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Darkness. I could barely see. I was shaking, struggling to stay airborne. Struggling to push forward. I was blinded by flashes of lightning as the wind buffeted me, throwing me off course. I forced my wings to flap harder and faster, hoping that I could fly into a forest; the trees would break the wind. I knew wasn't getting anywhere, so using my last bit of strength, I screamed as loud as I could for Marcia, but the thunder drowned me out. I blacked out and was blown around for quite some time before being smashed into several objects and hitting the ground.
Hard.
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It was morning now, and the sky was clear. The sun was just rising, letting it's rays paint the sky. The birds at the Blu Bird Sanctuary were just waking up. The last ones up, as usual, were Nico and Pedro; the canary and the red-crested cardinal.
"Nico! Nico!" Pedro nudged Nico's sleeping form. "NICO!" Finally hearing Pedro, Nico literally jumped onto his feet.
"I'm up! I'm up!" He stretched his wings and yawned, but by the time he opened his eyes, Pedro was gone. "As usual." Nico grabbed his bottle cap and exited his nest-
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICO!" Pedro had landed right in front of Nico, making him jump back a bit. "You know what this means?"
"PAAAARRR-TAAAAY!" They both shouted in unison.
"Well, I'm gonna get some grub. I'll catch you later!" Pedro flew off awfully fast, which is unusual for him, but Nico continued on with his morning. He flew down a few branches, and around a few trees to Rafael's nest for a quick visit.
"Hey! Raffy! How's it goi-" Nico never got to finish his sentence. He was tackled by 18 baby toucans; Rafael's kids.
"Ey! EY! Get offa him! Don't make me get your mother!" The dispersed almost instantly.
"Sorry about that, Nico. Happy Birthday!" Rafael made a gesture. "Come inside!"
Nico flew inside and found himself a comfy place to sit. He knew what was coming: a cold hard truth, but he couldn't put his feather on what subject this time.
"You wanted to talk?" Nico pushed his bottle cap back a bit so he could see, then cocked his head to the side, brow raised and wings crossed.
Rafael sat across from him. "Look, Nico, we've all been wondering this, Pedro included..." He trailed off.
"Yeah?"
"Well...We think that it's time for you to start a family."
"W-What?"
"Look, hear me out. We've seen the look on your face right after you finish a song: You watching all the couples with that look in your eyes..."
Nico heaved a sigh, and took off his bottle cap.
"Don't make me get Leandro." Nico gulped, and put his bottle cap back on.
"Did you ever get him tested?"
"Nope, not yet."
"Okay, fine. Before I go, when Pedro swings by here tell him I'm taking my usual route today. Later!" He flew off before Rafael could respond.
He was on his normal path. Weave through the trees of the sanctuary, at top speed. At Big Blossom, the largest blossoming tree in the sanctuary, he flew upwards, circling the tree. He was upsetting the branches, making them lose some of their petals, and with Nico's speed, they chased him upwards, creating an angelic flurry of flower petals when he paused at the top. They then followed the wind toward Rio de Janeiro. Nico followed suit.
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I groaned in pain as I awoke. My right leg felt like it was on fire, and I couldn't move it at all. My left wing was twisted beyond belief. Keeping my beak shut as best as I could, I wriggled across the ground, or at least I thought it was... until I fell off the stone ledge I was on and landed in the mud. I howled in agony. My legs were stuck in an position that seemed to exploit the pain of my injuries. My broken wing was under me, twisted even more while stuck in the mud. I squawked and screamed for help.
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"I wanna party! I wanna samba!" Nico sang, gliding above the streets of Rio, until he heard...
"KYYAAAAAAAAH!"
He stopped on the spot. 'What is tha-'
"AAAAH! MARCIA? SOMEONE?"
He faced the direction where the noise was coming from.
"HEEEELLLP!"
Quickly, he flew onto a ledge, and noticed it was splattered with blood.
"Hello?"
"HELP ME Pleeaaass.."
Nico looked down, and spotted a lump of black and green feathers, coated with blood and mud. He flew down there and examined it.
"Anyone...help...m...e." The lump moved a bit.
"H-Hello?"
"Can... barely... breathe."
The yellow canary hovered above the lump and carefully latched on the sides of it, then gently pulled it out of the mud. He heard it screech in pain, but then he saw why. His jaw dropped.
It's wing was twisted unnaturally, and was bleeding from the joints. The feathers were snapped and unorganized, and coated with mud mixed with blood. It's leg had a deep gash down the side of it, bleeding profusely.
He gradually set it onto the ledge and started cleaning the mud off with a leaf. It coughed.
"Thanks."
Nico walked over to what he believed to be it's head. "What happened?"
"... Stuff."
"What stuff?"
"Things."
Nico stopped trying to figure out what happened, and continued cleaning, hoping Pedro would fly by soon.
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Once Nico got most of the mud that hadn't dried off, he noticed Pedro in the distance. He flew upwards and statred screaming for him.
"PEDRO! QUICKLY! PEEEDRROOO!"
He watched as the cardinal quickened his pace, then landed next to the new bird.
"Don't worry, ..." He trailed off. "Uhm, what's your name again?"
",.."
"Sorry, didn't quite catch that."
"s..."
"A little louder, please."
"Sylvia."
"Beautiful name. I'm Nico."
"Thanks, Nico," the mud covered bird had muttered, just before Pedro landed. Sylvia could only listen to the conversation.
"Pedro, I need your help to-"
"Who kicked the poo out of that bird? Looks like it-"
"Pedro, Pedro, careful with the words."
"Oh, sorry."
"Now as I was saying, I need you to help me bring her back to the sanctuary."
"Her? A girl? You work fast! Got yourself a Hot Wing already."
"Pedro, come on. Grab her right wing." Nico had already positioned himself over her left leg.
"Alright, alright." Pedro took hold of her wing and they took off toward the sanctuary.
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