Rio the Darkness 4: Love and Light
Hey, everyone, Ricardo here. I know I said I have finished the other story line "The Blue Macaws' new adventures" and I decided to make one more story to finish off "The Rio the Darkness" saga.
I hope you all enjoy this story. 40 percent of this work goes to Arlene the Scarlet Macaw.
Anyway, I've talked enough. Enjoy the story.
It was a beautiful quiet day all across the magical city of Rio de Janeiro. It had been one-full year since the events of Nexus and the other villains taking complete control of the Jungle in an attempt to become immortal with the Orb of Darkness.
Thanks to the Blue Macaw named Blu, and the Queen of Light, the Angelus, they were able to defeat him and restore order to Rio.
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Flashback
Both Blu and the Anglus stood on both Nexus's left and right, with demon arms tied around their necks and serpent heads biting into them.
Nexus looked to his right, where the right demon arm was tied tight around Blu's neck and slowly choking him, with the right serpent head bit into his chest.
Nexus looked to his left, where the left demon arm was also tied tight around the Angelus neck and slowly choking her, with the left serpent head bit into her chest.
"Hahah, now you both die." Nexus laughed, as he was now finally read to end Blu and the Angelus.
What can they both do now? Neither one of them has a chance to defeat Nexus with their powers.
The Angelus may be the Queen of Light, but she didn't know what to do to save herself and Blu out of this situation.
Blu however, had one idea left over. It was very risky, but it seems they both don't have another more options at this very moment.
"Angelus!" Blu yelled, quickly catching her attention and also trying not to choke. "Put your wing up."
"Why?!" the Angelus asked, also trying to get free from the demon arm.
"Just do it!" Blu yelled, as Nexus was trying to pull Blu closer to him to finish the job.
The Angelus didn't know what Blu was up to, but obeyed and lifted her left wing up. "I hope you know what you're doing!"
"So do I." Blu hoped, also lifting his wing up, but the right wing instead.
Nexus saw both Blu and the Angelus charging up the light beams in their wings. "Huh, what are you doing?"
Blu and Angelus fire beams fired at each other, causing both of their beams to created a large explosion of light essence right into Nexus's body.
"No...No...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Nexus screamed, as the light explosion fired directly into his body and traveled light essence into his heart where the Orb of Darkness was located.
Arlene and Nico watched the explosion from outside of the shield and covered their eyes from the explosion.
After one entire minute, Arlene opened her eyes and saw the dark essence shield was destroyed and Blu and the Angelus laying down on their backs, groaning in pain.
However, there was no sign of Nexus anywhere. Could he have finally been destroyed once and for all?
The Angelus was the first to get back up onto her talons. "Uhhhh...It worked..."
"Yeah, it worked." Blu groaned, while putting on a smirk.
"Blu, are you okay?" the Angelus asked, helping him stand back up onto his talons.
"I'm fine," Blu answered, as he looked over near a tree, where he had found Nexus, who was laying on his back in the middle of the area, slowly dying from the explosion.
When Nexus had took the Orb of Darkness into his body, that's what was powering all of the abilities and dark essence in his DNA.
The chain reaction of the explosion had caused the Orb of Darkness to drop out of his body and onto the ground.
Though he was dying, Nexus muttered a couple of words to himself. "I don't understand. I had so much power."
"Strength isn't everything." Blu said, glazing over at the dying Hawk.
Nexus looked to his side and saw the Siphon laying right next to him. Nexus tried to extend his wing to get it, but Blu walked over to him and kicked the Siphon away before he could get it.
Arlene quickly ran over to Rico's corpse and began shaking him. "Rico?! Are you okay?"
"All I wanted was power..." Nexus said, as he slowly began speaking his last words, with his body leaking with dark essence, as he his body was slowly burning out.
"Wanting something does not give you right to take it." Blu explained, as he kneeled down to him, knowing that Nexus was dangerous, but he can't do anything now.
"What would you know?" Nexus asked, with a growl followed after.
"I know that when you want something, you earn it." Blu replied, with an angry face. "You wanted to be a God. A God does not enslave his people, he cares for them and shows respect."
"Respect?" Nexus scoffed, before managing to give a slight chuckle. "Pathetic people like them, don't deserve respect."
"They are not pathetic!" Blu yelled. "...You were too greedy, Nexus."
"You're still nothing but...A boy..." with that last word, Nexus slowly closed his eyes and hit the back of his head down on the ground.
Blu looked at him, before standing back up onto his talons. Blu picked up the Orb of Darkness, which has been laying near Nexus the whole time.
When he had the Orb in his wings, Blu began to walk back over to his friends; before he left, he took one quick look at Nexus's corpse and said: "O que você disser, Nexus. (whatever you say, Nexus)"
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Even after they had defeated Nexus, that had brought back the one thing Blu cared about more than anything in the world. His wife Jewel. But even though Jewel was brought back from the dead, Blu could not his best friend from dying.
Rico, a noble black hawk who would protect those he loved no matter what. But even though he was tough, he had given his life for Jewel's, to make amends for all he had done when he was working with Nexus.
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Flashback
Blu could not believe what Rico had just said and began to panic. "No. Please, no. Rico, don't die."
Arlene quickly ran to the other side of the bed and looked down at her friend-like-brother. "Yeah, Rico. You can't, die."
"Sorry, Arlene...I had to give up my life...For Jewel..." Rico said, as slight tears were filling up in his ocean blue eyes.
Arlene began crying heavily and moved herself closer to him. "No...please."
"Blu, Arlene..." Rico said, as he knew he didn't have long left. Rico extended both his wings and held Arlene's left wing in his right wing and held Blu's right wing in his left wing. "...I love your guys...You're my family..."
Arlene began crying even more and held his wing a little harder. "You're part of our family, too."
Blu, who was now like Arlene, crying his eyes out, placed his other wing on Rico's left wing. "You're my Brother..."
"It'll be okay, guys...It'll be okay." Rico promised, managed to put on a smile, and with his eyes closing
Arlene whimpered and struggled to get her words out. "We'll see...you soon..."
"At least this time we get to say goodbye..." Blu said, as he dropped tears onto Rico's chest. "Goodbye, Ricardo."
"Goodbye...Blu...Arlene...Jewel...I love you all." with that last sentence, Rico closed his eyes and quietly passed away in peace.
Blu burst into tears as Jewel hugged Blu for comfort. Arlene covered her face in her wings as more tears were dropping out of her eyes.
Jewel beckoned for Arlene to come over to them. Jewel hugged both Blu and Arlene. Blu hugged both Arlene and Jewel, and Arlene hugged her friends, too. Nico joined in the hug and him too, was crying out tears.
The Angelus could only watch as the four friends hugged each other in their wings in sadness.
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Present time
It was a quiet relaxing day throughout the Jungle of Rio de Janeiro, home to all the local birds and other animals. Among the tree hollows throughout the jungle, in one of those tree hollows was home to five very rare birds that any smuggler would do anything to get their hands on.
They were Blue Macaws.
There was the father, a kind-hearted clumsy bird named Blu. Along with his beautiful wife, a beautiful, yet feisty bird named Jewel. And last but not least, their three children. Two boys named Rey and Azul, along with their sister named Crystal.
Blu and Jewel's chicks were now one-years-old, but in human years it would be like they were five-years-old.
In the blue macaws' family tree, the two lovebirds named Blu and Jewel had just woken up from a very peaceful loving sleep. They bother smiled at each other and leaned their heads up a little.
Jewel had slept in Blu's wings for the night, and Blu was delighted to keep Jewel nice and comfortable every night.
"Good morning, Jewel." Blu was the first to greet his beautiful, wife while he gentle took his wings from around her body.
"Good morning, Blu." his beatil wife replied while she leaned her head forward and softly, she and her husband shared a quick kiss together to express their love.
"How did you sleep?" Blu inquired, leaning up in the nest and stretching out his dark blue wings, preparing to fly somewhere very soon.
"Lovely, especially when you're keeping me warm." Jewel replied to her husband with a sweet tone in her voice, and a smile on her light grey beak.
Blu smiled as he stood up out of the nest comfortable nice and waltzed his way over to the hollow exit/entrance. Before he left, Blu took one quick look at his beautiful wife and his three sleeping children. "Jewel, I'm going to get breakfast."
Jewel smiled in response and planted a kiss on her own wing and blew it towards Blu. "Be quick, lovehawk."
"I will." Blu smiled, extending his wings out from his sides and flying out of his tree, getting breakfast for his family and ready for another beautiful day.
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Meanwhile, somewhere not too far from where the Blue Macaw family live, a female scarlet macaw named Arlene had just woken up from her nest during the same time Blu and Jewel woken up.
She stood up in the nest and stretched her wings and talons before walking over to the hollow exit/entrance to begin another glorious day in Rio.
Arlene sighed as she jumped out of her tree hollow and soared through the air, flying through the magically Jungle of Rio de Janeiro. "Now for a new day."
Arlene then began to fly to the food area in the Jungle where favorious fruits grow on trees such as mangoes, bananas, apples, star fruits, strawberries.
After a short-flight through the Jungle, Arlene arrived at a mango tree to pick a mango for he to eat for took a mango into his light black talons and was about to fly away with her good until she heard a too familiar voice. "Arlene?"
Arlene recognized that voice immediately and turned around, her wings flapping her in mid-air and her talons secured onto the mango. Arlene smiled when she saw it was her friend, a male blue macaw. "Oh, hey Blu."
"How have you been?" Blu inquired, while holding two mangoes in his talons for him and Jewel and a couple of grapes for his children.
"I've been good." Arlene answered. "How about you and your family?"
"We're fine. It's me and Jewel's one year anniversary in two days." Blu replied smiling, and flapping his wings a little harder than Arlene due to the fact he was carrying more food.
"That's sweet. Do you got everything planned?" Arlene inquired, lifting her mango up to her face to check if it was OK to eat.
"Yeah, we're planning on going to the Samba Club." Blu replied, adjusting his grip on the fruits so he would not drop them.
"Sounds perfect for your anniversary." Arlene smiled.
"Yep." Blu said as he prepared to fly away to feed himself and his family before he would end up dropping it all. Before he left, Blu turned back to Arlene and decided to offer her to come and eat with them since it's been a while since that last talked. "Do you wanna come and have breakfast with us?"
"Sure," Arlene smiled. "if you don't mind."
"Not at all." Blu smiled too before turning towards the direction where his beautiful wife and three little children lived. "Let's go."
And this is chapter 1 of Rio the Darkness 4: Love and Light. And like I said at the top, I decided to do this because the Rio the Darkness storyline didn't have as many stories as the other storyline.
So be sure to review, and maybe one day we can beat my record for reviews. For those who didn't know, I got more than 500 reviews for Rio the Darkness 3, and believe me I have no idea. I wonder if we can beat that. :D