Hey guys, this is a sequel to Lai uprising. That story was met so positively. I mean 265 views in 20 days, come on. Anyways, back by popular demand the sequel to Lai: Uprising. Keep in mind I did not intend for there to be a sequel so if the plot is weak I am sorry. Enjoy and please review.
Also Blu will make a comeback, just in a weird way.
Oh yeah:
Lai
Council of peacocks
And all spirit warriors are my OCs.
Other OCs credit to original authors.
Blu Pov
I opened my eyes slowly, only to be met with a fairly bright light.
After immediately closing my eyes I reopened them.
I realised that the bright light was just a ceiling light.
Wait, a ceiling light?
I looked to my left to see a stone wall and felt that I was on some sort of bed.
I pushed myself to the rear of the bed before planting my feet onto the cold stone ground.
The low temperature of the surface sent shivers down my spine.
Now I was able to get a good look around the room.
I noticed a bookshelf (gonna hit that later), a closet and what seemed to be a helmet and metal claws in a chest in a corner of the room.
This perplexed me for the moment, but I was given no time to ponder this when a female military macaw opened the door to my room.
"Hello master Blu" she greeted.
Master? Where am I? I thought.
The macaw gave a small curtsy before continuing.
"The council requests your presence immediately".
Council?
I simply nodded and followed the supposed servant through the door and into the halls.
When I left I noticed a mural on the door.
It looked like me in Blu Darkness mode fighting Reidak.
I threw that thought away and continued following.
It seemed like some sort of medieval castle, as there were constant guards walking around, murals on the doors and stone walls.
After a short walk the servant stopped at a huge wooden door with 2 soldiers guarding it.
I noted that one of them was a hawk, while the other seemed to be a condor.
I stepped behind the servant as she opened the door.
Once inside the room the first thing that caught my eye was the large round table in the center of the room.
At it sat 3 peacocks.
One was red, another blue and another yellow.
But there were 4 chairs at the table.
Around the peacocks were various other birds, some wearing armor, others with scrolls in their wings.
The moment the doors opened all eyes turned to me.
Some of the birds whispered but most were quiet.
2 guards walked behind me and forcefully 'escorted' me to a place in front of the table.
The guards stopped about 5 feet from the table, holding me in place.
The 3 peacocks rose.
"Greetings Blu" said the red one.
"How do you know my name? Where am I? Where is my family?" I asked, slightly fearful of these birds.
The blue peacock gave a short chuckle "have no fear Blu. We do not intend to hurt you and we know your name as we have been watching you fight foes for the past several years. I must say I am pleasantly impressed with you skill. Your family is fine, as for you however, welcome to valhalla".
I had heard the word valhalla before, then it clicked.
"Isn't valhalla the place where the greatest warriors go after death?".
The yellow peacock nodded, "yes. And as you have vanquished the greatest threats ever to face South America you deserve a place here. 4 villains killed".
I put on a confused face "four?".
I only killed Nigel, The goddesses and Reidak".
The red peacock shook his head, "no, you also managed to kill Lai".
I exhaled a sigh of relief.
I then decided to ask why there was an extra chair.
The blu peacock noticed before giving me an answer, "That used to be Lais".
Blu was about to ask why Lai lost it but as if the servant could read his mind she pinched him gently before whispering, "don't ask".
I decided to take her advice.
The council now moved onto the next order of business.
"Now we must pair Blu with a guardian, but the guardian must be able to train him".
The blue peacock had an idea, "let's put him with a group similar to him, how about inferno squad?".
The yellow and red peacocks looked at each other before agreeing.
"We must also grant him a power" said the yellow one.
Red nodded before looking towards Blu.
"Blu, all warriors here have a special power. Due to being a deadly warrior in combat, we shall grant you a power that accommodates your fighting style well. We shall give to you, The Thunder".
The 2 other peacocks nodded before they stared at me, holding their wings out.
A blue mist left their wings and entered me, through my mouth.
I cringed a tiny bit in pain. But before I knew it the power was within me and tattoos of thunder crisscrossed my body.
Easier than getting the dragon strength, that's for sure.
"Blu, you must go to the cafeteria at 3:00 PM, there you will meet your squad.
I nodded before being escorted (much kinder this time) out of the room, and back to my bedroom/ apartment.
I walked to my bed, and was about to sit down when I noticed something glowing on my bedside table.
It was a glass ball that now glowed blue, an image of Jewel crying could be seen.
I picked it up in my wings, watching the scene unfold.
I saw Jewel jump into the water of the pit of doom and grab… something.
When Jewel got back to the surface Roberto and Eduardo came and grabbed her wings with their talons, getting her onto the pedestal in the center of the pit.
Then it hit me, the bleeding blue body she was cradling, was me.
Well my corpse at least.
Rico walked up next to Jewel, carrying a face of sorrow.
I smiled a little, at least those under Lai's control were free now.
My smile faded when the sound of Jewel's sobs intensified ten fold.
Blu had to try and keep back tears as he saw his mate collapse in sorrow and pain.
I couldn't watch this anymore, I put the ball back onto the table before staring at the clock.
It read 2:55.
I sighed, no point in being late, and I left the room.
Cafeteria
I strolled into the cafeteria where i was met with a mess of about a hundred or so birds.
Each table seemed to belong to a squad.
One table had thunder on it, another had water.
I eventually saw a table with the symbol of a flame and walked up to it.
Sitting at the table were 3 other birds.
A spix macaw and a Lear's macaw and a scarlet macaw
I sat down on one end of the table, not wanting to draw attention to myself but of course being my 'normal' self I managed to mess up sitting down.
I slipped on a puddle of spilled wine and hit my head against the table behind me, belonging to thunder squadron, causing all their food to spill onto the ground.
One hawk had wine spilled all over him, the guy turned around and stared me down.
"Hey guys, I don't want any trouble. Sorry? Heh, heh".
The hawk simply punched me, I put my wing up in self defense and well as Newton's third law states every action has a reaction.
The reaction here was that my new thunder powers blew the hawk to the other side of the cafeteria.
He smashed into the wall before falling to the ground.
I went wide eyed and just turned around, smooth moves ex-lax. Good job 'blending in'.
"Oh shut up" I whispered to myself.
Inferno squad now moved in closer to me.
The lear's began the conversation, "you're Blu, right?".
Blu nodded, solemnly.
He was still torn up over what he saw in the glass ball.
The lear's macaw continues "my names Zain, the spix over there is Angelo and the scarlet's Stacker".
At hearing the second name I perked up and looked at the spix.
"Angelo, as in the guy who fought Lai a 2 thousand years ago?".
Angelo just nodded at me, "and you're Blu, the guy who killed him and appears to have the thunder".
I said yes.
Angelo continued "well my power is the ability to make weapons appear out of nowhere, Stacker has super strength and Zain can turn into a dragon".(picture a monstrous nightmare from HTTYD).
I nodded at the information.
Stacker stared at me than in a gruff voice stated something "you wanna see your funeral?".
I turned to him wide eyed, "Yeah".
Stacker stood up with Zain and Angelo "we best be going then, oh bring a weapon and a mask, just in case".
The group than left me to go prepare for the trip.
I just stared at my glass of wine before drinking the whole thing and leaving for my room.
Amazon
The funeral was to begin 3 days after Blu's death and travel through the streets of Rio all the way to a quiet meadow in the woods.
Several birds in the rio army from scotland played amazing grace on bagpipes and drums as they marched through the streets.
The precession was lead by Jewel and the kids.
Skyler, Roberto and Eduardo and Mimi were next, followed by soldiers marching in formation and finally Blu, in his coffin being held by Rico, Alex, Rafael, Nico and Pedro.
All the other heroes who had fought alongside Blu also came, Luca, Alondra, Scorcher, Steeler santa, Tomada and Sorell.
The precession took 3 hours as all the birds in the city sat solemnly as they watched their hero go by.
But on a rooftop 4 figures stood watching the precession.
Blu wore a cloak to hide his identity while the 3 other warriors simply watched.
Blu watched as Jewel cried gently with her children as the funeral continued, he managed to hold back tears as he and his new friends followed the parade.
Angelo, Zain and Stacker remembered their funerals.
Their loved ones who wept, their friends who shed tears and the countless birds who had come to thank the heroes for their deeds.
The precession soon reached the meadow where a hole had been dug in the ground and a grave placed.
Our new heroes sat at the edge of the woods to watch the events unfold.
The coffin was slowly lowered into the grave, as Rico stepped forward with 10 soldiers wielding rifles.
"In honor of the valiant and selfless acts carried out by Tyler Blu Gunderson we would like to honor him with a 30 round salute".
He turned to the soldiers who now stood in line, rifles shouldered.
"Present!" Rico ordered and on cue the soldiers aimed their guns to the sky, "load!" the birds cocked their guns, "Fire!" a loud bang echoed through the woods as the rifles fired, sending flames out of the front of the guns and smoke into the air.
They repeated this 3 times, each shot causing Jewel to tear up more.
Blu was being torn from the inside.
He wanted to run up to Jewel and comfort her, but by the laws of being a guardian of valhalla he must not interfere with mortals unless a threat attacks them.
Blu just watched as the remarks began.
Alex went first, "when I met Blu I expected him to shut me away once finding out about my powers, but he didn't. Instead he helped me settle to my new home, and helped me battle the Goddesses. If it weren't for him I would be dead right now".
Rafael came next. "Blu and I have known each other for a long time. We worked together to fight the red dragons here in Rio, and fight and beat the Angelus and Reidak. When word came that he had fallen to this Lai character I didn't want to believe it. But as with the way reality works it was true. My friend was dead. My condolences to Blu's family.".
Rafael than left the pedestal leaving Jewel to speak.
Jewel slowly walked to the pedestal, the day she had been dreading her whole life had arrived, the day she had to lay her love to rest.
She managed to get to the pedestal and gazed upon the large crowd that had gathered there.
"Blu always said 'Jewel, if I ever die lay me to rest in some quiet meadow'. So I am obliging my mates wishes. When i first met Blu I hated him. Some city bird that said that our god had given him powers. I thought he was lying, but he proved me wrong. He fought for our tribe in the pit of doom, he fought for the jungle he was not from. He put his life on the line many times for others.
The Angelus incident, in the battle with Reidak, against the red dragons and most recently against Lai. He lost his last fight, sadly. But he did free several birds who were enslaved by Lai.
I just *sob* can't get to understand why such a *hiccup* nice bird must die?".
Jewel was beginning to tear up and cry, this tore apart Blu's insides even more and Angelo could see it.
He put his wing around Blu, like a brother to try and comfort his new friend at probably the saddest funeral he has ever been to.
Jewel continued with her kids comforting her, "all we wish for now is that Blu is in heaven, getting a well earned reward for his noble deeds. Farewell thee love, may you rest in peace".
The coffin was then buried, with a crying Jewel next to the hole.
Her tears soaked the ground, as the last pieces of dirt were dumped onto the coffin a gentle rain began. Soaking Jewel, but she did not care she still sat there, beside her dead mate.
Blu still sat just out of view of Jewel, on the branch of a tree.
Zain and Stacker had gone back to Valhalla, leaving Angelo and Blu to watch the continuing events.
Blu could not watch the scene anymore and left for the city with Angelo in tow.
The 2 flew to the backroom of a bar, Angelo was about to question why they were there when Blu grabbed a bottle of vodka and 2 glasses before leaving the backroom.
The 2 macaws landed on the branch of a cannonball tree.
Blu solemnly opened the bottle of heavy alcohol and poured the clear pain reliever into the glasses.
He handed one to Angelo before making a solemn and sad toast, "To living an eternity and seeing your own wife cry at your funeral".
Angelo sadly clinked glasses with the macaw before they both downed their drinks, the alcohol burning their throats as it trickled down.
They watched the sunset through the downpour.
But several thousand miles away in a palace in Vancouver, news of the blue macaws death was arriving to a certain hawk, Prev.
"Well well well, the defender of South America is gone? Now may be an opportune moment to strike a crippling blow the macaws, and that Alex the owl. Assemble the troops, we leave at dawn".
A guard nodded and left to convey the orders.
Prev turned to a window in his throne room and watched the snowflakes fall outside.
"Enjoy life Alex, it is about to end".
Prev turned around and walked to his throne, he wanted to figure out how to make the owl pay for all he did to the hawk, and how to relish the snow owl's demise.