Authors Notes:

Hello everyone! Welcome to the second chapter of Accidentally Smuggled! Thank you for your lovely review OrangeMacawWorld, your critique really helped me form this chapter (in what I hope to be) a little better, I really appreciated you being very honest and true and I would love to continue seeing your critique in the future!

Anyway hope y'all enjoyed the previous chapter, prepare yourself as it gets REAL in this one!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN RIO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, I ONLY OWN THE STORY AND MY OC's

Now onto the story!

Chapter 2: Smuggled

Around 20 minutes later, when both Jay and Guy decided they had enough, they got ready to leave. Jay shot into the air and grabbed some of the nuts that were dropped with his talons and turned to Guy, who was still laying down.

"Come on dude, time to go. Help me grab some of these nuts, I want to take them back to eat later." Guy groaned and slowly turned his head to look up at Jay.

"Give me a minute. I think my heart stopped."

Jay rolled his eyes and nudged him with his foot, "Get up you dramatic bird, once we get back to my hollow you can die there." At that statement Guy shot up excitedly and started scrambling to grab the nuts

"Why didn't you say so before? Let's go!" He said before zooming off.

Jay rolled his eyes and turned back to the humans who watched him. The woman waved to him and he chirped a bye before following in his friend's footsteps.

Guy zoomed through the forest, flying as fast as his little wings could take him, the thought of being able to sleep in his friend's comfy nest motivating him. His wings protested against the speed however, and he found himself getting tired. Slowing down, he landed on a thick branch of one of the tallest trees in Hocking Forest and decided to rest until Jay caught up.

Setting the nuts down in a neat pile next to him, he tucked into himself and watched the evening sky full of birds flying by all trying to get a last-minute task in before night hit. He watched as the last of the sun sank below the horizon, night enveloping them all. He took a deep breath and was startled when a slightly bigger bird landed in front of him. Guy peered up at Jay, who was panting, and snickered when he took a heavy seat, dropping the rest of their nuts in the pile Guy made before

"I...I finally...Caught up to...You," Jay panted, collapsing onto his back as he tried to catch his breath, "Y..Ya know, for a small bird, you can fly very, very fast...Sheesh" Guy burst out laughing at that statement.

"I thought you could go longer periods of time than normal without getting tired Jay," He began. "What happened?"

"I said I could go long periods of time while flying at a normal pace, not going all super speed that you were going!" Jay snapped. "Besides, I was trying to catch up to you, so I was going pretty fast. Of course I'm gonna get tired."

Guy chuckled and was about to retort, when something shining caught his eye. He glanced down and his beak flew open in shock. Jay glanced at him in confusion before following his gaze, his own eyes widening in surprise.

There below them was a bunch of birds trapped in, cages? They were mostly the more rare birds, the ones that few humans get to see. They all seemed to be roughed up a bit, but relatively fine, though majority of them looked either sad and defeated or angry. They were spread around on logs, on the ground, on rocks, and there had to be at least fifty birds trapped with many more empty cages, waiting to be filled.

Jay stared in confusion. "What's going on down there?" He mumbled to himself. Guy, who overheard, shrugged. "I dunno dude, wanna check it out?" Jay was silent for a moment, his instincts screaming at him not to, but curiosity won him over and he nodded, motioning for Guy to follow him. They both got up and flew down to one of the caged birds, getting their attention.

"Uh hey," Jay smiled and continued when the bird didn't say anything, "Can you all tell me what's going on? How did you all get trapped in these cages?

The bird stayed silent, but a sound coming from another cage caught their attention. A small bird, perhaps smaller than Guy approached the edge of their cage, their sad eyes piercing Jay's confused ones, making him flinch slightly

"It was them..." The Carolina Chickadee whispered, her whole form shaking, "It was them..." she started to cry, her cries echoing throughout the small group, make them all shift uncomfortably. Jay frowned, his confusion escalating. Who was "them"?

Guy seemed just as confused and asked the question Jay was thinking, "Um...who is them?" The silent bird they first talked to, the Tufted Titmouse, glanced up at them before turning to stare back at the cage bottom.

"The bird smugglers,"

"Bird smugglers?!" Guy and Jay exclaimed, and the Titmouse nodded.

"They came here in search of our rare neighbors and they managed to catch all of us. They are gone now, but they will be back shortly. You need to leave before they catch you too..." Jay and Guy were silent. Shock flooded their system. Jay never thought that this would happen, he'd heard of bird smugglers and he'd heard of what they could do, but he never suspected they would come here. 'I guess it was only a matter of time' he thought grimly.

Guy, on the other hand, was starting to panic. This couldn't be real! Bird smuggling? Here?! He could feel the panic set in; his breathing increased and he felt faint. Jay whipped around to him and caught him when he collapsed, shaking him gently. "Dude calm down! Snap out of it, it's ok! We aren't in danger!" Guy didn't respond, but his breathing calmed down as the rational part of his brain kicked in, making him realize that he truly wasn't in danger. He pulled himself up and away from Jay and took a deep breath

"Thanks dude." Jay smiled and lightly shoved him.

"No problem dude." Guy chuckled, but before they could gather themselves together they heard the Titmouse shriek.

"LOOK OUT!" Jay barely had time to blink before he was roughly grabbed around his waist, his wings glued to his sides. He heard Guy shriek beside him, but his eyes stayed glued to the human ones in front of him, terror gripping his veins.

The human that grabbed him was huge. Dark skin, bulky arms that were perfect for ripping apart small birds like him with little effort, and a tall build. You could tell he lifted and he lifted a lot. When the human opened his mouth, Jay caught a whiff of his breath and almost died right there, as it smelled awful. But the words that came out of his mouth made him freeze

"Well, well, well, looks like we got ourselves a curious little duo. What do you think we should do with em' Mike?" He turned to the human gripping Guy. Mike let out a rough laugh

"I say we bring em' Luca, they seemed to excited see their birdy friends. why not let them come with, haha?" the dark skinned man who held Jay, named Luca apparently, darkly chuckled.

"I like the way you think, I'll put this one in this cage here, you put that one in that cage over there." Mike nodded and walked over to a small cage, opening it up and throwing Guy into it before closing and locking it.

Jay was thrown into a similar cage, though it was slightly bigger than Guy's. He hissed when he felt pain soar through his chest. He looked up and flinched when he saw the dark grin Luca gave him, "Now you get to join your friends." He stood up, saying, "Load em' up Mike, we gotta get to the airport before tomorrow afternoon if we wanna catch the plane!"

Jay stood up, and hissed again, glancing down at his chest. There was a medium size cut going right across his chest, slightly bleeding, but otherwise seemed fine. He ignored it for the time being and walked to the edge of the cage. His eyes caught Guy's across from him, and he violently flinched. The look on Guy's face broke his heart. It was one of anguish and despair, a look he never would have thought to see on his friend's face. Guy was usually so happy, so excitable. He was dumb yeah, but he was, in general, a lovable happy ball. That's what made Guy, Guy. To see this out of character look on him hurt. Yet, he knew, that if he were to look in a mirror, his own face would reflect Guy's.

"I told you," Jay whirled his head around to the Titmouse, his eyes sad, yet knowing. "You should have left when I told you to...Now you're stuck here...Like us..." The bird returned to looking at the cage bottom, ending the conversation.

Jay turned away and looked down in defeat. "I knew I shouldn't have left my hollow today..." He jolted when his cage was grabbed and placed in the pickup truck and Guy's was placed right next to his. They glanced at each other and Guy spoke up.

"What are we gonna do, Jay?" Jay stared at him for a moment, before turning away.

"I don't know" was the last thing he said before darkness enveloped them all.

Jay jolted awake when he felt the truck stop, He ignored the pinch of pain he felt soar through his chest, knowing it was the cut he got earlier. his eyes squinted when the sheet was pulled off revealing the harsh sunlight. After his eyes adjusted, he looked around in shock. Were they driving all night? It seemed to be so as the sun is almost at its highest point. The two humans stood in front of them, chatting to each other as a plane whirred in the distance.

He gasped when his and Guy's cages were grabbed by the man he remembered to be named Mike, and were taken to the plane and placed in it. Guy's cage was placed on a box and his was placed on the floor of the plane. Guy snorted and woke up. "H-Huh where are we, wazz goin' on?" he slurred, sleep still clouding his head. Jay glanced at him quickly before turning his gaze back to the humans

"Nothing Guy, go back to sleep" Hearing Guy doze off, Jay continued to watch as more and more birds were placed in the plane, before finally all the birds were placed in the plane and secured. Jay watched in despair as the plane hatch closed leaving them all in darkness once again.

'Goodbye home...' Jay thought before dozing off.

_Author Notes:

Hello Again!, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! What angst right? Will Jay and Guy ever get free? Or will they be forced to spend their lives as captive birds, waiting to be sold off? Will Jay's injury heal? Find out next chapter!

Next Chapter: Escaped, But Where Are We?

BYE~