggle from the helpless creature was gonna make Eden let go. There was no way that she was letting her team's last chance for food get away. But fortunately, the boar stopped squirming...giving a soft squeal of pain before lying completely still. Eden let go, breathing heavily as she slowly backed away. It took a massive burst of energy for her to simply run into the fray, let alone kill the raging beast...but there was no doubt that it would all be worth it. Petra was breathing hard as well, mainly because wrestling with the boar was definitely no easy task. She also let go of it after a moment, and stood up as the others came rushing in. "Petra, are you okay?" Cloud asked, nuzzling her leg. "Yeah...just a little shaken up, though." She replied, patting the pup's head for comfort. Eden stood back up on two legs, and stared at the motionless swine that was lying in the sand. "Man...we actually caught it." She said. "Yeah, no doubt about that." Ham said. "You guys know what that means, right?" Eden asked. Everyone gave a shrug. "What?" They then paused, upon realizing the miracle that just happened...and Eden decided to let the whole dimension know.

"WE HAVE FOOOOOOD!!!!!!"

"YEEAAAAH!!!!"

Twenty-five minutes later...

After roasting the boar over a delightfully crackling fire, the Wither Team ate until they couldn't eat anymore...leaving no remains from the pig except a pile of bones. One would think that they would want to ration their prized catch, but they were too busy stuffing themselves to think about that...unfortunately. Though finally getting food in their bellies caused their long lost strength to return, so that should hopefully mean that they would be able to have better luck finding more to eat for later in the jungle. Wither Sickness slinked over to his content teammates, who were lying near the fire while staring at the night sky. "This is too funny to me." Wither Sickness said. "Earlier today, you guys looked like you were slowly dying of starvation. Now you look like turkeys that are nearly ready to go in the oven."
"Yup, and I know I regret nothing." Eden said. Ham nodded in agreement, and rubbed his distended belly. "If only the ferret tribe could see us now." He said. "Yeah, they'd either be completely shocked...or ranting about how this is impossible." Petra added. Wither Sickness chuckled, before looking at the massive pile of bones that was once the wild boar. "Uh...I don't know if you've noticed, but you devoured your only source of food in one night. What are you gonna do if you get hungry again?" He asked. Everyone else turned to look at the bones as well. "Looks like a really didn't think that through..." Witherstorm said.
"We were starving, can you really blame us?"
"So what are we going to do?" Cloud asked. Eden looked off at the jungle, and remembered that the island was a lot bigger than it looked from where they were. They never really explored the far side of the jungle...and surely that boar came from somewhere, right? "Come to think of it, this island is pretty big." Eden said. "Yeah, and we've never really explored it completely." Witherstorm added. Ham sprang to his paws upon realizing where his teammates were going with the conversation. "There's bound to be more food over there! And now that we've regained our strength..."
"Getting out there should be a walk in the park." Petra said, continuing Ham's sentence. Eden stood up as well. "Then it's settled! First thing in the morning, we're gonna get off our butts...and head to the car side of the island for more resources." She said. "Yeah, first thing in the morning." Ham said, stretching as he gave a long yawn. "Right now I think it's time to hit the sack. That boar really made me sleepy." The others nodded in agreement, and went over to their leaf beds before tucking themselves in for the night. Wither Sickness threw a couple more sticks into the fire, before starting to slink back over to his tree. "Sleep tight, guys." He called. The Wither Team each murmured a goodnight to the pathogen, before slowly drifting off to sleep. Finally, after almost a full week on the island, they did not end the day on a bad note.