Meanwhile again that night...

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY KILLED THE MANTICORE?!?!?!"

The chocolate colored ferret that stood before his fuming tribe leader instantly began to shake with fear. "I'm sorry, sir, but it's true! They managed to knock it down, and the tigress commanded the ginger girl to kill it with their hatchet! What I saw couldn't be anymore real than the Ice Bucket Challenge!" The ferret's last comment made Kane raise an eyebrow in confusion. "Is that really the realest thing you can think of?"
"That's not the point, sir!" The ferret replied. "The point is that your plan had unfortunately failed, and the Wither Team will continue to be nuisance to us as long as they are still on this island. If you want them gone, we're going to have to think of another plan." Kane groaned loud enough for the entire tribe to hear that he was clearly agitated, but complaining about the situation wasn't going to fix it anytime soon. A certain white ferret stepped out of the crowd, and stood in front of his tribe leader...with paws shaking from nervousness. "Kane, I want you to hear me out, mate." He said. "I've known the Wither Team for quite a long time now, and trust me...they're a force to be reckoned with. It will most likely take more than a giant beast to get rid of them."
"How can you be so sure, Bucky? You saw them during our very first battle." Kane retorted. Bucky couldn't help but to facepalm. "Yes, but they were starving due to being deprived of food for three days prior to the battle!" He said. "Not to mention that when they did finally get their strength back, they mustered enough power to knock all of us on our furry little butts within a few minutes!" Kane narrowed his eyes at the white ferret, as the crowd surrounding the two watched in astonishment...not expecting one of their tribe members to challenge Kane in such a way. Not a single ferret has ever questioned their leader's logic in tribe history. "That second battle was nothing but a minor setback...and I wasn't looking to be reminded of it." Kane growled. "But lucky for me, I don't need to listen to your nonsense. Right now...I just need a new plan, and quickly because it doesn't seem like the Wither Team will be making their way off the island anytime soon." Bucky was shocked, did Kane really believe that he had a chance against the Wither Team? Especially now that they were a lot stronger than they were during the first battle? "I'm sorry, mate, but this is ridiculous. We can't spend every day planning and thinking of ways to attack if we're just going to fail in the end!" Bucky said. "How do you know we'll fail?" Kane demanded. "I've led this tribe for many years, and I know very well that we've never been beaten by anything until you and the stupid Wither Team showed up!"
"That's because you've never had the guts to challenge anything!" That final remark from Bucky was what caused almost the entire tribe to gasp loudly with shock. They now had a feeling that things weren't quite going to end well for the white ferret. "Oh, aren't you one to speak...when I haven't seen you put much effort into defending this tribe." Kane snarled back to Bucky. "The wild boar, chasing your former teammates away from our territory...the list has the potential of going on forever if your time in this tribe continues like that." Bucky clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger, clearly not trying his best to avoid looking hostile. "Everyone makes mistakes, Kane. You think that just because I'm a bit tougher than most animals my size, it gives me no excuse to mess up on occasion?" Bucky asked, his fur bristling with anger. Kane crossed his arms. "That's what I was hoping, to be completely honest with you. But it clearly appears that I was wrong in thinking that much of you...which is why I will no longer do such a thing. Tomorrow, you'll go retrieve the healing herbs located a few yards west of our territory...our forces could really use them, especially after the last battle with the Wither Team." With that, Kane roughly pushed past Bucky and slowly moved towards his hut...leaving the white ferret rather speechless, as he had just realized the reason why he was allowed in the tribe to begin with. The only thing they saw in him, was someone who could provide an abundant amount of resources...and fight a powerful force when they couldn't muster the strength to do it themselves. Now it officially made no sense as to why the tribe called the Wither Team lazy. "No." Bucky said, causing Kane to turn around. "I now realize that you only want me here to fight your battles and find you food when your lazy rodent butts can't take a few minutes of your time to do so yourselves. If you claim that you all are so tough...prove that to me by showing how well you survive without me here. I'm going back to the Wither Team." As the white ferret strutted to the village's exit, looking proud of what he said, he heard Kane give a heavy snort. "Good luck with that, 'cause I'm sure that they'd be absolutely delighted to see your face...after you ditched them and left them to survive on their own." The large badger's last words repeated over and over again in Bucky's mind, but he ended up forcing himself to ignore it after a good minute...before scurrying out of the ferret tribe, leaving them to continue fiendish ways without him.